(2022-03-07). US, Venezuela hold talks on oil exports to replace Russia's. en.mehrnews.com The US is seeking to ease oil sanctions on Venezuela as part of a broader US strategy to temper oil prices that have skyrocketed due to Russia's operation in Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter.
(2022-03-07). Palestinian Administrative Detainees Boycott of Israeli Military Courts Reaches 60 Days. orinocotribune.com Occupied Palestine (QNN)- 500 Palestinian administrative detainees in Israeli prisons have been boycotting Israeli Military Courts for 60 consecutive days in protest against their indefinite detention without charges or trials. | The Palestinian commission of detainees and ex-detainees affairs said today that in protest against their administrative detention without charges or trials by the Israeli occupation authorities, 500 Palestinian administrative detainees have been boycotting the Israeli Military Courts since Jan 1, 2022. | Among the 500 administrative detainees are four minors and a female. | The boyco…
(2022-03-07). Today's City of Folsom debates if "Negroes" from 1849 have basic human rights today. indybay.org Early California Negro Pioneer Trailblazers are clearly document in the works of Deliah Beasley. Our California State Archives, California State Library and California State Educational System has a plethora of primary source documentation. The question is methodology and process for the 1849, "Negro" without legal standing then or today in some quarters.
(2022-03-07). Twin Cities takes to the streets for International Women's Day. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Around 60 people gathered in Mayday Plaza on Sunday, March 6, for an International Women's Day protest organized by the Twin Cities district of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. Demands for reproductive rights and healthcare for all, justice for missing and murdered indigenous women and two-spirit people, an end to gender-based violence, queer and trans liberation, and justice for all stolen lives were raised. The demonstrators also stood in solidarity with Twin Cities educators preparing to strike, signs reading "Victory to the educators!" dotted the crowd gathered in the square, and sim…
(2022-03-07). Research Dogs, War Dogs, Shelter Dogs, Eaten Dogs, Vegan Dogs Etc. indybay.org many areas in which dogs need better protection…
(2022-03-07). Follow the Money: US Sanctions—Will Russia Be Able to Bypass Western Economic Warfare? transcend.org The US and EU are over-reaching on Russian sanctions. The end result could be the de-dollarization of the global economy and massive commodity shortages worldwide.
(2022-03-07). Severing the Russian Hemisphere as Problematic Global Lobotomy? transcend.org 7 Mar 2022 – Engendering a Transformative Dynamic through the Potential of Meta-Discourse – The current global campaign of sanctions against Russia curiously recalls the psychosurgical procedure of lobotomy — much favoured in the USA and the UK subsequent to World War II.
(2022-03-07). Concerns over impact of Russian sanctions on global financial system. wsws.org While the measures against Russia are not unique—the US has used them against other smaller countries in the past—they have never been deployed on such a scale.
(2022-03-07). Sunday 3/27: Animal Liberation Temple & One Living Sanctuary Volunteer Day. indybay.org 2785 Franklin Canyon Rd, Martinez, CA 94553…
(2022-03-06). Irish MP Questions Israel's Crimes and Lack of Sanctions. telesurenglish.net An Irish MP criticizes the double standards of the West regarding the situations in Palestine and Ukraine, calling for sanctions against the Israeli regime. | Irish MP Mr Richard Barret. Palestinians are treated as an inferiour race denied access to food and water. and yet no sanctions on Israel for it's apartheid regime.
(2022-03-06). Mysterious Explosion Rocks US Base In Key Northeastern Syria Oil Field. southfront.org 
File image. | On March 6, an explosion rocked al-Omar oil fields in northeastern Syria, where the US-led coalition maintains a large base. | The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the explosion took place in a residential complex located right next to the US-led coalition's base. According to the London-based monitoring group, the explosion was caused by a "landmine". | Following the explosion, three drones of the US-led coalition were spotted flying over the towns of al-Shheell and al-Hawaij which are located next to…
(2022-03-06). Immigrant's Lynching in Brazil Forces Us to Confront Xenophobia and Colonialism. truthout.org 
On February 5, protesters took to the streets of major Brazilian cities asking for justice. A young African man, MoàØse Kabagambe, was lynched — tortured to death — on a beach in Rio de Janeiro in January.
(2022-03-06). Furtherfield: The Power Of Art And Play In Imagining New Worlds. popularresistance.org Here's a fanciful but almost-real scenario: the bees, squirrels, geese, bugs, trees, and other species of your local park have decided that they've had enough of human aggression and abuse. They're not going to take it anymore, and rise up and demand equal rights with humans. Through a series of interspecies assemblies, a treaty is negotiated to ensure that every living being in the local ecosystem can flourish. | This scenario is a "live action role-playing" (LARP) game devised by Furtherfield, a London-based arts collective as part of its stewardship of part of the Victorian-era Finsbury Park. Over the next thr…
(2022-03-06). The Opera Singer and the Sanctions. cepr.net The decision of the New York Metropolitan Opera to not host Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko, unless she explicitly repudiates Vladimir Putin, has received a great deal of attention. The issue is whether it is appropriate to effectively sanction artistic performers and athletes over the decision by Putin to invade Ukraine. This may be …
(2022-03-06). Sanctions May Sound "Nonviolent," But They Quietly Hurt the Most Vulnerable. truthout.org 
Today, people around the world are The current invasion is raising a dilemma for progressives in the U.S. who are sympathetic to the plight of the people of Ukraine, who believe that the invasion is abhorrent and unacceptable, and who want to stop Russia's actions, but who question the notion tha…
(2022-03-06). Russia's sanctions have nothing to do with Iran nuclear talks. en.mehrnews.com US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the sanctions imposed on Russia over its ongoing military action in Ukraine have nothing to do with a potential nuclear agreement with Iran.
(2022-03-06). Putin, Lenin, Imperialism And The (Real) History Of Ukraine. popularresistance.org The people of this country suffer, I've always thought, from a general ignorance of history. This is because with vast oceans for borders, and ever-friendly neighbors, and no experience of being invaded, living in a country that has always urged assimilation including the acceptance of "American exceptionalism," schooled through an educational system that avoids teaching U.S. history with any degree of credibility so as not to upset anybody, they've never been encouraged to think critically about the past. To ask questions. To raise objections—not necessarily about what happened, but about how to interpret…
(2022-03-06). EU comments on warplanes for Kiev. rt.com 
Ukraine insists it needs jet fighters to repel the Russian attack | European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters, which Kiev has insisted it badly needs to fend off the ongoing Russian invasion. | "The European Union is definitely not at war with Russia. A war is what Russia has launched against Ukraine, a country very friendly and very close to the EU. That is why we support Ukraine on all levels," Michel said in an interview with several European newspapers on Saturday. | The chief of the EU's top political body confirmed that the EU…