UUSF Human Rights Working Group, Forum (2022-03-21). Sunday 3/27: The 1619 Project – Its Significance for Today. indybay.org Join us on ZOOM Sunday, March 27 from 1 to 3 PM Pacific Time…

Labor Video Project (2022-03-21). "Thrown Under The Bus" Vaccinations, Terminations & Union Rights With SEIU 1021 SF Member. indybay.org Kimberly Cox an SEIU 1021 SF MTA worker talks about the threat of firing for not getting vaccinated.

BARUARC (2022-03-21). Saturday 4/9: Rally and March for Abortion Rights SF Bay Area and Nationwide. indybay.org Rally starts at noon in Sproul Plaza on UC Berkeley Campus (public welcome) | Entrance near Telegraph and Bancroft…

_____ (2022-03-21). Africa Supports Russia's Operation in Ukraine and Advocates a Revival of the Non-Aligned Movement. journal-neo.org The events in Ukraine and Russia's actions there are perceived differently around the world. While some countries, under Washington's onslaught, impose sanctions against Russia overits operation in Ukraine, others are strengthening relations with Moscow, or at least maintaining the status quo. While the Western world, influenced by the Russophobic policies of Washington and its allies, …

Gefira, Global analysis (2022-03-21). Much wants more and loses all. indybay.org It is the West that cannot imagine a life without money and the resultant luxuries. Sanctions or no sanctions, Western companies will sooner or later (I bet: sooner) resume business with Russia because — as everybody in the West knows — "money makes the world go round".

_____ (2022-03-20). Sanctions against Biden End his Career. journal-neo.org By launching information warfare and sanctions against undesirable countries and politicians, the United States clearly did not consider that these same weapons could very well punish the US, its American "stability", as well as knock many politicians of this "empire of lies" off pedestal. So, once Moscow, in response to the White House's insinuations, blacklisted …

teleSUR -HIM (2022-03-20). Protestan en Perú contra indulto de expresidente Fujimori. telesurtv.net Organizaciones defensoras de derechos humanos, así como miembros del gabinete ministerial han expresado su preocupación por el fallo del Tribunal Constitucional.

Luis Chirino (2022-03-20). Cuban lawmakers approve draft of the Family Code. america.cgtn.com The new Cuban Family Code legislation would replace the one in force since 1975, and it's considered more comprehensive and inclusive in terms of protecting the rights of all family members. See the details.

Our Reporter (2022-03-19). OPINION: The correlation of the Russian-Ukraine War to fuel prices in Uganda. plusnews.ug The ongoing assault on Ukraine by Russia's President Vladimir Putin has led to numerous economic sanctions on Russia's economy including the ban on Russian crude oil from circulation by oil and gas companies like Shell. In a statement made by Shell's CEO on 8th March 2022, Ben Van Beurden stated, "Today we announced our intent …

Alasdair Baverstock (2022-03-20). Mexico remains neutral in Russia-Ukraine conflict. america.cgtn.com France and Mexico have drafted a U.N. resolution looking to end the "hostilities." But beyond that, Mexico has maintained neutrality, refraining from sanctions on Russia or military aid to Ukraine. Find out more.

Staff (2022-03-20). Iran's economy not to be left in limbo pending of JCPOA. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 20 (MNA) — Stating that the country and the economy would not be left in limbo pending the conclusion of the JCPOA, President said that while engaging in Vienna negotiations, the government also put its focus on thwarting sanctions.

JANET (2022-03-20). LIVE THIS WEDNESDAY 3/23 @ 7:30PM Eastern — Biden's Threat: Nuclear War or Sanctions. iacenter.org REGISTER NOW! Join the International Action Center WEDNESDAY MARCH 23rd at 7: 30PM EST for a livestream event. The fires of war have been lit in Ukraine. The U.S. corporate media fans the flames despite the best efforts of anti-war activists around the world attempt to extinguish them. Now President Biden has poured gasoline on an already volatile situation by issuing this ultimatum: there will either be sanctions or there will be nuclear war. This threat means that, no matter what, the U.S. is hell-bent on making Ukrainians and Russians suffer. It means that the U.S. and NATO is holding all of Europe hostage in o…

_____ (2022-03-20). Sanctions against Biden End his Career. journal-neo.org By launching information warfare and sanctions against undesirable countries and politicians, the United States clearly did not consider that these same weapons could very well punish the US, its American "stability", as well as knock many politicians of this "empire of lies" off pedestal. So, once Moscow, in response to the White House's insinuations, blacklisted …

UUSF Human Rights Working Group, Forum (2022-03-20). Sunday 3/27: The 1619 Project – Its Significance for Today. indybay.org Join us on ZOOM Sunday, March 27 from 1 to 3 PM Pacific Time…

teleSUR -HIM (2022-03-20). Protestan en Perú contra indulto de expresidente Fujimori. telesurtv.net Organizaciones defensoras de derechos humanos, así como miembros del gabinete ministerial han expresado su preocupación por el fallo del Tribunal Constitucional.

BARUARC (2022-03-20). Saturday 4/9: Rally and March for Abortion Rights SF Bay Area and Nationwide. indybay.org Rally starts at noon in Sproul Plaza on UC Berkeley Campus (public welcome) | Entrance near Telegraph and Bancroft…

JANET (2022-03-20). LIVE THIS WEDNESDAY 3/23 @ 7:30PM Eastern — Biden's Threat: Nuclear War or Sanctions. iacenter.org REGISTER NOW! Join the International Action Center WEDNESDAY MARCH3 23rd at 7: 30PM EST for a livestream event. The fires of war have been lit in Ukraine. The U.S. corporate media fans the flames despite the best efforts of anti-war activists around the world attempt to extinguish them. Now President Biden has poured gasoline on an already volatile situation by issuing this ultimatum: there will either be sanctions or there will be nuclear war. This threat means that, no matter what, the U.S. is hell-bent on making Ukrainians and Russians suffer. It means that the U.S. and NATO is holding all of Europe hostage in…

Gefira, Global analysis (2022-03-20). Much wants more and loses all. indybay.org It is the West that cannot imagine a life without money and the resultant luxuries. Sanctions or no sanctions, Western companies will sooner or later (I bet: sooner) resume business with Russia because — as everybody in the West knows — "money makes the world go round".

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-19). Venezuela Criticizes UN's Politicization of Human Rights (+Bachelet). orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan government has thanked the United Nations' (UN) recognition for Venezuela's progress in the implementation of human rights, but has denounced the disqualifications—without evidence—that persist and smear the government's respect for and cooperation with international human rights mechanisms. | Héctor Constant Rosales, ambassador and permanent representative of Venezuela to the UN and other international organizations in Geneva, took part in the presentation of a report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. In said presentation, Constant declared that the Venez…

Staff (2022-03-19). Amazon compra los estudios MGM y añade miles de películas y series a su catálogo. cubadebate.cu Amazon finalizó la compra de MGM, por lo que muy pronto añadirá el catálogo del importante estudio a su servicio Prime Video. La operación, valuada en 8 450 millones de dólares, hace a Amazon de un catálogo que incluye más de 4 000 películas y 17 000 episodios de series de TV y la totalidad de los derechos de las franquicias.

_____ (2022-03-19). Women And Labor: Key Struggles In The MENA Region. popularresistance.org How do women and gender equality measures advance in a context of conflict, climate change, high unemployment, low labor force participation, limited democratization and a pandemic? These are challenges facing the Arab region as many citizens, women's rights organizations, some governments and external partners seek wide-ranging institutional changes and an improved environment for women's participation and rights. | Surveys show public support for some — but not all — proposals for gender equality. Equal inheritance rights for women, for example, remain off the table, even in progressive Tunisia. Fam…

Andrew Green (2022-03-19). [Obituary] Sarah Weddington. thelancet.com Lawyer, politician, and advocate for women's rights and reproductive health care. Born on Feb 5, 1945 in Abilene, TX, USA, she died on Dec 26, 2021 in Austin, TX, aged 76 years.

Ann Garrison (2022-03-19). Sanctions: A Sanctimonious Word for Economic Warfare and Outright Theft (Interview). orinocotribune.com The US claims the right to sanction, to steal from other nations, with one-third of humanity suffering from these crimes. Sanctions are war by other means and cause great suffering around the world. Black Agenda Report's Ann Garrison interviewed Congolese economist Jean-Claude Maswana about such unilateral sanctions and their effects. | The word "sanctions" emerged in the Middle Ages, meaning ecclesiastical decrees. Today it's a sanctimonious word for economic warfare, including even outright theft. Despite all the terror about what could happen in Ukraine next, Afghans are still facing freezing cold and starvati…

Xiaolu Sun (2022-03-19). Russian metals are deeply rooted in the U.S. market. america.cgtn.com As the U.S. expands sanctions against Russia, there are a handful of metals that have been noticeably left off the blacklist: nickel and palladium. Find out why.