(2023-03-08). Central Syria: Russian Warplanes Hit ISIS Cells After Series Of Deadly Attacks. southfront.org 
Russian Su-25 attack aircraft take off from the Khmeimim airbase in Syria © Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik | On March 8, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a series of airstrikes on ISIS cells and their hideouts in Syria's central region. | According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the airstrikes targeted al-Badiya, a vast desert area that lies between the eastern Homs countryside and the western countryside of Deir Ezzor. This area is the main stronghold of ISIS in central Syria. The results of th…
(2023-03-08). 66 Organizations Urge That Domestic Terrorism Charges Be Dropped. popularresistance.org Atlanta, Georgia – 66 environmental, human rights, and civil liberties organizations sent a letter to Georgia prosecutors urging them to drop domestic terrorism charges against Stop Cop City/Defend the Atlanta Forest protesters. The charges represent a draconian escalation seemingly intended to chill First Amendment protected activity. | The letter reads, in part: | Civil disobedience and disruptive activism are part of the American protest tradition. From the Boston Tea Party to the civil rights movement, Americans have long drawn on civil disobedience tactics akin to the occupation of the Atlanta forest by the…
(2023-03-08). State-Sanctioned Violence in Peru and the Role of Canadian Mining. libya360.wordpress.com Kirsten Francescone Protests against the Tía María copper mining project in Islay, Arequipa Region, Peru. Photo by Diario Correo. Canadian firms benefit from state-sanctioned police protection and impunity at the expense of human rights and the environment. On January 18, 2023, as thousands of Peruvians were taking to the streets in Lima to denounce the…
(2023-03-08). Australia — Silent Collaborator Against Assange. popularresistance.org The significance of the Belmarsh Tribunal could not be greater, and not only for Julian Assange and his family. We have reached a critical point in history for press freedom, and for all human rights intertwined with it. | Julian Assange once said: | I understood this a few years ago. And my view became that we should understand that Australia is part of the United States. It is part of this English-speaking Christian empire, the centre of gravity of which is the United States, the second centre of which is the United Kingdom, and Australia is a suburb in that arrangement. | And therefore we shouldn't go, 'It's c…
(2023-03-08). Central Syria: Russian Warplanes Hit ISIS Cells After Series Of Deadly Attacks. southfront.org Russian Su-25 attack aircraft take off from the Khmeimim airbase in Syria © Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik | On March 8, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a series of airstrikes on ISIS cells and their hideouts in Syria's central region. | According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the airstrikes targeted al-Badiya, a vast desert area that lies between the eastern Homs countryside and the western countryside of Deir Ezzor. This area is the main stronghold of ISIS in central Syria. The results of th…
(2023-03-08). 66 Organizations Urge That Domestic Terrorism Charges Be Dropped. popularresistance.org Atlanta, Georgia – 66 environmental, human rights, and civil liberties organizations sent a letter to Georgia prosecutors urging them to drop domestic terrorism charges against Stop Cop City/Defend the Atlanta Forest protesters. The charges represent a draconian escalation seemingly intended to chill First Amendment protected activity. | The letter reads, in part: | Civil disobedience and disruptive activism are part of the American protest tradition. From the Boston Tea Party to the civil rights movement, Americans have long drawn on civil disobedience tactics akin to the occupation of the Atlanta forest by the…
(2023-03-08). State-Sanctioned Violence in Peru and the Role of Canadian Mining. libya360.wordpress.com Kirsten Francescone Protests against the Tía María copper mining project in Islay, Arequipa Region, Peru. Photo by Diario Correo. Canadian firms benefit from state-sanctioned police protection and impunity at the expense of human rights and the environment. On January 18, 2023, as thousands of Peruvians were taking to the streets in Lima to denounce the…
(2023-03-08). Australia — Silent Collaborator Against Assange. popularresistance.org The significance of the Belmarsh Tribunal could not be greater, and not only for Julian Assange and his family. We have reached a critical point in history for press freedom, and for all human rights intertwined with it. | Julian Assange once said: | I understood this a few years ago. And my view became that we should understand that Australia is part of the United States. It is part of this English-speaking Christian empire, the centre of gravity of which is the United States, the second centre of which is the United Kingdom, and Australia is a suburb in that arrangement. | And therefore we shouldn't go, 'It's c…
(2023-03-08). "Torture": El Salvador's Abortion Ban Condemned, Highlights Horrors Facing U.S. After Roe Overturned. democracynow.org 
As we mark International Women's Day on March 8, we look at the criminalization of abortion with filmmaker Celina Escher, who directed the award-winning documentary Fly So Far about abortion in El Salvador, which has enforced an abortion ban since 1998, and dozens of people have been convicted and imprisoned after having miscarriages, stillbirths and other obstetric emergencies. On Monday, women's rights activists called for the Inter-American Court of Human Rights to condemn El Salvador in a case brought a decade ago by a woman, Beatriz, who died after being forced to carry a pregnancy although the f…
(2023-03-08). "Women, Life, Freedom": Iranian Women Continue Protests Amid Crackdown & Poisonings at Girls' Schools. democracynow.org 
Iranian parents and teachers have been holding protests in Tehran and other cities following a spate of apparent poisonings at girls' schools since November. According to the group Human Rights Activists in Iran, there have been at least 290 suspected school poisonings in recent months, sickening at least 7,000 students with symptoms including headaches, fatigue and more. Meanwhile, the head of the country's judiciary said earlier this week that Iranian women could be punished for violating the Islamic dress code. His remarks came just months after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custod…
(2023-03-09). Las 3 del día: Los desafíos que tienen las mujeres cubanas y las noticias de este 8 de marzo (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Bienvenidos a Las 3 del día, el podcast de Cubadebate donde le comentamos las principales noticias de la jornada. Hoy, 8 de marzo, celebramos el Día Internacional de la Mujer. Es un buen pretexto para replantearnos las estrategias en nuestra lucha por la igualdad, por más derechos y justicia. En Cuba, estamos bien encaminados en ese sentido, sin embargo, nos queda mucho por hacer.
(2023-03-09). Afganas reclaman derechos perdidos tras invasión de EE.UU. telesurtv.net A las protestas en Kabul se sumó otra en Islamabad, en la cual alrededor de 140 mujeres afganas realizaron una manifestación frente al club de prensa en la capital paquistaní.
(2023-03-09). Mujeres salvadoreñas exigen al Estado respeto a sus derechos. telesurtv.net "Hoy lucho para existir mañana", "Feliz va a estar el día que no nos falte ninguna, "Hoy seríamos más si no las hubieran matado" fueron algunas de las consignas.
(2023-03-09). Celebran marchas en defensa de las mujeres en Brasil. telesurtv.net En todo el mes de marzo, las movilizaciones de las mujeres en Brasil reclaman que terminen las desigualdades.
(2023-03-09). Brasil anuncia medidas en favor de los derechos de las mujeres. telesurtv.net El proyecto de ley para hacer realidad la igualdad salarial tendrá que ser analizado por el Congreso de Brasil.
(2023-03-08). Democrats implore Biden to reject 'callous and inhumane' migrant family detention. nationofchange.org "Putting children and their parents behind barbed wire to deter them from seeking safety should shock the conscience of every American who believes in fairness, safety, and basic human dignity for all people."
(2023-03-09). Tuesday 3/14: Black Power & Civil Rights History Talk w/ Journalist & Author, Mark Whitaker. indybay.org Online event…
(2023-03-09). Feds declare health emergency over, but/ COVID-19 still ravages Disability community. workers.org 
March 5, 2023 The Biden administration announced Jan. 30 its intent to end the national emergency and public health emergency declarations related to the COVID-19 pandemic on May 11, 2023. In March 2020, an article in Workers World newspaper by a Disability Justice and Rights Caucus member exposed the particularly . . . |
(2023-03-09). Chinese envoy calls for immediate return of Afghanistan's overseas assets. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy on Wednesday called on the United States and other countries to immediately return the overseas assets of Afghanistan to the Afghan people to protect the rights and interests of women and girls.
(2023-03-08). Women's Rights and the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan (RAWA). globalresearch.ca From the outset in 1979 of what was designated as the Soviet-Afghan War, the CIA …
(2023-03-08). Women's Day 2023: Mainstream Media Islamophobia and Women's Rights in Muslim Countries. globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research in March 2015. We repost this for 2023 International Women's Day. | Some years ago, I had an engaging discussion with one of my very insightful students of Philosophy in my university. She asked me whether …
(2023-03-08). Women's Day 2023: Women's Rights in Afghanistan, "A Justification for War" globalresearch.ca Remember the deluge of political concern over the subjugation of Afghan women at the time of the October 2001 invasion? The tsunami of documentaries, articles, books on their plight, contributing to the justification of another invasion…
(2023-03-08). Women's Day, March 8, 2023: Women's Rights and US Hegemony: From Afghanistan to Syria. globalresearch.ca Women's Day, March 8, 2023: | *** | Introduction | Women's rights in the Middle East and Central Asia are intimately related to U.S. led "humanitarian wars". | The derogation of women's rights in Afghanistan was the direct result of Washington's diabolical military and …
(2023-03-08). From Afghanistan to Syria: Women's Rights, War Propaganda and the CIA. globalresearch.ca Western heads of state, UN officials, military spokespersons will invariably praise the humanitarian dimension of the October 2001 US-NATO led invasion of Afghanistan, which allegedly was to fight religious fundamentalists, help little girls go to school, liberate women subjected to the yoke of the Taliban.
(2023-03-08). Atlanta area police attack Music Festival, Stop Cop City battles on. workers.org 
Atlanta On March 7, Workers World writer Dianne Mathiowetz stated: "I was just at a press conference called by various local and national clergy that denounced the police action again as proof that there is nothing about Cop City that suggests de-escalation and protection of people's rights. There are a . . . |
(2023-03-08). Democrats Cave To Corporate Smear Campaign Against Gigi Sohn, Putting Net Neutrality, Privacy, And Abortion Rights At Risk. popularresistance.org The Washington Post is reporting that Gigi Sohn, the Biden administration's nominee for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will withdraw her nomination, after Democrats failed to stand up to an outrageous and bigoted smear campaign funded by the telecom industry. Sohn's withdrawal plunges the Biden administration's supposed priorities into peril: deadlocked at 2-2, the FCC …
(2023-03-08). Democrats Cave To Corporate Smear Campaign Against Gigi Sohn. popularresistance.org The Washington Post is reporting that Gigi Sohn, the Biden administration's nominee for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will withdraw her nomination, after Democrats failed to stand up to an outrageous and bigoted smear campaign funded by the telecom industry. Sohn's withdrawal plunges the Biden administration's supposed priorities into peril: deadlocked at 2-2, the FCC will be unable to restore net neutrality, enforce privacy rules, or use its authority to protect the location data of people seeking or facilitating abortions.
(2023-03-08). International Women's Day Founder Clara Zetkin on Fascism: A Lesson for Today. libya360.wordpress.com Sharon Black On many holidays recognizing people's struggles and their leaders — for example, the civil rights movement and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — the present-day celebrations are both sweet and sour. The only reason for formal recognition is that protests and struggle made it so — and this is a victory. But the…
(2023-03-08). From civil rights to transplant awareness, advocate continues to make a difference. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As America celebrates Black History Month, one civil rights activist is celebrating a new lease on life. Dr. Shirley Green-Reese received a kidney transplant in June 2022 at Mayo Clinic in Florida. Her kidney transplant is only one chapter in an incredible life story. Dr. Green-Reese is no stranger to turning challenges into triumphs. In 1963, at the age of 13, she was one of 15 young African American girls who were arrested for peacefully…
(2023-03-08). Wounded Knee And Today's Fight For Treaty Rights. popularresistance.org The 1973 Siege at Wounded Knee is the longest "civil unrest" in the history of the US Marshal Service. For 71 days, the American Indian Movement (AIM) and members of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) nation were under siege in a violent standoff with the FBI and US Marshals equipped with high powered rifles and armored personnel carriers. Two people were killed, over two dozen wounded. At stake, sovereignty and self-determination guaranteed through treaty rights. | Fifty years have passed but for American Indians the struggle for recognition of the nation-to-nation treaties continues to be seen as survival.
(2023-03-08). "Stand Up for Afghan Women": U.N. Calls Afghanistan World's Most Repressive Country for Women, Girls. democracynow.org 
A top United Nations official said Wednesday that "Afghanistan under the Taliban remains the most repressive country in the world regarding women's rights." Since taking power nearly 19 months ago, the Taliban has moved systematically to erase women from public life by banning women and girls from schools, from working with nongovernmental organizations and from traveling without a male relative. "Afghanistan is now effectively one of the biggest prisons in the world for women," says Zahra Nader, a freelance Afghan journalist who was formerly a reporter for The New York Times in Kabu…
(2023-03-08). International Women's Day: Roots in Radical History, Labor & Reproductive Rights. democracynow.org 
March 8 marks International Women's Day around the world, seeking to end gender discrimination, violence and abuse. We start the show by looking at the day's roots in socialism, and what it means for the movement for reproductive justice in the United States. Our guest is Nancy Krieger, renowned professor of social epidemiology at Harvard University's School of Public Health and director of the Interdisciplinary Concentration on Women, Gender, and Health. She's also co-founder and chair of the Spirit of 1848 Caucus in the American Public Health Association, which links social justice and p…
(2023-03-08). Sanctions on Syria: Australia's Complicity in Policide. dissidentvoice.org 
In 1998, the United Nation's humanitarian coordinator in Iraq, Denis Halliday, resigned in protest against UN Security Council sanctions on Iraq, using the term 'genocide' when he explained reasons for his resignation. Before Halliday's resignation, the US ambassador to the UN, Madeleine Albright had been asked if she thought the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children …