(2022-03-19). "I feel like I've been transported back almost 80 years. indybay.org People are desperately fleeing from bombs and rockets. I feel transported back almost 80 years and become pensive. Europe had sworn to itself: Never again fascism! Never again war! The scars remain – at the age of 94, I feel them more strongly than ever.
(2022-03-19). Australian government sending second shipment of arms to Ukraine. wsws.org Defence and intelligence figures have acknowledged that the arms could end up in the hands of fascist Ukrainian militias, but insist that is a price worth paying as the US escalates the confrontation with Russia.
(2022-03-19). WorkWeek: UESF Teachers Occupy For Back Pay, Covid, Griffin Charter & CNNC Union Busting. indybay.org WorkWeek covers SF UESF Teachers Occupation For Back Pay & Covid Capitalism, Giffin MIT Charter School Teachers Fighting Corruption & Chinese Union Busting at CNNC In Namibia…
(2022-03-18). If you care about Ukraine — disband NATO. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders March 17, 2022 Long before the Feb. 24 Russian intervention, the 2014 U.S.-backed fascist coup regime had reduced Ukraine to the poorest country, and with the highest rate of migration, in Europe. The International Monetary Fund restructured the economy and demanded austerity measures that gutted the pensions and cut social spending. Mass privatizations of socially owned property brought economic ruin. credit RT Now human trafficking in commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor, along with the buying of children from orphanages, is more widespread in Ukraine than any other European country…
(2022-03-18). Black Caucus Fails On Ukraine. popularresistance.org On June 11, 2015, the late Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) member John Conyers made this statement about Ukraine. "House passed my amendment to prohibit assistance to Azov Battalion—a far-right white supremacist militia at front lines of Ukraine conflict." Conyers was right of course. The Azov Battalion was and is a core part of Ukraine's military. They have Nazi roots, as do many other organizations in that country. But after the Pentagon objected the amendment was stripped from the spending bill and never saw the light of day. | It is important to remember what Conyers tried to achieve the year after Bar…
(2022-03-18). Albert Einstein and the Billionaire Dogs of War. indybay.org Einstein, Today, War and Capitalism…
(2022-03-18). New Orleans trans and workers organizations demonstrate for International Women's Day. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – Community members gathered in New Orleans on the weekend after International Women's Day to mark the holiday in the context of critical struggles unfolding across the country. They gathered on Claiborne Avenue at the sight of the 2015 murder of Penny Proud, a 21-year-old Black trans women. | Serena Borne of Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) highlighted the importance of gathering at this location. "We must understand the connection between legislation that attacks trans youth or women's reproductive rights, and anti-trans hate crimes that happen far too often." | Many local organization…
(2022-03-18). Judge Puts Jussie Smollett Back On Streets As Brother Blames Homophobia For Lack Of Support. moguldom.com Actor Jussie Smollett was released from jail on a $150,000 bond by a judge on Wednesday, March 16, after serving six days of a 150-day sentence. The brother of the former "Empire" actor said Smollett did not receive much support from the public — particularly in the Black community — because of homophobia. The 39-year-old …
(2022-03-18). US, NATO, Russia, Ukraine and the Whiteness of Empire. orinocotribune.com By Roger Stoll — Mar 14, 2020 | Since the turn of the century the US has marched steadily eastward across Europe with an occupation force called NATO. Supposedly a military alliance, NATO is really just the US plus its subordinate nations. It's hostile to many peoples of the world in West Asia/Middle East, Africa and Latin America, but it's especially preoccupied with Russians. NATO's newest members include: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia (all joined 2004); Albania and Croatia (both joined 2009); Montenegro (joined 2017) and North Macedonia (joined 2020); Georgia and Ukr…
(2022-03-18). Prime minister: Hungary will not be dragged into "cruel, lengthy and bloody war" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Budapest TimesMarch 15, 2022 Orbán: 'We won't allow left wing to drag Hungary into war' "We won't allow the left wing to drag Hungary into war," Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Tuesday, addressing a March 15 national holiday commemoration in front of Parliament. Orbán declared that voters who wanted peace and security would cast …