Daily Archives: March 7, 2023

2023-03-07: News Headlines

Staff (2023-03-07). "Pure, Unadulterated Fascism": Mehdi Hasan on Trump, Fox News, Jan. 6, GOP & 20th Anniversary of the Iraq War. democracynow.org We examine the state of U.S. politics, Trumpism, journalism and more with Mehdi Hasan, host of The Mehdi Hasan Show on MSNBC and Peacock. His new book is titled Win Every Argument: The Art of Debating, Persuading, and Public Speaking.

Anonymous Contributor (2023-03-07). Antifascists Drop Banner Against "Grade A Grifter" Jordan Petersen in Vancouver. itsgoingdown.org Report on antifascist activity in response to far-Right grifter Jordan Peterson's appearance in so-called Vancouver, BC. Originally posted to BC Counter-Info. On February 21st, approximately a dozen anti-fascists dropped a banner on Vancouver's Georgia St. Viaduct reading, "No War but Class War, Grade A Grifter, Garbage Human, Go Back to Sleep, JP (Jordan Peterson)," in…

Candice Bernd (2023-03-06). Fascists Are Trying to Co-Opt Mutual Aid Organizing in East Palestine, Ohio. truthout.org After canvassing, phone-banking and holding public meetings, Columbiana County, Ohio, organizers with River Valley Organizing (RVO) released a set of demands from residents of East Palestine and surrounding areas in the wake of Norfolk Southern's train derailment disaster that led to a controlled burn of toxic chemicals and mandatory evacuations of residents within one mile of the crash site last… |

Chris Walker (2023-03-06). Gen Z Congressman Says Ron DeSantis Is Governing Florida Like a Fascist. truthout.org The youngest member of Congress has condemned Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for actions that he describes as fascist. Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Florida), a Gen Z member of the House of Representatives, appeared on CNN on Sunday to discuss DeSantis, who is viewed as a potential contender for the Republican Party's presidential nomination in 2024. DeSantis is "acting on scapegoating vulnerable… |

Combined Sources (2023-03-06). Bezalel Smotrich, Israel's self-described 'fascist homophobe' finance minister, to visit U.S. peoplesworld.org Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu grudgingly conceded Friday that a Cabinet ally's demand for a Palestinian village to be "wiped out" was "inappropriate." Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said last Wednesday the town of Hawara should be "erased" and that "the State of Israel should do it." His remark sparked an international uproar, with Israel's key …

WSWS (2023-03-06). Republicans embrace fascist rant from Trump at CPAC conference. wsws.org Trump's speech, nearly two hours long, was devoted to a combination of obsessive self-praise and virulent and repeated attacks on socialism, Marxism and communism.

Alexander Rubinstein (2023-03-07). Top Biden Officials Address Pro-War Rally Led by Ukrainian Nazi Supporters. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2023-03-07). In Video: Azov Nazi Tells How He Killed Civilian, POW In Mariupol. southfront.org Illustrative Image: Azov fighters calling for their liberation from Azovstal | Members of the Ukrainian Nazi Azov battalion continue to testify on their war crimes committed during the battle for Mariupol. Ukrainian POWs reveal the truth about the murders who became new "heroes" of Ukraine. | A Nazi with the call sign "Botko" told how he killed unarmed servicemen of the DPR, who was likely evacuating civilians from the war-torn city. The Ukrainian militant confirmed that there was no order to kill the DPR prisoner but h…

Yuri Rubtsov (2023-03-07). History: Hitler was Financed by the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | feature image: Hitler, Schacht and Prescott Bush | First published by Global Research in May 2016, Minor edits by Global Research. Title as in the original. | Incisive historical analysis. | From World War …

Anonymous103 (2023-03-06). Seven Decades Of Nazi Collaboration: America's Dirty Little Ukraine Secret. southfront.org Illustrative Image | An interview with Russ Bellant, author of "Old Nazis, the New Right, and the Republican Party" by As the Ukrainian crisis has unfolded over the past few weeks, it's hard for Americans not to see Vladimir Putin as th…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-06). (Italiano) Verso un nazionalismo ´cosmopolita ª? transcend.org 3 Marzo 2023 – ´Il nazionalismo è la modalità dominante di legittimazione politica e soggettività collettiva dell'era moderna ª. ´Lo Stato-nazione è la realtà politica dominante del nostro tempo ª. Nonostante questa realtà , fino al 2020 nessuno studio accademico ha affrontato il tema del cambiamento climatico dalla prospettiva delle teorie sul nazionalismo.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-06). Munich Security Conference: "Intensifying Authoritarian Revisionism" transcend.org 26 Feb 2023 – MSC 2023 Attracts Historic Number of US Congressional Attendees – It is ironic that the Munich Security Conference is set in the site of Adolf Hitler's return in 1920. Home to the Munich Putsch of 1923, Munich became the location from which the Workers Socialist Nazi party grew into a mass movement and political force throughout Germany.

Chris Hedges (2023-03-06). Chris Hedges: Lynching the Deplorables. mintpressnews.com The criminal investigation undertaken by the federal government against hundreds of participants in the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol is polarizing the country and shredding civil liberties. There is little that unites me with those who occupied the Capitol building on Jan. 6. Their vision for America, Christian nationalism, white supremacy, blind …

WSWS (2023-03-06). Huwara offensive against Palestinians fuels anti-Netanyahu protests in Israel. wsws.org It is impossible for Israeli workers to halt the government's plans for a dictatorship or to prevent all-out war with the Palestinians without rejecting nationalism and allying themselves directly with the Palestinians…

Revolution Books (2023-03-07). Thursday 3/9: Raymond Lotta, Industrialization of Sexual Exploitation and Global Capitalism. indybay.org 2444 Durant Avenue Berkeley…

The Lever (2023-03-07). üéß Movies vs. Capitalism: Modern Times (w/ Pedro àÅngel Rivera Muñoz). levernews.com

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-03-06). Morning Commute – 3/6/2023. anchor.fm In this episode we discuss the National Day of Action on March 9th, and the DC rally on March 18th among other events coming up; we chat about international capitalism's and imperialism's need for control, exploitation, wealth accumulation, etc. and how our struggles around the world must find ways to unite and struggle for our shared and independent Liberation…

Staff (2023-03-06). Los conquistadores del ciberespacio. cubadebate.cu

Emanuel Pastreich (2023-03-07). Imagine a World Without Smartphones. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2023-03-07). FRSO and community organizations hold International Women's Day panel. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On Saturday, March 4, around 20 community members and students attended an International Women's Day panel, hosted by the Tallahassee Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO). The panelists included Delilah Pierre from the FRSO, Regina Joseph from Tallahassee Community Action Committee and Cas Casanovah from FSU Students for a Democratic Society. | The speakers covered a wide array of topics, ranging from combatting male chauvinism to the historic role women have played in working-class and revolutionary movements. | International Women's Day, originally International Working Women's Day, has…

WSWS (2023-03-07). Mass teachers strikes erupt across Portugal. wsws.org Barely a year after the Socialist Party (PS) won a majority in the Portuguese parliament, strikes and protests are erupting across the country.

Staff (2023-03-06). The Ineradicable Presence of the Chavista Ideal, 10 Years On. orinocotribune.com This Sunday, March 5, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, reflected on the fact that it has been 10 years since the passing of Commander Hugo Chávez, and today there exists an ineradicable presence of his ideals, values and revolutionary struggle. | He stated: "10 years later, there has been no absence, only an ineradicable presence of his ideals, revolutionary drive and sworn commitment to advance the construction of a free, independent, sovereign and socialist homeland." | The Venezuelan president led the closure of the World Meeting for the Validity of the Boli…

WSWS (2023-03-06). Public meeting: Support the Socialist Equality Party in the New South Wales state election! wsws.org The SEP's public meeting, on Thursday, March 23, is the only forum for workers to discuss the fight against war, inequality and the disastrous "let it rip" COVID policies supported by all other parties.

Fight Back (2023-03-07). Nearly lost: "History of the Labor Movement in the United States, Volume 11, The Great Depression, 1929-1932", by Philip Foner. fightbacknews.org When legendary and prolific labor history researcher and author Phil Foner died in 1994, he left behind more than 100 meticulously researched and detailed histories of the U.S. labor movement. But Foner was not merely an historian in the usual university mold; he was a partisan, a lifetime communist, and he saw his work as not just chronicles of past events but serious guides to action for those still on the labor battlefront. His books in many ways became the untold stories of our class struggle. | Probably his most accomplished and massive work is the 11-volume History of the Labor Movement in the United State…

jamanetwork (2023-03-07). More Primary Care Visits Address Mental Health. jamanetwork.com Between 2006 and 2018, the number of visits during which primary care physicians managed mental health concerns increased by 50%, from about 11% of visits to about 16%, according to an analysis of 109‚ÄØ989 visits published in Health Affairs. Visits that had focused on depression and other affective disorders decreased over time as those tackling anxiety and stress-related conditions increased.

jamanetwork (2023-03-07). Unintended Pregnancy and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent systematic review and meta-analysis concluded that unintended pregnancy was significantly associated with higher odds of depression during pregnancy and postpartum, and increased maternal experience of interpersonal violence, preterm birth, and infant low birth weight. However, we have several concerns about this study.

Paul Haeder (2023-03-06). There is Something to Intergenerational Capitalist Trauma. dissidentvoice.org My colleague Rachel Yehuda studied rates of PTSD in adult New Yorkers who had been assaulted or rapes. Those whose mothers were Holocaust survivors with PTSD had a significantly higher rate of developing serious psychological problems after these traumatic experiences. The most reasonable explanation is that their upbringing had left them with a vulnerable physiology, …

Kevin Gosztola (2023-03-07). March To Iraq War, 20 Years Later: March 7, 2003. thedissenter.org This series is published exclusively for subscribers of The Dissenter. Thanks for your interest in journalism on whistleblowers and related press freedom issues. | The world will mark the 20th anniversary of the United States invasion and occupation of Iraq in about a month. It was the second war waged by the US against Iraq. | To reflect on this history, The Dissenter recounts the timeline of events that led up to the invasion on March 19. Each post encapsulates what took place that day as both political and media elites beat the drums of war. | *** | March 7, 2003: A report from United Nations chief weapons ins…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-06). Evil Empire: House Overwhelmingly Approves Resolution to Maintain Syria Sanctions after Earthquake. transcend.org 1 Mar 2023 – The resolution received 51 cosponsors. It passed in a vote of 414-2. Only Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) voted against the measure.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-06). The Empire Gives People the Illusion of Fighting the Power without Ever Endangering Real Power. transcend.org 26 Feb 2023 – For what's probably the first "anti-war" protest of their lives, US liberals gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to condemn the leader of a government thousands of miles away joined by empire managers like Samantha Power who spoke at the rally opposing Russian warmongering at the capital of the most warlike nation on the planet.

americanthinker (2023-03-06). Texas Medical Board targets doctor for saving lives with off-label prescriptions. americanthinker.com Medical tyranny has reared its ugly head in the Lone Star State.

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