(2023-03-04). House overwhelmingly approves resolution to maintain Syria sanctions after earthquake. thegrayzone.com Every member of the progressive Squad voted for the resolution. Only Republican Reps. Thomas Massie and Marjorie Taylor Greene voted against it. This article was originally published by Antiwar.com. The House this week voted overwhelmingly in favor of a resolution to maintain sanctions on Syria following a devastating earthquake that has killed at least 5,900 people in the country, The Cradle reported on Wednesday. The resolution was introduced by Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) and received 51 cosponsors. It passed in a vote …
(2023-03-03). It Is the mass media's job to help suppress anti-war movements. johnmenadue.com In a new article titled "European antiwar protests gain strength as NATO's Ukraine proxy war escalates,," The Grayzone's Stavroula Pabst and Max Blumenthal document the many large demonstrations that have been occurring in France, the UK, Germany, Greece, Spain, the Czech Republic, Austria, Belgium and elsewhere opposing the western empire's brinkmanship with Russia and proxy
(2023-03-03). Israel Says Its Window to Attack Iran Is Closing Due to Russian Support. news.antiwar.com Israeli officials are claiming Russia might provide Iran with S-400 air defense systems, and because of that, Israel's window to launch an attack on Iran is closing, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. The report cited anonymous people in the US and Israel who said the prospect of Iran acquiring the S-400 system could accelerate plans for …
(2023-03-03). Russia Says It Suspended New START Treaty Because the US Helped Ukraine Attack Strategic Sites. news.antiwar.com Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Thursday that one of the reasons Moscow suspended its participation in the New START treaty was because the US helped Ukraine attack a facility housing Russian nuclear weapons. New START is the last nuclear arms control treaty between the US and Russia and limits the deployment of warheads …
(2023-03-03). US Army Secretary Says US Preparing to Win a War With China Over Taiwan. news.antiwar.com US Army Secretary Christine Wormuth said this week that the US must prepare to win a future war with China over Taiwan by beefing up its military deployments in the region. "I personally am not of the view that an amphibious invasion of Taiwan is imminent," Wormuth said at an American Enterprise Institute event, according …
(2023-03-03). We're Losing Our Anti-War Heroes Right When We Need Them Most. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article: | "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." | ~ Greek proverb | The heroic whistleblower and peace activist Daniel Ellsberg is dying. | In
(2023-03-04). 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…
(2023-03-04). Seymour Hersh: U.S. Bombed Nord Stream to Prolong the Ukraine Proxy War. strategic-culture.org The Pulitzer-winning journalist discusses the fallout from his report exposing how the US blew up the Nord Stream 2 pipelines. | By Aaron MATÉ | Seymour Hersh joins Aaron Maté to discuss his report on how the Biden administration bombed the Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, which blew up not only a vital Russian-German infrastructure project but a key off-ramp to peace in Ukraine.
(2023-03-04). Straws in the Wind as WWIII Blows In. Peace Negotiations are the Only Solution. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-04). China's peace plan & It's about everything. indybay.org In times of crisis, right-wing populists, with the benevolent support of influential media, play the national card and pit disadvantaged groups of people against each other. Scapegoats, like Jews in the past and refugees today, are made responsible for the collapse of the welfare state and security.
(2023-03-03). We're Losing Our Anti-War Heroes Right When We Need Them Most. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article: | "A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in." | ~ Greek proverb | The heroic whistleblower and peace activist Daniel Ellsberg is dying. | In
(2023-03-04). 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…
(2023-03-04). Seymour Hersh: U.S. Bombed Nord Stream to Prolong the Ukraine Proxy War. strategic-culture.org The Pulitzer-winning journalist discusses the fallout from his report exposing how the US blew up the Nord Stream 2 pipelines. | By Aaron MATÉ | Seymour Hersh joins Aaron Maté to discuss his report on how the Biden administration bombed the Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, which blew up not only a vital Russian-German infrastructure project but a key off-ramp to peace in Ukraine.
(2023-03-04). Straws in the Wind as WWIII Blows In. Peace Negotiations are the Only Solution. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-04). China's peace plan & It's about everything. indybay.org In times of crisis, right-wing populists, with the benevolent support of influential media, play the national card and pit disadvantaged groups of people against each other. Scapegoats, like Jews in the past and refugees today, are made responsible for the collapse of the welfare state and security.
(2023-03-04). Protesters Disrupt House China Panel's First Hearing. popularresistance.org Protesters disrupted the first hearing of a House select committee investigating potential threats that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses to the country and U.S.-China competition late Tuesday, arguing that the country should cooperate with China instead of competing with it. | "China is not our enemy," read a sign held by Olivia DiNucci, an organizer for CODEPINK: Women for Peace, which advocates against the United States engaging in wars and "regime change efforts." A CODEPINK release states that DiNucci delivered a message that "The American people need cooperation, not competition with China" before she…
(2023-03-03). Atlanta event April 1 featuring Eugene Puryear: Peace in Ukraine – No to Endless U.S. Wars! answercoalition.org 
Peace in Ukraine – No to Endless U.S. Wars!, Fund People's Needs, Not the War Machine!: | , Featured speaker: Eugene Puryear, journalist and organizer with ANSWER Coalition: | , Atlanta, GA, Saturday, April 1 – 1pm ET, The Neighborhood Church (1561 McLendon Ave NE): | The moment is now to inaugurate a new, multi-national, grassroots movement to demand an end to the war in Ukraine. There is no road to peace if the U.S. government policy remains to obstruct negotiations and send endless weapons into the war zone to escalate its war against Russia. | We must begin to build a peace movem…
(2023-03-03). Colombia: President Petro Asks Prosecutor's Office to Investigate Brother and Eldest Son. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, March 2, the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, requested that the Prosecutor's Office begin investigations against his brother, Juan Fernando Petro Urrego, and his eldest son, Nicolás Petro Burgos, aimed at examining rumors about an alleged plot in which some lawyers, claiming to speak on behalf of the government, attempt to extort incarcerated citizens seeking to join the Petro government's "total peace" policy. | "Last August 7, I made a commitment to Colombian men and women," Petro said in a statement published via social media. "I have a responsibility to be loyal to the vote that many of y…
(2023-03-03). China's Peace Plan for Ukraine. scheerpost.com 
(2023-03-03). Why Biden snubbed China's Ukraine peace plan. nationofchange.org President Biden and his coterie of neo-conservatives have no interest in peace if it means the U.S. concedes hegemonic power to a multi-polar world unbothered from the all-mighty dollar.
(2023-03-03). Building Unity Against Imperialism in the 21st Century. orinocotribune.com 
By Abayomi Azikiwe — Feb 28, 2023 | Note: These remarks were prepared for and delivered in part at a panel discussion sponsored by the Michigan Peace Council. The event was held at the Swords into Plowshares Art Gallery located in downtown Detroit. In addition to Abayomi Azikiwe, other presenters were Steve Boyce of the U.S.-China Peoples Friendship Association in Ann Arbor; Dr. Catherine Wilkerson, an activist from Ann Arbor; and Mixx H., a member of Anakbayan USA Detroit chapter, a Filipino mass youth organization. The event was moderated by Bill Meyer, Chair of the MPC and Linda Rayburn, Vice-Chair. | [md…
(2023-03-03). Xi Jinping's Report to the 20th Congress of the CPC: Comments and Explications. peacepivot.org Photo: Great Hall of the People, Beijing. By Zheng Zhou — Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 This is the first in a series of commentary provided by Pivot to Peace on the documents from the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China General introduction The Communist Party of China (CPC) was founded in July …
(2023-03-03). Meet the Bronx Activists Who Won a Historic Settlement for NYPD's Violent Attack at 2020 BLM Protest. democracynow.org 
New York City has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement with peaceful protesters who were violently "boxed in" or "kettled" by NYPD officers during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in response to the police murder of George Floyd in 2020. As part of the settlement, over 300 people who were trapped by police and assaulted with batons and pepper spray, then detained or arrested at a June 4, 2020, protest in the neighborhood of Mott Haven, will each receive $21,500 — believed to be the largest class-action settlement in a case of mass arrest. We are joined by three people who were…
(2023-03-03). While Florida targets Black history, Texas Republicans plan to make life miserable for Asian Americans. peacepivot.org Photo: Texas State Capitol. By LoneStarMike — Own work, CC BY 3.0 This article has been republished from the San Francisco Chronicle While much of the country is rightfully preoccupied with Florida's efforts to eliminate African American history from schools, a quieter but equally dangerous racist development is happening in Texas and beyond. Texas's proposed …
(2023-03-04). NYC: Sunday 3/5 Rally 4pm Commemorating Hugo Chávez U.S. Hands off Venezuela! Free Alex Saab! iacenter.org Join us in commemorating 10 years since the passing of Comandante Hugo Chávez. He strove to liberate the Venezuelan masses from poverty and US imperial domination, to serve the people, and to arm them politically & organizationally. Chávez nationalized Venezuela's natural resources to benefit the people and introduced medical and social programs for the poor. As we mourn our fallen hero, we also pledge to redouble our efforts to defend the socialist values that Comrade Hugo Chávez upheld. Comandante Hugo Chávez Presente! Our demands: * U.S. Hands OFF Venezuela! * NO Sanctions on the Venezuelan people! * FREE kidn…
(2023-03-04). Venezuela: Jorge Rodríguez Criticizes Inadequate Infrastructure for Disabled People. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, March 2, the president of Venezuela's National Assembly, Deputy Jorge Rodríguez, urged the deputies to exercise the function of comptroller of the laws enacted for the benefit of all the Venezuelan people. | Rodríguez entered the Federal Legislative Palace's session chamber in a wheelchair due to a temporary disability in his left leg. He shared on social media that he was there to "do his job," but no further information was provided about the cause of his temporary disability. | Rodríguez called on the members of the National Assembly in the absence of ramps and other measures and devices that allo…
(2023-03-04). Venezuela's Peasant Movement Demands Justice for Assassination of Carlos Bolívar (+Los Tramojos). orinocotribune.com At approximately 5: 30 a.m. on Thursday, March 2, Carlos Bolívar, a member of the Peasant Platform in Guárico state, was assassinated. Since 2018, he had been fighting to rescue Los Tramojos, a plot of land disputed with a landowner. The Platform for Peasant Struggle and the National Peasant Movement reported in a statement that Bolívar was assassinated while beginning his work in Puerto Carrizalero-Camaguán, Guárico. | "Bolívar was a historic leader in the struggle to rescue the Los Tramojos ranch, an emblematic case of the Admirable Peasant March, national leader of the Platform for Peasant Struggle and the Nati…
(2023-03-04). ALBA Movimientos debate crisis sistémica del capitalismo global. telesurtv.net Alba Movimientos es un instrumento de integración que nos ayuda a mirar de forma conjunta para enfrentar esos tiempos de inestabilidad.
(2023-03-04). Rusia destaca impronta de Hugo Chávez en la comunidad global. telesurtv.net Canciller ruso, Serguei Lavrov, expresó que "incluso los opositores de Hugo Chávez reconocían la magnitud de su personalidad".
(2023-03-04). Presidente Maduro rechaza extensión del decreto de EE.UU. sobre Venezuela. telesurtv.net El mandatario aseguró que gracias a la unión de la clase obrera el país va saliendo adelante y va venciendo las sanciones impuestas.
(2023-03-04). US Renews 'National Emergency' Against Venezuela, Keeping Sanctions. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, March 1, US President Joe Biden renewed a directive declaring a state of national emergency "with respect to the situation in Venezuela." Titled Executive Order 13692, the measure was first implemented by former President Barack Obama in 2015 citing an "unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States." The EO was accompanied by sanctions against seven Venezuelan officials. | EO 13692, which has been renewed for another year, provides an expansive basis for the US to continue to impose illegal and brutal unilateral measures against the Bolivarian Repu…
(2023-03-04). Who Die For Life — Like Hugo Chávez — Cannot Be Called Dead. popularresistance.org On 28 October 2005, a special event was held in Caracas at the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. At this gathering, held on the birthday of Simón Rodríguez (Simón Bolívar's teacher), the Venezuelan government announced that nearly 1.5 million adults had learned to read through Mission Robinson, a mass literacy programme that it initiated two years earlier. The mission was named after Rodríguez (who was also known by the pseudonym Samuel Robinson). | One of those adults, María Eugenia Túa (age 70), stood beside President Hugo Chávez Frías and said, 'We are no longer poor. We are rich in kn…
(2023-03-03). ALBA Movements Prepare for VII Continental Coordination Meeting in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com
(2023-03-03). FRSO delegation spends day in downtown Caracas. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – The Freedom Road Socialist Organization delegation to Venezuela visited downtown Caracas, March 2, and spoke with working-class Venezuelan people. Delegation members include Chicano activist Carlos Montes, student organizer Enya Silva and anti-police crimes activist Omar Flores. | The group visited the home of Simon Bolivar (the Liberator), Bolivar Plaza, and several historic sites.
| Carlos Montes said, "I enjoyed the popular theater performance in the outside plaza with the public of all ages watching, and the displays of Simon Bolivar." | FRSO delegate Omar Flores stated, "The city is…
(2023-03-03). The Psychology and Reality of Colonialism, Capitalism and Imperialism. anchor.fm In this episode we begin by sharing our explicit support and solidarity with the revolutionary masses, parties and governments of Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Vietnam, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Iran, Palestine and elsewhere. We then speak about oppression, class society, colonialism and its consequences psychologically, socially, and it's revolutionary conclusions to come.
(2023-03-03). Daily Round-up | Sri Lankan workers stage strike against economic reforms & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode, we bring you stories of Sri Lankan workers going on strike over the economic crisis, British teachers launching a protest, a vote on a death penalty in Israel, and the US renewing a national emergency against Venezuela…
(2023-03-03). US renews "national emergency" against Venezuela, keeping brutal sanctions in place. peoplesdispatch.org President Joe Biden has renewed the Obama-era Executive Order 13692 against Venezuela, citing an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to US national security. The measure has been used to impose an illegal sanctions regime targeting the socialist country, its people, and its economy…
(2023-03-03). National Cumbe Born After Third Afro-Venezuelan National Congress. orinocotribune.com 
(2023-03-03). Washington Extends Executive Sanction Order Against Venezuela, Caracas Responds. orinocotribune.com This Thursday, March 2, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela rejected the Venezuelan minister for foreign affairs, Yván Gil, stated via social media that with the renewal of the Executive Order, Biden's administration ext…
(2023-03-03). Sesiona en Venezuela encuentro mundial sobre el legado de Hugo Chávez. telesurtv.net El Encuentro Mundial por la vigencia del Pensamiento Bolivariano del líder revolucionario en el siglo XXI inicia este viernes y concluirá el 5 de marzo.
(2023-03-03). Cuba rechaza política de agresión de EE.UU. contra Venezuela. telesurtv.net El canciller dijo que la decisión de EE.UU. "sirve de pretexto para mantener las medidas coercitivas unilaterales que afectan el bienestar del pueblo venezolano".
(2023-03-03). Inicia VII reunión de coordinación de ALBA Movimientos en Venezuela. telesurtv.net Participan en el encuentro alrededor de 37 delegados de 18 países como Argentina, Brasil, Cuba, Colombia y Venezuela.
(2023-03-03). Venezuela rechaza extensión de política de agresión de EE.UU. telesurtv.net El Gobierno venezolano condenó la afirmación infundada de que supuestamente el país representa algún tipo de amenaza contra EE.UU.
(2023-03-03). Those Who Die for Life — like Hugo Chávez — Cannot Be Called Dead. dissidentvoice.org 
On 28 October 2005, a special event was held in Caracas at the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. At this gathering, held on the birthday of Simón Rodríguez (Simón Bolívar's teacher), the Venezuelan government announced that nearly 1.5 million adults had learned to read through Mission Robinson, a mass literacy programme that …
(2023-03-03). Those who die for life—like Hugo Chávez—cannot be called dead: The Ninth Newsletter (2023). mronline.org 
On 28 October 2005, a special event was held in Caracas at the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. At this gathering, held on the birthday of Simón Rodríguez (Simón Bolívar's teacher), the Venezuelan government announced that nearly 1.5 million adults had learned to read through Mission Robinson.