(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 …
(2023-03-05). Palestine solidarity movement speaks out at MN State Board of Investment meeting. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – On March 2, the Minnesota State Board of Investment (SBI) which includes Governor Walz, Attorney General Ellison, State Auditor Blaha and Secretary of State Simon, met for the first time this year at the state capitol. They meet quarterly to monitor the investments of Minnesota public employees. At the meeting members of the Palestine solidarity movement spoke out. | One of the speakers was Brandon Schorsch, an anti-Zionist Jew and activist with the Anti-War Committee, who stated, "So today, building on our testimony from last August, we bring a list of well over a dozen companies that the SBI is…
(2023-03-05). 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.
(2023-03-05). Erdoğan does not want to lose the status of a mediator in the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis. journal-neo.org 
Any conflict and fighting will eventually end in peace, on conditions which will depend on the outcome and the balance of forces on the battlefield. From the very beginning of the Russian SMO in Ukraine, Turkey began to assume the role of an active mediator in the peaceful settlement of the conflict, the cessation of …
(2023-03-05). 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.
(2023-03-05). Erdoƒüan does not want to lose the status of a mediator in the settlement of the Ukrainian crisis. journal-neo.org Any conflict and fighting will eventually end in peace, on conditions which will depend on the outcome and the balance of forces on the battlefield. From the very beginning of the Russian SMO in Ukraine, Turkey began to assume the role of an active mediator in the peaceful settlement of the conflict, the cessation of …
(2023-03-05). 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). Why and how to end the war in Ukraine. mronline.org Jacqueline Luqman was a panelist on the February 16, 2023 webinar Why and How to End the War in Ukraine , which was sponsored by Chicago Area Peace Action. These were her remarks.
(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). Halifax School's Anti-Palestinian Racism. dissidentvoice.org 
During a cross-cultural activity, a Park West School in Halifax forced Palestinian-Canadian students to remove the Kufiyahs they had worn as part of the activity. The principle justified banning the kufiyah (Palestinian scarf) saying it represented "war colors." Students who did not comply were sent to the principal's office. Such anti-Palestinian racism must be rejected: …
(2023-03-04). Straws in the Wind as WWIII Blows In. Peace Negotiations are the Only Solution. globalresearch.ca
(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…
(2023-03-04). Minneapolis Teachers Union, Cops Battle Over Student Recruitment. popularresistance.org Minneapolis, Minnesota — A Minneapolis Public Schools teacher talked to Unicorn Riot about the Minneapolis Police Department's (MPD) newly created PEACE Recruitment Program and the teachers union's recent decision to oppose it. | Minneapolis North High School Special Education teacher and union board member at-large Jessica Garraway brought the idea to the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT59) to oppose the MPD's PEACE Recruitment Plan targeting high school students. She helped draft a resolution and bring it to the body for a vote. | Garraway, a police abolitionist, participated in the Lake Street pro…
(2023-03-05). Colombia's Satena Airline Resumes Commercial Flights Between Bogotá and Caracas. orinocotribune.com On Friday, March 3, more than 40 passengers arrived at the Simón Bolívar de Maiquetía International Airport in Maiquetía, Venezuela, on an EMB145 aircraft belonging to the Colombian airline Satena. This was Satena's first commercial flight from Bogotá to Caracas in over five years. There was a short service disruption that, according to Colombian sources, was caused by aircraft deficiencies despite some analyst speculations that US sanctions were also part of the inconvenience. | Satena will have flights on this route twice a week. On Tuesdays and Fridays at 5 a.m., flights will depart from Bogotá to Caracas, ret…
(2023-03-05). World Meeting on the Validity of Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian Thought Begins in Caracas. orinocotribune.com 
On Friday, March 3, the World Meeting for the Validity of Commander Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian Thought in the 21st century began to commemorate 10 years since Chávez's death. Over 140 international guests from 55 countries and several national intellectuals and writers are attending. From the José Félix Ribas room of the Teresa Carreño Theater in Caracas, a series of conversations were held aimed at extolling Hugo Chávez's historical legacy in the consolidation of socialist Venezuela and his vision of a new multicentric and multipolar world. | Among the invited intellectuals present at the event are Atilio Botón fr…
(2023-03-04). International anti-imperialist conference begins in Venezuela. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela — Friday, March 3 was the first day of an international anti-imperialist conference in Venezuela held to commemorate the legacy and continuing struggle of the late Venezuelan President and leader of the Bolivarian Revolution Hugo Chavez. A delegation of Chicano and Latino members of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), led by long time Chicano activist Carlos Montes, were invited to attend by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). | Chavez is not dead | The theme of the conference was carrying on the legacy of Hugo Chavez. The mood in the room was lively, with every se…
(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). 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). Lavrov destaca el papel de Chávez en la construcción de la solidaridad latinoamericana. cubadebate.cu El ministro de Asuntos Exteriores de Rusia, Serguéi Lavrov, destacó que el expresidente de Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, puso "una de las piedras más importantes en el fundamento de la solidaridad latinoamericana" en un videomensaje grabado con el motivo del décimo aniversario de la muerte del líder sudamericano.
(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 saluda encuentro sobre Hugo Chávez en Venezuela. telesurtv.net El encuentro se desarrolla en el teatro Teresa Carreño hasta el domingo 5 de marzo, fecha en que, una década atrás, falleció el comandante Hugo Chávez.
(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). 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…