Daily Archives: March 4, 2024

2024-03-04: News Headlines

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-03-04). Nobody With Real Power Cares If You Refuse To Vote For Biden. caitlinjohnstone.com.au The problem is not that the wrong people keep getting elected, it's that the elections don't matter and voters don't have a say.

DLI (2024-03-04). US veto #5 at UN vote to protect Israel from global condemnation in genocidal war. indybay.org For the fifth time since the war between Israel and the ruling Hamas group in Gaza that started on October 7, the US has once again been the lone voice in sheltering the Israeli government from widespread global rebuke. While making a few milquetoast statements that "regret" the massive indiscriminate bombings and killings of 30,000+ unarmed civilians, the tone-deaf Biden regime(poll after poll show the American public wants a ceasefire in Gaza) has continued sending thousands of bombs, missiles and other WMDs to enable the continuing slaughter. Under international law, that's complicity in genocide!

Editor (2024-03-04). Patrick Lawrence: The CIA in Ukraine — The NY Times Gets a Guided Tour. scheerpost.com

Editor (2024-03-04). Mar 4, 2024. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Peter Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42 No.3 The power behind the throne and the forever wars, by Alex Krainer America's Super-Elite Disconnect, by Simplicius The Thinker The Axis of Asymmetry takes on the 'rules-based order,' by Pepe Escobar Biden and Trump as Captains of the U.S. Ship of State, by Bill Astore "Biden is a senile warmonger" — veteran US Diplomat Chas Freeman The Braindead American Foreign Policy Establishment, by Paul Craig Roberts The Duran: Assange's Last Stand, w/Chris Hedges, Craig Murray & Alex Mercouris (Video) Making Israel Great Again: Before Time Ru…

Ghada Ageel (2024-03-04). President Biden, why do you support genocide in Gaza? indybay.org Since I last wrote to you, Mr President, I have lost another 184 members of my extended family in Gaza. The Palestinians are among the most educated nations in the entire Middle East. They are a very curious people. Their most burning question they all have today is, "why"? Why do the Palestinian people have to endure genocide at the hands of your ally, carried out with your weapons and money, while you refuse to call for a ceasefire? Can you tell us why, Mr President?>

MEE staff (2024-03-04). US: Kamala Harris' Gaza ceasefire announcement slammed as 'not genuine, not enough'. middleeasteye.net US: Kamala Harris' Gaza ceasefire announcement slammed as 'not genuine, not enough' | American vice president's call for a six-week ceasefire criticised amid Biden's sinking popularity among Democrats | | US Vice President Kamala Harris gestures during a press conference with Ukrainian President Vol…

MEE staff (2024-03-04). Top Biden aide says end to Israel's war on Gaza won't bring peace to Lebanon. middleeasteye.net Top Biden aide says end to Israel's war on Gaza won't bring peace to Lebanon | During a visit to Beirut, Amos Hochstein tried to de-link Hezbollah and Israel tensions from fighting in Gaza | | Some billows in southern Lebanon following Israeli bombardment on the Lebanese village of Markaba 4, March…

Tina Vásquez, Scheer Post. (2024-03-04). Under Biden, Family Separations And Other Atrocities Continue. popularresistance.org President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump are in Texas today touring different sectors of the Southern border, a spectacle that encapsulates how central immigration is to each of their reelection campaigns. It is Biden's approach to immigration in recent months, however, that has been a source of controversy on both sides of the aisle. | Large swathes of the country do not believe his actions on immigration have been severe enough, while Democratic voters cannot seem to understand why the man who promised to usher in a more "fair, orderly, and humane" immigration system now champions the same immigrati…

_____ (2024-03-04). The Shoah after Gaza. transcend.org Gaza has become for countless powerless people the essential condition of political and ethical consciousness in the 21st century — just as WWI was for a generation in the West. And only those jolted into consciousness by the calamity of Gaza can rescue the Shoah from Netanyahu, Biden, Scholz and Sunak.

Ahmed Adel (2024-03-04). Trump's Popularity Surges as Biden's Cognitive Decline Worsens. globalresearch.ca

albawaba (2024-03-04). US vetoes ceasefire but sends airdrops! Biden accused of double standards. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The United States' position towards the Israeli war in Gaza has been settled since Oct. 7, as the US announced several military aid packages to Tel Aviv and it stopped the ceasefire calls requested during the United Nations meetings. However, yesterday, it was heavily criticized by human rights activists.Activists questioned, "Why does the US veto ceasefire at the UN, while sending aid airdrops to the Gaza Strip?" and "Why can't the US pressure Israeli to allow the entry of aid trucks standing on the Rafah crossing?"US officials announced on March 2 the start of an American mission to send aid airdrop…

DLI (2024-03-04). US Air drop to Gaza a cynical PR stunt. indybay.org In the face of incontrovertible graphic evidence of Israel "Defense" Force using lethal force to cause over 100 Palestinian deaths, amidst a starving crowd that was trying desperately to get to aid supply trucks, the Biden administration was forced to belatedly organize a single plane flight to drop off 60 tons of aid supplies on a south Gaza beach.

Henry A. Giroux (2024-03-04). Media Obsess Over Biden's Memory But Our Forgetting History Is the Real Crisis. truthout.org Memory currently occupies a large media presence, less as a tool of historical remembrance than as a source of political repression and regressive ignorance and thoughtlessness. In an act of elimination and erasure, far right GOP legislators such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis are attempting to whitewash, censor and ban Black history. Memory is now administered, cleansed of its democratic… |

infobrics (2024-03-04). Trump's popularity surges as Biden's cognitive decline worsens. infobrics.org Biden mistakenly mentions Ukraine several times when announcing aid for Gaza.

Marco Carnelos (2024-03-04). The West's last gasp of global dominance. thealtworld.com As US hegemony fades away, Biden and his allies are focusing on a deeply flawed 'democracies versus autocracies' narrative | A distinctive feature of western political thinking is its astonishing capacity to justify and self-absolve when the West commits atrocities or tolerates those perpetrated by allies. | This attitude is combined with a peculiar tendency to see everywhere enemies who are allegedly determined to destroy freedom and democracy. | This is nothing new; it is neither a byproduct of the Cold War era nor of…

Sharon Zhang (2024-03-04). Harris "Ceasefire" Call Actually Same "Pause" Biden Called for Weeks Ago. truthout.org In a campaign stop on Sunday, Vice President Kamala Harris called for a six-week pause — which she called a "ceasefire" — in Israel's attacks in Gaza, co-opting the phrasing that pro-Palestine advocates have been using for months to instead promote what advocates say would simply amount to a "pause to the genocide." In a speech in front of the historic Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama… |

Agence France-Presse (2024-03-04). Super Tuesday 2024: Donald Trump puts Joe Biden in cross hairs as Nikki Haley trails far behind. scmp.com Donald Trump will march to the threshold of a third Republican presidential nomination this week as millions of Americans vote in Super Tuesday — a critical milestone in his party's lopsided 2024 race for the White House.

Bloomberg (2024-03-04). Nikki Haley gets first primary win in Washington DC, with Super Tuesday ahead. scmp.com Nikki Haley has won the Republican primary in the District of Columbia. She still faces near-impossible odds in her quest to win the Republican nomination to take on President Joe Biden in November.

newarab (2024-03-04). Iran conservatives secure bulk of seats in elections: media. newarab.com

newarab (2024-03-04). Shehbaz Sharif voted in as Pakistan's PM for second time. newarab.com Shehbaz Sharif was voted in as Pakistan's prime minister for a second time on Sunday, presiding over a shaky alliance that has shut out followers of jailed opposition leader Newly sworn-in lawmakers in Pakistan's National Assembly elected Sharif by 201 votes, three weeks after national elections marred by widespread allegations of rigging. | "Shehbaz Sharif has been declared to have been elected as prime minister of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan," said the newly appointed speaker of the Nati…

WSWS (2024-03-04). Australian by-election results point to deepening political crisis. wsws.org The outcome of Saturday's Dunkley by-election underscores the ongoing disintegration of support for the two main parties of rule—Labor and the Coalition—and the political establishment as a whole.

nosihle (2024-03-04). Celebrating 30 years of human rights. sanews.gov.za Celebrating 30 years of human rights | The year 2024 coincides with several historic milestones in the nation's fight for fundamental human rights and freedoms, says Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Zizi Kodwa. | "South Africans from all walks of life will be participating in the seventh National Elections since the dawn of democracy and the country, in April, will be celebrating 30 years of democracy in South Africa," the Minister said on Monday in Pretoria. | He was addressing the launch of Human Rights Month, which is taking place under the theme: "Three Decades of Respect For and Promotion of Human Rights.

Patricia Harrity (2024-03-04). The Power Behind the Throne and The Forever Wars. expose-news.com Glen Beck told Tucker Carlson that he was left wondering why we have elections following a conversation with George W.Bush in the Oval Office where he was told, "…whoever sits behind this …

teleSUR (2024-03-03). El Salvador Held Municipal Elections This Sunday. telesurenglish.net The polling stations opened at 7: 00 seven o'clock in the morning until 5: 00 PM in El Salvadorn this Sunday, to elect 44 mayors and 20 representatives to the Central American Parliament (Parlacen). | RELATED: | According to the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) of El Salvador about 6.2 million people are called to participate in the municipal elections, after presidential and legislative elections plagued by allegations of…

Agence France-Presse (2024-03-04). Iran conservatives secure bulk of seats in elections, local media reports. scmp.com Iranian media said ultraconservative candidates secured 12 of the 30 parliament seats allotted to the capital. Local media estimated a record low turnout of around 41 per cent.

Basit Mahmood (2024-03-04). Jeremy Hunt gives over £100,000 of his own money to local Tory party in bid to retain seat. leftfootforward.org Hunt is among a number of high profile Tory MPs predicted to lose their seats at the next general election…

eng.belta.by (2024-03-04). CEC chief speaks about preparations for Belarusian People's Congress. eng.belta.by Chairman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus Igor | Karpenko told the ONT TV channel about preparations for the Belarusian | People's Congress.

albawaba (2024-03-04). Harris, Pope Francis call for ceasefire in Gaza. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – United States Vice President Kamala Harris have urged for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza after about 5 months of war during which 30,410 have been killed.She said on Sunday: "Given the immense scale of suffering in Gaza, there must be an immediate ceasefire for at least the next six weeks, which is what is currently on the table," Al Jazeera reported.According to the VP, a ceasefire in Gaza will allow the release of hostages taken by Hamas on Oct. 7, and it will allow the entry of a significant amount of aid to people facing famine and starvation in the Gaza Strip. What we are seeing every day in Gaza…

Thomas Kennedy (2024-03-04). Democrats Are Embracing Border Policies They Repeatedly Condemned Under Trump. truthout.org In 2019, I stood outside a for-profit child migrant jail in the city of Homestead, Florida. I was watching then-presidential hopeful Sen. Kamala Harris speak out against the facility, initially opened under the Obama administration and reopened under former President Donald Trump. "It's a human rights abuse being committed by the United States government," Harris said at the time… |

Reuters (2024-03-04). Kamala Harris urges Hamas to agree to immediate ceasefire, pushes Israel on aid to Gaza. scmp.com US vice-president gives the sharpest rebuke yet by a senior leader in the US government over the conditions in Gaza.

WSWS (2024-03-04). Trump doubles down on fascist rhetoric in Super Tuesday states. wsws.org In rallies in North Carolina and Virginia, Trump embraced the fascist "Great Replacement Theory" in all but name.

Chris Walker (2024-03-04). Data Disproves Right-Wing Talking Points About Migrant Crime. truthout.org As Republicans — including likely GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump — continue to push the racist belief that immigrants are bringing crime to the United States, a new analysis has shown that such claims are outright false. In recent weeks, Trump and his Republican allies have latched on to the story of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student from Athens, Georgia, who was murdered late last… |

Chris Walker (2024-03-04). Supreme Court Rules Trump Eligible to Run for President in 2024 Race. truthout.org On Monday morning, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling determining that former President Donald Trump, who is running for president a third time, is eligible for the 2024 ballot in every state in the country, despite two states previously determining that he shouldn't be able to run because he violated the insurrection clause of the U.S. Constitution. The justices made their ruling in a per… |

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2024-03-04). South African army starts inquiry to death of two of soldiers in DRC. plenglish.com Pretoria, Mar 4 (Prensa Latina) The South African Army and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) started to inquire into the death of two of its members in that country.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2024-03-04). RSA will investigate the death of two of its military in the DRC. plenglish.com Pretoria, Mar 4 (Prensa Latina) The South African Army will investigate together with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (Monusco) to investigate the death of two of its members in that nation.

_____ (2024-03-04). The Role of Vision in History. transcend.org We are entering an era of economic and political contradictions that will lead to revolutionary change. Capitalism, clothed in its cover of bourgeois democracy, is crumbling. This is already evident with the rejection of traditional establishment political candidates.

Dave DeCamp (2024-03-04). Poll: Majority of Democrats Want a Presidential Candidate Who Opposes Military Aid to Israel. news.antiwar.com

ecns.cn (2024-03-04). Chinese whole-process people's democracy fully demonstrated by two sessions. ecns.cn The event not only offers an important opportunity for the world to understand China's whole-process people's democracy, but also a window to observe the country's development and understand its policy direction for the following year, experts pointed out.

EDWIN (2024-03-04). Probe into SANDF deaths. sanews.gov.za Probe into SANDF deaths | The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has convened a Board of Inquiry with the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) to investigate an incident which led to the deaths of two defence force members. | "The incident occurred when one of them [SANDF member] shot and killed the other with their service weapon before turning the weapon on themselves with fatal consequences," said the SANDF of Thursday's incident. | In a statement on Friday the defence force said it has convened a Board of Inquiry to work with the MONUSCO com…

newarab (2024-03-04). US VP Harris to meet Israeli minister Benny Gantz on Monday. newarab.com The talks, first reported by Reuters, are expected to span topics including reducing Palestinian civilian casualtie…

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