(2024-03-29). 'Seismic Shift': US Protests for Palestine Shake Biden & Ruling Class w/ Layan Fuleihan. thealtworld.com On March 25, the UN Security Council finally passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, to be implemented during the month of Ramadan and to end on April 9. The resolution was able to pass because the US did not exercise its veto power as it did on three other occasions. But the US immediately called it "non-binding" and said it would not impact Israel's war. | Layan Sima Fuleihan, the Education Director at The People's Forum and an editor at 1804 Books, joins the show to discuss this major shift by the US, the global solidarity movement for Palestine and the rising tide of public pressure on…
(2024-03-29). Build the Party, Build the Clubs. cpusa.org 
Editor's Note: Build the Party, Build the Clubs is one of three discussion documents submitted by the CPUSA in preparation for its 32nd National Convention. It was approved for submission by the party's National Board at its March 27th meeting. | As the 2024 election unfolds, the U.S. working class is increasingly taking the fight to the bosses. Last year, strike action was way up, as was involvement in electoral struggles all over the country. Labor is taking greater independent political initiative to set the national agenda. The AFL-CIO, for example, recently demanded a ceasefire in Gaza. | This independen…
(2024-03-29). 'Seismic Shift': US Protests for Palestine Shake Biden & Ruling Class w/ Layan Fuleihan. youtube.com 
On March 25, the UN Security Council finally passed a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, to be implemented during the month of Ramadan and to end on April 9. The resolution was able to pass because the US did not exercise its veto power as it did on three other occasions. But …
(2024-03-29). Over 1,000 students protest against the Gaza genocide and new anti-democratic policy at University of Michigan. wsws.org The protest was a significant expression of the intense and ongoing opposition, in particular among young people, to the US-backed Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, which is now approaching its seventh month.
(2024-03-29). Over 1,000 students protest against the Gaza genocide and new anti-democratic policy at University of Michigan. wsws.org The protest was a significant expression of the intense ongoing opposition, in particular among young people, to the US-backed Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, which is now approaching its seventh month.
(2024-03-29). "Like Lying in a Coffin": UNICEF Spokesperson Warns of Devastating Toll on Gaza's Children. democracynow.org 
As the death toll in Gaza tops 32,600, we speak with UNICEF spokesperson James Elder in Rafah near the Egyptian border, now home to some 1.5 million Palestinians seeking shelter from the fighting. He says Israel's continued obstruction of aid into the territory is a "man-made and preventable" crisis of hunger and acute malnutrition that could be ended if Israel just opened access to more aid trucks, especially in northern Gaza, where desperate people could be reached in as little as 10 minutes. "When I'm on the street, every person, the first thing they want to tell me in English or…
(2024-03-29). Headlines for March 29, 2024. democracynow.org ICJ Orders Israel to Allow "Unhindered" Aid into Gaza in New Order as Starvation Deaths Mount, Reports: Israeli Airstrikes on Hezbollah Targets in Syria Kill 40 People, Including Civilians, Hebrew University Reinstates Palestinian Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian Following Outcry, "Let Gaza Live!": Activists Disrupt Glitzy Biden Fundraiser with Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Activist Vivien Sansour Highlights Destruction of Gaza's Soil, Trees Since War, South Carolina, Florida Will Vote in Racially Gerrymandered Districts in November, Texas Acquits Crystal Mason, Who Faced 5-Year Sentenc…
(2024-03-29). Mountaintop Removal: David Brooks and the Elite Consensus on Gaza. counterpunch.org 
In his March 24th opinion piece for the Times, David Brooks agrees with a "broad consensus atop the Democratic Party" (is there room for such breadth on the peak of that lofty mountain?) saying that Israel has the right to defend its apartheid regime by killing, banishing or imprisoning not only Gaza's entire military but its entire elected government
(2024-03-29). Pro-Palestinian Protests Disrupt Major Biden Campaign Event. news.antiwar.com 
Pro-Palestinian activists surrounded the Radio City Music Hall in New York City as President Joe Biden hosted one of his most prominent campaign events featuring his two Democratic predecessors. Inside the hall, protesters disrupted the speeches criticizing Biden's unyielding support for Israel. Thursday night's event raised a record-setting $26 million for the president and featured …
(2024-03-29). Violent Extremists Get Called "Moderates" By A Violent Extremist Empire. caitlinjohnstone.com.au The imperial press have revealingly been using the words "moderate" and "centrist" to eulogize the warmongering former US senator Joe Lieberman, who passed away on Wednesday. | "Centrist former Sen. Joseph Lieberman has died at 82," reads a "As a moderate Democra…
(2024-03-29). Is Donald Trump's campaign in danger as Joe Biden breaks record. geo.tv 
Joe Biden hosts fundraiser in presence of Barack Obama, Bill Clinton…
(2024-03-29). Donald Trump is running meme page on Instagram. geo.tv 
Ex-president slams Joe Biden as Barack Obama comes for help…
(2024-03-29). Diosdado Cabello Comments on Possible Final Presidential Candidate of Unitary Platform. orinocotribune.com Following the far-right Unitary Platform's (PUD) registration of Edmundo González Urrutia as their "cover" candidate for the presidential elections, the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, has commented on who might replace this "provisional" candidate of the far-right opposition. | During the broadcast of his program Con el Mazo Dando, Cabello first talked about what a "cover candidate" means, and how it is defined in the Venezuelan legal system. He explained, reading from Electoral Law, that a "cover" candidate may be replaced by someone who has already been…
(2024-03-29). Tennessee State University Hosts Protests After Governor Strips HBCU Of Its Board Of Trustees. newsone.com 
Source: Art Wager / Getty | School leaders at Tennessee State University are hosting a national press conference to address the recent extremist Republican legislatures across the country that are attacking and defunding historically black colleges and universities. | The press conference, which will take place this Monday, April 1, at 11 a.m. CST, will include national faith and civil rights leaders such as Bishop William J. Barber, II, Latosha Brown, Rev. Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes III, Tamika Mallory and Roland Martin. | It will be located at the Rotunda of the Tennessee State Capitol, 600 Dr. Martin L King…
(2024-03-29). Yet Again Washington Meddles in Another Nation's Election. orinocotribune.com By María Páez Victor — Mar 26, 2024 | "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." | Albert Einstein | The USA is stuck in the recurring folly of trying to dictate the political life of Venezuela, including by trying to discredit their elections. They cannot grasp the fact that Venezuela is a sovereign nation, that it has frequent, free, and fair elections, and that it will not bow to political blackmail, even in the face of crippling illegal sanctions. | For 22 years the foreign policy of the USA has aimed to destabilize and openly overthrow (under the euphemism of…
(2024-03-29). Protesters Disrupt Record $25 Million Biden Fundraiser in NYC as Thousands March Against Gaza War. democracynow.org 
Pro-Palestine protesters disrupted the largest one-night fundraiser in presidential campaign history on Thursday. The event at Radio City Music Hall in New York City included numerous celebrities and featured President Biden alongside former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, raising a record $25 million for Biden's reelection campaign. The main event was an onstage conversation with the three U.S. presidents moderated by late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert, but people began disrupting it just 10 minutes into their conversation, as Biden was talking, with protesters calling on the president to…
(2024-03-29). Women's History Month: Fannie Lou Hamer And How The Civil Rights Icon Challenged The Status Quo. newsone.com 
It wasn't called voter suppression back then, but civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer knew exactly how white authorities in Mississippi felt about Black people voting in the 1960s.
(2024-03-29). Protesters Disrupt Record $25-Million Biden Fundraiser. youtube.com Thousands march against Gaza war.
(2024-03-29). MAGA Republican Who Backed Trump's False Voter Fraud Claims Gets $5K Fine For Voting Illegally 9 Times. newsone.com 
Georgia Republican Party Official, Brian Pritchard, was ordered to pay a $5,000 fine for voting illegally nine times while a felon.
(2024-03-29). Rising Talk of School Closures Fuels Expansion of the Community Schools Movement. counterpunch.org 
Judging by a rash of news reports beginning in late 2023, communities across the country may be gearing up for a massive wave of school closures in 2024. "A school closure cliff is coming," warned an article in the Hechinger Report in August 2023. The headline of a January 2024 article in the 74 read, "Exclusive Data:
(2024-03-29). U.S. Responsibility For Cuba's Economic Crisis. progressivehub.net SALIM LAMRANI | Z NETWORK…
(2024-03-29). A massive march for memory, truth and justice, on the first 24 March of a denialist government. pressenza.com 
A crowd gathered in the Plaza de Mayo this Sunday to commemorate the National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, on the 48th anniversary of the coup d'état, on an unprecedented 24 March with a national government that, for the first time in democracy, takes a denialist stance and rejects the figure of 30,000 disappeared. | Source: somostelam.com.ar | With its epicenter in the Plaza de Mayo — but with replicas in different parts of the country — the march was called by human rights organizations, together with political, social, student, and trade union groups, in a call to demand and protest agai…
(2024-03-29). State-level Marijuana Legalization Has Been A Stunning Success. progressivehub.net PAUL ARMENTANO | OTHERWORDS…
(2024-03-29). Trump's Commercial Pleasures. counterpunch.org 
At 9: 58 am on March 25th, former president Donald Trump, decked out in a navy suit, red tie and white shirt, appeared in a New York court seeking a further delay in a case involving a commercial tryst he had with the porn star, Stormy Daniels (aka Stephanie Clifford). He claimed, "This is a witch-hunt and a hoax." The trial is
(2024-03-29). ESG Funds Under Attack: Why Republicans Are Targeting Socially Responsible Investing. democracynow.org 
Republicans are on a "crusade" against responsible investing, says Andrew Behar, CEO of the nonprofit group As You Sow that promotes corporate responsibility through shareholder advocacy. His group was subpoenaed to testify before the House Judiciary Committee this week as Republicans probe whether investments that take into account environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns violate antitrust laws. Republicans have introduced bills in dozens of states across the U.S. to limit state bodies from working with banks and other financial firms that take things like climate change into consideration…
(2024-03-29). Democracy Now! 2024-03-29 Friday. democracynow.org Headlines for March 29, 2024; Building Bridges, Not Walls: Immigrant Communities Honor Six Workers Killed in Key Bridge Collapse; Protesters Disrupt Record $25 Million Biden Fundraiser in NYC as Thousands March Against Gaza War; "Like Lying in a Coffin": UNICEF Spokesperson Warns of Devastating Toll on Gaza's Children; ESG Funds Under Attack: Why Republicans Are Targeting Socially Responsible Investing | Headlines for March 29, 2024; Building Bridges, Not Walls: Immigrant Communities Honor Six Workers Killed in Key Bridge Collapse; Protesters Disrupt Record $25 Million Biden Fundraiser in NYC as T…
(2024-03-29). Five Reasons Biden Should Drop the Extradition of Julian Assange. progressivehub.net BILL BLUM | THE PROGRESSIVE…
(2024-03-29). A Guy Named Me: The More You See It, The More Incredible It Is. commondreams.org 
So the sick kingpin of "Red America's fever dreams" is still here — jabbering, menacing, whining, unraveling, what Biden calls "weak and desperate" and hazardous to our health. Lately, he's been busy going to court, misspelling "Biden," likening himself to Jesus, paying Nazi tribute to "the J6 hostages," shrieking "WITCH HUNT!", claiming migrants aren't people, …
(2024-03-29). Democracy Now! 2024-03-29 Friday. democracynow.org Democracy Now! Friday, March 29, 2024 | Democracy Now! Friday, March 29, 2024…
(2024-03-29). The Trump Media Stock Bubble. counterpunch.org
(2024-03-29). Serfs' Emancipation Day celebrated in Xizang. ecns.cn Thursday marks the 65th anniversary of the democratic reform that ended feudal serfdom in southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region.
(2024-03-29). The New York City Council No Longer Differentiates Between Illegal Aliens and US Citizens. thealtworld.com The New York City Council is begging the New York state Supreme Court to permit the council to ignore the New York state constitution that only permits citizens to vote. | The city council says that allowing illegal immigrants to vote can only strengthen democracy "by increasing civic engagement." | Think about this for a moment. For the NY City Council, the only difference between an American citizen and an illegal alien is that the alien is discriminated against by not being allowed to vote. | It was obvious from the beginning that this is what happens when a country allows immigrant-invaders to settle among th…
(2024-03-29). Venezuela: 5 Strategic Reasons for Nicolás Maduro's Presidential Candidacy. orinocotribune.com 
By Misión Verdad — Mar 26, 2024 | During his second term as the president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro has achieved fundamental milestones to overcome the crises generated by the far-right opposition and the United States. These achievements have led the country towards political, economic, and social stability. They have strengthened his leadership within Chavismo and have positioned him as the natural candidate to represent the Bolivarian Revolution in the presidential election scheduled for July 28 this year. | The following are five milestones, five strategic achievements, whic…
(2024-03-29). Patrick Lawrence: Imperium: Decline on the Way to Fall. scheerpost.com 
President Joe Biden delivers remarks announcing CHIPS and Science Act grants to Intel to expand U.S. semiconductor production, Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at the Intel Ocotillo Campus in Chandler, Arizona. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost I just read a most remarkable piece in The Seattle Times—remarkable …
(2024-03-29). Building Bridges, Not Walls: Immigrant Communities Honor Six Workers Killed in Key Bridge Collapse. democracynow.org 
Search and rescue teams have recovered the bodies of two men from the Patapsco River following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, but four others remain missing and are presumed dead. All six victims were immigrants from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, part of a road crew that was filling potholes on the bridge when a cargo ship ran into one of the bridge supports, causing the entire structure to drop into the water. "The construction workers are absolutely essential," says Gustavo Torres, executive director of the immigrant rights group CASA, which counted two of…
(2024-03-29). Biden Administration Finalizes Long-Term Truck Pollution Standards. commondreams.org Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized federal standards to strengthen the nation's emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles. The federal truck standards will cover model years 2027-2032 and reduce the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that trucks and buses emit, cleaning up pollution from large vehicles on the roads like transit buses, school buses, delivery trucks, …
(2024-03-29). American Democracy vs. Fascist Autocracy. counterpunch.org 
Liberty — Equality — Democracy: America and Americans are defined by their dedication to these founding principles—ideas that were fostered by the Enlightenment philosophers of the late 17th — 18th centuries, the Age of Reason, and enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Our Declaration and Constitution are secular documents. There is no invocation
(2024-03-29). CNE venezolano rechaza declaraciones injerencistas de EE.UU. telesurtv.net La nota recuerda que la democracia venezolana está sustentada en una "serie de pilares muy avanzados, entre los cuales se destaca su sistema electoral".
(2024-03-29). US official quits State Dept. over Israel Gaza war support. newarab.com 
A US State Department official working on human rights issues in the Middle East resigned Wednesday in protest over Annelle Sheline, 38, left her position as a foreign affairs officer in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor just a year into her role, with nearly half of that period overshadowed by Israel's
(2024-03-29). Who is Tunisia's jailed candidate for presidential election. newarab.com 
In The proposal, put forward by former minister Ayachi Hammami, intends "to put an end to the state of confusion and silence in the public scene…
(2024-03-29). US official quits over support for Israel, university alumni refuse donations. presstv.ir Annelle Sheline's resignation highlights further discord within the Biden administration.
(2024-03-29). US, S Korean troops stage wargames days after Pyongyang fires multiple rockets. presstv.ir South Korean and US troops hold joint drills.
(2024-03-28). February report on communal violence, hate speeches and hate crimes in India. muslimmirror.com 
By CSSS Team The build up to the 18th Lok Sabha election witnessed communal churning in India. According to the monitoring of Centre for Study of Society and Secularism, in February alone, the media reported ten communal riots, nine minor and one major riot. The communal riots left over 153 injured and six dead. It appears …
The Foggy Dew — Sinéad O'Connor & The Chieftains MoA: New York Times Misreports Gaza UNSC Resolution Stop the Worsening Undercount of Palestinian Casualties in Gaza, by Ralph Nader Redirecting: On Gaza and the Palestinian Resistance, by Mazin Qumsiyeh Peter Myers Digest: Israel and Gaza Cat McGuire Asks Jeff Brown about "Zio-American Empire vs. China," by Kevin Barrett Is "Neocon" synonymous with "Nazi"? by Don Hank Democracy Is an Ideal Government for Jewish Influence, by Thomas Dalton New Alliances and Military Strength Surge Amid Yemen's Unwavering Support for Gaza, by A Abdulkareem…
The U.S. experience in the Middle East is a classic study of political and military miscalculation leading to strategic failure. President Joe Biden's political support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which is being sorely tested, and his military support for Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), which is making the United States complicit in Israel's genocidal campaign, is the latest and worst example of U.S. miscalculation. Overall, the exercise of U.S. military power in the Middle East, designed to gain strategic advantage, has backfired. It has led to disarray in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf, a…
Trump and other rivals like Nikki Haley trolled Biden for his old age at several occasions…
Six people are missing and presumed dead after a 984-foot cargo ship hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing the bridge's collapse early Tuesday morning. All six have been identified as immigrant construction workers originally hailing from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Maryland Governor Wes Moore said the crew on the ship was able to issue an emergency mayday call before colliding with the bridge, which allowed authorities to stop incoming traffic and prevent more casualties. However, reports say the workers already on the bridge were not given similar warnings. "The que…
Six people are missing and presumed dead after a 984-foot cargo ship hit the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing the bridge's collapse early Tuesday morning. All six have been identified as immigrant construction workers originally hailing from Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Maryland Governor Wes Moore said the crew on the ship was able to issue an emergency mayday call before colliding with the bridge, which allowed authorities to stop incoming traffic and prevent more casualties. However, reports say the workers already on the bridge were not given similar warnings. "The que…
The world court will rule on the requested additional measures in the coming days, which may include criticism of Israel as well as requests for additional monitoring reports, according to the KAN broadcaster report.
Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement has conducted multiple operations against Israeli military outposts in the northern part of the 1948 occupied territories, expressing its unwavering support for Palestinians in Gaza amid a genocidal war.
A spokesman for the UN children's agency said on Tuesday that the situation in the war-torn Gaza is so bad that teens are increasingly expressing their desire to be quickly murdered in order to end the "nightmare". 
Democracy refers to a government in which people rule directly or through their elected representatives. It is, in other words, what President Lincoln referred to in his Gettysburg address as a government "of the people, by the people, and for the people" but which Plato warned is a chimera. Indeed, the ancient Greek philosopher thought a government elected 
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has issued a notice to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) for not issuing certified forms and other documents related to the general polls 2024 results and sought a reply by Wednesday (today). | IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq heard the applications of Salman Akram Raja and Shoaib Shaheen who participated in the general elections as members of the National Assembly. | Shaheen appeared before the court in person whereas Raja was represented by his counsel. | During the hearing, the IHC chief justice remarked that obtaining certified forms was the petitioners' legal right. He…
Spectators look skyward during a partial eclipse of the sun on August 21, 2017, at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, New York. | Source: Bruce Bennett / Getty | ABC News and National Geographic announce the unparalleled event "Eclipse Across America." Here's how more than 30 million Americans can find themselves in the path of a total On Monday, April 8, at least 32 million people across America could see the total solar eclipse, where the moon will completely block the s…
An immigration battle continues on the border between Texas and Mexico, as Texas's state government increases its militarization of the region, deploying hundreds of National Guard troops and constructing new infrastructure on the border. Meanwhile, a new federal spending bill passed by Congress and signed into law by President Biden has increased funding for ICE and CBP, and state and federal courts have been wrangling over the legality of SB4, a new Texas state law that gives local police sweeping powers to arrest and deport anyone they suspect has entered the United States without authorization. We hear…
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Tuesday on the abortion pill mifepristone, which is available by mail and can be taken at home, even in states that have severely limited or banned abortions. The case was brought by a group of anti-choice medical associations that have sought to overturn moves by the Food and Drug Administration to increase access to the drug, which is used for roughly two-thirds of all U.S. abortions. This was the first abortion-related Supreme Court hearing since the court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022. A decision is expected by July. "Overall the justices showed that they were ske…
Democratic Arizona state Senator Eva Burch made headlines last week after speaking on the floor of the state Senate about her plans to obtain an abortion after receiving news that her pregnancy was nonviable. Arizona has banned all abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. "I felt like it was really important for me to bring people along, so that people could really see what this looks like," says Burch, a former nurse practitioner who worked at a women's health clinic before running for office, about why she decided to publicly tell her story. "I wanted to pull people into the conversation s…
The brief release published on Thursday, 21 March, reads: "It was decided to hold an early presidential election, scheduled for Saturday, 7 September 2024. The electoral body will be convened on 8 June 2024." | However, it did not further articulate the reasons for advancing the elections by three months. | The announcement was made shortly after a meeting chaired by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebb…
Normally I do a weekly chat with Nima on Friday. But the 22 March terrorist attack on the civilians attending a concert at the Crocus City Hall in Moscow required a Monday discussion. Here it is: | Just found the Ryan Dawson's post of the round table with Scott Ritter and me.