Daily Archives: March 9, 2020

2020-03-09: News Headlines

The Grayzone (2020-03-09). The Grayzone and CODEPINK demand emergency OAS election observers in 2020 Democratic presidential primary. thegrayzone.com Press release Contact: The Grayzone, grayzoneproject@gmail.com Ariel Gold, ariel@codepink.org, 907-390-0847 When: 2pm, Tuesday, March 10, 2020 Where: Outside the Organization…

The Grayzone (2020-03-09). Grayzone y CODEPINK exigen a la OEA observadores electorales internacionales de emergencia en la primaria presidencial demócrata de 2020. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone y CODEPINK hacen un llamado a la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) a proporcionar observadores electorales internacionales…

The Canary (2020-03-08). Women attacked by men then detained by police at International Women's Day rally in Kyrgyzstan. thecanary.co Police in the capital of Kyrgyzstan have detained about 60 people after a rally to mark International Women's Day was broken up by a group of men.The disorder took place in a main square in Kyrgyzstan on Sunday.Masked nationalists attack women's rights activists during the celebration of the International Women's Day in Victory Square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Vladimir Voronin/AP)Demonstrators gathered for a rally to express support for women's and children's rights, but unidentified males barged into the gathering. | Women gathered in Kyrgyzstan's capital to march against domestic violence. Masked men in tradition…

RT (2020-03-08). Protests, clashes & bare breasts: Rallies mark International Women's Day worldwide (VIDEOS). rt.com Women, and some men, have marched in capitals around the globe over issues ranging from violence against women to patriarchy to climate change. Some chose topless protests, while some others got a rough response from police. | Late on Sunday, activists took to the streets of Turkey's largest city, condemning violence against women, only to be met with a violent police response. | Clashes break out between police & activists at

RT (2020-03-06). Democrat outrage forces Facebook to remove Team Trump's 'misleading' Census ads. rt.com Social media giant Facebook said it will remove certain ads by President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, after Democrats and media activists complained they would confuse Americans about the upcoming population census. | The ads were titled "Official 2020 Congressional District Census," but they directed respondents to a website used by the president's re-election campaign. The text of the ads, however, made it clear they were requesting data so the campaign could better formulate the election strategy in November: | "This survey is ESSENTIAL to our team's 2020 campaign strategy. We need Patriotic Americans like…

pip.hinman (2020-03-06). Activists rally for detained Tamil family. greenleft.org.au

Anya Parampil (2020-03-05). Syria war update: Turkey's Erdogan invades Idlib, invokes re-establishment of Ottoman Empire. thegrayzone.com Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Mohammad Marandi, a professor at the University of Tehran. He discusses his recent…

Medea Benjamin (2020-03-02). Can the World's Second Superpower Rise From the Ashes of Twenty Years of War? zcomm.org If there is a lesson for peace-loving Americans in the Obama and Trump presidencies, it is that we cannot just walk out of the voting booth and leave it to a champion in the White House to end our wars and bring us peace. In the final analysis, it really is up to us…

splcenter (2020-02-28). Weekend Read: 55 years after 'Bloody Sunday,' voting rights are still under attack. splcenter.org When they looked over the steel-arched crest of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965, the voting rights activists knew there would be trouble.

Hannah Gais (2020-02-28). Emails Reveal Identity of Longtime White Nationalist Propagandist as Onetime Conservative Insider. splcenter.org Months before the "alt-right" became a household name, the nebulous band of white power activists seized upon their digital prowess to popularize a slur that would soon become a mainstay in the Republican infighting that defined the 2016 presidential election.

Venezuela Analysis (2020-02-06). Embassy Protection Collective: "We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law" theantimedia.com In this exclusive interview, VA talks to the activists who defended the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC ahead of their trial.

2020-03-09: Social Media Postees

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The Grayzone and CODEPINK demand emergency OAS election observers in 2020 Democratic presidential primary
The Grayzone | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-09
Press release Contact: The Grayzone, grayzoneproject@gmail.com Ariel Gold, ariel@codepink.org, 907-390-0847 When: 2pm, Tuesday, March 10, 2020 Where: Outside the Organization…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/09/grayzone-code…

The Grayzone and CODEPINK demand emergency OAS election observers in 2020 Democratic presidential primary
The Grayzone | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-09
The Grayzone and CODEPINK call on the Organization of American States (OAS) to provide emergency international election observers in the…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/09/grayzone-code…

Grayzone y CODEPINK exigen a la OEA observadores electorales internacionales de emergencia en la primaria presidencial demócrata de 2020
The Grayzone | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-09
The Grayzone y CODEPINK hacen un llamado a la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) a proporcionar observadores electorales internacionales…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/09/grayzone-code…

Grayzone y CODEPINK exigen a la OEA observadores electorales internacionales de emergencia en la Primaria Presidencial Demócrata de 2020
The Grayzone | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-09
Comunicado de Prensa Contacto: The Grayzone, grayzoneproject@gmail.com Ariel Gold, ariel@codepink.org, 907-390-0847 øCuándo: 2 P.M., martes 10 de marzo de 2020…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/09/grayzone-code…

Women attacked by men then detained by police at International Women's Day rally in Kyrgyzstan
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-08
Police in the capital of Kyrgyzstan have detained about 60 people after a rally to mark International Women's Day was broken up by a group of men.The disorder took place in a main square in Kyrgyzstan on Sunday.Masked nationalists attack women's rights activists during the celebration of the International Women's Day in Victory Square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Vladimir Voronin/AP)Demonstrators gathered for a rally to express support for women's and children's rights, but unidentified males barged into the gathering. | Women gathered in Kyrgyzstan's capital to march against domestic violence. Masked men in tradition…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/03/08/women-attacked-by-men-then-detained-by-police-at-international-womens-day-rally-in-kyrgyzstan/

Protests, clashes & bare breasts: Rallies mark International Women's Day worldwide (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-03-08
Women, and some men, have marched in capitals around the globe over issues ranging from violence against women to patriarchy to climate change. Some chose topless protests, while some others got a rough response from police. | Late on Sunday, activists took to the streets of Turkey's largest city, condemning violence against women, only to be met with a violent police response. | Clashes break out between police & activists at #Istanbul #WomensDay marc…
rt.com/news/482625-womens-day-rallies-cl…

Women attacked by men then detained by police at International Women's Day rally in Kyrgyzstan
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-03-08
Police in the capital of Kyrgyzstan have detained about 60 people after a rally to mark International Women's Day was broken up by a group of men.The disorder took place in a main square in Kyrgyzstan on Sunday.Masked nationalists attack women's rights activists during the celebration of the International Women's Day in Victory Square in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (Vladimir Voronin/AP)Demonstrators gathered for a rally to express support for women's and children's rights, but unidentified males barged into the gathering. | Women gathered in Kyrgyzstan's capital to march against domestic violence. Masked men in tradition…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/03/08/women-attacked-by-men-then-detained-by-police-at-international-womens-day-rally-in-kyrgyzstan/

Democrat outrage forces Facebook to remove Team Trump's 'misleading' Census ads
rt.com | 2020-03-06
Social media giant Facebook said it will remove certain ads by President Donald Trump's 2020 campaign, after Democrats and media activists complained they would confuse Americans about the upcoming population census. | The ads were titled "Official 2020 Congressional District Census," but they directed respondents to a website used by the president's re-election campaign. The text of the ads, however, made it clear they were requesting data so the campaign could better formulate the election strategy in November: | "This survey is ESSENTIAL to our team's 2020 campaign strategy. We need Patriotic Americans like…
rt.com/usa/482452-facebook-removes-trump…

Activists rally for detained Tamil family
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-03-06
Refugees & migrants Chris SleeIssue 1256 Australia Tamil asylum seekers Home to Bilo MelbourneMarch 6, 2020Refugee rights ca…
greenleft.org.au/content/activists-rally-detained-tamil-family

Syria war update: Turkey's Erdogan invades Idlib, invokes re-establishment of Ottoman Empire
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-03-05
Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Mohammad Marandi, a professor at the University of Tehran. He discusses his recent…
thegrayzone.com/2020/03/05/syria-war-upd…

Rebels continue disruptions
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-03-05
Climate crisis Zebedee ParkesIssue 1256 Australia Extinction Rebellion climate emergencyMarch 5, 2020Extinction Rebellion activists are continuing to cause disruption around Australia.
greenleft.org.au/content/rebels-continue-disruptions

Can the World's Second Superpower Rise From the Ashes of Twenty Years of War?
Medea Benjamin | zcomm.org | 2020-03-02
If there is a lesson for peace-loving Americans in the Obama and Trump presidencies, it is that we cannot just walk out of the voting booth and leave it to a champion in the White House to end our wars and bring us peace. In the final analysis, it really is up to us…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/can-the-worlds-secon…

Emails Reveal Identity of Longtime White Nationalist Propagandist as Onetime Conservative Insider
Hannah Gais | splcenter.org | 2020-02-28
Months before the "alt-right" became a household name, the nebulous band of white power activists seized upon their digital prowess to popularize a slur that would soon become a mainstay in the Republican infighting that defined the 2016 presidential election.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/03/04/email…

Weekend Read: 55 years after 'Bloody Sunday,' voting rights are still under attack
splcenter.org | 2020-02-28
When they looked over the steel-arched crest of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in 1965, the voting rights activists knew there would be trouble.
splcenter.org/news/2020/02/29/weekend-re…