Daily Archives: March 1, 2024

2024-03-01: News Headlines

Staff (2024-03-01). Global Uprising: How Israel's War is Exposing the Cracks In US Empire. youtube.com Over 140 days into the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza, the death toll has surpassed 30,000 Palestinians, and over 70,000 have been injured. In addition to constant Israeli bombardment, Gaza is experiencing widespread famine, its hospitals are besieged, and threats of an Israeli ground invasion in Rafah loom near. Layan Sima Fuleihan, the Education Director at …

Rania Khalek (2024-03-01). Global Uprising: How Israel's War is Exposing the Cracks In US Empire. thealtworld.com Over 140 days into the US-Israeli genocide in Gaza, the death toll has surpassed 30,000 Palestinians, and over 70,000 have been injured. In addition to constant Israeli bombardment, Gaza is experiencing widespread famine, its hospitals are besieged, and threats of an Israeli ground invasion in Rafah loom near. | Layan Sima Fuleihan, the Education Director at The People's Forum, an editor at 1804 Books, and an organizer with the Shut It Down For Palestine coalition, discusses the growing internal divisions among Israel and its Western backers, due to heightened political pressure from movements in the United State…

Staff (2024-03-01). Gaza wound will not be erased from memory of world's free people: Iran FM spokesman. muslimmirror.com Tehran : Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Nasser Kanaani said that The wound of Gaza will not be erased from the memory of the free people of the world, and the shame of supporting and silence towards mass killing and genocide will not be erased from the foreheads of the false claimants of human rights. "More …

cameron orr (2024-03-01). Coalition formed to pass NYC Council ceasefire resolution. cpusa.org Members of the New York State Communist Party and the New York Young Communist League joined a press conference and vigil at City Hall Park in NYC with the NYC 4 Ceasefire coalition on Wednesday, Feb. 28, demanding the NYC Council pass a pro-ceasefire resolution. | Jawanza Williams of VOCAL NY opened up the press conference. "We have gathered here today to show city-wide support for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and end to the genocide in Palestine," he said. More than one hundred people joined the press conference. | Activists and leaders from Adalah Justice Project, Jews For Racial and Economic Justi…

Zoe Alexandra (2024-03-01). The Cuban people will join March 2 global day of action to demand an end to Israel's genocidal war on Gaza. peoplesdispatch.org Cuba is a longtime supporter of the Palestinian people and their struggle for liberation and has consistently condemned Israel's war on Gaza…

Michael Arria, Mondoweiss. (2024-03-01). Palestine Action US Activists Hit With Felony Charges Over Elbit Protest. popularresistance.org Three activists have been indicted for participating in a protest at Elbit Systems of America in Merrimack, New Hampshire last November. Elbit is Israel's largest private arms supplier. | Sophie Ross, Bridget Shergalis, and Calla Walsh are facing charges of riot, conspiracy to commit criminal mischief, burglary, and conspiracy to commit falsifying physical evidence for climbing onto the company's roof and defacing the building with paint. Each charge is a Class B felony and could carry a three-and-a-half to seven-year prison sentence. | A fourth woman, Paige Belanger, was arrested in January over her involvement…

newarab (2024-03-01). Saudi Arabia kills 5 Yemenis in new capital punishment wave. newarab.com An interior ministry statement, carried by the official Saudi Press Agency, said the group had been convicted of the murder of a fellow Yemeni and of "forming a gang fo…

Staff (2024-03-01). Secret cable: CIA orchestrated Haiti's 2004 coup. thegrayzone.com A classified diplomatic cable obtained by The Grayzone reveals the role of a veteran CIA officer in violently overthrowing Haiti's popular President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004. A spectacular jailbreak in GonaàØves, Haiti in August 2002 saw a bulldozer smash through the local prison walls, allowing armed supporters of Amiot "Cubain" Métayer, a gang leader jailed …

Jeb Sprague (2024-03-01). Secret cable: CIA orchestrated Haiti's 2004 coup. thegrayzone.com A classified diplomatic cable obtained by The Grayzone reveals the role of a veteran CIA officer in violently overthrowing Haiti's popular President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004. A spectacular jailbreak in GonaàØves, Haiti in August 2002 saw a bulldozer smash through the local prison walls, allowing armed supporters of Amiot "Cubain" Métayer, a gang leader jailed weeks earlier for harassing Haitian political figures, to overrun the facility. Métayer escaped, as did 158 other prisoners. Among them were perpetrators of the April …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-03-01). Secret Cable: CIA Orchestrated Haiti's 2004 Coup. libya360.wordpress.com Jeb Sprague and Kit Klarenberg A classified diplomatic cable obtained by The Grayzone reveals the role of a veteran CIA officer in violently overthrowing Haiti's popular President Jean-Bertrand Aristide in 2004. A spectacular jailbreak in GonaàØves, Haiti in August 2002 saw a bulldozer smash through the local prison walls, allowing armed supporters of Amiot "Cubain" Métayer, a gang…

tvbrics (2024-03-01). Iran and Russia discuss ways of co-operation in health sector. tvbrics.com The value of Iranian pharmaceutical exports to Russia last year was about US$7,5 million…

Greta Zarro (2024-03-01). Volunteer Spotlight: World BEYOND War Senegal Chapter Coordinator Marion Transetti. worldbeyondwar.org Each month, we share the stories of World BEYOND War volunteers and interns around the world. Want to volunteer or intern with World BEYOND War? Email . | : | Location: : | Dakar, Senegal | How did you get involved with anti-war activism?: | For me, there was no triggering event or particular injustice that activated my activism, because I had the immense privilege of being raised by two passionate activists. | My mother was a hands-on woman and I grew up following her to meetings for this or that cause, to rallies for th…

guest author (2024-03-01). African Union declares solidarity with Palestine, Cuba. workers.org The author, a former member of the Secretariat of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde (PAIGC), writes of African events for Avante!, the newspaper of the Portuguese Communist Party. Translation: John Catalinotto. African countries have reaffirmed their solidarity with occupied Palestine, the victim of vicious . . . |

Pavel López Lazo (2024-03-01). Fuel issue in Cuba, adjustments cannot be postponed. plenglish.com Havana (Prensa Latina) Updating retail fuel prices in Cuba is part of a government program to find out a solution to structural distortions and boost up domestic economy, said Finance and Prices Minister Vladimir Regueiro.

Oscar Rickett (2024-03-01). Bahrain Grand Prix: Twenty years of dissent and sportswashing. middleeasteye.net Bahrain Grand Prix: Twenty years of dissent and sportswashing | The Bahrain Grand Prix is 20 years old this weekend, but away from the celebrations on the track, activists tell a dark story of power and repression | | Alpine's French driver Pierre Gasly drives during the third day of the…

Luis Linares Petrov (2024-03-01). Cuba to ratify commitment in strengthening CELAC. plenglish.com Havana, Mar 1 (Prensa Latina) Cuba will ratify its commitment to regional integration and the strengthening of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), at the eighth summit of the mechanism in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

unitedEditor (2024-03-01). "US interference in Türkiye's trade with Russia is putting our economy in a bottleneck!" uwidata.com The AK Party government does not stand up for exporters, industrialists, banks, tourism, fruit and vegetable producers who face threats and pressure from the US authorities. Türkiye will not carry a government that bows down to threats against our relations with Russia, China and Iran, our most important partners in economy and security. No power …

newarab (2024-03-01). Iran votes in elections as conservatives slated to dominate. newarab.com Supreme leader

teleSUR (2024-03-01). President Maduro Arrives in St. Vicent for CELAC Summit. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro arrived in Saint Vincent & the Grenadines to participate in the 8th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). | RELATED: | Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Ambassador Gareth Bynoe, Deputy Prime Minister Montgomery Daniel, and Deputy Foreign Affairs Ministry Sandy Peters received the Bolivarian leader at the Argyle International Airport. | Also present a…

Staff (2024-03-01). Iran elections: Polling underway, Supreme leader casts vote. muslimmirror.com Tehran : Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei cast his vote on Friday morning in the first minutes of voting. Ayatollah Khamenei cast his vote this morning in the first minutes of the start of voting for the Iranian parliamentary and the Assembly of Experts elections. Today, 61,172,298 individuals are qualified …

newarab (2024-03-01). Ronaldo suspended over gesture in Al-Nassr game. newarab.com Saudi Arabia's football governing body on Thursday suspended The Saudi Arabian Football Federation said the

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-03-01). Cierra con éxito el 24 Festival del Habano de Cuba. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (RHC) El 24 Festival del Habano cierra sus puertas hoy, calificado de exitoso por sus dos mil 900 asistentes de 108 naciones.

Misión Verdad (2024-03-01). Strategic Objectives of Russian Security Council Chief's Latin America Tour. orinocotribune.com By Misión Verdad — Feb 28, 2024 | The secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Nikolai Patrushev, met with Nicaraguan government officials as well as several officials of Cuba, Venezuela, and Bolivia, in Managua, capital of Nicaragua, on Tuesday, February 27, to discuss security cooperation. On the same day, he visited Cuba where he was received by President Miguel Díaz-Canel and his predecessor Raúl Casto. They two Cuban leaders discussed with Patrushev topics of Cuba-Russia bilateral relations and cooperation as well as issues of international and European security. From Cuba Patrushev…

scorinoco (2024-03-01). President Maduro: The US Committed a Crime By Destroying Venezuelan Plane. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, condemned the "dismemberment of the Conviasa airplane that was hijacked. They removed the flag, they erased the name of Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi, the name of Emtrasur, and then chopped it into pieces." | The Venezuelan minister for Transportation and president of Conviasa, Ramón Celestino Velásquez Araguayán, stated that the United States has violated all international regulations and aviation agreements by hijacking the Venezuelan cargo plane and destroying it. "What they want is to demoralize the Venezuelan people, but there is every sign that we will recover," the…

Staff (2024-03-01). Coffee & Chavistas: Misión Verdad Editor Diego Sequera Discusses Barbados Agreement, Essequibo, and Communist Party of Venezuela. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( Diego Sequera is a Venezuelan journalist, author, political analyst, and researcher. He graduated in Arts from the Central University of Venezuela (UCV) and was part of the Docume…

teleSUR (2024-03-01). Iranians Elect Legislators and Expert Assembly Members. telesurenglish.net On Friday, voting for Iran's 12th parliament and sixth Assembly of Experts began at 8: 00 a.m. local time Friday at about 60,000 polling stations across the country. | RELATED: | More than 15,000 candidates are competing for 290 seats in the Iranian parliament, while 144 candidates are vying for positions at the eight-year-term Assembly of Experts. | This 88-member institution oversees the activities of Iran's supreme…

David Andersson (2024-03-01). The White-West vs The Black-West. pressenza.com Amidst the turbulence of the 2024 US Presidential elections, a distinct figure emerges: Cornel West, a candidate whose campaign is anchored in human moral values, positioning him as the foremost Humanist contender. He stands apart from the political establishment, eschewing the conventional Republican vs Democrat dichotomy. | A decade or two ago, one might have contested Mr. West's critique of what he terms the "US Empire," but today, such a stance is increasingly difficult to ignore. With the US engaged in conflicts across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, while simultaneously provoking tensions with China and…

Australian National University (2024-03-01). Stop the see-saw: how to address conflict in the PNG Highlands. reliefweb.int Country: Papua New Guinea | Source: Australian National University | by Sinclair Dinnen and Miranda Forsyth | A question commonly asked about the inter-group conflict currently occurring in the PNG Highlands is whether or not it represents the continuation of longstanding patterns of violence or is something quite different. The answer, of course, is that it is both. While there are continuities — for instance, violence as a culturally accepted form of conflict resolution — there are also stark differences. | It's instructive to compare today's situation with a "snapshot" of inter-group violence in…

Staff (2024-03-01). Iran elections: Polling underway, Supreme leader casts vote. muslimmirror.com Tehran : Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei cast his vote on Friday morning in the first minutes of voting. Ayatollah Khamenei cast his vote this morning in the first minutes of the start of voting for the Iranian parliamentary and the Assembly of Experts elections. Today, 61,172,298 individuals are qualified …

newarab (2024-03-01). Iran launches imaging satellite from Russia. newarab.com The launch of "Pars-I" with the Russian Soyuz-2.1b launcher was broadcast live by state television in Iran. | The satellite was launched "from Russia's Vostochny launch base", some 8,000 k…

scorinoco (2024-03-01). President Maduro Receives Russian Security Council Chief in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, held a meeting with the secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Nikolai Patrushev, at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela. | On Tuesday, February 27, President Maduro formally welcomed His Excellency General of the Russian Army Nikolai Patrushev and the delegation accompanying him on his official visit to Venezuela, as part of his Latin America tour. | They discussed cooperation between Russia and Venezuela and the importance of consolidating agreements in different strategic areas. | During this visit, Patrushev is also scheduled to meet with t…

CODEPINK (2024-03-01). An Open Letter to the Women of the Congressional Progressive Caucus. globalresearch.ca

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-03-01). Italian ceramics workshop to benefit Cuban families. plenglish.com Matanzas, Cuba, Mar 30 (Prensa Latina) The HUB PARTICULAR project, sponsored by the Italian International Cooperation Agency (AICS), will inaugurate a ceramics workshop for the benefit of 30 vulnerable people in the Cuban province of Matanzas on March 7.

Raúl Rodríguez (2024-03-01). Yusneylis Guzmán alcanza boleto a París en preolímpico de luchas. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (ACN) La gladiadora cubana Yusneylis Guzmán ganó un boleto a París-2024, en el Clasificatorio Olímpico de Luchas de América, con sede en Acapulco, México.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-03-01). Guardacostas de EE.UU. retornan a Cuba 19 migrantes irregulares. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (RHC) El Servicio de Guardacostas de Estados Unidos devolvió a Cuba 19 migrantes irregulares, que habían participado en una salida ilegal del país, informó el Ministerio del Interior.

María Candela (2024-03-01). Pantallas lumínicas en Panamá denuncian bloqueo EEUU a Cuba (+Foto). radiohc.cu Ciudad de Panamá, 1 mar (RHC) Una iniciativa de la embajada de Cuba en Panamá trae la proyección de breves vídeos en su fachada (mapping) que denuncian el bloqueo a la isla de Estados Unidos, hostil política con más de 60 años.

María Candela (2024-03-01). Cuba contra cualquier forma de discriminación. radiohc.cu Marzo se inicia con una importante jornada mundial para concientizar sobre el hecho de que todos los seres humanos deben gozar de los mismos derechos, sin importar su raza, género, preferencia sexual, creencias religiosas y limitaciones cognitivas.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-03-01). Analiza primer ministro desafíos de la dinámica demográfica en Cuba. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (RHC) El primer ministro de Cuba, Manuel Marrero, evaluó los desafíos de la dinámica demográfica en la isla, que mantuvo en el 2023 la tendencia a envejecer y al decrecimiento natural.

teleSUR odr (2024-03-01). Presidente cubano arriba a San Vicente y las Granadinas. telesurtv.net El mandatario cubano indicó que su nación continúa "apostando por avanzar juntos hacia la integración de nuestros países".

teleSUR, MER (2024-03-01). Presidente Maduro: Hoy es el día en que Hugo Chávez declaró el carácter antiimperialista de la Revolución Bolivariana. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado celebró la gran movilización del pueblo revolucionario para conmemorar el 20 aniversario de la declaratoria antiimperialista.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-03-01). Nuevo Resort solo para adultos en Cayo Cruz. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (RHC) Blue Diamond Resorts Cuba anuncia la inauguración de Sanctuary White Sands, programada para hoy, una adición innovadora a su exclusiva cartera de propiedades todo incluido para adultos…

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-03-01). Cuba ratificará compromiso con fortalecimiento de la Celac. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (RHC) Cuba ratificará su compromiso hoy con la integración regional y el fortalecimiento de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac), en la octava cumbre del mecanismo de concertación en San Vicente y las Granadinas.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2024-03-01). De plácemes Leo Brouwer, abrazado a Cuba y a su guitarra. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (RHC) Como si naciera para ella, el prestigioso músico cubano Leo Brouwer se abraza a su guitarra para sacar de esta las más exquisitas armonías, y Cuba lo aplaude, lo honra, más hoy cuando celebra sus 85 cumpleaños.

María Candela (2024-03-01). Historiador cubano Ernesto Limia culmina ciclo de coloquios en Italia (+Fotos). radiohc.cu Roma, 1 mar (RHC) El historiador y ensayista cubano, Ernesto Limia, culmina este viernes con una conferencia en la Universidad la Sapienza, de esta capital, un ciclo de coloquios en ocho ciudades de Italia, donde presentó su libro De Patria y Cultura en Revolución.

teleSUR, YSM (2024-03-01). Venezuela denuncia vandalismo de EEUU contra avión de Emtrasur. telesurtv.net Venezuela "expresa su más enérgica protesta" por la violación de las normas del Derecho Internacional por parte de EE.UU. y Argentina.

Raúl Rodríguez (2024-03-01). Onel Hernández se perderá posiblemente el resto de la temporada. radiohc.cu La Habana, 1 mar (JIT).- El estelar Onel Hernández se perderá el amistoso entre las selecciones de fútbol de Cuba y Nicaragua a causa de una lesión sufrida en el pie derecho.

teleSUR, odr, YSM, JGN (2024-03-01). Naciones condenan masacre israelí en la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net Países como Siria, Venezuela, Cuba y Colombia han condenado el ataque contra 104 civiles palestinos en la Franja de Gaza.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-03-01). Naciones condenan masacre israelí en la Franja de Gaza. telesurtv.net Países como Siria, Venezuela, Cuba y Colombia han condenado el ataque contra 104 civiles palestinos en la Franja de Gaza.

teleSUR, JDO (2024-03-01). Presidente de Venezuela arriba a San Vicente para participar en Cumbre de la Celac. telesurtv.net Durante la VIII Cumbre del bloque, los líderes de la región profundizarán en temas como la integración política, social, económica y cultural para consolidar los lazos de cooperación.

teleSUR, nbb, JDO (2024-03-01). Venezuela y Vietnam fortalecen lazos de cooperación. telesurtv.net Las partes ratificaron la fraternidad y solidaridad existente entre los dos países desde hace más de 34 años, cuando establecieron relaciones diplomáticas.

teleSUR, JGN (2024-03-01). Comienzan las elecciones parlamentarias en Irán. telesurtv.net Los 60.000 colegios electorales abrieron sus puertas a partir de las 08: 00 hora local, para recibir el voto de los más de 61 millones de ciudadanos.

teleSUR, dcdc, DRL (2024-03-01). Venezuela: 20 años de declaración antiimperialista de Chávez. telesurtv.net En conmemoración de este día histórico para el país, la Marcha Nacional de la Furia Bolivariana partirá de distintos estados de Venezuela para dirigirse a la ciudad de Caracas.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-03-01). The Pentagon's "Ides of March 2024": Best Month to Go to War? globalresearch.ca or the Romans, the month of March (Martius) marked "the time to start new military campaigns." As in the heyday of the Roman Empire, the Pentagon has a mandate to plan and implement a precise "timeline" of military operations.

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-01). Greens pitch for more councillors on Brisbane City Council. greenleft.org.au

Ceasefire Postcards (2024-03-01). Sunday 3/3: Ceasefire Postcards to Congress Pop-Up. indybay.org Heyma Yemeni Coffee at 1122 University Ave in Berkeley…

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-02-29). Unión Tranviaria Automotor convoca a paro general en Argentina. telesurtv.net El gremio informó que "tras dos meses de audiencia en la Secretaría de Trabajo de la Nación, no ha acercado ofrecimiento salarial alguno".

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