Monthly Archives: March 2024

2024-03-06: News Headlines

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-06). Protest calls on UQ to cut ties with Boeing. greenleft.org.au

Codepink (2024-03-06). When will we stop fueling an endless cycle of hatred and violence? pressenza.com When will we recognize the wisdom and leadership of the inspiring, world-wide Jewish community who are showing the only way to peace and justice for all? | By Kathleen Ruff | It is not possible to say you support human rights and have a double standard, supporting human rights for some and denying human rights to others. Human rights are for all. Otherwise they are not human rights at all. | When words contradict actions, it is the actions that speak the truth. | The US and Canadian governments constantly repeat that they support human rights and an international rules-based order. | They do not. Their actions vi…

albawaba (2024-03-06). US-British raids on Hodeida, Yemen; Houthis target two American warship destroyers. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Houthis' Al Masirah TV reports the sixth US-British raid on Hodeidah in hours, with aircraft striking the Al-Jabbana and Ras Issa areas. In response, Houthi forces strike back, targeting two American warship destroyers in the Red Sea with naval missiles and drones. The Yemeni armed forces vow to continue operations until the aggression ceases and the Gaza Strip siege is lifted. Using naval missiles and drones, Yemen vows to expand operations against hostile targets until aggression stops and the Gaza Strip siege is lifted. Yemen's retaliation aligns with the global call to support Palestinians facing ag…

Associated Press (2024-03-06). How Ukraine uses lethal sea drones to target Russia's Black Sea fleet. scmp.com Meet Ukraine's small but lethal weapon lifting morale: unmanned sea drones packed with explosives.

albawaba (2024-03-06). Hezbollah targets Israeli sites in Ruwaisat; Israel strikes Hula, southern Lebanon. albawaba.com ALBAWABA- Missiles were launched toward the Israeli Ruwaisat Al-Alam site in the occupied Kfar Shuba hills, south of Lebanon. Hezbollah announced that fighters destroyed a Merkava tank on Al-Tayhat Hill using appropriate weapons.In retaliation, Israeli forces conducted a raid near the town of Hula, also in southern Lebanon. Tensions escalated in Southern Lebanon with exchanges of fire between Hezbollah fighters and Israeli occupation forces. The Israeli Minister of Internal Security threatened to restore security on the northern borders either through negotiations or by using force, warning Hezbollah of severe co…

ICRC (2024-03-06). DR Congo: Civilians in the firing line as use of heavy weapons signals alarming new phase of armed conflict in the east. icrc.org News release | "What we are seeing now in eastern DRC is in many ways unprecedented and extremely worrying.

ICRC (2024-03-06). ICRC: "Future generations must be protected from the serious risks posed by autonomous weapons" icrc.org

sloiselier (2024-03-06). DR Congo: Civilians in the firing line as use of heavy weapons signals alarming new phase of armed conflict in the east. icrc.org "What we are seeing now in eastern DRC is in many ways unprecedented and extremely worrying. With the latest upsurge in hostilities since early February, hundreds of badly injured civilians, many of them women and children, have been streaming into healthcare facilities in North Kivu — 40 percent of them victims of shelling or other heavy weapons used in densely populated urban areas. This new dynamic is adding to the deep suffering of huge numbers of civilians already worn down by decades of conflict," said Mr Mardini.Under international humanitarian law, parties to a conflict have a responsibility to prot…

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-06). Community leaders call on Albanese to isolate apartheid Israel, scrap weapons deals. greenleft.org.au

Rachel Evans (2024-03-06). Australian Community Leaders Call on Albanese to Isolate Apartheid Israel, Scrap Weapons Deals. asia-pacificresearch.com

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2024-03-05: News Headlines

WSWS (2024-03-05). Kentucky seeks to remove child labor restrictions. wsws.org The bill is part of the effort by the American ruling class to turn back the clock to the time when American capitalism was built through the use of child labor and horrendous working conditions in factories, mills and mines.

WSWS (2024-03-05). Migrant worker exploitation escalates in New Zealand. wsws.org Migrant exploitation, with tens of thousands brought into the country often to work as virtual slave labour, is an entrenched feature of New Zealand capitalism.

David Schultz (2024-03-05). How the Corporate University Created and Destroyed Diversity. counterpunch.org The Supreme Court did not kill diversity. Higher education did it to itself. It has done it slowly and methodically over the last few years, as the corporate university created and then destroyed diversity as part of its business plan to attract students and make itself more relevant to American capitalism.

WSWS (2024-03-05). Migrant worker exploitation escalates in New Zealand. wsws.org Migrant exploitation, with tens of thousands brought into the country, often to work as virtual slave labour, is an entrenched feature of New Zealand capitalism.

WSWS (2024-03-05). Three Norfolk Southern trains crash near Philadelphia, as CEO receives huge pay raise. wsws.org The Norfolk Southern trains collided and derailed Saturday morning, along the Lehigh River in Eastern Pennsylvania, spilling diesel fuel and plastic pellets into the river.

ecns.cn (2024-03-05). China aims to add over 12 million new urban jobs in 2024. ecns.cn China's central government aims to create over 12 million new urban jobs in 2024, with surveyed urban unemployment rate of around 5.5 percent, according to the Government Work Report delivered by Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing on Tuesday.

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-05). Protest calls on UQ to cut ties with Boeing. greenleft.org.au

Amjad Ayman Yaghi (2024-03-05). A deadly search for phone signals. electronicintifada.net Snipers, drones target those looking for internet connection.

albawaba (2024-03-05). LEAP24 kicks off in Riyadh with $11.9B in investment deals. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – With over 1,800 local and foreign exhibitors, more than 1,000 technical specialists, and 600 startup firms, LEAP24, the biggest technology show in the globe, has opened its doors to visitors in Riyadh on Monday, with Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Abdulla Al-Swaha, announcing the conference will hold over its three days, $11.9 billion worth of investment agreements as reported by Arab News.LEAP24, held from Mar. 4—7, is organized by the Saudi Federation for Cybersecurity, Programming, and Drones in collaboration with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technolog…

krish-rad_ind (2024-03-05). WATCH Students ANNIHILATE Lockheed Martin Exec! youtube.com

Angela (2024-03-05). Friday 3/8: San Jose: Peace Vigil – Call for Ceasefire Not More Weapons for Ukraine or Israel! indybay.org in front of MLK Library | 4th and San Fernando | San Jose, CA…

Binoy Kampmark (2024-03-05). Mistakes, Misfiring and the Trident: Britain's Flawed Nuclear Deterrence. counterpunch.org Nuclear weapons are considered the strategic silverware of nation states. Occasionally, they are given a cleaning and polishing. From time to time, they go missing, fail to work, and suffer misplacement. Of late, the UK Royal Navy has not been doing so well in that department, given its seminal role in upholding the doctrine of nuclear deterrence. In

Staff (2024-03-05). Narco-State: U.S.-Backed Fmr. Honduran Pres. Juan Orlando Hernández on Trial in NY for Drug Trafficking. democracynow.org Federal prosecutors in New York have rested their case against former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who is accused of turning the Central American country into a narco-state. Hernández is on trial for cocaine trafficking and weapons charges and is the first former head of state to stand trial in the United States since Panamanian dictator and U.S. ally Manuel Noriega was also tried on drug charges after a U.S.-led ouster. Prosecutors accuse Hernández, a longtime U.S. ally accused of human rights violations throughout his presidency, of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from cocaine traffickers…

Veterans for Peace, Popular Resistance. (2024-03-05). Veterans For Peace Calls For Criminal Investigation Of Biden Administration. popularresistance.org In sixteen U.S. cities, March 5-7, members of Veterans For Peace will hand deliver an exhaustively researched letter to U.S. State Department offices that has gotten no response from the department's Inspector-General since February 11. | The cities are Buffalo, New York, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Portsmouth, NH, Greensboro, NC, Boston, San Diego, Tucson, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Bridgeport, CT, Los Angeles, Dallas and Houston. | Josh Paul, former State Department senior official who resigned over weapons shipments to Israel said, "The Secretary and all relevant officials under his purview should take this l…

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