CODEPINK, Pivot to Peace (2022-02-28). Sunday 2/27: The Shanghai Communiqué: Key to Peace Webinar. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…

Families United for Equity (2022-02-28). Monday 2/28: Discrimination Protest against RCEB. indybay.org 500 Davis Street | Corner of San Leandro Blvd & Davis Street…

Tom Engelhardt (2022-02-28). Tomgram: Liz Theoharis, Poverty is the Sin, Not Poor People. warisacrime.org This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here. Yes, there had been rich American presidents before, but never a billionaire. And it wasn't a mistake either that this country — already in a nosedive of inequality — elected Donald Trump president in 2016 (though who knows …

_____ (2022-02-28). Anti-Asian Racism is Still a Dominant Force of the US Political Ideology. journal-neo.org Although the associations with racial discrimination in the US are primarily related to the country's black population, the problem is much deeper and more serious. Even The Guardian, which is "friendly" to the current government in Washington, stresses that racism is rampant in the United States and that from the very beginning the US was …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-02-28). The ICJ and the Issue of Lawful Representation in The Gambia v Myanmar. transcend.org 18 Feb 2022 – Ahead of the scheduled public hearings in The Gambia v Myanmar (the Rohingya genocide case) at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the University of Ottawa Human Rights Research and Education Centre, Canada, the Genocide Watch of USA and FORSEA release a comprehensive legal analysis. It focuses on the crucial question of who should lawfully speak for Myanmar before the ICJ as Myanmar's coup resulted in an unprecedented situation with no recognized government or even regime with effective control of the state.

NARAL Pro-Choice America (2022-02-28). Saturday 2/26: #PassWHPA to Protect Reproductive Freedom Call to Action Rally w/ NARAL. indybay.org Online rally…

Poor People's Campaign (2022-02-28). Friday 3/4: Lessons from Selma Bridge Crossing & Civil Rights Movement for Moral Action Today w/ PPC. indybay.org Online via livestream…

RepresentWomen (2022-02-28). Tuesday 3/8: Represent Women: 2022 Solutions Summit for Building a 21st Century Democracy (Day 1). indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Black Lives Matter, Demand Justice, more (2022-02-28). Monday 2/28: Have Her Back: Organizing Call to Support First Black Woman for SCOTUS. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

RepresentWomen (2022-02-28). Wednesday 3/9: Represent Women: 2022 Solutions Summit for Building a 21st Century Democracy (Day 2). indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Speak Out Now (2022-02-28). Saturday 3/19: A Return to Normal? The Attacks on Workers and What Lies Ahead. indybay.org Online meeting; see website for details…

RepresentWomen (2022-02-28). Thursday 3/10: Represent Women: 2022 Solutions Summit for Building a 21st Century Democracy (Day 3). indybay.org Online via Zoom…

sputniknews (2022-02-28). Rep. Higgins Baffles Everybody Online, With Even Dictionary Not Sure What His 'Woke Sky' Tweet Means. sputniknews.com It appears that Higgins was referring to the current international tension around the situation in Ukraine, and, as it seemed to some of the observers, parroted some of the conservative views that this is all about culture wars.

_____ (2022-02-27). On Contact: Race And America's Long War. popularresistance.org The internal violence in the United States, militarized police, and the largest prison system in the world, along with America's endemic racism, are mirrored in the foreign wars that have been fought almost continuously by the United States since the end of the 19th century. These inner and outer wars, argues historian Nikhil Pal Singh, are intimately connected. The gunning down of unarmed black people in American cities is expressed outside our borders in the gunning down of unarmed Muslims in Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Libya, and Somalia, often by militarized drones. The prison-industrial-complex at home…

UFCLP (2022-02-27). Friday 2/25: Stop Racist Attacks, Discrimination and Union Busting By SF MTA Bosses & City. indybay.org SF MTA Headquarters | 1 South Van Ness/Market St. | San Francisco…

League of Women Voters (2022-02-27). Thursday 3/3: Women Who Are Powering Voting Rights & Democracy w/ LWV. indybay.org Online event…

Deborah Veneziale (2022-02-27). The U.S. is preparing war with China and Russia at the same time. mronline.org In the strategic vision of the U.S., Russia should be disarmed to become part of Europe as a "sidekick" and a bridgehead to contain China, the "more dangerous enemy" as Kissinger described it.

UFCLP (2022-02-27). Friday 2/25: Stop Racist Attacks, Discrimination and Union Busting By SF MTA Bosses & City. indybay.org SF MTA Headquarters | 1 South Van Ness/Market St. | San Francisco…

NARAL Pro-Choice America (2022-02-27). Saturday 2/26: #PassWHPA to Protect Reproductive Freedom Call to Action Rally w/ NARAL. indybay.org Online rally…

League of Women Voters (2022-02-27). Thursday 3/3: Women Who Are Powering Voting Rights & Democracy w/ LWV. indybay.org Online event…

Chris Hedges (2022-02-26). Russia, Ukraine and the chronicle of a war foretold. mronline.org After the fall of the Soviet Union, there was a near-universal understanding among political leaders that NATO expansion would be a foolish provocation against Russia. How naive we were to think the military-industrial complex would allow such sanity to prevail.

Families United for Equity (2022-02-26). Monday 2/28: Discrimination Protest against RCEB. indybay.org 500 Davis Street | Corner of San Leandro Blvd & Davis Street…

JANET (2022-02-26). International Women's Alliance supports Feb. 26 — Workers Power Day — in the U.S. iacenter.org February 25, 2022 The International Women's Alliance (IWA) is an anti-imperialist global alliance of militant grassroots-based women's organizations, institutions, alliances, networks and individuals committed to advancing national and social liberation and gender equality. The following statement was posted to IWA's website at tinyurl.com/23433y9n. Go to facebook.com/IWA.grassrootswomenforliberation The International Women's Alliance extends its unwavering solidarity to Amazon and Starbucks workers around the U.S. on this Workers Power Day, Feb. 26, 2022. In solidarity with workers waging unionizing campaigns a…

Fight Back (2022-02-26). Minneapolis and St. Paul teachers set open-ended strike date for March 8. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On February 23, Twin Cities teachers, along with education support professionals in Minneapolis and education assistants in Saint Paul, announced that they have filed ten-day notices to begin open-ended strikes in both cities' public schools. The strikes are set to begin on Tuesday, March 8. | The educators who took strike votes in Minneapolis are members of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and they took a strike vote last week in which more than 93% of the bargaining unit voted to strike. In Saint Paul they are members of the Saint Paul Federation of Educators where more than 78% of votes…

WSWS (2022-02-26). San Mateo County Community College District students and faculty speak out against unsafe return to campus. wsws.org A student asked, "How are we meant to put our focus on education if we are fearful and stressed out about contracting this potentially deadly virus? How are teachers meant to teach us to the best of their abilities if they are constantly put at risk?"

CODEPINK, more (2022-02-26). Saturday 2/26: No War in Ukraine! International Emergency Online Rally. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Editor (2022-02-26). Russia 'ready to talk' after militarily paralyzing Ukraine in hours. mronline.org As world leaders reacted to the quickly escalating Ukraine-Russia crisis, China once again called on the relevant parties to remain restrained and prevent the situation from sliding out of control.

RepresentWomen (2022-02-26). Thursday 3/10: Represent Women: 2022 Solutions Summit for Building a 21st Century Democracy (Day 3). indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Editor (2022-02-26). The Naqab is now front and center in the struggle against Israeli settler colonialism. mronline.org The story of the Bedouin village Sa'wa in the Naqab is the story of Palestine. Palestinian homes are being demolished and Palestinian families are being expelled to make way for the Israeli settler population.

RepresentWomen (2022-02-26). Wednesday 3/9: Represent Women: 2022 Solutions Summit for Building a 21st Century Democracy (Day 2). indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Black Lives Matter, Demand Justice, more (2022-02-26). Monday 2/28: Have Her Back: Organizing Call to Support First Black Woman for SCOTUS. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

RepresentWomen (2022-02-26). Tuesday 3/8: Represent Women: 2022 Solutions Summit for Building a 21st Century Democracy (Day 1). indybay.org Online via Zoom…

CODEPINK, more (2022-02-26). Saturday 2/26: No War in Ukraine! International Emergency Online Rally. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

Families United for Equity (2022-02-26). Monday 2/28: Discrimination Protest against RCEB. indybay.org 500 Davis Street | Corner of San Leandro Blvd & Davis Street…

JANET (2022-02-26). International Women's Alliance supports Feb. 26 — Workers Power Day — in the U.S. iacenter.org February 25, 2022 The International Women's Alliance (IWA) is an anti-imperialist global alliance of militant grassroots-based women's organizations, institutions, alliances, networks and individuals committed to advancing national and social liberation and gender equality. The following statement was posted to IWA's website at tinyurl.com/23433y9n. Go to facebook.com/IWA.grassrootswomenforliberation The International Women's Alliance extends its unwavering solidarity to Amazon and Starbucks workers around the U.S. on this Workers Power Day, Feb. 26, 2022. In solidarity with workers waging unionizing campaigns a…

UFCLP (2022-02-26). Friday 2/25: Stop Racist Attacks, Discrimination and Union Busting By SF MTA Bosses & City. indybay.org SF MTA Headquarters | 1 South Van Ness/Market St. | San Francisco…

WSWS (2022-02-26). San Mateo County Community College District students and faculty speak out against unsafe return to campus. wsws.org A student asked, "How are we meant to put our focus on education if we are fearful and stressed out about contracting this potentially deadly virus? How are teachers meant to teach us to the best of their abilities if they are constantly put at risk?"

Fight Back (2022-02-26). Minneapolis and St. Paul teachers set open-ended strike date for March 8. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On February 23, Twin Cities teachers, along with education support professionals in Minneapolis and education assistants in Saint Paul, announced that they have filed ten-day notices to begin open-ended strikes in both cities' public schools. The strikes are set to begin on Tuesday, March 8. | The educators who took strike votes in Minneapolis are members of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and they took a strike vote last week in which more than 93% of the bargaining unit voted to strike. In Saint Paul they are members of the Saint Paul Federation of Educators where more than 78% of votes…

League of Women Voters (2022-02-26). Thursday 3/3: Women Who Are Powering Voting Rights & Democracy w/ LWV. indybay.org Online event…

Black Lives Matter, Demand Justice, more (2022-02-26). Monday 2/28: Have Her Back: Organizing Call to Support First Black Woman for SCOTUS. indybay.org Online via Zoom…

RepresentWomen (2022-02-26). Tuesday 3/8: Represent Women: 2022 Solutions Summit for Building a 21st Century Democracy (Day 1). indybay.org Online via Zoom…

RepresentWomen (2022-02-26). Wednesday 3/9: Represent Women: 2022 Solutions Summit for Building a 21st Century Democracy (Day 2). indybay.org Online via Zoom…

RepresentWomen (2022-02-26). Thursday 3/10: Represent Women: 2022 Solutions Summit for Building a 21st Century Democracy (Day 3). indybay.org Online via Zoom…

NARAL Pro-Choice America (2022-02-26). Saturday 2/26: #PassWHPA to Protect Reproductive Freedom Call to Action Rally w/ NARAL. indybay.org Online rally…

Vijay Prashad (2022-02-25). Those who violated the Geneva Conventions at Guantánamo are free, while the man who helped expose their crimes languishes in prison: The Eighth Newsletter (2022). mronline.org Twenty years ago, on 11 January 2002, the United States government brought its first 'detainees' abducted during the so-called War on Terror to its military prison in Guantánamo Bay.

Staff (2022-02-25). Ukrainian Peace Activist: My Country Has Become a Battlefield for Major Powers. End the War Now. democracynow.org As officials in Moscow threaten to replace the democratically elected Ukrainian government and Russian forces appear set to overpower Ukrainian defenses, is this the end of an independent Ukraine? We speak with Ukrainian peace activist Nina Potarska, who fled the country after Russian troops entered Ukraine on Thursday, even as her 11-year-old daughter with COVID-19 had to stay behind. She is participating in CodePink's international emergency online rally on Saturday to advocate against war and against NATO membership for Ukraine. "I feel that my country now is like a battlefield for all other countr…

SAM (2022-02-25). How Did Flying Cars Become the Next Big Thing? inequality.org

Graham Peebles (2022-02-25). The Keep Africa Poor and Dependent Project. dissidentvoice.org Exploited and abused for generations by white colonial powers and manipulative economic structures, there is a growing feeling of solidarity within parts of the African continent, as exemplified by the #NoMore movement. Covid vaccine inequality and environmental injustice, together with recent events in Ethiopia, have galvanized people. Ideas of African unity and rage against former …

WSWS (2022-02-25). Demonstrations in over 100 cities commemorate the 2020 fascist murders in Hanau, Germany. wsws.org Events were held in over 100 cities to denounce the state racism and right-wing extremism that made the fascist attack possible two years ago, and to finally demand answers. "A state that doesn't protect, a police force that doesn't help—Hanau is everywhere!" one participant wrote on her poster.

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-02-25). Former Dolphins Coach Brian Flores, Who's Suing The NFL, Says Owner Offered Him $Millions To Keep Quiet. moguldom.com Brian Flores, the former Miami Dolphins head coach and current Pittsburgh Steelers defensive assistant who is suing the NFL for racial discrimination, is doubling down on his claims Dolphins owner Stephen Ross tried to bribe him. This time, however, he said it wasn't to lose games to bolster the Dolphin's draft chances. In his first …

WSWS (2022-02-25). Australian Education Union promotes misinformation over Victorian teachers' agreement. wsws.org The union is concerned not only to prevent an informed examination of its sell-out agreement but also to block a discussion in which educators connect the question of their working conditions with the ongoing COVID crisis, against the AEU's insistence that these are entirely separate issues.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2022-02-25). Putin crosses the Rubicon. What next? mronline.org Russia's recognition of the 'people's republics' of Luhansk and Donetsk in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donbass on Monday is a watershed event.

Editor (2022-02-25). What are the Minsk agreements and what are their role in the Russia-Ukraine crisis? mronline.org Under pressure from ultra-nationalists and Russophobes, successive governments in Ukraine have failed to address the grievances of the Russian speaking majority in the Donbass region. Ukraine has also not implemented the provisions of the Minsk agreement signed in 2015 to end the conflict in the region.

Editor (2022-02-25). What Putin says are the causes & aims of Russia's military action. mronline.org Russia says it has no intentions of controlling Ukraine and its military operation is only to "demilitarize" and "de-Nazify" Ukraine in an action taken after 30 years of the U.S. pushing Russia too far, writes Joe Lauria.