(2024-03-10). Govt continues to support women-owned businesses. sanews.gov.za Govt continues to support women-owned businesses | Government continues to provide targeted support for female-owned businesses to promote women's sustainable participation in the economy, said Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Maropene Ramokgopa. | "The ultimate goal is for women to develop sustainable enterprises that contribute to the country's gross domestic product, employment, equity and economic transformation to enable women to have equal access to and control over economic resources," she said. | The Minister was delivering a keynote address at the 2024 Forbes Woman Af…
(2024-03-10). E-Books Can Subvert Book Bans, But Corporate Profit-Seeking Stands in the Way. truthout.org The past few years have seen record e-book lending for libraries — as well as record profits for OverDrive, the company that provides e-books access for 95 percent of libraries in the U.S. (OverDrive's profits have trickled up — the company was bought by the private equity firm K.K.R. in 2015.) But as library e-book lending has taken off, so has another trend: book bans. Book bans… |
(2024-03-10). Israel: A terrorist state. greenleft.org.au 
Morality and justice are not determined by body counts but a fraction of history shows Israel as a militarised, apartheid state which cultivates violent racism towards another people, argues Stuart Rees.
(2024-03-10). Billionaires Yass and DeVos Are on a Crusade to Destroy US Public Schools. truthout.org On a hot July day in Tampa at the 2022 Moms for Liberty Summit, former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos told the crowd that the US Department of Education should be abolished. This claim — that the very department she recently led should not exist — earned her a standing ovation from the Moms for Liberty members in the room. The moment highlights how extreme the right wing in the United States has… |
(2024-03-10). 24th Annual, Folsom Juneteenth – Educational Symposium, Jazz Festival and much more. indybay.org 24th Annual, Folsom Juneteenth Celebrations is a month-long effort to showcase our unique, authentic journey from "Slavery to Freedom along the American River Parkway and throughout the California Gold Country"
(2024-03-10). BRICS News Digest for the previous week. tvbrics.com 
We tell you about what happened in economics, politics, culture, science and education in the countries of the association…
(2024-03-10). Haiti: Education of Resilience. telesurenglish.net The increase in the number of schools that do not comply with the Ministry of Education's operating standards has hindered the work of professionals who, since the end of the last century, have been striving to provide young people with a comprehensive education. | Haiti is the poorest country in Latin America and the Caribbean, with almost 77% of its citizens living on less than $2 a day. Mar. 10, 2024.
(2024-03-10). Did Dani Alves commit suicide in jail?>. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – Activists online allegedly reported that former Brazilian football player Dani Alves had committed suicide in jail.In February, a Spanish court sentenced the famous player Dani Alves to four years and a half in jail for rape. The star, who is a former Barcelona player, was found guilty of nightclub sexual assault and was sentenced to four years and six months in jail.Alves, 40, was accused of sexually assaulting a woman in the early hours of Dec. 31, 2022. However, the player denied the accusations.The Barcelona Court after reviewing the case sentenced Dani Alves to four and a half years in prison for…
(2024-03-10). Saturday 4/13: Earth Day Event: We Will Not Be Sacrificed! Reports from "Sacrifice Zones" indybay.org 2727 Event Space, (2727 California Street, Berkeley, CA 94703) | Also online, see website for details…
(2024-03-10). Joti Brar on the connection between women's liberation and socialism. thecommunists.org Comrade Joti Brar speaks to an online meeting organised by British Sri Lankan women's group Ethera Api on the question of women's rights, women's liberation and bourgeois feminism. What is the root cause of women's oppression? How did it start? How will it end? Are men really the enemy? Who launched the 'battle of the …
(2024-03-10). Protester Inside Mountain Valley Pipeline Blocks Work For Two Days. popularresistance.org Giles County, VA – Early Thursday morning, a pipeline fighter using the name Ricky Bobby climbed inside the Mountain Valley Pipeline (which is 42 inches in diameter) atop Peters Mountain to prevent ongoing construction in the area. MVP security and law enforcement responded to the scene but did not enter the pipe; Ricky left after 2 days and was arrested and charged with 4 misdemeanors. A banner placed at the entrance of the pipe read, "FUCK YOU, MVP." People rallied in support of Ricky's action on the first day at the Jefferson National Forest gate on Pocahontas Rd.
(2024-03-10). Kempsdale Dam wall expansion to ensure reliable water supply. sanews.gov.za Kempsdale Dam wall expansion to ensure reliable water supply | Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, is looking forward to the start of construction to raise the Kempsdale Dam Wall from four meters to 7.8 meters in Kokstad, KwaZulu-Natal. | According to the Minister, the expansion will address the current water shortages and secure future demand for the Greater Kokstad community. | Mchunu further reiterated government's commitment to fast-track service delivery projects, particularly those meant for the provision of adequate and consistent water supply, as water is one of the essential services and a basi…
(2024-03-10). Arizona's Health Department Adds Chief Heat Officer. popularresistance.org Following the hottest year on record, complete with a megadrought in Arizona that led to construction restrictions to reserve groundwater around Phoenix, Arizona has added a new chief heat officer to its Department of Health Services. | The officer's role is to help with extreme heat preparedness in the state. Dr. Eugene Livar, a physician who was formerly the assistant director for public health preparedness for the Department of Health Services, has been chosen for the role. Dr. Livar had helped in developing the Arizona heat preparedness plan in his former role, The Associated Press reported.
(2024-03-10). The Story Of Rural Electric Cooperatives. popularresistance.org At a moment when the world is awakening to the clear and present need to transition our energy system, a hopeful light gleams from the rural landscapes of America. The Rural Power Coalition (RPC), a diverse alliance of US advocacy groups serving rural communities from Alabama to Alaska, has taken another step forward with the release of "Power to the People: The Story of Rural Electric Cooperatives." This animated short film that premiered today during the annual PowerXchange Conference in San Antonio, Texas, is not just a tale of the past; it's a clarion call for a greener, more equitable future.
(2024-03-10). China to continue to prioritize employment promotion. ecns.cn China will continue to prioritize employment promotion work this year by releasing more preferential policies, optimizing job services and tightening supervision on labor relations, said a senior official.
(2024-03-10). Henan Museum sets sights on shaking up scene. ecns.cn As a member of the International Council of Museums, it collaborates on museum security and through international events and partnerships, continues to foster global cultural dialogue and exchange, Ma says.
(2024-03-10). Labor must listen to 81% saying ceasefire. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-03-10). Díaz-Canel resalta labor del sector de las telecomunicaciones en Cuba (+Foto). radiohc.cu La Habana, 10 mar (RHC) El primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba y presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel calificó al Ministerio de las Comunicaciones (Mincom) como un sector con un personal altamente calificado y decisivo en el desarrollo económico y social del país.
(2024-03-10). Comprehensive testing helps diagnose and manage rare genetic disorder. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Lauri's daughter, Christy, a genetic counselor at Mayo Clinic, was instrumental in getting Lauri the testing she needed for an accurate diagnosis. Multiple doctors and multiple examinations could not figure out why Lauri Sieben had spent much of her life "never feeling quite right" physically. Fortunately for Lauri, that changed after her daughter Christy began working as a genetic counselor in Mayo Clinic's Molecular Technologies Laboratory. After seeing similarities between the patient testing she was…
(2024-03-10). Child of SA woman in Senegalese prison comes home. sanews.gov.za Child of SA woman in Senegalese prison comes home | The Department of Social Development has successfully repariated a toddler who was being held in a Dakar prison in Senegal. | The department's social workers arrived at OR Tambo International Airport on Sunday with a two-year-old baby who was born in Senegal and has been in the care of the mother who was arrested last year for drug trafficking. | The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) through its International Social Services (ISS) Directorate notified the Department of Social Development in August 2023 that the biological mother of th…
(2024-03-10). US Senator Tom Cotton wants to punish 'next Aaron Bushnell'. newarab.com 
US Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) has unveiled two new pieces of legislation aimed at restricting security clearances and demonstration rights for pro-Palestinian government workers and contractors, following the self-immolation of US airman Aaron Bushnell outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. on February 25th. | The announcement was made on Thursday in a statement posted to Cotton's
(2024-03-10). In Bangladesh, globalization results in hardship for women workers. cadtm.org
(2024-03-10). Biden Legacy = Genocide. indybay.org Declaring, "We are outraged, we are heartbroken," hundreds of protesters turned out to block Biden's motorcade en route to his State of the Union speech, forcing cars to take "the long way" to the Capitol. Concluding a day-long series of protests across Washington DC, hundreds of people in black shirts reading "Not In Our Name" and "Biden's Legacy = Genocide" sat and stood along Pennsylvania Avenue near the Capitol, delaying Biden's speech by about a half hour. Organizers with megaphones led the crowd in impassioned chants: "Biden Biden You Can't Hide, We Charge You With Genocide," "Free, Free Palestine," "Stop A…
(2024-03-10). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 154: Biden's Maritime Aid Corridor To Gaza Slammed As 'Unrealistic'. popularresistance.org U.S. President Joe Biden announced that he would build a "temporary pier" in Gaza to allow a maritime corridor to let humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip during last night's State of the Union address. | "A temporary pier will enable a massive increase in the amount of humanitarian assistance getting into Gaza every day." | But dozens of humanitarian aid and NGO representatives argue that this is neither practical nor ethical—particularly given how many aid trucks are waiting to get into Gaza at the Rafah crossing. | "Where has the American conscience been for 153 days since the beginning of the war, as pe…
(2024-03-10). Biden Says Netanyahu Making "Big Mistake" But Refuses to Cut Off Military Aid. truthout.org President Joe Biden said Saturday that Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not handling the situation in Gaza the way it should be, but said U.S. support for its ally will remain. Following the State of the Union address on Thursday, Biden was caught on a hot mic telling Democratic lawmakers that he had privately told Netanyahu that "you and I are going to have a 'Come-to-Jesus' meeting,"… |
(2024-03-10). AU's Peace and Security Council worried over insecurity in DRC. plenglish.com Kinshasa, Mar 10 (Prensa Latina) African Union (AU)'s Peace and Security Council (PSC) is worried over the insecurity situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Radio Okapi reported on Sunday.
(2024-03-10). Sunday 3/10: Protest for Tibet! Tibetan National Uprising Day of Action against Chinese Occupation!!!! indybay.org Begins at Berkeley City hall at 8am, | continues at SF City hall 10am to 12pm, | march to Chinese Consulate 12: 30 to 1: 30pm, | protest at Consulate 1: 30 to 2: 30pm, | march to Union Square, | protest at Union Square 5pm to 7pm…
(2024-03-10). Biden's Gaza Sea Port Will Take Months To Establish. news.antiwar.com President Joe Biden's plan to deliver aid to Gaza through a sea corridor will take at least 45-60 days to develop and depends on Tel Aviv's approval. Israel's five-month siege and the bombing of the Strip have created a humanitarian catastrophe that is nearing famine. During his State of the Union address on Thursday, Biden …
(2024-03-10). Biden's State of the Union: War and Genocide Are Still "The American Way" globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-10). Missing From Biden's State Of The Union: A Plan For The Rent Crisis. popularresistance.org Demetrius Mosley works on trucks all day, assessing crash damage and fixing brakes on 18 wheelers. He earns $29 an hour. On the first of every month, he purchases a money order from a local Kroger store to pay his rent, the biggest bill in his budget. | Mosley moved to Louisville, Kentucky three years ago with his four kids and their mom. The family rented a trailer in Pioneer Acres, a mobile home park. Rent was $885 per month. Since then, the owner has added fees and fines and hiked the rent to $1,100. He couldn't afford to feed his kids, so he sent them to live with family in Florida.
(2024-03-10). What's the difference between kidney cysts and polycystic kidney disease? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org March is National Kidney Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about the difference between two kidney disorders — kidney cysts and polycystic kidney disease. Your kidneys are situated in the back of your abdomen under your lower ribs, one on each side of your spine. One of the important jobs of the kidneys is to clean the blood. As blood moves through the body, it picks up extra fluid, chemicals and waste….
(2024-03-10). Weekly Horoscope, March 10 to March 16, 2024. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA Welcome to your weekly horoscope, where we explore the cosmic energies influencing your life from March 10 to March 16, 2024. This week, the celestial movements encourage introspection, communication, and taking practical steps toward your goals. Let's delve into what each sign can expect: Aries (March 21 – April 19): : This week, Aries, you're feeling driven and ambitious. With Mars, your ruling planet, aligning with Saturn, you have the discipline and determination to make significant progress towards your long-term goals. However, beware of impatience and impulsiveness. Take calculated steps rat…
(2024-03-10). Feminist Movements In Pakistan: Challenges and Struggles. cadtm.org Asma Aamir writes about the Pakistani feminist movements history and current practices, their challenges and ways forward. This article is an edited version of her speech in the 13th International Meeting of the World March of Women, which happened in October 2023, in Ankara, Turkey.
| I would like to talk about Pakistan, a country that has not a secular State, like Turkey and others. It is officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, run by the federal and provincial governments, following (…) | – |
(2024-03-10). What is frontotemporal dementia? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org An uncommon group of disorders may cause changes in personality, behavior, language, movement Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a group of neurologic disorders associated with changes in personality, behavior, language or movement. Some FTD forms are inherited, and some are not. Typically, people develop FTD symptoms before age 60. While there is no cure for this progressive decline, FTD research has made significant strides in the past two decades, says Dr. Bradley Boeve (boh-VAY), a Mayo…
(2024-03-10). Israel's Blocking of Aid to Gaza Is a Weapon in Its Brutal War Against Palestinians. orinocotribune.com Israel has defied ICJ's interim verdict as well as a UN Security Council resolution calling for increased access to aid. It has instead deliberately blocking aid, causing a massive humanitarian crisis in Gaza. | Israel's deliberate blocking of humanitarian aid to Gaza has emerged as key weapon against the people of the territory. More than 20 Palestinians have reportedly been killed due to starvation in the last few weeks and numbers are expected to explode in the coming days. | Though Israel denies it has any such policy, almost all UN agencies working to provide aid on the ground in Gaza, as well as several…
(2024-03-10). Shoshana: 'Lacklustre' British Mandate era biopic. newarab.com 
"The British role in Palestine is complicated…but I don't think it helps anyone to ignore history," Michael Winterbottom said during an It's an admirable position for a British filmmaker working in an industry more willing to produce films about Britain's heroic past during…
(2024-03-10). Why is Fortnite not working? Chapter 5: Season 2 servers are up. albawaba.com Gamers around the world are eagerly awaiting the return of Fortnite, as Epic Games' servers remain offline for an extended maintenance period ahead of the much-anticipated launch of Chapter 5: Season 2.The new season, dubbed "Myths & Mortals," promises to bring a fresh wave of excitement with Olympian-themed skins, weapons, and locations, featuring big names like Zeus and Hades.Originally scheduled for a routine update period, the maintenance has encountered unforeseen delays, extending the downtime significantly. The Fortnite community has been buzzing with speculation and anticipation, as the usual five-hour up…
Anthony Albanese's refusal to tackle structural disadvantage reveals his 'commitment to gender equality' is a farce, argues Isaac Nellist.
As a child in New Jersey, I grew up hearing stories of my mother's flight attendant days in South Korea. A few stuck out to me even at a young age — such as hearing she needed to maintain a certain weight to get into the flight attendant program and that she had to quit her job once she got married. I couldn't understand why my mother had to quit her dream job, the job that allowed her to travel to Hawaii and Paris, the two places she had always wanted to go since she was little, just because she got married. My mother also told me how women either lied about being married to keep their jobs or were pres…
8 March 2024, Quezon City. As International Women's Day is celebrated, the EcoWaste Coalition pitched for a concerted action to protect women from a highly preventable source of mercury exposure: adulterated contraband skin-lightening products laced with mercury. Beauty has no skin tone. | "As we honor women from all walks of life for their indispensable contributions to societal development, we seek a concerted action by governmental authorities, businesses, including online sellers, and consumers to put a stop to the persistent importation, distribution, and sale of unauthorized skin lightening products contain…
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses profound grief over the demise of two Bangladeshi journalists in a devastating fire that took place in Dhaka. The carnage on 29 February 2024 snatched away the lives of at least 46 people including Abhishruti Shastri and Tusar Hawlader, both of whom worked for Dhaka-based online media outlet Thereport. live. The colleagues and family members identified the bodies of Abhishruti and Tusar at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital morgue. Abhishruti Shastri. Tusar Hawlader | "It's shocking that two young reporters had to lose their l…
A new report, published on Wednesday, on the UK media coverage of The 150-page report, published by the Muslim Council of Britain's Centre for Media Monitoring (CfMM), analysed online and TV news coverage of the first month of the The key findi…
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Vladimir Lenin, leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution, is one of history's most well-known figures, and one of its most maligned. Mainstream culture vilifies him as a despot.
Sunak's quivering, late-night address, expressing dire concerns over George Galloway's win in Rochdale, unveils a profound unease within the elite—good. Now let's build from here, writes ANDREW MURRAY.
Israeli TV channels aired a number of reports showing the torture and humiliation of Palestinians in Israeli prisons. The videos are consumed by the Israeli public as entertainment, revealing the sadism of Israeli society.
Commission chairs say organizers of ballot violated statutes and ignored scientific evidence.
The early history of the Industrial Workers of the World has become the stuff of legend for the U.S. socialist left. Key to the legendary status of the early IWW is the notion that the organization was a "singing union."
Amidst the genocide against Palestinians and the war in Congo, human beings cling to hope. Saleem, in Rafah, dreams beyond the present, of Red Books Day and a brighter future.
Opinion polls show that Americans want humane policies and politics. To this end, two recent books from Monthly Review Press on heterodox economics shed light on injuries of social class and progressive next steps. Michael D. Yates is the author of "Work Work Work: Labor, Alienation and Class Struggle" (2022). The editorial director of Monthly 
The holocaust that is underway in Gaza is being enabled by the US government and denied by the mainstream US press. When the German Nazis and their Ukrainian collaborators massacred their Jewish, Roma, and other victims, they often coaxed them to the site of the massacre by offering them food. For media consumption, they had 
This joint statement was initiated by the Southeast Asian Left Network [Feb. 29, 2024], and endorsed by groups from within and outside the Southeast Asia region. Rally supporting the Palestinians in Jakarta, Indonesia, Oct. 15, 2023. We, the undersigned organizations, strongly condemn the Zionist regime of Israel for committing genocidal . . . | 
Human rights group urges India to cease military ties with Israel | Human Rights Forum lament over India's deepening economic and military ties with Israel, drawing attention to Adani's sale of combat drone to Israel as genocide deepens in Gaza. | | Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (R) and Israel…
US President Using his annual State of the Union address to deliver some of his strongest comments yet about the five-month-long war, Biden als…
President Protesters blocked traffic in Boston and Los Angeles. Over 50 arrests were made in Boston, according to one activist group and a local m…
By Charles XU — Mar 7, 2024 | As Israel's genocidal war on Gaza enters its sixth month, Qiao Collective presents an urgent intervention from Charles Xu on the Palestinian resistance and the place of China, its people, and their revolutionary legacy in the global solidarity movement. | This essay details China's near-unconditional support for Palestinian armed struggle in its early phase, and the enduring bonds forged between both peoples even through the Oslo Accords and the resistance's turn toward political Islam. It then analyzes the balance of forces since October 7 through the lens of Mao's writings on…
Personhood for Embryos, no isolation requirements for active respiratory infections, advancement of genocide—it's a recipe for early-onset dementia to try and unravel the current "pro-life" atmosphere hanging over the United States and to grapple with the logical fallacies being advanced as principled stands. 
Inspired by the attacks of September 11th, the New Atheism appeared on the scene shortly after the invasion of Iraq in 2003. It became immediately clear that the Four Horsemen were exploiting Enlightenment principles to justify the bombing of women and children in third world nations. Muslim terrorists are not aggrieved by Western foreign policy, the authors claim, but rather by their fanatical devotion to their faith. The decimation of Iraq was not motivated by elite US strategies to control oil markets, but because "god" told Bush to invade. The state does not exploit religious differences for cynical realpolit…
The verdict by the Nagpur Bench of Bombay HC was delivered by Justices Vinay Joshi and Valmiki SA Menezes, who reheard Saibaba's appeal after the SC set aside an earlier HC acquittal order.
What would you say if the notorious racist and anti-semite prime minister of Hungary Victor Orban accused Einstein of … anti-semitism? And Hanna Arendt as well? Together with the most iconic author of Holocaust literature Primo Levi?>
The following statements were issued by Resistance News Network on March 5, 2024. Hamas We, in the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), reject and strongly condemn the report issued by U.N. official Pramila Patten, regarding the claim and allegations of Palestinian resistance fighters committing "rape and sexual violence" incidents during the . . . | 
Starbucks Workers United, which represents workers in 380 Starbucks stores, announced a major victory on Feb. 27. The gains include a series of benefits that the company formerly withheld from unionized stores, namely the implementation of credit card tipping and wage increases. To allow benefits in non-union stores while withholding . . . | 
Aaron Bushnell, the 25-year-old U.S. Air Force soldier who self-immolated in front of the Israeli Consulate in Washington, D.C. to protest the U.S. military role in the Israeli genocide in Gaza, has inspired millions of people around the world for his sacrifice — from Yemen to Malaysia to Palestine to . . . | 
The Claudia De la Cruz / Karina Garcia 2024 presidential campaign supports the growing movement of people who are sending a message of rejection to Genocide Joe at the voting booth.
It seems that the Israeli occupation is still reluctant over demands presented by Hamas resistance movement regarding the ceasefire in Gaza, as the Tel Aviv Regime is still denying access of aid deliveries to northern Gaza amid catastrophic conditions in the besieged enclave on the day 152 of the aggression. Hamas said on Wednesday it …
With the Biden administration facing a legally binding deadline of March 12 to end its acts of war in Yemen, officials in Congress are preparing to grant the administration the legal authorization to continue waging war in the immediate future. At a February 27 Senate hearing, U.S. lawmakers indicated that they are working on a bill