Day: March 11, 2023

China steps up, a new era has dawned in world politics

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Saturday, 11 March 2023 — Indian Punchline

by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR

Under Chinese mediation, Saudi Arabia and Iran have reached an agreement to resume diplomatic relations, Beijing, March 10, 2023

The agreement announced on Friday in Beijing regarding the normalisation of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran and the reopening of their embassies is a historic event. It goes way beyond an issue of Saudi-Iranian relations. China’s mediation signifies that we are witnessing a profound shift of the tectonic plates in the geopolitics of the 21st century.

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Israel marriage ban too racist even for apartheid South Africa

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Friday, 10 March 2023 — The Electronic Intifada

Ali Abunimah

Man speaking at microphone in front of crowd at the Arkansas State Capitol protesting school integration with signs reading Race mixing is Communism and Stop the race mixingIsrael’s restrictions on marriage are reminiscent of laws against race mixing that existed in the United States and apartheid South Africa John T. Bledsoe Library of Congress

Israel is a country where people “can be assured they will not be persecuted or discriminated against because of what they believe or whom they love,” former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg boldly asserts.

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Ukraine News Links 10-11 March 2023

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Saturday, 11 March 2023 — The New Dark Age

Georgia’s Withdrawal Of Its US-Inspired Foreign Agents Bill Won’t End Western Pressure
https://orientalreview.org/2023/03/11/georgias-withdrawal-of-its-us-inspired-foreign-agents-bill-wont-end-western-pressure/

They Do Grow Them Dumb…
https://smoothiex12.blogspot.com/2023/03/they-do-grow-them-dumb.html

Contradictions Of The Imperialist ‘Rules-Based Order’
https://popularresistance.org/contradictions-of-the-imperialist-rules-based-order/

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Black Agenda Report March 8, 2023

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Wednesday, 8 March 2023 — Black Agenda Report

How Comrades Revealed the Existence of COINTELPRO
Margaret Kimberley
On March 8, 1971 a brave group of people revealed the extent of FBI spying, harassment and even the killings of US citizens. More than 50 years later we would do well to remember the significance of their actions.

EDITORIAL Dedicated to Women in Struggle, African Agenda, 1974
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
Revisiting a 1974 editorial on Black women and the international struggle against patriarchy, racism, imperialism, and capitalism on International Women’s Day.

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