(2023-03-09). "The End Of America's Empire Is HERE" | Chris Hedges Interview. scheerpost.com Chris Hedges and Russel Brand discuss the parallels between the Iraq & Ukraine Wars, and how America is pushing Russia & China together as they escalate the Ukrainian conflict.
(2023-03-08). A Mass Wave Of Israeli Army Refusal Could Be A Transformative Moment. popularresistance.org During the Second Intifada, as the Israeli army was killing thousands of Palestinians in its effort to suppress the uprising, I was part of a movement of Israeli youth and soldiers who refused to serve in the army. From the age of 18 to 20, I spent 21 months under arrest and in prison, alongside many others, in protest of the occupation and its brutal policies. It was one of the largest campaigns of conscientious objection seen in Israel — one that, until recently, seemed very unlikely to occur at such a scale again. | Over the past two weeks, however, and for the first time in two decades, a new movement o…
(2023-03-08). U.S. defense secretary arrives in Iraq unannounced for anti-IS discussion. ecns.cn U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived unannounced in Baghdad on Tuesday to discuss the fight against the extremist Islamic State (IS) militant group and expand the partnership with Iraq.
(2023-03-08). US Still Trying To Bury 'Collateral Murder' Video That WikiLeaks Released. thedissenter.org 
There is no shortage of activists, journalists, academics, and people of conscience who have some story to share about the impact of the "Collateral Murder" video. | The U.S. military footage of an Apache helicopter crew shooting indiscriminately at a dozen Iraqi civilians — including Reuters journalists Namir Noor Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh, and two young children — is widely recognized for exposing the true nature of the United States war in Iraq and for making WikiLeaks and Julian Assange household names.Three years before WikiLeaks made it possible for the public to watch this video, Dean…
(2023-03-09). "The End Of America's Empire Is HERE" | Chris Hedges Interview. scheerpost.com Chris Hedges and Russel Brand discuss the parallels between the Iraq & Ukraine Wars, and how America is pushing Russia & China together as they escalate the Ukrainian conflict.
(2023-03-08). A Mass Wave Of Israeli Army Refusal Could Be A Transformative Moment. popularresistance.org During the Second Intifada, as the Israeli army was killing thousands of Palestinians in its effort to suppress the uprising, I was part of a movement of Israeli youth and soldiers who refused to serve in the army. From the age of 18 to 20, I spent 21 months under arrest and in prison, alongside many others, in protest of the occupation and its brutal policies. It was one of the largest campaigns of conscientious objection seen in Israel — one that, until recently, seemed very unlikely to occur at such a scale again. | Over the past two weeks, however, and for the first time in two decades, a new movement o…
(2023-03-08). U.S. defense secretary arrives in Iraq unannounced for anti-IS discussion. ecns.cn U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived unannounced in Baghdad on Tuesday to discuss the fight against the extremist Islamic State (IS) militant group and expand the partnership with Iraq.
(2023-03-08). US Still Trying To Bury 'Collateral Murder' Video That WikiLeaks Released. thedissenter.org There is no shortage of activists, journalists, academics, and people of conscience who have some story to share about the impact of the "Collateral Murder" video. | The U.S. military footage of an Apache helicopter crew shooting indiscriminately at a dozen Iraqi civilians — including Reuters journalists Namir Noor Eldeen and Saeed Chmagh, and two young children — is widely recognized for exposing the true nature of the United States war in Iraq and for making WikiLeaks and Julian Assange household names.Three years before WikiLeaks made it possible for the public to watch this video, Dean…
(2023-03-08). Sanctions on Syria: Australia's Complicity in Policide. dissidentvoice.org 
In 1998, the United Nation's humanitarian coordinator in Iraq, Denis Halliday, resigned in protest against UN Security Council sanctions on Iraq, using the term 'genocide' when he explained reasons for his resignation. Before Halliday's resignation, the US ambassador to the UN, Madeleine Albright had been asked if she thought the deaths of 500,000 Iraqi children …
(2023-03-08). March To Iraq War, 20 Years Later: March 8, 2003. thedissenter.org The Dissenter Newsletter recalls each day in the timeline of events that led up to the US invasion of Iraq on March 19, 2003, twenty years ago…
(2023-03-08). Top US military officials visit Middle East to ratchet up conflicts with Iran and Russia. wsws.org Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's visit to Iraq on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the 2003 US invasion amounted to a return to the scene of a world-historic crime.
(2023-03-08). 165-meter-long ice cave discovered in Tibet. ecns.cn A large ice cave is discovered near a "three-colored lakes" in Puyu Village of Banbar County, Qamdo, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region, March 7, 2023.