The US is responsible for bombing an elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, during the opening hours of the US-Israeli war against Iran on February 28, a strike that massacred 175 people, the vast majority being young schoolgirls and schoolboys, according to a preliminary US military investigation. People briefed on… — Read on news.antiwar.com/2026/03/11/us-responsible-for-bombing-iranian-elementary-school-and-massacring-over-100-children-preliminary-investigation/
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The Drone War Haiti Didn’t Vote For – KOLUMN Magazine
As Haiti’s interim authorities turned to explosive drones and a private firm run by Blackwater founder Erik Prince, the campaign promised precision. What it delivered, according to human rights investigators, was a rising civilian toll, a fog of secrecy, and another chapter in the long privatization of American power. — Read on http://www.kolumnmagazine.com/2026/03/12/the-drone-war-haiti-didnt-vote-for/
The State Is Escalating Charges Against Protesters. Labor Must Defend Them. | Truthout
On July 10, 2025, as federal agents stormed cannabis farms in Ventura County, California, community members rushed to protest what they saw as yet another sweeping Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid. Among them was Jonathan Caravello, a 37-year-old philosophy lecturer at California State University Channel Islands. Today, he faces a federal felony charge thatContinue reading “The State Is Escalating Charges Against Protesters. Labor Must Defend Them. | Truthout”
Sesame Plots | Science History Institute
What do sesame seeds tell us about the environmental histories of the African diaspora? How does a historian know where to start? — Read on http://www.sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/sesame-plots/
ICE arrests of immigrants without criminal records surge in Northern California
NorCal ICE arrests of noncriminals surge under Trump — Read on http://www.eastbaytimes.com/2026/03/08/ice-arrests-criminals-california-trump/
U.S. Forest Service Rams Through Permit for Drilling at Sacred Site – NDN COLLECTIVE
Last Friday (2/27), the U.S. Forest Service Black Hills Regional Office issued a permit for exploratory drilling for graphite at Pe’sla, a sacred Indigenous site and place of ceremony for thousands of years. — Read on ndncollective.org/usfs-rams-through-permit-for-drilling-at-sacred-site/
Incarcerated Women in Arizona Go on Hunger Strike for Better Conditions – The Appeal
After a correctional officer allegedly assaulted a 20-year-old woman, as many as 200 of her fellow prisoners went on hunger strike for nearly three weeks. — Read on theappeal.org/arizona-perryville-prison-hunger-strike/
An anti-imperialist just transition: From fossil fuel treaty to the shaky nuclear non-proliferation treaty
Dominica to revise Cuban medical programme amid US criticism – CNW Network
The Government of Dominica says it will soon announce changes to its long-standing Cuban medical workers programme. — Read on http://www.caribbeannationalweekly.com/news/dominica-to-revise-cuban-medical-programme-amid-us-criticism/
Nobody is talking about this devastating fact
Israel is demolishing Palestinians home and infrastructure at a rate of every 3.5 hours across the West Bank and East Jerusalem. 2026 is on pace to set new records. Nobody is talking about it. — Read on thecall.ps/p/nobody-is-talking-about-this-devastating
Aida Rends 