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Chiapas/National: National Caravan against Impunity in Femicide Cases Begins

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On March 2nd, a caravan of mothers of femicide victims from Chiapas arrived in Juchitan, Oaxaca. Given the lack of justice and impunity in the state of Chiapas, these women, members of the “Karla Velasco” Foundation, had announced, through a statement, their intention to depart for Mexico City to“confront President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador for the impunity of his things in the local authorities.”

Maricruz Velasco Najera and Manuel Gomez Giron are the parents of one of the victims, a young woman murdered in 2018 without there being a sentence against the person linked to the process or without knowing if there are accomplices.“What we are demanding is justice for our women, we want all of Mexico to know that in Chiapas women are being killed, that’s why we went out in a caravan, we may not be many, but we no longer want to…

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100 days and 248 deaths later, Indian farmers remain determined + Disha Ravi and Trial by Farcebook

By Parth MN 5 Mar 2021 at Al Jazeera. Shared with thanks!

As protest against farm laws enters its 100th day, at least 248 farmers have died on New Delhi’s borders, organisers say.
Farmers attend a rally against farm laws in Barnala in the northern state of Punjab [File: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters]

Farmers attend a rally against farm laws in Barnala in the northern state of Punjab [File: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters]

Karnal, Haryana – For nearly two months, Prem Singh, 65, followed a ritual he had unwittingly slipped into.

He left his village in northern India’s Haryana state on December 1, 2020, to join tens of thousands of Indian farmers staging sit-ins along the borders of the national capital to demand the repeal of agricultural laws passed in September last year.

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Flooding the planet with plastics from US Fracking Glut: Big Oil’s answer to Climate Emergency

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Faced with diminishing demand for fossil fuels, the struggling oil and gas industry is investing billions of dollars in new plants designed to produce millions more tons of plastics — and millions more tons of pollution.  

As oil companies’ profits sink amid decreasing demand for their product, oil and gas giants are setting their sights on a new market — they’re pouring billions of dollars into new plants designed to produce plastic from chemicals sourced from fossil fuels.

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CNT-AIT, Granada: solidarity with the imprisoned comrade and all the accused #MestreLibertad Eng/Esp


CNT-AIT, Granada: solidarity with the imprisoned comrade and all the accused #MestreLibertad
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Source – EL MILICIANO – CNT-AIT, Granada: solidarity with the imprisoned comrade and all the accused #MestreLibertad 28.2.2021

On the morning of February 22, Cristian (Mestre), a CNT-AIT Granada colleague, was prosecuted, decreeing provisional imprisonment without bail and being assigned to Albolote prison.

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Greece: Saturday, March 6, 2021. 2nd International day of solidarity with the hunger strike of Dimitris Koufontinas.

March 4, 2021 by actforfreedom… shared with thanks

video 3/3/2021 Athens, Thousands of protesters flood the centre of Athens for the third day in a row.
Saturday, March 6, 2021. 2nd International day of solidarity with the hunger strike of Dimitris Koufontinas.
At the end of last December the Greek government approved a reform of the national penitentiary system that, in addition to  other measures that worsen prison conditions, establishes that those convicted of terrorism cannot access the “rural prisons”, more “open” institutions to which long-term prisoners have access.
The approval of this law has immediately activated the bureaucratic process for the transfer of Dimitri Koufontinas from the rural prison of Kassevitia.Dimitri is a comrade convicted for participation in the revolutionary organization 17 November, in prison since 2002.

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Sudan: the second wave of revolt

The Sudanese revolution has been unique in its depth and scope. Yet the path to progress remains fraught with obstacles, writes Sara Abbas

March 3, 2021 · from redpepper.org.uk by \Ssrs Abbas.. shared with thanks!

Protests began in Sudan in December 2018 over soaring bread prices, but quickly grew into anti-government rallies demanding the removal of then-President Omar al-Bashir [File: Anadolu]

The second wave of revolts in the Middle East and North Africa (the ‘MENA’ region) began in Sudan, in December 2018. This is interesting when looked at in the context of a decade of dissent in the region. A black African nation, Sudan is at the margins both geographically and metaphorically. And despite the consistent attempts of post-colonial Sudanese elites to promote Arab identity, the Arab world has remained ambivalent about the country.

Women fueled Sudan's revolution, but then they were pushed ...

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Tyson Foods Linked to Largest Toxic Dead Zone in U.S. History

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 AlterNetOct. 31, 2017 07:33AM ESTFOOD

https://www.ecowatch.com/tyson-foods-toxic-dead-zone-2504305201.html?fbclid=IwAR2BCv6-DJDgxDt1i1n_G8lIHcdhCdthbecNr15MAuYeWp0WKLISamHTQcU

Tyson Foods Linked to Largest Toxic Dead Zone in U.S. History

Less oxygen dissolved in the water is often referred to as a “dead zone” (in red above) because most marine life either dies, or, if they are mobile such as fish, leave the area. Habitats that would normally be teeming with life become, essentially, biological deserts.NOAA

By Shana Gallagher

What comes to mind when you think of Tyson Foods? A chicken nugget? A big red logo?

How about the largest toxic dead zone in U.S. history? It turns out the meat industry—and corporate giants like Tyson Foods—are directly linked to this environmental catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico, and many others.

Industrial-scaleagricultureto support America’s livestock is the number one source of water pollution in the country. But while industrial agriculture to feed animals raised for meat is currently resource-intensive and ecologically destructive, it doesn’t have to be. Solutions exist…

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