(2024-03-05). US Envoy Says a Truce in Gaza Will 'Not Necessarily' Extend to Lebanon. news.antiwar.com US Special Envoy Amos Hochstein said on Monday that a truce in Gaza will "not necessarily" extend to Lebanon as Israel and Hezbollah continue to trade fire across the border. "It does not necessarily happen that when you have a ceasefire in Gaza, it just automatically extends," Hochstein said after meeting with Lebanese officials in …
(2024-03-05). A strategic cross-border labor alliance. mronline.org 
A relationship between a U.S. and a Mexican union, forged in the face of NAFTA, has borne fruit over decades of struggle. Two leaders reflect on the importance of international solidarity.
(2024-03-05). Warning Indicators in Ukraine and Palestine MAY Signal Escalation. sonar21.com 
Two intriguing bits of news today that I have been unable to confirm. First, Alastair Crooke told Judge Napolitano this morning that Israeli forces have made three cross-border recon patrols with tanks on the Lebanon border and were driven off. I trust Alastair and his sources. He is a professional and this info tracks with other video evidence showing a tank column moving north in Israel. It looks increasingly likely that Israel will attack Hezbollah during Ramadan, which begins on March 10. We'll see. | Then there is a report from Ukraine that Russian forces hit a CIA base in Sumy and killed a large nu…
(2024-03-05). Gen. Austin threatens war with Russia. workers.org 
The Biden administration faces two big problems regarding the war it provoked in Ukraine by expanding NATO to Russia's border. The first is the collapse of the Ukrainian military under the pressure of the Russian military. The second is its inability to get additional funding from the U.S. Congress for . . . |
(2024-03-05). Egypt: Police officer missing after one-man protest demanding opening of Gaza border. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt: Police officer missing after one-man protest demanding opening of Gaza border | Abdel-Gawad Muhammad al-Sahlamy was arrested on Friday after he waved a Palestinian flag from on top of a billboard in Alexandria and called President Sisi a 'traitor' | | Human rights campaigners say that Abdel-G…
(2024-03-05). War on Gaza: Israeli soldier 'boasted about running over dead Palestinian man with tank'. middleeasteye.net 
War on Gaza: Israeli soldier 'boasted about running over dead Palestinian man with tank' | Reservist posted video of Palestinian body through tank window, stating that he drove over the man with a 65-tonne tank | | A picture taken from a position in southern Israel along the border with the Gaza Str…
(2024-03-05). Migrant worker exploitation escalates in New Zealand. wsws.org Migrant exploitation, with tens of thousands brought into the country often to work as virtual slave labour, is an entrenched feature of New Zealand capitalism.
(2024-03-05). Líderes de la Celac por abordar desafíos estructurales de la migración. radiohc.cu Kingstown, 4 mar (RHC) Líderes de la Comunidad de Estados Latinoamericanos y Caribeños (Celac) reiteraron su interés en fortalecer la cooperación y coordinación para abordar los desafíos estructurales de la migración en la región y su relación con el desarrollo sostenible.
(2024-03-05). Venezuela and Mexico sign agreement on migration. pressenza.com A solution to the migration crisis. In an attempt to find a solution to the migration crisis in the Americas, as in the rest of the world, the countries of Venezuela and Mexico have signed a comprehensive migration agreement to ensure dignified treatment for Venezuelan migrants. This initiative could be replicated and improve the inhumane conditions suffered by millions of migrants around the world. | The signing took place during the VIII Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and was attended by President Nicolás Maduro, Bolivarian Foreign Ministe…
(2024-03-05). Migrant worker exploitation escalates in New Zealand. wsws.org Migrant exploitation, with tens of thousands brought into the country, often to work as virtual slave labour, is an entrenched feature of New Zealand capitalism.
(2024-03-05). Rita Moreno opens up about her struggles with Hispanic identity. albawaba.com Rita Moreno, the legendary actor who has won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony, has revealed that she did not always love being a Hispanic person.In an interview with TODAY show host Hoda Kotb, Moreno said that she felt "unworthy and without value" as a Puerto Rican immigrant in New York."For many years, I didn't like being a Hispanic person," Moreno said. "It took a very long time to get over the feeling that I was an unworthy person, that I wasn't pretty, or that I was a Latina."Today in History. On April 9, 1962, Puerto Rican actress Rita Moreno becomes the first Hispanic and Puerto Rican woman to win an…