The newest economic opportunity in East Oakland: selling plasma, a component of blood. This is essentially human tissue harvesting, for profit.

Octapharma is one of a few corporations that control the for-profit plasma industry. It's owned by Wolfgang Marguerre, a German billionaire. Octapharma manufactures drug therapies with the plasma it harvests, mostly from people in the United States, now including East Oakland.

Jair Bolsonaro is the principal US ally in Latin America. His family are linked to money laundering and Milícias responsible for extortion and killing on an industrial scale, including that of Marielle Franco. He will visit the White House on March 19. brasilwire.com/category/autho…

Today, we're taking historic steps to address the #silentcrisis plaguing Native American communities -- it's the first time the U.S. House of Representatives will hold a hearing on this issue. #MMIW

Today is the anniversary of the murder of the brave LGBT+ and Afro-Brazilian rights activist Marielle Franco. Our State Dept must insist that the Brazilian government not allow this crime to continue in impunity. #Justice4Marielle

The Saudi royal family has literally helped fund Al Qaeda. This is the debate no one wants to have but needs to be had. Saudi accountability is long overdue. nytimes.com/2009/06/24/wor…

BREAKING: Soldier who appeared on white nationalist podcast reinstated by the Canadian Forces, along with three other soldiers who operated Fireforce Ventures. ricochet.media/en/2542/soldie… #cdnpoli #abpoli

My asylum seeking client who got a $19K bond last week just called me to say that his brother was kidnapped Monday, found dead yesterday, and buried today. FUCK!!!!!!!!!! I need to get this guy out.

U misspelled “schools & hospitals.”

Remember the drone assassination attempt that US officials and MSM tried to disqualify as being made up by Nicolás Maduro or a govt stunt? CNN reveals how preparations were made in Colombia and that 3 meetings were held with US officials edition.cnn.com/2019/03/14/ame…

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Spineless stenographers or active imperialist propagandists.

A well earned ratio

At Oakland’s Police Commission meeting, Rashidah Grinage of the Coalition for Police Accountability announces her group wants OPD Chief Kirkpatrick fired.

Indigna en redes funcionarios de la ciudad de Oaxaca confiscando mercancía de una mujer indígena que vendía ropa con su hija en brazos bit.ly/2eiEna2

VA's Ricardo Vaz spoke to teleSUR English about the International People's Assembly, the media war against Venezuela and the impact of crushing sanctions. venezuelanalysis.com/video/14384

As a shooting unfolds apparently inspired by white supremacists the president of the United States sends out a link to a website with white supremacist ties

"Continue finding ways" = mystification of they put money behind that shit...for a while...