Intl Women's Day March, Ousting Stephen Miller, Corpus Christi Dries Up, y Más

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Revolutionary Cry Rises at San Antonio's 36th Annual International Women's Day Rally & March

'It is our duty to fight for freedom! It is our duty to win!'

Greg Harman | Deceleration

The 36th annual International Women's Day rally and march wound through the rainy streets of San Antonio, Texas, on Sunday with revolutionary cries decrying imperialism, colonialism, racism, and patriarchy. Signs lambasted the illegal war on Iran being waged by Israel and the United States, where a 'double tap' strike killed nearly 200, mostly school girls, and more than 100,000 have been displaced. They spoke in defense of Palestinian lives and against the ongoing genocide. They spoke out against efforts to erode and eradicate rights for women (including, seemingly, the right to vote), attacks on the lives of queer and trans people, and the apparent recent dissolution of race and gender studies at UTSA.

Call-and-response chants urged the destruction of broken and unjust systems so that a new world may emerge. Music and art filling Main Plaza before the march signaled the more inclusive community march organizers hoped to foster.

Banners dropped along the route, including one from a Bexar County lot demanding "MIGRA OUT OF SA." Another encouraged marchers with the words of revolutionary Assata Skakur, who passed away late last year in Cuba:

"THE ONLY ONES WHO CAN FREE US ARE OUR SELVES."

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ANALYSIS

Let's Oust Stephen Miller

Noem’s firing shows the power of collective action; now we must go after the real architect of Trump's deportation machine and so many other harmful policies.

Daniel Hunter | Waging Nonviolence

Kristi Noem defamed murdered Veterans Affairs intensive care nurse Alex Pretti by calling him a domestic terrorist. But she didn’t act on her own. According to Axios reporting, Noem took direction from Stephen Miller, who first called Alex “an assassin.”

Noem explained:

“Everything I’ve done, I’ve done at the direction of the president and Stephen.”

Kristi Noem’s firing is a sign of shifting times. And while many eyes are on her successor, it may be a moment to set our sights a little higher.

As my mentor used to tell me, “Being only on the defensive is another way of saying 'losing.'” There is no pathway out of the authoritarian morass we are in without people developing offensive campaigns.

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'Time is Up': Corpus Christi Careening Toward a Water-Shortage Catastrophe

The largest industrial users paying to avoid water limits as the 'Sparkling City by the Sea' expects to run out of water next year.

Dylan Baddour | Inside Climate News

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas—The imminent depletion of water supplies in Corpus Christi threatens to cut off the flow of jet fuel to Texas airports and other oil exports from one of the nation’s largest petroleum ports, triggering potential shockwaves through energy markets in Texas and beyond.

Without significant rainfall, Corpus Christi is headed for a “water emergency” within months and total depletion of the system next year, according to the city’s website.

"The impacts are going to be felt tremendously through the state, if not internationally,” said Sean Strawbridge, former CEO of the Port of Corpus Christi Authority, the nation’s top port for crude oil exports, in a 40-minute interview Thursday.