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Mastercard put into effect a new policy regulating adult content sellers that makes it extremely hard for sex workers to earn a living online. It must be stopped.

The policy itself imposes strict and invasive requirements on adult content websites using Mastercard’s financial services – including pre-approval of all content before publication, forbidding certain search terms, and monitoring the age and identity verification process for all performers.

Laws and policies like these – that criminalize and stigmatize sex work – make sex workers more vulnerable to abuse by clients, law enforcement, and others who target and harass sex workers or those perceived as sex workers, particularly trans women of color.

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"On March 2, millions across the world will march for Gaza! The Israeli government is planning to have a full-scale invasion of Rafah one week later, on March 9, one day before the start of Ramadan. Today, the United States vetoed a UN resolution that insisted that Israel immediately cease its mass killing spree in Gaza.

Now is the time to act! People around the world are going into the streets in cities and towns, including in the United States, as part of the global day of protest on Saturday, March 2.

Gaza is facing famine, its hospitals are besieged, threats of ground invasion in Rafah loom near, and Israel continues its onslaught on the over 2 million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

The mass movement for Palestine has led to the isolation of the US and Israel on the world stage. With growing internal divisions and heightened political pressure on Israel and the United States, it’s time to push even harder. Our mobilizations at this moment can be more decisive than ever, and we must show our full strength now to ensure a lasting ceasefire and an end to the siege on Gaza.

Locations by state/country in alphabetical order pasted directly from the above (please go to the link for specific times & check for frequent updates!):

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Alfred, NY

Angelica, NY

Arequipa, Peru

Asheville, North Carolina

Atlanta, Georgia

Austin, Texas

Baltimore, Maryland

Belmont, NY

Boston, Massachusetts

Brainerd, Minnesota

Boise, Idaho

Burlington, Vermont

Calgary, Alberta

Caracas, Venezuela

Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlottesville, Virginia

Champaign-Urbana, Illinois

Cincinnati, Ohio

Coatesville, Pennsylvania

Columbus, Ohio

Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador

Cornwall, Ontario (Canada)

Davis, California

Dayton, Ohio

Denver, Colorado

Detroit, Michigan

Eastham, Massachusetts 

Flagstaff, Arizona

Falmouth, Massachusetts 

Havana, Cuba

Fayetteville, Arkansas

Fort Wayne, Indiana

Fresno, California

Gainesville, Florida

Geneseo, New York

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Hamilton, Ontario

Houghton, NY

Huntsville, Alabama

Indianapolis, Indiana

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 

Joshua Tree, California

Kansas City, Missouri

Kingman, Arizona

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Lander, Wyoming 

Las Cruces, New Mexico

Las Vegas, Nevada

Los Angeles, California

Manchester, New Hampshire

Martinsburg, West Virginia

Memphis, Tennessee 

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Mineral Point, Wisconsin

Nanaimo, British Columbia (Canada)

Nashville, Tennessee

New Orleans, Louisiana

New Paltz, New York

New York City, New York

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Olean, NY

Peterborough, Ontario

Pensacola, Florida

Phoenix, Arizona

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pompano Beach, Florida

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Port Angeles, Washington

Portland, Maine

Portland, Oregon

Providence, Rhode Island

Raleigh, North Carolina

Richland, Washington

Rochester, New York

Salt Lake City, Utah

San Antonio, Texas

San Diego, California

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Santa Barbara, California

San Francisco, California

Savannah, Georgia 

Seattle, Washington

Seoul, South Korea

Spokane, Washington

Springfield, Massachusetts 

Springfield, Missouri 

St. Louis, Missouri

Syracuse, New York

Tallahassee, Florida

Taos, New Mexico

Tillamook, Oregon

Tri-Cities, Washington

Tokyo, Japan

Toledo, Ohio

Troy, New York

Tucson, Arizona

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Ventura, California

Victorville, California

Wailuku/Kahulu

Washington, D.C.

Waukegan, Illinois

More profound when you consider that Doctors Without Borders rarely makes political statements.

In #UNSC mtg on Middle East, @MSF SG Christopher Lockyear says: "Israeli forces have attacked our convoys, detained our staff, bulldozed our vehicles, hospitals have been bombed and raided. And now for a second time, one of our staff shelters has been hit. This pattern of attacks is either intentional or indicative of reckless incompetence. Our colleagues in #Gaza are fearful that as I speak to you today, they will be punished tomorrow."