(2021-03-30). The surge of COVID-19 in Florida and the disastrous reality of school reopenings in the US. wsws.org School superintendents for the largest districts in Florida recently described their reopenings last autumn as a "safe" model for the rest of the country, ignoring the fact that the state now leads the US in new cases among young people.
(2021-03-30). Unite calls off strikes at London Sovereign and Quality Line, paving way for sell out across RATP. wsws.org Unite's horse trading with RATP has left drivers at London United out on a limb and ended the dispute at London Sovereign and Quality Line based upon rotten pay deals.
(2021-03-30). India suspends export of COVID-19 vaccines. wsws.org The Modi government's shutoff of vaccine exports will severely impact vaccination programs in lower- and middle-income countries in Africa, Latin America and the rest of Asia, contributing to the further spread of the pandemic and its new more lethal variants.
(2021-03-29). Venezuela Points Finger at US for Continued Skirmishes on Colombian Border. venezuelanalysis.com Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López claims that the CIA is behind the fighting, which injured a further nine soldiers on Monday.
(2021-03-29). 'It Was a Coup' Film Unveils the U.S. Interference in Bolivia. telesurenglish.net Bolivia's former President Evo Morales on Sunday welcomed the "It Was a Coup" documentary which reveals details of the U.S-backed coup d'etat in Nov. 2019. | RELATED: | The film shows how the events escalated following a biased report by the Organization of American States (OAS) on electoral fraud and the calls for violent mobilizations from opposition sectors. | Filmmaker Maria Rada gathered testimonies to unmask the plot that in…
(2021-03-29). Actions in 60 cities stand with Asian community against racism, war. liberationnews.org 
The actions were organized by the ANSWER Coalition and took place across the country, from big cities like New York City to small towns like Sequim, Washington.
(2021-03-29). Lee Camp: Why Biden's Choice to Bomb Outer Space Is So Damn Exciting. scheerpost.com Tyler Merbler / CC BY 2.0] By Lee Camp / Original to ScheerPost President Biden has announced he will be continuing to build Donald Trump's Space Force — an idea Trump probably dreamed up while high on some bizarre pills his special "doctor" gave him and had left the rubber cement jar open on his desk. The Space Force is the new branch of our military designed to conquer and kill things in outer… |
(2021-03-29). Mexico's President Feels 'Shame' for Murder of Salvadoran Woman. telesurenglish.net Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) on Monday expressed "shame" for the police officers who killed Salvadoran migrant Victoria Salazar in Tulum on Saturday. | RELATED: | "She was subdued by police… brutalized and killed. This fact fills us with sorrow, pain, and shame," he said. | Her murder was denounced on social media through a video showing a police officer placing his knee on the neck of the victim, who could barely…
(2021-03-29). Oppose deportations and all anti-immigrant measures in Australia and New Zealand! wsws.org The Australian and New Zealand governments have joined in the international assault on the rights of immigrants, as they seek to divert anger over mass job cuts and austerity measures in the most nationalist and xenophobic direction.
(2021-03-29). Cancelling Art, Dark Mofo and the Offended Classes. dissidentvoice.org Last week, Australians found themselves delighting in another fit of cancel culture, this time in the art world. Tasmania's Dark Mofo art festival prides itself on being gritty but the mood was very much about removing any grit to begin with. Interest centred on the project of Spanish artist Santiago Sierra, who had proposed soaking …
(2021-03-29). Venezuela Is Victim of Colombian Armed Groups, Maduro Denounces. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro denounced that the Colombian government is behind the recent incursion of irregular armed groups into Apure state, which is located in the southwestern border region. | RELATED: | "We have all the WhatsApp accounts and conversations. We know the whole strategy they coordinate with the Colombian government and what they were going to do in Venezuelan territory," Ma…
(2021-03-29). Ontario parent speaks out after COVID-19 outbreak at her child's school. wsws.org "I don't have any confidence in the government and how they handled this pandemic," Yvonne told the World Socialist Web Site after her son was sent home from his COVID-19-stricken elementary school in Brampton, Ontario.
(2021-03-29). Building the Religious Left: DSA Religion & Socialism Conference. dsausa.org From April 24-25, join your religious socialist comrades for two days of panels, workshops, and skills training as you work to build the religious left. Hear from Andrew Wilkes, Sarah Ngu, Charles Howard, George Lakey, Matthew Sitman, Fran Quigley, Jewish Currents magazine, the DSA Muslim Caucus, the Institute for Christian Socialism, Megan Romer, Nicole-Ann Lobo,…
(2021-03-29). "I felt an urgency the publishing industry did not share": Michael Mark Cohen and cartooning capitalism. mronline.org 
I spent a tremendous amount of time digging around in old socialist and union newspapers, journals, magazines and pamphlets where I expected to read the work of earnest revolutionaries discussing socialist strategy and news from the latest strikes around the world. Of course, I found all that and more. — Michael Mark Cohen | March 29, 2021 | Art…
(2021-03-29). Socialist publisher Mehring Books Australia website now online. wsws.org The new site enables WSWS readers in Australia, New Zealand and throughout the Asia-Pacific region to more easily access Mehring Book's extensive range of Marxist literature and at a reduced price.
(2021-03-29). Culture of Violence. counterpunch.org 
"Culture of violence," "culture of violence." If I hear that phrase wheeled out one more time to excuse a mass shooter, I'll scream. That doesn't mean I'll head to the gun shop. Which is to say, when it comes to cultures, here in the USA, we're lucky enough to be able to take our pick.
(2021-03-29). French Farmers protest fertilizer tax. peoplesworld.org 
The low pitch rumble and hum of tractor engines and the thump, thump, thump of steel-capped leather boots filled the streets of Clermont Ferrand, France, as over 2,000 French farmers and 400 tractors marched and rolled into Pace de Jaude, the city square, on March 25. Farmers descended into the town in protest over new …
(2021-03-29). The Real Danger of the Pentagon's New Indo-Pacific Plan. counterpunch.org 
The Pentagon recently asked Congress for an astronomical $27 billion budget increase to support a massive military buildup in Asia as part of its new Indo-Pacific plan, which calls for a substantially more aggressive military stance against China. With the US already ranking first in military spending worldwide and holding more than 290 military bases in the Asia-Pacific region alone, this aggressive buildup is being proposed at the most financially precarious moment in US history.
(2021-03-29). Britain and China: Trading sanctions and the new cold war. mronline.org 
IAIN DUNCAN SMITH sees the Chinese sanctions applied to him and other politicians yesterday as a "badge of honour." | March 29, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-03-29). The 2020-21 Worldwide Corona Crisis: Global Research Webinar, March 31st, 2021. globalresearch.ca 
Dear Readers, | We are pleased to announce that the first Global Research Webinar will be held this Wednesday, March 31st, at 4: 00 pm (EDT), 1: 00 pm (PT), 3: 00 pm (CT) | The 2020-21 Worldwide Corona Crisis: | | It will be presented …
(2021-03-29). Our Longest War is Ending without Victory, but will we Even Notice? juancole.com 
"Ours is the cause of freedom. We've defeated freedom's enemies before, and we will defeat them again… [W]e know our cause is just and our ultimate victory is assured… My fellow Americans, let's roll." — George W. Bush, November 8, 2001 ( Tomdispatch.com) — In the immediate wake of 9/11, it fell to President George …
(2021-03-29). Lefebvre in the Age of COVID. mronline.org 
COVID has upended urban life as we once knew it. But it intensified already existing pathologies, those contaminating "normal," pre-pandemic life. Our present urban reality is one of the de-encounter, a thinning down rather than thickening up, the dispersion and dilution of city life, its fear and loathing. | March 28, 2021 | Monthly Review Essays…
(2021-03-29). Nawal El Saadawi: Egypt's grand novelist, physician and global activist. juancole.com 
By Adele Newson-Horst | — Egyptian novelist, physician, sociologist and global activist Nawal El Saadawi died on 21 March 2021 at the age of 89. The author of more than 50 books, she told me in one of our many interviews, in 2007, that she self-identified as an African from Egypt, not from the Middle …
(2021-03-29). Universal Health Care is a Popular Idea in America, So Why Does Biden Seem Intent on Enriching Private Insurance Companies? counterpunch.org 
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on people's lives, President Joe Biden has been on a victory tour to promote the American Rescue Plan, a hefty $1.9 trillion spending package that not only sends direct stimulus payments to struggling Americans, but also greatly expands health care options through the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
(2021-03-29). The Madness and Malady of Management Studies. counterpunch.org 
More than one-hundred years ago, Henri Fayol's highly militaristic if not authoritarian Fourteen Principles of Management — division of work, authority, discipline, unity of command, esprit de corps, etc. — moved factory administration closer to identify what management actually is. More than Fayol, it was the snake oil salesman Frederick Taylor who shaped our perception
(2021-03-29). Atlantic coast sea levels rising at fastest rate in 2,000 years, study finds. peoplesworld.org 
Yet another study has confirmed the unprecedented impacts of the climate crisis: Sea levels along the eastern U.S. are rising at their fastest rate in 2,000 years. Researchers led by a team at the University of Rutgers studied sea level rise at six sites along the Atlantic coast. They found that the rate of change between 1900 and …
(2021-03-29). Brutal violence by military escalates in Myanmar. peoplesdispatch.org 
A day after 114 people were killed by security forces in Myanmar, the military on Sunday opened fire on those who had gathered to mourn the dead in Yangon. Close to 450 people have been killed since the February 1 coup…
(2021-03-29). Racist policing back in spotlight as Derek Chauvin trial opens. peoplesworld.org 
MINNEAPOLIS—The whole world is watching as the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin gets underway here today. At stake is the question of whether the State of Minnesota can convict Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. The killing of Floyd helped spark a national uprising last summer that put police violence and …
(2021-03-29). ExxonMobil versus Chevron: Fight for second-to-last place among fossil fuel companies has begun. mronline.org 
As the weather grows warmer, bears, birds, and corporate America begin to emerge from their respective hibernations. Bears will awaken hungry with thoughts of berries; birds will fly north, reversing their southern migration; corporate America will prepare their proxies and ballots. Soon it will be annual general meeting (AGM) season. | March 29, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-03-29). As U.S. loses its edge, game of cyber chicken could have deadly consequences. mronline.org 
'…all countries have offensive and defensive capabilities and 'stealing" data and knowledge from other countries are time-honoured tasks of spook agencies. It becomes an act of war only if it leads to physical damage to critical equipment or infrastructure.' | March 29, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-03-29). New York and New Jersey again epicenters for high COVID infection rate. peoplesworld.org 
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A year after becoming a global epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, New York and New Jersey are back atop the list of U.S. states with the highest rates of infection. Even as the vaccination campaign has ramped up, the number of new infections in New Jersey has crept up by 37% …
(2021-03-29). A sanitation worker's vision for a better society. therealnews.com 
Former Philadelphia sanitation worker Terrill Haigler created the Instagram account "_yafavtrashman" to talk directly to residents about their trash pickup during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now he's using it to advocate for a better world.
(2021-03-29). Amazon Hires Off-Duty Cops To Harass Workers, The Press, And Supporters. popularresistance.org We came down from New York City to cover the historic struggle of Amazon workers to form a union and to amplify the stories of the nearly 6,000 workers who are putting their livelihoods on the line to fight for their right to collectively organize. If this union vote is successful, it will be the first union of Amazon workers in the United States. There is great potential in this union drive — an effort that is being waged by a primarily Black workforce in a virulently racist and anti-union state against one of the largest companies in the world. | We arrived at the Bessemer facility to stand in solidarity…
(2021-03-29). Separation of Religion and State declared by Revolutionary Sudan's once-Muslim fundamentalist Officers in Peace Deal with southern Guerrillas. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Sudan Tribune reports that Sudan cemented the separation of religion and state on Sunday. Military leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan signed a declaration of principles with one of two remaining rebel groups who had not yet put down their arms and accepted the new transitional government. The group is the …
(2021-03-29). University of Michigan Women Deans Decry Regent Weiser's urging that 'witch' Gov. Whitmer be 'burned at stake'. juancole.com Ron Weiser, a real estate billionaire, is the head of the Michigan Republican Party. In videotaped remarks last Thursday, he referred to Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer and two other top state women leaders (Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel [D] and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson [D]) as the "three witches" and spoke of burning …
(2021-03-29). African Branch of ISIS Plans to Form Islamic Caliphate in Mozambique. globalresearch.ca The security situation on the African continent is close to chaos. …
(2021-03-29). Pope Francis Conveys a Message To Julian Assange. telesurenglish.net Pope Francis sent a personal message to Julian Assange, his partner Stella Moris revealed on Monday as the press freedom activist remains in a maximum-security prison in the U.K. trying to avoid extradition to the U.S. | RELATED: | "After a hard night, Julian woke up this morning to a kind, personal message from Pope Francis delivered to his cell door by the prison priest," Morris said via Twitter. | After a hard…
(2021-03-29). Vandana Shiva on the Taking Down of Bill Gates' Empires. globalresearch.ca In this interview, Vandana Shiva, Ph.D., discusses the importance and benefits …
(2021-03-29). Video: Bill Gates and His Empires. Boycott "Fake Food". Dr. Vandana Shiva. globalresearch.ca In this interview, Vandana Shiva, Ph.D., discusses the importance and benefits …
(2021-03-29). U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Wants to Break China-EU Relations. globalresearch.ca The continual improvement of Chinese-EU relations is irreversible since it embodies …
(2021-03-29). The Worst Attack on Voting Rights Since Jim Crow. counterpunch.org Last November, despite a global pandemic, voter intimidation, and an unprecedented disinformation campaign, a record number of Americans cast a ballot in the 2020 election. Expanded voting by mail, no-excuse absentee voting, curbside voting, and early voting made the ballot box more accessible. But now, Republican lawmakers in 43 states are introducing hundreds of restrictive
(2021-03-29). The working class in Germany pays the cost of the pandemic. wsws.org In the coronavirus crisis, wages in Germany have fallen for the first time since 2007. Reduced incomes, harder working conditions, and cramped living circumstances elevate the risk of falling ill due to COVID-19 and of dying.
(2021-03-29). COVID-19 Speeds up Change Towards New Public Health in Africa. telesurenglish.net The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) Director John Nkengasong said the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent health and socio-economic challenges have accelerated partnerships for innovation in Africa towards building new public health order. | RELATED: | "Whilst COVID-19 has been an undeniable tragedy of unprecedented proportions, it has also accelerated partnerships for innovation," Nkeng…
(2021-03-29). Peru To Witness Debates Among 18 Presidential Candidates. telesurenglish.net For three days starting on Monday, Peru's National Jury of Elections will organize face-to-face presidential debates among 18 candidates who will participate in the April 11 elections. | RELATED: | The debates will be focused on such issues as the pandemic, education, security, public integrity, and corruption. | Among the first candidates to take the floor this Monday are the National Victory candidate George Fors…
(2021-03-29). Beloved Maryland math teacher dies of COVID-19 after school reopened. wsws.org Mary Laurenzano's death is a direct result of the criminal push by the Biden administration and Maryland's Republican Governor Larry Hogan to reopen schools before the pandemic is contained.
(2021-03-29). Protests In 60+ Countries Against Genocidal US Blockade On Cuba. popularresistance.org In a worldwide day, the initiative launched a month ago by the Europe for Cuba channel, in coordination with solidarity movements and groups in different parts of the planet, will take place today and tomorrow, Sunday, with car and bicycle caravans, rallies, marches and mountain climbing, among other diverse actions. | "The call is also to flood the social networks in days of denunciation and repudiation of the genocidal blockade imposed on the island, in which we expect a good response, despite the restrictions derived from the COVID-19 pandemic," José Antonio Toledo and Michele Mesagna, coordinators of the plat…
(2021-03-29). Cape Verde Greenlights Venezuelan Government Envoy Extradition to US. globalresearch.ca The Cape Verde Supreme Court has approved a request to extradite …
(2021-03-29). House Speaker Pelosi names D.C. National Guard Commander William Walker new Sergeant-at-Arms. wsws.org The appointment of Walker marks the first time both the House and Senate sergeant-at-arms will be members of military.
(2021-03-29). WHO COVID-19 Origin Tracing Report Says Lab Leak Is Unlikely. telesurenglish.net World Health Organization (WHO) Director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the report of the mission that investigated in China the origin of COVID will be explained in detail on Tuesday. He did, however, advance that a "laboratory leak" is considered "extremely unlikely". | RELATED: | According to news agencies that had access to a draft of the findings, the report advocates that the most likely theory of the…
(2021-03-29). Carcinogen Ethylene Oxide Used in Covid PCR and LFT Swab Tests. globalresearch.ca Dear Department for Education, | This request is in relation to the …
(2021-03-29). Cuba Could Start COVID-19 Vaccination in Minors. telesurenglish.net Rolando Perez, the director of Science at the Biotechnology & Pharmaceutical Industries (BioCubafarma), announced on Monday that his country could soon begin a study for COVID-19 vaccination in the pediatric population between the ages of 5 and 18. | RELATED: | According to the study design, the first stage of vaccination will include minors aged 12 to 18 years. Subsequently, children aged 5 to 11 could be immunized, Pe…
(2021-03-29). Amid surging COVID-19 cases, New York Mayor de Blasio orders 80,000 city workers back to offices. wsws.org The move sets a benchmark for office workers throughout New York City and across the country to return to work despite a new surge in COVID-19 cases.
(2021-03-29). COVID-19 cases in Chicago and throughout Illinois increase following reopening of schools and businesses. wsws.org Tragically, the increase in infections in Chicago resulted in the death this week of CPS student Zmaya Bell. Bell, an 18-year-old student at Simeon Career Academy, died of COVID-19-related complications on Wednesday, according to her family.
(2021-03-29). 'Poor Rich Haiti'. popularresistance.org Haiti's borders are curious. The small country is bordered to the east by the Dominican Republic, dividing in two the territory of the island of Hispaniola. To the west it borders the Caribbean Sea and to the south, a forgotten maritime border with the Republic of Colombia. But what interests us here is a border that is not entirely imaginary: to the north and northeast, although the maps would like to indicate otherwise, Haiti borders the United States. | It is here, in this region, that most US economic interests — and also those of its smaller partners — are concentrated. This is the case of Canada…
(2021-03-29). San Carlos Apache Lose Land to Big Copper. projectcensored.org Oak Flat, Arizona, a sacred land reservation of the San Carlos Apache Native Americans, has long been under attack. Since 2008, the mining company Resolution Copper has sought to acquire…
(2021-03-29). Australian flood victims speak out: "The only assistance is locals helping each other out." wsws.org "I've had no instructions, no evacuation orders, nothing. People are just left to fend for themselves."
(2021-03-29). People's Action Statement on CDC Moratorium Extension. peoplesaction.org Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 240.206.1145 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action Homes Guarantee Campaign Director Tara Raghuveer today released the following statement in response to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention temporarily extending the national eviction moratorium to June 30th: "The Biden administration did the right thing by extending the eviction moratorium. But, beyond introducing a new …
(2021-03-29). Genocidal Nation: "What Is It About Us?…Are We Homicidal by Nature?" globalresearch.ca I have just watched Michael Moore's latest Rumble podcast [1] in …
(2021-03-29). UN and US Remain Unaccountable for Civil Unrest in Haiti. projectcensored.org A national emergency is taking place on the Caribbean island of Haiti. As reported by the Haitian Times, officials in Haiti have requested assistance from foreign law enforcement to combat…
(2021-03-29). Blaming the Homeless for San Francisco's Homelessness Crisis. projectcensored.org San Francisco, like many US cities, faces a growing housing crisis. The Department of Homelessness and Supportive Housing (HSH) is tasked with providing housing but its attempts have not been…
(2021-03-29). Support Grows For Striking Columbia University Graduate Students. popularresistance.org Today marks the beginning of the third week of the Columbia University graduate workers strike. The courageous struggle by over 3,000 graduate student-workers for improved wages, benefits and working conditions continues to receive support from workers at Columbia and more broadly throughout the US. | Last Thursday, rank-and-file members of the Graduate Workers of Columbia (GWC), which is affiliated with the UAW, defied an attempt by the union bargaining committee to shut down the strike with a deal that would have signified a de facto pay cut for the graduate students, taking into account inflation and union due…
(2021-03-29). Faced with ICC Investigation, Apartheid Israel Asserts Moral Superiority Over The Victims of Its Terror. mintpressnews.com Having created enemies by its own criminal behavior, Israel then claims the right to protect itself from the very people it alienated through these criminal acts.
(2021-03-29). Victoria's 'Big Idea' Pays Off In Housing For People In Need. popularresistance.org Victoria Mayor Lisa Helps and councillors Ben Isitt and Jeremy Loveday were met with a heavy dose of skepticism back in 2015 when they proposed that the Capital Regional District borrow $50 million to build supportive housing for people without homes. | Helps recalled Friday that their "big idea" was mocked by some and discounted by others as unworkable or too costly. | More than five years later, however, their proposal — later scaled back to $30 million — has pried matching money from the federal and provincial governments, and continues to produce results. | On Friday, the CRD's Regional Housing Fi…
(2021-03-29). Argentina: Buenos Aires Province Fights for Debt Restructuring. telesurenglish.net Buenos Aires' Governor Axel Kicillof extended the deadline to negotiate a US$7 billion debt with private creditors who sued his government for late payment. | RELATED: | On March 23, an Ad Hoc committee of creditors represented by White & Case LLP filed two lawsuits in New York against Buenos Aires province for the non-payment of debt interest bonuses. | The subnational government's Finance Minister Pablo Lopez described as "
(2021-03-29). Argentina — El recordatorio de Cristina. globalizacion.ca øNo debería ser más habitual la práctica de analizar algunas situaciones a la luz de cómo serían si se plantea o ejecuta su reverso? | De dejarse llevar por tantas voces que arguyen serios problemas e incluso una ruptura definitiva entre…
(2021-03-29). US EPA Ignores Data on Pesticide Classification. projectcensored.org On February 25, 2021, the environmental advocacy group PEER reported that the US EPA downgraded the cancer risk of the pesticide Telone based on faulty study data. This was done…
(2021-03-29). Video: Who Are the Quad and Why Are They After China? globalresearch.ca The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue is a group that includes the US, …
(2021-03-29). Minneapolis: Major protest to coincide with opening arguments at trial for cop who killed George Floyd. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – A coalition of 20-plus Twin Cities organizations are set to protest on Monday, March 29 at 5 p.m. outside the Hennepin County Government Center, with a call for justice for George Floyd and conviction of Derek Chauvin, after the first day of opening statements. | Organizers note, "We expect the lawyers for the killer-cop Chauvin to spit out lies. They will try to paper over the fact that Chauvin had his knee on the neck of George Floyd for eight minutes and 46 seconds, while in league with his fellow officers to aid and abet the murder." | The evening protest and march will be combined with the…
(2021-03-29). This week in history: March 29-April 4. wsws.org 25 years ago: US trade mission flight crashes in the Balkans, killing commerce secretary On April 3, 1996, a United States Air Force Boeing CT-43A crashed into a mountainside while on an official trade mission to Dubrovnik, Croatia. The craft was carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and 34 other people. There were no survivors.
(2021-03-29). Myanmar: Death Toll Rising. counterpunch.org It's precisely as horrific as we have come to expect from the rogue armed forces of Myanmar. If they want to shoot a guy for being a peaceful activist and his seven-year-old daughter happens to be sitting on his lap when the men with guns break in, they'll just shoot her too. This kind of
(2021-03-29). The U.S. Pivot to Asia: Cold War Lessons from Vietnam for Today. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2021-03-29). The Suez Canal blockage and the globalization of production. wsws.org The blockage of a vital artery of the world economy by a single ship—an accident waiting to happen—reveals fundamental aspects of modern capitalism.
(2021-03-29). Cubans in Hialeah, FL rally against U.S. blockade. fightbacknews.org Hialeah, FL – Over 70 members of the South Florida Cuban community took part in a car and bicycle caravan through Hialeah to demand an end to the immoral and illegal U.S. blockade of Cuba. This caravan near Miami was one of dozens of actions that took place not only in cities across the United States, but in countries across the world, from Canada to Egypt to Cuba itself. | The cars were draped with oversized Cuban flags and posters that read, "No mas bloqueo" and "Abajo el bloqueo de Cuba," as bicyclists chanted and waved their smaller flags. The caravan passed through the congested streets of Hialeah, with honk…
(2021-03-29). Caminos legales, no cierres fronterizos. globalizacion.ca El reciente viaje a México de funcionarios estadunidenses planteó como solución al problema migratorio el cierre de fronteras, para supuestamente detener no sólo a los centroamericanos, sino a los propios mexicanos. | Justificó en parte esta estrategia por tener que aplicar…
(2021-03-29). Workers at Bradken steel mill in Atchison, Kansas enter second week of strike while USW imposes isolation. wsws.org The Bradken strike started just over one week before over 1,000 workers at Allegheny Technologies, Inc. in Pennsylvania are set to go on strike this Tuesday.
(2021-03-29). Dr. Seuss publishers unleash controversy over legacy of famed children's author. wsws.org Neither side in this dispute within the political establishment cares a stitch about the education or development of children.
(2021-03-29). Nicaragua: Building The Good Life (Buen Vivir) Through Popular Revolution. popularresistance.org As I traveled in Nicaragua on the recent Sanctions Kill delegation, one thing was clear, social transformation (revolution) requires both political power and participation by the people. Without political power, revolutionary programs will not have the material resources they require. Without the participation of the people, revolutionary programs, even with resources, cannot be put into practice and defended. | Right now, Nicaraguans have both and they are making great progress in building a new society or as it is often referred to in Latin America, 'Buen Vivir,' (the good life). They are demonstrating what we…
(2021-03-29). We Can Win Student Loan Debt Cancellation. popularresistance.org On March 18, the Biden administration's Department of Education announced that it will cancel $1 billion in federal student loan debt held by 72,000 borrowers who were defrauded by for-profit universities. These students received subprime educations and worthless degrees, and then were burdened with debt often in the tens of thousands of dollars—all while predatory companies and their investors made millions. | The only reason this debt is now being cancelled is because debtors got organized. In 2015, students from for-profit, now defunct Corinthian Colleges Inc. launched the country's first student debt st…
(2021-03-29). National Day Of Protest Against Anti-Asian Racism. popularresistance.org Responding to the spike in anti-Asian violence, Philadelphia joined scores of communities across the country Saturday in a National Day of Action Against Asian Hate launched by the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition. | "We have a lot of community support, and we're expecting hundreds of participants … at Franklin Square," said Echo Alford, a volunteer with the Philadelphia Liberation Center and member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which coordinated the afternoon event with the support of about a dozen other local organizations. That estimate proved to be accurate.
(2021-03-29). Support grows among workers for striking Columbia University graduate students. wsws.org Autoworkers and others support the fight of Columbia graduate student-workers as the strike begins its third week.
(2021-03-29). Lockdown One Year On — It Doesn't Work, It Never Worked & It Wasn't Supposed to Work. globalresearch.ca And so we come to March 23rd, and lockdown's first birthday. …
(2021-03-29). The 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF): Repealing AUMF Will Mean Nothing if We Don't Get Out of Afghanistan First. globalresearch.ca House Democrats
(2021-03-29). Trawling ocean floor for fishing can release carbon equal to air travel: Study. peoplesdispatch.org The practice of bottom trawling, according to the study, pumps out carbon amounting to about 1 gigaton every year. Marine sediments happen to be the largest reservoir of carbon in the world…
(2021-03-29). Brazil: Defense and Foreign Affair Ministers Sacked. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Brazilian ministers of Defense and Foreign Affairs gave their resignation letters to the far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, thus accentuating the institutional crisis in the South American country. | RELATED: | Brazilian Foreign Minister, Ernesto Araújo, resigned from his responsibilities due to pressure exerted by parliamentarians, business people, and politicians, who have vehemently criticized his man…
(2021-03-29). US Military Launches Task Force to Fight Information War Against China. globalresearch.ca The head of US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) told the Senate …
(2021-03-29). Propaganda by Omission: Libya, Syria, Venezuela and the UK. globalresearch.ca We live in a war-like society; one that supports, and is …
(2021-03-29). Mural at Least 3,200-Year-Old Found in Peru. telesurenglish.net A millennia mural that might belong to the extinct Cupisnique culture was found in the valley of the Virú province, La Libertad region, in Peru, archaeologists reported on Monday. | RELATED: | The 3,200-year-old mural depicts a spider god holding various knives. The specialists believe it was a deity related to fertility and rain. According to archaeologist Regulo Franco Jordan, who identified the site, "what we have here is…
(2021-03-29). Farmers' agitation: Nationwide shutdown in India. peoplesdispatch.org March 26 marked four months since the farmers' protests began in India. Farmers groups across the country staged protests in response to the nationwide shutdown call issued by Samyukta Kisan Morcha, the farmers' collective leading the agitation against the farm laws passed by the far-right BJP govt.
(2021-03-29). When Leaders Kill: Biden's characterization of Putin applies to Neoliberal Ideologies, Too. juancole.com Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) — The presidents who control more than 90 percent of the world's nuclear arsenal had a bit of a spat the other day. Though the exchange ended indecisively it serve to highlight important moral issues in both foreign and domestic policy. In an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos …
(2021-03-29). Argentina — Lawfare, el día después. globalizacion.ca Lawfare es un neologismo creado por el general de la aviación norteamericana, Charles J. Dunlap Jr. Profesor de la Duke University School of Law estadounidense, en 2001 lo definió como "El uso de la ley como un arma de guerra"….
(2021-03-29). Facebook's Pitch to Congress: Section 230 for Me, But Not for Thee. globalresearch.ca As Mark Zuckerberg tries to sell Congress on Facebook's preferred method …
(2021-03-29). Honduras Concludes Primary Elections Vote Count. telesurenglish.net Honduras' National Electoral Council (CNE) concluded the primary elections' vote count after two weeks of delays and electoral fraud allegations. | RELATED: | The National Party candidate Nasry Asfura, the Freedom and Refoundation Party representative Xiomara Castro, and the Liberal Party member Yani Rosenthal stay as main competitors for the Presidency post. | Tegucigalpa mayor Asfura gained 579,764 votes, ex-fir…
(2021-03-29). The bigot party. nationofchange.org This transformation in one of America's two eminent political parties has shocking implications, not just for the future of American democracy but for the future of democracy everywhere.
(2021-03-29). UK police and government step up repression against Police Bill protests. wsws.org Demonstrations are routinely described as "violent" and protesters as a "mob", but the real violence has been carried out by police against those defending their right to protest which face elimination if the Bill becomes law.
(2021-03-29). 'Way past time to fire Mr. DeJoy' says Sanders after House Dems unveil bill to stop assault on USPS. nationofchange.org "The only way to begin to defend…
(2021-03-29). Islamic State Claims Attack Killed 55 in Mozambique. telesurenglish.net Attacks that killed 55 people in the northern Mozambique town of Palma have reportedly been claimed by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) via its Amaq news agency. The area is worth billions of dollars in investments on a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project by Total, a French multinational. | RELATED: | The government confirmed dozens of fatalities in the coastal town of 75,000 people near the Tanzanian border on…
(2021-03-29). The World's Richest People: Excessive Wealth Disorder Is Destroying Our Societies. globalresearch.ca David Rothkopf wrote a book about the world's richest people called …
(2021-03-29). "Being the Good Guys": SOUTHCOM's Monroe Doctrine. cepr.net In testimony earlier this month, Admiral Craig S. Faller told Congress: "This Hemisphere in which we live is under assault…. We are losing our positional advantage in this Hemisphere and immediate action is needed to reverse this trend." Faller was appointed commander of the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM, responsible for overseeing US military activities in …
(2021-03-29). If Israel Accuses Iran of Doing Something, Israel Is Likely Already Doing It. globalresearch.ca Israel has accused Iran of doing many nefarious things. But the …
(2021-03-29). Massive protests in Lebanese capital Beirut against rapidly declining economic and living conditions. peoplesdispatch.org The demonstrations on Sunday were the latest in the protests being held across the economically struggling country where political instability has further aggravated conditions…
(2021-03-29). Body cam video shows officers threatening and handcuffing 5-year-old. nationofchange.org The child's mother subsequently filed a civil lawsuit accusing the officers of assault, false arrest, and emotional distress.
(2021-03-29). Colorado's 'MeatOut Day' Has Started a Meat War. counterpunch.org Colorado Governor Jared Polis's declaration of March 20 as "MeatOut Day" to promote plant-based diets—which are beneficial to human health, the environment, and the prevention of cruelty to animals—sparked controversy between animal rights activists and the meat industry that went beyond state lines. Polis is not the first major politician to promote this message to
(2021-03-29). Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism. counterpunch.org The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism is a tool to identify, confront and raise awareness about antisemitism as it manifests in countries around the world today. It includes a preamble, definition, and a set of 15 guidelines that provide detailed guidance for those seeking to recognize antisemitism in order to craft responses. It was developed by a group of
(2021-03-29). Myanmar military guns down 114 people in deadliest daily toll. wsws.org While the protest movement has involved broad layers of the population, opposition leaders have limited its aims to the reinstatement of a government led by Suu Kyi.
(2021-03-29). Suez Canal Resumes Traffic After Container Ship Refloated. telesurenglish.net Shipping traffic through Egypt's Suez Canal resumed on Monday after the world's largest container ship that had blocked the busy waterway for almost a week was refloated. The massive container ship surrounded by tug boats was shown on local TV, moving slowly in the canal's center. | RELATED: | "Admiral Osama Rabie, the Chairman of the Suez Canal Authority [SCA], announces the resumption of maritime traffic in the Suez Canal after…
(2021-03-29). Rebuilding US manufacturing is the only path to an economic renaissance. nationofchange.org America cannot afford to jeopardize major industries for want of parts.
(2021-03-29). Whistleblowers Challenge Official Narrative on Syrian Chemical Weapons Attacks. projectcensored.org On April 14, 2018, the United States, Britain, and France launched a series of aircraft and ship-based missiles against multiple government sites in Syria. The initial report released by the…
(2021-03-29). How Peace is Possible in Afghanistan. progressive.org After years of unilateral aggression, the United States may finally be taking a new approach.
(2021-03-29). With hospitals overflowing, Macron defends his "herd immunity" against the virus. wsws.org There is a clear danger of a collapse of the health system, and the government is refusing any policy to contain the virus.
(2021-03-29). Australian population declines for first time since World War I. wsws.org The sudden fall threatens to expose the Australian economy's reliance on continuous population growth to mask underlying vulnerabilities.
(2021-03-29). Grupo de Lima se debilita con la retirada de la Argentina. globalizacion.ca 
El retiro de Argentina del Grupo de Lima, el 24 de marzo, representa un tiro directo en la línea de flotación de la obsecuencia latinoamericana con Estados Unidos. Asimismo, pone en evidencia el fracaso de los objetivos trazados cuando se…
(2021-03-29). La doble moral de Estados Unidos. globalizacion.ca Más de 41.500 personas murieron el año 2020 en EE.UU., no precisamente por causa del Covid-19, fallecieron víctimas de disparos. En plena pandemia, se registraron 592 tiroteos masivos en el mencionado país del norte, algo así como 1,6 enfrentamientos armados…
(2021-03-29). Vacunas y pruebas: El riesgo del mercado negro. globalizacion.ca La Administración General de Aduanas informó ayer que confiscó un embarque de 44 mil pruebas de detección de Covid-19 que se pretendía hacer ingresar al país en el Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México (AICM) sin que contara con…
(2021-03-29). New York's COVID Vaccine Passport. Show "Your Papers Please" Way of Life. globalresearch.ca New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is establishing a Covid passport that …
(2021-03-29). The Vaccine Conundrum. globalresearch.ca Initial data from Israel and Scotland appeared to indicate a
(2021-03-29). Pfizer Bullies South American Governments over COVID Vaccine. projectcensored.org As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to strengthen its grip on South America, the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer stands accused of bullying smaller Latin American governments into putting up sovereign assets as…
(2021-03-29). Suez Canal: Egyptians in neglected village thrust into limelight by ship crisis. middleeasteye.net 
Suez Canal: Egyptians in neglected village thrust into limelight by ship crisis | Residents of Manshiyet al-Rugola have struggled for years as the world's wealth passed them by. Now the Ever Given has put them on the map | Mon, 03/29/2021 – 09: 16 | A farm vehicle is seen in a field as the Panama-flagged MV 'Ever Given' is lodged behind it impeding traffic across Egypt's Suez Canal on 2…
(2021-03-29). Capitalism Without Accountability Is at Root of Suez Canal Shipping Crisis, Says Scholar Laleh Khalili. democracynow.org 
A Suez Canal service firm now says the huge container ship blocking the canal has been refloated and is on the move. The 200,000-ton ship, the Ever Given, got stuck on March 23, blocking one of the world's most important trade routes, which is used for about 12% of all global trade. The impact of the canal shutdown has raised new questions about global trade practices, including the reliance on massive cargo ships, the conditions of workers on the vessels, and environmental degradation. "As years have gone by, the ships have gotten bigger and bigger and bigger," says Laleh Khalili, professor of international poli…
(2021-03-29). Scholar Laleh Khalili: Capitalism Without Accountability Is at Root of Suez Canal Shipping Crisis. democracynow.org 
A Suez Canal service firm now says the huge container ship blocking the canal has been refloated and is on the move. The 200,000-ton ship, the Ever Given, got stuck on March 23, blocking one of the world's most important trade routes, which is used for about 12% of all global trade. The impact of the canal shutdown has raised new questions about global trade practices, including the reliance on massive cargo ships, the conditions of workers on the vessels, and environmental degradation. "As years have gone by, the ships have gotten bigger and bigger and bigger," says Laleh Khalili, professor of international poli…
(2021-03-29). Janitors Walk Off the Job in SF for COVID Protections and More. indybay.org After months of contract negotiations broke down, over 700 janitors represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) walked off the job on March 24th. This was the start of three-day strike for improved COVID protections and other working conditions.
(2021-03-29). Biden Continues to Slowly Back Away From Afghanistan Peace Deal. news.antiwar.com With the May 1 pullout date fast approaching, President Biden seems reluctant to state his actual intentions on Afghanistan. On the one hand, Those two positions combined might put the US pullout date sometime after May 1 but before 2022. If it was that simple, however, one would expect that Biden would say as much, instead of just reiterating what he doesn't expect to do. | This gives…
(2021-03-29). Iraqi Officials Ready to Push for Ouster of US Troops. news.antiwar.com In January 2020, Iraq's parliament unanimously called for the US to leave Iraq. President Biden hasn't weighed in on this, but the matter is likely to come to a head in April talks with Iraq centering on the strategic future of the two nations. | Iraq's PM and other top officials are US officials aren't saying anything in the lead-up to this, already so busy talking about how they're not withdrawing from Afghanistan or Syria. Iraqi MPs…
(2021-03-29). Locals: French Airstrike Killed Six Civilians in Northern Mali. news.antiwar.com Local officials in the Gao region of northern Mali France was quick to deny that the slain were civilians, saying everyone they hit was an "Islamist militant." This has been common for French operat…
(2021-03-29). Blinken Sees US-China Relationship as 'Increasingly Adversarial'. news.antiwar.com Speaking on CNN, Secretary of State Tony Blinken talked of competitive areas as well as adversarial ones, which is hardly shocking since the US openly needles China on several aspects, notably on-again, off-again trade disputes and US incursions into the South China Sea to challenge maritime claims. | Despite this, it is somewhat…
(2021-03-29). US offers $10 MILLION reward for info on Hezbollah operative convicted of former Lebanese PM's assassination. rt.com 
The US State Department has pledged a $10 million reward for information on a Hezbollah operative convicted by a UN-backed tribunal of murdering Lebanon's former prime minister, Rafik Hariri, more than a decade ago. | The hefty sum for information disclosing "the location or identification of Salim Jamil Ayyash" or "preventing him from engaging in an act of international terrorism against a US person or US property" was offered as part of Washington's Rewards for Justice program. | The State Department on Monday described Ayyash as a senior operative in the so-called Unit 121, an assassination squad allegedly…
(2021-03-29). Brazil's foreign and defense ministers resign amid coronavirus surge and US pressure — reports. rt.com 
Two key members of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's cabinet have resigned. Defense Minister Fernando Azevedo e Silva gave no reason for departure, while Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo faced backlash from the parliament. | Hours after Araujo's resignation was reported in the media — but not officially confirmed by Alvorada Palace — Azevedo e Silva announced he would be stepping down "knowing the mission was accomplished" and thanking Bolsonaro for the opportunity to serve. | While Azevedo's resignation came as somewhat of a surprise, Araujo's was more or less expected, after leaders of both chamb…
(2021-03-29). Georgia Hit With Pair of Lawsuits Over Sweeping Voter Suppression Law. commondreams.org "The Georgia NAACP will continue to fight until every voter is able to freely and confidently participate in democracy," vowed the state president. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12316017161.jpg …
(2021-03-29). 'Vraie Loi Climat!': Tens of Thousands March in France to Demand Much Stronger Climate Law. commondreams.org French President Emannuel Macron, said one demonstrator, "is going backwards—he's performing a moonwalk, he's an artist who pretends to go forward but in fact he's only going backwards." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/paris_climate_march.jpg …
(2021-03-29). Bowman Blames Decades of US Capitalism, Imperialism for Flow of Asylum-Seekers. commondreams.org "The best we can do is implement a 21st century Marshall Plan and help to rebuild Central America in the same ways that we have destroyed it." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/immigration_0.jpg …
(2021-03-29). 'Just Look at the Torture Video,' Says George Floyd's Family Lawyer as Chauvin Trial Begins. commondreams.org "America, the whole world is watching. Do we really have equality and justice for all?" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/chauvin_trial.jpg …
(2021-03-29). Former Supreme Court Judge Lord Sumption Expects People Will be Forced to Wear Masks, Stay Home for Ten Years. globalresearch.ca British former Supreme Court judge Lord Sumption has warned that
(2021-03-29). Supreme Court Judge Expects People Will be Forced to Wear Masks, Stay Home for Ten Years. globalresearch.ca British former Supreme Court judge Lord Sumption has warned that
(2021-03-29). British journalist Craig Murray found guilty of contempt of court. wsws.org Murray was found guilty last week of contempt of court for his reporting on the trial of former Scottish First Minister and former Scottish National Party leader Alex Salmond.
(2021-03-29). Global trial reports on use of tocilizumab in COVID-19 pneumonia. imperial.ac.uk The anti-inflammatory treatment tocilizumab does not significantly improve outcomes for patients with severe COVID-19 pneumonia, a trial has found.
(2021-03-29). Selected Articles: The Criminalization of Big Pharma. globalresearch.ca 
By In this interview, Vandana Shiva, Ph.D., discu…
(2021-03-29). Israel elections: Itamar Ben Gvir, the Jewish supremacist on the rise. middleeasteye.net 
Israel elections: Itamar Ben Gvir, the Jewish supremacist on the rise | After a pact brokered by Netanyahu, the Jewish Power party leader and former Kahanist has been catapulted into a potential kingmaker role | Mon, 03/29/2021 – 14: 11 | Itamar Ben Gvir, head of the Israeli Jewish Power (Otzma Yehudit) party, at a conference organised by the Besheva newspaper in Jerusalem on 15 March 2021 (AFP)…
(2021-03-29). AFRICOM-Led 33-Nation Naval Exercise in Oil-Rich Gulf of Guinea. news.antiwar.com U.S. Africa Command started the tenth iteration of its Obangame Express naval exercise with an opening ceremony in the Ghanaian capital of Accra on March 19 and ended it on March 27. US Africa Command (AFRICOM) grew out of naval patrols and exercises in the Gulf of Guinea off western Africa at the beginning of …
(2021-03-29). US Reaffirms Support for Philippines as South China Sea Tensions Rise. news.antiwar.com Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaffirmed US support for the Philippines as tensions are rising between Manila and Beijing in the South China Sea. | The Philippine Air Force has been
(2021-03-29). Stop COVID Testing Immediately: PCR and Quick Test Swabs May be Cancer-Causing. globalresearch.ca Not only has covid testing become a US$ 100 billion business, …
(2021-03-29). The Weekly Round-up: Asylum System Overhaul. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In the news: Home Secretary Priti Patel pledged a 'fair but firm' overhaul of the UK's asylum system in the Commons on Thursday. The proposed measures aim to crack down on the criminal smuggling operations which helped 8,000 people cross the Channel by boat last year. Under the Home Secretary's proposals, asylum seekers would have their claims …
(2021-03-29). How We Can Put a Halt to Biodiversity Loss. progressive.org "Extinction: The Facts," a new documentary presented by Sir David Attenborough, details how we can save the world, its wildlife, and ourselves.
(2021-03-29). Egypt train crash: Anger over transport minister's refusal to step down. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt train crash: Anger over transport minister's refusal to step down | The devastating collision claimed the lives of 19 people and is part of a long history of railway disasters | Mon, 03/29/2021 – 13: 39 | People gather around the wreckage of two trains that collided in the Tahta district of Sohag province (AFP) | Anger has erupted on social media after Egypt's transport minister, Kamel al-Wazir, sa…
(2021-03-29). Suez Canal: Giant container ship refloated after blocking waterway for nearly a week. middleeasteye.net 
Suez Canal: Giant container ship refloated after blocking waterway for nearly a week | Local authorities said the Ever Given was 80% corrected and planned to continue tugging efforts | Mon, 03/29/2021 – 07: 27 | It remains unclear whether the waterway would be open on Monday (Reuters) | A giant container ship that has blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week has been refloated, raising hop…
(2021-03-29). Suez Canal: Giant container ship Ever Given partially refloated. middleeasteye.net Suez Canal: Giant container ship Ever Given partially refloated | Sisi hails success, as local authorities say the vessel is 80 percent corrected and tugging efforts are planned to continue | Mon, 03/29/2021 – 07: 27 | It remains unclear whether the waterway would be open on Monday (Reuters) | A giant container ship that has blocked the Suez Canal for nearly a week has been refloated, rais…
(2021-03-29). US offers $10m for information on Hezbollah operative convicted in Hariri killing. middleeasteye.net 
US offers $10m for information on Hezbollah operative convicted in Hariri killing | A UN-backed tribunal had sentenced Salim Ayyash in absentia to life in prison over the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri | Mon, 03/29/2021 – 19: 11 | Photos of Salim Ayyash released by the US State Department (Rewards for Justice) | The US State Department is offering up to $10m for information on Salim Ayyash, a…
(2021-03-29). Covid-19: UN leaders plead 'don't stockpile vaccines' as global rollout stalls. middleeasteye.net 
Covid-19: UN leaders plead 'don't stockpile vaccines' as global rollout stalls | UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls out 'very unfair distribution of vaccines in the world', as Covax initiative struggles to meet distribution benchmarks | Mon, 03/29/2021 – 15: 38 | A medical stockpile at the vaccine warehouse where doses of the vaccine are preserved before their distribution in Irxleben, eastern Germany…
(2021-03-29). Suez Canal: Ever Given freed and traffic soon to resume, Egypt says. middleeasteye.net 
Suez Canal: Ever Given freed and traffic soon to resume, Egypt says | Witnesses and tracking websites say mammoth container ship now sat in middle of the waterway | Mon, 03/29/2021 – 14: 31 | 'She's free!': Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, is seen after it was fully floated in Suez Canal, Egypt on 29 March 2021. (Reuters) | The mammoth Ever Given container ship was f…
(2021-03-29). Suez Canal: Ever Given freed and traffic resumed, Egypt says. middleeasteye.net 
Suez Canal: Ever Given freed and traffic resumed, Egypt says | After blocking the canal for six days, the mammoth container ship is now in the middle of the waterway heading for inspection | Mon, 03/29/2021 – 14: 31 | Ever Given is seen soon after it had been refloated in the Suez Canal, Egypt on 29 March 2021 (Suez Canal Authority/Handout via Reuters) | The mammoth Ever Given container sh…
(2021-03-29). Saudi company requests US court freeze ex-spy chief's $29m real estate assets. middleeasteye.net 
Saudi company requests US court freeze ex-spy chief's $29m real estate assets | Former-intelligence official Saad al-Jabri says new complaint is part of 'violent campaign' by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to silence him | Mon, 03/29/2021 – 20: 16 | Last year, Saad al-Jabri filed a lawsuit against MBS, claiming a 50 person hit squad was dispatched to kill him in Canada (AFP) | A Saudi state-run company has r…
(2021-03-29). Sunday 3/28: What's going on in Myanmar? indybay.org Zoom forum, login into at icssmarx.org…
(2021-03-29). Who are the 10 Biggest Pandemic Profiteers? indybay.org The combined wealth of the nation's 657 billionaires increased more than $1.3 trillion, or 44.6 percent, since the pandemic lockdowns began. [See Master Table] Over those same 12 months, more than 29 million Americans contracted the virus and more than 535,000 died from it.
(2021-03-29). Blowing The Whistle At Cal-OSHA! Newsom, Murder On The Job & Cal-OSHA's Destruction. indybay.org Charles Rachlis, a Cal-OSHA inspector blew the whistle on the massive failure of the agency which is supposed to protect the health and safety of workers in California. Governor Newsom ordered a hiring freeze in the middle of the pandemic and the agency has less than 200 inspectors for the 18 million workers of California. Rachlis spoke at a labor community rally on February 15, 2021.
(2021-03-29). Thursday 4/1: DAPL & Line 3 D.C. Protest Rally: Indigenous Youth & Allies Demand Build Back Fossil Free! indybay.org Online here: www.facebook.com/ienearth/ | In-person: Army Corps of Engineers HQ, 441 G Street NW, Washington DC, DC 20314…
(2021-03-29). Pelosi names D.C. National Guard Commander William Walker to be House Sergeant-at-Arms. indybay.org The naming of military members to head the security of the House and Senate speaks to the intense crisis still roiling the capitalist state and the ongoing lack of trust between its security apparatus and Congress.
(2021-03-29). Thousands March and Rally In San Francisco Protesting Racist Attacks Against Asians. indybay.org Thousands of Chinese Americans and Asians marched and rallied in San Francisco on March 27, 2021 against the racist murders and attacks in the US. Some also protested the China bashing whipped up by both the Democrats and Republicans iincluding House Leader Nancy Pelosi from San Francisco.
(2021-03-29). Sunday 5/2: MOTHERLOAD: Virtual Screening & Panel Discussion. indybay.org …
(2021-03-29). Unrelenting e-mails from Gov. Newsom. indybay.org Unrelenting e-mails from Gov. Newsom. It's enough to make me want to support his recall!
(2021-03-29). Thursday 4/8: Yom HaShoah: National Holocaust Remembrance Day Virtual Ceremony 2021. indybay.org Online remembrance event…
(2021-03-29). Kickoff for Negro Bar State Historic Park Junior Ranger Program. indybay.org Early California Pan African Pioneers, both free and enslaved were a key part of the California Gold Rush. Our California Buffalo Soldiers were the early California Park Rangers and initial stewards of the land in an unsurpassed way.
(2021-03-29). Sunday 4/4: Free Easter Dinner and PPE & Clothing Giveaway w/ Tenderloin Tessie SF. indybay.org First Unitarian Universalist Church & Center, 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94109…
(2021-03-29). Crisis del agua: El peor de los escenarios. globalizacion.ca La propuesta de celebrar un Día Mundial del Agua para recordar la relevancia de ese líquido esencial data de 1992, durante la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo de Río de Janeiro. | Ese mismo…
(2021-03-29). Uruguay dispara contra el Mercosur y se habla de un URUEXIT. globalizacion.ca La cumbre virtual de presidentes del Mercosur por el festejo de los 30 años del bloque dejó al descubierto históricas diferencias, especialmente sobre el arancel externo común y la "flexibilidad" para negociar acuerdos comerciales por separado, donde el presidente que…
(2021-03-29). Robin D.G. Kelley on Derek Chauvin Murder Trial, Reparations in Evanston & Cornel West Tenure Fight. democracynow.org 
As opening statements begin in Minneapolis for the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, we speak with UCLA historian and author Robin D.G. Kelley, who says a guilty verdict alone would not represent justice for George Floyd. "The real victory would be to end policing as we know it, to end qualified immunity, to end the conditions that enabled Derek Chauvin to take George Floyd's life and his colleagues to kind of stand there and watch," says Kelley.
(2021-03-29). Robin D.G. Kelley: Amazon Union Drive Builds on Decades of Black Radical Labor Activism in Alabama. democracynow.org 
As thousands of Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, decide whether to form the company's first union, historian Robin D.G. Kelley says it could be a watershed moment for labor organizing in the United States. "This is definitely the most significant labor struggle of the 21st century, no doubt," he says. "The South has been the epicenter of the country's most radical democratic movements, which is why it's completely unsurprising that Bessemer, Alabama, would be the place where you'd have a renewed labor movement."
(2021-03-29). Headlines for March 29, 2021. democracynow.org Opening Statements Begin in Trial of Ex-Cop Derek Chauvin for Killing George Floyd, Burmese Forces Kill Over 100 People in Deadliest Day of Post-Coup Crackdown, More States Open Up Vaccine Eligibility as Cases Rise in More Than Half of U.S. States, Mexico Revises COVID Death Toll by 60%, Chile and Brazil Confront Massive Surges, WHO Warns Coronavirus on the Rise in African Countries as Vaccinations Remain Lowest in World, Suicide Bombing Attacks Catholic Church Mass in Indonesia, Dozens Killed in Attacks in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Province, Iran and China Sign 25-Year, $400 Billion Strategic Deal, 9-Year-Old Gi…
(2021-03-29). US Hospitals Getting Paid More to Label Cause of Death as 'Coronavirus'. globalresearch.ca First published on April 15, 2020. | Among 2020 Most Popular Articles | Senator Scott Jensen represents Minnesota. He's also a doctor. He appeared on Fox News with Laura Ingraham where he revealed a very disturbing piece of information. | Dr. Scott Jensen …
(2021-03-29). Toronto Children's Hospital Recommends Back to School without Masks or Social Distancing. Detailed Report. globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on July 21, 2020 | Toronto's
(2021-03-29). Right-Wing Judges Want to Overturn a Legal Precedent Preserving Free Speech. commondreams.org Without the protection of the "actual malice" standard in libel suits, political and business leaders, with their bottomless legal war chests, can simply use the threat of litigation to throw a chilling shroud over journalists and political activists. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/silberman.jpg …
(2021-03-29). Republicans Fabricate "Crisis" of Violent Immigrants Crossing the Border. commondreams.org The "surge" has been fabricated by Republicans in order to stoke fear—and, not incidentally, to justify changes in laws they say are necessary to prevent non-citizens from voting. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/tedcruz.jpg …
(2021-03-29). If the US Wants to Tackle the Climate Crisis Equitably, It Should Support UNRWA in Gaza. commondreams.org Climate equity has no borders, and in the Gaza Strip, the primary force mitigating these devastating consequences and protecting and ensuring the wellness of the most vulnerable—Palestine refugees—is UNRWA. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gaza_11.jpg …
(2021-03-29). Every Person With a Conscience Is a Revolutionary Waiting to Be Born. commondreams.org Revolutionaries sees the potential in human beings—they see our world's potential to become something vastly better than it is today. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/hope.jpg …
(2021-03-29). Austerity Makes Covid-19 Deadlier. commondreams.org Mortality and economic data show how constraints to government spending and a skepticism of redistributive policies have made the pandemic far worse. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/austerity_kills.jpg …
(2021-03-29). Center For Popular Democracy Kicks Off "National Week of Action" Demanding Solutions to Converging Climate and Housing Crises. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-29). Neoliberalism Is a Killer. commondreams.org Biden's recent characterization of Putin applies to this dominant ideology as well. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/clintonhonduras.jpg …
(2021-03-29). Color of Change: Minneapolis Jurors, Spectators Must Remember That Derek Chauvin Is on Trial—Not George Floyd. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-29). In Solidarity with the THRIVE Act, Sunrise Movement Expects a $10 Trillion Over the Next Decade Infrastructure Proposal From Biden. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-29). Oceana Applauds President Biden Offshore Wind Plan as 'Game-Changing'. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-29). Drug Policy Alliance Statement on Derek Chauvin's Defense Attempting to Use Drugs as Justification for George Floyd's Death. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-29). Biden Administration Announces Plan to Boost Offshore Wind Development. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-29). 350.org on Biden's Plan to Expand East Coast Wind Farms. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-29). America's Long Wars Are Losers: No Bang, No Whimper, No Victory. commondreams.org The siege of ancient Troy, which lasted a decade, inspired Homer to write the Iliad. Although the American war in Afghanistan has now gone on almost twice as long, don't expect it to be memorialized in an epic poem. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/afghan_war.png …
(2021-03-29). White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council Brings Frontline Communities into Decision-Making. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-29). People's Action Statement on CDC Moratorium Extension. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-29). Yemeni-Americans Launch Hunger Strike in Washington D.C. to Protest U.S. Support for the Saudi-led Blockade on Yemen. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-29). Center for Popular Democracy's Statement on the Extension of Eviction Moratorium. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-29). The Criminalization of Big Pharma, mRNA Vaccine Deaths and Injuries. EU Adopts "Digital Vaccine Passport" globalresearch.ca On March 25, 2021, the European Parliament voted 468 to 203 in favour of the Digital Vaccine Passport or "Green Pass" which requires EU citizens to get vaccinated if they want to travel, or even have access to various social …
(2021-03-29). Venezuela Seeks To Swap Oil for COVID-19 Vaccines. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro approved the "Oil for Vaccines" payment scheme as a strategy to advance the national vaccination campaign and face the freezing of Venezuelan assets by the U.S. and other countries. | RELATED: | Venezuelan frozen funds abroad amount to almost US$7 billion, which cannot be used to fight the pandemic due to U.S. arbitrary sanctions. | The Bolivarian nation advocates for these f…
(2021-03-29). Brazil: Foreign Affairs Minister Resigns Due To Senate Pressure. telesurenglish.net Brazil's Foreign Affairs Minister Ernesto Araujo resigned on Monday after senators accused him of disastrously directing his country's foreign policy and creating obstacles to access to COVID-19 vaccines. | RELATED: | Pressure against Araujo came even from right-wing parliamentarians. Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco and Foreign Relations Commission President Katia Abreu were among the politicians who called for his resignation.
(2021-03-29). 68-Year-Old Dies After Anaphylactic Reaction to COVID Vaccine as CDC Continues to Ignore Inquiry Into Increasing Number of Deaths. globalresearch.ca Data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
(2021-03-29). Lack of political will and IPR rules stand in the way of mass vaccination for COVID-19. peoplesdispatch.org A proposal made by India and South Africa in October last year to waive certain Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) of COVID vaccines has gained massive support across the world. Despite its potential to prevent millions of avoidable deaths, the US and its allies continue to block the proposal at the WTO.
(2021-03-29). UN High-Level Meeting Takes up the Debt Relief and Poverty Link. telesurenglish.net United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and Jamaica's Prime Minister Andrew Holness convened a high-level virtual meeting to discuss options for debt relief for developing countries. | RELATED: | "While some countries have been able to accrue new debt to build a bridge to recovery and reserve vaccines, others have been forced to allocate their limited fiscal space…
(2021-03-29). Norwegian Health Authorities Will Keep Investigating Possible Side Effects from the AstraZeneca Vaccine. globalresearch.ca Norwegian health authorities still haven't reached a conclusion on the AstraZeneca …
(2021-03-29). Woman Raises Questions after Mom's Death Certificate References Vaccine. Experts Warn About Drawing Conclusions. globalresearch.ca A Chapel Hill woman who says her mother died of a …
(2021-03-29). How Can Biden End Our Forever Wars? Here's a Road Map. thenation.com How Can Biden End Our Forever Wars? Here's a Road Map.
(2021-03-29). The NRA Can't Stop Gun Safety Legislation This Time. thenation.com The NRA Can't Stop Gun Safety Legislation This Time…
(2021-03-29). Mariame Kaba's Vision of Abolition. thenation.com Mariame Kaba's Vision of Abolition…
(2021-03-29). Abolition Is a Collective Vision: An Interview With Mariame Kaba. thenation.com Abolition Is a Collective Vision: An Interview With Mariame Kaba…
(2021-03-29). The Amazon Union Vote Is Ending in Bessemer. zcomm.org Workers Are Already Preparing for the Next Fight…
(2021-03-29). Amazon Hired Off-Duty Cops to Harass Workers, the Press, and Supporters. zcomm.org Bessemer, Alabama's police chief has confirmed that off-duty officers have been hired by Amazon to act as "security" for the BHM1 facility in the middle of a historic and intense union drive…
(2021-03-29). America's Longest War Winds Down. zcomm.org No Bang, No Whimper, No Victory…
(2021-03-29). Jim Crow Tactics on Full Display in Georgia. zcomm.org "This is clear voter suppression, clear racism, a clear manifestation of white supremacy. Georgia is going backwards instead of forwards."
(2021-03-29). Accidental Apocalypse and Nuclear War on Drugs. zcomm.org How can the weapons industry seem to smash or buy off everything standing in its way, whether it's reason, precaution, or spending limits?>
(2021-03-29). Universal Health Care is a Popular Idea in America. zcomm.org So Why Does Biden Seem Intent on Enriching Private Insurance Companies?>
(2021-03-29). Review — Work Won't Love You Back. zcomm.org Subtitled 'how devotion to our jobs keeps us exploited, exhausted and alone', Sarah Jaffe's book explores one of neoliberalism's most insidious slights of hand…
(2021-03-29). Activists May Be Winning Battle Against Environmental Racism. zcomm.org Residents near the proposed site already live with more toxic air pollution than 99 percent of the United States…
(2021-03-29). Excessive Wealth Disorder is Destroying Our Societies. zcomm.org The buying power of rich people can drive prices upwards so that poor people cannot afford things. This is most noticeable with property…
(2021-03-28). You Refuse to Get Vaccinated, But Are You Ready to be an Outcast? globalresearch.ca "If behavioral psychologists helped to shape the government's strategy on mass …
(2021-03-28). Western Media Quick to Accuse Syria of 'Bombing Hospitals' — But When Terrorists Really Destroy Syrian Hospitals, They Are Silent. globalresearch.ca As legacy media again bleat the unsubstantiated "Syria is bombing hospitals" …
(2021-03-28). Permanent Peoples' Tribunal Tries State Terrorism In Colombia. popularresistance.org The Permanent Peoples' Tribunal (PPT), which was established as a continuation of the Russell Tribunals on Vietnam and Latin America, began on Friday hearings to address violence in Colombia. | This Italy-based tribunal was convened by over 150 humanitarian and social organizations. Bogota, Medellin, and Bucaramanga are the cities where the international ethical judges will hear testimonies on genocide, impunity, and crimes against the Peace process. | "Genocide in Colombia is not only linked to murders or partial or total extermination.
(2021-03-28). At Least 36% Of Mass Shooters Have Been Trained By The US Military. popularresistance.org It is extremely easy in the United States to obtain guns, to find places to practice using them, and to find trainers willing to teach you to use them. There's no need to have any contact with the U.S. military in order to dress and act as if you're in the military, as many mass-shooters do, some of them waging their own delusional wars against immigrants or other groups. But it is remarkable that at least 36% of U.S. mass shooters (and quite possibly more) have in fact been trained by the U.S. military. | It is equally remarkable that, although I've been updating and writing about this topic for years, it is vir…
(2021-03-28). Facebook Blocks President Maduro's Page for a Month. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's government on Sunday accused Facebook of being a "digital totalitarianism" platform after the U.S. social media company suspended President Nicolas Maduro's page for thirty days. | RELATED: | "This measure violates the rights of over 1.2 million users who follow the page," highlighted a statement from the Ministry of Communications and Information. | Facebook has prevented Maduro's page from posting any new…
(2021-03-28). Will a China Real Estate Collapse Trigger the Global Financial Meltdown? globalresearch.ca Prevailing financial sector "wisdom" holds that while the bond and stock …
(2021-03-28). How Palestine Is A Critical Feminist Issue. popularresistance.org Within minutes, the signatures started coming in, not as a trickle but a surge – from the US and Palestine, but also from England, Ireland, Australia, Argentina, Sweden, Canada, Kenya, Italy and more. | On 15 March, to mark Women's History Month, the newly formed Palestinian Feminist Collective (PFC) had just launched its first public action: a pledge and open letter asking US women, feminist organisations, social and racial justice groups, and people of conscience to adopt Palestinian liberation as a critical feminist issue.
(2021-03-28). U.S. Authorities Pay No Price for Acknowledged Lying. counterpunch.org 
"Everybody knows that the boat is leaking. Everybody knows that the captain lied. Everybody got this broken feeling, like their father or their dog just died."—Leonard Cohen Presidents and other U.S. authorities have always been liars—just ask Native Americans. While lying to Native Americans has never been politically costly for U.S. presidents, getting caught lying
(2021-03-28). Accidental Apocalypse and Nuclear War on Drugs. counterpunch.org 
With existential national security threats from floods, droughts, wildfires, water pollution, sea-level rise, and peak oil,[1] the US Air Force, the Air National Guard and nuclear weapons manufacturers could do crucial defense work in the US heartland by building, installing, managing and expanding renewable (wind and solar) electric power systems — instead of polishing their
(2021-03-28). Could Dominion and Smartmatic take down Fox News for Libel and Reckless Disregard for the Truth? juancole.com 
By Nancy Costello | — Free speech advocates have long believed that suing a news organization threatens free speech. Democracy needs a press to be free to report, without fear or favor, the facts as it sees them. But recent legal actions against news organizations indicate that the First Amendment provides sufficient free speech protection, …
(2021-03-28). "Poor rich Haiti" or how imperialists and local oligarchy have sought destroy agriculture in Haiti. peoplesdispatch.org 
From Haiti, Lautaro Rivara unpacks the tired trope of "poor rich Haiti," highlighting the role of foreign capital and local elites in the destruction of life in the countryside…
(2021-03-28). Biggest East Asian move into Mideast since the Mongol Empire: In Open Challenge to US, China inks 25-year, $400 bn Deal with Iran. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On Saturday, IRNA reports, Iran and China signed a 25-year cooperation agreement. The signatures were affixed in Tehran by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a ceremony on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of modern diplomatic relations between Iran and China. …
(2021-03-28). Dangerous Crossroads: US-NATO vs. Russia-China in a "Hybrid War" to the Finish? globalresearch.ca Let's start with comic relief: the "leader of the free world" …
(2021-03-28). Mary Marcy Marxist. realprogressives.org "Marxism and feminism go hand in hand. All too often in this patriarchal society, female Marxists are overlooked in favor of their male counterparts. This is unfortunate as women have often taken the lead in the revolution and will continue to do so. The Indigenous Marxist group,
(2021-03-28). The Worst Attack on Voting Rights Since Jim Crow. juancole.com By Phyllis Richardson | — ( Otherwords.org ) — Last November, despite a global pandemic, voter intimidation, and an unprecedented disinformation campaign, a record number of Americans cast a ballot in the 2020 election. Expanded voting by mail, no-excuse absentee voting, curbside voting, and early voting made the ballot box more accessible. But now, Republican …
(2021-03-28). Pushback: Former US Ambassador On Syria's Ten Year War. popularresistance.org Robert Ford served as US Ambassador to Syria from 2011 to 2014. On the tenth anniversary of the Syrian war, Ford speaks to Aaron Maté about the roots of the conflict; the US role; the current US sanctions that target Syria's reconstruction; chemical weapons allegations against the Syrian government; and why he now supports the withdrawal of US forces.
(2021-03-28). Ecuador: Arauz Leaps 7% Ahead of Lasso in the Runoff Campaign. telesurenglish.net Union for Hope (UNES) leftist presidential candidate Andres Arauz continues to lead his rival, Creating Opportunities (CREO), right-wing candidate Guillermo Lasso, by seven percentage points in voting intentions, according to pollster Perfiles de Opinion. | RELATED: | With only 15 days left before the ballot, Arauz has capitalized 37.87 percent of voters and Lasso 30.19 percent. | The pollster also announced that…
(2021-03-28). Anti-Asian racism in the US cannot be understood without taking into account imperialism. peoplesdispatch.org Kei Pritsker of BreakThrough News talks about racism against Asians in the United States, especially in the aftermath of the horrific shootings in Atlanta. He explains how such incidents cannot be separated from the larger context of US imperialism…
(2021-03-28). Incredible Hulk "Virus Variants" and Other COVID Science Fiction Fantasies. globalresearch.ca In
(2021-03-28). Argentina — Populismo revisitado. globalizacion.ca La palabra Populismo ha sido tergiversada y alterada en su sentido por toda la derecha mediática neoliberal. Ha sido el término maldito tanto de las élites oligárquicas como incluso de algunos sectores denominados progresistas. | Es bastante curioso observar que no…
(2021-03-28). Around the World in 8 Minutes: Argentines honor martyrs of coup. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode of Around the World in 8 minutes, we look at the National Day of Remembrance in Argentina which marks the anniversary of the US-backed coup in 1976. We also look at the latest in the legal proceedings against Algerian journalist Khalid Drareni and the persecution of anti-racism activists in the United States…
(2021-03-28). "Making Something Out of Nothing": PCR Tests, CT Values and False Positives. globalresearch.ca The efficacy of the RT-PCR test used to identify infection by …
(2021-03-28). North-Eastern Syria: "We Will Kill You, We Have Prepared Killings for Infidels.": ISIS Childrens' Vow. globalresearch.ca
(2021-03-28). 'One of the most remarkable conservation success stories of all time:' The bald eagle quadruples population. nationofchange.org "The recovery of the bald eagle is one of the most well-known conservation success stories of all time."
(2021-03-28). Massive Backlash to 'No Jab, No Pub' Proposal. globalresearch.ca There has been a massive backlash in the UK to a …
(2021-03-28). West Coast educators call for unity with striking Columbia University graduate students. wsws.org We urge graduate students strikers to join us by building an independent rank-and-file strike committee to unite with other university student workers, K-12 educators and the working class more broadly throughout the US and internationally.
(2021-03-28). America's Longest War Winds Down. tomdispatch.com "Ours is the cause of freedom. We've defeated freedom's enemies before, and we will defeat them again…[W]e know our cause is just and our ultimate victory is assured…My fellow Americans, let's roll." — George W. Bush, November 8, 2001 In the immediate wake of 9/11, it fell to President George W. Bush to explain to his fellow citizens what had occurred and frame the nation's response to that singular catastrophe. Bush fulfilled that duty by inaugurating the Global War on Terror, or GWOT. Both in terms of what was at stake and what the United States intended to do, the president explicitly compared that n…
(2021-03-28). Twenty-two Years Since the Launch of the NATO Aggression on Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. globalresearch.ca The Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals, the Club of …
(2021-03-28). We Stand in Solidarity with The People of Haiti. End Neocolonialism in Haiti. globalresearch.ca 17 years of a US-UN military occupation paved the way for 10 years of a US imposed dictatorship in our country, Haiti. | State corruption and land grabs are rampant….
(2021-03-28). Globalink | New Yorkers Rally Against Racism: "It Is Just Prejudice" telesurenglish.net Some figures about the recent rallies in the U.S.: — 17 pct of Asian-Americans have reportedly experienced harassment — 50 pct of those said that was because of their race or ethnicity — 81 pct of Americans agreed social media should do more to combat online hate.
(2021-03-28). Cuba: Caravans Take to Havana's Malecon To Say "Unblock Cuba" telesurenglish.net On Sunday, in Havana, hundreds of young people demanded the end of the U.S. blockade against Cuba by participating in a caravan along the city's Malecon and crossing in front of the U.S. embassy in Cuba. | RELATED: | The caravan is part of the Bridges of Love initiative, under which over 54 actions have taken place worldwide, most of them in U.S. cities. | Cubans and friends of Cuba in Russia, Italy, France, Germa…
(2021-03-28). NATO Headquarters: Blinken Announces Last Global Crusade. globalresearch.ca
(2021-03-28). Egypt: Ever Given To Be Refloated in the Next 24-48hr. telesurenglish.net The container ship "Ever Given" on Sunday could be ungrounded in the next 24 to 48 hours with the help of today's high tide, which will facilitate the refloating operations. | RELATED: | The ship has been stranded at the Suez Canal southern end for the past six days due to a combination of human errors and a sandstorm. | Chairman of the Egyptian Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabie announced the ship had moved 30 degrees to the…
(2021-03-28). Joe Biden y el Nuevo Orden Mundial. globalizacion.ca El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Antony Blinken ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de China, Wang Yi | En tan solo los dos meses de gobierno Joe Biden está logrando lo que sus cinco antecesores desde el final de la guerra…
(2021-03-28). China: The Real Economy May Grow Over 6 Percent in 2021. telesurenglish.net Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Saturday noted in a virtual forum on the economy that his country's real economic growth could be higher than the planned 6 percent in 2021. | RELATED: | China's economy has reported drastic year-on-year growth in some sectors like RMB$+20 million-worth industry, which has increased its profits by 179 percent, considering 2020, said the National Bureau of Statistics on Saturday (BNE).
(2021-03-28). Subnational elections in Bolivia: another vote of confidence for MAS party. peoplesdispatch.org The 240 out of the 336 elected mayors and 3 of the 5 elected governors in Bolivia belong to the ruling government of the progressive Movement Towards Socialism party…
(2021-03-28). Venezuelan Army Reports New Attack On Border Post With Colombia. popularresistance.org The Strategic Operational Commander of the Venezuelan Army (FANB) Admiral Remigio Ceballos reported through his Twitter account that on the night of Wednesday, March 24, "a group of Colombian criminals tried to attack a border post and several terrorists were neutralized." | "We continue to give heavy blows to Colombian irregular criminal groups that flee to Colombia, and no one stops them. Last night they tried to attack a border post and several terrorists were neutralized. Search and Attack Operations Continue! We will win!" reads the message on the social media network.
(2021-03-28). Negocio y sepultura en alta mar. globalizacion.ca Sobrevivieron comiendo cocos, ratas y caracoles durante 33 días. Pilotos de la Guardia Costera de Estados Unidos relataron a EFE que el pasado 8 de febrero, mientras sobrevolaban el Anguilla Cay en una inspección de rutina, vieron a dos personas…
(2021-03-28). Activist Islanda Micherline on the coup and grassroots struggle in Haiti. peoplesdispatch.org In a context of deepened political crisis in Haiti which has seen Jovenel MoàØse, of the Haitian Tèt Kale Party (Parti HaàØtien Tèt Kale—PHTK) π attempt to cling onto power after his term in office expired, the Haitian people have been engaged in important efforts of mobilization and organizing across the country. In this context, Islanda Micherline, a member of the Union of Small Producers of Haiti (Tèt Kole Ti Peyizan Ayisyen), CLOC-La Via Campesina, and ALBA Movements, spoke to
(2021-03-28). Atlanta solidarity with Haiti: protest at Coca-Cola landmark. fightbacknews.org Atlanta, GA – An international day of solidarity with Haiti is being called for March 29. Protests are planned for Atlanta, New York, Miami and Washington DC. March 29 is the day on which Haiti's constitution was written. President Jovenel MoàØse wants to rewrite Haiti's constitution to maintain power and increase his term until February 7, 2022. | Since taking office in 2017, President MoàØse has been making power plays, including firing judges and parliamentary officials, while reinstating a repressive national military that collaborates with Haitian police. Together, they violently repress Haitia…
(2021-03-28). High Probability Radio Frequency Radiation Causes Brain Tumors. Expert Report. globalresearch.ca Christopher J. Portier, Ph.D., former director of the National Center …
(2021-03-28). Minnesota demands U.S. withdraw from Afghanistan. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On March 26, a coalition of Twin Cities area peace and anti-war groups marked 18 years of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq with a protest calling for an end to "endless U.S. wars." The crowed lined up in front of the office of Minnesota U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar. | MN Peace Action Coalition called for the protest and announced, "The effects of U.S. militarism around the world are felt at home with militarization of police and brutalization of communities at home. The wars abroad are felt on the streets at home, as funds for housing, jobs, health care and other human needs go to the Pentagon war…
(2021-03-28). El "lastre" del Mercosur, el Uruexit y los liberales uruguayos. globalizacion.ca El cruce entre el presidente argentino Alberto Fernández y el uruguayo Luis Lacalle Pou en la Cumbre virtual por los 30 años del Mercado Común del sur (Mercosur), del que son socios con brasileños y paraguayos, es noticia en todos…
(2021-03-28). Con Lula da Silva vuelve el tiempo de la izquierda. globalizacion.ca El pleno regreso de Lula a la vida política cambia los términos de los enfrentamientos políticos. Hasta entonces, el centro de los choques estaba en el marco de la derecha, entre Bolsonaro y los sectores de derecha que, apoyando su…
(2021-03-28). Graziella Pogolotti: Una extraordinaria intelectual que ha puesto todo su talento al servicio de la descolonización, del mejoramiento humano. globalizacion.ca Palabras de elogio en el acto de entrega de la Orden Nacional "José Martí" a la doctora Graziella Pogolotti | Hoy es un día de alegría y orgullo para la cultura cubana y para toda Cuba. Nos hemos reunido para rendir…
(2021-03-28). Conversation pits could make a comeback – here's what's sparking interest in the retro design. salon.com Over 36,000 Twitter users have indicated they want one. Is it because we're all starved for IRL conversations?
(2021-03-28). How late night adjusted — and became weirder and more creative — after a pandemic year. salon.com "We've tried things that we're not sure are audience pleasers but are funny to us," says one late night show writer…
(2021-03-28). After the pandemic flour craze, micro-millers take stock. salon.com As flour flew off shelves last year, micro mills experienced record sales…
(2021-03-28). "Big government" and other lies we live by: How one Orwellian concoction consumed America. salon.com Those who preached against "big government" just wanted to control it. Now they do — and look how that worked out…
(2021-03-28). Ethnic studies pioneer Rudy Acuña on neoliberalism, Trump and the future of academia. salon.com Legendary Cal State professor Rudy Acuña on 50 years of a groundbreaking ethnic studies program, and what's next…
(2021-03-28). True crime shows spotlight women as victims — but don't help improve women's safety. salon.com Popular true crime stories tend to focus on individual cases, rather than patterns and social factors…
(2021-03-28). Sen. Lindsey Graham dragged on Twitter after boasting that he owned an AR-15 to fight "gangs" salon.com The South Carolina Republican claimed on Fox News that he needed a rifle to "protect" himself from "gangs"
(2021-03-28). Is aioli just fancy mayonnaise? (Plus, the secret for getting any yolk-based sauce to thicken). salon.com This week's "Saucy" explores the origins of the condiment aioli and shares a great technique for making it at home…
(2021-03-28). Candace Owens under attack: Pro-Trump Black conservatives go to war — against each other. salon.com Realm of Black MAGA roiled by infighting as foes compare Candace Owens to Rachel Dolezal (and the Fresh Prince)…
(2021-03-28). Why are Americans obsessed with fitness? The answer: Neoliberalism. salon.com Historian Jàºrgen Martschukat argues we've lost the joy in moving our bodies…
(2021-03-28). 6 tips to help you detect fake science news. salon.com Whenever you hear about a new bit of science news, these tips will help you assess whether it's fact or fiction…
(2021-03-28). On Contact: Deep American Roots Of The Atlanta Shootings. popularresistance.org On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses with journalist and writer May Jeong the deep American roots of the Atlanta shootings. | May Jeong's op-ed, 'The Deep American Roots of the Atlanta Shootings – The Victims Lived at the Nexus of Race, Gender and Class', was published in the New York Times on March 19, 2021. | Jeong is a writer at Vanity Fair and an Alicia Patterson fellow. She is working on a book about sex work.
(2021-03-28). All Health Is Public Health. popularresistance.org For decades, we have been sold a myth of private health. It is a myth that our health is largely a product of individual choices and personal responsibilities. It is a myth that our healthcare is a service which private corporations can provide, and for which we must pay to survive. | But the Covid-19 pandemic has blown up this myth. Our personal health cannot be separated from the health of our neighbors or our planet. Nor can it be separated from the structural factors and policy decisions that have determined our health outcomes long before we are born.
(2021-03-28). Afghan Offensive Killed Civilians in Khost Province. news.antiwar.com Backed by airstrikes, the Afghan government launched an offensive in the Khost Province, south of Kabul. The national government has not given an accounting of what happened, but local officials reported at least 17 killed, The airstrikes appear to have been a big problem for civilians, with reports of strikes hitting civilian homes and
(2021-03-28). UK minister says govt is 'confident' it won't run out of vaccines for those awaiting second dose. rt.com 
Oliver Dowden, the UK's secretary of state for culture, has claimed the government is confident it won't run out of the Covid-19 vaccine doses needed to give Brits their second jab, despite delivery delays. | Dowden told BBC presenter Andrew Marr on Sunday that it is "absolutely essential" Brits who have already received their first dose are able to get their second within twelve weeks. | "In all our planning of this, we have borne in mind that we have to get that second top-up," Dowden declared. "We are confident we will be able to deliver it, and we are confident it won't require mixing of vaccines." | Also…
(2021-03-28). Nearly 1000 evacuated, at least 5 injured as massive blaze ravages Indonesian oil refinery (VIDEOS). rt.com 
An oil refinery, located in West Java province of Indonesia, has caught up fire amid reports a loud bang was heard before the facility went up in flames. Some 950 people have been evacuated, and several have been injured. | The fire at the Balongan oil refinery, operated by Pertamina, Indonesia state-owned oil and natural gas company, erupted on Monday morning local time. | Videos purportedly filmed not far from the scene of the incident show columns of fire turning the predawn skies yellow. | Huge pillars of smoke can be seen billowing from the site. | Stay safe indramayu! Innalillahi üô&eg…
(2021-03-28). 'Only my doctor knows' – Putin refuses to reveal which of three Russian Covid-19 vaccines he received in closed-door appointment. rt.com 
Vladimir Putin has again refused to disclose which exact Covid-19 vaccine he used for his first shot, last week. The Russian President also explained why he didn't get the jab on-camera, in the manner of many other world leaders. | Putin said that he believes these types of photo opportunities are not very convincing, and could even be staged, in some cases. | The Russian President was reported to have received a shot of a domestically-developed vaccine earlier this week, but neither footage of the procedure nor the name of the formula were made public. Speaking to a journalist from Russia-1 television, he sai…
(2021-03-28). Nearly 1,000 evacuated, at least 5 injured as massive blaze ravages Indonesian oil refinery (VIDEOS). rt.com An oil refinery, located in West Java province of Indonesia, has caught up fire amid reports a loud bang was heard before the facility went up in flames. Some 950 people have been evacuated, and several have been injured. | The fire at the Balongan oil refinery, operated by Pertamina, Indonesia state-owned oil and natural gas company, erupted on Monday morning local time. | Videos purportedly filmed not far from the scene of the incident show columns of fire turning the predawn skies yellow. | Huge pillars of smoke can be seen billowing from the site. | Stay safe indramayu! Innalillahi üô&eg…
(2021-03-28). Russian cosmonaut shows how Suez Canal looks from International Space Station (PHOTOS). rt.com 
Russian cosmonaut Sergey Kud-Sverchkov has posted photos showing how the giant container ship, Ever Given, blocking the Suez Canal looks from space. Traffic on the canal has been shut down for more than five days. | "You can see it now from the International Space Station," the cosmonaut wrote on Instagram, adding that the images show how small tugboats were trying to move the giant vessel. | The snapshots give a good look at how the 400-meter-long ship is completely blocking traffic on one of the world's most important maritime trade routes, which connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Red Sea. | The vess…
(2021-03-28). 'Shocking' & 'racist': Politician in hot water over telling whites to 'be silent' when people of color discuss racism. rt.com 
A black deputy mayor of Paris, Audrey Pulvar, has sparked controversy online after she said white people should remain "silent spectators" if they attend meetings where people of color discuss racism. | A former TV host and journalist, Pulvar, told the French BFM TV on Saturday that she was "not shocked" to hear that people of color hold meetings closed to the whites. The politician, who now serves as a deputy to the Paris mayor, Anne Hidalgo, referred to a high-profile incident earlier this month, which saw the National Union of Students of France (UNEF) organizing meetings on racism that were off-limits to t…
(2021-03-28). GOP's Border Stunt 'Nothing But a Divide and Distract Tactic' Say Immigrant Rights Advocates. commondreams.org "Their focus on the border is a cynical and strategic racist play for political gain." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/border_patrol_mar21.jpg …
(2021-03-28). UK PM Urged To Share Coronavirus Vaccines With Poorer Nations. telesurenglish.net There is "high risk that the UK will be hoarding limited supply whilst health workers and the most vulnerable in low- and middle-income countries do not have access," said a letter to the prime minister by those including British government science advisor Jeremy Farrar. | "The UK will be sitting on enough surplus vaccine doses to vaccinate the world's frontline health workers twice over," it said.
(2021-03-28). Courtney Barnett — So Long, Marianne. counterpunch.org 
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(2021-03-28). Colleges Are Using COVID as a Pretext to Make Draconian Cuts to the Humanities. truthout.org 
When Pennsylvania resident Hali Rose Kohls was in high school, she wasn't sure if she wanted to get a degree. But after visiting the Greensboro, North Carolina, campus of Guilford College in 2011, she changed her mind. She calls the seminar classes she attended "amazing" and says that the school's Quaker values inspired her. As a double major in women's, gender and sexuality studies, and sociology and anthropology, she found the "social justice-based liberal arts curriculum" eye-opening, an…
(2021-03-28). What Does Capitalism in Crisis Look Like? A Ship Stuck in the Suez Canal. truthout.org 
You've likely seen the memes: what appears as a tiny bulldozer at water's edge, moving the earth in an effort to dislodge a giant container ship. It has come to represent everything from taking a daily walk in a coronavirus-riddled world to the effort required in the struggle to complete a PhD dissertation. | But for global capitalism, there's no joke. | One of the world's largest container ships, the Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given (Evergreen) has lodged itself sideways in the narrow waterway of Egypt…
(2021-03-28). Sanders Calls for Removal of DeJoy as House Dems Move to Block Assault on USPS. truthout.org 
Just days after Postmaster General Louis DeJoy unveiled a The bill — called th…
(2021-03-28). Ethiopians Protest Junta and Foreign Interference. indybay.org San Francisco's Ethiopians Protest TPLF Junta and Say "hands Off" to Foreign Countries…
(2021-03-28). The Coronavirus Vaccine: The Real Danger is "Agenda ID2020". Vaccination as a Platform for "Digital Identity" globalresearch.ca What is the infamous ID2020? It's an electronic ID program that uses generalized vaccination as a platform for digital identity. The program harnesses existing birth registration and vaccination operations to provide newborns with a portable and persistent biometrically-linked digital identity.
(2021-03-28). Implanted "Vaccine Package" ID: Germany's Parliament Has Ratified GAVI's Digital "Agenda ID2020" globalresearch.ca This is a centralized general electronic data collection of every citizen to which every government agency, police — and possibly also the private sector would have access. It covers all that is known about an individual, from your bank account to your shopping habits, health records and entries into your private sphere.
(2021-03-28). Libya — Why Was Muammar Gaddafi Killed — May We Never Forget. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published on GR in May 2017. | The Text below is the transcript of the interview between Alex Knyazev of Russia TV24 and Peter Koenig. | Questions Russia TV24: What were the reasons Mr. Gaddafi was …
(2021-03-28). Sudan signs deal with rebel faction for future peace talks. middleeasteye.net 
Sudan signs deal with rebel faction for future peace talks | Khartoum has made it a priority to establish peace with the SPLM-N rebel faction and settle internal conflicts | Sun, 03/28/2021 – 15: 40 | Sudan's head of state, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, signed the "declaration of principles" with Abdelaziz al-Hilu, head of Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) (AFP) | Sudan s…
(2021-03-28). Suez Canal: Sisi orders preparations to lighten stranded ship's load. middleeasteye.net 
Suez Canal: Sisi orders preparations to lighten stranded ship's load | Some movement, but experts say authorities face two-week wait if unable to dislodge ship on Sunday | Sun, 03/28/2021 – 12: 25 | A view of earth-moving equipment excavating sand near the bow of the Ever Given container ship stuck in the Suez Canal (AFP) | Egypt's President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi ordered the Suez Canal Autho…
(2021-03-28). Saudi Arabia to plant 10 billion trees, as MBS launches ambitious climate plan. middleeasteye.net 
Saudi Arabia to plant 10 billion trees, as MBS launches ambitious climate plan | World's biggest oil exporter also announces plans to generate half of its energy from renewable sources over the next decade | Sun, 03/28/2021 – 11: 36 | A tree in the desert in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh (AFP/File photo) | Saudi Arabia aims to plant 10 billion trees, as part of ambitious plans launched by…
(2021-03-28). OPD team framing Indigenous Elder RunningWolf for "hate crime" includes racist killer cop. indybay.org After five months, Indigenous Elder Zachary RunningWolf is still being held as a political prisoner due to OPD interference in Berkeley's 2020 Mayoral Election. Systemic racism and corruption in the prisons & courts have undermined RunningWolf's rights to a fair trial, while corporate media circulates lies and covers up Anti-Indigenous Genocide.
(2021-03-28). Bay Area Asians Rise Up to Repudiate Hate. indybay.org In solidarity with Blacks, Latinos and others they marched down SF's Market Street…
(2021-03-28). Wednesday 4/14: From Eco-Anxiety to Eco-Resilience. indybay.org Online…
(2021-03-28). Corona: When will we ever understand? indybay.org The Corona measures of those currently in power are intended to prevent great calamity. They are used to justify the most severe restrictions on constitutional rights, the likes of which have not been seen since the end of World War II.
(2021-03-28). The Ballistics Evidence Used To Convict Mumia Abu-Jamal. indybay.org This article appears in the Jamal Journal issue #1 and has just been published at www.jamaljournal.com…
(2021-03-28). Sunday 3/28: Fruitvale Mutual Aid Day. indybay.org 1419 39th Ave | Oakland, CA | (Restore Oakland parking lot)…
(2021-03-28). Contra Venezuela, el Far West "democrático" de los países imperialistas. globalizacion.ca Hay muchas buenas razones para defender el derecho a la existencia de la revolución bolivariana. Algunas de ellas se relacionan con la esencia misma del ser humano como ser social capaz de experimentar sentimientos de identificación con el dolor del…
(2021-03-28). Lacalle lo logra: Caída de un 5.9% del PIB y aumento crítico del coronavirus en Uruguay. globalizacion.ca Las autoridades uruguayas estimaron la suspensión de las clases presenciales en todos los niveles de enseñanza hasta Semana Santa, mientras que el cierre de oficinas estatales y la cancelación de espectáculos públicos se extenderá hasta el 12 de abril de…
(2021-03-28). Privatización, bursatilización y geopolítica del "oro azul" globalizacion.ca El día 22 de marzo fue declarado por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) como el Día Mundial del Agua; y más que atender la conmemoración respecto al vital líquido es importante comprender los desafíos y la conflictividad que…
(2021-03-28). Los bucaneros del petróleo. globalizacion.ca En ocasión del pasado aniversario de la expropiación petrolera, tuve oportunidad de leer un artículo que me pareció del mayor interés para comprender algunos sucesos relacionados con el nuevo gobierno de Estados Unidos. El documento fue escrito por mi amigo…
(2021-03-28). End US-UK Nuclear Collusion. popularresistance.org On March 16, the United Kingdom announced (in its Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Foreign Policy and Development titled Global Britain in a Competitive Age) that it will increase the limit on its nuclear arsenal for the first time in decades. Instead of maintaining a cap of 180 warheads (as it had previously stated), the UK will increase its stockpile cap to 260 warheads — a 40% increase. The review also broadens the role of nuclear weapons to include the possible use of nuclear weapons to address emerging technologies (cyber attacks).
(2021-03-28). Manifesto: Draft Proposal For The Founding Of The International Working Peoples Association, 1979. popularresistance.org Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin is probably best known for Anarchism and the Black Revolution, a fifty-six page manifesto that was arguably the first work to systematically apply the principles and theories of anarchism to the history of Black struggle and the question of Black liberation. First published in 1979, Anarchism and the Black Revolution was written while the Chattanooga-born Irvin was incarcerated in the United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois serving a life sentence for hijacking . Ervin was first introduced to anarchism during an interim stint in the Federal Detention Center in…
(2021-03-28). Failure to Take US Military Out of Afghanistan Would Make Repeal of AUMF Meaningless. commondreams.org If wars like Afghanistan are not also brought to an end, then they will inevitably be made to fit new and more narrow authorizations making it even harder to end them in the future. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/us_troops_afghanistan.jpg …
(2021-03-28). Mitch and Elaine Aren't Bothered By Their Own Hypocrisy. commondreams.org Mitch McConnell pretended to care about the appropriate use of taxpayers' dollars while his wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, was fleecing the public. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/mitch_elaine.jpg …
(2021-03-28). Prelude to Tax Day. commondreams.org The biggest Tax Day elephant in the room resides in the 5-sided military mansion, the Pentagon, with its criminally large budget—nearly a trillion dollars each year siphoned from our tax dollars. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/pentagon_1.png …
(2021-03-28). To Fix the Nation's Woes, Tax Wealth. commondreams.org Members of the billionaire class have used their clout to rig the economy in their favor. A wealth tax could begin to reverse four decades of extreme inequality and build an economy that works for everyone. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/taxtherich_1.jpg …
(2021-03-28). Globalink | First Batch of Chinese Coronavirus Vaccines Arrives in Uzbekistan. telesurenglish.net The first batch of Chinese coronavirus vaccines arrived in Uzbekistan Saturday. China and Uzbekistan have been providing mutual assistance to overcome the pandemic, said Chinese Ambassador to Uzbekistan.
(2021-03-28). Denialism at an Industrial Scale. zcomm.org Interview on Intellectual Property Laws around Drugs and Vaccines…
(2021-03-28). VIDEO: US police handcuffing, berating 5-year-old boy. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — A police video in the US has sparked outrage after two officers were seen berating a five-year-old boy at his school, with one officer screaming in his face and another putting him in handcuffs.
(2021-03-28). Iraq major destination for knowledge-based firms' exports. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — Rouhollah Estiri, the director-general of the international business development office, says that Iraq was the major destination for the products of Iranian knowledge-based companies.
(2021-03-28). Tehran Azadi Tower goes dark at Earth Hour. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — Along with many other landmark structures on earth, the iconic Azadi Tower went dark to mark the Earth Hour on Saturday evening.
(2021-03-28). Western anti-Iran stance on HR situation in Iran in decline. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — The Head of the Iranian Judiciary's High Council for Human Rights Ali Bagheri Kani said that more than 50% of states did not vote in favor of the anti-Iran resolution at the 46th session of Human Rights Council on March 23.
(2021-03-28). Opposition to Abolishing Nuclear Weapons—and What Could Help to Overcome It. zcomm.org Given the fact that nuclear war means the virtual annihilation of life on earth, it's remarkable that many people continue to resist building a nuclear weapons-free world. Is the human race suicidal? Before jumping to that conclusion, let's remember that considerably more people favor abolishing nuclear weapons than oppose it. Public opinion surveys—ranging from polls
(2021-03-28). Amazon and Bathroom Breaks. zcomm.org If employees actually had to pee in bottles, Amazon said, "nobody would work for us." That's a lie…
(2021-03-28). Virginia Public Sector Workers Organize to Make New Bargaining Rights a Reality. zcomm.org Please Help ZNet Source: Labor Notes When Virginia changed its law last year to allow local government workers to bargain collectively, it was a leap forward in a time when the trend is generally in the opposite direction. As always, the devil is in the details—and there's a lot of devilry
(2021-03-28). Will Drones Really Protect Us? zcomm.org Drugs, Surveillance & The War on Terror…
(2021-03-28). Sanders Estate Tax Bill Shuts Down Wealth Hiding Loopholes. zcomm.org The Vermont senator and former presidential candidate takes shot across the bow of the wealth defense industry…
(2021-03-28). If You Want Student Loan Debt Cancellation, the Time to Act Is Here. zcomm.org Starting next week, the Debt Collective will embark on a week of action to tell the Biden administration that it's time to cancel every cent of student debt. Join us…
(2021-03-28). As mayor, I'll fight to fix London's broken housing system. zcomm.org Londoners need a mayor who will fight for housing reform and rent controls, argues Green Party candidate Sian Berry…
(2021-03-28). The Future of People Power in the Coronavirus Depression. zcomm.org Direct action can play a significant role in shaping the Biden era…
(2021-03-27). Venezuelan Oil and Natural Gas Production Cut Down After Pipeline Explosion. venezuelanalysis.com Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami denounced a terrorist attack against the gas pipeline in eastern Venezuela.
(2021-03-27). Protest in Atlanta stands up to anti-Asian terror attacks. liberationnews.org 
On March 18, the Party for Socialism and Liberation in Atlanta responded to the massacre by organizing a protest nearby two of the targeted spas.
(2021-03-27). Argentina Withdraws From Lima Group. popularresistance.org Argentina has withdrawn from the Lima Group of countries established in 2017 to push for regime change in Venezuela. | Buenos Aires withdrew symbolically on March 24 — the Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, which commemorates victims of Argentina's "dirty war" on the anniversary of the 1976 coup d'etat. | It condemned the group's support for sanctions on Venezuela in the midst of a global pandemic and its treatment of the self-proclaimed Juan Guaido administration, a US-backed body with no territory, as Venezuela's representative within it.
(2021-03-27). The War Of Hunger Is Taking Over From The War Of Guns. popularresistance.org Great dollops of hypocrisy invariably accompany expressions of concern by outside powers for the wellbeing of the Syrian people. But even by these low standards, a new record for self-serving dishonesty is being set by the Caesar Civilian Protection Act, the new US law imposing the harshest sanctions in the world on Syria and bringing millions of Syrians to the brink of famine. | Supposedly aimed at safeguarding ordinary Syrians from violent repression by President Bashar al-Assad, the law is given a humanitarian garnish by naming it after the Syrian military photographer who filmed and smuggled out of the countr…
(2021-03-27). The US-NATO War of Aggression against Yugoslavia. globalresearch.ca The US-NATO War of Aggression against Yugoslavia : | . | by Michel Chossudovsky: | Centre for Research on Globalization, | Global Research E-Book Series, | | Montreal, March 2021 | . | Copyright, Centre for Research on Globalization. 2021 | . | . |
| . | Preface: | . | Twenty-two years ago in …
(2021-03-27). The Ides of March: False Pretexts Galore in the Wars on Yugoslavia and Iraq. globalresearch.ca "Biden was a man who believed in regime change. Biden was a man who believed Saddam Hussein was the personification of evil. Biden was a man who believed that we had to use whatever means necessary up to and including …
(2021-03-27). Venezuela Sues The US At The WTO. popularresistance.org Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza on Friday informed that his country sued the U.S. before the World Trade Organization (WTO) for imposing unilateral coercive measures contrary to international norms and principles. | "Sooner rather than later, Venezuela will defeat through law what the U.S. intends to impose through force," he said, recalling that the U.S. blockade seeks to destabilize President Nicolas Maduro's administration. | In an attempt to avoid criticism from a multilateral institution, the United States prevented Venezuela from requesting the formation of a WTO panel whose objective wou…
(2021-03-27). New Global Alliance Defends UN Charter. popularresistance.org A new alliance called the "Groups of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations" has formed in a clear act of resistance to the unilateral and aggressive policies of the United States and its junior partners. Representatives of the alliance reside fully in the Global South. Nations spearheading the initiative include the DPRK, Iran, Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cuba, Eritrea, Laos, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent, and the Grenadines, Syria, Venezuela, and Palestine in addition to the largest of the developing countries, Russia and China.
(2021-03-27). Advance notice: Socialist publisher Mehring Books launches new Australian website. wsws.org The new site will enable WSWS readers in Australia, New Zealand and throughout the Asia-Pacific region to more easily access Mehring Book's extensive range of Marxist literature and at a reduced price.
(2021-03-27). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
(2021-03-27). Form a Network of Rank-and-File Action Committees for Safe Workplaces! wsws.org We call on all workers, students and young people who agree with these demands to attend the April 10 online forum. Join us in building independent rank-and-file committees to wage the class struggle and take part in the fight to build a new socialist leadership.
(2021-03-27). This bodycam footage reveals all that is wrong with policing. therealnews.com 
The questionable arrest of a cab driver in Ohio, caught on body camera, shows how quickly police can be to initiate force—and what the consequences are for the victims who experience it.
(2021-03-27). Cape Verde greenlights Venezuelan gov't envoy extradition to U.S. mronline.org 
The Cape Verde Supreme Court has approved a request to extradite Venezuelan government envoy Alex Saab to the U.S. | Newswire…
(2021-03-27). Germany sees record greenhouse gas emission fall due to pandemic, renewables. juancole.com 
By Kerstine Appunn and Julian Wettengel | — ( Clean Energy Wire) — Germany's greenhouse gas emissions dropped nearly nine percent in 2020 — the largest annual fall since 1990 — as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed down the use of fossil fuels and added to the effects of the shift to renewable …
(2021-03-27). Capitalizing on the COVID Crisis: the Ford Government's move to privatize Public Education for EdTech. mronline.org 
Recently, Klein coined the term "disaster capitalism" to describe how corporations profit from crises with help from the right-wing governments that pick up and implement the ideas that serve them. | March 27, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-03-27). The Windigo Disease of Resource Capitalism and Global Dispossession of Indigenous Peoples. dissidentvoice.org 
This is a version of a speech given outside the headquarters of ReconAfrica in Vancouver BC on Water Day — March 22, 2021. We are on stolen CS·∏µwxñwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó: l≈ç and S…ôlÃìiÃÅlw…ôta î/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and x ∑m…ôŒ∏k ∑…ôyÃì…ôm (Musqueam) land and what is happening here today, the assault of Indigenous peoples and the invasion of their territories by …
(2021-03-27). Amazon plays dirty in Bessemer Union Drive: Mass solidarity needed. mronline.org 
Everyone knew that Amazon would fight the union drive in one of its fulfillment centers in Bessemer, Alabama. But the company's union-busting tactics are drawing more scrutiny as the final days for workers to mail in ballots draw near. | March 27, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-03-27). Ten years after the Arab Spring, Libya has another chance for peace. juancole.com 
By Brian McQuinn | — Ten years ago, the United Nation's no-fly zone over Libya marked the beginning of the Libyan revolution and the West's bombing campaign. I spent much of the war embedded with the fighters in Misrata, Libya's third-largest city, studying the insurgency. The fighting stopped with the death of Col. Moammar Gadhafi, …
(2021-03-27). Behind Amazon's expansion in Detroit. wsws.org The investments by Amazon in Detroit, including the construction of five new facilities in the greater metropolitan area promising to bring 2,000 jobs, is part of the giant technology company's strategy to cash in on the conditions of poverty and unemployment in the city.
(2021-03-27). Australian government and media seek to bury Afghanistan war crimes. wsws.org Despite an official report saying "credible evidence" showed that Australian troops murdered 39 Afghans, no criminal investigations have begun.
(2021-03-27). Congress Demands Tech CEOs Censor the Internet in Despotic Hearing. scheerpost.com By Glenn Greenwald / Substack Over the course of five-plus hours on Thursday, a House Committee along with two subcommittees badgered three tech CEOs, repeatedly demanding that they censor more political content from their platforms and vowing legislative retaliation if they fail to comply. The hearing — convened by the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Chair Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ)… |
(2021-03-27). Can Russia's S-400 Sale to India Trigger the Collapse of the US-led anti-China "Quad Alliance" globalresearch.ca The US-led anti-Chinese Quad alliance of itself, Australia, India, and Japan …
(2021-03-27). Protests in 60+ Countries Reject Genocidal US Blockade on Cuba. telesurenglish.net In a worldwide day, the initiative launched a month ago by the Europe for Cuba channel, in coordination with solidarity movements and groups in different parts of the planet, will take place today and tomorrow, Sunday, with car and bicycle caravans, rallies, marches and mountain climbing, among other diverse actions. | "The call is also to flood the social networks in days of denunciation and repudiation of the genocidal blockade imposed on the island, in which we expect a good response, despite the restrictions derived from the COVID-19 pandemic," José Antonio Toledo and Michele Mesagna, coordinators of the p…
(2021-03-27). Quebec court throws out union lawsuit calling for greater protection from COVID-19 in schools. wsws.org Justice Riordan issued his full-throated endorsement of the "open schools" policy of the Quebec government and Canadian elite amid a further surge in the pandemic, fueled by new more contagious and lethal COVID-19 variants.
(2021-03-27). EU summit: Trade war instead of protection from coronavirus. wsws.org The recent EU summit has once again shown that the European Union is neither able nor willing to offer its citizens even the minimum protection against the coronavirus pandemic.
(2021-03-27). As Tide Turns, Houthis Reject US, Saudi "Peace" Deals for the Recycled Trash They Are. mintpressnews.com The Houthis — empowered by six years of perseverance amid one of the most violent wars against some of the world's most powerful military forces, not to mention the ability to reject the proposals set forth by those same powers — have little incentive to accept Riyadh or Washington's "peace" offers.
(2021-03-27). COVID-19 infections shoot up in reopened UK schools. wsws.org The Johnson government is stopping at nothing to ensure that pupils remain in classrooms in order that their parents are able to go to work and churn out profits for the corporations.
(2021-03-27). Texas implements new CDC guidelines in public schools. wsws.org Potentially millions of schoolchildren will be packed into classrooms in the second most populous state in the US, as known COVID-19 cases among schoolchildren and staff approach 200,000.
(2021-03-27). Court refuses reinstatement for ex-NYPD cop who killed Eric Garner. nationofchange.org "Today we provide the people of New York City an important tool for accountability when law enforcement violates their rights."
(2021-03-27). Teachers in Los Angeles speak out as catastrophic school reopenings loom. wsws.org Details continue to emerge of the looming school reopening disaster in Los Angeles, which was crafted with the full collaboration of the United Teachers Los Angeles.
(2021-03-27). Iran and China Sign 25-Year $400 Billion Cooperation Agreement. telesurenglish.net Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif signed a 25-year comprehensive strategic partnership agreement in Tehran on Saturday, marking a milestone in bilateral relations between the two countries. | The 25-year strategic cooperation roadmap between the two nations sets out comprehensive bilateral collaboration in many sectors. | RELATED: | According to the official Irna news age…
(2021-03-27). Activists Block Rail Line Near General Dynamics Over Arms Sales. popularresistance.org London, Ontario – A small group of activists blocked a rail line in east London Friday, demanding the federal government cancel a contract to provide military vehicles to Saudi Arabia. | About 15 people from various anti-war groups demonstrated on the railroad tracks at Clarke Road and Oxford Street East in London, just west of the General Dynamics Land Systems plant, which manufactures light armoured vehicles (LAVs). | The protest was meant to stop any shipments of military vehicles bound for the middle eastern kingdom. No trains came through during the protest.
(2021-03-27). Voting rights IS democracy. nationofchange.org Democrats are talking about reforming the filibuster to keep Republicans from blocking the For the People Act.
(2021-03-27). Texas reports 111 dead from February winter storm that knocked out power and water for millions. wsws.org The new tally is almost twice as high as previously reported. It surpasses the death toll from Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and is expected to grow even higher.
(2021-03-27). End US Support For The Brutal MoàØse Regime In Haiti! popularresistance.org March 29 is the anniversary of the 1987 Haitian Constitution written after the 1986 overthrow of the brutal Duvalier dictatorship. The 1987 Constitution was designed to create "a socially just, economically free, and politically independent Haitian nation." Those ideals are again in crisis. | The US-backed de facto president of Haiti, Jovenel MoàØse, is refusing to leave office even though his term ended on February 7. MoàØse and his Western allies – the US, Canada, Brazil, France, Spain and the European Union – are trying to push through a new constitution.
(2021-03-27). Demonstrators protest brutal removal of Los Angeles homeless encampment. wsws.org Los Angeles police officers arrested over 180 demonstrators, legal observers and journalists while city officials closed down a homeless encampment at historic Echo Park Lake.
(2021-03-27). Top US admiral warns war with China over Taiwan "much closer than most think" wsws.org By heightening tensions with China over Taiwan, the Biden administration is pouring petrol over the most dangerous flashpoint in Asia, threatening to trigger a catastrophic war between nuclear-armed powers.
(2021-03-27). After the January 6 coup attempt, Republicans escalate attack on voting rights. wsws.org On Thursday, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law a sweeping attack on voting rights aimed at crippling the ability of poor, minority and working class people to cast a ballot.
(2021-03-27). UK councils funding crisis threatens essential services. wsws.org The National Audit Office warned that 25 local authorities are verging on bankruptcy, while almost all will implement swingeing cuts to produce legally required balanced budgets.
(2021-03-27). Sound of Metal: Searching for relief in "a damn cruel place" wsws.org The story follows a musician couple, Ruben (Riz Ahmed) and Lou (Olivia Cooke), who play in a "sludge metal" band. Tragically, Ruben's hearing begins to deteriorate rapidly.
(2021-03-27). Australian Treasury flags 150,000 job losses as JobKeeper ends. wsws.org With 1.1 million workers still depending on the wage subsidy, the real impact will likely be far greater.
(2021-03-27). Morenoite CRT offers political alliance with Spain's PSOE-Podemos government. wsws.org As anger mounts at the government's "herd immunity" and police state policies, the Morenoite Workers' Revolutionary Current is offering a political alliance with Podemos.
(2021-03-27). Evanston, Illinois city council votes to enact racial reparations program. wsws.org The Chicago suburb's plan, like other such schemes that have been floated or are currently being introduced, is reactionary in its attempt to divide the working class on racial lines, and moreover, will do nothing to address the deep poverty and inequality suffered by black workers.
(2021-03-27). Next Indo-Pacific US Commander Warns Of China's Threat To Taiwan. popularresistance.org During his confirmation hearing to head the command that covers 51 percent of the globe, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Admiral John Aquilino told the Senate Armed Services Committee that "the most dangerous concern is that of a military force against Taiwan." Aquilino told the committee that the "annexation of Taiwan is the number one priority of China" and asked the Senate committee to fund the $27.3 billion Pacific Deterrence Initiative. | Aquilino's comment echoed the March 2, 2021 assessment of retired Lt. General H.R. McMaster, one of the Trump administration's national security advisers.
(2021-03-27). Myanmar: 100+ People Killed in the Bloodiest Day of the Coup. telesurenglish.net Over 100 unarmed civilians were killed by security forces in Myanmar on Saturday, which marks the bloodiest day of protests since last month's coup. | RELATED: | Protesters against the February 1 military coup came out on the streets of Yangon, Mandalay, and other towns, defying a military warning that they could be shot "in the head and back." | At least 40 people, including a 13-year-old girl, were killed in Mandalay, and a…
(2021-03-27). As US loses its edge, game of cyber chicken could have deadly consequences. peoplesdispatch.org Cybersecurity threats are emerging as one of the most serious challenges of the 21st century. The US and its NATO allies have turned down every attempt within the UN framework for banning cyber weapons…
(2021-03-27). Kim Janey Becomes Boston's First Black and First Female Mayor. telesurenglish.net Former Boston council president Kim Janey became the first woman and Black person to lead the city of Boston after 199 years of white men's control on the city's mayorship. | RELATED: | She was sworn in by the first Black woman to lead Massachusetts' highest court, Kimberly Budd, and the first Black Massachusetts congresswoman, Ayanna Pressley, who are symbols of Black women's new role in U.S. politics. | Jany asce…
(2021-03-27). Virginia's state government abolishes capital punishment. wsws.org The abolition of the death penalty makes Virginia the first Southern US state to remove the barbaric punishment from its books.
(2021-03-27). Determined opposition to 12-hour day at Sterling Heights Assembly as April 5 start date approaches. wsws.org Stellantis is seeking to ramp up production at SHAP even as five assembly plants face temporary closure due to a shortage of computer chips.
(2021-03-27). German train drivers union head calls for massive staff cuts. wsws.org The chairman of the German Train Drivers' Union (GDL), Claus Weselsky, has called for massive staff cuts in the administration of Germany's main rail company, Deutsche Bahn (DB).
(2021-03-27). War in Yemen: Grassroots Mobilization Pressured Biden Administration to Pledge End of U.S. Involvement. globalresearch.ca Grassroots mobilization has led the Biden administration to pledge to end …
(2021-03-27). Columbia graduate workers hold the line, set to continue strike into third week. wsws.org The greatest danger facing the strike is its systematic isolation by the UAW, which is aimed at wearing down the strikers, while negotiations are being conducted behind the backs of the rank-and-file.
(2021-03-27). Mercosur Holds Tense Virtual Summit on 30th Anniversary. telesurenglish.net The presidents of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) member states held a virtual summit on Saturday where they celebrated 30 years of the integration mechanism and discussed the bloc's tariff policy. | RELATED: | MERCOSUR is currently formed by five permanent members: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela, which did not take part in the summit. Venezuela was suspended in August 2017 after its National Asse…
(2021-03-27). Car Bombing Leaves 43 Injured in Cauca, Colombia. telesurenglish.net In Colombia, twelve officials and over thirty civilians on Friday were wounded after a car bomb explosion in front of Corinto's City Hall in the department of Cauca. | RELATED: | "Terrorism is cowards' weapon. We will fight it relentlessly wherever it is," said Colombia's President Ivan Duque. | The terrorist attack occurred at 15H30 (local time), and immediately after, police and army forces arrived on the scene to…
(2021-03-27). The Fairy Creek Blockaders. popularresistance.org Simon Frankson emerged from his sleeping bag at 4 a.m., just in time to join the fray. | The day before, a balmy afternoon in early August, he and about a dozen campers had studied a satellite photo of the area: a mountainside sheathed in deep green cedars and Douglas fir trees, many of them hundreds or thousands of years old, in a watershed known as Fairy Creek in the southwest corner of Vancouver Island. The telling grey stripe of a logging road was creeping up from the left side of the image. It was the same kind of road that has, over the past century, made way for logging companies to cut down 80 per cent of…
(2021-03-27). The heavy cost of 'insulting' monarchy in Thailand. peoplesdispatch.org Thailand has been witnessing massive protests over the past few months and one of the key demands has been the repeal of the draconian lèse-majesté law. Unsurprisingly, the government has used this provision indiscriminately against protesters…
(2021-03-27). Minneapolis for Community Control of Police launches petition to change city charter. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Nearly 150 people rallied in North Minneapolis, March 25, to launch a massive voter petition campaign to amend the city charter and establish an all-elected Civilian Police Accountability Commission (CPAC). | They began outside the Minneapolis Police Department 4th Precinct building on Plymouth Avenue. Once the site of an 18-day occupation demanding justice for Jamar Clark in 2015, the precinct building is now surrounded by barricades, fencing and barbed wire, like other police precincts and government buildings in the city where killer cop Derek Chauvin is on trial for the murder of George Floy…
(2021-03-27). How a federal agency excluded thousands of viable businesses from pandemic relief. salon.com The SBA refuses to give PPP loans to people who have filed for bankruptcy, even if their businesses can survive…
(2021-03-27). The African roots of Swiss design and art theories. salon.com "We care about 'who was first' only because we live in a system obsessed with proclaiming some people winners"
(2021-03-27). Conservative groups are writing GOP voter suppression bills — and spending millions to pass them. salon.com Right-wing groups like Heritage and ALEC are crafting model legislation as GOP pushes over 250 restrictions…
(2021-03-27). How to smoke a brisket (plus, a pitmaster-approved shortcut). salon.com Award-winning author and grilling expert Paula Disbrowe walks through her Texas-style smoked brisket recipe…
(2021-03-27). HBO's celebratory Tina Turner doc gives her the final word on the woman behind the iconic name. salon.com In the film, the artist proves she's more than "the worst parts" of her life, even if others find inspiration there…
(2021-03-27). Our new favorite charoset is from the biggest Jewish deli in Texas. salon.com This is the sweet and chunky condiment that every Seder needs…
(2021-03-27). Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go's on her Beatles love and bass player parallels with Paul McCartney. salon.com On this episode of "Everything Fab Four," host Ken Womack interviews the Go-Go's bassist about her life in rock…
(2021-03-27). "Generation X": Its tales about McJobs and information overload feel as poignant now as in 1990s. salon.com Three decades later, "Generation X" is a literary classic that still speaks to issues central to today's world…
(2021-03-27). Can a "true" conservatism be redeemed after Trump? Maybe — if it embraces liberalism. salon.com Conservative ideas still have value — but conservative politics has gone insane. Maybe there's a way out…
(2021-03-27). Let's griddle every sandwich, from ham and cheese to peanut butter and honey. salon.com Griddled sandwiches have punctuated my life like crunchy applause ever since my first oozing grilled cheese…
(2021-03-27). America's gun madness: How guns went from tools to ideology to identity. salon.com I was taught to handle and shoot guns as a boy. But the insane, murderous gun culture of today is something new…
(2021-03-27). Scotland is First Industrialized country to generate 97.4% of Electricity From Wind and Solar. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — In 2011, Scotland's government, urged on by visionaries like Richard Dixon, set itself the ambitious goal to get 100% of its electricity from renewables by 2020. At that time, it only only got about a fourth from clean energy sources, and a lot of that was hydro. The report card …
(2021-03-27). Former Chief Science Officer for Pfizer Says "Second Wave" Faked on False-Positive COVID Tests, "Pandemic Is Over" globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on September 24, 2020, this analysis of former Pfizer V-P Michael Yeadon has been the object of censorship. | In a stunning development, a former Chief Science Officer for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer says "there is …
(2021-03-27). Stolen limbs: Yemenis disabled by war see little hope for the future. middleeasteye.net 
Stolen limbs: Yemenis disabled by war see little hope for the future | Yemen's conflict has stolen many things from its people, but for the country's disabled it has taken away their future, freedom and independence | Sat, 03/27/2021 – 10: 25 | In Yemen, on average, 50 children are killed and 90 are wounded or permanently disabled each month (MEE/Khalid al-Banna) | Hope is the only thin…
(2021-03-27). Upper Egypt in agony as families mourn victims of train crash. middleeasteye.net 
Upper Egypt in agony as families mourn victims of train crash | Egyptians unite in solidarity amid slow and insufficient government response | Sat, 03/27/2021 – 14: 49 | People inspect the damage after two trains collided near the city of Sohag, Egypt, 26 March 2021 (Reuters) | Dozens of families from across impoverished Upper Egypt stood for hours in front of the Tahta General Hospital…
(2021-03-27). Philadelphia Asian community speaks. workers.org 
Philadelphia In response to the brutal murders in Atlanta March 16, this statement was issued March 17 by members of the Philadelphia's Asian community including Woori Center, VietLead, Asian Americans United, API PA, City Council Member Helen Gym, Modero & Co., Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia, Pejuang, CAIR Philadelphia, APALA . . . |
(2021-03-27). Attack by ISIS-linked militants traps over 180 people, including foreigners, in Mozambique hotel for days. rt.com 
Foreign employees working on French Total's LNG terminal construction project are among those trapped in a hotel in northern Mozambique which has been besieged by militants for three days. | The coastal town of Palma in northern Mozambique located not far from the Tanzanian border was overrun by Islamist insurgents earlier this week. A local extremist group, known as al-Shabab (and not linked to its Somali namesake), launched a coordinated three-pronged assault on the town on Wednesday, reportedly involving some 100 militants. | Mozambique's Defense Ministry confirmed the attack on March 25 and said its forces…
(2021-03-27). Water fight: Israel turns off Jordan's water supply amid drought and 'personal frictions'. rt.com 
Already in trouble with Jordan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu escalated tensions with his country's closest Arab ally on Friday by unilaterally rejecting its request to increase water supply to the drought-hit kingdom. | Netanyahu's decision — reportedly influenced by a souring of his personal relationship with Jordanian King Abdullah II — went against the security services recommendation to avoid risking historic water-sharing agreements critical to peace in the region. | According to the Haaretz newspaper, Netanyahu did not "respond positively even though professionals in water matters…
(2021-03-27). Water fight: Israel turns off Jordan's water supply amid drought and 'personal frictions', media reports. rt.com Already in trouble with Jordan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu escalated tensions with his country's closest Arab ally on Friday by unilaterally rejecting its request to increase water supply to the drought-hit kingdom. | Netanyahu's decision — reportedly influenced by a souring of his personal relationship with Jordanian King Abdullah II — went against the security services recommendation to avoid risking historic water-sharing agreements critical to peace in the region. | According to the Haaretz newspaper, Netanyahu did not "respond positively even though professionals in water matters…
(2021-03-27). US-backed UNHRC resolution puts Sri Lanka on notice. wsws.org The resolution is not just about Sri Lanka but reveals the heavy diplomatic and geo-strategic pressures being exerted by the US on its allies in preparation for war against China.
(2021-03-27). As Junta Kills Over 100 in Myanmar, UN Expert Says It Is 'Past Time for the World to Respond'. commondreams.org "The military celebrated Armed Forces Day by committing mass murder against the people it should be defending," said United Nations special rapporteur Tom Andrews. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/myanmar_mar_2021b.jpg …
(2021-03-27). [Perspectives] Your health is my health: how everyone's health is interconnected. thelancet.com People who provide health and social care services, transport, food, and other essential services have maintained the economy, vital services, and crucial support systems during the COVID-19 pandemic, and many of these workers have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. In many countries the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted pre-existing racial and social inequalities. Health inequalities have been driven by structural factors that limit resources in deprived areas, leaving some more vulnerable to disease than others.
(2021-03-27). [Correspondence] COVID-19, cults, and the anti-vax movement. thelancet.com Rochelle Burgess and colleagues1 eloquently described participatory community engagement as essential for successful COVID-19 vaccination, which involves appreciating the heterogeneous public and working with communities and their leaders to enable bottom-up approaches. They suggested that COVID-19 has drawn attention to the structural violence that is embedded within society, with the pandemic furthering the marginalisation of historically oppressed and excluded groups. Burgess and colleagues1 drew attention to how people who might have suffered disproportionate economic and health consequences from COVID-19 are…
(2021-03-27). [Editorial] COVID-19: building a stronger Europe. thelancet.com Europe is facing serious third waves of COVID-19 and vaccine roll-out has been fraught. But while much of the focus has been on western Europe, little attention has been paid to central and eastern Europe. This region is large, politically diverse, and historically complex, spanning EU member countries like the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, and the Baltic states, the non-EU western Balkans, and Ukraine further east. It is unclear how some of these countries managed to keep cases low during the first part of 2020.
(2021-03-27). [Correspondence] Health systems in the ACT-A. thelancet.com The attention to health systems in the headline of Ann Usher's World Report1 about the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) is most welcome. However, we were disappointed that the World Report focused on medical oxygen and personal protective equipment (PPE), interventions that, although important, are better described as components of clinical care. Unlimited medical oxygen and PPE will not benefit populations that are affected by COVID-19 if health facilities do not have enough staff or funding for other equipment, drugs, utilities, and transport, or if they have lost most supplies to pilfering.
(2021-03-27). [World Report] Uncertainties over EU COVID-19 vaccine sharing scheme. thelancet.com Legal hurdles and political questions remain over a European Commission mechanism for donating COVID-19 vaccines to other nations. Ann Danaiya Usher reports.
(2021-03-27). [Obituary] David Allenberg Katzenstein. thelancet.com Virologist and HIV researcher who was devoted to tackling HIV in Zimbabwe. Born in Hartford, CT, USA, on Jan 3, 1952, he died of COVID-19 in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Jan 24, 2021, aged 69 years.
(2021-03-27). [Articles] Discontinuing β-lactam treatment after 3 days for patients with community-acquired pneumonia in non-critical care wards (PTC): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial. thelancet.com Among patients admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia who met clinical stability criteria, discontinuing β-lactam treatment after 3 days was non-inferior to 8 days of treatment. These findings could allow substantial reduction of antibiotic consumption.
(2021-03-27). [Comment] Role of progestogens in women at risk for spontaneous preterm birth: the final word? thelancet.com Preterm birth is defined by WHO as delivery before 37 weeks of gestation.1 It is one of the most common pregnancy complications, with an estimated global rate of 10 ∑6% in 2014, equating to an estimated 14 ∑84 million live preterm births.2 Preterm birth considerably increases risk of neonatal morbidity and mortality, including long-term sequelae, and can result in long-term health and financial implications for families.3…