(2021-03-23). The unending COVID-19 disaster in Maryland prisons. therealnews.com 
As COVID-19 variants reach the state's prisons and jails, where testing of guards and inmates is woefully inadequate, the situation in Maryland is only getting worse.
(2021-03-23). UK Tories and Labour denounce Bristol Police Bill protest. wsws.org The "hijacked by extremists" claim is made to legitimise state repression and sanction measures targeting the left.
(2021-03-23). Moroccan government, police violently assault protesting teachers. wsws.org Riot police and plainclothes police launched a violent crackdown against a peaceful protest of thousands of teachers in the capital, Rabat.
(2021-03-23). Met Opera musicians in New York City accept deal for partial paychecks. wsws.org The days when classical music or other performing arts could be viewed as in some way sheltered from the class struggle raging outside the concert hall have well and truly disappeared.
(2021-03-23). Colonialism continues with First Nations' water dispossession. greenleft.org.au The ongoing injustices and dispossession of First Nations peoples can be seen in the devastating impact of stolen water rights. But, writes Tracey Carpenter, some changes have been won in Victoria.
(2021-03-23). New court filings for Abu-Jamal's appeal. workers.org 
As his 67th birthday nears, and Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal faces challenging and potentially fatal health crises, his legal case is still slowly winding its way through the arduous appellate court system. "Free Mumia" signs at the March 20 Harlem rally in solidarity with Amazon workers in Bessemer, Ala., . . . |
(2021-03-23). European vaccine crisis worsens with EU set to vote on export ban. wsws.org Nothing is more disgusting than the sight of Johnson and Von der Leyen competing for the moral high ground. Both are implementing trade war policies.
(2021-03-22). Calling out white supremacy: Labor responds to Atlanta massacre. workers.org 
The racist, misogynistic massacre of eight massage parlor workers — six Asian, all women — immediately prompted strong statements from organized labor. Majority union crowd at Harlem rally, March 20. WW PHOTO: Toni Arenstein "Hate is hate. White supremacy is white supremacy," the California Labor Federation tweeted. "Calling it anything . . . |
(2021-03-22). Leaks show CIA pressured Yemen to release al-Qaeda leader and agency asset Anwar al-Awlaki. thegrayzone.com Explosive recordings released by the Houthi government of Yemen provide fresh evidence of Washington's support for the same jihadist militants it has claimed to be waging war on. (This report was originally published at Alex Rubinstein's Substack page.) The Moral Guidance Department, a branch of the Yemeni Armed Forces of the revolutionary Houthi government of Yemen, published a batch of secret documents and phone calls from the former regime of longtime president Ali Abdullah Saleh this March. Two phone calls …
(2021-03-22). US intelligence thinks you're stupid: ODNI report blames Russia, ignores Colombian election interference. thegrayzone.com The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) issued a report alleging Russian interference in the 2020 election, contradicting November statements that there was no meddling, while ignoring documented interference from top US ally Colombia. By Dan Cohen / MintPress News / Behind the Headlines Russiagate is back! That's right. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) says Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei meddled in the 2020 U.S. election. But not only they: Lebanese …
(2021-03-22). Ralph Nader on Corporatism's Threat to Democracy. progressive.org Legendary progressive discusses the GOP, the 2020 presidential election, and the future of our democracy.
(2021-03-22). Israeli Knesset Elections: Will Bibi Prevail? Despite "Charges of Bribery, Fraud and Breach of Trust" globalresearch.ca Knesset coalitions run Israel. Multiple parties participate, at times new ones….
(2021-03-22). Walmart, Amazon and the Colonial Deindustrialisation of India. dissidentvoice.org In June 2018, the Joint Action Committee against Foreign Retail and E-commerce (JACAFRE) issued a statement on Walmart's acquisition of Flipkart. It argued that it undermines India's economic and digital sovereignty and the livelihood of millions in India. The deal would lead to Walmart and Amazon dominating India's e-retail sector. These two US companies would …
(2021-03-22). Solidarity with Bessemer Workers/Solidaridad con los Trabajadores de Bessemer. dsausa.org All eyes are on the workers of Bessemer, Alabama as they struggle against Amazon to win a union. These mostly Black and brown workers, a majority of whom are women, are in the midst of a seven-week union election ending on March 29th to affiliate with RWDSU (Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union.) While Amazon…
(2021-03-22). 10 Things Wrong With Biden's Foreign Policy — Medea Benjamin. theanalysis.news Progressive Americans hoped Biden would quickly restore the Iran deal and relations with Cuba. Instead, the administration seems firmly entrenched behind Trump's walls of hostility. Medea Benjamin joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news…
(2021-03-22). Lack of Full Statehood Rights Continues to Cause Harm to D.C. Residents. aclu.org Today, the House Committee on Oversight and Reform is holding a hearing on a bill to establish statehood for Washington, D.C. Since the last congressional hearing on statehood in September 2019, the COVID-19 pandemic, protests in D.C. after the killing of George Floyd, and the insurrection attempt at the U.S. Capitol building have all highlighted how the lack of full statehood rights continues to cause serious harm to the health and safety of D.C. residents. These events underscore the urgency with which our country must grant full and equal rights to the 712,000 residents of D.C. | Historically, Congress has tre…
(2021-03-22). Homelessness in the US exploded before the pandemic. wsws.org The latest report from the Department of Housing and Urban Development shows a drastic pre-pandemic increase in homelessness.
(2021-03-22). Educators, students and parents discuss opposition against the reopening of schools in Germany. wsws.org Countless scientists and medical experts have unequivocally condemned the removal of pandemic safeguards, highlighting in particular the key role played by schools in the spread of the virus.
(2021-03-22). Germany: The WISAG business model—spinoffs, layoffs and wage cuts. wsws.org The struggle being carried out by WISAG ground workers at Frankfurt Airport is throwing a sharp light on the antilabour attacks by major corporations during the pandemic and the complicity of the trade unions.
(2021-03-22). The Fauci Interview on the Pandemic You Won't See on Mainstream Media. Mexico's Eugenio Derbez. globalresearch.ca
(2021-03-22). Police standards and protocols not up for questioning at Chauvin trial. peoplesworld.org 
MINNEAPOLIS—As the March 29 evidentiary phase of the Derek Chauvin trial for the murder of George Floyd approaches, two legal issues loom large. In delivering his ruling on a series of motions Friday, the presiding judge, Peter Cahill, laid out the first, saying "Clearly there is a cause of death issue here, in fact it …
(2021-03-22). Reefer Madness: Biden White House Director's Cut. counterpunch.org 
"Dozens of young White House staffers have been suspended, asked to resign or placed in a remote work program," The Daily Beast reports, "due to past marijuana use." Or, rather, due to having truthfully disclosed that marijuana use when applying for their jobs. It's a felony to lie on forms like the Office of Personnel Management's
(2021-03-22). Ten years on, Syria is almost destroyed. Who's to blame? mronline.org 
In George Orwell's novel Animal Farm, the ruling pigs led by Napoleon constantly rewrote history in order to justify and reinforce their own continuing power. The rewriting by the western powers of the history of the ongoing conflict in Syria leaps out of Orwell. | Newswire…
(2021-03-22). "Rocks": Just enough for the city. peoplesworld.org 
Into the filmic world of interchangeable, comic book super-powered protagonists, Director Sarah Gavron has released "Rocks", a more modest and vastly more worthy heroine for our time. Her super powers are love, responsibility, creativity, loyalty and overcoming adversity. Olushola's life in London's working class East End is not easy. The precocious adolescent Black girl lives …
(2021-03-22). Scandals, elections and emergencies. mronline.org 
Germany, once viewed as an exaggerated model of exactitude and discipline, is currently in a muddle. | Commentary…
(2021-03-22). Biden's New Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is Unprecedented…More for Her Climate Warrior Politics Than Her Identity. counterpunch.org 
In her farewell address to the House of Representatives, New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland said to her colleagues about her new role as interior secretary, "I have the opportunity to make a real difference for communities everywhere by addressing climate change, protecting voting rights, [and] fighting for racial, environmental, and economic justice." It was a
(2021-03-22). Progressive lawmakers step up push to end filibuster. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Just after 10 a.m, on Dec. 10, 2010, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Ind.-Vt., got up on the Senate floor to talk…and talk…and talk…and talk some more. And he didn't sit down for eight and a half hours. Sanders was employing a classic Senate device, the filibuster—which Republicans have long since abused—to halt legislation he didn't like. …
(2021-03-22). Coronavirus mess, scandal contribute to right-wing defeats in Germany. peoplesworld.org 
BERLIN—Germany, once viewed as an exaggerated model of exactitude and discipline, is currently in a muddle. Above all, it's the Covid mess. Seen last spring as a model of swift, effective response, Germany is now torn by controversy, with its sixteen states and dozens of politicians squabbling about when to send which kids (if any) …
(2021-03-22). Workers report COVID-19 health violations at iconic Seattle-area burger chain. liberationnews.org 
Dick's Drive-In did not provide workers with any training on coronavirus symptoms or prevention and pressured them to come to work while waiting for COVID-19 test results.
(2021-03-22). America the Usual. counterpunch.org 
Though the assault on the Capitol was over two months ago, I continue to be haunted by not only what I saw in the news reports, but also in the overall meaning that was on stage for the world to see. Much more than a horrible insurrection and assault on democracy, what I saw, and have been continually reminded of, was that what happened on that fateful day was America, the usual.
(2021-03-22). La OMS confirma que la prueba de PCR defectuosa: Las estimaciones de "casos positivos" no tienen sentido. El confinamiento no tiene base científica. globalizacion.ca 
La prueba de reacción en cadena de la polimerasa con transcripción inversa en tiempo real (rRT-PCR) fue adoptada por la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) el 23 de enero de 2020 como un medio para detectar el virus SARS-COV-2,…
(2021-03-22). 'Rocks': Just enough for the city. peoplesworld.org Into the filmic world of interchangeable, comic book super-powered protagonists, Director Sarah Gavron has released "Rocks", a more modest and vastly more worthy heroine for our time. Her superpowers are love, responsibility, creativity, loyalty, and overcoming adversity. Olushola's life in London's working-class East End is not easy. The precocious adolescent Black girl lives with her …
(2021-03-22). Meditations from the Greater Gila: On the Possibility of Wolves, the Actuality of Dark Skies, and Actualizing the Possible. counterpunch.org 
Everywhere in the Gila, there's the possibility of wolves. I wake early. The thermometer in the rental car reads 15 degrees. A flock of dark-eyed juncos, earlier risers, flit about in the frozen grass, indifferent to my stomps and claps as I attempt to return feeling to my hands and feet. It's the middle of February in the San Francisco mountains. And there's the possibility of wolves.
(2021-03-22). Shattered Lands: A Short History of the Syrian Conflict. counterpunch.org 
When the Arab Spring came to the Middle East ten years ago, most on the left welcomed the protests, except in Libya and Syria largely out of geopolitical concerns. If the world was made up of opposing camps, you had to support Washington's enemies even if their secret police were torturers and their governments little
(2021-03-22). Calling Putin a 'killer' with 'no soul' is not exactly diplomatic finesse. mronline.org 
Meanwhile, Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the "killer" jab a "very bad statement by the U.S. president," that indicated "he doesn't want to normalize relations." | Newswire…
(2021-03-22). Jack Ma is not the problem. mronline.org 
Broadly speaking, beneath these diverse incidents lies a single force. A great teacher and his generation warned of and suppressed it, but it has sprouted once more since the 1980s. After 40 years, it has taken root in multiple facets of our lives, including thought, society, reality and power. | Newswire…
(2021-03-22). Lilia D. Monzó's "A Revolutionary Subject: Pedagogy of Women of Color and Indigeneity" mronline.org 
A Book review symposium on Lilia D. Monzó's "A Revolutionary Subject: Pedagogy of Women of Color and Indigeneity" (2019, Peter Lang Publishing) by Kitonga, Macrine, Magill, and Rodriguez — Editors | Newswire…
(2021-03-22). Two Venezuelan Soldiers Die in Fight With Colombian Traffickers. telesurenglish.net The Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) reported that two Venezuelan soldiers died on Sunday during a confrontation with armed groups in the state of Apure in the border area near Colombia. | RELATED: | Venezuelan authorities captured 32 people, destroyed six camps in the area, and seized weapons, ammunition, explosives, vehicles, and drugs. | The FANB reported that the deceased soldiers are Major Edward Cobo and Fi…
(2021-03-22). Bolivia: Socialists Win in 7 Out of 10 Subnational Governments. telesurenglish.net Following the conclusion of local elections in five Bolivian departments on Sunday, the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) consolidated its dominance in subnational governments by winning 240 out of 336 mayoralties. | RELATED: | Representing a preponderance in 70 percent of the country's local governments, the Socialist candidates secured 13 more mayorships than in the last local elections held in 2015. | Although Santa Cruz…
(2021-03-22). In Solidarity with Kshama Sawant. dsausa.org In Seattle a vicious campaign against working-class communities and politics is underway in the form of a campaign to recall Kshama Sawant. Sawant, the three-time elected city councilwoman, is a socialist, trade unionist, and community activist who has dared to run as an open independent socialist and take on Big Business. Sawant long championed the…
(2021-03-22). [rewind] Janet Yang on the Power and Pain of Being Asian American During the Coronavirus Crisis. scheerpost.com In this week's installment of "Scheer Intelligence," host Robert Scheer speaks with Janet Yang, the legendary film producer of "The Joy Luck Club" and "The People vs. Larry Flynt," among many other films, about the appalling onslaught of racism people of Asian descent are currently facing. Yang, who was born in the U.S. and has experienced discrimination since her childhood, notes the difference between what she faced her whole life and the terrifying shape racism is taking today amid the unprecedented crisis.
(2021-03-22). IBM Partners with Moderna for "COVID Reset". "Health Passports Are Here" globalresearch.ca Better hang on folks, as technocracy's plan to digitize you to …
(2021-03-22). The Emerging Culture of Compassion. counterpunch.org 'Take your Brothers Need as the Measure for Your Actions' Given the level of divisive conditioning, with its emphasis on competition and selfishness, that we are all exposed to, it's a wonder that kindness and compassion exist at all. But exist they do, and since the global calamity that is Covid-19 hit our streets, a
(2021-03-22). "The Chicken Little" Act Isn't Working — COVID Mania Is Wearing Off. Resistance is Unfolding. globalresearch.ca The "public health experts" are scrambling to remain in the spotlight, …
(2021-03-22). Data shows schools are fueling third surge of COVID-19 in Michigan. wsws.org New COVID-19 cases in Michigan have nearly tripled in the last month, and K-12 schools and school sports are the largest sources of outbreaks.
(2021-03-22). Oxygen, Medicines, Beds Are in Short Supply in Brazil. telesurenglish.net Brazil begins the week with a bleak outlook: supplies and medical facilities to care for COVID-19 patients are dramatically scarce in 25 of its 27 states. | RELATED: | In these territories, beds in intensive care units (ICUs) have an occupancy rate of over 80 percent and the average number of COVID-19 related deaths exceeds 2,000 cases. | Although President Jair Bolsonaro's administration expressed "concern" over…
(2021-03-22). Green Passes and Dark Inequalities: the Push for COVID Immunity Passports. counterpunch.org Sensible, ideal, wonderful — if you happen to be in the European Union. This is the air of confidence surrounding the March 17 proposal for a digital COVID immunity passport, or what is officially being called the Digital Green Certificate. The Digital Green Certificate is actually a bundle of three: vaccination certificates stating the brand
(2021-03-22). Coming to the Playing Field: Biden Puts Australia First. "Buttering Up" Allies against China. globalresearch.ca It has gotten tongues wagging in the diplomatic corps of Beijing, …
(2021-03-22). Panama's Judges Perpetuate Inequality in Reproductive Rights. telesurenglish.net The Ombudsman's Office rejected a ruling by Panama's Supreme Court (CSJ) which validates unequal conditions for female sterilization in public institutions. | RELATED: | Women can only access voluntary sterilization in public hospitals if they are above 23 years old and have at least two children. Men can do so with no condition starting at 18 years of age. | The Social Development Ministry, the Women's Institute, and the Assoc…
(2021-03-22). New US Defense Agreement: Free Entry of US Forces into Jordan. globalresearch.ca Jordan on Sunday made public a defence agreement with the United …
(2021-03-22). The "Great Reset": Will There be Food on the Table? globalresearch.ca This is to serve warning that what 'the authorities' are planning …
(2021-03-22). Johnson Takes Britain into Dangerous New Cold War Against China. globalresearch.ca Britain will be joining the US's new cold war against China …
(2021-03-22). Egyptian writer and activist Nawal El Saadawi dies at 89. peoplesdispatch.org An academic and a radical voice of feminism and anti-imperialism in the Arab world, she was constantly persecuted by the Egyptian state and religious fanatics for her writings…
(2021-03-22). "The War at Home — Rebellion" counterpunch.org Scott Noble's latest documentary series, The War at Home, takes a deep dive into the history of labor movements and state repression in the United States. Soon to be a multi-part series, the first entry is titled 'Rebellion' and can be viewed online for free. As with all of Noble's films, The War at Home
(2021-03-22). Tony Blair and the Iraq War of 2003: Should He Stand Trial for the Crime of Waging a "War of Aggression"? globalresearch.ca March 20th 2003 was the start of the Iraq War, a …
(2021-03-22). The Debt Whiners: Fools or Liars? cepr.net I keep asking this question because whining over the government debt looks to be a huge growth sector in the next year or two, or perhaps until Republicans retake the White House. I regularly ridicule debt whining, because, unlike its cousin, deficit whining, it has no basis in economic reality. Before again showing why the …
(2021-03-22). The Welcome Thaw in India-Pakistan Relations Is Backed by Pakistan's Army Too. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2021-03-22). Tax Wealth to Fix the Nation's Woes. progressive.org Members of the billionaire class have used their clout to rig the economy in their favor.
(2021-03-22). This week in history: March 22-28. wsws.org 25 years ago: FBI standoff with Montana ultra-rightistsOn March 25, 1996, leaders of the fascist Montana Freemen group were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A standoff ensued between the FBI and the band of followers of the heavily armed ultra-rightist organization.
(2021-03-22). Washington's Delusion of Endless World Dominion. counterpunch.org Empires live and die by their illusions. Visions of empowerment can inspire nations to scale the heights of global hegemony. Similarly, however, illusions of omnipotence can send fading empires crashing into oblivion. So it was with Great Britain in the 1950s and so it may be with the United States today.
(2021-03-22). Washington's Delusion of Endless World Dominion: China and the U.S. Struggle over Eurasia, the Epicenter of World Power. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com) — Empires live and die by their illusions. Visions of empowerment can inspire nations to scale the heights of global hegemony. Similarly, however, illusions of omnipotence can send fading empires crashing into oblivion. So it was with Great Britain in the 1950s and so it may be with the United States today. By …
(2021-03-22). An Open Letter to Senator Joe Manchin: Stop worrying about Inflation and Focus on Keeping Hurting Workers Afloat. juancole.com Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) — Dear Senator Manchin; Corporate media now portray you as on of the most powerful politicians in DC. Hard bargaining on the amount and length of unemployment insurance chopped 100 dollars a week off the compensation workers will receive. This compromise, which you defended on the grounds it …
(2021-03-22). Questions raised over planning and mitigation as Australia's east coast hit by floods. wsws.org The impact of the deluge has been exacerbated by successive governments encouraging housing construction in flood-prone areas.
(2021-03-22). Dispatches from the Congo: The truth behind US claims of ISIS presence. peoplesdispatch.org Recently, the US declared the rebel group Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) as a terrorist organization in connection with their links to ISIS. Kambale Musavuli unpacks this US claim, talks about this organization and the politics behind this branding.
(2021-03-22). "Los problemas en Estados Unidos se siguen profundizando" globalizacion.ca "Los problemas internos en Estados Unidos se siguen profundizando", dijo el sociólogo estadounidense, profesor James Petras, en su análisis semanal de la realidad internacional por CX36 (Radio Centenario). "Los grandes temas como el desempleo, subempleo, malos salarios, los sin casa,…
(2021-03-22). Democrats unveil 'Build Green' infrastructure and Jobs Act. nationofchange.org "This bill would make a dramatic, material difference in the everyday lives of hundreds of millions of people."
(2021-03-22). Ecuador's Decision: Job Creation or Capital Liberalization. telesurenglish.net Ecuador's National Electoral Council (CNE) on Sunday organized the first and only debate between the presidential candidates who will face each other in the second electoral round that will take place on April 11 | RELATED: | During this event, the Creating Opportunities (CREO) candidate Guillermo Lasso spent his time attacking the Union for Hope (UNES) candidate Andres Arauz and ju…
(2021-03-22). Where Are the "Other" White Men? counterpunch.org Years ago, the pork industry ran a campaign touting its product as the "other white meat." It was angling to ally itself with the "chicken-is-healthier-than-red-meat" crowd. Most people saw it for what it was: a cynical ploy. Today, when it comes to white men, the sound and fury is all coming from the red meat
(2021-03-22). LA and Oakland teachers: Vote "No" on the deadly deals to reopen schools! wsws.org The efforts of the politicians and teachers unions across the West Coast to return students and staff to schools under deadly conditions must be resisted in order to save lives.
(2021-03-22). Sheriff Kristin Graziano and the New Movement for Public Safety. aclu.org Sheriff Kristin Graziano's historic election showed widespread community support for the need to reimagine public safety in Charleston County, South Carolina — including the need to invest in people and communities instead of police and incarceration. Sheriff Graziano is moving forward with her commitments to reduce the size, scope, and role of the Charleston County Sheriff's Department, starting with
(2021-03-22). Australia: Oppose the job and course cuts at Macquarie University! wsws.org Joint independent rank-and-file committees of staff and students are necessary to fight the latest "change proposals" by the management at Macquarie University and other universities.
(2021-03-22). Biden and Blinken's Unprovoked Attacks on Russia and China Backfire… Because If You Live in a Glass House, Don't Throw Stones. globalresearch.ca In attacking the moral character of Russia's president and China's human …
(2021-03-22). Protests across the US against anti-Asian violence. wsws.org Protests and vigils took place across the US over the weekend expressing the widespread public opposition to the alarming escalation of anti-Asian violence and racialist hatred over the past year.
(2021-03-22). A Mob Is Coming for Your Voting Rights. juancole.com ( Otherwords.org ) — In February, Texas Senator Ted Cruz ran off to a luxury resort in sunny Cancún, Mexico during the deep freeze that devastated millions of his constituents. But I wasn't mad that Ted fled. What upset me was that the government let him back into our country. Cruz is, after all, the …
(2021-03-22). Dozens injured and face charges as Thai police use indiscriminate force on protesters again. peoplesdispatch.org At least 33 people, including three journalists, were reportedly injured in the indiscriminate police firing of rubber bullets on Saturday. 16 protesters were also slapped with charges…
(2021-03-22). Two More Minors Shot Dead in Myanmar. telesurenglish.net Over the last 24 hours, Myanmar's security forces murdered at least 10 citizens during protests in Mandalay city. Among them are two teenagers who died from gunshot wounds. | RELATED: | Security forces carried out night raids in two districts of the city and shot civilians. The 15-year-old citizen Zaw Myo Htet was leaving his job as a waiter when he was shot in the head. | "He died in front of the store, huddled.
(2021-03-22). Chicago school attendance figures show less than a quarter of students actually going to schools in person. wsws.org The Lightfoot administration and district officials are doing everything they can to bring more students back into classrooms, including revoking teacher accommodations allowing them to teach remotely.
(2021-03-22). Syria: The Price of Resistance. globalresearch.ca Few nations in recent decades have been targeted by a superpower …
(2021-03-22). Former correctional officer pleads guilty to drug smuggling. nationofchange.org Kenneth Farr received several payments from inmates and their associates in cash or via a mobile application for smuggling contraband into the prison on at least six separate occasions.
(2021-03-22). The Dominican Republic To Purchase Privately Owned Guns. telesurenglish.net The Dominican Republic's President Luis Abinader announced that a program to buy illegal weapons will start on April 6 to reduce the violence levels. | RELATED: | Besides the destruction of the weapons, his plan establishes compensation in cash and coupons redeemable for any product in commercial establishments. | It also includes compensation for police, military, and customs officials who identify and seize weapons and awareness cam…
(2021-03-22). Un huracán genocida golpea a Brasil. globalizacion.ca En medio a la tragedia que produce el mayor número de muertes diarias por el coronavirus en todo el mundo — son casi dos muertos por minuto en los últimos 15 días —, Brasil vive una situación insólita, retrato perfecto…
(2021-03-22). Applying Sanctions To Russia and China Is Unwise, Lavrov Says. telesurenglish.net Russia's Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday noted that diplomatic relations with China are at their best moment ever while also condemning Western sanctions against both nations. | RELATED: | He highlighted that bilateral ties have reached an unprecedented level thanks to the "Treaty on Good Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" which laid the foundations for a new type of relationship between Russia a…
(2021-03-22). After a century of plunder, US imperialism turns away Central American refugees. wsws.org The American ruling class has systematically destroyed Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador for over a century, forcing millions to flee their homes.
(2021-03-22). Australia's spy agency drums up wartime atmosphere. wsws.org The ASIO chief declared that foreign sabotage and espionage would supplant terrorism as the main national security threat within four years.
(2021-03-22). øLawfare vs Ley de la Industria Eléctrica? globalizacion.ca En esencia, la disputa en torno a la nueva Ley de la Industria Eléctrica no es entre el Poder Ejecutivo y el Poder Judicial, y menos una batalla por la democracia y el estado de derecho. | Pulverizada la oposición política…
(2021-03-22). The American Terror State. globalresearch.ca On February 26, 2021, imperial President Joe Biden ordered the
(2021-03-22). California Host Rally of Support for Asian American Communities. telesurenglish.net Over this weekend, residents of the San Gabriel Valley, California, held protests and vigils in memory of six Asian American women who were killed in cold blood by a young white gunman in Atlanta (Georgia) on March 16. | RELATED: | San Gabriel Valley, renowned for its large Asian American community, is home to over half of Los Angeles County's Chinese American population. The area also has large numbers of Vietnamese,…
(2021-03-22). Argentina — La cadena nacional, las dudas y las certezas. globalizacion.ca Quitada la hojarasca de ese nuevo show patotero e incendiario de quien ejerce como ministro de Seguridad bonaerense sin responder más que a su proyecto propio, y la presentación de un libro con hojas en blanco, es la alocución presidencial…
(2021-03-22). Global Research Needs Your Support. globalresearch.ca At Global Research, our goal has always been to bring you timely information and analysis on current events, free of charge. Although our content may be free, making sure that everything is in place in order to deliver that …
(2021-03-22). The Insanity of the PCR Testing Saga. globalresearch.ca For several months, experts have highlighted the true cause behind the …
(2021-03-22). Christopher Nolan's Tenet: The postmodern would-be blockbuster. wsws.org The film centers on the ability to manipulate time. The events, on a single viewing, are difficult to follow, at times almost incomprehensible.
(2021-03-22). Left Party's coronavirus policy fuels massive increase in infections in German states. wsws.org There has been a particularly dramatic increase in infections in states where the Left Party participates in government.
(2021-03-22). Australian paramedic details staffing crisis in New South Wales. wsws.org Ambulance workers are forced to skip breaks, cut corners on mandatory checks and work while fatigued.
(2021-03-22). People's Action Statement on President Biden's $3T Infrastructure and Jobs Package. peoplesaction.org Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 240.206.1145 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action Climate Justice Campaign Director Kaniela Ing today released the following statement in response to news reports of President Biden's upcoming $3 trillion infrastructure, jobs, education, and climate package: "I'm encouraged to see President Biden driving forward his campaign promise to create millions of good jobs to tackle the climate crisis. But …
(2021-03-22). Eviction ban in England extended to end of May, as tens of thousands of renters remain in crisis. wsws.org A quarter of private renters (2 million people) have suffered a cut in their incomes over the last six months leading to problems paying their rent.
(2021-03-22). Juez opositor incendia sector eléctrico de México. globalizacion.ca Un juez distrital de México, Juan Pablo Gómez Fierro, cumplió con transnacionales extranjeras como Iberdrola, Walmart y Bimbo, al ordenar suspensión definitiva a la reforma a la Ley de la Industria Eléctrica, para favorecerlas. | El magistrado echó así gasolina al…
(2021-03-22). Biden Is Reigniting the Movement to Oppose Standardized Testing. progressive.org Teachers always knew the tests lacked validity, and now some progressive Democrats in Congress are joining their opposition.
(2021-03-22). Pseudo-left uses constitutional election to conceal danger of dictatorship in Chile. wsws.org The bourgeoisie has used the constitutional convention as a deliberate decoy to grant themselves time to prepare for the inevitable social eruption that will come.
(2021-03-22). [Letter] COVID-19 and health care workers burnout: A call for global action. thelancet.com In recent years, increased administrative burden, productivity metrics and work-life imbalance have caused a high burnout rate amongst healthcare workers (HCW) [1]. A survey of 7500 physicians from 8 countries during the COVID-19 pandemic reveals that this burnout has reached an alarmingly high-rate [2]. HCW responsible for the care of COVID-19 patients are more likely to have depression, anxiety, and mental distress. Psychological distress from witnessing COVID- related deaths, deep despondency, and extra-long work hours are fueling HCW burnout at an exponential rate [3].
(2021-03-22). The ark is not going to save us — collective resistance will. greenleft.org.au We are being told by some that the floods devastating NSW and Queensland are a "once-in-a-hundred year event". They're not. They are a reminder of the dangers of extreme weather events brought on by climate change, writes Pip Hinman.
(2021-03-22). Statement on the 10th anniversary of the U.S. war on Syria. workers.org 
The following slightly edited statement was released on March 12, 2021 by the Syria Solidarity Movement — including the International Action Center — on the 10th anniversary of the continuing U.S. war on Syria. Workers World Party has participated in three solidarity delegations to Syria during this 10-year period. Contact . . . |
(2021-03-22). Company-police witch hunt continues against Sri Lankan plantation workers. wsws.org The ongoing repression of Alton Estate workers is in line with broader preparations by plantation bosses to drive up productivity and boost profits.
(2021-03-22). Video: COVID-19 the "Pandemic" Is Over. "A Novel Virus Closely Related to Corona Viruses Which Contribute to the Common Cold" globalresearch.ca First published on September 14, 2020 | Mike Yeadon, Pfizer former chief scientific advisor: Ferguson's model has no validity in the view of most scientists: | "Yes, its a novel virus but its very closely related to at least four other …
(2021-03-22). Experts Urge World Leaders to 'Put Marine Ecosystems at the Heart of Climate Policy'. commondreams.org "A healthy ocean, teeming with life, is a vital tool in the bid to tackle global heating." | www.flickr.com/photos/berkeleylab/2826539120…
(2021-03-22). Climate Polluters Pour Billions Into Hundreds of 'Sportswashing' Sponsorships: Report. commondreams.org "Sport needs to up its game and adopt policies that reject high-carbon sponsors. Clubs, competitions, and institutions need to take their climate commitments seriously." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/emirates.jpg …
(2021-03-22). 'Wake-Up Call': Analysis Shows Corporate Climate Pledges Failing Planet… And Investors. commondreams.org The report makes clear "that far more specific, concrete, and ambitious action plans are needed in order to make the promise of a net-zero future a reality." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/epa-no-surprise-inspections_0.jpg …
(2021-03-22). Coalition Forms to Challenge 'Predatory' Surveillance Advertising. commondreams.org "Big Tech's toxic business model is undermining democracy." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/big_tech_surveillance_ads.jpg …
(2021-03-22). 'Good Day to Be a Human Being': Activists Welcome Cancellation of Texas LNG Terminal. commondreams.org "There's more work to do to ensure other proposed fracked gas export terminals… are never built, but today we celebrate this important victory for our people and our environment." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1164977641_1_1.jpg …
(2021-03-22). Scientists Say Humanity Now at 'Dawn of What Must Be a Transformative Decade'. commondreams.org "Whether humanity has the collective wisdom to navigate the Anthropocene to sustain a livable biosphere for people and civilizations, as well as for the rest of life with which we share the planet, is the most formidable challenge facing humanity." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/flood_waters_climate.jpg …
(2021-03-22). Coalition Forms to Challenge 'Predatory' Surveillance Advertising by Big Tech. commondreams.org "Big Tech's toxic business model is undermining democracy." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/big_tech_surveillance_ads.jpg …
(2021-03-22). Headlines for March 22, 2021. democracynow.org Nationwide Protests Call for an End to Anti-AAPI Violence After Atlanta Massacre, AstraZeneca Vaccine Is 79% Effective in U.S. Trial, Shows No Risk of Blood Clotting, CDC Updates School Distancing Guidelines to 3 Feet; Miami Beach Imposes Emergency Curfew, Drug Companies Plan to Hike COVID Vaccine Prices After Pandemic Is Over, Pakistani PM Khan Has COVID; Tokyo Olympics Bars Int'l Spectators; More European Nations Lock Down, U.S. Says "Border Is Closed" as Number of Unaccompanied Children in Gov't Custody Tops 15,000, Defense Sec. Austin in Afghanistan Amid Questions over May 1 Troop Withdrawal Deadline, Women,…
(2021-03-22). Viet Thanh Nguyen on Roots of Anti-Asian Hate from U.S. Colonialism to Anti-China Political Rhetoric. democracynow.org 
Protests condemning hate crimes against Asian Americans continue, following the deadly shootings in Atlanta where a white gunman attacked three Asian-owned spas and killed eight people, six of them women of Asian descent. Hundreds of people gathered outside the Georgia state Capitol in Atlanta and around the U.S. demanding an end to anti-Asian racism and honoring the lives of the eight people who were killed: Xiaojie Tan, Yong Ae Yue, Delaina Ashley Yaun, Suncha Kim, Hyun Jung Grant, Soon Chung Park, Daoyou Feng and Paul Andre Michels. Anti-Asian hate in the United States is "not anything new," says Viet Thanh Ng…
(2021-03-22). "We Are Here Because You Are There": Viet Thanh Nguyen on How U.S. Foreign Policy Creates Refugees. democracynow.org 
Pulitzer Prize-winning Vietnamese American writer Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses why he chooses to use the term "refugee" in his books, and speaks about his own experience as a refugee. His new novel tells the story of a man who arrives in France as a refugee from Vietnam, and explores the main character's questioning of ideology and different visions of liberation. Titled "The Committed," the book is a sequel to "The Sympathizer," which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2016. Nguyen says his protagonist is "a man of two faces and two minds" whose ability to see beyond Cold War divisions makes him the perfect fi…
(2021-03-22). Israelis cancel VIP Pass for Palestinian Foreign Minister for consulting with Int'l Criminal Court. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Naila Khalil reports at al-`Arabi al-Jadid (The New Arab) reports from Ramallah that Israel has withdraw the VIP Pass from Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki. The government of Binyamin Netanyahu was apparently angered that al-Maliki and other Palestine officials conducted talks in the Hague this past Thursday with Fatou Bensouda …
(2021-03-22). Representative Ro Khanna Explains Why He Called Out Biden's Air Strike in Syria. thenation.com Representative Ro Khanna Explains Why He Called Out Biden's Air Strike in Syria…
(2021-03-22). Imperial Covid-19 Response Team: A year tracking the global pandemic. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's COVID-19 Response Team has spent over a year tracking the trajectory of the coronavirus pandemic.
(2021-03-22). 'Disastrous' consequences of cuts to global science collaboration, warn experts. imperial.ac.uk Experts have emphasised the value of international collaborative science and the need for its long-term financial security.
(2021-03-22). Artificial intelligence can help spot traces of natural selection. imperial.ac.uk Researchers have used advanced AI and large sets of genomic data to unveil how humans have adapted to recent diseases.
(2021-03-22). Direction of needle penetration in brain affects drug uptake, finds new study. imperial.ac.uk The direction at which drug-delivering needles enter the brain affects how well medicine permeates, a new Imperial study on sheep brains has found.
(2021-03-22). New surge in COVID-19 pandemic accelerates internationally. wsws.org As cases of COVID-19 and deaths from the virus rise around the world, vaccine nationalism becomes an increasingly lethal impediment to a scientifically grounded, internationally coordinated response to the global pandemic.
(2021-03-22). Brazilian State of Maranhà£o obtains 4.5 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine. peoplesworld.org 
The Governor of the Brazilian State of Maranhà£o, Flávio Dino, a member of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB), signed a contract on March 17 with the Sovereign Russian Fund authorizing the acquisition of 4.582 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine to combat the coronavirus. This vaccine, produced by the Gamaleya laboratory, has …
(2021-03-22). Vacuna AstraZeneca suspendida en toda Europa. "Posibles reacciones autoinmunes, coagulación sanguínea, accidente cerebrovascular y hemorragia interna" globalizacion.ca 
ACTUALIZACIàìN | Francia, Alemania e Italia, que habían suspendido la vacuna AstraZeneca, reanudaron su aplicación "después de que los funcionarios de salud intentaron disipar las preocupaciones de que pueda provocar coágulos de sangre" (Informe VA) | Esta decisión fue tomada tras las…
(2021-03-22). CDC Ignores Inquiry into Increasing Number of Deaths, Injuries Reported After COVID Vaccines. globalresearch.ca Data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
(2021-03-22). Peru's President Sagasti Refuses To Declare Over 'Vaccinegate'. telesurenglish.net Peru's President Francisco Sagasti announced that he would not attend a congressional subpoena scheduled for Monday to respond to the allegations of COVID-19 illegal vaccinations in his Cabinet. | RELATED: | On March 18, the Congress' Constitutional Accusations Subcommittee summoned Sagasti on "the Vaccinegate", a scandal involving former Health Minister Pilar Mazzetti and former Foreign Affairs Minister Elizabeth Astet…
(2021-03-22). Venezuela Returns to National Lockdown as Vaccine Deal Brokered. venezuelanalysis.com A ground-breaking agreement between the government and Guaidó-led opposition will allegedly allow the purchase of 12 million additional doses.
(2021-03-22). 31 Reasons Why I Won't Take the Vaccine. globalresearch.ca The following list was created by Israeli Rabbi
(2021-03-22). Gov. Ron DeSantis Opposes Vaccine Passports in Florida. globalresearch.ca Good for Governor Ron DeSantis. In sharp contrast with New …
(2021-03-22). Vaccine Nationalism Is Patently Unjust. thenation.com Vaccine Nationalism Is Patently Unjust…
(2021-03-22). Humanity Will Not be Saved by Vaccines. "Hunger is Caused by Poverty and Inequality" globalresearch.ca "Hunger is caused by poverty and inequality, not scarcity. Over the …
(2021-03-22). The US Indo-Pacific strategy and its delusions. peoplesdispatch.org Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha talks about the Anchorage meeting between the US and China, the recent Quad summit, and how geo-political considerations are playing a role in the distribution of vaccines…
(2021-03-22). Hedges: The Evil Within Us. scheerpost.com By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost Robert Aaron Long, 21, charged with murdering eight victims, six of whom were Asian women, at three Atlanta-area massage parlors, told police that he carried out the killings to eliminate the temptations that fed his sexual addiction. His church, Crabapple First Baptist Church, in Milton, Georgia, which opposes sex outside of marriage… |
(2021-03-22). Sturgeon's future in jeopardy as Scottish National Party civil war intensifies. wsws.org The attempt by Nicola Sturgeon's close allies to railroad former SNP leader and Alex Salmond to jail on MeToo-inspired sex charges is backfiring spectacularly.
(2021-03-22). Cuba's Contributions in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic. zcomm.org The Cuban Revolution shows that when resources are distributed equitably, health outcomes previously unimaginable are possible…
(2021-03-22). Second-Wave Feminism: Accomplishments & Lessons. zcomm.org What is second-wave feminism? What did it accomplish? What can a new generation learn from it?>
(2021-03-22). Haiti: Canada & U.S. Support Coups and Dictators. zcomm.org In Haiti, President Moise refused to leave when his term was over, and hundreds of thousands have protested in the streets demanding his resignation…
(2021-03-22). Columbia Graduate Workers Are on Strike. zcomm.org Other Higher-Ed Workers Should Follow Their Lead…
(2021-03-22). The Future of L.A. is Here. zcomm.org Robin D.G. Kelley's Radical Imagination Shows Us the Way…
(2021-03-22). Omar urges end to prison contracts to fix 'abuse-ridden' immigration detention system. zcomm.org Representative calls on Biden administration to phase out contracts between ICE and local jails and prisons…
(2021-03-22). Gangs Rule the Streets of Jovenel MoàØse's Haiti. thenation.com Gangs Rule the Streets of Jovenel MoàØse's Haiti…
(2021-03-22). The Roots of the Atlanta Shooting Go Back to the First Law Restricting Immigration. thenation.com The Roots of the Atlanta Shooting Go Back to the First Law Restricting Immigration…
(2021-03-22). Why 'Due Process' Isn't a Solution to the Cuomo Allegations. thenation.com Why 'Due Process' Isn't a Solution to the Cuomo Allegations…
(2021-03-22). The Untold History of Freedom. thenation.com The Untold History of Freedom…
(2021-03-22). The Atlanta Killing's Roots Go Back to the First Law Restricting Immigration. thenation.com The Atlanta Killing's Roots Go Back to the First Law Restricting Immigration…
(2021-03-22). We Have Your Back! Amazon Bessemer Oakland Supporters Rally & Caravan. indybay.org As part of an international day of Solidarity, a car caravan and rally was held in Oakland of supporters of the Bessemer Alabama Amazon workers.
(2021-03-22). Pacifica CRD 3/22/21 Covid, Amazon Billions and Workers' Rights. indybay.org Pacifica's Covid, Race & Democracy focuses on the medical conditions of Mumia Abu-Jamal and also the struggle of the Bessemer Alabama Amazon warehouse workers who are voting this month for a union.
(2021-03-22). Oakland Caravan, Traffic Jam, and Rally to Support Amazon Union Drive. indybay.org Continuing Actions in Support of Alabama Amazon Workers' Union Drive…
(2021-03-22). Protest at Amazon's New SF Warehouse Site. indybay.org International Day of Protests in Support of Alabama Amazon Workers' Union Drive…
(2021-03-22). Sunday 3/21: The Great Labor Rebellion of the 1930s. indybay.org Zoom meeting. Login info on our website: ICSSMARX.ORG…
(2021-03-22). HR 1976 Medicare for All Act of 2021. indybay.org On March 17, 2021, Rep. Jayapal Pamila of Wash. state and Rep. Deborah Dingell of Michigan introduced this year's version of the urgently needed Medicare for All Act of 2021 with a total of 112 sponsors, all Democrats, and it needs 218 to pass. See www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/1976/cosponsors?q={%22search%22: [%22actionSessionCode: \%22117-1 | 1000\%22+AND+billIsReserved: \%22N\%22%22]}&r=9&s=4&searchResultViewType=compact…
(2021-03-22). CA Abandons Its Commitment to Ethnic Studies under Right Wing Pressure—The Fight Continues. indybay.org On March 18, 2021, the California State Board of Education (SBE) rubber-stamped a whitewashed Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) in the face of massive public backlash. This version of the ESMC was panned by teachers, students, community organizations, and Ethnic Studies scholars—including Angela Davis, Cornel West, and Marc Lamont Hill. In disgust, all 20 of the Ethnic Studies educators who drafted the original version of the ESMC demanded that their names be removed.
(2021-03-22). 3/20 Lee Siu Hin: The Epoch Times, Trump's Favorite Cult Propaganda Machine. indybay.org The Epoch Times, the propaganda arm of the U.S.-backed Chinese cult Falun Gong, has built an unholy alliance among anti-China, anti-communist Republicans, far right domestic terrorists, and Donald Trump…
(2021-03-22). Saturday 4/17: Climate Change; The Top 10 things you Should Know in San Francisco. indybay.org Zoom Live…
(2021-03-22). Thursday 4/8: "Build Bridges, Not Walls": New Book Talk w/ Journalist & Activist Todd Miller. indybay.org Online event…
(2021-03-22). 23 Comparisons Of Tree Fruits And Nuts To Slaughterhouse Cadavers. indybay.org Many ways in which tree, bush, and vine fruit is better than | slaughterhouse products.
(2021-03-22). SF Judge Rules School District Must Vacate Renaming. indybay.org On March 18, 2021, Judge Ethan Schulman issued an Alternative Writ of Mandate in a lawsuit ordering the SF School District to either vacate the Board Resolution of January 26, 2021, the school renaming resolution, and dissolve the Renaming Committee, or show up in court on May 6, 2021 and explain why it has not complied with the order. See www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/SFSchoolNaming-ORDER.pdf…
(2021-03-22). Saturday 4/3: South Bay Trans Day of Visiblity. indybay.org Virtual event…
(2021-03-22). Oakland City Council Voices Strong Support for Immediate Implementation of MACRO. indybay.org The Tuesday, March 16th Oakland City Council began with overwhelming support during public comment for Mobile Assistance Community Responders of Oakland (MACRO), the alternative emergency response model that was developed to respond to a broad range of non-violent emergency calls without police. The votes to create a division within the fire department to house MACRO and to direct the city administrator to expeditiously implement the pilot was unanimous, as all city council members joined the resolution as co-sponsors.
(2021-03-22). Saturday 4/10: The 51st State: D.C. Statehood and America's Future Panel Discussion. indybay.org Online event…
(2021-03-22). We can do to the Senate what Brits did to the House of Lords. indybay.org After two centuries as an anti-Democratic force, the Senate needs to adapt or it might wake up one day and find that its powers have been stripped down to ceremonial engagements. Don't laugh! Our neighbors from across the pond not too long ago did exactly this to the House of Lords.
(2021-03-22). Stop Racist Attacks! SF Chinatown Rally Against Murders, Systemic Racism & China Bashing. indybay.org Hundreds of San Francisco rallied in San Francisco at Portsmouth Square to protest the racist murders in Atlanta and the growing xenophobia and terror attacks on Chinese and all Asian people.
(2021-03-22). Friday 3/26: Rise Up With Asians March & Rally in San Franisco. indybay.org Meet at Union Square, 333 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, then march down Powell & Market Streets to Embarcadero Plaza rally | MASKS & SAFETY DISTANCING REQUIRED; Peaceful protest event…
(2021-03-22). The Case of Alexei Navalny: Reviving the Cold War. dissidentvoice.org The mass media considers Alexei Navalny to be Vladimir Putin's main opponent. However, a "Levada Center poll from November 2020 — three months after Navalny's poisoning — found that only 2% of Russians would vote for Navalny if he were a presidential candidate. That is a number that has remained steady for years." How is …
(2021-03-22). Progressive sections in Poland denounce attack on LGBT activists. peoplesdispatch.org LGBT rights groups in Poland along with other progressive sections have denounced an attack on LGBT activists in the city of Gdansk. On March 17, around thirty masked men attacked a training session of the Homokomando Trójmiasto sports group in Gdansk. Two of the athletes were injured and had to be taken to hospital. A police complaint was subsequently filed by the sports group. Homokomando leadership stated that the attack was carried out by right-wing terrorists who wanted to curtail LGBT activism in Poland. | Homokomando is a sports club in Poland which engages LGBT people and supporters to train and play toge…
(2021-03-22). Joe Biden, otro presidente patotero (y van…). globalizacion.ca A veces, las formas cambian, pero en el fondo Estados Unidos sigue siendo el mismo, al menos para nosotros, los latinoamericanos y caribeños. Algunos pensaron que en vez del garrote, el muro, las restricciones a los inmigrantes y el discurso…
(2021-03-22). In a Devastating Pandemic Year, Amazon Was Its Biggest Winner. commondreams.org How the virus that battered the economy was a boon for Jeff Bezos. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/amazon_5.jpg …
(2021-03-22). Why Is Amazon Abusing Its Workers? Because It Can. commondreams.org The power shift can be reversed—but only with stronger labor laws, tougher trade deals, and a renewed commitment to antitrust. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/jeff.jpg …
(2021-03-22). The Evil Within Us: Evangelicals and Mass Murder in Atlanta. commondreams.org Millions of largely white Americans, hermetically sealed within the ideology of the Christian Right, yearn to destroy the 'Satanic' forces they blame for the debacle of their lives. And one such evangelical just killed eight people in Atlanta. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/racism_1.jpg …
(2021-03-22). Private Prison Company Poisoned Immigrants at Adelanto for A Decade. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-22). Sunrise Movement Responds to Biden Team's $3 Trillion Infrastructure Proposal: "Even Manchin Called for $4 Trillion" commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-22). Gas Export Terminal on Delaware River Moves NJ Away From Its Renewable Resources Goal. commondreams.org Creation of a gas export terminal is a backward-looking, short-sighted, risky project for New Jersey and the region. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/delaware_0.jpg …
(2021-03-22). Plans for Annova LNG Fracked Gas Export Terminal Ditched. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-22). Dozens of Advocacy Groups Launch Coalition to Ban Surveillance Advertising. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-22). Congressional Committee Considers Vital Climate-Friendly Lift America Act. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-22). New Poll Shows Record-High Support for D.C. Statehood. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-22). The Boundless Advantages of the Welfare State—for the Rich. commondreams.org Robbing the rest of us blind, wealthy Americans benefit from a wide array of tax breaks and government subsidies that are hidden behind the constant Republican blather about entitlements for the poor. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/make_billionaires_pay.jpg …
(2021-03-22). Economic Liberties' Statement on President Biden's Nomination of Lina Khan to the FTC. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-22). After Congressional Hearing On D.C. Statehood, Stand Up America Urges Congress to Pass H.R. 51. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-22). Henderson to Congress: DC Residents Must Have a Voice in our Democracy. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-22). Sanders Announces Senate Budget Committee Hearing on Ending Our Rigged Tax Code. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-22). $52 Trillion Investor Coalition Release Net-Zero Ratings for Biggest Global Polluters. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-22). It's Time to Right This Historic Wrong and Make Washington, DC a State. commondreams.org Make my generation the last to be denied equal representation in Congress. Make sure my future children won't grow up in the shadows of democracy. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/dc.jpg …
(2021-03-22). It's Time to Give D.C. the True Autonomy and Self-Governance That Comes With Statehood. commondreams.org Our country must grant full and equal rights to the 712,000 residents of D.C. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/statehood.jpg …
(2021-03-22). An Open Letter to Joe Manchin: Care About Workers, Not Inflation. commondreams.org Your concerns about workers leaving the workplace reveal an appalling ignorance of the demands and inequities of the labor market. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/manchin_1_0.jpg …
(2021-03-22). People's Action Statement on President Biden's $3T Infrastructure and Jobs Package. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-22). Argentina — La confabulación de Macri con el FMI. globalizacion.ca El Gobierno argentino del presidente Alberto Fernández está desenredando la enorme confabulación entre el exrégimen de Mauricio Macri y el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) mediante la cual ese organismo otorgó un crédito por 56 300 millones de dólares que se…
(2021-03-22). Brasil: La batalla comunicacional que se viene. globalizacion.ca Hay un debate en curso en Brasil sobre el uso de la palabra genocida para nombrar a Jair Bolsonaro. Militantes del PT detenidos en una protesta frente al Palacio del Planalto e influenciadores digitales convocados por la justicia fueron dos…
(2021-03-22). México — El manual sobre cómo perder un país. globalizacion.ca La oportuna aparición en México del libro de la periodista turca Elce Temelkuran, " Cómo perder un país ", es también un llamado de atención a las bases mismas de la convivencia. Significa un llamado urgente de alerta, porque previene…
(2021-03-22). El paquete de salvamento de Biden. globalizacion.ca El histórico paquete de casi 3 trillones de dólares de estímulo a la economía firmado por el presidente Joe Biden la semana pasada ayudará a salir de la pobreza a millones de estadounidenses y pondrá al país del otro lado…
(2021-03-22). Israel takes 'VIP border pass' from Palestinian minister following ICC meeting. middleeasteye.net 
Israel takes 'VIP border pass' from Palestinian minister following ICC meeting | Palestinian Authority foreign minister Riad al-Maliki had pass taken from him after meeting with international court's lead prosecutor | Mon, 03/22/2021 – 11: 15 | PA foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki gestures during a press conference organised by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) on…
(2021-03-22). Save Sheikh Jarrah: The online campaign giving hope to Palestinian refugees in East Jerusalem. middleeasteye.net 
Save Sheikh Jarrah: The online campaign giving hope to Palestinian refugees in East Jerusalem | Residents of Karm al-Jaouni live under the threat of forcible eviction that would see them replaced by Israeli settlers
| Mon, 03/22/2021 – 15: 05 | Nabil al-Kurd, a long-time resident of Karm al-Jaouni, stands next to a wall graffitied with "We will not leave" in Arabic (MEE/Aseel Jundi) | At first…
(2021-03-22). Turkey: Lira tumbles and Istanbul stock exchange briefly suspended after sharp fall. middleeasteye.net 
Turkey: Lira tumbles and Istanbul stock exchange briefly suspended after sharp fall | Markets have reacted strongly over shock sacking of central bank chief after just four months in the job | Mon, 03/22/2021 – 08: 12 | A woman walks past an information screen displaying rates in front of an exchange office in Istanbul, on October 26, 2020 (AFP) | The Istanbul stock exchange briefly suspen…
(2021-03-22). UAE helped broker peace talks between India and Pakistan: Report. middleeasteye.net 
UAE helped broker peace talks between India and Pakistan: Report | Unnamed Emirati official said they hoped both sides would eventually resolve trade and Kashmir dispute, Bloomberg reports | Mon, 03/22/2021 – 16: 49 | India and Pakistan cut ties two years ago after a suicide attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed 40 Indian soldiers (AFP) | The United Arab Emirates (UAE) allegedly helped broker a ceasefire…
(2021-03-22). Saudi Arabia issues Yemen ceasefire initiative; Houthis say it's 'not serious'. middleeasteye.net 
Saudi Arabia issues Yemen ceasefire initiative; Houthis say it's 'not serious' | Saudi proposal calls for UN-monitored ceasefire and opening Sanaa airport to a 'number of regional and international direct flights' | Mon, 03/22/2021 – 13: 49 | Forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed government in the northwestern Hajjah province, 11 March (AFP/File photo) | Saudi Arabia announced a ceasefire initiative to halt the…
(2021-03-22). Egypt's pro-Sisi media to temper criticism of Turkey amid warming ties. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt's pro-Sisi media to temper criticism of Turkey amid warming ties | The development comes as Cairo and Ankara appear to be patching up relations after years of hostility | Mon, 03/22/2021 – 14: 55 | Egypt's Minister of Information Osama Heikal said Egypt-based media would be expected to "adhere to calm". 14 June 2020. (Khaled Desouki/AFP) | Cairo has welcomed recent Turkish demands that Istanbul-based Egy…
(2021-03-22). Istanbul stock exchange briefly suspended after major fall. middleeasteye.net Istanbul stock exchange briefly suspended after major fall | Markets have reacted strongly over shock sacking of central bank chief after just three months in the job | Mon, 03/22/2021 – 08: 12 | A woman walks past an information screen displaying rates in front of an exchange office in Istanbul, on October 26, 2020 (AFP) | The Istanbul stock exchange briefly suspended trading on Monday af…
(2021-03-22). UN experts call for 'effective investigation' into Hezbollah critic's murder. middleeasteye.net 
UN experts call for 'effective investigation' into Hezbollah critic's murder | UN officials say government should seek international technical assistance in probe into killing of Lokman Slim | Mon, 03/22/2021 – 19: 35 | A memorial ceremony for Lokman Slim in garden of family residence in Beirut, 11 February (AFP) | UN human rights experts have raised concerns over the integrity of the Lebanese government's pro…
(2021-03-22). Israel planning to relocate Khan al-Ahmar residents to new area in West Bank. middleeasteye.net 
Israel planning to relocate Khan al-Ahmar residents to new area in West Bank | Israeli officials' latest proposal would move residents of West Bank village to an area that would allow them 'to maintain the same texture of life' | Mon, 03/22/2021 – 13: 22 | A Palestinian of the Jahalin tribe walks with a Palestinian flag in the village of Khan al-Ahmar in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, 29 November 2020 (AFP)…
(2021-03-22). Study Finds Glyphosate in More Than Half of All Sampled Florida Manatees. globalresearch.ca A
(2021-03-21). The Latest Lies About Russia. dissidentvoice.org Things that we now know are not actually true: Russia impacted the U.S. election results in 2016 or 2020. Russia hacked into U.S. election machines. The recent U.S. government report alleging election interference contained any evidence of anything. The report so much as alleged Russian involvement in the Biden-Ukraine-corruption story. Russia changed the GOP platform. …
(2021-03-21). Protests continue in Paraguay demanding resignation of the president. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands of Paraguayans have been mobilizing for over two weeks in different cities of the country in rejection of the national government's mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and the deepening of economic crisis and social inequality. | Protests intensified on March 18 when Congress rejected the impeachment of far right President Mario Abdo Benítez, vice-president Hugo Velázquez and the rest of the cabinet in Paraguay.
(2021-03-21). Candidates To The Runoff Debate On The Economy And The Effects Of The Pandemic. telesurenglish.net The two final hopefuls for the April 11th runoff, Andrés Arauz and Guillermo Lasso had their first and only debate this Sunday and focused on economic issues and the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country. | Organized by the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Ecuador, the debate lasted an hour and a half. The use of American dollars as the national currency and its implications as well as the vaccination against the coronavirus marked the discussion. | The candidate for the leftist Union of Hope, the economist Andrés Arauz, insisted that his government would keep the US dollar as the national currency…
(2021-03-21). Paraguayans rise in rage against mishandling of COVID-19. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode of Around the World in 8 Minutes, we take a look at protests in Paraguay against the mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic, a massive strike by bank employees in India and a protest by students in South Africa…
(2021-03-21). West Papua: Rape The Women To Rape The Land. counterpunch.org 
West Papua is often described as "remote", a handy word conveying two meanings: a pristine place for an exotic holiday and too far away for most people to give a damn. The Jakarta Post gives as its first reason for visiting this wonderland, "Dive with Friendly Whale Sharks". Number 8 on the list is gawking
(2021-03-21). National Day of Action March 27: Call It What It Is, a Hate Crime! Stop Anti-Asian Violence, Stop China-Bashing! liberationnews.org 
The following national call to action was issued by the ANSWER Coalition Join the Sat. March 27 National Day of Action! Endorse the national day of action here Organize an event in your city — register your event here Find local actions in your city: San Francisco, CA 11 AM — 12 PM — A …
(2021-03-21). Tanks, Tanks, Tanks: Biden-Era Neoliberalism and the Suffocation of Syria. realprogressives.org 
"All for ourselves, and nothing for other people, seems, in every age of the world, to have been the vile maxim of the masters of mankind." | Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations | It's not difficult these days to find symbolism for America's culture built on violence and colonialism. Party to party, politician to politician, oligarch to oligarch, everything appears to be an illusion which harms the world the more we believe in it. It was just last January that Joe Biden illegally ordered a missile strike targeted towards Syrian soil. It was aimed at an Iranian-backed militia, and wound up killing at least…
(2021-03-21). On the road to catastrophe: Biden administration seeks united front for showdown with China. liberationnews.org 
The first major summit between top U.S. and Chinese officials ended on March 19 in Anchorage, Alaska, and reflected the profound tensions that have come to define the relationship between the two countries. The U.S. side, represented by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, used the meeting as an opportunity …
(2021-03-21). Asians are good at math? Why dressing up racism as a compliment just doesn't add up. juancole.com 
By Niral Shah | — The narrative that "Asians are good at math" is pervasive in the United States. Young children are aware of it. College students' academic performance can be affected by it. On the surface, the "Asians are good at math" narrative sounds like a compliment. After all, what's wrong with saying that …
(2021-03-21). The Curse of White Supremacy Must Be Fought, Not Handed Over to a Committee. counterpunch.org 
In recent years, the United States has once again begun to face a reckoning over its history and practice of white supremacy. In 2020, this reckoning became a raging fire that burned across the nation after Minneapolis police killed a Black man by choking him to death. This latest firestorm led to numerous commissions being
(2021-03-21). On Contact: America's Secret Government. popularresistance.org On the show this week, Chris Hedges discusses the rise of America's secret government with journalist and author David Talbot. David Talbot's book is 'The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government'.
(2021-03-21). GLOBALink | China's Red Line Should Never Be Crossed: Chinese Delegation. telesurenglish.net The governing status of the CPC and the security of China's socialist system should not be damaged, and that is a red line that should never be crossed, said the Chinese delegations during the China-U.S. high-level strategic dialogue in Anchorage, U.S.
(2021-03-21). Money Is Made Up. popularresistance.org Have you ever noticed how online capitalism cultists who condescendingly tell socialists they "just don't understand economics" are always unable to lucidly defend their own understanding of economics? | If you've never pressed such a character to clearly and concisely explain what it is you "don't understand" using their own words, I highly recommend that you try it, because it's one of the funniest things in the world. If you keep interrogating them about each aspect of their belief system, demanding that they explain exactly what it is they know and how they know it, they will invariably end up getting frustra…
(2021-03-21). Ecuador: First Presidential Debate To Take Place Tonight. telesurenglish.net Union for Hope (UNES) leftist presidential candidate Andres Arauz and right-wing Creating Opportunities (CREO) candidate Guillermo Lasso today will hold their first presidential debate of the April 11 runoff. | RELATED: | Given the resignation of journalist Andrea Bernal to be the moderator in the second round presidential debate scheduled this Sunday by the National Electoral Council (CNE) of Ecuador, journalist Claudia…
(2021-03-21). "The Great Reset" Is Here: Follow the Money. "Insane Lockdown" of the Global Economy, "The Green Agenda" globalresearch.ca The top-down reorganization of the world economy by a technocratic cabal led by the group around the Davos World Economic Forum— the so-called Great Reset or UN Agenda 2030— is no future proposal. It is well into actualization as the world remains in insane lockdown for a virus…
(2021-03-21). Lawsuit against Trudeau Government: Constitutional Lawyer Rocco Galati and the Lies and Crimes of the COVID Operation. globalresearch.ca Celebrated Canadian Constitutional lawyer Rocco Galati characterizes the COVID Operation as "the biggest example of misinformation and lies on a global scale that we've seen." | The Constitutional challenge that he is filing with the Ontario Superior Court seeks to pull …
(2021-03-21). Video: Dr. Mike Yeadon on COVID-19 Restrictions and Lockdown. globalresearch.ca Watch Dr. Mike Yeadon as he talks about …
(2021-03-21). Call for a Moratorium on COVID Jabs in North America. globalresearch.ca To Jason Kenney, Premier of Alberta, | Justin Trudeau, Prime …
(2021-03-21). Biden and the Pot Heads: The Return of the Drug Moralists. dissidentvoice.org Promises are very much made to be broken, and the Biden administration is proving to be no exception. In a moral fit, the Biden White House has gone through the ranks of staffers with a keen eye on past marijuana use and wielded the axe and cudgel. White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki, a firm …
(2021-03-21). Pasture Cropping — The Innovative No-Kill, No-Till System. popularresistance.org Regenerative agriculture is a global farming revolution with rapid uptake and interest around the world. Five years ago hardly anyone had heard about it. It is in the news nearly everyday now. This agricultural revolution has been led by innovative farmers rather than scientists, researchers and governments. It is being applied to all agricultural sectors including cropping, grazing and perennial horticulture. | In previous articles we have described how regenerative agriculture maximizes the photosynthesis of plants to capture carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to increase soil organic matter. Soil organic matte…
(2021-03-21). Students workers in US universities mobilize for better work conditions. peoplesdispatch.org After student workers at Columbia University went ahead with a strike action, their counterparts at Illinois State University and New York University are also planning strike votes as negotiations with university administrations have hit a wall…
(2021-03-21). Bolivia — No temas, Jeanine, no somos como vos. globalizacion.ca No tengas miedo, Jeanine. | A vos no te van a golpear hasta hacerte pulpa la cara. | No te raparan la cabeza hasta hacerte sangrar el cuero cabelludo, con las manos atadas a la espalda. | No te arrastrarán por las calles,…
(2021-03-21). There's Only One State Where Falling Behind On Rent Could Mean Jail Time. popularresistance.org Arkansas state Rep. Nicole Clowney, D-Fayetteville, introduced a bill Thursday that would repeal the state's criminal "failure to vacate" statute. First enacted in 1901, the law allows landlords to seek criminal charges, which can result in jail time, for tenants who fall even a single day behind on rent and do not vacate a property within 10 days. Everywhere else in the U.S., evictions are exclusively a civil matter. | The legislation comes after a ProPublica and Arkansas Nonprofit News Network article in October revealed how criminal charges brought under the statute can snowball into arrest warrants and jail t…
(2021-03-21). Enbridge Is 'Funding And Incentivizing' Police To Crack Down On Its Opponents. popularresistance.org Park Rapids, MN – Jane Fonda's trip to Minnesota has not gone exactly as planned. She expected attention from the media. She did not expect attention from the police. | The actress and climate activist told HEATED on Tuesday that her much-publicized press conference to oppose the Line 3 tar sands pipeline was delayed because of an extended interaction with the Minnesota State Patrol. On her way to the event, the vehicle leading her caravan was pulled over for failure to signal more than 100 feet before a turn. | "We pulled over to wait for them, it took a long time to process their identification, and they ended…
(2021-03-21). Crisis total: Tasar a las grandes fortunas antes que la Tierra arda. globalizacion.ca Vivimos en una época de crisis generalizada: política, económica, sanitaria, ética. A nivel internacional, desde 2008 la crisis económica mundial ha mostrado su evidente rostro estructural (desempleo crónico, desastre ambiental, hambre creciente), ahora agravada por uno de los resultados de…
(2021-03-21). Inside the Horror Show of Northern Uganda. globalresearch.ca The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) began as an evolution of the …
(2021-03-21). Brasil — La reelección de Bolsonaro. globalizacion.ca En este artículo el autor argumenta que antes que tomar partido por un candidato para enfrentar a Bolsonaro en 2022, lo que hay que hacer es pensar un proyecto que anime al pueblo brasileño a salir de la inercia en…
(2021-03-21). Demolition Of Palestinian Houses Continues. popularresistance.org The report published on March 16 revealed that the monthly average of demolition of Palestinian houses by the occupying Israeli authorities has increased by 65% in 2021 as compared to 2020. In the month of February alone, at least 305 Palestinians, including 172 children, lost their homes and were displaced due to demolition of homes by the Israeli authorities.
(2021-03-21). How America's Forever Wars and Interventions Fueled the Assault on the Capitol. scheerpost.com B Kevin Tillman / TomDispatch Just about everyone was shocked by what happened at the Capitol building on January 6th. But as a former soldier in America's forever wars, horrifying as the scenes were, I also found what happened strangely familiar, almost inevitable. I thought that, if only we had taken our country's imperial history …
(2021-03-21). Washington's Delusion of Endless World Dominion. tomdispatch.com Empires live and die by their illusions. Visions of empowerment can inspire nations to scale the heights of global hegemony. Similarly, however, illusions of omnipotence can send fading empires crashing into oblivion. So it was with Great Britain in the 1950s and so it may be with the United States today. By 1956, Britain had exploited its global empire shamelessly for a decade in an effort to lift its domestic economy out of the rubble of World War II. It was looking forward to doing so for many decades to come. Then an obscure Egyptian army colonel named Gamal Abdel Nasser seized the Suez Canal and Britain's es…
(2021-03-21). Parisians March Against Systemic Racism And Police Brutality. popularresistance.org Watch a live broadcast from central Paris where people are gathering on Saturday 20 March to march against "systemic racism and police brutality." | Organised by several activist groups to mark the International Day Against Police Brutality (15 March) and the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (21 March), people are demanding the creation of an independent entity to monitor the use of force by police officers and reparation for victims of police brutality. | One of the organisers is Assa Traore, whose brother Adama, 24, died in police custody in 2016 after he was stopped for an ID chec…
(2021-03-21). Gestión Biden: Entre Demencia senil y la misma "miasma" globalizacion.ca Demencia senil, ocurrencias y accidentes… | Biden, se encontraba dando un discurso, cuando en medio de este, confundió el nombre de una congresista y se desorientó. Se encontraba en un centro de vacunación en Houston, Texas, cuando expresó: "Discúlpenme, que hago…
(2021-03-21). Venezuela Suffers New Terrorist Attack Against Gas Pipeline. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami denounced on Saturday a new terrorist attack against a gas pipeline of the state-owned company Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA). | RELATED: | The minister announced that terrorist action damaged a gas pipeline section located in Tejero, northern Monagas state. | The plant is used to compress gas and inject it at high pressure into oil wells in El Tejero, La Leona, and La Urica areas.
(2021-03-21). We're Hurtling Toward Global Suicide. popularresistance.org On January 13, one week before the inauguration of Joe Biden as the forty-sixth president of the United States and seven long days after the storming of the Capitol by an armed right-wing mob, it was easy enough to miss an article published in the journal Frontiers in Conservation Science, despite its eye-catching title: "Underestimating the Challenges of Avoiding a Ghastly Future." The headline was itself a train wreck: six dully innocuous words piling up in front of a modifier more suitable to a 1950s horror comic than a sober, academic journal. But there it was: The 17 scientists who co-wrote the article, the…
(2021-03-21). Carbon Offsets Offer A Fantasy Of Capitalism Without Crises. popularresistance.org Governments, companies and sometimes entire sectors are increasingly proposing to use carbon offsets in response to the deepening climate crisis. In theory, offsetting allows organisations to compensate for their own emissions by paying towards low-carbon projects elsewhere, but the practice has been mired in scientific problems and scandals, and it has been widely critiqued in the social sciences. | With the UK government now seeking to turn London into a global hub for the carbon offset trade, it's worth asking why it is still so prominent. My research on what I have called the fantasy of carbon offsetting help…
(2021-03-21). Syrian Foreign Minister Arrives at Muscat… Will the Sultanate of Oman Play a Role in Resolving the Syrian Crisis? globalresearch.ca Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Al-Miqdad
(2021-03-21). Standing up to anti-Asian violence and the struggle for full equality. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – For more than a year Asian Americans have seen a rising tide of violence aimed at individuals of Asian descent. Starting with a vicious knife attack on a father and his two sons, aged six and three years in Midland, Texas in March 2020 and now the murders of eight people, six of whom were Asian American women, near Atlanta, Georgia, thousands of attacks have been reported in the last year – and many more have not. | Modern violence against Asians goes back to the 1980s, when Vincent Chin was killed by two white Americans who blamed him for the rise of the Japanese auto industry, despite the fact th…
(2021-03-21). Invasion of Iraq remembered. greenleft.org.au Independent Iraqi journalist Abeer Hasan Al Ani told a gathering to mark the invasion of Iraq that the promises of freedom, democracy and prosperity the Iraqis longed for have never come true. Peter Boyle reports.
(2021-03-21). Israel seizes Palestinian foreign minister's travel permit after visit to International Criminal Court over war crimes probe. rt.com 
Palestinian Foreign Minister, Riyad al-Maliki, who was returning to the West Bank from a meeting at the International Criminal Court (ICC), was held up at a border crossing and got his VIP travel permit revoked by Israel. | Senior Palestinian official, Ahmed al-Deek, said that agents of Israel's Shin Bet intelligence service have questioned al-Maliki for around 30 minutes at the Allenby crossing from Jordan into the West Bank on Sunday. Members of the FM's entourage were questioned for around an hour, he added. | Al-Maliki's special travel permit has been revoked and he left the border crossing without it. The…
(2021-03-21). Pfizer Executive: Shift from Pandemic to Endemic. "Hiking Vaccine Price after Pandemic Wanes" globalresearch.ca Pfizer execs discuss hiking vaccine price after …
(2021-03-21). Vaccine nationalism? We can be accused of vaccine INTERNATIONALISM, EU commissioner says amid row over deliveries. rt.com 
A top EU official has said that "everything is on the table" as Brussels examines vaccine production and distribution. The European Commission earlier threatened to ban AstraZeneca from sending its vaccine outside of the bloc. | The BBC's Andrew Marr asked European Commissioner for Financial Stability Mairead McGuinness whether Brussels is serious in its threats to block vaccine exports to Britain. | "European Union, as I heard from your contributors, are being accused of vaccine nationalism. In fact, we could be accused of vaccine internationalism," McGuinness replied, adding that the European bloc has export…
(2021-03-21). Masks and distancing could be required for several more YEARS, British public health expert says. rt.com 
The UK may be racing ahead of its European neighbours in getting its population vaccinated, but Brits might have to stay masked up for "several years" if public health experts get their way. | New cases of Covid-19 in the UK have dropped tenfold since early January, and more than
(2021-03-21). Germany's Covid-19 restrictions may be extended amid rising cases, govt memo reportedly says. rt.com 
According to a government memo obtained by several media outlets, German's Federal Chancellery is planning to extend coronavirus lockdown restrictions for the next month. | The chancellery wants to delay the lifting of restrictions until a later date in April in an effort to curb a rise in infection cases "accelerated by Covid-19 variants," the document reportedly The paper is expected to "serve as the basis" of an upcoming meeting on Monday where Chanc…
(2021-03-21). After Biden snubs debate offer, Putin brings defense minister Shoigu for pre-planned getaway in remote Siberian wilderness (VIDEO). rt.com 
Russian President Vladimir Putin has spent the weekend in Siberia following a turbulent week in which his US counterpart, Joe Biden, suggested he was "a killer" and subsequently refused a challenge to have a live streamed debate. | The Kremlin, which released the images of Putin's trip on Sunday, would not disclose where exactly the president went. However, a good guess would be the Republic of Tuva, the home region of Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, who accompanied him during the getaway. | Shoigu showed Putin what seemed to be his workshop, according to the video and its description. The space is apparent…
(2021-03-21). North Korean embassy staff leave Malaysia as countries sever diplomatic ties over US extradition row. rt.com 
DPRK diplomats departed from Malaysia on Sunday, after Pyongyang cut ties with Kuala Lumpur over the extradition of one of its citizens to the US on money laundering charges. | Before the two buses containing diplomats departed for the airport, North Korean Charge d'Affaires Kim Yu Song read out a statement on the porch of the embassy, blasting Malaysia as "subservient" to Washington. | He accused Kuala Lumpur of "destroying the foundation of the bilateral relations based on the respect of sovereignty" by delivering an "innocent" North Korean citizen to the US, which is "the principal enemy" of Pyongyang. | Th…
(2021-03-21). Children's safety comes first: Israeli court defends right of school to bar unvaccinated, untested staff. rt.com 
In a landmark precedent, an Israeli court has rejected a bid by a teacher's aide who was looking to overturn a local council's decision to bar her from work over her unwillingness to be vaccinated or tested for Covid-19. | When one person's right to privacy and autonomy is placed on the scales opposite the well-being of students, teachers and parents, the balance "tips clearly" in favor of the latter, a Tel Aviv Labor Court judge ruled on Sunday. | The court supported the decision by the local council in the town of Tzur Yigal in central Israel, which demanded all teaching staff be vaccinated for the coronavir…
(2021-03-21). Making Covid-19 vaccines political was huge mistake on part of EU, Hungary's FM Szijjarto tells RT after getting his Sputnik V jab. rt.com 
Hungary's experience with the joint EU vaccination program has been frustrating, with Brussels failing to provide a steady supply of jabs. Instead, Budapest has secured vaccine's elsewhere, the country's foreign minister has said. | Peter Szijjarto spoke to RT on Sunday, a couple of days after he received the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine. The minister said he has not experienced any side effects. | I had not felt anything neither during vaccination nor after it. I received the first shot in the evening of Friday, so I can tell you that so far so good. | Hungary is set to receive around 700,000 additional dos…
(2021-03-21). 20 Rural Hospitals Closed in 2020. 13 Were in the South. truthout.org 
For the Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center, the last straw was the COVID-19 pandemic, which
(2021-03-21). The Late Dr. Bernard Lown Challenged Us to See the Invisible, Do the Impossible. truthout.org 
In December 1985, a movement of doctors committed to overcoming Cold War divisions in the interest of peace,
(2021-03-21). Our Taxes Subsidize as Much as 74 Cents of Every Dollar Donated by a Billionaire. truthout.org 
We are treated each day to multiple stories about billionaire philanthropy and acts of generosity, often with eye-popping figures. Whether we like the donor's giving strategy or not, we are encouraged to think of these as private actions and choices of beneficent people. Instead we should be thinking, "these are our tax dollars at work." | In discussions of billionaire philanthropy, we should not lose sight of two fundamental points: | We as taxpayers subsidize these donations, in the for…
(2021-03-21). How Union Activists Pushed Congress to Save Hundreds of Thousands of Pensions. truthout.org 
This article was originally published by "When Don first got his letter saying his pension was going to be cut 52 percent, it was one of those moments like when President Kennedy was killed and 9/11," said Dana Vargo, spouse of a retired Teamster. "You remember exactly where you were." | "My letter said, starting in a couple months, your pension will go from $3,000 a…
(2021-03-21). Tens of Thousands Protest "Crime Minister" Netanyahu in Israel as his Political Survival hangs in Balance. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Thousands of Israelis demonstrated Saturday at various places against Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who is being tried for corruption, as the country goes to the polls Tuesday. This was the 39th consecutive weekly demonstration against the beleageured prime minister, who polls suggest faces an extremely close election. If he …
(2021-03-21). Palestine Horizons: Winning the Long Game. zcomm.org The reaction by Israel to the ICC decision rises to apoplectic levels of intensity. The fuming response of Netanyahu was echoed across the whole spectrum of Israeli politicians…
(2021-03-21). Cuba: COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate Soberana 02 Is Almost Ready. telesurenglish.net The biopharmaceutical group BioCubaFarma announced that an intervention study would begin with the Cuban vaccine candidate against COVID-19 Soberana 02 this Saturday. | RELATED: | The State Center for the Control of Medicines and Medical Devices approved the trial to evaluate vaccination's direct and indirect effects on population groups at high risk of infection, disease, and spread of the pandemic. | Sovereign 02 will be appl…
(2021-03-21). Vaccine wars, ASEAN and the Quad. peoplesdispatch.org The COVID-19 pandemic demands that all nations cooperate to vaccinate the entire global population. The usual rules of which countries win and which ones lose do not operate in this civilizational crisis…
(2021-03-21). John Magufuli: Death of an African Freedom Fighter, Confronted Big Pharma and the Corrupt Covid Cabal. globalresearch.ca With humor, cheek, and audacity, Magufuli had crossed a line—exposing the fraud and illegitimacy of the PCR testing apparatus that the WHO relied on to justify the global lockdown, the terror, and the vaccine rollouts.
(2021-03-21). COVID-19 Vaccine Risks and Research. globalresearch.ca COVID-19 and related policy steps are causing great suffering, devastation, and …
(2021-03-21). The WHO and Big Pharma Rejected by Tanzania: President John Magufuli Says COVID-19 Vaccines Are "Dangerous and Unnecessary" globalresearch.ca Update | President John Magufuli has passed away. The country has lost …
(2021-03-21). New York Times Does Public Relations Work for the Pharmaceutical Industry. cepr.net The industry needs some good PR right now. After all, its refusal to share its vaccine technology could end up costing millions of lives in the developing world. In addition, it could mean trillions of dollars of lost output as countries need to shut down large segments of their economy. But the NYT is there …
(2021-03-21). Saudi Aramco's 2020 profits plummet on lower crude prices. middleeasteye.net 
Saudi Aramco's 2020 profits plummet on lower crude prices | Saudi Arabia's cash cow posts a 44.4 percent slump in net profits after Covid-19 weighs heavily on global demand | Sun, 03/21/2021 – 16: 02 | Aramco was listed on the Saudi bourse in December 2019 following the world's biggest initial public offering (Reuters) | Energy giant Saudi Aramco on Sunday posted a 44.4 percent slump in 20…
(2021-03-21). The Biggest Amazon Union Drive Yet. zcomm.org Please Help ZNet Source: Labor Notes Photo by lev radin/Shutterstock The chilly early-morning scene at a gas station March 9 recalls the morning rush hour anywhere, as workers shuffle into a convenience store for coffee and cigarettes. But look closer—a yellow hanger on a Jeep's rearview mirror is embossed
(2021-03-21). Garment workers win billions in stolen wages. zcomm.org The PayUp campaign's battle against wage theft has clawed back $22 billion from apparel companies during the pandemic, and they're just getting started…
(2021-03-21). Biden's Early Agenda Gives Hope, But Activist Pressure Must Not Cease. zcomm.org The dire challenges we face have no borders. Global heating, pandemics, disarmament will be dealt with internationally, if at all…
(2021-03-21). The Movement for Black Lives Has Been Waiting for This Moment. zcomm.org Racial justice organizers are preparing to take to the streets and the halls of power to push President Biden to meet their demands…
(2021-03-21). Starting Tonight (Sat): Online events w) Chomsky, McKibben, Frida Berrigan & many others. indybay.org Here are some 17 online events taking place over the coming month (and starting tonight, Saturday, March 20), featuring people such as Noam Chomsky, Bill McKibben, Frida Berrigan, Thomas Piketty, Paul Mason, Hazel Henderson, and many others.
(2021-03-21). Turkey Refuses to Give Up on Its Interests in Northeastern Syria. globalresearch.ca Turkey and its proxies are rushing to defend Ankara's interests in …
(2021-03-21). The pandemic has been hard on us extroverts — and it's not getting easier. salon.com You'd think we'd be excited to be getting back out there. But it's not that simple. We've regressed…
(2021-03-21). Lab leak: a scientific debate mired in politics — and unresolved. salon.com More than a year into the COVID pandemic, some scientists say the possibility of a lab leak never got a fair look…
(2021-03-21). Can you freeze potatoes? We investigated. salon.com The freezer keeps so many things fresh for months — does this apply to spuds?>
(2021-03-21). HBO's QAnon series "Q: Into the Storm" is a bewildering attempt to decode a super-conspiracy. salon.com Cullen Hoback's six-part look at the QAnon conspiracy explains everything, all at once, and remains perplexing…
(2021-03-21). MyPillow, MyMovie, MyFascistAmerica: Mike Lindell's upbeat, incoherent "Absolute Proof" salon.com I watched the MyPillow guy's election-conspiracy "docu-movie." He's selling something, but it ain't Donald Trump…
(2021-03-21). The unintended consequences of taming nature. salon.com In "Under a White Sky," Elizabeth Kolbert explores the blowback from our attempts to control the environment…
(2021-03-21). Robert Reich on how to unrig the GOP's minority rule. salon.com Even as a shrinking minority party, the GOP intends to entrench themselves in power over the majority…
(2021-03-21). This spring, it's time for an herby, citrusy Green Goddess renaissance. salon.com The dressing was created in San Francisco in the 1920s and eventually took on a New Age California health food glow…
(2021-03-21). This president's mom survived a brutal abuser: She's a genuine hero of women's history. salon.com Gerald Ford's mother left her abusive husband more than a century ago — when family violence was a dark secret…
(2021-03-21). Peanut butter is a great thing to spread on top of these roasted banana and sour cream waffles. salon.com Roasting the bananas in butter means you get melted, ever-so-slightly browned butter in your batter(aka flavor!)…
(2021-03-21). The no-pot, no-water way to make hard-boiled eggs. salon.com Fire up the oven for the easiest big batch of hard-boiled eggs of all time…
(2021-03-21). Milquetoast for all Three Meals: All's Dumb in the United States of A. dissidentvoice.org 
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them. — aphorism There is dumb-downing, cancel culture (I've been cancelled since beginning in 1972 in high school, way before the trendy terminology), forced consent, manufactured bifurcation, false balance, triangulation, perception as reality, equivocation, a host of propaganda …
(2021-03-21). Protest at Amazon's New SF Watehouse Site. indybay.org International Day of Protests in Support of Alabama Amazon Workers' Union Drive…
(2021-03-21). Unemployment myth and "Migrantization" of precarity. indybay.org Involuntary unemployment is afflicted with many prejudices, which impute a supposed lack of motivation and utility to those affected. Although these prejudices are easy to refute, politicians and representatives of the media cling to the neoliberal notion of individual guilt in unemployment. Unemployment has primarily structural causes and thus requires the assumption of political responsibility.
(2021-03-21). International Dockworkers Council letter for Mumia Abu-Jamal to PA Gov Tom Wolf. indybay.org This new letter from Spain was sent today to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf asking him to "reconsider Mumia's release for a murder that we believe he did not commit and that is purely for political reasons."
(2021-03-21). Legal update from Mumia Abu-Jamal's attorneys Judith Ritter and Sam Spital. indybay.org Reprinted below is a short legal update from Judy Ritter and Sam Spital, the attorneys who are litigating Mumia Abu-Jamal's conviction. On March 17th, they filed a response to DA Larry Krasner's position on the issues that are being re-litigated, following Tucker's ruling to reopen all appeals filed by Mumia's attorneys between 1998 – 2012. Maureen Faulkner also filed a motion yesterday. Both filings are attached.
(2021-03-21). Saturday 3/27: Mujer, Trabajo, Salud. indybay.org Dance Mission Theater | 3316 24th St. | San Francisco, CA 94110…
(2021-03-21). BREAKING: March 20 Mumia Abu-Jamal Health Update from Dr. Ricardo Alvarez. indybay.org The Jamal Journal has just received this update from Mumia Abu-Jamal's consulting physician Dr. Ricardo Alvarez. We want to send a special thanks to Mumia's supporters around the world for the letters and phone calls! Please keep building the public pressure for Mumia, but as Dr. Alvarez explains, Mumia does not currently require hospitalization for his skin condition. So we now ask supporters to please remove the call for hospitalization from their "take action demands."
(2021-03-21). WHY THOUSANDS OF TROOPS ARE STILL IN DC. indybay.org 30,000 National Guard units summoned to the Capitol resembled an armed camp…
(2021-03-21). Wednesday 4/21: Unity and Struggle: A Collective Inaugural Address. indybay.org Zoom Live…
(2021-03-21). The Case of Alexei Navalny. Reviving the Cold War. globalresearch.ca The mainstream media considers Alexei Navalny to be Vladimir Putin's main …
(2021-03-21). UK Increases the Maximum Number of Reserve Nuclear Warheads. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Russian Ambassador to London Andrei Kelin criticized the United Kingdom government's decision to increase its reserve nuclear warhead storage limit by 40 percent. | RELATED: | "This violates the Non-Proliferation Treaty and many other agreements that state there should only be a reduction in the number of nuclear warheads," said Kelin in an interview on LBC radio station. | This measure is based on th…
(2021-03-21). Eco-Fascism: Why It's a 'Veneer for Racist Beliefs'. commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/fridays-for-future-afghanistan.jpg …
(2021-03-21). Justin Trudeau's New 'Public' Bank Delivers for Investors, not for Us. commondreams.org These public-private partnerships ultimately drive up the cost of the projects and leave municipalities with less control over their own infrastructure. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/49640109633_3c57e5028d_o.jpg …
(2021-03-21). As Attacks Spike, Anti-Asian Violence Gets Lost in Translation. commondreams.org In America, everything is always about something else — even when it's not. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-955px-1231777242.jpg …
(2021-03-21). Cuba — Leer a Martí. globalizacion.ca Lo citamos con frecuencia pero no entramos, todo lo que debiéramos, en contacto directo con el caudal profundo de sus obras. Confieso que sus últimos diarios, sobre todo De Playitas a Dos Ríos, escrito después del difícil desembarco por el…
(2021-03-21). Brasil — El camino de salida del lawfare. globalizacion.ca En inglés, el término lawfare designa la judicialización de la política, la connivencia entre el poder judicial y los medios de comunicación para criminalizar a los líderes de izquierda. Es la nueva estrategia de la derecha, también llamada guerra híbrida,…
(2021-03-21). Argentina — Un mineral estratégico, no se debe mirar el litio solo como recurso extractivo. globalizacion.ca En la apertura de sesiones ordinarias del Congreso Nacional, el 1 de marzo pasado, el presidente Alberto Fernández informó que va a impulsar distintos proyectos legislativos desde el gobierno nacional. Entre ellos, se refirió específicamente a políticas de incorporación de…
(2021-03-21). Terrorismo islámico y contrabando de vacunas. Lo que faltaba. globalizacion.ca La ampulosa declaración del SAT consistente en que al implementar el protocolo de revisión a la aeronave que tenía como destino Honduras, se encontraron cinco mil dosis de la vacuna rusa Sputnik, ocultos entre golosinas y refrescos, y que la…
(2021-03-21). Yemen: Houthis admit teargas fired by guards caused deadly fire at detention centre. middleeasteye.net 
Yemen: Houthis admit teargas fired by guards caused deadly fire at detention centre | Houthis say they have detained 11 men from the security forces and senior officials over fire that left 45 migrants dead | Sun, 03/21/2021 – 10: 29 | Members representing African communities in Yemen gather to speak in front of the offices of the International Organisation for Migration in Sanaa on 13 March 2021 (AFP) | Yemen…
(2021-03-21). Egyptian feminist writer Nawal el-Saadawi dies aged 89. middleeasteye.net 
Egyptian feminist writer Nawal el-Saadawi dies aged 89 | A critic of taboos around women in society, Sadaawi clashed with Egyptian authorities throughout her life | Sun, 03/21/2021 – 16: 23 | Nawal el-Saadawi at a meeting of Egyptian writers in 2001 (AFP) | The Egyptian radical feminist writer Nawal el-Saadawi died on Sunday aged 89 after a career challenging social and religious taboos.
(2021-03-21). Jordan makes new US defence agreement public. middleeasteye.net 
Jordan makes new US defence agreement public | Move, which allows free entry of US forces, aircraft and vehicles onto the kingdom's territory, controversially bypassed parliament | Sun, 03/21/2021 – 18: 03 | A handout picture released by the Jordanian Royal Palace on 19 October 2020 shows US-built M60 tanks during a military drill in Jordan's eastern military zone (AFP) | Jordan on Sunday…
(2021-03-21). Pro-Kurdish MP briefly detained after four nights holed up in Turkey's parliament. middleeasteye.net 
Pro-Kurdish MP briefly detained after four nights holed up in Turkey's parliament | Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu was controversially expelled from his seat earlier this week as crackdown on HDP continues | Sun, 03/21/2021 – 09: 32 | Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu shows defiance after his dismissal from parliament (AFP) | Turkey briefly detained a pro-Kurdish MP who had been holed up in parliament sinc…
(2021-03-21). Pro-Kurdish MP detained after four nights holed up in Turkey's parliament. middleeasteye.net Pro-Kurdish MP detained after four nights holed up in Turkey's parliament | Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu was controversially expelled from his seat earlier this week as crackdown on HDP continues | Sun, 03/21/2021 – 09: 32 | Omer Faruk Gergerlioglu shows defiance after his dismissal from parliament (AFP) | Turkey has arrested a pro-Kurdish MP who had been holed up in parliament since being cont…
(2021-03-20). Fmr. Ambassador Robert Ford on the US role in Syria's 10-year war. thegrayzone.com Former US Ambassador to Syria Robert Ford speaks to Aaron Maté about the 10th anniversary of the Syrian war, the US role in the conflict, and why he now supports the withdrawal of US forces. 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 …
(2021-03-20). Ontario government covered up massive coronavirus outbreak at Amazon's Brampton warehouse. wsws.org Ministry of Labour officials were on site at the Heritage Road fulfillment centre just two days before a local health official ordered the facility closed due to a massive COVID-19 outbreak.
(2021-03-20). We Fight For Haiti Because We Are Haiti. popularresistance.org The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) seeks to recapture and redevelop the historic anti-war, anti-imperialist, and pro-peace positions of the radical black movement. We fundamentally oppose militarized domestic state repression; the policies of de-stabilization and subversion abroad; and the permanent war agenda of the U.S. state globally. | The reason we're here today in front of the Haiti Consulate-General is simple: we stand in solidarity with the Haitian people against the corrupt and illegitimate regime of Jovenel MoàØse, which is propped up by the Joseph R. Biden administration, the United Nations, and…
(2021-03-20). Australian government uses misleading jobless figures to ramp up attack on working conditions. wsws.org A closer examination of the data used points to the use of the mass unemployment caused by the global pandemic as a battering ram against the working class.
(2021-03-20). Turkish government moves to ban Kurdish-nationalist HDP. wsws.org The Turkish government is initiating legal action to ban the HDP amid the COVID-19 pandemic and mounting expectations of US military intervention in Syria.
(2021-03-20). Millions of Australian workers forced to deplete their retirement funds amid pandemic. wsws.org Many of those accessing their superannuation accounts were from low-paid and casualised employment in the retail and hospitality sectors, often leaving them with little or no retirement funds.
(2021-03-20). Starve The Pentagon, Feed The People. popularresistance.org The budget for 2021 clocked in at more than $740 billion. Passed during the throes of the pandemic in mid-2020, Congress awarded $130 billion more than requested for the nuclear-armed Columbia class submarine program. While these same legislators whittled down the second round of stimulus payments to Americans to $600, they simultaneously lined defense contractor's pockets. | These priorities, putting weapons before citizens, are clearly to the detriment of not just those living in the United States, but to those across the globe. The Pentagon intends to request more funding for nuclear weapons this year as part…
(2021-03-20). Pandemic threatens to explode in Massachusetts as Baker administration forces schools open. wsws.org Governor Baker's unelected board voted to give Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Commissioner Jeff Riley "full power of the law" to force open all state school districts amid dangers of a new surge.
(2021-03-20). Milwaukee protesters demand justice for police killing victim Joel Acevedo. liberationnews.org 
On March 5, several dozen activists and community members gathered at Kosciuszko Park, going door-to-door in the neighborhood where Acevedo was killed, to inform the public about the upcoming trial.
(2021-03-20). Why are hate crimes against Asian Americans on the rise? mronline.org 
Largely missing from this ongoing discussion is the role of the police and the capitalist state. The media has done an excellent job at depicting these violent acts as interpersonal and individual attacks. | Newswire…
(2021-03-20). Britain Threatens Humanity with Nuclear Winter without Explaining Why It Foresees War. dissidentvoice.org 
Both before the First World War and before the Second World War, the world public basically simply watched the arms build up and other preparations for war. This lackadaisical blandly interested public attitude seems to be present again. Criminally insane investors in war openly race forward with the inventing and manufacturing of ever new and …
(2021-03-20). Nuclear Fuel Buried 108 Feet from the Sea. dissidentvoice.org 
San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (Credit: Nuclear Regulatory Commission) The most toxic substance on Earth is separated from exposure to society by Ω" of steel encased in a canister. — Paul Blanch, registered professional engineer, US Navy Reactor Operator/Instructor That eye-opener comes from renowned nuclear expert Paul Blanch in reference to spent fuel rods removed …
(2021-03-20). At least six killed after factory owner calls in military in Hlaing Tharyar. mronline.org 
Police publicly executed a woman who was the leader of the workers. | Newswire…
(2021-03-20). Financial press fears Brazilians will be allowed to elect president of their choice. mronline.org 
The Brazilian Supreme Court this month dismissed all charges against former President Luis Inacio "Lula" da Silva. A towering figure in national politics, Lula was the country's president for eight years between 2003 and 2011. | Newswire…
(2021-03-20). Racism is behind anti-Asian American violence, even when it's not a hate crime. juancole.com 
By Pawan Dhingra | — Over the past year, attacks on Asian Americans have increased more than 150% over the previous year, including the March 16 murders of eight people, including six Asian American women, in Atlanta. Some of these attacks may be classified as hate crimes. But whether they meet that legal definition or …
(2021-03-20). Neoliberal Seattle mayor rejects federal funding, threatens eviction from hotel shelters to 130 people. liberationnews.org 
The housing crisis in Seattle and the rest of the country is a symptom of capitalism, where homes are built for profit and not shelter.
(2021-03-20). German Greens come out against Russian Gas Pipeline: "It ought not to Exist" juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Germany's Green Party has come out strongly against the Nord Stream II Baltic natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. The pipeline's construction is already advanced. Der Tagesspiegel reports, "Green Party leader Annalena Baerbock warned that the pipeline would undermine European sovereignty and pose an obstacle to a common European …
(2021-03-20). 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.
(2021-03-20). The Ides of March 2011: NATO's 'Humanitarian' War on Libya. globalresearch.ca "This is injustice, it is clear aggression, and it is uncalculated risk for its consequences on the Mediterranean and Europe…We are confronting Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, nothing more. What would you do if you found them controlling American …
(2021-03-20). Philadelphia school closed for COVID outbreak 10 days after reopening. wsws.org Since reopening schools earlier this month, the city of Philadelphia has seen a 16 percent increase in the 7-day average of new infections.
(2021-03-20). Amid health care collapse, Brazil cannot bury its COVID-19 dead. wsws.org Next week, Brazil is expected to reach the grim milestone of 300,000 COVID-19 deaths, 100,000 of which occurred in the first months of 2021.
(2021-03-20). The 2017 Raqqa Exodus: The US Coalition's "Secret Deal" to Allow ISIS-Daesh Terrorists to Escape… globalresearch.ca US Defense Secretary James "Mad Dog" Mattis confirmed in May Washington's resolve to annihilate the ISIS-Daesh terrorists. | That was the "political narrative" of the Pentagon. The unspoken truth is that Uncle Sam had come to the rescue of the Islamic State.
(2021-03-20). Destroying a Country's Standard of Living: What Libya Had Achieved, What has been Destroyed. globalresearch.ca A historical reversal in Libya economic and social development has occurred. An entire country has been destroyed, its people driven into abysmal poverty.
(2021-03-20). Cristina Fernandez Scores Major Win on Google's Defamation Case. telesurenglish.net Argentina's Supreme Court dismissed the appeal filed by Google against the ruling which forces the company to keep the defamatory information against Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. | RELATED: | Last year, Cristina filed a petition with her country's justice system demanding that U.S. tech giant Google preserve the data naming her as "Thief of the Argentine Nation." | The nickname appeared on Google's platform repla…
(2021-03-20). Aaugh! A Brief List of Official Russia Claims that Proved to be Bogus. globalresearch.ca The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has released …
(2021-03-20). A Brief List of Official Russia Claims That Proved to Be Bogus. scheerpost.com Book Catalog / CC BY 2.0] By Matt Taibbi / TK News The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has released a much-hyped, much-cited new report on " Foreign Threats to the 2020 Elections." The key conclusion: We assess that Russian President Putin authorized, and a range of Russian government organizations conducted, influence operations aimed at denigrating President Biden's… |
(2021-03-20). 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune marked by international webinar. fightbacknews.org On March 20, the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) will be launching its six-week long global campaign to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune of March 18 to May 28, 1871. The "Paris Commune at 150" campaign (PC150) will be a global mass commemoration to refresh, revitalize and sustain interest in the Paris Commune: its historical context and impact in the past 150 years, its lessons and continuing validity for the current era. | In March of 1871, the working class of Paris rose up and took over the city. For months, workers controlled production and distribution of goods; by…
(2021-03-20). Dangerous Inspections: West Virginia Hospital Accused of Undermining Safety. progressive.org Biomedical equipment technicians at Charleston Area Medical Center say management is putting patients and staff at risk.
(2021-03-20). "Man Has Not Recognized Himself". The Ideology of Power Threatens Humanity. Renouncing the Use of Violence. globalresearch.ca The title of this article is translated from German. | The concept of …
(2021-03-20). Bolivia: Judge Revokes Anez's Transfer To a Medical Center. telesurenglish.net Bolivia's de facto ex-president Jeanine Añez on Saturday early morning was transferred to the Miraflores Women's Penitentiary Center in La Paz city. | RELATED: | Anez's defense has filed three different appeals to prevent her transfer to a prison. On the last occasion, her lawyers alleged that the defendant was going through a hypertension crisis, for which she would receive treatment at the Sur clinic in La Paz…
(2021-03-20). Big Banks Make A Dangerous Bet On The World's Growing Demand For Food. popularresistance.org As global banking giants and investment firms vow to divest from polluting energy companies, they're continuing to bankroll another major driver of the climate crisis: food and farming corporations that are responsible, directly or indirectly, for cutting down vast carbon-storing forests and spewing greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere. | These agricultural investments, largely unnoticed and unchecked, represent a potentially catastrophic blind spot. | "Animal protein and even dairy is likely, and already has started to become, the new oil and gas," said Bruno Sarda, the former North America president of…
(2021-03-20). AFT President Randi Weingarten tells Texas teacher Michael Hull: "We're not going to fight to keep the schools closed" wsws.org Hull raised critical points on the dangers of reopening schools, the role of the American Federation of Teachers in working with the Biden administration to implement this policy, and the underlying class issues involved.
(2021-03-20). Detroit area, Keurig Dr Pepper/Seven-Up distribution workers strike over pay inequity. wsws.org Some 90 drivers and warehouse workers at the Dr Pepper/Seven-Up Bottling Co outside of Detroit are continuing a strike begun March 11 amid escalating management provocations.
(2021-03-20). Biden's Syria Deception: The Norwegian Connection. theanalysis.news Contrary to the Biden administration's claim, it seems that the recent missile strike in Syria was not carried out in consultation with at least one of the US's main allies in the region: Norway. But why is Norway involved in the Middle East anyway? Greg Wilpert talks about the issue with Eirik Vold, a parliamentary advisor to Norway's Red Party.
(2021-03-20). Is Facebook Collaborating with Turkey to Censor Free Expression? juancole.com By Jack Gillum | — ( ProPublica) — Facebook's move to censor social media posts of a Syrian militia group in 2018 at the request of the Turkish government raises serious questions about the company's commitment to free expression, the chair of the Senate Finance Committee wrote in a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg …
(2021-03-20). Dozens of Ontario schools forced to close, as government's "open school" policy endangers lives. wsws.org In the latest tragic incident produced by the government's insistence on in-person learning, five teachers at a Peel Region elementary school have been sickened by the virus, with one now in a coma.
(2021-03-20). 18 Years Ago The US War On Iraq Began. popularresistance.org Friday, March 19, 2021 was the 18th anniversary of the U.S. government political decision to invade and occupy oil-rich, Arab/Muslim Iraq, a country of 32 million persons. U.S. elected officials and their advisors decided it would be in the U.S. national security interest to attack and overthrow the Iraqi government. We saw how the military attack on Iraq which was based on the lie that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction destroyed hundreds of thousands of lives, homes, infrastructure and culture and unleased a whirlwind of unintended (or sometimes intended) consequences that we are dealing with even now 18 year…
(2021-03-20). California Ethnic Studies Curriculum imposes "critical race theory," excludes Martin Luther King Jr. wsws.org King's call for integration of all the oppressed sections of the population is not welcome in California's new identity-obsessed curriculum.
(2021-03-20). Opposing UK Police Bill must be based on class, not gender or race. wsws.org These draconian measures are aimed squarely at the working class and the political left.
(2021-03-20). International Statement of Solidarity with Decolonial Academics and Activists in France. juancole.com By Paola Bacchetta (Professor, University of California, Berkeley), Azeezah Kanji (Legal Academic and Journalist, Toronto) and David Palumbo-Liu (Professor, Stanford University) | — Earliest Signatories: 1. Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, University Professor, Columbia University, USA 2. Gina Dent, Associate Professor, Feminist Studies, History of Consciousness, and Legal Studies. University of California, Santa Cruz 3. Angela Y …
(2021-03-20). La Organización de Estados Americanos y la injerencia proimperialista. globalizacion.ca Un poco después de que se anunciara la detención de Jeanine àÅñez y demás golpistas bolivianos (políticos, civiles y militares) se comprobó sin mayor esfuerzo el contubernio entre los detenidos, la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) y el imperio…
(2021-03-20). Kentucky Republicans Are Making it a Crime to Insult or Taunt Police After Uprising for Breonna Taylor. peoplesparty.org On Thursday, the Republican-controlled state senate in Kentucky passed a bill criminalizing free speech and peaceful protest. Under Kentucky The bill also defines a "riot" as a "public disturbance" of five or more people whose "tumultuous and violent conduct creates grave danger of damage or injury to property or persons or substantially obs…
(2021-03-20). Chicago: Coalitions unite to issue joint ordinance on police accountability. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – An historic agreement has been reached by forces in the fight against police crimes in Chicago. Legislation for the strongest police accountability system of any city in the country has been negotiated between the coalition of forces led by the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR), backing the Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC), and the ordinance backed by the Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability (GAPA). | Conditions were laid for this by the actions of Mayor Lori Lightfoot. She unleashed the Chicago Police Department to brutalize protesters in the re…
(2021-03-20). No to anti-Asian racism and xenophobia! wsws.org The mass shootings in Atlanta, Georgia this week, whose victims were predominantly Asian American, have thrown into tragic relief the surge in anti-Asian violence in the United States amid the demonization of China by the US government.
(2021-03-20). What next in the airport workers struggle against the WISAG Group in Germany? wsws.org With the March 16 rally in front of the Hesse state assembly in Wiesbaden, the struggle of the airport ground workers against the WISAG Group has reached a crossroads.
(2021-03-20). New York Times Debates When It Will Tell Readers that China Has the World's Largest Economy. cepr.net That seems to be the implication of a David Sanger piece commenting on the state of U.S. relations with Russia and China. At one point Sanger notes that China is a rising economic power: "Economists debate when the Chinese will have the world's largest gross domestic product — perhaps toward the end of this decade" …
(2021-03-20). The Housing Crisis: One Year After Lockdown. popularresistance.org All the folks moving to Portland from California or New York and talking about how great the real estate prices are here may not know it (note: I was once one of them), but this city is the most rent-burdened city in the United States, and it exists within a country that, like this city, is undergoing multiple long-term crises, one of which is a housing crisis. The housing crisis, like so many other crises, got much worse one year ago this week, when the country, and much of the rest of the world, shut down. | Although this is a city that lost half of its Black population to the rise in the cost of housing betwee…
(2021-03-20). México — Drogas: Hacer historia. globalizacion.ca En la Estrategia Nacional de Paz y Seguridad vigente está considerado un cambio de paradigma en materia de políticas públicas que incluya la regulación de la mariguana y de todas las drogas actualmente prohibidas, así como la sustitución de leyes…
(2021-03-20). Peter's Prayer Poem Shout at the Vernal Equinox. counterpunch.org I am a revolutionary, I do declare. My planet makes revolution too around the sun. We are revolutionaries — it, thee, and me! Spring has sprung, hey ding a-ding! I vow to use every breath I take until I'm done To make the world over again, the kingdom come, Only on behalf of my fellow
(2021-03-20). Spain's PSOE-Podemos government unveils €11 billion corporate bailout. wsws.org The handout of billions of euros to Spanish corporations gives the lie to the European bourgeoisie's absurd claim that "there is no money" to fund a shelter-at-home policy.
(2021-03-20). In a historic victory over the fashion industry, garment workers have won billions in stolen wages. nationofchange.org "If a brand is refusing to pay up, it's likely they're paying slave wages in the first place, not caring about the climate and burning billions of dollars of excess clothing every year."
(2021-03-20). What's Behind The Biden Administration's New $100 Billion Nuclear Missile System? popularresistance.org One of the more important tasks that the Biden administration will undertake this year will be to review the Pentagon's nuclear weapons budget and modernization strategy. | According to a 2019 Congressional Budget Office report, the U.S. is committed to spending $494 billion on its nuclear forces over the next decade, or about $50 billion per year. Over the next three decades, nuclear weapons modernization plans could cost as much as $1.5-$2 trillion. | This total includes investment in a $100 billion Ground Based Strategic Deterrent (GBSD), a land-based nuclear missile, which is slated to replace the aging Minut…
(2021-03-20). El Savador: Bukele's Party Wins the Elections by Large Majority. telesurenglish.net The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) confirmed the victory of President Nayib Bukele's party, New Ideas, in the legislative and municipal elections in El Salvador. | RELATED: | With 100 percent of the ballots counted, the TSE confirmed New Ideas won 55 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 116 mayorships. | After these results, Bukele controls almost 45 percent of the mayorships and has only one Assembly seat left to achieve…
(2021-03-20). Senior U.S. Official Acknowledges Washington Has Spent $143 Billion to Destroy Its Own Government in Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca The U.S.-created and supported government of Afghanistan is on the brink …
(2021-03-20). Four years since the life imprisonment of 13 Maruti Suzuki workers. wsws.org During the run-up to the March 18, 2017 sentencing of the Maruti Suzuki workers, the Indian government and judicial authorities, including the Haryana's Congress Party chief minister, repeatedly urged that the workers be subjected to exemplary punishment to reassure international investors.
(2021-03-20). 'Not in 2030 or 2050…now!': Climate strikers worldwide demand urgent action. nationofchange.org "We strike because climate justice isn't a myth, but a reality we intend to build."
(2021-03-20). Los ciberataques y la actual guerra mundial. globalizacion.ca Medios estadounidenses reportan que EE.UU. planea llevar a cabo una serie de ciberataques contra las redes de Rusia. Sobre la base de las declaraciones de funcionarios estadounidenses no identificados, el diario The New York Times publicó que EE.UU. planea llevar…
(2021-03-20). Sà£o Paulo teachers denounce health care collapse, defend "strike for life" against school reopenings. wsws.org "This will be remembered as a great genocide. In the future, people will be shocked that there was so much neglect."
(2021-03-20). Ukraine approves strategy to "recover" Crimea, threatening all-out war with Russia. wsws.org The move of the Ukrainian government follows a series of anti-Russian political crackdowns and military buildups that have exacerbated the threat of a full-scale war.
(2021-03-20). How employers punish workers for forming unions. nationofchange.org The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act would better protect workers from illegal bullying and retaliation during the organizing process.
(2021-03-20). El Salvador: Bukele's Party Wins the Elections by Large Majority. telesurenglish.net The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) confirmed the victory of President Nayib Bukele's party, New Ideas, in the legislative and municipal elections in El Salvador. | RELATED: | With 100 percent of the ballots counted, the TSE confirmed New Ideas won 55 seats in the Legislative Assembly and 116 mayorships. | After these results, Bukele controls almost 45 percent of the mayorships and has only one Assembly seat left to achieve…
(2021-03-20). Off-duty Chicago police officer charged with shooting at two people sitting in their car. wsws.org The accused has eight years as a Chicago police officer, and also teaches use of force at the Chicago police academy.
(2021-03-20). [Comment] Sustained neutralising antibodies in the Wuhan population suggest durable protection against SARS-CoV-2. thelancet.com SARS-CoV-2 infections were first reported in Wuhan, China, in 2019,1 and quickly became a global pandemic, as declared on March 11, 2020.2 SARS-CoV-2 is highly infectious3 and COVID-19 is variable in its presentation, with many infected individuals, as detected by viral nucleic acid screening, being asymptomatic.
(2021-03-20). [Comment] COVID-19, community trials, and inclusion. thelancet.com The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the research landscape with the emergence of platform trials. Platform trials are adaptive clinical trials in which patients with a single disease are randomly allocated to different treatments based on an algorithm to investigate whether various agents have clinical benefit.1 In The Lancet, the PRINCIPLE Trial Collaborative Group2 report no benefit of azithromycin compared with usual care (hazard ratio 1 ∑08, 95% Bayesian credibility interval 0 ∑95—1 ∑23) for suspected COVID-19 in older adults in the community.
(2021-03-20). [World Report] Aid agencies turn attention to diabetes. thelancet.com The rise in non-communicable diseases and their contribution to COVID-19 is prompting a shift in priorities. Sharmila Devi reports.
(2021-03-20). [Perspectives] Chris Butler: primary care research supremo. thelancet.com As Professor of Primary Care in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford, UK, and a practising general practitioner in south Wales, Chris Butler has a bird's eye view of the potential impact of primary care research on clinical practice. Unsurprisingly, COVID-19 research is a priority, with Butler co-leading the PRINCIPLE trial to try and identify treatments for the alleviation of COVID-19 symptoms in community settings. "I am hopeful that our innovations in research methods will identify effective early treatment for the disease", he says.
(2021-03-20). [Perspectives] Human flourishing in a health-creating society. thelancet.com The way we think about health and health systems needs to reflect the realities of the society we live in. There is no going back to the world before COVID-19. And, more fundamentally, it is time to finally leave behind the mindsets and practices of 20th-century medicine. COVID-19 is still doing terrible damage. Many countries are in the grip of a second or third wave of infections—in some cases worse than the first. COVID-19 vaccines bring optimism, but access to them is unequal for low-income and middle-income countries.
(2021-03-20). [World Report] Biden's first legislative victory: $1 ∑9 trillion for COVID-19. thelancet.com US President Joe Biden's first legislative triumph will fund the COVID-19 response and economic recovery, and address social determinants of health. Susan Jaffe reports from Washington, DC.
(2021-03-20). [Correspondence] Undoing supremacy in global health will require more than decolonisation — Authors' reply. thelancet.com We thank Keerti Gedela as well as Pascale Allotey and Daniel Reidpath for their responses to our Perspective on decolonising global health.1 We welcome and completely agree with the points they highlighted for additional emphasis: greater focus on the local dynamics of how supremacy creates health (in)equity within countries, and expansion of our disciplinary focus to include research methods to understand how the geopolitics of supremacy creates health (in)equity between countries and to incorporate the knowledge held by the intended beneficiaries of global health efforts.
(2021-03-20). [Obituary] Dame Fiona Caldicott. thelancet.com Psychiatrist and UK leader in health information governance. She was born in Troon, UK, on Jan 12, 1941, and died of pancreatic cancer at home in Warwick, UK, on Feb 15, 2021, aged 80 years.
(2021-03-20). [Perspectives] Documenting the struggle for reproductive justice and rights. thelancet.com WHO promotes the right of people to choose the number, timing, and spacing of their children, the right to a family life, and relationships free from violence and coercion. Progress towards this aspiration is not linear. Campaigns are fought, won, and lost every day around the world against the co-opting, controlling, and brutalisation of women's bodies.
(2021-03-20). [Editorial] Myanmar's democracy and health on life support. thelancet.com A violent political crisis in Myanmar is escalating, which begs for more international attention and action before further lives are lost, democratic and health systems collapse, and the health of the people is further imperilled. In a coup on Feb 1, 2021, the military seized control from the newly re-elected National League for Democracy (NLD) government. NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint were placed in military detention. A day later, pro-democracy protests against the military's seizure of power began.
(2021-03-20). [Correspondence] Control vaccine formulation. thelancet.com The Restoring Invisible and Abandoned Trials (RIAT) initiative is an international effort concerned with two fundamental problems in the scientific literature—many clinical trials are inaccurately or incompletely reported in journal publications and not all trials done are published. RIAT Support Center, funded by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation, aims to address these problems by offering a methodology that allows other people to responsibly correct the record. We are writing with concerns about inaccurate and incomplete reporting in a trial published in The Lancet, and ethical concerns about the infor…
(2021-03-20). [Correspondence] Undoing supremacy in global health will require more than decolonisation. thelancet.com I read with interest Seye Abimbola and Madhukar Pai's Perspective.1 It provides an enlightening and hopeful vision of decolonised global health detangled from supremacy in its many forms. However, it left me feeling that the vast mark that colonisation has left on society, politics, and system hierarchy within low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) has been less considered. Without paying due consideration to the challenges of supremacy and oppression within LMICs, we cannot realistically equalise global health and progress to ensure that it upholds health equity and social justice.
(2021-03-20). [Articles] Seroprevalence and humoral immune durability of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Wuhan, China: a longitudinal, population-level, cross-sectional study. thelancet.com 6 ∑92% of a cross-sectional sample of the population of Wuhan developed antibodies against SARS-CoV-2, with 39 ∑8% of this population seroconverting to have neutralising antibodies. Our durability data on humoral responses indicate that mass vaccination is needed to effect herd protection to prevent the resurgence of the epidemic.
(2021-03-20). Biden Continues Conflict With China Through The Quad. popularresistance.org On March 12, the heads of government of four countries, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, and US President Joe Biden, met for a virtual meeting of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, better known as the Quad. | Modi's opening remarks illustrate the emptiness of the public agenda; he called the Quad "a force for global good" with no details beyond a list of areas of collaboration ("vaccines, climate change and emerging technologies"). There was no direct mention of China during the meeting. | In the details relating to the launch…
(2021-03-20). Washington Has Resurrected the Specter of Nuclear Armageddon. globalresearch.ca During the 20th century Cold War with the Soviet Union, there …
(2021-03-20). 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.
(2021-03-20). Nurses in Madison WI demand a decent contract. fightbacknews.org Madison, WI – Nurses at Meriter Hospital in Madison represented by Service Employees International Union (SEIU) are coming to what could be their final bargaining session with management from UnityPoint Health. | Throughout the COVID pandemic, many of the 850 nurses represented at Meriter Hospital had to use up all or most of their paid time off due to being sick or exposed to the coronavirus. Nurses at Meriter continue to be pressured to work longer hours and extra shifts due to staffing shortages. | A press conference was held March 19 to support these essential frontline health care workers. Speakers included…
(2021-03-20). øCuáles son las prioridades de seguridad nacional de Biden? globalizacion.ca A principios de marzo y a iniciativa de la Casa Blanca se publicó un documento provisional que establece los objetivos prioritarios de la seguridad nacional de los Estados Unidos. Este breve documento de 23 páginas es un borrador que hace…
(2021-03-20). EU Threatens To Ban the Export of AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine. telesurenglish.net European Commission's President Ursula von der Leyen on Saturday threatened to block exports of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine if the European Union (EU) does not receive what it was promised. | RELATED: | The official said AstraZeneca has only delivered 30 percent of the 90 million vaccines promised to the EU by the first quarter of 2021. | The contract with the Swedish-British lab calls for the delivery of vaccines…
(2021-03-20). Thousands of Liberty Steel jobs at risk as British unions and Labour put forward nationalist alliance with company. wsws.org Liberty Steel workers must build their own organisations of struggle, independent of the unions, and based on a political programme which places their needs above the profits of the corporations and the interests of British imperialism.
(2021-03-20). Stripping Catalan MEPs of immunity from prosecution 'undermines EU's moral authority' — region's ex-leader to RT. rt.com 
The European Parliament's decision to pave the way for the extradition of Catalan pro-independence politicians to Spain is a threat to European democracy, Catalonia's former leader, Carles Puigdemont, told RT. | Puigdemont fled Spain in 2017, after Madrid charged him with rebellion, sedition, and misuse of public funds for organizing the Catalan independence vote that year while serving as the head of the region's government. | In January 2020, a Belgian court refused to extradite the politician to Spain, citing his immunity from prosecution as a member of the European Parliament. However, the EU's top legisla…
(2021-03-20). Blood clots & one death reported in Denmark after hospital staffers take AstraZeneca vaccine. rt.com 
Two hospital staffers in Denmark experienced blood clots and cerebral haemorrhaging after they were vaccinated against Covid-19 with AstraZeneca's jab. One has since died. | Denmark The new report comes amid increasing concerns in the European Union over whether Astr…
(2021-03-20). Fruitful investigation: Huge bust of MDMA and ecstasy announced by French police turned out to be… strawberry powder, reports say. rt.com 
An investigation by French police, who earlier announced they had seized ‚Ǩ1 million worth of drugs, was apparently revealed to be fruitful in a quite unexpected way. | The Paris Police Prefecture earlier this week published an official tweet with photographs showing what looked like kilos of pink powder and packages of some small pink cubes. It said it had carried out a "fruitful investigation," having uncovered a "narcotics packaging workshop (MDMA, ecstasy) which supplied clandestine parties," in a suburb near the French capital. Goods worth €1 million had been seized, authorities sai…
(2021-03-20). Don't underestimate our determination to defend sovereignty, China warns US after rocky top-level talks. rt.com 
While talking to the media after meeting with their US counterparts, top Chinese diplomats have emphasized that they will stay firm in defending their national interests. | "There are so many major differences sitting between the two sides," Chinese foreign policy official Yang Jiechi told journalists in Alaska. According to Yang, who spoke to the press alongside China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, although Beijing believes that both countries "should follow the principles of no confrontation and conflicts," it will remain firm on the issues involving its domestic policies and interests in the region. | Also on…
(2021-03-20). 'We need to think more freely': Bavarian PM mulls producing Sputnik V in Germany as Russian pharma announces investment plans. rt.com 
Bavarian Prime Minister Markus Soeder has once again called for the speedy approval of Russia's Sputnik V as his government considers vaccine production in the German state, and a Russian company plans to invest in it. | "Generally, we need to think more freely" when it comes to vaccination, Soeder told the German newspaper FAZ on Saturday, adding that this also "includes approving the Russian Sputnik V vaccine as soon as possible if it meets the requirements." | According to the paper, the prime minister would also like to see the Russian vaccine produced in his state. Earlier, Bavaria's Health Ministry issue…
(2021-03-20). Animal Testing Is Useless for Determining COVID Vaccine Effectiveness in Humans. truthout.org 
There have been What is surprising, however, is the complete lack of differing scient…
(2021-03-20). Parties Charge A Lot for Committee and Leadership Roles. Corporations Benefit. truthout.org 
This article was produced by Federal campaign finance law lets lawmakers take money from PACs sponsored and administered by the corporations and special interest groups that lobby them on how they would like the laws to…
(2021-03-20). Some of the Wealthiest Counties in the US Have Seen the Biggest Rise in Hunger. truthout.org 
This story also ran on USA Today and GateHouse Media. It can be "Oh, my God, it smells so good!" Sierra, 39, said of the bounty she'd just picked up at a food pantry, pulling out a ready-made salad and a container of soup. | Sierra unpacked the donated food and planned lunch for Rachell and her siblings, ages 9 and 2, as a reporter watched through FaceT…
(2021-03-20). Garment Workers Win $22 Billion in Historic Victory Against Wage Theft. truthout.org 
This article was originally published on In March 2020, Amanda Lee McCarty was laid off from her job. | For years, she had been working in the fashion industry as a buyer and product developer. But as COVID-19 cases surged and lockdown orders were implemented across the world, retailers were faced with a dramatic plummet in consumer demand for clothing. McCarty, who had…
(2021-03-20). Chomsky: Biden's Early Agenda Gives Hope, But Activist Pressure Must Not Cease. truthout.org 
Joe Biden's first months in office have comprised a flurry of actions on the domestic front, including a historic stimulus bill. In this exclusive interview, the celebrated public intellectual Noam Chomsky shares his views on some key policies embraced by the Biden administration. Chomsky is Institute Professor Emeritus at MIT and Laureate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. His latest books are Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving th…
(2021-03-20). Advierten de que en 20 años se duplicó el endeudamiento de América Latina. globalizacion.ca 
Eric Toussaint y Milan Rivié, especialistas del Comité para la Abolición de las Deudas Ilegítimas (CADTM) señalaron que en los últimos años se asistió a un aumento espectacular del stock y del servicio de la deuda en la región. | ´En…
(2021-03-20). Large Pro-Democracy, Anti-Netanyahu Pre-Election Protest in Jerusalem. commondreams.org Over 50,000 demand Benjamin Netanyahu resign for his indictments for bribery, fraud and breach of trust. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/jerusalem-protest-03202021_0.jpg …
(2021-03-20). WSJ rage at 'woke' China foreshadows new redbaiting of social justice activists. mronline.org 
The Wall Street Journal editorial board has accused a major Chinese newspaper, and by extension the People's Republic of China, of exploiting progressive rhetoric around racial justice to create division in the United States. | Newswire…
(2021-03-20). 'Ticket and test' scheme could help crowds return safely to live events. imperial.ac.uk Researchers have proposed a model to support the safe return of crowds to live events, while reducing the risk of COVID-19 transmission.
(2021-03-20). Brazil: Censorship Law Is Used To Shield Bolsonaro From Critics. telesurenglish.net Protestesters have been arrested in Brasilia after calling Bolsonaro "genocidal" for his mishandling of the COVID-19 pandemic and displaying a cartoon depicting him as a Nazi. | RELATED: | "They were jailed because the description 'genocidal' suits our president very well. He has contributed to our health care system's collapse due to the lack of vaccines. Police can't silence us," said the geography teacher Katia Garcia.
(2021-03-20). Cuba launches Phase 3 test of COVID vaccine, the first produced in Latin America. liberationnews.org 
Despite the most severe blockade conditions imposed by the U.S. government, Cuba's biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries have made outstanding achievements in the campaign to overcome COVID-19.
(2021-03-20). AstraZeneca Covid-19 Vaccine Suspended Across Europe. "Possible Autoimmune Reactions, Blood Clotting, Stroke and Internal Bleeding" globalresearch.ca UPDATE | France, Germany and Italy which had suspended the AstraZeneca vaccine, have resumed "after health officials sought to allay concerns it may cause blood clots" (VA Report) | This resumption of inoculations followed statements by the WHO and the European Medicines …
(2021-03-20). West Bank hospitals overwhelmed as Israel withholds vaccines. wsws.org The West Bank, with a population of 3.1 million Palestinians, has recorded more than 146,000 cases and 1,667 deaths since March 2020, likely an underestimate given the lack of testing facilities.
(2021-03-20). Mutual Aid, Abolition And Movements. popularresistance.org When I first got involved in organizing, in the mid-1990's in New York City, I wasn't aware of the term "mutual aid" but mutual aid was a core part of what I saw around me in all the groups I was in. | Rudy Giuliani (or as we called him, Ghoul-iani) was mayor and his administration was attacking and targeting people on many fronts. He was going after taxi drivers, street vendors, unhoused people, queer bars and public meeting spaces, the sex work industry, people on welfare, and more. His administration's brutality really "remade" the city in ways that are so visible today, increasing displacement and criminaliza…
(2021-03-20). The Alabama Workers Trying to Unionize an Amazon Fulfillment Center. zcomm.org South of Birmingham, warehouse employees are voting on whether to form a union. Their decision could have ripple effects around the country…