2021-03-07: Social Media Postees

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Will Neoliberalism Morph Into Fascism in the United States?
Gary Olson | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-07
Neoliberalism, at its heart, is class war waged from above under the guise of rational, technocratic management of an economy that must — as neoliberals claim –be shielded from the corrosive influence of democratic politics. — Chris Maisano, “Liberalism, Austerity, and the Global Crisis of Legitimacy,” The Activist, 7/19/2011. [W]hat’s becoming increasingly clear to many …
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Venezuela y la prepotencia de una Europa pusilánime
Julio A. Muriente Pérez | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-07
Es evidente el afán obsesivo de la Unión Europea (UE) de imponer su manera de pensar y decidir cómo deben hacerse las cosas en América Latina y el Caribe; como si todavía estuviéramos en la época de los grandes imperios…
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Venezuela y la prepotencia de una Europa pusilánime
Julio A. Muriente Pérez | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-07
Es evidente el afán obsesivo de la Unión Europea (UE) de imponer su manera de pensar y decidir cómo deben hacerse las cosas en América Latina y el Caribe; como si todavía estuviéramos en la época de los grandes imperios…
globalizacion.ca/venezuela-y-la-prepoten…

Maria Páez de Victor: Eight Years Without President Chávez
Joe Emersberger | zcomm.org | 2021-03-07
This superb speech by Venezuelan-Canadian scholar Maria Páez de Victor should soon be up on www.NoSanctions.org , but I decided to post it here so I can spreading it around right away. **** Talk given in Webinar: US/Canada: HANDS OFF VENEZUELA, END SANCTIONS ON VENEZUELA NOW! March 5th 2021 Today is the 8th anniversary of the untimely Read…
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Dossier No. 38: Uncovering the crisis: Care work in the time of Coronavirus
The Tricontinental | mronline.org | 2021-03-07
The pandemic has sharpened and transformed pre-existing inequalities, reconfiguring the processes that sustain and guarantee life.
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UK: Person who contracted Brazilian variant found
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-07
The person who contracted the Brazilian variant of the coronavirus and evaded authorities for weeks has finally been located by UK authorities, according to a government statement.The person was found on Friday in the south London borough of Croydon after contacting test and trace teams who were dispatched to the area by the National Health Service (NHS) and Public Health England (PHE).”Public Health England (PHE) and NHS Test and Trace teams have successfully located the third individual in England who tested positive for the P.1 Variant of Concern that originated in Manaus, Brazil,” said the statement. “NHS Tes…
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‘Biden showers money on Americans’?! WaPo mocked for ‘Dear Leader’ vibes in Covid stimulus story
rt.com | 2021-03-07
Washington Post has been mocked for an overly enthusiastic headline that called the coronavirus relief bill a “defining move” of Joe Biden’s presidency, poised to “sharply” cut poverty by “showering money” on Americans. | After the Senate narrowly passed a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill on Saturday, and President Joe Biden promised that eligible Americans will start receiving their $1,400 stimulus checks from this month onwards, the Washington Post tried to explain that the massive rescue package is more than just about this modest handout. | t.co/pAsCyogPJv
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VIDEO: Cuba — a Solitary Voice Against Global Inequality
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2021-03-07
The coronavirus pandemic has catapulted Cuba onto the world stage. Watch the video and read more in the article by Ramona Vadi.
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Oakland A’s and the invasion of the democracy snatchers
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
Invasion of the democracy snatchers in the midst of the coronavirus covid-19 pandemic!
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South Korea, US to conduct joint military drills this week
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-07
Seoul, Mar 7 (efe-epa).- South Korea and the United States will conduct their annual springtime joint military exercises this week, the South Korean military said on Sunday. This year’s drills will be scaled back on account of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “South Korea and the US decided to conduct the springtime combined exercise from Mar.8 …
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Paraguay’s president rejigs cabinet, protesters demand ouster
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-07
Asuncion, Mar 6 (efe-epa).- Paraguay’s president announced a cabinet reshuffle on Saturday amid a political crisis sparked by protests over the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Police again on Saturday midnight used force to disperse a group of people who had gathered in front of the presidential residence to break through the perimeter security …
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West Bank reports over 2,000 fresh Covid-19 cases amid spike in infections
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-07
Jerusalem, Mar 7 (efe-epa).- The West Bank on Sunday reported over 2,000 fresh coronavirus infections amid a spike in cases that has forced the authorities to impose lockdown in some areas. A total of 2,095 new cases have been detected over the past 24 hours, the health ministry announced. It is one of the highest …
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Israel reopens cafes, bars, restaurants for vaccinated ‘green pass’ holders
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-07
Jerusalem, Mar 7 (efe-epa).- Israel took the most significant step in its post-vaccination relaxation of coronavirus restrictions on Sunday as cafes, bars and restaurants reopened, travel rules were eased and university students were allowed back in classrooms, among other measures, which prioritize those who are immunized against the coronavirus. With more than 50% of the …
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US Senate passes $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-07
Washington, Mar 6 (efe-epa).- The United States Senate approved on Saturday a $1.9 trillion package aimed at alleviating the economic distress caused by the coronavirus pandemic, marking the first legislative victory for Democratic President Joe Biden since he took office Jan. 20. Besides another round of direct payments to individual, the package includes extended unemployment …
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Turkey’s female health workers demand safety
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-07
Women healthcare workers in Turkey, who have been on the frontline in the fight against the coronavirus, are demanding a safe work environment.Female medical staff has been on the ground since the first COVID-19 case was reported in Turkey on March 11, 2020.Staff at the Ankara City Hospital shared with Anadolu Agency their role in combatting the pandemic.Emergency Clinic Training Officer Dr. Gulhan Kurtoglu Celik said she trains interns and residents at the hospital on how to examine patients.”On the one hand, we tried to protect our family, on the other, we tried to take care of our children. We have never had s…
yenisafak.com/en/life/turkeys-female-hea…

Third Parties In The US Are More Important Than You Think
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-07
Donald Trump put the kibosh on the idea of a new right-wing party at last weekend’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Trump’s followers will remain in the Republican Party, where they’ve established themselves as the biggest and most influential faction. Even so, the mere fact that the possibility of a new “MAGA” or “Patriot Party” was discussed reflects the ongoing desire for more clearly defined political parties in the United States. | Americans across a range of political persuasions yearn for three or more parties. Recent polls showed 63 percent of Republicans think a third party is necessary,…
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Friday 3/12: “Trumpism and its Discontents”: Consequences of Trumpism on U.S. Society and World
Othering & Belonging Institute atUC Berkeley | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
Online via livestream…
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Trump to return to New York first time after leaving White House
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-07
New York, Mar 6 (efe-epa).- Former United States President Donald Trump is returning to New York on Sunday for the first time since he left the White House in January. Trump will fly down from Florida and stay in the Big Apple, the city of his birth and where he has much of his business, …
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Civil War 2.0
Jack Delaney | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-07
On May 29, 2020, in the wake of the police murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, a Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstration marched about a half-mile from Oakland’s Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building. Around ten o’clock at night outside the federal building, as the protest continued close by, bullets spewed from a moving vehicle…
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Civil War 2.0
Jack Delaney | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-07
On May 29, 2020, in the wake of the police murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, a Black Lives Matter (BLM) demonstration marched about a half-mile from Oakland’s Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building. Around ten o’clock at night outside the federal building, as the protest continued close by, bullets spewed from a moving vehicle…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/07/civil-war-2-…

New York Times falsely claims last year’s BLM violence was ‘misinformation’
rt.com | 2021-03-07
The New York Times has been lambasted online for bizarrely claiming that violence surrounding Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 was merely “misinformation” and likening it to Deep State conspiracy theories. | The Gray Lady’s Jennifer Medina sought to unravel the mystery behind Latinos in the US voting Republican, in a Friday article titled: “A Vexing Question for Democrats: What Drives Latino Men to Republicans?” | Medina teased out the motivations of Latino Republicans through a series of interviews, before attempting…
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New York Times mocked for attempting to downplay 2020 BLM protest violence as ‘misinformation’
rt.com | 2021-03-07
The New York Times has been lambasted online for bizarrely claiming that violence surrounding Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 was merely “misinformation” and likening it to Deep State conspiracy theories. | The Gray Lady’s Jennifer Medina sought to unravel the mystery behind Latinos in the US voting Republican, in a Friday article titled: “A Vexing Question for Democrats: What Drives Latino Men to Republicans?” | Medina teased out the motivations of Latino Republicans through a series of interviews, before attempting…
rt.com/usa/517458-nyt-claims-blm-violenc…

On Contact: America’s Endless War
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-07
On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to Erik Edstrom, combat veteran and former platoon commander, about America’s endless war. Edstrom is a decorated soldier who led combat missions in Afghanistan. His memoir is ‘Un-American: A Soldier’s Reckoning Of Our Longest War’.
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Don’t Cross This Virtual Picket Line
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-07
Workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama have been voting on joining RWDSU for the last month. If they are successful, they would be the first Amazon employees in the United States to join a union. | Their campaign has garnered support from across the country. UCOMM previously reported on Teamsters driving from Boston to support the effort. The NFLPA has released a video supporting the organizing effort, actor Danny Glover came down to Bessemer to meet with the workers, and even President Joe Biden has weighed in. Josh Brewer, the lead organizer on the campaign, told the Prospect that many people in th…
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Why are hate crimes against Asian Americans on the rise?
Tina Ngo, Wai Lee Chin Feman, Bethie Wang | liberationnews.org | 2021-03-07
Over the past year, we have seen an alarming surge in racist violence directed toward Asian Americans.
liberationnews.org/why-are-hate-crimes-a…

Top Pentagon Commander Requests Astronomical Sum of Money to Prepare for War with China
Richard Becker | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-07
The commander of U.S. military forces in the Pacific region submitted …
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Mumia’s COVID-19 infection has been confirmed by prison doctors after initial denial
International Workers Committee | mronline.org | 2021-03-07
Mumia Abu-Jamal must be hospitalized. He has tested positive for COVID-19 and isbeingwarehoused in a completely inadequate prison infirmary. Given his age, 67, his liver disease, and his blood-pressure challenges, Mumia’s life is seriously in danger.
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Withdrawing US Troops From Afghanistan Is Only A Start
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-07
In recent months talk of withdrawing troops from Afghanistan has increased once again. It’s not the first time during the course of the nearly two-decades-long war that we’ve heard this, and at several points since the war began in 2001, some troops have actually been withdrawn. But somehow, almost 20 years in, there still isn’t very much talk about what it will actually take to end US actions that kill civilians. We hear talk about the “forever wars,” of which Afghanistan is of course the longest, but not much about what their first perpetrator, President George W. Bush, named the “Global War on Terror” (GWOT)[m…
popularresistance.org/withdrawing-us-tro…

TWO MORE former aides accuse New York Governor Andrew Cuomo of sexual misconduct
rt.com | 2021-03-07
Two more women have come forward with allegations of inappropriate workplace treatment by Governor Andrew Cuomo, bringing the total number of accusers in the escalating sexual misconduct scandal to five. | Ana Liss, 35, who served as Cuomo’s policy and operations aide between 2013 and 2015, said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that he once “touched her on her lower back at a reception” and “once kissed her hand when she rose fr…
rt.com/usa/517430-cuomo-more-sexual-abus…

Pope Francis calls for peace amid ruins of Iraq’s Mosul
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-07
Pope Francis on Sunday led a prayer service for the victims of war in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, once held by the Daesh/ISIS terror group.”How cruel it is that this country, the cradle of civilization, should have been afflicted by so barbarous a blow, with ancient places of worship destroyed and many thousands of people — Muslims, Christians, Yazidis and others — forcibly displaced or killed,” Pope Francis told the crowd.”Today, however, we reaffirm our conviction that fraternity is more durable than fratricide, that hope is more powerful than hatred, that peace more powerful than war.”The pontiff called o…
yenisafak.com/en/news/pope-francis-calls…

Mumford & Sons banjo player deemed a ‘Nazi sh**bag’ for praising book condemning Antifa
rt.com | 2021-03-07
The battle lines of the culture war get redrawn every day. In the latest development, Mumford & Sons banjo player Winston Marshall has now been deemed a “nazi,” because he read, and enjoyed, a book critical of ‘Antifa.’ | Famed for their radio-friendly folk, Mumford & Sons seem a long way from jackbooted Nazis, but a tweet from banjo player Winston Marshall on Saturday changed that, at least in the minds of online leftists. Posting a photo of Portland journalist Andy Ngo’s book ‘Unmasked,’ Marshall congratulated Ngo on his “important book,” and called the independent reporter “a brave man.” | Congratulations
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New York State legislative leaders say Cuomo ‘MUST RESIGN’ after embattled governor brands such demands ‘ANTI-DEMOCRATIC’
rt.com | 2021-03-07
Leaders of New York’s Assembly and Senate called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign just hours after he said stepping down because of rising sexual-harassment allegations by former staffers would be “anti-democratic.” | New York Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, who like Cuomo is a Democrat, said on Sunday that with new accusers stepping forward seemingly every day and the governor embroiled in multiple scandals, focus is being drawn away from the business of government. “We need to govern without daily distraction,” she said. “For the good of the state, Governor Cuomo must resign.” | NEW: Bombshe…
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New York State legislative leaders say Cuomo ‘MUST RESIGN’ after embattled governor brands such demands ‘ANTI-DEMOCRATIC’
rt.com | 2021-03-07
Leaders of New York’s Assembly and Senate called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign just hours after he said stepping down because of rising sexual-harassment allegations by former staffers would be “anti-Democratic.” | New York Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, who like Cuomo is a Democrat, said Sunday that with new accusers of Cuomo stepping forward seemingly every day and the governor embroiled in multiple scandals, focus is being drawn away from the business of government. “We need to govern without daily distraction,” she said. “For the good of the state, Governor Cuomo must resign.” | NEW: B…
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New York State legislative leaders say Cuomo ‘MUST RESIGN’ after embattled governor brands such demands ‘ANTI-DEMOCRATIC’
rt.com | 2021-03-07
Leaders of New York’s Assembly and Senate called on Governor Andrew Cuomo to resign just hours after he said stepping down because of rising sexual-harassment allegations by former staffers would be “anti-Democratic.” | New York Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, who like Cuomo is a Democrat, said Sunday that with new accusers of Cuomo stepping forward seemingly every day and the governor embroiled in multiple scandals, focus is being drawn away from the business of government. “We need to govern without daily distraction,” she said. “For the good of the state, Governor Cuomo must resign.” | @Andre…
rt.com/usa/517475-cuomo-resign-nys-assem…

Ex-Republican Senate candidate Witzke banned from Twitter after calling trans activist ‘DEMONIC’
rt.com | 2021-03-07
Lauren Witzke, a hardline right-winger who ran unsuccessfully for the US Senate in 2020, has been banned from Twitter. Her ban came after she called a trans activist “demonic” for suggesting that “little girls” can be “kinky.” | Witzke’s account was suspended on Sunday evening, and in a post to Telegram shortly afterwards, the former Senate candidate from Delaware revealed that her account had violated Twitter’s rules against “hateful conduct.” | Witzke’s last tweet before her suspension was only one word long. Retweeting a post by an anti-trans feminist group that contained a quote by self-described “gender n…
rt.com/usa/517473-lauren-witzke-banned-t…

Forget $15 an Hour — the Minimum Wage Should Be $24
Jon Schwarz | zcomm.org | 2021-03-07
The minimum wage once went up hand in hand with the productivity of the U.S. economy. It should again…
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Pope Francis Ends His Visit To Iraq With a Public Mass in Erbil
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-07
Pope Francis visited the cities of Mosul, Qaraqosh, and Erbil on Sunday, where he will offer a mass as the final event of his three-day state visit to Iraq. | RELATED: | Pope Francis Meets Shiite Leader Ayatollah Ali Sistani in Iraq | In Mosul, the Pope saw the destruction caused by the Islamic State (ISIS) terrorists. He visited the square where the then ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi proclaimed his caliphate in 2014 and prayed for all war victims. | “Here in Mosul, the tra…
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Wednesday 4/7: Greg Grandin & Edwards-Tiekert: Empire’s Workshop
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
Online webinar…
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Aggressors do not care about Yemeni crisis: Envoy
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-07
TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) — Iranian Ambassador to Yemen said that the countries that waged a war against Yemen do not care about the humanitarian crisis in the country.
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Biden’s Commerce Secretary is Pure Clintonism
Andrew Stewart | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-07
Last Sunday, Marie Franco stood at the rear of a Rhode Island state prison building, cradling the portrait of her son Jose, who died needlessly while incarcerated due to contracting COVID-19. As we consider the well-manicured, PR-friendly profile of the subject at hand, keep in mind that Franco’s death was caused by this politician’s decisions,…
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If We Want to Renew Democracy, We Need to Tax the Ultra-Wealthy
Inequality | juancole.com | 2021-03-07
By Madeleine Johnsson | — ( Inequality.org ) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act of 2021, introduced March 1, could not be a more timely reminder that the United States needs serious policy changes to address massive wealth and income inequality. While eight million Americans slipped into poverty and half …
juancole.com/2021/03/renew-democracy-wea…

Home Invasions: All the Ways the Government Can Lay Siege to Your Property
John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-07
“How ‘secure’ do our homes remain if police, armed with no warrant, can pound on doors at will and … foricibly enter?” — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the lone dissenter in Kentucky v. King Americans are not safe in their homes. Not anymore, at least. This present menace comes from the government and …
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Real Madrid snatch 1-1 draw in clash with Atletico Madrid
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-07
Madrid, Mar 7 (efe-epa).- French forward Karim Benzema on Sunday scored a last-minute goal to secure a 1-1 draw for Real Madrid against La Liga leader and crosstown rivals Atletico Madrid, keeping his team in the running for Spain’s First Division title. Atletico Madrid got off to a good start, putting Real Madrid under pressure …
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Pope prays for victims in Iraq’s devastated Mosul
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-07
Qaraqosh, Iraq, Mar 7 (efe-epa).- Pope Francis on Sunday prayed for all victims of the war against the Islamic State in the terror organization’s one-time bastion in northern Iraq, as part of his historic trip to the country. Francis’ visit to Mosul that was seized by the Islamic State from 2014-2017 comes on the last …
laprensalatina.com/pope-prays-for-victim…

Saudi-led coalition destroys 8 rebel drones from Yemen
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-07
The Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said Sunday it had intercepted and destroyed eight explosive-laden drones fired by Houthi rebels towards Saudi Arabia.In a statement, coalition spokesman Col. Turki al-Maliki accused the Houthi rebels of “deliberately and systematically targeting civilians and civilian areas in the kingdom”, according to the Saudi SPA News Agency.He said the Saudi-led coalition “is enforcing procedures to protect civilians and civilian areas in accordance with international humanitarian law”.There was no comment from the Houthi group on the statement.Despite calls by the US administration for the…
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COVID-19: Social murder, they wrote–elected, unaccountable, and unrepentant
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-03-07
Murder is an emotive word. In law, it requires premeditation. Death must be deemed to be unlawful. How could “murder” apply to failures of a pandemic response? Perhaps it can’t, and never will, but it is worth considering.
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Mexico Surpasses 190,000 Deaths from COVID-19
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-07
Mexico on Saturday surpassed 190,000 COVID-19 deaths despite government efforts and the steady pace of the vaccination campaign. | RELATED: | Mexico: Gangs Are Likely To Influence in Elections in 7 States | The country’s epidemiological situation is still complicated; however, there is a visible tendency to recovery, as daily infections have steadily decreased since Feb. 11. | Likewise, the country’s intensive care units have a 31 percent occupancy, except for Mexico City, where…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Surpasses…

‘Used & betrayed’: Pro-life Biden backers say he broke promise to hear them, ramrodded Covid bill with taxpayer-funded abortion
rt.com | 2021-03-07
Pro-life Christians who chose to support Democrat Joe Biden in last November’s election said they’re feeling “betrayed” after the new president rammed through Covid-19 relief legislation that includes taxpayer-funded abortion. | The $1.9 trillion stimulus package that was passed on Saturday in a party-line vote by the US Senate would allow for billions of dollars to be spent on abortion. Democrats rejected a Republican effort to include the Hyde Amendment, as in previous Covid-19 relief bills, breaking with a 44-year-old policy of giving pro-life taxpayers the solace of knowing their tax dollars weren’t spent…
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Democrats turn on Arizona Sen. Sinema after her office frames criticism of her vote against $15 minimum wage as ‘sexist’
rt.com | 2021-03-07
Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Arizona) has been raked over the Twitter coals after her spokesperson argued that it was sexist to ridicule her theatrical ‘no’ vote against hiking the minimum wage. | The lawmaker came under fire after she and seven of her Democratic colleagues voted with Republicans to shoot down an amendment to the recently-passed Covid-19 relief bill that would have increased the minimum wage to $15 an hour. | Sinema claimed she voted against the measure because she thought the issue should be more thoroughly debated in the Senate before being put to a vote. However, the way in which she voted dow…
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Will Neoliberalism Morph Into Fascism in the United States?
Gary Olson | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-07
Neoliberalism, at its heart, is class war waged from above under the guise of rational, technocratic management of an economy that must — as neoliberals claim –be shielded from the corrosive influence of democratic politics. — Chris Maisano, “Liberalism, Austerity, and the Global Crisis of Legitimacy,” The Activist, 7/19/2011. [W]hat’s becoming increasingly clear to many …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/03/will-neoliber…

Withdrawing US Troops From Afghanistan Is Only A Start
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-07
In recent months talk of withdrawing troops from Afghanistan has increased once again. It’s not the first time during the course of the nearly two-decades-long war that we’ve heard this, and at several points since the war began in 2001, some troops have actually been withdrawn. But somehow, almost 20 years in, there still isn’t very much talk about what it will actually take to end US actions that kill civilians. We hear talk about the “forever wars,” of which Afghanistan is of course the longest, but not much about what their first perpetrator, President George W. Bush, named the “Global War on Terror” (GWOT)[m…
popularresistance.org/withdrawing-us-tro…

Pope Francis calls for peace amid ruins of Iraq’s Mosul
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-07
“How cruel it is that this country, the cradle of civilization, should have been afflicted by so barbarous a blow, with ancient places of worship destroyed and many thousands of people — Muslims, Christians, Yazidis and others — forcibly displaced or killed,” Pope Francis told the crowd.”Today, however, we reaffirm our conviction that fraternity is more durable than fratricide, that hope is more powerful than hatred, that peace more powerful than war.”The pontiff called on the Christians of Mosul to return back to the city, where they were forced to flee by the Daesh/ISIS group, which was defeated and kicked ou…
yenisafak.com/en/news/pope-francis-calls…

Killer Kim Reynolds and the Fascist State of Iowa
Paul Street | zcomm.org | 2021-03-07
“Killer Kim” Reynolds sent chills down spines within and beyond her state when she preceded Super Bowl Sunday with a last-minute repeal of Iowa’s last remaining COVID-19 mitigation measures…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/killer-kim-reynold…

UK Data Show 402 Reports of Deaths Following COVID Vaccines
John Stone | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-07
Government data show that, compared with the Pfizer vaccine, there have …
globalresearch.ca/uk-data-show-402-repor…

Iran COVID-19 update: 8,010 cases, 93 deaths in 24 hours
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-07
TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) — The Iranian Health Ministry has confirmed 8,010 COVID-19 infections and 93 deaths due to the disease in the past 24 hours.
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Kyoto Crime Congress opens with declaration to tackle growing crime threats, promote inclusive COVID-19 recovery
news.un.org | 2021-03-07
Held in an innovative hybrid format amid COVID-19 restrictions, the 14th UN Congress on criminal justice opened on Sunday in Kyoto with calls for renewing global cooperation against crime to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and recover from the pandemic.
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Corona and state. The winner is the one who defeats the pandemic
Angela Klein | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
Societies in Europe have accumulated enormous wealth, but a few wealthy people have appropriated it. With this wealth, the comprehensive work break and all solidarity measures can be financed without any problems. That is why we demand the introduction of a Europe-wide Covid solidarity levy on high wealth.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/06/1884054…

Brawling over Vaccines: Export Bans and the EU’s Bungled Rollout
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-07
The European Union has been keeping up appearances in encouraging the equitable distribution of vaccines to combat SARS-CoV-2 and its disease, COVID-19. Numerous statements speak to the need to back the COVAX scheme, to ensure equity and that no one state misses out. And EU member states could be assured of a smooth vaccine rollout, …
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Covid-19: Israel begins loosening restrictions with 40 percent of country vaccinated
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-07
Covid-19: Israel begins loosening restrictions with 40 percent of country vaccinated | Restaurants, bars and cafes are set to open to vaccinated ‘green pass’ holders | MEE and agencies | Sun, 03/07/2021 – 11: 30 | Attendees prepare to present their “green passes” (proof of being fully vaccinated against Covid-19) on arriving at Bloomfield Stadium in Tel Aviv on 5 March 2021 (AFP) | Israel began loosening Cov…
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Covid-19: Britain’s Muslims in the eye of the pandemic storm once again
Katherine Hearst | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-07
Covid-19: Britain’s Muslims in the eye of the pandemic storm once again | Muslim institutions in the UK struggle to survive a disproportionate death toll and lockdown-induced financial troubles | Katherine Hearst | Sun, 03/07/2021 – 08: 06 | A member of mosque staff prays in the otherwise empty Noor Ul Islam Mosque on the day before Ramadan commences in the UK, in Bury, Greater Manchester (AFP) | On the firs…
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Turkey releases provincial statistics of COVID-19 cases
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-07
Turkey’s health minister on Saturday announced COVID-19 infection rates on a provincial basis between Feb. 27 and March 5 as part of a new weekly initiative.”The high-risk provinces should be more cautious to reduce their risk. Normalization should be realized in a controlled manner,” Fahrettin Koca said on Twitter, sharing the statistics.The number of cases per 100,000 people is around 112 in the metropolis Istanbul, 55 in the capital Ankara, and 66 in the western Izmir province.According to the data, Turkey’s Black Sea province of Samsun has the highest number of cases with 348 cases per 100,000 people.The sout…
yenisafak.com/en/life/turkey-releases-pr…

Bolivia: Regional Elections Begin Despite Minor Issues
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-07
The President of Bolivia’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE), Salvador Romero, inaugurated the regional elections early Sunday morning. | RELATED: | UN Calls for Peaceful Subnational Elections in Bolivia | Bolivians must elect 9 governors, 270 departmental assembly members, 337 mayors, and over 2,000 municipal councilors. A total of 20,337 candidates representing 221 organizations were registered; however, the Movement for Socialism – Political Instrument for People’s Sovereignty (MAS-I…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Regional…

This SNP claim may be electioneering, but it highlights the deplorable state of UK pensions
Peadar O’Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2021-03-07
Believe in Scotland ( BiS) is a website that aims to answer questions about Scottish independence. And as reported on its website, the Advertising Standards Authority rejected unionist demands that BiS remove its billboards about UK state pensions. The billboard advertisements claim the state pension could double in an independent Scotland: | t.co/QZf1iAUoFg

Messi votes in Barcelona presidential elections
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-07
Barcelona, Mar 7 (efe-epa).- Lionel Messi on Sunday cast his ballot in Barcelona’s presidential elections, the first to be held mid-season in decades. Club members are electing a successor for Josep Maria Bartomeu, who stepped down in October under intense pressure from fans and players after he fell out with club captain Messi. The Argentine …
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#BlackLivesMatter — But to Whom?
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2021-03-07
Western “big pharma” profit imperative and patent controls inevitably mean that poor countries will always be last on the list to receive supplies of vaccines on a consumer-commodity basis. The wealthier nations are as usual taking the lion’s share. Some estimate that at present rate, it won’t be until 2024 when African nations will be fully inoculated.
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Immunity passports: Does social solidarity only count when it gets us back to the pub?
Jonathan Cook | zcomm.org | 2021-03-07
The ethics of immunity passports, or vaccine apartheid, depends on a wider debate about what our societies mean — and what they obscure — when they discuss issues of trust, the public good and social solidarity…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/immunity-passports…

Brawling over Vaccines: Export Bans and the EU’s Bungled Rollout
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-07
The European Union has been keeping up appearances in encouraging the …
globalresearch.ca/export-bans-eu-bungled…

Globalink | Experts Upbeat About China’s Economic Prospects
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-07
China has unveiled a draft blueprint for economic and social development over the next five years, and clarified the long-range objectives through the year 2035. What do experts say about China’s economic prospects?>…
telesurenglish.net/news/Globalink–Exper…

France Joins America’s South China Sea Adventurism. “Provoking China”
Joseph Thomas | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-07
France has recently sent one of its nuclear attack submarines over …
globalresearch.ca/france-joins-america-s…

China criticizes US for advocating ‘pseudo-multilateralism’
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-07
TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) — Selective multilateralism is basically pseudo-multilateralism advocated by Americans who have been shouting about returning to multilateralism but are actually still sticking to unilateralism in nature, Chinese Diplomat noted.
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China’s foreign trade grows over 32% year-on-year in Jan-Feb
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-07
Beijing, Mar 7 (efe-epa).- China’s trade with the rest of the world increased by 32.2 percent year-on-year in January and February, the official data published on Sunday showed. The General Administration of Customs said the volume of China’s foreign trade during the first two months of the year reached 5.44 trillion yuan ($837.34 billion). The …
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Stop making baseless allegations that create new obstacles: China tells US
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-07
Beijing, Mar 7 (efe-epa).- China on Sunday urged the United States to stop making “groundless allegations” that create “new obstacles” in repairing the battered ties between the two countries. “China will never accept groundless allegation and vilification and will never allow its core interests to be violated,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi told reporters on the …
laprensalatina.com/stop-making-baseless-…

‘Uber is not above the law’: MEP slams UK government over failure to protect gig economy workers
Jyoti Mann | thecanary.co | 2021-03-07
Member of the European Parliament (MEP) LeàØla Chaibi is “astonished” that the UK government is no longer reviewing gig economy workers’ rights following the Supreme Court decision to classify drivers as workers. The French politician, a member of the European Parliament’s committee on employment and social affairs, said: Uber is not above the law and must respect Lord Leggatt’s judgement. | The UK Government should now legislate and enforce the ruling made by the Supreme Court. It is important that the ruling is upheld in practice. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is now panicking and has wrongfully claimed that…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2021/03/07/uber-is-…

Yemeni official urges intl. community to condemn Saudi attack
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-07
TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) — Muhammad Ali Al-Houthi Member of Yemen’s Supreme Political Council called on the international community to condemn Saudi’s bombing of Yemeni civilians.
en.mehrnews.com/news/170825/Yemeni-offic…

Ring Out The Old: Ring In The Old
Frank Scott | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-07
While our sacred democracy was allegedly being served by a stupid attempt to unsuccessfully impeach an ex-president for the second time and essentially tell more than 70 million Americans that they might as well vote for Pavlov, FDR, Hitler or Oprah Winfrey since any alleged exercise of supposed freedom on their part would be meaningless …
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As Biden Unveils Order to Boost Voting Access, Dems Urged to Beat Back GOP Voter Suppression
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-03-07
“Government, at all levels, should tear down barriers to the ballot, not build them as we are seeing in far too many places,” said Wade Henderson of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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This Is Who Democrats Are
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2021-03-07
By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | * | This is who the Democrats are. It’s who they always will be. They let you have your Bernies and AOCs to create the illusion that progressives can win if they just vote a little harder, but the corporate elites will always have enough of a congressional majority to kill progress. Don’t let them spin this as some sort of freakish anomaly, as the result of not having the right kind of Democrats in office. This is the only way the Democratic Party will ever operate. It’s not broken, it’s working exactly as it’s meant to. | * | Left-wing Democrats who give the party the illusion of legitimac…
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Why the Amazon Worker Vote in Bessemer Means So Much
Sam Pizzigati | commondreams.org | 2021-03-07
Unions don’t just raise worker wages. They help flatten grand private plutocratic fortunes. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
commondreams.org/views/2021/03/07/why-am…

Switzerland votes to ban wearing of the burqa and niqab in public spaces
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-07
Switzerland votes to ban wearing of the burqa and niqab in public spaces | Referendum denounced by rights group as ‘needlessly fueling division and fear’, after Swiss right-wing party had framed it as verdict on the role of Islam in public life | MEE and agencies | Sun, 03/07/2021 – 19: 27 | People protest in Bern, Switzerland, after a narrow majority of Swiss voted in favour of the so-called ‘burqa ban’, wh…
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Switzerland votes to ban wearing of the burqa or niqab in public spaces
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-07
Switzerland votes to ban wearing of the burqa or niqab in public spaces | Referendum denounced by rights group as ‘needlessly fueling division and fear’, after Swiss right-wing party had framed it as verdict on the role of Islam in public life | MEE and agencies | Sun, 03/07/2021 – 19: 27 | People protest in Bern, Switzerland, after a narrow majority of Swiss voted in favour of the so-called ‘burqa ban’, whe…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/switzerland-v…

Ending Private Prisons Is Not Enough
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-07
President Joe Biden, by executive order, directed the Department of Justice to end its private prison use. It’s a step in the right direction and a symbolic moment for this administration to say they are going to take criminal justice reform seriously. While this step decouples the federal government’s relationship with private prisons, let’s remember that such institutions hold just about 9% of the federal prison population — a little more than 14,000 people. | Profit from incarcerated people doesn’t meet the moral standards of justice. However, private prisons aren’t even where the biggest profits exist.
popularresistance.org/ending-private-pri…

Chlorpyrifos ‘has no place on food’: 100 organizations urge EPA to ban brain-harming pesticide
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-07
“It is time for the Biden administration to demonstrate its commitment to science, children, and farmworkers and finish the job.”
nationofchange.org/2021/03/06/chlorpyrif…

México — El coletazo económico que viene
Mouris Salloum George | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-07
Por lo que vislumbran los analistas internacionales, el ambiente de tranquilidad democrática en los Estados Unidos por la llegada al poder de los profesionales de Joe Biden, está para asustar a cualquiera: el producto interno bruto apunta para crecer este…
globalizacion.ca/mexico-el-coletazo-econ…

México — El coletazo económico que viene
Mouris Salloum George | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-07
Por lo que vislumbran los analistas internacionales, el ambiente de tranquilidad democrática en los Estados Unidos por la llegada al poder de los profesionales de Joe Biden, está para asustar a cualquiera: el producto interno bruto apunta para crecer este…
globalizacion.ca/mexico-el-coletazo-econ…

US says it will do what is necessary to defend itself after attack in Iraq
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-07
US says it will do what is necessary to defend itself after attack in Iraq | Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said his country would act to counter attacks on American interests | MEE and agencies | Sun, 03/07/2021 – 15: 28 | US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks during President Biden’s visit at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia (Reuters) | The US has said it will do what “we need to do” to protect its i…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-says-it-wi…

Three Palestinian fishermen martyred in Gaza
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-07
TEHRAN, Mar. 07 (MNA) — Israeli regime forces opened fire on Palestinian fishermen in “Khan Yunis” Sea in Gaza Strip in which three Palestinian fishermen were killed.
en.mehrnews.com/news/170795/Three-Palest…

Missile kills 3 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza coast
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-07
Three Palestinian fishermen were killed on Sunday after a missile struck their boat off the coast of the Gaza Strip, a union official told Anadolu Agency.”The three men were martyred when a missile fell on their boat in the Mediterranean Sea off the shores of the southern Gaza Strip,” Nizar Ayyash, the head of the Palestinian Union of Fishermen, said.Ayyash said the source of the missile remains unknown.There has been no comment so far from the Palestinian authorities on the incident.
yenisafak.com/en/world/missile-kills-3-p…

Why Cornel West’s Tenure Fight Matters
Robin D.G. Kelley | zcomm.org | 2021-03-07
When Harvard’s administrators tell Professor West that they cannot bring him up for tenure because it’s “too risky” and he’s “too controversial,” they completely undermine the point of tenure: to protect his freedom to speak truth to power…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/why-cornel-wests-t…

‘We Must Deliver on This Issue’: Jayapal Vows to Fight for $15 Minimum Wage
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-03-07
The Congressional Progressive Caucus chair said that despite the Senate failing to include the wage boost in the relief bill, the fight for $15 must go on. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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8 de marzo: Por un feminismo revolucionario, que no es foto de portada sino lucha contra toda explotación
Cecilia Zamudio | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-07
El 8 de marzo se conmemora a la mujer trabajadora, revolucionaria. La comunista Clara Zetkin propuso la conmemoración en la conferencia de mujeres socialistas de 1910, para homenajear la lucha de las mujeres contra la explotación capitalista. Se recuerda el…
globalizacion.ca/8-de-marzo-por-un-femin…

8 de marzo: Por un feminismo revolucionario, que no es foto de portada sino lucha contra toda explotación
Cecilia Zamudio | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-07
El 8 de marzo se conmemora a la mujer trabajadora, revolucionaria. La comunista Clara Zetkin propuso la conmemoración en la conferencia de mujeres socialistas de 1910, para homenajear la lucha de las mujeres contra la explotación capitalista. Se recuerda el…
globalizacion.ca/8-de-marzo-por-un-femin…

Support Rojava Libertarian Socialist territory in Syria
… | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
Support Rojava a Libertarian Socialist territory involving millions of people in Syria that is happening NOW. Rojava is based on real grassroots democracy and a social ecological society influenced by Murray Bookchin’s Social Ecology.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/06/1884054…

Congress’s Soft Spot for Rich Retirees
Gerald E. Scorse | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-07
More than a generation ago, a bipartisan Congress added a clever new twist to tax breaks for the rich. It created a long, drawn-out tax break for rich retirees–and these days it’s getting even longer. Not even the pandemic could interfere. On the contrary, it gave lawmakers an extra opportunity to tip the scale in …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/03/congresss-sof…

Saudi-led coalition destroys 8 rebel drones from Yemen
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-07
In a statement, coalition spokesman Col. Turki al-Maliki accused the Houthi rebels of “deliberately and systematically targeting civilians and civilian areas in the kingdom”, according to the Saudi SPA News Agency.He said the Saudi-led coalition “is enforcing procedures to protect civilians and civilian areas in accordance with international humanitarian law”.There was no comment from the Houthi group on the statement.Despite calls by the US administration for the Houthi group to suspend military operations and return to negotiations, the rebels have intensified their drone attacks on Saudi Arabia.On Tuesday, the…
yenisafak.com/en/news/saudi-led-coalitio…

Reporters’ Alert: Launching a New Website
Ralph Nader | zcomm.org | 2021-03-07
From time to time we will use Reporter’s Alert to present suggestions for important reporting on topics that are either not covered or not covered thoroughly…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/reporters-alert-la…

Fear and Celebration of Substack Are Both Misplaced
Ari Paul | zcomm.org | 2021-03-07
Corporate media certainly need disruption. But it has to happen at scale, not with a few writers here and there on an open microphone…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/fear-and-celebrati…

Tuesday 3/30: Climate Displacement: Intersection of Climate Emergency and Immigrant & Refugee Justice
Comp. Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law UCB | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
Online event via Zoom…
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Nicaragua’s Indigenous People: Neocolonial Lies, Autonomous Reality
Stephen Sefton | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-07
Between November 11 and 16, 2020, between the passing of Hurricane …
globalresearch.ca/nicaragua-indigenous-p…

Ayatollah Sistani Affirms Religious Freedom to Pope Francis in HIstoric Iraq Meeting
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-03-07
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On Saturday, Pope Francis met in the holy city of Najaf with Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the spiritual leader of most of the world’s Shiite Muslims outside Iran. Back in 2004 when US Marines were fighting young Shiite militiamen in Najaf (quite against Sistani’s will), I tried to signal to …
juancole.com/2021/03/ayatollah-religious…

Decolonizing Palestine: Hamas Between the Anti-colonial and the Post-colonial
Jim Miles | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-07
A book that has a very narrowly defined title often fails …
globalresearch.ca/decolonizing-palestine…

AFRICOM Plundering in Africa
Birrion Sondahl | realprogressives.org | 2021-03-07
United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) carried out an engagement in Somalia at the end of January. AFRICOM’s press release stated, “During the engagement, U.S. forces trained partners on a variety of topics that reinforced combat skills and operational planning.” On February 8, the USS Hershel “Woody” Williams entered the port of Mombasa, Kenya. According to its commanding officer, Captain Michael Concannon, “Our visit to Mombasa confirms our resolve and com…
realprogressives.org/africom-plundering-…

Is Wi-Fi Sickness a Disability? California Appellate Court Holds that It Is Under FEHA
Allison M. Scott | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-07
Is Wi-Fi sickness a disability? The California Court of Appeal just …
globalresearch.ca/wi-fi-sickness-disabil…

The Pope in Iraq Between the Minaret and the Bells
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-07
Pope Francis arrived yesterday at the Baghdad International Airport to begin …
globalresearch.ca/pope-iraq-between-mina…

Why Is Brazil Such a Basket Case?–The Role of U.S. Covert Action
Aidan O’Brien | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-07
Ten U.S. presidents,[1] 20 CIA directors,[2] and 56 years …
globalresearch.ca/why-brazil-basket-case…

Black Civil Rights Lawyer in New Orleans Fights Back Against Exploitative Media Organization
Jordan Flaherty | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-07
In January, a news organization called The Conversation announced they were spearheading a much needed dialogue about race. But, ironically, they began this project by stealing the words and ideas of a Black organizer. The Canadian bureau of The Conversation declared a new podcast called “Don’t Call Me Resilient” that would actively grapple with the difficulty of discussing racism. In their …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/03/black-civil-r…

The Corona Crisis: What We Know. People are Asking Why is this Being Done?
Simon Elmer | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-07
‘For whether or not the age of revolutions is over, the …
globalresearch.ca/the-corona-crisis-what…

The Future of Airflight: German electric air taxi pioneer Volocopter raises $238 mn
Julian Wettengel | juancole.com | 2021-03-07
( Clean Energy Wire) — German urban air mobility company Volocopter has raised an additional 200 million euros in funding from a wide range of investors to help “solidify [its] leading position” in the market and bring its battery-powered air taxi to certification, the company said in a release. “No other electric air taxi company …
juancole.com/2021/03/airflight-electric-…

The Byzantine Empire was Multicultural, So why are QAnon and White Supremacists Idolizing it?
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-03-07
By Roland Betancourt | — From Charlottesville to the Capitol, medieval imagery has been repeatedly on show at far-right rallies and riots in recent years. Displays of Crusader shields and tattoos derived from Norse and Celtic symbols are of little surprise to medieval historians like me who have long documented the appropriation of the Middle …
juancole.com/2021/03/byzantine-multicult…

Jackson Water Crisis: Collective Effort Is Critical To Community Sustainability
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-07
While the Mississippi city of Jackson works to fully restore water, various community organizations have been filling in the gaps with relief. Mutual aid is a new term for some, but providing it is an old practice in many Black communities. | “As a southern Black girl, who grew up in rural Mississippi, mutual aid has always existed in my life,” Calandra Davis, an organizer with the Jackson chapter of Black Youth Project 100 (BYP 100), told NewsOne. Davis said community institutions have always provided aid in times of need. “The churches [and families] in my community always provided mutual aid,” she added. | Pro…
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Saudis Launches Airstrikes on Rebel Sites in Yemen’s Capital
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-07
The Saudi-led coalition on Sunday launched a series of airstrikes on Houthi-controlled military sites in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, local residents said. | RELATED: | Yemen’s Starving Children Cross Battlefields | The strikes hit the 1st Division Camp, Maintenance Camp and the 4th Brigade in downtown Sanaa, as well as the Attan site in the southern part of the capital. | The airstrikes come as the Iran-backed Houthi rebels intensified cross-border drone and missile attacks on Saudi cities. | Yemen ha…
telesurenglish.net/news/Saudis-Launches-…

Globalink | “Xinjiang Genocide” Claim a Thorough Lie: Chinese FM
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-07
The claim that there is genocide in Xinjiang could not be more preposterous, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Sunday. It is just a rumor fabricated with ulterior motives and a thorough lie, he said.
telesurenglish.net/news/Globalink–Xinji…

Paraguay: 8 Citizens Arrested During Sunday’s Demonstrations
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-07
Eight citizens on Saturday were arrested by Paraguayan police during the most recent day of peaceful protests, demanding President Mario Abdo’s resignation. | RELATED: | Paraguay: Health Minister Resigns To Avoid Further Scandal | The citizen protests lasted from Saturday afternoon until early Sunday morning and occupied Asuncion downtown and the surrounding areas of the presidential residence, where the president was holding a meeting with several ministers. | According to Sherif J…
telesurenglish.net/news/Paraguay-8-Citiz…

México — La intolerancia vacía de contenido a la democracia
Mouris Salloum George | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-07
Todavía permanecen entre nosotros los tufos de la intolerancia. Algunos lo atribuyen a que nuestra larga lucha por la independencia nos ha condicionado a estar siempre a la defensiva contra cualquier ataque de propios y extraños; sin embargo, ya ha…
globalizacion.ca/mexico-la-intolerancia-…

México — La intolerancia vacía de contenido a la democracia
Mouris Salloum George | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-07
Todavía permanecen entre nosotros los tufos de la intolerancia. Algunos lo atribuyen a que nuestra larga lucha por la independencia nos ha condicionado a estar siempre a la defensiva contra cualquier ataque de propios y extraños; sin embargo, ya ha…
globalizacion.ca/mexico-la-intolerancia-…

Call for Rapid Phaseout of Fracking in Pennsylvania
Jessica Corbett | zcomm.org | 2021-03-07
“Pennsylvania’s children should not be used as laboratory rats,” said biologist Sandra Steingraber, who called fracking “an uncontrolled human experiment” that involves “toxic exposures.”
zcomm.org/znetarticle/call-for-rapid-pha…

The Talented Mr. Bin Salman
John Feffer | zcomm.org | 2021-03-07
The Saudi prince, like the Patricia Highsmith character, is a confidence man, serial killer, and all-around psychopath. The United States should stop enabling him…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-talented-mr-bi…

If We Want to Renew Democracy, We Need to Tax the Ultra-Wealthy
Madeleine Johnsson | zcomm.org | 2021-03-07
After the tech sector, Wall Street is the second-highest source of wealth for American billionaires…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/if-we-want-to-rene…

Wednesday 3/31: Claudio Saunt & Mickey Huff: Unworthy Republic: A Zoom event
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
Online webinar…
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Para entender Cuba
José A. Amesty R. | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-07
Durante el año pasado 2020 y principios de este, se ha agudizado una campaña contra Cuba heroica, utilizando diversas vías de desestabilización; las líneas a continuación pretenden dar a conocer la estructura política de Cuba (El Sistema Político del Estado…
globalizacion.ca/para-entender-cuba/

US Department of Justice 2009 Report on Pfizer Inc. “Largest Health Care Fraud Settlement in Its History”
US Department of Justice | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-07
Introductory Note | This text originally published by the US Department of …
globalresearch.ca/justice-department-ann…

Monday 3/22: World Water Day Vrtual Celebration w/ SF Bay Area Water for People
San Francisco Bay Area Water for People | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
Virtual event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/07/1884055…

Sunday 3/28: Movie Night: Seaspiracy
DXE | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
online…
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Return of the Sleeping Ban and a Letter to Mayor Meyers
Robert Norse | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
On February 23, City Council ignored dozens of speakers, silenced another two dozen, and passed the TOLO (Temporary Living Outside Ordinance) well after midnight. I filed a Brown Act complaint, noting the failure to provide adequate Agenda notice, requiring them to redo the item. I’m not holding my breath.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/05/1884053…

American poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, 1919–2021
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
On February 24, poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti died, one of the last significant surviving American artists who emerged in…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/05/1884053…

Saturday 3/20: Workers of the World: Growth, Change and Rebellion (online townhall)
Speak Out Now | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
Online townhall, see website for details…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/06/1884055…

Monday 3/22: World Water Day Virtual Celebration w/ SF Bay Area Water for People
San Francisco Bay Area Water for People | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
Virtual event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/07/1884055…

Saturday 3/13: International Women’s Day Celebration: Women Rise Up Globally Against Femicide
Radical Women | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
Zoom (Registration link in description)…
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Tuesday 3/9: Rally against the Temporary Outdoor Living Ordinance
Various groups | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
Santa Cruz City Hall | 809 Center Street, Santa Cruz…
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Monday 3/8: International Women’s Day: Feminism and Social Justice
Human Agenda | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
Zoom meeting ID: 872 8709 9495 | Passcode: 798372 | Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/87287099495
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/04/1884051…

Sunday 3/7: Gender Reveal Party (Like No Other) as part of an International Women’s Day event
Revolution Books | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
Gather in front of the Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Ave. Oakland, CA…
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26 Biggest US Landowners & Their Cattle Ranches, Deforesting Operations, Fossil Fuels
Knowledge Is power | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
The biggest cattle ranches, deforestation lumber operations, fossil fuel land holdings in the US. This article does not include the biggest US slaughterhouse operations (e.g. JBS owned by Brazilian company, Smithfield owned by Chinese company).
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/07/1884056…

Cruising down West Sunset
Robert Maxim | indybay.org | 2021-03-07
Reflections of driving down West Sunset Boulevard on a sunny afternoon. Past the Elliott Smith memorial wall, and through the Eyes mural at the Reuben Soto mural, located in the Silverlake district of Los Angeles.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/05/1884053…

Yemen’s Houthis target Saudi oil facilities in new escalation
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-07
Yemen’s Houthis target Saudi oil facilities in new escalation | Houthis claim to have fired drones and missiles at Ras Tanura, one of the world’s biggest oil ports, and military targets in the eastern area of Dammam | MEE and agencies | Sun, 03/07/2021 – 22: 49 | Smoke rises over Sanaa after air strikes ‘on military targets’ by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen (AFP) | A missile and drone attack targeted the…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/yemens-houthi…

Iraq: Pope Francis celebrates largest mass of historic trip
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-07
Iraq: Pope Francis celebrates largest mass of historic trip | In the final event of his visit, in Iraqi Kurdistan’s capital Erbil, Francis tells worshippers that ‘Iraq will always remain in my heart’ | MEE and agencies | Sun, 03/07/2021 – 18: 19 | Pope Francis blesses worshippers as he arrives to conduct mass at the Franso Hariri Stadium in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, 7 March 2021 (Handout/AFP) | Pope Francis vo…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-pope-fra…

Saudi-led coalition bombards Yemeni capital after Houthi drone attacks
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-07
Saudi-led coalition bombards Yemeni capital after Houthi drone attacks | Coalition backing recognised government said it intercepted 12 drones launched by Houthis | MEE and agencies | Sun, 03/07/2021 – 14: 16 | Smoke rises over Sanaa after air strikes “on military targets” by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen (AFP) | Explosions rocked the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, as the Saudi-led coalition targeted Houthi rebel…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-led-coa…

The Problem with Conspiracy Theories
Kevin Ryan | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-07
This article was first published on Global Research in February 2018….
globalresearch.ca/the-problem-with-consp…

Left MPs in Poland seek ban on fascist organization
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-07
MPs from the Polish left coalition Lewica have sought a ban on the National Radical Camp (ONR) which has been categorized by national and international authorities as a fascist organization. ONR has also been involved in attacks on LGBT pride rallies…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/07/left-mps-…