At Least 36% Of Mass Shooters Have Been Trained By The US Military
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-28
It is extremely easy in the United States to obtain guns, to find places to practice using them, and to find trainers willing to teach you to use them. There's no need to have any contact with the U.S. military in order to dress and act as if you're in the military, as many mass-shooters do, some of them waging their own delusional wars against immigrants or other groups. But it is remarkable that at least 36% of U.S. mass shooters (and quite possibly more) have in fact been trained by the U.S. military. | It is equally remarkable that, although I've been updating and writing about this topic for years, it is vir…
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Pushback: Former US Ambassador On Syria's Ten Year War
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-28
Robert Ford served as US Ambassador to Syria from 2011 to 2014. On the tenth anniversary of the Syrian war, Ford speaks to Aaron Maté about the roots of the conflict; the US role; the current US sanctions that target Syria's reconstruction; chemical weapons allegations against the Syrian government; and why he now supports the withdrawal of US forces.
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Dangerous Crossroads: US-NATO vs. Russia-China in a "Hybrid War" to the Finish?
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-28
Let's start with comic relief: the "leader of the free world" …
globalresearch.ca/us-nato-vs-russia-chin…

Will a China Real Estate Collapse Trigger the Global Financial Meltdown?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-28
Prevailing financial sector "wisdom" holds that while the bond and stock …
globalresearch.ca/will-china-real-estate…

How Palestine Is A Critical Feminist Issue
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-28
Within minutes, the signatures started coming in, not as a trickle but a surge – from the US and Palestine, but also from England, Ireland, Australia, Argentina, Sweden, Canada, Kenya, Italy and more. | On 15 March, to mark Women's History Month, the newly formed Palestinian Feminist Collective (PFC) had just launched its first public action: a pledge and open letter asking US women, feminist organisations, social and racial justice groups, and people of conscience to adopt Palestinian liberation as a critical feminist issue.
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Anti-Asian racism in the US cannot be understood without taking into account imperialism
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-28
Kei Pritsker of BreakThrough News talks about racism against Asians in the United States, especially in the aftermath of the horrific shootings in Atlanta. He explains how such incidents cannot be separated from the larger context of US imperialism…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/28/anti-asia…

Mary Marcy the Marxist
Birrion Sondahl | realprogressives.org | 2021-03-28
"Men and women are equals. What men can do women can also do." Mao Tse-Tung | Marxism and feminism go hand in hand. All too often in this patriarchal society, female Marxists are overlooked in favor of their male counterparts. This is unfortunate as women have often taken the lead in the revolution and will continue to do so. The Indigenous Marxist group, The Red Nation, has stated, "Cishetero patriarchy is c…
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Permanent Peoples' Tribunal Tries State Terrorism In Colombia
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-28
The Permanent Peoples' Tribunal (PPT), which was established as a continuation of the Russell Tribunals on Vietnam and Latin America, began on Friday hearings to address violence in Colombia. | This Italy-based tribunal was convened by over 150 humanitarian and social organizations. Bogota, Medellin, and Bucaramanga are the cities where the international ethical judges will hear testimonies on genocide, impunity, and crimes against the Peace process. | "Genocide in Colombia is not only linked to murders or partial or total extermination.
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You Refuse to Get Vaccinated, But Are You Ready to be an Outcast?
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-28
"If behavioral psychologists helped to shape the government's strategy on mass …
globalresearch.ca/you-refuse-get-vaccina…

Western Media Quick to Accuse Syria of 'Bombing Hospitals' — But When Terrorists Really Destroy Syrian Hospitals, They Are Silent
Eva Bartlett | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-28
As legacy media again bleat the unsubstantiated "Syria is bombing hospitals" …
globalresearch.ca/western-media-quick-ac…

Biggest East Asian move into Mideast since the Mongol Empire: In Open Challenge to US, China inks 25-year, $400 bn Deal with Iran
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-03-28
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On Saturday, IRNA reports, Iran and China signed a 25-year cooperation agreement. The signatures were affixed in Tehran by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a ceremony on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of modern diplomatic relations between Iran and China. …
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Biggest East Asian move into Mideast since the Mongol Empire: In Open Challenge to US, China inks 25-year, $400 bn Deal with Iran
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-03-28
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — On Saturday, IRNA reports, Iran and China signed a 25-year cooperation agreement. The signatures were affixed in Tehran by Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at a ceremony on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of modern diplomatic relations between Iran and China. …
juancole.com/2021/03/biggest-mideast-cha…

Ecuador: Arauz Leaps 7% Ahead of Lasso in the Runoff Campaign
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-28
Union for Hope (UNES) leftist presidential candidate Andres Arauz continues to lead his rival, Creating Opportunities (CREO), right-wing candidate Guillermo Lasso, by seven percentage points in voting intentions, according to pollster Perfiles de Opinion. | RELATED: | Ecuador: Arauz Leads The Polls Ahead of Runoff Vote on April 11 | With only 15 days left before the ballot, Arauz has capitalized 37.87 percent of voters and Lasso 30.19 percent. | The pollster also announced that…
telesurenglish.net/news/Ecuador-Arauz-Le…

Accidental Apocalypse and Nuclear War on Drugs
John Laforge | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-28
With existential national security threats from floods, droughts, wildfires, water pollution, sea-level rise, and peak oil,[1] the US Air Force, the Air National Guard and nuclear weapons manufacturers could do crucial defense work in the US heartland by building, installing, managing and expanding renewable (wind and solar) electric power systems — instead of polishing their…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/28/accidental-a…

Globalink | New Yorkers Rally Against Racism: "It Is Just Prejudice"
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-28
Some figures about the recent rallies in the U.S.: — 17 pct of Asian-Americans have reportedly experienced harassment — 50 pct of those said that was because of their race or ethnicity — 81 pct of Americans agreed social media should do more to combat online hate.
telesurenglish.net/news/Globalink–New-Y…

NATO Headquarters: Blinken Announces Last Global Crusade
Rick Rozoff | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-28
Secretary of State Anthony Blinken's address at North Atlantic Treaty Organization …
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'One of the most remarkable conservation success stories of all time:' The bald eagle quadruples population
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-28
"The recovery of the bald eagle is one of the most well-known conservation success stories of all time."
nationofchange.org/2021/03/28/one-of-the…

Twenty-two Years Since the Launch of the NATO Aggression on Serbia and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Živadin Jovanović | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-28
The Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals, the Club of …
globalresearch.ca/22-years-since-launch-…

Around the World in 8 Minutes: Argentines honor martyrs of coup
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-28
In this episode of Around the World in 8 minutes, we look at the National Day of Remembrance in Argentina which marks the anniversary of the US-backed coup in 1976. We also look at the latest in the legal proceedings against Algerian journalist Khalid Drareni and the persecution of anti-racism activists in the United States…
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North-Eastern Syria: "We Will Kill You, We Have Prepared Killings for Infidels.": ISIS Childrens' Vow
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-28
Rola Al-Khatib, a journalist for Al-Hadath, and Al-Arabiya, media outlets …
globalresearch.ca/we-will-kill-you-we-ha…

High Probability Radio Frequency Radiation Causes Brain Tumors. Expert Report
Dr. Christopher J. Portier | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-28
Christopher J. Portier, Ph.D., former director of the National Center …
globalresearch.ca/expert-report-former-u…

Massive Backlash to 'No Jab, No Pub' Proposal
Paul Joseph Watson | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-28
There has been a massive backlash in the UK to a …
globalresearch.ca/massive-backlash-no-ja…

Egypt: Ever Given To Be Refloated in the Next 24-48hr
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-28
The container ship "Ever Given" on Sunday could be ungrounded in the next 24 to 48 hours with the help of today's high tide, which will facilitate the refloating operations. | RELATED: | Ship Blockage at Suez Canal Triggers Oil Price Rebound | The ship has been stranded at the Suez Canal southern end for the past six days due to a combination of human errors and a sandstorm. | Chairman of the Egyptian Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabie announced the ship had moved 30 degrees to the…
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Negocio y sepultura en alta mar
Enrique Ojito | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-28
Sobrevivieron comiendo cocos, ratas y caracoles durante 33 días. Pilotos de la Guardia Costera de Estados Unidos relataron a EFE que el pasado 8 de febrero, mientras sobrevolaban el Anguilla Cay en una inspección de rutina, vieron a dos personas…
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Venezuelan Army Reports New Attack On Border Post With Colombia
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-28
The Strategic Operational Commander of the Venezuelan Army (FANB) Admiral Remigio Ceballos reported through his Twitter account that on the night of Wednesday, March 24, "a group of Colombian criminals tried to attack a border post and several terrorists were neutralized." | "We continue to give heavy blows to Colombian irregular criminal groups that flee to Colombia, and no one stops them. Last night they tried to attack a border post and several terrorists were neutralized. Search and Attack Operations Continue! We will win!" reads the message on the social media network.
popularresistance.org/venezuelan-army-re…

Iran and China Sign 25-year Cooperation Deal
Heba Nasser | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-28
Iran and China on Saturday signed a 25-year "strategic cooperation" agreement …
globalresearch.ca/iran-china-sign-25-yea…

"Poor rich Haiti" or how imperialists and local oligarchy have sought destroy agriculture in Haiti
Lautaro Rivara | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-28
From Haiti, Lautaro Rivara unpacks the tired trope of "poor rich Haiti," highlighting the role of foreign capital and local elites in the destruction of life in the countryside…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/28/poor-rich…

Subnational elections in Bolivia: another vote of confidence for MAS party
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-28
The 240 out of the 336 elected mayors and 3 of the 5 elected governors in Bolivia belong to the ruling government of the progressive Movement Towards Socialism party…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/28/subnation…

Could Dominion and Smartmatic take down Fox News for Libel and Reckless Disregard for the Truth?
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-03-28
By Nancy Costello | — Free speech advocates have long believed that suing a news organization threatens free speech. Democracy needs a press to be free to report, without fear or favor, the facts as it sees them. But recent legal actions against news organizations indicate that the First Amendment provides sufficient free speech protection, …
juancole.com/2021/03/dominion-smartmatic…

We Stand in Solidarity with The People of Haiti. End Neocolonialism in Haiti
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-28
17 years of a US-UN military occupation paved the way for 10 years of a US imposed dictatorship in our country, Haiti. | This regime has turned the police force into government death squads. | State corruption and land grabs are rampant….
globalresearch.ca/we-stand-in-solidarity…

Joe Biden y el Nuevo Orden Mundial
Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-28
El secretario de Estado de Estados Unidos, Antony Blinken ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de China, Wang Yi | En tan solo los dos meses de gobierno Joe Biden está logrando lo que sus cinco antecesores desde el final de la guerra…
globalizacion.ca/joe-biden-y-el-nuevo-or…

Atlanta solidarity with Haiti: protest at Coca-Cola landmark
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-03-28
Atlanta, GA – An international day of solidarity with Haiti is being called for March 29. Protests are planned for Atlanta, New York, Miami and Washington DC. March 29 is the day on which Haiti's constitution was written. President Jovenel MoàØse wants to rewrite Haiti's constitution to maintain power and increase his term until February 7, 2022. | Since taking office in 2017, President MoàØse has been making power plays, including firing judges and parliamentary officials, while reinstating a repressive national military that collaborates with Haitian police. Together, they violently repress Haitia…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/3/28/atlanta-…

U.S. Authorities Pay No Price for Acknowledged Lying
Bruce E. Levine | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-28
"Everybody knows that the boat is leaking. Everybody knows that the captain lied. Everybody got this broken feeling, like their father or their dog just died."–Leonard Cohen Presidents and other U.S. authorities have always been liars–just ask Native Americans. While lying to Native Americans has never been politically costly for U.S. presidents, getting caught lying…
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Minnesota demands U.S. withdraw from Afghanistan
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-03-28
Minneapolis, MN – On March 26, a coalition of Twin Cities area peace and anti-war groups marked 18 years of the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq with a protest calling for an end to "endless U.S. wars." The crowed lined up in front of the office of Minnesota U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar. | MN Peace Action Coalition called for the protest and announced, "The effects of U.S. militarism around the world are felt at home with militarization of police and brutalization of communities at home. The wars abroad are felt on the streets at home, as funds for housing, jobs, health care and other human needs go to the Pentagon war…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/3/28/minnesot…

Activist Islanda Micherline on the coup and grassroots struggle in Haiti
Capire | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-28
In a context of deepened political crisis in Haiti which has seen Jovenel MoàØse, of the Haitian Tèt Kale Party (Parti HaàØtien Tèt Kale–PHTK) π attempt to cling onto power after his term in office expired, the Haitian people have been engaged in important efforts of mobilization and organizing across the country. In this context, Islanda Micherline, a member of the Union of Small Producers of Haiti (Tèt Kole Ti Peyizan Ayisyen), CLOC-La Via Campesina, and ALBA Movements, spoke to Capire to address the crisis in Haiti, the crimes committed by Moà&Osla…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/28/activist-…

"Making Something Out of Nothing": PCR Tests, CT Values and False Positives
Prof. Niels Harrit | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-28
The efficacy of the RT-PCR test used to identify infection by …
globalresearch.ca/making-something-out-n…

Courtney Barnett — So Long, Marianne
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-28
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Contra Venezuela, el Far West "democrático" de los países imperialistas
Geraldina Colotti | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-28
Hay muchas buenas razones para defender el derecho a la existencia de la revolución bolivariana. Algunas de ellas se relacionan con la esencia misma del ser humano como ser social capaz de experimentar sentimientos de identificación con el dolor del…
globalizacion.ca/contra-venezuela-el-far…

The Worst Attack on Voting Rights Since Jim Crow
OtherWords | juancole.com | 2021-03-28
By Phyllis Richardson | — ( Otherwords.org ) — Last November, despite a global pandemic, voter intimidation, and an unprecedented disinformation campaign, a record number of Americans cast a ballot in the 2020 election. Expanded voting by mail, no-excuse absentee voting, curbside voting, and early voting made the ballot box more accessible. But now, Republican …
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The Worst Attack on Voting Rights Since Jim Crow
OtherWords | juancole.com | 2021-03-28
By Phyllis Richardson | — ( Otherwords.org ) — Last November, despite a global pandemic, voter intimidation, and an unprecedented disinformation campaign, a record number of Americans cast a ballot in the 2020 election. Expanded voting by mail, no-excuse absentee voting, curbside voting, and early voting made the ballot box more accessible. But now, Republican …
juancole.com/2021/03/attack-voting-right…

Janitors Walk Off the Job in SF for COVID Protections and More
Solidarity Forever | indybay.org | 2021-03-28
After months of contract negotiations broke down, over 700 janitors represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) walked off the job on March 24th. This was the start of three-day strike for improved COVID protections and other working conditions.
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Manifesto: Draft Proposal For The Founding Of The International Working Peoples Association, 1979
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-28
Lorenzo Kom'boa Ervin is probably best known for Anarchism and the Black Revolution, a fifty-six page manifesto that was arguably the first work to systematically apply the principles and theories of anarchism to the history of Black struggle and the question of Black liberation. First published in 1979, Anarchism and the Black Revolution was written while the Chattanooga-born Irvin was incarcerated in the United States Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois serving a life sentence for hijacking . Ervin was first introduced to anarchism during an interim stint in the Federal Detention Center in…
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Argentina — Populismo revisitado
Jorge Alemán | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-28
La palabra Populismo ha sido tergiversada y alterada en su sentido por toda la derecha mediática neoliberal. Ha sido el término maldito tanto de las élites oligárquicas como incluso de algunos sectores denominados progresistas. | Es bastante curioso observar que no…
globalizacion.ca/argentina-populismo-rev…

GOP's Border Stunt 'Nothing But a Divide and Distract Tactic' Say Immigrant Rights Advocates
Kenny Stancil, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-03-28
"Their focus on the border is a cynical and strategic racist play for political gain." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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The Coronavirus Vaccine: The Real Danger is "Agenda ID2020". Vaccination as a Platform for "Digital Identity"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-28
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.
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-causes-eff…

Implanted "Vaccine Package" ID: Germany's Parliament Has Ratified GAVI's Digital "Agenda ID2020"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-28
This is a centralized general electronic data collection of every citizen to which every government agency, police — and possibly also the private sector would have access. It covers all that is known about an individual, from your bank account to your shopping habits, health records and entries into your private sphere.
globalresearch.ca/implanted-vaccine-pack…

Globalink | First Batch of Chinese Coronavirus Vaccines Arrives in Uzbekistan
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-28
The first batch of Chinese coronavirus vaccines arrived in Uzbekistan Saturday. China and Uzbekistan have been providing mutual assistance to overcome the pandemic, said Chinese Ambassador to Uzbekistan.
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UK PM Urged To Share Coronavirus Vaccines With Poorer Nations
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-28
There is "high risk that the UK will be hoarding limited supply whilst health workers and the most vulnerable in low- and middle-income countries do not have access," said a letter to the prime minister by those including British government science advisor Jeremy Farrar. | "The UK will be sitting on enough surplus vaccine doses to vaccinate the world's frontline health workers twice over," it said.
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Denialism at an Industrial Scale
Achal Prabhala | zcomm.org | 2021-03-28
Interview on Intellectual Property Laws around Drugs and Vaccines…
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El "lastre" del Mercosur, el Uruexit y los liberales uruguayos
Nicolás Centurión | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-28
El cruce entre el presidente argentino Alberto Fernández y el uruguayo Luis Lacalle Pou en la Cumbre virtual por los 30 años del Mercado Común del sur (Mercosur), del que son socios con brasileños y paraguayos, es noticia en todos…
globalizacion.ca/el-lastre-del-mercosur-…

Incredible Hulk "Virus Variants" and Other COVID Science Fiction Fantasies
John C. A. Manley | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-28
In a recent episode of the High Wire, host Del …
globalresearch.ca/incredible-hulk-varian…

Los bucaneros del petróleo
Enrique Calderón Alzati | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-28
En ocasión del pasado aniversario de la expropiación petrolera, tuve oportunidad de leer un artículo que me pareció del mayor interés para comprender algunos sucesos relacionados con el nuevo gobierno de Estados Unidos. El documento fue escrito por mi amigo…
globalizacion.ca/los-bucaneros-del-petro…

Lacalle lo logra: Caída de un 5.9% del PIB y aumento crítico del coronavirus en Uruguay
Luvis Pareja | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-28
Las autoridades uruguayas estimaron la suspensión de las clases presenciales en todos los niveles de enseñanza hasta Semana Santa, mientras que el cierre de oficinas estatales y la cancelación de espectáculos públicos se extenderá hasta el 12 de abril de…
globalizacion.ca/lacalle-lo-logra-caida-…

Graziella Pogolotti: Una extraordinaria intelectual que ha puesto todo su talento al servicio de la descolonización, del mejoramiento humano
Abel Prieto Jiménez | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-28
Palabras de elogio en el acto de entrega de la Orden Nacional "José Martí" a la doctora Graziella Pogolotti | Hoy es un día de alegría y orgullo para la cultura cubana y para toda Cuba. Nos hemos reunido para rendir…
globalizacion.ca/graziella-pogolotti-una…

Privatización, bursatilización y geopolítica del "oro azul"
Isaac Enríquez Pérez | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-28
El día 22 de marzo fue declarado por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) como el Día Mundial del Agua; y más que atender la conmemoración respecto al vital líquido es importante comprender los desafíos y la conflictividad que…
globalizacion.ca/privatizacion-bursatili…

Iraq major destination for knowledge-based firms' exports
Kamal Iranidoost | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-28
TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — Rouhollah Estiri, the director-general of the international business development office, says that Iraq was the major destination for the products of Iranian knowledge-based companies.
en.mehrnews.com/news/171475/Iraq-major-d…

Tehran Azadi Tower goes dark at Earth Hour
Kamal Iranidoost | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-28
TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — Along with many other landmark structures on earth, the iconic Azadi Tower went dark to mark the Earth Hour on Saturday evening.
en.mehrnews.com/news/171470/Tehran-Azadi…

Sudan signs deal with rebel faction for future peace talks
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-28
Sudan signs deal with rebel faction for future peace talks | Khartoum has made it a priority to establish peace with the SPLM-N rebel faction and settle internal conflicts | MEE and agencies | Sun, 03/28/2021 – 15: 40 | Sudan's head of state, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, signed the "declaration of principles" with Abdelaziz al-Hilu, head of Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) (AFP) | Sudan s…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-governm…

Saudi Arabia to plant 10 billion trees, as MBS launches ambitious climate plan
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-28
Saudi Arabia to plant 10 billion trees, as MBS launches ambitious climate plan | World's biggest oil exporter also announces plans to generate half of its energy from renewable sources over the next decade | MEE and agencies | Sun, 03/28/2021 – 11: 36 | A tree in the desert in Saudi Arabia's capital Riyadh (AFP/File photo) | Saudi Arabia aims to plant 10 billion trees, as part of ambitious plans launched by…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-…

Suez Canal: Sisi orders preparations to lighten stranded ship's load
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-28
Suez Canal: Sisi orders preparations to lighten stranded ship's load | Some movement, but experts say authorities face two-week wait if unable to dislodge ship on Sunday | MEE and agencies | Sun, 03/28/2021 – 12: 25 | A view of earth-moving equipment excavating sand near the bow of the Ever Given container ship stuck in the Suez Canal (AFP) | Egypt's President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi ordered the Suez Canal Autho…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/suez-canal-si…

Protest in Atlanta stands up to anti-Asian terror attacks
Liberation Staff | zcomm.org | 2021-03-28
The Atlanta massacre has sparked a new nation-wide movement–demanding an end to anti-Asian racism, violence against women, and white supremacy…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/protest-in-atlanta…

Amazon and Bathroom Breaks
Ken Klippenstein | zcomm.org | 2021-03-28
If employees actually had to pee in bottles, Amazon said, "nobody would work for us." That's a lie…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/amazon-and-bathroo…

Opposition to Abolishing Nuclear Weapons–and What Could Help to Overcome It
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2021-03-28
Given the fact that nuclear war means the virtual annihilation of life on earth, it's remarkable that many people continue to resist building a nuclear weapons-free world. Is the human race suicidal? Before jumping to that conclusion, let's remember that considerably more people favor abolishing nuclear weapons than oppose it. Public opinion surveys–ranging from polls Read…
zcomm.org/zblogs/opposition-to-abolishin…

The Third Reconstruction
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II | zcomm.org | 2021-03-28
Interview on building power for poor and low-income people…
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Sanders Estate Tax Bill Shuts Down Wealth Hiding Loopholes
Chuck Collins | zcomm.org | 2021-03-28
The Vermont senator and former presidential candidate takes shot across the bow of the wealth defense industry…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/sanders-estate-tax…

Will Drones Really Protect Us?
Maya Evans | zcomm.org | 2021-03-28
Drugs, Surveillance & The War on Terror…
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As mayor, I'll fight to fix London's broken housing system
Siân Berry | zcomm.org | 2021-03-28
Londoners need a mayor who will fight for housing reform and rent controls, argues Green Party candidate Sian Berry…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/as-mayor-ill-fight…

If You Want Student Loan Debt Cancellation, the Time to Act Is Here
Umme Hoque | zcomm.org | 2021-03-28
Starting next week, the Debt Collective will embark on a week of action to tell the Biden administration that it's time to cancel every cent of student debt. Join us…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/if-you-want-studen…

Virginia Public Sector Workers Organize to Make New Bargaining Rights a Reality
Joe DeManuelle-Hall | zcomm.org | 2021-03-28
Please Help ZNet Source: Labor Notes When Virginia changed its law last year to allow local government workers to bargain collectively, it was a leap forward in a time when the trend is generally in the opposite direction. As always, the devil is in the details–and there's a lot of devilry Read…
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The Future of People Power in the Coronavirus Depression
Jeremy Brecher | zcomm.org | 2021-03-28
Direct action can play a significant role in shaping the Biden era…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-future-of-peop…

Atlanta Murders Reporting Relied On Law Enforcement Narratives
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-28
Gunman Rob Aaron Long opened fire in three Asian-owned spas in the Atlanta, Georgia area on March 16, 2021, killing Yong Ae Yue, Hyun Jung Grant, Suncha Kim, Soon Chung Park, Delaina Ashley Yuan, Xiaojie Tan, Daoyou Feng and Paul Andre Michels.* Six of the eight victims were Asian women. | At local and national levels, the initial media response focused primarily on the gunman's story and police statements. Reports linked the targeted businesses to sex work with insubstantial documentation, but struggled to identify if and how race and gender motivated the gunman.
popularresistance.org/atlanta-murders-re…

Ethiopians Protest Junta and Foreign Interference
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2021-03-28
San Francisco's Ethiopians Protest TPLF Junta and Say "hands Off" to Foreign Countries…
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Con Lula da Silva vuelve el tiempo de la izquierda
Emir Sader | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-28
El pleno regreso de Lula a la vida política cambia los términos de los enfrentamientos políticos. Hasta entonces, el centro de los choques estaba en el marco de la derecha, entre Bolsonaro y los sectores de derecha que, apoyando su…
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All Health Is Public Health
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-28
For decades, we have been sold a myth of private health. It is a myth that our health is largely a product of individual choices and personal responsibilities. It is a myth that our healthcare is a service which private corporations can provide, and for which we must pay to survive. | But the Covid-19 pandemic has blown up this myth. Our personal health cannot be separated from the health of our neighbors or our planet. Nor can it be separated from the structural factors and policy decisions that have determined our health outcomes long before we are born.
popularresistance.org/all-health-is-publ…

End US-UK Nuclear Collusion
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-28
On March 16, the United Kingdom announced (in its Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Foreign Policy and Development titled Global Britain in a Competitive Age) that it will increase the limit on its nuclear arsenal for the first time in decades. Instead of maintaining a cap of 180 warheads (as it had previously stated), the UK will increase its stockpile cap to 260 warheads — a 40% increase. The review also broadens the role of nuclear weapons to include the possible use of nuclear weapons to address emerging technologies (cyber attacks).
popularresistance.org/end-us-uk-nuclear-…

OPD team framing Indigenous Elder RunningWolf for "hate crime" includes racist killer cop
Free RunningWolf | indybay.org | 2021-03-28
After five months, Indigenous Elder Zachary RunningWolf is still being held as a political prisoner due to OPD interference in Berkeley's 2020 Mayoral Election. Systemic racism and corruption in the prisons & courts have undermined RunningWolf's rights to a fair trial, while corporate media circulates lies and covers up Anti-Indigenous Genocide.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/26/1884112…

Thousands March and Rally In San Francisco Protesting Racist Attacks Against Asians
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2021-03-28
Thousands of Chinese Americans and Asians marched and rallied in San Francisco on March 27, 2021 against the racist murders and attacks in the US. Some also protested the China bashing whipped up by both the Democrats and Republicans iincluding House Leader Nancy Pelosi from San Francisco.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/28/1884118…

Who are the 10 Biggest Pandemic Profiteers?
inequality | indybay.org | 2021-03-28
The combined wealth of the nation's 657 billionaires increased more than $1.3 trillion, or 44.6 percent, since the pandemic lockdowns began. [See Master Table] Over those same 12 months, more than 29 million Americans contracted the virus and more than 535,000 died from it.
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Sunday 3/28: What's going on in Myanmar?
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2021-03-28
Zoom forum, login into at icssmarx.org…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/25/1884110…

Sunday 3/28: Fruitvale Mutual Aid Day
Restore Oakland | indybay.org | 2021-03-28
1419 39th Ave | Oakland, CA | (Restore Oakland parking lot)…
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Unrelenting e-mails from Gov. Newsom
CA Voter | indybay.org | 2021-03-28
Unrelenting e-mails from Gov. Newsom. It's enough to make me want to support his recall!
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/27/1884116…

Wednesday 4/14: From Eco-Anxiety to Eco-Resilience
CIIS Public Programs | indybay.org | 2021-03-28
Online…
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Bay Area Asians Rise Up to Repudiate Hate
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2021-03-28
In solidarity with Blacks, Latinos and others they marched down SF's Market Street…
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Sunday 5/2: MOTHERLOAD: Virtual Screening & Panel Discussion
Fresno County Bicycle Coalition | indybay.org | 2021-03-28
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Corona: When will we ever understand?
Ekkehard Basten, Manfred Lotze | indybay.org | 2021-03-28
The Corona measures of those currently in power are intended to prevent great calamity. They are used to justify the most severe restrictions on constitutional rights, the likes of which have not been seen since the end of World War II.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/27/1884116…

Kickoff for Negro Bar State Historic Park Junior Ranger Program
Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2021-03-28
Early California Pan African Pioneers, both free and enslaved were a key part of the California Gold Rush. Our California Buffalo Soldiers were the early California Park Rangers and initial stewards of the land in an unsurpassed way.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/28/1884119…

Biden Go Home!
Manitou | indybay.org | 2021-03-28
Uncle Sam is not American. He's not even speaking American. He's speaking the language of the filthy European squatter. There are hundreds of American languages but Uncle Sam is too damn stupid and too lazy to learn. What kind of a nation is a nation without an own language? A nation of filthy squatters and racist bastards attacking people that look much more American than Uncle Sam? Americans came from Asia and the Pacific not from Europe…?>…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/26/1884112…

The Ballistics Evidence Used To Convict Mumia Abu-Jamal
The Jamal Journal | indybay.org | 2021-03-28
This article appears in the Jamal Journal issue #1 and has just been published at www.jamaljournal.com…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/27/1884114…

Sunday 4/4: Free Easter Dinner and PPE & Clothing Giveaway w/ Tenderloin Tessie SF
Tenderloin Tessie & First UU Church SF | indybay.org | 2021-03-28
First Unitarian Universalist Church & Center, 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94109…
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Libya — Why Was Muammar Gaddafi Killed — May We Never Forget
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-28
This article was originally published on GR in May 2017. | The Text below is the transcript of the interview between Alex Knyazev of Russia TV24 and Peter Koenig. | Questions Russia TV24: What were the reasons Mr. Gaddafi was …
globalresearch.ca/libya-why-was-muammar-…

Cape Verde greenlights Venezuelan gov't envoy extradition to U.S
Ricardo Vaz | mronline.org | 2021-03-27
The Cape Verde Supreme Court has approved a request to extradite Venezuelan government envoy Alex Saab to the U.S. | MR Online | March 27, 2021 | Newswire…
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Cape Verde greenlights Venezuelan gov't envoy extradition to U.S
Ricardo Vaz | mronline.org | 2021-03-27
The Cape Verde Supreme Court has approved a request to extradite Venezuelan government envoy Alex Saab to the U.S. | March 27, 2021 | Newswire…
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The Ides of March: False Pretexts Galore in the Wars on Yugoslavia and Iraq
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-27
"Biden was a man who believed in regime change. Biden was a man who believed Saddam Hussein was the personification of evil. Biden was a man who believed that we had to use whatever means necessary up to and including …
globalresearch.ca/the-ides-of-march-fals…

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
The World Socialist Web Site invites workers and other readers to contribute to this regular feature.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/labo…

Advance notice: Socialist publisher Mehring Books launches new Australian website
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
The new site will enable WSWS readers in Australia, New Zealand and throughout the Asia-Pacific region to more easily access Mehring Book's extensive range of Marxist literature and at a reduced price.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/meba…

Form a Network of Rank-and-File Action Committees for Safe Workplaces!
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
We call on all workers, students and young people who agree with these demands to attend the April 10 online forum. Join us in building independent rank-and-file committees to wage the class struggle and take part in the fight to build a new socialist leadership.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/appe…

Venezuelan Oil and Natural Gas Production Cut Down After Pipeline Explosion
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2021-03-27
Oil Minister Tareck El Aissami denounced a terrorist attack against the gas pipeline in eastern Venezuela.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/15158

The Windigo Disease of Resource Capitalism and Global Dispossession of Indigenous Peoples
Litsa Chatzivasileiou | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-27
This is a version of a speech given outside the headquarters of ReconAfrica in Vancouver BC on Water Day — March 22, 2021. We are on stolen CS·∏µwxñwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó: l≈ç and S…ôlÃìiÃÅlw…ôta î/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) and x ∑m…ôŒ∏k ∑…ôyÃì…ôm (Musqueam) land and what is happening here today, the assault of Indigenous peoples and the invasion of their territories by …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/03/the-windigo-d…

The War Of Hunger Is Taking Over From The War Of Guns
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-27
Great dollops of hypocrisy invariably accompany expressions of concern by outside powers for the wellbeing of the Syrian people. But even by these low standards, a new record for self-serving dishonesty is being set by the Caesar Civilian Protection Act, the new US law imposing the harshest sanctions in the world on Syria and bringing millions of Syrians to the brink of famine. | Supposedly aimed at safeguarding ordinary Syrians from violent repression by President Bashar al-Assad, the law is given a humanitarian garnish by naming it after the Syrian military photographer who filmed and smuggled out of the countr…
popularresistance.org/the-war-of-hunger-…

Venezuela Sues The US At The WTO
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-27
Venezuela's Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza on Friday informed that his country sued the U.S. before the World Trade Organization (WTO) for imposing unilateral coercive measures contrary to international norms and principles. | "Sooner rather than later, Venezuela will defeat through law what the U.S. intends to impose through force," he said, recalling that the U.S. blockade seeks to destabilize President Nicolas Maduro's administration. | In an attempt to avoid criticism from a multilateral institution, the United States prevented Venezuela from requesting the formation of a WTO panel whose objective wou…
popularresistance.org/venezuela-sues-the…

The US-NATO War of Aggression against Yugoslavia
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-27
The US-NATO War of Aggression against Yugoslavia : | . | by Michel Chossudovsky: | Centre for Research on Globalization, | Global Research E-Book Series, | | Montreal, March 2021 | . | Copyright, Centre for Research on Globalization. 2021 | . | . | | . | Preface: | . | Twenty-two years ago in …
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Protest in Atlanta stands up to anti-Asian terror attacks
Liberation Staff, Atlanta | liberationnews.org | 2021-03-27
On March 18, the Party for Socialism and Liberation in Atlanta responded to the massacre by organizing a protest nearby two of the targeted spas.
liberationnews.org/protest-in-atlanta-st…

Amazon plays dirty in Bessemer Union Drive: Mass solidarity needed
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-03-27
Everyone knew that Amazon would fight the union drive in one of its fulfillment centers in Bessemer, Alabama. But the company's union-busting tactics are drawing more scrutiny as the final days for workers to mail in ballots draw near. | March 27, 2021 | Newswire…
mronline.org/2021/03/27/amazon-plays-dir…

Behind Amazon's expansion in Detroit
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
The investments by Amazon in Detroit, including the construction of five new facilities in the greater metropolitan area promising to bring 2,000 jobs, is part of the giant technology company's strategy to cash in on the conditions of poverty and unemployment in the city.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/8mil…

Amazon plays dirty in Bessemer Union Drive: Mass solidarity needed
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-03-27
Everyone knew that Amazon would fight the union drive in one of its fulfillment centers in Bessemer, Alabama. But the company's union-busting tactics are drawing more scrutiny as the final days for workers to mail in ballots draw near. | MR Online | March 27, 2021 | Newswire…
mronline.org/2021/03/27/amazon-plays-dir…

Australian government and media seek to bury Afghanistan war crimes
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
Despite an official report saying "credible evidence" showed that Australian troops murdered 39 Afghans, no criminal investigations have begun.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/afgh…

Quebec court throws out union lawsuit calling for greater protection from COVID-19 in schools
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
Justice Riordan issued his full-throated endorsement of the "open schools" policy of the Quebec government and Canadian elite amid a further surge in the pandemic, fueled by new more contagious and lethal COVID-19 variants.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/qusc…

Germany sees record greenhouse gas emission fall due to pandemic, renewables
Clean Energy Wire | juancole.com | 2021-03-27
By Kerstine Appunn and Julian Wettengel | — ( Clean Energy Wire) — Germany's greenhouse gas emissions dropped nearly nine percent in 2020 — the largest annual fall since 1990 — as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed down the use of fossil fuels and added to the effects of the shift to renewable …
juancole.com/2021/03/greenhouse-emission…

EU summit: Trade war instead of protection from coronavirus
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
The recent EU summit has once again shown that the European Union is neither able nor willing to offer its citizens even the minimum protection against the coronavirus pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/eusu…

Protests in 60+ Countries Reject Genocidal US Blockade on Cuba
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-27
In a worldwide day, the initiative launched a month ago by the Europe for Cuba channel, in coordination with solidarity movements and groups in different parts of the planet, will take place today and tomorrow, Sunday, with car and bicycle caravans, rallies, marches and mountain climbing, among other diverse actions. | "The call is also to flood the social networks in days of denunciation and repudiation of the genocidal blockade imposed on the island, in which we expect a good response, despite the restrictions derived from the COVID-19 pandemic," José Antonio Toledo and Michele Mesagna, coordinators of the p…
telesurenglish.net/news/Protests-in-60-C…

Germany sees record greenhouse gas emission fall due to pandemic, renewables
Clean Energy Wire | juancole.com | 2021-03-27
By Kerstine Appunn and Julian Wettengel | — ( Clean Energy Wire) — Germany's greenhouse gas emissions dropped nearly nine percent in 2020 — the largest annual fall since 1990 — as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic pushed down the use of fossil fuels and added to the effects of the shift to renewable …
juancole.com/2021/03/greenhouse-emission…

Can Russia's S-400 Sale to India Trigger the Collapse of the US-led anti-China "Quad Alliance"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-27
The US-led anti-Chinese Quad alliance of itself, Australia, India, and Japan …
globalresearch.ca/can-russia-s-400-sale-…

COVID-19 infections shoot up in reopened UK schools
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
The Johnson government is stopping at nothing to ensure that pupils remain in classrooms in order that their parents are able to go to work and churn out profits for the corporations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/scuk…

Capitalizing on the COVID Crisis: the Ford Government's move to privatize Public Education for EdTech
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-03-27
Recently, Klein coined the term "disaster capitalism" to describe how corporations profit from crises with help from the right-wing governments that pick up and implement the ideas that serve them. | March 27, 2021 | Newswire…
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Texas implements new CDC guidelines in public schools
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
Potentially millions of schoolchildren will be packed into classrooms in the second most populous state in the US, as known COVID-19 cases among schoolchildren and staff approach 200,000.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/texs…

Capitalizing on the COVID Crisis: the Ford Government's move to privatize Public Education for EdTech
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-03-27
Recently, Klein coined the term "disaster capitalism" to describe how corporations profit from crises with help from the right-wing governments that pick up and implement the ideas that serve them. | MR Online | March 27, 2021 | Newswire…
mronline.org/2021/03/27/capitalizing-on-…

Congress Demands Tech CEOs Censor the Internet in Despotic Hearing
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2021-03-27
By Glenn Greenwald / Substack Over the course of five-plus hours on Thursday, a House Committee along with two subcommittees badgered three tech CEOs, repeatedly demanding that they censor more political content from their platforms and vowing legislative retaliation if they fail to comply. The hearing — convened by the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Chair Rep. Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ)… | Source…
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As US loses its edge, game of cyber chicken could have deadly consequences
Prabir Purkayastha | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-27
Cybersecurity threats are emerging as one of the most serious challenges of the 21st century. The US and its NATO allies have turned down every attempt within the UN framework for banning cyber weapons…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/27/as-us-los…

Mercosur Holds Tense Virtual Summit on 30th Anniversary
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-27
The presidents of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) member states held a virtual summit on Saturday where they celebrated 30 years of the integration mechanism and discussed the bloc's tariff policy. | RELATED: | Argentina Leaves Lima Group, Rejects Venezuela's Isolation | MERCOSUR is currently formed by five permanent members: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela, which did not take part in the summit. Venezuela was suspended in August 2017 after its National Asse…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mercosur-Holds-T…

As US loses its edge, game of cyber chicken could have deadly consequences
Prabir Purkayastha | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-27
Cybersecurity threats are emerging as one of the most serious challenges of the 21st century. The US and its NATO allies have turned down every attempt within the UN framework for banning cyber weapons…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/27/as-us-los…

End US Support For The Brutal MoàØse Regime In Haiti!
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-27
March 29 is the anniversary of the 1987 Haitian Constitution written after the 1986 overthrow of the brutal Duvalier dictatorship. The 1987 Constitution was designed to create "a socially just, economically free, and politically independent Haitian nation." Those ideals are again in crisis. | The US-backed de facto president of Haiti, Jovenel MoàØse, is refusing to leave office even though his term ended on February 7. MoàØse and his Western allies – the US, Canada, Brazil, France, Spain and the European Union – are trying to push through a new constitution.
popularresistance.org/end-us-support-for…

Determined opposition to 12-hour day at Sterling Heights Assembly as April 5 start date approaches
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
Stellantis is seeking to ramp up production at SHAP even as five assembly plants face temporary closure due to a shortage of computer chips.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/shap…

German train drivers union head calls for massive staff cuts
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
The chairman of the German Train Drivers' Union (GDL), Claus Weselsky, has called for massive staff cuts in the administration of Germany's main rail company, Deutsche Bahn (DB).
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/wese…

Evanston, Illinois city council votes to enact racial reparations program
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
The Chicago suburb's plan, like other such schemes that have been floated or are currently being introduced, is reactionary in its attempt to divide the working class on racial lines, and moreover, will do nothing to address the deep poverty and inequality suffered by black workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/repa…

Car Bombing Leaves 43 Injured in Cauca, Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-27
In Colombia, twelve officials and over thirty civilians on Friday were wounded after a car bomb explosion in front of Corinto's City Hall in the department of Cauca. | RELATED: | Permanent Peoples' Tribunal Tries State Terrorism in Colombia | "Terrorism is cowards' weapon. We will fight it relentlessly wherever it is," said Colombia's President Ivan Duque. | The terrorist attack occurred at 15H30 (local time), and immediately after, police and army forces arrived on the scene to…
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If Israel accuses Iran of doing something, Israel is likely already doing it
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-03-27
Israel has accused Iran of doing many nefarious things. But the historical record shows that whatever Israel accuses Iran of, it is likely that Israel is already doing it. | MR Online | March 27, 2021 | Newswire…
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Sound of Metal: Searching for relief in "a damn cruel place"
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
The story follows a musician couple, Ruben (Riz Ahmed) and Lou (Olivia Cooke), who play in a "sludge metal" band. Tragically, Ruben's hearing begins to deteriorate rapidly.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/soun…

The heavy cost of 'insulting' monarchy in Thailand
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-27
Thailand has been witnessing massive protests over the past few months and one of the key demands has been the repeal of the draconian lèse-majesté law. Unsurprisingly, the government has used this provision indiscriminately against protesters…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/27/the-heavy…

Columbia graduate workers hold the line, set to continue strike into third week
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
The greatest danger facing the strike is its systematic isolation by the UAW, which is aimed at wearing down the strikers, while negotiations are being conducted behind the backs of the rank-and-file.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/grad…

This bodycam footage reveals all that is wrong with policing
Staff | therealnews.com | 2021-03-27
The questionable arrest of a cab driver in Ohio, caught on body camera, shows how quickly police can be to initiate force–and what the consequences are for the victims who experience it.
therealnews.com/this-bodycam-footage-rev…

After the January 6 coup attempt, Republicans escalate attack on voting rights
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
On Thursday, Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed into law a sweeping attack on voting rights aimed at crippling the ability of poor, minority and working class people to cast a ballot.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/pers…

Ten years after the Arab Spring, Libya has another chance for peace
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-03-27
By Brian McQuinn | — Ten years ago, the United Nation's no-fly zone over Libya marked the beginning of the Libyan revolution and the West's bombing campaign. I spent much of the war embedded with the fighters in Misrata, Libya's third-largest city, studying the insurgency. The fighting stopped with the death of Col. Moammar Gadhafi, …
juancole.com/2021/03/spring-another-chan…

Australian Treasury flags 150,000 job losses as JobKeeper ends
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
With 1.1 million workers still depending on the wage subsidy, the real impact will likely be far greater.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/jobk…

Activists Block Rail Line Near General Dynamics Over Arms Sales
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-27
London, Ontario – A small group of activists blocked a rail line in east London Friday, demanding the federal government cancel a contract to provide military vehicles to Saudi Arabia. | About 15 people from various anti-war groups demonstrated on the railroad tracks at Clarke Road and Oxford Street East in London, just west of the General Dynamics Land Systems plant, which manufactures light armoured vehicles (LAVs). | The protest was meant to stop any shipments of military vehicles bound for the middle eastern kingdom. No trains came through during the protest.
popularresistance.org/activists-block-ra…

Myanmar: 100+ People Killed in the Bloodiest Day of the Coup
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-27
Over 100 unarmed civilians were killed by security forces in Myanmar on Saturday, which marks the bloodiest day of protests since last month's coup. | RELATED: | Myanmar Military Junta Threatens Private Banks on Strike | Protesters against the February 1 military coup came out on the streets of Yangon, Mandalay, and other towns, defying a military warning that they could be shot "in the head and back." | At least 40 people, including a 13-year-old girl, were killed in Mandalay, and a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Myanmar-100-Peop…

Top US admiral warns war with China over Taiwan "much closer than most think"
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
By heightening tensions with China over Taiwan, the Biden administration is pouring petrol over the most dangerous flashpoint in Asia, threatening to trigger a catastrophic war between nuclear-armed powers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/usch…

Kim Janey Becomes Boston's First Black and First Female Mayor
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-27
Former Boston council president Kim Janey became the first woman and Black person to lead the city of Boston after 199 years of white men's control on the city's mayorship. | RELATED: | Protests in 60+ Countries Reject Genocidal US Blockade on Cuba | She was sworn in by the first Black woman to lead Massachusetts' highest court, Kimberly Budd, and the first Black Massachusetts congresswoman, Ayanna Pressley, who are symbols of Black women's new role in U.S. politics. | Jany asce…
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The Fairy Creek Blockaders
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-27
Simon Frankson emerged from his sleeping bag at 4 a.m., just in time to join the fray. | The day before, a balmy afternoon in early August, he and about a dozen campers had studied a satellite photo of the area: a mountainside sheathed in deep green cedars and Douglas fir trees, many of them hundreds or thousands of years old, in a watershed known as Fairy Creek in the southwest corner of Vancouver Island. The telling grey stripe of a logging road was creeping up from the left side of the image. It was the same kind of road that has, over the past century, made way for logging companies to cut down 80 per cent of…
popularresistance.org/the-fairy-creek-bl…

Texas reports 111 dead from February winter storm that knocked out power and water for millions
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
The new tally is almost twice as high as previously reported. It surpasses the death toll from Hurricane Harvey in 2017 and is expected to grow even higher.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/texa…

Voting rights IS democracy
Heather Cox Richardson | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-27
Democrats are talking about reforming the filibuster to keep Republicans from blocking the For the People Act.
nationofchange.org/2021/03/27/voting-rig…

Virginia's state government abolishes capital punishment
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
The abolition of the death penalty makes Virginia the first Southern US state to remove the barbaric punishment from its books.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/virg…

War in Yemen: Grassroots Mobilization Pressured Biden Administration to Pledge End of U.S. Involvement
Ellie Baron | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-27
Grassroots mobilization has led the Biden administration to pledge to end …
globalresearch.ca/war-yemen-grassroots-m…

Court refuses reinstatement for ex-NYPD cop who killed Eric Garner
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-27
"Today we provide the people of New York City an important tool for accountability when law enforcement violates their rights."
nationofchange.org/2021/03/27/court-refu…

If Israel accuses Iran of doing something, Israel is likely already doing it
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-03-27
Israel has accused Iran of doing many nefarious things. But the historical record shows that whatever Israel accuses Iran of, it is likely that Israel is already doing it. | March 27, 2021 | Newswire…
mronline.org/2021/03/27/if-israel-accuse…

Morenoite CRT offers political alliance with Spain's PSOE-Podemos government
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
As anger mounts at the government's "herd immunity" and police state policies, the Morenoite Workers' Revolutionary Current is offering a political alliance with Podemos.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/spai…

Demonstrators protest brutal removal of Los Angeles homeless encampment
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
Los Angeles police officers arrested over 180 demonstrators, legal observers and journalists while city officials closed down a homeless encampment at historic Echo Park Lake.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/echo…

Hands off Haiti!
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-27
Tens of thousands of Haitians have been on the streets since January to protest President Jovenel MoàØse's moves to consolidate a dictatorship in the country. | Organizations across the world have called for an International Day of Solidarity with Haiti on March 29 to support the struggle of the Haitian people. March 29 marks the day the 1987 constitution came into effect.
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/27/hands-off…

Next Indo-Pacific US Commander Warns Of China's Threat To Taiwan
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-27
During his confirmation hearing to head the command that covers 51 percent of the globe, U.S. Pacific Fleet commander Admiral John Aquilino told the Senate Armed Services Committee that "the most dangerous concern is that of a military force against Taiwan." Aquilino told the committee that the "annexation of Taiwan is the number one priority of China" and asked the Senate committee to fund the $27.3 billion Pacific Deterrence Initiative. | Aquilino's comment echoed the March 2, 2021 assessment of retired Lt. General H.R. McMaster, one of the Trump administration's national security advisers.
popularresistance.org/next-indo-pacific-…

Iran and China Sign 25-Year $400 Billion Cooperation Agreement
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-27
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif signed a 25-year comprehensive strategic partnership agreement in Tehran on Saturday, marking a milestone in bilateral relations between the two countries. | The 25-year strategic cooperation roadmap between the two nations sets out comprehensive bilateral collaboration in many sectors. | RELATED: | China Ignores US Sanctions, Increases Exports of Iranian Oil | According to the official Irna news age…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-and-China-S…

How Many is Too Many?
Alan Johnstone | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-27
The United States of America is victim of its own propaganda. Since being founded, the USA has always depicted itself as a beacon of democracy and liberty, a land of opportunity and hope where a person can accomplish rags to riches through hard work and initiative. For many the American Dream is viewed as a …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/03/how-many-is-t…

Ten years after the Arab Spring, Libya has another chance for peace
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-03-27
By Brian McQuinn | — Ten years ago, the United Nation's no-fly zone over Libya marked the beginning of the Libyan revolution and the West's bombing campaign. I spent much of the war embedded with the fighters in Misrata, Libya's third-largest city, studying the insurgency. The fighting stopped with the death of Col. Moammar Gadhafi, …
juancole.com/2021/03/spring-another-chan…

Teachers in Los Angeles speak out as catastrophic school reopenings loom
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
Details continue to emerge of the looming school reopening disaster in Los Angeles, which was crafted with the full collaboration of the United Teachers Los Angeles.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/lasd…

Minneapolis for Community Control of Police launches petition to change city charter
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-03-27
Minneapolis, MN – Nearly 150 people rallied in North Minneapolis, March 25, to launch a massive voter petition campaign to amend the city charter and establish an all-elected Civilian Police Accountability Commission (CPAC). | They began outside the Minneapolis Police Department 4th Precinct building on Plymouth Avenue. Once the site of an 18-day occupation demanding justice for Jamar Clark in 2015, the precinct building is now surrounded by barricades, fencing and barbed wire, like other police precincts and government buildings in the city where killer cop Derek Chauvin is on trial for the murder of George Floy…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/3/27/minneapo…

Argentina Withdraws From Lima Group
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-27
Argentina has withdrawn from the Lima Group of countries established in 2017 to push for regime change in Venezuela. | Buenos Aires withdrew symbolically on March 24 — the Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, which commemorates victims of Argentina's "dirty war" on the anniversary of the 1976 coup d'etat. | It condemned the group's support for sanctions on Venezuela in the midst of a global pandemic and its treatment of the self-proclaimed Juan Guaido administration, a US-backed body with no territory, as Venezuela's representative within it.
popularresistance.org/argentina-withdraw…

New Global Alliance Defends UN Charter
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-27
A new alliance called the "Groups of Friends in Defense of the Charter of the United Nations" has formed in a clear act of resistance to the unilateral and aggressive policies of the United States and its junior partners. Representatives of the alliance reside fully in the Global South. Nations spearheading the initiative include the DPRK, Iran, Algeria, Angola, Belarus, Bolivia, Cambodia, Cuba, Eritrea, Laos, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent, and the Grenadines, Syria, Venezuela, and Palestine in addition to the largest of the developing countries, Russia and China.
popularresistance.org/new-global-allianc…

Amazon Union Drive & the Power of Organized Labor
Danny Glover | zcomm.org | 2021-03-27
"Once unions are there, once workers have representation on all levels, once they have a seat at the bargaining table, it's another kind of expression and a new relationship"
zcomm.org/znetarticle/amazon-union-drive…

[Correspondence] COVID-19, cults, and the anti-vax movement
Sophie Mylan, Charlotte Hardman | thelancet.com | 2021-03-27
Rochelle Burgess and colleagues1 eloquently described participatory community engagement as essential for successful COVID-19 vaccination, which involves appreciating the heterogeneous public and working with communities and their leaders to enable bottom-up approaches. They suggested that COVID-19 has drawn attention to the structural violence that is embedded within society, with the pandemic furthering the marginalisation of historically oppressed and excluded groups. Burgess and colleagues1 drew attention to how people who might have suffered disproportionate economic and health consequences from COVID-19 are…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00443-8/fulltext?rss=yes

[Perspectives] Your health is my health: how everyone's health is interconnected
Gwenetta Curry | thelancet.com | 2021-03-27
People who provide health and social care services, transport, food, and other essential services have maintained the economy, vital services, and crucial support systems during the COVID-19 pandemic, and many of these workers have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19. In many countries the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted pre-existing racial and social inequalities. Health inequalities have been driven by structural factors that limit resources in deprived areas, leaving some more vulnerable to disease than others.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00659-0/fulltext?rss=yes

UK councils funding crisis threatens essential services
wsws.org | 2021-03-27
The National Audit Office warned that 25 local authorities are verging on bankruptcy, while almost all will implement swingeing cuts to produce legally required balanced budgets.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/27/coun…

Biden Wants Infrastructure Project to Rival China's Belt and Road
Dave DeCamp | news.antiwar.com | 2021-03-27
Speaking to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday, President Biden suggested that the US and its allies should pursue a massive infrastructure plan to compete with China's Belt and Road initiative. | "We talked about China and the competition they're engaging in in the Belt and Road Initiative," Biden told reporters after the call. "And I suggested we should have, essentially,…
news.antiwar.com/2021/03/26/biden-wants-…

As Tide Turns, Houthis Reject US, Saudi "Peace" Deals for the Recycled Trash They Are
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2021-03-27
The Houthis — empowered by six years of perseverance amid one of the most violent wars against some of the world's most powerful military forces, not to mention the ability to reject the proposals set forth by those same powers — have little incentive to accept Riyadh or Washington's "peace" offers.
mintpressnews.com/tide-turns-yemen-houth…

Moving on from the War on Terror?
Karen J. Greenberg | zcomm.org | 2021-03-27
Checking in After Six Months…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/moving-on-from-the…

As Junta Kills Over 100 in Myanmar, UN Expert Says It Is 'Past Time for the World to Respond'
Kenny Stancil, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-03-27
"The military celebrated Armed Forces Day by committing mass murder against the people it should be defending," said United Nations special rapporteur Tom Andrews. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2021/03/27/junta-k…

'Way Past Time to Fire Mr. DeJoy' Says Sanders After House Dems Unveil Bill to Stop Assault on USPS
Kenny Stancil, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-03-27
"We will not allow Trump's handpicked Postmaster General Louis DeJoy to slow down mail delivery, cut hours at post offices, and sabotage…
commondreams.org/news/2021/03/27/way-pas…

[World Report] Uncertainties over EU COVID-19 vaccine sharing scheme
Ann Danaiya Usher | thelancet.com | 2021-03-27
Legal hurdles and political questions remain over a European Commission mechanism for donating COVID-19 vaccines to other nations. Ann Danaiya Usher reports.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00721-2/fulltext?rss=yes

[Editorial] COVID-19: building a stronger Europe
The Lancet | thelancet.com | 2021-03-27
Europe is facing serious third waves of COVID-19 and vaccine roll-out has been fraught. But while much of the focus has been on western Europe, little attention has been paid to central and eastern Europe. This region is large, politically diverse, and historically complex, spanning EU member countries like the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, and the Baltic states, the non-EU western Balkans, and Ukraine further east. It is unclear how some of these countries managed to keep cases low during the first part of 2020.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00720-0/fulltext?rss=yes

Rich Countries Can—And Should—Help the Rest of the World With Vaccines and Debt Relief
Michael Spence, Joseph Stiglitz, Jayati Ghosh | commondreams.org | 2021-03-27
Political leaders in the developed world must recognize that no one is safe until everyone is safe, and that a healthy global economy is not possible without a strong recovery everywhere. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Stacy Abrams Aims to Vaccinate Rural Georgia
Greg Kaufmann | zcomm.org | 2021-03-27
"We saw a huge difference when we engaged and organized communities in terms of the [election] turnout in Southwest Georgia. The same can be done with accessing the vaccine."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/stacy-abrams-aims-…

As rich nations protect corporate patents, the global vaccine divide is widening
Brian Wakamo | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-27
Corporate profits are not more important than the lives of millions of poor people around the globe.
nationofchange.org/2021/03/27/as-rich-na…

Former Chief Science Officer for Pfizer Says "Second Wave" Faked on False-Positive COVID Tests, "Pandemic Is Over"
Ralph Lopez | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-27
First published by Global Research on September 24, 2020, this analysis of former Pfizer V-P Michael Yeadon has been the object of censorship. | In a stunning development, a former Chief Science Officer for the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer says "there is …
globalresearch.ca/chief-science-officer-…

Twenty Chinese Warplanes Enter Taiwan's ADIZ After Taipei Signs New Coast Guard Pact With US
Dave DeCamp | news.antiwar.com | 2021-03-27
Twenty Chinese military aircraft entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Friday after Washington and Taipei signed an agreement to boost maritime cooperation in the region. The incursion into Taiwan's ADIZ was the largest since Taipei's defense ministry started disclosing Chinese flights near the island last September. | #Taiwan's southwest ADIZ on Mar. 26, 2021. Please check our official website for more information: t.co/KdPmWCid1Z pic.twitter.c…
news.antiwar.com/2021/03/26/twenty-chine…

North Korea Denounces Biden's Comments on Missile Test
Dave DeCamp | news.antiwar.com | 2021-03-27
On Friday, North Korea denounced comments made by President Biden over a recent missile test launched by Pyongyang. At his first press conference on Thursday, Biden warned there would be a "response" if North Korea chooses to "escalate." | Ri Pyong Chol, a senior North Korean official who supervised the missile test, responded to Biden. "Such remarks from the US president are an undisguised encroachment on our stat…
news.antiwar.com/2021/03/26/north-korea-…

North Korea Denounces Biden's Comments on Missile Test
Dave DeCamp | news.antiwar.com | 2021-03-27
On Friday, North Korea denounced comments made by President Biden over a recent missile test launched by Pyongyang. At his first press conference on Thursday, Biden warned there would be a "response" if North Korea chooses to "escalate." | Ri Pyong Chol, a senior North Korean official who supervised the missile test, responded to Biden. "Such remarks from the US president are an undisguised encroachment on our stat…
news.antiwar.com/2021/03/26/north-korea-…

US Military Launches Task Force to Fight Information War Against China
Dave DeCamp | news.antiwar.com | 2021-03-27
The head of US Special Operations Command (SOCOM) told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday that the command launched a new task force to focus on information operations to counter China in the Pacific. | According to a report from C4ISRNET, the task force, known as the Joint Task Force Indo-Pacific team, will focus "on information and influence operations in the Pacific theater." Gen. Richard D. Clarke, the commander of SOCOM, said the task force wil…
news.antiwar.com/2021/03/26/us-military-…

US Official: It Doesn't Matter 'Who Goes First' to Revive Iran Deal
Dave DeCamp | news.antiwar.com | 2021-03-27
A US official speaking on the condition of anonymity told Reuters on Friday that "who goes first" to revive the Iran nuclear deal is not important. | "That's not the issue, who goes first," the official said. "The issue is do we agree on what steps are going to be taken mutually." The official told…
news.antiwar.com/2021/03/26/us-official-…

[Obituary] David Allenberg Katzenstein
Geoff Watts | thelancet.com | 2021-03-27
Virologist and HIV researcher who was devoted to tackling HIV in Zimbabwe. Born in Hartford, CT, USA, on Jan 3, 1952, he died of COVID-19 in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Jan 24, 2021, aged 69 years.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00660-7/fulltext?rss=yes

[Correspondence] Health systems in the ACT-A
David B Hipgrave, Aboubacar Kampo, Luwei Pearson | thelancet.com | 2021-03-27
The attention to health systems in the headline of Ann Usher's World Report1 about the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-A) is most welcome. However, we were disappointed that the World Report focused on medical oxygen and personal protective equipment (PPE), interventions that, although important, are better described as components of clinical care. Unlimited medical oxygen and PPE will not benefit populations that are affected by COVID-19 if health facilities do not have enough staff or funding for other equipment, drugs, utilities, and transport, or if they have lost most supplies to pilfering.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00442-6/fulltext?rss=yes

[Clinical Picture] Metagenomic next-generation sequencing clinches diagnosis of leishmaniasis
Chong Wang, Ang Li, Qingmiao Shi, Zujiang Yu | thelancet.com | 2021-03-27
A 65-year-old man attended our hospital with a 15-day history of fever, fatigue, and anorexia. He had been seen at his local hospital before coming to us and had been given a variety of different anti-infective agents and antipyretic drugs to no avail. The patient was previously fit and well. He lived in the rural Henan province, China, and gave no history of recent travel.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00352-4/fulltext?rss=yes

[Articles] Discontinuing β-lactam treatment after 3 days for patients with community-acquired pneumonia in non-critical care wards (PTC): a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, non-inferiority trial
Aurélien Dinh, Jacques Ropers, Clara Duran, Benjamin Davido, Laurène Deconinck, Morgan Matt, Olivia Senard, Aurore Lagrange, Sabrina Makhloufi, Guillaume Mellon, Victoire de Lastours, Frédérique Bouchand, Emmanuel Mathieu, Jean-Emmanuel Kahn, Elisabeth Rouveix, Julie Grenet, Jennifer Dumoulin, Thierry Chinet, Marion Pépin, Véronique Delcey, Sylvain Diamantis, Daniel Benhamou, Virginie Vitrat, Marie-Christine Dombret, Bertrand Renaud, Christian Perronne, Yann-Erick Claessens, José Labarère, Jean-Pierre Bedos, Philippe Aegerter, Anne-Claude Crémieux, Pneumonia Short Treatment Study Group | thelancet.com | 2021-03-27
Among patients admitted to hospital with community-acquired pneumonia who met clinical stability criteria, discontinuing β-lactam treatment after 3 days was non-inferior to 8 days of treatment. These findings could allow substantial reduction of antibiotic consumption.
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00313-5/fulltext?rss=yes

[Comment] Role of progestogens in women at risk for spontaneous preterm birth: the final word?
Sherrine A Ibrahim, David M Haas | thelancet.com | 2021-03-27
Preterm birth is defined by WHO as delivery before 37 weeks of gestation.1 It is one of the most common pregnancy complications, with an estimated global rate of 10 ∑6% in 2014, equating to an estimated 14 ∑84 million live preterm births.2 Preterm birth considerably increases risk of neonatal morbidity and mortality, including long-term sequelae, and can result in long-term health and financial implications for families.3…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00308-1/fulltext?rss=yes

[Comment] How low can we go in community-acquired pneumonia therapy?
Michael S Niederman, Lionel A Mandell | thelancet.com | 2021-03-27
Duration of antibiotic therapy is a key decision in the management of community-acquired pneumonia, the number one cause of infectious disease mortality in developed countries such as the USA.1 In current US guidelines, therapy is recommended for a minimum of 5 days in patients admitted to hospital, provided that the patient has been afebrile for at least 48 h, initial therapy was appropriate, there is no more than one clinical instability, and no signs of extrapulmonary infection.1 Shortening the duration of therapy could lead to fewer antibiotic side-effects, less pressure for antimicrobial resistance, reduced…
thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PI…(21)00627-9/fulltext?rss=yes

How a federal agency excluded thousands of viable businesses from pandemic relief
Lydia DePillis | salon.com | 2021-03-27
The SBA refuses to give PPP loans to people who have filed for bankruptcy, even if their businesses can survive…
salon.com/2021/03/27/how-a-federal-agenc…

"Generation X": Its tales about McJobs and information overload feel as poignant now as in 1990s
Diletta De Cristofaro | salon.com | 2021-03-27
Three decades later, "Generation X" is a literary classic that still speaks to issues central to today's world…
salon.com/2021/03/27/generation-x-its-ta…

The African roots of Swiss design and art theories
Audrey G. Bennett | salon.com | 2021-03-27
"We care about 'who was first' only because we live in a system obsessed with proclaiming some people winners"
salon.com/2021/03/27/the-african-roots-o…

Can a "true" conservatism be redeemed after Trump? Maybe — if it embraces liberalism
Paul Rosenberg | salon.com | 2021-03-27
Conservative ideas still have value — but conservative politics has gone insane. Maybe there's a way out…
salon.com/2021/03/27/can-a-true-conserva…

Let's griddle every sandwich, from ham and cheese to peanut butter and honey
Maggie Hennessy | salon.com | 2021-03-27
Griddled sandwiches have punctuated my life like crunchy applause ever since my first oozing grilled cheese…
salon.com/2021/03/27/lets-griddle-every-…

Our new favorite charoset is from the biggest Jewish deli in Texas
Valerio Farris | salon.com | 2021-03-27
This is the sweet and chunky condiment that every Seder needs…
salon.com/2021/03/27/our-new-favorite-ch…

HBO's celebratory Tina Turner doc gives her the final word on the woman behind the iconic name
Melanie McFarland | salon.com | 2021-03-27
In the film, the artist proves she's more than "the worst parts" of her life, even if others find inspiration there…
salon.com/2021/03/27/tina-turner-review-…

Conservative groups are writing GOP voter suppression bills — and spending millions to pass them
Igor Derysh | salon.com | 2021-03-27
Right-wing groups like Heritage and ALEC are crafting model legislation as GOP pushes over 250 restrictions…
salon.com/2021/03/27/conservative-groups…

How to smoke a brisket (plus, a pitmaster-approved shortcut)
Paula Disbrowe | salon.com | 2021-03-27
Award-winning author and grilling expert Paula Disbrowe walks through her Texas-style smoked brisket recipe…
salon.com/2021/03/27/how-to-smoke-a-bris…

America's gun madness: How guns went from tools to ideology to identity
Lucian K. Truscott IV | salon.com | 2021-03-27
I was taught to handle and shoot guns as a boy. But the insane, murderous gun culture of today is something new…
salon.com/2021/03/27/americas-gun-madnes…

Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go's on her Beatles love and bass player parallels with Paul McCartney
Nicole Michael | salon.com | 2021-03-27
On this episode of "Everything Fab Four," host Ken Womack interviews the Go-Go's bassist about her life in rock…
salon.com/2021/03/27/kathy-valentine-of-…

Philadelphia Asian community speaks
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2021-03-27
Philadelphia In response to the brutal murders in Atlanta March 16, this statement was issued March 17 by members of the Philadelphia's Asian community including Woori Center, VietLead, Asian Americans United, API PA, City Council Member Helen Gym, Modero & Co., Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia, Pejuang, CAIR Philadelphia, APALA . . . | Continue reading Philadelphia Asian community speaks at Workers.org…
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Pandemic slowed down country's economic growth: CBI chief
Kamal Iranidoost | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-27
TEHRAN, Mar. 27 (MNA) — The governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Abdol-Nasser Hemmati has said that while Iran's economy was coming out of recession in early 2020, due to the pandemic the country's economic growth slowed down.
en.mehrnews.com/news/171448/Pandemic-slo…

Iran COVID-19 update: 8,120 new cases, 85 deaths in 24 hours
Kamal Iranidoost | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-27
TEHRAN, Mar. 27 (MNA) — The Iranian Health Ministry Spokesperson Sima Lari said Sat. that in the past 24 hours, the Covid-19 killed 85 more Iranians, while 8,120 others contracted the virus.
en.mehrnews.com/news/171447/Iran-COVID-1…

France 'complicit' in Rwandan genocide: new report
Kamal Iranidoost | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-27
TEHRAN, Mar. 27 (MNA) — A Rwandan report has found top French politicians supported the 1994 genocide despite France's denial.
en.mehrnews.com/news/171446/France-compl…

Pheasant farming in Mazandaran
Kamal Iranidoost | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-27
TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — A young Iranian man in Savadkouk, Mazandaran Province in the north of Iran is raising pheasants to make a living.
en.mehrnews.com/photo/171449/Pheasant-fa…

Iran's enrichment capability has increased 10 times: Zonnour
Kamal Iranidoost | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-27
TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — Chairman of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Committee Mojtaba Zonnour told MNA that Iran has stepped up its uranium enrichment, warning that time is running out for the US and Europeans.
en.mehrnews.com/news/171438/Iran-s-enric…

Zarif tweets after signing 25-year Iran-China partnership
Kamal Iranidoost | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-27
TEHRAN, Mar. 27 (MNA) — The Iranian foreign minister has hailed the long-awaited cooperation agreement between Iran and China, calling it "historic".
en.mehrnews.com/news/171450/Zarif-tweets…

Building collapse in Egypt's Cairo leaves at least 18 dead
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-27
Building collapse in Egypt's Cairo leaves at least 18 dead | The deadly collapse comes a day after a deadly train crash killed 19 people | MEE and agencies | Sat, 03/27/2021 – 23: 14 | Egypt has suffered several deadly building collapses and industrial fire accidents in recent years (Reuters) | The death toll from a building collapse in the Egyptian capital Cairo on Saturday has risen to 18, state media said…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/building-coll…