Trump & Biden’s Secret Bombing Wars
Medea Benjamin | zcomm.org | 2021-03-04
Biden cannot restore the world’s respect for American leadership, or the American public’s support for our foreign policy, by piling more lies, secrets and atrocities on top of those he has inherited…
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The New York Times Has not Heard of China’s (or Russia’s) Vaccines
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2021-03-04
I guess it is hard to get news at the world’s leading newspapers, but this lengthy podcast on Bill Gates and his efforts to make vaccines available to the developing world never once mentioned the vaccines developed by China or Russia. This is more than a bit incredible because at this point, far more of …
cepr.net/the-new-york-times-has-not-hear…

Biden’s Foreign Policy: No Joy in Mudville
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-04
Well, at least he hasn’t started any NEW wars! | For four years, that was the excuse I got from anti-war Donald Trump supporters every time he escalated one of the several wars he inherited from George W. Bush and Barack Obama. I expect to start hearing it from anti-war Joseph Biden supporters soon.
counterpunch.org/2021/03/04/bidens-forei…

Should Trump Be Charged With Treason? Paul Jay on Talk World Radio
Paul Jay | theanalysis.news | 2021-03-04
Paul Jay joins host David Swanson to discuss the events of Jan. 6th and what the Financial Times called a coup in progress – on Jan. 4th. Why are so few talking about this now?
theanalysis.news/interviews/should-trump-be-charged-with-treason-paul-jay-on-talk-world-radio/

The Decades-Long Struggle Over Big Corporations and Poverty Wages
Phil Mattera | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-04
The Senate Parliamentarian has dealt a strong blow to the Fight for $15 movement by ruling that a federal minimum wage increase cannot be included in the stimulus bill. Senator Bernie Sanders is pushing back with an amendment to take tax deductions away from large, profitable corporations that do not pay at least $15 an…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/04/the-decades-…

The Decades-Long Struggle Over Big Corporations and Poverty Wages
Phil Mattera | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-04
The Senate Parliamentarian has dealt a strong blow to the Fight for $15 movement by ruling that a federal minimum wage increase cannot be included in the stimulus bill. Senator Bernie Sanders is pushing back with an amendment to take tax deductions away from large, profitable corporations that do not pay at least $15 an…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/04/the-decades-…

Essential Workers deserve $15/ hr. — Remember when we Fêted them for Serving us in Pandemic?
OtherWords | juancole.com | 2021-03-04
By Eshawney Gaston | — ( Otherwords.org) — I’m one of America’s millions of essential workers. We’re working in your children’s schools, at your grocery stores, and at drive-through windows. We’re cleaning your homes. And we’re struggling so hard to make ends meet. Congress is debating whether to raise the minimum wage to $15 an …
juancole.com/2021/03/essential-remember-…

PDF of March 4 issue
A. Majumdar | workers.org | 2021-03-04
Download the PDF. Support grows for Alabama Amazon union EDITORIALS: Tell Biden: Stop bombing Syria! Raise the minimum wage! ALSO: Mumia’s latest health crisis Decision: No fracking Rubin Kanowitz, 1931-2021 Anti-war actions WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: Nadezhda Krupskaya: Bolshevik revolutionary Cuban ‘Red Rose’ TEAR DOWN THE WALLS: Angola Prison hunger strike . . . | Continue reading PDF of March 4 issue at Workers.org…
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UN Development Programme urges temporary basic income for women hit hard by COVID-19 fallout
news.un.org | 2021-03-04
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has called for temporary basic income for millions of the world’s poorest women, to help them cope with effects of coronavirus pandemic and alleviate the economic pressures they face every day.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2021/03/1…

Pandemic spurs record increase in poverty in LatAm
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-04
Santiago, Mar 4 (efe-epa).- The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an unprecedented increase in poverty in what was already the world’s most unequal region, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says in a report presented here Thursday. The ranks of the poor grew last year by 22 million to 209 …
laprensalatina.com/pandemic-spurs-record…

‘We’re Not Going Back’: New York celebrates Black History Month
Jarvis Tyner | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-04
NEW YORK–Last Sunday night after watching Trump’s recycled demagogy at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), I thankfully had the uplifting experience of viewing the “We’re Not Going Back” celebration of the African American people’s long march to freedom. We’re Not Going Back is an annual event initiated by the New York Bureau of People’s …
peoplesworld.org/article/were-not-going-…

Florida Man Goes Fascist: An Encounter With Enrique Tarrio
Jared Olson | thenation.com | 2021-03-04
Florida Man Goes Fascist: An Encounter With Enrique Tarrio…
thenation.com/article/politics/enrique-t…

Is Protecting the Murderous Crown Prince in the National Interest? — Phyllis Bennis and Larry Wilkerson
Paul Jay | theanalysis.news | 2021-03-04
In whose “national interest” is an alliance a with a criminal state that sponsors terrorism, viciously suppresses domestic dissent, acts against democratic movements, and promotes war in the region? Phyllis Bennis and Larry Wilkerson join Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news with Paul Jay.
theanalysis.news/interviews/is-protecting-the-murderous-crown-prince-in-the-national-interest-phyllis-bennis-and-larry-wilkerson/

After years of propaganda, American views of Russia and China hit historic lows
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2021-03-04
Both pro- and anti-war voices have stated that the U.S. is on the cusp of entering a second Cold War, and a new Gallup poll suggests that the groundwork for such a conflict has already been laid.
mronline.org/2021/03/04/after-years-of-p…

‘Reprehensible Power Grab’
Brett Wilkins | zcomm.org | 2021-03-04
“Georgia Republicans didn’t like the results of the 2020 election so they decided they would try to dictate who they will let vote and who they won’t let vote.”
zcomm.org/znetarticle/reprehensible-powe…

US House approves police reform legislation
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-04
US House of Representatives on Wednesday passed an ambitious police reform legislation that would ban and introduce some new measures for the law enforcement.George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, passed with a 220-212 vote, is named after the 46-year-old Black man who was killed last year in Minneapolis under the knee of a white police officer.In addition to banning chokeholds, the legislation aims to prevent no-knock warrants, make data collection on police encounters mandatory, prohibit racial and religious profiling, and also provide funding to community-based policing programs.”Never again should an unarmed i…
yenisafak.com/en/news/us-house-approves-…

Election reform law passes House and heads to Senate, likely to be killed by filibuster
rt.com | 2021-03-04
A sweeping reform of election rules has been re-approved by the House along party lines, with supporters celebrating it. But like its predecessor, the piece of legislation vehemently opposed by the GOP faces a Senate dead end. | The so-called ‘For the People Act’, also known as ‘H.R. 1’ after the designation of its House version, was approved in a 220-210 vote on Wednesday. Not a single Republican joined the Democrats in backing the bill, which the two parties see in a diametrically opposing light. | Supporters call the proposed reform the most significant improvement of the US democratic system since the Voti…
rt.com/usa/517171-election-reform-passes…

House CANCELS March 4 session after Capitol Police cites ‘possible plot’ by militia
rt.com | 2021-03-04
The US House of Representatives won’t be in session on Thursday, after Capitol Police, the FBI, and Homeland Security said extremists were discussing possible threats to Congress. The Senate is not changing its schedule, however. | House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) moved to Wednesday evening the vote on a police reform bill that was scheduled for Thursday. Multiple media outlets reported that the March 4 session of the lower chamber was canceled altogether. | Earlier in the day, US Capitol Police announced it would bolster its security profile due to “intelligence that shows a possible plot to breach t…
rt.com/usa/517145-capitol-house-militia-…

Jewish National Fund Declares It Will Fund Land Confiscation In The West Bank
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-04
Last month, for the first time in its long history, the Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) openly declared that it will fund land confiscation in the West Bank, in defiance of international law. Its board of governors voted through the allocation of NIS 38 million to purchase land to expand Jewish-only settlements. All Israeli settlements, based on stolen Palestinian land in the West Bank, constitute a war crime under international law. Yet the British arm of KKL-JNF, JNF UK, continues to be a registered charity, enjoying tax exemption to raise funds for its parent organisation. | This decision is not an aberration,…
popularresistance.org/jewish-national-fu…

Imran Khan to seek vote of confidence in Pakistani parliament
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-04
Islamabad, Mar 4 (efe-epa).- Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Thursday that he will seek a vote of confidence in the national assembly, the lower house of the parliament, on Saturday after his party lost an important seat in the upper house. “Day after tomorrow I will seek the vote of confidence. It’s the …
laprensalatina.com/imran-khan-to-seek-vo…

Biden, Team D and the Dimming Prospects of Getting Anything Meaningful Through the Senate
Geoff Beckman | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-04
It’s kinda touching that Team D imagines it will get anything through the Senate with: 1. A nominal 50-50 split, 2. Joe Manchin and Kysten Sinema enjoying the power that having a line-item veto provides, 3. Que Mala Harris’s reluctance to do anything she thinks might jeopardize her chances at the presidency, 4. Crazy Uncle…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/04/biden-team-d…

Demosthenes, call home: Your quest may be over
Clay Reynolds | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-04
This is Joe Biden’s moment to do what he always thought he could do, what he wanted to do from the get-go.
nationofchange.org/2021/03/03/demosthene…

Biden, Afghanistan and Forever Wars
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-04
The papers are full of suggestions on what US President Joe …
globalresearch.ca/biden-afghanistan-fore…

US ‘virtual ambassador’ to Venezuela hosts insurrectionist summit ahead of Biden’s Guaidó recognition
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2021-03-04
A closed-door Bogotá summit of fugitive Venezuelan insurrectionists highlighted James Story’s role as Washington’s manager of the radical right-wing opposition. So who is the US “virtual ambassador” to Venezuela? US “virtual ambassador” to Venezuela James “Jimmy” Story promised to answer a series of questions sent to him by The Grayzone this February 24. But after a Whatsapp exchange with this reporter during which Story offered to explain why he regularly alternated between Gargamel and the Smurfs as his avatar on the …
thegrayzone.com/2021/03/03/virtual-ambas…

Biden, Afghanistan and Forever Wars
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-04
The papers are full of suggestions on what US President Joe Biden should do about his country’s seemingly perennial involvement in Afghanistan. None are particularly useful, in that they ignore the central premise that a nation state long mauled, molested and savaged should finally be left alone. Nonsense, say the media and political cognoscenti. The …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/03/biden-afghani…

The Dangers of A “Sino-American Hot War”: Joe Biden’s China Policy. Can He Stop the Shooting War Against China?
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-04
The forty years of the Cold War have made us endure …
globalresearch.ca/joe-biden-china-policy…

US Capitol on Alert Over ‘Possible Plot’ for March 4 Attack
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-04
U.S. Capitol Police said on Wednesday that it has learned of a “possible plot to breach the Capitol” by a militia group driven by a conspiracy theory suggesting former President Donald Trump would return to power on March 4. | RELATED | 80 Democrats Call on Biden to Reverse “Cruel” Sanctions on Cuba | The Capitol Police said in a statement that it has obtained intelligence about the plot planned by an “identified militia group” and already made “significant security upgrades” to…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Capitol-on-Al…

Trump & Biden’s Secret Bombing Wars
Medea Benjamin | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-04
On February 25th, President Biden ordered U.S. air forces to drop …
globalresearch.ca/trump-biden-secret-bom…

Biden’s Support for Unionizing Amazon Is a BFD
Timothy Noah | zcomm.org | 2021-03-04
“This is new, nothing like it before. Politicians always give great speeches at union conventions and avoid union organizing campaigns because of possibility of failure. But Biden broke this norm.”
zcomm.org/znetarticle/bidens-support-for…

If Biden Wants to Protect Troops, He Should Bring Them Home — Not Bomb Syria
Stephen Zunes | zcomm.org | 2021-03-04
From Lebanon to Somalia, other hostile countries filled with competing armed groups, the major purpose of maintaining a U.S. troop presence appears to have evolved into simply protecting themselves from attack…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/if-biden-wants-to-…

Biden o “el mismo perro con diferente collar”
Carlos Flanagan | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-04
El pasado 20 de enero, Joe Biden asumió como el 46 ∫ Presidente de Estados Unidos. Como era de esperarse, su discurso de toma de posesión tuvo un hilo conductor: dar un claro mensaje de cambio en el estilo con respecto…
globalizacion.ca/biden-o-el-mismo-perro-…

Biden o “el mismo perro con diferente collar”
Carlos Flanagan | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-04
El pasado 20 de enero, Joe Biden asumió como el 46 ∫ Presidente de Estados Unidos. Como era de esperarse, su discurso de toma de posesión tuvo un hilo conductor: dar un claro mensaje de cambio en el estilo con respecto…
globalizacion.ca/biden-o-el-mismo-perro-…

Iranian press review: Conservative media says pro-Iran fighters were behind Israeli boat attack
MEE correspondent | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-04
Iranian press review: Conservative media says pro-Iran fighters were behind Israeli boat attack | Meanwhile, Iranian analyst suggests Biden unlikely to reach out to Iran before elections, and school dropout rates increase sharply in Iran’s poor regions | MEE correspondent | Thu, 03/04/2021 – 14: 37 | A view of the Israeli-owned Bahamian-flagged MV Helios Ray cargo ship docked in Dubai’s Mina Rashid (Port R…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/iranian-press…

Is Biden following Trump’s path on Iran?
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-04
Less than six weeks into his term, US President Joe Biden appears to have embraced a radically different approach to Iran and the Middle East than what his campaign speeches suggested.From dragging his feet on rejoining the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, to ordering a military strike targeting Iran-backed militias in Syria, the Biden administration has already ruffled a few feathers in Tehran.Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh made his country’s exasperation known on Monday, suggesting that some moves by Biden were “worse” than his predecessor Donald Trump, who in 2018 launched the “maximum pressur…
yenisafak.com/en/news/is-biden-following…

WATCH: White House abruptly cuts live feed after Biden says ‘happy to take questions’ at virtual event
rt.com | 2021-03-04
US President Joe Biden said he would be “happy” to field live questions at the tail-end of a virtual event, but was swiftly cut off when the White House inexplicably dropped the video feed, leaving some viewers bewildered. | “I’d be happy to take questions if that’s what I’m supposed to do, Nance. Whatever you want me to do,” Biden said to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as the Democratic “Virtual Issues Conference” wrapped up on Wednesday night. But after a brief pause, the feed was brusquely taken offline. | The White House abruptly cuts the live video feed of a virtual event after President Biden said he was “ha…
rt.com/usa/517149-biden-happy-questions-…

Marc Lamont Hill & Mitchell Plitnick on ICC Probe & the “Palestine Exception” in Progressive Politics
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-03-04
Israel and the United States blasted the International Criminal Court’s decision to open a probe into Israeli war crimes in the Palestinian territories, as well as crimes committed by Palestinian militant groups. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken tweeted that the Biden administration “firmly opposes” an investigation. Mitchell Plitnick and Marc Lamont Hill, co-authors of “Except for Palestine,” say it’s an illustration of the “Palestine exception” that makes even supposedly progressive people unwilling to criticize Israel’s human rights abuses and its ongoing occupation of Palestinian territories. “We are at…
www.democracynow.org/2021/3/4/except_for…

Why the Biden Administration is Dead Wrong to oppose Int’l Criminal Court War Crimes inquiry in Occupied Palestine: A Betrayal of the Rule of Law
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-03-04
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The International Criminal Court (ICC) has decided to look into war crimes committed in the Israeli-Occupied Territories of Palestine. Outgoing chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, said that the decision to go forward was reached after a paintstaking 5-year review. The investigation will begin in 2014, suggesting that the court will consider …
juancole.com/2021/03/administration-pale…

The Heat: Cautious optimism in U.S. with vaccine push
Mike Walter | america.cgtn.com | 2021-03-04
U.S. President Joe Biden announces a breakthrough in vaccine availability amid concerns that some states may be lifting restrictions too soon.
america.cgtn.com/2021/03/04/the-heat-cau…

US ruling class moves to remove remaining restrictions as pandemic continues to spread
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2021-03-04
While the federal CDC has criticized Texas for ending all COVID-19 restrictions, the Biden administration policy of reopening all schools will have the same effect of spreading the pandemic.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/03/1884048…

Biden Is Bending Rules to Drop Bombs But Not to Raise Wages — That’s a Mistake
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2021-03-04
People overcame great challenges to put this administration, and this Senate, in power. We shouldn’t be bombing people abroad while families at home struggle to survive. | By Domenica GHANEM | It took barely a month into Joe Biden’s presidency for him to boot the U.S. war machine back up, authorizing airstrikes on Syria on February 25. The administration claimed the attack was self-defense against Iranian-backed forces in the region. | Biden had campaigned on revitalizing U.S.-Iran relations by rejoining the nuclear deal that Trump had walked away from. Yet, like so many presidents before him, he reached for t…
strategic-culture.org/news/2021/03/04/bi…

Selected Articles: The Dangers of A “Sino-American Hot War”
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-04
Trump & Biden’s Secret Bombing Wars | By Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies, March 04 2021 | Unbeknownst to many Americans, the U.S. military and its allies are engaged in bombing and killing people in other countries on a | …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-the-…

Beijing looks to bolster grip over Hong Kong with election law reform
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-04
Hong Kong/Beijing, Mar 4 (efe-epa).- China is studying a new law that would overhaul Hong Kong’s electoral system and boost the influence of pro-Beijing politicians in the special status territory. Authorities are expected to unveil the proposal during the National People’s Congress, which begins in Beijing on Friday. Earlier this week, a Hong Kong deputy …
laprensalatina.com/beijing-looks-to-bols…

China releases new images of Mars captured by Tianwen-1 probe
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-04
Beijing, Mar 4 (efe-epa).- The China National Space Administration (CNSA) released Thursday new images of Mars captured by its Tianwen-1 probe, which entered the orbit of the red planet last month and plans to land a rover in May. The three photographs include two panchromatic views captured by the probe’s high-resolution camera and taken from …
laprensalatina.com/china-releases-new-im…

‘Where’s our restitution?’ Ferguson activists & Mike Brown Sr. demand BLM cough up $20 MILLION, a fraction of its global donations
rt.com | 2021-03-04
A Ferguson, Missouri activist group and Michael Brown Sr. are demanding that Black Lives Matter shell out $20 million to local organizers, accusing the org of abandoning “freedom fighters” while it basks in the public spotlight. | Tory Russell, who co-founded Ferguson’s International Black Freedom Alliance, appeared in a video alongside the father of the late Michael Brown on Tuesday, calling on BLM’s national leadership to send a cool $20 million to the IBFA and other community groups. | “Today, we hold Black Lives Matter accountable. The movement that has catapulted into the limelight has forgotten about Fer…
rt.com/usa/517147-ferguson-blm-20-millio…

Territorial Dispute Growing Between Guyana and Venezuela
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-04
An old territorial dispute in South America is reaching its most …
globalresearch.ca/territorial-dispute-be…

Brazilian variant of Covid-19 found in Venezuela
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-04
Caracas, Mar 3 (efe-epa).- The Venezuelan authorities have detected the Brazilian variant of Covid-19 in the country and are evaluating the spread of infection, President Nicolás Maduro reported on Wednesday. “We have detected in Venezuela the presence of the Brazilian variant of Covid-19 (…) it is a variant that is more contagious,” Maduro said on …
laprensalatina.com/brazilian-variant-of-…

U.S. Agricultural System’s Deadly Apartheid
Bruce Neuburger | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-04
The NY Times of March 1, 2021 cited some chilling facts about agricultural workers and Covid 19:…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/04/u-s-agricult…

Kids Now 10 Times More Likely to Die from Suicide than COVID, Tucker Reveals in Devastating Monologue
David McLoone | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-04
On Tuesday’s Tucker Carlson Tonight, the eponymous host exposed many of …
globalresearch.ca/kids-now-10-times-more…

New York City educators call for action to stop in-person schooling and save lives
wsws.org | 2021-03-04
Under conditions in which the New York B.1.526 variant of COVID-19 is spreading throughout the city, the drive to reopen all schools will only lead to further infections and deaths.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/04/nyce…

Biden Does Not Say Where and How ‘America Is Back’
Michael Jansen | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-04
US President Joe Biden insists, “America is back.” He says the …
globalresearch.ca/biden-does-not-say-whe…

Mumia Abu Jamal Has Congestive Heart Failure and Is COVID-19 Positive
Prison Radio | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-04
On Saturday Mumia Abu-Jamal was hospitalized. When he put in a …
globalresearch.ca/mumia-congestive-heart…

The Pentagon, First, Last, and Always
Mandy Smithberger | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-04
This country is in a crisis of the first order. More than half a million of us have died thanks to Covid-19. Food insecurity is on the rise, with nearly 24 million Americans going hungry, including 12 million children. Unemployment claims filed since the pandemic began have now reached 93 million. Given the level of…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/04/the-pentagon…

The pandemic and the rise of the right in Germany
Muhammed Shabeer | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-04
Luca Schaefer from the International Board of the Socialist German Workers’ Youth (SDAJ) speaks about the impact of COVID-19 in Germany and the state of the left…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/04/the-pande…

Pandemia: Acceso a las vacunas
Jorge Eduardo Navarrete | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-04
Hasta ahora, Covax –el esfuerzo de Naciones Unidas para asegurar un acceso global, razonablemente equitativo, a las vacunas para Covid-19– pertenecía más al mundo de las aspiraciones que al de las realidades. Con el inicio de marzo, el decimotercer mes…
globalizacion.ca/pandemia-acceso-las-vac…

Covid at 1 Year and Counting: The American Book of the Dead
Mike Davis, The Nation | thenation.com | 2021-03-04
Covid at 1 Year and Counting: The American Book of the Dead…
thenation.com/article/society/covid-deat…

WHO hails women’s role in fighting pandemic
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-04
Speaking at a virtual news conference on the impact of COVID-19 on women in Africa ahead of International Women’s Day celebrated on March 8 every year, Matshidiso Moeti said: “They [women] make up 70% of the global health workforce, and many women are on the frontlines, especially as nurses and community health workers.”This year, the theme for International Women’s Day, Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world, celebrates the efforts by women and girls around the world in shaping a more equal future and recovery from the pandemic, highlighting the gaps that remain, according to UN Women…
yenisafak.com/en/life/who-hails-womens-r…

Mental health alert for 332 million children linked to COVID-19 lockdown policies: UNICEF
news.un.org | 2021-03-04
The UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says the mental health of millions of children worldwide has been put at risk, with at least one in seven forced to remain at home under nationwide public health orders — or recommendations — during the COVID-19 pandemic.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2021/03/1…

From hero to zero: Mainstream media throw disgraced Governor Cuomo under the bus after months of fawning Covid-19 coverage
rt.com | 2021-03-04
American liberals who unquestioningly embraced New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as their political savior have found themselves holding a potential credibility grenade as the governor’s scandal-ridden reputation craters. | First skewered for his office’s decision to cover up the massive spike in Covid-19 deaths, which followed his order to house Covid-positive patients with the virus-free, Cuomo was subsequently dragged for sexual harassment allegations coming from three former aides. He’s now facing multiple investigations — and legions of his swooning supporters are quietly backing away from — even m…
rt.com/usa/517222-cuomo-backtrack-harass…

Vaccine Apartheid: Marc Lamont Hill, Mitchell Plitnick on Israel’s “Indifference to Palestinian Health”
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-03-04
Israel has had the fastest vaccination rollout in the entire world, with 40% of Israelis already fully vaccinated against COVID-19, but Palestinians in the Occupied Territories have received almost no doses — a situation critics call “vaccine apartheid.” By one count, just 34,000 vaccine doses have been administered to Palestinians in the Occupied Territories, which has a population of over 4.5 million. “What we’re seeing right now is a gross injustice,” says Marc Lamont Hill, author and professor of media studies and urban education at Temple University. We also speak with Mitchell Plitnick, political anal…
www.democracynow.org/2021/3/4/vaccine_ro…

COVID Deaths Soar in Brazil as Bolsonaro Blasts Lockdowns. Experts Warn It Will “Get Worse.”
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-03-04
Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll has now topped nearly 260,000, the world’s second worst after the United States, as hospitals are overwhelmed with new cases. International concern is also growing about the P1 variant of the virus, which overwhelmed the Amazonian city of Manaus and caused its hospitals to run out of oxygen. Less than 4% of Brazil’s population has been vaccinated. Marcia Castro, demography professor at Harvard University, says the crisis in Brazil is due to “a combination of inaction and also wrongdoing” by officials, including President Jair Bolsonaro, who has opposed lockdowns, masks and other publi…
www.democracynow.org/2021/3/4/brazil_cov…

Mumia Abu-Jamal Tests Positive for COVID, Prompting Urgent Call to Release Elder Political Prisoners
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-03-04
Renowned political prisoner and journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal’s lawyers confirmed Wednesday he has tested positive for COVID-19 and also has congestive heart disease. Abu-Jamal also suffers from the preexisting conditions of liver disease, which advocates say is directly related to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections’ failure to treat his hepatitis C in a timely fashion. Mumia’s doctor, Dr. Ricardo Alvarez, says the only appropriate treatment is freedom. Marc Lamont Hill, who co-authored a book with Abu-Jamal titled “The Classroom and the Cell: Conversations on Black Life in America,” says this is an opportun…
www.democracynow.org/2021/3/4/mumia_abu_…

Covid-19: Palestinian Authority criticised for VIP vaccine distribution
Shatha Hammad | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-04
Covid-19: Palestinian Authority criticised for VIP vaccine distribution | A significant proportion of the first batch of vaccines have gone to PA government figures and their allies | Shatha Hammad | Thu, 03/04/2021 – 14: 45 | An UNRWA employee prepares a shot of the Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine for medical staff at UNRWA’s al-Sheikh Redwan clinic in Gaza City, on 25 February 2021 (AFP) | Political and security…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/covid-palesti…

Nepal economy goes negative first time in 4 decades
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-04
Kathmandu, Mar 4 (EFE).- Nepal’s economy has registered negative growth for the first time in nearly 40 years mainly due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a government survey released on Thursday. The pandemic and the subsequent lockdown have severely impacted Nepal’s service industry, especially tourism, while small and medium enterprises suffered a deadly blow, …
laprensalatina.com/nepal-economy-goes-ne…

Many Black Americans Aren’t Rushing to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine — A Long History of Medical Abuse Suggests Why
Prof. Esther Jones | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-04
Black Americans have been the least inclined of any racial or …
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Cuba Starts Soberana 02 Vaccine’s Phase III of Clinical Trial
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-04
Cuba’s Center for State Control of Medicines, Equipment, and Medical Devices (CECMED) on Tuesday allowed Soberana 02 vaccine to start Phase III clinical trials. | RELATED: | Cuba Announces Fifth COVID-19 Vaccine Candidate | The immunizer developed by the Finlay Vaccine Institute “has shown an adequate safety profile, and it has passed all the review done by the regulatory entity during Phase I and II of studies,” CECMED President Olga Jacobo said. | To allow the vaccine’s mass use in a new ph…
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Do Not Rollout COVID-19 Vaccine Passports
David Nolan | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-04
We want the Government to commit to not rolling out any …
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Death Rates Skyrocket in Israel Following Pfizer Experimental COVID “Vaccines”
Brian Shilhavy | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-04
We have previously reported how Israel rapidly vaccinated the highest percentage …
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EU medicines agency begins ‘rolling review’ of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid shot
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-04
Amsterdam, Mar 4 (efe-epa).- The European Medicines Agency on Thursday said it had started a rolling review of Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine. The fast-tracked process of reviewing clinical trial data could lead to the vaccine’s approval for use in the European Union, although the EMA’s human medicines committee did not specify when it would …
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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina receives Covid vaccine
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-04
Dhaka, Mar 4 (efe-epa).-Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday became the latest world leader to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, her office informed. Hasina’s deputy press secretary Hasan Jahid Tusher confirmed that the prime minister had received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine nearly a month after the country started its mass vaccination campaign against …
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New England Journal of Medicine: Decarceration Necessary to Stop Spread of Covid
R.R. | indybay.org | 2021-03-04
Summarized below is an article in the New England Journal of Medicine published on March 3, 2021 “Vaccination plus Decarceration — Stopping Covid-19 in Jails and Prisons.” Link here to full article, may require a subscription.
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Lifting Covid restrictions in the US will diminish impact of lockdowns on cases
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-03-04
Lifting measures to control COVID-19 in the US will likely reduce the impact of previous lockdowns on the number of infections in the long term.
imperial.ac.uk/news/216453/lifting-covid-restrictions-us-will-diminish

Pakistan suspends cricket tournament after players test Covid-19 positive
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-04
Islamabad, Mar 4 (efe-epa).- Pakistan on Thursday suspended a high-profile cricket tournament that began less than two weeks ago after seven players tested Covid-19 positive, the country’s cricket board said. “The Pakistan Cricket Board has decided to postpone the HBL Pakistan Super League 2021 with immediate effect,” the board said in a statement but did …
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WHO warns of rise in cases in Europe
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-04
Copenhagen, Mar 4 (efe-epa).- The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday warned of a rise in Covid-19 infections in Europe after six consecutive weeks of declines. At a press conference, the director of WHO-Europe, Hans Kluge, said measures to control the contagion needed to be boosted, with special attention to the most contagious new variants. …
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The Czech circus troupe offering non-stop performances to protest Covid rules
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-04
Prague, Mar 4 (efe-epa).- A Czech circus group is taking a stand against the country’s Covid-19 restrictions by staging an uninterrupted, 24-hour program of solo performances. Cirk La Putyka, an avant-garde theater troupe, opened The Isolated Artist at the beginning of the month. It is due to run for three weeks. Due to Covid restrictions …
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Mike Pompeo Admits COVID-19 Is a “Live Exercise,” Trump Retorts “I Wish You Would Have Told Us”
Shepard Ambellas | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-04
First published March 21, 2020 | United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had a slip of the tongue while addressing the American people from the White House when he stated that COVID-19 is a live military exercise. | “This is not …
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Our Children Are Crying. “The Covid Stranglehold”
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-04
“Children are the world’s most valuable resource, and its best hope …
globalresearch.ca/children-crying/573888…

Pope’s upcoming visit brings attention to the dwindling population of Christians in Iraq
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-03-04
By Ramazan Kƒ±lƒ±nàß | — Pope Francis will arrive in Iraq on Friday in a first-ever papal visit to the country that is expected to raise awareness about the challenges facing Iraqi Christians — a majority of whom are Catholic. In the past two decades, the Christian population in Iraq has fallen by over 80%. …
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The end of the UK lockdown and the way forward for the working class
wsws.org | 2021-03-04
The government is committing murder on a mass scale. The pursuit of “herd immunity” by allowing the virus to spread unchecked has always been its policy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/04/ukst…

US House of Representatives passes police reform bill; critics say it does not go far enough
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-04
The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act proposes reforms in policing and seeks to put an end to chokeholds and no-knock warrants but activists said similar laws passed in many cities and States had not made much of a difference…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/04/us-house-…

Protesters Block Intersection In Support Of Jailed Indigenous Elder
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-04
A group of protesters has blocked the port access at Clark and Hastings in Vancouver since Tuesday night. | The action was organized by Braided Warriors, a newly formed group, made up of Indigenous youth from many Nations, who fights for Indigenous sovereignty mostly on the unceded territories of the S…ôlÃìílw…ôta î (Tsleil-Waututh), S·∏µwxñwú7mesh (Squamish), and x ∑m…ôŒ∏k ∑…ôyÃì…ôm (Musqueam) nations. The group is calling for the release of Indigenous elder Stacy Gallagher who was senten…
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India: People’s Brigade 2021
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-03-04
On February 28 the historic Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata, India hosted the massive People’s Brigade. The alliance formed by five major parties of the Left Front – including CPI(M) (Communist Party of India, Marxist), CPI (Communist Party of India), AIFB (All India Forward Bloc), RSP (Revolutionary Socialist Party), and RCPI ( Revolutionary Communist Party of India) – formed a coalition with the Indian National Congress and the Indian Secular Front and called for a major rally before the imminent West Bengal State Assembly election. | A million people from all walks of life came to the Brigade Parade Ground to…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/3/4/india-peo…

How Dianna Ortiz Exposed U.S. Complicity in Guatemalan War Crimes
Dennis J Bernstein | progressive.org | 2021-03-04
An interview with journalist Allan Nairn following her recent death.
progressive.org/dispatches/dianna-ortiz-…

Israeli-Iranian Shadow Naval War in Arabian Gulf puts Arab Gulf States in Cross-hairs
Middle East Monitor | juancole.com | 2021-03-04
By Hazem Ayyad | — ( Middle East Monitor) — The Arabian Gulf has turned into an arena for confrontation and possible conflict between Iran and Israel now that it has become certain that Iranian elements attacked the MV Helios Ray. The suspicious vehicle-carrier belongs to Israeli businessman Rami Ungar, known for his strong relationship …
juancole.com/2021/03/israeli-iranian-ara…

Is a Tax on ‘Ultra-Millionaires’ the Answer to Massive Inequality?
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2021-03-04
Is a Tax on ‘Ultra-Millionaires’ the Answer to Massive Inequality?
thenation.com/article/politics/elizabeth…

UN sends more humanitarian aid to Syria via Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-04
The UN on Thursday dispatched 44 more trucks with humanitarian aid to northwestern Syria, a region where millions of people remain in need of assistance due to conflict.The trucks passed through the Cilvegozu border gate in Turkey’s southern Hatay province to enter Syria’s Idlib province, where the aid will be distributed.A civil war has ravaged Syria since early 2011, when the Assad regime cracked down on pro-democracy protesters.According to UN estimates, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed and more than 10 million displaced.Idlib falls within a de-escalation zone forged under an agreement between…
yenisafak.com/en/world/un-sends-more-hum…

UN launches Anti-plastic pollution mission in E. Africa
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-04
The world’s first recycled plastic sailing dhow on Thursday began a mission in Africa’s largest freshwater lake to raise awareness about plastic pollution, according to the UN.”Flipflopi, the world’s first sailing boat made from 100% recycled plastic, is joining forces with the UN Environment Programme’s Clean Seas Campaign once more, this time embarking on an expedition by sailing around Africa’s largest freshwater ecosystem – Lake Victoria,” the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a report.”The voyage aims to send an urgent message to the East Africa community on the need to end the unnecessary…
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Wasting food just feeds climate change, new UN environment report warns
news.un.org | 2021-03-04
More than 930 million tonnes of food sold in 2019 landed in waste bins, according to new UN research, released on Thursday, in support of global efforts to halve food waste by 2030.
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Marshall Islanders Remember ‘Castle Bravo’ Nuclear Bomb
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-04
Hawaii – Marshall Islanders living on O’ahu joined members of Veterans For Peace, Hawai’i Peace & Justice and Refuse Fascism on Monday, March 1st at Magic Island in Honolulu to remember the 1954 U.S. detonation of the “Castle Bravo” nuclear bomb on Bikini Atoll. After sharing words and song, five Bikinians went sailing on the historic Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat, a project of Veterans For Peace. | The Honolulu remembrance was part of the Golden Rule Project’s educational program about the growing danger of nuclear war, and the great damage that has already been done by nuclear weapons. | At 15 megatons…
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International peace delegation warns of ‘deterioration of human rights in Turkey’
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2021-03-04
This year’s Imrali peace delegation to Turkey heard disturbing accounts of brutality and repression at the hands of the Turkish state, writes Peter Boyle.
greenleft.org.au/content/international-p…

House suspends Thursday session after warning about potential Capitol attack
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-04
(Update: Adds info about House suspending session) Washington, Mar 3 (efe-epa).- The US House of Representatives on Wednesday suspended the legislative session it had scheduled for Thursday after authorities warned of a potential plan by a rightist militia group to mount another attack on Congress. The lower house was scheduled to debate a police reform …
laprensalatina.com/house-suspends-thursd…

UN Calls for Peaceful Subnational Elections in Bolivia
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-04
In order to consolidate the democratic process in Bolivia, the United Nations (UN) on Wednesday called for a peaceful and safe subnational electoral process, which is set to take place on March 7 | RELATED: | Bolivia: Political Campaigns Close Ahead of Regional Elections | The multilateral institution highlighted that “important lessons” and “concrete progress” were observed in the 2020 presidential elections. Nevertheless, it pointed out that the subnational elections will be…
telesurenglish.net/news/UN-Calls-for-Pea…

Democrats Can Win in Ohio. Will They Choose the Right Strategy?
Steve Phillips | thenation.com | 2021-03-04
Democrats Can Win in Ohio. Will They Choose the Right Strategy?
thenation.com/article/politics/democrats…

Palestinian election: Israel ‘intimidating Hamas supporters’ to stop them running
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-04
Palestinian election: Israel ‘intimidating Hamas supporters’ to stop them running | Soldiers reportedly deliver Shin Bet message to Palestinian doorsteps, while others asked to report at stations for interrogation | MEE and agencies | Thu, 03/04/2021 – 16: 16 | An Israeli soldier gestures in front of a Palestinian man following a protest (AFP/file photo) | Israel’s internal intelligence agency Shin Bet is in…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/palestine-ele…

Saudi Arabia ‘fears defeat of Netanyahu’ in upcoming Israeli election
Mustafa Abu Sneineh | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-04
Saudi Arabia ‘fears defeat of Netanyahu’ in upcoming Israeli election | The kingdom sees prime minister as a ‘spearhead’ against Iran, Saudi sources tell an Israeli TV channel | Mustafa Abu Sneineh | Thu, 03/04/2021 – 14: 00 | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (AFP/file photo) | Saudi Arabia is concerned about a possible election defeat for Israeli…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/saudi-arabia-…

Libya’s Dbeibah made secret visit to Turkey
Ragip Soylu | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-04
Libya’s Dbeibah made secret visit to Turkey | Interim prime minister designate met Erdogan in Ankara days after his election in bid to maintain ties with the Turkish leadership | Ragip Soylu | Thu, 03/04/2021 – 14: 00 | Libyan Prime Minister Dbeibah met Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on 11 February, 2020. This picture has been circulating on social media since 18 February (Twitter) | Libya’s prime minister designate…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/libya-turkey-…

Community ticket to contest local government election in Parramatta
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2021-03-04
A new ticket, Community Need Not Corporate Greed, will field a team in the Parramatta local government election, writes Kerry Smith.
greenleft.org.au/content/community-ticke…

Gates’ Globalist Vaccine Agenda: A Win-Win for Pharma and Mandatory Vaccination
Robert F. Kennedy Jr | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-04
First posted on GR on April 13, 2020 | Vaccines, for Bill …
globalresearch.ca/gates-globalist-vaccin…

Video: The Dark Future of Health Passports
Hugo Talks | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-04
“We know they really want you to get a vaccine passport. …
globalresearch.ca/video-dark-future-heal…

We Should Be Taxing The Rich, Not The Unemployed
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-04
With tax season well underway, many Americans who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic and found some relief in supercharged unemployment benefits last year are discovering that they now owe the federal government hundreds–even thousands–of dollars in surprise payments, an economic nightmare for low-income people and a looming political catastrophe for the party currently in power. | Because unemployment benefits in the United States are classified as taxable income, a potentially significant portion of the estimated 40 million Americans who received unemployment insurance (UI) in 2020 “wil…
popularresistance.org/we-should-be-taxin…

The Pandemic Has Laid Bare the Cruel Burdens Placed on Single Mothers
Aja Beech | thenation.com | 2021-03-04
The Pandemic Has Laid Bare the Cruel Burdens Placed on Single Mothers…
thenation.com/article/politics/single-mo…

Turkey’s growth in agriculture posts 3-year high
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-04
Agriculture in Turkey registered 4.8% year-on-year growth in 2020 — the highest in the last three years, the country’s agriculture and forestry minister said Thursday.The average growth rate of the agricultural sector was 2.8% over the last two decades, Bekir Pakdemirli said in a video he posted on Twitter.Stressing that the sector continued to develop and grow despite the coronavirus pandemic and drought, Pakdemirli said the country’s agricultural output had reached 333.3 billion Turkish liras ($47.4 billion), which was up 20% from a year ago.”We continue our leadership in agricultural output in Europe,” he sai…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkeys-growth-in-…

US holds migrant kids in custody more than legal limit
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-04
Citing internal documents, CNN reported on Wednesday that unaccompanied children are coming into US custody “at levels beyond” the Health and Human Services Department’s (HHS) ability to house them due to limited shelter capacity amid the coronavirus outbreak.In the last 21 days around 340 children who crossed the border alone were taken by the Border Patrol, according to Customs and Border Protection documents.The average time in detention facilities, which are not meant to hold children, was 77 hours — five hours longer than the legal limit of 72 hours, said the documents.After being taken into Border Pat…
yenisafak.com/en/world/us-holds-migrant-…

Coronavirus Lockdown and What You Are Not Being Told
Iain Davis | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-04
First published on Global Research in April 2020. | In Part 1…
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-lockdown-w…

Probe continues on deaths of 7 students in Bolivia
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-04
Bolivia’s police continue its investigation into Tuesday’s horrific accident in Public University of El Alto (UPEA) that left seven people dead.The video of the accident, which went viral on social media, showed hundreds of students reportedly with Business Administration majors crammed into a narrow corridor to celebrate an assembly. Then, several of them fell when the metal railing collapsed. A total of 11 students fell from the fourth floor, 16.7 meters, and three out of seven students died at the scene. Three of the four injured students remain in intensive care.The deceased are four men and three women betwe…
yenisafak.com/en/news/probe-continues-on…

Lo que se juega en las elecciones de Bolivia
Oscar Laborde | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-04
Este domingo 7 de marzo habrá elecciones en Bolivia. Serán las primeras luego del importante triunfo que obtuvo la formula Arce-Choquehuanca con el 55 por ciento de los votos, y que devolvieron la institucionalidad al país, luego del golpe de…
globalizacion.ca/lo-que-se-juega-en-las-…

Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration’s Eleventh-hour Approval of Dangerous Pesticide Banned in More than 100 Countries