5 March 2021 Archives

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Trump and Biden’s Secret Bombing Wars
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-05
Credit: The Intercept: U.S.-led coalition airstrike — Mosul, Iraq on November 7, 2016 On February 25th, President Biden ordered U.S. air forces to drop seven 500-pound bombs on Iraqi forces in Syria, reportedly killing 22 people. The U.S. airstrike has predictably failed to halt rocket attacks on deeply unpopular U.S. bases in Iraq, which the …
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Trump and Biden’s Secret Bombing Wars
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
On February 25, President Biden ordered U.S. air forces to drop seven 500-pound bombs on Iraqi forces in Syria, reportedly killing 22 people. The U.S. airstrike has predictably failed to halt rocket attacks on deeply unpopular U.S. bases in Iraq, which the Iraqi National Assembly passed a resolution to close over a year ago. The…
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Biden Acts with Impunity (to Send Iran a Message, by Attacking Iraqis in Syria)
Gary Leupp | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
Recall the broad context. In March 2003, in the worst crime of the 21st century, a war-based-on-lies led by President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, the U.S. invaded and destroyed the modern country of Iraq, generating mass flight and civil war. Half a million people were killed and the suffering continues. Too…
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Sanders to Force Vote on $15 Minimum Wage Amendment
Jake Johnson | zcomm.org | 2021-03-05
“I regard it as absurd that the parliamentarian, a Senate staffer elected by no one, can prevent a wage increase for 32 million workers.”
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Rev. William Barber to Democrats: Overrule the Senate Parliamentarian & Pass the $15 Minimum Wage
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-03-05
The Senate has voted to open debate on President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package. The legislation has widespread support from voters, with one new poll showing 77% of Americans support the bill, including nearly 60% of Republicans. But the Senate bill has some key differences from the package approved by the House, including a reduction in the number of people eligible for direct stimulus checks and no provision to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour. However, the Fight for 15 continues, with the Senate considering an amendment by Senator Bernie Sanders to raise the minimum wage fro…
www.democracynow.org/2021/3/5/fight_for_…

Man Utd legend tackling homelessness with Covid-safe pods
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-05
By Clà udia Sacrest Stoke-on-Trent (UK), Mar 5 (efe-epa).- Dignified housing pods set up in a large industrial warehouse in the English city of Stoke-on-Trent offer homeless people an opportunity to take the first step away from life on the street. Former Manchester United legend and Scotland international Lou Macari founded the initiative four years ago …
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The US has dropped 326,000 bombs on people in other countries since 2001, Most Recently in Syria
Medea Benjamin, Nicholas J.S. Davies | juancole.com | 2021-03-05
( Code Pink) — On February 25th, President Biden ordered U.S. air forces to drop seven 500-pound bombs on Iraqi forces in Syria, reportedly killing 22 people. The U.S. airstrike has predictably failed to halt rocket attacks on deeply unpopular U.S. bases in Iraq, which the Iraqi National Assembly passed a resolution to close over …
juancole.com/2021/03/missiles-countries-…

Bad Stimulus: the Problems with Biden’s COVID Relief Package
Albena Azmanova — Marshall Auerbach | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
The new Democratic administration is poised to make its first proud step in delivering on its electoral promise to build back (America) better: the successful adoption of a $1.9 trillion stimulus package, the main components of which are a third round of stimulus checks, a renewal of federal unemployment benefits, and a boost to the…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/05/bad-stimulus…

A Global Demand to 35 Governments: Get Your Troops Out of Afghanistan
World Beyond War | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-05
The governments of Albania, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, …
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Typical Republican: The Racism and Anti-Science behind Texas Gov. Greg Abbot’s Lifting of Covid Restrictions
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-03-05
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott this week lifted the Texas mask mandate and allowed businesses freely to open. Roughly half the deaths and severe illness owing to Covid-19 are among minorities, including African-Americans and Latinos, even though those two groups make up less than a third of Americans. State Sen. Borris …
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#LettersToBessemer: Black Workers Matter
| workers.org | 2021-03-05
From People’s Power Assembly NYC and Workers Assembly Against Racism: Since early February 2021, a Black women-led unionizing struggle has been happening in a Bessemer, Ala., Amazon warehouse. They’ve organized in response to dangerous working conditions including: 1) dangerously inadequate COVID-19 protocols; 2) no hazard pay, even as essential workers . . . | Continue reading #LettersToBessemer: Black Workers Matter at Workers.org…
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Pediatric Mental Health
FAIR Health | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-05
Summary | The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on mental | …
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Dozens of COVID-19 infections shut down Detroit Whole Foods
wsws.org | 2021-03-05
Twenty-three out of 196 workers at a Detroit Whole Foods store tested positive, temporarily shutting the store down.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/05/whol…

Another 745,000 jobless claims filed as Senate takes up Biden’s COVID-19 relief bill
wsws.org | 2021-03-05
Historically unprecedented jobless claims continued as Biden and the Democrats move forward with an inadequate “relief” bill…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/05/unem…

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Is a Deadlier, More Delusional Alternative to Trump
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2021-03-05
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem Is a Deadlier, More Delusional Alternative to Trump…
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Damning court verdict finds failure to declare hundreds of contracts and that Johnson ‘misled Parliament’
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2021-03-05
The government unlawfully failed to publish details of more than 500 coronavirus-related contracts within the required time, the High Court has said. | Failures: | The Good Law Project took legal action against the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) for its “wholesale failure” to disclose details of contracts agreed during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. | The government is required by law to publish a “contract award notice” within 30 days of the award of any contracts for public goods or services worth more than £120,000. | At a hearing last month, the Good Law Project argued there h…
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COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Uganda, Mali
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-05
Uganda and Mali on Friday received their first batches of AstraZeneca vaccine donations from the COVAX Facility, a UN initiative to ensure COVID-19 vaccine access to the world’s most vulnerable.The first doses in the landlocked country of Uganda will be used to vaccinate people who are most vulnerable and those at more risk such as healthcare workers, security personnel, teachers, and other essential social service providers, said the country’s health minister.The Ugandan Health Ministry says it will administer the AstraZeneca vaccine eight weeks apart despite studies showing that a gap of 12 weeks leads to highe…
yenisafak.com/en/world/covid-19-vaccines…

US economy adds 379,000 jobs, unemployment at 6.2%
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-05
The US economy added 379,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 6.2% in February, the Department of Labor announced Friday.The market estimate for nonfarm payrolls was an increase of 182,000 for February, while job losses for January were revised up by 117,000, from 49,000 to 166,000, according to data by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.The unemployment rate also managed to beat the market expectation as the consensus for it was to remain unchanged at 6.3% in February from the previous month.The number of unemployed individuals in the US decreased to 10 million last month. Due to COVID-19, more than 22 million…
yenisafak.com/en/world/us-economy-adds-3…

EU okays $155M for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-05
The EU will support Syrian refugees and host communities in Jordan and Lebanon with ‚Ç¨130 million ($155 million), the bloc announced on Friday.The EU adopted a ‚Ç¨130 million package to help Syrian refugees and hosting local communities in Jordan and Lebanon in providing social protection, healthcare, education and sanitization.‚Ä®Lebanon will receive ‚Ç¨98 million, while Jordan will get ‚Ç¨32 million.‚Ä®The support also aims at helping the COVID-19 vaccination in Lebanon, as well as assisting the reconstruction of…
yenisafak.com/en/world/eu-okays-155m-for…

Covid-19 has been ‘really good’ for CNN’s ratings, WarnerMedia CEO says at Morgan Stanley conference
rt.com | 2021-03-05
While Covid-19 has claimed more than 2.5 million lives worldwide, the chief executive at CNN’s parent firm is looking on the bright side, telling a virtual audience the pandemic has been “really good” for the outlet’s ratings. | Jason Kilar — the CEO of WarnerMedia, which owns the cable network — appeared at Morgan Stanley’s ‘Technology, Media and Telecom’ virtual conference on Thursday, where he was asked about CNN and whether it could keep up its current momentum. | “I’d say that it turns out that pandemic is a pretty big part of the news cycle, and that’s not going away anytime soon,” he replied,…
rt.com/usa/517254-warnermedia-cnn-covid-…

Republican senator forces clerks to read Biden’s Covid bill for TEN HOURS, in last-ditch effort to block
rt.com | 2021-03-05
Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wisconsin) has infuriated Democrats by demanding that Senate clerks read each and every page of Joe Biden’s $2 trillion Covid-19 relief bill aloud. To some Dems, bills are better passed with no debate. | President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 relief bill, which passed the House of Representatives last week, weighs in at a whopping 628 pages. It offers relief checks of $1,400 to eligible Americans, though more than three quarters of its $1.9 trillion price tag funds other federal programs…
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Mumia Health Update / March 6 Global Virtual Street Meeting
The Jamal Journal | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
On Saturday Mumia Abu-Jamal was hospitalized. When he put in a sick call slip and was seen by the SCI Mahanoy medical staff he was taken immediately to the hospital suffering chest pain and shortness of breath. Diagnosed with congestive heart failure he was given a battery of tests…At the hospital his seriology blood test was positive for Covid-19.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/04/1884051…

US ruling class moves to remove remaining restrictions as pandemic continues to spread
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
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…

Corona vaccines-nothing would work without public funding
Byorn Radke, J Bischoff, B Mueller | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
“The Covid 19 crisis is a perfect test of whether a more public health approach to innovation and production will prevail in the years ahead. Although recent vaccine news has raised hopes, it has also exposed the broken business model of the pharmaceutical industry and cast doubt on the prospects of getting a vaccine to people and achieving the concept of ‘health for all.'” (Ms. Mazzucato)…
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New England Journal of Medicine: Decarceration Necessary to Stop Spread of Covid
R.R. | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
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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Mumia has COVID-19 — the only treatment is his freedom!
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2021-03-05
Word has come that Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal has tested positive for COVID-19. Supporters learned of the diagnosis March 3, as they were gathered in front of the office of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner to call for Abu-Jamal’s release and that of all incarcerated people over 50, who . . . | Continue reading Mumia has COVID-19 — the only treatment is his freedom! at Workers.org…
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Pope arrives in Iraq for historic trip amid Covid, security risks
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-05
Baghdad, Mar 5 (efe-epa).- Pope Francis arrived in Baghdad on Friday for the first ever papal visit to Iraq, and his first trip abroad since the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year. He will meet members of the country’s Christian minority community which was persecuted by the Islamic State that occupied parts of Iraq …
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Australia requests review of Italy’s Covid-19 vaccine blockade
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-05
Sydney, Australia, Mar 5 (efe-epa).- Australia on Friday asked the European Commission (EC) to review Italy’s decision to block the shipment of 250,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from a facility in the country to the Oceanian nation. “Australia has raised the issue with the European Commission through multiple channels, and in particular, we have …
laprensalatina.com/australia-requests-re…

New York Congressmember Mondaire Jones: Israel Should Ensure Palestinians Have Access to COVID Vaccine
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-03-05
Israel has failed to make COVID-19 vaccines available to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, despite its responsibility under the Geneva Conventions. Critics in the United States say this “vaccine apartheid” is another example of Israeli human rights abuses going unpunished, even as the country receives billions in U.S. aid each year. Congressmember Mondaire Jones of New York says Israel must ensure that Palestinians are vaccinated. “There’s no question about that,” he says. “I don’t think that anyone can argue otherwise in good conscience.”
www.democracynow.org/2021/3/5/israel_pal…

Biden renews US “state of emergency” against Venezuela
wsws.org | 2021-03-05
The Biden administration is continuing the policy of its predecessors, maintaining a draconian sanctions regime and recognizing the right-wing puppet Guaidó as “interim president.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/05/vene…

What the Ecuadoran Elections Mean for the U.S
Eve Ottenberg | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
The pink tide is coming back in — much to the chagrin of many in the U.S. government. With leftist governments in Bolivia, Venezuela, Argentina, Nicaragua, Mexico and Cuba, the prospect of yet another, this time in Ecuador, doubtless keeps regime changers, right-wing think tankers and other assorted Washington imperialists up at night. All those leftists the U.S. had murdered over the years, all the death squads the U.S. gave the nod to, all those dictators the North American empire supported — for what? After generations of slaughter, the victims’ heirs keep taking over. The U.S. sponsored the exterm…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/05/what-the-ecu…

US ‘Virtual Ambassador’ to Venezuela Hosts Insurrectionist Summit Ahead of Biden’s Guaidó Recognition
Anya Parampil | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-05
A closed-door Bogotá summit of fugitive Venezuelan insurrectionists highlighted James Story’s …
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Selling $1 hot dogs to scrape by in Venezuela
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-05
Caracas, Mar 5 (EFE).- Germán Peña’s fast food stall is one of the thousands of small businesses operating in Venezuela’s informal economy. Three months ago he landed on a new business model to drum up customers — hawking hot dogs at $1 each. On a good day, Peña might sell 100, taking in $100, some …
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Houston demonstration demands, “Fix our broken pipes, no more airstrikes!”
Caleb Granger | liberationnews.org | 2021-03-05
Texans were told to drink pool water while Biden prioritized bombing Syria.
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Bipartisan Senators Seek to Strip Biden of War Powers
MISH | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-05
Senators Go After Endless Wars | In a long overdue effort Bipartisan …
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The Biden Administration Proving to Be More of the Same Old Discredited Policies as its Predecessor
James O’Neill | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-05
There were a number of political commentators who urged us to give newly elected United States president Joe Biden a chance to show that he would offer a new approach to the multiple problems facing the United States alliance. Well, he had an opportunity to do so. But the speech that Biden gave on 19th …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/03/the-biden-adm…

End Trump and Biden’s Secret Bombing Wars
Nicolas J S Davies | progressive.org | 2021-03-05
The United States and its allies have dropped more than 326,000 bombs and missiles on people in other countries since 2001.
progressive.org/dispatches/trump-biden-b…

Biden, Afghanistan and Forever Wars
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
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 Guardian…
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Why the Biden Administration Is Dead Wrong to Oppose International Criminal Court War Crimes Inquiry in Occupied Palestine: A Betrayal of the Rule of Law
Prof. Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-05
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has decided to look into war …
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Arabic press review: Palestine slams Washington’s ‘lack of understanding’ of ICC jurisdiction
Mohammad Ayesh | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-05
Arabic press review: Palestine slams Washington’s ‘lack of understanding’ of ICC jurisdiction | Meanwhile, British ambassador in Jordan says her country is committed to the two-state solution, and Iraq imposes curfew during Pope’s visit | Mohammad Ayesh | Fri, 03/05/2021 – 17: 07 | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks about priorities for administration of President Joe Biden in the Ben Franklin…
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For the Sake of Preventing More Journalists’ Murders, Biden Must Punish Saudi Arabia’s MBS (And I Should Know)
Sara Jamshidi | juancole.com | 2021-03-05
Seattle (Special to Informed Comment) — The horrific outcome of Jamal Khashoggi’s story is not dissimilar to the tales of many journalists, including my own, who decide to fight against tyranny using words instead of violence. Fear, terror, and horror cannot begin to describe the common situations in which we find ourselves. Back in Tehran, …
juancole.com/2021/03/preventing-journali…

Roaming Charges: No Neanderthal Ever Bombed Syria
Jeffrey St. Clair | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
+ There were many reasons to vote against Trump, starting with the fact that he was the incumbent running for reelection. All incumbent presidents should be voted against as matter of principle, because they almost certainly started committing war crimes within weeks of taking office, a truism Biden has now reconfirmed with his bombing of…
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Anti-war coalition condemns Biden for bombing Iraq
Chloe de Silva | greenleft.org.au | 2021-03-05
Sydney Stop the War condemned US President Joe Biden’s bombing raid on northern Iraq and called for the removal of all occupying troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, reports Kerry Smith.
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Richland, Washington protesters demand ‘No kids in cages’
Liberation Staff | zcomm.org | 2021-03-05
On Feb. 27 more than 50 protesters gathered in Richland, Washington to demand that Pres. Joe Biden close the ICE concentration camps, release the detained children and abolish ICE.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/richland-washingto…

Organizing the Multiracial Working Class
Maurice Mitchell | zcomm.org | 2021-03-05
If working people fail to see real material distinctions between life under Trump and life under Biden, they’ll look for an alternative to the party in power…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/organizing-the-mul…

UK must invest to keep up with RNA vaccine revolution — Robin Shattock
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-03-05
Professor Robin Shattock says the UK needs to invest more in RNA vaccine technology to better prepare us for future pandemics.
imperial.ac.uk/news/216533/uk-must-invest-keep-with-rna

460 Dead 243,612 Reported Injuries from COVID-19 Vaccines Reported in the U.K
Brian Shilhavy | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-05
The UK Government’s reporting system for COVID vaccine adverse reactions from …
globalresearch.ca/460-dead-243612-report…

“Complete Loss of Trust”: Half of French Home Health Workers Say They’ll Resist Taking Vaccine
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-05
Astounding new figures out of France suggest what is no doubt …
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The George Floyd Act Wouldn’t Have Saved George Floyd’s Life
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-05
On Wednesday night, the House of Representatives voted to pass the George Floyd Act, named after the Black man killed by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin last summer. Among many reforms, the act seeks to ban racial profiling, overhaul qualified immunity for police, and ban the use of chokeholds. While these seem like good measures, they are woefully insufficient to stop police violence. These reforms could not have even saved George Floyd’s life. | To be clear, Floyd did not die from a chokehold. A police officer put his knee to Floyd’s neck for eight minutes and 46 seconds. A medical examiner’s autopsy r…
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Gulf Coast says: Support #BAmazon Union!
| workers.org | 2021-03-05
By Sean Miller Members of Black Voters Matter, Workers World Party-Central Gulf Coast branch and others hosted a Feb. 20 rally in downtown Pensacola, Fla., in support of the Bessemer, Ala., Amazon workers union drive. Joining over 50 other cities in a Day of Solidarity actions, they spoke out for . . . | Continue reading Gulf Coast says: Support #BAmazon Union! at Workers.org…
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PRO Act, biggest labor law reform in decades, headed for House vote
PAI | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-05
WASHINGTON–The narrowly Democratic U.S. House will vote during the week of March 8 on the nation’s most wide-ranging, pro-worker labor law reform in decades, the PRO (Protecting the Right to Organize). Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced the scheduled vote on March 3. His schedule statement comes as unions, led by the AFL-CIO, are stepping …
peoplesworld.org/article/pro-act-biggest…

The Supreme Court Is Poised to Find New Ways to Disenfranchise Black Voters
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2021-03-05
The Supreme Court Is Poised to Find New Ways to Disenfranchise Black Voters…
thenation.com/article/politics/supreme-c…

WA election: Green is good, socialist is better
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2021-03-05
Sam Wainwright argues that a vote for the Socialist Alliance is not a wasted vote. Rather it sends a signal that voters believe only mobilised communities can defeat capitalism.
greenleft.org.au/content/wa-election-gre…

Rep. Mondaire Jones: Voting Rights Bill H.R. 1 Is of “Foundational Importance” to U.S. Democracy
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-03-05
The House of Representatives has approved sweeping legislation protecting the right to vote with the For the People Act, which has been described as the most sweeping pro-democracy bill in decades. The legislation is aimed at improving voter registration and access to voting, ending partisan and racial gerrymandering, forcing the disclosure of dark money donors, increasing public funding for candidates, and imposing strict ethical and reporting standards on members of Congress and the U.S. Supreme Court. The bill, which comes amid a nationwide attack on voting rights in courthouses and statehouses, is heading to…
www.democracynow.org/2021/3/5/for_the_pe…

Israel: Orthodox Religious Parties Shaken by Supreme Court Ruling on Law of Return
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2021-03-05
The Israeli Supreme Court ruling on the application of the Law of Return threatens ultimate dilution of the political power of Israel’s Orthodox religious parties, and thus has the potential to shake up the upcoming election’s dynamics.
mintpressnews.com/israel-orthodox-religi…

Why Congress Must Pass Voting Rights Reform Now
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2021-03-05
Why Congress Must Pass Voting Rights Reform Now…
thenation.com/article/politics/congress-…

75 Years Ago: Nazi Germany’s Launch Final Major Attacks of the Second World War
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-05
This article was originally published on GR in March 2020. | Seventy-five …
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Blood for Oil
Kathy Kelly | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
Amid the ongoing horror, it’s important to find ways to atone for war crimes –including reparations. Thirty years ago, when the United States launched Operation Desert Storm against Iraq, I was a member of the Gulf Peace Team. We were 73 people from 15 different countries, aged 22 to 76, living in a tent camp close to…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/05/blood-for-oi…

Failing Upward: Pentagon’s more and more Expensive Boondoggles (that don’t even work)
William J. Astore | juancole.com | 2021-03-05
( Tomdispatch.com) — Cancel culture is a common, almost viral, term in political and social discourse these days. Basically, somebody expresses views considered to be outrageous or vile or racist or otherwise insensitive and inappropriate. In response, that person is “canceled,” perhaps losing a job or otherwise sidelined and silenced. In being deplatformed by Twitter, …
juancole.com/2021/03/pentagons-expensive…

Top Pentagon commander requests astronomical sum of money to prepare for war with China
Richard Becker | liberationnews.org | 2021-03-05
The funding increase that Davidson is seeking for his command — not the total allocation — is greater than the entire budget of the whole armed forces of Brazil.
liberationnews.org/top-pentagon-commande…

‘Scheer Intelligence’ Nabs 4 NAEJ Nominations
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2021-03-05
“Scheer Intelligence,” the weekly award-winning podcast hosted by legendary journalist Robert Scheer and executive produced by Joshua Scheer, has been nominated for 4 National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Awards. The KCRW-hosted show features thoughtful, provocative conversations with “American Originals”–people who, through a lifetime of public engagement, offer unique, often surprising perspectives on the day’s most …
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Withdrawing US Troops from Afghanistan Is Only a Start. We Have to End the Air War Too
Phyllis Bennis | thenation.com | 2021-03-05
Withdrawing US Troops from Afghanistan Is Only a Start. We Have to End the Air War Too…
thenation.com/article/world/war-afghanis…

Meghan just beat the Mail on Sunday so bad they have to announce it on their front page
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2021-03-05
The Mail On Sunday must publish a front-page statement about Meghan Markle’s victory in her copyright claim against the newspaper over the publication of a “personal and private” letter to her estranged father, the High Court has ruled. | Read all about it: | Associated Newspapers Limited (ANL) — the publisher of the Mail On Sunday and MailOnline — has also been ordered to print a notice on page three of the paper stating it “infringed her copyright” by publishing parts of the letter sent to Thomas Markle. | In a ruling on 5 March, lord justice Warby also granted Markle a declaration that ANL…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2021/03/05/meghan-j…

Industrial action threat amid anger over 1% pay rise for NHS workers
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2021-03-05
A leading union has warned of industrial action amid mounting anger over the Government’s recommendation of a 1% pay rise for nurses and other health workers. | Unite, which represents tens of thousands of health service staff, said it will now be considering all its options, including holding an industrial action ballot, as part of its campaign for a decent pay rise. | The government sparked fresh anger on Friday when it defended its call for pay to be pegged at 1%. | Health Minister Nadine Dorries said the Government could not afford to give NHS staff in England a pay rise of more than 1% following the revelati…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2021/03/05/industri…

Loyalist gangs withdraw support from the Good Friday Agreement over post-Brexit Irish border
Joe Glenton | thecanary.co | 2021-03-05
Loyalist paramilitaries have withdrawn support from the Good Friday Agreement over post-Brexit border measures. | The Loyalist Communities Council (LCC) is an umbrella organisation that reportedly includes proscribed terror groups like the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) and Red Hand Commando. The group has written a letter to Boris Johnson and Irish taoiseach Micheál Martin. It warns that the 1998 peace agreement faces “destruction” if the border is imposed. | In the letter, which was…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2021/03/05/loya…

The Dangerous US/NATO Strategy in Europe
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-05
The NATO Dynamic Manta anti-submarine warfare exercise took place in the …
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Turkey issues arrest warrants for 53 FETàñ suspects
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-05
Turkish prosecutors issued arrest warrants for a total of 53 suspects on Friday for alleged links to the Fetullah Terrorist Organization (FETO), the group behind the 2016 defeated coup in the country.According to a statement by prosecutors in the capital Ankara, authorities ordered the arrest of 40 suspects affiliated with the terror group within the Naval Forces. It was found that the suspects were in contact with FETO members via payphone, the statement added.Among the suspects were 30 dismissed military students, as well as army officers and sergeants.Anti-terror police operations are ongoing in seven Turkish…
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Turkish Central Bank to continue firm steps for price stability
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-05
The Turkish Central Bank is focusing on ensuring permanent price stability while implementing a steady monetary policy, the bank’s Governor Naci Agbal said on Friday.”We will continue to take firm steps towards achieving price stability through a confidence-oriented monetary policy in the upcoming period,” Agbal wrote on the bank’s blog.Stressing the importance of confidence in the economy, Agbal said this makes monetary policy more effective and boosts its power to enhance expectations.”In this context, the first step a central bank should take to achieve its goal is to make economic actors trust in monetary pol…
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‘It’s the Cuomo way’: MORE aides describe ‘cult’ workplace as top NY Democrat says governor should quit if new accusers speak out
rt.com | 2021-03-05
Numerous former staffers for Andrew Cuomo have described the toxic and cult-like work environment they worked under amidst the governor’s multiple worsening scandals, including three accusations of sexual harassment. | “There’s no right or wrong way. It’s the Cuomo way,” one staffer told the Gothamist about a warning she received when interviewing for a job in the Cuomo administration. “He wants people who are literally going to fall on the sword for him, and they all will.” | Another described being told to wear stiletto heels because she was blonde and the governor “likes blondes” in stiletto heels. Her desk…
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Do “Billion-dollar Events Help Level the ‘Playing’ Field”?
GRACE | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
Powerful earthquake clusters strike off the coast of NZ: Tsunami threat triggers evacuation in Northland | Multiple powerful earthquakes including magnitudes 8.1, 7.4 and 7.3 near New Zealand earlier triggered tsunami warnings across NZ’s northern region.
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“Elephant In the Room” SF Board Of Supervisor’s Hearing On Health Crisis At TI
Steve Zeltzer | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
At an San Francisco Board of Supervisors special hearing on February 8, 2021 residents and whistleblowers from Treasure Island reported on the massive contamination, health problems and over-up by the City, State and Federal government of the Superfund nuclear radioactive dump site. It was used as a nuclear war training facility for sailor and the Island is now a major contraction zone for 8,000 condos despite the dangers according to residents and inspectors. | City officials from DPH said they can’t help the residents and the Navy was a no show.
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U.S., EU Sanctions on Russia a Reckless Triumph of Absurdity
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2021-03-05
The cynical, bankrupt basis for sanctioning Russia makes the Western states’ words and actions a reckless provocation. | The United States and European Union this week imposed a new round of sanctions on Russia in a coordinated move. The move is a reckless provocation and was condemned by Moscow as a “hostile act”. It is a further retrograde step towards increasing Cold War-style tensions and the danger of confrontation. | Russia’s foreign ministry excoriated the Western sanctions as “triumph of absurdity over reason”. | Washington and Brussels both invoked the case of opposition figure Alexei Navalny as the basi…
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Hopes for UN Security Council action against Myanmar military coup ‘waning’ fast, warns Special Envoy
news.un.org | 2021-03-05
Hopes placed in the UN and the Member States that serve on the Security Council to take action against leaders of Myanmar’s military coup, are waning fast, the UN Special Envoy for the country warned on Friday.
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Pope calls for end to violence on first ever visit to Iraq
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-05
(Update 1: updates headline, lead, adds detail) Baghdad, Mar 5 (efe-epa).- Pope Francis, who began the first ever papal visit to Iraq on Friday, called for an end to violence and extremism in the war-torn Middle Eastern country. The pontiff arrived on Friday morning for a three-day trip to Iraq, his first foreign trip since …
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Traditional javelin throwing becomes a tourist attraction in Turkey
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-05
Mounted javelin throwing, a traditional equestrian sport which is known as the war game of the Turks and has been played since their time in Central Asia, has become the main tourist attraction in Erzurum, in eastern Anatolia. A visual story by EFE/EPA/ERDEM SAHIN…
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UN expert warns counter-terror policies led to ‘further stigmatisation’ of Muslims
Areeb Ullah | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-05
UN expert warns counter-terror policies led to ‘further stigmatisation’ of Muslims | UN Special Rapporteur Ahmed Shaheed said Islamophobia has reached ‘epidemic proportions’ across the world | Areeb Ullah | Fri, 03/05/2021 – 16: 21 | UN expert Ahmed Shaheed said Muslim women face the triple threat of discrimination due to their gender, ethnicity, and religion (AFP) | A United Nations expert has warned that counter-ter…
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“We Do This ‘Til We Free Us”: Mariame Kaba on Abolishing Police, Prisons & Moving Toward Justice
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-03-05
Outrage over police brutality and the mass incarceration of Black and Brown people has generated calls to defund and abolish the police. Longtime organizer Mariame Kaba’s new book, titled “We Do This ‘Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice,” brings together collected essays, interviews and other writings that she and numerous collaborators produced between 2014 — the year of the uprisings in Ferguson, Missouri, over the police killing of Michael Brown — and today. Kaba says the book grapples with “the fact that so many people around the country recognize the complete and utte…
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UN official warns of increasing violence, famine in Tigray region in Ethiopia
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-05
The UN Security Council discussed the crisis in the Tigray region amid increasing reports of atrocities. UN officials Michelle Bachelet and Mark Lowcock also called for the withdrawal of Eritrean troops from the region…
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The Odyssey of An Wei, the Forest Gump of China
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
The story of An Wei overlaps almost perfectly with the story of Communist China. Born in a small village some distance from the northwestern city of Xian, An Wei was seven years old when Mao took control of the country in 1949. As the son of peasants, he was part of the first generation of…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/05/the-odyssey-…

China achieves goal of eradicating absolute poverty
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-05
On February 25, President Xi Jinping declared end of absolute poverty in China. He stated that all remaining regions that had been afflicted with absolute poverty have now successfully defeated it. Over the last eight years, China has lifted a total of 98.99 million poor out of poverty.
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Amelia Pang on the Human Cost of America’s Addiction to Cheap Goods
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2021-03-05
Click to subscribe on: Apple / Spotify / Google Play As mass consumerism took hold in the United States over the past several decades, Americans became increasingly expectant that the goods available to them would be cheaper than previously imaginable. One of the costs of this phenomenon has been off-shored to factories primarily in China, where factory labor conditions are well known to be… | Source…
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China sets a 2021 growth target above 6%
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-05
Beijing, Mar 5 (efe-epa).- China established a 2021 growth target for “above 6 percent,” according to the government’s work report, to which EFE had access, delivered to the National People’s Assembly, which began Friday. The document said the objective is set taking into account “the recovery of economic activity” — GDP grew by 2.3 percent …
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Boom to gloom in China’s Super League
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-05
By Víctor Escribano Shanghai, China, Mar 5 (efe-epa).- Just five years ago the Chinese Super League was making a name for itself with high-profile signings and eye-watering salaries but now it is mired in financial woes. Alarm bells started to ring in February when the company that owns the league’s defending champion Jiangsu Suning announced …
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Beijing boosts defense budget, sets growth above 6%, hardens HK stance
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-05
Update 2: Adds defense budget increase, changes slug, headline, lede, minor edits Beijing, Mar 5 (efe-epa).- China will increase its 2021 defense budget by 6.8 percent, according to the government’s preliminary report presented at the National People’s Congress (NPC), which began Friday. The defense spending of the Asian power this year is expected to total …
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China sets a 2021 growth target above 6%, hardens Hong Kong stance
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-05
Update 1: Adds Hong Kong policy plans, updates headline Beijing, Mar 5 (efe-epa).- China established a 2021 growth target for “above 6 percent,” according to the government’s work report, to which EFE had access, delivered to the National People’s Assembly, which began Friday. The document said the objective is set taking into account “the recovery …
laprensalatina.com/china-sets-a-2021-gro…

US jobless rate in February falls to lowest level since onset of pandemic
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-05
Washington, Mar 5 (efe-epa).- The United States’ unemployment rate fell one-tenth of a percentage point in February to a seasonally adjusted 6.2 percent, its lowest monthly level since the coronavirus pandemic began battering the world’s largest economy in March 2020, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. That result was due in part to the …
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The ReTrumplican Party
Robert Fantina | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
Last week, the Republican Party had its Trump lovefest. While every semi-prominent Republican with his or her eye on the White House presented their twisted version of reality to the adoring crowds, it was former President Donald Trump who stole the show. He rolled out one tired old fabrication after another, much to the delight…
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Palestine: Blinken Blinks on Human Rights
M. K. Bhadrakumar | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-05
On March 3, the US State Department has put on its …
globalresearch.ca/blinken-blinks-human-r…

Killer Kim Reynolds and the Fascist State of Iowa
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
The affluent and older white male “leftists” who minimize the threat posed by the ever more fascistic Republican Party tend to live in big “blue” cities where the Amerikaner Republivolk are a distinct minority. Some of these privileged urbanites might want to spend some time in a pandemo-fascist white-supremacist state like Iowa, which sent Steve…
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Leftist and Liberal Unite!
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
When Jordan Peterson debated Slavoj Zizek, Peterson pointed to his typical villain, the “cultural Marxist”. Douglas Lain rightly saw that this was Peterson’s Lacanian symptom. Jacques Lacan describes the symptom as such:…
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Reporters’ Alert: Launching a New Website
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
Reporters at major newspapers and magazines are hard to reach by telephone. Today it is increasingly hard to converse with them about timely scoops, leads, gaps in coverage, and corrections to published articles. Their voicemail messages often tell you how rarely they check their calls and urge reaching them by email. Good luck getting through…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/05/reporters-al…

150 years since the birth of Rosa Luxemburg
WSWS repost | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
Rosa Luxemburg, who was born on 5 March, 1871, was among the most important revolutionary Marxists of the 20th century, and her work contains vital lessons for today.
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Hugo Chávez’s Legacy: Unity and Anti-imperialism
Nino Pagliccia | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
This March many remember Hugo Chávez. He passed away eight years ago. It is a very short time when measured in terms of the fresh memories we have of him. He is remembered as the Comandante, Comandante Supremo, creator of the Bolivarian Revolution, founder of the Fifth Republic. He has been the architect of the…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/05/hugo-chavezs…

Why I’m Joining Democratic Socialists of America
Kshama Sawant | zcomm.org | 2021-03-05
The disasters we’ve seen in the past year could become far worse unless socialists and the working class rise to the historic tasks in front of us…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/why-im-joining-dem…

Tens of thousands of Palestinians protest against Israeli police violence and inaction
Mustafa Abu Sneineh | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-05
Tens of thousands of Palestinians protest against Israeli police violence and inaction | Demonstration held on eighth Friday in a row and said to be the largest in 20 years | Mustafa Abu Sneineh | Fri, 03/05/2021 – 11: 04 | Palestinians take part in a protest against a wave of crime and violence in their communities, amid tensions with Israeli police who the protesters say are unwilling to deal with th…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-palest…

Defend the Guard Act Stirs Debate in West Virginia Over Military Industrial Complex
Russell Mokhiber | zcomm.org | 2021-03-05
Please Help ZNet Source: Counterpunch A debate over the military industrial complex is raging in West Virginia. The debate was kicked off in the West Virginia legislature again this year by Patrick McGeehan, a Republican member of the House of Delegates from the northern panhandle. McGeehan has introduced House Bill 2138 Read…
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‘If Only The President Knew’ — That State of The Union Address You’ll Never Hear or See
Stephen Martin | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
Wenn nur der Fàºhrer wàºsste/ If only the Fuhrer knew’: was a common saying expressing belief in the National Socialist/ Nazi era. Well ‘hats off/ tug of forelock ‘as opposed to the more traditional as became Nazi, sense of raise of one arm to Corporatism (the MICC) as similar abuse of belief goes; ‘Amerika ‘now…
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‘Engaging the World’: The ‘Fascinating Story’ of Hamas’s Political Evolution
Ramzy Baroud, Romana Rubeo | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
On February 4, representatives from the Palestinian Movement, Hamas, visited Moscow to inform the Russian government of the latest development on the unity talks between the Islamic Movement and its Palestinian counterparts, especially Fatah. This was not the first time that Hamas’s officials traveled to Moscow on similar missions. In fact, Moscow continues to represent…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/05/engaging-the…

Digital colonialism: The evolution of American empire
Michael Kwet | zcomm.org | 2021-03-05
American “Big Tech” corporations are gaining massive profits through their control over business, labor, social media and entertainment in the Global South…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/digital-colonialis…

Thursday 3/18: Rights of Nature & LandBack: Indigenous-led movements for the Protection of Mother Earth
Sogorea Te’ Land Trust & Movement Rights | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
Online event…
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Hell in Every Way: My Life Inside a Temporary Refugee Camp on Lesbos
Morteza Rezaei | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
In this temporary camp on Lesbos, the singles have been separated from the families. In the singles section in the early days we had little access to electricity. They brought water to the camp by tanker. The bathrooms were very few and smelled foul. After a while a healthcare facility was set up. Access to…
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The Scarlatti App
David Yearsley | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
Peloton, Apple Fitness+, Yoga with Adriene: home workouts have flourished in the pandemic. Forsaking the latest gadgets and gurus, I’ve been sticking to the Scarlatti exercise program at the living room piano–a regimen three-centuries old and as effective today as it was when it put baroque bodies to the test. Hand-crossing was the domestic keyboard…
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Why Are We Still Giving the Pentagon More Money?
Mandy Smithberger | thenation.com | 2021-03-05
Why Are We Still Giving the Pentagon More Money?
thenation.com/article/politics/pandemic-…

Ph.D university entrance exam
Kamal Iranidoost | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-05
TEHRAN, Mar. 05 (MNA) — This year’s Ph.D university entrance exam started on Friday morning. The following photos show the students doing the test at Shahid Beheshti University of Tehran (SBU) while wearing a face mask amid the pandemic.
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Justice Finally Catches up With Sarkozy
Philippe Marlière | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
On Monday, a criminal court in Paris handed down its verdict in Nicolas Sarkozy’s corruption trial. The former French president was sentenced to three years in jail — two of them suspended — for bribery and influence-peddling. This is a legal landmark for the French judicial system for two main reasons. First, no former president had been…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/05/justice-fina…

This Week’s Most Popular Articles
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-05
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Michigan high school students fight racism
Joe Lee-Cullin | liberationnews.org | 2021-03-05
“It can be scary to be Black in America. [Our kids] shouldn’t have to be scared at school.”
liberationnews.org/michigan-high-school-…

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
wsws.org | 2021-03-05
Italian workers 24-hour strike for improved pay and conditions; thousands protest against poverty in Lebanon as currency devalues…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/05/wkrs…

The Private Health Insurance Industry: Should It Be Eliminated?
John P. Geyman | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
Many Americans assume that the private health insurance industry is an unmovable fixture in the U. S. health care system, but there is a growing need to re-examine that premise. Over recent decades, its performance has been increasingly profit-driven to the point of now becoming unaffordable for patients, their families, employers and taxpayers. The time…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/05/the-private-…

From the Murder of Berta Cáceres to the Dam Disaster in Uttarakhand
Don Fitz | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
March 2, 2021 was the five year anniversary of the murder of Berta Cáceres, who opposed the Agua Zarca dam in Honduras. That date was less than one month after the deaths of dozens of people from Tehri Dam disaster in Uttarakhand, India. The two stories together tell us far more about consequences of the insatiable greed of capitalism for more energy than either narrative does by itself.
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From the Murder of Berta Cáceres to Dam Disaster in Uttarakhand
Don Fitz | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-05
March 2, 2021 was the five year anniversary of the murder of Berta Cáceres, who opposed the Agua Zarca dam in Honduras. That date was less than one month after the deaths of dozens of people from Tehri Dam disaster in Uttarakhand, India. The two stories together tell us far more about consequences of the …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/03/from-the-murd…

Approaching a Risky 1.5 ∞C Global Overshoot
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
A recent UN Assessment, as of February 26 2021, regarding progress or lack thereof by the 195 nations to the Paris 2015 climate agreement is starting to look like a big bust. As described in the report, nations are not meeting their voluntary commitments to decrease carbon emissions, especially based upon the Paris ’15 goals…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/05/approaching-…

Economy Adds 379,000 Jobs in February; Unemployment Edges Down to 6.2 Percent
Karen Conner | cepr.net | 2021-03-05
A drop in aggregate hours in February could be an indication that productivity growth is accelerating. The establishment survey showed the economy added 379,000 jobs in February. In addition, the figures from December and January were revised up by 38,000. This brings the average job gain over the last three months to 79,700. Employment in …
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Ex-PMs Call on Japan to ‘Eradicate’ Nuclear Power
Bradley K. Martin | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2021-03-05
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Snatching Conceit From the Jaws of Victory
Kathleen Wallace | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
“Why are we wasting vaccinations on Texas if Texas has decided to join the side of the virus?” — Keith Olbermann…
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Essential work and the struggle for $15
Derek Royden | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-05
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DSA PRO Act Campaign Training
mgrochowski | dsausa.org | 2021-03-05
DSA’s highest national priority for the first 100 days of the new presidential administration is to pass the PRO Act (Protect the Right to Organize), which would strengthen unions, the power of the working class to organize on the job, and our collective capacity to win a just transition to a green economy for all. Organized…
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Will 2021 Be Public Banking’s Watershed Moment?
Ellen Brown | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-05
Just over two months into the new year, 2021 has already seen a flurry of public banking activity. Sixteen new bills to form publicly-owned banks or facilitate their formation were introduced in eight U.S. states in January and February. Two bills for a state-owned bank were introduced in New Mexico, two in Massachusetts, two in New …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/03/will-2021-be-…

Freedom of thought and the death of ideologies
Graham Peebles | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-05
Unity is the key element in any such shift — the required guiding principle underlying the development of existing systems and modes of living.
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Economic Growth is the Cause of Climate Change, Not the Solution to It
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-05
Through 2019, the last year for which data is available, greenhouse gas emissions and global GDP growth remained as highly correlated as they have been for the last half century. What this means is that despite the rhetorical back-and-forth over technological innovation and government policies as potential solutions to climate change, the role of economic…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/05/economic-gro…

Rights groups write to US seeking action against Bahrain’s human rights violations
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-05
In a letter addressed to US secretary of state Antony Blinken, the 15 signatory organizations ask the US to restrict arms sales to the Gulf monarchy. Bahrain recently recognized Israel as part of the Abraham accords…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/05/rights-gr…

ArcelorMittal is ‘slowly becoming a burial site’
Magnificent Mndebele | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-05
Three ArcelorMittal workers were trapped in a control room in the early hours of Wednesday 17 February when the room collapsed after a stack structure fell on it, following an explosion. Workers who witnessed the scene at the company’s plant in Vanderbijlpark in south Gauteng paint a grim picture. But the company denies an explosion occurred, despite no managers being there at the time. | The workers say the flames from the batteries were unusual that day, resembling an explosion, with large flames in the ovens. Gas escaped to the stack structure adjacent to the control room, where Thami Molefe, 53, Lesenyeho Mof…
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Croatians observe centenary of anti-fascist Labin uprising
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-05
Coal miners in Labin in the Istria county of present day Croatia had rebelled against fascist assaults and exploitation by the mining company and occupied the mines before proclaiming the ‘Labin Republic’ on March 2, 1921…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/05/croatians…

Fed chair Powell’s remarks spark Wall Street sell-off
wsws.org | 2021-03-05
The immediate origins of the present sell-off are to be found in events which took place on Thursday last week, when an auction of US five- and seven-year Treasury bonds was significantly undersubscribed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/05/wall…

Abbott forces Texas “OPEN 100%” just weeks after deadly storm
Zac Vecellio, Brianna Griffith | liberationnews.org | 2021-03-05
Abbott has billed the new order as a victory for “freedom,” even as he undermines cities’ freedom to protect their own populations with mask mandates and protective measures.
liberationnews.org/abbott-forces-texas-o…

Atlanta DA refuses to prosecute killer cop in Rayshard Brooks’ murder
Monica Johnson, Leela Anand | liberationnews.org | 2021-03-05
Although nearing a year since the murder of Rayshard Brooks, Fulton County officials have yet to prosecute the two killer cops of the Atlanta Police Department. Brooks was killed by officers Garret Rolfe and Devin Brosnan on the night of June 12, 2020, outside a Wendy’s restaurant near Atlanta’s Pittsburgh neighborhood. Brooks was shot twice …
liberationnews.org/atlanta-da-refuses-to…

Continued Israeli Airstrikes on Syria Are Testing Moscow’s Patience, Jerusalem Would Do Well Not to Poke the Russian Bear
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-05
How Russia responds to Israel’s attacks on Iranian targets inside Syria …
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Goldman Sachs becomes largest US bank to commit to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-05
The bank now joins Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and Citi in aligning its financing activities with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
nationofchange.org/2021/03/05/goldman-sa…

FedEx to become 100 percent electric by 2040
Amanda Mills | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-05
“We have a responsibility to take bold action in addressing climate challenges.”
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The case for abolition, for skeptics
National Lawyers Guild | mronline.org | 2021-03-05
In the final piece of the series, NLG Anti-Racism Committee Co-Chair and one of the proponents of the 2020 policing resolution Kira Kelley makes the case for the abolition of policing and offers examples of individuals and projects taking power and resources away from police and prisons to create non-carceral, non-punitive alternatives.
mronline.org/2021/03/05/the-case-for-abo…

A fight for free speech in Selah, Wash
Juni Hannah | liberationnews.org | 2021-03-05
In a small, conservative town in central Washington, sidewalk chalk has become a highly contentious issue between residents and the City Council.
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We Must Protect the Squad!
Kali Holloway | thenation.com | 2021-03-05
We Must Protect the Squad!
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Marching Through Georgia
Marching Through Georgia | thenation.com | 2021-03-05
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Israel is hiding the truth about the killing of Ahmad Erekat
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-05
Once again, video footage reveals that Israel’s account of a Palestinian “terror attack” bears no relationship to what actually happened. Not only did Israel dissemble about the circumstances in which its soldiers shot dead 26-year-old Ahmad Erekat last June, but it is still inflicting appalling suffering on his family eight months later based on those lies. …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/03/israel-is-hid…

Harris reaffirms US opposition to ICC probe of Israel in call to Netanyahu
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-05
Harris reaffirms US opposition to ICC probe of Israel in call to Netanyahu | US vice president also ’emphasized the United States’ unwavering commitment to Israel’s security’ | MEE and agencies | Fri, 03/05/2021 – 08: 26 | The call was the first between Harris and Netanyahu since she became US vice president in January (AFP) | US Vice President Kamala Harris, in a call with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ne…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/harris-reaffi…

What is Ur, the ‘birthplace’ of Abraham?
Azhar Al-Rubaie | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-05
What is Ur, the ‘birthplace’ of Abraham? | Pope Francis is due to lead an interfaith service at the ancient Iraqi city where the patriarch of Judaism, Christianity and Islam is thought to have lived | Azhar Al-Rubaie | Fri, 03/05/2021 – 13: 14 | The ziggurat at Ur was a temple to the moon god Nannar, and has been dated to the second millennium BC (Reuters) | On Saturday, Pope Francis will hold an inter-faith s…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-pope-fra…

Police hijack helicopter ambulance for aerial surveillance
Staff | therealnews.com | 2021-03-05
Documents obtained by PAR reveal how an air ambulance service has been used repeatedly to fly surveillance missions over the city of Baltimore, raising troubling questions about the consequences of law enforcement’s growing civic influence.
therealnews.com/police-hijack-helicopter…

Egypt: Toddler traumatised after two years in detention with mother
MEE correspondent | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-05
Egypt: Toddler traumatised after two years in detention with mother | Amnesty International says a 27-year-old woman and her baby were ‘forcibly disappeared’ by Egyptian security services | MEE correspondent | Fri, 03/05/2021 – 15: 40 | Manar Adel Abu el-Naga and her husband Omar Abdelhamid Abu el-Naga | Egyptian authorities have been urged to fully investigate the two-year-long “enforced disappearance” of…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-toddler…

Engineering students taught to use pencil and paper alongside digital design
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-03-05
Engineering students are learning to sketch and make paper models to generate and convey ideas before using digital tools to develop them creatively.
imperial.ac.uk/news/216473/engineering-students-taught-pencil-paper-alongside

Friday 3/5: Apply For MSME Loans For New Business
financialadvices | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
Jaipur, Rajasthan 302001, India…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/05/1884051…

Monday 3/8: Bread & Roses: Rally Demanding Care & Relief by Passing the American Rescue Plan Now!
The People’s Bailout & It Takes Roots | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
Online/virtual rally via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/04/1884050…

Monday 3/8: Digital Rally on Anniversary of Selma’s Bloody Sunday & International Women’s Day w/ PPC
Poor People’s Campaign & PPC CA | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/04/1884050…

Thursday 3/11: Gender Equality as the Law of the Land: The Work to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment
NOW | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
Online event via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/04/1884049…

Anti Police-Terror Project Files Liability Claim Against City of Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Police News | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
The Anti-Police Terror Project (APTP) has filed a liability claim against the City of Santa Cruz. “Claimant seeks damages resulting from an alleged violation of civil rights related to law enforcement action,” city staff states in an agenda report for the March 9 meeting of the Santa Cruz City Council. Other than the one quote from city staff, very few details have been released to the public about the claim, except that the incident in question occurred on May 29, 2020. The City Council is expected to discuss the claim during its closed session on March 9, and a motion to reject APTP’s claim has been placed by c…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/04/1884050…

Monday 3/8: Equal Rights Amendment Virtual Rally for Int’l. Women’s Day & Women’s History Month
ERA Coalition & ERAMN | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
Online via Zoom (register by sending an email to info@eramn.org)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/04/1884050…

Monday 3/8: International Women’s Day: Feminism and Social Justice
Human Agenda | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
Zoom meeting ID: 872 8709 9495 | Passcode: 798372 | Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/87287099495…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/04/1884051…

ATTO MORTE si desta la civetta stai per andare lontano Entra pure
angelus mors | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
welcohome…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/05/1884051…

Current Animal Rights And Environment News
Pass It On | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
The consciousness of people everywhere is expanding.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/05/1884052…

Wednesday 3/24: Berkeley Copwatch: Behind the Mask, panel of speakers & community discussion
Berkeley Copwatch | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
zoom : bit.ly/behindthemask2…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/04/1884050…

Wednesday 3/10: Mental Health & Communities of Color: From Stigma to Solutions
Commonwealth Club | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
Online event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/04/1884050…

Alina Sánchez “LêgeràÆn”: Luchadora internacionalista
reenvia Red Latina sin fronteras | indybay.org | 2021-03-05
Kurdistà n | Alina Sánchez/LêgeràÆn àáiya: sobre la Revolución de Rojava, “Un faro de esperanza para el mundo”
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/04/1884048…

‘Baba al-Vatican’: Pope Francis arrives in Iraq for historic visit
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-05
‘Baba al-Vatican’: Pope Francis arrives in Iraq for historic visit | Head of Catholic Church greeted by dancing and dignitaries for Iraq’s first ever papal visit | MEE and agencies | Fri, 03/05/2021 – 13: 21 | Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi welcomed Pope Francis at Baghdad International Airport (Reuters) | Pope Francis said he was “happy” to land in Iraq for the first ever papal visit to the country…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/iraq-pope-fra…

Princess Latifa: UN ‘still waiting’ for evidence from UAE that she is alive
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-05
Princess Latifa: UN ‘still waiting’ for evidence from UAE that she is alive | Recent footage showed the daughter of Dubai’s ruler saying she was being held captive by her father | MEE and agencies | Fri, 03/05/2021 – 11: 27 | Friends of Princess Latifa say she has had little medical care and went over a year without a toothbrush (Screengrab/Sky News) | The United Nations has said it is still waiting for proo…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/princess-lati…

Driving over democracy
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2021-03-05
In yet another example of democracy taking a hiding, Bathurst Council is trampling Aboriginal rights and heritage in its rush to set up a go kart track, writes Charles Boag.
greenleft.org.au/content/driving-over-de…

Continued Israeli airstrikes on Syria are testing Moscow’s patience
Scott Ritter | zcomm.org | 2021-03-05
Jerusalem would do well not to poke the Russian bear…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/continued-israeli-…

How Secular Is the Secularism of the Secular Parties?
Badri Raina | zcomm.org | 2021-03-05
In what way does the alliance with the ISF in West Bengal threaten the secular future of India, so long as that party remains aligned with the Congress and the Left, and so long as its allegiance to the constitution remains its political bedrock?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/how-secular-is-the…

New York politicians push bill to ‘kill’ rent cancellation movement, organizers fight back
Jay August | zcomm.org | 2021-03-05
On Feb. 28, tenant organizers in New York City demonstrated outside the home of New York State Sen. Brian Kavanaugh in Manhattan to protest his sponsorship of a bill which bails out landlords, not tenants…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/new-york-politicia…

Sheryl Sandberg and Top Facebook Execs Silenced an Enemy of Turkey to Prevent a Hit to the Company’s Business
ProPublica | zcomm.org | 2021-03-05
As Turkey launched a military offensive against Kurdish minorities in neighboring Syria in early 2018, Facebook’s top executives faced a political dilemma…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/sheryl-sandberg-an…

Surprise on the Left
Victor Grossman | zcomm.org | 2021-03-05
Unlike the angry quarrels, hostility and near split-ups which troubled some earlier congresses, this time there was an amiable, friendly atmosphere throughout…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/surprise-on-the-le…

Germany-Morocco tensions: Why is Rabat so upset with Berlin?
Malek Bachir | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-05
Germany-Morocco tensions: Why is Rabat so upset with Berlin? | Western Sahara, Libya negotiations, German organisations… the suspension of contact between Rabat and the German embassy in Morocco has been attributed to ‘an accumulation of grudges’ | Malek Bachir | Fri, 03/05/2021 – 13: 17 | German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes Morocco’s Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita in Berlin in November 2019 (AFP) | A d…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/germany-moroc…

Algeria: Bill to revoke citizenship met with anger and fear among activists
Nadda Osman | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-05
Algeria: Bill to revoke citizenship met with anger and fear among activists | The proposed law would target people deemed detrimental to the state, in a move condemned as dangerous and vague | Nadda Osman | Fri, 03/05/2021 – 14: 22 | Demonstrators carry the national flag on a march in Algiers to demand political change (Reuters) | A new bill being considered by the Algerian government, which could see people have thei…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/algeria-revok…

Martyr Soleimani’s sacrifices made Pope’s Iraq visit possible
Kamal Iranidoost | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-05
TEHRAN, Mar. 05 (MNA) — Had it not been for sacrifices that Martyrs Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi Muhandis made, Pope could not be in Iraq today, according to an aide to the speaker of the Iranian parliament on Friday…
en.mehrnews.com/news/170711/Martyr-Solei…

Greek political prisoner Dimitris Koufodinas struggles for his life
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-05
Koufodinas has been on a hunger strike for 56 days protesting the conditions of his incarceration after he was irregularly transferred to a max-security prison, which some believe was at the behest of the US embassy…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/05/greek-pol…

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