Biden Iran envoy boasted of depriving civilians of food, driving up Iranian inequality in sadistic sanctions manual
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2021-03-08
Richard Nephew has taken personal credit for depriving Iranians of food and driving up their unemployment rates, celebrating the economic destruction he caused as “a tremendous success.” Under Biden, he will help direct policy on Iran. The Joseph Biden administration has named Richard Nephew as its deputy Iran envoy. As the former principal deputy coordinator of sanctions policy for Barack Obama’s State Department, Nephew took personal credit for depriving Iranians of food, sabotaging their automobile industry, and driving up unemployment …
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Biden Iran envoy boasted of depriving civilians of food, driving up Iranian inequality in sadistic sanctions manual
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2021-03-08
Richard Nephew has taken personal credit for depriving Iranians of food, driving up their unemployment rates, and celebrated the economic destruction he caused as “a tremendous success.” Under Biden, he will help direct policy on Iran. The Joseph Biden administration has named Richard Nephew as its Deputy Iran Envoy. As the former Principal Deputy Coordinator of Sanctions Policy for Barack Obama’s State Department, Nephew took personal credit for depriving Iranians of food, sabotaging their automobile industry and driving up unemployment …
thegrayzone.com/2021/03/08/biden-iran-en…

Biden’s Hawkish Cabinet Portends Renewed US Militarism in Northeast Asia
Simone Chun | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-08
Although the Biden administration has yet to present its North Korea policy, the new president’s cabinet includes many career diplomats and business lobbyists advocating the Cold War policy toward Asia and personnel from hawkish think tanks financed by the military industrial complex, leading many Korea experts to predict that an aggressive militaristic policy with respect…
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‘Is This Who We Are?’: Gitmo is America’s Enduring Shame
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2021-03-08
Even if Biden is able to overcome pressure from the military, from the CIA, and from Congress to shut Guantánamo down, justice will still be absent, not only because of the numerous lives that are forever shattered but because America still refuses to learn from its mistakes.
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Racial Capitalism And The Betrayal Of Haiti
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-08
The day after his already paper-thin constitutional legitimacy completely eroded, Haitian President Jovenel MoàØse gave significant amounts of the country’s land to a light-skinned tycoon working with Coca-Cola. | According to most Haitian constitutional authorities and institutions, MoàØse’s presidential mandate ended on Sunday, February 7, 2021. But the next day, Le Moniteur–the official journal of the Republic of Haiti–published a presidential decree gifting 8,600 hectares of the country’s agricultural land reserves to produce stevia, a main ingredient in Coca-Cola’s zero-sugar bevera…
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Blinken Blinks on Human Rights
M. K. Bhadrakumar | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-08
On March 3, the US State Department has put on its website a hilarious statement titled The United States Opposes the ICC Investigation into the Palestinian Investigation. In a nutshell, the statement exposes that the Joe Biden Administration has blinked for a second time on the human rights situation in West Asia by refusing to…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/08/blinken-blin…

Biden preparing to launch series of ‘clandestine’ cyberattacks against Russia — NYT
rt.com | 2021-03-08
The Biden administration is gearing up to carry out cyberattacks aimed at Russian networks, the New York Times has reported, describing the provocation as a retaliatory measure designed to send Moscow a message. | Citing officials familiar with the operation, the Times said that a “series of clandestine actions” aimed at Russia is expected to begin over the next three weeks and that the cyberattacks are intended to be “evident” to President Vladimir Putin and Russia’s intelligence…
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Democracy Is Not Exclusive
Ben Jealous | thenation.com | 2021-03-08
Democracy Is Not Exclusive…
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Democracy Is Not Exclusive
Ben Jealous | thenation.com | 2021-03-08
Democracy Is Not Exclusive…
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India’s Farmers Resistance Movement. Repeal the Three Farm Laws
National Alliance of People’s Movements | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2021-03-08
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Turkey gives 10M COVID-19 vaccine jabs nationwide
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-08
Turkey has so far administered more than 10 million coronavirus vaccine jabs across the country, according to official figures on Monday.According to Turkish Health Ministry data, over 7.57 million people to date have received their first doses of a vaccine against the novel coronavirus, while second vaccine doses were given to more than 2.44 million.In the commercial hub Istanbul, home to nearly one-fifth of Turkey’s population, over 1.59 million coronavirus vaccine jabs were administered, including more than 1.17 million first doses and 419,717 second doses.Following Istanbul, more than 823,270 coronavirus vacc…
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Brawling Over Vaccines: Export Bans and the EU’s Bungled Rollout
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2021-03-08
By Binoy KAMPMARK | The European Union has been keeping up appearances in encouraging the equitable distribution of vaccines to combat SARS-CoV-2 and its disease, COVID-19. Numerous statements speak to the need to back the COVAX scheme, to ensure equity and that no one state misses out. And EU member states could be assured of a smooth vaccine rollout, led by the EU apparatus, humming with needle jabbing efficiency. Negotiating as a bloc, lower prices could be assured, along with an appropriate supply of vaccines across the 27 member states. | These initial hopes have been shredded. While the vaccination programs…
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Why Big Pharma Shouldn’t Have Any Control Over COVID-19 Vaccines
Sonali Kolhatkar | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-08
At a recent virtual gathering of parents and faculty at my children’s school, one parent who is a teacher and therefore eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine mentioned that she got her first Pfizer shot at a local pharmacy, and when she asked about a leftover dose that could be given to her husband rather…
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Peru Starts Vaccinating the Elderly and Security Forces Members
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-08
Peru’s Health Minister Oscar Ugarte Monday informed that health workers began immunizing the elderly, police officers, and Armed Forces soldiers in Lima with the Pfizer vaccine. | RELATED: | Peru’s COVID-19 Vaccination Scandal Involves 487 People | “We will vaccinate 3,000 people older than 80 years who suffer from a motor difficulty. The immunization will take place in the person’s home,” Ugarte said and informed that elderly people living in shelters and nursing homes will also be pr…
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Vaccine Diabolus and the Impending Wave of Rare Neurodegenerative Disorders
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
“I have come to lead you to the other shore; into …
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Around the World in 8 minutes: Mumia Abu-Jamal’s struggle for justice and more
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-08
In this episode of Around the World in 8 Minutes, we look at the struggle of Mumia Abu-Jamal for his rights and health, the development of various vaccine candidates in Cuba and the global mobilizations and preparations ahead of International Women’s Day…
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Togo Receives First Batch of AstraZeneca Vaccines
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-08
The government of Togo welcomed its first batch of AstraZeneca anti-COVID-19 vaccines as part of the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) Facility at the Gnassingbe Eyadema International Airport Sunday night. | RELATED: | WHO Approves the AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine | The batch included 156,000 doses of vaccines, 157,500 syringes and 1,575 safety boxes to be used for immunization targeting health personnel and people over 50 years in the capital Lome and its outskirts. | “It’s a landmark mo…
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COVID-19 Vaccines, Access and the Intellectual Property Wars
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
By now, anybody speaking about vaccine equality and equity of access …
globalresearch.ca/covid-19-vaccines-acce…

Cuba’s Abdala Vaccine to Begin Phase III of Clinical Trials
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-08
Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Saturday informed that the Abdala vaccine will start phase III of clinical trials this week in the provinces of Santiago de Cuba and Guantanamo. | RELATED: | Cuba Will Produce 100 Million Doses of Its COVID-19 Vaccine | “We are one step closer to immunized all of our people,” the President tweeted and informed the vaccine will enter the last phase of trials after the Control of Medicines, Equipment, and Medical Devices Center (Cecmed) approves…
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COVID Vaccine Injury Reports Grow in Number, but Trends Remain Consistent
Megan Redshaw | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
According to data released today by the Centers for Disease Control …
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Rich Nations are Getting Vaccines, Poor Countries Not: Which is a Big Danger to Rich Countries
John Buell | juancole.com | 2021-03-08
Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) — Our commercial media have followed the ups and downs of the vaccine roll out in the United States even as much less attention is devoted to the experience of poor nations. Pundits and TV anchors periodically acknowledge that lethal viruses don’t respect borders but seldom discuss the …
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5 Ways They’re Trying to Trick You into Taking the COVID “Vaccine”
Kit Knightly | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
The vaccine rollout is in full flow now, the daily tickers …
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Rich nations are getting vaccines, poor countries not: Which is a big danger to rich countries
John Buell | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-08
“Between them, G7 nations have secured enough vaccines for every one of their citizens to be vaccinated three times over, while many poor countries are yet to receive a single dose.”
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The Great Divider: Covid-19 Reflects Global Racism, Not Equality
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2021-03-08
Poor, dark-skinned people should not be made to die when their lives can be saved by a simple vaccine, which is available in abundance…
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The Vaccine Hunger Games
Sonali Kolhatkar | zcomm.org | 2021-03-08
How companies are holding humanity hostage for profit…
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Making the Covid Vaccine Less Accessible to Poorer Countries Is Dangerous for Everyone
John Buell | commondreams.org | 2021-03-08
COVID-19 and its variants reduce poor nations to producers of pathogens that will continue to disrupt economic and social life in wealthy nations. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Joe Biden’s “Barbarians at the Gates”: “Keep Americans Free”, The US Homeland is Threatened
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
Time and again, both right wings of the US war party …
globalresearch.ca/barbarians-gates/57391…

Support Keeps Building For #BAmazon Union Drive
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-08
Some three dozen organizations loaned their names to a letter urging President Joe Biden to come out on the side of the Amazon workers fighting for a union. Biden had angered unionists and progressives for publicly taking a “neutral” stance on the representation election taking place now through March 29. Signers included UNITE HERE and Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA) unions, Maine AFL-CIO, the National Employment Law Project and the Working Families Party. | Feeling the pressure, on Feb. 28 Biden came out against Amazon’s union busting, affirming the right of every worker to choose union representation. | Solidarity…
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Environment Versus How Many Jobs?
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2021-03-08
The Washington Post had an article on concerns among unions about job loss due to various measures from the Biden administration to promote clean energy. The article noted concerns that Biden’s agenda may lead to the loss of good-paying jobs in the fossil fuel sector. It would have been helpful to point out how many …
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US Senate passes pared-back COVID relief bill
wsws.org | 2021-03-08
In his remarks following the Senate vote, Biden unwittingly shed light on the gap between the massive scale of the crisis and the aid on offer.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/08/bill…

PREVIEW: What to Look for in the February Consumer Price Index
Karen Conner | cepr.net | 2021-03-08
(The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Wednesday, March 10th at 8: 30 AM Eastern Time.) There is widespread concern that President Biden’s rescue package, along with the containment of the pandemic, could lead to inflationary pressures. While we would not see any effect from the Biden rescue …
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How Biden Can Spread the Benefits of Trade to Black Workers
Marc Bayard | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-08
Last week, President Joe Biden’s nominee for US trade representative Katherine Tai — a well-seasoned trade expert with decades of trade experience — faced the Senate Finance Committee for confirmation. The job will not be an easy one. As the nation’s chief trade representative, Tai will inherit a turbulent legacy of trade policy decisions during…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/08/how-biden-ca…

Right-wing Central American leaders praise neoliberal ‘Biden Plan’ to strengthen US ‘sphere of influence’
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2021-03-08
Right-wing Central American politicians are applauding Plan Biden, a US strategy promising corporate investment in return for neoliberal reforms. They pledge to remain in the US “sphere of influence” and isolate China and Russia, while calling for regime change against Nicaragua’s leftist government. The Joe Biden administration has prioritized Central America in its foreign policy, developing a comprehensive plan that pledges $4 billion in funding for the impoverished region, along with foreign corporate investment, in return for aggressive neoliberal “free …
thegrayzone.com/2021/03/08/central-ameri…

The US Pushes Peace Conference in Letter To Afghan President
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-08
The U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken proposed a United Nations-led peace conference on the Afghan issue in a Feb. 28 letter to Afghan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, as reported by the New York Times on Sunday. | RELATED: | Biden Plans to Break Deal and Keep US Troops in Afghanistan | Envoys from the United States, China, Russia, Pakistan, Iran, and India would attend the proposed UN-led conference. The proposals included a road map for a future Afghan government with Afgha…
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Venezuela Protests Biden’s Extension of Executive Order 13692
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2021-03-08
The renewal flies in the face of recent recommendations from independent UN experts.
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“Is This Who We Are?”: Gitmo is America’s Enduring Shame
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-08
“That’s certainly our goal and our intention.” This was the non-committal answer given by White House Press Secretary, Jen Psaki, when, on February 12, she was asked by a reporter whether the new Joe Biden Administration intends to shut down the notorious Guantánamo Bay Prison by the end of the president’s first term in office. …
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Joe Biden Stands for Same Grotesque and Brutal Policies Against Venezuela, Shows Just How Little They Actually Care for People
Eva Bartlett | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
Venezuelan non-president, Juan Guaido, is back in headlines after the …
globalresearch.ca/new-us-admin-stands-sa…

Dallas Anti War Committee protests Biden airstrikes
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-03-08
Dallas, TX – About 30 protesters from the Dallas Anti War Committee assembled in downtown Dallas on March 6, to denounce President Joe Biden’s strikes on allegedly Iran-backed groups in Syria and demand no war on Iran. Protesters set up on the Akard Street Bridge over Interstate 30, holding signs and a large banner that read “No war on Iran.” The Dallas Anti War Committee (DAWC) called the event, and protesters were mostly from DAWC-affiliated groups, including Democratic Socialists of America, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, and the Dallas Peace and Justice Center.
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Dallas Anti War Committee protests Biden airstrikes
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-03-08
Dallas, TX – About 30 protesters from the Dallas Anti War Committee assembled in downtown Dallas on March 6, to denounce President Joe Biden’s strikes on allegedly Iran-backed groups in Syria and demand no war on Iran. Protesters set up on the Akard Street Bridge over Interstate 30, holding signs and a large banner that read “No war on Iran.” The Dallas Anti War Committee (DAWC) called the event, and protesters were mostly from DAWC-affiliated groups, including Democratic Socialists of America, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, and the Dallas Peace and Justice Center.
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Is it still possible to prevent the collapse of Syria?
Marwan Kabalan | zcomm.org | 2021-03-08
Syrian intellectuals and activists from across political and intellectual spheres are busy searching for a way out of the disastrous situation their country has reached after ten years of violent conflict…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/is-it-still-possib…

US senator blames Biden’s Iran policy for attacks on Saudi oil facilities
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-08
US senator blames Biden’s Iran policy for attacks on Saudi oil facilities | Republican Bill Hagerty says ‘Biden’s desire to give Tehran sanctions relief’ is emboldening Iran to attack US allies | MEE staff | Mon, 03/08/2021 – 16: 32 | Senator Bill Hagerty currently sits on the Foreign Relations Committee (AFP) | A prominent Republican senator has criticised President Joe Biden’s “relaxed” policy on Iran, which he says pro…
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Two Cheers for Joe Manchin
Jeet Heer | thenation.com | 2021-03-08
Two Cheers for Joe Manchin…
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‘A Climate Time Bomb’: 370+ Groups Urge Biden to Immediately Halt Line 3 Pipeline
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-03-08
“It’s up to President Biden to continue with the country’s renewable energy agenda and reduce our reliance on fossil fuels. After his action to halt Keystone XL, stopping Line 3 is essential.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Biden, remedo de Trump
Carlos Fazio | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-08
El 4 de marzo, el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Venezuela, Jorge Arreaza, rechazó la renovación, por parte de la administración Biden, del decreto que cataloga al gobierno constitucional de Nicolás Maduro como amenaza inusual y extraordinaria para la seguridad…
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Blinken Talks the Talk, but Will He Walk the Walk?
_____ | strategic-culture.org | 2021-03-08
Biden has so far made no move whatsoever to rein in the continued bold and potentially very dangerous US military exercises with allies right up to the very borders of Russia. | Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s March 3 speech at the US State Department should be warmly welcomed around the world, especially in Caracas and Tehran: It does indeed mark a highly significant shift in US foreign policy and deserves to be taken at face value: But it does not address fundamental policy conflicts with Russia and China that Biden inherited from his predecessors — and not just Donald Trump. And it is these far bigger…
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Where’s Biden hidin’? EVEN CNN begins asking questions, as president goes record time without press conference with Q&A
rt.com | 2021-03-08
Joe Biden has gone longer without giving a press conference with questions and answers than any US president in modern history. Now the elation of his inauguration’s worn off, even his allied media are beginning to wonder why. | Monday marked Joe Biden’s 47th day in office, and also his 47th without appearing before the press to take questions. The president has sat down to several taped interviews, and has given brief soundbites to reporters at events, but not a single proper Q&A session has materialized. | He has gone longer without holding a press conference than any of his 15 most recent predecessors, all…
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Texas launches ‘Operation Lone Star’, sending National Guard & state troopers to secure border after Biden opened floodgates
rt.com | 2021-03-08
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is taking border security into his own hands, sending National Guard troops and state police to combat drug and people smuggling as Biden administration policies spur a surge in illegal immigration. | The new ‘Operation Lone Star’ initiative will send ground, air, marine and tactical security assets to high-threat areas of the state’s border with Mexico to stop cartels and other smugglers from bringing drugs and illegal aliens into Texas. Abbott announced the strategy late on Saturday, one day after former president Donald Trump blasted President Joe Biden for creating a “spiraling t…
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South Korea agrees to ‘meaningful increase’ in payouts for the privilege of hosting 28,500 US troops
rt.com | 2021-03-08
The US and South Korea have finally reached an agreement on “sharing costs” for stationing American personnel, after talks stalled over demands by former president Donald Trump that Seoul quintuples its spending for the privilege. | Seoul currently pays Washington roughly $920 million a year to host some 28,500 American personnel on its soil, but back in 2019 Trump demanded an increase of annual payouts to $5 billion. With a new commander-in-chief in the White House, the US has moved to soothe disagreements with its military allies as part of Joe Biden’s commitment to “reinvigorate” Washington’s “democratic al…
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The Futility of Bipartisanship
Richard C. Gross | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-08
President Joe Biden should know that he isn’t facing his father’s far more moderate Republican Party, the one he dealt with as a Senate Democrat for 36 years. Many of today’s do-nothing Republicans pretend they believe in the tooth fairy, sex trafficking Democrats running pedophile rings and beholden to Satan and nearly every other conspiracy…
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Over 350 Groups Urge President Biden to Stop the Line 3 Pipeline and Protect Indigenous Rights, Climate
commondreams.org | 2021-03-08
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Biden drops bombs in the Middle East
Reese Erlich | zcomm.org | 2021-03-08
Foreign Correspondent: Biden drops bombs in the Middle East…
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Close Guantánamo: Ex-Prisoner & Torture Survivor Mohamedou Ould Slahi Calls on Biden to Shut Prison
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-03-08
President Joe Biden is facing new calls to close the U.S. military prison in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, an enduring symbol of U.S. abuses in the “war on terror.” Since 2002, about 770 men and boys have been held at the prison, and only eight have been convicted of a crime. Three of the convictions were later overturned on appeal. Today the prison’s population is down to 40, and shortly after Biden’s inauguration, seven former prisoners penned an open letter to the new president pleading with him to finally close the facility. One of the seven authors was Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian man who was held without cha…
www.democracynow.org/2021/3/8/guantanamo…

Eight Years Without President Chávez
Maria Paez Victor | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-08
Talk given in Webinar: US/Canada: HANDS OFF VENEZUELA, END SANCTIONS ON VENEZUELA NOW!. March 5th 2021. Today is the 8th anniversary of the untimely death of President Hugo Chávez. Immediately after, the USA, Canada and allies intensified their attempts to overthrow the Venezuelan government, believing his successor, Nicolás Maduro, would be unable to follow in Chávez’ shoes…
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US to Continue Using Guaido to Rob Venezuelan Assets Abroad
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
The conversation held by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken with …
globalresearch.ca/us-continue-using-guai…

International Women’s Day: Women workers and Poor People’s Campaign demand $15
Laura Dewey | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-08
The coronavirus pandemic and the economic depression it sparked have highlighted what women workers have known for a long time: The minimum wage is not a living wage. CEOs keep wages low while their own pay and corporate profits continue to skyrocket. Today, on International Women’s Day, the Poor People’s Campaign: A Call for Moral …
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Women take the lead in fight to impeach Bolsonaro in Brazil
Maria Fernanda Marcelino | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-08
SAO PAULO–Today in Brazil, women are facing the advancement of predatory neoliberalism, imperialism, an anti-democratic state, the politics of death, and the extermination of the people, which has been escalating with the coronavirus pandemic. In 2016, women were the first to rise up and denounce the coup staged against the first female president elected in …
peoplesworld.org/article/women-take-the-…

Turkish retailer to enhance gender-balanced workforce
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-08
Turkish retailer Migros will enhance gender-balanced workforce and greener stores through a ‚Ǩ60 million ($71 million) loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).‚Ä®The loan will support the retailer to develop and implement an equal opportunities action plan, which will set out gender-responsible recruitment strategies and open up more job opportunities for women, according to a statement from the bank on Monday.Migros will hire over 2,000 women to fill new positions created as a result of burgeoning demand for grocery shopping amid the coronavirus pand…
yenisafak.com/en/news/turkish-retailer-t…

Syria’s Assad, wife test positive for COVID-19
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-08
Syrian regime President Bashar al-Assad, 55, and his wife Asma, 45, have both tested positive for coronavirus, according to local media reports.They are both in good health and stable condition, the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported.The couple will stay at home for two to three weeks of isolation before returning to work, it added.
yenisafak.com/en/world/syrias-assad-wife…

Fauci warns lifting virus rules risks another spike in US
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-08
US’ top infectious disease expert has warned that easing coronavirus restrictions this early can cause another spike in the country.The decline is “starting to plateau,” Anthony Fauci said on CBS’ Face the Nation, adding it is happening “at a very high level, plateauing at a level of 60 to 70,000 new cases per day is not an acceptable level.”Fauci’s remarks came as Texas and Mississippi states lifted mask mandates and business capacity limits this week.”So the message we’re saying is that we do want to come back carefully and slowly about pulling back on mitigation methods. But don’t turn that switch on and off b…
yenisafak.com/en/world/fauci-warns-lifti…

Latin America to witness slow economic growth
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-08
TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) — The road for Latin America and the Caribbean seems bumpy to economic recovery from the deep scars left by the coronavirus pandemic.
en.mehrnews.com/news/170860/Latin-Americ…

Syria: Bashar and Asma al-Assad test positive for Covid-19
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-08
Syria: Bashar and Asma al-Assad test positive for Covid-19 | Assad’s office confirmed that the Syrian president and his wife had caught the novel coronavirus | MEE and agencies | Mon, 03/08/2021 – 12: 11 | Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his wife Asma have tested positive for Covid-19, his office announced on Monday. | An official statement confirme…
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Syria: Bashar and Asma al-Assad test positive for Covid-19
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-08
Syria: Bashar and Asma al-Assad test positive for Covid-19 | Assad’s office confirmed that the Syrian president and his wife had caught the novel coronavirus | MEE and agencies | Mon, 03/08/2021 – 12: 11 | A file handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on 4 November 2020 shows Syrian President Bashar al-Asad and his wife Asma, wearing face masks due to the Covid-19 pandemic (A…
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NHS worker fined £10,000 for organising protest against 1% pay rise
Jasmine Norden | thecanary.co | 2021-03-08
Police have fined the organiser of a nurses’ protest in Manchester £10,000 after shutting down the demonstration against the NHS pay rise. | The protesters gathered in Manchester city centre on 7 March said officers told them they would be fined for violating coronavirus (Covid-19) restrictions if they didn’t leave. | Unison maintained that the protest, against the government’s 1% pay rise for NHS staff, was safe a…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2021/03/08/nhs-work…

Bangladesh reels from Covid-19 a year since first case
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-08
By Azad Majumder Dhaka, Mar 8 (efe-epa).- With exactly one year since the detection of the first coronavirus cases in Bangladesh on Monday, the country continues to reel from the impact of the disease, while the authorities have given mixed responses about the management of the pandemic. Bangladesh has registered 551,175 confirmed Covid-19 cases in …
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Covid-19 vaccination campaign for Palestinian workers in Israel
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-08
Jerusalem, Mar 8 (efe-epa).- Israel on Monday began a coronavirus vaccination rollout for the Palestinians legally working on the Israeli territories and settlements through centers set up in the occupied West Bank’s military crossings. “Today we inaugurate the vaccination campaign” for the Palestinian employees, Kamil Abu Rukun, coordinator of the COGAT, the Israeli military body …
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Oakland A’s and the invasion of the democracy snatchers
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2021-03-08
Invasion of the democracy snatchers in the midst of the coronavirus covid-19 pandemic!
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NYT Fails to Examine Its Participation in Brazil’s ‘Biggest Judicial Scandal’
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting | fair.org | 2021-03-08
The Brazilian Supreme Court on March 8 dismissed all charges against former President Luis Inacio “Lula” da Silva made during the Lava Jato investigation, a little over a month after the investigation was officially ended. The termination came shortly after the Supreme Court admitted 6 terabytes of leaked Telegram chats between public prosecutors and judges as evidence in the case. | A small portion of the leaks, released slowly by the Intercept Brasil and local media partners in
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Nepal’s political crisis deepens after top court divides ruling party
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-08
Kathmandu, Mar 8 (efe-epa).- The Nepalese government’s crisis seemed to deepen on Monday a day after the Supreme Court annulled the merger of two parties: the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist-Leninist) and Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), that took place three years ago and helped them consolidate power. The Himalayan country has been witnessing …
laprensalatina.com/nepals-political-cris…

23 Million LATAM Women Fell Into Poverty in 2020
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-08
The United Nations Women Regional Director for the Americas and the Caribbean Maria-Noel Vaeza warned that the number of women suffering from violence and poverty in the region increased during the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | LATAM Marks International Women’s Day Amid Pandemic | The pandemic produced “a 10-year setback” in the female labor participation rate, which experienced a historic drop of 5.4 percent in 2020. At least 23 million out of 118 million women entered the poverty t…
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As US states reopen businesses and schools, experts warn of “hurricane” surge of COVID-19
wsws.org | 2021-03-08
With states around the US reopening businesses and schools, health experts are warning of a massive surge of COVID-19 cases in the coming months as new variants take hold.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/08/pers…

Southern California dockworkers hit by COVID-19, work speedup as cargo backlog grows
wsws.org | 2021-03-08
Hundreds of dockworkers in Southern California are out of work due to rising COVID-19 infections, leading to record-setting cargo backlogs on the West Coast under conditions where dockworkers internationally are being forced to work without adequate protections and testing.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/08/dock…

The Fight For Women’s Rights Is A Fight Against Capitalism
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-08
International Women’s Day was founded after 15,000 women marched through New York City in 1908 to demand three things: better hours, better pay, and voting rights. In most of the world, the last of these has been cemented — but the pandemic has thrown the former two into jeopardy. | In summer 2020, the McKinsey Global Institute reported that around the world, women were at 1.8 times the risk of Covid redundancy compared to the risk facing men. Research from the University of Exeter also found that women in the UK were twice as likely to have lost their job during the first wave of the pandemic. | Around 133…
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A Cold War With China Is the Last Thing We Can Afford Right Now
Editor | scheerpost.com | 2021-03-08
By Mandy Smithberger / TomDispatch 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 …
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New York Governor Cuomo Advisors Rewrote Nursing Home Report to Conceal Covid Death Toll
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s top advisers successfully intervened in pushing …
globalresearch.ca/cuomo-aides-rewrote-ju…

Women’s Leadership In The Global Recovery From The COVID-19 Pandemic
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-08
Beijing – Today is International Women’s Day (IWD), and the theme for this year’s celebration is “Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world.” We recognize the tremendous contribution and leadership demonstrated by women and girls around the world in shaping our recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and a more sustainable future. | A global review of the progress achieved towards commitments made at the Fourth World Conference on Women 25 years ago in Beijing, conducted by UN Women in 2020, reveals that no country has fully delivered on the Beijing Platform for Action, nor is close to it. Gl…
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Women March in Ukraine Against Gender Violence
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-08
Thousands of Ukrainian women marched on Monday in Kyiv to demand the Cabinet of Ministers to ratify the Istanbul Convention, a European multilateral instrument for preventing and fighting violence against women. | RELATED: | Russian FM Rejects Ukraine’s Hostility Against Nicaragua | “Why are we silent about the domestic violence that continues to grow in COVID-19 times? Why don’t we say that the responsibility for taking care of children during long-distance classes has fallen on wome…
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Unequal Britain: An academic defence of social inequality
wsws.org | 2021-03-08
That COVID-19 is a “poor man’s disease” which has hit the working class hardest–driven into unsafe workplaces under the policy of herd immunity–is a verifiable fact.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/08/king…

South Korean Government Investigates 7 Deaths that Followed COVID-19 Vaccination with AstraZeneca’s Jab
RT News | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
South Korea finished its first week of rolling out long-awaited Covid-19 …
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UFCW refuses to defend meatpackers as Alberta government approves reopening of COVID-stricken Olymel plant
wsws.org | 2021-03-08
Olymel is reopening its Red Deer plant although there are at least 91 COVID-19 cases still active among the workforce, and the current outbreak has resulted in multiple worker deaths.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/08/ufcw…

Oil prices soar over attack on Saudi oil facilities
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-08
Oil prices shot up to break new records on Monday following tensions between Saudi Arabia and Yemen, and with the US Senate passing the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill.International benchmark Brent crude was trading at $70.54 per barrel at 0715 GMT for a 1.70% increase after closing Friday at $69.36 a barrel.American benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) was at $67.11 per barrel at the same time for a 1.54% increase after it ended the previous session at $66.09 a barrel.Oil prices closed last week with almost 7% weekly gains as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and non-OPEC countries,…
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Pres. Assad, his wife contract COVID-19
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-08
TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) — Syrian President Bashar al Assad and his wife Asma al-Assad have contracted the COVID-19 virus.
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Despite Covid-19, the Feminist Strike Goes On!
Cecilia Nowell | thenation.com | 2021-03-08
Despite Covid-19, the Feminist Strike Goes On!
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Despite Covid-19, the Feminist Strike Goes On
Cecilia Nowell | thenation.com | 2021-03-08
Despite Covid-19, the Feminist Strike Goes On…
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Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s ordeal in Iran may be reaching ‘endgame’
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2021-03-08
There is hope that Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s ordeal is reaching the “endgame” as the British-Iranian woman was released from house arrest after serving a five-year sentence in Iran. | A former top civil servant at the Foreign Office welcomed “good” progress in her case. Her husband, Richard Ratcliffe, said he hopes it may be reaching the final stages, but cautioned: we might have many more months to go. | The 42-year-old mother was detained in 2016 as Tehran made widely refuted spying allegations. She finished the latter part of her sentence under house arrest due to Covid-19. She had her ankle tag removed on Su…
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Vietnam rolls out vaccination campaign after successful Covid-19 management
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-08
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Mar 8 (efe-epa).- Vietnam launched its vaccination program against Covid-19 on Monday with the inoculation of health workers with first shots manufactured by British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca, after having successfully managed the pandemic. According to a statement by the Ministry of Health on its website, more than a thousand workers …
laprensalatina.com/vietnam-rolls-out-vac…

Pope says Iraq Covid-19 risk preoccupied him for long time
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-08
Aboard the papal plane, Mar 8 (efe-epa).- Pope Francis on Monday said that his trip to Iraq in the middle of a pandemic had preoccupied him for a long time but decided nonetheless to travel and put the fate of Iraqis who flocked to see him in God’s hands. The 84-year-old pontiff ended the first …
laprensalatina.com/pope-says-iraq-covid-…

International Women’s Day marked around the globe
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-08
Countries around the world marked International Women’s Day with celebrations of culture and marches calling for greater equality and women’s rights amid Covid-19 restrictions. A Visual Story by Epa photographers…
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Italy unveils train with ICU beds to help country’s hospitals
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-08
Rome, Mar 8 (efe-epa).- Italy has unveiled its latest innovation in the campaign against Covid-19 — a medically-equipped train with an onboard intensive care unit designed to ease the pressure on the country’s hospitals when required. The vehicle was inaugurated Monday at Rome’s main Termini train station. “It can travel across all of Europe, there …
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International Women’s Day Should Reflect a Record of Direct Action, Not Hollow Gestures
Marisa Bate | commondreams.org | 2021-03-08
COVID-19 is the enemy of us all, but to women it has felt like a meteor made of pure misogyny, shattering our lives on impact. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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COVID-19 and Trump’s Racism
Thom Hartmann | zcomm.org | 2021-03-08
Photo by bgrocker/Shutterstock How is it that in Australia, it’s 3 out of every 100,000 people, and in New Zealand it’s 1 out of every 200,000 people, but here in America we’re dropping like flies? Chalk it up to Republican racism and a libertarian indifference to the notion of society. Trump’s official national emergency Read…
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COVID-19 and Trump’s Racism
Thom Hartmann | zcomm.org | 2021-03-08
Photo by bgrocker/Shutterstock How is it that in Australia, it’s 3 out of every 100,000 people, and in New Zealand it’s 1 out of every 200,000 people, but here in America we’re dropping like flies? Chalk it up to Republican racism and a libertarian indifference to the notion of society. Trump’s official national emergency Read…
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From Afghanistan to Syria: Women’s Rights, War Propaganda and the CIA
Julie Lévesque | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
Western heads of state, UN officials, military spokespersons will invariably praise the humanitarian dimension of the October 2001 US-NATO led invasion of Afghanistan, which allegedly was to fight religious fundamentalists, help little girls go to school, liberate women subjected to the yoke of the Taliban.
globalresearch.ca/from-afghanistan-to-sy…

Deep freeze just latest disaster to befall Houston’s needy
Juan A. Lozano | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-08
HOUSTON (AP) — Ernest and Hester Collins already faced their share of hardships before last month’s deadly winter storm plunged much of Texas into a deep freeze and knocked out power to millions of homes, including their modest rental in one of Houston’s historically Black neighborhoods, Fifth Ward. The brother and sister were getting by …
peoplesworld.org/article/deep-freeze-jus…

Chicago mayor targets monuments to Civil War, American Revolution
wsws.org | 2021-03-08
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has formed a committee to review for potential removal five statues to Lincoln, along with monuments to Washington, Franklin, and Grant.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/08/linc…

This week in history: March 8-15
wsws.org | 2021-03-08
25 years ago: Tensions escalate between US and China after missile tests near TaiwanOn March 8, 1996, China began missile testing and military exercises for war games off Taiwanese coastal areas in the run-up to presidential elections on the island nation, which Beijing regarded as a renegade province. The Clinton administration responded by sailing two US carrier battle groups, backed by submarines, into the waters surrounding Taiwan.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/08/twih…

World’s worst humanitarian disaster triggered by deadly weapons from US & UK
Thalif Deen | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-08
The world has yet to denounced the primary arms merchants for the more than 100,000 killings since 2015–despite accusations of “war crimes” by human rights organizations.
nationofchange.org/2021/03/08/worlds-wor…

Pacific Islands Forum in crisis following regional split
wsws.org | 2021-03-08
Behind the manoeuvring over the forum leadership lie profound geo-strategic rivalries fuelled by the US-led preparations for war with China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/08/paci…

Rural Washington state rally demands: ‘Stop the war on Black America’
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2021-03-08
Some 50 assembled in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives Feb. 28 rally in Sequim, a small town in the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state.
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Rural Washington state rally demands: “Stop the war on Black America”
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2021-03-08
Some 50 assembled in solidarity with the Movement for Black Lives Feb. 28 rally in Sequim, a small town in the Olympic Peninsula of Washington state.
liberationnews.org/rural-washington-stat…

Why are hate crimes against Asian Americans on the rise?
Tina Ngo | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-08
This wave of attacks has caused panic and confusion among Asian Americans and forces us to question: What is motivating these cruel and cowardly assaults? Are they purely an organic and spontaneous response to current events?
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/08/why-are-h…

‘Bolivian Regional Elections Strengthened MAS’ Evo Morales Says
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-08
Bolivia’s former President Evo Morales on Sunday assured the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) strengthened and became the party with the highest vote in Bolivia’s history during the country’s subnational elections. | RELATED: | Bolivia Elections: How the Right Will Try To Cling To Power | “We are proud of our political movement, which has been ratified as the largest organization in the country,” the Indigenous leader said in Cochabamba city. | According to preliminary results, the…
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Panama: Doctors Reject Changes in Certification Exams Scores
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-08
The Academic Council of the University of Panama (UP) demanded the Health Minister Luis Sucre repeal a resolution that temporarily lowers the score for obtaining medical certification. | RELATED: | Panama Warns of Disguised US Attempts to Install Military Bases | The resolution establishes that doctors who aspire to an internship in the Health Ministry (Minsa) and the Social Security Fund (CSS) will be able to pass the exam with a minimum of 360 points, which represents 34.5…
telesurenglish.net/news/Panama-Doctors-R…

Did Racist Images in Dr. Seuss Books Contribute to War Crimes?
Chris Orlet | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-08
A friend delights in sending me news stories that demonstrate what he says are the excesses of liberalism. One recent article that arrived in my inbox concerned Dr. Seuss Enterprises’ decision to halt publication of six childrens’ books it now believes contain racist imagery. “I didn’t realize Dr. Seuss made us all racists,” he quipped.
counterpunch.org/2021/03/08/did-racist-i…

How ‘Big Ag’ Ate Up America’s Small Farms
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-08
The roads were icy and the wind biting cold as we started our 10,000-km journey through the heart of America one January morning. Sristy Agrawal, Rajashik Tarafder — young physicists pursuing their PhDs — Rumela Gangopadhyay, a theatre artiste, and I wanted to witness the state of farming in rural America, the quintessential “Trump country”. | Shooting in the frigid weather amid a pandemic was gruelling, but the warm welcome we got from farmers — Republican or Democrat, black or white — made up for it. We were surprised to learn that the American farm landscape, like India’s, is dominated…
popularresistance.org/how-big-ag-ate-up-…

Funding cuts exacerbate suffering of Yemeni civilians
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-08
A 7-year civil war and funding cuts are aggravating the suffering of millions of Yemeni civilians, who desperately need more aid to survive. | A virtual conference was held by the UN and co-hosted by Sweden and Switzerland on March 1 to raise $3.85 billion to help civilians in Yemen fell far short of its aid goal. | The donor conference managed to secure only $1.7 billion for a country described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. | Describing the donation pledges as “disappointing”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said: “Millions of Yemeni children, women and men desperately need aid to live. Cutting…
yenisafak.com/en/world/funding-cuts-exac…

Wednesday 4/7: Greg Grandin & Edwards-Tiekert: Empire’s Workshop
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM | indybay.org | 2021-03-08
Online webinar…
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EU backs ICC after Netanyahu’s “anti-Semitism” smear
Ali Abunimah | zcomm.org | 2021-03-08
The EU’s position represents a break with allies such as the United States, Canada and Australia that have openly opposed the court investigating alleged war crimes in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/eu-backs-icc-after…

Sevilla in tough mission against Haaland’s Dortmund in Champions League
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-08
Berlin/Seville, Mar 8 (efe-epa).- Sevilla have the tough task of trying to turn around their 2-3 deficit against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League last-16 second-leg Tuesday, while Norwegian forward Erling Haaland will hope to build up on his stellar first-leg performance. The first-leg defeat did not only end the Spanish team’s nine match winning …
laprensalatina.com/sevilla-in-tough-miss…

Rush, Roger, Rupert, and The Donald May Ride Forever
Robert Lipsyte | zcomm.org | 2021-03-08
As Do Pestilence, Famine, War, and Death…
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Austerity and Corona: Who Pays for the Crisis?
Moritz Warnke | indybay.org | 2021-03-08
The Corona crisis is currently overshadowing three crises that are also currently being – covertly – negotiated: First, an economic crisis since the fall of 2019. Second, the crisis in municipal finances Third, an investment crisis, better known as an investment backlog. This crisis led to the debt brake itself being called into question by the capital side in 2019.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/08/1884058…

WATCH: Minneapolis battens down the hatches with extreme security ahead of trial of George Floyd’s alleged killer
rt.com | 2021-03-08
Authorities in Minneapolis have erected steel fencing, barbed wire and concrete barricades outside the city’s courthouse and local police stations ahead of the Derek Chauvin trial, set to begin Monday. | The former police officer will stand trial for the May 25 killing of George Floyd in an incident which rocked the US to its core and triggered months of unrest and billions of dollar’s worth of damage. | An estimated 15 million to 26 million people participated in Black Lives Matter protests in the US in the aftermath of Floyd’s death. | Armored personnel carriers have been deployed and local Minneapolis polic…
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Govt-Linked CSIS Urges DC To Partner with Social Media Firms To “Promote Protests Movements”
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2021-03-08
Widespread protests were a feature of 2020, engulfing 68 nations. However, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a pro-regime-change think tank based in DC, is most preoccupied with those in China and Russia.
mintpressnews.com/csis-urges-dc-social-m…

Is China Planning on Blocking US Sanctions Imposed on Iran?
Shahbazz Afzal | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
According to some reports China has developed a ‘blocking statute’ to …
globalresearch.ca/china-planning-block-u…

US Pacific Commander Defends $27 Billion Plan to Confront China
Dave DeCamp | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
Adm. Philip Davidson, the head of US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), is …
globalresearch.ca/us-pacific-commander-d…

China calls for restraint, talks to end Myanmar crisis
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-08
As anti-coup protests continue, China has urged Myanmar’s military junta to stop further bloodshed and ease the situation in the country as soon as possible.”No matter how the situation evolves, China will not waver in its commitment to advancing China-Myanmar relations and will not change the course of promoting friendship and cooperation,” China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said at a news conference via video link in Beijing on Sunday.Wang said the immediate priority is to end “further bloodshed and conflict, and ease and cool down the situation as soon as possible.”He said China has maintained “friendly exchange…
yenisafak.com/en/world/china-calls-for-r…

Iran’s crude oil export hit record
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-08
TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) — The Islamic Republic of Iran has reportedly increased its crude oil export to China in recent months.
en.mehrnews.com/news/170866/Iran-s-crude…

Jing Fong Couldn’t Survive. Will Manhattan’s Chinatown?
Wilfred Chan | thenation.com | 2021-03-08
Jing Fong Couldn’t Survive. Will Manhattan’s Chinatown?
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Jing Fong Couldn’t Survive. Will Manhattan’s Chinatown?
Wilfred Chan | thenation.com | 2021-03-08
Jing Fong Couldn’t Survive. Will Manhattan’s Chinatown?
thenation.com/article/society/jing-fong-…

Aprender de China
Iván Restrepo | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-08
En noviembre de 1978 fui invitado a un seminario sobre agricultura y medio ambiente en Tailandia. Enterado de ese viaje, Manuel Becerra Acosta, director del diario Uno m á s Uno, me sugirió visitar Vietnam y escribir sobre cómo ese…
globalizacion.ca/aprender-de-china/

China urges the west to stop baseless propaganda, offers greater cooperation on various issues
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-08
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi criticized rumors about genocide of Uyghurs minorities spread by the media and claimed that the population of Uyghurs minorities has more than doubled in the last 40 years…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/08/china-urg…

Public Fatigue, Distrust and Fear Taint Chauvin Trail Before it Even Begins
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2021-03-08
Jury selection in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was set to begin today, but a last-minute delay has added to the palpable tensions surrounding the case.
mintpressnews.com/public-fatigue-distrus…

Revolutionary Workers Mount Election Campaign In Chile
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-08
On April 11, Chile will elect a convention to write a new constitution, which will replace the constitution of 1980, written by the far-right dictator Augusto Pinochet. Left Voice spoke with two candidates running to join the Constitutional Convention, Joseffe Cáceres and Daniel Vargas, both from the Revolutionary Workers’ Party (PTR). | Joseffe Cáceres is a leader of the union of cleaning workers at the Metropolitan University of Educational Sciences near Santiago. She is a member of the national leadership of the PTR and a spokesperson of the women’s group Pan y Rosas (Bread and Roses). She is a candidate in on…
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Newsom recall campaign collects 1.95M signatures in US
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-08
A petition to see a recall election for California Governor Gavin Newsom has collected 1.95 million signatures few days ahead of the deadline.”Recall is the power of the electors to remove an elective officer,” is the one-line definition of a recall in Article 2, Section 13 of the California Constitution.The announcement from Recall California Governor Gavin Newsom 2020 organizers came Sunday during a rally in the state capitol.The petition, which accuses Newsom of “destroying lives and businesses of hardworking Californians” shows “unaffordable housing, record homelessness, rising crime, failing schools, indepen…
yenisafak.com/en/world/newsom-recall-cam…

Opinion poll shows Netanyahu’s Likud party losing votes
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-08
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing to run in the general elections set for March 23, the country’s fourth round of polls in two years, amid a political stalemate among the main parties in Israel. | Heading the right-wing Likud Party, Netanyahu is the longest-serving prime minister in Israel’s history with more than 14 years in office. | According to Israli experts, he wants to preserve his post in order to strengthen his position amid ongoing trial on corruption charges. | On Feb. 8, Netanyahu appeared in the Jerusalem District Court for the resumption of his trial on corruption charges. Netan…
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Another election delay cannot be ruled out, says Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-08
Hong Kong, Mar 8 (efe-epa).- Hong Kong mini-parliamentary election could be postponed for a second time to cope with the electoral reform newly imposed by Beijing, the city’s top leader Carrie Lam implied. At a press conference on Monday, the Hong Kong chief executive said: “For the moment, I can not tell you whether we …
laprensalatina.com/another-election-dela…

Joan Laporta elected as new Barcelona president
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-08
Madrid Desk, Mar 8 (efe-epa).- Catalan lawyer and former F.C.Barcelona president Joan Laporta won the club’s elections on Sunday with more than 50 per cent of the vote, becoming the 42nd Barcelona’s president in history. Laporta came out on top against his rivals Victor Font and Toni Freixa after receiving 54.28 per cent of the …
laprensalatina.com/joan-laporta-elected-…

FBI reveals contact between Proud Boys and “Trump associate” days before assault on US Capitol
wsws.org | 2021-03-08
The Proud Boys, which played a leading role in the January 6 assault on the Capitol, has close relations with the Republican Party.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/08/prou…

We’re Stalked by the 4 Horsemen of Apocalyptic Media: Rush, Roger, Rupert, and The Donald May Ride Forever
Tomdispatch | juancole.com | 2021-03-08
By Robert Lipsyte | — ( Tomdispatch.com) — The Four Horsemen of our media apocalypse — Rush Limbaugh, Roger Ailes, Rupert Murdoch, and Donald Trump — have ridden roughshod over us this past half-century leaving their hoofprints on our politics, our culture, and our lives. Two of them are gone now, but their legacies, including …
juancole.com/2021/03/horsemen-apocalypti…

Rush, Roger, Rupert, and the Donald may ride forever
Robert Lipsyte | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-08
Have the Four Horsemen of our media apocalypse–Rush Limbaugh, Roger Ailes, Rupert Murdoch, and Donald Trump–ridden roughshod over us this past half-century?>…
nationofchange.org/2021/03/08/rush-roger…

The pandemic must not be used to force women’s rights back to the 1970s
Jasmine Norden | thecanary.co | 2021-03-08
On International Women’s Day, there’s lots to celebrate in terms of the movements for gender equality around the world. | There’s been great progress in some places during the pandemic: Argentina’s abortion legalisation signified a huge victory for reproductive rights; Donald Trump was voted out of office; a transgender woman achieved a landmark victory for…
thecanary.co/opinion/2021/03/08/the-pand…

The Ghost of the Trump Administration Is Haunting Medicare
Diane Archer | commondreams.org | 2021-03-08
The Trump administration has outsourced Medicare to insurance companies and other for-profit middlemen, placing them between Americans and their doctors. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Gitmo Torture Survivor Asks Court to Reject Eleventh-Hour Trump Bid to Deny Medical Evaluation
commondreams.org | 2021-03-08
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Coup Attempt Hit Closer to Centers of Power Than Hitler’s 1923 Putsch
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2021-03-08
Whatever the fate of the individual, Trumpism will not be so easily contained. Its roots are deep…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/coup-attempt-hit-clo…

Dear Republicans, Was Your Deal With Trump Worth It?
Sonali Kolhatkar | zcomm.org | 2021-03-08
The GOP and Trump deserve one another and have maintained a symbiotic relationship that has devastated the nation…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/dear-republicans-was…

Friday 3/12: “Trumpism and its Discontents”: Consequences of Trumpism on U.S. Society and World
Othering & Belonging Institute atUC Berkeley | indybay.org | 2021-03-08
Online via livestream…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/07/1884055…

Over 1,000 Allegheny Technologies steelworkers vote to authorize strike
wsws.org | 2021-03-08
The recent history of the betrayals of struggles by steel and mine workers under the direction of the United Steelworkers contains vital lessons for ATI workers as they enter a renewed contract struggle against the backdrop of the intense political and economic crisis of the capitalist ruling class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/08/atis…

Nigel Farage steps down from frontline UK politics
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-08
Nigel Farage, the UK’s most outspoken Eurosceptic, announced that he is stepping down from frontline party politics, having achieved what he says is his “life’s work.”Farage was the leader of the Reform UK Party, previously known as the Brexit Party. He has stepped down as the leader of Reform UK, and will now be honorary president instead.He was previously the long-time leader of the anti-EU UK Independence Party, more commonly known by its acronym UKIP.Farage played a leading role in bringing about, and winning, the 2016 Brexit referendum that saw the UK vote to leave the EU.His political career has lasted almo…
yenisafak.com/en/news/nigel-farage-steps…

In 2021, the Best Way to Fight Neofascist Republicans Is to Fight Neoliberal Democrats
Norman Solomon | zcomm.org | 2021-03-08
What’s imperative for progressives is not to “speak truth to power” but to speak truth about power…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/in-2021-the-best-way…

Oil Spikes on Yemeni Houthi droning of Saudi Petroleum Cities, in Argument for Wind and Solar Power
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-03-08
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — According to Al Jazeera, the Saudi military acknowledged that the Helpers of God or Houthis [pronounced like Ruthie] of Yemen targeted the Saudi oil port of Ras Tanoura on Sunday with a drone and ballistic missiles. A drone hit Ras Tanoura from the Gulf and pieces of a ballistic missile …
juancole.com/2021/03/droning-petroleum-a…

Despite US Senate $1.9 Trillion “Stimulus Bill”, Main Street Depression Prevails, Guess Who Will the “Lion’s Share”
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
An earlier version of the measure was adopted by the House….
globalresearch.ca/despite-us-senate-1-9-…

Longing for Genuine Global Solidarity
Fadhel Kaboub | realprogressives.org | 2021-03-08
You know that Green New Deal by Ed Markey and AOC, | it needs to be a Global GND. | Just read the document from the IPCC, | it’s gloomy as hell, but that’s the painful reality. | Our plan must…
realprogressives.org/longing-genuine-glo…

‘Frightening’ New Data Shows Humanity Has Degraded or Destroyed Two-Thirds of World’s Rainforest
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-03-08
“We need to stop destroying forests and other nature, for the sake of our health, biodiversity, and climate.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2021/03/08/frighte…

Who Invited Them?
Gabrielle Semel | zcomm.org | 2021-03-08
Employers Like Amazon Should Have No Say in How Workers Organize…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/who-invited-them/

“The Mauritanian”: Film Tells Story of Innocent Man Held at Guantánamo for 14 Years Without Charge
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-03-08
A new feature film, “The Mauritanian,” tells the story of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, a Mauritanian man who was held without charge for 14 years at the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo and repeatedly tortured. We speak with Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who says the film is not just about his struggle. “This is not my movie. This is the movie of so many people,” he says. “Some of the people who were kidnapped after 9/11 were tortured to death. They did not have a chance to tell their story.” We also speak with Kevin Macdonald, director of “The Mauritanian”; Nancy Hollander, the lead lawyer for Mohamedou Ould Slahi; and actor…
www.democracynow.org/2021/3/8/the_maurit…

Millions Mark International Women’s Day as Pandemic Deepens Inequality, Violence Around the World
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-03-08
Millions of women around the world are taking to the streets today to mark International Women’s Day — in a year where women have been disproportionately impacted by rising poverty, unemployment and violence during the pandemic. We hear voices from protests in the Philippines, Mexico and Guatemala.
www.democracynow.org/2021/3/8/internatio…

The Weekly Round-Up: Family Benefits and Domestic Abuse (pt. 2)
Calla Randall | ukhumanrightsblog.com | 2021-03-08
In the news: The High Court will hear a case brought by a mother and her 11-month-old baby, who are arguing that they should not be excluded from the UK government’s ‘Healthy Start’ scheme. The scheme provides vouchers for healthy food, nutritional advice, and vitamins to low-income families, but currently excludes many migrant families, including those who …
ukhumanrightsblog.com/2021/03/08/the-wee…

Yemen: UN fears many dead after fire in Sanaa migrant detention centre
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-08
Yemen: UN fears many dead after fire in Sanaa migrant detention centre | Houthis criticised the UN for not deporting migrants, thought to be mainly Ethiopians, detained in the centre | MEE and agencies | Mon, 03/08/2021 – 15: 21 | Ethiopians in 2018 waiting to be repatriated back to Djibouti from Yemen’s Hodeidah (AFP) | Eight people are confirmed dead after a migrant detention centre in Sanaa caught fire on…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/yemen-sanaa-m…

Tuesday 3/30: Climate Displacement: Intersection of Climate Emergency and Immigrant & Refugee Justice
Comp. Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law UCB | indybay.org | 2021-03-08
Online event via Zoom…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/07/1884055…

Three Major Threats to Life on Earth That We Must Address in 2021
Noam Chomsky | zcomm.org | 2021-03-08
Global problems of this scale require global cooperation…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/three-major-threats-…

Tuesday 4/6: POST) Presents: José Andrés: Chef, Restaurateur, Humanitarian, in Online L
Peninsula Open Space Trust | indybay.org | 2021-03-08
Virtual Event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/08/1884057…

Pakistan Army kills 4 key terrorists in Waziristan
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-08
While conducting the intelligence-based operations in Datakhel, North Waziristan and Zoida, South Waziristan, an intense exchange of fire erupted and four terrorist commanders of factions of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were killed, the Pakistan army said in a statement.They included commanders Abdul Adam Zeb, alias Dung (TTP Bismillah group), Molvi Mehboob, alias Molvi (TTP Sajna group) and Mir Salam, alias Anas (TTP Sajna group), who were involved in more than 20 terrorist activities against security forces since 2014.Molvi Mehboob and Mir Salam were close associates of Baitullah Mehsud and other TTP terrori…
yenisafak.com/en/world/pakistan-army-kil…

Afghanistan rejects US roadmap to speed up peace process
Online News Editor | laprensalatina.com | 2021-03-08
Kabul, Mar 8 (efe-epa).- The Afghan government on Monday rejected a proposal made in a letter by United States’ Secretary of State Antony Blinken to accelerate the ongoing peace negotiations with the Taliban — stuck for weeks — that included a “negotiated settlement and ceasefire.” “Our poverty and reliance on foreign world does not mean …
laprensalatina.com/afghanistan-rejects-u…

‘Is This Who We Are?’: Gitmo is America’s Enduring Shame
Ramzy Baroud | commondreams.org | 2021-03-08
Guant√°namo is a crime against humanity and there will never be any justification to rationalize why hundreds of people were held indefinitely, without trial, without due process, without international observers and without ever seeing their families and loved ones. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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How The Pandemic Economy Could Wipe Out A Generation Of Black-Owned Businesses
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-08
Of all the products made at Danette Wilder’s small manufacturing plant near the University of Kentucky in Lexington, the products she depended on most for sales were the O-rings cranked out by her vintage presses. | Each month, Wilder’s crew of six people, working at long tables as they listened to a soundtrack of funk and R&B, made thousands of the rubber loops, cut from spools into precise strips and spliced into uniform perfect circles. | The work distinguished Wilder’s company, SealingLife Technology, as one of the vanishingly few rubber products suppliers owned by a female engineer — not to mentio…
popularresistance.org/how-the-pandemic-e…

Number of super-rich individuals grew worldwide during the pandemic
wsws.org | 2021-03-08
The 15th annual “Wealth Report,” published by the London-based real estate firm Knight Frank, reveals that the number of individuals with $30 million or more in net worth expanded globally in 2020.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/08/rich…

Int’l event Bosphorus Summit starts in Istanbul
yenisafak.com | 2021-03-08
A major international economic event — Bosphorus Summit — was kicked off in Istanbul on Monday under the theme with high-profile attendance, physically and virtually.The 11th Bosphorus Summit, organized by the International Cooperation Platform (ICP) under the main theme of “Living In an Age of Uncertainty,” is joined by academics, politicians, and experts worldwide.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will also attend the event via video-conference.Talal Abu Ghazaleh, the honorary president of the ICP, said there are uncertainties in the world related to the growing pandemic, economic tensions — such as the US-Chin…
yenisafak.com/en/news/intl-event-bosphor…

Uzbekistan one of Iran’s important trade partners: Araghchi
Mehr News Agency | en.mehrnews.com | 2021-03-08
TEHRAN, Mar. 08 (MNA) — Iranian Deputy FM Abbas Araghch praised the volume of trade between Iran and Uzbekistan, despite the pandemic, and named Uzbekistan as one of the important trade partners of the Islamic Republic.
en.mehrnews.com/news/170865/Uzbekistan-o…

LATAM Marks International Women’s Day Amid Pandemic
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-08
Latin American human rights advocates on Monday will mark International Women’s Day with street mobilizations and virtual activities. | RELATED: | International Women’s Day Marches Around the World | In Uruguay, gender activists called for decentralized rallies to avoid crowds. They will also require participants to maintain social distancing and to wear face masks. | Citizens will also take to Argentina’s streets from 12h00 local time to demand effective measures against femicides an…
telesurenglish.net/news/LATAM-Womens-Rig…

Gamestop–And the Game That Never Stops
Jack Rasmus | zcomm.org | 2021-03-08
Photo by lev radin/Shutterstock This past week a video game company in trouble, Gamestop, became the center of media attention. Day traders had driven up the company’s stock price by thousands of percent in just one day. The mainstream media narrative was the “small guy” investor challenged the big boys of finance who had bet Read…
zcomm.org/zmagazine/gamestop-and-the-gam…

March 8: Day Of Revolutionary And Working Women, Not Queens And Exploiters
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-08
On the 8th of March, we commemorate working women, revolutionary women. Clara Zetkin, later a founder of the German Communist Party, proposed the commemoration in a conference of socialist women in 1920, to pay homage to the struggle of women against capitalist exploitation. We remember the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of March 26, 1911, in the US where 146 women textile workers were burned alive in a factory with the exits chained shut, assassinated by Big Capital. We commemorate the fight for social justice, for the rights of the working class, and the struggle against patriarchy and capitalism, which are i…
popularresistance.org/march-8-day-of-wor…

Celebrating International Women’s Day
Alexandra Kollontai | liberationnews.org | 2021-03-08
To commemorate International Women’s Day, we publishe excerpts from Kollontai’s 1920 article, “International Women’s Day,” written just over two years after the October 1917 socialist revolution in Russia.
liberationnews.org/10-03-08-celebrating-…

The birth of Marxism in France: Remembering the Paris Commune and Jules Guesde
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-03-08
Guesde (1845-1922) introduced Marxism to France and contributed to building the Socialist Party in the north of the country, where the left, socialism, and then later communism became very strong.
mronline.org/2021/03/08/the-birth-of-mar…

Why Cornel West’s tenure fight matters
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-03-08
I wrote letters for West’s hire and renewal at Harvard. The school’s administrators completely miss the point of tenure. — ROBIN D. G. KELLEY…
mronline.org/2021/03/08/why-cornel-wests…

Trial Involving Honduran Top Officers Starts in the US
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-08
The New York Southern District Court on Monday began a trial against Geovanny Fuentes who faces drug trafficking charges. The case also involves Honduras’ President Juan Orlando Hernandez(JOH) and other high-ranking officials. | RELATED: | Gunmen Kill Garifuna Indigenous Leader in Honduras | In 2020, Fuentes was arrested in Miami and charged by a Manhattan federal court with conspiracy to import cocaine into the U.S. and weapons offenses involving the use and possession of machine guns an…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trial-Involving-…

Colombia: Violence Displaces Over 280 Indigenous People
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-08
The Ombudsman’s Office reported the forced displacement of over 280 Indigenous people who are victims of the increasing violence in the Choco department in Colombia. | RELATED: | Colombia: Commons Party Proposes Hearing on the Armed Conflict | The murder of an Indigenous guard on Feb. 17 by an illegal armed group triggered the displacement of 73 families to the urban area in the Pueblo Rico municipality. | These latest displacements are not the only ones that have affected the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Violenc…

Could Indigenous Midwifery Improve Maternal Health for Native Women?
Jenni Monet | thenation.com | 2021-03-08
Could Indigenous Midwifery Improve Maternal Health for Native Women?
thenation.com/article/society/indigenous…

ICC Competent to Trial Crimes in Palestine: A Decisive Step?
Prof. Francois Dubuisson | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
After confirming its jurisdiction on 5 February 2021, the ICC announced …
globalresearch.ca/icc-competent-trial-cr…

Palestinians to Lose Only Airport in Jerusalem to Israeli Settlements
Taghreed Ali | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
The Jerusalem International Airport, the oldest airport in Palestine, formerly …
globalresearch.ca/palestinians-lose-only…

Digital colonialism: the evolution of American empire
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-03-08
American “Big Tech” corporations are gaining massive profits through their control over business, labor, social media and entertainment in the Global South.
mronline.org/2021/03/08/digital-colonial…

It’s time for an organizing revival
George Goehl | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-08
We need to turn that awakening into sustained power to win tangible change in people’s lives.
nationofchange.org/2021/03/08/its-time-f…

Tallahassee: Rally tells lawmakers to reject repressive legislation
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-03-08
Tallahassee, FL – On March 2, the first day of legislative session, organizers from across the state of Florida gathered in front of the Old Historic Capitol Building to highlight the statewide fight against Governor Ron DeSantis’ anti-protest legislation, House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 484 (HB1/SB484). | “With people power, we can always win,” said Angie Nixon, longtime community organizer and newly elected representative of the 14th District. | HB1 and SB484 threaten protesters like the ones who came out on March 2. The legislation, if passed, would: | Withhold state funding from local governments that redirect t…
fightbacknews.org/2021/3/7/tallahassee-r…

The marvelous life of Marvel Cooke, pioneer Black woman journalist
Marilyn Bechtel | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-08
At the intersection of African American History and Women’s History months is a long list of Black women who have made history as civil rights, labor, and peace activists, educators, scientists, elected officials, physicians, astronauts, artists, and much more. Prominent among them, and combining several of those roles, is the journalist and activist Marvel Cooke. …
peoplesworld.org/article/the-marvelous-l…

Governor Andrew Cuomo Imposes Vaccination Passports in New York
Adam Dick | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
Some politicians can’t stop coming up with new ways of bossing …
globalresearch.ca/governor-andrew-cuomo-…

Vaccination Hesitancy Grows Amid Little Abatement in Virus Cases
Lee Han-soo | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
Korea’s new virus cases continued to stay around the 400-range on …
globalresearch.ca/vaccination-hesitancy-…

Sounds of Silence: Extinction Is Erasing the Earth’s Music
Kathleen Dean Moore | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
What does a biodiversity crisis sound like? You may need to …
globalresearch.ca/sounds-silence-extinct…

Minnesota activist coalition to protest on March 8 for justice for George Floyd
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-03-08
Minneapolis, MN – A coalition of 20-plus Minnesota activist organizations plan to protest outside the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis at 8 a.m. on Monday, March 8, the first day of the trial of Derek Chauvin. Chauvin killed George Floyd in May 2020. | Family members who are enduring the aftermath of police murder will speak at Monday’s protest. Toshira Garraway of Families Supporting Families Against Police Violence states, “Justice delayed is justice denied. An injustice to one of us is an injustice done to all of us.” | The government is barricading downtown Minneapolis. “Hennepin Coun…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/3/7/minnesota…

México — 8 de marzo: Por una marcha en paz
Editorial La Jornada | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-08
Desde años recientes, el mundo ha asistido a la intensificación, fortalecimiento y expansión de los movimientos en defensa de los derechos de las mujeres. Hoy, el feminismo es un conjunto de corrientes globales que cada 8 de marzo pone sobre…
globalizacion.ca/mexico-8-de-marzo-por-u…

India’s Abnormal “Farmers” Movement Celebrates 100th Day
Sandeep Banerjee | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2021-03-08
asia-pacificresearch.com/india-abnormal-…

The Water Crisis Demands a Bold Federal Response
Wenonah Hauter | progressive.org | 2021-03-08
In Jackson, Mississippi, and throughout the South, communities are struggling to meet their residents’ most basic needs.
progressive.org/dispatches/water-crisis-…

Somalia: a Knotted Web of Causes
John Clamp | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-08
In one translation of Seneca’s Oedipus Rex, the unfortunate (anti)hero laments his dark fate by complaining of being ‘tangled in the knotted web of causes’. The words have an aptness far beyond their origin. Somalia is a perfect expression of the metaphor. Its dysfunction has so many potential–nay, likely–causative factors that who the hell knows…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/08/somalia-a-kn…

The Weekly Round-Up: Ministerial Maternity Leave, a New Offence and Guidance on Visiting Gran (pt. 1)
Byul Ryanim | ukhumanrightsblog.com | 2021-03-08
On Monday the Ministerial and other Maternity Allowances Act 2021 came into force, allowing the Attorney General, Suella Braverman QC, to be the first minister to take maternity leave. The Act grants cabinet ministers six months’ maternity leave whilst retaining their government post, whereas in the past MPs would have to resign to take time off to give …
ukhumanrightsblog.com/2021/03/08/the-wee…

Australian government releases refugees on limited bridging visas
wsws.org | 2021-03-08
The threat of deportation looms over the asylum seekers’ heads, continuing years of cruel treatment in detention on remote islands, and then in overcrowded hotels.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/08/refu…

Myanmar military unleashes bloodiest crackdown since coup
wsws.org | 2021-03-08
Despite the dramatic intensification of the military’s killings last Wednesday, anti-coup protests and strikes have continued around the country on a daily basis.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/08/myan…

Kids and Cannabis today
Jonah Raskin | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-08
They’re demonized and exploited, revered for their youth and reviled simply because they’re young. They are today’s teenagers,…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/08/kids-and-can…

International Women’s Day: Lucy Parsons’ Fight Against America’s Robber Barons and the Ku Klux Klan
William Loren Katz | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
Lucy Gonzales started life in Texas. She was of Mexican-American, African-American, and Native-American descent and born into slavery. The path she chose after emancipation led to conflict with the Ku Klux Klan, hard work, painful personal losses, and many nights in jail.
globalresearch.ca/international-womens-d…

Women organizing to win: 9to5 yesterday; the PRO Act today
Liz Shuler, Karen Nussbaum | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-08
If you’ve never had to make coffee for your boss, it’s thanks to women who organized in the 1970s. And while the electric typewriter is no more, how women of that era organized is relevant–to current battles like organizing big tech, building care infrastructure, and winning labor reform by passing the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act–so women …
peoplesworld.org/article/women-organizin…

Charter School Disinformation About Families Being the Most Important “Stakeholders”
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-08
Since day one, advocates of privately-operated charter schools have tried to convince everyone that segregated charter schools “empower parents” and that parents are not only “stakeholders” but the most important “stakeholders” in education. Everything in education is supposedly all about parents first and foremost. Parents are the end-all and be-all. Education apparently serves no one …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/03/charter-schoo…

International Women’s Day: A militant celebration
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-03-08
Women’s Day or Working Women’s Day is a day of international solidarity, and a day for reviewing the strength and organization of proletarian women.
mronline.org/2021/03/08/international-wo…

Minnesota activist coalition to protest on March 8 for justice for George Floyd
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-03-08
Minneapolis, MN – A coalition of 20-plus Minnesota activist organizations plan to protest outside the Hennepin County Government Center in downtown Minneapolis at 8 a.m. on Monday, March 8, the first day of the trial of Derek Chauvin. Chauvin killed George Floyd in May 2020. | Family members who are enduring the aftermath of police murder will speak at Monday’s protest. Toshira Garraway of Families Supporting Families Against Police Violence states, “Justice delayed is justice denied. An injustice to one of us is an injustice done to all of us.” | The government is barricading downtown Minneapolis. “Hennepin Coun…
fightbacknews.org/2021/3/7/minnesota-act…

CEO of ERCOT fired, profiteering by Texas energy generators comes into focus
wsws.org | 2021-03-08
At its peak, last month’s blackout left four million households without heat or electricity in freezing weather and 14 million without water for days, leading to hundreds of deaths across Texas.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/08/texa…

Removing Bolsonaro from office is a feminist task in Brazil
Maria Fernanda Marcelino | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-08
There is only one way to stop the death, hunger, and unemployment that haunt us, a reality for thousands of Brazilian households: Bolsonaro and all his corrupt, militarized government must be immediately impeached, writes historian Maria Fernanda Marcelino…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/08/removing-…

Two railway accidents in Southern California kill worker and spill chemical waste
wsws.org | 2021-03-08
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway was involved in two separate accidents in Southern California, one resulting in the gruesome death of a railroad worker while the other resulted in over 40 cars derailing and a toxic chemical spill.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/08/bnsf…

Clark County School District reopens with aim of returning 325,000 students to classrooms
wsws.org | 2021-03-08
Clark County School District, which covers the Las Vegas metro region, returned pre-kindergarten through third grade students to in-person learning last Monday under a hybrid model, with the aim of a full return to in-person learning in April.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/08/nvda…

Freedom of Thought and the Death of Ideologies
Graham Peebles | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-08
Amidst widespread mistrust of authority and governing institutions (politicians, particularly governments, are the least trusted group in society), dogma, from whatever source, appears to be losing its suffocating hold on the minds of people everywhere. Disillusionment with ideologically based solutions is being strengthened by the consistent failure of existing methods to solve the problems of …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/03/freedom-of-th…

‘Rightly’ as a New Soft Power Tool: The Motivation behind Al Jazeera’s American Right-Wing Platform
Hamdullah Baycar | juancole.com | 2021-03-08
Exeter (Special to Informed Comment) — Al Jazeera announcement to launch a right-wing media platform, Rightly, in the US surprised many people, including its employees. Over 100 hundred employees from Al Jazeera penned an open letter to the Al Jazeera administration asking the halt of the platform based on not fitting their ‘values.’ Michael Weaver, …
juancole.com/2021/03/motivation-jazeeras…

Former Marine ordered to remain in custody pending trial for Capitol riots
Andrew Emett | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-08
According to the criminal complaint against the former Marine, Caldwell was seen in a video admitting to using pepper spray on the police officers.
nationofchange.org/2021/03/08/former-mar…

Tallahassee: Rally tells lawmakers to reject repressive legislation
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2021-03-08
Tallahassee, FL – On March 2, the first day of legislative session, organizers from across the state of Florida gathered in front of the Old Historic Capitol Building to highlight the statewide fight against Governor Ron DeSantis’ anti-protest legislation, House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 484 (HB1/SB484). | “With people power, we can always win,” said Angie Nixon, longtime community organizer and newly elected representative of the 14th District. | HB1 and SB484 threaten protesters like the ones who came out on March 2. The legislation, if passed, would: | Withhold state funding from local governments that redirect t…
www.fightbacknews.org/2021/3/7/tallahass…

On International Women’s Day 2021: Palestinian Women on the Front Lines of the Liberation Struggle
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-08
“To our colleagues, to Palestinian students and those around the world, from the heart of the Zionist prisons. On the occasion of 8th of March, we long for freedom, justice and equality for all women of the world, including students, …
globalresearch.ca/on-international-women…

Economy Adds 379,000 Jobs in February; Unemployment Edges Down to 6.2 Percent
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-08
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 the survey stands at 9,475,000 below its year-ago level. The household survey showed the unemployment edging…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/08/economy-adds…

Executive Order probes the humor and deadly seriousness of racial politics
wsws.org | 2021-03-08
In the near future, the Brazilian government’s reparations for “high-melanin” individuals abruptly turn into forced deportations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/08/exec…