Amidst a Wave of Voter Suppression Bills, Some States Expand Access to the Ballot
Bobby Hoffman | aclu.org | 2021-03-25
The struggle for the right to vote is underway at state legislatures throughout the country. Following record voter turnout in the 2020 election, politicians are drumming up false concerns and baseless conspiracies about widespread voter fraud to justify suppressing the right to vote. More than 250 voter suppression bills have been introduc…
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Covid-19: øBill Gates es un imbécil?
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2021-03-25
Sin Permiso, 20 de marzo, 2021 Ver artículo en el sitio original In English A medida que avanzan los planes de vacunación, varios expertos en salud pública nos advierten que la pandemia puede resurgir por la aparición de nuevas cepas resistentes a las vacunas. La lógica dice que cuanto más personas estén protegidas contra la …
cepr.net/covid-19-bill-gates-es-un-imbec…

Massive deadly fires in Bangladesh’s Rohingya refugee camp
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
Having been driven out of neighbouring Myanmar, nearly 900,000 refugees remain trapped in squalid and unsafe shanty towns in one of the poorest countries in the world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/rohi…

Brazil’s Supreme Court rules that Sérgio Moro was partial when convicting Lula
Brasil de Fato | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-24
The 2nd Panel of the Federal Supreme Court (STF) confirmed on Tuesday March 23, with a result of 3 votes to 2, the existence misconduct by former judge Sergio Moro in the cases involving former president Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva of the Workers’ Party (PT) in the Operation Car Wash case. This is the latest chapter in the legal battle of Lula, following a decision on March 8 which annulled the convictions against the ex-president and opened the doors for him to be a presidential candidate in 2022. | The latest ruling was thanks to a change in vote of the minister Carmen Lucía, who had voted, in 2018, when the proc…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/24/brazils-s…

Supreme Court Case On Farmworker Protections Could Harm All Regulation
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-24
The legacy of Cesar Chavez has been getting another look in recent months. In January, President Joe Biden placed a bust of the 20th-century labor leader in the Oval Office, giving journalists the opportunity to reexamine how Chavez fought for farmworkers, while commentators on social media noted that Chavez’s treatment of undocumented immigrants, at certain points during his life, complicates his image as a tireless champion of migrant laborers. | But a sinister reexamination of Chavez’s legacy is also happening. A California labor regulation that resulted from his campaigning is under threat from the Supreme Co…
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Brazil’s Supreme Court confirms judicial bias in cases against Lula and other stories
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-24
In today’s episode we take a look at the recent ruling in the corruption cases against Lula, a hunger strike by a Palestinian man imprisoned in Israel, protests against contractualization in Morocco, and the current political crisis in Turkey…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/24/brazils-s…

The Biden Administration’s Foreign Policy and the Complete Picture Project with Medea Benjamin, Rebecca Grace, John Gray
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2021-03-24
In the first half of the program, peace organizer Medea Benjamin looks at the Biden Administration’s foreign policy, and finds it mainly a disappointment. Then Rebecca Grace and John Gray…
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The Biden Administration’s Foreign Policy and the Complete Picture Project with Medea Benjamin, Rebecca Grace, John Gray
Project Censored | projectcensored.org | 2021-03-24
In the first half of the program, peace organizer Medea Benjamin looks at the Biden Administration’s foreign policy, and finds it mainly a disappointment for many progressives who may have…
projectcensored.org/the-biden-administra…

Video: Bill Gates and “Philantro-Imperialism”
Dr. Vandana Shiva | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-24
The so-called philanthropists, Bill Gates in particular, are taking more and …
globalresearch.ca/video-bill-gates-phila…

Bellingcaught: Who is the mysterious author of Bellingcat’s attacks on OPCW whistleblower?
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2021-03-24
After publishing fraudulent claims in a bid to smear OPCW whistleblowers, Bellingcat has been caught in another subterfuge that contradicts its stated allegiance to “transparency and accountability”: a hidden, external author writing its material. The website Bellingcat promotes itself as a collective of digital sleuths who “pledge allegiance to truth and evidence and abide by the principles of transparency and accountability.” Its self-described “groundbreaking investigations,” especially those aimed at Russia and Syria, have led to fawning Western media endorsements of …
thegrayzone.com/2021/03/24/author-bellin…

Biden’s and America’s Mental Illness is on Full Display
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-24
It was just three weeks ago that our new “transformative” President Joe Biden joined that long almost unbroken list of war criminal presidents stretching back to George Washington. Biden joined this disgraceful list by ordering a bloody aerial bombardment by US warplanes in eastern Syria. The US bombs, which were reportedly dropped on a a…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/24/bidens-and-a…

US Senate Confirms First Openly Trans Person to Top Health Post
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
Despite fierce opposition from Republican leaders, Levine was confirmed in a relatively close vote of 52-48. | RELATED: | US Trans Rights Under Threat Amid Push to Redefine Gender | Levine arrives in Washington D.C. after leading the state of Pennsylvania’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. | This comes as the United States continues its attempts to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed nearly 545,000 people in the country. | The Senate has confirmed former Pennsylvania Heal…
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Who are the 10 biggest pandemic profiteers?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-03-24
One year after the COVID-19 pandemic began, U.S. billionaires have made out like gangbusters at the expense of workers. | MR Online | March 24, 2021 | Newswire…
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Organizations across Europe mobilize against the increase in racial discrimination during the pandemic
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-24
Progressives in Europe marked the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, with mobilizations and statements highlighting the spike in racism and xenophobia in Europe during the pandemic…
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The cost of the COVID class war
Editor | workers.org | 2021-03-24
By Feb. 22, COVID-19 related deaths in the U.S. surpassed 500,000. Since then, another 55,000 people have died from the virus, and numbers are trending up. More U.S. lives have been lost in this pandemic than in combat during World Wars I and II combined. U.S. combined military spending for . . . | Continue reading The cost of the COVID class war at Workers.org…
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Bolsonaro To Create COVID-19 Committee After 12 Million Cases
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
For the first time since coronavirus infections began a year ago, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday announced the creation of a “national committee” to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. | RELATED: | Governors Imposing Lockdowns Are “Tyrants,” Bolsonaro Says | This came at a time when the South American country has acknowledged the existence of 12,136,615 COVID-19 cases and 298,843 related deaths so far. Not to mention that the health system is collapsed by the consequences of…
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Hurricanes, unchecked pandemic produce humanitarian disaster in Nicaragua
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
The Ortega government has demonstrated a shameless willingness to brutally suppress opposition in the working class and sacrifice countless lives for corporate profits during the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/nica…

From global pandemic to global class struggle
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
More than one year since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, the disease is once again surging around the world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/pers…

Confused in Afghanistan: The Biden Administration’s Latest Trick
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-24
The Biden administration continues to engage in that favourite activity White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki can only describe as “circling back”. And much circling is taking place in the context of Afghanistan. The cupboard of calamities is well stocked, with the US facing an emboldened Taliban keen to hold Washington to its word in …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/03/confused-in-a…

Welcome to “Shocked and Awed” 21st Century Geopolitics. A “Real Game-Changing Moment”
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-24
It took 18 years after Shock and Awe unleashed on Iraq …
globalresearch.ca/welcome-shocked-awed-2…

The China-Russia “Peaceful Proposal”. “Maintaining Global Stability”
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-24
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov…
globalresearch.ca/china-russia-leading-r…

Whose feminism? Palestine’s feminism
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-03-24
Palestinians affirm, yet again, that one cannot be a feminist while supporting gendered violence, settler-colonialism, indigenous dispossession, and apartheid. | MR Online | March 24, 2021 | Newswire…
mronline.org/2021/03/24/whose-feminism-p…

Successful Covid Treatments Censored: Testimony of Peter McCullough, MD to Texas Senate HHS Committee
Dr. Peter McCullough | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-24
Dr. Peter McCullough explains in testimony that known successful treatments of …
globalresearch.ca/peter-mccullough-md-te…

Berlin Bulletin: Scandals, Elections, Emergencies!
Victor Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-24
Germany, once viewed as an exaggerated model of exactitude and discipline, is currently in a muddle. Above all it’s the Covid mess. Seen last spring as a model of swift, effective response, Germany is now torn by controversy, with its sixteen states and dozens of politicians squabbling about when to send which kids (if any)…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/24/berlin-bulle…

Despite rising COVID infection rates, German state education ministers refuse to implement lockdown
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
The decisions of the recent summit of federal and state government heads make clear that the ruling class is willing to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of lives to secure the profits of the banks and corporations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/gesc…

Police in Germany clear streets to protect illegal demo by far-right coronavirus deniers
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
Up to 20,000 right-wing extremists and COVID-19 deniers marched through the Hessian city of Kassel on Saturday, attacking journalists and terrorising those opposing the demonstration.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/germ…

telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
Colombian Army members reported a 16-year-old survivor from the bombing of an irregular armed group’s camp on March 2 in the Guaviare department. | RELATED: | Maduro Orders “Zero Tolerance” With Colombian Armed Groups | The girl turned herself to soldiers patrolling a zone in the Calamar municipality, where she spent 20 days hiding in the jungle and feeding on wild fruits. | After conducting medical examinations on the minor, the Calamar Family Police Station transferred her pro…
telesurenglish.net/news/A-16-Year-Old-Gi…

Biden Picks VP Harris to Tackle Growing Border Crisis
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
According to reports issued Wednesday, U.S. President Joe Biden has selected VP Kamala Harris as point person to lead his administration’s efforts to handle the growing crisis at the US-Mexico border. | RELATED: | US-Mexico Border: Migrant Surge To Become Largest in 20 Years | Harris will be in charge of creating a partnership with Mexico and Central American countries, including El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, known as the Northern Triangle, to try and deal with the root c…
telesurenglish.net/news/Biden-Picks-VP-H…

Biden immigration overhaul would reunite families split up by deportation
The Conversation | juancole.com | 2021-03-24
By Robert McKee Irwin | — Hundreds of thousands of immigrant families have been separated by deportation from the United States, in many cases with a parent on one side of the border and children on the other, according to estimates by the Urban Policy Institute and Migration Policy Institute. Reunification is a priority in …
juancole.com/2021/03/immigration-overhau…

Three more Indigenous deaths in Australian police custody
Matthew Hole | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-24
SYDNEY–Three First Nations people have died in Australian police custody this month, on the eve of the 30th anniversary of the report of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. These three deaths–two in the state of New South Wales (NSW) and one in the state of Victoria–add to the already 440+ Indigenous deaths …
peoplesworld.org/article/three-more-indi…

Colombia: Over 3,000 People Ran From Violence So Far This Year
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace (JEP) on Tuesday reported that more than 3,000 people and 1,300 families had suffered forced displacement due to violence so far this year. | RELATED: | A 16-Year-Old Girl Survived the Guaviare Bombing in Colombia | The most affected population are located in Indigenous reservations in the Norte de Santander, Antioquia, Choco, and Nariño departments. | Among the main reasons for the displacement of these people are the consequences of th…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Over-30…

US Gins Up a “Credible” Iranian Nuclear Menace Befitting Its Own Stockpile
Raul Diego | mintpressnews.com | 2021-03-24
With Western intelligence sources once again stoking the flames of a nuclear Iran and the secret movement of America’s nuclear warheads across Europe, the war economy is up to its old tricks.
mintpressnews.com/nuclear-war-us-intel-c…

Courageous women of the Paris Commune
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2021-03-24
This month marks the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Paris Commune. The Commune was established during a bloody intercapitalist conflict called the Franco-Prussian War. In 1871, Parisian workers were in revolt against France’s Government of National Defense, seated in Versailles, which planned to surrender part of France and . . . | Continue reading Courageous women of the Paris Commune at Workers.org…
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Coming to the Playing Field: Biden Puts Australia First
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-24
It has gotten tongues wagging in the diplomatic corps of Beijing, Washington and distant Canberra. The opening session of the two-day summit between China and the United States in Anchorage, Alaska was ill-tempered. “We do not seek conflict,” insisted White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan from the outset,…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/24/coming-to-th…

Confused in Afghanistan: The Biden Administration’s Latest Trick
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-24
The Biden administration continues to engage in that favourite activity White …
globalresearch.ca/afghanistan-biden-admi…

Amazon intimidates workers amid historic union vote in Alabama as Jeff Bezos makes $7 million an hour
Amy Goodman | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-24
Amazon has fought off labor organizing at the company for decades, but workers in Baltimore, New Orleans, Portland, Denver and Southern California are now also reportedly considering union drives.
nationofchange.org/2021/03/24/amazon-int…

Bessemer, Ala., sees overwhelming support for Amazon workers’ union
Liberation Staff, Birmingham | liberationnews.org | 2021-03-24
After over a month of outreach to the community, organizers finished knocking on every door in the city of Bessemer.
liberationnews.org/bessemer-al-sees-over…

Rev. Barber to Alabama union backers: ‘Bessemer is the new Selma’
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-24
BESSEMER, Ala.–Declaring “Bessemer is the new Selma,” the Rev. William Barber II and union allies brought the Poor People’s Campaign to a mass rally for unionizing the 5,805 workers at Amazon’s mammoth shipping warehouse in Bessemer, Ala. Unity among the Black and white workers and their supporters there could lead to renewed Black-white unity for …
peoplesworld.org/article/rev-barber-to-a…

Workers call for independent rank-and-file committees during forum on Amazon unionization vote in Alabama
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
The International Amazon Workers Voice sponsored an online public meeting Sunday to discuss the strategy workers need to fight the multibillion-dollar retail and logistics giant.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/iawv…

Serie de cómics promueve amor por animales de la Amazonia
Prensa Latina | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-24
La Paz, BOLIVIA (Prensa Latina) El nuevo número de una serie de cómics dedicada a promover el amor por los animales de la fauna silvestre llegará a comunidades y centros educativos de Bolivia, destaca hoy la prensa local. De acuerdo con el diario Página 7 en su versión digital, la historieta además estará disponible de …
peoplesworld.org/article/serie-de-comics…

White Nationalist TV News: Even Networks and CNN are falling for ‘Border Crisis’ Propaganda
Juan Cole | juancole.com | 2021-03-24
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The media frenzy in the US around the alleged border crisis with Mexico could have several roots. It could be an attempt to appear even-handed, in that anchors are criticizing a Democratic administration. It could be that Republican talking points are simply being given a hearing. It cannot be that …
juancole.com/2021/03/nationalist-network…

At Least 36% of Mass Shooters Have Been Trained By the U.S. Military
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-24
It is extremely easy in the United States to obtain guns, to find places to practice using them, and to find trainers willing to teach you to use them. There’s no need to have any contact with the U.S. military in order to dress and act as if you’re in the military, as many mass-shooters…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/24/at-least-36-…

Raising the minimum wage is a health issue, too
Utibe Effiong | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-24
Study after study has linked higher income to better health.
nationofchange.org/2021/03/24/raising-th…

New Zealand documentary Six Angry Women defends 1984 vigilante attack
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
The documentary, inspired by the reactionary premises of the #MeToo campaign, sets out to justify a brutal assault on playwright Mervyn Thompson in retaliation for unsubstantiated rape allegations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/newz…

Terrorists Launch a Deadly Missile Attack on Aleppo
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-24
On Mother’s Day in Syria, Sunday, March 21, the terrorists in …
globalresearch.ca/terrorists-launch-dead…

New report: World’s 60 largest banks have poured $3.8 trillion into fossil fuels since Paris Agreement; climate groups sound alarm as financing for fossil fuel expansion continues to rise
Sierra Club | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-24
Even amidst the global economic downturn, fossil fuel financing numbers were higher in 2020 than 2016.
nationofchange.org/2021/03/24/new-report…

Public sector employees across India strike against govt’s privatization plans
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-24
From March 15-18, public sector employees in India demonstrated and went on strikes against privatization and disinvestment. The Narendra Modi-led BJP govt in India announced a target of achieving disinvestment worth Rs. 1.75 trillion (~USD 24 billion) in this fiscal year. Trade unions and farmers unions also protested in solidarity against the Modi-led govt’s plans of large scale disinvestment.
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/24/public-se…

An Inclusive Child Allowance Would Strengthen the Public Child Support System
Matt Sedlar | cepr.net | 2021-03-24
According to Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), an inclusive child allowance will “destroy the child-support enforcement system as we know it.” American Enterprise Institute’s Angela Rachidi, who also opposes an inclusive child allowance, says it would “weaken the Child Support Enforcement program” and “threaten the relationship between noncustodial parents and their children.” These claims are alarming …
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Baritone Will Liverman dreams of a new day in CD of Black composers
Eric A. Gordon | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-24
Chicago-based baritone Will Liverman’s Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers, a CD released on February 12 with pianist Paul Sánchez, comprises more than an hour’s worth of 19 great songs by eight different composers. The senior, and probably to most listeners the most familiar name among them, is Henry Burleigh (1866-1949), whom …
peoplesworld.org/article/baritone-will-l…

Is It Still Too Soon to Reopen Schools in Chicago?
Eleanor J. Bader | progressive.org | 2021-03-24
Though the Chicago Teachers Union agreed to a reopening plan in early March, many educators say that it’s not enough to ensure safe classrooms.
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Tests used in UK schools “not fit for purpose”
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
Right across the country, schools and families are in the bizarre and dangerous situation where one class is at home isolating due to a false positive result whilst several others remain in school due to false negatives.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/lafl…

Lansing, Michigan rally draws radical crowd
Brandon Stout | liberationnews.org | 2021-03-24
Photo: Demonstrators march through Lansing, Michigan, March 20. Photo credit: Marc Klockow Approximately 250 people gathered on March 20 for a People’s March through the state capitol of Lansing, Michigan. The action was called by Solidarity & Defense and Washtenaw General Defense Committee, with 17 organizations co-sponsoring and more in attendance. The main purpose of …
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Point Reyes National Something-or-Other
Ken Bouley | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-24
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.” What should we call the diverse, wild, inspiring but scarred peninsula sliding very slowly past us, jurisdictionally in West Marin County, California, but geologically across the San Andreas Fault, on the Pacific Plate, going steadily its own…
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Sorrow and solidarity for Asian communities
Dianne Mathiowetz | workers.org | 2021-03-24
Atlanta March 21 — In the days since the brutal slaying of eight people at three different Asian-owned massage businesses — one in Acworth in Cherokee County and two others, 40 miles away in Atlanta in Fulton County — there has been a maelstrom of emotions and actions. Marches, rallies . . . | Continue reading Sorrow and solidarity for Asian communities at Workers.org…
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UK: Johnson government and Labour opposition mark lockdown anniversary with sickening pledge of “unity”
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
Labour has played the key role in keeping this despised cabal of murderers and thieves in power. Moreover, nothing the de facto Tory-Labour coalition has done could have proceeded without the collusion of the trade unions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/anni…

Mountain Valley Pipeline Extracts One Tree Sitter At Yellow Finch Blockade
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-24
Elliston, VA – On Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021, police extracted one of two tree sitters at the Yellow Finch blockade in the path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline. A large crane was used to reach the tree sit from Yellow Finch Lane and extract the sitter, who had locked themself to the tree. They were arrested, charged with trespassing, and are being held without bond (set by the Montgomery County magistrate). Today is day 931 of the Yellow Finch Tree sits. As of 9: 00 p.m., the second tree sitter remains in their blockade.
popularresistance.org/mountain-valley-pi…

Palestinian prisoner Maher Abu Rayan launches hunger strike against Israeli medical neglect
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-24
43-year-old Maher Abu Rayan is serving a 25-year prison term and is suffering from multiple health issues as a direct result of the extremely violent fashion in which he was arrested in 2003…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/24/palestini…

More on Open-Source Versus Patent Monopoly Financing of Drug Development
Dean Baker | cepr.net | 2021-03-24
It is often said that intellectuals have a hard time dealing with new ideas. Unfortunately, for purposes of public debate, open-source government funding of drug development is a new idea, and people in policy positions seem to be having a very hard time understanding it. So, I will try to write this post in a …
cepr.net/more-on-open-source-versus-pate…

Brazil Breaks Daily Deaths’ Record; Gov’t Tries To Change Data
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
In Sao Paulo state alone, the new system reduced the number of deaths from 1,021 to 281 in a single day, which sparked local officials’ rejections as the new system could be more unreliable. A similar event occurred in June 2020 when the Health Ministry tried to hide deaths by manipulating official data.
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Breaks-Da…

US Intelligence Community Is Increasingly Involving Itself In Domestic Politics
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-24
A report declassified last Wednesday by the Department of Homeland Security is raising serious concerns about the possibly illegal involvement by the intelligence community in U.S. domestic political affairs. | Entitled “Domestic Violent Extremism Poses Heightened Threat in 2021,” the March 1 Report from the Director of National Intelligence states that it was prepared “in consultation with the Attorney General and Secretary of Homeland Security–and was drafted by the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with contributions…
popularresistance.org/us-intelligence-co…

Nora Cortiñas: The mother of all struggles
ARG Medios | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-24
On the anniversary of the coup d’état which installed the last civic-military dictatorship in Argentina, ARG Medios spoke to Nora Cortiñas about waging resistance in the midst of brutal repression…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/24/nora-cort…

Free Rodney Reed!
Gloria Rubac | workers.org | 2021-03-24
Rodrick Reed stands beside Sandra Reed and Pam Perillo (above) at a rally held March 20 for Rodney Reed, an innocent man on Texas death row. The rally was held to build up support for a May 17 evidentiary hearing which could set Rodney Reed on his path to freedom. . . . | Continue reading Free Rodney Reed! at Workers.org…
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Washington’s Delusion Of Endless World Dominion
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-24
Empires live and die by their illusions. Visions of empowerment can inspire nations to scale the heights of global hegemony. Similarly, however, illusions of omnipotence can send fading empires crashing into oblivion. So it was with Great Britain in the 1950s and so it may be with the United States today. | By 1956, Britain had exploited its global empire shamelessly for a decade in an effort to lift its domestic economy out of the rubble of World War II. It was looking forward to doing so for many decades to come. Then an obscure Egyptian army colonel named Gamal Abdel Nasser seized the Suez Canal and Britain’s…
popularresistance.org/washingtons-delusi…

Myanmar: Military Junta Releases Over 400 People
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
Myanmar’s MIlitary Junta released on Wednesday over 400 people detained at Yangon’s Insein Prison after participating in the protest. This, as demonstrators mark the “Day of Silence,” despite the escalation of violence. | RELATED: | Two More Minors Shot Dead in Myanmar | According to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP) activist group, at least 2000 people have been arrested since the coup took place on February 1, 2021. However, no official information was given upon de release.
telesurenglish.net/news/Myanmar-Military…

A Community-Centered Response To Violence Against Asian Americans
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-24
On March 16, eight people were killed at three different spas in North Georgia including six Asian women. We are heartbroken by these murders, which come at a time when Asian American communities are already grappling with the traumatic violence against Asian Americans nationwide, fueled by the United States’ long history of white supremacy, systemic racism, and gender-based violence. | As we collectively grieve and respond to this tragedy, we must lead with the needs of those most directly impacted at the center: the victims and their families.
popularresistance.org/a-community-center…

Where do capitalists come from?
Laurent Ross | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-24
Where do capitalists come from? How did we get from medieval feudalism with its kings and queens, knights and ladies, and poor exploited peasantry to the economic system that now dominates most of today’s world: capitalism? Ancient humans barely got by day to day. Everything the typical man and woman did during the day was …
peoplesworld.org/article/where-do-capita…

Cuba: President Congratulates Film Institute on 62nd Anniversary
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez commemorated today the 62nd anniversary of the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (Icaic) from his account on Twitter, where he shared images of…
telesurenglish.net/news/Cuba-President-C…

Australia’s worst flooding in decades forces mass evacuation
Olivia Rosane | peoplesworld.org | 2021-03-24
Massive rainfall in Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) has brought the worst flooding in decades, forcing more than 18,000 people to flee their homes. The rain began on Thursday, but the inundation increased over the weekend, CNN reported. Currently, 38 locations in the state are considered natural disaster areas. Some areas have seen rainfall …
peoplesworld.org/article/australias-wors…

Contract teachers on strike in Morocco
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-24
Students, civilians and teachers in Morocco have mobilized in solidarity with teachers hired through contracts who are protesting the failure of the government to respond to their demand for integration into the public sector and end of the precarization of their profession. | On Monday and Tuesday, March 22 and 23, thousands of students marched in different cities in Morocco after the National Coordination of “forcibly contracted teachers” met on Sunday and gave a call for a three-day national strike. The call for the strike followed the brutal repression of contract teachers’ protest on March 15. | Students mar…
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Globalink | Discover Sanming, China in 100 Seconds
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Shaxian District in the city of Sanming on Tuesday during a tour of east China’s Fujian Province. Follow the steps of President Xi and have a brief tour to the city.
telesurenglish.net/news/Globalink–Disco…

UCSD graduate student-workers fight back against rent hikes
Zach Farber | liberationnews.org | 2021-03-24
A movement is growing at the University of California-San Diego, in opposition to rent hikes that were announced by the Graduate Family Housing Advisory Committee – Housing, Dining and Hospitality.
liberationnews.org/ucsd-graduate-student…

Ship Blockage at Suez Canal Triggers Oil Price Rebound
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
A cargo container ran aground and blocked the Suez Canal on Tuesday, triggering a spike in oil prices after the lowest sell-off since February. The delays and concerns over several ships having to take a longer route have dramatically impacted oil prices. | RELATED: | Venezuela’s Oil Exports Sharply Increase in February: Data | The 400 meters long and 60 meters wide ship was heading to Rotterdam when the wind from a sandstorm wedged it between the two sides of the human-made canal. The…
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When Rank And File Postal Workers Whipped Bosses, Union Leaders, And Richard Nixon
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-24
The day after St. Patrick’s Day in New York City was often little more than an intense, city-wide hangover. But on March 18, 1970 residents of the Big Apple awoke to more than just a headache. Thousands of local Postal workers were on the picket line in defiance of both Federal Law which prohibited strikes by government employees and their own union leadership. Within days business in the commercial and financial center of the nation ground to a halt in those pre-electronic communications days and the strike spread to more than 30 cities with 200,000 off the job. It was a big deal. A very big deal.
popularresistance.org/when-rank-and-file…

Nine years after family members were killed in US drone strikes, Yemeni men seek justice in Germany
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-24
Ahmed and Khalid bin Ali Jaber filed an appeal in the Federal Constitutional Court in Germany in a case dealing with the death of two of their family members in a US drone strike in August 2012 that was launched from a base in Germany…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/24/nine-year…

On 10th Anniversary of the U.S.-NATO attack on Libya: Powerful perpetrators have yet to face justice
Jeremy Kuzmarov | mronline.org | 2021-03-24
Three Powerful American Women–Hillary Clinton, Samantha Power and Susan Rice–Pushed Obama into Destroying the Wealthiest, Healthiest and Happiest Nation in Africa. | MR Online | March 24, 2021 | Newswire…
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Drive for in-person classes intensifies in the Philippines
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
The ruling elite in the Philippines, like its counterparts around the globe, is attempting to force the reopening of schools as part of its campaign to resume the production of profit.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/phil…

Bolivia’s President Luis Arce Starts Official Visit To Mexico
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
Bolivia’s President Luis Arce on Wednesday began an official visit to Mexico. His action has a high symbolic significance as he received political asylum in this country after the U.S-backed coup led by Jeanine Añez in Bolivia in 2019. | RELATED: | Mexico Urges OAS Not To Interfere in Bolivia’s Internal Affairs | Arce’s visit takes place on the occasion of the 190th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Mexico and Bolivia. | The Bolivian president wi…
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Biden administration prepares to escalate deportations of families detained at the border
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that there had been a delay in deportations in recent weeks since it “takes a minute to ensure there is proper transportation and steps in place to do that.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/bapt…

Putin’s Killer Response
Finian Cunningham | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-24
US President Joe Biden’s attempted slander against Russian leader Vladimir Putin — calling him a “killer” — was not only disgraceful. It was also very stupid. Such foul-mouth conduct betrays the American leader as having no class whatsoever. It demeans oneself and it tarnishes the supposed prestige of his office as the world’s self-declared most …
dissidentvoice.org/2021/03/putins-killer…

France: Protests continue against police violence and the “global security” law
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
On Saturday, dozens of demonstrations took place across France in opposition to police violence and the “global security” law that passed its first reading in the Senate on Thursday.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/fran…

Yemen’s Blood Is on US Hands, and Still the US Lies About the War
William Boardman | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-24
Six years ago, on March 26, 2015, the US green-lighted and provided logistical support for the Saudi bombing of Yemen that continues on a daily basis. The US/Saudi war, which includes as allies the several members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, is an undeclared war, illegal under international law, and an endless crime against humanity. …
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Extremism in the Ranks: SPLC testifies to Congress about persistence of white supremacist activity in military
splcenter.org | 2021-03-24
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Viral Video Shows IDF Arresting Vegetable-Picking Palestinian Kids at Behest of Israeli Settlers
Jessica Buxbaum | mintpressnews.com | 2021-03-24
“There were [dozens] of soldiers around, and one of the soldiers dragged one of the children to the vehicle and the other soldiers followed and started to arrest them… We begged the soldiers to wait until the children’s families could come and talk to their families, but that didn’t help.”
mintpressnews.com/idf-arrests-vegetable-…

The Biden Administration Is Weighing Corporate Tax Increase
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday mentioned that President Joe Biden is considering an increase in the corporate income tax rate, as one of the tax proposals to offset the cost of the upcoming long-term investment plans. | RELATED: | Biden’s Remark on Putin Confirmed by National Security Adviser | “I think a package that consists of investment in people, investments in infrastructure, will help to create the jobs in the American economy and changes to the tax struc…
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Section 112 and rubber bullets: Thai state revives tools of repression amidst growing protests
Anish R M | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-24
With the slapping of lèse-majesté charges against protesters and the use of rubber bullets, the Thai government is bringing back the usual means of repression against the new wave of protests sweeping Bangkok in 2021…
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Despite Official Denials Racist Violence Against Asians Continues in the United States
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-24
March is International Women’s History Month and the threats towards oppressed …
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Haitian Authorities Order Arrest of ‘Fantom 509’ Renegade Cops
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
Haiti’s Justice and Security Minister Rockfeller Vincent on Tuesday ordered the dismantling of the “Fantom 509” after members of this police union clashed with their professional colleagues. | RELATED: | Haiti: ‘Fantom 509’ Raids Police Station To Free Its Mates | “Instructions have been passed to the National Police high staff to dismantle this terrorist group. Posing as policemen, they terrorize the population and seek to spread chaos in the country by looting and setting fire to pr…
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Ello & the Law of the Mall
AbolishAPD Collective | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-24
This is the fourth of five AbolishAPD profiles of people constantly harassed by the Albuquerque Police Department. Our profiles are based on police records. They are stories of policing written by cops. This is how cops see their work, and we call it what it is: violence work that maintains the class & racial order…
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43 coal miners killed in last 3 months in Pakistan
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2021-03-24
Union leaders blame institutional apathy and continued reliance on the contract system for the deaths more than forty miners in the last three months in the southwestern Balochistan province…
peoplesdispatch.org/2021/03/24/43-coal-m…

Increasing police violence in Greece as coronavirus crisis escalates
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
Protests against police violence broke out after the police brutally attacked a young man in the Athens district of Nea Smyrni.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/25/grce…

The Debt Whiners: Fools or Liars?
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-24
I keep asking this question because whining over the government debt looks to be a huge growth sector in the next year or two, or perhaps until Republicans retake the White House. I regularly ridicule debt whining, because unlike its cousin, deficit whining, it has no basis in economic reality. Before again showing why the…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/24/the-debt-whi…

Ecuador: Arauz Leads The Polls Ahead of Runoff Vote on April 11
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
The candidate of Union for Hope (UNES), Andres Arauz, leads the voting intention with 43.15 percent against 23.75 percent of Guillermo Lasso, candidate for the Creating Opportunities Movement (CREO-PSC), according to a study conducted by the pollster Perfiles de Opinión.
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Ten killed in mass shooting at Boulder, Colorado grocery store
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
While no motive has as yet been identified, 21-year-old Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa has been charged with 10 counts of first degree murder.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/boul…

A new home for activists, and a new way of building in communities
Amanda Abrams | nationofchange.org | 2021-03-24
“If you’re really interested in changing things–if you want to say you’re being proactively anti-racist–you’ll have to go out of your comfort zones and the confines of the project.”
nationofchange.org/2021/03/24/a-new-home…

Review — ‘Bank Job’
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-03-24
Jake Woodier reviews a new documentary film that brings heist aesthetics to a story of debt activism | MR Online | March 24, 2021 | Review…
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Silently Disciplining Research. “Freedom of Speech Is the Right to Scrutinize Power and Society”
Prof. Ola Tunander | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-24
Researchers who question the legitimacy of US wars, seem to experience …
globalresearch.ca/silently-disciplining-…

Migrant Worker Women Submit First Petition Against The US Under USMCA
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-03-24
Maritza Perez and Adareli Ponce have filed the first-ever petition against the U.S. under the USMCA in a pivotal moment for the fight to end gender discrimination against migrant worker women on temporary labor migration programs. The petition was signed by a binational coalition of allies led by CDM. | Migrant worker women are denied jobs, channeled into lower-paying roles and exposed to gender-based violence at their workplace. They’ve fought for justice, demanding the U.S. government put in place enforcement measures that ensure equity and dignity for migrant worker women.
popularresistance.org/migrant-worker-wom…

Lawyers File 1st Gender Discrimination Petition Under The USMCA
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
The Migrants’ Human Rights Center (CDM), a transnational workers’ rights law NGO, filed the first formal complaint under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) over gender discrimination against women who apply to the temporary work visa program. | RELATED: | Bolivia’s President Luis Arce Starts Official Visit To Mexico | The petition was submitted to Mexico’s Labor and Social Security Secretary on behalf of former migrant workers Maritza Perez and Adareli Ponce. | CDM explai…
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Food delivery worker in China detained for exposing working conditions
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
The arrests were an attempt by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to strangle any hint of social opposition during its annual showpiece–the National People’s Congress .
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/chin…

US Supreme Court to consider reinstating death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
The high court’s unusual decision to review the case places President Biden under scrutiny for having indicated during the 2020 presidential election that he would seek an end to federal executions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/tsar…

2021: A Global Pandemic, New Wars, and New Refugees
John Clamp | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-24
It’s been a tough year for the world’s refugees. The Covid-19 pandemic has hit them hard, and not just because refugees represent a vulnerable, often closely-packed cohort. Governments the world over have pressed the pause button on their societies, imposing lockdowns and strict rules of association that even those with their own homes and stocked…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/24/2021-a-globa…

Gun Manufacturers Are Endangering Public Health. They Should Be Held Liable
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-03-24
The last two weeks, coincident with warming weather and incrementally looser quarantine restrictions, saw two more mass shootings, in the Atlanta, Georgia, area and in Boulder, Colorado. Is it true that only a global pandemic forcing people indoors was enough to significantly slow the pace of that quintessentially American phenomenon: mass shootings? | As communities, families, government and the media react to these shootings, forensically analyzing the conditions that led to them, there are n…
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Lyons: ‘Killing, Displacement, Suffering of Afghans Must End’
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
During a virtual meeting of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) held on Tuesday, Deborah Lyons, the head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), emphasized that killing, displacement, and suffering of the Afghan people “must end now.” | RELATED: | US Bombs Taliban in Afghanistan Ahead of Moscow Conference | Over six months after formal Afghan peace negotiations between the government and Taliban representatives, Lyons said that now was “a timely moment to take s…
telesurenglish.net/news/Lyons-Killing-Di…

Reporters’ Alert: Launching a New Website Part II
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-24
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. We just started an online webpage: Reporter’s Alert. From time to time, we will use Reporter’s Alert to present suggestions for important reporting on topics…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/24/reporters-al…

To Western Media, Prosecuting Bolivian Coup Leaders Is Worse Than Leading a Coup
Joe Emersberger | zcomm.org | 2021-03-24
Removing the threat of US -backed coups from the world will involve a constant struggle against Western media and the sources they present to us as reliable…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/to-western-media-p…

Argentina Leaves Lima Group, Rejects Venezuela’s Isolation
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
Argentina withdrew on Wednesday from the Lima Group after rejecting the isolation policies that this regional organization has promoted against Venezuela. | RELATED: | Venezuela Rejects False Accusations by UN Experts | “The actions that the Group has been promoting at the international level, seeking to isolate the Government of Venezuela and its representatives, have not led to anything,” the Argentine Chancellery said in a statement. | La República Argentina formalizó hoy su retiro del d…
telesurenglish.net/news/Argentina-Leaves…

Deb Haaland Represents a Welcome Change at Interior
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-24
Back in 1989 Montana’s newly-elected governor, Stan Stephens, called a mock session of the Legislature to pass a Centennial Resolution celebrating the state’s first 100 years. True to his roots, the resolution Stephens presented to the legislators lauded the usual extractive industries by which Republicans so often measure success in “taming the West.” Despite being…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/24/deb-haaland-…

Québec Solidaire covers up unions’ role in gutting of pension plans
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
The motion that Québec Solidaire presented to the provincial parliament covered up Unifor’s complicity in management’s looting of the pensions of retirees from the White Birch pulp and paper mill in Quebec City.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/qswk…

The Future of Wolves in the American West
Lindsay Larris | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-24
A series of recent events in multiple states makes far too clear that gray wolves need our help. Despite abundant scientific data indicating that this keystone species remains largely absent from much of its historic range in the American West, gray wolves were removed from the list of species protected under the Endangered Species Act…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/24/the-future-o…

El escorpión y la rana: Biden, la supremacía belicista
Jorge Elbaum | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-24
El documento de seguridad estratégica presentado por Joe Biden y el regreso al belicismo globalista. | El último miércoles el presidente de Estados Unidos Joe Biden calificó a su par ruso Vladimir Putin como un asesino y al líder chino Xi…
globalizacion.ca/el-escorpion-y-la-rana-…

Prize-winning students share learning and teaching research
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-03-24
Students from the MEd in University Learning and Teaching have presented their research projects to colleagues from across the College.
imperial.ac.uk/news/218193/prize-winning-students-share-learning-teaching-research

Big Oil Pushed State School Officials to Stoke Fears About Biden Climate Policy
Staff | truthout.org | 2021-03-24
Oil and gas industry advocates were involved in an “unusual” effort by five top state education officials to stoke economic fears about President Joe Biden’s climate policy, according to internal emails reviewed by Salon. | The American Petroleum Institute, the largest trade organization representing the oil and gas industry, and its allies have gone on the offensive against Biden…
truthout.org/articles/big-oil-pushed-sta…

Venezuelan ‘Doctor of the Poor’ To Be Beatified in April
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
The Venezuelan Episcopal Conference on Wednesday announced that the beatification of Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez will take place in Caracas on April 30. | RELATED: | Pope Francis Beatifies Venezuela’s Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez | Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin will be present at the beatification ceremony, which will take place at the Olympic Stadium of the Central University of Venezuela. | The Episcopal Conference also indicated that the Catholic Church es…
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The Heat: Afghanistan Crisis
Anand Naidoo | america.cgtn.com | 2021-03-24
Afghan President Ashraf Ghani reportedly balks at a U.S. proposal that would replace the current administration with an interim government.
america.cgtn.com/2021/03/24/the-heat-afg…

Uniones homosexuales y moralismos clericales
Washington Uranga | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-24
El pasado 15 de marzo la Congregación para la Doctrina de la Fe (CDF) del Vaticano emitió un documento de respuesta (“responsum”) aludiendo a una consulta que supuestamente se le formuló acerca de las bendiciones de “las uniones de las…
globalizacion.ca/uniones-homosexuales-y-…

Will Turkey Give Up and Bring Back the Syrian Militants from Libya?
Khaled Iskef | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-24
A security source in Tripoli said that all the Syrian mercenaries …
globalresearch.ca/will-turkey-give-up-br…

Selected Articles: Who Are the 10 Biggest Pandemic Profiteers?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-24
Billionaire Wealth: Who Are the 10 Biggest Pandemic Profiteers? | By Chuck Collins, March 24 2021 | A year ago, the Institute for Policy Studies published “Billionaire Bonanza 2020: Wealth Windfalls, Tumbling Taxes and Pandemic Profiteers,” and began tracking billionaire wealth | …
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“The Big Picture” Is Ignored in the COVID Debate. What Is the End Game?
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-24
What is the “Big Picture” of Covid-19, alias SARS-CoV-2 ? — …
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Beware of RNA-based Vaccines. Potentially Serious Injuries. The Risk of Prion Disease
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-24
First published on March 1, 2021 | Remember ” The Coronavirus COVID-19 …
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The Big Picture is Ignored in the Covid Debate
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2021-03-24
What is the “Big Picture” of Covid-19, alias SARS-CoV-2 ? Is it what we could also call the end-game, or what Aldous Huxley called the “Brave New World” (1932), science-fiction — gradually turning into reality in the form of the UN Agenda 2030 — with the implementing tool of the Bill Gates created Agenda ID2020 …
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Doctors Without Borders Warns Palestinians ‘Urgently’ Need More Covid-19 Vaccines
Brett Wilkins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
“There is not enough space, beds, or staff to help all of our critical patients, and people are dying,” warned one MSF intensive care unit physician. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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How Many More People Have to Die Before We Pass Medicare for All?
Phil Ateto | commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
My insurance says my cancer drugs aren’t “medically necessary.” No one should have to fight for care like this. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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In Throwback to Trump, Marsha Blackburn Introduces Bill to Force DNA Testing on Migrants
Brett Wilkins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
Immigrant advocates point to statistics showing fradulent family claims were uncovered in about one half of one percent of detained migrants. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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‘Anti-Democratic Garbage’: McConnell Rebuked for Calling Voting Rights Bill a ‘Power Grab’
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
“How depraved do you have to be to insist that more people voting is somehow a power grab?” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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California Regulator Praised for ‘Landmark’ Proposal to List ‘Forever Chemical’ as Carcinogen
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
“The damage to communities nationwide from PFOA-contaminated drinking water and exposure through everyday consumer products is almost unimaginable, but California’s action underscores the urgency of addressing the crisis.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Big Tech Lobbying and Campaign Spending Soars
commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
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Sen. Jeff Merkley, Rep. Alan Lowenthal Join Environmental Advocates to Discuss the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act
commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
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Earthjustice Applauds Bipartisan Water Infrastructure Bill
commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
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Plant-Based Diets Can Help Save the Planet
Sabrina Ahmed | commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
Adopting a vegan diet could be the biggest individual contribution to preventing climate breakdown—but we also need systemic change. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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The Most Sustained Effort to Silence Voters Since Jim Crow
Phyllis Richardson | commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
Most Americans want to make voting easier, not harder. We need to pass the For the People Act. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2021/03/24/most-s…

From Space Force to F-35s, Congress Given Specific Path to Cut Pentagon Budget by $80 Billion
Kenny Stancil, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
“We have a choice: funnel countless trillions of dollars into weapons of war and Pentagon waste, or put our resources toward efforts that will actually make the world safer for all of us.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Church Joins Lawsuit Against ICE with Religious Discrimination Claims
commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
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Warren Grills Yellen Over Why $9 Trillion BlackRock Not Treated as Risk to Economy
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
The senator suggested the world’s largest asset manager should be declared “too big to fail.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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$80 Billion in Pentagon Budget Cuts
commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
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‘Death Falling From the Sky’: Report Spotlights Civilian Harm From US Drone Strikes in Yemen
Brett Wilkins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
“The United States is failing to investigate credible allegations of violations, to hold individuals responsible for violations accountable, and to provide prompt and adequate reparation.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Repair Our Democracy Blasts GOP Lawmakers for Shamefully Defending Voter Suppression During S. 1 Hearing Today
commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
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Stand Up America Denounces GOP Misinformation During S. 1 Hearing, Urges Senate Passage
commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
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Virginia Abolishes ‘Ultimate Denial of Human Rights That Is the Death Penalty’
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
An Amnesty International USA advocate said that “we hope to see more states work to retire this most extreme punishment to where it belongs—as a relic of the past, not a part of our future.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Claims that New Child Allowance Will Destroy Child Support System are False
commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
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Quarter of Civilian Casualties From US-Backed, Saudi-Led War in Yemen Were Children
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
“Children continue to be killed and injured on a near-daily basis,” said Xavier Joubert of Save the Children. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Amnesty International USA Applauds Virginia for Abolishing the Death Penalty
commondreams.org | 2021-03-24
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Book Workers Announce Day of Solidarity with Amazon Workers
CounterPunch News Service | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-24
Bookville, USA, March 2021 Book workers from multiple publishers, literary publicity firms, and bookstores announce a Book Workers Day of Solidarity on March 26th with Amazon workers organizing to form a union in Bessemer, Alabama. Publishing professionals from 7 Stories Press, Archipelago Books, Coffee House Press, Europa Editions, Feminist Press, Haymarket Books, Nectar Literary, The…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/24/book-workers…

North Korea fires 2 missiles into Sea of Japan in SECOND launch this week — reports
rt.com | 2021-03-24
Two suspected ballistic missiles were launched from North Korea and into the Sea of Japan (also called the East Sea), Tokyo’s Defense Ministry has reported. It comes after Pyongyang fired two short-range missiles over the weekend. | North Korea “may have fired” a ballistic missile, the Japanese Coast Guard said early on Thursday, local time, urging ships against “coming close to falling objects” and asking for any information about the suspected rocket. | “It may have been a ballistic missile. It has not fallen within Japanese territory and is not believed to have come down within Japan’s exclusive economic zo…
rt.com/news/519093-missle-launch-north-k…

Atlanta Shootings: Sex, Race & the Politics of Repression
David Rosen | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-24
One of the earliest media reports about the Atlanta-area shootings quoted the Cherokee County spokesperson Baker who said that Long “apparently has an issue, what he considers a sex addiction, and sees these locations … [as] a temptation for him that he wanted to eliminate.” He noted that Long was “pretty much fed up and kind of at the end of his rope.” And added, “Yesterday was a really bad day for him and this is what he did.”
counterpunch.org/2021/03/24/atlanta-shoo…

Backlash to Dr. Oz hosting “Jeopardy!” grows: Past contestants protest, angry fans call for boycott
Ashlie D. Stevens | salon.com | 2021-03-24
LeVar Burton appears to remain a favorite to step in for the beloved late host Alex Trebek…
salon.com/2021/03/24/backlash-to-dr-oz-h…

Two mass shootings within a week: America’s gruesome “bingo card” total keeps growing
Chauncey DeVega | salon.com | 2021-03-24
As usual, a wave of grief and horror will lead to nothing, because a minority of Americans likes it this way…
salon.com/2021/03/24/two-mass-shootings-…

“Say ‘no’ nicely”: Toxic workplace culture demands Black women shrink themselves and never speak up
D. Watkins | salon.com | 2021-03-24
On “Salon Talks,””First and Only” author Jennifer Farmer discusses the extra labor of navigating misogynoir at work…
salon.com/2021/03/24/first-and-only-jenn…

Former Yale psychiatrist says she was fired after Alan Dershowitz complained about anti-Trump tweets
Jon Skolnik | salon.com | 2021-03-24
Bandy Lee is now suing Yale University for wrongful termination…
salon.com/2021/03/24/former-yale-psychia…

Michael Moore facing right-wing backlash over Boulder shooter “truly assimilate” tweet
Zachary Petrizzo | salon.com | 2021-03-24
Ever-controversial filmmaker attacked on Twitter after suggesting Boulder shooter had joined “American culture”
salon.com/2021/03/24/michael-moore-facin…

Meghan McCain gets roasted after suggesting “identity politics” could force her to lose “View” job
Kaity Assaf | salon.com | 2021-03-24
After pointing out that “The View” has only ever had one Asian American co-host, McCain mused about qualifications…
salon.com/2021/03/24/meghan-mccain-gets-…

What were cupcakes like in the 1700s?>
Zoe Pickburn | salon.com | 2021-03-24
Amelia Simmons created cupcakes. If that wasn’t enough for the history books, she wrote the first American cookbook…
salon.com/2021/03/24/what-were-cupcakes-…

Watchdog group files complaint against Turning Point org over not disclosing donors
Zachary Petrizzo | salon.com | 2021-03-24
Charlie Kirk’s conservative student activist organization is plagued by the far right — and now by the FEC…
salon.com/2021/03/24/watchdog-group-file…

Extinction Rebellion demands urgent action on climate
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2021-03-24
Extinction Rebellion organised a series of civil disobedience actions in Perth, calling for urgent action to stop climate change. Alex Salmon reports.
greenleft.org.au/content/extinction-rebe…

End the deep-seated, dangerous sexist man-bonding in federal parliament
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2021-03-24
Reporting a male Coalition staffer’s bad behaviour as “lewd” downplays the systematic nature of sexism and misogyny, argues Alison Pennington.
greenleft.org.au/content/end-deep-seated…

Remembering Jack Mundey, father of the green bans
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2021-03-24
Former Builders Labourer’s Federation leader Jack Mundey, who pioneered the green ban, was given a rousing state send off at Sydney Town Hall. Rachel Evans reports.
greenleft.org.au/content/remembering-jac…

Precarious workers hung out to dry
Pip Hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2021-03-24
Resourcing precariously employed workers to become organised, to gain a voice and to demand change, means changing the way unions organise, writes Josh Cullinan.
greenleft.org.au/content/precarious-work…

How Australia Ended Regular Mass Shootings: Gun Reforms After 1996 Massacre Could Be Model for U.S
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-03-24
As the United States struggles to make sense of two new mass shootings — in Atlanta, Georgia, and Boulder, Colorado — we look at one country that fought to change its culture of gun violence and succeeded. In April of 1996, a gunman opened fire on tourists in Port Arthur, Tasmania, killing 35 people and wounding 23 more. Just 12 days after the grisly attack and the public outcry it sparked, Australia announced new gun control measures. “We had a massacre about once a year,” Rebecca Peters, an international arms control advocate and one of the leaders of the campaign to reform Australia’s gun laws, tol…
www.democracynow.org/2021/3/24/australia…

How the NRA’s Radical Anti-Gun-Control Ideology Became GOP Dogma & Still Warps Debate
Staff | democracynow.org | 2021-03-24
The massacre in a Boulder grocery store came just after a Colorado judge ruled in favor of the National Rifle Association’s challenge to the city’s ban on assault weapons, which was passed in 2018 after this type of weapon was used in the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida. Despite increasingly regular mass shootings, the NRA has pushed for expanded gun rights since the 1970s and insisted that more guns, not fewer, would prevent gun deaths. “The NRA’s ideology is something that they’ve convinced the overwhelming majority of elected officials in the GOP, especially on the national level, to believe,” says investig…
www.democracynow.org/2021/3/24/boulder_n…

Podcast: Why is Australia so soft in its response to the military coup in Myanmar?
Peter Boyle | greenleft.org.au | 2021-03-24
Why is Australia so soft in its response to the military coup in Myanmar? Jamie Parker speaks to Green Left about this question.
greenleft.org.au/content/podcast-why-aus…

What Janet Yellen Can Do at Treasury
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2021-03-24
What Janet Yellen Can Do at Treasury…
thenation.com/article/economy/janet-yell…

‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions
Lisa Torio | thenation.com | 2021-03-24
‘Hopefully This Will All Be Over Soon’ and Other Evasions…
thenation.com/article/world/covid-asia-n…

Black Immigrants Matter
Jack Herrera | thenation.com | 2021-03-24
Black Immigrants Matter…
thenation.com/article/society/black-immi…

Remembering George Floyd
Andrea Arroyo | thenation.com | 2021-03-24
Remembering George Floyd…
thenation.com/article/activism/rememberi…

Fire Louis DeJoy!
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2021-03-24
Fire Louis DeJoy!
thenation.com/article/politics/postmaste…

Kazuo Ishiguro at the End of the End of History
Katie Fitzpatrick | thenation.com | 2021-03-24
Kazuo Ishiguro at the End of the End of History…
thenation.com/article/society/kazuo-ishi…

The Modi Government Is a Regime of Low-Intensity Terror
Ullekh N.P. | thenation.com | 2021-03-24
The Modi Government Is a Regime of Low-Intensity Terror…
thenation.com/article/world/thomas-blom-…

Appreciating the Legend of Elgin Baylor
Dave Zirin | thenation.com | 2021-03-24
Appreciating the Legend of Elgin Baylor…
thenation.com/article/society/appreciati…

Washington’s Delusion of Endless World Dominion
Alfred McCoy | thenation.com | 2021-03-24
Washington’s Delusion of Endless World Dominion…
thenation.com/article/world/us-foreign-p…

Wednesday 3/24: For The People Act (S.1) Hearing Watch Party w/ Common Cause
Common Cause | indybay.org | 2021-03-24
Online event…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/23/1884101…

Tuesday 4/20: Dave Cook & Jeff Chang: Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A Hip-Hop History
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM | indybay.org | 2021-03-24
Online webinar…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/23/1884101…

Thursday 4/29: Aviva Chomsky & Mickey Huff: Central America’s Forgotten History
KPFA Radio 94.1 FM | indybay.org | 2021-03-24
Online webinar…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/23/1884102…

School reopening deals approved in Los Angeles and Oakland as unions stifle opposition
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2021-03-24
Those who did vote in “favor” were told repeatedly by the unions that they had no choice but to vote for the agreements.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/03/23/1884101…

Gunmen assassinate ICC-wanted commander in Libya’s Benghazi
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-24
Gunmen assassinate ICC-wanted commander in Libya’s Benghazi | Mahmoud al-Werfalli had been indicted by the International Criminal Court over war crimes | MEE staff | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 17: 42 | Werfalli was a top commander in Khalifa Haftar’s self-styled Libyan National Army (AFP) | A prominent Libyan commander who was wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes was assassinated on Wednesday, local medi…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/libya-command…

UK terrorism watchdog defends journalists’ right to refuse police demands
Ian Cobain | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-24
UK terrorism watchdog defends journalists’ right to refuse police demands | Independent reviewer cites concerns over police use of court orders to demand reporters’ footage and notes of interviews with suspected Islamic State members | Ian Cobain | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 17: 20 | Neil Basu, head of counter-terrorism policing in the UK, addresses journalists outside Metropolitan Police’s New Scotland Yard headquarters in 2018…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/uk-terrorism-…

US to begin strategic talks with Iraq, plan combat troop pullout
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-24
US to begin strategic talks with Iraq, plan combat troop pullout | First bilateral meetings between Washington and Baghdad under Biden administration will focus on security and trade | MEE staff | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 18: 37 | American soldiers taking position around US embassy in Baghdad during a protest against US air strikes in western Iraq, on 31 December 2019 (AFP photo/HO/US embassy) | The United States is to resume st…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-set-begin-…

Egypt’s Suez Canal: Why does its closure matter?
Alex MacDonald | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-24
Egypt’s Suez Canal: Why does its closure matter? | Grounding of massive container vessel Ever Given in the Suez Canal once again highlights importance of shipping route | Alex MacDonald | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 09: 40 | Undated photo of freighters passing through the Suez Canal (AFP) | The Suez Canal has played a major role in world affairs for many decades now. | Ownership of the canal has been an important symbol o…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-suez-ca…

US urges Turkey to give up Russian S-400 missile defence system
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-24
US urges Turkey to give up Russian S-400 missile defence system | Secretary of State Antony Blinken tells Turkish counterpart to scrap air defence system in first face-to-face meeting at Nato summit | MEE staff | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 16: 04 | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken greets Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu at the Nato headquarters on 23 March (AFP/File photo) | US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has t…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/blinken-urges…

Egypt: Giant container ship still stuck in Suez Canal
MEE, agencies | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-24
Egypt: Giant container ship still stuck in Suez Canal | The incident has brought marine traffic to a halt along one of the world’s busiest trade routes | MEE and agencies | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 07: 29 | Images showed the Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given, a 400m long and 59m wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic (AFP) | The container ship stranded in the Suez Canal is still grounded and canal authoriti…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-suez-sh…

Saudi-led coalition clears fuel ships to dock at Yemen’s Hodeidah port
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-24
Saudi-led coalition clears fuel ships to dock at Yemen’s Hodeidah port | Move comes after renewed calls from US lawmakers for Saudi Arabia to lift its air and sea blockade | MEE staff | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 15: 07 | UN data shows food imports through ports of Hodeidah and Saleef dropped by 200,000 tonnes a month in February (AFP) | The Saudi-led coalition has cleared four fuel ships to dock at Yemen’s Red Sea port of Hodeida…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/yemen-war-sau…

Israel elections: Netanyahu has to marry strange bedfellows if he wants to form a government
Lily Galili | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-24
Israel elections: Netanyahu has to marry strange bedfellows if he wants to form a government | The prime minister’s chances of forming a government appear pinned on a Palestinian party and a racist Jewish supremacist | Lily Galili | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 13: 29 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, leader of the Likud party, addresses supporters at the party campaign headquarters in Jerusalem (AFP) | The unbelievab…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-electi…

US to begin strategic talks with Iraq to plan combat troop pullout
MEE staff | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-24
US to begin strategic talks with Iraq to plan combat troop pullout | First bilateral meetings between Washington and Baghdad under Biden administration will focus on security and trade | MEE staff | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 18: 37 | American soldiers taking position around US embassy in Baghdad during a protest against US air strikes in western Iraq, on 31 December 2019 (AFP photo/HO/US embassy) | The United States is to resume…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/us-set-begin-…

Mansour Abbas, the Islamist leader who could be Israel’s kingmaker
Mustafa Abu Sneineh | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-24
Mansour Abbas, the Islamist leader who could be Israel’s kingmaker | Abbas has called on Palestinians inside Israel to rethink their political alliances and be open to Jewish parties | Mustafa Abu Sneineh | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 15: 43 | Mansour Abbas, head of a conservative Islamic party, the United Arab List, or Raam, in its Hebrew acronym, 23 March 2021 (AFP) | Mansour Abbas, the Islamist, conservative…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/mansour-abbas…

Suez Canal: Egypt’s race to unblock the passage
MEE correspondent | middleeasteye.net | 2021-03-24
Suez Canal: Egypt’s race to unblock the passage | Canal authority tells MEE it expects traffic to resume as normal soon as global prices of oil and shipping rise | MEE correspondent | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 16: 32 | A part of the Taiwan-owned MV Ever Given (Evergreen), a 400-metre- (1,300-foot-)long and 59-metre wide vessel, lodged sideways and impeding all traffic across the Suez Canal (AFP) | Egyptian authori…
www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-suez-ca…

COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy could lead to thousands of extra deaths
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-03-24
Hesitancy around COVID-19 vaccines could lead to thousands of extra deaths over a two-year period, Imperial epidemiologists show.
imperial.ac.uk/news/218313/covid-19-vaccine-hesitancy-could-lead-thousands

Podcast: COVID-19 human trials, air pollution monitoring and better plastics
imperial.ac.uk | 2021-03-24
In this edition: Launching human challenge trials for COVID-19, a new air pollution monitoring network for London, and fully biodegradable plastics.
imperial.ac.uk/news/218273/podcast-covid-19-human-trials-pollution-monitoring

Tamil parties in Sri Lanka support US-backed “human rights” resolution
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
Notwithstanding minor differences over an investigation of Colombo’s war crimes, the Tamil elite has aligned itself with Washington’s aggressive stance against China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/tami…

The UK’s Military Show Time
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2021-03-24
Readers of any reliable news outlet will probably be aware that the UK’s Brexit rollout has been little short of a disaster. Adding to the catalogue of Brexit failures, the UK is now being sued by the EU for extending unilaterally a grace period on food imports to the island of Ireland, where the EU…
counterpunch.org/2021/03/24/the-uks-mili…

Right-wing Rutte government wins re-election in Netherlands
wsws.org | 2021-03-24
This exposes the bankruptcy of the Labour Party and the Socialist Party, who backed Rutte’s “herd immunity” policy, letting the far right posture as the only opposition.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/03/24/neth…

UN Says 15 Aid Workers Killed in Somalia in 2020
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
The UN humanitarian agency said Wednesday attacks on aid workers delivering humanitarian supplies in Somalia resulted in the death of 15 aid workers in 2020. | RELATED: | Somalia Receives First Batch of COVID-19 Vaccine Doses | The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said 12 workers were injured, 24 abducted and 14 arrested in 2020 in which 56 incidents involving aid workers were reported. | “In a single tragic incident, seven healthcare workers were abducted…
telesurenglish.net/news/UN-Says-15-Aid-W…

Synthetic mRNA COVID Vaccines: A Risk-Benefit Analysis
Dr. Sadaf Gilani | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-24
First published in February 2021 | With a “vaccine” based on untested …
globalresearch.ca/synthetic-mrna-covid-v…

India Reports a New COVID-19 Variant Amid Surge in New Cases
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
According to a report by the health ministry, India has detected a new “double mutant variant” of the coronavirus, which raises new alarms as the government is struggling with a recent rise of new infections and deaths that lead to a new daily record. | RELATED: | WHO Highlights India’s Role in COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution | In Maharashtra’s state, during a recent analysis of samples involving genome sequencing, they found mutations in the virus that do not match previously recor…
telesurenglish.net/news/India-Reports-a-…

Boris Johnson says forced vaccination for care home staff ‘responsible’, but demanding jab certs from pub-goers ‘up to landlords’
rt.com | 2021-03-24
Care-home bosses mulling mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations for staff are acting responsibly, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said, although he refused to say whether pubs should bar punters who haven’t been jabbed. | Johnson said on Wednesday the concept of vaccine certification “should not be totally alien to us” as he was asked by a committee of MPs about its use in care settings and the hospitality sector as the UK emerges from lockdown. | “We’ve seen what happened in care homes,” the PM said, referring to the rapid spread of the virus in elderly residences, where Covid deaths accounted for as many as…
rt.com/uk/519081-johnson-forced-care-vac…

France targets AstraZeneca for ‘unacceptable’ failure to honor contracts with EU, as Covid-19 cases explode across the country
rt.com | 2021-03-24
As France faces a deepening Covid-19 crisis with soaring cases and more regions facing possible shutdowns, Paris has angrily singled out AstraZeneca, saying it is failing to meet its vaccine delivery commitments. | Speaking after a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, government spokesman Gabriel Attal said AstraZeneca has not honored the commitments it made to supply EU nations with its Covid-19 vaccine. | “The situation is completely unacceptable,” he said. | French hospitals are under severe pressure with around 27,000 coronavirus patients, and the number of those in intensive care with the disease rose to 4,634 o…
rt.com/news/519059-france-covid-worsenin…

Globalink | Thai Deputy PM Gets Second Sinovac Dose, Reaffirms Safety of Chinese Vaccine
telesurenglish.net | 2021-03-24
Thai Deputy PM and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul have received their second shot of China’s Sinovac vaccine, reaffirming the vaccine’s safety afterward.
telesurenglish.net/news/Globalink–Thai-…

Vacunas: China contra el mundo occidental
Lee Siu Hin | workers.org | 2021-03-24
23 de febrero — China y Rusia se encuentran entre los primeros países del mundo en vacunar a las personas [contra COVID-19], según el sitio web Our World in Data. Para el 15 de diciembre de 2020, al menos 1,5 millones de chinos habían recibido un golpe. Estados Unidos y . . . | Continue reading Vacunas: China contra el mundo occidental at Workers.org…
workers.org/2021/03/55223/?utm_source=rs…

30 años del Mercosur, hora de balance y reconsideración de sus perspectivas
Jorge Marchini | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-24
Un aniversario que completa una década siempre puede ser una oportunidad o una excusa para el balance y la reflexión de evolución, resultados y perspectivas de sueños y proyectos de una sociedad. Puede ser por ello particularmente atinado hacer un…
globalizacion.ca/30-anos-del-mercosur-ho…

A 45 años del inicio del período más trágico de la historia argentina
Fernando del Corro | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-24
Desde el día anterior seguramente muchos ya lo sabíamos. Un ya fallecido integrante de las Fuerzas Armadas me lo había confiado. Me citó en un bar de Corrientes y Leandro N. Alem, a pocas cuadras de la Casa de Gobierno….
globalizacion.ca/45-anos-del-inicio-del-…

En contra del despotismo y en defensa de la Carta de Naciones Unidas
Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-24
En fechas recientes, varios países de la región han sido estremecidos por violentas manifestaciones de descontento social que han conllevado a la movilización de centenares de miles de ciudadanos que protestan por la ausencia o carencia de libertades democráticas, el…
globalizacion.ca/en-contra-del-despotism…

Por qué la OTAN destruyó Libia ‚Äéhace 10 años‚Äé
Manlio Dinucci | globalizacion.ca | 2021-03-24
Aunque el Pentágono ya había emprendido su estrategia de destrucción de todos ‚Äélos Estados en los países del Medio Oriente ampliado, la destrucción de Libia fue ‚Äéresultado de una maniobra urgente de orden financiero. ‚Äé | Hace 10 años, el 19…
globalizacion.ca/por-que-la-otan-destruy…

US Hypersonic Missiles in Europe Five Minutes from Moscow
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2021-03-24
About six years ago, when we titled “Are the missiles returning …
globalresearch.ca/us-hypersonic-missiles…