(2021-03-10). Recurring political crisis in Haiti connects with U.S. racism. mronline.org 
Haiti faces serious political crisis. The country has experienced great political difficulties ever since gaining independent nationhood in 1804. Impaired governance stems in large measure from U.S. meddling over many years. We examine the current crisis and the basis for U.S. zeal to curtail Haiti's future.
(2021-03-10). Merkel deplores racism, violence against Turkish community. yenisafak.com German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday expressed regret over the racist attitudes and acts of violence targeting the country's Turkish community.Speaking at a press conference in Berlin following a video conference meeting with representatives of major ethnic groups and immigrant organizations, Merkel reaffirmed her government's commitment to combat discrimination and racism."We have experienced very bad incidents in recent years, like the NSU [National Socialist Underground] murders and the Hanau attack," Merkel said, referring to major deadly terrorist attacks by far-right extremists."After all these, it's…
(2021-03-10). Buckingham Palace to address claims of racism. yenisafak.com Buckingham Palace is to address the issue of racism within its institutions following an eventful interview between US talk show host Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle where allegations of racism where made against the royal house.In a statement released on behalf of Queen Elizabeth, the palace said various issues raised during the two-hour interview, including that of race, were concerning and that the family was saddened to hear of the struggles faced by the couple."The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan," the sta…
(2021-03-10). Like the Diana story, Meghan's fight with the Royals will ensure nothing really changes. zcomm.org The concern expressed by a senior royal during Markle's pregnancy about Archie's likely darker skin colour does indeed reveal how deeply ingrained racism is in the British establishment…
(2021-03-10). Justice for George Floyd rally in Michigan, police arrest protest leaders. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – 100 people joined the Justice for George Floyd rally on March 8 at Rosa Parks Circle in Grand Rapids, the largest turnout since winter began. | "We are standing in solidarity with our comrades in Minneapolis as we march for justice for George Floyd on the first day of the Derek Chauvin trial," said Aly Bates, president of Justice for Black Lives. | Last summer, protests erupted across the country in response to the murder of George Floyd. In Grand Rapids over 2000 people surrounded the police station demanding that justice be served. That movement continues to this day. | "We are here in solida…
(2021-03-10). Over 700 complaints about NYPD officers abusing Black Lives Matter protesters, then silence. nationofchange.org Emails show New York City's Civilian Complaint Review Board leaders discouraged staff from confronting the NYPD about a lack of cooperation on abuse investigations.
(2021-03-10). Digital Health Pass: IBM and Moderna Hook Up to Capitalize on COVID Reset. mintpressnews.com 
Using what have already become clichéd industry buzzwords like "transparency," "trust," and even "privacy," IBM's Digital Health Pass marketing describes the mass tracking app as a "smart way to return to society" that allows people to "return to the activities and things they love."
(2021-03-10). European Union backs Int'l Criminal Court Probe of War Crimes in Veiled rebuke of Israel, US. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor) — The European Union has backed the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its decision to open a formal investigation into war crimes committed in occupied Palestine in comments that appear to rebuke Israel and its key ally the US. Both have condemned The Hague for ruling that it has jurisdiction over …
(2021-03-10). Abandoned by governments, Indigenous people create their own health post in Manaus. peoplesworld.org 
Manaus, Brazil (Feb. 26, updated March 4) — With the public health system collapsing and the oxygen crisis, Amazonas has had more than 290,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the second and worst wave of the pandemic. The crisis has dramatically affected the inhabitants of Park of Tribes, located in the urban zone of Manaus, …
(2021-03-10). Brazil: Lula strikes back. therealnews.com 
In a huge win for the left and for democracy, Brazil's Supreme Court has annulled corruption convictions against former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, making it possible for Lula to challenge Jair Bolsonaro for the presidency in the next election.
(2021-03-10). NYT Fails To Examine Its Participation In Brazil's 'Biggest Judicial Scandal'. popularresistance.org 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 107 articles, revealed that Judge Sergio Moro illegally instructed prosecutors in cases he was ruling on; these leaks also exposed doze…
(2021-03-10). Lava Jato Dies, Lula Is Reborn. popularresistance.org On March 8th, Brazilian Supreme Court Minister Edson Fachin dismissed all Lava Jato related charges against former President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva. The ruling came as a surprise to some, since Fachin has been accused of pro-Lava Jato bias in past rulings, and leaked Telegram messages, published by the Intercept in 2019, shows task-force chief Dalton Dallagnol talking about a 45 minute meeting with the Supreme Court Minister, shouting with glee and bragging to fellow prosecutors, "Fachin is ours!". | After last month's Supreme Court ruling, that all 6 terabytes of Telegram conversations obtained by hacker Walt…
(2021-03-10). The Republican War on America. counterpunch.org The Biden administration is becoming an Obama administration. The Republican Senators and Republican members of the US House of Representatives are fighting Biden exactly like they fought Obama: opposing his initiatives and planning to turn their Supreme Court and the hundreds of federal judges they put in office during the Trump era against him. Economic
(2021-03-10). Senate confirms Merrick Garland, once snubbed for Supreme Court, as Biden's attorney general. rt.com 
Merrick Garland, a federal judge whose nomination for the US Supreme Court was blocked by Republicans in 2016, was easily confirmed as President Joe Biden's attorney general in a 70-30 Senate vote. | Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), who led the effort to ignore President Barack Obama's nomination of Garland following the February 2016 death of Justice Antonin Scalia, was one of the votes in favor of confirming him as the new head of the Justice Department on Wednesday. | "I'm voting to confirm Judge Garland because of his long reputation as a straight shooter and a legal expert," McConnell said…
(2021-03-10). Convictions annulled, Brazil's Lula sheds no light on political future. laprensalatina.com By Alba Santandreu Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, Mar 10 (efe-epa).- Brazilian former head of state Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday that he is at peace and free of resentment after a Supreme Court justice threw out his corruption convictions earlier this week. But he refused to comment on widespread speculation that he …
(2021-03-10). In the News: The Role of Slave Labor in American Capitalism Before and After the Civil War. liberationnews.org 
This interview is an episode of The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, a podcast providing news and views about the world for those who want to change it. You can follow the show on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell, Esther Iverem and Walter Smolarek discuss the …
(2021-03-10). Detroit workers rally in support of Amazon unionization efforts. liberationnews.org 
In addition to their support for the Alabama Amazon workers, the protesters called attention to unsafe working conditions inside Detroit Whole Foods, where 24 workers contracted COVID-19 in late February.
(2021-03-10). Amazon pays little in taxes, makes record profits. liberationnews.org 
The union drive of Bessemer, Alabama, Amazon workers has shed the light on the oppressive, unsafe working conditions and low wages for Amazon workers at its warehouses, fulfillment centers and Whole Foods markets.
(2021-03-10). Nazi Healthcare Revived Across the Five Eyes: Killing Useless Eaters and Biden's COVID Relief Bill. strategic-culture.org 
The individual most responsible for reviving Obamacare and the associated "Independent Payment Advisory Board" of cost-effectiveness "experts" under Joe Biden is the same figure who crafted the original Affordable Care Act in 2009. | "The ill-conceived `love of thy neighbor' has to disappear, especially in relation to inferior or asocial creatures. It is the supreme duty of a national state to grant life and livelihood only to the healthy and hereditarily sound portion of the people in order to secure the maintenance of a hereditarily sound and racially pure folk for all eternity…" | — Dr. Arthur Guett, Na…
(2021-03-10). Can Biden-Harris make a Counter-Revolution against Reaganism and Restore Dignity to Work? juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com ) — A year ago, just a few weeks before San Francisco locked itself down for the pandemic, I fell deeply in love with a 50-year-old. The object of my desire was a wooden floor loom in the window of my local thrift shop. Friends knowledgeable on such matters examined photos I took …
(2021-03-10). Report: U.S. preparing cyberattack against Russia over SolarWinds hack. mronline.org 
Sources told The New York Times that the first major actions are expected sometime in the next three weeks.
(2021-03-10). Lula afirmó ser víctima de mayor mentira jurídica en Brasil. peoplesworld.org 
Brasilia, 10 mar (Prensa Latina) El expresidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva afirmó hoy que resultó víctima de la mayor mentira jurídica en 500 años de historia de Brasil, en su primer pronunciamiento tras la anulación de sus condenas. 'Sé que fui víctima de la mayor mentira jurídica contada en 500 años de historia (de …
(2021-03-10). Prioritise pandemic relief, recovery: No time for debt buybacks. mronline.org 
Developing country governments are being wrongly advised to use their modest fiscal resources to pay down accumulated debt instead of strengthening pandemic relief and recovery. Thus, debt phobia risks deepening and extending COVID-19 recessions by prioritizing buybacks.
(2021-03-10). Remembrances of a warehouse order picker. workers.org 
Think 1956. That's 65 years ago — the year this writer dropped out of college and took a full-time job in a warehouse to get a more important education: learning what it was to be a worker. Warehouse pickers. In these intervening years, millionaires have gone on to become multimillionaires . . . |
(2021-03-10). Wolves Will be Wolves, So Let's Manage the Humans. counterpunch.org 
Let's start with some facts: 1) The majority of New Mexicans want to see Mexican wolves recovered. 2) Public lands livestock are a leading source of conflict for the wolf recovery program. 3) Livestock on public lands displace native wildlife through competition for food and driving them out of preferred habitats. 4) Public lands livestock
(2021-03-10). 'Blinding of Isaac Woodard': 1946 racist police violence case gets fresh attention. peoplesworld.org 
Writer-director Jamila Ephron's new PBS film The Blinding of Isaac Woodard shows how great consequences can be ignited by smaller acts. In this case, the small act was one of a history of cruel injustices. The consequence was a sea change in public opinion and a movement which shaped the future of a country. On …
(2021-03-10). The Future of Gerrymandering in Virginia. counterpunch.org 
Indexes, such as the Democracy Index published by The Economist's Intelligence Unit, have to be taken with a grain of salt— one suspects that neoliberal western countries get a somewhat easier ride from The Economist. In any event, the Democracy Index is fraught with anomalies. In the 2020 Index, the US is ranked 25thout of
(2021-03-10). On Covid and the plague of Capital. mronline.org 
Industrial agriculture, habitat destruction, global commodity chains and the travel network have set up this perfect storm of conditions, not just for COVID, but also for future pandemics.
(2021-03-10). One year after her death — Remembering Breonna Taylor. workers.org 
At first, few people knew of the heinous crime carried out by three white Louisville, Ky., police officers responsible for the murder of a 26-year-old African American emergency medical technician, Breonna Taylor, on March 13, 2020. Breonna Taylor was honored with a 7,000-square-foot mural in Annapolis, Md. Taylor was shot . . . |
(2021-03-10). Portugal's Communists know how to party—and how to govern. peoplesworld.org 
When I was 19 and went to the Woodstock music festival in upstate New York, I thought I was at the ultimate festival—there had never been anything like it and never would be again, I was sure. Three years ago, however, I attended what had to be the greatest Communist festival in the world, the …
(2021-03-10). Sahir at 100: Raising Socio-Political Awareness Through Poetry. counterpunch.org 
Sahir was a brilliant poet who devoted his poetry to raise awareness of the common folks to the reality of the prevailing social and political issues. His poignant and often heart wrenching words also echoed the intense love and loss of humans in relationships. His great and undying love for his mother created in him
(2021-03-10). Could depletion of fertile soil trigger a bigger U.S. food crisis? workers.org 
U.S. farmland in the Midwest has lost over one-third of the soil necessary to sustain crop production, according to scientists at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The study concluded that fertile soil has been destroyed — not as a result of natural wind and water erosion, but by a century of . . . |
(2021-03-10). "Coronacare Hawai'i" continues despite private security team's harassment. liberationnews.org 
Coronacare is a mutual aid network organizing to address the unmet needs of their community, whose conditions have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Their efforts this past year have focused on delivering food and household supplies to thousands of community members, including expecting mothers, elders, immunocompromised people, and other working families across the entire …
(2021-03-10). Bloody Sunday in the Philippines: 9 dead, 6 arrested in crackdown on activists. therealnews.com 
The killings came two days after President Rodrigo Duterte ordered police and soldiers to kill communist insurgents in all encounters.
(2021-03-10). Migrant deaths: Who's the REAL culprit? workers.org 
It didn't have to happen. But, tragically, it did. And most likely, it may not be the last time. On March 2, 12 people were killed instantly when the SUV they traveled in was hit broadside by a tractor-trailer truck on a California highway. The accident happened on the outskirts . . . |
(2021-03-10). A revolutionary driven by love for the people, Zack Patterson (1987-2021). liberationnews.org 
Zachary "Zack" A. Patterson, age 33, a three time war veteran, member of the Birmingham Branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, and our newest representative of the local Education Committee, died on Feb. 9, 2021. His life was taken as a result of the mental traumas inflicted on him by the U.S. imperialist …
(2021-03-10). Meet the Activists Fighting to Free People from LA Jails. aclu.org 
Over the last year, the criminal legal system's many injustices dominated mainstream discourse as people took to the streets to grieve and protest the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police, and COVID-19 took a devastating toll on people in jails and prisons. These events galvanized many people into action — in the streets, at statehouses, and online — inspiring them to join activists who have challenged the criminal legal system's disproportionate and often tragic impact on communities of color.
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(2021-03-10). Stimulus and struggle: Congress short-changes the working class. liberationnews.org 
The amended version of the Biden administration's stimulus plan was passed by the House of Representatives today, the last step before it goes to the president's desk to be signed into law. It took over two months to approve the bill which, by any measure, does not meet the scale of the grave economic and …
(2021-03-10). The Environment Versus How Many Jobs? counterpunch.org 
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
(2021-03-10). Thursday 3/11: Labor and the Struggle for Series: Black Lives Matter at School. indybay.org Online event…
(2021-03-10). Remembrances of a warehouse order picker. workers.org Think 1956. That's 65 years ago — the year this writer dropped out of college and took a full-time job in a warehouse to get a more important education: learning what it was to be a worker. Warehouse pickers. In these intervening years, millionaires have gone on to . . . |
(2021-03-10). One year after her death — Remembering Breonna Taylor. workers.org At first, few people knew of the heinous crime carried out by three white Louisville, Ky., police officers responsible for the murder of a 26-year-old African American emergency medical technician, Breonna Taylor, on March 13, 2020. Breonna Taylor was honored with a 7,000-square-foot mural in Annapolis, Md. Taylor . . . |
(2021-03-10). 100 days of revolt, & still raring to go. mronline.org 
As the farmers' protest against farm laws enters the summer season, they brave high temperatures and the paucity of basic necessities…
(2021-03-10). Reason, Sociability, and Ethics. dissidentvoice.org 
Aristotle famously said that man was a social animal: Œ∂·ø∑ŒøŒΩ œÄŒøŒªŒπœÑŒπŒ∫œåŒΩ. He also strongly implied that what distinguished man from all other animals was his rationality. Today this description seems to make more sense than ever. Human beings, contrary to the contract theorists such as Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, were never lone beings in search …
(2021-03-10). Intensive fishing and the birth of capitalism, Part 2. mronline.org 
While treasure fleets carried silver to Spain, far more ships were carrying men, fish and whale oil across the North Atlantic.
(2021-03-10). PRO Act passes House, Senate Republicans plan to kill it. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON (PAI)—After another boost from Democratic President Joe Biden, the Democratic-run House passed the Protect the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, the most wide-ranging, pro-worker rewrite of labor law since the original National Labor Relations Act of 1935. Debate lasted into the evening of March 9. The 225-206 vote ended at 8: 56 pm EST. Only …
(2021-03-10). Rep. Tim Ryan's PRO Act speech goes viral: "Help the damn workers" peoplesworld.org 
I'd been hoping some Democrat would cut loose on Republican union-busters for claiming the GOP is the "working class" party. Rep. Tim Ryan just came through. "Now stop talking about Dr. Seuss and start working with us on behalf of the American workers," the Ohioan challenged Republicans on the House floor Tuesday. Ryan was sticking up for …
(2021-03-10). 'Revenge porn' is a misnomer. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
Why we should replace 'revenge porn' with 'image based sexual abuse' and reform the mens rea of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 The digital world is becoming an increasingly dominant part of daily life. This has been thrown into sharp relief by the current public health crisis, which has seen almost every facet …
(2021-03-10). History Shows Privatized Space Colonization Will Be Disastrous. dissidentvoice.org 
Elon Musk and his company SpaceX have become a regular feature in news cycles. SpaceX succeeded in landing a team of astronauts on the International Space Station in November 2020, in partnership with NASA. The next month, the company lost a rocket in an explosion while attempting to land after a test flight. Another rocket …
(2021-03-10). Mumia has COVID-19, supporters demand his release. therealnews.com 
Mumia Abu-Jamal has been in prison since 1982. Already plagued by health issues, including hepatitis C, Mumia was diagnosed with COVID-19 last week, and supporters are demanding he be released.