(2021-04-01). In the News: What Will Happen if Derek Chauvin Walks Free? liberationnews.org 
The panel discuss the trial of Derek Chauvin and other grotesque features of the American police state, protests across the country over the weekend against anti-Asian racism, exciting new developments in the case of the framed Denver protest leaders, and more.
(2021-04-01). PDF of April 1 issue. workers.org 
Download the PDF. Bessemer workers fight for justice Workers on the move: ‚ÄÉNorth Carolina schools; ‚ÄÉWashington state Amazon; ‚ÄÉOregon coffee shops; ‚ÄÉWhich side are you on, Marty Walsh? More: Berta Cáceres lives on; Women's sports: inequality, solidarity; The Commune vs. the state; No to anti-Asian violence! Editorial: Voting rights resistance. . . . |
(2021-04-01). Solidarity With Palestine Activists Being Prosecuted. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, six activists from the Palestine Action campaign appeared at Highbury Magistrates Court charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage and burglary, in connection with their actions at the London headquarters of Israeli arms company Elbit Systems last year. | Outside the court room around a dozen protesters representing various groups showed up in solidarity while inside, the judge committed the case to trial at Crown Court. | Elbit Systems has been the target for direct actions at various sites around the UK, but back in 2016, after their Shenstone factory was closed down by occupiers, the compa…
(2021-04-01). Activists slam UK government commission's denial of systemic racism in the country. peoplesdispatch.org The commission was formed after the Black Lives Matter protests rocked the country last year. It said that while there was racial discrimination in the country, it was not systemic or deliberate…
(2021-04-01). Bolsonaro sacks military command to consolidate authoritarian rule in Brazil. wsws.org In an action unprecedented in Brazilian history, the country's fascistic President Jair Bolsonaro has fired his defense minister and the commanders of the Army, Navy and Air Force.
(2021-04-01). January 6 fascist thug has been working with FBI since 2018, lawyer claims. wsws.org Florida Proud Boy Joe Biggs is the latest participant in the January 6 storming of the Capitol to claim a long-term working relationship with the domestic intelligence agency.
(2021-04-01). Demonstrations held across US in solidarity with Asian community. peoplesdispatch.org The protests called attention to the alarming rise in anti-Asian hate crimes over the past year, as well as the racist and imperialist campaigns that have characterized US foreign policy towards China…
(2021-04-01). Headlines for April 1, 2021. democracynow.org Witness in Derek Chauvin Murder Trial Breaks Down After Viewing Footage of George Floyd's Killing, Four Killed as Gunman Opens Fire on Office Complex in Orange County, California, Biden Defends Infrastructure Plan as Progressives Push for $10 Trillion to Fight Climate Crisis, Wisconsin Supreme Court Voids Governor's Mask Mandate as COVID-19 Cases Rise Across U.S., Brazil's Cemeteries Hold Nighttime Funerals as COVID-19 Deaths Reach New Highs, Yemen Receives First COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments as Doctors Report Surge in Cases, Global Deforestation Increased by 12% in 2020 with Amazon Most Severely Affected, U.S. Cour…
(2021-04-01). Palestine Receives 100 Thousand COVID-19 Vaccines from China. orinocotribune.com The Palestinian Authority has received 100,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine donated by China to accelerate its inoculation drive, which has been lagging due to Israeli inhibitions. | China handed over the batch of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccines to Palestine on Monday. | Palestinian Health Minister Mai al-Kaila described the shipment as the single largest donation of COVID-19 vaccines her country has received so far, and thanked China for its move "to provide coronavirus vaccines as a global public good and its selfless assistance to Palestine." | Speaking at a joint press conference with China's Ambassador to Palestine…
(2021-04-01). MN groups stand in solidarity with Palestinians around the world on Land Day 2021. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On March 30, over 50 activists gathered to show solidarity with Palestinians in their struggle against Israeli apartheid and occupation. They waved Palestinian flags and dropped banners on the footbridge over Interstate 94 between the Walker Sculpture Garden and Loring Park – across all eight lanes of traffic – demanding an end of U.S. aid to Israel, an end of Israeli occupation, the right of return for Palestinians, and an end to vaccine apartheid. The response from people passing by was overwhelmingly positive with a lot of honks from cars. | The action coincided with Land Day, which commemora…
(2021-04-01). Trumpers on the rehab trail: Does America just want to forget this happened?>. salon.com Instead of facing disgrace, Trump regime officials are now deemed respectable. That's no way to defeat fascism…
(2021-04-01). "The System of Policing Is on Trial": Derek Chauvin Murder Case Is About More Than Just George Floyd. democracynow.org 
After the third dramatic day in the murder trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin in Minneapolis, we speak with Mel Reeves, who has been following the case as community editor at the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, the oldest Black-owned newspaper in the state. Reeves discusses the testimony heard so far, and juror selection, and says more is at stake than just what happened to George Floyd. "It is political. The system of policing is on trial," says Reeves. "You can see now how the police operate when they run into Black people." We also speak with Rashad Robinson, president of Color of Change, who says the…
(2021-04-01). The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism. thenation.com The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism…
(2021-04-01). Hunting ISIS: Syrian Government Forces Kick Off Operation In Deir Ezzor With Russian Support (Video). southfront.org 
ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE: Sputnik/Mikhail Alaeddin | On April 1, Syrian government forces kicked off a large-scale combing operation in the southern and western Deir Ezzor countryside. | According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), the National Defense Forces and the Palestinian al-Quds Brigade are leading the operation which is backed by the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS). | Government forces are combing the outskirts of the town of al-Mayadin, from the area of al-Banja all the way to the area of Fayda…
(2021-04-01). Top ultra-Orthodox rabbi says Arabs will be better coalition partners than Israeli left. rt.com 
A senior Haredi rabbi has reportedly given his backing to a potential Israeli government alliance with the United Arab List party, which has now become a potential kingmaker after Israel's inconclusive election this March. | Chaim Kanievsky, who is considered a leading authority in the Jewish Orthodox community, gave an affirmative answer when asked by Israeli outlet News 12 about the possibility of the Israeli right forming a coalition with Israeli Arab parties. | The 93-year-old cleric and spiritual leader of the United Torah Judaism party pointed out that the ultra-Orthodox and Arab communities were alike i…
(2021-04-01). Met Police officer convicted on terrorism charge for membership of banned Neo-Nazi group. rt.com 
PC Benjamin Hannam has become the first UK officer to be convicted of a terrorism offence after a court ruled he lied on his Met Police application about his membership of the outlawed Neo-Nazi group National Action (NA). | At the end of his trial at the UK's Old Bailey court, the 22-year-old was found guilty of membership of an outlawed Neo-Nazi group, lying on his police application, and possessing terrorism documents. | Hannam was investigated by authorities after working for two years as a probationary officer for the Metropolitan Police when his information was discovered on a leaked database from a right…
(2021-04-01). Taiwan to Buy New US Air Defense Missiles. news.antiwar.com Taiwan said it has In comments to Reuters, Taiwan's Air Force said it plans to buy Patriot Advanced Capability‚Äë3 (PAC-3) Missile Segment Enhancement (MSE) missiles, which will be delivered in 2025 and deployed the following year. The Ai…
(2021-04-01). Report: Biden Reducing Military Forces in Saudi Arabia. news.antiwar.com According to The report said the US has removed at least three Patriot antimissile batteries from t…
(2021-04-01). Biden Orders Removal of Missiles, Forces Around Persian Gulf. telesurenglish.net A report issued last Thursday by the Wall Street Journal cites officials from the Pentagon indicating that President Biden has issued orders to remove Patriot anti-missile systems, miscellaneous military hardware, and troops from the area of the Persian Gulf, to deploy them elsewhere to be used against Russia and China, two countries which the Pentagon sees as its primary global competitors. | RELATED: | According to the report,…
(2021-04-01). New UK counter-extremism head worked for think tank which hosted Islamophobes. middleeasteye.net 
New UK counter-extremism head worked for think tank which hosted Islamophobes | Robin Simcox, formerly a research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, has described Islamophobia as a 'slippery concept' | Thu, 04/01/2021 – 15: 53 | Robin Simcox is the interim head of the Commission for Countering Extremism (YouTube) | A former research fellow at a conservative American think tank that has hosted Islamophobic c…
(2021-04-01). UK school textbooks on Middle East conflict altered to favour Israel: Report. middleeasteye.net 
UK school textbooks on Middle East conflict altered to favour Israel: Report | Publisher says it is now pausing further distribution of the books which it had amended after a complaint from UK Lawyers for Israel | Thu, 04/01/2021 – 08: 27 | The fact that during the first intifada of 1987-93 the arms and fingers of Palestinian child stone throwers were broken by Israeli soldiers has been removed from the revise…
(2021-04-01). Lockerbie bomber's family to appeal conviction in UK's top court. middleeasteye.net 
Lockerbie bomber's family to appeal conviction in UK's top court | Abdel Basset al-Megrahi's family was denied an appeal over his conviction at the Scottish Appeal Court in January | Thu, 04/01/2021 – 18: 30 | Police officers walk past the wreckage from Pan Am Flight 103 which killed at least 270 people (AFP) | The family of a Libyan man found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing will appeal his convicti…
(2021-04-01). Supreme Court Defers to FCC Authority in Media Ownership Case But Leaves Door Open For Future FCC To Protect The Public Interest. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-04-01). Unlikely Allies From Across the Political Spectrum Urge Supreme Court to Uphold Students' Free Speech Rights. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-04-01). Supreme Court Awards the FCC for Long Neglecting Its Mandate to Promote Media Diversity in the United States. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-04-01). 4 Stages of Disinformation(as in Uyghur "genocide" claims. indybay.org The recent crescendo of wild and sensationalized claims of "genocide" of the Uyghur minority (and of "mass rapes" and "concentration camps") in China actually reveals an aggressive disinformation campaign, initiated a the highest levels of government in both the USA and its client NATO states. Upon careful dissection, however, objective observers detect 4 stages of a sophisticated campaign intentionally promoted to support an Imperialist narrative–the "good" Western powers vs. a "bad" and "oppressive " Beijing regime bent on exterminating and/or brutally suppressing its own minorities.
(2021-04-01). Saturday 4/3: Meetup: History of Anti-Asian Racism & How To Be Allies. indybay.org online…
(2021-03-31). Hundreds rally, march against racist violence. workers.org 
Cleveland, March 28. Hundreds of Clevelanders from the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, along with multinational allies, rallied in the Asia Town neighborhood March 28. Sponsors of the "Stop Asian hate" rally were the Cleveland chapter of the Organization of Chinese Americans, Ohio Progressive Asian Women's Leadership, Asian Services . . . |
(2021-03-31). On Land Day, Palestine will be free from the river to the sea #AllLandPalestine. samidoun.net 
30 March 2021 marks the 45th Palestinian Land Day, a day of struggle and commitment to resisting colonization, occupation and apartheid, and to achieving victory and liberation for the land and people of Palestine. Land Day commemorates the anniversary of the mass rising in occupied Palestine '48 in 1976 in response to Israeli land confiscation targeting 20,000 dunums of Palestinian land in the Galilee. Palestinians inside occupied Palestine '48, who remained on their land after 80% of their people were expelled in the Nakba, confronted these new Zionist attacks with a general strike and mass popular protests, wh…
(2021-03-31). Death penalty abolished in former Confederate state. workers.org 
Houston On March 23, I was sad and gloomy all day as I am every year on this date — the day in 1993 that I witnessed a dear friend, Carlos Santana, be legally lynched by the State of Texas. He was executed, even though he did not kill anyone. . . . |
(2021-03-31). Protests break out after femicide of Salvadoran migrant Victoria Salazar in Mexico. peoplesdispatch.org 
Several national and international feminist groups and human rights organizations have condemned Victoria Salazar's murder as well as the racist, classist, misogynist and xenophobic discrimination that reigns in Mexico…
(2021-03-31). #WeWillNotBeDefeated — Majd Barbar released; join the Twitterstorm! ŸÑŸÜ_ŸÜŸáÿ≤ŸÖ#. samidoun.net 
We will not be defeated! Join the Twitter Storm: Wednesday, 31 March 10 am Pacific — 1 pm Eastern — 7 pm central Europe — 8 pm Palestine Sample Tweets: bit.ly/notbedefeated Use the hashtags: #WeWillNotBeDefeated ŸÑŸÜ_ŸÜŸáÿ≤ŸÖ# Freed Palestinian prisoner Majd Barbar once again proved the truth of his words — "We will not be defeated" — as he was released once again by Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday, 31 March. Barbar had refused a proposal by Israeli occupation forces to either deport him from the city of occupi…
(2021-03-31). #MacronLibérezAbdallah — Join the Twitter storm for Georges Abdallah's birthday, 2 April! samidoun.net 
#MacronLibérezAbdallah Twitter Storm Friday, 2 April 2021 10 am Pacific — 1 pm Eastern — 7 pm central Europe — 8 pm Palestine Use the hashtags: #MacronLibérezAbdallah bit.ly/freeabdallah Tag: @EmmanuelMacron @GDarmanin to direct your demand to French officials! On the occasion of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah's 70th birthday, join the twitterstorm #MacronLibérezAbdallah (Macron, Free Abdallah!) to free this imprisoned Lebanese communist and struggler for Palestine imprisoned in France since 1984 and eligible for release since 1999! Friday, 2 April 2021 — 10 am Pacific — 1 pm Eastern &…
(2021-03-31). Land Day 2021: Existence, Resistance, Resurgence. orinocotribune.com By Benay Blend — Mar 30, 2021 | "In 2019 I went to Palestine twice," wrote Ibtisam Barakat, "one time with Palestine Festival of literature in April." When an officer informed her at the border that she didn't exist in Israeli records, Barakat started to cry. She "cried for two weeks nonstop. Nothing and no one could stop [her], not even a delicious falafel sandwich." All that time, recalled the Palestinian-American poet, she "ate falafel and cried." | On Land Day 2021, Barakat's words are more relevant than ever. Forty-five years ago, on March 30, 1976, Israeli police murdered six Palestinian protestors as…
(2021-03-31). Global solidarity with anti-imperialist struggle in Haiti and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the global actions in solidarity with Haiti, the beginning of the trial of former police officer accused of killing George Floyd, protests against UK policing bill, and mobilizations to commemorate Land Day in Palestine.
(2021-03-31). Majd Barbar addresses his supporters in Palestine and internationally #WeWillNotBeDefeated. samidoun.net Freed Palestinian prisoner Majd Barbar issued a video message to his supporters and friends in Palestine around the world who have amplified the call for his freedom and shared his reunion with his family. | The article
(2021-03-31). Palestinians commemorate Land Day across historical Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org Palestinians mark the land day (Yom al-Ard) on March 30 every year to reiterate the ownership of their lands. Several rallies and demonstrations were organized in different parts of historical Palestine to commemorate Land Day.
(2021-03-31). On Land Day, Palestine Will be Free from the River to the Sea. globalresearch.ca 30 March 2021 marks the 45th Palestinian Land Day, a day …
(2021-03-31). Mapuche People File Genocide Lawsuit Against President Piñera. telesurenglish.net Mapuche Indigenous people communities filed a complaint against Chile's President Sebastian Piñera for genocide crimes. | RELATED: | The lawsuit was presented before Temuco's Guarantee Court, where they denounced the militarization of Mapuche territories and human rights violations. | The complainants claim that Piñera established a "low-intensity war" by declaring the Mapuche people as an "internal enemy." | Th…
(2021-03-31). Chicano and Black families speak out at forum to stop Los Angeles Sheriff attacks. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – Centro CSO and Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles cohosted a March 27 Zoom forum to denounce the killings of Chicanos and Blacks by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, deputy gangs like the Banditos, Executioners, and 3000 Boys that terrorize communities, and against the harassment of families who speak out against Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD). Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda Solis and Holly Mitchell attended the meeting, listened to the families' testimonies, and committed to work with organizations to fight back against LASD and its embattled leader S…
(2021-03-31). Cuban Foreign Minister: US Segregation and Racism Are Endemic. telesurenglish.net "Eighty percent of Americans consider that in the U.S. there is discrimination against blacks, 76 percent against Hispanics and 70 percent against Asians," Rodriguez wrote in a message published Tuesday on his Twitter account, about a recent study by the Pew Research Center, a Washington D.C.-based think tank, which puts it this way. | RELATED: | The head of Cuban diplomacy regretted that "racism and segregation are end…
(2021-03-31). Democracy dies under Brazil's neo-fascist Bolsonaro. peoplesworld.org 
(2021-03-31). Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Filed By Jewish National Fund Against Palestinian Group. popularresistance.org Washington, DC – A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and others against a U.S.-based Palestinian rights organization. The JNF had accused the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (USCPR) of engaging in "material support for terrorism," citing their speech and expressive activity, including their support for the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement. The JNF—a quasi-state institution in Israel that acquires and administers land for the sole benefit of the Jewish people—also sought to hold the USCPR liable for their participation in the "Stop the JN…
(2021-03-31). Jewish Nat'l Fund Lawsuit against Palestinian Rights Advocacy in US Slapped down by Federal Judge on First Amendment Grounds. juancole.com U.S. Federal Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Filed by Jewish National Fund Against Palestinian Rights Nonprofit Contact: press@ccrjustice.org Lawsuit "Not Persuasive," Judge Rules ( Center for Constitutional Rights) — March 30, 2021, Washington, D.C. — A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by the Jewish National Fund (JNF) and others against a U.S.-based Palestinian rights organization. The …
(2021-03-31). Chauvin's Lawyers Are Falsely Implying That Drugs Killed George Floyd. popularresistance.org Drugs have long been used to justify racist police-perpetrated violence, and the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the alleged murder of George Floyd on a Minneapolis street corner last May is, thus far, no different. | In his opening statement in a Minneapolis courtroom on Monday, Chauvin's defense attorney Eric J. Nelson spoke at length about Floyd's health problems and drug use in a clear attempt to cast doubt on the prosecution's central argument: Floyd was killed because Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes as Floyd pleaded for mercy and gasped, "I can't breathe." | The prosecu…
(2021-03-31). Cut Off From Caregivers: The Children of Incarcerated Parents in Louisiana. splcenter.org  …
(2021-03-31). Headlines for March 31, 2021. democracynow.org Eyewitnesses Give Chilling Testimony of Police Killing of George Floyd, Brazil in Crisis as COVID Deaths Soar & Military Chiefs Quit in Protest, U.S. COVID Deaths Top 550,000; Florida Undercounted Thousands of Deaths, Bloomberg Employees Got Special Access to Vaccines at NYU Hospitals, China Delivers 100,000 COVID Vaccines to Palestine, White House Unveils $2 Trillion Jobs & Infrastructure Plan, Two Police Deputies Indicted in Texas for Killing Javier Ambler After Traffic Stop, Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump as GOP Welcomes Oath Keepers Founder in Texas, Man Arrested for Viciously Attacking Filipino Woman in N…
(2021-03-31). 'Junk idea of Islamophobia' says adviser to Conservative racism inquiry. middleeasteye.net 
'Junk idea of Islamophobia' says adviser to Conservative racism inquiry | Wasiq Wasiq, advising lead investigator Swaran Singh, has questioned whether Muslims can be considered victims of racism because of their religion | Wed, 03/31/2021 – 12: 40 | British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Conservative Party has been mired in complaints of Islamophobia (AFP) | The Conservative Party's investigation i…
(2021-03-31). 'The Present': The future is the gift. peoplesworld.org 
(2021-03-31). "The Present": The future is the gift. peoplesworld.org