(2021-04-21). Derek Chauvin found guilty of murdering George Floyd. nationofchange.org Derek Chauvin was convicted on one count of second degree manslaughter, one count of second degree murder, and one count of third degree murder.
(2021-04-21). A just verdict, but far from justice. peoplesparty.org 
A taste of justice. Justice served on Derek Chauvin. Guilty on all three counts. Bail revoked. It was a quick verdict. Yet it is so rare that police officers are convicted — one in 2,000 over the last 15 years for killings by police. It doesn't bring George Floyd back. But, hopefully, it will give pause to some police who think they can kill with impunity. Six white jurors, six people of color, united on what they saw in those nine minutes of horrifying video. | If it wasn't for the video, made by an outraged bystander, Chauvin would not be behind bars now. But not for Breonna Taylor, not for Tamir Rice, no…
(2021-04-21). Guilty on All Counts: Derek Chauvin Verdict Triggers Relief & Determination to Keep Fighting. democracynow.org 
A jury in Minneapolis has convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin on three counts for murdering George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for nine minutes and 29 seconds last year. The jury reached its decision after 10 hours of deliberation. Derek Chauvin will be sentenced in two months. He faces up to 40 years in prison for the most serious charge, second-degree murder. He is the first white police officer in Minnesota to ever be convicted of killing a Black man. We feature reactions from people gathered outside the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, comments from George Floyd's brother and nephew, as…
(2021-04-21). Mass Protests Led to Chauvin's Conviction. Now They're Being Criminalized. truthout.org 
On Tuesday, former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin was convicted on all charges in the brutal public lynching of George Floyd. For the Floyd family, the conviction offered some solace that the courts did not allow Floyd's life to be taken with impunity. For many of us, however, it was a hollow "victory," not only because prisons don't solve our problems, but because we know police don't either. | While the trial convicted Chauvin, as an individual, it sought to exonerate the larger system of policing…
(2021-04-21). AFL-CIO hails Chauvin verdict, but police unions still an issue for organized labor. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON (PAI)—A jury's conviction of former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin on all three counts in George Floyd's killing—including one that could send Chauvin to prison for decades—delivered justice to Floyd's family, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says. But at the same time, he warned, it's not the end of the story. Reconstructing the U.S. away from …
(2021-04-21). George Floyd's legacy: Could Derek Chauvin guilty verdicts spell the end of police immunity? juancole.com 
By Kent Roach | — The police killing of George Floyd begs for effective remedies that respond both to past harms while also preventing future harm. Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty of three counts in the killing of Floyd after he kneeled on the Black man's neck for more than nine …
(2021-04-21). Is the Chauvin verdict a sign of change, or the policing system saving itself? therealnews.com 
In a criminal justice system that rarely ever holds police meaningfully accountable for their crimes, the fact that Derek Chauvin was found guilty on all counts is significant. But the foundations of that system remain intact—for now.
(2021-04-21). Unequal Justice: A Victory for Racial Justice. progressive.org But long after the Chauvin verdict, the struggle will continue.
(2021-04-21). Black Visions Collective: We Need to Abolish the Police & End Militarized Occupations of Our Cities. democracynow.org 
The police murder of George Floyd added jet fuel to a nationwide push to defund the police. We go to Minneapolis to speak with Kandace Montgomery, co-executive director of Black Visions Collective, about their response to the guilty verdict for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd and an update on the push to divest from Minneapolis police and invest in communities.
(2021-04-21). UN rights chief welcomes verdict in George Floyd murder case. news.un.org The guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin in the George Floyd murder trial has been welcomed by the UN human rights chief, who said on Wednesday that "any other result would have been a travesty of justice".
(2021-04-21). It Could Happen Here — & Has Happened Here: Community Before Cops Statement on the Chauvin Verdict. indybay.org For immediate release | Salinas, California — April 20th, 2021…
(2021-04-21). WAAR on Chauvin verdicts: 'We'll accept nothing less than police abolition'. workers.org 
April 20 protest, New York CityWW PHOTO: Nathaniel Chase The following statement was issued on April 20 by the Workers Assembly Against Racism, based in New York City. One killer cop in jail does nothing to address the violence and trauma that materially fills the experience of Black, Brown, and . . . |
(2021-04-21). Ocasio-Cortez: "Verdicts Are Not Substitutes for Policy Change" truthout.org 
After a jury on Monday afternoon found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin "For a lot of us that have been in this fight for justice, in this…
(2021-04-21). We Need to Abolish the Police and End Militarized Occupations of Our Cities. truthout.org 
The police murder of George Floyd added jet fuel to a nationwide push to defund the police. We go to Minneapolis to speak with Kandace Montgomery, co-executive director of Black Visions Collective, about their response to the guilty verdict for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd and an update on the push to divest from Minneapolis police and invest in communities. | TRANSCRIPT: | This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. | AM…
(2021-04-21). Following the Chauvin verdict/Stay in the streets! Abolish the police! workers.org 
Workers World Party expresses its solidarity with the family of George Floyd, along with the Minneapolis community and anti-racist activists everywhere, who understandably applaud the three guilty verdicts against the racist, white, killer cop, Derek Chauvin, who wantonly lynched Floyd May 25, 2020. Chauvin was found guilty today, April 20, . . . |
(2021-04-21). Following the Chauvin verdict: Stay in the streets! Abolish the police! workers.org Workers World Party expresses its solidarity with the family of George Floyd, along with the Minneapolis community and anti-racist activists everywhere, who understandably applaud the three guilty verdicts against the racist, white, killer cop, Derek Chauvin, who wantonly lynched Floyd May 25, 2020. Chauvin was found guilty today, April 20, . . . |
(2021-04-21). Chauvin guilty, but police killed 64 more people during his trial. peoplesworld.org 
MINNEAPOLIS—With the first white cop in Minnesota going to prison for killing a Black man, there is joy and relief in the city of Minneapolis. Nowhere is this moment felt more deeply than in the Black community. A diverse jury of Hennepin County residents returned a guilty verdict on all three counts against Derek Chauvin …
(2021-04-21). After a year of protests, Derek Chauvin found guilty for the murder of George Floyd. peoplesdispatch.org Since the murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, millions of people took to the streets across the US and globally to demand justice for Floyd and for all victims of racist police violence…
(2021-04-21). What Chauvin's Conviction Means for Black Communities. counterpunch.org 
Finding George Floyd's murderer guilty on all three charges was a significant victory for us at the very moment when we, Black people, need to see some justice. At the same time, the specific justice in this particular case doesn't address the profound systemic change required in our judicial, political, and economic systems. We must
(2021-04-21). Guilty! People's Uprising Wins Justice For George Floyd. popularresistance.org One thing is unambiguously clear: Derek Chauvin being found guilty is the result of a historic popular uprising. Chauvin's brutal murder of George Floyd ignited a massive resistance from Minneapolis' Third Precinct into the smallest towns and biggest cities in the United States. | The Party for Socialism and Liberation was proud to participate in this historic movement that brought millions into the streets, many for the first time. New leaders emerged and are now in the struggle for the long haul. | "Justice for George!" was screamed in Trafalgar Square and painted on walls in Port-au-Prince. One Senator was ala…
(2021-04-21). Relief at Derek Chauvin conviction a sign of long history of police brutality. nationofchange.org "You were told, for example, that Mr. Floyd died because his heart was too big […] [but] the truth of the matter is—that the reason George Floyd is dead is because Mr Chauvin's heart was too small."
(2021-04-21). Guilty! People's uprising wins justice for George Floyd. liberationnews.org 
One thing is unambiguously clear: Derek Chauvin being found guilty is the result of a historic popular uprising. Chauvin's brutal murder of George Floyd ignited a massive resistance from Minneapolis' Third Precinct into the smallest towns and biggest cities in the United States. The Party for Socialism and Liberation was proud to participate in this …
(2021-04-21). Headlines for April 21, 2021. democracynow.org Jury Finds Derek Chauvin Guilty on All Counts for Murdering George Floyd, Police Shoot Dead 16-Year-Old Ma'Khia Bryant in Columbus, Ohio, Judge Denies Dismissal of Prison Sentence for Officer Who Shot and Killed Walter Scott in 2015, India Faces COVID "Storm"; AMLO Gets COVID Vaccine; U.S. Warns Against Travel to 80% of Globe, Johnson & Johnson Resumes European Rollout After Regulator Says Benefits Outweigh Blood Clot Risk, AOC and Sen. Markey Reintroduce Green New Deal as Biden Sets Ambitious Emissions Target, Idriss Déby's Son Named Interim Leader Following Chadian President's Death, Journalists in Over 100 Cou…
(2021-04-21). Historian Khalil Gibran Muhammad: Policing in U.S. Was Built on Racism & Should Be Put on Trial. democracynow.org 
A Minnesota jury's conviction of former police officer Derek Chauvin on three counts for murdering George Floyd does not go far enough in dismantling police brutality and state-sanctioned violence, says historian and author Khalil Gibran Muhammad. "We know that while the prosecution was performing in such a way to make the case that Derek Chauvin was a rogue actor, the truth is that policing should have been on trial in that case," Muhammad says. "We don't have a mechanism in our current system of laws in the way that we treat individual offenses to have that accountability and justice delivered." Muhammad also l…
(2021-04-21). Ex-Cop Guilty on All Counts of Murder of George Floyd. indybay.org We finally saw the power of a mass movement with a middle class jury, including 2 jurors with family connections to the police, convicting Minneapolis now ex-cop white Derek Chauvin of the murder of black George Floyd while handcuffed and face down, with Chauvin sitting on Floyd's neck with his knee for over 9 minutes, supposedly for the use of an alleged $20 counterfeit bill. The struggle continues.
(2021-04-21). Police shoot and kill a Black teenage girl in Ohio as George Floyd verdict announced. thecanary.co 
Police shot and killed a Black teenage girl on Tuesday afternoon in Columbus, Ohio, just as the verdict was being announced in the trial over the killing of George Floyd. | Officers claimed they were responding to an attempted stabbing call when police shot the girl at about 4.45pm local time. Police said the 911 caller reported a female was trying to stab them before hanging up. The girl was taken to hospital, where she was pronounced dead. | In Columbus Ohio, police killed this beautiful young girl today. This is an illustration of why convictions and reform just aren't enough for our communities. | Ma'Khia Bry…
(2021-04-21). Uncomfortable Truths, Justice, and George Floyd. strategic-culture.org We ignore uncomfortable truths. The melding of the horrors of slavery with civil rights era lynchings with the killing of George Floyd, all wrapped in the means-what-you-want-it-to-mean of systemic racism, flirts with incitement to violence. It won't fix anything but falling MSM circulation rates, but that's sort of the point.
(2021-04-21). Comply Or Die: The Only Truly Compliant Person In A Police State Is A Dead One — OpEd. eurasiareview.com Americans aren't dying at the hands of police because of racism. | For that matter, George Floyd didn't die
(2021-04-21). Iran, Pakistan agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) — Islamic Republic of Iran and Pakistan agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation and regional coordination on Afghanistan, Palestine, multilateralism and fighting anti-Muslim bigotry.
(2021-04-21). Afghanistan's Green Future? ips-dc.org Everyone has a different Doomsday scenario for Afghanistan once U.S. and NATO troops withdraw by September 11. | The Taliban will take over and reimpose their repressive social agenda. Al-Qaeda will multiply rapidly and again become a global threat. Rival warlords will split apart the country. Another wave of Afghan refugees will overwhelm Europe. | And then there's the scenario in which China basically takes over the country, or at least the most sought-after parts of the country: the resources that lie beneath Afghan soil. | "Afghanistan is one of the richest mining regions in the world, holding untapped minera…
(2021-04-21). 34 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan: MoD statement. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) —Afghanistan Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday that 34 Taliban fighters were killed and 10 others were wounded in clashes with government forces in the past 24 hours.
(2021-04-21). Bounties? What Bounties? strategic-culture.org When truth is marginalized, the fringe is the only place where it's to be found. | So it looks like Russia didn't pay the Taliban to kill U.S. soldiers after all. | Last summer, the New York Times announced in a front-page
(2021-04-21). US Resumption Of Foreign Aid To The Palestinians — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Jim Zanotti and Rhoda Margesson* | On April 7, 2021, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the Biden Administration's plan to resume various forms of aid to the Palestinians that had been discontinued under the Trump Administration. Separately in March, the Biden Administration allocated $15 million in International Disaster Assistance for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) response needs and emergency food assistance in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. | Secretary Blinken's statement and other documents indicate that the Administration plans to provide: | $75 million in bilateral Economic Support Fund…
(2021-04-21). Systemic Racism won't End with One Trial, But Biden-Harris can enlist Government in addressing Economic Inequality at its Root. juancole.com 
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — African-Americans face aggressive policing in part because, on average, they lack resources. Household wealth allows a family to donate to political campaigns, to ensure a good education for their children, and to join influential civic clubs and organizations. The Center for American Progress reports that in 2019, before the distortions …
(2021-04-21). Mixed Sight: New Zealand, the Five Eyes and China. southfront.org 
U.S. Air Force photo by SrA Michael Mathews | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark. | The Five Eyes arrangement between the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand has always resembled a segregated, clandestine club. Focused on the sharing of intelligence between countries of supposedly like mind, it has shown that even its own citizens cannot be guaranteed protection from the zeal of surveillance. | In recent years, the club has become a font of other intentions, nudging beyond the group's original remit.
(2021-04-21). Debt As Colonialism. popularresistance.org Debt, according to standard economic assumptions, emerges from a purely private exchange. Independent rational agents willingly enter into a contract in a free market. That market, in turn, sets a fair price for the debt. Freedom and fairness: these are the assumptions that underpin the common narrative about debt and indebtedness. | This essay sets out to explode these assumptions. Contrary to the common narrative, the massive dollar-denominated debts in the Global South did not arise from private exchange in a regulatory vacuum. Rather, they are the product of an international financial system carefully designe…
(2021-04-21). Venezuela Secures Deal with UN's World Food Programme to Supply Food to 1.5 Million Children. venezuelanalysis.com The deal was welcomed by a wide array of political actors, including opposition leader Juan Guaidó and US officials.
(2021-04-21). Relief at Derek Chauvin conviction a sign of long history of police brutality. nationofchange.org "You were told, for example, that Mr. Floyd died because his heart was too big […] [but] the truth of the matter is—that the reason George Floyd is dead is because Mr Chauvin's heart was too small."
(2021-04-21). The Director of National Intelligence's Hypocritical Annual Threat Assessment. scheerpost.com DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando] By Maj. Danny Sjursen / AntiWar Make no mistake: much policy indecency is permitted and enabled by vacuously vague bureaucratic reports peddling in platitudes. For further evidence bolstering this increasingly open-and-shut case, see Exhibit number 3,472, or so: last week's release of the Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community — the latest… |
(2021-04-21). Earth Abuse and the Next Pandemic. counterpunch.org 
Humanity's transgression of ecological limits has caused widespread damage, including a climate emergency, catastrophic loss of biodiversity, and extensive degradation of soils around the world. Earth abuse is also at the root of the Covid-19 pandemic and the grim likelihood that new pathogens will continue to emerge from other animal species to infect humans.
(2021-04-21). Clinical Trial Confirms Breakthrough Treatment for COVID-19. globalresearch.ca Patients with a self-administered nasal spray application found to have reduced …
(2021-04-21). Brazil may reach 1 million COVID-19 casualties by October 2021. peoplesdispatch.org 
Brazil could reach the figure of one million deaths from COVID-19 by October 2021 if there continues to be high levels of mobility in the national territory, emergence of new variants, and slow vaccination process, according to a study conducted by Russian social scientist Alexei Kouprianov*. | Currently, there are some 14 million infected in the country, which represents 40% of the cases in the region. More than 378,000 have already died from the disease. The
(2021-04-21). Rebuilding Black-Owned Businesses after COVID-19. ips-dc.org With over half of American adults now at least partially vaccinated, many of us are beginning to imagine a future beyond the pandemic. But for the many small businesses that didn't survive, there's no "after." | Black-owned businesses have been especially hard-hit. That's because even after three pandemic relief packages, there's an elephant in the room that every resource, policy, and program is failing to address: the preexisting conditions of Black entrepreneurs. | Despite strong entrepreneurial traditions in Black America, the pre-COVID state of Black business — and indeed of Black economics generally […
(2021-04-21). Texas withholds federal aid from public schools. wsws.org The Texas state government is refusing to disburse $17.9 billion of $19 billion in federal money intended for public education under the recently-passed COVID-19 stimulus bill.
(2021-04-21). The Saudi Lobby Moves From K Street to Main Street. counterpunch.org Princess Reema bint Bandar Al-Saud, Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S., was on the hot seat. In early March 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic swept the world, oil prices collapsed and a price war broke out between Saudi Arabia and Russia, leaving American oil and gas companies feeling the pain. As oil prices plummeted, Republican
(2021-04-21). Herpes Infection Possibly Linked to COVID Vaccine, Study Says + More. globalresearch.ca Herpes Infection Possibly Linked to COVID-19 Vaccine, Study Says |
(2021-04-21). Pregnant Women Should Not Get a COVID Vaccine. globalresearch.ca By injecting pregnant women with novel COVID-19 mRNA gene technologies, the …
(2021-04-21). Systemic Racism Continues To Plague Pandemic Response. popularresistance.org On March 29, Eric, the most prominent lay leader at my church in Cambridge, Massachusetts, perished from COVID-19. He was one of 685 people across the United States and one of 15 in Massachusetts to die from the disease that day. On April 6, Eric's mother Elmo also died from the coronavirus, one of 907 in the US and one of 12 in Massachusetts. | Both were likely casualties of a nation and state that betrayed them more than once during the pandemic: First by failing to quell the virus last year; secondly by allowing people like them to fall behind in getting vaccines; and thirdly by relaxing coronavirus restrictio…
(2021-04-21). U.S. COVID-19 cases rise as more states ease restrictions. ecns.cn Despite the country's vaccine rollout, a significant number of U.S. cities and states remain hotspots where the coronavirus continues to spread at higher rates than before, according to the Guardian.
(2021-04-21). Russia's daily COVID-19 infections drop to lowest since late September. ecns.cn Russia logged 8,164 coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the lowest daily increase since Sept. 28, bringing the nationwide count to 4,718,854, the country's monitoring and response center said Tuesday.
(2021-04-21). Cambodian PM greatly values China's role in global fight against COVID-19. ecns.cn Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen on Tuesday said he greatly valued China's leading role in helping other countries to prevent and combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2021-04-21). 32 Taiwan compatriots vaccinated against COVID-19 in Fuzhou. ecns.cn The first batch of 32 Taiwan compatriots living in Fuzhou, south China's Fujian Province on Monday received COVID-19 vaccinations free of charge via "Tailutong," a cross-Straits app for Taiwan compatriots working or living in the mainland.
(2021-04-21). System Fail # 8: The Ghosts of Democracy. dissidentvoice.org Discussion about sexual assault (including against minors), torture; scenes of police brutality, murder. In this episode, Dee Dos takes a look at recent developments in the social war in Greece, including the COVID-19 lockdown, the #MeToo movement and the hunger strike waged by 17th of November member Dimitris Koufontinas. We also include an interview with …
(2021-04-21). ILO kicks off Green Week to 'jump-start' a sustainable future. news.un.org As the world grapples with the devastating economic and social consequences of the COVID-19 crisis, the UN's labour agency launched ILO Green Week to explore what a green future of work could look like, and how we can get there.
(2021-04-21). Ocean benefits increasingly undermined by human activity, UN assessment reveals. news.un.org Greater understanding of the ocean is essential if the world is to recover better from the COVID-19 pandemic and achieve agreed targets on sustainable development and climate action, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Wednesday in launching a major study on what he called "the life support system of our planet."
(2021-04-21). Apparently just by talking about it, I'm super-spreading long Covid. zcomm.org How I became a human plague — and stumbled into one of the most astonishing scientific stories I've ever encountered…
(2021-04-21). COVID-19 daily death toll in Iran at 388. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) — The number of daily deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran stood at 388 with the total death toll surpassed 67,910 on Wed.
(2021-04-21). 20,000 people to receive COVIran Barakat vaccine next week. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 21 (MNA) — The main researcher working on producing anti-Covid-19 vaccine dubbed COVIran Barakat said Wednesday that as many as 20,000 will start receiving the Iranian-made vaccine starting from next week.
(2021-04-21). Fresh strikes by DVLA staff in coronavirus-safety dispute. thecanary.co Workers at the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) are to stage fresh strikes in a dispute over coronavirus (Covid-19) related safety. | Walkout: | Members of the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) at the site in Swansea, South Wales, will walk out for four days from 4 May following industrial action earlier this month, | The union is calling for a reduction in the number of staff who need to go into the office to work after concerns were raised following a number of coronavirus cases last year. It said extensive negotiations have been held to try to resolve the dispute but claimed managers…
(2021-04-21). NHS medics urge prime minister to tackle 'chronic undersupply' in staffing. thecanary.co 
Medics have written a letter to Boris Johnson urging him to massively increase investment in NHS staffing. | Invest now: | Groups and unions representing NHS workers have said increased demand for services due to coronavirus (Covid-19) has led to a "chronic undersupply" in staffing and there are nearly 90,000 vacant posts. | The letter has been signed by the NHS Confederation, NHS Providers, the British Medical Association (BMA), the Royal College of Nursing, the Academy of Royal Medical Colleges, and Unison, and states that "billions of extra funding" is needed. | The NHS has reported high levels of stre…
(2021-04-21). Biden's Big Spending Plans Won't Revive The Economy — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Frank Shostak* | On March 11, 2021, US president Biden introduced his $1.9 trillion covid-19 stimulus plan. The president also announced a plan of more than $2 trillion to rebuild US infrastructure, which includes repairing roads and bridges, as well as expanding access to long-term care services under Medicaid, building schools, and expanding internet access across the US. | It is commonly accepted that during difficult economic times the government should run large budget deficits in order to keep the economy going. This is because when overall demand in the economy weakens, the government should step in…
(2021-04-21). Could Malaysia's Fake News Ordinance Stifle Public Debate? — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Mohd Azizuddin Mohd Sani* | On 12 January 2021, Malaysia's king, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, announced a nationwide state of emergency that will last until 1 August 2021. That same day, the Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced the imposition of stricter movement controls in states most badly affected by COVID-19. The Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance 2021 was gazetted on 14 January 2021. | On 12 March, the Emergency (Essential Powers) (No. 2) Ordinance 2021 followed, taking action against the spread of fake news across video, written and audio platforms. The ordinance raises concerns abou…
(2021-04-21). Simple Oral Hygiene Could Help Reduce COVID-19 Severity. eurasiareview.com COVID-19 could pass into people's lungs from saliva with the virus moving directly from mouth to bloodstream – particularly if individuals are suffering from gum disease, according to new research. | Evidence shows that blood vessels of the lungs, rather than airways, are affected initially in COVID-19 lung disease with high concentrations of the virus in saliva and periodontitis associated with increased risk of death. | The researchers propose that dental plaque accumulation and periodontal inflammation further intensify the likelihood of the SARS-CoV-2 virus reaching the lungs and causing more severe cases…
(2021-04-21). Fratelli Tutti And The Great Reset — OpEd. eurasiareview.com Pope Francis on 3 Oct 2020 released at a ceremony at the tomb of St. Francis in Assisi his latest encyclical letter, Fratelli Tutti. | Less than four months previously, Klaus Schwab and his co-author Thierry Malleret launched Covid-19: The Great Reset at Davos, under the auspices of the World Economic Forum (WEF). | In some ways their authors might appear to share a common worldview. Schwab ¥s 2020 Manifesto, The Universal Purpose of a Company, is studded with phrases borrowed from the social doctrine of the church. Regarding Covid, The Great Reset writes that the storm will accelerate disturbing trends t…
(2021-04-21). Russia Threatens Ukraine? Biden Has Transformed Russia's Border with Ukraine into A Dangerous Hot Spot. globalresearch.ca Throughout its 30 year history, the Russian Federation never attacked or …
(2021-04-21). The Supreme Court is also to blame for Daunte Wright's death. mronline.org 
When veteran Minnesota police officer Kimberly Potter, who is white, stopped Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man, for an expired registration tag, she committed an act of racial profiling. | April 21, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-21). Greta Thunberg's Quest to 'Listen to the Science'. progressive.org This stirring series about the Swedish campaigner against global warming is guaranteed to raise your temperature.
(2021-04-21). Towards a Marxist theatre. mronline.org 
With the onset of the pandemic, the second Black Lives Matter movement, and the economic crisis, theatre as an art form and an industry is in a period of crisis and rebuilding. | April 21, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-21). US Has No Moral Standing to Criticize Russia or China. counterpunch.org 
President Joe Biden and his Secretary of State Antony Blinken are worried about Russian Putin critic and presidential aspirant, currently in a Russian prison after conviction on charges of skipping bail and leaving the country and other charges, being abused and at risk of dying in jail. That threat may or may not be real,
(2021-04-21). Xinjiang Native Speaks Out: "Western Media Jeopardizing Uyghurs Interests" orinocotribune.com Dan Cohen speaks with Gordon Gao, an ethnic minority and native of Xinjiang native on the realities of life in Xinjiang, Western media coverage and US-China tensions. | WASHINGTON — Dan Cohen speaks with Gordon Gao, Director of Strategic Research at Tsinghua University Endowment Fund in Beijing and a native of Urumqi in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). Gao discusses growing up as a Mongolian ethnic minority in XUAR, and how the propaganda war against China hurts Uyghur interests, but will ultimately backfire on the United States. Gao and Coden also discuss the U.S.-China artificial intelligence…
(2021-04-21). Putin, Navalny, and the left: The coming political crisis in Russia. zcomm.org Interview on the tectonic shifts taking place in Russian politics—and what Western media gets wrong about Russia…
(2021-04-21). Sunday 4/25: San Francisco Caravan: Say NO to the U.S. Blockade of Cuba! indybay.org gather at 11: 30am at 1875 Marin Street, San Francisco…
(2021-04-21). Borders of Racial Capitalism: Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste. counterpunch.org Isn't This a Time! Pardon beginning with jargon. Under racial capitalist social and power relations, stated policy intentions are inverted relative to social outcomes, and pandemic inequality reigns with a deadly life of its own. This is the rotten fruit of a poisoned neoliberal model of the relationship between the state and finance. We should
(2021-04-21). Xi calls for strengthening global governance at BFA annual conference. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday called on all countries in Asia and beyond to answer the "call of our times," defeat the pandemic through solidarity, strengthen global governance, and keep pursuing a community with a shared future for mankind.
(2021-04-21). World experts say China offers inspiration for global sustainable development. ecns.cn China can offer other countries inspirations and opportunities for cooperation in building a sustainable post-pandemic world, officials from international organizations, scholars and business leaders have said.
(2021-04-21). RCEP heralds confidence in economic globalization: experts. ecns.cn The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership agreement, inked at a time when the world is mired in headwinds of pandemic and anti-globalization sentiments, heralds new confidence in economic globalization, experts said at a sub-forum of the high-profile Boao Forum for Asia annual conference.
(2021-04-21). The Tokyo Olympics Are in Trouble. thenation.com The Tokyo Olympics Are in Trouble…
(2021-04-21). Saturday 5/1: May Day Rally: From global pandemic to global class struggle. indybay.org Annual Online May Day Rally…
(2021-04-21). China's Record First Quarter Fuels Strong Expansion In 2021 — Analysis. eurasiareview.com China's first quarter record performance will accelerate momentum in China and support recovery in the US and global economic prospects — as long as unwarranted geopolitical tensions remain in check. | A year ago, China's first quarter plunge was -6.8 percent, due to the pandemic effect. In the West, it was widely seen as the "end of China's growth story." | Instead, in early February 2020 I predicted
(2021-04-21). Cuban unions build socialism. workers.org 
Member, Communication Workers Local 14156 What are the differences between unions in capitalist countries and socialist countries? What is labor's role in a socialist country? I first became a supporter of socialist Cuba as a labor activist in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I learned about Cuba's unions in . . . |
(2021-04-21). Spirit of May Day: Fight Back!/Smash police violence & white supremacy. workers.org 
BULLETIN: Chauvin found guilty. Convict all killer cops! Abolish the police! More on workers.org May Day, International Workers Day, was born in the U.S. out of the struggle for the eight-hour day in 1886. Workers, many of them socialists and anarchists who migrated from other countries, risked their lives. . . . |
(2021-04-21). Spirit of May Day: Fight Back! Smash police violence & white supremacy. workers.org BULLETIN: Chauvin found guilty. Convict all killer cops! Abolish the police! More on workers.org May Day, International Workers Day, was born in the U.S. out of the struggle for the eight-hour day in 1886. Workers, many of them socialists and anarchists who migrated from other countries, risked their lives. . . . |
(2021-04-21). Spirit of May Day: Fight Back!Smash police violence and white supremacy. workers.org BULLETIN: Chauvin found guilty. Convict all killer cops! Abolish the police! More on workers.org May Day, International Workers Day, was born in the U.S. out of the struggle for the eight-hour day in 1886. Workers, many of them socialists and anarchists who migrated from other countries, risked their lives. . . . |
(2021-04-21). Venezuela's Attorney General Requests Extradition of Leopoldo López from Spain. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's Public Ministry initiated a formal request to the kingdom of Spain to return Leopoldo López to Venezuela through an extradition process. This statement was made before the 5th Execution Court of the Metropolitan Area of Caracas, which sent the file to the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice, according to its accounts. | The extradition request is related to López's alleged participation in Operation Gideón, a project aimed at overthrowing the government of President Nicolás Maduro, a judicial source said. This plan was launched on May 3, 2020, but…
(2021-04-21). UN launches $29 million appeal to help St. Vincent and Grenadines as volcanic eruptions continue. peoplesdispatch.org 
The funding raised through the UN global funding appeal will be used to provide immediate lifesaving humanitarian assistance to around 20,000 displaced people, and support sustainable recovery in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines after the devastation caused by the eruptions of the La Soufrière volcano…
(2021-04-21). UK Plot to Steal Venezuelan Gold Revealed. orinocotribune.com A conspiracy that took place in 2019 involving the former Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, and UK Minister of State for the Americas, Alan Duncan, with the intention of retaining the gold belonging to Venezuela held in the Bank of England (BofE), has been uncovered. | The information was disclosed by Bloomberg journalist Javier Blas, who recounted how, in a telephone conversation with Carney, Duncan presented him with legal arguments for denying that President Nicolás Maduro was the rightful president of Venezuela, and thus seizing the $2 billion worth of Venezuelan gold reserves in the Bank of Engla…
(2021-04-21). Dystopian Vision for Agrifood Must Not Succeed. counterpunch.org We are currently seeing an acceleration of the corporate consolidation of the entire global agrifood chain. The high-tech/data conglomerates, including Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook and Google, have joined traditional agribusiness giants, such as Corteva, Bayer, Cargill and Syngenta, in a quest to impose a certain type of agriculture and food production on the world. The Bill and
(2021-04-21). Gates Unhinged: Dystopian Vision for Agrifood Must Not Succeed. dissidentvoice.org We are currently seeing an acceleration of the corporate consolidation of the entire global agrifood chain. The high-tech/data conglomerates, including Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook and Google, have joined traditional agribusiness giants, such as Corteva, Bayer, Cargill and Syngenta, in a quest to impose a certain type of agriculture and food production on the world. The Bill …
(2021-04-21). 'The fire has started!' in Alabama — Amazon, mine workers. workers.org 
April 18 — Miners at Warrior Met Coal in Brookwood, Ala., struck April 1 and are still picketing as of this writing. On April 9 they voted 1,006 to 45 to reject a contract that would have restored only $1.50 of a $6-an-hour pay cut workers took in 2016 — . . . |
(2021-04-21). Building Workplace Power In The Communities. popularresistance.org As organized labor grapples with the consequences of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union's landslide defeat at the Amazon mega-warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, one potential direction for the labor movement lies in the types of power- and base-building activities of Black worker centers. | That African American workers need to amass the power to better their conditions is beyond dispute. The American working class is in serious trouble, and Black workers most particularly. The median net wealth of Black families is just $24,100 (lower than any other racial group in America today), while that of white…
(2021-04-21). Staten Island Amazon Workers Begin Union Drive. zcomm.org "[The PRO Act] won't solve all the issues, but at least it allows us to organize without union-busting."
(2021-04-21). Biden isn't Ending the Afghanistan War, he's Privatizing it: Special Forces, Pentagon Contractors, Intelligence Operatives will Remain. orinocotribune.com 
By Jeremy Kuzmarov — Apr 16, 2021 | Over 18,000 Pentagon contractors remain in Afghanistan, while official troops number 2,500. Joe Biden will withdraw this smaller group of soldiers while leaving behind US Special Forces, mercenaries, and intelligence operatives — privatizing and downscaling the war, but not ending it. | On April 14, President Joe Biden announced that he would end the U.S.'s longest war and withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan on the 20th anniversary of the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks. | Over 6,000 NATO troops will also be withdrawn by that time. | "War in Afghanistan was…
(2021-04-21). Big Pharma Conglomerate with a Criminal Record: Pfizer "Takes Over" the EU Vaccine Market. 1.8 Billion Doses. globalresearch.ca "Hundreds of millions of people have taken an injection that allows a …
(2021-04-21). An "Accumulation fo Anger" in Putin's Russia: an Interview With Boris Kagarlitsky. counterpunch.org 
The actual loss of jobs was not that catastrophic in the long run, because quite a few migrant workers had to be thrown out of Russia. So, while the total loss of jobs was impressive, the actual loss of jobs for Russian citizens was not that catastrophic; a lot of that price had to be paid by people in Central Asia, by the immigrant and migrant workers who lost their jobs. Actually (this is very interesting), it ended up creating a kind of division between those who wanted to remain as immigrants and would do whatever they could to stay over, and those who made the personal decision to leave Russia and had to fig…
(2021-04-21). Speaking out against police repression in MN. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On April 15, the Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar (TCC4J) hosted a press conference to denounce police violence against protesters. Sam Martinez of Twin Cities 4 Justice for Jamar emceed the rally. | The opening speech featured TCC4J member DJ Hooker, standing alongside Victor Ramirez of MN Immigrant Rights Action Committee, whose face was covered in bruises due to broken facial bones from a police projectile. | Speakers noted that police and city authority action are restricting First Amendment rights, the freedom of speech and to protest, including: | — Posting official signage ask…
(2021-04-21). Manifest Destiny? U.S. Immigration 'Crisis' a Bipartisan Toxic Legacy. strategic-culture.org Migration is here to stay regardless of fences or chicken coops used for vetting migrants as labor, and the corruption of gangsterism will continue to normalize itself with the U.S. corporatist state. | Since Joe Biden took over the White House nearly three months ago, a recurring controversy dogging his administration is the plight of migrants crossing the southern border from Mexico. In the following interview, Randy Martin gives his take on the subject as a seasoned observer and campaigner based near the border. He says much of the political heat on the subject recently is being generated by the bitterly divis…
(2021-04-21). When it comes to corruption, Britain is catching up with the Middle East. zcomm.org Corruption is turbocharged when companies become convinced that they cannot successfully do business with the government without having facilitators at the decision-making level inside it…
(2021-04-21). Ramadan Brings No Relief for Yemen as Saudis Block Chairties and Turks Unleash Foreign Mercanaries. mintpressnews.com 
Just as it transferred mercenaries from Syria to the conflict zones in Libya and Azerbaijan, Turkey — the financial and spiritual capital of the Muslim Brotherhood — is now doing the same in Yemen's oil-rich Marib.
(2021-04-21). Tampa workers protest anti-union bills moving through Florida legislature. liberationnews.org 
On Friday, April 16, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) took to the streets of Tampa to demonstrate against SB 1014 and HB 835, two anti-union bills filed in the Senate and the House of Representatives, respectively.
(2021-04-21). In Defense of the Revolution: Cuba's Historic Victory over Imperialism at Playa Girón. dissidentvoice.org 
"For progressives and anti-imperialists all over the world, the mention of the Bay of Pigs—known in the Spanish-speaking world as Playa Girón—evokes joy and celebration," wrote Carmelo Ruiz. "The United States, an empire accustomed to imposing itself even in the farthest corners of the world, could not prevail and enforce its will on an island …
(2021-04-21). Arab-Americans in Chicago seek congressional support for Egyptian human rights. peoplesworld.org 
CHICAGO — Arab Americans here, like those across the country, have connections to 22 countries that are part of the Arab world. The U.S. witnessed the first large wave of Arab immigration between 1920 and 1924. Over time, Arabs established communities in all 50 states, became more integrated into society, and their existence in the …
(2021-04-21). The Doomsday Glacier Lives up to its Billing. dissidentvoice.org 
Earth.com The 21st century serves as an inflection point of acceleration of climate instability caused by human-generated greenhouse gases, as CO2 emissions increase well beyond the rate of the prior century. It's also a defining timeline of an astonishing ice mass loss rate of 500% more than the last decade of the previous century. Throughout …
(2021-04-21). Tax Stock Returns: If Biden Really Wants to Close Corporate Income Tax Loopholes. counterpunch.org 
President Biden has indicated that he wants to raise much of the money to cover the cost of his infrastructure program by raising the corporate income tax. The amount of money raised through the corporate income tax plummeted following the Trump tax cut in 2017. In non-recession years it had been averaging close to 2.0
(2021-04-21). A Brief Constitutional Argument for Police Abolition. realprogressives.org 
The very existence of police is a violation of the most literal interpretation of the Second through Fifth Amendments. In addition, police serve to violate the First through Eighth Amendments systematically and consistently in function. | ______________________________ | FIRST AMENDMENT | Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. | SECOND AMENDMENT | A well-regulated Militia, being ne…
(2021-04-21). Vietnam at The Movies, 2020-21. counterpunch.org 
So, what do you think is going on? My friend was asking about the spate of new films about the war in Vietnam and the opposition to it. Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods story of four veterans who return to Vietnam to dig for treasure and the body of their "fifth," both left buried there,
(2021-04-21). HB1: Jim Crow 2.0 — an interview with Jamil Davis. workers.org 
House Bill 1, a bill criminalizing protest in the state of Florida beyond measures that already exist, passed its final Senate committee April 15. It was signed into law April 19 by fascistic Gov. Ron DeSantis, who proposed the bill in September 2020 as a response to the Black Lives . . . |
(2021-04-21). Pentagon adds Africa to Global battleground with China and Russia. mronline.org 
General Stephen Townsend, commander of U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), and General Kenneth McKenzie, commander of U.S. Central Command, are scheduled to testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on April 22. | April 21, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-21). Caracas-Moscow: Conviasa's New Non-Stop Commercial Passenger Flight. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuela's National Institute of Civil Aeronautics (INAC) reported this Monday, April 18, through a statement, that during this week of radical quarantine defined by the National Executive, commercial air routes to various international destinations continue, including the Russian Federation as a new destination. The Russian embassy reported this first on March 25, when it announced the resumption of the direct route between Caracas and Moscow with a frequency of two flights per week. | The long-range route was approved by the Putin government and will be serviced by the Venezuelan state-owned airline, Conviasa.
(2021-04-21). San Antonio activists take on phony cop 'unions'. workers.org 
San Antonio — Black Lives Matter activists in San Antonio came out April 16 and 17 to demand an end to police killings of Black and Brown people, nationally and locally. The first demonstration, sponsored by the San Antonio Coalition for Police Accountability, Fix SAPD and others, was focused on . . . |
(2021-04-21). PDVSA's Monómeros in Colombia may be Overproducing Urea for Pablo Escobar's 'Partners'. orinocotribune.com 
Venezuelan opposition deputy José Brito, president of the Special Committee appointed to investigate the events perpetrated by previous National Assembly board during the 2016-2020 term, determined that advanced investigations indicate that the Venezuelan company Monómeros, belonging to stated-owned Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), is used for the benefit of Colombian drug trafficking. | Monómeros, based in Colombia, and CITGO, based in the US, are among the assets seized by the United States government in collusion with former Venezuelan deputy Juan Guaidó in their failed 2019 attempt to oust the legitimate gover…
(2021-04-21). Washington is Spoiling for a new Cold War with China, but this Ambition needs a Reality Check. juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com ) — Like his immediate predecessor, Joe Biden is committed to a distinctly anti-China global strategy and has sworn that China will not "become the leading country in the world, the wealthiest country in the world, and the most powerful country in the world… on my watch." In the topsy-turvy universe created by …
(2021-04-21). Communist Party of Cuba concludes 8th Party Congress with new elected leadership. peoplesdispatch.org 
During the four day congress, delegates discussed the key challenges facing the island-nation and who will be in charge of taking the country forward.
(2021-04-21). Kalashnikov: the amateur inventor who shot to global fame. dissidentvoice.org 
AK-47: Kalashnikov (2020) is a biographical film about Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (1919—2013), the inventor and designer of the AK-47 automatic rifle. This Russian film, released in February of last year, follows the young Kalashnikov as he is bombarded by Germans during WWII and is interspersed with flashbacks of his childhood. Disturbed by the failure of …
(2021-04-21). Mumia Abu-Jamal's life in jeopardy — demand his release now! workers.org 
Led by Pam Africa (left) demonstrators take to the streets to demand immediate release for Mumia Abu-Jamal, Philadelphia, March 12. Credit: Joe Piette Philadelphia Family and supporters of Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal became alarmed when they did not get his routine daily calls after April 10. On April 14 . . . |
(2021-04-21). U.K. Conservative Party government report: 'Institutional racism' doesn't exist. peoplesworld.org 
LONDON—United Nations experts slammed the recent race report commissioned by Boris Johnson's Conservative Party government in the U.K., warning that it attempts to "normalize white supremacy." The U.N. Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent said it "categorically rejects and condemns" the findings of Johnson's Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities (CRED). CRED's …
(2021-04-21). Selective Service Repeal Act introduced in Congress. peoplesworld.org 
The Selective Service Repeal Act of 2021 (H.R. 2509 and S. 1139) was introduced in Congress on April 14 with bipartisan support in both the House and the Senate. If passed, it would end draft registration and abolish the Selective Service System altogether. "No young person, regardless of gender, should be subject to a military …
(2021-04-21). Selected Articles: The Lockdown Paradigm Is Collapsing. globalresearch.ca 
By These warrior cops may get paid by the citizenry, but they don't work…
(2021-04-21). Personal Dispute Sparked Heavy Clashes Between Government Forces, SDF In Syria's Al-Qamishli (Videos). southfront.org 
Screen grab from a video released by the Hawar News Agency (ANHA). | Late on April 20, heavy clashes broke out between the pro-government Syrian National Defense Forces (NDF) and Asayish, the security wing of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in the northeastern Syrian city of al-Qamishli. | Asayish claimed that NDF forces attacked one of its checkpoints near the Tayy district in the city. An officer known as Ahmad Hajji was killed and four others were injured in the incident. Asayish responded by launching a lar…
(2021-04-21). First Of Many To Come: US Supply Convoy Attacked In Northeastern Syria (Photos). southfront.org 
Illustrative image | On April 20, a convoy moving supplies and vehicles for the US-led coalition in northeastern Syria came under attack. | The convoy, which was escorted by units from the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), was targeted with an improvised explosive device (IED) in the town of al-Sabhah in southeastern Deir Ezzor. The supply convoy was on its way to the Omar oil fields, where US forces maintain a large presence. | As a result of the attack, a pickup of the SDF was damaged. Furthermore, two civilians,…
(2021-04-21). Military Situation In Donetsk People's Republic On April 21, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | UAF shelled DPR positions in Leninskoe with 120-mm artillery | UAF targeted the Trudovskaya mine with 82-mm artillery | UAF targeted Leninskoe with grenade launchers | UAF shelled Zheleznaya Balka with a BMP-1 | The 128th Mountain Assault Brigade from the Transcarpathian region was deployed to the south of the DPR, near Mariupol. The unit replaced the 36th Marine Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which went to the point of permanent deployment. | DPR force…
(2021-04-21). Military Situation In Iraq On April 21, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On April 20, ISIS attacked PMU positions in north of Khanaqin area | On April 21, a soldier was killed and 3 others were wounded in an explosion targeting an army patrol in Jalawla district | On April 20, ISIS claimed responsibility for an attack on two Iraqi army posts in the village of Al-Hitawiyin in the Al-Azim region | On April 20, the PMU carried out a security operation south of Samarra | On April 20, Kurdistan Security Service reportedly captured 22 terrorists…
(2021-04-21). US Handed Over 55 Armored Vehicles, Trucks To Lebanese Military (Photos). southfront.org 
Official logo of the Lebanese Armed Force, source: lebarmy.gov.lb | On April 21, the US embassy in Lebanon announced the delivery of dozens of armored vehicles and trucks to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). | In a statement posted on Twitter, the embassy said that the shipment, which arrived in Beirut Port on April 15, is meant to "protect" Lebanon's border."On April 15, a US-flagged ship docked at the Port of Beirut to deliver 55 armored vehicles worth $13 million, which will enable LAF units to better defend and pro…
(2021-04-21). Russia's Yasen-M Nuclear Submarine To Be Able To Salvo Launch Cruise Missiles. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Russia's Project 885M (Yasen-M) nuclear-powered submarines will be able to salvo-launch Kalibr-PL and Oniks cruise missiles, TASS In November 2020, "the Kazan made a salvo during state trials, which confirmed the possibility of such launches," the source said…
(2021-04-21). Syrian Army Uncovered Loads Of Weapons, Ammunition In Eastern Homs (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. | Syrian authorities have uncovered loads of weapons and ammunition in the eastern countryside of Homs, the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on April 21. | The weapons and ammunition were uncovered by the Syrian military and security forces in the course of combing and search operations in the region. | The weapons included: | 264 assault rifles; | 3 mortar cannons; | 221 mortar shells along with 450 fuze; | 110 ammunition boxes of different cali…
(2021-04-21). Syrian Presidential Elections: Assad Files To Run For Third Term Despite Criticism. southfront.org 
Syrian President Bashar Assad. FILE IMAGE: Michael Klimentiev/TASS | On April 21, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad submitted documents to run for a third term in an election scheduled for May 26. | The news was announced by Hammouda Sabbagh, the Speaker of Syrian People's Assembly. Under Syria's electoral laws, al-Assad, like all other candidates, needs the support of at least 35 members of the People's Assembly to officially enter the presidential race. | President al-Assad was the sixth to file for the upcoming presidential…
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Illustrative image | Take your chance! Join SouthFront Team | SouthFront: Analysis&Intelligence unites volunteers and specialists from all over the world and you can be the next to join our ranks. | We are looking for English language voiceover artists of any age, gender or nationality. If you have a wide experience or you wish to improve your skills join our team. | SouthFront is committed to the freedom of speech and the principles of independence, valuableness of different but confident points of views. Our…
(2021-04-21). ISIS Terrorists Stormed Major Military Base In Nigeria's Borno (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On April 18, ISIS terrorists launched a large-scale attack on a major base of the Nigerian Armed Forces (NAF) in the northeastern state of Borno. | The terrorists stormed the base, which is located in the town of Dikwa, following clashes with the NAF. Nigerian service members withdrew from the base leaving behind their equipment and weapons. | According to the Amaq news agency, ISIS fighters burned the camp as well as a pickup truck, an artillery piece and four armored vehic…
(2021-04-21). U.S. Falling Behind China And Russia In Terms Of Nuclear Arsenal: STRATCOM. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Chinese nuclear capability is improving at an incredible pace, and could soon be useable in actual conflict, Adm. Charles Richard, the commander of U.S. Strategic Command warned. | He told the Senate Armed Services Committee that he had just ordered all briefs on Beijing's nuclear weapons contain no intelligence information vetted more than one month earlier "because it's probably out of date" that quickly. | Richard testified that China is capable of accurately deployi…
(2021-04-21). Large Explosion At Sensitive Israeli Defense Factory. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On April 21st, a large explosion took place in a defense factory in Israel. | The explosion seems to have occurred during a routine test at the advanced weapons factory which houses various types of missiles. | Officials may have underestimated the collateral damage of the test, which led to the explosion. | The factory is located in central Israel, and in proximity to residential areas. Civilians documented the mushroom cloud. | Senior defense officials are now investigating what went wro…
(2021-04-21). Military Situation In Syria On April 21, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On April 21, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 39 times: 23 — in Idlib province, 12 — in Latakia province, 4 — in Hama province | On April 20, a SAA armored military vehicle was targeted by an IED blast in the north of Daraa. No casualties were reported | On April 20, an IED blast targeted trucks carrying logistical aid for the US Coalition passing from the al-Omar field road | On April 21, clashes betwe…
(2021-04-21). Saudi Crown Prince Supported Israeli "Scheme" For Jordan Coup: Report. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman allegedly backed an Israeli "scheme" to overthrow Jordanian King Abdullah II in exchange for the guardianship of al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied Old City of Jerusalem. | Lebanon's Al Akhbar newspaper, quoting a Jordanian security official, said that the coup attempt against King Abdullah II was a "scheme" involving Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and the United States. | According to the unnamed official, Israel planned the…
(2021-04-21). Black Visions Collective: We Need to Abolish the Police & End Militarized Occupations of Our Cites. counterpunch.org 
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(2021-04-21). The Heat: Boao Forum for Asia. america.cgtn.com 
Chinese President Xi Jinping talks geopolitics, cooperation and trade at the return of the Boao Forum for Asia conference.
(2021-04-21). 'No good cops in a racist system'. workers.org 
By Anneliese Bienko Buffalo, N.Y. Buffalo's first anti-police demonstration of the year was held April 16. The action, called by Workers World Party, drew activists from across the left to demand police abolition and stand in solidarity with Minneapolis in the wake of Daunte Wright's murder. Speakers addressed the police . . . |
(2021-04-21). 'Shackling of aged inmate, Mumia Abu-Jamal, is deplorable'. workers.org 
The following statement was released April 20 from the United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commission concerning the practice by the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections of shackling of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal during his recent and current periods of hospitalizations. Read the statement at tinyurl.com/c7smdu24. GENEVA (April 20, . . . |
(2021-04-21). Statement supporting the Syrian people. workers.org 
The following introduction and statement was issued by the United National Antiwar Coalition April 14: Pro-Western Syrian exiles have initiated a statement supported by a number of "progressive" individuals and organizations. The statement is titled,"Erasing people through disinformation: Syria and the 'anti-imperialism' of fools." In this statement, which supports the . . . |
(2021-04-21). Government Mi-35 Combat Helicopter Shot Down Over Tigray Region (Video). southfront.org 
Screen grab from the Tigray Intercept video. | On April 20, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) announced that it had shot down a combat helicopter of the Ethiopian Air Force (ETAF) in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray. | The helicopter crashed in the vicinity of the town of Abiy Addi in the center of Tigray, where a fierce battle between the TPLF and government forces has been ongoing for more than five months now. | The Tigray Intercept released a video showing the wreckage of the downed helicopter, which was…
(2021-04-21). Sanders, Jayapal Introduce Bill to Make College Free for Nearly 80% of Americans. truthout.org 
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Washington) introduced a bill on Wednesday that would make college and university tuition-free for most people living in the United States. | The legislation would allow for families that earn less than $125,000 in yearly household income
(2021-04-21). Are Republicans Breaking Up With Big Business? Don't Hold Your Breath. truthout.org 
Mitch McConnell doesn't seem to be adjusting well to the new limits of his power, following his ouster from the majority leader seat last November. A once nigh-omnipotent power broker, McConnell has now found his influence diminished to the point that he's yelling strange things at stranger targets. He spent a chunk of last week unspooling some doozies directed at corporate America, which has long been a close ally of the Republican Party. | The trouble began in Georgia, a state whose GOP officials we…
(2021-04-21). Book review: "The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh" workers.org 
For a fiction reader, a non-fiction book can be a bit of a slog. But this book, still unfinished when the author died in 1950 and first published in 1956, was so fascinating. Recommended to me by one of Workers World Party's leading comrades, "The Life and Times of Chu . . . |
(2021-04-21). UK's Society of the Spectacle: Mourning Prince Philip. counterpunch.org 
The BBC received more than 110,000 complaints relating to its coverage of Philip's death, with the fact that it had two channels showing exactly the same programmes for hours on end probably constituting a big chunk of the complaints. A BBC spokesperson, resorting to boilerplate, said lamely: "We are proud of our coverage and the role we play during moments of national significance".
(2021-04-21). Biden's Announcement That Trump Got Military Spending Just Right Is Dead Wrong. zcomm.org With friends like the Pentagon, the environment has no need of enemies, real or imagined…
(2021-04-21). European Drug Regulator Slaps Safety Warning on J&J Jab Due to Blood-Clot Links. globalresearch.ca While Europe grapples with its own vaccine safety scandal, the EMA, …
(2021-04-21). Plastic: What We Eat and Breathe. progressive.org Companies should be responsible for the pollution they generate.
(2021-04-21). The Washington Post's phony campaign on Uyghur "genocide" wsws.org With astonishing speed, the US media has swung into action churning out a growing deluge of propaganda with lurid horror stories of life in the detention camps in Xinjiang, calls for the US to boycott the Winter Olympics in Beijing, and demands for tougher measures against China.
(2021-04-21). Vietnam Veterans Descended On The Capitol 50 Years Ago This Week. popularresistance.org On Sunday, CBS News' "60 Minutes" profiled the Oath Keepers, a white-supremacist veterans' group founded when President Barack Obama assumed office. The program traced the group's history from its 2009 formation to its armed support of Cliven Bundy in 2014 to its open plotting of sedition in December 2020. Then CBS showed some cell-phone footage of the 40 members of the group on Jan. 6, 2021, as they breached the U.S. Capitol in perfect military formation. | That insurrection's aftereffects are still being felt, with 400 participants having been arrested by the Justice Department. Now, as indictments loom, at lea…
(2021-04-21). Texas: March held for victims of police terror. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On April 18, about 90 people rallied at Dallas city hall to protest recent police killings such as the murder of Daunte Wright and Adam Toledo. The rally was called by the Dallas Alliance Against Racism and Political Repression. Speeches were first held with DAARPR co-chair Jennifer Miller giving a passionate speech about her fears as a Black mother of an autistic child, "What happens when my son stops being a cute black boy and becomes a Black male threat. My son is Tamir Rice, my son is Trayvon Martin, and so many more." | Next Kawana Scott of DAARPR spoke next, comparing the police murdering Daun…
(2021-04-21). The Lockdown Paradigm Is Collapsing. globalresearch.ca It's taken much longer than it should have but at last …
(2021-04-21). Despite Climate Commitments, Health Concerns, States Approve Fuel Tanks. popularresistance.org Magali Sanchez-Hall, usually in motion, pauses for a moment on the sidewalk to gaze through a chain-link fence at the massive new construction project: tanks shaped like giant tuna fish cans that will store crude oil. | The Los Angeles refinery has been her troublesome neighbor for a quarter of a century, but she finds this latest turn particularly perplexing. | "Right now, we are supposed to be moving to clean energy," she says. | Sanchez-Hall, 50, raised her children here before getting a master's degree in public policy. When Tesoro, now Marathon Petroleum Corp., first proposed the new tanks in 2016, she oppos…
(2021-04-21). You Reap What You Sow: Weeds Are Destroying Crops Globally — But the Real Problem Is Big Agriculture. globalresearch.ca That we live on a hugely degraded, biologically impoverished planet, in …
(2021-04-21). U.S. Strategic Command chief calls for nuclear upgrade aimed at China and Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Strategic Command chief calls for nuclear upgrade aimed at China and RussiaRick Rozoff On April 20 Admiral Charles Richard, commander of U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee alongside his colleague General James Dickinson, commander of U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM), in both open and closed hearings. Richard described his command, …
(2021-04-21). PPE may save human lives, but it's deadly for wildlife. nationofchange.org Welcome to the world's new pollution problem.
(2021-04-21). Protests in Italy's Susa valley over fresh construction bids for Turin-Lyon motor link. peoplesdispatch.org Protesters opposing a high speed rail project in the Susa valley in Italy faced violent action at San Didero in Piedmont on Tuesday, April 13. In recent times, the No TAV (No to the High Speed Train) movement has gained fresh momentum against new bids for construction at the A32 Turin-Bardonecchia motorway. The police action came while protesters resisted work on a new motor park linked to the A32 motorway. The police used water cannons and tear gas to disperse the protesters, injuring several people. For decades, residents in the region — which lies near the Italian-French border — have been resisting…
(2021-04-21). Ukraine Crises Trace Back to Ongoing NATO Enlargement. globalresearch.ca Due to its location on the map between Russia and the …
(2021-04-21). Striking Volvo truck workers in Virginia demand restoration of UAW-backed concessions. wsws.org Since the last strike in 2008, the United Auto Workers has imposed wage and benefit givebacks on workers that have cut Volvo Truck's labor costs by an estimated 25 percent.
(2021-04-21). March and Protest Demanding Justice for Chicano youth David Sullivan. fightbacknews.org Buena Park, CA – A march and protest took place in Buena Park, Orange County, April 17, to demand justice for David Sullivan, a 19-year old Chicano who was shot and killed August 19, 2019 in the city of Fullerton, by Buena Park Police Department. The protest's demands included the firing and prosecution of Buena Park police officers Jennifer Tran and Bobby Colon. Sullivan was shot and killed in broad daylight, posed no threat, and was unarmed. | The protest was led by Sullivan's mother DeAnna, sibling Sam, and eldest brother Joshua Sullivan. Present in solidarity were Centro CSO, Justice X, Say Their Na…
(2021-04-21). Spanish unions collaborate with corporations to cut tens of thousands of jobs. wsws.org Working hand in hand with the trade unions, multinationals operating in Spain are planning to destroy tens of thousands of jobs in coming months.
(2021-04-21). Tightening the Noose Around Syria. orinocotribune.com By Yanis Iqbal — Apr 19, 2021 | The US — with the help of Israel — has been repeatedly Arnous rev…
(2021-04-21). Yemen's Defense Ministry: Liberation of Ma'rib Closer Than Ever. orinocotribune.com Yemen's Defense Ministry says the Yemeni armed forces and allied Popular Committees fighters are set to encircle Ma'rib from the western and southern fronts in preparation for entering the strategic city. | Lebanon's al-Mayadeen television network on Monday cited the Sana'a-based ministry as saying that the armed forces are tightening their grip on al-Balaq al-Qebali mountain range, which overlooks the Ma'rib Dam to the north and Tala al-Hamra in Sarwah district to the west of Ma'rib. | The Yemeni forces have taken control of Homma al-Hajily district and moved the battle to al-Touma al-Olia and al-Touma al-Sofla,…
(2021-04-21). How Adam Became A Real Progressive. realprogressives.org A long time ago, a game was released for the PlayStation console. The game had a demo released through Pizza Hut, a short taste of this spy thriller, Metal Gear Solid. You play as Solid Snake, and your mission is to sneak through a base and stop a terrorist group from launching a nuclear missile. Upon playing the full version, instead of a full action thriller (although the game has plenty of this) you are instead treated to a thematic experience of pacifism, the folly of nuclear proliferation, genetics and eugenics, government corruption, and more. For a game where you kill plenty of people, these pacifist th…
(2021-04-21). USA: Shackling of Aged Inmate, Mumia Abu-Jamal, is Deplorable — UN Experts. orinocotribune.com GENEVA (20 April 2021) — UN human rights experts* expressed serious concerns about the treatment and welfare of Mumia Abu-Jamal, an African-American man who has been in jail for 40 years in Pennsylvania, and is reportedly shackled to his hospital bed. Mr. Abu-Jamal had already been shackled to his bed during a four-day hospitalization in late February while being treated for heart failure. | Mr. Abu-Jamal has been denied visits from his family and access to his lawyers and spiritual advisor after being admitted to an undisclosed hospital around 10 April, where he will reportedly undergo surgery. "This ongoi…
(2021-04-21). March and Protest Demanding Justice for Chicano youth David Sullivan. fightbacknews.org Buena Park, CA – A march and protest took place in Buena Park, Orange County, April 17, to demand justice for David Sullivan, a 19-year old Chicano who was shot and killed August 19, 2019 in the city of Fullerton, by Buena Park Police Department. The protest's demands included the firing and prosecution of Buena Park police officers Jennifer Tran and Bobby Colon. Sullivan was shot and killed in broad daylight, posed no threat, and was unarmed. | The protest was led by Sullivan's mother DeAnna, sibling Sam, and eldest brother Joshua Sullivan. Present in solidarity were Centro CSO, Justice X, Say Their Na…
(2021-04-21). U.S. Costs to Date for the War in Afghanistan, 2001-2021. globalresearch.ca Estimated Congressional Appropriations and Spending in Current Billions of U.S. Dollars, …
(2021-04-21). Dictatorship of the Proletariat is the Only way to Stop Imperialism's Brutal Fist. orinocotribune.com By Rainer Shea — Apr 18, 2021 | Imperialism is ferocious. For as long as imperialism exists, and its supporting bourgeois and fascist tendencies haven't been eliminated from history, its agents will constantly look for ways to undo progress towards liberation from its grasp. This means that while fighting against imperialism and the power structures which keep it in place, we can't afford to play our cards wrong. Not while the imperialist powers and the bourgeoisie still control most of the world's geopolitical influence, state apparatuses, and productive forces. And the dictatorship of the proletariat&sbquo…
(2021-04-21). Five Injured In Rocket Attack On US Airbase In Iraq. popularresistance.org Five people — two foreign contractors and three Iraqi soldiers — were injured on Sunday, April 18 in a rocket attack on an air base near Baghdad, Al Jazeera reported. A total of five rockets hit the Balad air base, north of Baghdad, with two of them landing on a dormitory and one hitting a canteen belonging to US company Sallyport, according to security sources in the area. There were no reports of any deaths. The rocket attack was the latest in a series of attacks targeting US bases and other installations in Iraq as opposition to the US military presence in the country continues to grow. | Responsib…
(2021-04-21). Water Protector Steve Martinez Released From Grand Jury Detention. popularresistance.org Bismarck, ND — On March 3, Steve Martinez was jailed at the Burleigh County Detention Center after refusing to testify before a secret federal grand jury investigating 2016 protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. | Martinez is now finally free as of April 12, according to a statement posed to social media by the 'Support Steve Martinez' campaign. | Martinez has served over 60 in days in federal detention. He was previously been jailed for most of February 2021 for refusing to testify, but was briefly released after a judge found the magistrate who ordered him detained did not have the authority to do s…
(2021-04-21). Haudenosaunee Chiefs Declare Development Moratorium. popularresistance.org Traditional Six Nations chiefs have declared a formal moratorium on development within the Haldimand Tract, a broad swath of land spanning 10 kms from either side of the Grand River as it winds its way from Dundalk, Ont. down to Lake Erie. | Standing outside the Longhouse, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council said construction can't proceed without the people's consent — doubling down on their support for the land reclamation in Caledonia that now enters month 10. | "The Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council endorses, supports and recognizes that development should not be proceeding on our lands,…
(2021-04-21). Privacy Rights Do Not Come With a Price Tag. aclu.org Apps you use every day on your phone collect and sell sensitive data, including your location over time. That data could wind up in government hands without you even knowing it — and it's already happening to millions of people across the country. When the government wants to obtain our private information, like our location data, the Fourth Amendment requires it to go to court and obtain a warrant, but over the past year, we've learned that the government has been buying its way around this requirement. Agencies are purchasing location data and other sensitive information from private companies without…
(2021-04-21). One small statement from CDC, one giant hope for our humanity. nationofchange.org Tragically, under the previous White House direction and interference, CDC became corrupted and overruled, and its reputation is quite tarnished.
(2021-04-21). EU Walks Back Claim of 150,000 Russian Troops Near Ukraine Border. globalresearch.ca The European Union had to correct a claim made by its …
(2021-04-21). Claudio Saunt: The Mass Expulsion of Native American Indians From the Southern US. projectcensored.org On this week's Project Censored Show: History Matters. Historian and author Claudio Saunt is featured on the program for the hour. He addresses the mass expulsion of Native American Indians…
(2021-04-21). National Organizer (Justice is Global). peoplesaction.org About People's Action Institute and Justice is Global People's Action Institute (501c3), and sister organization People's Action (501c4), are national progressive organizations supporting the mobilization and leadership of the grassroots in support of an agenda that reflects people over profits. People's Action/Institute builds the power of poor and working people, in rural, suburban, and urban …
(2021-04-21). Worldwide Chaos Just A Step Away In Eastern Ukraine. southfront.org | DEAR FRIENDS. IF YOU LIKE THIS TYPE OF CONTENT, SUPPORT SOUTHFRONT WORK: | PayPal: southfront@internet.ru | Donation alerts: donationalerts.com/r/…
(2021-04-21). "Vaccine diplomacy" fuels rising US-China tensions. wsws.org Amid rising geopolitical tensions between the US and China, vaccine diplomacy has become an auxiliary to foreign policy.
(2021-04-21). "Reimagining" Mice and Men. "Synthetic Embryos" globalresearch.ca While everyone is preoccupied with mask-shaming and vaccine-cheerleading, scientists are engaged …
(2021-04-21). Fun parent-child marathon held in Chongqing wildlife park. ecns.cn A fun parent-child marathon was held at the Wildlife World of Chongqing's Locajoy Theme Park in Chongqing on Saturday.
(2021-04-21). Chinese envoy to UN encourages more people to use Chinese language. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy on Monday encouraged more people to use the Chinese language as a means of knowing more about China and the United Nations (UN).
(2021-04-21). China's loan prime rates remain unchanged. ecns.cn China's one-year loan prime rate (LPR), a market-based benchmark lending rate, came in at 3.85 percent on Tuesday, unchanged from the previous month.
(2021-04-21). China, Mexico pledge enhanced cooperation to promote ties. ecns.cn China's top legislator Li Zhanshu on Tuesday held talks via video link with Oscar Eduardo Ramirez Aguilar, speaker of Mexico's Senate, and both sides pledged enhanced cooperation to promote bilateral relations.
(2021-04-21). Nation expects steady growth of FDI this year. ecns.cn Foreign direct investment into China is expected to grow at a stable pace this year, thanks to the country's moves to further expand its domestic market and its status as the biggest trading partner of more than 120 countries and regions, said experts and business leaders.
(2021-04-21). U.S., Japan urged to stop interfering in China's internal affairs. ecns.cn A Chinese mainland spokesperson on Tuesday urged the United States and Japan to abide by the one-China principle and stop interfering in China's internal affairs.
(2021-04-21). China takes further step to open services sector. ecns.cn The State Council, China's cabinet, has approved plans to expand the opening-up of the services sector in four regions as the country develops new systems for a higher-standard open economy.
(2021-04-21). 5G industry creates massive direct economic output. ecns.cn The 5G industry created massive direct economic output in 2020, according to a new white paper.
(2021-04-21). Illustrated book 'The Central Axis' reveals a diversified Beijing. ecns.cn The relations between the 800-year-old Central Axis of Beijing and the people living in the city can be found in an illustrated book called "The Central Axis," which reveals a diversified Beijing.
(2021-04-21). India hopes U.S. will soon end curbs on vaccine raw materials export. ecns.cn India is hopeful the U.S. will soon lift a ban on vaccine raw materials that has threatened to slow output of shots in the country, two Indian government sources told Reuters on Monday, after the foreign ministers of the two nations spoke.
(2021-04-21). Overseas Chinese CEOs attend Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference. ecns.cn A session titled "Overseas Chinese CEO and Think Tank Roundtable" is held during the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2021 in Boao, south China's Hainan Province on April 19, 2021.
(2021-04-21). UN Security Council Open Debate: Chinese FM calls for peaceful approach to international issues. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has called on the international community to uphold the United Nations Charter and not to interfere in other countries' internal affairs. He spoke on Monday via video, at a UN Security Council High-Level Open Debate.
(2021-04-21). ROK says to join IAEA monitoring team for Fukushima wastewater release. ecns.cn South Korea will make sure to participate in an international monitoring team led by the UN nuclear watchdog for Japan's planned release of nuclear polluted water from its wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant, Yonhap reported, citing the country's foreign ministry.
(2021-04-21). Hurun Report chairman: China leads in livestream shopping. ecns.cn Rupert Hoogewerf, Hurun Report chairman and chief researcher, said Tuesday on the sideline of the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2021 that China's livestream shopping is a new trend.
(2021-04-21). Climate action 'a must' to ensure sustainable living: Boao Forum chairman. ecns.cn Climate action and carbon neutral initiatives "are no longer an option but a must" for the world to ensure sustainable living as we enjoy today, Ban Ki-moon, chairman of the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA), said Tuesday.
(2021-04-21). Xi, Putin congratulate 9th meeting of China-Russia dialogue mechanism between ruling parties. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday respectively sent congratulatory letters to the ninth meeting of the dialogue mechanism between the ruling parties of China and Russia, held via video link.
(2021-04-21). Special tourist train arrives in Kashgar of Xinjiang. ecns.cn A train carrying 818 tourists arrived in Kashgar at 8 p.m. on April 19, the first special train for local tourism this year.
(2021-04-21). Mainland-Hong Kong-Macao joint ventures strike gold in Greater Bay Area. ecns.cn It takes just 3 patacas (about 38 U.S. cents) and half an hour for Macao resident and apprentice lawyer Cheung Sze-yuen to travel to work in Zhuhai, a city in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).
(2021-04-21). Comply or Die: The Only Truly Compliant Person in a Police State Is a Dead One. globalresearch.ca "
(2021-04-21). Commit to restoring the planet, UN chief says in message for International Mother Earth Day. news.un.org UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for commitment to restoring the planet, and to making peace with nature, in his message to mark International Mother Earth Day, celebrated annually on 22 April.
(2021-04-21). Climate Change and Capitalism Are Forcing Chilean Farmers to Abandon Their Land. thenation.com Climate Change and Capitalism Are Forcing Chilean Farmers to Abandon Their Land…
(2021-04-21). The Saudi Lobby Moves from K Street to Main Street. thenation.com Ben Freeman, Brian Steiner, Leila Riazi The Saudi Lobby Moves from K Street to Main Street…
(2021-04-21). Climate Change Will Force Us to Rethink Migration and Asylum. thenation.com Climate Change Will Force Us to Rethink Migration and Asylum…
(2021-04-21). Armand Hammer's Guide Through History's Underbelly. thenation.com Armand Hammer's Guide Through History's Underbelly…
(2021-04-21). Abolish the police! indybay.org We need to put money into housing initiatives, addiction and violence prevention programs, community centers and mental health infrastructures – and in parallel, dismantle the police step by step. We need to develop alternative structures for how we deal with violence as a society.
(2021-04-21). Saturday 4/24: Fix it Up! Repair Cafe. indybay.org Free webinar via zoom. Registration required.
(2021-04-21). ILWU Local #10 in SF calls for Mumia Abu-Jamal's release (April 19 letter to Gov. Wolf). indybay.org This new ILWU Local #10 (400 North Point, San Francisco) letter sent to Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf calls for the immediate release of Mumia Abu-Jamal.
(2021-04-21). Saturday 6/19: San Jose Team Hope Walk/Run To Support HDSA. indybay.org Campbell Park at the Los Gatos Creek Trail in Campbell CA…
(2021-04-21). Saturday 4/24: EV 101: An Introduction to Owning Electric Vehicles. indybay.org Virtual workshop…
(2021-04-21). Empty Apt Buildings on Bush Street; SF Could House Homeless. indybay.org While whole buildings on Bush Street, San Francisco have huge For Rent Signs, Supervisor Mandelman proposes spending $3000 a month per person to place homeless on cold, asphalt parking lots in tents, at today's Budget Committee meeting. If you need an apartment in San Francisco, there are thousands of empty apartments.
(2021-04-21). Nueva página web creada en solidaridad con el preso político yaqui Fidencio Aldama Pérez. indybay.org Estamos entusiasmados de anunciar el lanzamiento de una nueva página web bilingàºe en español e inglés para extender los esfuerzos de solidaridad con Fidencio Aldama, su familia y la comunidad de Loma de Bácum.
(2021-04-21). New Website Launched in Solidarity with Yaqui Political Prisoner Fidencio Aldama Pérez. indybay.org We are excited to announce the launch of a new bilingual Spanish/English website to expand solidarity efforts with Fidencio Aldama, his family, and the community of Loma de Bácum.
(2021-04-21). In San Rafael a Vigil–Justice for Daunte Wright. indybay.org On April 11, a 20-year-old Black man, Daunte Wright, was killed by a police officer during a traffic stop in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. He was shot at close range. Protesters say police are engaged in a racist war on Black America. At a vigil on April 16 in San Rafael, demonstrators remembered Daunte and other victims.
(2021-04-21). Friday 4/23: Compost That! indybay.org free webinar via zoom. Registration required.
(2021-04-21). United Nations: Shackling of aged inmate, Mumia Abu-Jamal, is deplorable. indybay.org "The use of shackles during his hospital stays is deplorable, and causes Mr. Abu-Jamal additional and unnecessary suffering," said the experts. "International standards on the treatment of prisoners clearly stipulate that instruments of restraint are to be imposed only when no lesser form of control would be effective to address the risks posed by unrestricted movement."