(2021-03-10). The Global Saudi Dawa Project: An Interview with Krithika Varagur. counterpunch.org In Krithika Varagur's own words: Krithika writes the At Work column, about the quirks, realities and frustrations of the workplace today. She is a reporter and author who has covered topics ranging from dating apps to counterterrorism. She spent four years as a foreign correspondent in Southeast and South Asia, reporting on religion, politics and
(2021-03-10). Asia-Pacific: UN forum highlights central role of migrants in world's most populous region. news.un.org United Nations officials on Wednesday highlighted the contributions of migrants to economies and societies in Asia and the Pacific, calling on countries to ensure all who live within their borders are fully included in national coronavirus inoculation programmes.
(2021-03-10). NATO not to assume role of US in Iraq: commander. yenisafak.com The commander of the NATO mission in Iraq said Tuesday that his organization would continue to offer training and consultancy in Iraq but would not assume the role of the US there.Speaking to Asia TV, Lieutenant-General Per Pugholm Olsen said NATO currently had a force of over 300 in Iraq, and the coming meetings would determine which institutions would receive consultancy and training.Recalling an Iraqi call to increase the number of deployed NATO elements in the country, he went on to underscore that NATO would definitely not assume the US role.Olsen also said the Iraqi government was doing its best to protect…
(2021-03-10). China summons British ambassador over 'inappropriate' article. laprensalatina.com Beijing, Mar 10 (efe-epa).- Beijing has summoned Britain's ambassador to China over an "inappropriate" article in which the diplomat defended international press coverage of the Asian country. In a statement issued on Tuesday night, the Chinese foreign ministry said that it had summoned Caroline Wilson to lodge "solemn representations" over the publication of the article …
(2021-03-10). By 2030, 60% of New Cars in China will be Electric, and by 2040 all New Cars in the World will be: USB Bank; Will Mideast Oil States Survive? juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — 60 percent of new cars sold in China in 2030 will be electric, according to Switzerland's UBS bank. And by 2040 the only new cars on the market globally will be electric, the bank predicts. So report Daniel Ren and Pearl Liu for the South China Morning Post. The forecast …
(2021-03-10). Science reached yet another milestone through Covid-19 vaccine. laprensalatina.com By Carmen Rodriguez Science Desk, Mar 10 (efe-epa).- Just 11 months after China first informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of cases of a mysterious kind of pneumonia of unknown causes on the last day of 2019, scientists reached a milestone by administering the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. Countries around the world …
(2021-03-10). Ukraine approves China's SinoVac COVID-19 vaccine. yenisafak.com Ukraine has approved the use of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's SinoVac, the Ukrainian deputy health minister announced on Wednesday.Ukraine had started its vaccination campaign in February with the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca.Last December, the country had signed a deal with SinoVac to acquire 1.9 million vaccine doses.Ukraine has so far registered more than 1.46 million virus cases, including 28,925 deaths, since the start of the pandemic.
(2021-03-10). Govt-Linked CSIS Urges DC to Partner With Social Media Firms to 'Promote Protests Movements'. strategic-culture.org Widespread protests were a feature of 2020, engulfing 68 nations. However, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a pro-regime-change think tank based in DC, is most preoccupied with those in China and Russia. | Alan MACLEOD | A
(2021-03-10). China's inflation declines 0.2 pct year-on-year in February. laprensalatina.com Beijing, Mar 10 (efe-epa).- China's consumer price index (CPI), the main indicator of inflation, declined by 0.2 percent year-on-year in February, according to official data released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Wednesday. The indicator maintained its downward trend after falling 0.3 percent in January but was below analysts' forecasts. Prices in China …
(2021-03-10). øBrotes de crisis en la relación China-PECO? globalizacion.ca El volumen comercial entre China y los 17 PECO (Países de Europa Central y Oriental) alcanzó en 2020 el valor de 103.450 millones de dólares, superando por primera vez los 100.000 millones, con un crecimiento interanual del 8,4 por ciento….
(2021-03-10). Countering the Establishment's Message. zcomm.org The idea that China or Russia pose a threat to you is so self-evidently ridiculous, so transparently absurd, that the only way to make you believe it would be to propagandize you…
(2021-03-10). On Covid and the plague of Capital. mronline.org 
Industrial agriculture, habitat destruction, global commodity chains and the travel network have set up this perfect storm of conditions, not just for COVID, but also for future pandemics.
(2021-03-10). Detroit workers rally in support of Amazon unionization efforts. liberationnews.org 
In addition to their support for the Alabama Amazon workers, the protesters called attention to unsafe working conditions inside Detroit Whole Foods, where 24 workers contracted COVID-19 in late February.
(2021-03-10). Meet the Activists Fighting to Free People from LA Jails. aclu.org 
Over the last year, the criminal legal system's many injustices dominated mainstream discourse as people took to the streets to grieve and protest the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police, and COVID-19 took a devastating toll on people in jails and prisons. These events galvanized many people into action — in the streets, at statehouses, and online — inspiring them to join activists who have challenged the criminal legal system's disproportionate and often tragic impact on communities of color.
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(2021-03-10). Prioritise pandemic relief, recovery: No time for debt buybacks. mronline.org 
Developing country governments are being wrongly advised to use their modest fiscal resources to pay down accumulated debt instead of strengthening pandemic relief and recovery. Thus, debt phobia risks deepening and extending COVID-19 recessions by prioritizing buybacks.
(2021-03-10). "Coronacare Hawai'i" continues despite private security team's harassment. liberationnews.org 
Coronacare is a mutual aid network organizing to address the unmet needs of their community, whose conditions have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Their efforts this past year have focused on delivering food and household supplies to thousands of community members, including expecting mothers, elders, immunocompromised people, and other working families across the entire …
(2021-03-10). Digital Health Pass: IBM and Moderna Hook Up to Capitalize on COVID Reset. mintpressnews.com 
Using what have already become clichéd industry buzzwords like "transparency," "trust," and even "privacy," IBM's Digital Health Pass marketing describes the mass tracking app as a "smart way to return to society" that allows people to "return to the activities and things they love."
(2021-03-10). Mumia has COVID-19, supporters demand his release. therealnews.com 
Mumia Abu-Jamal has been in prison since 1982. Already plagued by health issues, including hepatitis C, Mumia was diagnosed with COVID-19 last week, and supporters are demanding he be released.
(2021-03-10). COVID contributed to 'starvation', executions in DPR Korea, Rights Council hears. news.un.org Disturbing reports have emerged from North Korea – officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) – that people have starved or been executed because of COVID-19 restrictions, a leading rights expert said on Wednesday.
(2021-03-10). Turkey administers 2nd dose in local vaccine trial. yenisafak.com The Phase-2 trials are being conducted by the Erciyes University in the central Kayseri province.A 37-year-old volunteer Soner Akel, who was administered the second dose, said he did not feel any side effects.The head of the university, Mustafa Calis, said they want to finalize the Phase-2 trials by mid-April."The Phase-2 studies of our locally developed vaccine are ongoing. Today, we administered the second dose to our volunteers," Calis said.On Jan. 14, Turkey kicked off a mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign starting with health care workers.Since it first appeared in December 2019, the virus has claimed more th…
(2021-03-10). Saudi Arabia agrees to hike Malaysia's Hajj quota. yenisafak.com Malaysia announced Wednesday that Saudi Arabia met its request to increase its Hajj quota, local media reported.Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said Muslim-majority nation's quota for the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Saudi Arabia was increased by 10,000 pilgrims this year, according to state news agency Bernama.Speaking to reporters at the end of a four-day official visit to the kingdom, Muhyiddin said he made the request during a meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at the Al-Yamamah Palace on Tuesday."When the Hajj situation returns to normalcy after the COVID-19 pandemic, we will get the additional q…
(2021-03-10). Israel's Netanyahu set to visit UAE on Thursday. middleeasteye.net 
Israel's Netanyahu set to visit UAE on Thursday | Trip marks first visit by Israeli prime minister since signing of a normalisation deal with the United Arab Emirates in September | Wed, 03/10/2021 – 14: 42 | Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a visit to a health centre in the Arab-Israeli village of Abu Ghosh near Jerusalem, as an Israeli citizen receives the Covid-19 vaccine (AFP) | Israeli Prime Minister Benj…
(2021-03-10). Mumia has COVID-19 — the only treatment is his freedom! workers.org 
Word has come that Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal has tested positive for COVID-19. Supporters learned of the diagnosis March 3, as they were gathered in front of the office of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner to call for Abu-Jamal's release and that of all incarcerated people over 50, who . . . |
(2021-03-10). Nazi Healthcare Revived Across the Five Eyes: Killing Useless Eaters and Biden's COVID Relief Bill. strategic-culture.org 
The individual most responsible for reviving Obamacare and the associated "Independent Payment Advisory Board" of cost-effectiveness "experts" under Joe Biden is the same figure who crafted the original Affordable Care Act in 2009. | "The ill-conceived `love of thy neighbor' has to disappear, especially in relation to inferior or asocial creatures. It is the supreme duty of a national state to grant life and livelihood only to the healthy and hereditarily sound portion of the people in order to secure the maintenance of a hereditarily sound and racially pure folk for all eternity…" | — Dr. Arthur Guett, Na…
(2021-03-10). COVID-19 Vaccines, Access and the Intellectual Property Wars. counterpunch.org 
By now, anybody speaking about vaccine equality and equity of access must surely be coming across as slightly deranged. In the field of COVID-19, traditional proprietorial instincts remain. Add to this the disparity in terms of manufacture, bureaucracy and the nasty flavour of politics, and we would all be entitled to long draughts of cynicism.
(2021-03-10). Iran issues emergency use permit for Sinopharm vaccine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) — Spokesman of Iran's Food and Drug Administration Kianoush Jahanpour announced that Iran has granted emergency use authorization Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm.
(2021-03-10). Headlines for March 10, 2021. democracynow.org House Votes on $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill Before Sending It to Biden's Desk, WTO Considers IP Waivers for COVID Vaccines; Deaths in Brazil Spike; West Bank ICUs Are Full, At Least 39 African Refugees Drown Off Coast of Tunisia, 5 Sentenced to Life for 2016 Assassination of Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov in Turkey, Second Official from Suu Kyi's Party Dies in Burma as Security Forces Continue Deadly Crackdown, WHO Report: One in Four Women and Girls Experience Domestic Violence, Arkansas Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban, Antitrust Advocates Praise Pick of Lina Khan and Tim Wu for Top Government Jobs, ICE Official…
(2021-03-10). 'Borat' star Sacha Baron Cohen gets called out as satire-blind comedian after demanding Facebook censor Bill Gates-vaccine joke. rt.com 
Sacha Baron Cohen, an actor known for satirical comedy, apparently couldn't spot the satire in an image portraying Bill Gates as a sinister vaccine conspirator and blasted Facebook for failing to censor the joke. | "Mark Zuckerberg, how do you sleep at night?" the "Borat" creator asked Tuesday on Twitter. "This is on Facebook's Instagram right now. Your algorithms are still recommending lies about Covid and vaccines. How many people have to die before you act?" | Mark Zuckerberg, how do you sleep at night? | This is on Facebook's Instagram right now. | Your algorithms are STILL recommending lies about Covid an…
(2021-03-10). Selected Articles: The Collapse of Trust in Public Health. globalresearch.ca 
By Corporate news sources are reporting that Austria has suspended their roll-out of the experiment…
(2021-03-10). In Rejection of Austerity, Democrats Push Forward Landmark $1.9 Trillion Relief Package. democracynow.org 
As President Joe Biden prepares to sign the sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID relief package into law, we speak with economist Stephanie Kelton, author of "The Deficit Myth," about how the bill could help cut child poverty in half and provide a historic economic boost to the poorest people in the United States. "This is a piece of legislation that recognizes the immense pain that exists all across this country, and it delivers help," says Kelton, a professor at Stony Brook University and former adviser to Bernie Sanders.
(2021-03-10). US Increases Violence in Syria in Response to Attack in Iraq. globalresearch.ca In Washington, military plans for the Middle East are unclear. Biden's …
(2021-03-10). European Union backs Int'l Criminal Court Probe of War Crimes in Veiled rebuke of Israel, US. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor) — The European Union has backed the International Criminal Court (ICC) over its decision to open a formal investigation into war crimes committed in occupied Palestine in comments that appear to rebuke Israel and its key ally the US. Both have condemned The Hague for ruling that it has jurisdiction over …
(2021-03-10). Can Biden-Harris make a Counter-Revolution against Reaganism and Restore Dignity to Work? juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com ) — A year ago, just a few weeks before San Francisco locked itself down for the pandemic, I fell deeply in love with a 50-year-old. The object of my desire was a wooden floor loom in the window of my local thrift shop. Friends knowledgeable on such matters examined photos I took …
(2021-03-10). En sádico manual de sanciones, enviado de Biden para Irán se jacta de privar de alimentos a los civiles, aumentando la desigualdad. thegrayzone.com Richard Nephew ha asumido el mérito de haber privado a los iraníes de alimentos y de elevar la tasa de desempleo, celebrando la destrucción económica que provocó como un "éxito tremendo". Bajo el gobierno de Biden, ayudará a dirigir la política para Irán. Por Max Blumenthal Traducido por Diego Sequera (You can read this article in English here) La administración de Joseph Biden nombró a Richard Nephew como enviado adjunto para Irán. Como coordinador adjunto principal para la política de …
(2021-03-10). Yahya Sinwar re-elected as Hamas chief in Gaza. middleeasteye.net 
Yahya Sinwar re-elected as Hamas chief in Gaza | Sinwar beat four other challengers to lead Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip | Wed, 03/10/2021 – 16: 00 | Yahya Sinwar (right) has run the Gaza Strip since 2017 (AFP) | Yahya Sinwar was re-elected as the leader of Hamas's political wing in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, fending off a challenge from one of the groups' founders, the movement said in a statement. | "Y…
(2021-03-10). Stimulus and struggle: Congress short-changes the working class. liberationnews.org 
The amended version of the Biden administration's stimulus plan was passed by the House of Representatives today, the last step before it goes to the president's desk to be signed into law. It took over two months to approve the bill which, by any measure, does not meet the scale of the grave economic and …
(2021-03-10). Recurring political crisis in Haiti connects with U.S. racism. mronline.org 
Haiti faces serious political crisis. The country has experienced great political difficulties ever since gaining independent nationhood in 1804. Impaired governance stems in large measure from U.S. meddling over many years. We examine the current crisis and the basis for U.S. zeal to curtail Haiti's future.
(2021-03-10). One year after her death — Remembering Breonna Taylor. workers.org 
At first, few people knew of the heinous crime carried out by three white Louisville, Ky., police officers responsible for the murder of a 26-year-old African American emergency medical technician, Breonna Taylor, on March 13, 2020. Breonna Taylor was honored with a 7,000-square-foot mural in Annapolis, Md. Taylor was shot . . . |
(2021-03-10). One year after her death — Remembering Breonna Taylor. workers.org At first, few people knew of the heinous crime carried out by three white Louisville, Ky., police officers responsible for the murder of a 26-year-old African American emergency medical technician, Breonna Taylor, on March 13, 2020. Breonna Taylor was honored with a 7,000-square-foot mural in Annapolis, Md. Taylor . . . |
(2021-03-10). Biden Acts with Impunity. dissidentvoice.org Recall the broad context. In March 2003, in the worst crime of the 21st century, a war-based-on-lies led by President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, the U.S. invaded and destroyed the modern country of Iraq, generating mass flight and civil war. Half a million people were killed and the suffering continues. Too …
(2021-03-10). A revolutionary driven by love for the people, Zack Patterson (1987-2021). liberationnews.org 
Zachary "Zack" A. Patterson, age 33, a three time war veteran, member of the Birmingham Branch of the Party for Socialism and Liberation, and our newest representative of the local Education Committee, died on Feb. 9, 2021. His life was taken as a result of the mental traumas inflicted on him by the U.S. imperialist …
(2021-03-10). Remembrances of a warehouse order picker. workers.org 
Think 1956. That's 65 years ago — the year this writer dropped out of college and took a full-time job in a warehouse to get a more important education: learning what it was to be a worker. Warehouse pickers. In these intervening years, millionaires have gone on to . . . |
(2021-03-10). In the News: The Role of Slave Labor in American Capitalism Before and After the Civil War. liberationnews.org 
This interview is an episode of The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, a podcast providing news and views about the world for those who want to change it. You can follow the show on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell, Esther Iverem and Walter Smolarek discuss the …
(2021-03-10). Wolves Will be Wolves, So Let's Manage the Humans. counterpunch.org 
Let's start with some facts: 1) The majority of New Mexicans want to see Mexican wolves recovered. 2) Public lands livestock are a leading source of conflict for the wolf recovery program. 3) Livestock on public lands displace native wildlife through competition for food and driving them out of preferred habitats. 4) Public lands livestock
(2021-03-10). 100 days of revolt, & still raring to go. mronline.org 
As the farmers' protest against farm laws enters the summer season, they brave high temperatures and the paucity of basic necessities…
(2021-03-10). Sahir at 100: Raising Socio-Political Awareness Through Poetry. counterpunch.org 
Sahir was a brilliant poet who devoted his poetry to raise awareness of the common folks to the reality of the prevailing social and political issues. His poignant and often heart wrenching words also echoed the intense love and loss of humans in relationships. His great and undying love for his mother created in him
(2021-03-10). The Environment Versus How Many Jobs? counterpunch.org 
The Washington Post had an article on concerns among unions about job loss due to various measures from the Biden administration to promote clean energy. The article noted concerns that Biden's agenda may lead to the loss of good-paying jobs in the fossil fuel sector. It would have been helpful to point out how many
(2021-03-10). Intensive fishing and the birth of capitalism, Part 2. mronline.org 
While treasure fleets carried silver to Spain, far more ships were carrying men, fish and whale oil across the North Atlantic.
(2021-03-10). The Future of Gerrymandering in Virginia. counterpunch.org 
Indexes, such as the Democracy Index published by The Economist's Intelligence Unit, have to be taken with a grain of salt— one suspects that neoliberal western countries get a somewhat easier ride from The Economist. In any event, the Democracy Index is fraught with anomalies. In the 2020 Index, the US is ranked 25thout of
(2021-03-10). Could depletion of fertile soil trigger a bigger U.S. food crisis? workers.org 
U.S. farmland in the Midwest has lost over one-third of the soil necessary to sustain crop production, according to scientists at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The study concluded that fertile soil has been destroyed — not as a result of natural wind and water erosion, but by a century of . . . |