Martha Grevatt (2021-03-22). Calling out white supremacy: Labor responds to Atlanta massacre. workers.org 
The racist, misogynistic massacre of eight massage parlor workers — six Asian, all women — immediately prompted strong statements from organized labor. Majority union crowd at Harlem rally, March 20. WW PHOTO: Toni Arenstein "Hate is hate. White supremacy is white supremacy," the California Labor Federation tweeted. "Calling it anything . . . |
Colin Todhunter (2021-03-22). Walmart, Amazon and the Colonial Deindustrialisation of India. dissidentvoice.org In June 2018, the Joint Action Committee against Foreign Retail and E-commerce (JACAFRE) issued a statement on Walmart's acquisition of Flipkart. It argued that it undermines India's economic and digital sovereignty and the livelihood of millions in India. The deal would lead to Walmart and Amazon dominating India's e-retail sector. These two US companies would …
claudia (2021-03-22). In Solidarity with Kshama Sawant. dsausa.org In Seattle a vicious campaign against working-class communities and politics is underway in the form of a campaign to recall Kshama Sawant. Sawant, the three-time elected city councilwoman, is a socialist, trade unionist, and community activist who has dared to run as an open independent socialist and take on Big Business. Sawant long championed the…
Jordan Schachtel (2021-03-22). "The Chicken Little" Act Isn't Working — COVID Mania Is Wearing Off. Resistance is Unfolding. globalresearch.ca The "public health experts" are scrambling to remain in the spotlight, …
Sonali Kolhatkar (2021-03-22). Biden's New Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is Unprecedented…More for Her Climate Warrior Politics Than Her Identity. counterpunch.org 
In her farewell address to the House of Representatives, New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland said to her colleagues about her new role as interior secretary, "I have the opportunity to make a real difference for communities everywhere by addressing climate change, protecting voting rights, [and] fighting for racial, environmental, and economic justice." It was a
M. K. Bhadrakumar (2021-03-22). Ten years on, Syria is almost destroyed. Who's to blame? mronline.org 
In George Orwell's novel Animal Farm, the ruling pigs led by Napoleon constantly rewrote history in order to justify and reinforce their own continuing power. The rewriting by the western powers of the history of the ongoing conflict in Syria leaps out of Orwell. | Newswire…
Louis Proyect (2021-03-22). Shattered Lands: A Short History of the Syrian Conflict. counterpunch.org 
When the Arab Spring came to the Middle East ten years ago, most on the left welcomed the protests, except in Libya and Syria largely out of geopolitical concerns. If the world was made up of opposing camps, you had to support Washington's enemies even if their secret police were torturers and their governments little
Editor (2021-03-22). [rewind] Janet Yang on the Power and Pain of Being Asian American During the Coronavirus Crisis. scheerpost.com In this week's installment of "Scheer Intelligence," host Robert Scheer speaks with Janet Yang, the legendary film producer of "The Joy Luck Club" and "The People vs. Larry Flynt," among many other films, about the appalling onslaught of racism people of Asian descent are currently facing. Yang, who was born in the U.S. and has experienced discrimination since her childhood, notes the difference between what she faced her whole life and the terrifying shape racism is taking today amid the unprecedented crisis.
Countercurrents (2021-03-22). The Welcome Thaw in India-Pakistan Relations Is Backed by Pakistan's Army Too. asia-pacificresearch.com …
WSWS (2021-03-22). Protests across the US against anti-Asian violence. wsws.org Protests and vigils took place across the US over the weekend expressing the widespread public opposition to the alarming escalation of anti-Asian violence and racialist hatred over the past year.
Adeyinka Makinde (2021-03-22). Tony Blair and the Iraq War of 2003: Should He Stand Trial for the Crime of Waging a "War of Aggression"? globalresearch.ca March 20th 2003 was the start of the Iraq War, a …
Middle East Eye (2021-03-22). New US Defense Agreement: Free Entry of US Forces into Jordan. globalresearch.ca Jordan on Sunday made public a defence agreement with the United …
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar (2021-03-22). Syria: The Price of Resistance. globalresearch.ca Few nations in recent decades have been targeted by a superpower …
Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-22). Progressive sections in Poland denounce attack on LGBT activists. peoplesdispatch.org LGBT rights groups in Poland along with other progressive sections have denounced an attack on LGBT activists in the city of Gdansk. On March 17, around thirty masked men attacked a training session of the Homokomando Trójmiasto sports group in Gdansk. Two of the athletes were injured and had to be taken to hospital. A police complaint was subsequently filed by the sports group. Homokomando leadership stated that the attack was carried out by right-wing terrorists who wanted to curtail LGBT activism in Poland. | Homokomando is a sports club in Poland which engages LGBT people and supporters to train and play toge…
MEE staff (2021-03-22). UAE helped broker peace talks between India and Pakistan: Report. middleeasteye.net 
UAE helped broker peace talks between India and Pakistan: Report | Unnamed Emirati official said they hoped both sides would eventually resolve trade and Kashmir dispute, Bloomberg reports | Mon, 03/22/2021 – 16: 49 | India and Pakistan cut ties two years ago after a suicide attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed 40 Indian soldiers (AFP) | The United Arab Emirates (UAE) allegedly helped broker a ceasefire…
MEE, agencies (2021-03-22). Turkey: Lira tumbles and Istanbul stock exchange briefly suspended after sharp fall. middleeasteye.net 
Turkey: Lira tumbles and Istanbul stock exchange briefly suspended after sharp fall | Markets have reacted strongly over shock sacking of central bank chief after just four months in the job | Mon, 03/22/2021 – 08: 12 | A woman walks past an information screen displaying rates in front of an exchange office in Istanbul, on October 26, 2020 (AFP) | The Istanbul stock exchange briefly suspen…
MEE, agencies (2021-03-22). Istanbul stock exchange briefly suspended after major fall. middleeasteye.net Istanbul stock exchange briefly suspended after major fall | Markets have reacted strongly over shock sacking of central bank chief after just three months in the job | Mon, 03/22/2021 – 08: 12 | A woman walks past an information screen displaying rates in front of an exchange office in Istanbul, on October 26, 2020 (AFP) | The Istanbul stock exchange briefly suspended trading on Monday af…
MEE staff (2021-03-22). Egypt's pro-Sisi media to temper criticism of Turkey amid warming ties. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt's pro-Sisi media to temper criticism of Turkey amid warming ties | The development comes as Cairo and Ankara appear to be patching up relations after years of hostility | Mon, 03/22/2021 – 14: 55 | Egypt's Minister of Information Osama Heikal said Egypt-based media would be expected to "adhere to calm". 14 June 2020. (Khaled Desouki/AFP) | Cairo has welcomed recent Turkish demands that Istanbul-based Egy…
WSWS (2021-03-22). Company-police witch hunt continues against Sri Lankan plantation workers. wsws.org The ongoing repression of Alton Estate workers is in line with broader preparations by plantation bosses to drive up productivity and boost profits.
John Nichols (2021-03-22). Representative Ro Khanna Explains Why He Called Out Biden's Air Strike in Syria. thenation.com Representative Ro Khanna Explains Why He Called Out Biden's Air Strike in Syria…
Staff (2021-03-22). "We Are Here Because You Are There": Viet Thanh Nguyen on How U.S. Foreign Policy Creates Refugees. democracynow.org 
Pulitzer Prize-winning Vietnamese American writer Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses why he chooses to use the term "refugee" in his books, and speaks about his own experience as a refugee. His new novel tells the story of a man who arrives in France as a refugee from Vietnam, and explores the main character's questioning of ideology and different visions of liberation. Titled "The Committed," the book is a sequel to "The Sympathizer," which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2016. Nguyen says his protagonist is "a man of two faces and two minds" whose ability to see beyond Cold War divisions makes him the perfect fi…
A Guest Author (2021-03-22). Statement on the 10th anniversary of the U.S. war on Syria. workers.org 
The following slightly edited statement was released on March 12, 2021 by the Syria Solidarity Movement — including the International Action Center — on the 10th anniversary of the continuing U.S. war on Syria. Workers World Party has participated in three solidarity delegations to Syria during this 10-year period. Contact . . . |
Multiple community groups (2021-03-22). Friday 3/26: Rise Up With Asians March & Rally in San Franisco. indybay.org Meet at Union Square, 333 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94102, then march down Powell & Market Streets to Embarcadero Plaza rally | MASKS & SAFETY DISTANCING REQUIRED; Peaceful protest event…
Police presence in Asian communities across the country has expanded after several acts of violence against Asians in the last year and the recent Atlanta massacres of eight people, including six Asian women working at massage parlors. Yet increased police presence in Asian neighborhoods will only bring criminalized members of those communities into contact with …
Great dollops of hypocrisy invariably accompany expressions of concern by outside powers for the wellbeing of the Syrian people. But even by these low standards, a new record for self-serving dishonesty is being set by the Caesar Civilian Protection Act, the new US law imposing the harshest sanctions in the world on Syria and bringing millions of Syrians to the brink of famine. 
In June 2018, the Joint Action Committee against Foreign Retail and E-commerce (JACAFRE) issued a statement on Walmart's acquisition of Flipkart. It argued that it undermines India's economic and digital sovereignty and the livelihood of millions in India. The deal would lead to Walmart and Amazon dominating India's e-retail sector. These two US companies would also own 
There were Cold War preparations underway as early as August 1945 and the two regions selected, Korea and Vietnam, were pre-planned years in advance before the actual wars were to take place, Cynthia Chung writes. ***** In Part One of this series I discussed how a massive U.S. arms stockpile in Okinawa, Japan that was …
By Karen Leong and Karen Kuo | — Asian American women understand that the alleged murderer of eight people in Atlanta was acting in keeping with a culture filled with racialized and sexualized views of Asian women. Of the people murdered, four women were of Korean descent and two of Chinese heritage. The shooter himself, …
Sudan accepts UAE offer to mediate border and dam disputes with Ethiopia | Tensions have been running high between the neighbours over dispute in Al-Fashqa region and huge dam on Nile River | Tue, 03/23/2021 – 20: 07 | Deadly conflict erupted in November in Ethiopia's Tigray region between federal and Tigray regional forces (AFP) | Sudan has accepted an offer by the United Arab Emirates (U…