Monthly Archives: March 2024

2024-03-29: News Headlines

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-03-29). Violent Extremists Get Called "Moderates" By A Violent Extremist Empire. caitlinjohnstone.com.au The imperial press have revealingly been using the words "moderate" and "centrist" to eulogize the warmongering former US senator Joe Lieberman, who passed away on Wednesday. | "Centrist former Sen. Joseph Lieberman has died at 82," reads a "As a moderate Democra…

Rhoda Wilson (2024-03-29). Animal Experiments: Illogical, Unscientific and Pointless. expose-news.com Pharmaceutical companies conduct initial trials on animals to determine the safety of new drugs. If a drug does not harm an animal, it is deemed safe for human consumption. However, if an …

Rhoda Wilson (2024-03-29). We need to gain a better understanding of how our bodies work and take charge of our own well-being. expose-news.com The covid vaccines are the latest in a long line of so-called modern pharmaceutical miracles that seem to cause the very things they are designed to prevent. Considering the harm covid injections …

Eric Brooks (2024-03-29). Strategies for organizational unity and action. cpusa.org The only remedy against a highly organized ruling class is a highly organized Communist Party. The fascist MAGA right is becoming Struggles within the Struggle | The Party Program states, "Grassroots Communist Party clubs are vital to bringing the Party's vision, strategy, and tactics into local work with masses of working people." As a member of a newer, smaller club, however, we are of…

Bob Topper (2024-03-29). American Democracy vs. Fascist Autocracy. counterpunch.org Liberty — Equality — Democracy: America and Americans are defined by their dedication to these founding principles—ideas that were fostered by the Enlightenment philosophers of the late 17th — 18th centuries, the Age of Reason, and enshrined in the Declaration of Independence and Constitution. Our Declaration and Constitution are secular documents. There is no invocation

Drago Bosnic (2024-03-29). Why Is NATO and The Kiev Regime Terrified of Russia's 'Zircon' Hypersonic Missile? globalresearch.ca

Ana Perdigón (2024-03-29). Diosdado Cabello Comments on Possible Final Presidential Candidate of Unitary Platform. orinocotribune.com Following the far-right Unitary Platform's (PUD) registration of Edmundo González Urrutia as their "cover" candidate for the presidential elections, the first vice president of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, has commented on who might replace this "provisional" candidate of the far-right opposition. | During the broadcast of his program Con el Mazo Dando, Cabello first talked about what a "cover candidate" means, and how it is defined in the Venezuelan legal system. He explained, reading from Electoral Law, that a "cover" candidate may be replaced by someone who has already been…

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-29). Victorian nurses reject gov't enterprise offer. greenleft.org.au

Eve Ottenberg (2024-03-29). Congress Goes Berserk Over TikTok. counterpunch.org Lots of people have been blamed for the frenzy to ban TikTok, from the CIA and FBI, to the mainstream media, to political elites, to AIPAC, to competitors like Facebook. But I blame Congress. They pulled the trigger. Now as we teeter on the abyss of a Steve Mnuchin takeover of TikTok — a development, make no mistake, that would be disastrous for everything from free speech to ownership of such a platform by a capitalist super-predator, to intelligent, rational foreign policy, to those who simply object to his let-them-eat-cake wife — we can thank the intellectual heavyweights on capitol hill who thoug…

Binoy Kampmark (2024-03-29). Imperial Fruit: Bananas, Costs and Climate Change. dissidentvoice.org The curved course of the ubiquitous banana has often been the peel of empire, its sweetness masking a sharp, bitter legacy. Arab conquerors introduced it to the African continent as they cultivated a slave market. European imperialism did the same to the Americas via the Canary Islands, insinuating the luscious fruit into markets of solid …

Ron Jacobs (2024-03-29). Consider the Commune: Venezuela and Beyond. counterpunch.org About midway through his new book Commune or Nothing: Venezuala's Communal Movement and its Socialist Project, author Chris Gilbert introduces the reader to Marxist theoretician István Mészáros and his groundbreaking book titled Beyond Capital: Toward a Theory of Transition. Gilbert does so in the context of a discussion about the commune movement in Venezuela. The

Paul Street (2024-03-29). Reflections on Gaza, "Empire," and Who and What is Breaking the World. counterpunch.org I recently attended a moving presentation of Palestinian poetry at the public library in the University of Iowa campus town of Iowa City. The presenters and audience were largely (though not exclusively) university-based and included a number of folks from the university's renowned Iowa Writers Workshop. There was an invitation for audience members to speak

David S. D'Amato (2024-03-29). The Antiauthoritarians of the First International. counterpunch.org The International Workingmen's Association, popularly known as the First International, first met in September of 1864 at St. Martin's Hall in London. It began as a relatively modest gathering of workers, trade unionists, and socialists of various kinds and political inclinations a half-century before the fated October Revolution, before the twentieth century cemented a particular

Staff (2024-03-29). A Guy Named Me: The More You See It, The More Incredible It Is. commondreams.org So the sick kingpin of "Red America's fever dreams" is still here — jabbering, menacing, whining, unraveling, what Biden calls "weak and desperate" and hazardous to our health. Lately, he's been busy going to court, misspelling "Biden," likening himself to Jesus, paying Nazi tribute to "the J6 hostages," shrieking "WITCH HUNT!", claiming migrants aren't people, …

Eric Toussaint (2024-03-29). The World Bank's support of the dictatorship in Turkey (1980-1983). cadtm.org

Eric Toussaint (2024-03-29). For a Europe of the peoples against the EU fortress of capitalism. cadtm.org

newarab (2024-03-29). Germany to quiz would-be citizens on Israel in new test. newarab.com Future In the new test, which applicants must pass to acquire German nationality, candidates could be asked the founding year of Israel or Germany's alleged particular The punishments for Holocaust denial, the name of the Je…

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2024-03-27: News Headlines

Editor (2024-03-27). Mar 27, 2024. sitrepworld.info The Foggy Dew — Sinéad O'Connor & The Chieftains MoA: New York Times Misreports Gaza UNSC Resolution Stop the Worsening Undercount of Palestinian Casualties in Gaza, by Ralph Nader Redirecting: On Gaza and the Palestinian Resistance, by Mazin Qumsiyeh Peter Myers Digest: Israel and Gaza Cat McGuire Asks Jeff Brown about "Zio-American Empire vs. China," by Kevin Barrett Is "Neocon" synonymous with "Nazi"? by Don Hank Democracy Is an Ideal Government for Jewish Influence, by Thomas Dalton New Alliances and Military Strength Surge Amid Yemen's Unwavering Support for Gaza, by A Abdulkareem…

marketing (2024-03-27). Argentina: Javier Milei's Government Poses An Urgent Threat To Human Rights #Argentina: #Javier #Milei's #Government #Poses #Urgent #Threat #Human #Rights #USA #Russia #Biden #Ukraine #War #Palestine #Gaza #Israel #. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) Milei, you scumbag, you are the dictatorship. This was among the defiant shouts that rang out across downtown Buenos Aires on Sunday March 24 as some 400,000 …

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-03-27). The Empire Slowly Suffocates Assange Like It Slowly Suffocates All Its Enemies. caitlinjohnstone.com.au The British High Court The court ruled that Assange may appeal only on the grounds that his freedom of speech might be restricte…

infobrics (2024-03-27). Why is NATO's, Neo-Nazi junta's cover-up for terrorist attacks in Russia so sloppy. infobrics.org Washington DC insists that it has "undeniable evidence" that ISIS is behind it. Rather interesting how the US could claim this mere hours after the terrorist attack, when not even Russian services who were on the ground had all the details, but it "doesn't really know" who destroyed the Nord Stream pipelines, except that it was a "mysterious deep-diving Ukrainian group".

ARG Medios (2024-03-27). Argentina marks a historic Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice. peoplesdispatch.org The mass mobilization on the 48th anniversary of the coup in Argentina put the government's position of denying the crimes of the dictatorship in check…

ecns.cn (2024-03-27). China's industrial profits surge 10.2% in first two months of 2024. ecns.cn Profits of China's industrial enterprises above the designated size rose 10.2 percent in the first two months of 2024, reversing from the 2.3-percent decline in 2023, the latest government data showed on Wednesday.

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-27). Victorian nurses reject gov't enterprise offer. greenleft.org.au

themoscowtimes (2024-03-27). Russia Nationalized 15 Defense Firms Since 2023 — Top Prosecutor. themoscowtimes.com Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov valued the enterprises at a total value of 333 billion rubles.

Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi (2024-03-27). Video: Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi at the German Parliament. "The vaccination turned out to be the greatest blessing for the money and world's elites, for the pharmaceutical industry and politics." globalresearch.ca

Peter Boyle (2024-03-27). 'Malaysia needs a strong left front' — PSM leader. greenleft.org.au Socialist Party of Malaysia (Parti Sosialis Malaysia, PSM) Deputy President S Arutchelvan (Arul) recently spoke with Green Left's Peter Boyle about a new hope for reviving left unity in the country.

tvbrics (2024-03-27). Egypt's prime minister supports pharmaceutical regulator's bid to gain WHO accreditation. tvbrics.com Egyptian Medicines Authority's new status will open access to advanced technologies…

WSWS (2024-03-27). Australia: SEP electoral members call on workers and youth to help put a socialist anti-war party on the ballot. wsws.org "They're trying to make it harder for minority parties to exist—it's crazy. I'm for our voices being heard, normal people, not the billionaires sponsoring all the other parties."

csmonitor.com (2024-03-27). NBC sought a conservative voice. But its employees didn't want Ronna McDanielNBC News cut ties March 26 with former Republican National Committee chief Ronna McDaniel less than a week after hiring her as an on-air political contributor, a decision that followed a furious protest by some of its journalists and commentators.

Comment: This story shows how American MSM that only serves both Dems and Repubs has gotten stupider from year-to-year.

aa.com.tr (2024-03-27). Top UN court likely to issue tough decision against Israel for ongoing attacks on Gaza The world court will rule on the requested additional measures in the coming days, which may include criticism of Israel as well as requests for additional monitoring reports, according to the KAN broadcaster report.

newcoldwar.org (2024-03-27). Hezbollah retaliates against Israeli atrocities in Gaza with strikes on military bases Lebanon's Hezbollah resistance movement has conducted multiple operations against Israeli military outposts in the northern part of the 1948 occupied territories, expressing its unwavering support for Palestinians in Gaza amid a genocidal war.

ca.news.yahoo.com (2024-03-27). Palestinians drown trying to reach Gaza aid air-dropped by US into seaThe Pentagon confirmed that three of the 18 packages it air-dropped on Monday had parachute malfunctions and fell into the water just off the coast of the Strip. However, US officials did not confirm if any Gazans were killed while trying to reach the aid.

firstpost.com (2024-03-27). Teens in Gaza hoping to be killed to end their "nightmare" : UN – Firstpost A spokesman for the UN children's agency said on Tuesday that the situation in the war-torn Gaza is so bad that teens are increasingly expressing their desire to be quickly murdered in order to end the "nightmare".
  "The unspeakable is regularly said in Gaza," said James Elder, spokesman for the United Nations children's agency UNICEF.

ecns.cn (2024-03-27). Jan-Oct foreign investment in Shenzhen manufacturing surges nearly twofold. ecns.cn Shenzhen in South China's Guangdong province remained a beacon for foreign investment in 2023, said a report by global consultancy powerhouse PwC, as the tech mecca welcomed 7,258 new foreign-invested enterprises during the past year.

WSWS (2024-03-27). Argentine President Milei defends fascist-military junta on anniversary of 1976 coup. wsws.org The ruling class is desperately seeking to undermine democratic consciousness and popular opposition to the military in order to prepare a return to dictatorial forms of rule.

Eric Toussaint (2024-03-27). The World Bank's support of the dictatorship in Turkey (1980-1983). cadtm.org

Eric Toussaint (2024-03-27). For a Europe of the peoples against the EU fortress of capitalism. cadtm.org

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2024-03-23: News Headlines

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-03-23). Just Seeing Through The Propaganda Isn't Enough — We've Got To Open Our Hearts As Well. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | Humanity doesn't just need to escape from the mental prison of imperial indoctrination. It needs to escape from the heart prison as well. | I'm always talking here about the need to fight empire propaganda to help the public awaken to the fact that everything we've been trained to believe about the world is a lie, because that insight taking root in sufficient numbers would be the first step toward the revolutionary changes our world so desperately needs. | But large numbers of people opening their eyes to the reality of mass-scale psychological man…

Editor (2024-03-23). Mar 23, 2024. sitrepworld.info Kenny Chesney — Don't Blink Just Seeing Through The Propaganda Isn't Enough‚Ää —‚Ää We've Got To Open Our Hearts As Well, by Caitlin Johnstone Wake-up Call, by James Howard Kunstler Who wants to march on Moscow, by Alex Kriel Karl Sanchez: Why the West Cannot Stomach Russians, by the late Andre Vitchek Multipolarity: The Era of the Great Transition, by Alexander Dugin — Arktos Journal Bill to Ban TikTok Is 'Egregious Attack' on U.S. Constitution, Critics Say, by Brenda Baletti Meet the AI-Censored? Naked Capitalism, by Matt Taibbi Objective/Non…

Diana O'Dwyer (2024-03-23). Reflecting on the Rejected Referendums in Ireland. internationalviewpoint.org "The far right and conservative Catholics claimed credit for the outcome but so have progressive disability rights and carers' activists. So who is right? Was this a victory for reactionary or progressive ideas, or is the truth more complicated? " | – | / |

Talha Burki (2024-03-23). World Report] Research in Focus: Gates MRI. thelancet.com As a non-profit biopharmaceutical development organisation, Gates MRI hopes to solve the neglected problems of global health. By Talha Burki.

WSWS (2024-03-23). Pseudo-left Workers' Cause Party (PCO) denounces WSWS for exposing fascist coup attempt in Brazil. wsws.org The article consists of a miserable attempt to deny the established fact that former president Bolsonaro and the Brazilian military top brass actively prepared a fascist coup d'état.

Au Loong-Yu (2024-03-23). The Tyranny of State Productivism — On the 2024 China's People's Congress. internationalviewpoint.org "So the People's Congress has done a great job, again, in reminding the people that with Xi Jinping as their leader no one should worry about anything — he is so good at eliminating problems by eliminating those who report the problems, as the Chinese saying goes." | – | / |

The Independent (2024-03-23). Kiira motors seeks shs 524 billion to finance five year business plan. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kiira Motors Corporation, a budding indigenous mobility enterprise in the country has presented a 524 billion Shillings proposed business investment budget to the Presidential Affairs Committee of Parliament. It was contained in the Ministerial Policy Statement, and Budget Estimates for the FY 2024/2025. "We are counting on guidance and support …

Federico Fuentes, Mikhail Lobanov (2024-03-23). Russian leftists are planning to disrupt Putin's fake presidential election this weekend. internationalviewpoint.org "That is why I call on left groups, parties and trade unions in different countries to realise this and lend a helping hand to Russian socialists who are now regrouping and preparing for the future struggle." | – | / |

The Independent (2024-03-23). Kenya, Tanzania launch project to boost financial inclusion. independent.co.ug NAIROBI | Xinhua | Kenya and Tanzania on Friday launched a project in partnership with the African Confederation of Cooperative Savings and Credit Associations (ACCOSCA) to boost financial inclusion in the two countries. Simon Chelugui, cabinet secretary in the Ministry of Cooperatives and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Development told journalists in Nairobi, the …

Binoy Kampmark (2024-03-23). Julian Assange and the Plea Nibble. dissidentvoice.org Be wary of what Washington offers in negotiations at the best of times. The empire gives and takes when it can; the hegemon proffers and in equal measure withdraws offers it deems fit. This is all well known to the legal team of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange, who, the Wall Street Journal "exclusively" reveals, is …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-03-23). Proletarian Internationalism: The Disconnect of the Western Left. orinocotribune.com By Agonas — Mar 20, 2024 | The Disconnect of the Western Left | Proletarian Internationalism stands as a cornerstone principle in socialist theory, rooted in the understanding that capitalism systematically exploits and oppresses the global working class. Advocating for a unified struggle against capitalist exploitation and imperialism, internationalism recognizes the interconnectedness of the modern world, necessitating a global approach to addressing social, economic, and environmental issues. | Within the Western left, particularly in affluent countries, there has been a noticeable detachment from the pri…

Eric Toussaint (2024-03-23). The World Bank's support of the dictatorship in Turkey (1980-1983). cadtm.org

palestinechronicle.com (2024-03-23). Amid Israeli Genocide – Gaza's Faith Unbroken (PHOTOS & VIDEO) Faith is a central component in the lives of Palestinians. Gaza, now undergoing an Israeli genocide, is in greater need of its faith than ever before.

inthesetimes.com (2024-03-23). Defunding UNRWA Was Never About HamasThe refugee agency is a reminder that Palestinian refugees exist and have inalienable political rights—a truth the Israeli government finds deeply inconvenient.

sfgate.com (2024-03-23). The UN Security Council is set to vote on a resolution demanding a Ramadan cease-fire The U.N. Security Council is set to vote on a NEW resolution demanding a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The resolution, put forward by the 10 elected council members, is backed by Russia and China, who vetoed a U.S.-sponsored resolution Friday. The council is expected to vote on the resolution Monday morning.

truthout.org (2024-03-23). US Has Redefined "Human Shields" to Enable Israel's Slaughter of Gaza Civilians President Biden and members of Congress have cynically reinterpreted "human shields" to flout international law.

palestinechronicle.com (2024-03-23). 'She Never Returned Home' – Palestinians Children Remember Their Mothers, Killed in Israeli Airstrikes In fact, for many children, there will be no mothers to celebrate anymore as well over 9,000 Palestinian women have been killed since the beginning of the war. Moreover, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said in a statement on X on Thursday that the Israeli war on Gaza has been killing an average of 37 mothers daily since October 7.

Israel-Gaza War Update: Latest Figures and Statistics

Posted by Richard Medhurst.

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2024-03-13: News Headlines

Editor (2024-03-13). Mar 13, 2024. sitrepworld.info ‚ô´ Hauser & Petrit àáeku — Concierto de Aranjuez — Adagio Confident Dragon Lays Out Modernization Roadmap, by Pepe Escobar Whatever You Have to Tell Yourself, by Mark Chapman Crocodile Tears For Gaza While Backing Its Destruction, by Caitlin Johnstone The Debate Over Israel as 'US Aircraft Carrier,' by Diana Johnstone QZionism hits Peak Conspiracy Theory with Smears of Oscar-Winning Jonathan Glazer, by Juan Cole The last stammering of Jewish fascism, by Thierry Meyssan The Ongoing Genocidal Violence against the Palestinian People and their Cultural Heritage in Gaza: MESA Here's…

Henry Giroux (2024-03-13). Everyday Fascism: Brecht's Warning about The Serpent's Egg. counterpunch.org n a world shaped increasingly by emerging authoritarianism, it has become increasingly difficult to remember what a purposeful and substantive democracy looks like, or for that matter, what the idea of democracy might suggest. Democracy as an ideal, promise, and working practice is under assault, just as a number of far-right educational, market, military, and religious fundamentalisms are gaining ascendancy in American society.

Drago Bosnic (2024-03-13). Conscription: Neo-Nazi Junta Now After Three Million Ukrainian Women with Small Children. globalresearch.ca

Unicorn Riot (2024-03-13). Sextortion Coms: Inside a Vile Child Exploitation Cult Run by Nazi-Linked Teens. unicornriot.ninja

Workers' World. (2024-03-13). May Day 2024: Make It 'Workers For Palestinian Resistance Day'. popularresistance.org On May 1st, workers all over the world will march to demand all of the things that the working class needs for its survival. Along with all of the workers' demands on May 1st, at this decisive moment, in the spirit of reviving working class internationalism, on this May Day, the world needs us to prioritize working class solidarity with the liberation struggle of the Palestinian people, and the right of the Palestinian resistance to fight for liberation by any means necessary, including armed struggle. | This is the best way to strengthen unity between the working class and those who are fighting against colonial…

Staff (2024-03-13). Controversial Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 enforced in India, sparking debates on nationalism, humanity, and religious bias. muslimmirror.com By Prof Shamsul Islam The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) that promises to open the door for Indian nationality to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians and Parsis who got into India (on or before December 31, 2014) from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, facing religious persecution, was introduced in the Lok Sabha by the Union Home Minister …

Staff (2024-03-13). Controversial Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 enforced in India, sparking debates on nationalism, humanity, and religious bias. muslimmirror.com By Prof Shamsul Islam The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) that promises to open the door for Indian nationality to Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Christians and Parsis who got into India (on or before December 31, 2014) from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, facing religious persecution, was introduced in the Lok Sabha by the Union Home Minister …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-03-13). CELAC Should Revisit Its Position on Haiti. orinocotribune.com By Mona Péralte — Mar 6, 2024 | The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) was founded in Caracas, Venezuela in December 2011 as an alternative to the Washington, DC-based Organization of American States (OAS), formed in 1948 to be a Cold War chariot. Cuba characterizes the OAS as Washington's "Ministry of Colonial Affairs, " which expelled the socialist nation in 1962. | "As the years go by, CELAC is going to leave behind the old and worn-out OAS," then Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said at the 33-member alliance's inaugural ceremonies. | "It's the death sentence for the Monroe Doctrine…

ecns.cn (2024-03-13). Insights | Former Nepal PM: China to prosper from high-quality development driven by tech innovation. ecns.cn "China is focusing on quality development, not speedy development," commented Jhala Nath Khanal, Nepal's former Prime Minister and a senior leader of the CPN (Unified Socialist), in an exclusive interview with China News Network recently, as China's 2024 Two Sessions wrapped up.

ecns.cn (2024-03-13). Insights | Former Nepal PM: World to benefit from China's quality economic growth driven by tech innovation. ecns.cn "China is focusing on quality development, not speedy development," said Jhala Nath Khanal, Nepal's former Prime Minister and a senior leader of the CPN (Unified Socialist), in an exclusive interview with China News Network recently.

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-13). Geelong socialist councillor says councils must invest in communities, do more for the disadvantaged. greenleft.org.au

Staff (2024-03-13). TikTok Witch Hunt! soundcloud.com On today's episode Brian and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss Congress's attempt to ban TikTok and what's coming for the United States if it does. Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com. Please make an urgently-needed contribution to The Socialist Program by …

Rhoda Wilson (2024-03-13). Scottish government's Hate Crime Bill comes into effect next month; Orwell's totalitarian nightmare has arrived. expose-news.com For three years, Scotland's 'Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Bill' has been lurking in the shadows. It is now going to come into effect from 1 April meaning that "misogyny" and …

Eric Toussaint (2024-03-13). World Bank and IMF support to dictatorships. cadtm.org

Democracy Now! (2024-03-13). Democracy Now! 2024-03-13 Wednesday. democracynow.org Headlines for March 13, 2024; What Is Israel's Goal in Lebanon? Increasing Cross-Border Attacks Risk Expanding the Gaza War; Rami Khouri: U.S. Airdrops & Floating Pier Plan Are "Not Serious Responses" to Gaza Suffering; "Revolutionary Love": Michelle Alexander on Gaza, Solidarity, MLK & What Gives Her Hope; Warning to America: Hungarian Green on Authoritarianism as Trump Hosts PM Viktor Orbán at Mar-a-Lago | Headlines for March 13, 2024; What Is Israel's Goal in Lebanon? Increasing Cross-Border Attacks Risk Expanding the Gaza War; Rami Khouri: U.S. Airdrops & Floating Pier Plan A…

ANIS SHIVANI (2024-03-13). The State of the Union is Warlike and Getting Worse. counterpunch.org The SOTU spectacle served its purpose. The warmongers shilling for the liberal establishment were reassured that their figurehead president was strong and vigorous, up to the challenge of fighting wars and demonizing immigrants and supporting genocide. Joe still has it in him to be the standard-bearer of the empire, the sigh of relief went up everywhere in the dinosaur media, he can take the fight to

ecns.cn (2024-03-13). Central SOEs to invest 700 bln yuan in 133 projects in Xinjiang by 2026. ecns.cn China's centrally administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) plan to invest in 133 projects in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region from 2024 to 2026, with a total investment of nearly 700 billion yuan ($97.55 billion).

ecns.cn (2024-03-13). International enterprises zoom into China's large market as 7th CIIE heats up. ecns.cn As the 7th China International Import Expo (CIIE) heats up, a number of international enterprises, especially French companies, have begun to seize the opportunity to zoom into the huge Chinese consumption market.

John W. Whitehead (2024-03-13). The State of Our Nation No One's Talking About: Tyranny Is Rising as Freedom Falls. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2024-03-13). China welcomes Hungary's visa facilitation measures: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China welcomes a move by Hungary to facilitate visa for Chinese citizens visiting the country for investment and cooperation purposes, and welcomes visa facilitation by more countries.

infobrics (2024-03-13). Trump tells Orbán that funding for Ukraine will end when he's president again. infobrics.org Hungary says maintaining ties with Russia is the result of "good foreign policy".

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2024-03-11: News Headlines

WSWS (2024-03-11). Right-wing PSD carries Portuguese elections as neo-fascist vote surges. wsws.org For the first time since the 1974 Carnation Revolution toppled the fascistic Salazar regime, a Portuguese election led to a victory for a right-wing coalition in which the far right plays a central role.

WSWS (2024-03-11). Short films in Berlin: Surreal and realistic depictions of "the absurdity of our capitalist times" wsws.org Wars, climate catastrophes, social devastation—the state of global capitalism are the real basis of many of the short films shown at this year's Berlinale.

Ann Garrison (2024-03-11). "What Is Anti-Racism? And Why It Means Anti-Capitalism," A book review. mronline.org Arun Kundnani details the histories of liberal and radical anti-racism and argues that anti-racism ultimately means anti-capitalism.

Ian Angus (2024-03-11). Capitalism's New Age of Plagues (Part 1). mronline.org In our time, pandemics will occur more often, spread more rapidly, and kill more people.

Nancy Fraser, Federico Fuentes (2024-03-11). Transnationals, imperialist expropriation and fighting 'cannibal capitalism'. greenleft.org.au Critical theorist, feminist and author Nancy Fraser continues her conversation with Green Left's Federico Fuentes, focussing on the role of expropriation and transnationals in modern imperialism, and the challenges facing anti-imperialists and anti-capitalists.

WSWS (2024-03-11). Widespread interest in IYSSE's socialist perspective at university orientations across Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org The IYSSE saw widespread enthusiasm for its fight to end the genocide in Gaza based on a revolutionary socialist, internationalist perspective. Nearly 500 students left their contact details and more than 200 signed up as members of the IYSSE clubs.

greenleft.org.au (2024-03-11). Geelong socialist councillor says councils must invest in communities, do more for the disadvantaged. greenleft.org.au

teleSUR (2024-03-10). Parliamentary Elections in Portugal With 51.96% Turnout. telesurenglish.net Portuguese citizens go to the polls this Sunday to elect the 230 deputies of the Assembly of the Republic, which in turn, will elect the Prime Minister, in a day that has developed normally. | RELATED: | Main candidates in Sunday's legislative elections in Portugal are Luís Montenegro, the head of the centre-right opposition, Pedro Nuno Santos, the new leader of the Socialist Party, and André Ventura, the founde…

teleSUR (2024-03-10). Right-Wing Wins Portugal's Elections. telesurenglish.net With 95,04% of the votes counted, the conservative coalition Democratic Alliance (AD, center-right) leads with 30,8% of the votes this Sunday's legislative elections in Portugal, which defines it as a clear winner. | RELATED: | In second place is positioned with 28,5% the Socialist Party (PS), led by Nuno Santos, and as third force appears the André Ventura's ultra-right party Chega ("Enough"), with 19.23% of the support, accor…

Reuters (2024-03-11). Portugal's conservatives win election as far-right surges. scmp.com Portugal's Socialists conceded defeat in a parliamentary election on Sunday which saw the far-right emerge as the biggest winner.

Eric Toussaint (2024-03-11). World Bank and IMF support to dictatorships. cadtm.org

Staff (2024-03-11). BJP has hatched a conspiracy to change the Constitution: Siddaramaiah. muslimmirror.com Bengaluru : Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said that the BJP believe in a "dictatorial" attitude and has hatched a conspiracy to change the constitution. "BJP has hatched a conspiracy to change the constitution. But they need a two-third majority to make any changes in the constitution," the Chief Minister said. He said that …

Nader Durgham (2024-03-11). Oscar-winning director calls out 'hijacking' of Holocaust by Israel in acceptance speech. middleeasteye.net Oscar-winning director calls out 'hijacking' of Holocaust by Israel in acceptance speech | Jonathan Glazer called for people to resist the dehumanisation of Israelis and Palestinians in the 7 October attacks and the war in Gaza. | | Jonathan Glazer poses with the Oscar for Best Internat…

Editor (2024-03-11). Patrick Lawrence: Old Man Shouting, "The American Empire is Doing Great!" But It Isn't. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Democratic elites and the reporters who clerk for them were effusively approving of Joe Biden's State of the Union speech last Thursday evening—not so much for what he said, which came nothing new, as for the demeanor of our enfeebled president. Never mind that Biden reduced an occasion …

Editor (2024-03-11). Patrick Lawrence: Old Man Shouting, The American Empire is Doing Great! But It Isn't. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Democratic elites and the reporters who clerk for them were effusively approving of Joe Biden's State of the Union speech last Thursday evening—not so much for what he said, which came nothing new, as for the demeanor of our enfeebled president. Never mind that Biden reduced an occasion …

Democracy Now! (2024-03-11). Democracy Now! 2024-03-11 Monday. democracynow.org Headlines for March 11, 2024; "Empire's Laboratory": How 2004 U.S.-Backed Coup Destabilized Haiti & Led to Current Crisis; Guilty: U.S.-Backed Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández Convicted of Drug Trafficking; "The Trauma Is Immeasurable": Palestinian Writer Susan Abulhawa on Israeli Violence in Gaza | Headlines for March 11, 2024; "Empire's Laboratory": How 2004 U.S.-Backed Coup Destabilized Haiti & Led to Current Crisis; Guilty: U.S.-Backed Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández Convicted of Drug Trafficking; "The Trauma Is Immeasurable&…

ecns.cn (2024-03-11). SOEs crucial to China's economic growth. ecns.cn State-owned enterprises are playing a key role in boosting China's economic growth, Lu Jin, chairman of China National Gold Group Co Ltd, said on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2024-03-11). Private enterprises should look to Jinjiang as a leader. ecns.cn Currently, the private enterprises contribute more than 70 percent of tax revenues in Fujian, over 80 percent of employment opportunities and over 90 percent of market entities, he said.

ecns.cn (2024-03-11). Multinational enterprises confident of China's economic growth target. ecns.cn many multinational enterprises operating in China maintain that such a target is in line with the growth potential of the Chinese economy.

eng.belta.by (2024-03-11). Lukashenko approves new appointments at Atlant, BelAZ. eng.belta.by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko agreed to the appointment of | new heads for two enterprises – Atlant and BelAZ as he announced | personnel decisions on 11 March.

Wendell Griffen (2024-03-11). The Stones Cry Out Delegation: From the Ground in Palestine to the US Government and Churches. counterpunch.org "Nothing has changed, and everything has changed." These are the words of Sam Bahour, a Palestinian-American businessman and activist who spoke to our delegation. Nothing has changed because the deadly oppression of the Palestinian people has been ongoing for 76 years. Everything has changed since October 7, the day Hamas fighters pierced the walls of the concentration camp called Gaza. As followers of Jesus,

Heather Digby Parton (2024-03-11). Growing Alliance Between Orbán, Trump and the US Far Right Is Very Disturbing. truthout.org I've been following Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's increasing influence on the American far right for some time as he hosted the likes of former Fox News celebrity Tucker Carlson and held a CPAC meeting in Budapest. (They're doing it again in April with Orbán once again doing the hosting duties.) He was the darling of a certain faction of the conservative coalition even before Donald… |

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2024-03-10: News Headlines

unitedEditor (2024-03-10). Where and at what moment in history are we? (II and end). uwidata.com In recent years, three events have accelerated the process of building the new world: 1. The Covid19 pandemic The pandemic revealed the inability of the international system and capitalism to confront a common enemy of all humanity. It was a stellar moment to coordinate actions and agree to cooperate, but this was impossible because the …

Editor (2024-03-10). Belfast's International Wall becomes the Palestinian Wall. socialistproject.ca In a defiant show of solidarity with the people of Palestine a group of mural artists led by internationally renowned artist Danny Devenny has transformed Belfast's iconic "International Wall" into the "Palestinian Wall" to show off amazing murals designed by Palestinian artists who would have suffered imprisonment, torture and death had they attempted to paint them in their homeland. | Danny Devenny (artist): | Bobby Sands said, back in the day: | "The men of art have lost their heart. | They dream within their dreams. | Their magic sold for price of gold | Amidst a people's screams. | They sketch the moon…

Bill Blum (2024-03-09). Donald Trump Isn't Finished Remaking the Supreme Court. progressive.org If re-elected, he could nominate James Ho, perhaps the country's most reactionary federal appellate judge.

Eric Toussaint (2024-03-10). World Bank and IMF support to dictatorships. cadtm.org

ecns.cn (2024-03-10). SOEs crucial to China's economic growth. ecns.cn State-owned enterprises are playing a key role in boosting China's economic growth, Lu Jin, chairman of China National Gold Group Co Ltd, said on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2024-03-10). Private enterprises should look to Jinjiang as a leader. ecns.cn Currently, the private enterprises contribute more than 70 percent of tax revenues in Fujian, over 80 percent of employment opportunities and over 90 percent of market entities, he said.

ecns.cn (2024-03-10). Multinational enterprises confident of China's economic growth target. ecns.cn many multinational enterprises operating in China maintain that such a target is in line with the growth potential of the Chinese economy.

Gabisile (2024-03-10). Govt continues to support women-owned businesses. sanews.gov.za Govt continues to support women-owned businesses | Government continues to provide targeted support for female-owned businesses to promote women's sustainable participation in the economy, said Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Maropene Ramokgopa. | "The ultimate goal is for women to develop sustainable enterprises that contribute to the country's gross domestic product, employment, equity and economic transformation to enable women to have equal access to and control over economic resources," she said. | The Minister was delivering a keynote address at the 2024 Forbes Woman Af…

ecns.cn (2024-03-10). U.S. bill forcing ownership change of TikTok another hysterical move in crackdown against Chinese companies. ecns.cn As a U.S. bill that could potentially ban the use of TikTok in the U.S. sailed unanimously through a House committee.

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2024-03-08: News Headlines

Christopher Ketcham (2024-03-08). Clowns to the Left of Me, Fascists to the Right. counterpunch.org What's a thinking person to do in this foul political landscape? On the Right, there's the clear and present danger of the Amerikanischer Trumpenvolk, a horde of monied burghers, resentful professionals, Christian fundamentalists, conspiracy peddlers, racists, gun nuts, and trigger-fingering militias, all wishing to see their strongman line the hated liberals up against a wall.

David Yearsley (2024-03-08). Oscar and Caesar, Horner and Handel. counterpunch.org Just three years shy of his 100th birthday, Oscar will hoist himself off his slab to stand at attention one more time this coming Sunday evening at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. He'll try his best to keep the chin up and the fascist countenance glowing. But the luster is gone. You can see the

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-03-08). 'Back to the Future': Russia Honors Anti-Colonial Past as the West Backs Neo-Nazis. orinocotribune.com By John Miles — Mar 7, 2024 | The more things change, the more they stay the same in terms of US foreign policy, says one analyst. | The modern political divide between Russia and the West often evokes memories of the Cold War and even World War II, according to author and human rights lawyer Dan Kovalik. | The writer and activist appeared on

David Rovics (2024-03-08). Wadi Gaza is Arabic for Babi Yar and Aaron Bushnell is American for Szmuel Zygelboym. counterpunch.org The holocaust that is underway in Gaza is being enabled by the US government and denied by the mainstream US press. When the German Nazis and their Ukrainian collaborators massacred their Jewish, Roma, and other victims, they often coaxed them to the site of the massacre by offering them food. For media consumption, they had

Ammar Ali Jan, Federico Fuentes (2024-03-08). Pakistan: 'Imran Khan has been the beneficiary of hatred towards the ruling parties'. greenleft.org.au Green Left's Federico Fuentes spoke to Pakistani socialist Ammar Ali Jan of the Haqooq-

Jackson Albert Mann (2024-03-08). The Historical Origin of "The Singing Union" mronline.org The early history of the Industrial Workers of the World has become the stuff of legend for the U.S. socialist left. Key to the legendary status of the early IWW is the notion that the organization was a "singing union."

socialistproject (2024-03-08). IWD: What is Canadian Feminism? socialistproject.ca Demanding Equality argues that Canadian feminism was polyphonic; it was a chorus of diverse political voices rather than solos sung by a few women leaders.

Eric Toussaint (2024-03-08). World Bank and IMF support to dictatorships. cadtm.org

Alex MacDonald (2024-03-08). Iran foreign minister says Meta banning Khamenei was 'illegal and unethical'. middleeasteye.net Iran foreign minister says Meta banning Khamenei was 'illegal and unethical' | Hossein Amir Abdollahian tells MEE the 'Silicon Valley Empire' wants to censor pro-Palestinian voices | | Hossein Amir Abdollahian at the Human Rights Council in Geneva on 26 February (AFP/Gabriel Monnet)…

Liberation Staff (2024-03-08). PSL Editorial — Celebrate International Women's Day by fighting the empire! liberationnews.org This IWD, let's deepen our commitment to fighting against the colonialism and war that is inherent under this rotten system.

Richard D. Wolff (2024-03-08). Empire Decline and Costly Delusions. counterpunch.org

Richard D. Wolff (2024-03-08). Empire Decline and Costly Delusions. counterpunch.org

Helen Santoro (2024-03-08). Pharma's Secret Middlemen Are Poisoning Health Care. levernews.com Lawmakers from both parties and 39 state attorneys general joined forces to stop the shadowy corporate middlemen behind rising drug prices and the death of independent pharmacies. Now these reform efforts are in peril, following nearly $50 million in industry lobbying — including tens of thousands to Congress members who sponsored reform legislation.These largely unregulated middlemen, called pharmacy benefit managers, serve as intermediaries between insurers and pharmaceutical manufacturers, determining which drugs insurers will cover and how much they cost. But they are incentivized to opt for the most e…

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2024-03-06: News Headlines

Editor (2024-03-06). When Einstein called "fascists" those who rule Israel for the last 44 years… mronline.org What would you say if the notorious racist and anti-semite prime minister of Hungary Victor Orban accused Einstein of … anti-semitism? And Hanna Arendt as well? Together with the most iconic author of Holocaust literature Primo Levi?>

teleSUR (2024-03-05). Venezuela Holds Events in Honor of Hugo Chavez. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the young people of the United Socialist Party (PSUV) will lead a solemn event at the "Mountain Barracks," where the remains of former President Hugo Chavez, the historical leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, rest. | RELATED: | "Eleven years after Commander Chavez's sowing, we ratify his legacy: a powerful revolutionary identity that brings together the forces of the emancipatory deeds in our Amerca's history. Chavez lives and…

Freedom Socialist Party (2024-03-06). Sunday 3/17: Deep Care — A history of radical reproductive rights activism and lessons for today. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., San Francisco | 7 blocks from Civic Center BART& on or near the #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49 Muni bus lines | Also available online — to register: bit.ly/DeepCare-March17

Socialist Organizer (2024-03-06). Saturday 3/9: Women in the Palestinian Struggle. indybay.org Register in advance on zoom…

Eric Toussaint (2024-03-06). World Bank and IMF support to dictatorships. cadtm.org

Staff (2024-03-06). What I Witnessed in Gaza Is a Holocaust: Palestinian Writer Susan Abulhawa. democracynow.org We speak with Palestinian novelist, poet and activist Susan Abulhawa, who is in Cairo and just returned from two weeks in Gaza. "What's happening to people isn't just this death and dismemberment and hunger. It is a total denigration of their personhood, of their whole society," says Abulhawa. "What I witnessed personally in Rafah and some of the middle areas is incomprehensible, and I will call it a holocaust — and I don't use that word lightly. But it is absolutely that."…

Staff (2024-03-06). Headlines for March 6, 2024. democracynow.org Biden & Trump Nearly Sweep Super Tuesday Primaries; Haley to Drop out, Schiff and Garvey Advance in California in Senate Race to Fill Feinstein's Seat, Mark Robinson, Holocaust-Denying, Gay-Bashing Candidate, Wins NC Gubernatorial Primary, Israel Blocks World Food Programme Aid Delivery to Northern Gaza as Agency Attempts to Avert Famine, Hamas Demands Permanent Ceasefire Before More Hostages Are Released, Lebanon: Israel Kills Hezbollah Fighter Along with His Wife & Son, World Food Programme: Sudan Could Soon Face "World's Largest Hunger Crisis", Gang Leader Jimmy Chérizier: Haiti Is Head…

susan abulhawa (2024-03-06). History will record that Israel committed a holocaust. electronicintifada.net Gaza is hell.

Rhoda Wilson (2024-03-06). MEP Rob Roos: The elites have decided we are "living wrongly" and "everything must change" in the name of "climate change" expose-news.com The ruling class, which controls politics, wants farmers to disappear by crushing them with one regulation after another and then concluding trade agreements with the entire world where they see fit, all …

DikelediM (2024-03-06). Accomplishments and hurdles along the job creation journey. sanews.gov.za Accomplishments and hurdles along the job creation journey | The Gauteng Department of Employment and Labour says creating employment and the management thereof has been a mixture of success and challenges in the province. | The department was presenting its provincial overview in terms of service delivery and the job creation mandate to the Employment Standard (ES) Board. | The ES Board is in the province to engage directly with the Department of Employment and Labour's management in Gauteng, the Sheltered Employment Enterprises (SEE) and Employment Solutions. The visit started on Tuesday and will conclude today…

John C. A. Manley (2024-03-06). The Seven Horsemen of the Pharmaceutical Apocalypse. globalresearch.ca

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2024-03-05: News Headlines

WSWS (2024-03-05). Harvard University caving in as "antisemitism" witch-hunt intensifies. wsws.org Billionaire donors, right-wing interest groups and fascistic elements in Congress are mounting an assault on academic freedom and democratic rights at Harvard University in an effort to shut down student and faculty opposition to the genocide in Gaza.

WSWS (2024-03-05). US Supreme Court unanimously rules in favor of Trump, restoring him to Colorado primary ballot. wsws.org The Supreme Court's decision Monday is a milestone in the decay of democratic norms in the United States, as well as in the legitimization of the fascistic far right.

Staff (2024-03-05). "The Zone of Interest": Oscar-Nominated Film Producer on the Holocaust, Gaza & "Walls That Separate Us" democracynow.org Ahead of the 96th Academy Awards, we're joined by James Wilson, producer of the Oscar-nominated film The Zone of Interest, who raised Israel's assault on Gaza in his BAFTA Award acceptance speech last month. The film follows the fictionalized family of real-life Nazi commandant Rudolf Hà∂ss as they live idyllically next to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Wilson says the film serves as a metaphor for the occlusion of "systemic violence, injustice, oppression, from our lives," and challenges audiences' complicity by asking them to identify with Hà∂ss and his wife Hedwig. &#…

WSWS (2024-03-05). Kentucky seeks to remove child labor restrictions. wsws.org The bill is part of the effort by the American ruling class to turn back the clock to the time when American capitalism was built through the use of child labor and horrendous working conditions in factories, mills and mines.

WSWS (2024-03-05). Migrant worker exploitation escalates in New Zealand. wsws.org Migrant exploitation, with tens of thousands brought into the country often to work as virtual slave labour, is an entrenched feature of New Zealand capitalism.

David Schultz (2024-03-05). How the Corporate University Created and Destroyed Diversity. counterpunch.org The Supreme Court did not kill diversity. Higher education did it to itself. It has done it slowly and methodically over the last few years, as the corporate university created and then destroyed diversity as part of its business plan to attract students and make itself more relevant to American capitalism.

WSWS (2024-03-05). Migrant worker exploitation escalates in New Zealand. wsws.org Migrant exploitation, with tens of thousands brought into the country, often to work as virtual slave labour, is an entrenched feature of New Zealand capitalism.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2024-03-05). Bolivarian Revolution Celebrates 25th Year Anniversary. orinocotribune.com By Jeremy Kuzmarov — Feb 27, 2024 | Revolution Has Survived and Flourished Despite U.S. Attempts to Destroy It | February 2 marked the 25th anniversary of the Bolivarian Revolution. On that day in 1999, Hugo Chávez, a left-wing Venezuelan army officer, assumed power and initiated a socialist revolution that had ripple effects across the region and world. | Invoking the legacy of Simón Bolívar, who had led much of Latin America's liberation from Spanish colonization in the 1820s, Chávez's government enacted measures to retake national control over Venezuela's oil resources and to use the revenues to fund soci…

Socialist Organizer (2024-03-05). Saturday 3/9: Women in the Palestinian Struggle. indybay.org Register in advance on zoom…

WSWS (2024-03-05). Democratic Socialists of America commits to rescuing Biden's presidential election campaign. wsws.org In an attempt to channel mass opposition to "Genocide Joe" back behind the Democratic Party and present illusions that Biden and the Democrats can be persuaded to stop the genocide in Gaza through a protest vote, the DSA has formally endorsed the "uncommitted" campaign in the remaining primaries.

teleSUR (2024-03-05). Venezuela Holds Events in Honor of Hugo Chavez. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the young people of the United Socialist Party (PSUV) will lead a solemn event at the "Mountain Barracks," where the remains of former President Hugo Chavez, the historical leader of the Bolivarian Revolution, rest. | RELATED: | "Eleven years after Commander Chavez's sowing, we ratify his legacy: a powerful revolutionary identity that brings together the forces of the emancipatory deeds in our Amerca's history. Chavez lives and…

WSWS (2024-03-05). Democratic Socialists of America commits to rescuing Biden's presidential election campaign. wsws.org In an attempt to channel mass opposition to "Genocide Joe" back behind the Democratic Party and promote illusions that Biden and the Democrats can be persuaded to stop the genocide in Gaza through a protest vote, the DSA has formally endorsed the "uncommitted" campaign in the remaining primaries.

Hannah Davenport (2024-03-05). 'Common Sense Minister' blasted out of touch after tirade against 4-day week. leftfootforward.org People have found it hard to see the common sense in Esther McVey's recent attack on the four-day week, as Britain's unofficially designation 'common sense tsar' has been taken apart for blasting support for the scheme as "socialist madness". | In an She wrote that the…

Rhoda Wilson (2024-03-05). Covid wasn't an accident — it was a crime. expose-news.com If SARS-CoV2 was leaked from a laboratory, by accident, then why did totalitarianism spring up all around us? Why did many countries almost simultaneously impose lockdowns, masking, censorship, political crackdowns, de-platforming and …

newarab (2024-03-05). French probe on 'Saied dictatorship' sparks Tunisian uproar. newarab.com A French channel has aired an investigation on the 'dictatorship' of Kais Saied, sparking controversy in Tunisia and risking diplomatic ties between Paris and Tunis. | On Sunday at midnight, hundreds of Tunisians tuned in to watch "Exclusive investigation: Between Poverty and Dictatorship, The Grand Step Backwards," a one-hour investigation on the shrinking freedoms within the North African country, produced by the private French channel, M6. | The investigation had already ruffled Tunisian officials' feathers before its official broadcast. | On 29 February, Tunisia's Prime Minister, Ahmed Hachani, praised his…

Staff (2024-03-05). Narco-State: U.S.-Backed Fmr. Honduran Pres. Juan Orlando Hernández on Trial in NY for Drug Trafficking. democracynow.org Federal prosecutors in New York have rested their case against former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, who is accused of turning the Central American country into a narco-state. Hernández is on trial for cocaine trafficking and weapons charges and is the first former head of state to stand trial in the United States since Panamanian dictator and U.S. ally Manuel Noriega was also tried on drug charges after a U.S.-led ouster. Prosecutors accuse Hernández, a longtime U.S. ally accused of human rights violations throughout his presidency, of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from cocaine traffickers…

Editor (2024-03-05). Igniting conflict in the heart of Africa. mronline.org The perils of U.S. empire have driven a spiral of violence in the Sahel.

Margarita Labarca Goddard (2024-03-05). The evil pharmaceutical companies. pressenza.com Why do I call them evil? Because they live off the sickness and misfortune of others, and the sicker people are there, the more they rejoice, because the more they earn. An arms manufacturer can say that he makes them for war, and if innocent civilians die, it is not his fault, but the fault of the one who uses them. Oil companies can say that it is not their fault that the price of oil is rising, but the fault of those who impose sanctions on some producers, | Pharmaceutical companies might say that they make drugs for diseases, and that's a good thing. But notice that the cost of making a drug is lower the more…

eng.belta.by (2024-03-05). PM: Belarusian healthcare system has no time to waste given scale of tasks. eng.belta.by The agenda of the meeting included the changes in the structure of the central office of the Healthcare Ministry, the pharmaceutical industry, the regulation of prices for paid services in healthcare, in particular dental services, the experiment on the provision of paid services by state healthcare institutions on weekends and holidays.

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