(2021-04-24). If Joe Biden Is Truly a 'Union Guy' He Must Strike Dead the Taft-Hartley Monster. commondreams.org "Given the entrenched deprivations of workers and abandonment of labor to serf-labor countries abroad," asks Ralph Nader, "is Joe Biden pro-union-labor enough, apart from the temporary Covid-19 relief? The answer has to be a qualified, NO." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/joe_biden_unions.jpg …
(2021-04-24). If Biden Is A 'Union Guy' Then Go After The Taft-Hartley Monster — OpEd. eurasiareview.com President Joe Biden likes to say, "I'm a union guy." Unfortunately, as Vice President from 2009 to 2017, his boss, Barack Obama wouldn't let him be a "union guy." Even with large Democratic majorities in Congress and control of the White House, worker needs went unmet. | Setting records for raising Wall Street campaign cash, Obama reneged on his 2008 promise to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9.50 per hour by 2011. He reneged on a promise to the AFL-CIO to push for "card check" to facilitate workers wanting to form a union. He did nothing to preserve traditional earned worker pensions provided by…
(2021-04-24). If Biden is a "union guy" — Go After the Taft-Hartley Monster! dissidentvoice.org President Joe Biden likes to say, "I'm a union guy." Unfortunately, as Vice President from 2009 to 2017, his boss, Barack Obama wouldn't let him be a "union guy." Even with large Democratic majorities in Congress and control of the White House, worker needs went unmet. Setting records for raising Wall Street campaign cash, Obama …
(2021-04-24). 100 Days of Socialism: Socialist-Feminist. dsausa.org At the Socialist Feminist Working Group, we know that our country cannot achieve socialism without liberation on the basis of gender – and that we cannot end patriarchy without engaging in class struggle.
(2021-04-24). Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez Push Green New Deal for Public Housing. zcomm.org Such a plan, said Rep. Jamaal Bowman, "would allow people to live with dignity and respect, to know that our federal government cares about their well-being and their health."
(2021-04-24). Tras 20 años de ocupación y saqueo, Estados Unidos se retira de Afganistán sin mellar el poder de los talibanes. globalizacion.ca 
La situación económica de Estados Unidos es complicada, "no hay ninguna inversión en la Salud ni apoyo para los que buscan trabajo", mientras se "habla de billones para infraestructura pero los que se ven beneficiados son los grandes capitales", dijo…
(2021-04-24). Thrive Act: un movimiento imparable que redefinirá el futuro. peoplesworld.org 
Hay una frase popular que dice que cuando el río suena, es porque piedras trae. Y es exactamente lo que viene ocurriendo con el llamado movimiento Thrive, que busca fortalecer un poderoso músculo humano a fin de apoyar y presionar al gobierno de Biden para que sea aprobado un gran proyecto de infraestructura que logre …
(2021-04-24). Children of color appear to be fair game for too many cops: No More Police Killings of Kids! warisacrime.org 
By Dave Lindorff The latest police murder — and that's what it was whatever the circumstances — of 16-old foster child Ma'Khia Bryant by a Columbus, Ohio cop, is sickening to watch. No way did that officer, Nicholas Reardon, have to kill that young teenage girl. Maybe she had a knife, and maybe she was …
(2021-04-24). The Biden Recovery: How's That Hopey Changey Thing Working Out for You? cepr.net 
I know it was the last guy who promised hope and change, not Joe Biden, but I couldn't resist stealing Sarah Palin's best line ever. Besides, even if Biden didn't promise hope and change, it looks like he might deliver. We are going to get the GDP growth data for the first quarter next …
(2021-04-24). Biden's package and its pitfalls. mronline.org 
U.S. President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion rescue package is one of the most ambitious measures to revive the U.S. and, with it, the world economy. | April 24, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-24). Joe Biden Recognized Armenian Genocide. southfront.org 
Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Source: AP Photo | On April 24, US President Joe Biden recognized Armenian Genocide in a statement that was released by White House."Each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring. Beginning on April 24, 1915, with the arrest of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople by Ottoman authorities, one and a half million Armenians wer…
(2021-04-24). Military Situation In Donetsk People's Republic On April 24, 2021 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | UAF shelled the 6/7 mine with 152-mm, 120-mm and 82-mm artillery a total of at least 25 times | UAF shelled the Gagarin mine on two occasions with 120-mm and 82-mm artillery at least 30 times | UAF shelled Ozeryanovka with 120-mm artillery | UAF shelled Alexandrovka with grenade launchers | UAF shelled Staromikhailovka with 122-mm artillery | UAF targeted Veseloe with grenade launchers | DPR forces shelled UAF positions in Novoselivka with 82-mm and 120-mm artil…
(2021-04-24). Bills Targeting Local Officials Could Allow GOP to Overturn Election Results. truthout.org 
Republicans in at least 14 states have introduced legislation that would seize power from election officials or limit their authority, apparently in response to unfounded attacks from former President Donald Trump and allies who sought to overturn his election loss. | Republican state legislators across the country have responded to Trump's baseless election challenges, which were
(2021-04-24). Sanders and Warren Call on Biden to Reverse Trump Era Vaccine Apartheid. truthout.org 
President Biden is coming under mounting pressure at home and abroad to reverse a Trump-era policy and publicly support a temporary waiver on international patent rights for COVID vaccines and treatments that would allow countries around the world to manufacture lifesaving doses domestically. | Big Pharma opposes the trade protections waiver, but global health advocates, congressional Democrats and leaders across the world say the waiver is necessary address massive inequities in vaccine distribut…
(2021-04-24). Biden to Publicly Recognize Armenian Genocide, Ending Decades of U.S. Silence. truthout.org 
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to crack many decades of U.S. government silence on Saturday by publicly and officially recognizing that the systematic killing of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottomans during the First World War was — as In a phone call on Friday, B…
(2021-04-24). Biden to Publicly Recognize Armenian Genocide, Ending Decades of US Silence. truthout.org U.S. President Joe Biden is set to crack many decades of U.S. government silence on Saturday by publicly and officially recognizing that the systematic killing of an estimated 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottomans during the First World War was — as In a phone call on Friday, B…
(2021-04-24). SEP National Secretary Kishore spreads lies about an Amazon worker & former party member. indybay.org An Amazon worker who was a member of the SEP talks about their position opposing unionization and attacking democracy…
(2021-04-25). Erdogan, Aliyev Plot Response To Biden's Armenian Genocide Message. eurasiareview.com Turkish and Azerbaijani Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Ilham Aliyev, spoke over the phone on Saturday, April 24 to discuss "joint steps" a statement from U.S. President Joe Biden recognizing the Armenian Genocide was published by the White House, Izvestia In a statement published on the website of the White House, Biden made good on a campaign promise and became the first American President to use the term "Genocide" on an April 24 Remembrance Day to describe the massacre of 1.5…
(2021-04-25). Statement By President Joe Biden On Armenian Remembrance Day. eurasiareview.com Each year on this day, we remember the lives of all those who died in the Ottoman-era Armenian genocide and recommit ourselves to preventing such an atrocity from ever again occurring. Beginning on April 24, 1915, with the arrest of Armenian intellectuals and community leaders in Constantinople by Ottoman authorities, one and a half million Armenians were deported, massacred, or marched to their deaths in a campaign of extermination. We honor the victims of the Meds Yeghern so that the horrors of what happened are never lost to history. And we remember so that we remain ever-vigilant against the corrosive infl…
(2021-04-24). Context Crucial If Biden Recognizes Armenian Genocide — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Dania Koleilat Khatib* | US President Joe Biden is this weekend expected to formally recognize the massacres conducted against the Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during the First World War as "genocide." He is likely to make the announcement on Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, which falls on Saturday. This recognition was one of his campaign promises. | Biden already has a chilly relationship with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and this move is likely to increase the tensions between the two NATO allies. However, the recognition should not be looked at from a political angle but rather a human on…
(2021-04-24). 'Utterly Disgusting': Big Pharma Lobby Blitz Against Vaccine Patent Waivers Denounced. commondreams.org "Newly filed disclosure forms from the first quarter of 2021" reveal that "over 100 lobbyists have been mobilized to contact lawmakers and members of the Biden administration, urging them to oppose a proposed temporary waiver" of Covid-19 patent protections at the WTO. The move was decried as grotesque "pandemic profiteering" by at least one public health advocate. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/global_vaccine_big_pharma_lobbyists.jpg …
(2021-04-24). Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Reportedly Takes Jab at UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. sputniknews.com This is not the first time that the Swedish climate activist has poked fun at national leaders. Thunberg has repeatedly trolled former US President Donald Trump as well as former US secretary of the Treasury, Steven Mnuchin, after the two criticised her protest campaign.
(2021-04-24). New Hampshire Protesters Urge Kamala Harris 'to Stop Illegal Invasion' of Migrants. sputniknews.com Kamala Harris has repeatedly been critisised for failing to visit the US southern border as President Joe Biden's point person to lead the White House's efforts to tackle the migration crisis.
(2021-04-24). It's Time To Destroy the Sick and Twisted Plans of American Maskholes. commondreams.org "If Trump, Fox and the GOP can convince the people who follow them that they shouldn't get vaccines," aruges Thom Hartmann, "they can prevent President Biden from getting this pandemic under control." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/johnson_mask_mandate.jpg …
(2021-04-25). Politics Should Not Detract From Climate Policy, Says Blinken. eurasiareview.com US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on heads of state to put their political differences to one side and make a collective effort to tackle global warming. Blinken moderated the first session of the Leaders Summit on Climate, which included Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin. | Opening the session, which was titled Raising Our Climate Ambition, Blinken underlined the USA's new pledge, announced moments earlier by President Joe Biden, to halve its CO2 emissions from 2005 levels by the end of this decade. This is up from its original goal of 26% by 2025. | Nations under the…
(2021-04-25). Lula convoca a la esperanza. globalizacion.ca °Cuántas veces miramos a Lula con esperanza! °Esperando que aquella huelga heroica tumbara a la dictadura! °Esperando que la transición realmente llevara a Brasil a una democracia! °Esperando que él derrotara a Collor! °Esperando que llevara a Brasil a librarse…
(2021-04-25). China: New Decree Tells Religious Leaders To 'Support The Communist Party'. eurasiareview.com By Yang Ming | The Chinese government is implementing a new decree on May 1‚ÄØthat will require‚ÄØall‚ÄØreligious leaders‚ÄØto "follow the lead of and support the Communist Party." | The decree, " It also requires religious professionals to resist…
(2021-04-25). Can A New Philippine 'Popular Front' Defeat Dutertismo? — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Cleve V Arguelles* | Opponents of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte are banking on a united front for a fighting chance in the 2022 presidential election. As the Duterte's populist politics (Dutertismo) mobilises public support through…
(2021-04-24). Speaking Truth to Empire. warisacrime.org Speaking Truth to Empire on KFCF 88.1 FM independently owned and locally operated since 1975 in Fresno, Dan Yaseen interviews Jeff J. Brown, he is the editor of China Rising Radio Sinoland, producer of China Tech News Flash!, author of The China Trilogy, a co-founder and the curator of the Bioweapon Truth Commission Global Online Library (BWTC-GOL). They will discuss Biden …
(2021-04-24). Biden's Appeasement Of Hawks And Neocons Is Crippling His Diplomacy. popularresistance.org President Biden took office promising a new era of American international leadership and diplomacy. But with a few exceptions, he has so far allowed self-serving foreign allies, hawkish U.S. interest groups and his own imperial delusions to undermine diplomacy and stoke the fires of war. | Biden's failure to quickly recommit to the Iran nuclear deal, or JCPOA, as Senator Sanders promised to do on his first day as president, provided a critical delay that has been used by opponents to undermine the difficult shuttle diplomacy taking place in Vienna to restore the agreement. | The attempts to derail talks range fro…
(2021-04-24). Almost everything Biden said about ending the Afghanistan War was a lie. peoplesdispatch.org While Americans hailed the announcement that the US would withdraw troops from Afghanistan after nearly two decades of war, President Biden left out the most important details about the war and how it will in fact continue.
(2021-04-24). 72-Year-Old Fisher Hunger Strikes For Crude Oil Export Ban. popularresistance.org Texas – Seventy-two-year-old, fourth-generation retired shrimper Diane Wilson has been without food for 16 days. Her 1995 red Chevy, nicknamed "Rosie," has become a mobile campsite, and each morning she posts up on a causeway at the waterfront of Texas' Lavaca Bay, expending just enough energy to switch out a sign displaying the number of days she's been on hunger strike and drape a banner off the side of the truck blaring the message: "STOP THE DREDGING. STOP OIL EXPORT." | She hopes her hunger strike will draw enough attention to pressure the Biden administration stop Houston-based oil and gas firm Max Midstrea…
(2021-04-24). Biden's Anti-China Ambitions. thenation.com Biden's Anti-China Ambitions…
(2021-04-24). Biden Vows Cut to US Emissions as Yellen Commits Full Power of Treasury to Address Climate. indybay.org Financial decisions play a critical role in solving climate change, advocated Treasury Secretary Yellen during a US-hosted climate summit.
(2021-04-24). Trump Hails 'Forensic Audit' of Arizona Vote as Harbinger of Doom for Dems. sputniknews.com Despite conceding power to Democrat Joe Biden on January 20, former president Donald Trump has continued to insist he was the victim of massive ballot fraud in the November 2020 presidential election. Arizona's Republican-controlled state Senate is set to prove or disprove his claim.
(2021-04-24). Turkish FM Summons US Ambassador to Ankara Over Biden's Recognition of Armenian Genocide. sputniknews.com On Saturday, US President Joe Biden announced that from now on, Washington recognises the actions of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century against the Armenians as a 'genocide'.
(2021-04-24). Harris' 'GPS Got Confused' As She Visited New Hampshire Border Instead of Mexico, Ted Cruz Says. sputniknews.com Both US President Joe Biden and his vice-president, Kamala Harris, who has been put in charge of migration issues, have not toured the US-Mexican border, and refused to describe the situation there as an immigration "crisis."
(2021-04-24). The New Cold War U.S.-Japanese Summit: Containing China and Reinforcing Hegemony. commondreams.org "The existential truth," writes Joseph Gerson, "is that the U.S. and China are caught in the Thucydides Trap, the historic pattern of inevitable tension between rising and declining powers that have too often climaxed in catastrophic wars." In this informed and crucial read, Gerson argues such conflict and war must be avoided. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/biden_shuga_japan_china.png …
(2021-04-24). The History Of Turkish Atrocities Against Armenians And Why Biden Is Poised To Call Them Genocide — Analysis. eurasiareview.com By Ivan Gutterman* | It's April 24, 1915. Some 250 Armenian intellectuals are rounded up in Constantinople and imprisoned by Ottoman police. Known as "Red Sunday," it is today a day of remembrance for a murderous yearslong campaign that would see the majority of the Ottoman Empire's prewar Armenian population expelled or exterminated. According to estimates, between 664,000 and 1.2 million people lost their lives. | A century later, recognition of the killings as genocide is still a divisive diplomatic issue, with Turkey and Azerbaijan — who share strong ethnic and cultural ties — officially denying genocide…
(2021-04-24). The United States Has Declared Defeat In Two More Wars — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Ryan McMaken* | President Biden announced A week earlier, the US and Iraq reaffirmed a deal to withdraw "
(2021-04-24). The US To End Its War In Afghanistan, 'The Graveyard Of Empires' — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Somar Wijayadasa* | President Joe Biden of the United States announced that its war in Afghanistan, the US's longest war ever, will end on September 11, 2021. | A glimpse of Afghanistan's history—dubbed as "the country where Empires go to die" will help us understand why many empires failed in that country. | Afghanistan, rightfully called a "graveyard of empires", is a mountainous landlocked country located along the ancient Silk Road between Asia and Europe, and surrounded by powerful nations such as India, Pakistan, and Russia. | For centuries, it was a melting pot as new empires rose up and took c…
(2021-04-24). Biden-Harris Gun Violence 'Fact Sheet' Comes Up Short On Facts — OpEd. eurasiareview.com "Biden-Harris Administration Announces Initial Actions to Address the Gun Violence Public Health Epidemic," declared a recent
(2021-04-24). US Seeks South China Sea Conflict. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Despite hopes by some that with Joe Biden a new US …
(2021-04-24). "Endless Wars": Biden and US Foreign Policy in the Middle East. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | For at least the last twenty years, the United States have …
(2021-04-24). To 'Honor the Victims' of 20th Century Atrocity, Biden Recognizes Armenian Genocide. commondreams.org "This principled stand represents a powerful setback to Turkey's century-long obstruction of justice for this crime and its ongoing hostility and aggression against the Armenian people," says Aram Hamparian of the Armenian National Committee of America. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/armenian_genocide_biden1_0.jpg …
(2021-04-24). Tampa students protest budget cuts and bill that would implement cuts to Bright Futures. fightbacknews.org Tampa, Fl – Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a 20-person protest outside the University of South Florida's (USF) entrance on April 20 opposing the university's budget cuts and a state bill restricting the Bright Futures scholarship. Bright Futures provides 75 to 100% of an eligible student's tuition. USF is implementing $36.7 million in cuts to areas such as student success, financial aid and health services. | Senate Bill 86 initially restricted Bright Futures based on whether a student's major would lead to employment. The current bill version requires students to complete modules on caree…
(2021-04-24). Lula Calls Us to Hope. orinocotribune.com By Emir Sader — Apr 21, 2021 | How often have we looked to Lula for hope? Hoping that the heroic strike would bring down the dictatorship! Hoping that the transition would truly bring democracy to Brazil! Hoping that he would defeat Collor! Hoping that he would enable Brazil to free ourselves from the Cardoso government and its neoliberal model! With hope that his government would truly be for all, but above all for the most needy! With hope that he could decrease the inequalities in the most unequal country of the most unequal continent in the world! Hoping that he could restore the image of Brazil in the w…
(2021-04-24). Students host rally for trans-inclusive housing. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – A group of transgender students and community members gathered on Florida State University's campus to demand changes to the campus housing policy for trans students. The student organization Gender Odyssey has been leading a campaign to adopt a new student housing policy that would, among other things, create an opt-in system for trans students to stay in dorms with fellow trans students, allow for students to change their name in the electronic housing registry system, and discipline students for transphobic harassment. | Student organizations such as Students for a Democratic Society, the Pri…
(2021-04-24). Friday 4/23: Gold Mining Town of Negro Bar, Sacramento County in the News again… indybay.org Negro Bar State Park Sub-Unit of Lake Natoma | Folsom Lake Recreational Area | managed by California State Parks…
(2021-04-24). World's second largest hydropower station ready for operation. ecns.cn Baihetan Hydropower Station is a 16 GW facility under construction on the Jinsha River, a tributary of the Yangtze River in southwest China. Upon completion, it will be the world's second biggest hydropower station after the Three Gorges Dam.
(2021-04-24). How the Boogaloo Bois Extremist Hate Group tried to Overturn our Election and Spark a Civil War. juancole.com By Gisela Pérez de Acha, Kathryn Hurd and Ellie Lightfoot | Berkeley Journalism's Investigative Reporting Program | — The Insurrection: The Effort to Overturn the Election ( ProPublica) — It was 2: 20 p.m. on June 6, 2020, and Steven Carrillo, a 32-year-old Air Force sergeant who belonged to the anti-government Boogaloo Bois movement, was on …
(2021-04-24). India At The Arctic Council — OpEd. eurasiareview.com India has had big successes during its first stint as an observer in the Arctic Council. Since then, the country has made substantial progress in its climate action pledges and developed comprehensive strategies to mitigate climate change. With its re-election, India can now offer much more to the global organisation's role in promoting environmental stability in the polar region.: | By Chaitanya Giri* | In 2019, India was re-elected as an Observer to the Arctic Council,, a multilateral organisation consisting of eight littoral Arctic nations that works towards promoting cooperation, coordination and i…
(2021-04-24). La OEA volvió a las andadas. globalizacion.ca Difícilmente podría haberse encontrado Donald Trump, cuando tomó posesión como presidente de Estados Unidos, a una persona más adecuada para él desempeñando el cargo de secretario general de la Organización de Estados Americanos que el señor Luis Almagro Lemes. | Si…
(2021-04-24). Was 'Fake News' a Natural Outcome of Our 'Give the People What They Want' Corporate Media System? commondreams.org Where did all this "fake news" coming from and can it be defeated by a new media model based in public interest? | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_insurrection-955px_14.jpeg …
(2021-04-24). Iran Embarrassed Netanyahu and Cornered the West in Vienna. orinocotribune.com By Elijah J Magnier — Apr 18, 2021 | The Islamic Republic proved to be a shark with sharp teeth during its negotiation with the signatories (Russia, China, France, Great Britain and Germany) of the nuclear deal in Vienna, leaving few choices to the negotiators. Iran showed how complex and inflexible its position is with the most powerful county in the world, forbidding the US envoy to join the mediators in the same room because Donald Trump revoked its 2015 nuclear deal agreement. Moreover, Iran used the Israeli sabotage actions against the Natanz nuclear facility as an excuse to hit Israel, the US and all E…
(2021-04-23). New US climate pledge: Cut emissions 50% this decade, but can Biden make it happen? juancole.com 
By Morgan Bazilian and David Victor | — President Joe Biden announced an ambitious new national climate target at a livestreamed summit of world leaders on April 22, 2021. He pledged to cut U.S. carbon emissions in half by the end of this decade and aim for net zero emissions by 2050. The new goal …
(2021-04-23). Biden's Commission on the Supreme Court and Breyer's Tenure. counterpunch.org 
One of the best ways to evade a campaign promise is to appoint a commission. Regarding expanding the Supreme Court, however, Biden skipped the promise and went straight to the evasion. Biden said he would appoint a Very August Body, after the election, to consider whether SCOTUS should be enlarged. Obviously it can and it
(2021-04-23). Migrant women farmworkers: An invisible essential labor force. mronline.org 
The Biden administration must address the industry's long-standing gender discrimination and systemic inequalities, which have become even more severe during the pandemic. | April 23, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-23). GOP infrastructure maneuvering can kill plans to mitigate climate change. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—As world leaders came together at the invitation of President Joe Biden for an Earth Day summit to commit to saving a planet imperiled by global warming, a group of Senate Republicans engaged in political maneuvering which, if successful, could dash the hopes of ever addressing climate change in a meaningful way. Trying to sound …
(2021-04-23). A Textbook Case of Environmental Injustice. counterpunch.org 
Even as the Biden administration commits to environmental justice, people in the Fifth District of Louisiana's St. James Parish are mobilizing to stop a Formosa plastics plant accused of environmental racism in the majority-Black community. The controversy offers a textbook case for those looking to understand environmental justice and environmental racism. The environmental justice movement
(2021-04-23). The Imperialist Origins of Saudi Arabia. dissidentvoice.org 
Why is Saudi Arabia, a Sunni absolute monarchy, enthusiastically supported by the West, considered a global promoter of "democracy"? This question is rarely asked. The apparent mismatch between liberal democracy and religious fundamentalism is hastily airbrushed when the matter is about oil trade and arms deals. This attitude is not an expression of mere hypocrisy …
(2021-04-23). Slaves to the Constitution. counterpunch.org 
Slavery lives on in U.S.-American life, crippling "our" supposed grand "democracy" in numerous ways. The massive wealth, income, and health gaps between Black and white Americans and the related persistent segregation and mass arrest and incarceration of Black Americans cannot be properly understood without reference to the two and a half centuries in which Black
(2021-04-23). Prison officials punish Bryant Arroyo for free speech. workers.org 
Bryant Arroyo, an incarcerated worker at Pennsylvania SCI Frackville, was placed in isolated custody for several days — in other words, thrown in the hole, the "Restricted Housing Unit" — for suggesting on separate phone calls to this reporter, his daughter and another person that they keep recordings of their . . . |
(2021-04-23). West-Backed Color Revolution a 'Top Threat' to China's National, Political Security. orinocotribune.com 
By Yang Sheng and Chen Qingqing — Apr 15, 2021 | The sixth National Security Education Day falls on Thursday, with the Chinese national security agency releasing a series of cases related to the threat against China's political security. Experts on international intelligence and security said under the intensifying China-US competition, foreign hostile forces have increased efforts to target the political security of China rather than merely conducting regular espionage activities. | The law enforcement cases released by relevant national security agencies this year are different from the past, which specifi…
(2021-04-23). Unions back Biden's Postal Board nominees. peoplesworld.org 
(2021-04-23). What If 401(k)s Could Fund the Green New Deal Instead of Wall Street? truthout.org 
This week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey re-introduced the Green New Deal. One crucial arm of it is the Green New Deal for Public Housing, a bill to rebuild and revitalize the nation's public housing infrastructure. Momentum by lawmakers to reinvest in our existing public housing infrastructure has been
(2021-04-23). What If 401Ks Could Fund the Green New Deal Instead of Wall Street? truthout.org This week, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Ed Markey re-introduced the Green New Deal. One crucial arm of it is the Green New Deal for Public Housing, a bill to rebuild and revitalize the nation's public housing infrastructure. Momentum by lawmakers to reinvest in our existing public housing infrastructure has been
(2021-04-23). Afghanistan Under the Taliban: It Won't Be Like Last Time. counterpunch.org We've been in Afghanistan 20 years, Joe Biden's generals told him. All we need is a little more time. The president overruled them, ordering a complete withdrawal of American troops by September 11th. Madiha Afzal and Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution articulate the opposition to Biden's decision to call it quits. Remove the U.S.
(2021-04-23). Pentagon Deploys Additional Forces to Afghanistan Over Fears of Taliban Attacks. news.antiwar.com The US is Since Biden broke the US-Taliban peace deal by extending the withdrawal deadline, attacks against US forces in Afghanistan could start up again after May 1st, the original pull-out deadline. | The Pentagon said that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin approved the deployment of a number of B-52 bombers to Afghanistan, two of which already arrived. Aust…
(2021-04-23). Is Biden's big climate pledge real? liberationnews.org 
Joe Biden chose Earth Day (April 22) to convoke world leaders to a virtual climate summit and pledged to cut U.S. carbon emissions in half by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. This has understandably left some breathing easier after four years of crude environmental revanchism by the Trump administration. But do these meetings and the …
(2021-04-23). "Shelter from the Storm": Climate Change Is a Driving Force in Central American Migration. democracynow.org 
We look at the link between migration and the climate emergency, which studies have estimated could displace over 200 million people by 2050, including many in Central American countries such as Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras. Last year, two hurricanes, Iota and Eta, devastated the region and forced thousands to flee north. A new report finds that the climate crisis is already a driver in migration from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras, which reiterates the necessity of planning "ahead for the major migration flows," says Camila Bustos, human rights associate at the University Network for Human Rights. "W…
(2021-04-23). "He's Going to Be So Missed": Funeral Held for Police Shooting Victim Daunte Wright in Minneapolis. democracynow.org 
Mourners gathered in Minnesota Thursday for the funeral of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was shot dead by a white police officer during a traffic stop in the Minneapolis suburb of Brooklyn Center. Daunte's mother, Katie Wright, fought back tears as she remembered her son. "When he walked in the room, he lit up the room. He was a brother, a jokester, and he was loved by so many. He's going to be so missed." We air excerpts of Wright's funeral service.
(2021-04-23). African Activists: The Earth Is in Peril If Wealthy Nations Don't Slash Emissions & Pay Climate Debt. democracynow.org 
As President Biden convenes a major climate summit, we speak with two leading climate activists from Africa about the "climate debt" rich countries owe the Global South and the major emissions cuts still needed in order to avert the worst effects of the planetary emergency. "Given the scale of the crisis right now, the only thing that is going to get us out of it is not going to be baby steps in the right direction," says Kumi Naidoo, special adviser for the Green Economy Coalition's Social Contract Initiative, as well as the former head of Greenpeace International. "It's going to be big, bold, courageous, struct…
(2021-04-23). Assassination Of Tribal Leader Inflamed New Clashes Between SDF, NDF In Al-Qamishli (Videos). southfront.org 
The coffin of Sheikh Hayis Al-Jaryan, source: the Hawar News Agency (ANHA). | The assassination of an Arab tribal leader has inflamed the ongoing The leader, Hayis Al-Jaryan, was shot and killed…
(2021-04-23). Raúl Castro honored. workers.org 
The excerpts below are from the Cuban daily newspaper, Granma, April 17. "Let no one doubt that as long as I live, I will be ready, with a foot in the stirrup, to defend the homeland, the Revolution and socialism," stated Army General Raúl Castro Ruz, first secretary of the . . . |
(2021-04-23). Biden Vows to Cut Emissions, But U.S. Continues to Subsidize Fossil Fuels Amid Climate Crisis. democracynow.org 
The White House convened a virtual summit on the climate crisis this week, with 40 leaders representing the world's major economies pledging cuts to greenhouse gas emissions. President Joe Biden said the U.S. would cut its emissions by at least 50% below 2005 levels by the end of the decade — nearly double the target set by the Obama administration six years ago. Biden's pledge fulfills "a basic requirement of the U.S. being in the Paris Climate Agreement," says New Republic staff writer Kate Aronoff, but still does not go far enough. "This is well, well below what the United States really owes the rest of…
(2021-04-23). Biden Vows to Cut Emissions While US Continues to Subsidize Fossil Fuels. truthout.org 
The White House convened a virtual summit on the climate crisis this week, with 40 leaders representing the world's major economies pledging cuts to greenhouse gas emissions. President Joe Biden said the U.S. would cut its emissions by at least 50% below 2005 levels by the end of the decade — nearly double the target set by the Obama administration six years ago. Biden's pledge fulfills "a basic requirement of the U.S. being in the Paris Climate Agreement," says New Republic staff writer Kate…
(2021-04-23). Louis DeJoy Must Be Fired to Save the USPS, Says Watchdog. truthout.org 
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington on Thursday reiterated its call for the ouster of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, the Republican megadonor accused of attempting to sabotage the U.S. Postal Service last year as millions of Americans relied on the agency to participate in the presidential election. | As the House Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee
(2021-04-23). Imperialism in the name of 'water preservation'. workers.org 
By Jason Cohen (City College of New York student) Vice President Kamala Harris, while appearing with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, made a stunning remark that illuminated the perilous future ahead due to climate change. Discussing the need for policies to bolster the crumbling infrastructure that is needed to provide adequate . . . |
(2021-04-23). Democrat Opposed to the PRO Act Was Showered With Cash From Amazon Executives. zcomm.org Tactics used by Amazon to defeat the union organizing drive at the company's Bessemer, Alabama, warehouse have highlighted the need for Democrats to pass the Protecting the Right to Organize Act…
(2021-04-23). Headlines for April 23, 2021. democracynow.org Biden Pledges to Halve U.S. Emissions Compared to 2005 Levels as Virtual Climate Summit Opens, House Committee Hears Testimony on Role of Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Preventing Climate Action, New York City Sues Big Oil over Decades of False Advertising About Climate Crisis, India Posts World Record Coronavirus Case Count for Second Consecutive Day, South Africa Resumes Use of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine, Study Confirms Elevated Risk of COVID-19 for Expectant Mothers and Babies, House Votes to Make "Washington, Douglass Commonwealth" the 51st State, Senate Passes Bill Targeting Anti-Asian Hate Crimes, Pro-Tru…
(2021-04-23). With single-payer bill shelved for the year, Healthy California Now urges Gov. Newsom to lead the way on achieving Medicare for All. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-04-23). 48 Organizations Call on Biden to Include Bold Drug Pricing Reforms in the American Families Plan, Use the Savings to Expand Medicare. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-04-23). Coalition Calls for Bold Pricing Reforms to Save $450 Billion on Drug Costs. commondreams.org The U.S., said one advocate, could "pump those savings back into Medicare" to expand and strengthen the program. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1715882401.jpg …
(2021-04-23). With California Single-Payer Bill Shelved, Advocates Call on Newsom to Take Lead on Medicare for All. commondreams.org "The fastest, most direct path to Medicare for All has always gone through the governor," said one single-payer campaigner. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/m4a_2000x1047.jpg …
(2021-04-23). Ankara Tense Ahead Of Biden's Expected Recognition Of Armenian Genocide. eurasiareview.com Tensions between Washington and Ankara may be further strained on Saturday when US President Joe Biden is expected to become the first US leader to officially recognize the Armenian Genocide of 1915 onward. | The massacre of around 1.5 million Armenians in the early 20th century was formally recognized as genocide by the US Senate in 2019, but then-President Donald Trump did not follow suit. | April 24 is Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day, and ahead of Saturday's annual commemoration, this much-anticipated move is now a major concern for Ankara, and likely to inflame an already tense relationship. Turkey denie…
(2021-04-23). COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations on the rise in Alabama after easing of restrictions. wsws.org On April 7, Alabama's Republican Governor Kay Ivey lifted the state's mask mandate, falsely claiming that the "pandemic is almost over." Within two weeks, infections and hospitalizations are once again on the rise.
(2021-04-23). Texas Ended Lockdowns And Mask Mandates: Now Locked-Down States Are Where Covid Is Growing Most — OpEd. eurasiareview.com By Ryan McMaken* | Early last month, Texas governor Greg Abbott announced he would end the state's mask mandate and allow most businesses to function at 100 percent capacity. | The response from the corporate media and the Left was predictable. California governor Gavin Newsom
(2021-04-23). Texas Ended Lockdowns and Mask Mandates. Now Locked-Down States Are Where COVID Is Growing Most. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Early last month, Texas governor Greg Abbott announced he would end …
(2021-04-23). Bernie Sanders Says Backing Waiver for Covid Vaccine Patents Is 'Common Human Morality'. commondreams.org "We must do everything humanly possible to crush this global pandemic and save millions of people who are in danger of needlessly dying." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bernie_sanders_patent_waiver_1.png …
(2021-04-23). Biden's Appeasement of Hawks and Neocons Is Crippling His Diplomacy. counterpunch.org President Biden took office promising a new era of American international leadership and diplomacy. But with a few exceptions, he has so far allowed self-serving foreign allies, hawkish U.S. interest groups and his own imperial delusions to undermine diplomacy and stoke the fires of war. Biden's failure to quickly recommit to the Iran nuclear deal,
(2021-04-23). Biden's Appeasement of Hawks and Neocons Is Crippling His Diplomacy. progressive.org The President's diplomacy reflects his failure to accurately read the limits of U.S. power and predict the consequences of his decisions.
(2021-04-23). Vienna Talks Reveal Biden Team's Attachment to Sanctions That Would Torpedo Iran Deal. strategic-culture.org Biden's foreign policy team refuses to relieve Iran from sanctions illegally imposed by the Trump administration, setting the stage for the collapse of negotiations and a major crisis.: | By Gareth PORTER | The Biden administration signaled once again at the April 9 Vienna meeting on the Iran nuclear deal that it intends to maintain Trump-era Iran sanctions in an effort to win political and military concessions going well beyond the original deal itself. Team Biden continued to insist during the conference that Iran return to full compliance with the nuclear agreement without any reciprocal US commitment…
(2021-04-23). Biden's first trip outside the country will take him to NATO headquarters. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Biden's first trip outside the country will take him to NATO headquartersRick Rozoff White House Press Secretary Jen "Russia will be accountable by the international community" Psaki announced today that her boss, President Joe "I will continue with every fiber in my being to keep America involved with troops that can shoot and kill" Biden, …
(2021-04-23). A formula for disappointment? Joe Biden's center right return to 'normal' at home and abroad. nationofchange.org Having a new occupant in the White House is a relief for many people but the current moment clearly requires radical change.
(2021-04-23). Do not use national security waiver to clear military aid to Egypt, rights groups urge US. peoplesdispatch.org Fourteen organizations wrote to the Joe Biden administration urging it not to use a national security waiver to clear military aid to Egypt. The waiver has been used in the past to avoid an evaluation of Egypt's human rights record as part of the aid is conditional…
(2021-04-23). Memo to Biden: What About The Other Whistleblowers? popularresistance.org Darnella Frazier is a whistleblower. She's an important one. Few Americans will know her name, but we should all be thanking her. | Darnella is the 17-year-old who took the video of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin murdering George Floyd. That video has become the de facto official record of Floyd's death. Where would we be without it? | The Minneapolis Police Department's initial account was entitled, "Man Dies After Medical Incident During Police Interaction." It said that police had been called to a Chicago Avenue South address for a "forgery in progress," that Floyd "appeared to be under the in…
(2021-04-23). The People's Podcast: Climate Emergency, DAPL, & Biden's Plan. peoplesparty.org Join us for the second episode of The People's Podcast, our new live show dedicated to making the case for a major new party free of corporate money. New episodes every other week. | Sadie Thompson, co-chair of Power Shift Network, joins Nick Brana and Eynelys García to discuss the climate emergency, DAPL, and Biden's plan.
(2021-04-23). Biden climate summit offers empty spectacle. wsws.org The two-day event that began Thursday underscored the reality that there is no solution to global warming and climate change within the framework of capitalism.
(2021-04-23). Jubilee USA Statement on President Biden's Leaders Summit on Climate. commondreams.org ______________________________…