(2021-03-29). Lee Camp: Why Biden's Choice to Bomb Outer Space Is So Damn Exciting. scheerpost.com Tyler Merbler / CC BY 2.0] By Lee Camp / Original to ScheerPost President Biden has announced he will be continuing to build Donald Trump's Space Force — an idea Trump probably dreamed up while high on some bizarre pills his special "doctor" gave him and had left the rubber cement jar open on his desk. The Space Force is the new branch of our military designed to conquer and kill things in outer… |
(2021-03-29). University of Michigan Women Deans Decry Regent Weiser's urging that 'witch' Gov. Whitmer be 'burned at stake'. juancole.com Ron Weiser, a real estate billionaire, is the head of the Michigan Republican Party. In videotaped remarks last Thursday, he referred to Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer and two other top state women leaders (Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel [D] and Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson [D]) as the "three witches" and spoke of burning …
(2021-03-29). Beloved Maryland math teacher dies of COVID-19 after school reopened. wsws.org Mary Laurenzano's death is a direct result of the criminal push by the Biden administration and Maryland's Republican Governor Larry Hogan to reopen schools before the pandemic is contained.
(2021-03-29). Universal Health Care is a Popular Idea in America, So Why Does Biden Seem Intent on Enriching Private Insurance Companies? counterpunch.org 
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on people's lives, President Joe Biden has been on a victory tour to promote the American Rescue Plan, a hefty $1.9 trillion spending package that not only sends direct stimulus payments to struggling Americans, but also greatly expands health care options through the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
(2021-03-29). The Worst Attack on Voting Rights Since Jim Crow. counterpunch.org Last November, despite a global pandemic, voter intimidation, and an unprecedented disinformation campaign, a record number of Americans cast a ballot in the 2020 election. Expanded voting by mail, no-excuse absentee voting, curbside voting, and early voting made the ballot box more accessible. But now, Republican lawmakers in 43 states are introducing hundreds of restrictive
(2021-03-29). Peru To Witness Debates Among 18 Presidential Candidates. telesurenglish.net For three days starting on Monday, Peru's National Jury of Elections will organize face-to-face presidential debates among 18 candidates who will participate in the April 11 elections. | RELATED: | The debates will be focused on such issues as the pandemic, education, security, public integrity, and corruption. | Among the first candidates to take the floor this Monday are the National Victory candidate George Fors…
(2021-03-29). Amid surging COVID-19 cases, New York Mayor de Blasio orders 80,000 city workers back to offices. wsws.org The move sets a benchmark for office workers throughout New York City and across the country to return to work despite a new surge in COVID-19 cases.
(2021-03-29). House Speaker Pelosi names D.C. National Guard Commander William Walker new Sergeant-at-Arms. wsws.org The appointment of Walker marks the first time both the House and Senate sergeant-at-arms will be members of military.
(2021-03-29). Brutal violence by military escalates in Myanmar. peoplesdispatch.org 
A day after 114 people were killed by security forces in Myanmar, the military on Sunday opened fire on those who had gathered to mourn the dead in Yangon. Close to 450 people have been killed since the February 1 coup…
(2021-03-29). People's Action Statement on CDC Moratorium Extension. peoplesaction.org Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 240.206.1145 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action Homes Guarantee Campaign Director Tara Raghuveer today released the following statement in response to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention temporarily extending the national eviction moratorium to June 30th: "The Biden administration did the right thing by extending the eviction moratorium. But, beyond introducing a new …
(2021-03-29). We Can Win Student Loan Debt Cancellation. popularresistance.org On March 18, the Biden administration's Department of Education announced that it will cancel $1 billion in federal student loan debt held by 72,000 borrowers who were defrauded by for-profit universities. These students received subprime educations and worthless degrees, and then were burdened with debt often in the tens of thousands of dollars—all while predatory companies and their investors made millions. | The only reason this debt is now being cancelled is because debtors got organized. In 2015, students from for-profit, now defunct Corinthian Colleges Inc. launched the country's first student debt st…
(2021-03-29). When Leaders Kill: Biden's characterization of Putin applies to Neoliberal Ideologies, Too. juancole.com Southwest Harbor, Maine (Special to Informed Comment) — The presidents who control more than 90 percent of the world's nuclear arsenal had a bit of a spat the other day. Though the exchange ended indecisively it serve to highlight important moral issues in both foreign and domestic policy. In an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos …
(2021-03-29). Honduras Concludes Primary Elections Vote Count. telesurenglish.net Honduras' National Electoral Council (CNE) concluded the primary elections' vote count after two weeks of delays and electoral fraud allegations. | RELATED: | The National Party candidate Nasry Asfura, the Freedom and Refoundation Party representative Xiomara Castro, and the Liberal Party member Yani Rosenthal stay as main competitors for the Presidency post. | Tegucigalpa mayor Asfura gained 579,764 votes, ex-fir…
(2021-03-29). The 2002 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF): Repealing AUMF Will Mean Nothing if We Don't Get Out of Afghanistan First. globalresearch.ca House Democrats
(2021-03-29). The bigot party. nationofchange.org This transformation in one of America's two eminent political parties has shocking implications, not just for the future of American democracy but for the future of democracy everywhere.
(2021-03-29). Republicans Fabricate "Crisis" of Violent Immigrants Crossing the Border. commondreams.org The "surge" has been fabricated by Republicans in order to stoke fear—and, not incidentally, to justify changes in laws they say are necessary to prevent non-citizens from voting. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/tedcruz.jpg …
(2021-03-29). Neoliberalism Is a Killer. commondreams.org Biden's recent characterization of Putin applies to this dominant ideology as well. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/clintonhonduras.jpg …
(2021-03-29). In Solidarity with the THRIVE Act, Sunrise Movement Expects a $10 Trillion Over the Next Decade Infrastructure Proposal From Biden. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-29). Oceana Applauds President Biden Offshore Wind Plan as 'Game-Changing'. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-29). Biden Administration Announces Plan to Boost Offshore Wind Development. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-29). 350.org on Biden's Plan to Expand East Coast Wind Farms. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-29). Center For Popular Democracy Kicks Off "National Week of Action" Demanding Solutions to Converging Climate and Housing Crises. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-29). Georgia Hit With Pair of Lawsuits Over Sweeping Voter Suppression Law. commondreams.org "The Georgia NAACP will continue to fight until every voter is able to freely and confidently participate in democracy," vowed the state president. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-12316017161.jpg …
(2021-03-29). Center for Popular Democracy's Statement on the Extension of Eviction Moratorium. commondreams.org ______________________________…
(2021-03-29). Biden Continues to Slowly Back Away From Afghanistan Peace Deal. news.antiwar.com With the May 1 pullout date fast approaching, President Biden seems reluctant to state his actual intentions on Afghanistan. On the one hand, Those two positions combined might put the US pullout date sometime after May 1 but before 2022. If it was that simple, however, one would expect that Biden would say as much, instead of just reiterating what he doesn't expect to do. | This gives…
(2021-03-29). Iraqi Officials Ready to Push for Ouster of US Troops. news.antiwar.com In January 2020, Iraq's parliament unanimously called for the US to leave Iraq. President Biden hasn't weighed in on this, but the matter is likely to come to a head in April talks with Iraq centering on the strategic future of the two nations. | Iraq's PM and other top officials are US officials aren't saying anything in the lead-up to this, already so busy talking about how they're not withdrawing from Afghanistan or Syria. Iraqi MPs…
(2021-03-29). Robin D.G. Kelley on Derek Chauvin Murder Trial, Reparations in Evanston & Cornel West Tenure Fight. democracynow.org 
As opening statements begin in Minneapolis for the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin, we speak with UCLA historian and author Robin D.G. Kelley, who says a guilty verdict alone would not represent justice for George Floyd. "The real victory would be to end policing as we know it, to end qualified immunity, to end the conditions that enabled Derek Chauvin to take George Floyd's life and his colleagues to kind of stand there and watch," says Kelley.
(2021-03-29). Robin D.G. Kelley: Amazon Union Drive Builds on Decades of Black Radical Labor Activism in Alabama. democracynow.org 
As thousands of Amazon workers in Bessemer, Alabama, decide whether to form the company's first union, historian Robin D.G. Kelley says it could be a watershed moment for labor organizing in the United States. "This is definitely the most significant labor struggle of the 21st century, no doubt," he says. "The South has been the epicenter of the country's most radical democratic movements, which is why it's completely unsurprising that Bessemer, Alabama, would be the place where you'd have a renewed labor movement."
(2021-03-29). Capitalism Without Accountability Is at Root of Suez Canal Shipping Crisis, Says Scholar Laleh Khalili. democracynow.org 
A Suez Canal service firm now says the huge container ship blocking the canal has been refloated and is on the move. The 200,000-ton ship, the Ever Given, got stuck on March 23, blocking one of the world's most important trade routes, which is used for about 12% of all global trade. The impact of the canal shutdown has raised new questions about global trade practices, including the reliance on massive cargo ships, the conditions of workers on the vessels, and environmental degradation. "As years have gone by, the ships have gotten bigger and bigger and bigger," says Laleh Khalili, professor of international poli…
(2021-03-29). Scholar Laleh Khalili: Capitalism Without Accountability Is at Root of Suez Canal Shipping Crisis. democracynow.org 
A Suez Canal service firm now says the huge container ship blocking the canal has been refloated and is on the move. The 200,000-ton ship, the Ever Given, got stuck on March 23, blocking one of the world's most important trade routes, which is used for about 12% of all global trade. The impact of the canal shutdown has raised new questions about global trade practices, including the reliance on massive cargo ships, the conditions of workers on the vessels, and environmental degradation. "As years have gone by, the ships have gotten bigger and bigger and bigger," says Laleh Khalili, professor of international poli…
(2021-03-29). Headlines for March 29, 2021. democracynow.org Opening Statements Begin in Trial of Ex-Cop Derek Chauvin for Killing George Floyd, Burmese Forces Kill Over 100 People in Deadliest Day of Post-Coup Crackdown, More States Open Up Vaccine Eligibility as Cases Rise in More Than Half of U.S. States, Mexico Revises COVID Death Toll by 60%, Chile and Brazil Confront Massive Surges, WHO Warns Coronavirus on the Rise in African Countries as Vaccinations Remain Lowest in World, Suicide Bombing Attacks Catholic Church Mass in Indonesia, Dozens Killed in Attacks in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado Province, Iran and China Sign 25-Year, $400 Billion Strategic Deal, 9-Year-Old Gi…
(2021-03-29). Israel elections: Itamar Ben Gvir, the Jewish supremacist on the rise. middleeasteye.net 
Israel elections: Itamar Ben Gvir, the Jewish supremacist on the rise | After a pact brokered by Netanyahu, the Jewish Power party leader and former Kahanist has been catapulted into a potential kingmaker role | Mon, 03/29/2021 – 14: 11 | Itamar Ben Gvir, head of the Israeli Jewish Power (Otzma Yehudit) party, at a conference organised by the Besheva newspaper in Jerusalem on 15 March 2021 (AFP)…
(2021-03-29). How Can Biden End Our Forever Wars? Here's a Road Map. thenation.com How Can Biden End Our Forever Wars? Here's a Road Map.
(2021-03-29). Universal Health Care is a Popular Idea in America. zcomm.org So Why Does Biden Seem Intent on Enriching Private Insurance Companies?>
(2021-03-29). Jim Crow Tactics on Full Display in Georgia. zcomm.org "This is clear voter suppression, clear racism, a clear manifestation of white supremacy. Georgia is going backwards instead of forwards."
(2021-03-29). Thousands March and Rally In San Francisco Protesting Racist Attacks Against Asians. indybay.org Thousands of Chinese Americans and Asians marched and rallied in San Francisco on March 27, 2021 against the racist murders and attacks in the US. Some also protested the China bashing whipped up by both the Democrats and Republicans iincluding House Leader Nancy Pelosi from San Francisco.
(2021-03-29). Pelosi names D.C. National Guard Commander William Walker to be House Sergeant-at-Arms. indybay.org The naming of military members to head the security of the House and Senate speaks to the intense crisis still roiling the capitalist state and the ongoing lack of trust between its security apparatus and Congress.
(2021-03-29). Kickoff for Negro Bar State Historic Park Junior Ranger Program. indybay.org Early California Pan African Pioneers, both free and enslaved were a key part of the California Gold Rush. Our California Buffalo Soldiers were the early California Park Rangers and initial stewards of the land in an unsurpassed way.