2022-03-19: News Headlines

àÅngel Guerra Cabrera (2022-03-19). Biden procura prolongar la guerra. globalizacion.ca El Presidente Joseph Biden no está interesado, o no se le ve capaz, de impulsar la paz en Ucrania, lo que hace aún más difícil alcanzar el cese el fuego. Para mayor dificultad, Zelensky no es más que una marioneta…

WSWS (2022-03-19). In talks with Chinese president, Biden bullies China over Ukraine. wsws.org The lack of any agreement from the Biden-Xi call underscores the recklessness of US actions in Ukraine and the danger that the war could rapidly escalate into a far broader conflict by drawing in other powers, including China.

WSWS (2022-03-19). FBI informants testify in federal trial of four men accused of plot to kidnap Michigan governor. wsws.org The trial of the men charged with planning to kidnap and kill Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer before the 2020 presidential elections continued Thursday and Friday with testimony from FBI informants as witnesses for the prosecution.

Linda-Gail Bekker, Nigel Garrett, Ameena Goga, Lara Fairall, Tarylee Reddy, Nonhlanhla Yende-Zuma, Reshma Kassanjee, Shirley Collie, Ian Sanne, Andrew Boulle, Ishen Seocharan, Imke Engelbrecht, Mary-Ann Davies, Jared Champion, Tommy Chen, Sarah Bennett, Selaelo Mametja, Mabatlo Semenya, Harry Moultrie, Tulio de Oliveira, Richard John Lessells, Cheryl Cohen, Waasila Jassat, Michelle Groome, Anne Von Gottberg, Engelbert Le Roux, Kentse Khuto, Dan Barouch, Hassan Mahomed, Milani Wolmarans, Petro Rousseau, Debbie Bradshaw, Michelle Mulder, Jessica Opie, Vernon Louw, Barry Jacobson, Pradeep Rowji, Jonny G Peter, Azwi Takalani, Jackline Odhiambo, Fatima Mayat, Simbarashe Takuva, Lawrence Corey, Glenda E Gray, Sisonke Protocol Team, Sisonke Study Team (2022-03-19). [Articles] Effectiveness of the Ad26.COV2.S vaccine in health-care workers in South Africa (the Sisonke study): results from a single-arm, open-label, phase 3B, implementation study. thelancet.com The single-dose Ad26.COV2.S vaccine shows effectiveness against severe COVID-19 disease and COVID-19-related death after vaccination, and against both beta and delta variants, providing real-world evidence for its use globally.

_____ (2022-03-18). Progressives Hand Biden List Of 55 Executive Actions. popularresistance.org The CPC's new list of executive order recommendations is broad in scope, aiming to address a variety of pressing issues including sky-high drug prices, the worsening climate emergency, the coronavirus pandemic, mounting student loan debt, and a rigged tax system—priorities that Biden vowed to tackle on the campaign trail in 2020. | While Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the CPC chair, has said she would prefer ambitious legislation such as the Build Back Better package to more limited executive orders, that bill is dead in the Senate due to opposition from Republicans and corporate-backed Democrats such as S…

teleSUR, DRL (2022-03-18). China reclama a EE.UU. trabajar por la paz mundial. telesurtv.net En una conferencia bilateral, Xi Jinping dijo a Joe Biden que "el conflicto y la confrontación no le interesan a nadie".

WSWS (2022-03-18). The issue in the US West Coast dockworkers contract. wsws.org As the July 21 contract deadline for 20,000 US West Coast dockworkers approaches, the Biden administration and shippers are plotting with the West Coast longshore union to block any strike action by workers in defense of living standards and working conditions.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-03-18). Updated Davis-Bacon regs will raise pay for construction workers. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON —Building trades union leaders lauded the Democratic Biden administration's plans to revise and update the rules implementing the Davis-Bacon Act, improving enforcement and expanding its reach. The Labor Department said the changes could raise the pay for at least 1.2 million U.S. construction workers. The rewrite, announced March 11, is open for comments for …

WSWS (2022-03-18). Biden appoints mass infection advocate Ashish Jha as COVID-19 Response Coordinator. wsws.org The selection of Jha underscores that the White House will do nothing to stop the pandemic as the Omicron BA.2 subvariant spreads uncontrolled, and all federal pandemic resources dry up.

WSWS (2022-03-18). The issues at stake in the US West Coast dockworkers contract. wsws.org As the July 1 contract deadline for 20,000 US West Coast dockworkers approaches, the Biden administration and shippers are plotting with the West Coast longshore union to block any strike action by workers in defense of living standards and working conditions.

Jenny Pierson (2022-03-18). Florida May Soon Use Digital Images of Ballots in Recounts—Will All Counties Make Them a Public Record? independentmediainstitute.org Florida's recounts have been notorious. The 2000 presidential election was decided when the U.S. Supreme Court stopped a recount, holding, in Bush v. Gore, that different counties were using different procedures, which was unconstitutional. In 2018, three statewide contests, including for the U.S. Senate, triggered simultaneous recounts. Some populous counties did not finish in time, …

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-18). Election observers want recount of quarter of Colombia's ballot boxes. colombiareports.com Independent election observers asked the National Registry for a recount of congressional votes in a quarter of Colombia's polling stations. The Electoral Observation Mission (MOE) requested the recount after opposition…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-18). Elections: The Stakes in Libya. libya360.wordpress.com Habib Lassoued A file picture shows Fathi Bashagha, former Interior Minister, delivering a speech after submitting his candidacy papers for the presidential election in Tripoli, Libya, November 18, 2021. (Reuters) A year ago, the Government of National Unity (GNU) won the backing of the House of Representatives at an extraordinary session held in the city…

Chris Walker (2022-03-18). Former Trump Chief of Staff Being Investigated for Using False Address to Vote. truthout.org Mark Meadows, who previously served as chief of staff to former President Donald Trump and as a congressman for North Carolina, is being investigated by officials from that state over allegations that he may have committed voter fraud. |

Anonymous669 (2022-03-18). Turkish Artillery Strikes Damage Electrical Substation In Syria's Al-Hasakah (Photos). southfront.org Image: aa.com.tr | On March 18, the Turkish military and its proxies carried out a series of artillery strikes on the northern countryside of Syria's al-Hasakah. | The artillery strikes targeted a number of villages located near the towns of Tell Tamer and Abu Rasin, which are held by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) maintains a network of positions in this part of al-Hasakah. | While the strikes didn't result in any casualties, they did caus…

_____ (2022-03-18). Thai Volunteers Poisoned by Western Media Sign up for Ukraine Fight. journal-neo.org As Russia's special operations continue in Ukraine so does the West's propaganda war against it. The propaganda is particularly effective but also particularly predictable in terms of who will be drawn in by it and become hysterical because of it. This includes right-wing extremists from across the Western world but also the many US-sponsored "pro-democracy" …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-03-18). Judge Puts Jussie Smollett Back On Streets As Brother Blames Homophobia For Lack Of Support. moguldom.com Actor Jussie Smollett was released from jail on a $150,000 bond by a judge on Wednesday, March 16, after serving six days of a 150-day sentence. The brother of the former "Empire" actor said Smollett did not receive much support from the public — particularly in the Black community — because of homophobia. The 39-year-old …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-03-18). ATL Mayor Andre Dickens: To Those Thinking About Criminal Activities, 'We Have Our Eyes On You'. moguldom.com Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens had a message for anyone who is thinking about committing a crime in his city. "I want to stress to the would-be offenders out there that if you think you want to commit a crime in this city, you might want to think again. We have our eyes on you and …

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-03-18). Fact Check: Miami Is The Least Affordable City In America, Worse Than New York City. moguldom.com Nicknamed "The Magic City," Miami has become much less magical for natives and local residents who are being pushed out of their homes due its status as the least affordable city in the country. A longtime standout for its enormous wealth gap, Miami ranks among the most expensive cities, and it's one of the top-ranked …

Michael Payne (2022-03-18). Republicans ready to use violence to seize greater power and control. nationofchange.org Politics is a dirty business here in America and the last thing we need in this country is a political war in which people are physically harmed.

Rann Miller (2022-03-18). Opinion: In A Racist Social Structure, There Are No Mistaken Identities. The Ryan Coogler Arrest Was On Brand. moguldom.com In January of this year, acclaimed film director Ryan Coogler was mistaken for a bank robber. Bank staffers at an Atlanta Bank of American branch mistakenly thought Coogler was staging a robbery, so they called cops, and the "Black Panther" director was detained by police, in handcuffs. Coogler had handed the bank teller a handwritten …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-18). NUMSA demands Comair course correct to save the airline and jobs. peoplesdispatch.org Comair, a South African airline which owns the low lost carrier kulula.com and operates as a British Airways franchisee domestically, began to fly again on Thursday March 17, after being grounded for five days. | Comair's Air Operator Certificate (AOC) was indefinitely suspended by the South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA), which had found several lapses in the safety mechanisms during its audit. SACAA lifted the suspension on Wednesday, March 16. | Five days after beginning an audit, SACCA had suspended the Comair's AOC for a period of 24 hours on March 12, "following an investigation into the recent sp…

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