(2024-04-13). How Britain Would Be Obliged To Free Julian Assange. popularresistance.org President Joe Biden's remark on Wednesday that his administration is considering ending the prosecution of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange appears based on a calculation that the U.S. could lose in court on Assange's appeal against Britain's order to extradite him. | The High Court of England and Wales in its ruling last month has given the United States until Tuesday to assure Assange will not face the death penalty or the court would have no choice but to follow the law and free Assange. | The two-judge panel also ruled the U.S. must provide a First Amendment guarantee equivalent to Article 10 of the Europea…
(2024-04-13). Mercedes Tries To Punch Down Alabama Union Momentum. popularresistance.org Workers at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama were forced to attend 20-minute anti-union meetings with the company's top management today. | Recordings obtained by Labor Notes show top management dangled carrots and put on a contrite-boss act, promising to do better. | Workers filed with the National Labor Relations Board on April 5 for the first-ever election to unionize the 5,200 people who work at the plant. | Mercedes claims to be neutral in the election, but it's also listed as a supporter of the Business Council of Alabama's anti-union website, Alabama Strong. The Auto Workers (UAW) has filed multiple unfair labor pr…
(2024-04-13). Biden gives Israel "ironclad" backing against Iranian retaliatory strike. wsws.org Biden's "ironclad" guarantee amounts to a blank cheque to the Israeli regime to carry out illegal acts of aggression anywhere in the Middle East, including on Iran.
(2024-04-13). Israel-Iran conflict: Israel braces for possible Iranian attack in retaliation for Damascus embassy killing. ptcnews.tv
(2024-04-13). Thursday 5/23: Discover our "Hidden Figures" United States Colored Troops from CA during the US Civil War. indybay.org California State Capitol – West Steps…
(2024-04-13). Reclaiming our "Stolen Legacy" this 24th Annual Folsom Juneteenth Celebration. indybay.org In 2000, Joe Louis Moore led the way to establish public Folsom Juneteenth events that were chosen by the National Park Service to be included in their National Underground Railroad Project, one of only two projects in California to be selected for that honor. It is past time to reclaim our "Stolen Legacy" and restore our authentic Golden Legacy. An ongoing David vs. Goliath battle…
(2024-04-13). Minnesota Sup. Ct. "Streaming Live" Apr. 16, 2024 Marijuana Party Presidential Candidate. indybay.org Presidential Candidate for the Legal Marijuana Now political party of Minnesota may be removed from the 2024 election ballot along with the entire party. Minnesota Supreme Court Hearing Streaming Live April 16, 2024 | www.mncourts.gov/supremecourt.aspx…
(2024-04-13). The Integral Crisis in the U.S. and the Purity Fetish By: Carlos L. Garrido. midwesternmarx.com 
Lecture at the National Autonomous University of Mexico The United States tells the world and its citizens that it is the greatest country on the planet, where freedom and democracy reign, and where there is an American dream that gives everyone the opportunity to live flourishing "middle class" lives with white-fenced houses and two cars. For the American working masses, however, as the great critical comedian George Carlin noted, "it's called the American dream because you have to be a …
(2024-04-13). Cornel West selects Black Lives Matter promoter Melina Abdullah as running mate. wsws.org The selection of Melina Abdullah as running mate signals a decision by West to emphasize racial divisions rather than class conflict.
(2024-04-13). Editorial] India's elections: why data and transparency matter. thelancet.com Later this month, Indians will head to the polls in what will be the largest election in history. 970 million people, more than 10% of the world population, will vote in the 2024 Lok Sabha (House of the People) parliamentary elections between April 19 and June 4. Opinion polls suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, and his coalition will win a third successive 5-year term. Under Modi's leadership, India has seen a remarkable, albeit unequal, economic boom.
(2024-04-13). Correspondence] Primary health care and the Tanzania Comprehensive Cancer Project. thelancet.com In his Offline,1 Richard Horton argues that "the global health community's emotional attachment to the 1978 Declaration of Alma-Ata, which codified a commitment to primary healthcare, is stifling" efforts to realise universal health coverage and hinders the inclusion of hospital-based services and specialist health care to address more complex health problems, such as cancer care in sub-Saharan Africa.1…
(2024-04-13). Comment] Offline: A mirage of progress for health and democracy. thelancet.com "Hong Kong parliament passes draconian law to crack down on dissent." "Macron feels force of Kremlin's fake news machine." News headlines suggest democracy is under threat. And so it is. Last month, the Bertelsmann Stiftung Transformation Index (BTI) recorded a further decline (between February, 2021, and January, 2023) in the quality of democracy across 137 countries. Only 63 nations were classified as democracies. The majority were labelled autocracies—covering 4 billion people. The BTI deploys words such as "gloomy", "gradual erosion", and "a new nadir".
(2024-04-13). Western Countries Panic as Iran Weighs Its Options. sonar21.com 
Notwithstanding all of Israel's tough talk and Biden's repeated vow to defend Israel, Israel's military campaign against Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran is turning into a real debacle. And things don't look much better for the United States. The world is now in bona fide tenterhooks mode — i.e., nervously waiting for Iran's promised military retaliation for Israel's illegal bombing of Iran's Consulate in Damascus a week ago. The 1961 The premises of a diplomatic m…