2021-03-22: News Headlines

Alexander Rubinstein (2021-03-22). Leaks show CIA pressured Yemen to release al-Qaeda leader and agency asset Anwar al-Awlaki. thegrayzone.com Explosive recordings released by the Houthi government of Yemen provide fresh evidence of Washington's support for the same jihadist militants it has claimed to be waging war on. (This report was originally published at Alex Rubinstein's Substack page.) The Moral Guidance Department, a branch of the Yemeni Armed Forces of the revolutionary Houthi government of Yemen, published a batch of secret documents and phone calls from the former regime of longtime president Ali Abdullah Saleh this March. Two phone calls …

Dan Cohen (2021-03-22). US intelligence thinks you're stupid: ODNI report blames Russia, ignores Colombian election interference. thegrayzone.com The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) issued a report alleging Russian interference in the 2020 election, contradicting November statements that there was no meddling, while ignoring documented interference from top US ally Colombia. By Dan Cohen / MintPress News / Behind the Headlines Russiagate is back! That's right. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) says Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei meddled in the 2020 U.S. election. But not only they: Lebanese …

Paul Jay (2021-03-22). 10 Things Wrong With Biden's Foreign Policy — Medea Benjamin. theanalysis.news Progressive Americans hoped Biden would quickly restore the Iran deal and relations with Cuba. Instead, the administration seems firmly entrenched behind Trump's walls of hostility. Medea Benjamin joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news…

teleSUR (2021-03-22). Two Venezuelan Soldiers Die in Fight With Colombian Traffickers. telesurenglish.net The Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) reported that two Venezuelan soldiers died on Sunday during a confrontation with armed groups in the state of Apure in the border area near Colombia. | RELATED: | Venezuelan authorities captured 32 people, destroyed six camps in the area, and seized weapons, ammunition, explosives, vehicles, and drugs. | The FANB reported that the deceased soldiers are Major Edward Cobo and Fi…

Alfred W. McCoy (2021-03-22). Washington's Delusion of Endless World Dominion. counterpunch.org Empires live and die by their illusions. Visions of empowerment can inspire nations to scale the heights of global hegemony. Similarly, however, illusions of omnipotence can send fading empires crashing into oblivion. So it was with Great Britain in the 1950s and so it may be with the United States today.

Alfred W. McCoy (2021-03-22). Washington's Delusion of Endless World Dominion: China and the U.S. Struggle over Eurasia, the Epicenter of World Power. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com) — Empires live and die by their illusions. Visions of empowerment can inspire nations to scale the heights of global hegemony. Similarly, however, illusions of omnipotence can send fading empires crashing into oblivion. So it was with Great Britain in the 1950s and so it may be with the United States today. By …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-22). Progressive sections in Poland denounce attack on LGBT activists. peoplesdispatch.org LGBT rights groups in Poland along with other progressive sections have denounced an attack on LGBT activists in the city of Gdansk. On March 17, around thirty masked men attacked a training session of the Homokomando Trójmiasto sports group in Gdansk. Two of the athletes were injured and had to be taken to hospital. A police complaint was subsequently filed by the sports group. Homokomando leadership stated that the attack was carried out by right-wing terrorists who wanted to curtail LGBT activism in Poland. | Homokomando is a sports club in Poland which engages LGBT people and supporters to train and play toge…

Paul Dobson (2021-03-22). Venezuela Returns to National Lockdown as Vaccine Deal Brokered. venezuelanalysis.com A ground-breaking agreement between the government and Guaidó-led opposition will allegedly allow the purchase of 12 million additional doses.

Brett Wilkins, staff writer (2021-03-22). 'Good Day to Be a Human Being': Activists Welcome Cancellation of Texas LNG Terminal. commondreams.org "There's more work to do to ensure other proposed fracked gas export terminals… are never built, but today we celebrate this important victory for our people and our environment." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

MEE staff (2021-03-22). Saudi Arabia issues Yemen ceasefire initiative; Houthis say it's 'not serious'. middleeasteye.net Saudi Arabia issues Yemen ceasefire initiative; Houthis say it's 'not serious' | Saudi proposal calls for UN-monitored ceasefire and opening Sanaa airport to a 'number of regional and international direct flights' | Mon, 03/22/2021 – 13: 49 | Forces loyal to Yemen's Saudi-backed government in the northwestern Hajjah province, 11 March (AFP/File photo) | Saudi Arabia announced a ceasefire initiative to halt the…

Franklin Frederick (2021-03-22). Cuba's Contributions in the Fight Against the COVID-19 Pandemic. zcomm.org The Cuban Revolution shows that when resources are distributed equitably, health outcomes previously unimaginable are possible…