2021-03-23: News Headlines

Staff (2021-03-23). From Bessemer to Baltimore, Amazon workers demand the right to organize. therealnews.com Activists held an international day of action to support Amazon workers on March 20, highlighting the ways unions can help defend worker rights and safety protections. TRNN's Jaisal Noor reports from the solidarity action held outside of an Amazon facility in Baltimore.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-23). Amazon workers lead 'White Monday' strike across Italy and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org We take a look at the nationwide strike by Amazon workers across Italy, a massive fire at a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, recent developments in Yemen, and the presence of armed rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the pretext of foreign military interventions…

Andrew Korybko (2021-03-23). Saudi Arabia's "Renewed Peace Push" in Yemen Is Welcome, but Incomplete. globalresearch.ca The world must urgently act to relieve the Yemeni people's years-long …

Alexander Rubinstein (2021-03-23). CIA Pressured Yemen to Release al-Qaeda Leader From Prison. mintpressnews.com WASHINGTON (Substack // The Moral Guidance Department, a branch of the Yemeni Armed Forces of the revolutionary Houthi government of Yemen published last week a number of secret documents and phone calls from the former regime of longtime president Ali…

Fight Back (2021-03-23). Tallahassee community remembers Mychael Johnson. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On March 20, activists from across the Tallahassee community gathered in front of City Hall to remember and to honor the life of Mychael Johnson, a Black man murdered by the Tallahassee Police Department one year ago. | The Tallahassee Community Action Committee (TCAC) and other community members stood alongside the family of Mychael Johnson in grief and healing. | "Somebody's hurting my people, and it's gone on far too long," sang Trish Brown, outreach coordinator for the Tallahassee Community Action Committee at the angelversary that evening. | Regina Joseph, president of TCAC, and a member of…

Dave DeCamp (2021-03-23). Unnamed Western Officials Spread Dubious Claims About Iran. globalresearch.ca With a possible revival of the Iran nuclear deal on the …

Geoff LaMear (2021-03-23). America Should Swallow Its Pride on Iran. globalresearch.ca The United States and Iran remain at an impasse over the …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-23). Houthis demand lifting of air and sea blockade before agreeing to ceasefire. peoplesdispatch.org The chief negotiator for Ansar Allah said the Saudis should end their devastating air and sea blockade of the country if they are serious about implementing the ceasefire…

South Front (2021-03-23). Video: Saudi War on Yemen. Six-year Epic Failure: Riyadh's Crusade on Sana'a. globalresearch.ca Six years of the Saudi-led war have passed in Yemen, and …

MEE staff (2021-03-23). Yemeni family appeals US drone strike case to Germany's highest court. middleeasteye.net Yemeni family appeals US drone strike case to Germany's highest court | Rights group says significance of Ramstein Air Base in Germany for US drones strikes in Yemen is greater than the court assumes | Tue, 03/23/2021 – 14: 48 | The US military has said Ramstein is not used to launch or operate drones involved in "counterterrorism activities" (AFP) | Two Yemeni men who have claimed their relatives were killed…

MEE staff (2021-03-23). Khashoggi murder: Top Saudi official made death threats to UN investigator Callamard. middleeasteye.net Khashoggi murder: Top Saudi official made death threats to UN investigator Callamard | United Nations officials twice told that Riyadh would have Agnes Callamard 'taken care of' following probe into journalist's assassination | Tue, 03/23/2021 – 14: 07 | UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings Agnes Callamard (L) greets Jamal Khashoggi's fiancee and Turkish writer Hatice Cengiz at the UN Human Rights C…

Robin Broad, John Cavanagh (2021-03-23). What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions. thenation.com What Salvadoran Activists Can Teach Us About Building Coalitions…

Staff (2021-03-23). Headlines for March 23, 2021. democracynow.org Man with AR-15 Assault Rifle Kills 10 in Boulder, CO, Supermarket, Colorado Judge Overturned Boulder's Ban on Assault Weapons One Week Ahead of Massacre, CDC Warns Against Relaxing Public Health Measures at "Critical Point in the Pandemic", AstraZeneca Submitted "Outdated Information" in COVID-19 Vaccine Emergency Use Application, WHO Decries "Grotesque" Vaccination Gap Between Rich and Poor Nations, Saudi Arabia Proposes Yemen Ceasefire; Houthis Demand End to Devastating Blockade First, Hundreds Missing, Tens of Thousands Displaced by Fire in Rohingya Refugee Camp, 137 Killed in Niger Attacks After Constitutiona…