2021-03-24: News Headlines

Raul Diego (2021-03-24). US Gins Up a "Credible" Iranian Nuclear Menace Befitting Its Own Stockpile. mintpressnews.com With Western intelligence sources once again stoking the flames of a nuclear Iran and the secret movement of America's nuclear warheads across Europe, the war economy is up to its old tricks.

Earchiel Johnson (2021-03-24). Chicago activists back a new ordinance for serious police reform. peoplesworld.org CHICAGO — With the high-profile police murders of Laquan McDonald and Rekia Boyd in their past, the citizens of Chicago may be getting closer to establishing an elected police accountability council. The Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression and the Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability have united around a compromise ordinance they want the …

Project Censored (2021-03-24). The Biden Administration's Foreign Policy and the Complete Picture Project with Medea Benjamin, Rebecca Grace, John Gray. projectcensored.org In the first half of the program, peace organizer Medea Benjamin looks at the Biden Administration's foreign policy, and finds it mainly a disappointment. Then Rebecca Grace and John Gray…

Amanda Abrams (2021-03-24). A new home for activists, and a new way of building in communities. nationofchange.org "If you're really interested in changing things—if you want to say you're being proactively anti-racist—you'll have to go out of your comfort zones and the confines of the project."

Peoples Dispatch (2021-03-24). Nine years after family members were killed in US drone strikes, Yemeni men seek justice in Germany. peoplesdispatch.org Ahmed and Khalid bin Ali Jaber filed an appeal in the Federal Constitutional Court in Germany in a case dealing with the death of two of their family members in a US drone strike in August 2012 that was launched from a base in Germany…

William Boardman (2021-03-24). Yemen's Blood Is on US Hands, and Still the US Lies About the War. dissidentvoice.org Six years ago, on March 26, 2015, the US green-lighted and provided logistical support for the Saudi bombing of Yemen that continues on a daily basis. The US/Saudi war, which includes as allies the several members of the Gulf Cooperation Council, is an undeclared war, illegal under international law, and an endless crime against humanity. …

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2021-03-24). Will Israel Use 'Bunker-Buster' Bombs Against Iran's Nuclear Program? globalresearch.ca Israel is extremely worried that Iran would develop a nuclear bomb …

Jim Miles (2021-03-24). "The Lion and the Eagle": The Interaction of the British and American Empires (1783-1972). globalresearch.ca The 200 year historical span of Kathleen Burk's "The Lion and …

MEE staff (2021-03-24). Saudi-led coalition allows fuel ships to dock at Yemen's Hodeidah port. middleeasteye.net Saudi-led coalition allows fuel ships to dock at Yemen's Hodeidah port | Move comes after renewed calls from US lawmakers for Saudi Arabia to lift its air and sea blockade | Wed, 03/24/2021 – 15: 07 | UN data shows food imports through ports of Hodeidah and Saleef dropped by 200,000 tonnes a month in February (AFP) | The Saudi-led coalition has cleared four fuel ships to dock at Yemen's Red Sea port of Hodeida…

Brett Wilkins (2021-03-24). Activists Welcome Cancellation of Texas LNG Terminal. zcomm.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."