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…

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…