(2021-03-10). Detroit workers rally in support of Amazon unionization efforts. liberationnews.org 
In addition to their support for the Alabama Amazon workers, the protesters called attention to unsafe working conditions inside Detroit Whole Foods, where 24 workers contracted COVID-19 in late February.
(2021-03-10). Meet the Activists Fighting to Free People from LA Jails. aclu.org 
Over the last year, the criminal legal system's many injustices dominated mainstream discourse as people took to the streets to grieve and protest the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police, and COVID-19 took a devastating toll on people in jails and prisons. These events galvanized many people into action — in the streets, at statehouses, and online — inspiring them to join activists who have challenged the criminal legal system's disproportionate and often tragic impact on communities of color.
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(2021-03-10). Prioritise pandemic relief, recovery: No time for debt buybacks. mronline.org 
Developing country governments are being wrongly advised to use their modest fiscal resources to pay down accumulated debt instead of strengthening pandemic relief and recovery. Thus, debt phobia risks deepening and extending COVID-19 recessions by prioritizing buybacks.
(2021-03-10). Digital Health Pass: IBM and Moderna Hook Up to Capitalize on COVID Reset. mintpressnews.com 
Using what have already become clichéd industry buzzwords like "transparency," "trust," and even "privacy," IBM's Digital Health Pass marketing describes the mass tracking app as a "smart way to return to society" that allows people to "return to the activities and things they love."
(2021-03-10). On Covid and the plague of Capital. mronline.org 
Industrial agriculture, habitat destruction, global commodity chains and the travel network have set up this perfect storm of conditions, not just for COVID, but also for future pandemics.
(2021-03-10). Abandoned by governments, Indigenous people create their own health post in Manaus. peoplesworld.org 
Manaus, Brazil (Feb. 26, updated March 4) — With the public health system collapsing and the oxygen crisis, Amazonas has had more than 290,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the second and worst wave of the pandemic. The crisis has dramatically affected the inhabitants of Park of Tribes, located in the urban zone of Manaus, …
(2021-03-10). Rwanda Begins Vaccinating Inmates Against COVID-19. telesurenglish.net The Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) and Rwanda Correctional Services on Tuesday began inoculating elderly inmates and those with underlying diseases against COVID-19. | RELATED: | The vaccination started at Nyarugenge prison in the capital city of Kigali, where 2,077 inmates are set to be inoculated. Authorities plan to extend the vaccination to all inmates aged 60 and above and those with underlying health condition…
(2021-03-10). Mumia has COVID-19, supporters demand his release. therealnews.com 
Mumia Abu-Jamal has been in prison since 1982. Already plagued by health issues, including hepatitis C, Mumia was diagnosed with COVID-19 last week, and supporters are demanding he be released.
(2021-03-10). "Coronacare Hawai'i" continues despite private security team's harassment. liberationnews.org 
Coronacare is a mutual aid network organizing to address the unmet needs of their community, whose conditions have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Their efforts this past year have focused on delivering food and household supplies to thousands of community members, including expecting mothers, elders, immunocompromised people, and other working families across the entire …
(2021-03-10). Iran to receive fifth shipment of COVID-19 vaccine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) — Spokesman of Iran's Food and Drug Administration Kianoush Jahanpour said the fifth shipment of COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Iran in a few hours.
(2021-03-10). Iran issues emergency use permit for Sinopharm vaccine. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 10 (MNA) — Spokesman of Iran's Food and Drug Administration Kianoush Jahanpour announced that Iran has granted emergency use authorization Chinese COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm.
(2021-03-10). 'Colour-blind' coronavirus vaccine distribution is putting ethnic minorities at risk. thecanary.co Doctors have warned that the UK's "colour-blind" vaccine distribution strategy is putting ethnic minority communities at higher risk of falling ill and dying with coronavirus (Covid-19). | "Unequal impact": | Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, they say the current prioritisation "disregards the unequal impact of the pandemic on minority ethnic groups". And it's worsening racial inequalities that the pandemic has exposed. | The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) has largely recommended an age-based approach, saying age is the single biggest risk factor for coronavi…
(2021-03-10). Israel's Netanyahu set to visit UAE on Thursday. middleeasteye.net 
Israel's Netanyahu set to visit UAE on Thursday | Trip marks first visit by Israeli prime minister since signing of a normalisation deal with the United Arab Emirates in September | Wed, 03/10/2021 – 14: 42 | Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a visit to a health centre in the Arab-Israeli village of Abu Ghosh near Jerusalem, as an Israeli citizen receives the Covid-19 vaccine (AFP) | Israeli Prime Minister Benj…
(2021-03-10). Science reached yet another milestone through Covid-19 vaccine. laprensalatina.com By Carmen Rodriguez Science Desk, Mar 10 (efe-epa).- Just 11 months after China first informed the World Health Organization (WHO) of cases of a mysterious kind of pneumonia of unknown causes on the last day of 2019, scientists reached a milestone by administering the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. Countries around the world …
(2021-03-10). Mexico working to develop own Covid-19 vaccine by year's end. laprensalatina.com By Juan Manuel Ramirez G. Mexico City, Mar 9 (efe-epa) .- Mexico not only has multiple agreements in place with international pharmaceutical companies but also is working on its own Covid-19 vaccine projects, a task being carried out by several different universities. Authorities want any successful Mexican-developed vaccine candidate to be christened "Patria" (Fatherland). Using …
(2021-03-10). Tuesday 3/9: San Francisco Town Hall: COVID-19 Vaccine Info & LGBTQ+ Community. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…
(2021-03-10). Selected Articles: The Collapse of Trust in Public Health. globalresearch.ca 
By Corporate news sources are reporting that Austria has suspended their roll-out of the experiment…
(2021-03-10). Nazi Healthcare Revived Across the Five Eyes: Killing Useless Eaters and Biden's COVID Relief Bill. strategic-culture.org 
The individual most responsible for reviving Obamacare and the associated "Independent Payment Advisory Board" of cost-effectiveness "experts" under Joe Biden is the same figure who crafted the original Affordable Care Act in 2009. | "The ill-conceived `love of thy neighbor' has to disappear, especially in relation to inferior or asocial creatures. It is the supreme duty of a national state to grant life and livelihood only to the healthy and hereditarily sound portion of the people in order to secure the maintenance of a hereditarily sound and racially pure folk for all eternity…" | — Dr. Arthur Guett, Na…
(2021-03-10). Mumia has COVID-19 — the only treatment is his freedom! workers.org 
Word has come that Pennsylvania political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal has tested positive for COVID-19. Supporters learned of the diagnosis March 3, as they were gathered in front of the office of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner to call for Abu-Jamal's release and that of all incarcerated people over 50, who . . . |
(2021-03-10). Scientists discuss COVID-19 vaccine concerns and uptake in the Black community. imperial.ac.uk Two Imperial vaccine researchers discuss vaccine concerns and why there is low COVID-19 vaccine uptake in the Black community in a new video.
(2021-03-10). Scientists discuss COVID-19 vaccine concerns and uptake in Black communities. imperial.ac.uk Two Imperial vaccine researchers discuss vaccine concerns and why there is low COVID-19 vaccine uptake in Black communities in a new video.
(2021-03-10). Parenting Through Sickness, Health, and Covid-19. thenation.com Parenting Through Sickness, Health, and Covid-19…
(2021-03-10). 'Borat' star Sacha Baron Cohen gets called out as satire-blind comedian after demanding Facebook censor Bill Gates-vaccine joke. rt.com 
Sacha Baron Cohen, an actor known for satirical comedy, apparently couldn't spot the satire in an image portraying Bill Gates as a sinister vaccine conspirator and blasted Facebook for failing to censor the joke. | "Mark Zuckerberg, how do you sleep at night?" the "Borat" creator asked Tuesday on Twitter. "This is on Facebook's Instagram right now. Your algorithms are still recommending lies about Covid and vaccines. How many people have to die before you act?" | Mark Zuckerberg, how do you sleep at night? | This is on Facebook's Instagram right now. | Your algorithms are STILL recommending lies about Covid an…
(2021-03-10). Ukraine approves China's SinoVac COVID-19 vaccine. yenisafak.com Ukraine has approved the use of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by China's SinoVac, the Ukrainian deputy health minister announced on Wednesday.Ukraine had started its vaccination campaign in February with the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca.Last December, the country had signed a deal with SinoVac to acquire 1.9 million vaccine doses.Ukraine has so far registered more than 1.46 million virus cases, including 28,925 deaths, since the start of the pandemic.
(2021-03-10). Turkey administers 2nd dose in local vaccine trial. yenisafak.com The Phase-2 trials are being conducted by the Erciyes University in the central Kayseri province.A 37-year-old volunteer Soner Akel, who was administered the second dose, said he did not feel any side effects.The head of the university, Mustafa Calis, said they want to finalize the Phase-2 trials by mid-April."The Phase-2 studies of our locally developed vaccine are ongoing. Today, we administered the second dose to our volunteers," Calis said.On Jan. 14, Turkey kicked off a mass COVID-19 vaccination campaign starting with health care workers.Since it first appeared in December 2019, the virus has claimed more th…
(2021-03-10). Finland Had a Patent-Free COVID-19 Vaccine Nine Months Ago — But Still Went With Big Pharma. zcomm.org Finnish researchers had a patent-free COVID-19 vaccine ready last May, which could have allowed countries all over the world to inoculate their populations without paying top dollar — showing how a patent-based funding model puts profit over public health…
(2021-03-10). COVID-19 Vaccines, Access and the Intellectual Property Wars. counterpunch.org 
By now, anybody speaking about vaccine equality and equity of access must surely be coming across as slightly deranged. In the field of COVID-19, traditional proprietorial instincts remain. Add to this the disparity in terms of manufacture, bureaucracy and the nasty flavour of politics, and we would all be entitled to long draughts of cynicism.
(2021-03-10). COVID-19: Can we make vaccines that work against all variants? peoplesdispatch.org Immunologist Dr. Satyajit Rath and Newsclick's Prabir Purkayastha talk about the new variants of COVID-19 that are emerging and the possibilities of developing a single vaccine for the disease…
(2021-03-10). J & J's "One Shot and You're Done Vaccine":" A New "Experimental" COVID Vaccine. "We Need to Challenge J&J's Reputation" globalresearch.ca For decades, according to a Guardian article, "consumers worldwide have named …
(2021-03-10). Why Big Pharma shouldn't have any control over COVID-19 vaccines. peoplesdispatch.org While a public desperate for protection against COVID-19 is quick to shame "vaccine hunters," the real culprits are the companies refusing to share their publicly funded intellectual property and the governments allowing them to get away with it.
(2021-03-10). One Nurse Dead and Another One Injured as Austria Suspends AstraZeneca COVID Vaccine Inoculations. globalresearch.ca
(2021-03-10). Headlines for March 10, 2021. democracynow.org House Votes on $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Bill Before Sending It to Biden's Desk, WTO Considers IP Waivers for COVID Vaccines; Deaths in Brazil Spike; West Bank ICUs Are Full, At Least 39 African Refugees Drown Off Coast of Tunisia, 5 Sentenced to Life for 2016 Assassination of Russian Ambassador Andrei Karlov in Turkey, Second Official from Suu Kyi's Party Dies in Burma as Security Forces Continue Deadly Crackdown, WHO Report: One in Four Women and Girls Experience Domestic Violence, Arkansas Passes Near-Total Abortion Ban, Antitrust Advocates Praise Pick of Lina Khan and Tim Wu for Top Government Jobs, ICE Official…
(2021-03-10). Can Biden-Harris make a Counter-Revolution against Reaganism and Restore Dignity to Work? juancole.com 
( Tomdispatch.com ) — A year ago, just a few weeks before San Francisco locked itself down for the pandemic, I fell deeply in love with a 50-year-old. The object of my desire was a wooden floor loom in the window of my local thrift shop. Friends knowledgeable on such matters examined photos I took …
(2021-03-10). Khashoggi documentary and Palestinian film nominated for BAFTAs. middleeasteye.net 
Khashoggi documentary and Palestinian film nominated for BAFTAs | Mauritanian Guantanamo detainee film also recognised, among surprisingly diverse shortlist for British award ceremony | Wed, 03/10/2021 – 14: 02 | Khashoggi murder documentary 'The Dissident', and British-Palestinian film about checkpoints earn BAFTA nominations (The Dissident/The Present) | A documentary about the murder of Saudi journ…
(2021-03-10). Israel arrests imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque Ekrima Sabri. middleeasteye.net 
Israel arrests imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque Ekrima Sabri | Former grand mufti detained as he prepared his Friday sermon, says his wife | Wed, 03/10/2021 – 14: 34 | Ekrima Sabri is the former grand mufti of Jerusalem and Palestine, and the imam of the Al-Aqsa Mosque (Twitter)
| Israeli authorities on Wednesday arrested the imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Shiekh Ekrima Sabri, at his home in occupied East Jerusalem, his fa…
(2021-03-10). Brazil: Lula strikes back. therealnews.com 
In a huge win for the left and for democracy, Brazil's Supreme Court has annulled corruption convictions against former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, making it possible for Lula to challenge Jair Bolsonaro for the presidency in the next election.
(2021-03-10). Senate confirms Merrick Garland, once snubbed for Supreme Court, as Biden's attorney general. rt.com 
Merrick Garland, a federal judge whose nomination for the US Supreme Court was blocked by Republicans in 2016, was easily confirmed as President Joe Biden's attorney general in a 70-30 Senate vote. | Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), who led the effort to ignore President Barack Obama's nomination of Garland following the February 2016 death of Justice Antonin Scalia, was one of the votes in favor of confirming him as the new head of the Justice Department on Wednesday. | "I'm voting to confirm Judge Garland because of his long reputation as a straight shooter and a legal expert," McConnell said…
(2021-03-10). Joe Biden y los idus de marzo del Pentágono: øEl mejor mes para lanzarse a la guerra? globalizacion.ca 
Una versión anterior de este artículo se publicó el 13 de marzo de 2013 | Actualizado el 5 de marzo de 2020 y febrero de 2021 | *** | Nota del autor: | Actualmente existen amenazas militares de Estados Unidos y la Organización del…
(2021-03-10). In the News: The Role of Slave Labor in American Capitalism Before and After the Civil War. liberationnews.org 
This interview is an episode of The Socialist Program with Brian Becker, a podcast providing news and views about the world for those who want to change it. You can follow the show on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. On today's "In the News" roundtable, Brian Becker, Nicole Roussell, Esther Iverem and Walter Smolarek discuss the …
(2021-03-10). In Rejection of Austerity, Democrats Push Forward Landmark $1.9 Trillion Relief Package. democracynow.org 
As President Joe Biden prepares to sign the sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID relief package into law, we speak with economist Stephanie Kelton, author of "The Deficit Myth," about how the bill could help cut child poverty in half and provide a historic economic boost to the poorest people in the United States. "This is a piece of legislation that recognizes the immense pain that exists all across this country, and it delivers help," says Kelton, a professor at Stony Brook University and former adviser to Bernie Sanders.
(2021-03-10). Amazon pays little in taxes, makes record profits. liberationnews.org 
The union drive of Bessemer, Alabama, Amazon workers has shed the light on the oppressive, unsafe working conditions and low wages for Amazon workers at its warehouses, fulfillment centers and Whole Foods markets.
(2021-03-10). Yahya Sinwar re-elected as Hamas chief in Gaza. middleeasteye.net 
Yahya Sinwar re-elected as Hamas chief in Gaza | Sinwar beat four other challengers to lead Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip | Wed, 03/10/2021 – 16: 00 | Yahya Sinwar (right) has run the Gaza Strip since 2017 (AFP) | Yahya Sinwar was re-elected as the leader of Hamas's political wing in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, fending off a challenge from one of the groups' founders, the movement said in a statement. | "Y…
(2021-03-10). Yahya Sinwar re-elected as Hamas chief in Gaza. middleeasteye.net 
Yahya Sinwar re-elected as Hamas chief in Gaza | Sinwar beat four other challengers to lead Hamas in the besieged Gaza Strip | Wed, 03/10/2021 – 16: 00 | Yahya Sinwar has run the Gaza Strip since 2017 (AFP) | Yahya Sinwar was re-elected as the leader of Hamas's political wing in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, fending off a challenge from one of the groups' founders, the movement said in a statement. | "Yahya Sin…
(2021-03-10). "A Big Deal": Bill McKibben on Rutgers Fossil Fuel Divestment & the Future of Climate Justice. democracynow.org 
Rutgers University has voted to begin divesting from fossil fuels, following a campaign by the student-organized Endowment Justice Collective that grew out of the Global Climate Strike in 2019. The organizing efforts led to a referendum vote in 2020 in which 90% of students supported divestment. About 5% of Rutgers's $1.6 billion endowment is invested in fossil fuels, and under the terms of the agreement, it will now cease new fossil fuel investment and divest from passive index funds with fossil fuel investments. It said it also plans to invest in renewable energy and energy efficiency and that the school's inve…
(2021-03-10). Too Radical for Harvard? Cornel West on Failed Fight for Tenure, Biden's First 50 Days & More. democracynow.org 
The prominent scholar and activist Cornel West has announced he is leaving Harvard Divinity School after he was denied consideration for tenure, and will rejoin the faculty of Union Theological Seminary in New York City, where he started his teaching career more than 40 years ago. West had left Harvard once before in 2002 and returned to a nontenured position at Harvard in 2017. The news about the denial of West's request for tenure has led to an outpouring of support and incited conversation about diversity in academia. "There's too much Harvard dishonesty, too much Harvard hypocrisy, in terms of mistreating too…
(2021-03-10). Migrant deaths: Who's the REAL culprit? workers.org 
It didn't have to happen. But, tragically, it did. And most likely, it may not be the last time. On March 2, 12 people were killed instantly when the SUV they traveled in was hit broadside by a tractor-trailer truck on a California highway. The accident happened on the outskirts . . . |
(2021-03-10). Mediterranean: Dozens dead after two migrant boats capsize off Tunisia. middleeasteye.net 
Mediterranean: Dozens dead after two migrant boats capsize off Tunisia | At least 39 migrants are dead as numbers attempting the perilous journey across the Mediterranean continue to rise | Wed, 03/10/2021 – 10: 56 | A member of the Tunisian coastguard during a patrol of the area near Tunisia's northern town of Bizerte on 30 March 2017 (AFP) | At least 39 migrants have died after two boats…
(2021-03-10). Could depletion of fertile soil trigger a bigger U.S. food crisis? workers.org 
U.S. farmland in the Midwest has lost over one-third of the soil necessary to sustain crop production, according to scientists at University of Massachusetts, Amherst. The study concluded that fertile soil has been destroyed — not as a result of natural wind and water erosion, but by a century of . . . |
(2021-03-10). The Future of Gerrymandering in Virginia. counterpunch.org 
Indexes, such as the Democracy Index published by The Economist's Intelligence Unit, have to be taken with a grain of salt— one suspects that neoliberal western countries get a somewhat easier ride from The Economist. In any event, the Democracy Index is fraught with anomalies. In the 2020 Index, the US is ranked 25thout of
(2021-03-10). Report: U.S. preparing cyberattack against Russia over SolarWinds hack. mronline.org 
Sources told The New York Times that the first major actions are expected sometime in the next three weeks.