Coronavirus, Nova Scotia Shootings, Tara Reade, Lenin 150 & more -- The Week in News and Opinion April 19 - 26

This week's list of articles, news items, visuals and opinion pieces that I see as a must if you are looking for a roundup that should be of interest to The Left Chapter readers.

This list covers the week of  April 19 - 26.

This week's edition begins again with a very large roundup of news and left opinion about the capitalist coronavirus crisis and its impact on working people globally. There are also a number of links related to the terrible mass shooting in Nova Scotia, Tara Reade's allegations against Joe Biden and the 150th anniversary of Lenin's birth.

The Featured Article link at the start is an important piece by Pamela Palmater on the attempts by governments in Canada to use the coronavirus crisis as cover to attack the rights and sovereignty of Indigenous people. 

We have tried to arrange the coronavirus news thematically and to touch on many different areas of concern.

Featured Post:

Under cover of COVID-19, rule of law falters

Just before the COVID-19 pandemic hit Canada, Indigenous peoples and allies were engaged in nationwide solidarity actions in support of the Wet’suwet’en Nation, its traditional leaders and clan members. Their actions were in response to RCMP removing Wet’suwet’en peoples from their homes to allow construction of Coastal Gaslink pipeline on their territory without their consent. Solidarity actions included peaceful occupations of railways, ports, bridges, highways, legislatures and minister’s offices supporting Wet’suwet’en calls for RCMP and Coastal Gaslink off Wet’suwet’en lands.

Capitalist Coronavirus Crisis

- 'Violent Men Are To Blame, Not The Virus’: Lockdown Sees Rise In Women Being Killed

- Women disproportionately 'bearing the brunt' of coronavirus crisis, advocates say

- Sexism on the Covid-19 frontline: 'PPE is made for a 6ft 3in rugby player'

- COVID-19 Lockdowns Harmfully Impacting Millions of Children: UN

- Workers’ health over profit! -- WFTU May Day poster and statement

- So much for entitled millennials – it’s billionaires such as Richard Branson who are begging for loans

- Call for Virgin Atlantic to be nationalised after billionaire Branson asks taxpayers to bail him out

- Disney to stop paying 100,000 workers but is still on track to give shareholders $1.5 billion

- Carnival Executives Knew They Had a Virus Problem, But Kept the Party Going

- Ruth’s Chris Made $468 Million in Revenue but Gobbled Up $20 Million in Small Business Relief

- CDC director warns second wave of coronavirus is likely to be even more devastating

- Coronavirus pandemic 'will cause famine of biblical proportions'

- ‘Instead of Coronavirus, the Hunger Will Kill Us.’ A Global Food Crisis Looms.

- WHO to Receive $30 Million From China to Fight COVID-19

- Palestine Receives Medical Aid from China to Fight COVID-19

- 'We’re in a prison': Singapore's migrant workers suffer as Covid-19 surges back

- As pandemic rages, U.S. economic sanctions against Cuba are getting deadlier

- Cuban doctors are the world’s heroes — their nation needs us now

- U.S. Blockade Prevents Swiss Aid to Cuba

- Cuban Doctors Head to South Africa to Help Fight COVID-19

- Cuban Doctors Arrive in Honduras to Fight COVID-19

- Cuba's Medical Brigade Arrives in Cape Verde to Face COVID-19

- Argentina Welcomes Cuban Medical Aid, Slams US Blockade

- “We Don’t Have the Capacity to Treat”: Palestinian-Canadian Doctor Says Israel Must Lift Gaza Siege

- “The question was whether to die of hunger or coronavirus”: Garment factories reopen in Haiti despite fears

- Hunger Protests Grow in Colombia Amid Coronavirus Lockdown

- Latin America Surpasses 100,000 Infections From COVID-19

- Bolivia: Social Leaders Denounce Gov't for Rights Violations

- Peru: Poor People Undertake Exodus to Their Home Towns

- “Physical Distance, Social Unity”: How India’s Red State Got on Top of Coronavirus

- Domestic Violence Increases 431% in Brazil Amid Lockdown

- Brazil Registers Record of Daily Deaths as Hospitals Collapse

- Brazil becoming virus outbreak centre as hospitals reach breaking point

- Students across Europe fight COVID-19 and the neoliberal state

- Demands of European communists in response to the coronavirus pandemic

- Italy: COVID-19 Plunged One Million People Into Poverty

Social distancing is important...which is why our politicians need to stop being hypocrites about it:




- OPEN LETTER: Indigenous Leaders, Doctors, Nurses And Others Call For Closure Of Construction Camps (Canada) 

- Manitoba universities told to cut costs by up to 30% to help province endure pandemic

- Environmentalists slam Ontario for suspending oversight regulation amid pandemic

- Coronavirus discriminates against Black lives through surveillance, policing and the absence of health data

- Grocery workers talk poverty wages and pandemic profits (Canada)

- RELEASE NON-VIOLENT OFFENDERS FROM CANADIAN PRISONS (Canada)

- Coronavirus: Outbreak in federal women's prison validates worst fears of advocates (Canada)

- Bike couriers in Toronto risking illness to deliver 'junk food to rich people'

- Military and hospital teams won’t stop long-term care nightmare; test, identify and relocate residents’ with COVID-19, union asks (Canada)

- GM Oshawa plant will now produce millions of masks following worker mobilization: CUPE Ontario

Doug Ford does not deserve any praise...and neither do other neo-liberal politicians:



- Trump Says He'll Suspend All Immigration Into The United States Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

- Trump Was Real Time Informed During COVID-19 Outbreak in China

- Trump suggests 'injection' of disinfectant to beat coronavirus and 'clean' the lungs

- The White House Has Erected a Blockade Stopping States and Hospitals From Getting Coronavirus PPE

- Amazon reaps $11,000-a-second coronavirus lockdown bonanza

- Hundreds of Amazon Workers Strike Over Unsafe Working Conditions

- Amazon Will Not Change Without a Union

- Las Vegas workers push back after mayor's call to reopen casinos and hotels

- COVID-19: Lockdowns Pushing Mass Transit to Brink & Low-Income Riders Will Pay the Price

- 'Heroes': Healthcare Workers Stand in Street to Block Right-Wing Protest Against Colorado Stay-at-Home Order

- Hundreds Defy Common Sense, Safety At Infowars Rally To Reopen Businesses

- KENTUCKY REPORTS HIGHEST CORONAVIRUS INFECTION INCREASE AFTER A WEEK OF PROTESTS TO REOPEN STATE

- Give Me Liberty and Also Death

- Right Wing Brain Worms - Hellworld #9 (Podcast)

- The whiteness of anti-lockdown protests

- 'A phantom plague': America's Bible Belt played down the pandemic and even cashed in. Now dozens of pastors are dead

Brazil:

- Brazil's star justice minister Sérgio Moro resigns in blow to Jair Bolsonaro

- Brazil's Attorney General Demands Inquiry Against Bolsonaro

Canada:

- Ecosocialists Demand Immediate Increase in Minimum Wage for Essential Workers (BC)

- TRUDEAU’S PATCHWORK INCOME DEAL IS INSUFFICIENT

- Why Isn’t Canada Treating Climate Change With the Same Urgency as COVID-19?

- University students demand lower tuition, fees as classes move online

- Alberta Pension Manager That Lost Billions Made Big Investments in Conservative Donors’ Companies: Report

Climate Emergency:

- Europe had hottest year on record in 2019, report shows

Feminism:

- Author of book about victim blaming bombarded with misogynist abuse

Israel / Palestine:

- Israeli plans for occupied West Bank would violate international law: EU

Lenin 150:

- The future belongs to socialism -- Statements from around the world on the 150th anniversary of Lenin’s birth

- Capitalism is not the end of history -- More statements from around the world on the 150th anniversary of Lenin’s birth

- Cuban Communist Party sends message on 150th anniversary of Lenin's birth

- Cuban workers honor Lenin and convoke May Day mobilization

- Lenin in Urdu: His Every Word Became Poetry

Nova Scotia Shootings:

- Nova Scotia mass shooting lays bare media's white male bias

- Nova Scotia shootings began after gunman attacked his girlfriend, sources say

- Women’s Shelters Canada Calls on Authorities to Acknowledge Gendered Aspect of Nova Scotia Mass Shooting

- Misogyny is often behind the acts we deem ‘senseless’

- When real life turns surreal

Porn/Prostitution:

- What does pornography reveal about the world we are a part of?

United Kingdom:

- Half of frontline care workers paid less than living wage

- The leaked Labour report should have been an explosive scandal

United States:

- Noam Chomsky Is a Liberal

- The Moral and Strategic Calculus of Voting for Joe Biden to Defeat Trump — or Not

- Do I have to vote for a rapist if I live in a swing state?

- On The Record: A Former Biden Staffer's Sexual Assault Allegation

- Tara Reade says Joe Biden sexually assaulted her. She deserves to be heard

- NEW EVIDENCE SUPPORTING CREDIBILITY OF TARA READE’S ALLEGATION AGAINST JOE BIDEN EMERGES

TTC Workers, the Coronavirus, Wet'suwet'en, Cuba & more -- February and March on The Left Chapter in review

February 1 seems like an awful long time ago!

February and March saw 149 posts of various kinds on The Left Chapter.

The posts have, needless to say, become dominated in the last 2 to 3 weeks by the capitalist coronavirus crisis and the fight to prevent workers being the ones who pay for it. You can see a roundup of these posts at: Not on the Backs of Workers! -- The Capitalist Coronavirus Crisis News on The Left Chapter

Before the crisis exploded we had some special features such as a series of daily posts of vintage photographs of Che Guevara during the month of February. These were from a Soviet archive and you can see them all at: 32 Photos of Che Guevara from 1943 - 1967.

The period also saw the launch of Nathaniel Laxer's podcast Hellworld. The most recent episode was Exile -- Hellworld #7.

Aidan Monis, a teacher in Toronto, contributed the powerful Teachers change kids' lives: An Open Letter to Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, and Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education.

If you have an article, editorial, analysis, recipe or story you would like to contribute there are details on how to do so on our Submissions page as well as at the end of this post.

There were a large number of articles that came very close to making the list such as 4 Tweets tell the tale of another week in the life of the NDP and Stop the falsification of history and persecution in Poland!.

Our top food related post (in terms of hits) was: Marinated Steak and Swiss Sandwiches on Rye

Thanks very much to all our readers and contributors.

Without any further ado, here are the top six posts, in terms of hits, from February and March.

1) TTC plans to eliminate the subway guard and when people hear about it they are not happy


Did you hear the news? After raising fares and hiring more goons, trying to shame riders with idiotic, condescending new fare evasion posters and admitting that the Eglinton LRT construction  is running way behind schedule, it turns out the folks running the TTC are planning to get rid of the subway guard position on subway trains.

Read more!

2) Panic buying and hoarding are a function of capitalism

As the capitalist coronavirus crisis unfolds and people across North America (and around the world) face quarantine for two weeks or more coupled with the prospect of lost income, we have seen scenes of what has been described as "panic buying" as well as instances of hoarding. People are stalking up on food -- especially non-perishables like canned goods and pasta -- as well as, most famously, on items like toilet paper.

Read more!

3) Art and Artists of the Soviet Crimea, 1957 -- 15 Paintings

Published in 1957 in the USSR this folder of 15 cards looked at the art and artists of the Soviet Crimea. The works here were painted between 1946 and 1956.

Read more!

4) 18 Postcard Images of Soviet Stavropol, 1972

Published in 1972, this packet of 18 particularly vivid photographs showed images of the Russian city of Stavropol which is south of Rostov-on-Don and Volgograd. At this time it was a rapidly growing administrative, cultural and industrial city with a population of around 250,000.

Read more!

5) RCMP launches violent raids into Wet’suwet’en territory

The RCMP launched a violent pre-dawn raid into Wet’suwet’en territory this morning in British Columbia to enforce an injunction on behalf of Coastal GasLink against land defenders.

Read more!

6) "The miracle we are performing...could not be performed in a capitalist society" -- Cuban socialism's remarkable accomplishments despite the criminal, imperialist blockade

February 7 marked the anniversary of the imposition of the illegal and criminal, imperialist economic blockade of Cuba by the United States in 1962. Over the course of the last near sixty years of trying to strangle the Cuban economy and destroy its socialist system as a viable alternative in Latin America it has cost the Cuba at least $130 billion US according to the United Nations.

Read more!

Do you have a left point-of-view or opinion, event or petition, a recipe or a story you want to share?

Send them to The Left Chapter via theleftchapter@outlook.com!

Capitalist Coronavirus Crisis -- The Week in News and Opinion March 8 - 15

Empty streets midday in Washington DC Friday

This week's list of articles, news items, visuals and opinion pieces that I see as a must if you are looking for a roundup that should be of interest to The Left Chapter readers.

This list covers the week of  March 8 - 15.

This week's edition starts with a very large roundup of news and left opinion about the capitalist coronavirus crisis. Otherwise the round-up of international left news is presented in sections related to topic/region listed alphabetically except for the Featured Article post at the start.

Featured Article:

America Is a Sham

"In a time of real anxiety, maybe this optimism is just grasping for something good to come of all of this. But that’s really up to us. Over the next few weeks, we’re going to see more and more absurd, or cruel, or counterproductive practices revealed. Pay attention when they are. Notice the statements the people in charge make when they effortlessly roll back their surcharges and threats, their punishments and impediments. Remember them. And when the time comes that the danger from the virus is no longer as severe, and those people try to quietly reinstate the policies that hurt so many around you, remember that for a lot of Americans, a “return to normal” is a scary prospect. Keep your giant bottle of hand sanitizer. You’re gonna need it to deal with all the bullshit that’s coming back when the pandemic finally passes."

Capitalist Coronavirus Crisis

- Coronavirus facts: is there a cure and what is the mortality rate of the virus?

- Panic buying and hoarding are a function of capitalism

- Coronavirus highlights gap between socialist and capitalist responses

- “Flattening the Curve” is a deadly delusion

- We need disciplined, socialist solutions to the coming capitalist coronavirus crisis

- Coronavirus: 8 demands we should make on the government

- No, the coronavirus is not good for the climate

- Plague Watch USA -- Hellworld #5

- Working communities must not be made to pay for COVID-19 crisis

- These are the NHL owners who have not agreed to pay arena staff for suspended events

- Tim Hortons Workers Need Doctor’s Notes To Take Unpaid Sick Leave During Coronavirus Pandemic

- Fast Food Lobby Group: Workers With ‘Coughs’ and ‘Runny Noses’ Can Still Work During Coronavirus Pandemic

- Whole Foods Suggests That Workers Share Paid Time Off During Coronavirus

- Trump offers 'large sums' for exclusive access to coronavirus vaccine

- The Dismantled State Takes on a Pandemic

- Trump to Declare National Emergency to Speed Virus Response

- Trump struggles to explain why he disbanded his global health team

- Our Worst Crisis Since 2008… and We Have an Idiot at the Helm

- Republicans Tried to Sneak Abortion Restrictions into the Coronavirus Bill

- Senate GOP Blocks Emergency Paid Sick Leave Bill From Moving Forward

- The Coronavirus Is Jump-Starting Union Organizing at Delta

- Alex Jones accused of selling fake coronavirus cures

- New York attorney general sends letter to televangelist Jim Bakker amid coronavirus concerns

- 'Nightmare Waiting to Happen': Advocates Warn US Prison Conditions Risks Intense Coronavirus Outbreak

- Mexico Considers Limiting Entries From US To Slow Coronavirus

Chinese medical workers who have been fighting the coronavirus day and night in Wuhan celebrated the closing of the last temporary hospital in Wuhan.

The reported cases went from a surge in February of 15,000 in one day to only 15 this week:




- China Ready to Assist the World to Fight COVID-19

- Italy criticizes EU for not responding its call for help, 'only China responded bilaterally'

- I’m an epidemiologist. When I heard about Britain’s ‘herd immunity’ coronavirus plan, I thought it was satire

- European leftist parties demand support for workers during the capitalist coronavirus crisis

- Coronavirus: Germany seals its borders as 100m Europeans on lockdown

- Spain to declare state of emergency over virus outbreak

- The entire country of Norway is 'shutting down'

- New Coronavirus and Measures That Latin America Govts Have Taken

- Diaz-Canel calls for intensifying measures to confront Covid-19, and continuing work with the population

- COVID-19 could be 'devastating' for First Nations, says Matawa First Nations CEO

- OPSEU President Thomas calls on businesses to "send workers home for the next two weeks with full pay"

- Canada's $1B Coronavirus Plan Abandons Gig Workers

- How can Canadians quarantine from COVID-19 if they can't afford it?

- Lessons from COVID-19: We are only as strong as our weakest link

- Health Workers Slam Ontario Government For Axing Paid Sick Days As Pandemic Spreads

- VTU CALLS ON PROVINCE & CITY TO ENACT AN EVICTIONS MORATORIUM DURING CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK

- Arms show announces intention to proceed despite coronavirus pandemic

Asia:

- Families of missing persons in Sri Lanka demand justice

- Communist Party of Philippines: ‘Lockdown’ will intensify repression in National Capital Region

Bolivia:

- Bolivia: Parliament Censors Jeanine Áñez's Allies Minister

- Feminists travel to Bolivia in solidarity against the coup

Brazil:

- Brazil: Congress Overturns Bolsonaro's Social Benefit Law Veto

- Climate crisis blamed for rains and floods that have killed 150 in Brazil

- Brazil Requests Impeachment for Jair Bolsonaro

Canada:

- Green Party leadership contender courts 'disgruntled' NDPers

- The Horrible Greta Thunberg Sticker Highlights Alberta's Toxic Oil Culture

- TRUDEAU’S CHOICE TO SUPPORT WAR CRIMES

- Usman Ahmad: Bill 168 and the ONDP’s failure to stand up against antisemitism and zionism

- Class (Size) Struggle: The Ontario Government’s Latest Game

- ALBERTA LABOUR PUSHES BACK AGAINST KENNEY CUTS

Chile:

- Chile: New Wave of Protests to Demand Piñera's Resignation

- Chile: Police Attack Protesters Demanding Piñera's Resignation

- Chile Denounces Government Repression During Feminist Strike

Climate Emergency:

- “The climate crisis is a capitalist crisis” – Zarah Sultana’s full maiden speech

Cuba:

- REPORT FROM CUBA: THE IMPACT OF THE BLOCKADE ON THE US

Ecuador:

- Ecuador: Citizens Reject Economic Decisions to Please the IMF

- Ecuadorians reject Moreno’s new austerity measures

Europe:

- How Denmark's 'ghetto list' is ripping apart migrant communities

- Housing workers explain reality to idiot Boris Johnson

Guyana:

- CARICOM Team to Oversee Recount of Guyana Elections

Feminsim / Women's Issues:

- Latin America's Women's Day: Huge Marches Across the Continent

- Protesters demonstrate in front of Pornhub HQ in Montreal on International Women's Day

Israel / Palestine:

Breaking: Israel's opposition head Benny Gantz wins support to form government

- 'You Want to Kill Me?' Totally, He Said. 'Leftists Are Worse Than the Arabs': Election Day at a Settlement

- Israel demolishes Palestinian Bedouin village for 176th time

- Israeli Forces Kill Palestinian Teenager in West Bank

- U.S. State Department Now Calling East Jerusalem Palestinians 'Arab Residents'

- Two Refined Racists From Gantz's Party Foil His Chance at Replacing Netanyahu

Mexico:

- Photos: 'One day without us' — Mexican women’s strike makes history

- 'Femicide is the tip of the iceberg': Mexican women hold national strike to protest rising gender violence

United States:

- #DemExit: Time to Launch a New Party Of, By, and For Working People

- Sanders: “I Never Expected in My Life, as an American, to See a Swastika at a Major Political Rally”

- New York woman was shackled to bed during childbirth, lawsuit says

- Harvey Weinstein sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape, sexual assault

- How settler colonialism affects Hawaiʻi

- Operation Condor: The CIA is not innocent

- Blackwater Founder Erik Prince Recruited Spies to Infiltrate Progressive Groups with Project Veritas

- Young Americans say billionaires do more harm than good, study shows

- Pregnant 19-year-old dies trying to climb US border wall

- “A Toothpick in a Tsunami”: US Big Oil Faces Bankruptcy as Prices Plunge 30% on Saudi Expansion

Venezuela:

- Bachelet is “Morally Incapable” of Talking About Venezuela

- Colombia: Duque Closes Border With Venezuela, Thousands at Risk

- GUAIDÓ LEFT OUT IN THE COLD AT GATINEAU LIMA GROUP MEETING

- US, Colombia, Brazil Hold Alliance to Attack Venezuela

Wet'suwet'en:


"The Wet’suwet’en started the preliminary work on the affirmation of our traditional territories, in 1974 - for Delgamuukw & Gisday’wa v the Queen.

23 years later, the Supreme Court of Canada finalized the decision that our kungax (oral history) was valid, and that we had never ceded or surrendered our territories... that the lands that are currently under destruction, have always been ours.

Yet, today, the colonial federal Justin Trudeau & provincial John Horgan governments are continuing to ignore this ruling. They continue to ignore the hereditary chiefs clear demand that CGL stop work, and the BC RCMP remove themselves from the territories.

When we stand and affirm our position, we are faced with mass armed forces - and the forcible removal from our unceded, sovereign territories. This is why it’s important that others continue to stand with us.

The current discussions are not regarding cgl - and are not being done in good faith by the government... or there would be a stoppage of the work while they happen."



- Rail disruptions ‘overblown’ by rail companies, politicians says Parliamentary Budget Officer

- Release order bars woman from voicing support for Wet’suwet’en online

Israeli Election, Democratic Primaries, the Coronavirus & more -- The Week in News and Opinion March 1 - 8

A supporter wearing a Netanyahu mask on election night in Israel

This week's list of articles, news items, visuals and opinion pieces that I see as a must if you are looking for a roundup that should be of interest to The Left Chapter readers.

This list covers the week of  March 1 - 8.

The round-up of international left news is presented in sections related to topic/region listed alphabetically except for the Featured Article post at the start.

Featured Article:

Police union says cops can’t do their job without beating up Black people

The police have shown us who they are, if we ever had any doubts. They are not interested in healing from racial profiling, in working with the Black community, or in changing police culture. And they made sure to leak this email so that the public knows it. If our officials continue to refuse to hold the police accountable while giving them more and more resources to be used in their “job” of unchecked violence against us, then they are also letting us know who they are.


This email lays it all bare. It is past time to do something about it.

Brazil:

- Brazil: Left-Wing Parties Unite Against Bolsonaro's Gov't

- Brazil: Protest in Sao Paulo Against Pension Reform

Canada:

- How the Trudeau government is failing the world's most vulnerable despite its 'feminist' aid policy

- Women, children turned away from shelters in Canada almost 19,000 times a month

- No compensation for parents of First Nations children that died in care, Justice lawyer tells tribunal

- Doug Ford gives reconciliation the shaft

- ‘Bait and Switch’: Doug Ford’s New Numbers On Special Education Staff Funding Are Not Adding Up

- Ontario backs down on increasing class sizes, e-learning in teacher negotiations

- Haligonians protest police brutality on Halifax Regional Police's doorstep

- Sask. RCMP member under investigation after post joking about machine-gunning protesters

- RCMP denied using facial recognition technology - then said it had been using it for months

- Alberta government to close, privatize campgrounds

- Challenging Alberta’s Austerity

- Buffalo Declaration a 'clear display of ignorance,' says Alberta treaty nation

- Foodora couriers are now dependent contractors—that's a problem for Big Tech

Chile:

- 'Our role is central': more than 1m Chilean women to march in huge protest

- Chile: Total Arrests Rise to 283 After Day of Protests

Climate Emergency:

- The Earth System and the capitalist system are incompatible

- Tropical forests losing their ability to absorb carbon, study finds

- 'Devastating': Great Barrier Reef in Danger of Catastrophic Bleaching as Temperatures in Australia Remain High

- FOSSIL CORALS SUGGEST A MASS EXTINCTION IS ON THE WAY: 'IT'S LIKE A SLOW-MOTION CAR CRASH'

Colombia:


Scenes from Colombia where student protesters clashed with the riot police.

Students took to the streets to resist neoliberal education policies and violent police repression of protests by Ivan Duque's right-wing government.



Coronavirus:

- Coronavirus Alarm Blends Yellow Peril and Red Scare

- Exclusive: The Strongest Evidence Yet That America Is Botching Coronavirus Testing

- The Official Coronavirus Numbers Are Wrong, and Everyone Knows It

- America is about to get a godawful lesson in why health care should never be a for-profit business

Democratic Primary:

- 'What More Do You Need to Know?' Health Insurance Stocks Drive Wall Street Rebound on Biden Super Tuesday Wins

- The Case Against Joe Biden: Former VP’s Long Career Shows a Recurring Theme of “Appeasing the Right”

- Elizabeth Warren ends Democratic presidential campaign

- Mike Bloomberg quits 2020 race after spending more than $500m

- Super Tuesday fury as ‘thousands of voters’ in black and Latino neighbourhoods forced to queue for hours in Texas

- #WithTheseHands is Sanders' Super Tuesday, inspiring shot across the bow of American politics

- There Have Been 21 Debate Questions About Paying For Social Programs, Zero About Paying For War

Europe:

- Luxembourg becomes first country in world to provide free public transport

- Ukrainian communists warn Kiev planning a year of glorifying nazis

- VIKTOR ORBAN'S ANTI-ROMA CAMPAIGN IN HUNGARY IS BEING LEGITIMIZED BY TRUMP AND WESTERN LEADERS, ACTIVIST WARNS

Greek-Turkish Refugee Crisis:

- Refugees trapped on Greek-Turkish border attacked from both directions

- EU chief praises Greece as 'shield' of Europe after police attack refugees at border

- Two dead and hundreds more in distress as chaos ensues at Greece-Turkey border

- Refugee boats leaving Turkey for Greece attacked at sea

Guyana:

- No Winner Declared for Guyanese Elections Amid Court Hearing

- Guyana: Electoral Dispute to Continue in Court Amid Discontent

- Guyana: Ruling Party Claims Victory With Contested Data

India:

Delhi riots: Survivors tell their stories


In this ground report, we spoke to families that were displaced due to the mob violence during the anti-Muslim riots in Delhi, India. The families recall their horrifying tales of escaping from their homes as mobs set fire to everything they owned. Nearly 50 people lost their lives and countless people lost their livelihoods during the violence. Neither the Delhi state government or the Indian central government has done much to help these families.




- Inside Delhi: beaten, lynched and burnt alive

- Delhi Violence: India's Communist Party Holds Street March Demanding Top Court-Monitored Probe

International Women's Day / Feminism:

- International Women's Day: events highlighting gender inequality take place around the world

- Why the working-class, socialist history of International Women’s Day matters today

- Photos: Strong Latin American contingents feature at IWD marches across Australia

- 8M: Latin American women prepare for record feminist marches

- Bill Maher Goes Full Sexist, Defends Chris Matthews and Mocks His Sexual Harassment Accuser

- Universal Childcare Would Have Changed My Mom's Life

Israel / Palestine:

- Gazan Girl Fighting Cancer Died After Israel Denied Her Parents' Visit. She Won't Be the Last

- Israel arrests Palestinian man on the day of his release after 18-year sentence

- Israel lobby scores own goal as football charity stands by Ken Loach

- Israel election: Netanyahu begins coalition talks

- Israel Election Results: Netanyahu Reaps the Fruits of a Messianic, Racist and Nationalist Decade

- ‘An Earthquake’: How Israel’s Arabs Achieved Their Historic Election Win

- Celine Dion to perform on ethnically cleansed land

- Anti-Muslim bigots to address AIPAC

Mexico:

- Mexico Vows to End Violence Against Indigenous Women

Poland:

- International Communist and workers' parties rally against rightist persecution in Poland and Europe

- Stop the falsification of history and persecution in Poland!

- Young Communist League protests at Polish embassy over persecution of its comrades

Porn & Prostitution:

- ‘Sex work’: Why we are not buying it

South & Central America:

- Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan Priest, Poet and Revolutionary, Dies at 95

- Remembering the Heroism of Activist Berta Cáceres Four Years After Her Assassination: an Interview With Her Daughter

- Evo Morales: 'We'll Restore the Dignity of the Bolivian People'

- Venezuela: How grassroots solidarity is helping to break the US blockade

United Kingdom:

- Labour leadership: Rebecca Long-Bailey vows to rewrite party’s constitution to enshrine fight against climate emergency

- Sheikh’s daughter called UK police after kidnap, lawyer claims

United States:

- Barricades Go Up In Santa Cruz As UC Wide Wildcat Strike Expands Following Firings

- The 50-year fight by radical evangelicals that could end US abortion rights

- Children as young as eight picked coffee beans on farms supplying Starbucks

- Target raised wages. Then it cut workers' hours and doubled their workload

- Alabama to execute Nathaniel Woods on Thursday despite questions about his culpability in killing of 3 police officers

Wet'suwet'en:

- Solicitor General Mike Farnworth authorized redeploying RCMP resources in response to Coastal GasLink's injunction

- Turns out the BC NDP government authorized the RCMP attack into Wet'suwet'en after all

- Ecosocialists and UBCIC demand Mike Farnworth's resignation for authorizing RCMP's massive show of force

- First Nation deal won’t stop pipeline, Horgan says

- What If We’d Gone Hard for Treaties Instead of Fossil Fuels?

- Groups linked to oil companies funded Facebook ads denouncing the rail blockades

- Mohawks face online threats, hate as protest continues

- The blockades no one talks about devastate Indigenous economies

Zambia:

- Capitalism to blame for chaos in Zambia, says Musumali