(2021-04-09). Retail Workers Union trails in Amazon Bessemer vote count. peoplesworld.org 
BESSEMER, Ala.—The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union trailed in the first of two days of counting union authorization ballots cast in the closely watched vote by workers at Amazon's giant Bessemer, Ala., warehouse. National Labor Relations Board personnel counted just under half of the 3,215 unchallenged ballots before stopping at 6 p.m. on April …
(2021-04-09). Retail Workers Union loses in Amazon Bessemer vote count. peoplesworld.org BESSEMER, Ala.—Amazon has beaten back a historic effort by workers to form a collective bargaining unit in a warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, with about two-thirds of ballots cast in the union election voting against joining the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, according to a tally by the National Labor Relations Board. The final tally …
(2021-04-09). Anti-war activist visited by police after posting embarrassing AOC video. thegrayzone.com An anti-war activist said he was visited by California Highway Patrol officers after posting video of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's bumbling comments on Israel-Palestine. The action, which AOC denies triggering, was initiated by a call to US Capitol Police. As he waited for a food delivery at his home in Los Angeles on April 8, Ryan Wentz, an anti-war activist and producer for the online viral program Soapbox, heard two men calling his name from over his front gate. When he …
(2021-04-09). Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister: Biden Acting 'Irrational' Towards Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 
In an interview with the international news agency AFP, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza called the position of US President Joe Biden "irrational" because of the latter's continued non-recognition of the government of President Nicolás Maduro. In effect, Arreaza said that Venezuela has not given up trying to re-establish contact with Washington in order to normalize relations between the two countries. | "We have not received any contact or positive response to the hand that President Maduro extended," said Arreaza, referring to the messages sent by the Miraflores Palace to the White House. Howe…
(2021-04-09). Venezuela to Send Humanitarian Aid to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — La Soufrière Volcano. orinocotribune.com In the next few hours, Venezuela will send humanitarian aid and disaster management experts to cooperate in evacuation and preventive relocation of citizens in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, following the alert issued by the authorities of that country after an increase in the activity of the La Soufrière volcano. | The information was provided this Thursday, April 8, by Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Jorge Arreaza through his Twitter account @jaarreaza: "In the next few hours #Venezuela will send humanitarian supplies and disaster management experts to cooperate in evacuation and preventive relocation of…
(2021-04-09). China Blasts US Military Interventions in Human Rights Report. news.antiwar.com In the face of constant attacks by US officials over alleged human rights abuses, The report, titled "Severe Humanitarian Disasters Caused by US Aggressive Wars against Foreign Countries," was "The majority of th…
(2021-04-09). The Origins of Nazi Violence. counterpunch.org 
In recent years, right-wing terrorism has been on the increase in Germany. The worst case of right-wing terrorism was perpetrated by the National-Socialist Underground or NSU. The NSU murdered ten people, including a police officer, while also committing forty-three attempted murders, three bombings and several robberies between 2000 and 2007. Today Germany's radical right has
(2021-04-09). Biden's Empty Gesture: Houthis No Longer "Terrorists" but Yemen's Suffering Only Grows. mintpressnews.com 
Human rights groups have warned that levels of famine in Yemen are now among the highest recorded since 2015, suggesting that suffering in the country has actually grown worse under the Biden administration.
(2021-04-09). "The Most Dangerous Man" Turns 90 — Peter Kuznick on Daniel Ellsberg. mronline.org 
Historian Peter Kuznick looks at the significance of Daniel Ellsberg's fight against America's insane nuclear war strategy, his exposure of the lies of the Viet Nam War, and his continuing fight against the American war machine. | April 9, 2021 | Newswire…
(2021-04-09). 'This Is A War In The Woods 2.0'. popularresistance.org Port Renfrew – "Activist headquarters" is an encampment just outside of Port Renfrew, Vancouver Island. That is where the fight to prevent 200 hectares of ancient old-growth forest from being cut down continues. | "We haven't been served (with an injunction), no," said Molly Murphy, one of the many people calling the encampment home on Monday. | The injunction was granted by the B.C. Supreme Court on April 1. It orders the demonstrators to take down the blockades that they had set up to prevent forestry company Teal-Jones from accessing its logging operation in the area. | "We're waiting for Teal-Jones to serve t…
(2021-04-09). Britain's Prince Philip, Husband Of Queen Elizabeth, Dies At 99. eurasiareview.com 
By Henry Ridgwell | Prince Philip, the Greek-born consort to Queen Elizabeth, Britain's longest sitting monarch, has died at the age of 99. | In a statement released to the media and posted on the gates of Buckingham Palace Friday morning, the royal family said, "It is with deep sorrow that Her Majesty The Queen has announced the death of her beloved husband, His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh." | "His Royal Highness passed away peacefully this morning at Windsor Castle. Further announcements will be made in due course. The Royal Family join with people around the world in mourning his los…
(2021-04-09). April 15 Webinar: Armed Conflict on the Venezuela-Colombia Border — The Battle of Apure. orinocotribune.com 
The armed aggression of Colombian criminal groups against the civilian population in the state of Apure, Venezuela, involved drug trafficking paramilitaries, used by Colombia and the US to attack the Bolivarian revolution. Venezuelan military regained control of the area after uncovering cocaine producing labs, airplane tracks and narco planes. | Join us to hear from the mayor of La Victoria, Apure state, the details about the current situation in his town and the measures that the Venezuelan state is taking to defend the integrity of its territory and population. | April 15, 2021 07: 00 PM ET | Link to the Zoom…
(2021-04-09). Car-Bombing Highlights State's Culpability in Colombia's Violence. orinocotribune.com 
On Friday, March 26, a car bomb in the town of Corinto in the Cauca department was detonated, leaving 43 people injured, including 11 public officials, and causing heavy damages. Diego Molano, recently appointed Defense Minister, accused the Molano Dagoberto Ramos Mobile Column, a dissident group of the FARC, of carrying out the attack. | Corinto, a town of about 35,000 residents, has become, according to authorities, a strategic area on a crowded drug and weapons route heading towards the southwestern part of the country. This has made it a much-disputed territory amongst armed groups. According to the Colombian…
(2021-04-09). China rejects U.S.' human rights hypocrisy, points to repression of Black Lives Matter. peoplesworld.org 
Top officials from China and the United States exchanged verbal blows at the Alaska Summit last week, after U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan opened the session by making false and unwarranted accusations about China's governance and international affairs. In the summit's opening remarks, Blinken accused China of …
(2021-04-09). New Montana bills 'declare war on wolves, bears, other carnivores' say wildlife supporters. peoplesworld.org 
A flurry of bills has recently been introduced to Montana's state legislature that reduces restrictions on the killing of grizzly bears and wolves — two predators which have historically struggled to survive in the state. One such bill is SB 98, put forward by Republican Sen. Bruce Gillespie, which would expand the state law allowance for …
(2021-04-09). New Revelations on Germ Warfare: It's Time for a Reckoning with Our History from the Korean War. counterpunch.org 
The New York Times, which for years has maintained that U.S. airmen's statements about use of biological weapons during the Korean War were "false confessions" obtained by Chinese and North Korean torture, never acknowledged the following submission sent to its opinion section in November 2020. I am publishing the article instead at CounterPunch, which is
(2021-04-09). Chip Gibbons on Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale. fair.org 
Daniel Hale | This week on CounterSpin: The idea that you don't "shoot the messenger" dates back, evidently, to Sophocles. It echoes today as a man named Daniel Hale stands convicted nominally of breaking a law aimed at spies sneaking intel to foreign enemies, but actually with revealing things the US government didn't want known about its drone warfare programs—the ones elite media have often presented as precise in separating "bad guys" from "innocents," and so superior to other methods of (what we are to understand is) "counterterrorism." | Big media have shown little interest in the case. We'll get a b…
(2021-04-09). Trapping: New Mexico Moves Forward, Montana Leaps Backward. counterpunch.org 
Thinking about some other Western states' version of so-called "leadership," I am grateful for what we have here in New Mexico. Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte is infamous for assaulting a journalist, attempting to undermine democracy, and violating his state's hunting regulations (at least twice). News recently broke that Gianforte illegally trapped and killed a wolf
(2021-04-09). Venezuela Maintains the Apure Border Situation Under Control. telesurenglish.net Venezuela's Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) Chief of Staff Admiral Remigio Ceballos Friday offered an update on the military activities in the bordering Apure state, where Colombian irregular armed groups conduct destabilization actions. | RELATED: | He informed the deployment of an additional special brigade to confront these groups, which attack Venezuelan soil without any rejection from Colombia's President…
(2021-04-09). Prince Philip of Edinburgh Died in London. telesurenglish.net Prince Philip of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II of England for 72 years, died in London at the age of 99. | RELATED: | This happened on Friday morning at King Edward VII hospital to which he was transferred on Tuesday night from Windsor Castle where he had been confined since the start of the pandemic. | Philip of Edinburgh was the father of four children, grandfather of eight grandchildren, and great-gr…
(2021-04-09). As US Department of Labor reports 896,000 combined unemployment claims last week, states move to impose new restrictions. wsws.org As millions of people continue to look for steady, safe work amid the latest deadly surge in the pandemic, states are moving forward with reimposing unemployment restrictions and processing evictions.
(2021-04-09). Yemen is a Public Health Catastrophe. counterpunch.org The war in Yemen -the Arab world's poorest country- has reached new heights of sickness and death by the spreading of the coronavirus pandemic in a vulnerable and fragile population. The death toll from the coronavirus pandemic could be greater than the combined toll of war, disease and hunger over the last five years, according
(2021-04-09). My Predictions for Biden's Probably-Truncated Presidency. counterpunch.org Beginning in March 2016 I repeatedly and almost famously warned overconfident Democrats—who ridiculed me for saying so—that Donald Trump would probably win the 2016 election. Days after Trump's "softly sensuous" inauguration I accurately predicted the next four years: "Three scenarios show us what everyday life in Trumpian America will probably feel like: Third World dictatorships,
(2021-04-09). Biden and the Jobs Revolution. counterpunch.org The fledgling Biden revolution is trying to prove America is capable of reversing decades of self-neglect by creating the biggest peacetime jobs program since Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal. Led by a determined, ambitious, surprisingly energetic President Joe Biden backed up by a team of progressive Democrats, the United States finally is turning nation-building toward
(2021-04-09). Death toll from armed clashes in Sudan's West Darfur State rises to 132. peoplesdispatch.org The violence over the past weekend in El Geneina, the capital city of Sudan's West Darfur State, has led to over 130 deaths and over 200 injuries. Behind these clashes lie failures in the peace process involving the transitional government and rebel groups…
(2021-04-09). Syria asks UNSC to prevent Israel's repeated attacks on its territory. peoplesdispatch.org Syria raised the demand to the UNSC following an Israeli airstrike on Thursday using Lebanese airspace. Israel has carried out hundreds of air strikes inside Syria since the beginning of the Syrian war in 2011…
(2021-04-09). Australian government ministers denounce student newspaper for pulling anti-China story. wsws.org The hysterical intervention underscores the official sensitivities over any pushback, however limited, against a xenophobic campaign aimed at justifying preparations for war against China.
(2021-04-09). Turkey confirms U.S. warships to enter Black Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com TASSApril 9, 2021 Turkey notifies Russia of US warships' transit to Black SeaA source in Turkey's Foreign Ministry told TASS earlier on Friday that two US warships would enter the Black Sea through the Bosporus Strait on April 14 and 15 and stay there until May 4-5 U.S. mulls sending more warships to Black Sea …
(2021-04-09). A Damned Murder Inc: Kennedy's Battle Against the Leviathan. dissidentvoice.org The Eisenhower presidency would see Washington taken over by business executives, Wall Street lawyers, and investment bankers—and by a closely aligned warrior caste that had emerged into public prominence during World War II. ***** As discussed in Part Two of this series, the war in Vietnam did not start on its official date, November 1st, …
(2021-04-09). Arsonist US Plays With Fire. dissidentvoice.org You would think riling up one nuclear power is bad enough, but the United States seems intent on doubling the risk of starting a world war by gratuitously aggressing Russia and China simultaneously. Throwing around personal insults against the leaders of those two countries is one thing. But actually winding up military tensions is quite …
(2021-04-09). U.S. Warships to Enter Black Sea in "Significant Signal" To Russia Over Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Warships to Enter Black Sea in "Significant Signal" To Russia Over UkraineRick Rozoff Turkey has confirmed an earlier CNN report that the U.S. will send warships to the Black Sea in what a Pentagon official cited by CNN said was a demonstration of support to the government of Ukraine in response to claims of …
(2021-04-09). China-US Relations and Biden's "Global Death Trap": The World Is Facing Another Cold War Which May Become Hot, Even Very Hot. globalresearch.ca In Anchorage, Alaska, on 18-19 March 2021, top diplomats of China …
(2021-04-09). Ukraine's top commander invokes NATO's Article 5 military assistance clause as West continues to oversee Ukraine's war in the Donbass. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Ukraine's top commander invokes NATO's Article 5 military assistance clause as West continues to oversee Ukraine's war in the DonbassRick Rozoff Colonel-General Ruslan Khomchak, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine's armed forces, is quoted today as boasting that his nation's military is capable of responding to what he deemed the "aggravation of the situation" in the Donbass, …
(2021-04-09). Margaret Sullivan Gets it Wrong, Libel Law Is a Good Thing. cepr.net I was going to let pass this column by Margaret Sullivan, warning us not to applaud Dominion's lawsuit against Fox News. I'm generally a big fan of Sullivan's columns and was willing to look the other way on what I see as a very poorly argued piece. But when a friend sent it to me …
(2021-04-09). U.S. mulls sending more warships to Black Sea to "send message" to Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. mulls sending more warships to Black Sea to "send message" to RussiaRick Rozoff CNN reports that a U.S. defense official informed them Washington is considering deploying warships to the Black Sea as a demonstration of support to the government of Ukraine in response to what was described as increased Russian military presence on Ukraine's …
(2021-04-09). US Mulls Sending More Warships to Black Sea To 'Send Message' to Russia. news.antiwar.com CNN reports that a U.S. defense official informed them Washington is considering deploying warships to the Black Sea as a demonstration of support to the government of Ukraine in response to what was described as increased Russian military presence on Ukraine's eastern border. The Black Sea is nowhere near the current conflict zone in the …
(2021-04-09). Russia Alarmed Over NATO Nations' Militarization of the Arctic. news.antiwar.com The Russian TASS news site today cited Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova sounding the alarm over the U.S. and the global military bloc it leads, NATO, moving against Russia on its final frontier: the Arctic. Zakharova seems to have arrived at the realization that NATO, which already has Russia blockaded from the Norwegian to the …
(2021-04-09). US Warships to Enter Black Sea in 'Significant Signal' to Russia. news.antiwar.com Turkey has confirmed an earlier CNN report that the U.S. will send warships to the Black Sea in what a Pentagon official cited by CNN said was a demonstration of support to the government of Ukraine in response to claims of increased Russian military presence on Ukraine's eastern border. The Black Sea is nowhere near …
(2021-04-09). ISIS Seizes Syria Police Station, Captures Dozens of Hostages. news.antiwar.com ISIS fighters stormed the desert town of al-Saan, in Hama Province, seizing the police station and ISIS has been trying to raid areas near the desert that they operate within. Al-Saan was a former stronghold of theirs. The civilians they captured are accused of being informers for the Assad government. | Syrian state media reported that the civilians were out picking truffles at the time of the raid, and I…
(2021-04-09). US Downplays Expectations of Iran Talks. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, the State Department While
(2021-04-09). Military Officials Frustrated That Biden Hasn't Made a Decision on Afghanistan. news.antiwar.com With the May 1st Afghanistan withdrawal deadline only weeks away, President Biden has yet to make an official decision on whether or not troops will remain in the country, Current and former officials told NBC News that there is growing frustration within the military over President Biden's failure to make a decision. One former senior official described Biden as "dithering" and said military leaders want the president to "jus…
(2021-04-09). Congressional Democrats Call on Biden to Lift Yemen Blockade. news.antiwar.com A group of over 70 House Democrats
(2021-04-09). Florida Senate Advances 'Dangerous' Bill Critics Warn Criminalizes Peaceful Protesters. commondreams.org "H.B. 1 is a direct attack on the First Amendment. It is designed to stifle Floridians' right to peacefully assemble and seek change in their democracy." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/flblm.jpg …
(2021-04-09). Documentary Claims Benedict XVI's Secretary Tried To Convince Him Not To Resign. eurasiareview.com 
By Diego Lopez Marina | A documentary being released on Benedict XVI's 94th birthday state that his personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Gà§nswein, tried to dissuade him from abdicating the papacy. | "Benedict XVI, the Pope Emeritus", directed by Andrés Garrigó, will be released April 16 by Goya Productions. | The film will focus on Benedict's papacy, and his time as prefect of Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. | "At that time he had to deal with such crises as Liberation Theology in its Marxist version with its affinity to guerrilla warfare, and the cases of pedophilia that were beginning to su…
(2021-04-09). U.S. Mulls Sending Warships To Black Sea In Support Of Ukraine: CNN Report. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The US is considering sending warships to the Black Sea in support for Ukraine, An unnamed official from the Department of Defense
(2021-04-09). HTS Terrorist Attack On School Thwarted In Crimea (Video). southfront.org 
ROSTOV-ON-DON REGION, RUSSIA — JULY 15, 2019: Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers detain two members of a cell of the Islamic State terrorist organization (banned in Russia). Video screen grab/ Russian Federal Security Service/TASS | On April 9, the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) thwarted a terrorist attack in the city of Simferopol, the capital of Crimea. | In a statement, the FSB's Public Relations Center announced that two supporters of the Syria-based terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) [m…
(2021-04-09). Death Or Ukraine: US Delegation Came On Donbass Frontlines Under Nazi Flags. southfront.org 
The Ukrainian Armed Forces hung up the German War Ensign of the Third Reich. According to the official representative of the People's Militia of the Republic it was linked with the The video of DPR National Militia, showing the flag waving over Ukrainian positions in the village of Maryinka that is under the contro…
(2021-04-09). Sinai Insurgency: ISIS Terrorists Execute Pro-Government Tribal Fighter (Photos). southfront.org 
Illustrative image | On April 5, ISIS announced that its fighters in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula had captured and executed a pro-government tribal fighter. | According to the terrorist group's news agency, Amaq, the execution took place in the area of al-Burth to the south of Rafah city in the northern part of Sinai. | Amaq shared photos of the war crime. The photos show ISIS terrorists shooting the victim, a young man, in the head before burying him in an unmarked grave. The i…
(2021-04-09). Houthis Strike Saudi Warplane Hangars In Jizan Airport. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | In the late hours of April 8th, the Houthis reportedly used a Qasef-2K drone to carry out an "accurate" hit against the Jizan airport in Saudi Arabia. | According to Brigadier General Yahya Saree, spokesman for the Houthis, the airport holds Saudi Arabia's warplanes that they use to carry out airstrikes on Houthi positions throughout Yemen, as well as on civilians. | Saree said that the strike had been successful. | On April 7th, Saree announced another Houthi attack against the King K…
(2021-04-09). Ukraine Or Death: US Delegation Came On Donbass Frontlines Under Nazi Flags. southfront.org The Ukrainian Armed Forces hung up the German War Ensign of the Third Reich. According to the official representative of the People's Militia of the Republic it was linked with the The video of DPR National Militia, showing the flag waving over Ukrainian positions in the village of Maryinka that is under the contro…