(2021-03-22). Green Passes and Dark Inequalities: the Push for COVID Immunity Passports. counterpunch.org Sensible, ideal, wonderful — if you happen to be in the European Union. This is the air of confidence surrounding the March 17 proposal for a digital COVID immunity passport, or what is officially being called the Digital Green Certificate. The Digital Green Certificate is actually a bundle of three: vaccination certificates stating the brand
(2021-03-22). Coronavirus mess, scandal contribute to right-wing defeats in Germany. peoplesworld.org 
BERLIN—Germany, once viewed as an exaggerated model of exactitude and discipline, is currently in a muddle. Above all, it's the Covid mess. Seen last spring as a model of swift, effective response, Germany is now torn by controversy, with its sixteen states and dozens of politicians squabbling about when to send which kids (if any) …
(2021-03-22). Educators, students and parents discuss opposition against the reopening of schools in Germany. wsws.org Countless scientists and medical experts have unequivocally condemned the removal of pandemic safeguards, highlighting in particular the key role played by schools in the spread of the virus.
(2021-03-22). Germany: The WISAG business model—spinoffs, layoffs and wage cuts. wsws.org The struggle being carried out by WISAG ground workers at Frankfurt Airport is throwing a sharp light on the antilabour attacks by major corporations during the pandemic and the complicity of the trade unions.
(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 …
(2021-03-22). Scandals, elections and emergencies. mronline.org 
Germany, once viewed as an exaggerated model of exactitude and discipline, is currently in a muddle. | Commentary…
(2021-03-22). The American Terror State. globalresearch.ca On February 26, 2021, imperial President Joe Biden ordered the
(2021-03-22). Biden and Blinken's Unprovoked Attacks on Russia and China Backfire… Because If You Live in a Glass House, Don't Throw Stones. globalresearch.ca In attacking the moral character of Russia's president and China's human …
(2021-03-22). Applying Sanctions To Russia and China Is Unwise, Lavrov Says. telesurenglish.net Russia's Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday noted that diplomatic relations with China are at their best moment ever while also condemning Western sanctions against both nations. | RELATED: | He highlighted that bilateral ties have reached an unprecedented level thanks to the "Treaty on Good Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation" which laid the foundations for a new type of relationship between Russia a…
(2021-03-22). Turkey: Lira tumbles and Istanbul stock exchange briefly suspended after sharp fall. middleeasteye.net 
Turkey: Lira tumbles and Istanbul stock exchange briefly suspended after sharp fall | Markets have reacted strongly over shock sacking of central bank chief after just four months in the job | Mon, 03/22/2021 – 08: 12 | A woman walks past an information screen displaying rates in front of an exchange office in Istanbul, on October 26, 2020 (AFP) | The Istanbul stock exchange briefly suspen…
(2021-03-22). Egypt's pro-Sisi media to temper criticism of Turkey amid warming ties. middleeasteye.net 
Egypt's pro-Sisi media to temper criticism of Turkey amid warming ties | The development comes as Cairo and Ankara appear to be patching up relations after years of hostility | Mon, 03/22/2021 – 14: 55 | Egypt's Minister of Information Osama Heikal said Egypt-based media would be expected to "adhere to calm". 14 June 2020. (Khaled Desouki/AFP) | Cairo has welcomed recent Turkish demands that Istanbul-based Egy…
(2021-03-22). The Case of Alexei Navalny: Reviving the Cold War. dissidentvoice.org The mass media considers Alexei Navalny to be Vladimir Putin's main opponent. However, a "Levada Center poll from November 2020 — three months after Navalny's poisoning — found that only 2% of Russians would vote for Navalny if he were a presidential candidate. That is a number that has remained steady for years." How is …
(2021-03-22). Headlines for March 22, 2021. democracynow.org Nationwide Protests Call for an End to Anti-AAPI Violence After Atlanta Massacre, AstraZeneca Vaccine Is 79% Effective in U.S. Trial, Shows No Risk of Blood Clotting, CDC Updates School Distancing Guidelines to 3 Feet; Miami Beach Imposes Emergency Curfew, Drug Companies Plan to Hike COVID Vaccine Prices After Pandemic Is Over, Pakistani PM Khan Has COVID; Tokyo Olympics Bars Int'l Spectators; More European Nations Lock Down, U.S. Says "Border Is Closed" as Number of Unaccompanied Children in Gov't Custody Tops 15,000, Defense Sec. Austin in Afghanistan Amid Questions over May 1 Troop Withdrawal Deadline, Women,…
(2021-03-22). "We Are Here Because You Are There": Viet Thanh Nguyen on How U.S. Foreign Policy Creates Refugees. democracynow.org 
Pulitzer Prize-winning Vietnamese American writer Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses why he chooses to use the term "refugee" in his books, and speaks about his own experience as a refugee. His new novel tells the story of a man who arrives in France as a refugee from Vietnam, and explores the main character's questioning of ideology and different visions of liberation. Titled "The Committed," the book is a sequel to "The Sympathizer," which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2016. Nguyen says his protagonist is "a man of two faces and two minds" whose ability to see beyond Cold War divisions makes him the perfect fi…
(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…
(2021-03-22). Brazilian State of Maranhà£o obtains 4.5 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine. peoplesworld.org 
The Governor of the Brazilian State of Maranhà£o, Flávio Dino, a member of the Communist Party of Brazil (PCdoB), signed a contract on March 17 with the Sovereign Russian Fund authorizing the acquisition of 4.582 million doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine to combat the coronavirus. This vaccine, produced by the Gamaleya laboratory, has …