Daily Archives: March 29, 2021

2021-03-29: News Headlines

Al Neal (2021-03-29). French Farmers protest fertilizer tax. peoplesworld.org The low pitch rumble and hum of tractor engines and the thump, thump, thump of steel-capped leather boots filled the streets of Clermont Ferrand, France, as over 2,000 French farmers and 400 tractors marched and rolled into Pace de Jaude, the city square, on March 25. Farmers descended into the town in protest over new …

_____ (2021-03-29). Protests In 60+ Countries Against Genocidal US Blockade On Cuba. popularresistance.org In a worldwide day, the initiative launched a month ago by the Europe for Cuba channel, in coordination with solidarity movements and groups in different parts of the planet, will take place today and tomorrow, Sunday, with car and bicycle caravans, rallies, marches and mountain climbing, among other diverse actions. | "The call is also to flood the social networks in days of denunciation and repudiation of the genocidal blockade imposed on the island, in which we expect a good response, despite the restrictions derived from the COVID-19 pandemic," José Antonio Toledo and Michele Mesagna, coordinators of the plat…

WSWS (2021-03-29). The working class in Germany pays the cost of the pandemic. wsws.org In the coronavirus crisis, wages in Germany have fallen for the first time since 2007. Reduced incomes, harder working conditions, and cramped living circumstances elevate the risk of falling ill due to COVID-19 and of dying.

WSWS (2021-03-29). This week in history: March 29-April 4. wsws.org 25 years ago: US trade mission flight crashes in the Balkans, killing commerce secretary On April 3, 1996, a United States Air Force Boeing CT-43A crashed into a mountainside while on an official trade mission to Dubrovnik, Croatia. The craft was carrying United States Secretary of Commerce Ron Brown and 34 other people. There were no survivors.

VINS (2021-03-29). Whistleblowers Challenge Official Narrative on Syrian Chemical Weapons Attacks. projectcensored.org On April 14, 2018, the United States, Britain, and France launched a series of aircraft and ship-based missiles against multiple government sites in Syria. The initial report released by the…

Jason Ditz (2021-03-29). Locals: French Airstrike Killed Six Civilians in Northern Mali. news.antiwar.com Local officials in the Gao region of northern Mali France was quick to deny that the slain were civilians, saying everyone they hit was an "Islamist militant." This has been common for French operat…

Jon Queally, staff writer (2021-03-29). 'Vraie Loi Climat!': Tens of Thousands March in France to Demand Much Stronger Climate Law. commondreams.org French President Emannuel Macron, said one demonstrator, "is going backwards—he's performing a moonwalk, he's an artist who pretends to go forward but in fact he's only going backwards." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/paris_climate_march.jpg

MEE staff (2021-03-29). Covid-19: UN leaders plead 'don't stockpile vaccines' as global rollout stalls. middleeasteye.net Covid-19: UN leaders plead 'don't stockpile vaccines' as global rollout stalls | UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls out 'very unfair distribution of vaccines in the world', as Covax initiative struggles to meet distribution benchmarks | Mon, 03/29/2021 – 15: 38 | A medical stockpile at the vaccine warehouse where doses of the vaccine are preserved before their distribution in Irxleben, eastern Germany…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-03-29). The Criminalization of Big Pharma, mRNA Vaccine Deaths and Injuries. EU Adopts "Digital Vaccine Passport" globalresearch.ca On March 25, 2021, the European Parliament voted 468 to 203 in favour of the Digital Vaccine Passport or "Green Pass" which requires EU citizens to get vaccinated if they want to travel, or even have access to various social …