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Sudan’s army retakes presidential palace in Khartoum, strikes blow to RSF
The development comes just days after RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan “Hemedti” Dagalo released a video urging his fighters not to give up the palace. Civilians have generally welcomed the army as liberators despite some reports of army-aligned militias carrying out human rights abuses following RSF withdrawals.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/21/sudans-army-retakes-presidential-palace-in-khartoum-strikes-blow-to-rsf
https://archive.ph/ufwEL

South Africa: Removal of Illegal Connections Sparks Protests in Khayelitsha
Community leader Hlubi Mayekiso said the shack dwellers want Eskom to return their electrical wires or install formal electricity in their shacks. Most of the shack dwellers had moved onto the land during the Covid lockdown in 2020.
https://allafrica.com/stories/202503200384.html
https://archive.ph/htHiz

Ethiopia introduces new tax to fill gap after USAID funding pause
The new tax will apply to people employed in both the private and public sectors. A mandatory contribution will also be asked of companies across sectors such as banking and hospitality. The new bill has been forwarded to a parliamentary committee for deliberation on the percentages to be contributed.
https://apnews.com/article/ethiopia-usaid-new-tax-0ca2100df356ed7ca4f3ffe4f6a82442

Israel threatens annexation after expanding ground offensive in Gaza
“The more Hamas persists in its refusal to release the hostages, the more territory it will lose, which will be annexed to Israel,” Katz was quoted by The Jerusalem Post newspaper as saying. “If the hostages are not released, Israel will continue to take more and more territory in the Strip for permanent control.”
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/21/israeli-forces-conduct-ground-operations-air-strikes-across-gaza-strip
https://archive.ph/SoSd9

First migrant worker dies building a World Cup stadium in Saudi Arabia
Muhammad Arshad, from Pakistan, fell to his death from an upper level during the construction of the Aramco Stadium in the eastern city of Al Khobar on 12 March, according to sources with knowledge of the incident.
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/mar/21/muhammad-arshad-pakistan-first-migrant-worker-dies-khobar-building-world-cup-2034-stadium-saudi-arabia

Turkey’s opposition urges peaceful protests over Istanbul mayor’s arrest despite bans
Thousands of people marched to Istanbul’s city hall to rally against the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor and top rival to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for a third straight day on Friday, even as the Turkish leader issued a stern warning, declaring that street protests would not be tolerated.
https://apnews.com/article/turkey-mayor-arrested-opposition-call-protests-25c3394e17cddf97ca08ad4bd9db2742

Cyprus accused by the UN of push backs against migrant boats
The clash came a few days after Cypriot authorities recovered two survivors and seven bodies in international waters off Cyprus after their boat sank in rough seas.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/cyprus-accused-un-push-backs-against-migrant-boats

Ukraine dismayed by Trump’s proposal to take control of its nuclear plants
“[Trump] said that the United States could be very helpful in running those plants with its electricity and utility expertise. American ownership of those plants would be the best protection for that infrastructure and support for Ukrainian energy infrastructure,” read the statement.
https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-03-21/ukraine-dismayed-by-trumps-proposal-to-take-control-of-its-nuclear-plants.html

Heathrow and National Grid face No. 10 grilling as substation fire closes Britain's biggest airport
HEATHROW and National Grid bosses face serious questions over how a single fire led to the closure of the airport and left tens of thousands of homes without power, Downing Street said today.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/heathrow-and-national-grid-face-no-10-grilling-substation-fire-closes-britains

Birmingham refuse workers on indefinite strike against pay cuts
A vast amount of waste has built up throughout the city, creating a public health hazard, but the council is digging its heels in. Workers are up against an organised strikebreaking operation and have faced regular intimidation on the picket lines.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/03/21/vygu-m21.html

Washington bars ex-Argentina president from entering US, citing corruption
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement that Kirchner and former planning minister Julio Miguel De Vido "abused their positions by orchestrating and financially benefitting from multiple bribery schemes involving public works contracts, resulting in millions of dollars stolen from the Argentine government."
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/washington-bars-ex-argentina-president-entering-us-over-alleged-corruption-2025-03-21/

Mexico’s attorney general cites irregularities in investigation of alleged cartel killing site
He said local authorities didn’t investigate the ownership of the ranch and failed to scientifically analyze locations at the ranch to understand if they were used as crematoriums. Investigators did not arrest local officials who have been linked to activities at the ranch, he said.
https://apnews.com/article/mexico-jalisco-cartel-site-cartel-attorney-general-602461c9e619a063945fca9e6a6a4fe6

Environmental tragedy in Ecuador: thousands of barrels of oil spilled in several rivers
The failure occurred after a landslide in Achiote, near Quinindé. Several experts have stated that it is one of the worst oil spills in recent years in the country. As of now, the government of Daniel Noboa has not disclosed the number of barrels of oil spilled in Esmeraldas.
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2025/03/20/environmental-tragedy-in-ecuador-thousands-of-barrels-of-oil-spilled-in-several-rivers/

Canada cancels controversial capital gains tax increase
The federal government will also keep the increase in the lifetime capital gains exemption limit to C$1.25 million ($871,930.80) on sale of small business shares and farming and fishing property, Carney's office said in a statement.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/canada-pm-carney-cancels-proposed-capital-gains-tax-increase-2025-03-21/

Raids shatter perception of Puerto Rico as a sanctuary for immigrants
For decades, undocumented immigrants have lived in the U.S. territory without fear of arrest. They’re allowed to open bank accounts and obtain a special driver’s license. Many have felt safe enough to open their own businesses.
https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-immigration-raids-a69e83f87fa67d9560e8d200f2d4fb39

‘Bad sign’: Purge of data experts raises alarms over economic reports
The abrupt removal of experts supporting monthly reports that are closely watched by everyone from the Federal Reserve to business leaders is a sign of trouble ahead for agencies responsible for providing vital measurements of inflation, unemployment, productivity and growth, economists and former agency officials said.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/03/21/labor-commerce-department-economy-data-doge-00241559
https://archive.ph/vJ5C9

The Bidens want back in
So far, Biden's overture seems to have fallen flat. Democrats find themselves adrift, casting about for a compelling messenger. Whoever that is, it's not Biden, many party activists and donors contend. He's tethered to the 2024 defeat and, at 82, is a symbol more of the party's past than its future, they argue.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/bidens-want-back-in-rcna196956

Boeing whistleblower’s family claims company’s conduct caused his suicide
Boeing pushed John Barnett to his death by harassing and intimidating him after he raised safety concerns about the company’s plant building the 787 Dreamliner in Charleston, South Carolina, a wrongful death lawsuit filed in federal court in the state alleges.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/mar/21/boeing-whistleblower-family-claims-company-conduct-caused-suicide

DOGE Social Security plan targets small fraud at possible high cost
At a press conference on Tuesday, acting commissioner Lee Dudek said $100 million is lost each year to direct deposit fraud. To address it, the agency is curtailing its phone services. Effective March 31, Americans won't be able to call and sign up for Social Security benefits, or make major changes to their accounts that require ID verification. They either must use the internet or visit a field office, not an easy option for many of the people who most rely on Social Security.
https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/doge-social-security-deposit-fraud

Amazon Rebuked for 'Reckless' Lawsuit Against Product Safety Agency
Amazon's lawsuit, filed earlier this month in a Maryland federal court, claims that the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is unconstitutional. The Seattle-based company—which raked in $638 billion in 2024 revenue—says it should not be held legally responsible for products sold on its site by third-party vendors.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/amazon-sues-cpsc

Unions must go on the offensive to reshape this country
THE trade union conference season is now under way. Regional TUCs are assessing the challenges facing workers in their areas. Since it is the first spring under a Labour government since 2010, this should be an optimistic process, with unions able to set out which policies they have won ministerial support to implement. Unfortunately it is anything but. Labour has attacked pensioners, children in poverty and Waspi women. It has just announced sweeping attacks on the sick and disabled. These are all attacks on working-class people. But Labour has refused to stand up for workers however narrowly you define the term. The private interests of billionaires from Ineos boss Jim Ratcliffe to Tata Steel’s reigning tycoons are allowed to override the interests of workforces and the wider economy when they toy with the futures of strategic assets like steel in Port Talbot or oil and chemicals at Grangemouth.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/editorial-unions-must-go-offensive-reshape-country

What is "ReArm Europe"? Multi-tool of warfare against the peoples
The EU has announced the “ReArm Europe” program worth 800 billion euros, signalling a rapid increase in its war spending. It is thus reinforcing the war economy strategy and armaments of the previous period, escalating its involvement in the imperialist war in Ukraine. Its aim is to play a leading role on the Ukrainian front in conditions of heightened Euro-Atlantic antagonisms and US-Russian bargaining.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2025/03/what-is-rearm-europe-multi-tool-of-warfare-against-the-peoples.html

A Marxist Theory of DOGE
Marxist theories of the state have long recognized that, for capitalism to sustain itself, the state must act on behalf of capitalism as a system, not merely at the behest of individual capitalists. When the state abandons its role in overseeing capitalism’s long-term viability and instead caters narrowly to specific firms (or individuals), the results can be ruinous. Marxist state theory, in its more opaque register, dubbed this “relative autonomy.” Marxists have a certain weakness for what the Greek political theorist Nicos Poulantzas called grand and terroristic concepts, but the idea has its force. If a state fails to carve out even a modest independence from its own small-minded capitalists, it neglects the very conditions capitalism needs to endure.
https://jacobin.com/2025/03/marxist-state-theory-doge-capitalists


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