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Lawsuits Expected After Trump Orders Creation of National Voter List, Mail-In Voting Crackdown
Just days after the GOP-controlled Senate skipped town once they failed to send a voter suppression bill to President Donald Trump’s desk, the Republican on Tuesday signed an executive order to create a nationwide list of US voters and crack down on voting by mail—which is how he voted in Florida’s most recent election.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-voting-executive-order

US counterterror officials plan antifa summit, sources say
The conference, tentatively planned for June or July, will convene officials from various nations to discuss strategies for battling antifa and encourage intelligence sharing, said the sources, who requested anonymity ‌as they were not authorized to speak to the media.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-counterterror-officials-plan-antifa-summit-sources-say-2026-03-31/

The wellness world is eager for RFK Jr.'s promised move on peptides
Peptides are a string of amino acids, smaller than a protein, that are produced naturally by our body. Interest in synthetic versions of some of these has skyrocketed with people touting them for tissue repair, skin health, longevity and more.
https://www.npr.org/2026/03/31/nx-s1-5768206/peptides-rfk-fda-compounding-pharmacies

Silicon Valley city to give residents doorbells equipped with cameras
“By equipping residents with tools and partnering closely with our Milpitas police department, we’re building a stronger connection between our community and law enforcement to help deter crime and protect our neighborhoods.” Milpitas police plan to share a link for residents to voluntarily upload doorbell footage and organize community events, where residents can sign up to participate in the program, said Tyler Jamison, the Milpitas assistant chief of police.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/31/silicon-valley-milpitas-doorbell-cameras

US exempts Gulf of Mexico oil drillers from endangered species protections
A committee with ties to United States President Donald Trump has exempted oil and gas drillers in the Gulf of Mexico from protections under the Endangered Species Act meant to safeguard vulnerable species. On Tuesday, the government’s Endangered Species Committee convened for a rare meeting to weigh whether the protections should be lifted.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/31/us-exempts-gulf-of-mexico-oil-drillers-from-endangered-species-protections
https://archive.ph/6xiBm

US supreme court rules against Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’
An 8-1 high court majority sided with a Christian counselor who argued the law banning “conversion therapy” violates the first amendment. The justices agreed that the law raises free speech concerns and sent it back to a lower court to decide if it meets a legal standard that few laws pass. Neil Gorsuch, the justice writing for the court, said the law “censors speech based on viewpoint”. The first amendment, he wrote, “stands as a shield against any effort to enforce orthodoxy in thought or speech in this country”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/31/supreme-court-colorado-ban-conversion-therapy-ruling

McCormick buys Unilever’s food business in deal that values it at nearly $45 billion
To purchase most of Unilever Foods’ portfolio, including Hellmann’s mayo and U.K. favorite Marmite, McCormick will pay $15.7 billion in cash. Unilever shareholders will own 55.1% of the combined company, while Unilever will hold a 9.9% stake.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/31/mccormick-buys-unilever-food-business.html

On the brink of war — and paying the price at home
THE world appears to be on the brink of a brutal escalation of the war in the Middle East. Some 10,000 US troops stand ready. Israel’s rulers are using the opportunity to extend their wars of territorial conquest in Lebanon, Syria and Palestine. Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelensky is signing deals with Gulf sheikdoms for the supply of aggressive drone technology. Collateral damage is already being inflicted on those who can no longer afford to heat their homes or buy the food they need. What is the position of our own government? To equivocate. Factories in Britain still contribute to the production of weapons used by the US and Israel. Both in Britain and also, it seems, elsewhere in the Mediterranean and Pacific, British military bases still enable US planes to refuel and utilise their targeting technology. Our Prime Minister professes himself unhappy. Yet in the past week the Metropolitan Police, despite contrary legal judgements, have resumed prosecutions of anyone displaying support for an organisation whose crime it was to draw attention to Britain’s material complicity with Israel.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/brink-war-and-paying-price-home

Barbecue, Empire, and Haiti’s Child Soldiers
As the group expands its control over the country, one glaring reality is that a significant portion of its armed members are under 18. Under the command of Jimmy Chérizier, known as “Barbecue,” and his former lieutenant, escaped kidnapper Kempès Sanon, Viv Ansanm deployed these armed youths to sack the sprawling neighborhoods of Solino. Their assault has displaced over 125,000 people across 24 different communities. “Viv Ansanm burned us out of our homes because we were one of the last bastions of peace and resistance left in Pòtoprens [Port-au-Prince],” said Ezayi Jules, a spokesperson for the community. “They reduced our neighborhoods to ashes. Now our families are homeless as Barbecue runs around everywhere talking about his “revolution.’” Beginning in 2018, Viv Ansanm and its predecessor, the G-9 gang alliance, have targeted and invaded neighborhoods that had long been bulwarks of popular resistance agains the interests of big capital and foreign domination. The numbers speak for themselves. Armed groups murdered more than 5,600 civilians in 2024, and at least 4,026 in the first five months of 2025. The police are no better. The corrupt and fractured National Haitian Police (Police Nationale d’Haïti, PNH), aided by a contingent of U.S.-financed mercenaries, prey upon the same populations as Viv Ansanm. According to one UN study, the police were responsible for 64 percent of the violence in a three-month period between April and June of this year.
https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/31/barbecue-empire-and-haitis-child-soldiers/

Britain: 28 March – a show of strength for the left, but where next?
Last Saturday, up to half a million people marched on the streets of London at the inaugural national demonstration of the ‘Together Alliance’. Some have called it the biggest anti-racist protest in British history. The Revolutionary Communist Party organised a 300-strong Communist bloc, under the banner: “Down with the racists and the warmongers! Burn their system down!” See the report of our mobilisation below. This demonstration was – undeniably – a show of strength for the left, and a victory for the struggles against racism, the right wing, and the establishment. The 28 March demo outnumbered the size of the right-wing ‘Unite The Kingdom’ (UTK) demonstration last September, which was led by reactionary demagogue Tommy Robinson. As we commented at the time, the UTK demonstration – which outsized the left-wing counter-demonstration by at least ten-to-one – was not a true reflection of the balance of forces in society. We also remarked in our analysis that, if the leaders of the labour movement “lifted their little fingers, they could have matched the size of Tommy’s crowd”. That is exactly what we saw last Saturday: even the most rudimentary efforts by the left leaders to mobilise workers and youth were able to produce impressive results. 28 March was a glimpse of the real balance of class forces in Britain. In reality, the number of people prepared to mobilise against the establishment and the right wing is many times greater than those backing racism and reaction.
https://marxist.com/britain-28-march-a-show-of-strength-for-the-left-but-where-next.htm

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