'Financing Border Wars' Corporations violating human rights on Arizona border
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2021-04-22
The new report, "Financing Border Wars," details the push for border walls, drones and biometrics — including iris scans and finger prints — which violate the international human rights of migrants and refugees. The abuse includes tracking surveillance on phones and social media.
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/04/22/18841847.php

205 Venezuelan Migrants Return from Peru Thanks to Vuelta a la Patria Program
Staff | orinocotribune.com | 2021-04-21
The Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela reported through its official Twitter account, @CancilleriaVE, that this Tuesday, April 20, 205 fellow Venezuelans from the city of Lima in Peru arrived in the country, thanks to the Vuelta a la Patria program.
orinocotribune.com/205-venezuelan-migrants-return-from-peru-thanks-to-the-vuelta-a-la-patria-program/

Dystopian Vision for Agrifood Must Not Succeed
Colin Todhunter | counterpunch.org | 2021-04-21
We are currently seeing an acceleration of the corporate consolidation of the entire global agrifood chain. The high-tech/data conglomerates, including Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook and Google, have joined traditional agribusiness giants, such as Corteva, Bayer, Cargill and Syngenta, in a quest to impose a certain type of agriculture and food production on the world. The Bill and…
counterpunch.org/2021/04/21/dystopian-vision-for-agrifood-must-not-succeed/

Facebook intensified political censorship in advance of Chauvin verdict
wsws.org | 2021-04-21
Facebook announced on Monday that it was "working around the clock" to limit content regarding the verdict in the trial of Minneapolis police officer Derrick Chauvin that "could lead to civil unrest or violence."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/04/21/face-a21.html

Water Protector Steve Martinez Released From Grand Jury Detention
_____ | popularresistance.org | 2021-04-21
Bismarck, ND — On March 3, Steve Martinez was jailed at the Burleigh County Detention Center after refusing to testify before a secret federal grand jury investigating 2016 protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline. | Martinez is now finally free as of April 12, according to a statement posed to social media by the 'Support Steve Martinez' campaign. | Martinez has served over 60 in days in federal detention. He was previously been jailed for most of February 2021 for refusing to testify, but was briefly released after a judge found the magistrate who ordered him detained did not have the authority to do s…
popularresistance.org/water-protector-steve-martinez-released-from-grand-jury-detention/

Muslims And Christians Should Learn From Their Shared History — OpEd
Arab News | eurasiareview.com | 2021-04-21
By Saud Al-Sarhan and Johnnie Moore* | For the last couple of years, billions of Muslims and Christians have been enjoying religious holidays that fall at roughly the same time of year. The end of Easter has coincided with the beginning of Ramadan, and this should not surprise us at all since both great religions emerged from the same historic region and share a common Abrahamic history and culture. However, a cursory glance at social media reveals that few Muslims and Christians realize they are celebrating their holy days concurrently. It is a shame that, instead of seeking commonalities, the relationship be…
eurasiareview.com/22042021-muslims-and-christians-should-learn-from-their-shared-history-oped/

US Handed Over 55 Armored Vehicles, Trucks To Lebanese Military (Photos)
Anonymous669 | southfront.org | 2021-04-21
Official logo of the Lebanese Armed Force, source: lebarmy.gov.lb | On April 21, the US embassy in Lebanon announced the delivery of dozens of armored vehicles and trucks to the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF). | In a statement posted on Twitter, the embassy said that the shipment, which arrived in Beirut Port on April 15, is meant to "protect" Lebanon's border."On April 15, a US-flagged ship docked at the Port of Beirut to deliver 55 armored vehicles worth $13 million, which will enable LAF units to better defend and pro…
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