--- Title: 7 news and 7 pictures today that you should not miss Date: 08/04/2022 Category: Global News Tags: class-struggle covid crisis imperialism indigenism nationalism war URL: https://marxismo.school/communia/en/7-news-and-7-pictures-today-that-you-should-not-miss --- 7 news from different parts of the world that we highlighted today on our Communia Telegram channel and that you should not miss. ## Sánchez in Rabat ![The inevitable 'joke' of Moroccan protocol in every official visit of a Spanish president, this time an upside down flag.](https://marxismo.school/communia/en/assets/sanchez-marruecos-800x533.jpg) The inevitable "joke" of Moroccan protocol in every official visit of a Spanish president, this time an upside down flag. In the course of [Sánchez's visit to Rabat](https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/presidente/actividades/Paginas/2022/070422-sanchez-marruecos.aspx), a 16-point [joint declaration](https://www.lamoncloa.gob.es/presidente/actividades/Documents/2022/070422-declaracion-conjunta-Espana-Marruecos.pdf) was issued. Therein Spain opens itself to **hand over control of the Sahara's airspace** to Moroccan management (point 7), recognizing de facto Moroccan sovereignty and relinquishing its last remaining responsibility as the occupying power in charge of decolonization. ## Mass protests in Sri Lanka ![Protests in Sri Lanka](https://marxismo.school/communia/en/assets/ceilan-protestas-800x450.jpg) Protests in Sri Lanka Since the end of March the [rampant Sri Lankan economic crisis accelerated](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/25/world/asia/sri-lanka-economic-crisis.html), massified and concentrated the protests, [which have not stopped since then](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/01/sri-lanka-protesters-try-to-storm-presidents-house-as-economic-crisis-deepens). Today Al Jazeera [published a series of infographics](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/4/7/infographic-sri-lankas-economic-crisis-and-political-turmoil) to understand what Sri Lankan inflation **really means for a local worker**. ## Germany wants a European nuclear arsenal ![Cover photo today in Spiegel. A portrait of the ](https://marxismo.school/communia/en/assets/spiegel-portada-800x452.jpg) Cover photo today in Spiegel. A portrait of the "zeitgeist". It was the [front page today in Der Spiegel](https://www.spiegel.de/ausland/ukraine-krieg-und-die-folgen-braucht-die-eu-eigene-atomwaffen-a-c07572cf-537f-41eb-b997-69b302164987): the German ruling class looks at the political situation in the USA and begins to see Trump winning the next election as very likely. Its answer? Germany **wants its own access to bombs and nuclear weaponry**. The solution: [accept the offer once made to them by Macron](https://marxismo.school/communia/es/macron-propone-la-nuclearizacion-y-militarizacion-de-la-ue). The problem: creating a European chain of command means hierarchizing the imperialist interests of the EU countries. Good luck with that. ## Covid has not "turned into a flu": there is a new wave in Asia, towards a new upsurge in Europe and a new disaster in Africa ![Chart of incidence and deaths published by The Economist today. The wave in Asia takes center stage again.](https://marxismo.school/communia/en/assets/covid-asia-800x340.jpg) Incidence and deaths chart published by The Economist today. Asia wave takes center stage again. The [new Covid wave is sweeping through Asia](https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2022/04/09/asias-outbreaks-show-that-omicron-is-deadly-in-unvaccinated-people) and only China seems to be containing it for the moment, [despite constant criticism from the European press](https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2022/04/07/covid-19-a-shanghai-des-regles-de-confinement-draconiennes_6120939_3244.html). This criticism is by no means innocent: European capital fears, as The Economist [points out today](https://www.economist.com/leaders/2022/04/09/a-toxic-mix-of-recession-risks-hangs-over-the-world-economy), that production stoppages in China will combine with inflation in the US and energy prices in Europe to **produce a new recession**. Nor are Europe or the US immune to the pandemic. As the New York Times [pointed out yesterday](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/04/07/science/endemic-meaning-pandemic-covid.html), **Covid has not "turned into a flu"**, it is not behaving like an endemic disease, it is still a pandemic. That is why **in Germany**, where [the Parliament this week refused to make vaccination compulsory for those over sixty](https://www.dw.com/de/nach-krachendem-streit-bundestag-sagt-nein-zur-corona-impfpflicht/a-61391855), **doctors fear that the current upturn, already on the decline, [will spike again with the holiday season](https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/coronavirus-minister-karl-lauterbach-kuendigt-neue-impfkampagne-an-a-c0ec00c3-e846-4038-bfa5-67d82905d975)**. And when we say Germany, we mean the whole of Europe, especially in the South. Not to mention Africa, where we learned today that with very low vaccination rates, [at least 2/3 of the population has already suffered from the disease](https://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2022/04/07/covid-19-plus-des-deux-tiers-des-africains-ont-ete-contamines-depuis-le-debut-de-la-pandemie-selon-l-oms_6121095_3212.html). ## Pelosi's trip to Taiwan: puts China and the US on the brink of open economic warfare ![The Chinese foreign ministry spokesman warns of 'harsh consequences' for the US if Pelosi visits Taiwan](https://marxismo.school/communia/en/assets/image-800x450.png) The Chinese foreign ministry spokesman warns of "harsh consequences" for the US if Pelosi visits Taiwan. [China threatens the US with "harsh consequences" if Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan finally takes place](https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3173520/china-warns-us-nancy-pelosi-visit-taiwan-would-cross-red-line). For Beijing to have the Speaker of the US Congress visit the island is a "red line". The trip is planned but has been delayed after [she tested positive for Covid](https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3173490/us-house-speaker-nancy-pelosi-tests-positive). ## Chile: the Boric government faces its own "Arauco war" ![Mapuches protest against the Chilean State](https://marxismo.school/communia/en/assets/UJJSHJOM75G2HFNG6MP3W5FUNQ.jpg) Mapuche protests in the Biobio region The [new Chilean government's](https://www.lanacion.com.ar/el-mundo/asume-gabriel-boric-con-la-presencia-de-alberto-fernandez-sebastian-pinera-traspasa-el-poder-al-nid11032022/) indigenist (and imperialist) [rhetoric](https://www.clarin.com/politica/polemica-chile-ministra-boric-atribuyo-parte-argentina-territorio-mapuche-_0_A515WQTlF1.html) is not doing much to reassure the Mapuche identitarian organizations. After [receiving an ultimatum from the main Mapuche organization](https://www.pagina12.com.ar/412907-un-ataque-incendiario-en-el-sur-de-chile) and a couple of arson attacks, [violent actions have increased by 400%](https://www.lanacion.com.ar/el-mundo/record-historico-crece-la-violencia-en-chile-y-hay-preocupacion-entre-los-funcionarios-de-boric-nid07042022/). Everything seems that the indigenist movement is pushing to generate [a situation similar to that of 2018](https://marxismo.school/communia/es/chile-guerra-del-arauco-o-lucha-de-clases) to ensure now a land distribution tailored to the ruling groups and the consecration of the chieftaincy power in the new stage. ## Zelensky shows his paw in the Greek parliament ![https://www.eurotopics.net/cache/images/7/279607-5x3-topteaser1260x756.jpg?AAEFB](https://www.eurotopics.net/cache/images/7/279607-5x3-topteaser1260x756.jpg?AAEFB) Zelensky gives the floor to a Greek member of the Azov battalion in the Athens Parliament. Zelensky, turned by the European governments and media into the Greta Thunberg of militarism, [gave the floor in the Greek parliament to a member of the Azov battalion of Greek origin](https://www.rtve.es/noticias/20220407/zelenski-cede-palabra-neonazi-durante-su-discurso-grecia/2328960.shtml). This battalion, part of the regular army, is led by an ultra-nationalist neo-Nazi group which proposes the genocide of Russian-speaking Ukrainians. On the channels of this group and others linked to it, very powerful in the Ukrainian president's entourage, there is a daily display of the humiliation of corpses and torture of Russian soldiers.