(2022-03-04). Guerra de EE.UU. contra Rusia: una estampida hacia el precipicio. workers.org 
Boletín: Desde el 22 de febrero, Rusia ha reconocido las dos repúblicas populares de la región de Donbass, en el este de Ucrania, la República Popular de Donetsk y la República Popular de Lugansk, establecidas en 2014. Rusia ha dicho que enviará tropas para proteger a las dos repúblicas si . . . |
(2022-03-04). Democrats deepen embrace of Israeli apartheid. electronicintifada.net Israel visits showcase bipartisan support for colonial violence and racism against Palestinians.
(2022-03-04). Sri Lankan action committee holds a successful online meeting in defence of Julian Assange. wsws.org Speakers insisted that the fight to release Julian Assange depends on a political movement of the working class based on socialist policies and in opposition to the capitalist system and all its institutions.
(2022-03-04). Venezuela to Increase Minimum Wage and Consider Bonuses as Part of Wage. orinocotribune.com On March 3, Venezuela announced an increase in the minimum wage to half a petro, and determined that bonuses delivered to public workers through the Patria System will be considered as salary. The increased minimum wage will impact the wage scales of public employees, those under collective bargaining agreements, and pensioners. | In addition, food bonuses will increase to Bs. 45 ($10.30 USD). With the price of the petro currently at $57.81, and the official dollar at Bs. 4.37, the minimum wage would be Bs. 126 per month (or $28.90). Adding the food bonuses, it would be Bs. 171 per month, equivalent to $39.20.
(2022-03-04). Vanuatu inquiry into Australia's exploitative seasonal worker scheme. wsws.org The seasonal worker schemes established by Australia and New Zealand continue to exploit impoverished Pacific peoples as a source of cheap labour, despite repeated complaints and media exposures over the years.
(2022-03-04). Marxist IQ: Women in history. cpusa.org 
The Marxist IQ for Women's History Month is dedicated to women who struggle for democracy, socialism, and peace. 1. International Women's Day was first established by the Socialist International (Second International) in solidarity with an early twentieth-century strike of women workers in a. London. b. Berlin. c. New York. d. Paris. 2. Women …
(2022-03-04). UK university workers speak on higher education dispute. wsws.org WSWS reporters spoke to strikers and students at universities nationwide this week, including in London.
(2022-03-04). USW tries to blackmail oil workers to accept sellout agreement. wsws.org In a series of "informational" meetings this week, United Steelworkers union officials have used lies and intimidation to push through a concessions-laden contract covering 30,000 oil refinery and petrochemical workers.
(2022-03-04). Global supply chain: Rail industry prioritizes profits over safety. workers.org 
The global supply chain crisis, fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic, has laid bare systemic problems within global capitalism — when and where goods are produced to how they are transported and the growing disparity between the bosses' wealth versus the wages and benefits paid to millions of workers throughout this . . . |
(2022-03-04). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org South African Clover Foods workers to continue strike over wages and job cuts until their demands are met, while gold miners closer to strike action; strikes and protests in health care sector across Spain and France over jobs and conditions; two 24-hour strikes over jobs and pensions bring London underground to halt…
(2022-03-04). UK attendees speak on WSWS webinar "Fight Covid! Save lives! Stop the drive to World War III!" wsws.org Workers and youth in Britain who attended Saturday's World Socialist Web Site international online webinar, "Fight Covid! Save lives! Stop the drive to World War III!", have spoken to the WSWS about their thoughts on the important event. We publish further responses here.
(2022-03-04). Railroad workers at Canadian Pacific vote overwhelmingly to authorize strike action. wsws.org The strike vote is the latest indication of a growing mood of opposition and militancy among rail workers in North America.
(2022-03-04). Russian Forces Secure Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Expand Control Zone Near Kyiv (Video). southfront.org 
In the morning of March 4, the Ukrainian authorities that remain in Zaporizhzhia Region confirmed that Russian forces have established control of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant located at the town of Enerdogdar. The Ukrainian side added that the plant is manned by local workers and the facility works without incidents. | Russian troops established control of the facility and secured it after a series of clashes with the Ukrainian Army and so-called territorial defense units. These units had positions just in the vicinity of the plant. This allowed Zelensky government to speculate that the Russian advance may en…
(2022-03-04). Sri Lankan unions begin campaign for minimum wage rise. peoplesdispatch.org 12 unions have launched a joint campaign to demand an increment in the minimum wage of private sector employees after the government decided to exclude them from a scheme granting a monthly increment of 5,000 LKR (USD 25) to pensioners and public sector employees…
(2022-03-04). International censorship mounted against Russian state-affiliated media outlets. wsws.org A campaign of censorship against Russian state-backed media sources has been led by the European Union and embraced by tech companies, social media platforms and cable television providers.
(2022-03-04). What Biden didn't say in his State of the Union address. peoplesworld.org
(2022-03-04). Declara»õia PSL privind interven»õia militarƒÉ a Rusiei àÆn Ucraina. liberationnews.org 
Amenin»õarea rƒÉzboiului poate fi àÆnvinsƒÉ doar prin solidaritatea interna»õionalƒÉ àÆntre popoarele lumii »ôi printr-o luptƒÉ hotƒÉrâtƒÉ àÆmpotriva imperialismului american, care trebuie sƒÉ impunƒÉ abolirea NATO. FƒÉrƒÉ rƒÉzboi cu Rusia!
(2022-03-04). As Tube strikes throw London into chaos, Labour and Tory MPs denounce RMT as "Putin stooges" wsws.org The McCarthyite attacks are part of efforts to brand all industrial action as treason in time of war.
(2022-03-04). Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País inició jornada conmemorativa por su 230 aniversario. cubadebate.cu El próximo 9 de enero de 2023 la Sociedad Económica de Amigos del País (SEAP), cumplirá 230 años de existencia comprometida con el lema que la ha identificado a través de los siglos XVIII al XXI: "Pro Patria". Sus integrantes han elaborado un amplio programa de actividades conmemorativas de marcado perfil científico.
(2022-03-04). John McDonnell and Diane Abbott pull out of Stop the War Coalition rally. wsws.org The Stop the War Coalition's entire political perspective is in ruins. The Labour Party is firmly in the hands of Starmer, more right-wing than ever, and not even one of its MPs will turn up to STWC events or sign their open letters.
(2022-03-03). NATO floods Ukraine with weapons. wsws.org In a global weapons-running program without precedent in post-World War II history, more than 20 countries, including members of NATO and the European Union, are funneling weapons, such as aircraft and missiles, to Ukraine for use in NATO's proxy war with Russia.
(2022-03-03). Russia Prevents Washington from Unleashing Biological Warfare. journal-neo.org 
In view of the unrest that US intelligence services have been actively initiating lately, whether in Central Asia, Transcaucasia or other areas bordering Russia and China, the risk of a biological disaster from multiple secret military biological laboratories deployed by the US in potentially politically and socially unstable regions is objectively increasing. In this regard, …
(2022-03-03). The lies and absurdities in Biden's State of the Union address. wsws.org Biden's speech was a vulgar attempt to paper over an immense domestic crisis by presenting the US as internally united against one man: Vladimir Putin.
(2022-03-03). Is the pandemic really over? wsws.org Biden's State of the Union speech marked the climax of a weeks-long effort of the entire political establishment and corporate media to force the American population to "live with the virus" and accept a "new normal" of unending mass infections, debilitation and deaths.
(2022-03-03). Where is Lenin when we need him? peoplesworld.org 
One can draw historical parallels only so far before they break down. No two time periods are exactly alike, but sometimes one can see striking similarities between them. That is true about the current war in Ukraine and World War I. Though much is different today than in the 1914-18 period, similarities exist. History teachers usually highlight …
(2022-03-03). Fed will move "aggressively" on interest rates if inflation persists. wsws.org Fed chair Powell made clear in testimony to Congress that decisions on interest rates will be determined by the extent to which workers push for higher wages in the face of rapidly rising inflation.
(2022-03-03). Women rise up in France as March 8 approaches. peoplesdispatch.org Women workers in the health, care and social sectors in France are launching a campaign in the run-up to March 8, International Women's Day, to demand an end to austerity and violence against women. The trade union confederations, Union Syndicale Solidaires, General Confederation of Labour (CGT), and Unitary Trade Union Federation (FSU), have announced a strike in key sectors for March 8. | At the same time, workers' organizations from the health and social sectors — SUD Santé Sociaux, CGT, and French Confederation of Management — General Confederation of Executives (CFE/CGC), as well as the Associati…
(2022-03-03). New York REI Workers Overwhelmingly Vote to Form a Union. truthout.org 
Workers at a Manhattan REI location overwhelmingly voted to form a union on Wednesday, overcoming a fierce union-busting campaign waged by the company after workers filed for a union election in January. | The results of the in-person vote to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) on Wednesday were 88 to 14 in favor of the union, or an 86 percent "yes" vote. The store, located in SoHo, is the first of the company's 170 locations to unionize. | "As members of the RWDSU, we know we will be a…
(2022-03-03). The threat of world war looms: Take up the fight against imperialism and for international socialism! wsws.org The IYSSE (Australia) meeting at 4 p.m. (AEDT) Saturday, March 12 will discuss the urgent need to build an international anti-war movement of youth, students and workers as the danger of nuclear war heightens amid the escalating crisis in Ukraine.
(2022-03-03). Amidst voter repression, progressive candidates gain in Texas primary. peoplesworld.org 
SAN ANTONIO, Texas—Amid voting problems across the state—due to both repressive Republican-engineered restrictions and mechanical glitches—progressive hopefuls picked up gains in the March 1 Texas primary elections. But they didn't get all they hoped for. In one marquee race, pro-worker immigration lawyer Jessica Cisneros narrowly trailed incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar in South Texas's new 28th …
(2022-03-03). Stellantis CEO complains of worker "absenteeism" in US following massive 2021 profit report. wsws.org What was left unstated in Tavares's comments are the disastrous conditions which have driven absences from work, above all, the explosive spread of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant.
(2022-03-03). Socialist planning could reverse sober findings in new UN climate report. liberationnews.org 
Capitalist governments can only give incentives for corporations to implement emission-reduction technologies in hopes that profit-driven corporations will "do the right thing."
(2022-03-03). The War-Profiteering Gangsters Will Kill Us All Unless We Unite Against Them. independentmediainstitute.org I figured something out after tossing and turning all night. We on the left often make the mistake of still looking upon Russia as a somewhat socialist enterprise. Of course, it isn't. The Soviet Union ended in 1991. Russia is an unadulterated neoliberal capitalist gangster's paradise, modeled during the time of its horrific restructuring under …
(2022-03-03). "Cuba advocates a solution that guarantees the security and sovereignty of all" mronline.org 
Statement from Cuba's Revolutionary Government…
(2022-03-03). The Young Communist League in Great Britain is growing — here's why. cpusa.org 
Over 30 years on from the dissolution of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), British communism has reached a new juncture, characterized by defiance of the anti-communist myths of the past and faith that Marxism-Leninism is the political path best suited to turning the looming contradictions in contemporary capitalism — climate collapse and …
(2022-03-03). Capitalism, Nationalism, And Copaganda. popularresistance.org In a room filled with maskless war criminals and Ukrainian flags, President Joe Biden said, in perhaps the most obvious sentence ever spoken in that chamber, that he was a capitalist. That's not shocking to anyone, but it is a wonder that he had to say it, given that every other element of his speech was so focused on protecting American capitalism and imperialism. From defending NATO, to arguing for a more productive U.S. economy, to shouting out the CEO of Intel (who was, inexplicably, in the room for the speech), Biden doubled down on his campaign promise that "nothing would fundamentally change." | Biden took…
(2022-03-03). Immigrant Youth Hold Rally Demanding Biden End All Deportations. popularresistance.org A day after President Joe Biden's State of the Union address, immigrant youth from across the U.S. rallied outside the White House on Wednesday, demanding an end to all deportations. | Organized by United We Dream—the largest immigrant youth-led group in the country—activists at the rally drew attention to the president's failed immigration policies and unveiled a banner acknowledging the over two million people who have been deported or expelled under the Biden administration. | "President Biden can praise his administration's purported achievements all he wants, but at the end of the day, young, Bla…
(2022-03-03). War and hollow promises: Biden's State of the Union address. liberationnews.org 
President Biden delivered his first State of the Union address last night, an hour-long speech mixing the war-mongering propaganda and empty promises of change that have become so typical of the Democratic Party establishment.
(2022-03-03). Biden's SOTU Speech Channeled Reagan While Nearly Ignoring Climate. truthout.org 
It took me a day of watching and rewatching Joe Biden's first State of the Union address, but I was finally able to put my finger on what was troubling me: Reagan! Biden spent his hour before us on Tuesday doing his best Ronald Reagan imitation. It took a while to spot it because Biden lacks the performative chops Reagan brought wherever he went, and because I hadn't seen the real item in the flesh for thirty years. Once I saw it, though, it became impossible to miss. | Biden was at turns a national lig…
(2022-03-03). It's a jailable crime to support Russia's Ukraine war in EU members Slovakia and Czech Republic. multipolarista.com The European Union claims to represent freedom and democracy, but EU/NATO members Czech Republic and Slovakia made it a crime for citizens to support Russia's war in Ukraine, punishable with years in prison. Latvia has a police hotline and encourages people to report neighbors suspected of sympathizing with Moscow.
(2022-03-03). Conflict between Russia and Ukraine may lead to global wheat shortage. peoplesdispatch.org 
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has also shaken up the global commodities market. Russia is the world's largest exporter of wheat, with Ukraine in fourth place. Together, they account for 30 percent of global wheat exports, 19 percent of corn exports, and 80 percent of sunflower oil exports. | According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in 2021 alone the Russians produced 88.9 million tons of wheat, behind only the European Union, China, and India. Ukraine was the fifth largest producer of wheat in 2021, at 29 million tons. | Last Tuesday the price of wheat reached a 14…
(2022-03-03). Australian Education Union's record of agreement sell-outs. wsws.org Desperate to ram through its deal with the Victorian Labor government, the AEU has launched a misinformation campaign to bury the real details of its latest sell-out.
(2022-03-03). What Biden didn't say at the State of the Union. cpusa.org 
The following is based on a report given by Joe Sims at the National Board meeting on March 2, 2022. Perhaps the most suprizing thing about Biden's State of the Union address the other night is that nary a word was said about the storming of the Capitol. How could that be? A scant …
(2022-03-03). Benchmark Price for Venezuelan Oil Tops $80 (+Oil Production Increase). orinocotribune.com The benchmark price for Venezuelan oil climbed above $80 dollars per barrel yesterday, March 1, influenced by geopolitical tensions between Russia, the United States, and the European Union. Prices are also affected by problems in the supply chains of capital and consumer goods, by OPEC's decision to raise output by only 400,000 barrels per day, and by the demand for more fuel caused by the awakening of the economy of industrialized nations experiencing an easing in pandemic-related restrictions. | Prior to the closing of the markets, the Venezuelan Ministry for Petroleum displayed various prices of national crud…
(2022-03-03). Global Times: Biden fails to use Ukraine crisis to cover partisan struggles in U.S. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Full article at URL below. Global TimesMarch 3, 2022 Biden fails to use Ukraine crisis to cover partisan struggles in USState of the Union shuns provoking China, showing US limited ability: expertsBy Yang Sheng and Zhang Han US President Joe Biden finally made his delayed State of the Union address local time Tuesday night, devoting …
(2022-03-03). Pdta. de teleSUR condena censura de RT y Sputnik en la UE. telesurtv.net La periodista rechazó el bloqueo de Sputnik y RT en empresas tecnológicas como Google, Facebook, Youtube e Instagram.
(2022-03-03). Tears For Ukraine, Sanctions For Russia, Yawns For Yemen, Arms For Saudis. popularresistance.org Hajjah, Yemen — "We're brutally bombed every day. So why doesn't the Western world care like it does about Ukraine?!!… Is it because we don't have blonde hair and blue eyes like Ukrainians?" Ahmed Tamri, a Yemeni father of four, asked with furrowed brows about the outpouring of international support and media coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the lack of such a reaction to the war in Yemen. | Over the weekend, a member of Tamri's family was killed and nine relatives injured when their family home was targeted in a Saudi-led Coalition airstrike in the remote al-Saqf area in Hajjah Governorate. T…
(2022-03-03). U.S. carrier strike group supports NATO Response Force, Black Sea air patrols. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Sixth FleetMarch 3, 2022 Carrier Air Patrols Provide Support, Deterrence to NATO Response Force Naval aviators assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 1's strike fighter squadrons (VFA) 11, 211, 81, 34 and electronic attack squadron (VAQ) 137 conducted airborne patrols through a series of missions spanning enhanced vigilance, training and NATO enhanced Air Policing …
(2022-03-03). Military Situation In Yemen On March 3, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 102 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | On March 2, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 13 airstrikes on the Haradh district; | On March 2, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 3 airstrikes on the Khab and Shaaf district; | On March 2, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted an airstrike on the Makiras district; | On March 2, warplanes of…
(2022-03-03). The war on Donbass: why we must all stand against fascism. iacenter.org March 2, 2022 The people of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics celebrating Russia's recognition of the independence of their republics, Feb. 21. This lightly edited opinion piece by journalist, author and activist Fra Hughes first appeared in the Arab independent media satellite Al Mayadeen, Feb. 26. The Donbass people, much like the Palestinian people, continued to resist the dominance of global capitalism that supports fascism in Ukraine for eight years. For those who claim President [Vladimir] Putin is a megalomaniac sociopath, intent on drawing Europe and the U.S. into some kind of Machiavellian war…