(2022-03-06). In Haiti, misery breeds resistance. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel March 3, 2022 Thousands of Haitian garment workers, mainly women, have hit the streets in February demanding that the government raise their minimum wage to 1,500 gourdes (about $14) for a 9-hour day. They currently make 500 gourdes (about $4.80) a day. The workers, mostly women who spend over half their salaries on transportation to and from the factories, are demanding a raise. credit: Konbit Journalis These low wages, and a bourgeoisie more than willing to intensely exploit workers, are what has drawn big companies like Gap, Old Navy, H&M, JCPenney and Zara to hire Haitian companies in duty-free "
(2022-03-06). Wednesday 3/23: SF City Workers Rally & March Over Understaffing. indybay.org SF City Hall…
(2022-03-06). MARCH for PEACE in UKRAINE; Global Day of Action. indybay.org Co-sponsored by CODEPINK & Democratic Socialists of America, and other allies. | Join us in a march through the streets of San Francisco to Stand in Solidarity for Peace in Ukraine. Our shared demands are:…
(2022-03-06). Developing non-fossil energies must be taken serious. en.mehrnews.com On the occasion of March 6, National Day of Arbor Day, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that the development of non-fossil energies must be taken into serious consideration like nuclear energy.
(2022-03-06). Russian banks switch to Chinese UnionPay. rt.com 
Move supposed to soften effect on Russian card holders due to Visa and MasterCard withdrawal | On Sunday, several Russian banks announced plans to start issuing cards using the Chinese UnionPay card operator system. | The step, which came shortly after Mastercard and Visa pledged to cease operations in Russia and disconnect all the country's banks from their payment systems, will enable the holders of new cards to use them for paying and withdrawing cash abroad. | On Saturday, international financial service providers Visa and Mastercard said they would suspend operations in Russia within the next several days…
(2022-03-06). EU comments on warplanes for Kiev. rt.com 
Ukraine insists it needs jet fighters to repel the Russian attack | European Council President Charles Michel has said that the bloc's military aid to Ukraine will not include jet fighters, which Kiev has insisted it badly needs to fend off the ongoing Russian invasion. | "The European Union is definitely not at war with Russia. A war is what Russia has launched against Ukraine, a country very friendly and very close to the EU. That is why we support Ukraine on all levels," Michel said in an interview with several European newspapers on Saturday. | The chief of the EU's top political body confirmed that the EU…
(2022-03-06). Corrupt Privatizing UC Regent Richard C. Blum is Dead, but not (yet) Forgotten. indybay.org The corrupt privatizing UC regent Richard Blum who is married to Democratic Senator Diane Feinstein died and was give accolades by the Hearst owned San Francisco education reporter Nanette Asimov. Asimov has herself has done damage control for the privatizers and Democratic Party who are selling off and destroying SFUSD and San Francisco City College. The Hearst owned Chronicle has also been involved in union busting destroying the printers union and pushing the Pelosi, Willie Brown, Breed, Newsom Hunters Point/Treasure Island development plans by corrupt Lennar on a radioactive dump site. They are also developer…
(2022-03-06). Pakistan strikes key deal with Russia to buy gas and wheat — reports. rt.com 
The reported agreement comes as Western countries cut ties with Moscow | Pakistan has signed a major agreement with Russia on the import of natural gas and wheat, media outlets reported this week, citing Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. | Khan reportedly said that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had "great discussions" during his visit to Moscow last week, where the leaders signed a bilateral agreement. He noted that Pakistan plans to import some two million tons of wheat from Russia in the near future. | The two leaders reportedly also discussed the long-delayed Pakistan Stream gas pipeline, which…
(2022-03-06). Ukraine appears to confirm death of negotiator dubbed 'traitor' by media. rt.com 
The former banker participated in peace talks with Russia from Kiev's side | Kiev has said that Denis Kireev, a secret agent on a mission from Ukraine's Defense Ministry, has died. Earlier reports claimed that a man with the same name was killed by Ukrainian secret services as a suspected traitor. | Ukraine's Chief Directorate of Intelligence said on Saturday that Kireev was among three agents killed in the line of duty. "They have died, protecting Ukraine," the military intelligence agency wrote on social media, without elaborating. | News of Kireev's death has caused some confusion after Ukrainian media init…
(2022-03-06). Embajada de Rusia informa sobre los primeros turistas rusos evacuados en Cuba. cubadebate.cu En un mensaje publicado en Twitter, la sede diplomática rusa en La Habana confirmó que los 300 turistas volaron a su país en una aeronave de Aeroflot, que arribó a La Habana para colaborar en la evacuación de los turistas de su país.
(2022-03-06). Video: Mohammed Khatib of Samidoun on "Dictators and Fascist Regimes" samidoun.net Mohammed Khatib, Europe coordinator of the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, joined the International League of Peoples' Struggle for an international online event on "Dictators and Fascist Regimes" on Saturday, 5 March 2022. "Fascism is on the rise. To fight this, we must link all the peoples' struggles against fascism all over the world." Speakers: …
(2022-03-06). Thursday 3/3: Protect Juristac! South Bay Indigenous Solidarity March 2022 General Meeting. indybay.org Zoom Meeting. Registration at: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAkd-2sqDsvGdClUcdqf4WClcddg_NN9dkg…
(2022-03-05). Ukraine War: Who's To Blame And What's The Solution? A Socialist View. popularresistance.org Intense bombing and fighting continues throughout Ukraine as Russia's war enters its second week. Western countries have imposed a sanctions regime on Russia that is battering the economy and hitting workers the hardest. Eugene Puryear and Brian Becker discuss the latest on the war and explore the essential historical context, establishing five basic principles and points of unity for progressive forces in the West. They also discuss how the question of war and imperialism has served as an essential litmus test for socialists in the past.
(2022-03-05). Join 'Militant' drive! Fight Moscow's war on Ukraine! themilitant.com 
In response to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, the Militant has launched a timely and needed international drive to expand the reach of the paper, win 1,600 new subscribers, sell 1,600 books by Socialist Workers Party and other revolutionary leaders presenting a communist program and marking the lessons from past working-class struggles, and to raise $165,000 for a Militant Fighting Fund for the paper. The campaign is already off and running and goes through May 17. We're asking our readers to join in! | In response to the first major war on the European continent in decades, with consequences for the toilers world…
(2022-03-05). New Zealand court bans strike by 10,000 health workers. wsws.org The decision to ban the health workers' strike points to the increasingly anti-democratic measures being used against the working class, as COVID spreads out of control and the cost of living soars.
(2022-03-05). How Greensboro Massacre Survivor Taught The Next Generation To Fight. popularresistance.org On November 3, 1979, Marty Nathan, Mike Nathan, and other members and supporters of the Communist Workers' Party were stationed along the route of a "Death to the Klan" march in Greensboro, North Carolina. This multiracial working-class movement's success organizing textile and hospital workers had attracted the attention of the Ku Klux Klan; "not surprisingly," Marty explained, "the Klan began to rise in 1979 … [in places] where hard-hitting union organizing and strikes were occurring." Not only were workers and organizers faced with resistance and threats from employers — they were also confronted with…
(2022-03-05). How electric vehicles are helping farmworkers in California. america.cgtn.com 
See how one rural California town is using electric vehicles to meet the needs of the community. #California #electricvehicles…
(2022-03-05). [World Report] Ukrainian health workers respond to war. thelancet.com Ukraine's civilian health workers are having to postpone usual care and focus instead on treating casualties following Russia's invasion. Salehya Ahsan reports.
(2022-03-05). NY meeting: Defend Ukraine, Cuba's socialist revolution! themilitant.com 
NEW YORK — "Tens of thousands of workers and others in Ukraine are throwing themselves into defending the sovereignty of their country. They are putting up a fierce resistance, against a murderous invasion by Vladimir Putin's regime in Russia aimed at conquering and obliterating their nation," Militant editor John Studer told a special meeting of over 100 people in New York City Feb. 27. "We want to join their defense, using the Militant and the Socialist Workers Party campaigns to tell the truth about what is unfolding there and the need for Putin's forces to be defeated." | Studer participated in three…
(2022-03-05). Milwaukee: First Starbucks in Wisconsin files for union election. fightbacknews.org Oak Creek, WI – On February 17, over 50 people gathered in front of Starbucks in Oak Creek, a suburb of Milwaukee, for an announcement that the workers at that location filed for a union election. Shortly after, it was announced that an additional Wisconsin Starbucks filed for a union election, this one in the tiny community of Plover. The election filing is one of at least 100 across the country where Starbucks workers demanded a union at their workplace. Except for the first few weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, Starbucks workers have worked through it all. | The workers at Starbucks are beset on all sides. While…
(2022-03-05). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Delhi childcare workers still on strike; Jammu water conservation workers walkout; 25,000 Bangladeshi public servants strike; Australian train maintenance workers strike for job security in NSW; New Zealand pallet workers on indefinite strike…
(2022-03-05). Australian workers face closure of Eraring coal-fired power plant by 2025. wsws.org Origin Energy's plan to bring forward the shutdown is motivated by flagging profits from fossil fuel energy, not concern for the environment.
(2022-03-05). The unknown paths of the late Marx. mronline.org 
An interview with Marcello Musto about the last decade of Marx's life.
(2022-03-05). For African and Colonized Peoples, to Understand Ukraine: De-Center Europe and Focus on Imperialism (Statement). orinocotribune.com
(2022-03-05). Australian Education Union uses anti-democratic delegates' meetings to promote sellout agreement. wsws.org High school teacher and Committee For Public Education member Will Marshall exposed the union's claims on workload, wages, and provisions covering Education Support staff.
(2022-03-05). APWU postal union claims contract ratification despite widespread ballot problems. wsws.org Only 18 percent, or 36,032 of 200,000 APWU members, voted to ratify the 2021—2024 Tentative Agreement with USPS, according to the official count released by the union.
(2022-03-05). Military Situation In Yemen On March 5, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 140 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | On March 4, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 10 airstrikes on the Haradh district; | On March 4, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 3 airstrikes on the Wadi district; | On March 4, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 3 airstrikes on the Sarwah district; | On March 5, clashes between Ansar Al…
(2022-03-05). MoD: Russian Forces Destroy Ammo Depot in Zhitomir Hosting Javelins & NLAWs in High-Precision Strike. sputniknews.com The Defence Ministry's briefing comes as Russia has declared a ceasefire in Ukraine starting from 07: 00 GMT in order to open humanitarian corridors for civilians from Mariupol and Volnovakha.
(2022-03-05). Daniel H. Rosen's Argument Revisited on Post-Covid China. moderndiplomacy.eu According to Daniel H. Rosen's article "Xi Is Running Out of Time: China's Economy Heads for a Hard Landing," China's economy is on the verge of a "hard landing" and the Chinese Communist Party is in danger of losing its power. Some people are worried that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has missed an opportunity …
(2022-03-05). Xi takes part in deliberation of Inner Mongolia delegation at annual legislative session. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, on Saturday afternoon took part in a deliberation with his fellow deputies from the delegation of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, at the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress, China's top legislature.
(2022-03-05). US Ambassador James Story Causes More Fractures in Venezuelan Opposition. orinocotribune.com The recent meeting in Bogota between three Venezuelan opposition governors and the fake "US ambassador" to Venezuela James Story seems to be enlarging the fractures of the already divided right-wing political groups in Venezuela. The meeting has unleashed a series of criticism and hesitations amongst the opposition factions themselves. | For example, statements of José Ignacio Hernández, one of Juan Guaidó's close collaborators and "special attorney" of the so-called interim government, highlighted the discrepancies amongst right-wing sectors. Hernández dismissed the meeting between James Story and the governors…
(2022-03-05). [Perspectives] The modern medical memoir. thelancet.com This Is Going To Hurt, and so it did. Adam Kay's book of the same name with its snappy writing, drama, and vicious humour has done so well that it has been adapted into a BBC television series, starring Ben Wishaw, handsome in scrubs, but also often covered in blood and desperate with fatigue. The series seems to have divided opinion. Some viewers have objected to the misogynistic language and demeaning way that women in labour are often treated and portrayed. Others find the series darkly funny, making public those things previously confined to the doctors' mess.
(2022-03-05). Claim of Responsibility for Incendiary Attacks Against Police and Industry in Solo, Indonesia. itsgoingdown.org The following communique takes responsibility for incendiary attacks against police and industry in Solo, Indonesia Communique: Claim Action! In Solidarity With The Anarchist Prisoners! "For the one who carries the wolf of praxis in him, you are not alone" On March 2nd, a police post was set on fire which is located beside the…
(2022-03-05). Understanding Ukrainian Nazism. mronline.org 
In the West, media outlets are claiming that Russia's agenda to "denazify" Ukraine is unfounded. At the same time, public opinion in Western countries is totally alienated from the Ukrainian reality, tending to believe only what is reported by the hegemonic media.
(2022-03-05). Solidarity with Russian anti-war protestors. zcomm.org Join us as we stand with the people of Ukraine and the protestors inside Russia to say: Stop the War…
(2022-03-05). Venezuela condena orden de EE.UU. que la tilda de amenaza. telesurtv.net El Gobierno de la República Bolivariana insiste en potenciar relaciones diplomáticas bilaterales sobre bases de respeto y autodeterminación.
(2022-03-05). Russia Warns Washington is Sending ISIS Fighters to Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com The Cradle Over the past two weeks Ukrainian officials have been calling for the formation of an 'international legion' of mercenaries The Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia (SVR RF) warned on 4 March that the US, along with NATO countries, are sending ISIS fighters from Syria to Ukraine. The ISIS members who are reportedly headed…
(2022-03-05). How Russia Will Counterpunch the U.S.- EU Declaration of War. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar The unelected, uber-Kafkaesque EU machine in Brussels has chosen to commit a triple hara-kiri by grandstanding as abject vassals of the Empire, destroying any remaining French and German sovereignty impulses and imposing alienation from Russia-China. Only self-sufficiency affords total independence. And the Big Picture has also been keenly understood by the Global South….