(2022-04-01). Russian oil depot near Ukraine border on fire (+VIDEOS). en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 01 (MNA) — A huge explosion with flames and smoke billowing up into the sky has taken place at a Russian oil depot after it was said to be struck by a Ukrainian airstrike.
(2022-04-01). Sanctions on Russia boomerang — Biden promises food shortages. workers.org 
March 27 "Food shortages — it's going to be real," President Joe Biden said in Brussels March 25. "The price of the sanctions is not just imposed upon Russia. It's imposed upon an awful lot of countries as well, including European countries and our country as well." This ominous warning, . . . |
(2022-04-01). Dock workers in Genoa protest transit of arms through their port. peoplesdispatch.org Working class formations in Italy have mobilized on numerous occasions to block the transit of arms through Italian ports and airstrips and protest the complicity of the Italian government in imperialist wars.
(2022-04-01). Health care workers denounce scapegoating of Nashville nurse RaDonda Vaught. wsws.org The WSWS is organizing the working class to defend RaDonda Vaught and all health care workers against victimization for the crisis of the for-profit health care system.
(2022-04-01). Striking Chevron workers denounce unpaid "standby" policy and other oppressive conditions at California oil refinery. wsws.org As industry analysts say they are "terrified" about slowing diesel and jet fuel production, Richmond oil workers are receiving an outpouring of support from other oil workers and workers in many industries in the US and internationally.
(2022-04-01). Australian Labor leader Albanese's budget reply: Militarism, business handouts, nothing for workers. wsws.org Like the government, Labor has pledged massive increases to military spending, further pro-business restructuring and nothing to address a cost of living crisis or stagnant wages.
(2022-04-01). National Endowment for the Arts report lifts the lid on the devastation of the US arts economy. wsws.org Between 2019 and 2020, the arts economy, according to the NEA study, "shed more than half a million jobs (604,000 workers)—not counting self-employed artists and other cultural workers."
(2022-04-01). Labor and workers' rights are at the heart of Chile's new Constitutional Convention. peoplesdispatch.org On March 13, 2022, two days after Gabriel Boric was
(2022-04-01). Workers and youth condemn Facebook censorship of Socialist Equality Party's anti-war video. wsws.org "This censorship is not only directed against us, but against the mass opposition to a world war," says Vandreier. The socialist anti-war perspective of the SGP "is to be banned and censored in the midst of deafening war propaganda for a third world war."
(2022-04-01). Inflation slashes living standards and pushes millions of workers in the US to the brink. wsws.org A new economic estimate finds that the average US household will have to spend $5,200 more this year, $433 a month, just to buy the same goods and services as in 2021.
(2022-04-01). The war in Ukraine and its effects on Latin America and the Caribbean. workers.org 
by Carlos Mauricio Ferolla and Marcelo Depieri March 23, 2022. On Feb. 24, war broke out in Ukraine after the invasion of the Russian army. The war has a global impact on a multipolar international system, hyperconnected and in a critical state, undergoing a process of hegemonic transition from the . . . |
(2022-04-01). Australia: Striking New South Wales nurses call for unified struggle by all health workers. wsws.org "I was working during the first strike, but nothing has changed since then. There should have been ambulance workers and other health workers here. We are all copping it the same way."
(2022-04-01). Australian respiratory scientist speaks to the Global Workers' Inquest. wsws.org "Working in a chronic healthcare environment, I deal with comorbidities every day. It's not an excuse to just allow people to die early because they have an illness."
(2022-04-01). Dutch DockersTake Solidarity Action For UK P&O RMT Seafarers With Niek Stam of FNV-NL. indybay.org Dutch dockworkers took solidarity action against the ferry line P&O to support the 800 fired seafarers. Niek Stam of FNV-NL, who is the president of the Dockworkers union reported on their action.
(2022-04-01). On The Line In The Fight For Justice: USW 5 Chevron Richmond Refinery Workers Strike. indybay.org Striking USW 5 Chevron refinery oil workers picketed at the plant and were joined by community and labor supporters. They talked about the health and safety conditions including dangerous hours and attacks on their healthcare benefits.
(2022-04-01). WorkWeek: SF City Workers & Outsourcing/USW 5 Chevron Strike, Blum/Feinstein Crime Couple. indybay.org WorkWeek covers SF City Workers Angry Over Outsourcing/USW 5 Chevron Refinery Workers Strike/ The History Of Hedge Fund Speculator UC Regent Richard Blum & Senator Dianne Feinstein…
(2022-04-01). Sunday 4/3: Why We Need a Mass March of Poor & Low-Wage Workers on Washington w/ PPC. indybay.org Watch online via 7AM livestream or recording anytime…
(2022-04-01). When Iranian nation said YES to 'Islamic Republic'. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 01 (MNA) — 43 years ago and just weeks after the Islamic Revolution victory, the Iranian people took part in a historic referendum to say a big 'YES' to the establishment of the Islamic Republic.
(2022-04-01). United States Colored Troops Congressional Gold Medal Act. indybay.org The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate shall make appropriate arrangements for the presentation, on behalf of Congress, of a gold medal of appropriate design to the African Americans who served with Union forces during the Civil War, collectively, in recognition of their bravery and outstanding service during the Civil War.
(2022-04-01). La Habana acogerá XVII Reunión Interparlamentaria Cuba-México. telesurtv.net Habrá cuatro paneles en los que senadores y diputados mexicanos, así como parlamentarios de la mayor de las Antillas, desarrollarán temas de interés mutuo en materia de relaciones económicas.
(2022-04-01). Reunión de OPEP busca estabilizar precios del mercado mundial. telesurtv.net Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, su secretario general, destacó la importancia de la OPEP para estudiar el estado del mercado.
(2022-04-01). 2022 California Armed Service Day – Tribute to United States Colored Troops. indybay.org AB 1655, is on the way to an official California Juneteenth Holiday to begin sharing our authentic contribution toward saving the Union while fighting for freedom. In July of 1862, Congress passed the Militia Act of 1862. It had become an "indispensable military necessity" to call on America's African descent population to help save the Union.
(2022-04-01). Pdte. de México se reúne con enviado de Biden para el Clima. telesurtv.net Entre los temas que trataron figuran la generación de energías limpias y el fortalecimiento de las empresas estatales energéticas mexicanas.
(2022-04-01). Rights or Power: TANC Organizing Committee on SF's 'Right to Organize'. indybay.org 'Right to organize' legislation limits its nominal goal and solidifies conditions unfavorable to mass tenant power.
(2022-04-01). Sunday 4/3: Help mail Slingshot issuse #135. indybay.org Long Haul Infoshop – 3124 Shattuck Ave Berkeley – corner of Woolsey and Shattuck – 2 blocks from Ashby BART…
(2022-04-01). Ukrainian Helicopters Successfully Strike Oil Depot In Belgorod, Russia. southfront.org 
In the early hours of 1 April, a Ukrainian helicopter team of two Mi-24 helicopters successfully hit a large oil depot in the border city of Belgorod, Russian Federation. |
(2022-04-01). Arizona couple donates Collaborative Research Building to Mayo Clinic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Scottsdale, Ariz. — Thomas R. and Ruth Ann Hornaday of Paradise Valley, Arizona, have donated the Collaborative Research Building to Mayo Clinic. The 110,000-square-foot biomedical research facility, which opened on Mayo Clinic's Scottsdale campus in 2005, is valued at $64.4 million. The Collaborative Research Building houses laboratory-based research activity at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Mayo Clinic researchers, physicians and other investigators are leading the scientific discovery of the mechanisms of human disease, as well as…
(2022-04-01). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Diagnostic testing, precision medicine and what it means for patients. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Precision medicine aims to customize health care by tailoring medications and treatments to each patient. An important step in being able to personalize treatments is diagnostic testing. Mayo Clinic BioPharma Diagnostics collaborates with biopharmaceutical, diagnostic, and other biotech companies to enable precision medicine through advanced diagnostics. Diagnostic testing can help find the right answers for each individual patient. "A laboratory test can either help in making a diagnosis for a disease, or it can help…
(2022-04-01). Depósito de petróleo ruso sufre incendio tras ataque de Ucrania. telesurtv.net Bomberos y equipos de emergencia se encontraban laborando este viernes para extinguir el fuego.
(2022-04-01). Science Saturday: Improving diagnosis of rare congenital disorders. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org When a child falls ill, two questions quickly come front and center for parents: What's the problem, and what can be done to fix it? For families whose children have certain congenital disorders, the answers to those questions can be maddeningly elusive. Laboratory tests to diagnose congenital disorders of methylation, such as Beckwith-Wiedemann, Silver-Russell, Prader-Willi, and Angelman syndromes, often come back without a definitive result. "We can have up to 25% of our results be equivocal for these conditions, and that's…
(2022-04-01). COVID deaths surge in New Zealand. wsws.org 101 deaths have been added to New Zealand's COVID-19 toll in the last six days, as the Labour Party-led government allows the virus to rip across the country.
(2022-04-01). Webinar on Alex Saab Case Next Tuesday with Top Panelists. orinocotribune.com 
Alex Saab's trial starts April 6 in Miami. This webinar includes the latest updates on the case. Protests demanding his freedom will take place in Miami, Boston, New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles, San Diego, Vancouver and Chicago. | The webinar is going to be held next Tuesday April 5, 7 pm ET, 6 pm Central Time. | Panelists: | ‚Ä¢ Alfred de Zayas, former rapporteur on Venezuela for United Nations Human Rights Council | ‚Ä¢ Suzanne Adely, President of the Nation…
(2022-03-31). China Reaffirms Closer Relations with Russia as Ukraine War Continues. liberationnews.org 
Key international relationships are being profoundly tested by the war in Ukraine, especially between China and Russia — the two countries at the top of the U.S. empire's hit list.
(2022-03-31). The deception of Crisis Pregnancy Centers. mronline.org 
CPCs are often strategically located in working class and oppressed communities as close to real abortion clinics as possible in order to cause confusion and to mislead many women who seek their services.
(2022-03-31). Defeat Sri Lankan regime's brutal austerity measures! Fight for socialist policies. wsws.org The working class must mobilise its industrial and political strength and rally the rural poor to fight for a workers' and peasants' government to implement socialist policies.
(2022-03-31). Alphabet Workers Union wins official recognition of first bargaining unit. liberationnews.org 
On March 25, Alphabet Workers Union won its first legally-recognized bargaining unit of retail associates at Google Fiber stores in Kansas City, MO…
(2022-03-31). How To Build Fierce And Worker-Centered Unions. popularresistance.org In the early 2000s, UNITE was a small, scrappy union that put an immense amount of resources into new organizing. They had small teams of organizers who flew around the country and lived in hotels and motels and spent their life organizing. I think it's really important for unions to be oriented in that way, to have just about every arm focused around new organizing and building the labor movement and having militant sites. | At the same time, we have to really think critically about the role of organizers. Organizing can be such a science: We assess things, map workplaces, determine our tactics. Our tactics add…
(2022-03-31). Staten Island Amazon Workers Vote On A Union. popularresistance.org New York City (Staten Island), New York – As the country cheers on Starbucks workers organizing, the votes will be counted this week in two big union drives at Amazon warehouses—one in Alabama and one in New York. | Voting concluded March 25 in Bessemer, Alabama, after mail-in ballots were sent in early February to more than 6,100 workers who are deciding whether to join the Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union. This is a re-vote after Amazon's interference tainted the first election, a landslide defeat last April. | Meanwhile in an in-person election at the sprawling Amazon warehouse known as JFK8…
(2022-03-31). Canada's 'Freedom Convoy': Astroturfed Scam or Legitimate Workers Uprising? orinocotribune.com By Orinoco Tribune Staff — Mar 31, 2022 | From January 29 until February 23, 2022, a convoy of big rigs descended on Canada's capital, paralyzing the downtown core, demanding an end to vaccine mandates that would cost truckers their livelihood, and protesting against the government's response to the pandemic. Joined by between 5,000 and 20,000 protestors at its peak, the "Freedom Convoy" occupied downtown Ottawa, sounding air horns and disrupting traffic. The polarizing events and accompanying media coverage briefly thrust Canada onto the world stage. | Now that the smoke has cleared, Orinoco Tribune's edito…
(2022-03-31). News Guild Survey of Tribune newsrooms: Underpaid, overworked, four-fifths white. peoplesworld.org 
CHICAGO —Workers at Tribune Media newspapers are underpaid, overworked, four-fifths white and there's a big gap in pay between white staffers and the rest, even where the workers are in equal jobs. Workers of color are more overworked than white workers, too. That's the takeaway of a 21-page report by The News Guild of conditions …
(2022-03-31). Mother of conductor killed in 2019 Canadian Pacific train derailment speaks out. wsws.org The derailment in 2019 killed three rail workers: conductor Dylan Paradis, engineer Andrew Dockrell, and conductor trainee Daniel Waldenberger-Bulmer.
(2022-03-31). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Teachers strikes in Catalonia, Spain over attack on conditions; French teachers in Marseille walk out over pay, childcare workers in Belgium over staff shortages; miners at Sibanye-Stillwater, South Africa on pay strike for four weeks defy lock out with demonstrations; weeks-long pay strikes by UK refuse workers in Coventry out for two months against Labour council; Chep pallet workers in Manchester begin strike week 18…
(2022-03-31). Polio vaccination exercise: Mukono health workers demand allowances. plusnews.ug 
10 medical workers in Nama sub-county in Mukono district who were involved in the mass polio vaccination campaign in January this year are yet to receive their allowances. The Sub-county Chairperson, John Bosco Isabirye, says that the 10 health workers were denied their allowances despite conducting the exercise. He says that the medical workers brought …
(2022-03-31). Determined Richmond, California Chevron workers join global movement against spiraling cost of living. wsws.org Even though the USW is staffed by bureaucrats making over $100,000 or $200,000 a year and has assets of $1.5 billion, workers angrily report that the USW has not yet paid out any strike pay.
(2022-03-31). 1,300 copper mine workers in Utah prepare for struggle against Rio Tinto. wsws.org Mine workers in Utah, who have risked their lives during the pandemic, are prepared to fight for higher wages, better benefits and safe working conditions.
(2022-03-31). Australia Post workers oppose US-led drive to World War III. wsws.org
(2022-03-31). Illinois State University workers authorize strike, while Champaign teachers union reaches deal to avert walkout. wsws.org Many of the campus workers at ISU live in poverty-level conditions, with a starting pay rate barely above $13 per hour, less than that offered at some fast food chains.
(2022-03-31). New Zealand's ISO backs US-NATO imperialism in Ukraine war against Russia. wsws.org The International Socialist Organisation, a pseudo-left group supportive of the Labour-led government in New Zealand, has declared that anyone opposing Ukraine's integration into NATO's war plans is making "concessions" to Russia.
(2022-03-31). Aijaz Ahmad: critic, scholar, communist. peoplesdispatch.org Aijaz Ahmad, literary critic, analyst of imperialism and Marxist, died on March 9. Throughout his life, Aijaz keenly studied and interpreted the processes of our time and his insights continue to inspire and illuminate.