(2022-03-17). US Fed targets wage demands as it lifts interest rate. wsws.org The main impetus for the decision was the fear in ruling financial circles that inflation is going to drive a push by workers for higher wages to combat the decline over the past three decades.
(2022-03-17). Turkish doctors, health workers on nationwide strike for wages, safety. wsws.org Amid unprecedented inflation and falls in workers' living standards due to the pandemic and war, Turkish doctors have organized their largest strike ever.
(2022-03-17). Oppose USW threats and lies! Launch a national strike to overturn the government-dictated sellout contract! wsws.org The following statement was issued by the Oil Workers Rank-and-File Committee to oppose the sellout contract dictated by the Biden administration and the United Steelworkers union.
(2022-03-17). Sri Lankan workers and youth speak out against US-led war drive and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. wsws.org Workers and youth discussed the roots of the war in Ukraine, its catastrophic consequences, and the international socialist program required to stop it.
(2022-03-17). Climate scientist Michael Mills describes the devastation of a nuclear detonation. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site five years ago interviewed Michael Mills, an expert on the dangers of nuclear war. Today we are republishing that interview.
(2022-03-17). Tuesday 3/22: "How Marxists Think" – Online Reading & Discussion Group. indybay.org Online via Zoom | To register: bit.ly/RevSheWrote…
(2022-03-17). Nationalist frenzy mounts to seize art of Russia's Morozov Collection on exhibit in Paris. wsws.org The exhibit demonstrates the imperishable link between the flowering of Russian and European culture in the decades before the 1917 October Revolution.
(2022-03-17). Fear psychosis, arrests, and deafening silence in Kashmir. peoplesdispatch.org At least 35 journalists in Kashmir have faced police interrogation, raids, threats, physical assault, or fabricated criminal cases for their reporting since the Indian government downgraded the state into two union territories in August 2019. Dozens more have been placed on The ongoing a…
(2022-03-17). Unifor, Canada's largest industrial union, announces Jerry Dias under investigation just days after he quits as its president. wsws.org That the Unifor executive moved to a secret, independent, external investigation almost immediately after receiving a written complaint against Dias indicates not just that the charges against him are very serious. It suggests they are supported by a large body of evidence and are highly damaging to the union bureaucracy as a whole.
(2022-03-17). ALBERT EINSTEIN AND THE BILLIONAIRE DOGS OF WAR. indybay.org Einstein, Today, War and Capitalism…
(2022-03-17). "Give Us Our Money" SF UESF Teachers Demand Pay & Occupy SFSUD Offices To Get Back Pay. indybay.org Dozens of teachers, members of UESF and supporters rallied at the SFUSD district to demand their back pay. They also had a sleep until they get what is owed them.
(2022-03-17). Awakening Hyperboria, Scythia, and Tartaria the Film. indybay.org We are gathering filmmakers and screen writers to collaborate on the development of a screen play that aims to tell the story of our lost giant ancestors who seemed to have created a world wide grandiose "steampunk esque" civilization. Research Tartaria online and reflect on the old world looking architecture that we have repurposed into our municipal buildings, cathedrals, and factories. Why has the mainstream narrative buried the giants? Meet at 6pm to discuss possible plots for this film that aims to reveal how magical and epic the free etheric energy realm of the Hyperborians may have been. | Thursday March 2…
(2022-03-17). German population shows solidarity with Ukrainian refugees in Berlin, authorities display indifference. wsws.org As in 2015, when tens of thousands of people sought refuge from the wars in the Middle East, especially from Syria, working people in Berlin have responded with overwhelming solidarity to the arrival of Ukrainian refugees.
(2022-03-16). In Solidarity With Haitian Workers And Migrants. popularresistance.org The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) declares its support for garment workers in Haiti and stands with the Haitian people who, migrating from the country for economic or political reasons, have faced racism, hostility, and terror abroad. We also condemn the neo-colonial political economic policies of the U.S. government, its international allies, and the multinational corporations who have created Haiti's imperial crisis by continuing to undermine the sovereignty and independence of the Haitian people. | Early in the year, garment workers launched protests at the Caracol Industrial Park in Haiti's northeast region.
(2022-03-16). Tefere Gebre leaves AFL-CIO for Greenpeace. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON —Tefere Gebre, the one-time teenage Ethiopian refugee, and the first local central labor council official to attain one of the top three posts at the AFL-CIO, has left the labor federation for a top job at Greenpeace. The federation announced his departure, which occurred at the end of February, in an Executive Council statement …
(2022-03-16). Day after Erbil strike, Iran claims to have foiled Israeli sabotage at its Fordow nuclear facility. peoplesdispatch.org Reports in Middle East Eye as well as some US media outlets claimed that Israel has been operating anti-Iranian bases in Iraqi Kurdistan and was responsible for the attack on Iran's drone facility in Tabriz a few weeks back…
(2022-03-16). Educators across US send support to striking Minneapolis teachers. wsws.org Educators and workers across the US gave support for the present struggle of Minneapolis teachers against intolerable working conditions and connected the strike with poor working conditions facing workers across the US, the ongoing dangers of the pandemic, and the drive toward war.
(2022-03-16). Comrades, especially in the U.S., we need to seriously talk about what's going on in the working class. workers.org 
By Larry Holmes "In the absence of organization, working people do not constitute a class but rather an incoherent mass, scattered over the whole country and broken up by their mutual competition." — Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, The Communist Manifesto Milwaukee Starbucks workers show support for a union. . . . |
(2022-03-16). Excluded Workers Shut Down Brooklyn And Manhattan Bridges…Again! popularresistance.org New York City – This, hundreds of excluded workers, elected officials, and allies took over the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges. They raised the heat on the demands for an additional $3 billion for the Excluded Workers Fund in the state budget and the first ever "Excluded Worker Unemployment Program" in the country which would provide compensation to workers who have lost a job or income and are ineligible for unemployment insurance. | More than 130,000 people across New York State had their lives transformed after receiving funding from the Excluded Workers Fund. Yet many New Yorkers were left out due to insuffic…
(2022-03-16). Letters from our incarcerated family. workers.org 
Dear Workers World, I'm writing to you in hopes to start to receive this paper. I would like to understand more of what's happening in other parts of the world, with protests, struggle, hopes — and good news in general would be great. I would like to thank you for . . . |
(2022-03-16). Police shoot Madrid striker as Spanish trucking strike mounts. wsws.org The PSOE-Podemos government's attempt to blame rising fuel costs on Russia is provoking growing anger among strikers and workers across Spain.
(2022-03-16). How trade union workers are joining to support Ukraine. nationofchange.org Since Putin's unprovoked attack, working people around the world rallied around Ukraine.
(2022-03-16). Support strike action at Canadian Pacific! For a united movement of North American railroaders against wage cuts and brutal working hours! wsws.org What is needed is a united struggle, bringing together workers across the Class I railroads in North America independent of both the union bureaucracy and the Biden and Trudeau governments.
(2022-03-16). The ominous omnibus: Pentagon wins, workers lose. iacenter.org March 15, 2022 A $1.5 trillion "omnibus" spending bill, which President Joe Biden is expected to sign, passed the House and Senate March 10. Over half the money in the Consolidated Appropriations Act — $782 billion, a $42 billion increase over fiscal 2021 — is going for Pentagon spending. Of course NATO, the Pentagon's proxy in Europe, gets a piece of the pie. On top of that, $13.6 billion is slated to go to Ukraine — and not only for the propagandistic weapons of food and other "humanitarian" assistance. The U.S. is providing "assistance to the security forces." Moreover, almost $7 billion is s…
(2022-03-16). Churchill station and train cleaners hold second strike across London and southeast England. wsws.org In February, around a thousand cleaners voted unanimously in two ballots to strike for £15 an hour pay and the sick pay and travel entitlement denied them as outsourced workers.
(2022-03-16). End of mediation period sets up potential strike by 3,000 railway workers at Canadian Pacific. wsws.org A determined struggle for wage and benefit improvements can only be conducted in opposition to the corrupt Teamsters, which has sought to conceal the content of their talks with management and will attempt to sell out the rail workers at the earliest opportunity.
(2022-03-16). The issues in the unionization vote at Hershey Stuart's Draft, Virginia plant. wsws.org Over 1,300 workers at the Hershey plant in Stuart's Draft, Virginia, are voting on whether to join the pro-company BCTGM union, with balloting set to be completed March 24.
(2022-03-16). Australian mental health workers to take stopwork action. wsws.org The HACSU has called the three-hour stopwork to try to head off the growing anger of poorly-paid mental health workers toward the state Labor government.
(2022-03-16). Peoples movements take to the streets against evictions throughout Brazil. peoplesdispatch.org Brazilians will be taking to the streets across of the country this Thursday March 17 to fight for the extension of the eviction moratorium, ADPF no. 828. The Housing for Life day of action was called for by the Campaign for Zero Evictions. The moratorium which they want extended has protected thousands of urban and rural families from removals and evictions. | Actions are being organized in several of Brazil's major cities in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Minas Gerais, Pernambuco, Tocantins, Rio Grande do Sul, Sà£o Paulo and Brasília, and others. | The ADPF itself was the product of the struggle of…
(2022-03-16). The issues in the unionization vote at Hershey's Stuarts Draft, Virginia plant. wsws.org Over 1,300 workers at the Hershey's plant in Stuarts Draft, Virginia, are voting on whether to join the pro-company BCTGM union, with balloting set to be completed March 24.
(2022-03-16). [Articles] Healthcare workers' views on mandatory SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in the UK: A cross-sectional, mixed-methods analysis from the UK-REACH study. thelancet.com Only one in six of the HCWs in this large, diverse, UK-wide sample favoured mandatory vaccination. Building trust, educating, and supporting HCWs who are hesitant about vaccination may be more acceptable, effective, and equitable.
(2022-03-16). Gerald Sussman: Propaganda & Hatred Toward Russia is Unprecedented (Interview). orinocotribune.com March 16, 2022 ( Given his extensive body of research dedicated to studying the inner workings of US propaganda in the former Soviet Union, Orinoco Tribune asked him about his…
(2022-03-16). Venezuela defines conditions for sale of oil to U.S. mronline.org 
The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela maintained its willingness to resume its oil trade with countries such as the United States, and even those that belong to the European Union, but it has clearly outlined the diplomatic and political conditions necessary for any exchange to take place.
(2022-03-16). NATO defense ministerial hosts DMs of Ukraine, Georgia, Finland, Sweden, European Union. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Georgian Ministry of DefenseMarch 16, 2022 The Minister of Defense attended the NATO Defense Ministerial in Brussels The Minister of Defense of Georgia Juansher Burchuladze is paying a visit to Brussels, where special meetings are being held at the level of the Ministers of Defense. The meeting of the North Atlantic Council was held at …
(2022-03-16). Details of St. Paul teachers union deal reveal austerity agreement. wsws.org The St. Paul deal must be stated for what it is: a sellout agreement which is entirely within the framework of austerity demanded by the Democratic Party.
(2022-03-16). Australia and New Zealand Follow a Common Course. journal-neo.org 
As might be expected, after the start of the Ukrainian special operation by Russian troops, Russia was hit by international sanctions, primarily from the West. Of course, permanent members of the "collective West" such as Australia and New Zealand have joined these sanctions. This is not surprising — as former British colonies, they are an …
(2022-03-16). Science Saturday: Big data helps in understanding asthma biologic use, outcomes. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 25 million Americans have asthma, and that number is increasing every year. In the last 10 years, a number of new medications have become available. Collectively referred to as 'biologics,' these therapies are made to target very specific parts of the body and its immune system. Although they each have different targets, they all are designed to prevent the inflammation that leads to asthma exacerbation. However, it appears…
(2022-03-16). Minneapolis teachers and support professionals strike enters week two. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis MN – Teachers and education support professionals at Minneapolis Public Schools began a strike on March 8, shutting down the Minneapolis school system. Today, March 14, the strike continues as the schools remain closed for a second week. | Over the weekend a series of events were held by the striking educators; there we also several actions called by community and labor supporters in the area. | On Saturday, March 12, a car caravan called by the Minnesota Immigrants' Rights Committee (MIRAC) wound its way through Minneapolis streets to end at the Davis Center where the Minneapolis Public Schools off…
(2022-03-16). ACAS sides with strike-breaking Coventry Labour council against refuse drivers. wsws.org The decision by the government's Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service has been seized on by the Labour authority to demand an end to a strike it has spent weeks trying to break using scabs.
(2022-03-16). Climate research strike? Linking up environmental science with the 'science of society'. peoplesworld.org 
"Our obligation as scientists [is] to make sure we fight the good fight and ensure the fruits of science are not monopolized by the powerful and the elite." — Richard Levins Three scientists associated with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are discouraged. New Zealanders Bruce C. Glavovic and Timothy F. Smith …
(2022-03-16). Video: Colossal German military buildup signals expansion of NATO nuclear strike capacity. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleMarch 16, 2022 Germany wants advanced US fighter jets: A game changer? Germany confirmed this week it wants to buy F-35 fighter jets from the United States. These would replace its aging fighter fleet, and keep its commitment to NATO's nuclear weapons policy. VIDEO…
(2022-03-16). In Praise of 'Whataboutism'. orinocotribune.com By Margaret Kimberley — Mar 9, 2022 | The word "whataboutism" is used to silence and insult opponents of U.S. imperialism. It should be embraced as a means of revealing what is too often kept hidden. | Anyone who speaks out against imperialism, capitalism, or racism with concrete examples of the terrible harm they do, can expect to be charged with the dreaded term "whataboutism." Like clockwork, the act of revealing American crimes will result in an accusation that is used to silence dissent. | When war propaganda prevails regarding Ukraine or any other place where the hegemon is doing its dirty work, it is…
(2022-03-16). Famous Investor Jim Rogers: The US Government Is Using The Dollar As An Instrument Of War, Countries Will Rush To Find Alternatives. moguldom.com The weaponization of the dollar by the U.S. government as it seeks to contain Russia's ability to finance its war in Ukraine threatens to push other countries to seek alternative currencies, according to commodity guru and investor Jim Rogers. Rogers, who co-founded the Quantum Fund and Soros Fund Management with billionaire George Soros, said the …
(2022-03-16). Manchester Evening News dubs Ukrainian World War II Nazi collaborator a "hero" wsws.org From the moment the article was published on the MEN's online site on March 5, hundreds denounced it on social media for promoting someone who had clearly fought alongside Hitler's army.
(2022-03-16). Profesionales de salud de Haití en paro contra secuestros. telesurtv.net Concluyen este miércoles una huelga de tres días para rechazar la creciente ola de secuestros y la inseguridad.
(2022-03-16). Russia and China demand investigation into Pentagon-funded 'biolabs' In Ukraine. iacenter.org By Richie Merino March 14, 2022 On March 9, Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova demanded transparency from the United States on its military biological weapons program carried out in Ukraine and funded by the U.S. Department of Defense. (tinyurl.com/yeys4jj9) The Russian military previously claimed to have documentary evidence that Ukrainian authorities have been hastily destroying dangerous evidence of highly pathogenic bacterial and viral agents, which they allegedly kept in laboratories funded by the Pentagon. (tinyurl.com/cj5ar4jx) Stressing that such laboratories were located near t…
(2022-03-16). Silence in the media and Labour "left" on Assange's extradition danger. wsws.org The Biden administration intends to prosecute Assange for charges under the Espionage Act with a potential sentence of 175 years in prison. This would be served in barbaric conditions, that previous judgements acknowledged could drive him to suicide.
(2022-03-16). Amplify Palestine: Support Samidoun Deutschland's Sound System Fundraiser! samidoun.net 
Ten years have passed since Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network was founded to be a voice for the Palestinian prisoners' movement everywhere and to broadcast their struggle for freedom to the world. Help Samidoun Deutschland today to keep their voice loud and clear! To make sure we fill the cities of Germany and Europe with …
(2022-03-16). Growing solidarity in France and around the world confronts anti-Palestinian repression. samidoun.net 
Less than one week after French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin announced via Twitter that he had officially dissolved, or banned, two Palestinian liberation advocacy groups, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra and the Comite Action Palestine, international outrage at French repression and solidarity with the groups is on the rise. While the Israeli embassy in France lauds …
(2022-03-16). Iran, Ukraine, Venezuela: The Business of Sabotage in Multi-factor Warfare. libya360.wordpress.com Eder Peña There are multiple and diverse cases in which sabotage groups have managed to twist situations and scenarios in favor of the interests of the corporations that run the United States and Europe (Photo: Oleksandr Klimenko / Reuters). Sabotage has been an inherent part of the unconventional warfare that has been orchestrated by the…