(2022-03-22). Endless Wars and Failed States: The Tragedy of Neoliberalism. dissidentvoice.org Then all cried with one accord, 'Thou art King, and God and Lord; Anarchy, to thee we bow, Be thy name made holy now!' — "The Mask of Anarchy," Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1819 Following the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the American ruling establishment embarked on a policy of backing radical anti-nation state ideologies (henceforth …
(2022-03-22). Canadian Pacific railway workers must answer lockout, threat of back-to-work law by expanding struggle. wsws.org The contract dispute between Canadian Pacific Railway and the 3,000 engineers, conductors and yard workers has rapidly escalated into a confrontation whose outcome will have a major impact on the class struggle across North America.
(2022-03-22). Union suppresses socialist perspective at Australian mental health workers' strike "rally" wsws.org The event highlighted both the discontent among health workers and the nervousness of the unions, which are struggling to keep a lid on the anger.
(2022-03-22). Eulogy to the COVID-19 Holocaust. indybay.org "We have to live with COVID-19." What the corporate politicians and their media flunkies are really saying is that they are willing to sacrifice frontline and essential workers, the poor, the Black, the Brown, the Yellow and the Red — as well as the old, the disabled, the ill and those with weakened immune systems — all on the altar of capitalist greed.
(2022-03-22). Sri Lanka's parliamentary opposition attempt to exploit popular anger against Rajapakse government. wsws.org The real concerns of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya are not the desperate situation facing the masses but that the growing strikes and protests by workers and the poor will challenge capitalist rule.
(2022-03-22). "Thrown Under The Bus" Vaccinations, Terminations & Union Rights With SEIU 1021 SF Member. indybay.org Kimberly Cox an SEIU 1021 SF MTA worker talks about the threat of firing for not getting vaccinated.
(2022-03-22). In rebuke to USW, California Chevron workers strike to demand higher wages, shorter work hours. wsws.org Nearly 600 oil workers at Chevron's Richmond, California refinery walked out on strike early Monday morning after rejecting two local contract proposals pushed by the United Steelworkers (USW) union.
(2022-03-22). How the West Was Won: Counterinsurgency, Psyops and the Military Origins of the Internet. libya360.wordpress.com Dustin Broadbery Part 1: Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth As the digital revolution was underway in the mid-nineties, research departments at the CIA and NSA were developing programs to predict the usefulness of the world wide web as a tool for capturing what they dubbed "birds of a feather" formations. That's when flocks…
(2022-03-22). WorkWeek: UESF Teachers Occupy For Back Pay, Covid, Griffin Charter & CNNC Union Busting. indybay.org WorkWeek covers SF UESF Teachers Occupation For Back Pay & Covid Capitalism, Giffin MIT Charter School Teachers Fighting Corruption & Chinese Union Busting at CNNC In Namibia…
(2022-03-22). Wednesday 3/23: SF Rally Stop Privatization, Union Busting And Outsourcing. indybay.org In front of SF City Hall…
(2022-03-22). Russia-Ukraine Conflict: the European Union Navigates Between two Waters. orinocotribune.com By Yoselina Guevara L. — Mar 19, 2022 | The conflict between Russia and Ukraine is making visible the lack of a solid strategy of its own within the European Union. The organization increasingly resembles a ship sailing between two waters but whose decisions are subordinated to the distant helmsman in Washington. However, all this stems from the lack of a concrete definition of the European interest, a union held together by weak strings and a clearly non-existent integration. The EU has not been able to develop a coherent foreign and defense policy, yet it is only now that it is feeling the threat of a war…
(2022-03-22). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — March 22, 2022. southfront.org 
This is the newest update of the 'U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map' exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map. | click to see the full-size image | Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier ai…
(2022-03-22). Ultra-right takes control of Northern California county through recall election. wsws.org Pro-Trump militia groups and a Connecticut multimillionaire joined forces in the effort using fascistic demagogy against coronavirus restrictions.
(2022-03-22). Surviving Among Ruins: Life in a Donbass City Ukraine Says No Longer Exists. libya360.wordpress.com Stepan Kostetskiy RT visited civilians surviving in the blasted-through buildings and basements of a town hit hard by the conflict in Ukraine "God preserve you!" says an elderly Volnovakha resident to departing volunteers. She and her husband stand at the gate to the front yard of their suburban home holding simple provisions that have just…
(2022-03-22). Lula Counters FBI-Backed "Corruption" Prosecution to Lead Brazil's 2022 Presidential Race. libya360.wordpress.com Julian Cola "At the age of 74, my heart only has room for love," Lula told a crowd of supporters from an impromptu stage, adding that as a migrant from the poor, underserved northeast region, "there's nothing that can beat me." RIO DE JANEIRO —Former Brazilian president, and frontrunner in the upcoming October 2022 presidential…
(2022-03-22). Ukraine's Zelensky Comes Before His Master. libya360.wordpress.com David Sole On March 16 Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the United States Congress. In a virtual speech Zelensky begged his imperialist masters for more military aid. He pressed for the U.S. and its North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military alliance to declare and enforce a "no-fly zone" over Ukraine and asked for military fighter…
(2022-03-22). Japanese Pro-NATO Stance Harms Tokyo-Moscow Dialogue. libya360.wordpress.com Lucas Leiroz Amid worldwide tensions, diplomatic frictions between Russia and Japan continue to increase. The crisis in Ukraine is hampering bilateral diplomacy and preventing a peace agreement on the Kuril Islands, which is a historic goal for both states, from being achieved. Indeed, Tokyo appears to be paying the consequences for its own destabilizing pro-NATO…
(2022-03-21). French president Macron meets apartheid regime president Herzog, boasts of dissolving Palestine organizations. samidoun.net 
French president Emmanuel Macron, only weeks after ordering the dissolution — effectively, the ban — of two Palestine solidarity organizations, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra and Comite Action Palestine — met with Isaac Herzog, president of the Israeli apartheid regime on Sunday, 20 March. Despite the fact that French-Palestinian citizen, lawyer and human rights defender Salah …
(2022-03-21). War In Ukraine Day 26: Era Of Hypersonic Weapons Has Come. southfront.org 
Mariupol | The 26th day of the conflict came in the shadow of Russian hypersonic weapons that were for the first time seen in action during the operation in Ukraine. | In particular, on March 21, the Russian Defense Ministry released details on the destruction of the military infrastructure assets of Ukraine with Kinzhal with hypersonic aeroballistic missiles. | Kinzhal strikes destroyed underground storages of Ukrainian aviation and units armed with Tochka-U missile systems in Delyatin, Ivano-Frankovsk Region,…
(2022-03-21). NYC Freedom Rally: From Covid Mandates to the New Cold War. libya360.wordpress.com Max Blumenthal Speaks at New York City Anti-Mandate World Wide Rally for Freedom in Union Square New York City World Wide Rally for Freedom Anti-Mandate Protest — Union Square, Manhattan On March 19, 2022, anti-vaccine-mandate protesters marched from Times Square to Union Square in Manhattan, where they held a rally as part of the World…
(2022-03-21). The Canadian Pacific lockout and UK ferry mass sackings: Ruling class ruthlessness in response to growing class struggle. wsws.org The ruling class is moving ever-more ferociously to impose austerity and suppress workers' struggles in the name of the "national interest" and preparations for war with Russia.
(2022-03-21). Globalisation and the relocation of capital and labour. mronline.org 
The twin phenomena associated with contemporary globalisation, of migration of capital from the metropolis to parts of the third world, and of migration of labour from the erstwhile second world to the metropolis, have the effect of weakening the working class movement everywhere.
(2022-03-21). What Does A Just Food Future Look Like? popularresistance.org During a recent event at SXSW organized by Food Tank, Huston-Tillotson University, Oatly, and others, food system scholars and activists discussed the intersection of food, culture, and economics. | Cortlin Harrison, a barista at the first unionized Starbucks in Buffalo, New York and a member of Starbucks Workers United highlighted some of the deep inequities perpetuated by food corporations. "We were seeing partners who can't afford their rent, partners struggling with food insecurity," Harrison says. "Meanwhile we're seeing the corporate elite make billions of dollars in profit," | Panelists also pointed to man…
(2022-03-21). Burger King Employee Pulls Out Gun And Starts Bustin' On Customer Who Threw Mayo. moguldom.com A Burger King worker in Florida posted $1,000 bail and was released after being arrested for allegedly shooting at the vehicle of a customer who threw mayonnaise in her face, according to local police. Shateasha Hicks, 30, was arrested on March 17 and charged with discharging a firearm in public at a Burger King in …
(2022-03-21). NY Times tech workers win largest tech union in US. liberationnews.org 
n March 3, New York Times tech workers voted to unionize with the Communication Workers of America in a landslide victory of 404-88.
(2022-03-21). Retired workers suffering from Long COVID in Flint, Michigan, speak to the Global Workers' Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic. wsws.org Ed, a retired auto worker, and Tammy, a retired care worker, have been "living with" COVID-19 for two years, and they've had enough.
(2022-03-21). Humanitarian Flights for Ukraine Loaded with Weapons, Protesting Airport Workers Claim. orinocotribune.com By Akash Maurya — | Airport workers in Italy claim "humanitarian" cargo from Pisa was actually aimed at fuelling the conflict | One of Italy's largest trade unions has called for a protest outside the Pisa airport on Saturday, after receiving a tip from some employees that Ukraine relief flights were transporting weapons and ammunition, not food and medicine. | Several workers at the Galileo Galilei airport refused to load one of the cargo flights advertised as carrying humanitarian aid to Ukraine. The crates did not contain food and medication b…
(2022-03-21). Canada's second-largest rail operator shuts down services over workers' strike. peoplesdispatch.org In one of the biggest railway lockouts in the country, the Canadian Pacific Railway shut down its Canadian services on Sunday in response to a workers' strike…
(2022-03-21). Siemens workers in Germany speak out against war. wsws.org Workers speak about the impact of the Ukraine war and the threat of a third world war.
(2022-03-21). Canadian Pacific locks out 3,000 railroad workers across Canada. wsws.org While business groups and provincial premiers are lining up to demand that rail workers be stripped of their right to strike by anti-democratic government legislation, CP Rail workers are determined to fight brutal working conditions and demanding a mass movement against North America's sixth-largest rail company.
(2022-03-21). Sacked P&O ferry workers speak out at rally in London. wsws.org P&O Ferries workers and supporters held a protest outside DP World's London offices yesterday, before marching to a rally outside Parliament.
(2022-03-21). Sri Lankan plantation action committees hold public meeting to demand reinstatement of sacked workers. wsws.org This meeting will discuss the independent, anti-capitalist program needed to mobilise workers to defeat the brutal company and government attacks.
(2022-03-21). Amazon Labor Union builds community coalition to organize retail giant in Staten Island. peoplesworld.org 
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.—The union election for Amazon workers at the company's JFK8 warehouse here is set to begin this Friday, March 25th. If the Amazon Labor Union is successful and the workers vote to unionize, it will be a historic victory. It would be the first union at Amazon anywhere in the United States. And …
(2022-03-21). University of Michigan social work students strike to win pay for internships. wsws.org Matt Dargay, one of the organizers of the Payment for Placement movement at the University of Michigan, spoke with the World Socialist Web Site about Monday's demonstration and the demands of the P4P organization.
(2022-03-21). A Commune Called 'Che': A Socialist Holdout in the Venezuelan Andes. transcend.org 1 Mar 2022 – Just as the independence struggle had different resonances in the Andes, so too does Venezuela's project of communal socialism. The region is home to one of the most successful communes in the country and has a solid productive basis (a chocolate factory and coffee cooperative). However, the Che Guevara Commune is markedly different from others.
(2022-03-21). Berlin rally calls for freedom for political prisoners and liberation for Palestine. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Deutschland joined with the Freiheitskomitee Berlin (Freedom Committee Berlin), Komitee fàºr den Anti-Imperialistischen Kampf (Committee for Anti-Imperialist Struggle) and the Netzwerk Freiheit fàºr alle politischen Gefangenen Berlin (Freedom for all Political Prisoners Network) to rally on Friday, 18 March in Berlin for the freedom of all political and revolutionary prisoners. The spirited, youthful rally …
(2022-03-21). Learning together: The Mass Line. fightbacknews.org In the last article in our series on Marxist-Leninist theoretical concepts, on Marxist epistemology, Marxists talk a lot about the importance of "correct i…
(2022-03-21). India's Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party Strengthens its Positions. journal-neo.org 
The beginning of March in India marked the end of almost a month of continuous voting, including Parliamentary by-elections in five states: Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. In terms of population, these states rank 1st, 15th, 18th, 24th and 26th respectively out of India's 28 states and 8 union territories (including the capital …
(2022-03-21). European Union boosts aid for Ukrainian war effort by ‚Ǩ1 billion. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineMarch 21, 2022 EU to increase military aid for Ukraine to EUR 1 bln The European Union will increase assistance to procure weapons for Ukraine up to EUR 1 billion, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has announced, Die Zeit reported. "Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in Brussels that the EU would increase financial aid for …
(2022-03-21). Warning strikes after no agreement reached for German airport security staff. wsws.org Together with IG Metall and the DGB (German Trade Union Federation), Verdi has taken on the function of an unofficial "fourth wheel" of the ruling three-party coalition in Berlin.
(2022-03-21). Museveni activates National Organising Committee ahead of Oulanya's official burial. plusnews.ug 
" I have activated the National Organizing committee, under the Hon. Milly Babalanda, to organise the official burial of the late Speaker. They know what to do. "Speaker Oulanyah passed on yesterday morning in Seattle, USA where he had been admitted earlier after falling sick. Ever since he was elected as Speaker of Parliament in …
(2022-03-21). Africa Supports Russia's Operation in Ukraine and Advocates a Revival of the Non-Aligned Movement. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Danilov And a significant number of those who have supported Moscow's position are countries of the African continent, whose citizens have considerable combat experience and were among the first to declare their willingness to join Russia's special operation. It is Africans who have personally confronted terrorists supported by the collective West for years that…
(2022-03-21). Biggest Oil Giants Made 'Eye-Popping' $205 Billion in Profits in 2021: Report. transcend.org 15 Mar 2022 – While millions have been hurt by surging gas prices, a new report from a government watchdog group shows 25 of the world's biggest fossil fuel corporations in 2021 collectively pulled in $205 billion in profits. Now, fossil fuel giants are trying to "cash in on inflation and the crisis in Ukraine," said one critic.
(2022-03-21). El socialismo significa paz. cubadebate.cu "La lucha por la paz significa luchar por salvar a la humanidad de una destrucción apocalíptica, significa luchar por salvar a cientos de millones de vidas de hombres, de mujeres, de jóvenes, de ancianos y de niños; para salvar a la humanidad de cientos de millones de inválidos, de mutilados, de lesionados por una guerra atómica; para salvar a la humanidad de incalculable destrucción".
(2022-03-21). In Video: Russian Strike Eliminates Large Ammunition Depot In Kyiv. southfront.org 
Click to see the full-size image | On March 21, the Russian Defense Ministry released a video showing a precise strike on the gathering point of military equipment of the Ukrainain Armed Forces in the Vynohradar district of the Kyiv area. | According to the statement, units of Kyiv's forces were hiding behind civilian buildings and were using multiple rocket launchers against Russian troops. The area of the nearby shopping center was used as a large base for storing rocket-…
(2022-03-21). Russia Eliminates 80 More Radicals And Mercenaries In Strike On Ukraine. southfront.org 
Captured Ukrainian battle tank | On March 21, the Russian Armed Forces announced that they launched a strike with high-precision air-launched cruise missiles on the training center for foreign mercenaries and Ukrainian nationalist formations at the Novaya Lyubomirka combined-arms training ground in Rivne Region. More than 80 mercenaries and nationalists were reportedly eliminated. | Additionally, a strike with cruise missiles destroyed the ammunition depot and the headquarters of the mechanized brigade of the Ukrai…
(2022-03-21). 20 Students Arrested in Soroti Over Strike. plusnews.ug 
20 students of Olila High School in Soroti City have been arrested for alleged involvement in a strike. The students went rowdy on Sunday evening after an S.4 student was assaulted by a teacher for allegedly escaping from school. One of the security guards at the school says that the teachers and security personnel were …
(2022-03-21). Hungarian teachers starts indefinite strike demanding wage hikes, increased staff. peoplesdispatch.org The conservative government in Hungary led by Viktor Orban has tried to restrict teachers' strikes by issuing a special decree calling for mandatory teaching services in schools citing the COVID-19 crisis…
(2022-03-21). Reject Arriva-Unite's 3 percent pay offer in London South: Build a rank-and-file committee for a unified fightback! wsws.org Unite's strike cancellation followed Arriva London South's provocative legal challenge stopping bus drivers at Brixton garage from joining the planned industrial action.
(2022-03-21). Waltzing Toward Armageddon with the Merchants of Death. transcend.org 14 Mar 2022 – The Cold War, 1945-1989, was a Bacchanalia for arms manufacturers, the Pentagon, the CIA, the diplomats who played one country off another, and the global corporations able to equate predatory capitalism with freedom. The doctrine of permanent war dominated our lives then–and now.