(2022-03-30). Tens of millions of Indian workers join general strike against Modi's class-war assault. wsws.org Support for the strike was especially strong among workers at the many state-owned corporations now targeted for privatization.
(2022-03-30). BCTGM drive at Hershey in Virginia ends with decisive vote against union affiliation. wsws.org Despite brutal working conditions at the facility, in the face of an anti-union campaign by Hershey, workers voted by almost 80 percent against the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers' union.
(2022-03-30). Chevron, the USW, and the threat of war: What striking oil workers need to know. wsws.org Chevron is the fourth-largest private oil company in the world, with close ties to the US military—industrial complex and interests in controlling the vast oil and gas reserves in Russia.
(2022-03-30). Canadian workers denounce US-NATO war drive against Russia and Putin's invasion of Ukraine. wsws.org In contrast to the pro-war propaganda pumped out by the corporate-controlled media on a daily basis, working people across Canada have no enthusiasm for the aggressive warmongering of American and Canadian imperialism.
(2022-03-30). 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…
(2022-03-30). 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.
(2022-03-30). Stop censoring the opponents of war! wsws.org On Saturday, Facebook deleted a video posted by the Socialist Equality Party of Germany opposing the German government's participation in the US-led NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine.
(2022-03-30). Maritime Union of Australia backs US-led war drive against Russia. wsws.org The union is actively campaigning for the Australian government to deepen its involvement in the US-NATO conflict with Russia in Ukraine that threatens nuclear world war.
(2022-03-30). 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…
(2022-03-30). Ukrainian S-300 Systems Are Blown Up By Russian Missiles Amid Diplomatic Obscurity. southfront.org 
Click to see the full-size image | Despite alarming reports about the results of the March 29 round of the Ukrainian-Russian talks in Turkey, the Armed Forces of Russia continues their military operation in Ukraine. | On March 30, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that a strike with high-precision air-launched missiles destroyed large fuel depots in the Starokonstantinov and Khmelnytsky regions, from which fuel was supplied for the grouping of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Donbass. | Also, a strike with the operation…
(2022-03-30). New York's Mayor Eric Adams orders dismantling of homeless encampments. wsws.org The homeless who are targeted are themselves a stark symptom of the unprecedented social polarization and inequality in New York City and other metropolitan centers that have been touted—at least before the COVID-19 pandemic—as great success stories for American capitalism.
(2022-03-30). Mayo Clinic researchers use AI to predict antidepressant outcomes in youth. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. ‚Äï Mayo Clinic researchers have taken the first step in using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict early outcomes with antidepressants in children and adolescents with major depressive disorder, in a study published in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. This work resulted from a collaborative effort between the departments of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and Psychiatry and Psychology, at Mayo Clinic, with support from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine. "This…
(2022-03-30). New networks support Imperial's Black postdoctoral researchers and alumni. imperial.ac.uk Two recently formed networks, for postdoctoral researchers and alumni of the College, will foster collaboration and knowledge sharing.
(2022-03-29). Ukraine Military Continue to Target Civilians in Donetsk. libya360.wordpress.com Report by Patrick Lancaster, US Navy veteran and independent crowd-funded journalist. Multiple civilian buildings burn and numerous others suffer damage from incoming artillery likely from Ukrainian positions in Pesky, in the Donetsk neighbourhood of Kievsky. Breaking: #Donetsk houses burn after artillery strike. Multiple residences damaged, ablaze. Live video from the scene. t.co/ay9YE7K28b via @YouTube #Ukrania…
(2022-03-29). Ukraine: How and Why the War Was Fabricated. libya360.wordpress.com Atilio Boron Before being elected President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower was the first NATO Commander. In February 1951, a few months after taking office he wrote the following text: "If in 10 years all the American troops stationed in Europe for the purpose of securing national defense have not returned to the…
(2022-03-29). Biden Appears to Reveal the US Is Training Ukrainian Troops in Poland. news.antiwar.com President Biden appeared to reveal on Monday that the US is training Ukrainian troops in Poland. Biden made the comments when trying to explain a recent gaffe. In Poland on Friday, President Biden told members of the 82nd Airborne Division that Ukrainians were "stepping up" against the Russian assault and said, "You're going to see …
(2022-03-29). Video: Conflict has escalated from Ukraine/Russia to Russia/U.S.-led West war — a life-and-death one. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Global TimesMarch 28, 2022 The war has escalated from one between Russia and Ukraine to one between Russia and the US-led West America's goal is to promote a color revolution in Russia and overthrow Putin's regime. The war has escalated, from one between Russia and Ukraine to one between Russia and the US-led West, and …
(2022-03-29). Minneapolis teachers and education support professionals ratify contract after 20-day strike. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On Sunday evening, March 27, Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) Presidents Greta Callahan and Shaun Laden announced that both teachers and education support professionals (ESPs) had ratified their new contracts. Laden is the president of the education support professionals' local, and Callahan is the president of the teachers' local of MFT. | Tentative agreements were reached in both locals early on Friday, March 25. Voting took place throughout the day on Saturday and Sunday. The agreements were ratified with 75.7% of the Teacher Chapter and 79.9% of the ESP Chapter voting to ratify the c…
(2022-03-29). Working class in Greece protests docking of French battleship in its port. peoplesdispatch.org The French navy's aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle is currently docked at the Souda base in Greece. The Greek and French defense ministers signed a deal worth EUR 4 billion aboard the Charles de Gaulle on Thursday for the sale of advanced-technology frigates and Rafale fighters to Greece…
(2022-03-29). Over 30,000 Stop & Shop workers win wage increases in their four-year contract. liberationnews.org 
The major win for Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island Stop & Shop employees comes on the back of a strike in 2019 and growing cultural consciousness that the economy can not run without essential workers.
(2022-03-29). EU Attacks Press Freedom in Europe, Advocates for Press Freedom in Mexico. orinocotribune.com The European Parliament is voicing concern over press freedom and through a resolution, "condemns the frequent attacks on media freedom and journalists" in Mexico‚Å —all while Europe itself imposes a general ban on Russian media outlets. | The resolution, which passed in EU Parliament earlier this month, takes aim at the Mexican government amid outrage over recent murders of journalists and human rights defenders. The Parliament calls on Mexico's authorities to investigate "crimes against freedom of expression" in the case of journalists and media workers and "urges the EU Delegation [in Mexico]…
(2022-03-29). Madeleine Albright, war criminal. workers.org 
The main job of an imperialist diplomat is to lie. And to lie with conviction. If lucky, they don't get caught in a flagrant lie. Strangely enough, career diplomat Madeleine Albright, who died March 23, is most infamous for her one slip up when, caught off guard, she told the . . . |
(2022-03-29). Los trabajadores del aeropuerto italiano se niegan a cargar armas para Ucrania : Trabajadores se niegan a cargar armas 12. workers.org 
Fronte Popolare, Italia Los trabajadores del aeropuerto Galileo Galilei de Pisa -un aeropuerto civil- denunciaron el 12 de marzo que habían participado en la carga de un avión de carga con lo que supuestamente era ayuda humanitaria destinada a Ucrania. La ayuda resultó ser armas y municiones destinadas a las . . . |
(2022-03-29). Unions block fight by BNSF workers, call on arbitrator to rule on Hi-Viz attendance policy. wsws.org The US unions, like their Canadian counterparts, claim that arbitrators are "neutral" parties. Nothing can be further from the truth.
(2022-03-29). Organize a counter-offensive against the Canadian Pacific-Teamsters' anti-worker arbitration deal! Build the CP Workers Rank-and-File Committee! wsws.org The following statement was extensively discussed and approved at last weekend's founding meeting of the Canadian Pacific Rail Workers Rank-and-File Committee.
(2022-03-29). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org The five-year contract for workers at the giant Rio Tinto Kennecott copper mine near Salt Lake City, Utah, members of the United Steelworkers, expires midnight March 31.
(2022-03-29). Australian union shuts down industrial action by Sydney rail workers. wsws.org For the second time in a month, the Rail, Tram and Bus Union has come to the rescue of the right-wing New South Wales government.
(2022-03-29). Ketanji Brown Jackson & the U.S. Supreme Court — a WW commentary. workers.org 
If Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed as the newest member of the U.S. Supreme Court, replacing the soon-to-be retired Justice Stephen Breyer for whom she once clerked, she will become the first African American woman to occupy the highest judicial seat in the U.S. Jackson will be the third Black . . . |
(2022-03-29). 48K Southern Calif. grocery workers may be forced to strike again. peoplesworld.org 
LOS ANGELES —Some 48,000 Southern California grocery workers, members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 770, may be forced to strike three big California food store chains—again. In a change from the scenario of around a decade ago, the union and negotiators for Ralph's/Kroger and Albertson's/Vons/Pavilions planned to meet January 30 in an attempt …
(2022-03-29). Tucson tenants organize to fight evictions and soaring rents. peoplesworld.org 
TUCSON—Some fifty tenants and supporters rallied and picketed Tucson's eastside Monterey Garden apartment complex protesting evictions and unconscionable rent increases on the afternoon of Tuesday, March 22. After learning of sweeping evictions taking place at Monterey Garden Apartments the Tucson Tenants Union, joined by Jobs with Justice Arizona, and Casa Maria Catholic Worker Collective delivered …
(2022-03-29). Australia: Expand strike action by NSW nurses! Form rank-and-file committees to break the isolation imposed by the union! wsws.org NSW nurses must call on all health workers throughout Australia to take action in opposition to the threats of the industrial courts and the nationwide onslaught on public healthcare.
(2022-03-29). Uruguayan government prevails in referendum on neoliberal reforms with a slim margin. peoplesdispatch.org The LUC was widely rejected by the country's opposition parties, trade unions, social organizations and popular movements, which deemed it as a package of anti-worker, pro-corporate, neoliberal and regressive reform…
(2022-03-29). Metáfora de la isla en fuga y otros mitos (anti)cubanos. cubadebate.cu Hoy hay coros en el metaverso entonando baladas nostálgicas sobre la emigración cubana. Politizando. Se asume el asunto como un indicador del fracaso del modelo socialista; como una derrota de la sociedad de la que, se presume, la gente o escapa, o se exilia. Tenemos el derecho a migrar y lo ejercemos. No es correcto justificar la decisión maldiciendo al país.
(2022-03-29). Stop Facebook's censorship of the SGP's anti-war video! wsws.org In an act of political censorship that must be widely opposed, Facebook deleted a popular anti-war video by the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) without providing any reason.
(2022-03-29). Bringing Together Activism and Journalism: Q&A with Jacqueline Luqman, New Toward Freedom Board Member. towardfreedom.org Toward Freedom welcomed Jacqueline Luqman onto the board of directors on March 17. Jacqueline brings a background in activism and in journalism, and describes herself as a "Pan-Africanist, anti-capitalist, anti-imperialist revolutionary." She recently told TF Editor Julie Varughese why she joined the board.
(2022-03-29). 2 April, Vancouver: Revolutionaries Are Not Terrorists Campaign Launch. samidoun.net 
DATE: Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 TIME: 3-5 PM PDT LOCATION: Grandview Church, 1803 E 1st Ave, Vancouver, BC, Unceded Coast Salish Homelands Join Canada Philippines Solidarity for Human Rights for our campaign launch of "Revolutionaries Are Not Terrorists", where we'll learn about revolutionary Filipinos and other groups who are unjustly criminalized & labelled as terrorists …
(2022-03-29). Nearly a year after election, Colectivo Collective union certified. liberationnews.org 
Owners' challenges to election results ruled to be "without merit."
(2022-03-29). Arranca en Turquía una nueva reunión entre Rusia y Ucrania. telesurtv.net Turquía albergó la primera reunión de ministros de Relaciones Exteriores de Rusia y Ucrania desde el inicio de la operación rusa el 24 de febrero.
(2022-03-29). How does Biden Intend to Free the EU from the Dependence on Russian Gas? journal-neo.org 
US President Biden has declared himself Europe's savior from energy dependence on Russia and approved an energy agreement with the European Union under which the US is to increase transatlantic gas supplies, in the hope of weakening the influence Russia enjoyed due to its natural resources. However, Politico has already questioned whether such promises by …
(2022-03-29). AFPAC Co-Planner Led Crypto 'Solicitation Scheme'. splcenter.org Jozef Victor Nathan Gherman, the founder of a company whose clients lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency investments, appears also to play an integral part in organizing the finances of white nationalist Nick Fuentes' America First non-profit, Hatewatch found.
(2022-03-29). Striking Spanish truckers reject inadequate state bailout offer. wsws.org Truckers are maintaining strike action at key ports and industrial facilities across Spain, shutting factories that cannot get parts and limiting food supplies in supermarkets.
(2022-03-29). La guerra Rusia-Ucrania y las dos pesadillas. globalizacion.ca En 1978 fui invitado a Moscú, capital de la Unión Soviética (URSS) al lado de compañeros como Enrique Semo y Roger Bartra para participar en un congreso sobre capitalismo contemporáneo. Académicos y funcionarios del gobierno soviético nos escucharon con atención…
(2022-03-29). 2 April 2022: International day for the liberation of Georges Abdallah. samidoun.net 
The appeal below was issued by the Unitary Campaign for the Liberation of Georges Abdallah. Because Georges Abdallah is an Arab resistance fighter, a Lebanese communist who fought against the invasion of his country, Lebanon, by the troops of the Zionist occupier, and because resistance is a right! Because Georges Abdallah is a fighter for the …
(2022-03-29). Philip Foner completes his multi-volume U.S. labor history with the Great Depression. peoplesworld.org 
Once again, the distinguished late historian Philip S. Foner takes his readers on an intensive whirlwind study tour of the United States, back in time and across the land. Although in this new Volume 11 of his monumental history of the American labor movement his time frame is but three years, 1929 to 1932, this …
(2022-03-29). New cold war neocolonialism: West threatens Solomon Islands over China alliance. multipolarista.com The Solomon Islands, a sovereign country in the Pacific, broke ties with Taiwan and allied with China. So the US backed a failed violent coup attempt. Australia now calls the area its "backyard," and media moguls demand an invasion to prevent the nation from signing a security pact with Beijing.
(2022-03-29). Argentina remembers 46th anniversary of the U.S.-backed civic-military coup. mronline.org 
This March 24, on the Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, after a pause of two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets across the country to pay homage to the victims of the last military dictatorship.
(2022-03-29). US, Canada, Australia Advised to Reflect on Violations of Indigenous People's Rights. libya360.wordpress.com Global Times The US, Canada and Australia are advised to reflect seriously on their wrongdoings in history, immediately amend laws and change policies that violate indigenous people's rights, investigate the crimes and hold the perpetrators accountable, Jiang Duan, minister of the Chinese mission to the UN in Geneva, said at a side event during the…
(2022-03-29). How Mariupol Will Become a Key Hub of Eurasia Integration. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Mariupol sits on the strategic Sea of Azov at the tip of the Black Sea, and is the 'Mecca' of Europe's steel industry. Its conquest by Russia can pave the way for a Eurasian railroad and connectivity surge. Photo Credit: The Cradle Mariupol was battered by Ukraine's right-wing Azov battalion well before Moscow launched…
(2022-03-29). Official State of California Juneteenth Holiday – First Hearing for AB 1655. indybay.org Juneteenth is an important day in American history not only to celebrate the end of slavery, but to acknowledge the great injustices done to Black people in this country. While we celebrate the emancipation of slaves on Juneteenth, it's a reminder we must continue to strive to provide equity for Black members of our community in order for all of us to experience freedom in the same way. | Glenda Humiston, Vice President, UCANR…
(2022-03-29). Tuesday 4/5: Webinar: Putting Racial Equity at the Heart of Mental Well-Being. indybay.org Virtual event! Link to event will be sent to all registrants before the event.