Anonymous349 (2022-03-19). Russia Launches Hypersonic Missile On Military Facility In Ukraine. Clashes Reach Center Of Mariupol. southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | On March 19, the Russian Defense Ministry revealed that it has used its hypersonic missile systems to strike targets in Ukraine. | According to the statement, on March 18, a strike with the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system destroyed a large underground storage facility for missiles and aviation ammunition of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Delyatin, Ivano-Frankivsk Region. | At the same time, Russian forces used the Bastion coastal missile system to strike and destroy radio surveil…

Labor Video Project (2022-03-18). "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.

WorkWeek (2022-03-18). 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…

WSWS (2022-03-18). The issue in the US West Coast dockworkers contract. wsws.org As the July 21 contract deadline for 20,000 US West Coast dockworkers approaches, the Biden administration and shippers are plotting with the West Coast longshore union to block any strike action by workers in defense of living standards and working conditions.

WSWS (2022-03-18). The issues at stake in the US West Coast dockworkers contract. wsws.org As the July 1 contract deadline for 20,000 US West Coast dockworkers approaches, the Biden administration and shippers are plotting with the West Coast longshore union to block any strike action by workers in defense of living standards and working conditions.

WSWS (2022-03-18). P&O Ferries sack 800 workers on-the-spot in class war offensive. wsws.org P&O had a scab workforce of agency workers waiting at docksides in uniform ready to board the ferries. It mobilised private security guards to remove sacked crews from its ships.

WSWS (2022-03-18). CP Rail issues 72-hour lockout notice for 3,000 railway workers. wsws.org With its lockout threat, CP Rail management is seeking to rally big business across North America and the state behind its drive to impose yet another round of concessions and speed-up on railroad workers.

WSWS (2022-03-18). French CGT union backs NATO imperialism in Russian-Ukrainian war. wsws.org Waging the necessarily international struggle against war, in France and elsewhere, requires mobilizing workers independently of the trade unions.

WSWS (2022-03-18). The questions confronting Amazon workers in New York amid upcoming union vote. wsws.org In the midst of an escalating war crisis and attacks on workers, critical questions of political perspective and the role of the unions must be seriously examined.

_____ (2022-03-18). EAEU Countries Develop and Strengthen Cooperation. journal-neo.org The Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) is celebrating its tenth anniversary this year. Launched on February 2, 2012, it has become the permanent regulatory body of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). The main purpose of the Eurasian Economic Commission is to ensure the conditions for the functioning and development of the EAEU and to draw up …

WSWS (2022-03-18). Spain mobilises 23,000 police in bid to crush nationwide truckers strike. wsws.org The truckers have been on an indefinite nationwide strike since Monday, protesting rising fuel prices amid the NATO war drive targeting Russia.

Nayvin Gordon (2022-03-18). Albert Einstein and the Billionaire Dogs of War. indybay.org Einstein, Today, War and Capitalism…

Dickie Haskell (2022-03-18). 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…

Peoples Dispatch (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 A 36-page rep…

_____ (2022-03-17). 'We Got Your Back': Student Protest In Solidarity With Teachers' Strike. popularresistance.org Dozens of Minneapolis public school students organized a march and a sit-in to stand in solidarity with public school educators who entered their second week on strike. | The students gathered at North High School and many held homemade signs, as well as some of the union signs speaking about the need for smaller class sizes, hiring more BIPOC teachers, and more. The action had been called the night before — a rally called at 5 p.m. for an action at 11: 30 a.m. A student walkout in solidarity with teachers had been called and then canceled before the strike began. "We just had to do something for our teacher…

deweylaura (2022-03-17). Dorothy Burnham, civil rights activist. cpusa.org The Amsterdam News published an article on Dorothy Burnham, an African American activist who turns 107 years old on March 22. Dorothy was a long-time member of the Communist Party, which goes unmentioned in the article. Dorothy's radicalism may have begun while a microbiology major at Brooklyn College, when she met students and teachers …

ecns.cn (2022-03-17). Jilin illustrator inspired by medical workers' pandemic fight. ecns.cn Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, she has created multiple popular flip illustrations to encourage medical workers.

Sara Flounders (2022-03-17). U.S. threatens nuclear war or sanctions. workers.org People line up to withdraw U.S. dollars and euros from an ATM in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Feb. 25. A seismic shift is sending shock waves through the global economy. The well-established capitalist disorder, dominated by U.S. imperialism and in place since World War II, is on shaky ground. Extreme . . . |

Elle Taylor (2022-03-17). Starbucks workers in Colorado walk out, demand union, better working conditions. liberationnews.org he walkout was part of a one-day Unfair Labor Practices strike by the workers, who are seeking the union representation of Workers United.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

C.J. Polychroniou (2022-03-17). We Need to Build a Labor Movement That's Willing to Break the Law. truthout.org The United States has one of the lowest levels of unionization among developed countries, with less than 11 percent of total workers being members of a union. In Sweden, on the other hand, over 66 of the labor force is unionized; in Belgium,

Morning Star (2022-03-17). British ferry operator P&O fires 800 workers without notice. peoplesdispatch.org Unions across the UK have slammed "one of the most shameful acts" in British industrial history today as P&O ferries were reportedly evicting staff from vessels in handcuffs after 800 workers were fired without notice. | The unions representing P&O workers, Nautilus International and the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT), had instructed their shocked members to remain on board and said many refused to leave their ships in protest after they appeared to have been told about the sudden redundancies on a video call. According to RMT, the company seeks to replace the staff with cheaper agen…

WSWS (2022-03-17). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Fuel prices rise due to war in Ukraine triggering workers' protests in Italy, Czech Republic, Turkey, Cyprus and France; South African Clover workers stoppage enters week 16 as gold miners continue stoppage at Sibanye-Stillwater, both face union sabotage; protests in southern Iraq over food prices as cost of sunflower oil and wheat from Ukraine rise due to war…

Sharon Zhang (2022-03-17). Sanders Pans Jeff Bezos as Amazon Workers Walk Out Over Low Pay. truthout.org After The

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

ecns.cn (2022-03-17). Netizens give thumbs up to anti-epidemic measures in rural China. ecns.cn A series of photos showing a medical worker collecting nucleic acid samples in a village have recently gone viral on Chinese social platforms, winning praise from netizens.

Betsey Piette (2022-03-17). U.S. racist hypocrisy on refugee crisis. workers.org Black immigrants in Ukraine. The disparate and often racist treatment of refugees of war is starkly apparent as the crisis unfolds in Ukraine. With 24/7 coverage, Western media has not missed an opportunity to garner sympathy for the nearly 2 million disproportionately white Ukrainians currently fleeing the war. No one . . . |

Mark Gruenberg (2022-03-17). Money bill tells labor enforcement agencies to work against corporate abusers. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The $1.5 trillion federal money bill for the whole government, running at that rate through September 30, gives the National Labor Relations Board and other worker enforcement agencies more cash and often more staff. And as if that wasn't enough to help the feds crackdown on corporate crooks—though lawmakers didn't use those words—the House Appropriations …

WSWS (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.

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-03-17). Tuesday 3/22: "How Marxists Think" – Online Reading & Discussion Group. indybay.org Online via Zoom | To register: bit.ly/RevSheWrote…

Manlio Dinucci (2022-03-17). Bombshell: Ukraine: NATO in the Constitution. globalresearch.ca The initiative for having introduced into the Ukrainian Constitution the commitment enter officially into NATO goes to Parliamentary President Andriy Parubiy. Co-founder in 1991 of the Ukrainian National-Socialist Party, on the model of Adolf Hitler's National-Socialist Party.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-17). Peruvian President Pedro Castillo rejects latest attacks from opposition. peoplesdispatch.org On March 15, Peruvian President Pedro Castillo went to the Congress to give an address, a day after legislators voted to begin impeachment proceedings against him. In an hour-long speech, after presenting his administration's achievements during his less than eight months in office, and sharing plans for the future, the socialist president categorically rejected the opposition's accusations of alleged corruption. | Castillo strongly denied involvement in corruption or that he favored private interests, and claimed that his government had been targeted by the media and political sectors who seek to mislead the Per…

WSWS (2022-03-17). Nationalist frenzy mounts to seize art of Russia's Morozov Collection on exhibit in Paris. wsws.org The exhibit revives the profound, imperishable link established between Russian and European culture as they flowered in the decades before the 1917 October Revolution.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-17). Airport security staff across Germany go on strike demanding wage hike. peoplesdispatch.org Security staff at various airports across Germany, under the leadership of the Verdi union, are demanding a general increase in hourly wages along with pay parity in different sectors of work…

Berry Craig (2022-03-17). Union members nationwide rally to Kentucky brothers and sisters hit by tornadoes. peoplesworld.org Think "solidarity," that old union byword, is just an empty phrase these days? Think again. Better yet, talk to Tim Morris, executive director of the Greater Louisville Central Labor Council, and to Liles Taylor, Kentucky State AFL-CIO political coordinator. They'll clue you in about scores of union members from coast to coast who have donated …

WSWS (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.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-17). 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…

ecns.cn (2022-03-17). 2 killed, 92 injured after magnitude-7.4 quake strikes northeastern Japan. ecns.cn Two people were killed and 92 others injured after a strong earthquake hit northeastern Japan late Wednesday night, police and fire authorities said Thursday.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-17). Tunisian journalists plan mass general strike against government repression and for media reforms. peoplesdispatch.org Journalists have accused the government headed by president Kais Saied of trying to weaken the press in the country and drastically reduce the freedom of the press by systematically bringing it under government control…

Anonymous103 (2022-03-17). Military Situation In Yemen On March 17, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 113 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours | On March 16, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 4 airstrikes on the Haradh district | On March 16, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 4 airstrikes on the Jubah district | On March 16, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 2 airstrikes on the Abs district | On March 16, warplanes of the Saudi-led…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-17). Strike force completes first of dual NATO war games in Norway. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Command OperationsMarch 17, 2022 NATO exercise Brilliant Jump 22 concludes in Norway Exercise Brilliant Jump 22, an annual deployment exercise of the NATO Response Force (NRF), wrapped up in southern Norway on Thursday, Mar. 17, 2022 following over two weeks of intense training. Naval, air and land forces from 12 NATO nations, including approximately …

_____ (2022-03-17). How Neo-Nazis Are Pushing To 'Ukrainize' Brazil. popularresistance.org Sà£o Paulo, Brazil — During the last two weeks, a small group of Brazilian bolsonaristas became social media celebrities as they crossed the border into Ukraine to fight against Russia — posing with assault rifles on Instagram, reciting prayers to the special forces, and sharing video monologues praising the brotherhood of people from around the world who had gathered in a training base near the Ukrainian city of Lviv to kill Russian "communists." The group's inexperience was demonstrated by the fact that most of their social media posts included their geo-location information. | This all change…

teleSUR, DRL, JDO (2022-03-17). Rusia denuncia actividades biológicas de EE.UU. en Ucrania. telesurtv.net Según Moscú, el Departamento de Defensa de EE.UU. estaría implicado en la producción de armas biológicas en Ucrania.

teleSUR, JDO (2022-03-17). Trabajadores panameños se movilizan por mejoras salariales. telesurtv.net Exigen la rebaja de la canasta básica y servicios vitales, la firma de convenios laborales y otras reivindicaciones.

teleSUR, JDO (2022-03-17). Transportistas de Haití en paro contra secuestros e inseguridad. telesurtv.net Detenida la transportación en el sur del país. Exigen al Estado que proteja a transportistas y pasajeros.

teleSUR, DRL, JDO (2022-03-17). Hallan cuatro fallecidos tras alud en serranía peruana. telesurtv.net El presidente Pedro Castillo anunció la declaración del estado de emergencia tras supervisar las labores de rescate.

Our Reporter (2022-03-17). Opposition in Parliament, NUP boss petition US department secretary on human rights. plusnews.ug The Opposition in Parliament has petitioned the United States Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labour, Lisa Petersen on the state of human rights in Uganda. Petersen, the US Ambassador to Uganda Natalie E. Brown and other officials on Thursday held a private meeting at Parliament with the Leader of Opposition, Mathias Mpuuga and …

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WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-03-17). Tuesday 3/22: "How Marxists Think" – Online Reading & Discussion Group. indybay.org Online via Zoom | To register: bit.ly/RevSheWrote…

WSWS (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.

Peoples Dispatch (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…

WSWS (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.

Nayvin Gordon (2022-03-17). ALBERT EINSTEIN AND THE BILLIONAIRE DOGS OF WAR. indybay.org Einstein, Today, War and Capitalism…

Labor Video Project (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.

Dickie Haskell (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…

WSWS (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.

Mark Gruenberg (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 …

Peoples Dispatch (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…

WSWS (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.

Larry Holmes (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…

Editor (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 . . . |

WSWS (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.

Tom Conway (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.

WSWS (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.

JANET (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…

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

Landless Rural Workers' Movement (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…

WSWS (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.

Katherine Woolf, Mayuri Gogoi, Christopher A. Martin, Padmasayee Papineni, Susie Lagrata, Laura B. Nellums, I.Chris McManus, Anna L. Guyatt, Carl Melbourne, Luke Bryant, Amit Gupta, Catherine John, Sue Carr, Martin D. Tobin, Sandra Simpson, Bindu Gregary, Avinash Aujayeb, Stephen Zingwe, Rubina Reza, Laura J. Gray, Kamlesh Khunti, Manish Pareek, UK-REACH Study Collaborative Group (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.

Kahlil Wall-Johnson (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…

Editor (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.

Rick Rozoff (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 …

WSWS (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 …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (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…

Fight Back (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…

WSWS (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.

W. T. Whitney Jr. (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 …

Rick Rozoff (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…

Margaret Kimberley (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…

Kevin Mwanza (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 …

WSWS (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.

teleSUR, JDO (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.

JANET (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…

WSWS (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.

Staff (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 …

Staff (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 …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (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…

Peoples Dispatch (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…

WSWS (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.

Tom Conway (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-03-16). Tuesday 3/22: "How Marxists Think" – Online Reading & Discussion Group. indybay.org Online via Zoom | To register: bit.ly/RevSheWrote…

WSWS (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.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (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…

Fight Back (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…

W. T. Whitney Jr. (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 …

Nayvin Gordon (2022-03-16). ALBERT EINSTEIN AND THE BILLIONAIRE DOGS OF WAR. indybay.org Einstein, Today, War and Capitalism…

Mark Gruenberg (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 …

Labor Video Project (2022-03-16). "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.

WSWS (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.

SF015 (2022-03-16). Mass Grave In Mariupol. Who May Buried There And Why. southfront.org An official representative of the DPR said at an urgent briefing on the morning of 16 March that information had been received from various sources that another falsification had been carried out by the Ukrainian leadership in the city of Mariupol. | This time, the office of the Ukrainian President set the task for the Ukrainian armed forces' command to discredit the actions of the Russian forces by showing the Western public the mass graves of civilians allegedly killed as a result of artillery shellin…

Human Rights Watch (2022-03-16). Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution of 81 Men: Rampant Abuses in Criminal Justice System, lack of Fair Trials. juancole.com Human Rights Watch — (Beirut) — Saudi authorities' execution of 81 men on March 12, 2022 was its largest mass execution in years despite recent promises to curtail its use of the death penalty, Human Rights Watch said today. Rampant and systemic abuses in Saudi Arabia's criminal justice system suggest it is highly unlikely that …

Ramona Wadi (2022-03-16). Not all Refugees are Equal: Plight of Palestinians Displaced by Israel Worsening. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Financial support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is dwindling, despite the renewed mandates and financial contribution pledges by world leaders. "The almost unanimous political support expressed by the UN General Assembly to the Agency is not translated into matching financial resources," UNRWA's Commissioner-General, …

Juan Cole (2022-03-16). Top 7 Ways Iran evaded US Sanctions that Putin could Follow. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The sorts of sanctions and boycotts the United States and its allies are placing on Russia resemble those applied by Washington to Iran off and on in the past decade, though so far the measures in place against Tehran are still far more severe than what has been done to …

Staff (2022-03-15). The Amarneh Family: Palestinians resisting Israeli imprisonment and Palestinian Authority "security coordination" samidoun.net For the Amarneh family of Yabad, southwest of Jenin, involvement in the Palestinian struggle for liberation is a part of life — as is political imprisonment in Israeli occupation prisons. However, the Amarnehs, like many Palestinians resisting Zionist colonialism, apartheid and occupation, face not only the direct colonial imprisonment of the occupation forces but also …

Jolie Huang (2022-03-15). Manhattan workers vote to become the first unionized REI store. liberationnews.org An overwhelming majority of REI Co-op SoHo workers voted to join the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union. 86% of the workers who cast ballots voted yes to unionizing.

Dana Sanchez (2022-03-15). Amazon: We're Moving 1,800 Employees Out Of Downtown Seattle Due To Crime Wave. moguldom.com Amazon plans to move 1,800 workers out of downtown Seattle offices because of violent crime in the area, which has been rising after the city council voted to defund the police budget by $36 million since 2019. Homicides have risen during the pandemic, up 49 percent in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the …

ecns.cn (2022-03-15). HK virus fight gets boost from mainland. ecns.cn Hong Kong will welcome 375 medical personnel and 240 elderly care workers from the Chinese mainland this week as part of efforts to recalibrate its strained resources to reduce COVID-19 deaths, severe cases and infections.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-03-15). Minn. teacher, now a parent: 'This strike reverberates beyond Minneapolis'. peoplesworld.org MINNEAPOLIS—For Rebecca Pera, a former Twin Cities-area teacher, now parent of a 14-year-old city middle school student, the Minneapolis teachers' and support staffers' strike, whose picket line she joined when the workers were forced to walk out in early March, "reverberates far beyond Minneapolis." And that's not just her opinion, that's her ex-colleagues, the other …

WSWS (2022-03-15). Oil refinery workers oppose USW sellout contract. wsws.org Workers in touch with the WSWS express a growing opposition to the union's effort to beat down workers' resistance.

ecns.cn (2022-03-15). 75 Guangdong medical workers leave for Hong Kong. ecns.cn A 75-member delegation of medical workers from south China's Guangdong Province left for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Monday at the request of the SAR government to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

Michael Sainato (2022-03-15). More than 1,000 Hershey's Workers Vote on Plan to Unionize. zcomm.org The Pennsylvania-based candy brand has hired union-busting consultants as workers fight for better pay and conditions…

WSWS (2022-03-15). Nuclear expert speaks on the dangers of war between the US and Russia. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site five years ago interviewed Greg Mello, an expert on the dangers of nuclear war. Today we are republishing that interview.

deweylaura (2022-03-15). Helen Winter, CPUSA leader, labor and peace activist. cpusa.org In 1908, as the first decade of the 20th century was coming to a close, Helen Winter was born in Seattle, Washington. Her parents, Alfred Wagenknecht and Hortense Allison, as leaders of the Washington State Socialist Party, no doubt hoped that their daughters would grow up to understand and fully participate in the ongoing …

_____ (2022-03-15). Iran Unleashes its Fury against US and Israel in Retaliation for Provocations. journal-neo.org Endless provocations and subversive actions of the US and Israel against Iran lead to the Iranian people getting increasingly bitter towards the two countries and their representatives. Following the blatant US assassination operation against Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) special forces, killed on the night of January 3, 2020 …

Editor (2022-03-15). Crimean War wasn't "collective security" mronline.org Eric Lee's latest column (2 March) contains the occasionally repeated claim that Marx supported the Anglo-French forces in the Crimean War (1853-6).

Joris Leverink (2022-03-15). Women and labor: key struggles in the MENA region. roarmag.org Woman holding signs against gender violence at a protest to denounce violence against women in Tunis, Tunisia. November 30, 2019. Photo: Mohamed Krit / Shutterstock. | This essay is published in collaboration with Public Services International | | How do women and gender equality measures advance in a context of conflict, climate change, high unemployment, low labor force participation, limited democratization and a pandemic? These are challenges facing the Arab region as many citizens, women's rights organizations, some governments and external…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-15). Venezuela Defines Conditions for Sale of Oil to US. orinocotribune.com 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. | Venezuela's position was reiterated by its Minister for Foreign Affairs, Félix Plasencia, within the framework of the Antalya Diplomatic Forum, in the Republic of Turkey. This international meeting of diplomats coincides with the energy crisis facing North America and Europe, due to the economic blockade they…

Editor (2022-03-15). Many Africans reject Washington's position on Ukraine crisis. mronline.org HALF OF THE COUNTRIES ABSTAINING FROM THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION CONDEMNING MOSCOW WERE AFRICAN UNION MEMBER STATES…

teleSUR, lvm, JL (2022-03-15). Gobierno mexicano sostuvo reunión con secretario estadounidense. telesurtv.net El ministro Ebrard además de calificar la visita como cordial, remarcó que entre los varios tópicos discutidos, se encuentra el tema de "la frontera norte.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-15). Say Hello to Russian Gold and Chinese Petroyuan. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Russia says half its gold assets were frozen — is this for real or a slick play by Moscow? Photo Credit: The Cradle The Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union and China just agreed to design the mechanism for an independent financial and monetary system that would bypass dollar transactions. It was a long time coming,…

Eric Zuesse (2022-03-15). Who actually CAUSED this war in Ukraine? moderndiplomacy.eu On 24 February 1990, U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush secretly informed German Chancellor Helmut Kohl at Camp David, that though Bush and all of his agents such as Secretary of State James Baker had verbally promised the Soviet Union's leader Mikhail Gorbachev that (as Baker put it) NATO would not expand "one inch to …

Joe DeManuelle-Hall (2022-03-15). Texas Union Activists Fight 'Microtransit' Privatization. zcomm.org When "microtransit," the new rage in transit privatization, showed up in Denton, Texas, union activists decided to fight back…

SF015 (2022-03-15). Massive Russian Air And Artillery Strikes On The Night And Morning Of March 15. southfront.org Russian aviation and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces and the DPR and LPR actively attacked various Ukrainian military infrastructure facilities and different AFU positions throughout the night and morning of March 15. | The Russian command finally switched to the tactic of massive artillery shelling before the troops moved forward. | In a number of cases, fire was opened at residential buildings where Ukrainian military firing positions reportedly were detected inside. | Multistory buildings in Kiev were damaged as a result. |

Matt Sedlar (2022-03-15). Navigating Alternate Realities. cepr.net NACLA | Reading Herman and Chomsky's Manufacturing Consent as an undergrad had not prepared me for what I saw during my first trip to Venezuela. My Venezuelan friends had warned me that the mainstream media depiction of the country under Hugo Chávez grossly misrepresented the facts on the ground, but as I watched national television channels and CNN on the night of April 11, 2002, I still couldn't believe my eyes. | I'd been in Caracas for barely 48 hours. The previous day—day two of the "general strike" called by…

WSWS (2022-03-15). Spanish truckers mount nationwide strike against rising fuel prices. wsws.org As strikes spread in Italy, Morocco and beyond, an international movement is emerging against the rise in prices now accelerated by NATO-EU sanctions against Russia.

SF015 (2022-03-15). Military Situation In Yemen On March 14, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 165 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours | On March 14, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 6 airstrikes on the Haradh district | On March 14, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 3 airstrikes on the Midi district | On March 14, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 4 airstrikes on the Jubah district | On March 14, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 5 airstrikes on the Wadi district | On March 14, Ansar Allah captured several villages west of Haradh district | Ans…

WSWS (2022-03-15). Nation magazine, DSA seek to channel Minneapolis teachers strike behind Democratic Party. wsws.org With the eruption of the Minneapolis educators strike, a number of self-described "left" publications have published articles which attempt to present the struggle primarily in racial terms and provide cover for the Democratic Party.

WSWS (2022-03-15). Baseball lockout ends with agreement failing to resolve players' demands. wsws.org This agreement marks the end of a 99-day lockout that began with the expiration of the previous CBA on December 1, 2021, and became the second longest work stoppage in baseball history, behind only the 1994-95 players' strike.

_____ (2022-03-15). Waltzing Toward Armageddon With The Merchants Of Death. popularresistance.org The Cold War, from 1945 to 1989, was a wild Bacchanalia for arms manufacturers, the Pentagon, the CIA, the diplomats who played one country off another on the world's chess board, and the global corporations able to loot and pillage by equating predatory capitalism with freedom. In the name of national security, the Cold Warriors, many of them self-identified liberals, demonized labor, independent media, human rights organizations, and those who opposed the permanent war economy and the militarization of American society as soft on communism. | That is why they have resurrected it. | The decision to spurn the pos…

Dana Sanchez (2022-03-15). Moody's Analytics: Inflation Is Costing Average U.S. Household $300 A Month. moguldom.com U.S. households are spending $296 more a month compared to a year ago, and low-income households are feeling it worse than others. Consumer prices rose 7.9 percent in February, year over year, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. As inflation keeps rising, household costs will keep rising, according to a February report from economists at Moody's Analytics. …

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-15). Venezuela Defines Conditions for Sale of Oil to US. orinocotribune.com 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. | Venezuela's position was reiterated by its Minister for Foreign Affairs, Félix Plasencia, within the framework of the Antalya Diplomatic Forum, in the Republic of Turkey. This international meeting of diplomats coincides with the energy crisis facing North America and Europe, due to the economic blockade they…

Staff (2022-03-15). The Amarneh Family: Palestinians resisting Israeli imprisonment and Palestinian Authority "security coordination" samidoun.net For the Amarneh family of Yabad, southwest of Jenin, involvement in the Palestinian struggle for liberation is a part of life — as is political imprisonment in Israeli occupation prisons. However, the Amarnehs, like many Palestinians resisting Zionist colonialism, apartheid and occupation, face not only the direct colonial imprisonment of the occupation forces but also …

ecns.cn (2022-03-15). HK virus fight gets boost from mainland. ecns.cn Hong Kong will welcome 375 medical personnel and 240 elderly care workers from the Chinese mainland this week as part of efforts to recalibrate its strained resources to reduce COVID-19 deaths, severe cases and infections.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-03-15). Minn. teacher, now a parent: 'This strike reverberates beyond Minneapolis'. peoplesworld.org MINNEAPOLIS—For Rebecca Pera, a former Twin Cities-area teacher, now parent of a 14-year-old city middle school student, the Minneapolis teachers' and support staffers' strike, whose picket line she joined when the workers were forced to walk out in early March, "reverberates far beyond Minneapolis." And that's not just her opinion, that's her ex-colleagues, the other …

ecns.cn (2022-03-15). 75 Guangdong medical workers leave for Hong Kong. ecns.cn A 75-member delegation of medical workers from south China's Guangdong Province left for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Monday at the request of the SAR government to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

WSWS (2022-03-15). Oil refinery workers oppose USW sellout contract. wsws.org Workers in touch with the WSWS express a growing opposition to the union's effort to beat down workers' resistance.

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-03-15). Tuesday 3/22: "How Marxists Think" – Online Reading & Discussion Group. indybay.org Online via Zoom | To register: bit.ly/RevSheWrote…

deweylaura (2022-03-15). Helen Winter, CPUSA leader, labor and peace activist. cpusa.org In 1908, as the first decade of the 20th century was coming to a close, Helen Winter was born in Seattle, Washington. Her parents, Alfred Wagenknecht and Hortense Allison, as leaders of the Washington State Socialist Party, no doubt hoped that their daughters would grow up to understand and fully participate in the ongoing …

WSWS (2022-03-15). Nuclear expert speaks on the dangers of war between the US and Russia. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site five years ago interviewed Greg Mello, an expert on the dangers of nuclear war. Today we are republishing that interview.

teleSUR, lvm, JL (2022-03-15). Gobierno mexicano sostuvo reunión con secretario estadounidense. telesurtv.net El ministro Ebrard además de calificar la visita como cordial, remarcó que entre los varios tópicos discutidos, se encuentra el tema de "la frontera norte.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-15). 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…

SF015 (2022-03-15). Massive Russian Air And Artillery Strikes On The Night And Morning Of March 15. southfront.org Russian aviation and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces and the DPR and LPR actively attacked various Ukrainian military infrastructure facilities and different AFU positions throughout the night and morning of March 15. | The Russian command finally switched to the tactic of massive artillery shelling before the troops moved forward. | In a number of cases, fire was opened at residential buildings where Ukrainian military firing positions reportedly were detected inside. | Multistory buildings in Kiev were damaged as a result. |

WSWS (2022-03-15). Nation magazine, DSA seek to channel Minneapolis teachers strike behind Democratic Party. wsws.org With the eruption of the Minneapolis educators strike, a number of self-described "left" publications have published articles which attempt to present the struggle primarily in racial terms and provide cover for the Democratic Party.

WSWS (2022-03-15). Spanish truckers mount nationwide strike against rising fuel prices. wsws.org As strikes spread in Italy, Morocco and beyond, an international movement is emerging against the rise in prices now accelerated by NATO-EU sanctions against Russia.

WSWS (2022-03-15). Baseball lockout ends with agreement failing to resolve players' demands. wsws.org This agreement marks the end of a 99-day lockout that began with the expiration of the previous CBA on December 1, 2021, and became the second longest work stoppage in baseball history, behind only the 1994-95 players' strike.

Nayvin Gordon (2022-03-15). ALBERT EINSTEIN AND THE BILLIONAIRE DOGS OF WAR. indybay.org Einstein, Today, War and Capitalism…

Labor Video Project (2022-03-15). "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.

WSWS (2022-03-15). Australia: No charges for deadly explosion at Anglo American's Grosvenor mine. wsws.org The Queensland Labor government's Workplace Health and Safety Prosecutor has confirmed no charge will be laid against Anglo American over the Grosvenor mine disaster.

Staff (2022-03-15). Encuentran el cuerpo sin vida del niño desaparecido en Los Palacios. cubadebate.cu Desde horas de la tarde de ayer, Fuerzas del Cuerpo de Bomberos en Pinar del Río, que realizaban junto al MININT, vecinos del lugar y las autoridades del Partido y el Gobierno del municipio de Los Palacios realizaban labores de búsqueda del menor Yadiel González Macias, de 11 años de edad. Fue encontrado el cadáver del infante a 12 metros de la orilla.

Staff (2022-03-15). Con Patria y Martí contra el colonialismo mental del siglo XXI. cubadebate.cu Casi puede sentirse aquí, como un eco de nuestra historia, la emoción de José Martí, al anochecer del sábado 14 de marzo de 1892, cuando tuvo entre sus manos, manchadas por la tinta fresca, y el calor del impreso regocijándole el alma, el primer número del periódico "Patria". Era tanta su fe y la del equipo que le acompañó en el parto de aquel hijo pródigo de ideas para la revolución, que nadie se retiraba o descansaba hasta que los paquetes nos estaban listos para la distribución…

Zahra Mirzafarjouyan (2022-03-15). US announces sanctions against 11 Russian defense officials. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) — The US announced the imposition of sanctions again 11 high-ranking representatives of the Russian forces and military-industrial complex Monday.

ecns.cn (2022-03-15). China's industrial output up 7.5 pct in first two months. ecns.cn China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 7.5 percent year on year in the first two months of this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

Vijay Prashad (2022-03-14). The life of a great Marxist: Aijaz Ahmad (1941-2022). mronline.org Aijaz Ahmad (1941-2022) died at home on March 9, surrounded by his books and papers, and by the warmth of his children and his friends.

WSWS (2022-03-14). Expand the Minneapolis educators strike! Mobilize the working class for higher wages and against war and the pandemic! wsws.org The walkout in Minneapolis, the most significant development in the class struggle in the United States currently underway, raises issues of crucial importance for workers everywhere.

WSWS (2022-03-14). Oppose the New Zealand government's criminal policy of mass infection. The working class must fight to eliminate COVID-19! wsws.org The Labour Party-led government has allowed COVID to spread across the country, leading to one of the highest infection rates in the world. Only the intervention of the working class can stop the virus and save lives.

Richie Merino (2022-03-14). Russia and China demand investigation into Pentagon-funded 'biolabs' In Ukraine. workers.org 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 . . . |

Joe Piette (2022-03-14). Philly protest: Biden ‚àí carry out your immigration promises! workers.org Migrant groups protested outside President Joe Biden's meeting with Democratic Party officials in Philadelphia on March 11. About 75 people came out on short notice to criticize Biden and the Democratic Party for failing to act on immigration reform that could legalize 11 million migrants and refugees in the U.S. . . . |

Editor (2022-03-14). Translating 'No fly zone'. workers.org How to translate the slogan "No fly zone!" as some Congress members have applied to the Ukraine crisis into understandable English from Washingtonese? Another set of three one-syllable words hits home: "World War III." Republican Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, among others in Congress, have . . . |

Editor (2022-03-14). Luchar contra la xenofobia, una forma de guerra. workers.org El conflicto instigado por Estados Unidos y la OTAN en Ucrania tiene sus raíces en la búsqueda de saquear y sacar provecho de la vasta riqueza de Rusia en gas natural y petróleo. Este ha sido un pilar importante de la búsqueda del imperialismo estadounidense para reconstruir su imperio global . . . |

isabella (2022-03-14). Stopping Traffic to Fund Excluded Workers. inequality.org

Betsey Piette (2022-03-14). El Sur Global rechaza la agresión de EE. UU. y la OTAN. workers.org Mientras EE. UU. y la OTAN trabajan para avanzar en su guerra contra Rusia que ahora estalla en Ucrania, muchos países, que han experimentado la agresión imperialista —por parte de EE. UU., Francia, Gran Bretaña y otros miembros de la OTAN— están alzando la voz. Denuncian el impacto de las . . . |

Sharon Zhang (2022-03-14). Starbucks Union Files Complaint Saying Company Is Cutting Hours to Union Bust. truthout.org The union representing Starbucks workers across the country has filed a complaint with the federal labor board, saying that the company has been In the unfair labor practice charge, Starbucks Workers United says that in cutting hours, the company is financially punishing organizers or pr…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-03-14). Court settlement gives 3,207 VA workers millions in back pay. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON —In a case that ran for almost a decade, 3,207 Department of Veterans Affairs advanced practice registered nurses and physicians assistants will share almost $100 million in back pay to compensate for years of "induced," and unpaid, overtime. U.S. Court of Claims Chief Judge Elaine Kaplan approved the $160 million class action case settlement …

ecns.cn (2022-03-14). Mainland medical workers to arrive in HK. ecns.cn A delegation of 75 medical workers from the Chinese mainland will arrive in Hong Kong on Monday to help take care of COVID-patients at the city's already-strained public hospitals, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said.

WSWS (2022-03-14). Australian governments ending all "close contact" rules as COVID infections increase. wsws.org As the more transmissible and lethal BA.2 variant takes hold, Australia's governments are seeking to ensure there are no workplace shortages, including by forcing ill workers to remain on the job.

Staff (2022-03-14). La Industria 4.0 y el socialismo. cubadebate.cu Las formas concretas de gestión cambian, pero el protagonismo de las empresas estatales socialistas no debe cambiar. En el contexto empresarial cubano tenemos hoy más herramientas que las que teníamos en los años 80s. Crear un contexto jurídico facilitador es condición necesaria (y se está haciendo), pero no es condición suficiente. Nuevas empresas tendrán que surgir, tecnológicamente diversas, y cada una tendrá que diseñar su camino hacia la rentabilidad.

_____ (2022-03-14). Censored Reports From Donbass Make Clear Ukraine Started The War. popularresistance.org Censored reports from the Donbass in Eastern Ukraine, however, make clear that the war was started eight years ago by Ukraine—after its legitimate government was overthrown in a U.S.-backed coup (known as the Maidan revolution), and the Donetsk and Luhansk provinces voted to secede. | Patrick Lancaster is an American video-journalist and U.S. Navy veteran fluent in Russian who has reported from the Donbass since 2014. | His latest video posted on March 10 shows how people living on the edge of Donetsk, one kilometer from the Ukrainian position in Peski, have been subjected to constant shelling by the Ukrain…

_____ (2022-03-14). Venezuela: Eyewitness Report Day Three Of The PSUV Fifth Congress. popularresistance.org Caracas, Venezuela – Day three of the PSUV 5th Congress began on March 8, with thousands filling the large auditorium again as Afro-Venezuelan dancers took to the stage and Caribbean coast music filled the air. The Chavista delegates smiled and swayed to the steady rhythm of folkloric songs about the Bolivarian Revolution. PSUV militants came prepared to listen to speeches and consider the changing conditions and forces in motion, explanations of errors, questions about how to achieve new goals, and implementation of the Three R's: Resistance, Rebirth, and Revolution. | Luis Brito Garcia, a professor, spoke on et…

Staff (2022-03-14). VIDEO: Aftermath of targeted Mossad headquarters by IRGC. en.mehrnews.com Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Sunday targeted the Israeli centers in Erbil with precision-guided missiles.

Yuliy Dubovyk (2022-03-14). Ukrainian leftist criticizes Western war drive with Russia: US is using Ukraine as 'cannon fodder'. multipolarista.com A left-wing peace activist raised in Ukraine explains how the US government created the crisis, backing two coups in a decade, fueling a devastating civil war, and exploiting his nation as a proxy against Russia.

teleSUR, NA, JGN (2022-03-14). Cinco ideas de Karl Marx que siguen vigentes. telesurtv.net Desde la ley de la plusvalía hasta la alienación en el trabajo son hitos de la obra marxista que han persistido a lo largo del tiempo. Marx nació el 5 de mayo de 1818 y falleció el 14 de marzo de 1883.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-14). Cleaners at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London win NHS contracts. peoplesdispatch.org Under the leadership of the union United Voices of the World, different sections of the staff at the Great Ormond Street Hospital in London have intensified campaigns to demand equal rights and dignity…

deweylaura (2022-03-14). The role of Communists in union organizing. cpusa.org Decades of wage stagnation, little to no benefits, work weeks well above 40 hours, increasing housing costs, drastically declining standards of living, and plummeting life expectancy rates have all led working people across the United States to rethink having a union at their workplaces. Two years of the pandemic have woken up millions of …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-14). Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey back each other in wars in former Soviet Union. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyMarch 12, 2022 Azerbaijani FM: "Azerbaijan-Turkiye-Georgia cooperation format is exemplary for several countries" "Azerbaijan and Georgia have friendly, good-neighborly and centuries-old relations," Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov within the framework of Antalya Diplomacy Forum to Azerbaijani and Georgian journalists, APA's Turkiye bureau reports. *** "Today, the South Caucasus region and our wider geography …

Liberation Staff (2022-03-14). Why we should oppose a 'no-fly zone' over Ukraine (downloadable brochure for mass distribution). liberationnews.org The Party for Socialism and Liberation is distributing this brochure across the country to combat the pro-war frenzy being promoted by the media and ruling class politicians…

_____ (2022-03-14). Western Rush To Ban Everything Russian Smacks Of Totalitarianism. popularresistance.org Western Russophobic hysteria is now in full force. German political culture, heir of the most totalitarian system the world has ever known, has led to the recent firing of a Russian orchestra conductor who refused to condemn Moscow's military actions in Ukraine, and Russian opera singer Anna Netrebko. | As a German Jewish activist friend recently told me, this incident is not totally unrelated to the firing of German Jewish musicians in 1933 as well as German Christian musicians for refusing to support National Socialism, and that was before the 1935 Nuremberg Laws. | And a few weeks ago, Germany's state-owned De…

_____ (2022-03-14). Why The World Needs Eco-Socialism. popularresistance.org Climate change affects everyone, but it does not affect everyone the same way. It hammers a capitalist world rampant with inequality and exploitation. This is the case because capitalism neither exploits nor develops evenly. Some nation-states are centers for accumulating wealth and development. Some nation-states are peripheries, and are underdeveloped. | Development and underdevelopment are two sides of the same process: accumulation on a world scale. Climate change, in turn, is a human-made process, a product and accelerator of uneven accumulation. Because it is human-made, some states (as well as some within…

Liberation Staff (2022-03-14). Why we should oppose a "no-fly zone" over Ukraine (downloadable pamphlet). liberationnews.org The Party for Socialism and Liberation is distributing this pamphlet across the country to combat the pro-war frenzy being promoted by the media and ruling class politicians…

Anonymous103 (2022-03-14). Military Situation In Yemen On March 14, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 138 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | On March 13, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 5 airstrikes on the Haradh district; | On March 13, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 9 airstrikes on the Sarwah district; | On March 13, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted an airstrike on the Kataf area; | On March 14, clashes between Ansar A…

Liberation Staff (2022-03-14). Why we should oppose a "no-fly zone" over Ukraine (downloadable pamphlet). liberationnews.org The Party for Socialism and Liberation is distributing this pamphlet across the country to combat the pro-war frenzy being promoted by the media and ruling class politicians…

Vijay Prashad (2022-03-14). Understanding the War in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com By Vijay Prashad — Mar 9, 2022 | The war between Russia and Ukraine began much before February 24, 2022—the date provided by the Ukrainian government, NATO and the United States for the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to Dmitry Kovalevich, a journalist and a member of a now-banned communist organization in Ukraine, the war actually started in the spring of 2014 and has never stopped since. | He writes to me from the south of Kyiv/Kiev, Ukraine, and recounts an anecdote: "What's there at the front line?" asks one person. "Our troops are winning as usual!" comes the response. "Wh…

WSWS (2022-03-14). Expand the Minneapolis educators strike! Mobilize the working class for higher wages and against war and the pandemic! wsws.org The walkout in Minneapolis, the most significant development in the class struggle in the United States currently underway, raises issues of crucial importance for workers everywhere.

WSWS (2022-03-14). Oppose the New Zealand government's criminal policy of mass infection. The working class must fight to eliminate COVID-19! wsws.org The Labour Party-led government has allowed COVID to spread across the country, leading to one of the highest infection rates in the world. Only the intervention of the working class can stop the virus and save lives.

isabella (2022-03-14). Stopping Traffic to Fund Excluded Workers. inequality.org

WSWS (2022-03-14). Australian governments ending all "close contact" rules as COVID infections increase. wsws.org As the more transmissible and lethal BA.2 variant takes hold, Australia's governments are seeking to ensure there are no workplace shortages, including by forcing ill workers to remain on the job.

ecns.cn (2022-03-14). Mainland medical workers to arrive in HK. ecns.cn A delegation of 75 medical workers from the Chinese mainland will arrive in Hong Kong on Monday to help take care of COVID-patients at the city's already-strained public hospitals, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said.

Staff (2022-03-14). La Industria 4.0 y el socialismo. cubadebate.cu Las formas concretas de gestión cambian, pero el protagonismo de las empresas estatales socialistas no debe cambiar. En el contexto empresarial cubano tenemos hoy más herramientas que las que teníamos en los años 80s. Crear un contexto jurídico facilitador es condición necesaria (y se está haciendo), pero no es condición suficiente. Nuevas empresas tendrán que surgir, tecnológicamente diversas, y cada una tendrá que diseñar su camino hacia la rentabilidad.

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-03-14). Tuesday 3/22: "How Marxists Think" – Online Reading & Discussion Group. indybay.org Online via Zoom | To register: bit.ly/RevSheWrote…

Staff (2022-03-14). VIDEO: Aftermath of targeted Mossad headquarters by IRGC. en.mehrnews.com Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) on Sunday targeted the Israeli centers in Erbil with precision-guided missiles.

teleSUR, NA, JGN (2022-03-14). Cinco ideas de Karl Marx que siguen vigentes. telesurtv.net Desde la ley de la plusvalía hasta la alienación en el trabajo son hitos de la obra marxista que han persistido a lo largo del tiempo. Marx nació el 5 de mayo de 1818 y falleció el 14 de marzo de 1883.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-14). Azerbaijan, Georgia, Turkey back each other in wars in former Soviet Union. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Azeri Press AgencyMarch 12, 2022 Azerbaijani FM: "Azerbaijan-Turkiye-Georgia cooperation format is exemplary for several countries" "Azerbaijan and Georgia have friendly, good-neighborly and centuries-old relations," Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov within the framework of Antalya Diplomacy Forum to Azerbaijani and Georgian journalists, APA's Turkiye bureau reports. *** "Today, the South Caucasus region and our wider geography …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-14). 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…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-14). Norway: NATO holds strike force drills ahead of large-scale Arctic war games. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Command OperationsMarch 14, 2022 Exercise Brilliant Jump 22 — a keystone exercise for NATO's Response Force Exercise Brilliant Jump 22, currently underway in southern Norway, is the cornerstone exercise for the Rapid Reaction Corps (RRC) France as the NATO Response Force (NRF) Land Component Command (LCC) for 2022. During the exercise, RRC — France …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-14). French nuclear aircraft carrier, strike group active on NATO's eastern flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandMarch 14, 2022 French carrier aircraft support NATO mission to secure Allied airspace The French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its associated Carrier Strike Group (CSG) are contributing to air patrols with Allies over NATO's Eastern Flank, as part of its current CLEMENCEAU 22 deployment in the Mediterranean. The Charles de Gaulle …

Staff (2022-03-14). Saudi-led coalition launches airstrike on Yemen. en.mehrnews.com News sources reported Monday morning that Saudi-led coalition fighter jets have bombarded some areas in Yemen in the past few hours.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2022-03-14). Nature as a Mode of Accumulation: Capitalism and the Financialization of the Earth. transcend.org 1 Mar 2022 – From Sep-Nov 2021, overlapping with the UN Climate Change Conference, three major developments in global finance marked a turning point in the financial expropriation of the earth and a shift in the economic paradigm to unlimited accumulation of total capital, which is now seen as including "natural capital."

_____ (2022-03-14). UK and US Jointly Develop Biological Weapons. journal-neo.org Documentary evidence of Washington's aggressive plans for developing and manufacturing biological weapons in secret US biological laboratories in Ukraine, banned by international conventions, has been uncovered during the Russian special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine, and it is frankly horrifying! Although suspicions of such US activities have already been repeatedly published by many media …

Staff (2022-03-14). Cuba reporta 620 nuevos casos positivos a la COVID-19 y 453 altas médicas. cubadebate.cu Cuba confirmó al cierre de este domingo 620 casos positivos a la COVID-19, ningún fallecido y 453 altas médicas, informó en su reporte habitual el Ministerio de Salud Pública (Minsap). En la jornada de ayer se procesaron 10 654 muestras en los laboratorios de biología molecular del país.

WSWS (2022-03-14). New Zealand government expedites law to ramp up Russian sanctions. wsws.org Under intensifying international and domestic pressure, the Labour government has passed a law under urgency enabling it to ramp up its sanctions against Russia.

Staff (2022-03-14). Servicios a edificios, de alojamiento y belleza: Nueva convocatoria para creación de mipymes y cooperativas en Cuba. cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Economía y Planificación anunció sobre una nueva convocatoria para la presentación de solicitudes de creación de mipymes y cooperativas para actividades relacionadas con el alojamiento, servicios de belleza y servicios a edificios (incluye limpieza general de edificios e instalaciones industriales, así como servicios de paisajismo).

Matt Sedlar (2022-03-14). Envision Healthcare Hits the Skids. cepr.net The American Prospect | Envision Healthcare—the private equity—owned emergency medicine group with some 70,000 health care professionals

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-13). Ukraine: It Was All Written in the Rand Corp Plan. libya360.wordpress.com Manlio Dinucci The strategic plan of the United States against Russia was elaborated three years ago by the Rand Corporation (The Manifesto, Rand Corp: how to bring down Russia, May 21, 2019). The Rand Corporation, headquartered in Washington, DC, is "a global research organization developing solutions to policy challenges": it has an army of 1,800…

_____ (2022-03-13). Congress Screws American Workers To Escalate War On Russia. popularresistance.org On March 8, as the Russian military operation inside Ukraine expanded, President Joseph Biden announced a total ban on Russian oil to the United States, sending oil prices to record highs. "Today I am announcing that the United States is targeting the main artery of the Russian economy. We're banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy. That means Russian oil will no longer be acceptable at US ports and the Americans will deal another powerful blow to Putin's war machine." | Following Biden's announcement, his allies in the media spread the message that higher gas and food prices and rising inflation wa…

_____ (2022-03-13). Student-Community-Labor Coalition Grows In New York City. popularresistance.org A growing student-community-labor coalition held a large rally March 6 on demands related to New York City educational institutions. After gathering at Brooklyn Borough Hall, participants marched over the Brooklyn Bridge to Foley Square in Manhattan. | Key organizers of the rally and the coalition were the Professional Staff Congress-City University of New York (American Federation of Teachers Local 2334), United University Professions (AFT Local 2190) and CUNY Rising Alliance, a coalition of 30-plus student, worker and community organizations "fighting for free and high-quality CUNY." | About 600 people heard Ja…

WSWS (2022-03-13). Thousands of ASDA distribution workers in the UK vote for strike action. wsws.org No faith can be placed in the unions. Even if the GMB eventually feel forced to call a strike, all experience shows that they will work to reach a deal favourable to the company, only to declare it a "win".

Fight Back (2022-03-13). Minnesota: Public defense lawyers, support staff authorize strike. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Fed up with crushing caseloads and substandard pay, public defense lawyers and support staff workers employed by the Minnesota Board of Public Defense voted overwhelmingly March 10 to reject a final offer and authorize a strike. The workers are all represented by Teamsters Local 320. | A ten-day cooling off period began March 11 and the parties are required to engage in mediation before a strike can begin. This is the first time in Minnesota history that public defense workers have voted to strike. A strike could begin as early as the week of March 21. | Unresolved issues include pay, limits on…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-13). Alexander Ionov, President of the Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia Live with Omali Yeshitila. libya360.wordpress.com Alexander Ionov, President of the Anti-Globalization Movement of Russia is LIVE on this week's #OmaliTaughtMe Sunday study. Hear more about the Russia/Ukraine war straight from the people of Russia. He joins Chairman Omali Yeshitela, African Socialist International (ASI) Secretary General Luwezi Kinshasa and APSP-Africa Regional Director Tafarie Mugeri to sum up the situation. apspuhuru.org Also…

Fight Back (2022-03-13). Eyewitness report day 3 of the PSUV 5th Congress. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – Day three of the PSUV 5th Congress began on March 8, with thousands filling the large auditorium again as Afro-Venezuelan dancers took to the stage and Caribbean coast music filled the air. The Chavista delegates smiled and swayed to the steady rhythm of folkloric songs about the Bolivarian Revolution. PSUV militants came prepared to listen to speeches and consider the changing conditions and forces in motion, explanations of errors, questions about how to achieve new goals, and implementation of the Three R's: Resistance, Rebirth, and Revolution. | Luis Brito Garcia, a professor, spoke on e…

Staff (2022-03-13). Subsidized Gasoline Service Stations Will Not be Eliminated, Assure Venezuelan Authorities. orinocotribune.com William Rodríguez, the president of the Hydrocarbons Subcommittee of the Energy and Petroleum Commission of the National Assembly of Venezuela, ruled out the elimination of the gas service stations that sell gasoline at subsidized prices in Venezuela. | Rodríguez told Union Radio Network, "What has happened is that about 100 service stations nationwide shifted from a subsidized price set in bolívars to a price in dollars, but the vast majority of gas stations will continue to operate with subsidized gasoline." | However, Rodríguez did acknowledge that, according to complaints filed by deputies of the Energy and P…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-13). Many Africans Reject Washington's Position on Ukraine Crisis. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe Africa solidarity with Russia in Ethiopia on Victory Day, 2022. | Photo: Amanuel Sileshi/Agence France-Presse HALF OF THE COUNTRIES ABSTAINING FROM THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION CONDEMNING MOSCOW WERE AFRICAN UNION MEMBER STATES Since…

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). U.S. to revoke Russia's most-favored nation status amid Ukraine crisis. ecns.cn The U.S. government will revoke Russia's most-favored nation trade status amid the Ukraine crisis, the White House said Friday, noting that it will work with Group of Seven (G7) countries and the European Union to roll out new sanctions.

Editor2 (2022-03-13). Canada Must End Its Complicity in Colombia's Grave Human Rights Situation. orinocotribune.com The toll of the last major Colombian National Strike (Paro Nacional) between June to August 2021 alone: More than

Florence CGTN (2022-03-13). Project DYNAMO evacuates premature babies out of Kyiv. america.cgtn.com Three premature babies have been rescued from Kyiv, Ukraine this week. Civilians, including children are in grave danger as shelling and airstrikes by Russia continue. This week a Russian military airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol left three dead and several injured according …

Anonymous669 (2022-03-13). Russian Warplanes Conducted Intensive Armed Patrols Over Syria's Greater Idlib. southfront.org A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | On March 13, warplanes of the Russian Aerospace Forces conducted intensive armed patrols over the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib where a number of terrorist groups are present and active. | According to the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, fully-armed warplanes flew over the entire region for hours starting from the early morning. | The intensive Russian…

Anonymous669 (2022-03-12). Ballistic Missiles Hit US Targets In Erbil, Iran Said To Be Responsible (Videos). southfront.org File image. | Early on March 13, a number of heavy missiles struck the outskirts of Erbil city, the capital of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. |

Anonymous669 (2022-03-13). Iranian Sources Reveal New Information On The Target Of Erbil Missile Strike. southfront.org File image. | The target of the

Anonymous103 (2022-03-13). Military Situation In Yemen On March 13, 2022 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 143 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | On March 12, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 6 airstrikes on the Jubah district; | On March 12, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 5 airstrikes on the Sarwah district; | On March 12, warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition conducted 3 airstrikes on the Haradh district; | On March 13, clashes between Ans…

Adriaan Alsema (2022-03-13). Colombia holds first elections after national strike. colombiareports.com Colombia's voters will elect a new Congress on Sunday in a highly anticipated poll. The election is the first after massive anti-government protests that erupted in April last year. Primaries…

Fight Back (2022-03-13). Community car caravan supports Minneapolis educators' strike. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On March 12 a car caravan brought honks of solidarity to Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) negotiating committee members while they were in talks with the school district administration at the Davis Center after a week of being on strike. | Organized by the Minnesota Immigrant Rights Action Committee (MIRAC) and Asamblea de Derechos Civiles, the caravan started on Lake Street in the heart of immigrant communities of south Minneapolis. The cars in the caravan were adorned with signs supporting Minneapolis Public Schools educators who are on strike for the safe, secure and fully-funded sch…

_____ (2022-03-13). Abolitionist Efforts To Trangress The Prison Walls. popularresistance.org Incarcerated radical intellectuals elucidate the nature of political struggle and its various arenas. Alongside these writers are solidarity groups that propagate their writings and intellectual products. Through a close reading of Black Communist trans prisoner Alyssa V. Hope's legal efforts and writings, this article unearths how a pen-pal relationship transformed into a comprehensive abolitionist community. This case study provides an example of how abolitionists are grappling with the need to support the material needs of marginalized communities while still building otherwise possible worlds separate from a…

David Skripac (2022-03-13). Oh, Canada! Our Home and Native . . . Dictatorship! The WEF is "Trampling Our Freedoms" globalresearch.ca The Trudeau regime has become the most dangerous, lawless government in Canada's 155-year history as an independent nation. Over the past two years, it has displayed a wanton disregard for the rule of law and the legislative process.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Experts say innovation helps stabilize economy. ecns.cn China is committed to pursuing innovation-driven growth and accelerating its industrial upgrade this year amid multiple pressures and uncertainties, as high-quality development will remain a key to China's future, officials and experts said on Friday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-13). Number of Extremists and Neo-Nazis in Europe Will Increase as They Flee Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Odintsov Fleeing from wars, armed conflicts and various militant activities, migrants from Africa and Asia continue to make risky attempts to enter the EU by various means, often using risky and perilous routes. However, streams of refugees in Europe have increased in recent days amid the events in Ukraine. So, after the outright genocide of the Russian-speaking…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-13). Imperialism and the Weaponization of Empathy. libya360.wordpress.com Onyesonwu Chatoyer The ruling class propaganda apparatus depends on the cynical manipulation of our emotions and the weaponization of our empathy, it also depends on obscuring political and historical context in order to manufacture consent for imperialism. Empathy, the ability to understand and share the feelings of other beings, is present in some form in…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-13). Latin America is Rejecting U.S. Assistance. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Commander of U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), General Laura J. Richardson testifies before the House Armed Services Committee. March 8, 2022. Latin America and the Caribbean is partnering with China on multi-billion dollar development projects and while turning down assistance offered by the United States. 21 of 31 countries of the region, both friends…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-13). Russia Threatens Its Enemies with a Tsunami of Sanctions. libya360.wordpress.com Elijah J. Magnier Gas still continues to flow into Europe through the Yamal-Europe pipeline, Blu stream 1 and 2, Nord-Stream 1 and Turkstream despite the undeclared war between the U.S. and its European allies on Russia in the territories of Ukraine. However, the West has found an adversary that has many cards to play and…

_____ (2022-03-13). States With Temporary Budget Surpluses Should Invest In People. popularresistance.org Policymakers in at least 14 states are using temporary budget surpluses to call for costly and permanent tax cuts targeted more to wealthy people and profitable corporations than to those who need help. That's a bad choice. States should be careful to protect their long-term ability to provide funding for high-quality schools, access to affordable health care, and other public services, which these tax cuts would badly erode. Instead of permanent tax cuts, states should use the surpluses for needed one-time supports for people and businesses or to seed longer-term investments, especially those targeted to the com…

Ramona Wadi (2022-03-13). Palestinian Refugee Families expelled from Israel can't Come Home, but 100K Ukrainians Admitted. juancole.com By Ramona Wadi | — ( Middle East Monitor )- Once again, Israel feels entitled to play the humanitarian card, with only Palestinians pointing out its selectivity when it comes to opening its doors to refugees. In February, The Jerusalem Post reported that 10,000 Jewish Ukrainian refugees would be entering Israel. The move was confirmed …

Editor2 (2022-03-13). Canada Must End Its Complicity in Colombia's Grave Human Rights Situation. orinocotribune.com The toll of the last major Colombian National Strike (Paro Nacional) between June to August 2021 alone: More than

GIWUSA (2022-03-13). South African Striking Clover Workers Occupy IDC Offices. indybay.org South African striking Clover workers today occupied the IDC offices to call for the removal of the billionaire Israeli Wertheim family from control of the largest dairy in South Africa and for it to be run by the workers under workers control…

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-03-13). Sunday 3/27: Russian and U.S. Hands Off Ukraine! indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St. (at Ellis), San Francisco | (on #19, 31, 38, & 49 Muni lines, near Civic Center BART)…

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). U.S. to revoke Russia's most-favored nation status amid Ukraine crisis. ecns.cn The U.S. government will revoke Russia's most-favored nation trade status amid the Ukraine crisis, the White House said Friday, noting that it will work with Group of Seven (G7) countries and the European Union to roll out new sanctions.

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Russian Armed Forces Destroy Ukrainian Command Post in High-Precision Strike — Video. sputniknews.com Disabling Ukraine's military infrastructure remains one of the main goals of Moscow's ongoing special operation in the country. On Saturday, the Russian military's precision strikes disabled a military airfield and a major electronic intelligence centre located in the cities of Vasilkov and Brovary, respectively.

Anonymous349 (2022-03-13). Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dreams About Death Of Putin. Russian Missiles Purge Camp With Foreign Mercenaries. southfront.org March 13 became the day of the intensification of Russian strikes on the military infrastructure of Ukraine and places of concentrations of foreign mercenaries and supplies that arrive to the country from its 'foreign partners'. | These strikes came amid even increased level of hysteria in MSM about the 'Russian aggression' against the 'peaceful Ukrainain government' that allegedly seeks a diplomatic settlement of the current situation. | To highlight the peaceful stance of the Kyiv government, it would be interesting to quote the March 12 statement of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba: "The elimination of…

SF015 (2022-03-13). At Least 66 Ukrainian Army Servicemen And Foreigners Were Killed And Wounded Near Lviv. southfront.org Local authorities report that as a result of a Russian missile strike on the Yavoriv training range near Lviv, 9 Ukrainian army servicemen and foreign instructors were killed and 57 wounded. |

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). CPC Central Committee, State Council congratulate Chinese delegation on Winter Paralympics achievements. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China Central Committee and China's State Council have sent a congratulatory message to the Chinese delegation for its "best in history" performance at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, scheduled to be concluded on Sunday.

sputniknews (2022-03-13). At Least Six Killed, Several Injured After Kiev Forces Fire on Volnovakha Hospital – Medics. sputniknews.com Most of the doctors and patients, including women in labor from the maternity ward, survived by hiding in the basement. One of the doctors told Sputnik that during the time everyone was hiding in the basement, six babies were born.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Experts say innovation helps stabilize economy. ecns.cn China is committed to pursuing innovation-driven growth and accelerating its industrial upgrade this year amid multiple pressures and uncertainties, as high-quality development will remain a key to China's future, officials and experts said on Friday.

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Death Toll Climbs to 61 in Wake of DR Congo Train Crash, Officials Confirm. sputniknews.com Late Thursday night, a train traveling from the town of Mueneditu to Lubumbashi, the third-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, derailed as the cars were traveling up a slope, triggering a multi-carriage crash, according to early reports from local administrators.

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Efforts to Repair Damaged Power Lines at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Continue – IAEA. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says that, according to the Ukrainian regulator, work continues to repair the damaged power lines at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).

sputniknews (2022-03-13). 'Superhuman': Cristiano Ronaldo Breaks FIFA All-Time Record for Most Goals in Men's Football. sputniknews.com Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, already a football sensation after winning three Premier League titles, two La Liga titles, two Serie A titles, and being a five-time winner of the Champions League, scored his 807th career goal at Old Trafford on Saturday, breaking FIFA's all-time record.

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Tensions in Jerusalem Flare Up But Will It Lead to New Confrontation Between Israel & Hamas? sputniknews.com In recent weeks, Israel has carried out a number of arrests in the east of the disputed city and the West Bank. Several Palestinians have been shot dead amid clashes with the IDF, and a Ramallah-based political analyst says it is just a matter of time until the situation spirals out of control.

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Ukrainian Radicals Were Keeping 300 Monks and Civilians Hostage in Monastery, Russian MoD Says. sputniknews.com Russian forces have liberated the settlement of Nikolskoye, where members of the "Aidar" battalion set up an artillery position, an official statement confirmed.

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Woman in US Stabs Date in Revenge for…Assassination of IRGC Quds Force Chief Soleimani. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A woman in the US state of Nevada has been charged with attempted murder after she stabbed her date in revenge for the assassination of Iranian top military official Qasem Soleimani, who was killed by a US drone attack in 2020, Henderson police said on Sunday.

Editor2 (2022-03-13). When Western Media Saw Ukraine's Neo-Nazis. orinocotribune.com Editorial note: Orinoco Tribune does not generally publish articles that are over 10 days old. However, in this case an exception is being made, as the subject matter of the following piece remains as significant today as at the time of its publication. | By Robert Parry — Aug. 10, 2014 | The New York Times reported almost in passing on Sunday (Aug. 10) that the Ukrainian government's offensive against ethnic Russian rebels in the east has unleashed far-right paramilitary militias that have even raised a neo-Nazi banner over the conquered town of Marinka, just west of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk. | That…

TASS (2022-03-13). Several rockets land near US consulate in northern Iraq – media. tass.com According to Erbil Governor Omid Khoshnaw, no casualties were reported as a result of the attack. Local authorities have launched an inquiry…

TASS (2022-03-13). Russia, Ukraine working to give shape to main topics up for discussion – Kiev official. tass.com As soon as there are mutual legal frameworks, a meeting will be scheduled, the fourth round of talks, Mikhail Podolyak said…

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). All venues for Beijing Olympic, Paralympic Winter Games will open to public. ecns.cn All the venues for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will open to the public after the Games, the organizers said on Saturday.

TASS (2022-03-13). Caracas remains Moscow's committed ally – Venezuelan top diplomat. tass.com The government of Venezuela remains a "committed ally" of Russia, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia said in an interview with Turkey's Anadolu news agency…

TASS (2022-03-13). Kiev forces shell LPR three times over past day. tass.com One residential building was destroyed…

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Poll Shows Majority of Brits Want Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Resign. sputniknews.com The leader of the Conservative Party has seen his approval ratings fall during the coronavirus pandemic, with critics accusing the government of failing to respond quickly to the problem. Johnson's numbers have plunged even further due to several scandals involving Tory MPs as well as the politician himself.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Chinese scientists create fertile mouse without father. ecns.cn Chinese scientists bred a live rodent offspring derived from a single unfertilized oocyte, and the mouse grew into a fertile adult.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). China's express logistics activities expand in February. ecns.cn China's express logistics sector recorded stable growth in February as market demand and production gradually picked up, data from the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing showed.

American Indian Resource Center at UCSC (2022-03-13). Saturday 4/2: IndigeFest 2022: Celebrating Indigenous Cultures of the Americas. indybay.org Quarry Amphitheater, UC Santa Cruz…

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Foreign companies show confidence in Chinese market. ecns.cn Despite the protracted pandemic and increasingly complex global environment, foreign companies are casting a vote of confidence in the Chinese economy as they continue to see opportunities amid the country's opening-up efforts.

TASS (2022-03-13). Russian-Ukrainian video talks continue without cease – Ukrainian official. tass.com Ukraine's positions are determined by the previous directives, Ukrainian presidential office adviser Mikhail Podolyak has said…

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Yang Hongqiong named flag bearer of China at closing ceremony of Beijing 2022 Paralympics. ecns.cn Yang Hongqiong was announced on Sunday to be the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation at the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Putin, Macron, Scholz discuss Ukraine crisis over phone. ecns.cn Putin informed Macron and Scholz of "the real situation on the ground" in response to the issues raised by them "regarding the humanitarian situation on the territory of the military operation to protect Donbass," the Kremlin said.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Another flight carrying Chinese citizens evacuated from Ukraine arrives safely. ecns.cn At 9: 16 a.m. on Sunday, a temporary flight carrying Chinese citizens evacuated from Ukraine arrived in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). China plans more planetary endeavors: scientist. ecns.cn After the Tianwen-1 mission, China will have a number of Tianwen series of planetary endeavors to explore the universe, according to a Chinese scientist.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-13). Biden directs $200 million more in military aid to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineMarch 12, 2022 USA to provide $200 mln in military aid to Ukraine — White House The United States will provide Ukraine with military assistance in the amount of up to $200 million, the relevant memorandum was signed by U.S. President Joseph Biden, the White House said. "By the authority vested in me as President …

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). COVID-19 hospitalization, death rates among black Americans considerably higher than white Americans: study. ecns.cn Although black Americans are not substantially more likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19, their hospitalization and death rates are considerably higher than white Americans, according to a newly published study.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Employment, education high on government agenda this year. ecns.cn Employment, education and healthcare are high on the agenda this year so that people's livelihoods can be continuously improved, according to Premier Li Keqiang.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). China provides 20 billion yuan in subsidies to grain planters. ecns.cn China has provided 20 billion yuan (about 3.16 billion U.S. dollars) from the central government budget to protect grain planters from rising prices of farming supplies, the Ministry of Finance said Friday.

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2022-03-13). 2022 Africa Unity Day – San Diego Waterfront and African Museum. indybay.org Our "California Grown" gift to the world, the United Nations was founded in San Francisco, California, August 1943 and may help serve as "a featured platform for improving the safety and quality of life and livelihoods of people of African descent" and ensure the full political, economic and social inclusion in the societies where they live.

TASS (2022-03-13). US to provide Ukraine additional military assistance worth $200 mln – Department of State. tass.com This package will include further defensive assistance to help Ukraine meet the armored, airborne, and other threats it is facing, Blinken said…

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Beijing 2022 sets new standard for delivery of Games, says IPC president Parsons. ecns.cn Beijing 2008 changed the way the Summer Paralympics was delivered forever, and this will be the same with the Winter Paralympics, said International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). HKSAR gov't strives to reduce severe cases, deaths of COVID-19: officials. ecns.cn The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government assumes primary responsibility in fighting COVID-19 and will strive to stabilize the epidemic situation especially in reducing severe cases and deaths, senior officials have said.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Concerns of all parties to Iran nuke talks must be addressed: Chinese envoy. ecns.cn China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna Wang Qun said here Friday that the concerns and demands of all parties to the Iran nuclear talks must be addressed properly and that political dialogue and negotiations are the only solution.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). China's land-greening in 2021. ecns.cn The National Forestry and Grassland Administration released a bulletin on Friday, showcasing advances in the country's afforestation work in 2021.

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Midterms: Kamala Harris Tells Democratic Voters 'They Got What They Ordered'. sputniknews.com Among the promises that the Biden-Harris team rolled out during their 2020 White House campaign were tackling the spread of coronavirus, increasing the distribution of vaccines, creating paths to citizenship for migrants, and improving the country's infrastructure, a majority of which were combined in the "Build Back Better" bill.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Hong Kong to further leverage Traditional Chinese Medicine in fighting COVID-19: Carrie Lam. ecns.cn The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government will continue to leverage the advantages of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic and consolidate the TCM as an integral part of the medical system in Hong Kong, Chief Executive of the HKSAR Carrie Lam said on Saturday.

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (2022-03-13). Saturday 3/12: We Are Not Animals, Book Talk with Martin Rizzo-Martinez. indybay.org Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History | 705 Front St., Santa Cruz…

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Xi attending closing ceremony of Beijing Winter Paralympics. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping is attending the closing ceremony of the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, held at the National Stadium in Beijing on Sunday night.

Fresno County Bicycle Coalition (2022-03-13). Sunday 5/22: The Soul of a Cyclist: Virtual Screening and Q&A with Filmmaker. indybay.org

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). In-orbit construction of China's space station going smoothly. ecns.cn Construction work on the core module of China's Tiangong space station is proceeding steadily, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said on Friday.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). China says willing to tackle U.S. regulatory issue via cooperation. ecns.cn China is willing to tackle the issue of inspection and investigation by U.S. regulators on relevant accounting firms through regulatory cooperation, the country's top securities regulator said Friday.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). China, India hold 15th corps commander level meeting. ecns.cn The 15th round China-India Corps Commander Level Meeting was held at Moldo-Chushul border meeting point on the Indian side on Friday, said China's Ministry of National Defense.

Jennifer Stavros (2022-03-11). How Spotify Is Quietly Supporting the Military-Industrial Complex. zcomm.org Unbeknownst to most users, Spotify has a secret endeavor—backing the efforts of war…

Dave DeCamp (2022-03-11). President Biden Blames Inflation on 'Putin's Price Hike'. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, President Biden released a statement on the Labor Department's consumer price index for February, which found consumer prices rose 0.8% in February and increased by 7.9% over the past 12 months, putting inflation at a fresh 40-year high. In his statement, Biden blamed the increase in inflation on Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Today's …

Dave DeCamp (2022-03-11). President Biden Blames Inflation on 'Putin's Price Hike'. news.antiwar.com On Thursday, President Biden released a statement on the Labor Department's consumer price index for February, which found consumer prices rose 0.8% in February and increased by 7.9% over the past 12 months, putting inflation at a fresh 40-year high. In his statement, Biden blamed the increase in inflation on Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Today's …

WSWS (2022-03-11). The NATO campaign against Russia will drive escalating class struggle across the world. wsws.org The disastrous global impact of the sanctions regime against Russia and the gutting of social spending to pay for the military will drive explosive struggles, in which mass anger will intersect with the growing radicalization which is already underway as a consequence of the pandemic.

WSWS (2022-03-11). US educators call for building a mass movement to prevent World War III and end the pandemic. wsws.org Rank-and-file committees of educators, parents and students met across the US last weekend to adopt a resolution opposing the drive to World War III and calling for a mass movement of the working class to stop the pandemic.

WSWS (2022-03-11). As inflation surges, Spanish unions and Podemos slash real wages. wsws.org The union bureaucracies and the Socialist Party-Podemos government in Spain are carrying out the impoverishment of the working class via inflation.

Milos Raickovich (2022-03-11). Serbian activist speaks out: Stop the war on Russia. workers.org The author is a Serbian composer living in the U.S. who actively opposed the U.S.-NATO war against Yugoslavia in 1999. On March 24, 1999, NATO crossed its own redline, when it bombed Serbia and Montenegro, the last two republics still remaining at that time in a union of the South-Slavic . . . |

G. Dunkel (2022-03-11). Student-community-labor coalition grows in New York City. workers.org New York City A growing student-community-labor coalition held a large rally March 6 on demands related to New York City educational institutions. After gathering at Brooklyn Borough Hall, participants marched over the Brooklyn Bridge to Foley Square in Manhattan. Brooklyn Borough Hall, March 6 WW Photo: G. Dunkel Key organizers . . . |

Mark Gruenberg (2022-03-11). Baseball's back, as tentative pact ends lockout of workers/players. peoplesworld.org

WSWS (2022-03-11). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Thousands of South African dairy food workers continuing four-month strike over jobs and pay amidst media blackout are joined by South African Sibanye-Stillwater gold miners on pay strike; strikes continue throughout French healthcare system over low staffing levels and poor pay, joined by transport workers in Lyons opposed to restructuring; Iraqi oil production graduates in Basra and workers in oil field area demand jobs, while public sector workers walk out over wage arrears in Kurdistan…

WSWS (2022-03-11). Australia: Flight attendants' union orchestrating sell out of Qantas workers. wsws.org The Flight Attendants Association of Australia has declared its support for a cost-cutting enterprise agreement previously rejected by 97 percent of workers, after the airline threatened to tear up the existing deal.

A Guest Author (2022-03-11). Starbucks Workers United Zindabad! workers.org By Padma Padma gave this lightly edited talk at the Boston Workers Power Day demonstration Feb. 26. Workers Power Day, Boston, Feb. 26. WW Photo: Steve Kirschbaum I am a health care worker in the Boston area. At the outset let me express my solidarity and deep admiration for the . . . |

GIWUSA (2022-03-11). South African Striking Clover Workers Occupy IDC Offices. indybay.org South African striking Clover workers today occupied the IDC offices to call for the removal of the billionaire Israeli Wertheim family from control of the largest dairy in South Africa and for it to be run by the workers under workers control…

Fight Back (2022-03-11). Grand Rapids, MI: FRSO rallies for reproductive rights on International Women's Day. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI – On March 8, International Women's Day, Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) in Michigan organized a rally attended by 20 community members in defense of reproductive rights. Assembling in downtown Grand Rapids, speakers included Olivia Lashley in FRSO; Aly the Activist, chairwoman of the Royal Black Panther Party of Grand Rapids and Charli Karnstein, a member of the local Socialist Alternative chapter. | The rally was hosted by Barbara Howard, a member of FRSO, who began with a call for a united front to combat the attacks on abortion rights by the far right in Texas, Mississippi and Flo…

WSWS (2022-03-11). SEP (Australia) deregistered under anti-democratic electoral laws. wsws.org Despite this blatant political censorship, the SEP will stand candidates in the federal election, if and when it is called, and conduct the broadest possible campaign for a genuine socialist alternative.

WSWS (2022-03-11). Democratic Socialists of America-backed candidates line up behind war drive, denounce DSA. wsws.org All the claims of the DSA that the Democratic Party can be reformed through a pressure campaign are exposed in the entire course of events around the war drive against Russia.

Editor2 (2022-03-11). Cuba, Nicaragua & Mexico Lead World Gender Parity in Parliaments. orinocotribune.com Latin America continues to lead over the rest of the world in parliamentary gender parity. | Cuba, Nicaragua and Mexico have been ranked 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the world, having achieved the highest proportion of women in parliament out of 189 countries. What's more, these three along with Rwanda and the United Arab Emirates are the only five countries in the world to have achieved gender parity in their lower or single legislative house (National Assembly, Congress, or Parliament) as of February 2022. | The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) released its 2021 Women in Parliament report of countries with the best gende…

Giorgio Manfredi (2022-03-11). The AFL-CIO's Nazi Friendly Union in Ukraine. covertactionmagazine.com The AFL-CIO recently hosted a fundraiser by the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) which aimed to support labor organizations in …

Fight Back (2022-03-11). Day two of Minneapolis teachers strike. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – Thousands of striking Minneapolis teachers, education support professionals, along with supporters rallied at the Capitol Building in Saint Paul, March 9. Educators are firm in demanding a decent contract, and state they are ready to stay on strike until their demands are met. There has been widespread support from other trade unions and the community.

WSWS (2022-03-11). German trade unions support military build-up and declare an industrial truce. wsws.org Just days after Chancellor Olaf Schulz announced a gigantic increase in military spending to frenetic applause, the trade unions signalled their approval.

National Organization of Women (2022-03-11). Thursday 3/31: 2022 Feminist State of the Union w/ NOW. indybay.org Virtual event…

Slingshot collective (2022-03-11). Sunday 3/13: 34th birthday party for Slingshot collective. indybay.org Long Haul infoshop – 3124 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, CA 94705 – 510 540 0751 – 2 blocks from Ashby BART – corner of Shattuck and Woolsey across from La Pena…

WSWS (2022-03-11). Striking Minneapolis teachers denounce increased military funding while schools starve: "War fills the capitalists' coffers" wsws.org The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers has already dropped its call for a 20 percent raise in the first year of the contract, bowing before the Democratic Party's demands for austerity as the war drive accelerates.

WSWS (2022-03-11). Chicago-area teachers and staff strike over pay, class sizes. wsws.org After working without a contract since the start of the school year, Proviso Township teachers, just outside Chicago, launch strike action.

MCYC, Pomo Land Back, FFF, more (2022-03-11). Friday 3/25: Sacramento: Global Climate Strike – Rally for Climate Crisis & Indigenous Justice. indybay.org West Steps of California State Capitol, 1315 10th St, Sacramento, CA 95814. | This is a peaceful rally for climate justice and racial justice.

Patrick Gallegos (2022-03-11). Indigenous pueblos, environmentalists fight back against Los Alamos intrusion into sacred land. liberationnews.org To date, no environmental studies have been conducted for the Los Alamos upgrade project, and no Pueblo ceremonial kivas, petroglyphs, and prayer sites have been considered. This unnecessary, wasteful project is designed to build a larger power grid for the Laboratory's nuclear projects — sacrificing the sanctity of essential cultural resources attached to tribal communities.

Staff (2022-03-11). Inder e Icap firman acuerdo de colaboración. cubadebate.cu Un convenio de colaboración concebido como paso superior en el propósito de afianzar sus vínculos fue firmado este jueves por el Instituto Nacional de Deportes, Educación Física y Recreación y el Instituto Cubano de Amistad con los Pueblos. Fue rubricado por sus presidentes, Osvaldo Vento Montiller y Fernando González Llort.

WSWS (2022-03-11). New Zealand police end borehole drilling at Pike River mine after finding more human remains. wsws.org The Labour Party-led government permanently sealed Pike River mine last year, preventing the recovery of the bodies of 29 men who perished in the 2010 underground disaster, and locking away vital evidence of what caused the explosions.

Fidencio Aldama Solidarity Group (2022-03-11). Audio: Message From Yaqui Political Prisoner Fidencio Aldama. indybay.org "I ask everyone to show solidarity with my case." -Fidencio Aldama…

Thomas Piketty (2022-03-11). Sanction the oligarchs, not the people! indybay.org It is time to develop a new kind of sanctions. They must be targeted specifically at the oligarchs who have become wealthy as a result of the regime. This would require the establishment of an international financial registry, a measure that will not please the Western wealthy.

Anonymous103 (2022-03-10). Biolabs In Ukraine, A Smoking Gun That White House Dubbed As Fake News. southfront.org Written by Piero Messina | Someone in Washington is telling lies. Is Jen Psaki a liar? The White House spokesperson has branded the existence of chemical and biological research laboratories in Ukraine, also run by the US State Department, as fake news. Jen Psaki, then summoned the press to define the absurd allegations and an obvious ploy to try to justify further future attacks: "We took note of Russia's false claims about alleged US biological weapons laboratories and chemical weapons development in Ukraine. We have also seen Chinese officials echo these conspiracy theories ". | And again: "They are an obvi…

WSWS (2022-03-10). Pseudo-left International Marxist Tendency provides cover for imperialist powers in conflict with Russia. wsws.org The IMT's role amid the current war drive is to repackage with "Marxist" phraseology the propaganda of the US State Department and other NATO countries that they have no intention of militarily intervening against Russia.

Max Blumenthal (2022-03-10). VIDEO: Congress screws American workers to escalate war on Russia. thegrayzone.com As gas prices and inflation surge, Max Blumenthal questions members of Congress on the economic toll American workers face from escalating sanctions on Russia, and on their support for escalating the war in Ukraine.

Vijay Prashad (2022-03-10). The life of a great marxist: Aijaz Ahmad (1941-2022). peoplesdispatch.org Born in Muzaffarnagar, in British India, Aijaz read extensively from an early age and allowed his mind to drift out of the qasba of his childhood. His father shared some radical books with him, which helped him to understand the world outside the doab region of the Indo-Gangetic Plain and the world beyond the confines of the capitalist system. From an early age, Aijaz Ahmad began to dream of internationalism and socialism. He studied in Lahore, Pakistan, where his family had migrated after the Partition in 1947-48, but these studies took place as much in the college classrooms as they did in the cafés and in the…

_____ (2022-03-10). US Sanctions: An Act Of War Against Workers. popularresistance.org Mass media in the United States and throughout the countries of Western Europe are exhaustively and intensely depicting the suffering of the Ukrainian people as Ukraine confronts the Russian army. | It is the U.S. and its NATO proxy who have now broadened the war being fought in Ukraine. | What the media is not covering is the impact of this war on the working and poor people inside Russia. | In an alliance with the most economically powerful capitalist governments and their central banks, the U.S. has managed to cut the Russian economy off from many of the world's financial arteries. According to the conservativ…

_____ (2022-03-10). Pew Survey: Workers Who Quit A Job In 2021. popularresistance.org The COVID-19 Pandemic Set Off Nearly Unprecedented Churn In The U.S. Labor Market. Widespread Job Losses In The Early Months Of The Pandemic Gave Way To Tight Labor Markets In 2021, Driven In Part By What's Come To Be Known As The Great Resignation. The Nation's "Quit Rate" Reached A 20-Year High Last November. | A New Pew Research Center Survey Finds That Low Pay, A Lack Of Opportunities For Advancement And Feeling Disrespected At Work Are The Top Reasons Why Americans Quit Their Jobs Last Year. The Survey Also Finds That Those Who Quit And Are Now Employed Elsewhere Are More Likely Than Not To Say Their Current…

_____ (2022-03-10). Wexner Center For The Arts Workers Want To Unionize. popularresistance.org taff at the Wexner Center for the Arts at Ohio State University have announced plans to form a union with the hope of making the museum an "equitable, transparent and sustainable workplace." | Wex Workers United sent a letter to Wexner Center and university leaders Friday asking them to recognize their new union, formed in collaboration with AFSCME Ohio Council 8, according to a news release. | "We believe our endeavor is inextricably linked to the center's stated mission and ongoing commitment to social justice and institutional transformation," according to Wex Workers United's letter to leadership. "These goal…

John Logan (2022-03-10). Starbucks's Multimillion-Dollar Anti-Union Effort May Have Backfired. truthout.org The last two months have seen a veritable whirlwind of labor activism at Starbucks. Workers at

Ana Vraƒçar (2022-03-10). 40,000 education workers in Slovenia go on strike. peoplesdispatch.org Forty thousand workers from the education sector in Slovenia went on strike on March 9, after the Ministry of Education failed to act on repeated requests to bring salaries in line with inflation and recognize the contribution of education workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Trade Union of Education, Science and Culture of Slovenia (SVIZ), the strike spread over 652 education institutions, including kindergartens, schools, students' homes, and universities, affecting more than half a million people. | SVIZ has been calling on Simona Kustec, the Minister of Education, to begin collective negotia…

WSWS (2022-03-10). USW says its sellout contract was passed at key naval shipyard in Newport News, Virginia. wsws.org Even if its claims were true—and there is widespread skepticism over the accuracy of the vote count—the United Steelworkers (USW) pushed its deal through with the votes of barely a third of its 10,000 members in the shipyard.

WSWS (2022-03-10). Eaton aerospace workers in Iowa reject second contract offer, after company threatens to hire permanent replacements. wsws.org The strike by Eaton workers no doubt is seen by the American government as an impediment to the military supply production needed to ramp up the war drive.

Mark Gruenberg (2022-03-10). N.Y. Times tech workers vote in landslide for New York News Guild. peoplesworld.org NEW YORK —By a landslide margin of 404-88, tech and software workers at The New York Times voted to unionize with the New York News Guild. When certified and after gaining a first contract, they'll join the current 1,300 regular Times staffers who are already New York Guild members. "We did it, y'all," the tech …

Sharon Zhang (2022-03-10). Three More Starbucks Stores in Buffalo Area Vote to Form Union. truthout.org Starbucks workers have voted to form a union in three more stores in the Buffalo region, marking a major triumph for the union, which is facing fierce pushback from the company. | Workers at the Sheridan & Bailey, French & Transit and Walden & Anderson stores are now unionized, voting 15 to 12, 15 to 12 and 8 to 7 in favor of the union, respectively. Six stores have now voted to unionize, with five stores total in Buffalo and one in Mesa, Arizona. Only one location that has had a union election so far has…

WSWS (2022-03-10). Live updates: American workers and youth speak out against US imperialism and Russian militarism in Ukraine. wsws.org In the hours and days ahead, the World Socialist Web Site will be posting statements against war from workers and young people across the United States. Anti-war sentiment is censored from the corporate media. Post your statements on social media to show the world that the US population does not want war using the hashtag #SpeakOutAgainstWW3.

ILWU Local 10 Presiden Farless Dailey (2022-03-10). What the A's stadium plan will do to Oakland's port, its workers and the CA supply chain. indybay.org Farless Dailey, ILWU Local 10 President in an opinion contribution in the SF Chronicle talks about the privatization of he port of Oakland and it's connection to charters and the privatization of the schools by the billionaire A's and GAP owner John Fisher. He also controls the KIPP and Rocketship charter school chain…

The Socialist Program (2022-03-10). Lee Camp — CENSORED. liberationnews.org Brian is joined by Lee Camp, a writer, comedian, activist and journalist. For eight years Lee hosted the television show "Redacted Tonight", but this anti-war, anti-imperialist program has now been shut down along with all the shows on RT America amid the anti-Russia frenzy sweeping the country.

Fight Back (2022-03-10). Tampa: International Women's Day protest opposes attacks on reproductive freedom. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – In light of the continuing attacks on reproductive and women's rights, both here in Florida and across the country, members of Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), and other organizations in the Tampa area held a rally this past Saturday, March 5 on the corner of Bearss and Florida Avenues. | Florida's abortion ban, just passed by the legislature, would ban people from seeking abortions after 15 weeks, and makes no exception for survivors of assault, incest or trafficking. Protesters shouted chants of, "Racist, sexist, anti-gay: GOP go away" and, "Pro-life, that's a lie, they don't care if peo…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-10). New Vietnamese amb. submits credentials to Amir-Abdollahian. en.mehrnews.com The newly-appointed ambassador of Socialist Republic of Vietnam submitted a copy of his credential to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Thursday.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-10). Colombia's Media Reacts to Venezuela-US Talks. orinocotribune.com Four days after the announcement of a meeting between President Nicolás Maduro and a high-ranking US delegation in Venezuela, shock waves are being felt across the Latin American political landscape, particularly in Colombia. | In recent hours, Colombian media went so far as expressing the need for President Iván Duque to dialogue with the leader of the Bolivarian Revolution. Duque has led a prolonged conspiracy to overthrow President Maduro, following the script directed by the White House, that now has apparently evaporated into thin air. | All this occurs at a time when the entire globe has its eyes on the pos…

WSWS (2022-03-10). Amsterdam Hermitage ends "Russian avant-garde: Revolution in art" exhibit. wsws.org The reactionary cancellation of a Russian art exhibit falls in line with prevailing anti-Russian hysteria in Europe after the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.

Barbara Ransby (2022-03-10). On a Grim and Bloody International Women's Day, Let's Build Feminist Solidarity. zcomm.org Looking ahead, we need a revolution of values, systems and cultures…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-10). Iran has upper hand on battlefield against enemy: Gen. Salami. en.mehrnews.com Commander-in-Chief of Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said that Iran has the upper hand against enemies, adding today's grandeur of Islamic Iran is the result of obedience to leadership, unity and amity of people.

WSWS (2022-03-10). Pseudo-left International Marxist Tendency provides cover for imperialist powers in conflict with Russia. wsws.org The IMT's role amid the current war drive is to repackage with "Marxist" phraseology the propaganda of the US State Department and other NATO countries that they have no intention of militarily intervening against Russia.

WSWS (2022-03-10). Live updates: American workers and youth speak out against US imperialism and Russian militarism in Ukraine. wsws.org In the hours and days ahead, the World Socialist Web Site will be posting statements against war from workers and young people across the United States. Anti-war sentiment is censored from the corporate media. Post your statements on social media to show the world that the US population does not want war using the hashtag #SpeakOutAgainstWW3.

WSWS (2022-03-10). Eaton aerospace workers in Iowa reject second contract offer, after company threatens to hire permanent replacements. wsws.org The strike by Eaton workers no doubt is seen by the American government as an impediment to the military supply production needed to ramp up the war drive.

WSWS (2022-03-10). USW says its sellout contract was passed at key naval shipyard in Newport News, Virginia. wsws.org Even if its claims were true—and there is widespread skepticism over the accuracy of the vote count—the United Steelworkers (USW) pushed its deal through with the votes of barely a third of its 10,000 members in the shipyard.

ILWU Local 10 Presiden Farless Dailey (2022-03-10). What the A's stadium plan will do to Oakland's port, its workers and the CA supply chain. indybay.org Farless Dailey, ILWU Local 10 President in an opinion contribution in the SF Chronicle talks about the privatization of he port of Oakland and it's connection to charters and the privatization of the schools by the billionaire A's and GAP owner John Fisher. He also controls the KIPP and Rocketship charter school chain…

Fight Back (2022-03-10). Tampa: International Women's Day protest opposes attacks on reproductive freedom. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – In light of the continuing attacks on reproductive and women's rights, both here in Florida and across the country, members of Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), and other organizations in the Tampa area held a rally this past Saturday, March 5 on the corner of Bearss and Florida Avenues. | Florida's abortion ban, just passed by the legislature, would ban people from seeking abortions after 15 weeks, and makes no exception for survivors of assault, incest or trafficking. Protesters shouted chants of, "Racist, sexist, anti-gay: GOP go away" and, "Pro-life, that's a lie, they don't care if peo…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-10). New Vietnamese amb. submits credentials to Amir-Abdollahian. en.mehrnews.com The newly-appointed ambassador of Socialist Republic of Vietnam submitted a copy of his credential to Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian on Thursday.

WSWS (2022-03-10). Amsterdam Hermitage ends "Russian avant-garde: Revolution in art" exhibit. wsws.org The reactionary cancellation of a Russian art exhibit falls in line with prevailing anti-Russian hysteria in Europe after the Kremlin's invasion of Ukraine.

WSWS (2022-03-10). Britain's trade unions demand stepped-up sanctions against Russia: beating the drum for World War III. wsws.org Unite and Unison have organised boycotts this past week against the unloading of Russian oil and gas from foreign-flagged ships.

National Organization of Women (2022-03-10). Thursday 3/31: 2022 Feminist State of the Union w/ NOW. indybay.org Virtual event…

Slingshot collective (2022-03-10). Sunday 3/13: 34th birthday party for Slingshot collective. indybay.org Long Haul infoshop – 3124 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, CA 94705 – 510 540 0751 – 2 blocks from Ashby BART – corner of Shattuck and Woolsey across from La Pena…

_____ (2022-03-10). On the Ethics of Preemptive Strikes. journal-neo.org The South Korean presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol recently stated that he thought a preemptive strike against the DPRK would be justified, since, if the latter were to launch a rocket armed with a nuclear warhead against Seoul, it would be almost impossible to intercept it—é The only option would be to forestall the attack. This statement …

MCYC, Pomo Land Back, FFF, more (2022-03-10). Friday 3/25: Sacramento: Global Climate Strike – Rally for Climate Crisis & Indigenous Justice. indybay.org West Steps of California State Capitol, 1315 10th St, Sacramento, CA 95814. | This is a peaceful rally for climate justice and racial justice.

Dan Cohen (2022-03-10). US Admits to Funding Biological Laboratories in Ukraine, with Dilyana Gaytandzhieva. mintpressnews.com State Department official Victoria Nuland admitted that the US government is funding biological laboratories in Ukraine, confirming what Washington has long dismissed as "Russian propaganda." Correspondent Dan Cohen interviews journalist Dilyana Gaytandzhieva, who has investigated these facilities in Eastern Europe.

Fidencio Aldama Solidarity Group (2022-03-10). Audio: Message From Yaqui Political Prisoner Fidencio Aldama. indybay.org "I ask everyone to show solidarity with my case." -Fidencio Aldama…

Martin Rizzo-Martinez & Daniel Stonebloom (2022-03-10). Challenging Colonialism s01e03 Full Episode (+p.iv). indybay.org s01e03 Weapons of Mass Destruction Full Episode: Removing Dams and Restoring Salmon Duration 1: 47: 56 | Challenging Colonialism amplifies Indigenous perspectives on issues of concern to native Californian communities.

Thomas Piketty (2022-03-10). Sanction the oligarchs, not the people! indybay.org It is time to develop a new kind of sanctions. They must be targeted specifically at the oligarchs who have become wealthy as a result of the regime. This would require the establishment of an international financial registry, a measure that will not please the Western wealthy.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-09). "You strike a woman, you strike a rock!" peoplesdispatch.org Over the past several years, working class movements across the world have taken to the streets and plazas on March 8, International Working Women's Day in recognition of the day as an important day of struggle and resistance and to further the cause of women's liberation. The day which corporations and NGOs have attempted to dilute into a day to give presents to women and recognize their achievements has radical roots. It was established by socialist women in the heat of militant labor and internationalist organizing in order to highlight women's centrality in the struggle to overthrow class based oppression, as…

Kathy Durkin (2022-03-09). Despite U.S. blockade, Socialist Cuba combats COVID-19. workers.org Juan Antonio Quintanilla, permanent Cuban envoy to the United Nations, adamantly stated that this Caribbean nation will stay on its socialist path, despite continual U.S. aggression via the blockade. In a speech to the U.N. in Geneva March 3, he emphasized that this is the Cuban people's will and that . . . |

Frances Madeson (2022-03-09). 'We Are Not Slaves!': Haitian Garment Workers Strike for a Fair Wage. towardfreedom.org Buoyed by international union solidarity and hearkening to the revolutionary legacy of Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Haitian strikers facing state violence and lowball concessions remain undeterred, reports Frances Madeson.

Payal Sinha (2022-03-09). The Federal Backlog That's Hurting Immigrants — and Our Economy. otherwords.org Why are so many employers struggling to find workers right now? One reason is the unprecedented federal backlog of work permits for immigrants. | U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the agency that issues these permits, is sitting on U.S. employers are required to ensure their employees — regardless of citizenship or national origin — are allowed to work legally. For native-born Americans, that…

Betsey Piette (2022-03-09). Global South rejects U.S./NATO aggression. workers.org As the U.S. and NATO work to advance their war against Russia now breaking out in Ukraine, many countries who have experienced imperialist aggression — by the U.S., France, Britain and other NATO members — are speaking out. They are denouncing the impact of U.S. sanctions as acts of war . . . |

JANET (2022-03-09). International Working Women's Day means solidarity. iacenter.org By Kathy Durkin March 8, 2022 International Working Women's Day is commemorated around the world on March 8. Two words signify its essence: solidarity and struggle. Ontario Federation of Labor Established in 1910 at an International Women's Socialist Conference in Copenhagen, this special day was intended to broaden global solidarity and strengthen ties among women workers. IWWD's socialist founders deplored the terrible working conditions faced by women workers, as they poured into factories in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. They noted the strikes and massive demonstrations held by women immigrants in New York…

Mark Gruenberg (2022-03-09). Senate sends comprehensive postal reform bill to Biden. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—After years of work, and a lot of squabbling over details, Congress passed a comprehensive postal reform bill that will eliminate the yearly tide of red ink that has engulfed—and endangered—the U.S. Postal Service for more than a decade. Postal union leaders hailed the measure, which is expected to save rank-and-file workers' jobs while ending …

WSWS (2022-03-09). Reactions in Germany to the webinar: "Fight Covid! Save Lives! Stop the Drive to World War III!" wsws.org Workers from Germany comment on the February 26 international online webinar of the World Socialist Web Site, "Fight Covid! Save Lives! Stop the Drive to World War III!" and draw political conclusions.

WSWS (2022-03-09). Unite agrees de facto pay cut to end Serco health workers strike at Barts NHS Trust. wsws.org Unite has agreed to end the dispute on the promissory note from the Trust that all "soft facilities management" services will be brought in-house from May 2023.

WSWS (2022-03-09). Backing Biden's war drive, USW boasts its deal for 30,000 oil workers "does not add to inflationary pressures" wsws.org In a war-mongering statement calling for a ban on Russian oil imports, the United Steelworkers president praised the agreement, which will impose a deep cut in real wages for refinery workers and their families.

WSWS (2022-03-09). Report on California's Amazon warehouses reveals massive COVID-19 cover-up. wsws.org The Markup's report states "hundreds of workers … tested positive for COVID-19 over the past two and a half months" at a single warehouse in Rialto.

_____ (2022-03-09). Black Alliance For Peace Statement On International Women's Day. popularresistance.org As the world's eyes are on Ukraine on this International Women's Day, March 8, 2022, we are reminded of the disproportionate impact that war and militarism have on women. This is a reality that the women of the global South are acutely aware of because of the steady assaults on the humanity of peoples in the South executed by the U.S./EU/NATO Axis of Domination. The militarized terror of the Axis of Domination in the service of their economic elites have been even more intensely felt by the women of Africa and the African Diaspora. | The socialist groundings of the day were expressed in its early unfolding. Indee…

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-03-09). Maduro announces reactivation of dialogue with the opposition after meeting with US government. peoplesdispatch.org The dialogue process between the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition had been suspended since October 2021. Meanwhile, the diplomatic relations between Venezuela and the US had been suspended since January 2019…

WSWS (2022-03-09). Australia's Socialist Alliance lines up behind imperialist war drive against Russia. wsws.org A politically insidious role is being played by the pseudo-left groups such as Socialist Alliance that falsely claim to be socialist but, despite token criticisms of the US, align themselves with the NATO war drive against Russia.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-09). Reclaiming the radical roots of International Working Women's Day. peoplesdispatch.org The day was established by socialist women in order to highlight women's centrality in the struggle to overthrow class based oppression, as well as to end the unique oppression faced by women.

JANET (2022-03-09). U.S.-NATO imperialism pushes Ukraine to the front line. iacenter.org March 8, 2022 By Manuel Raposo Raposo is the editor of the Portuguese Marxist web magazine jornalmudardevida.net and was a key organizer of the 2004 Portuguese session of the People's Tribunal on the crimes of imperialism during the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Translation: John Catalinotto. Italy, 2018. March 4 — In the deluge of propaganda regarding Russia's military intervention in Ukraine, the people of the U.S. and the European Union have the opportunity to see, in a mirror, the actions of their governments during the last few decades. The same goes for the Portuguese authorities and each of the Eu…

Moderator (2022-03-09). Ralph Nader: Biden's SOTU Speech Neglects to Make a Crucial Request to the Citizenry. scheerpost.com By Ralph Nader | The President's State of the Union speech before a joint session of Congress is the media event of the year for the occupant of the Oval Office. Joe Biden spoke for an hour, covered lots of predictable policy ground, and also praised, promised, and reassured "the people." | But, as President Biden has done many times in public speeches and addresses, he failed to engage the people as his allies to confront his policy opponents in Congress. | All his priorities — social safety net protections, rebuilding community infrastructure or public works, more aggressive action against climate c…

WSWS (2022-03-09). US ramps up "financial war" on Russia as generals call for no-fly zone. wsws.org The United States and European Union ramped up their "financial war" against Russia Tuesday, announcing major measures to restrict Russian oil and gas imports.

WSWS (2022-03-09). US ramps up "financial war" on Russia as retired generals call for no-fly zone. wsws.org The United States and European Union ramped up their "financial war" against Russia Tuesday, announcing major measures to restrict Russian oil and gas imports.

JANET (2022-03-09). Fight xenophobia ‚àí a form of war. iacenter.org March 8, 2022 The U.S.- and NATO-instigated conflict in Ukraine is rooted in the quest to plunder and profit off Russia's vast wealth in natural gas and oil. This has been a major pillar of U.S. imperialism's quest to rebuild its global empire since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The imperialists will do whatever it takes to gain new markets to make profits, even with the global threat of nuclear war. Russia has had the right to protect its borders as the rise of neofascist elements inside Ukraine has been a constant threat to its sovereignty since 2014, resulting in the breakaway of the People's Repu…

WSWS (2022-03-09). European Union employs double standards on refugees from Ukraine, discriminates against non-Ukrainians. wsws.org The discrimination based on skin colour and national origin of refugees from Ukraine shows the hypocrisy of European refugee policy.

WSWS (2022-03-09). Australia: Sydney rail shutdown planned by multiple government departments. wsws.org As the provocation unravelled, the Rail Tram and Bus Union immediately came to the government's rescue, ensuring service resumed and the dispute was once again confined to backroom union-management talks.

Staff (2022-03-09). French government officially dissolves the Collectif Palestine Vaincra — Collectif launching its appeal. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network republishes the below statement from our member association, the Collectif Palestine Vaincra, under severe attack in France, where Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin has just announced the "administrative dissolution" — essentially banning — of the collective. Please share this statement widely and take action to defend Palestinian rights and liberation, from …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-09). Black Sea: U.S. warplanes integrate with German, Italian, Romanian counterparts. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandMarch 8, 2022 U.S. 480th Expeditionary fighter squadron bolsters NATO's collective defence on Eastern Flank The American's 480th Air Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (480th EFS), working out of Fetesti Air Base, Romania since February 11, continues to enhance NATO's collective defence posture, supporting NATO's enhanced Air Policing mission with F-16 Fighting Falcons…. The 480th …

Fight Back (2022-03-09). Minneapolis teachers and education support specialists begin open-ended strike with no deal in sight. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Teachers and education support professionals in Minneapolis began striking at 7: 30 a.m., March 8, with pickets held at public schools all over the city. | At Lyndale Community School in South Minneapolis spirits were high on the first day of the strike. MFT members said that 100% of the teachers at the school had signed in and were out on their picket line. The line marched back and forth around the two street sides of the school for about an hour before they began moving and the crowd of around 100 people marched over to Lyndale Avenue, a major street in the area. There they proceeded up and do…

_____ (2022-03-09). On Speculations about the Similarities between Taiwan and Ukraine. journal-neo.org There is a growing discourse about the striking parallels in the situations around Taiwan and Ukraine. Proponents of geopolitics revive the basic tenet of its modern edition, which was originated by Alfred Thayer Mahan and Halford Mackinder. With certain variations, both of them had, over a hundred years ago, proposed the hypothesis of an irreducible …

WSWS (2022-03-09). Striking Minneapolis teachers express support for united struggle across Twin Cities. wsws.org Picketing teachers on Tuesday described the intolerable conditions in the schools, saying, "This is how the district treats our kids?"

ecns.cn (2022-03-09). Xilan Kapu's catcher in the 'Peach Blossom Wonderland'. ecns.cn Peace and tranquility permeates Youyang Taohuayuan (Peach Blossom Wonderland) Scenic Area in southwest China's Chongqing. Under sunrise, the sound of sewing strikes up a symphony, with knitting needles and yarn dancing in a weaver's hands.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-09). Riga: NATO, Canadian, Spanish leaders strike bold pose on eastern flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Baltic TimesMarch 8, 2022 War started by Putin in Ukraine ended peace in Europe but NATO does not want war with Russia — NATO secretary-general The war started by Putin in Ukraine ended peace in Europe, still, NATO does not want a war with Russia, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said while visiting the Adazi military …

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-09). Albania: NATO upgrades air base in city once named after Stalin. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Balkan InsightFebruary 28, 2022 In Albanian City Once Named 'Stalin', a Base for NATO Developed under Italian fascist occupation, renamed 'Stalin City' under communism, and condemned to poverty with the transition to capitalism, the central Albanian city of Kucova is now set to become synonymous with NATO. Three years after the Western military alliance announced …

WSWS (2022-03-09). Oppose the arrest of Ukrainian Communist Youth leaders! wsws.org The WSWS unequivocally opposes the arrests of Mikhail and Alexander Kononovich of the Ukrainian Communist Youth and demands their immediate release.

_____ (2022-03-09). The Unity Of Theory And Practice. popularresistance.org In 1969, Fred Hampton — chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party — said: "we saying that theory's cool, but theory with no practice ain't shit." He elaborated this statement in another speech that he gave in the same year: "I don't care how much theory you got, if it don't have any practice applied to it, then that theory happens to be irrelevant. Right? Any theory you get, practice it. And when you practice it you make some mistakes. When you make a mistake, you correct that theory, and then it will be corrected theory that will be able to be applied and used in any situation. That…

Saheli Chowdhury (2022-03-09). Restoration of Archaeological Structures Continues in Palmyra, Syria (+Russia). orinocotribune.com Restoration work of the archaeological site in the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, is on going within the framework of a collaboration between Syria and Russia, with the support of UNESCO. The project started in October last year after UNESCO approved the 3-D models of the structures and monuments of the UNESCO World Heritage site that were prepared by experts from the Russian Academy of Sciences. | Palmyra, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, located in the Syrian province of Homs, was taken over by the Islamic State in 2015, which then carried out massacres, and damaged, demolished, or…