WSWS (2022-03-21). COVID-19 surges in Solomon Islands. wsws.org Widespread poverty, combined with inadequate government services and emergency support, has inflicted significant hardships on the population amid the pandemic.

WSWS (2022-03-21). Deepening political crisis in New Zealand as living costs surge. wsws.org The increasingly unpopular Labour government was forced to take urgent action this week after petrol hit $NZ3 a litre on the back of escalating global price shocks.

Labor Video Project (2022-03-21). "Thrown Under The Bus" Vaccinations, Terminations & Union Rights With SEIU 1021 SF Member. indybay.org Kimberly Cox an SEIU 1021 SF MTA worker talks about the threat of firing for not getting vaccinated.

WSWS (2022-03-21). Labor Party wins South Australian election on back of COVID disaster. wsws.org The Liberal vote plummeted straight after the reopening of the state's borders on November 23, which soon led to the pandemic taking off.

Fight Back (2022-03-21). Learning together: The Mass Line. fightbacknews.org In the last article in our series on Marxist-Leninist theoretical concepts, on Marxist epistemology, Marxists talk a lot about the importance of "correct i…

WorkWeek (2022-03-21). 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 (2022-03-21). University of Michigan social work students strike to win pay for internships. wsws.org Matt Dargay, one of the organizers of the Payment for Placement movement at the University of Michigan, spoke with the World Socialist Web Site about Monday's demonstration and the demands of the P4P organization.

ecns.cn (2022-03-20). Chinese banks report net forex purchase in February. ecns.cn Chinese banks saw a net foreign exchange purchase last month, data from the country's forex regulator showed Friday.

ecns.cn (2022-03-20). China rolls out new tax cuts for small businesses. ecns.cn China will carry out tax cuts for low-profit small businesses for three years to support their growth, the Ministry of Finance said on Friday.

Our Reporter (2022-03-19). OPINION: The correlation of the Russian-Ukraine War to fuel prices in Uganda. plusnews.ug The ongoing assault on Ukraine by Russia's President Vladimir Putin has led to numerous economic sanctions on Russia's economy including the ban on Russian crude oil from circulation by oil and gas companies like Shell. In a statement made by Shell's CEO on 8th March 2022, Ben Van Beurden stated, "Today we announced our intent …

Our Reporter (2022-03-20). Parish Development Model to target only 39% of Ugandans. plusnews.ug The national coordinator of the Parish Development Model (PDM), Dennis Galabuzi Ssozi has revealed that the government flagship program is meant for only the 39% of Ugandans who are living a subsistence life to enable them to get involved in the cash economy. Galabuzi said this while at the NRM secretariat in a weekly ideological …

Staff (2022-03-20). Iran's economy not to be left in limbo pending of JCPOA. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 20 (MNA) — Stating that the country and the economy would not be left in limbo pending the conclusion of the JCPOA, President said that while engaging in Vienna negotiations, the government also put its focus on thwarting sanctions.

Linda Evans (2022-03-20). "Prisons are Big Business": The Prison-Industrial Complex and the Global Economy. globalresearch.ca Editor's Note: From our archives. This was one of the first articles published by Global Research on October 18, 2001 Over 1.8 million people are currently behind bars in the United States. This represents the highest per capita …

ecns.cn (2022-03-20). China to further improve REIT mechanism: regulator. ecns.cn China's securities regulator said it will work with other government departments to further improve the mechanism on infrastructure real-estate investment trusts (REITs), as part of efforts to better support the real economy.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-03-20). Video: Covid-19: Engineered Destruction of Civil Society: Prof Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca Destabilizing the social, political and economic structure of 190 sovereign countries cannot constitute a "solution" to combating the virus. But that was the imposed "solution" which was implemented in several stages from the very outset of the corona crisis in …

ecns.cn (2022-03-20). China to continue regular trade, economic cooperation with Russia, Ukraine. ecns.cn China's Commerce Ministry said on Thursday that China would continue trade and economic cooperation with both Russia and Ukraine based on equality, mutual benefit and mutual respect.

Our Reporter (2022-03-20). Women are the biggest beneficiaries of peace in Uganda, says VP Alupo. plusnews.ug The Vice President Jessica Alupo has applauded President Museveni for the prevailing peace and security he ushered in the country that she said has enabled development, growth and social economic transformation throughout Uganda. The provision of peace, she said, is a deliberate effort of the NRM government. Alupo said that because of involvement in different …

JANET (2022-03-20). 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…

Staff (2022-03-20). Unión Eléctrica informa sobre labores en termoeléctrica Antonio Guiteras. cubadebate.cu Se prevé su incorporación nuevamente al Sistema Eléctrico Nacional el próximo martes 22 de marzo. Otras tres unidades se incorporaran al SEN entre el día de hoy y mañana, lo que permitirá dar solución a las afectaciones que se han venido produciendo en el servicio eléctrico.

ecns.cn (2022-03-20). Chinese company delivers container lab to help Laos' COVID-19 testing. ecns.cn Biotech company MGI Tech delivered a container laboratory to Laos on Thursday, so as to help the country boost its mass COVID-19 testing capacity and prepare for the gradual re-opening of its borders in 2022.

WSWS (2022-03-20). CHP, DİSK union collaborate against Turkish municipal workers strike. wsws.org Workers are defying pressure from the opposition CHP-led municipality and the DİSK-affiliated Genel-İş union, insisting for a strike for wages and benefits.

Ediz Tiyansan (2022-03-20). California lawmakers propose tax rebate amid rising gas prices. america.cgtn.com California is proposing new measures to relieve some of the financial burden brought on by soaring gas prices. Learn more.

Aditi Ramaswami (2022-03-20). WEEKEND READER: A Better Way To Address Gas Prices. dailyposter.com

Mary Triny Mena (2022-03-20). NFTs help Venezuelan artists overcome soaring inflation. america.cgtn.com See how NFTs benefit Venezuelan artists.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-20). Mayo Clinic researchers recommend investments in vaccine safety in Nature commentary. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The leaders of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group are emphasizing the need for increased long-term study of vaccines and their mechanisms with future safety of patients in mind. Gregory Poland, M.D., and Richard Kennedy, Ph.D., write in their commentary in the scientific journal Nature Reviews Immunology that greater focus on understanding vaccines' downstream effects, not only on immunity but also on all the other biological systems will provide information that can help make vaccines safer…

Staff (2022-03-20). CTC convoca a una masiva movilización por el Día Internacional de los Trabajadores. cubadebate.cu La Central de Trabajadores de Cuba y sus Sindicatos Nacionales convocan a todo el país a una masiva jornada de movilización para celebrar el Día Internacional de los Trabajadores, la que llevará por lema Cuba Vive y Trabaja, expresión de la firme e incondicional decisión de continuar consolidando nuestro Modelo Económico-Social de Desarrollo Socialista.

JANET (2022-03-20). What is happening in and around Ukraine. iacenter.org March 17, 2022 The following statement can be found on the website of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation at tinyurl.com/3mdkth7t. It was posted on March 14, 2022. There is a war in Ukraine. Outwardly, it looks like an armed conflict between Russia and Ukraine. All political forces, including the Left, have spoken out about these events. The range of assessments: from humanistic-emotional ("people are dying, stop the war") to purely class ("The West is pushing two oligarchic regimes"). In fact, this conflict has deep roots. When analyzing the situation, we must take into account both the national conte…

ecns.cn (2022-03-20). China to further improve REIT mechanism: regulator. ecns.cn China's securities regulator said it will work with other government departments to further improve the mechanism on infrastructure real-estate investment trusts (REITs), as part of efforts to better support the real economy.

ecns.cn (2022-03-20). China rolls out new tax cuts for small businesses. ecns.cn China will carry out tax cuts for low-profit small businesses for three years to support their growth, the Ministry of Finance said on Friday.

ecns.cn (2022-03-20). Chinese banks report net forex purchase in February. ecns.cn Chinese banks saw a net foreign exchange purchase last month, data from the country's forex regulator showed Friday.

ecns.cn (2022-03-20). China to continue regular trade, economic cooperation with Russia, Ukraine. ecns.cn China's Commerce Ministry said on Thursday that China would continue trade and economic cooperation with both Russia and Ukraine based on equality, mutual benefit and mutual respect.

ecns.cn (2022-03-20). Chinese company delivers container lab to help Laos' COVID-19 testing. ecns.cn Biotech company MGI Tech delivered a container laboratory to Laos on Thursday, so as to help the country boost its mass COVID-19 testing capacity and prepare for the gradual re-opening of its borders in 2022.

Aditi Ramaswami (2022-03-20). WEEKEND READER: A Better Way To Address Gas Prices. dailyposter.com

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-20). Mayo Clinic researchers recommend investments in vaccine safety in Nature commentary. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The leaders of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group are emphasizing the need for increased long-term study of vaccines and their mechanisms with future safety of patients in mind. Gregory Poland, M.D., and Richard Kennedy, Ph.D., write in their commentary in the scientific journal Nature Reviews Immunology that greater focus on understanding vaccines' downstream effects, not only on immunity but also on all the other biological systems will provide information that can help make vaccines safer…

WorkWeek (2022-03-20). WorkWeek: UESF Teachers Occupy For Back Pay, Covid, Griffin Charter & CNNC Union Busting. indybay.org WorkWeek covers SF UESF Teachers Occupation For Back Pay & Covid Capitalism, Giffin MIT Charter School Teachers Fighting Corruption & Chinese Union Busting at CNNC In Namibia…

_____ (2022-03-19). The Man Who Turned America's Economy Into A Literal Casino. popularresistance.org To anyone paying attention, the American economy sure feels a lot like a casino. The stock market has become increasingly gamified, and the consequences are felt by all of us, every day—even those of us who aren't even invited to play. There's actually a term for our financial system that uses these words: casino capitalism. What many don't know, however, is that behind this new form of capitalism is a flesh-and-bones man with a certain sort of gambling addiction. His name is Bill Gross, and his is the story that Mary Childs, co-host of NPR's "Planet Money" podcast, tells so compellingly in her book, "The B…

Ann Garrison (2022-03-19). Sanctions: A Sanctimonious Word for Economic Warfare and Outright Theft (Interview). orinocotribune.com The US claims the right to sanction, to steal from other nations, with one-third of humanity suffering from these crimes. Sanctions are war by other means and cause great suffering around the world. Black Agenda Report's Ann Garrison interviewed Congolese economist Jean-Claude Maswana about such unilateral sanctions and their effects. | The word "sanctions" emerged in the Middle Ages, meaning ecclesiastical decrees. Today it's a sanctimonious word for economic warfare, including even outright theft. Despite all the terror about what could happen in Ukraine next, Afghans are still facing freezing cold and starvati…

WSWS (2022-03-19). Amid economic crisis, Sri Lankan president pledges to work with IMF. wsws.org A day before his national address, Rajapakse met with senior IMF officials, as rating agencies warned that Sri Lanka could default on repayments of foreign loans and sovereign bonds.

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-03-19). Putin unmasks lies by U.S and West, rejects to embrace their dominance. plusnews.ug The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin says western countries are to blame for suffering and problems faced by their people not Russia as it is being propagated. He made the remarks during a meeting on socioeconomic support for regions, he held this week. "I want ordinary Western people to hear me, too. You are being …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-03-19). Biggest Lie in World History: The Data Base is Flawed. There Never Was A Pandemic. The Covid Mandates including the Vaccine are Invalid. globalresearch.ca Introduction : | Destabilizing the social, political and economic structure of 190 sovereign countries cannot constitute a "solution" to combating the virus. But that was the imposed "solution" which was implemented in several stages from the very outset of the corona crisis…

_____ (2022-03-19). A Black-Women-Led And Life-Based Project For A New Colombia. popularresistance.org Francia Márquez Mina, a 40-year-old Black female activist from the predominantly Black and forgotten region of the Colombian Pacific coast, is shifting the terms of political debate in the second 'Blackest' nation in South America. Francia, the first Black woman to run for the Colombian presidency, is leading a collective effort by women, LGBTQ+ communities, Black youth, peasants, and the poor in general to transform Colombia's insidious patterns of violence and socio-racial inequalities. According to Infobae , as many as 54.2% of Colombia's population face food insecurity, 42% are under the poverty line, and 10.

_____ (2022-03-19). Women And Labor: Key Struggles In The MENA Region. popularresistance.org 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 partners seek wide-ranging institutional changes and an improved environment for women's participation and rights. | Surveys show public support for some — but not all — proposals for gender equality. Equal inheritance rights for women, for example, remain off the table, even in progressive Tunisia. Fam…

WSWS (2022-03-19). Brother of New Zealand mine disaster victim denounces abandonment of underground investigation. wsws.org Gordon Dixon, whose brother Allan died in the 2010 Pike River mine disaster, told the WSWS that the Labour Party-led government's decision to permanently seal the mine was part of an ongoing cover-up to protect those responsible.

_____ (2022-03-19). Minneapolis Strikers Demand A Living Wage For The Lowest-Paid Educators. popularresistance.org Labor is on fire in the Twin Cities. Educators in Minneapolis are wrapping up their second week on strike, and cafeteria workers are poised to join them. | St. Paul educators came close to walking out as well; the unions fed off one another as they built their contract campaigns. "St. Paul has the experience," said St. Paul special ed teacher Jeff Garcia. "Minneapolis has the energy. They are really fired up." | The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and the St. Paul Federation of Educators both announced February 18 that their members had voted to authorize strikes. | MFT members walked out March 8. The strikers…

Labor Video Project (2022-03-19). "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.

ecns.cn (2022-03-19). Chinese official accuses U.S. of fabricating lies about life in Xinjiang. ecns.cn Yusupjan Memet on Thursday accused anti-China forces in the United States and some other Western countries of fabricating lies and fallacies about the so-called "forced labor".

Alison Halliday, Richard Bulbulia, Leo H Bonati, Johanna Chester, Andrea Cradduck-Bamford, Richard Peto, Hongchao Pan, ACST-2 Collaborative Group (2022-03-19). [Correspondence] Is stenting equivalent to endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid stenosis? — Authors' reply. thelancet.com In the ACST-2 randomised trial1 we compared carotid endarterectomy (CEA) with carotid artery stenting (CAS). The discussion of its findings drew on two other sources of evidence; first, the procedural hazards seen in large population registries, and second, our meta-analysis of all the properly randomised trials. For in comparing these two procedures, the differences in their immediate hazards and the differences in their long-term effects on stroke incidence are both important. Hence, for both these outcomes the treatment differences should be assessed reliably.

Ana M Vicedo-Cabrera, Aurelio Tobias, Jouni J K Jaakkola, Yasushi Honda, Masahiro Hashizume, Yuming Guo, Joel Schwartz, Antonella Zanobetti, Michelle L Bell, Ben Armstrong, Klea Katsouyanni, Andy Haines, Kristie L Ebi, Antonio Gasparrini (2022-03-19). [Correspondence] Global mortality burden attributable to non-optimal temperatures. thelancet.com Katrin Burkart and colleagues1 present the results of an ambitious study on the global mortality burden attributable to non-optimal temperatures by the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries,and Risk Factors Collaborators. They report that 2 ∑98% of deaths globally could be attributed to non-optimal temperatures in 2019; 2 ∑37% of deaths from low temperatures and 0 ∑63% of deaths from high temperatures.

Our Reporter (2022-03-19). Gov't searching for people who announced speaker Oulanyah Dead. plusnews.ug The government is looking for people who spread false information that the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah is dead. Oulanyah was on 5th February flown to a hospital in Seattle in the United States of America to receive specialized treatment after spending several days in Mulago Nattional Referral Hospital. The government did not give details …

_____ (2022-03-19). Lockheed And Raytheon — Today's 'Masters Of War'. popularresistance.org That the U.S./NATO-instigated war in Ukraine could result in a third world war is of major concern for all of humanity, especially workers and oppressed people who ultimately bear the brunt of any war. Yet for some global billionaires — today's 'masters of war' — this conflict is seen as an opportunity to further boost profits. | Among those already reaping gains are companies involved in the production and sale of weapons, planes and other military hardware. This includes 14 of the world's 20 largest "defense" companies headquartered in the U.S. Topping this list are Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Rayth…

Anna L. Noble (2022-03-19). How Big Tech sees big profits in social-emotional learning at school. nationofchange.org Digital products that monitor students' online behavior raise concerns about how companies use that data for profit.

Editor (2022-03-19). Toward a third Reconstruction: Lessons from the past for a socialist future. mronline.org Karl Marx wrote to Lincoln in 1864 that he was sure that the "American anti-slavery war" would initiate a "new era of ascendancy" for the working classes for the "rescue…and reconstruction of a social world."

WSWS (2022-03-19). India: Striking Maharashtra transport workers defy state government's latest back-to-work ultimatum. wsws.org More than 70,000 Maharashtra state transport workers have been on strike for 19 weeks to demand job security and decent, timely paid wages.

WSWS (2022-03-19). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org Air India maintenance technicians strike over wages; Tamil Nadu tollgate workers strike over pay; Sri Lankan government development officers strike over pay; Queensland coal freight train workers take industrial action…

Emir Sader (2022-03-19). øLa globalización sobrevivirá a la guerra? globalizacion.ca Desde que el capitalismo adhirió al modelo neoliberal, la globalización se ha encargado de extender el nuevo modelo por todo el mundo. Apertura de mercados, desregulación económica, privatizaciones, prioridad de los ajustes fiscales, promoción del Estado mínimo — todo lo…

Amado Herrero (2022-03-19). El giro de Emmanuel Macron hacia la energía nuclear. globalizacion.ca Descarbonizar la economía, reindustrializar el país y reducir la dependencia exterior son sus argumentos, pero Greenpeace denuncia una decisión "desconectada de la realidad". De pie, con la enorme turbina Arabelle y sus 300 toneladas como telón de fondo, Emmanuel Macron …

_____ (2022-03-19). Yemen Retaliates Against Deadly Fuel Blockade By Targeting Saudi Oil. popularresistance.org Yemen-Saudi Border — Under the scorching midday sun, Hakem Matari Yahya al-Buttaini's brother was on the cusp of finally being able to purchase the 40 liters of diesel fuel for which he had been waiting in line for seven days, when he got the call. Hakem had been executed by Saudi Arabia and the news had just spread through local media. Hakem was among seven Yemenis executed by Saudi Arabia on Saturday. | As much of the world's attention remained focused on Russia's war on Ukraine, the Saudi regime carried out a mass execution, killing 81 people in a single day, including the seven Yemenis and civilians fro…

Daniel Garvin (2022-03-19). Pasadena tenants march to demand rent control. liberationnews.org In Pasadena the housing struggle is heating up.

Hedelberto López Blanch (2022-03-19). Pandemia, guerra, inflación øY los pobres qué? globalizacion.ca No cabe la menor duda que las poblaciones desfavorecidas en este mundo de globalización neoliberal han sido las más afectadas por la pandemia de coronavirus, el aumento del costo de los alimentos, la inflación, el cambio climático y ahora la…

WSWS (2022-03-19). Amid economic crisis, Sri Lankan president pledges to work with IMF. wsws.org A day before his national address, Rajapakse met with senior IMF officials, as rating agencies warned that Sri Lanka could default on repayments of foreign loans and sovereign bonds.

WSWS (2022-03-19). Brother of New Zealand mine disaster victim denounces abandonment of underground investigation. wsws.org Gordon Dixon, whose brother Allan died in the 2010 Pike River mine disaster, told the WSWS that the Labour Party-led government's decision to permanently seal the mine was part of an ongoing cover-up to protect those responsible.

Labor Video Project (2022-03-19). "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.

Alison Halliday, Richard Bulbulia, Leo H Bonati, Johanna Chester, Andrea Cradduck-Bamford, Richard Peto, Hongchao Pan, ACST-2 Collaborative Group (2022-03-19). [Correspondence] Is stenting equivalent to endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid stenosis? — Authors' reply. thelancet.com In the ACST-2 randomised trial1 we compared carotid endarterectomy (CEA) with carotid artery stenting (CAS). The discussion of its findings drew on two other sources of evidence; first, the procedural hazards seen in large population registries, and second, our meta-analysis of all the properly randomised trials. For in comparing these two procedures, the differences in their immediate hazards and the differences in their long-term effects on stroke incidence are both important. Hence, for both these outcomes the treatment differences should be assessed reliably.

Ana M Vicedo-Cabrera, Aurelio Tobias, Jouni J K Jaakkola, Yasushi Honda, Masahiro Hashizume, Yuming Guo, Joel Schwartz, Antonella Zanobetti, Michelle L Bell, Ben Armstrong, Klea Katsouyanni, Andy Haines, Kristie L Ebi, Antonio Gasparrini (2022-03-19). [Correspondence] Global mortality burden attributable to non-optimal temperatures. thelancet.com Katrin Burkart and colleagues1 present the results of an ambitious study on the global mortality burden attributable to non-optimal temperatures by the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries,and Risk Factors Collaborators. They report that 2 ∑98% of deaths globally could be attributed to non-optimal temperatures in 2019; 2 ∑37% of deaths from low temperatures and 0 ∑63% of deaths from high temperatures.

WSWS (2022-03-19). India: Striking Maharashtra transport workers defy state government's latest back-to-work ultimatum. wsws.org More than 70,000 Maharashtra state transport workers have been on strike for 19 weeks to demand job security and decent, timely paid wages.

WSWS (2022-03-19). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org Air India maintenance technicians strike over wages; Tamil Nadu tollgate workers strike over pay; Sri Lankan government development officers strike over pay; Queensland coal freight train workers take industrial action…

WorkWeek (2022-03-19). WorkWeek: UESF Teachers Occupy For Back Pay, Covid, Griffin Charter & CNNC Union Busting. indybay.org WorkWeek covers SF UESF Teachers Occupation For Back Pay & Covid Capitalism, Giffin MIT Charter School Teachers Fighting Corruption & Chinese Union Busting at CNNC In Namibia…

_____ (2022-03-18). We Are In A Period Of Great Tectonic Shifts. popularresistance.org The war in Ukraine has focused attention on the shifts taking place in the world order. Russia's military intervention has been met with sanctions from the West as well as with the transport of arms and mercenaries to Ukraine. These sanctions will have a major impact on the Russian economy as well as the Central Asian states, but they will also negatively impact the European population who will see energy and food prices rise further. Until now, the West has decided not to intervene with direct military force or to try and establish a 'no-fly zone'. It is recognized, sanely, that such an intervention could escala…

JANET (2022-03-18). U.S. threatens nuclear war or sanctions. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders March 16, 2022 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 economic sanctions imposed on Russia are dragging the whole world into a war that started long before the Russian intervention in Ukraine on Feb. 24. A big calculation is which countries will be forced to accept the onerous economic sanctions imposed on Russia by the U.S. Countries rep…

JANET (2022-03-18). If you care about Ukraine — disband NATO. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders March 17, 2022 Long before the Feb. 24 Russian intervention, the 2014 U.S.-backed fascist coup regime had reduced Ukraine to the poorest country, and with the highest rate of migration, in Europe. The International Monetary Fund restructured the economy and demanded austerity measures that gutted the pensions and cut social spending. Mass privatizations of socially owned property brought economic ruin. credit RT Now human trafficking in commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor, along with the buying of children from orphanages, is more widespread in Ukraine than any other European country…

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-18). Venezuela to Launch Social Media Platform (+CLAP). orinocotribune.com This Friday, March 18 is the launch date of Venezuela's new social media platform, announced President Nicolás Maduro. He expressed confidence that users around the world will be impressed with the news provided on the digital platform. | The head of state issued the comments during a working meeting about the economy, dedicated to the sixth anniversary of the Local Supply and Production Committees (CLAP). The CLAP food service provides subsidized food to millions of Venezuelan households. | "Venezuela is going to surprise the world with something that we are going to launch on Friday," Maduro said, speaking abou…

_____ (2022-03-18). Global Arms Market Dynamics and its Effects on the International Developments. journal-neo.org For several years now, the world economy has been showing signs of a global crisis, affecting not only underdeveloped economies but also fully developed states such as the US or the EU. One of the signs of instability and unease increasing around the world is the rapid growth of the arms trade. Data on arms …

_____ (2022-03-18). US Threatens Nuclear War Or Sanctions. popularresistance.org The well-established capitalist disorder, dominated by U.S. imperialism and in place since World War II, is on shaky ground. Extreme economic sanctions imposed on Russia are dragging the whole world into a war that started long before the Russian intervention in Ukraine on Feb. 24. | A big calculation is which countries will be forced to accept the onerous economic sanctions imposed on Russia by the U.S. Countries representing a majority of the world's population are not willing to tie their sovereignty to total Wall Street control. To the shock of U.S. war strategists, almost all of Latin America, the Caribbean,…

Ann Brown (2022-03-18). Billionaire Hedge Fund Legend Druckenmiller: The Federal Reserve Is the Greatest Engine Of Inequality, The Poor Will Be First To Get Screwed When The Bubble Bursts. moguldom.com The U.S. Federal Reserve is the most powerful economic institution in the country. It is responsible for setting interest rates, managing the money supply, and regulating financial markets. In other words, making sure the country's financial system is fair and working for all citizens. But according to legendary hedge fund manager Stanely Druckenmiller, it is …

ecns.cn (2022-03-18). China to continue regular trade, economic cooperation with Russia, Ukraine. ecns.cn China's Commerce Ministry said on Thursday that China would continue trade and economic cooperation with both Russia and Ukraine based on equality, mutual benefit and mutual respect.

_____ (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 …

Anand Naidoo (2022-03-18). The Heat: Sanctions imposed on Russia. america.cgtn.com Russia is under severe economic sanctions imposed by western countries. But do sanctions work?

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-03-18). Uganda Ahead of the World in Gender Equality — Minister Amongi. plusnews.ug The Government of Uganda has made tremendous progress in advancing gender equality and women empowerment as a key driver of inclusive economic growth and social development. While presenting a paper at a dialogue held on the sidelines of the ongoing 66th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York on Thursday, …

ecns.cn (2022-03-18). World's largest trade deal RCEP comes into effect in Malaysia: trade ministry. ecns.cn The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world's largest trade deal so far, came into effect in Malaysia from Friday, the trade ministry said in a statement.

WSWS (2022-03-18). Australian police officer found not guilty over fatal shooting of indigenous teenager. wsws.org Kumanjayi Walker's killing by police is an end product of decades of escalating state repression of indigenous communities, government social spending cuts and endemic poverty.

Steve Gillis (2022-03-18). Boston community-labor rally for striking Machinists. workers.org March 7 — Leaders of the Greater Boston Labor Council and the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, along with powerhouse rank-and-file unionists like UNITE HERE Local 26 members, joined 30 striking International Association of Machinists Local 447 technicians in Dedham, Massachusetts. Local 26 UNITE HERE in solidarity with IAM strikers. Credit: Steve Gillis. . . . |

deweylaura (2022-03-18). Lucy Parsons, American revolutionary. cpusa.org Let the masses understand that these robbers hold this property (which is so much unpaid labor) under the plea of the laws which they themselves have made . . . and further, that these so-called laws would not be worth the paper they are written on, twenty-four hours after the producers of all wealth had …

Mark Gruenberg (2022-03-18). Updated Davis-Bacon regs will raise pay for construction workers. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON —Building trades union leaders lauded the Democratic Biden administration's plans to revise and update the rules implementing the Davis-Bacon Act, improving enforcement and expanding its reach. The Labor Department said the changes could raise the pay for at least 1.2 million U.S. construction workers. The rewrite, announced March 11, is open for comments for …

ecns.cn (2022-03-18). U.S. urged to open up on Ukraine labs. ecns.cn The United States has been urged to act responsibly and clarify matters regarding its global biological-military activities, including at its biological laboratories in Ukraine.

Brittani Banks (2022-03-18). The War in Ukraine Is Sending Russia-China Relations in New Directions. independentmediainstitute.org While the Ukraine crisis may put some strain on the Chinese-Russian relationship, it has also spurred deeper collaboration between them. Based on a shared desire to undermine the United States' global order, their constructive partnership will not only endure the blowback from the Ukrainian invasion but is likely to expand. By John P. Ruehl With …

ecns.cn (2022-03-18). Chinese official accuses U.S. of fabricating lies about life in Xinjiang. ecns.cn Yusupjan Memet on Thursday accused anti-China forces in the United States and some other Western countries of fabricating lies and fallacies about the so-called "forced labor".

ecns.cn (2022-03-18). Chinese company delivers container lab to help Laos' COVID-19 testing. ecns.cn Biotech company MGI Tech delivered a container laboratory to Laos on Thursday, so as to help the country boost its mass COVID-19 testing capacity and prepare for the gradual re-opening of its borders in 2022.

teleSUR, mcs, MER (2022-03-18). Bolivia creará comisión para plantear temas de justicia laboral. telesurtv.net Las autoridades indicaron que las delegaciones funcionarán con responsabilidad hacia el pueblo boliviano.

Staff (2022-03-18). Encabeza presidente cubano visita de trabajo del PCC a Artemisa. cubadebate.cu El presidente cubano Miguel Díaz- Canel inicio este viernes una visita de trabajo del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba a la provincia de Artemisa. En horas de la mañana recorrió el barrio El Chalet, de la circunscripción 36 del Consejo Popular Toledo. Aquí se realizan labores de transformación con participación popular. En la provincia se realizan acciones como estas en 38 barrios.

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…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-03-18). Fact Check: Miami Is The Least Affordable City In America, Worse Than New York City. moguldom.com Nicknamed "The Magic City," Miami has become much less magical for natives and local residents who are being pushed out of their homes due its status as the least affordable city in the country. A longtime standout for its enormous wealth gap, Miami ranks among the most expensive cities, and it's one of the top-ranked …

_____ (2022-03-18). Progressives Hand Biden List Of 55 Executive Actions. popularresistance.org The CPC's new list of executive order recommendations is broad in scope, aiming to address a variety of pressing issues including sky-high drug prices, the worsening climate emergency, the coronavirus pandemic, mounting student loan debt, and a rigged tax system—priorities that Biden vowed to tackle on the campaign trail in 2020. | While Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the CPC chair, has said she would prefer ambitious legislation such as the Build Back Better package to more limited executive orders, that bill is dead in the Senate due to opposition from Republicans and corporate-backed Democrats such as S…

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.

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-03-18). Photos: Kabira Country Club unveils best Easter accommodation prices. plusnews.ug Uganda's leading hotel Kabira Country Club has unveiled unbeatable accommodation rates for the coming Easter season with particular focus on giving customers excellent service at affordable prices. During the Easter week, Studio Deluxe room (Single) for a single guest will be at Shs375,000 per night and the same type but double which can accommodate two …

isabella (2022-03-18). It's Not Just Inflation — It's Price Gouging. inequality.org

JANET (2022-03-18). Sign on: End Sanctions & War. iacenter.org SanctionsKill Campaign Statement on Ukraine Conflict END ALL WARFARE — NO SANCTIONS Sign on — click here The SanctionsKill Campaign is a broad coalition of social justice, solidarity, and peace forces focused on exposing the devastating impact of US sanctions on civilian populations globally. Sanctions are not a substitute for war The current regime of sanctions against Russia is not a substitute for war, but a form of warfare. Sanctions kill many thousands just as bombs do. Sanctions create hyperinflation, artificial famines, social upheavals, and health crises that punish civilian populations. As US…

WSWS (2022-03-18). Australia's rising cost of living outpacing official inflation. wsws.org With dramatic price rises forecast over the coming months, essentials, such as food, petrol and housing, are already near record highs.

_____ (2022-03-18). Black Caucus Fails On Ukraine. popularresistance.org On June 11, 2015, the late Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) member John Conyers made this statement about Ukraine. "House passed my amendment to prohibit assistance to Azov Battalion—a far-right white supremacist militia at front lines of Ukraine conflict." Conyers was right of course. The Azov Battalion was and is a core part of Ukraine's military. They have Nazi roots, as do many other organizations in that country. But after the Pentagon objected the amendment was stripped from the spending bill and never saw the light of day. | It is important to remember what Conyers tried to achieve the year after Bar…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-18). Mayo Clinic researchers recommend investments in vaccine safety in Nature commentary. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The leaders of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group are emphasizing the need for increased long-term study of vaccines and their mechanisms with future safety of patients in mind. Gregory Poland, M.D., and Richard Kennedy, Ph.D., write in their commentary in the scientific journal Nature Reviews Immunology that greater focus on understanding vaccines' downstream effects, not only on immunity but also on all the other biological systems will provide information that can help make vaccines safer…

Brittani Banks (2022-03-18). How Big Tech Sees Big Profits in Social-Emotional Learning at School. independentmediainstitute.org In June 2021, as students and teachers were finishing up a difficult school year, Priscilla Chan, wife of Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, made a live virtual appearance on the "Today" show, announcing that the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), along with its "partner" Gradient Learning, was launching Along, a new digital tool to help …

deweylaura (2022-03-18). Person of faith? The Communist Party welcomes you! cpusa.org There is so much misunderstanding of the relationship between religion and communist views. More often than not, people only associate communism with atheism due to misquoting Marx in his comment of religion being the "opium of the masses." Due to misquoting and misinformation, the general thought has been that no one of religious faith …

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

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-18). U.S. clears missile defense radar sale to Britain as part of NATO missile shield. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Breaking DefenseMarch 18, 2022 UK gets green light on ballistic missile radar, C2 asset deal for $700M The United Kingdom has received a green light to purchase a Ballistic Missile Defense Radar as well as an associated command and control system from the United States, a sale potentially worth up to $700 million. "The proposed …

imperial.ac.uk (2022-03-18). Engineering extra limbs and austerity food purchases: News from the College. imperial.ac.uk Here's a batch of fresh news and announcements from across Imperial.

Staff (2022-03-18). Almost 5 Million COVID-19 Vaccines Arrive in Venezuela (+COVAX). orinocotribune.com This Thursday, March 16, 4,8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines arrived in Venezuela through the COVAX program. The process was supervised by the Ministry of Health. No details have yet being given about the origins of this shipment, however, when Venezuela first reached an agreement with the United Nations to purchase vaccines, it was announced that they would be Sinopharm and Vero Cell, which are produced in China. | Minister Magaly Gutiérrez commented that these vaccines "will allow us to immunize the population through our reinforcement program, which was announced by the president of the Bolivarian Republic…

Fight Back (2022-03-18). New Orleans trans and workers organizations demonstrate for International Women's Day. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – Community members gathered in New Orleans on the weekend after International Women's Day to mark the holiday in the context of critical struggles unfolding across the country. They gathered on Claiborne Avenue at the sight of the 2015 murder of Penny Proud, a 21-year-old Black trans women. | Serena Borne of Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) highlighted the importance of gathering at this location. "We must understand the connection between legislation that attacks trans youth or women's reproductive rights, and anti-trans hate crimes that happen far too often." | Many local organization…

WSWS (2022-03-18). Pseudo-left president takes office in Chile. wsws.org The Frente Amplio-Communist Party coalition, Apruebo Dignidad, assumed office on March 11 to much fanfare from the international bourgeoisie.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-03-18). Venezuela to Launch Social Media Platform (+CLAP). orinocotribune.com This Friday, March 18 is the launch date of Venezuela's new social media platform, announced President Nicolás Maduro. He expressed confidence that users around the world will be impressed with the news provided on the digital platform. | The head of state issued the comments during a working meeting about the economy, dedicated to the sixth anniversary of the Local Supply and Production Committees (CLAP). The CLAP food service provides subsidized food to millions of Venezuelan households. | "Venezuela is going to surprise the world with something that we are going to launch on Friday," Maduro said, speaking abou…

_____ (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 …

ecns.cn (2022-03-18). China to continue regular trade, economic cooperation with Russia, Ukraine. ecns.cn China's Commerce Ministry said on Thursday that China would continue trade and economic cooperation with both Russia and Ukraine based on equality, mutual benefit and mutual respect.

ecns.cn (2022-03-18). World's largest trade deal RCEP comes into effect in Malaysia: trade ministry. ecns.cn The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world's largest trade deal so far, came into effect in Malaysia from Friday, the trade ministry said in a statement.

WSWS (2022-03-18). Australian police officer found not guilty over fatal shooting of indigenous teenager. wsws.org Kumanjayi Walker's killing by police is an end product of decades of escalating state repression of indigenous communities, government social spending cuts and endemic poverty.

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…

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.

ecns.cn (2022-03-18). Chinese company delivers container lab to help Laos' COVID-19 testing. ecns.cn Biotech company MGI Tech delivered a container laboratory to Laos on Thursday, so as to help the country boost its mass COVID-19 testing capacity and prepare for the gradual re-opening of its borders in 2022.

ecns.cn (2022-03-18). Chinese official accuses U.S. of fabricating lies about life in Xinjiang. ecns.cn Yusupjan Memet on Thursday accused anti-China forces in the United States and some other Western countries of fabricating lies and fallacies about the so-called "forced labor".

ecns.cn (2022-03-18). U.S. urged to open up on Ukraine labs. ecns.cn The United States has been urged to act responsibly and clarify matters regarding its global biological-military activities, including at its biological laboratories in Ukraine.

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.

WSWS (2022-03-18). Australia's rising cost of living outpacing official inflation. wsws.org With dramatic price rises forecast over the coming months, essentials, such as food, petrol and housing, are already near record highs.

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

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…

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 . . . |

_____ (2022-03-17). Sanctions: The Unintended Consequence Of Involuntary Decolonization. popularresistance.org In support of the white supremacist Ukrainian puppet government, many US and European companies have been withdrawing from doing business in Russia. The supposed purpose of such sanctions is, of course, to strangle a country's economy and its people into submission to the will of imperialists. And yes, sanctions kill, particularly in countries that do not have access to certain goods, necessary materials and complex technological services and need to import them. But there is also another aspect of sanctions, and that is the looting via the "confiscation" of assets belonging to the sanctioned country. Theft and p…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-03-17). War, Terrorism and the Global Economic Crisis. Ninety-nine Interrelated Concepts. globalresearch.ca Everything is interrelated: war, terrorism, the police state, the global economy, financial fraud, corrupt governments, poverty and social inequality, media disinformation, war propaganda, WMD, international law,…

ecns.cn (2022-03-17). Government pledges measures to boost growth. ecns.cn China pledged a host of measures to boost the economy and stabilize the capital market on Wednesday, restoring market confidence as the economy faces fresh headwinds.

Abdul Rahman (2022-03-17). Push for more regulation and 'quality controls' may further complicate medicine supply in Africa. peoplesdispatch.org The creation of the African Medicines Agency with the objective of maintaining European standards for medicines in the continent may hamper the supply of regular and economical versions of medicines in areas where access is already skewed…

ecns.cn (2022-03-17). China urges U.S. to roll back sanctions on Chinese enterprises. ecns.cn China urges the US to roll back sanctions on Chinese enterprises and stop politicizing economic and trade issues, a spokesperson of the Chinese ministry of commerce said Thursday in response to the Federal Communications Commission's move of revoking the authorization of Pacific Networks and ComNet.

ecns.cn (2022-03-17). Hong Kong's financial systems remain stable amid Fed rate hike, external uncertainties: HKMA. ecns.cn Hong Kong's financial systems and money markets have continued to operate in an orderly and smooth manner, said Eddie Yue, chief executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), on Thursday.

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 …

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.

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,

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.

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 …

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.

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.

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). 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…

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). U.S. Fed raises interest rates to tame 40-year-high inflation. ecns.cn With unprecedented inflation rippling across America and affecting Americans from all walks of life, the U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday hiked interests, the first of several likely increases over the next two years.

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). German air force procures US nuclear bombers. wsws.org A few days after the German government announced a tripling of military spending and the biggest rearmament drive since Hitler, the plans are being put into action.

Amy Goodman (2022-03-17). US Peace Activists Must Keep Pressure on Biden to Prevent No-Fly Zone in Ukraine. truthout.org President Biden announced $800 million in new military aid for Ukraine on Wednesday, just days after Congress cleared a $1.5 trillion spending bill that included nearly $14 billion for Ukrainian humanitarian aid and security assistance. Experts warn that sending more lethal weapons could escalate war and result in more losses for Ukraine. "The cost on civilian lives is horrific," says Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, who says increasing military aid in Ukraine co…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-17). Mayo Clinic researchers recommend investments in vaccine safety in Nature commentary. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The leaders of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group are emphasizing the need for increased long-term study of vaccines and their mechanisms with future safety of patients in mind. Gregory Poland, M.D., and Richard Kennedy, Ph.D., write in their commentary in the scientific journal Nature Reviews Immunology that greater focus on understanding vaccines' downstream effects, not only on immunity but also on all the other biological systems will provide information that can help make vaccines safer…

Editor2 (2022-03-17). Healthcare for Human Rights, Not Profits: what the US Can Learn from Cuba's Coronavirus Response. orinocotribune.com By Natalia Burdynska-Schuurman — Mar 10, 2022 | Cuba's remarkable response to the Coronavirus pandemic highlights the need for a healthcare system that puts people before profits | For two years now, the Coronavirus pandemic has done irreversible harm to millions in the United States. To date, over 78 million confirmed cases of infection and over 940,000 deaths due to Coronavirus have been

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…

Dean Baker (2022-03-17). Biden's Recovery Plan Did Not Cause the Ukraine War or COVID-19 in China. cepr.net Throwing millions out of work, to drive down the wages of tens of millions, is not a clever way to deal with these problems.

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…

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). 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.

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.

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…

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.

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.

_____ (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…

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 …

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…

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.

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). German air force procures US nuclear bombers. wsws.org A few days after the German government announced a tripling of military spending and the biggest rearmament drive since Hitler, the plans are being put into action.

Editor2 (2022-03-17). Healthcare for Human Rights, Not Profits: what the US Can Learn from Cuba's Coronavirus Response. orinocotribune.com By Natalia Burdynska-Schuurman — Mar 10, 2022 | Cuba's remarkable response to the Coronavirus pandemic highlights the need for a healthcare system that puts people before profits | For two years now, the Coronavirus pandemic has done irreversible harm to millions in the United States. To date, over 78 million confirmed cases of infection and over 940,000 deaths due to Coronavirus have been

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…

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

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.

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.

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.

_____ (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 …

Dean Baker (2022-03-16). As the Fed Prepares to Raise Rates, the Inflation Hawks are Running Wild. cepr.net With bad news on oil prices, and a new wave of Covid shutdowns in China, the inflation hawks are getting really excited. After all, higher oil prices and further supply disruptions are sure to add to the inflation the economy is already seeing. I guess they were right with their warnings. Okay, let's get back …

The Tricontinental (2022-03-16). Dossier no. 50: The military's return to Brazilian politics. mronline.org Brazil is in danger of becoming a country whose political economy is rooted in militarism, diverting precious social wealth to the military and police as it imposes a military ethic onto public life.

_____ (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…

Rachel Bluth (2022-03-16). Doulas Push Back Against California's Proposal to Pay Them Shockingly Low Rates. truthout.org Sacramento, California — This was supposed to be the year that low-income Californians could hire a doula to guide them through pregnancy and advocate for them in the hospital. | But the new benefit for people enrolled in Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid health insurance program, has been delayed twice as the state and doulas — nonmedical workers who help parents before, during, and after birth — haggle over how much they should get paid. | The state initially proposed a fla…

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.

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.

Sharon Zhang (2022-03-16). Labor Board Finds Starbucks Illegally Retaliated Against Union Organizers. truthout.org For the first time in Starbucks workers' union campaign, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has found that the company has taken illegal moves in its fight against the union, including retaliation against workers for organizing in Phoenix, Arizona. | In response to a petition filed by Starbucks Workers United in January,

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.

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…

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.

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). 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.

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.

Staff (2022-03-16). Chevron Asks US Government for License to Expand Operations in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com The United States might be set to authorize increased production for Chevron in Venezuela as a result of its ban on oil imports from Russia and the subsequent increase in fuel prices. | According to an article published by the news agency Chevron has started putting a team t…

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2022-03-16). Yemen Retaliates Against Deadly Fuel Blockade by Targeting Saudi Oil. mintpressnews.com Ansar Allah is hoping to exploit rising oil prices by targeting Saudi oil infrastructure and driving up the price of crude oil in a bid to punish the United States for its support of the Saudi-led war.

ecns.cn (2022-03-16). China's home prices slightly up in February. ecns.cn China continued to see a generally stable housing market in February, with home prices in 70 major cities showing slight month-on-month increases, official data showed Wednesday.

Sharon Zhang (2022-03-16). Biden Calls Out Oil and Gas Companies as Oil Prices Drop But Gas Remains High. truthout.org As crude oil prices are dropping, President Joe Biden is demanding that gas prices be lowered to ease the impact on the public. | On Wednesday, Biden tweeted a chart showing the current discrepancy between oil price and gas price trends. "Oil prices are decreasing, gas prices should too,"

WSWS (2022-03-16). Nickel crisis points to fragility of global finance. wsws.org Major banks, led by JPMorgan Chase, struck a deal not to pursue margin calls on the Chinese metals group Tsingshan lest this provoked a wider financial crisis.

Ann Brown (2022-03-16). WSJ Poll: Black Support For Democrats Is Collapsing, Inflation Causing Financial Strain. moguldom.com Black voters are losing their longstanding faith in the Democrats because of rising inflation, which hit its highest level in four decades. A new poll conducted by The Wall Street Journal found that Black women and Hispanic men had the highest levels of inflation worry among demographic groups. Nonwhite voters are more likely than white …

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, …

Lindsay Koshgarian (2022-03-16). Our Military Budget Is More Lopsided Than Ever. otherwords.org Congress recently announced a bipartisan budget deal to fund the federal government through 2022. It's a lopsided budget if there ever was one. | Even after America's longest war in Afghanistan ended last year, military spending isn't going down. In fact, it's skyrocketing upwards — from $740 billion in the last budget set under Trump to $782 billion in this deal. | The same new budget offers just $730 billion to meet urgent domestic needs at home. | That means that even during a pandemic, supply chain crisis, and painful inflation, we'll put more resources into the military and war than public health, educ…

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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-16). Mayo Clinic researchers recommend investments in vaccine safety in Nature commentary. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The leaders of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group are emphasizing the need for increased long-term study of vaccines and their mechanisms with future safety of patients in mind. Gregory Poland, M.D., and Richard Kennedy, Ph.D., write in their commentary in the scientific journal Nature Reviews Immunology that greater focus on understanding vaccines' downstream effects, not only on immunity but also on all the other biological systems will provide information that can help make vaccines safer…

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. . . . |

Matt Sedlar (2022-03-16). CORRECTION: The Productivity Adjusted Minimum Wage Would Be $21.50 in 2020 and $23 in 2021. cepr.net This post contains corrections to three minimum wage articles published in January 2020, July 2020, and August 2020.

_____ (2022-03-16). For The First Time In 50 Years, Minneapolis Teachers Are Out On Strike. popularresistance.org On March 8, around 3,500 Minneapolis teachers and educational support professionals went out on strike, effectively shutting down a system of 35,000 students. The action, led by Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) Local 59, is the first walkout the city has seen in over 50 years. | Educators are demanding caps to class sizes, higher wages and more mental health support for students. While the school district is claiming a budget shortfall, union advocates have pointed to the state's record $9.3 billion surplus as a potential untapped resource. | We sat down with Beth Dill, a 5th grade teacher at Whittier Int…

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…

_____ (2022-03-16). Court Rules New York Illegally Took Mohawk Land In 1800s. popularresistance.org Akwesasne Territory — The Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Council is pleased to report that the decades-long dispute over the reservation boundary has been decided upon by the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York. In a summary judgment ruling issued by U.S. District Judge Lawrence Kahn on Enniskó: wa/March 14, 2022, the court ruled that New York State's purchase of reservation lands in the 1800s violated the federal Non-Intercourse Act. | "To say that we are pleased is an understatement," shared Tribal Chief Beverly Cook. Chief Cook added, "We should all be proud of the perseverance t…

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-03-16). New president Gabriel Boric says Chile will be 'neoliberalism's grave'. peoplesworld.org SANTIAGO—Gabriel Boric of the left-wing Approve Dignity coalition was sworn in as the president of Chile on March 11. The 36-year-old Boric became the youngest president in the country's history, after winning the presidential run-off in December 2021. During the investiture held at the Hall of Honor of the National Congress, in the city of …

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 …

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 …

Dean Baker (2022-03-16). As the Fed Prepares to Raise Rates, the Inflation Hawks are Running Wild. cepr.net With bad news on oil prices, and a new wave of Covid shutdowns in China, the inflation hawks are getting really excited. After all, higher oil prices and further supply disruptions are sure to add to the inflation the economy is already seeing. I guess they were right with their warnings. Okay, let's get back …

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.

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.

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…

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). 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.

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 …

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.

ecns.cn (2022-03-16). China's home prices slightly up in February. ecns.cn China continued to see a generally stable housing market in February, with home prices in 70 major cities showing slight month-on-month increases, official data showed Wednesday.

WSWS (2022-03-16). Nickel crisis points to fragility of global finance. wsws.org Major banks, led by JPMorgan Chase, struck a deal not to pursue margin calls on the Chinese metals group Tsingshan lest this provoked a wider financial crisis.

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, …

Editor (2022-03-16). The ominous omnibus: Pentagon wins, workers lose. workers.org 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 . . . |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-16). Mayo Clinic researchers recommend investments in vaccine safety in Nature commentary. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The leaders of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group are emphasizing the need for increased long-term study of vaccines and their mechanisms with future safety of patients in mind. Gregory Poland, M.D., and Richard Kennedy, Ph.D., write in their commentary in the scientific journal Nature Reviews Immunology that greater focus on understanding vaccines' downstream effects, not only on immunity but also on all the other biological systems will provide information that can help make vaccines safer…

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. . . . |

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…

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

Tanya Wadhwa (2022-03-16). New president Gabriel Boric says Chile will be 'neoliberalism's grave'. peoplesworld.org SANTIAGO—Gabriel Boric of the left-wing Approve Dignity coalition was sworn in as the president of Chile on March 11. The 36-year-old Boric became the youngest president in the country's history, after winning the presidential run-off in December 2021. During the investiture held at the Hall of Honor of the National Congress, in the city of …

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 …

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 …

_____ (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…

WSWS (2022-03-15). US threatens trade embargo as fighting continues to escalate, sanctions devastate Russian economy. wsws.org Announcing a further escalation of economic warfare against Russia, the US deputy treasury secretary threatened that the US was considering a full trade embargo on Russia and the closure of international waterways to the country.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-03-15). Bolivia: Wheat and Fuel Sources Remain Secure. libya360.wordpress.com Bolivia: State to Guarantee Provision of Wheat Bolivian bakers will be able to continue producing bread at a stable price for the coming year amid a worldwide wheat supply shortage. The Minister of Productive Development and Plural Economy, Néstor Huanca, informed on Sunday that the Food Production Support Company (EMAPA) has stockpiled a volume of…

ecns.cn (2022-03-15). China's central SOEs see steady revenue, profit growth in first 2 months. ecns.cn China's centrally administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) reported steady revenue and profit growth in the first two months of 2022, according to the country's top state asset regulator.

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…

ecns.cn (2022-03-15). Chinese vaccines save lives, drive economic recovery in Cambodia. ecns.cn Chinese COVID-19 vaccines have not only protected lives and stabilized the health system, but also helped boost economic recovery in Cambodia, officials and experts said here on Tuesday.

Hedelberto López Blanch (2022-03-15). Occidente impulsa la alianza económica ruso-china. globalizacion.ca La obsesiva política de extorsiones económicas-financieras lanzadas por Washington y sus aliados contra Rusia, tras esta nación realizar una operación especial en Ucrania para detener el avance de la OTAN hacia sus fronteras, ha provocado que se fortalezca aún más…

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.

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,…

Mark Weisbrot (2022-03-15). Biden's Sanctions on Afghanistan. zcomm.org The economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies are causing widespread, severe hunger in this desperately poor country…

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-03-15). Ardebil Bazaar ahead of Nowruz. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) — In recent days leading to Nowruz, the markets and bazaars in Ardebil in northwestern Iran are filled with people who are buying new clothes and items needed in preparation for celebrating the new year.

WSWS (2022-03-15). Ford Motor Company severs EVs from traditional business, threatening massive job cuts and poverty wages. wsws.org Ford will invest $30 billion in EVs, a huge infusion which will likely not result in profits for years, paid for by cutting its internal combustion business to the bone.

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…

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. …

Kevin Mwanza (2022-03-15). Long Covid Researcher: Getting Covid Has Long-Term Implications, Risk Of Early Dementia, Stroke, Cognitive Impairment. moguldom.com Getting covid-19 has implications for long-term illness that is making employees stay away from work, and could cause other complications including dementia, stroke, and cognitive impairment, according to research. About a quarter of employers in a U.K. study said that the effects of long covid have exacerbated the labor shortage. The world marked two years …

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.

Brittani Banks (2022-03-15). How Trade Union Workers Are Joining to Support Ukraine. independentmediainstitute.org Terry Bohuslawsky spoke Ukrainian before he ever learned English, attended Ukrainian schools in Cleveland and, along with his classmates, looked forward each year to decorating the elaborate Easter eggs known as pysanky. Bohuslawsky, whose parents emigrated from Ukraine, continued to honor his heritage in adulthood. He worked with others to preserve the culture at home …

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.

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 …

jamanetwork (2022-03-15). Addition of Nonauthor Collaborator Names for the HiFLo-Covid Investigators. jamanetwork.com The Original Investigation titled "Effect of High-Flow Oxygen Therapy vs Conventional Oxygen Therapy on Invasive Mechanical Ventilation and Clinical Recovery in Patients With Severe COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial," published in the December 7, 2021, issue of JAMA, has been updated to include the nonauthor collaborator (group) names in a supplement. This article was corrected online.

Shriya Singh (2022-03-15). Pakistan's Imran Khan govt. struggles with political crisis and IMF negotiations amid mass discontent. peoplesdispatch.org The Pakistani government's discussions with the IMF have hit a roadblock after it reduced fuel prices and announced a tax amnesty. Meanwhile, opposition parties have called for a no-confidence motion…

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.

Amy Westervelt (2022-03-15). The U.S. Government Doesn't Control Domestic Oil Production. But It Should. zcomm.org The oil and gas industry won't increase production because it's enjoying the profits from high prices…

Kate Aronoff (2022-03-15). Oil Companies Are Making a Fortune From Soaring Prices. zcomm.org ConocoPhillips, Chevron, and other oil companies are paying negative taxes on huge profits…

ecns.cn (2022-03-15). China's fixed-asset investment up 12.2 pct in first two months. ecns.cn China's fixed-asset investment went up 12.2 percent year on year in the first two months of the year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

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).

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.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-15). Germany to purchase 35 nuclear-capable F-35s. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Associated PressMarch 14, 2022 Germany to buy US-made F-35s to replace aging bombers Germany said Monday that it will replace some of its aging Tornado bomber jets with U.S.-made F-35A Lightning II aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons. Announcing the decision, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said Germany also will upgrade its Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets …

Chris Hedges (2022-03-15). Chris Hedges: Waltzing Toward Armageddon with the Merchants of Death. mintpressnews.com Putin played into the hands of the war industry. He gave the warmongers what they wanted. He fulfilled their wildest fantasies. There will be no impediments now on the march to Armageddon.

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.

ecns.cn (2022-03-15). Chinese vaccines save lives, drive economic recovery in Cambodia. ecns.cn Chinese COVID-19 vaccines have not only protected lives and stabilized the health system, but also helped boost economic recovery in Cambodia, officials and experts said here on Tuesday.

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…

ecns.cn (2022-03-15). China's central SOEs see steady revenue, profit growth in first 2 months. ecns.cn China's centrally administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) reported steady revenue and profit growth in the first two months of 2022, according to the country's top state asset regulator.

WSWS (2022-03-15). US threatens trade embargo as fighting continues to escalate, sanctions devastate Russian economy. wsws.org Announcing a further escalation of economic warfare against Russia, the US deputy treasury secretary threatened that the US was considering a full trade embargo on Russia and the closure of international waterways to the country.

Hedelberto López Blanch (2022-03-15). Occidente impulsa la alianza económica ruso-china. globalizacion.ca La obsesiva política de extorsiones económicas-financieras lanzadas por Washington y sus aliados contra Rusia, tras esta nación realizar una operación especial en Ucrania para detener el avance de la OTAN hacia sus fronteras, ha provocado que se fortalezca aún más…

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.

WSWS (2022-03-15). Ford Motor Company severs EVs from traditional business, threatening massive job cuts and poverty wages. wsws.org Ford will invest $30 billion in EVs, a huge infusion which will likely not result in profits for years, paid for by cutting its internal combustion business to the bone.

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.

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.

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). 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.

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.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-15). Mayo Clinic researchers recommend investments in vaccine safety in Nature commentary. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The leaders of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group are emphasizing the need for increased long-term study of vaccines and their mechanisms with future safety of patients in mind. Gregory Poland, M.D., and Richard Kennedy, Ph.D., write in their commentary in the scientific journal Nature Reviews Immunology that greater focus on understanding vaccines' downstream effects, not only on immunity but also on all the other biological systems will provide information that can help make vaccines safer…

ecns.cn (2022-03-15). China's fixed-asset investment up 12.2 pct in first two months. ecns.cn China's fixed-asset investment went up 12.2 percent year on year in the first two months of the year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

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…

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

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.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-15). Germany to purchase 35 nuclear-capable F-35s. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Associated PressMarch 14, 2022 Germany to buy US-made F-35s to replace aging bombers Germany said Monday that it will replace some of its aging Tornado bomber jets with U.S.-made F-35A Lightning II aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons. Announcing the decision, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said Germany also will upgrade its Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets …

Chris Hedges (2022-03-15). Chris Hedges: Waltzing Toward Armageddon with the Merchants of Death. mintpressnews.com Putin played into the hands of the war industry. He gave the warmongers what they wanted. He fulfilled their wildest fantasies. There will be no impediments now on the march to Armageddon.

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.

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.

Ali Abunimah (2022-03-14). Carrefour joins forces with Israeli settlement profiteers. electronicintifada.net EU seeks more "opportunities for cooperation" with apartheid regime.

Victoria Torres (2022-03-14). TAP Returns: Portuguese Airline Resumes Caracas-Lisbon Route. orinocotribune.com Through a post on its official Twitter account, the Portuguese airline TAP Air Portugal announced this Friday, March 11, that it will resume flights to Venezuela soon. | The Lisbon-Caracas route will officially resume on June 21, with two weekly flights (Tuesdays and Saturdays), on an Airbus A330neo aircraft, which has a capacity of 34 passengers in Business Class, 96 in Economy Extra and 168 in Economy Class. | The website of the Portuguese airline also reported that it has three additional flights scheduled to Lisbon for April 21 and May 5 and 16. In addition, they informed that regular service will operate on…

Moderator (2022-03-14). Hedges: Waltzing Toward Armageddon with the Merchants of Death. scheerpost.com "Raft of Doom" / Illustration by Mr. Fish | By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost | 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…

Sharon Zhang (2022-03-14). Billionaires Have Gotten $1.7 Trillion Richer Over the Pandemic, Report Finds. truthout.org American billionaires have accumulated an enormous amount of wealth during the pandemic as the rest of the public has suffered due to an unstable economy, a new analysis shows. | In an analysis released last week, Americans for Tax Fairness

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-03-14). Iran's economy records 4.1% growth in 1st 9 months: CBI. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) — Iran's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) witnessed a growth of 4.1% and 3.4% without oil in the first 9 months of the current Iranian calendar year of 1400 (from March 21, 2021 to Dec. 21, 2021), the Iranian Central Bank said Mon.

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."

Staff (2022-03-14). Russian Ambassador in Caracas: Russia in Favor of Caracas-Washington Rapprochement. orinocotribune.com The Russian ambassador to Venezuela, Sergey Mélik-Bagdasárov, considered that the recent visit to Caracas by a delegation from Washington to meet with the government of President Nicolás Maduro "is a sign that they have recognized their mistaken policies towards Venezuela." | For the Russian diplomat, economic and political measures against the Russian Federation have only one objective, which is to uphold the hegemony of the United States government in the world. | During the TV show Here with Ernesto Villegas hosted by the Minister for Culture broadcasted by Venezolana Television, Ambassador Mélik-Bagdasárov sa…

Johanna Kichton (2022-03-14). 120+ Progressive Groups Urge Schumer to Finish the Job and Pass Biden's Agenda on Climate, Care, and Economic Justice. peoplesaction.org In New Letter, Groups Call on Schumer to Whip Caucus and Bring Package to a Vote in April Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action, the Working Families Party, Indivisible, and the Center for Popular Democracy Action today sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Schumer urging him to resume negotiations, hold hearings, and …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-14). 43 years later, Grenada's New Jewel Movement and Maurice Bishop continue to inspire. peoplesdispatch.org The legacy of the New Jewel Movement and Maurice Bishop is still an inspiration for millions of people across the world who imagine a world free from oppression, poverty and imperialism.

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.

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.

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.

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…

_____ (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 …

_____ (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…

Ann Brown (2022-03-14). As Democrats Call For Gas Sacrifice Over Ukraine, Some Los Angeles Gas Stations Are Already Over $7 A Gallon. moguldom.com Are you paying more than $7 a gallon for gasoline? That's what some drivers are paying in Los Angeles, where driving is a necessity. Democrats and the Joe Biden administration are calling for U.S. citizens to make a sacrifice by paying high gas prices due to sanctions leveled against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. …

SF015 (2022-03-14). Ways to Protect Your Data Privacy. southfront.org The data an individual creates and stores on their devices and systems that they use is the most valuable thing there is. Although applications and operating systems can be reinstalled, user-created data is one-of-a-kind. If it is misplaced or seen without permission, the consequences can be disastrous. Want to find out how to protect your data privacy? Then carry on reading. | Overall, the network of a firm may hold documents containing trade secrets, private details about employees or clients, or financial records. A person's social security number, credit card details, and bank details may be exposed through a…

WSWS (2022-03-14). International Monetary Fund calls for drastic austerity measures in Sri Lanka. wsws.org The IMF's report came two weeks after the Financial Times published an editorial warning that Sri Lanka and Zambia were the most vulnerable of the world's most heavily-indebted emerging economies.

Staff (2022-03-14). EU plans to tighten sanctions on Russian oil companies. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) — The EU plans to impose sanctions against Russian oil giants Rosneft , Transneft and Gazprom Neft and block investments in fuel production, media have reported on Monday.

ecns.cn (2022-03-14). China's FDI inflow up 37.9% in Jan-Feb. ecns.cn Foreign direct investment into the Chinese mainland, in terms of actual use, rose 37.9 percent year-on-year to 243.7 billion yuan in the first two months of 2022, the Ministry of Commerce said Monday.

_____ (2022-03-14). A Climate Wake-Up Call For The Chemical Industry. popularresistance.org In 2017, the Trump administration sided with industry lobbyists and rescinded safety rules governing thousands of chemical plants across America. Five years later — after multiple chemical plant explosions in the Houston area — government investigators are telling lawmakers that a lack of federal regulation is heightening the risk of chemical disasters during climate change-related extreme weather events at thousands of facilities nationwide. | President Joe Biden's administration is considering issuing a new rule regulating such facilities — but not until next summer. Chemical companies and ind…

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.

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.

Editor (2022-03-14). The enduring importance of Eric Williams' "Capitalism and Slavery" mronline.org First published in 1944, 'Capitalism and Slavery' is an investigation of the notorious relationship between the Atlantic slave trade and the emergence of European industrial capitalism from the sixteenth through the nineteenth centuries.

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).

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…

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…

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.

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…

Ali Abunimah (2022-03-14). Carrefour joins forces with Israeli settlement profiteers. electronicintifada.net EU seeks more "opportunities for cooperation" with apartheid regime.

Kamal Iranidoost (2022-03-14). Iran's economy records 4.1% growth in 1st 9 months: CBI. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) — Iran's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) witnessed a growth of 4.1% and 3.4% without oil in the first 9 months of the current Iranian calendar year of 1400 (from March 21, 2021 to Dec. 21, 2021), the Iranian Central Bank said Mon.

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."

Staff (2022-03-14). Russian Ambassador in Caracas: Russia in Favor of Caracas-Washington Rapprochement. orinocotribune.com The Russian ambassador to Venezuela, Sergey Mélik-Bagdasárov, considered that the recent visit to Caracas by a delegation from Washington to meet with the government of President Nicolás Maduro "is a sign that they have recognized their mistaken policies towards Venezuela." | For the Russian diplomat, economic and political measures against the Russian Federation have only one objective, which is to uphold the hegemony of the United States government in the world. | During the TV show Here with Ernesto Villegas hosted by the Minister for Culture broadcasted by Venezolana Television, Ambassador Mélik-Bagdasárov sa…

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.

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.

_____ (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.

SF015 (2022-03-14). Ways to Protect Your Data Privacy. southfront.org The data an individual creates and stores on their devices and systems that they use is the most valuable thing there is. Although applications and operating systems can be reinstalled, user-created data is one-of-a-kind. If it is misplaced or seen without permission, the consequences can be disastrous. Want to find out how to protect your data privacy? Then carry on reading. | Overall, the network of a firm may hold documents containing trade secrets, private details about employees or clients, or financial records. A person's social security number, credit card details, and bank details may be exposed through a…

WSWS (2022-03-14). International Monetary Fund calls for drastic austerity measures in Sri Lanka. wsws.org The IMF's report came two weeks after the Financial Times published an editorial warning that Sri Lanka and Zambia were the most vulnerable of the world's most heavily-indebted emerging economies.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-14). Mayo Clinic researchers recommend investments in vaccine safety in Nature commentary. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The leaders of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group are emphasizing the need for increased long-term study of vaccines and their mechanisms with future safety of patients in mind. Gregory Poland, M.D., and Richard Kennedy, Ph.D., write in their commentary in the scientific journal Nature Reviews Immunology that greater focus on understanding vaccines' downstream effects, not only on immunity but also on all the other biological systems will provide information that can help make vaccines safer…

ecns.cn (2022-03-14). China's FDI inflow up 37.9% in Jan-Feb. ecns.cn Foreign direct investment into the Chinese mainland, in terms of actual use, rose 37.9 percent year-on-year to 243.7 billion yuan in the first two months of 2022, the Ministry of Commerce said Monday.

Staff (2022-03-14). EU plans to tighten sanctions on Russian oil companies. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 14 (MNA) — The EU plans to impose sanctions against Russian oil giants Rosneft , Transneft and Gazprom Neft and block investments in fuel production, media have reported on Monday.

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…

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.

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.

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).

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.

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…

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.

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.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-13). Very bright perspective seen in Iran-Uzbekistan trade ties. en.mehrnews.com Referring to significant increase in relations between Iran and Uzbekistan, Iranian Ambassador to Republic of Uzbekistan said that bright future can be seen at all political, economic and cultural levels between two countries.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-03-13). Bulgaria eyes broadening bilateral trade with Iran: envoy. en.mehrnews.com Ambassador of Bulgaria to Iran Nikolina Kuneva announced her country's readiness to form a joint economic commission and increase the level of trade and economic relations with the Islamic Republic of Iran.

_____ (2022-03-13). Why Falling Hate Group Numbers Don't Necessarily Mean Less Hate. popularresistance.org Though 2021 started with a deadly siege on the United States Capitol by hundreds of far-right rioters trying to overturn the presidential election results, the number of hate and anti-government groups in the U.S. declined last year for the third year in a row, according to a report released this week by the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama. | The SPLC counted a total of 733 hate groups last year, significantly lower than the 2018 peak of 1,021. It found that the number of anti-government groups also fell, from 566 in 2020 to 488 in 2021. | But SPLC says that doesn't necessarily mean there's les…

_____ (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…

_____ (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…

Helen Flannery (2022-03-13). Russian and US Oligarchs Funnel Money to Charity for Personal and Political Gain. truthout.org Russian oligarchs close to President Vladimir Putin are facing renewed scrutiny and sanctions. These oligarchs have shifted trillions of wealth out of their mother country to offshore tax havens, with holdings in U.K. and U.S. real estate and other investments. But they are also funneling millions into U.S. charities. | Russian oligarch donations, whether intentional or not, cast a rosier glow on the oligarchs' own reputations; keep them connected to powerful Americans even when their com…

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…

Catherine Atim (2022-03-13). Hiking commodity prices: MP Najjuma wants taxes waived on some goods. plusnews.ug As Ugandans continue raising concern over the high costs of essential household commodities in the country, Nakaseke District MP Sarah Najjuma has implored government to waive taxes on raw materials for manufacturing such goods. For a couple of weeks now, Uganda is experiencing rising prices of fuel, soap, cooking oil, sugar and other commodities. Some …

Editor (2022-03-13). Corporations Are Shamelessly Using Inflation as a Cover. scheerpost.com [ By If you've been slammed lately by higher prices on everything from groceries to rental cars and gas prices, you're probably wondering what on earth is behind these skyrocketing costs. | Corporations are quick to blame this new reality on the pandemic, but another major culprit is hiding in plain sight: their own profiteering. | Four times a year, corpor…

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.

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…

_____ (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…

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 …

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Catherine Atim (2022-03-13). Hiking commodity prices: MP Najjuma wants taxes waived on some goods. plusnews.ug As Ugandans continue raising concern over the high costs of essential household commodities in the country, Nakaseke District MP Sarah Najjuma has implored government to waive taxes on raw materials for manufacturing such goods. For a couple of weeks now, Uganda is experiencing rising prices of fuel, soap, cooking oil, sugar and other commodities. Some …

OtherWords (2022-03-13). It's Not Just Inflation — It's Price Gouging. juancole.com By Lindsay Owens | — ( Otherwords.org) — If you've been slammed lately by higher prices on everything from groceries to rental cars and gas prices, you're probably wondering what on earth is behind these skyrocketing costs. Corporations are quick to blame this new reality on the pandemic, but another major culprit is hiding in …

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.

teleSUR, MER, JGN (2022-03-13). 43 años de la Revolución de Granada y su líder Maurice Bishop. telesurtv.net El 25 de octubre de 1983, bajo la operación Furia Urgente, Estados Unidos invadió por aire y agua a la isla, poniendo fin a la segunda experiencia socialista en el Caribe desde la Revolución Cubana de 1959.

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). 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.

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…

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…

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. |

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). 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.

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.

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). 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.

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…

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). 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 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). 3rd mainland-aided COVID-19 isolation facility starts operation in Hong Kong. ecns.cn The third community isolation facility (CIF) in Hong Kong constructed with the support from the mainland has been put into operation immediately after it was handed over to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Saturday.

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.

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). 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.

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). 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.

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). Situation around Ukraine may lead to World War III – Trump. tass.com In his opinion, Russia "is not going to stop" in achieving its goals, but the US administration does not have "anybody to talk to" Moscow, in particular to Russian President Vladimir Putin…

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.

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). 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.

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). 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). 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). 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.

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

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). China-Laos Railway puts freight transport on fast track. ecns.cn The freight volume of the China-Laos Railway has hit 1.2 million tonnes, as the landmark project of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation marked 100 days of operation Saturday.

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…

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). 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.

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…

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

sputniknews (2022-03-12). Russia Warns West Convoys With Foreign Weapons for Ukraine Are Legit Military Targets. sputniknews.com Relations between Russia and the US have plunged to a new low since Washington imposed massive sanctions against the Russian financial sector and economy in response to the Kremlin's decision to launch a special military operation in Ukraine.

sputniknews (2022-03-12). UK Drivers May Face 'Unbelievably High Prices on Forecourts'. sputniknews.com Last Sunday, oil prices jumped to $130 a barrel, reaching their highest level in 14 years, amid reports of the US planning a ban on energy imports from Russia. Shortly thereafter, the ban was announced by President Joe Biden, as part of America's new "severe" anti-Russian sanctions over Moscow's ongoing special military operation in Ukraine.

ecns.cn (2022-03-12). China, Turkey to build world's largest rooftop solar power plant. ecns.cn Chinese tech giant Huawei and Turkish steel manufacturer Tosyali Holding co-launched a project on Friday to build the world's largest rooftop solar power plant in Turkey's Mediterranean province of Osmaniye.

ecns.cn (2022-03-12). China's commitment to high-quality development benefits all: experts. ecns.cn China's commitment to pursuing high-quality development and building a community with a shared future for mankind has drawn global attention during its annual "two sessions," and will further benefit the world, say experts worldwide.

ecns.cn (2022-03-12). 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.

ecns.cn (2022-03-12). 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.

WSWS (2022-03-12). Skyrocketing gasoline prices place unbearable burdens on rideshare and delivery drivers. wsws.org For rideshare and delivery app drivers, whose compensation is largely based on a flat rate per mile, the skyrocketing price of gasoline is squeezing their already tight margins to the point at which continuing to work is becoming economically unfeasible.

WSWS (2022-03-12). Detroit autoworkers reject pro-war propaganda in corporate media. wsws.org As one worker put it, to understand the war, "you have to understand economics, and understand the world."

WSWS (2022-03-12). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Thousands of unorganised workers in Karnataka protest poverty wages; Cambodian police arrest 180 protesting NagaWorld casino workers; Australia: Boral Cement plant workers strike;…

WSWS (2022-03-12). COVID infects hundreds of public transport workers in New Zealand. wsws.org The Labour Party government, local councils and private companies, as well as the trade unions, are refusing to take any action to stop the spread of COVID-19. Transport workers are being told that more infections are inevitable.

WSWS (2022-03-12). Australian Labor Party leader commits to big business restructuring and US militarism. wsws.org Albanese's speeches are part of his pitch to the ruling class to support a trade union-backed Labor government to suppress the growing discontent throughout the working class.

Bart L Haagmans, Marion P G Koopmans (2022-03-12). [Comment] Spreading of SARS-CoV-2 from hamsters to humans. thelancet.com During the past 2 years, SARS-CoV-2 has spread globally through human-to-human transmission causing a devastating pandemic. Since its emergence, SARS-CoV-2 has displayed considerable host plasticity, with an expanding list of wildlife, pets, livestock, and laboratory animals shown to be susceptible to SARS-CoV-2 infection both experimentally and naturally.1 Indeed, large outbreaks in mink farms occurred as early as April, 2020.2,3 Given the fact that these outbreaks led to spill back to other animals and humans, and because the virus accumulated mutations during continued passage through mink (potentially affecti…

ecns.cn (2022-03-12). Governments look for solutions as pump prices soar globally. ecns.cn Oil prices dropped on Thursday as volatile trading continues amid geopolitical risks.

WSWS (2022-03-12). European Central Bank moves to tighten monetary policy. wsws.org The decision is a significant concession to northern European members of the ECB, led by Germany, which have been pushing for more significant action on monetary policy in the face of higher inflation.

ecns.cn (2022-03-12). 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.

WSWS (2022-03-12). UK: Record numbers of health workers quit NHS as Sajid Javid calls health spending "not sustainable" wsws.org For nurses, London tops the region with the most nursing vacancies, at 13 percent, with all other English regions exceeding a vacancy rate of 8 percent.

Carlos L. Garrido (2022-03-12). The Last Years of Karl Marx: An Intellectual Biography. By: Marcello Musto. (Book Review). orinocotribune.com By: Carlos L. Garrido — Mar 7, 2022 | Marcello Musto's The Last Years of Karl Marx: An Intellectual Biography provides an illuminating glance at the work and life of Karl Marx during the most unexamined period of his life. Musto's oscillation between Marx's work and life provides readers with both an intellectual allurement towards research in Marx's later years, a task facilitated by the 1998 resumed publication of the Marx-Engels Gesamtausgabe (MEGA2) (which has sense published 27 new volumes and

Staff (2022-03-12). Convocan a taller para el rescate de la historia de Cuba. cubadebate.cu El próximo 23 de marzo sesionará el primer Taller de Historia, Marxismo- Leninismo y Educación para la Vida Ciudadana en la Escuela Superior del Partido, dando cumplimento a uno de los acuerdos del 8vo Congreso de la organización partidista. Durante tres días, los participantes al taller participarán en conferencias y paneles especializados.

WSWS (2022-03-12). WSWS publishes the Chinese translation of "The theoretical and historical origins of the pseudo-left" wsws.org This report by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North is of great significance today to workers and young people in China as the crisis of capitalism intensifies with the threat of nuclear war, the surging COVID-19 pandemic and deepening social inequality in every country.

WSWS (2022-03-12). David North responds to Wall Street Journal's interview with Robert Service. wsws.org The Wall Street Journal has posted online and published in its March 12 print edition the following letter from David North, chairperson of the international editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site.

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 …

ecns.cn (2022-03-11). China streamlines administration, delegates power to improve business environment: premier. ecns.cn China has streamlined administration, delegated power, improved regulation and upgraded services to improve its business environment, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang said Friday.

_____ (2022-03-11). 'Reckoning' With The Economic Marginalization Of Native Americans. popularresistance.org Over the last two years, there has been much discussion of a national "reckoning" on race. There can be no complete reckoning without strong analysis and substantive action to address the economic marginalization of Native Americans in 21st century America. | Through years of intentional governmental policies that took away their lands and resources, American Indians have been separated from the wealth and assets that were rightfully theirs. Today, we see a consistent lack of information on Native Americans and their socioeconomic issues.

Staff (2022-03-11). Venezuela: Economic World War Already Underway via Sanctions, Let's Hope it Doesn't Become a Nuclear Conflict. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan President, Nicolás Maduro, once again gave his opinion on the delicate situation that exists between Russia, Ukraine and the countries of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization). "The world war has already started: it started economically. Our concern is that it does not escalate further. Our call is for the economic war not to escalate further into a military war or a nuclear war, which is the worst outcome for humanity and for the survival of our species on this planet." | These comments were made this Wednesday, March 9, during a broadcast from the headquarters of Inveval, a worker-controlled…

Ana Perdigón (2022-03-11). Venezuela's Delcy Rodríguez & Russia's Sergey Lavrov Meet in Turkey. orinocotribune.com In order to deepen their cooperative alliance and mutual respect, the vice president of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, held a meeting this Thursday, March 10, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, Sergey Lavrov. The encounter occurred just a few days after the White House sent an official delegation to Caracas in order to alleviate the disruption in oil supplies caused by the recent unilateral and illegal economic coercive measures (euphemistically called sanctions) issued by the US against Russia. | The meeting took place on the eve of Rodríguez's participation in the 2nd Antalya Diplomati…

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (2022-03-11). Khury Petersen-Smith on Economic Sanctions, Greg LeRoy on Amazon Subsidies. fair.org Institute for Policy Studies ( This week on CounterSpin: Russia's horrendous invasion of

JANET (2022-03-11). U.S. sanctions: an act of war against workers. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel March 9, 2022 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. Workers at a Moscow bank attempt to gain access to their money tied up by U.S. sanctions, March 1. In an alliance with the most economically powerful capitalist governments and their central banks, the U…

Editor (2022-03-11). What's the use of Marx's 'Capital'? mronline.org Marx played many roles in his life: activist, journalist, historian, philosopher and also an economist. The crowning achievement of his efforts in economics was the three volumes of Capital.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-03-11). Mazandaran; 17th destination of Raeisi's provincial trips. en.mehrnews.com As part of his regular visits to provinces, Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi traveled to Mazandaran province on Friday and paid a visit to Miyānkāle peninsula in Behshar and Amirabadport Special Economic Zone.

ecns.cn (2022-03-11). Maximum employment conducive to achieving potential growth: Chinese premier. ecns.cn China is able to achieve its potential economic growth as long as it can realize maximum employment, Premier Li Keqiang said Friday.

_____ (2022-03-11). Afghanistan: Americans Loot Poverty-Stricken Afghans. journal-neo.org The tragic events of September 11, 2001 changed our world permanently. Although those who staged those events have not yet been identified, Washington unequivocally declared a "war on terror", directed at the overthrow of Al Qaeda (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) and the Taliban regime (banned in Russia), supported by American satellites. But it is …

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.

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 . . . |

_____ (2022-03-11). Union Organising Is Brewing In Starbucks: 100 Stores And Counting. popularresistance.org More union organizing is brewing at Starbucks. In December 2021, staff at a Starbucks in Buffalo, NY became the first US branch to successfully vote to form a union. Since then, 103 Starbucks branches have decided to join them by filing petitions with the National Labor Relations Board. | There are roughly 9,000 Starbucks locations in the US, and the workers in Buffalo overcame an intimidation campaign by the corporation which spent a lot of resources to squash the union drive. The company was right to worry, however, as the Buffalo example has encouraged other workers of the global coffee chain to form unions in…

Kevin Mwanza (2022-03-11). Russia: The US Must Explain Bioweapons Research In Ukraine, We Have Proof. moguldom.com Russia says it found proof during its "special operation in Ukraine" that the U.S. was working with Ukrainian laboratories to develop bioweapons. The U.S. denied the renewed Russian accusations, calling the claims "laughable" and counter claiming that Moscow may be laying groundwork to use chemical warware in Ukraine, according to a Reuters report. "We confirm …

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 …

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.

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.

Brittani Banks (2022-03-11). If High Gas Prices Are So Painful, Shouldn't We Move Away From Fossil Fuels? independentmediainstitute.org Long used to cheap gas at the pump, Americans are experiencing serious sticker shock these days as gas prices rise to $6 or even $7 a gallon. News headlines are linking this sharp increase to Russia's war on Ukraine. Guilt-inducing memes are cropping up on social media shaming people for complaining about the high gas …

Kevin Mwanza (2022-03-11). Morgan Stanley: Sell Any Relief Rallies From Oversold, Tighter Financial Conditions And Oil Price Headwinds. moguldom.com Morgan Stanley analysts this week told investors in a note to sell into any relief rally in the stock market due to a convergence of risk factors that include the U.S. Federal Reserve's intention to raise interest rates to tame inflation and oil price headwinds due to the war in Ukraine. In a note shared …

_____ (2022-03-11). A second US Front against China. journal-neo.org Ukraine-related events in recent days have clearly exposed Washington's criminal policy and its desire to solve its financial and geopolitical problems by unleashing armed conflicts on foreign territories. It is quite remarkable that the crisis around Ukraine itself, according to even US analysts, was engineered by the US and they are fully responsible for it. …

Dean Baker (2022-03-11). The February CPI: More Bad News on Inflation. cepr.net Should Jerome Powell put on his Paul Volcker outfit and push interest rates through the roof? I would argue that, while modest rate hikes are appropriate, it is too soon to bring out the heavy artillery.

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.

_____ (2022-03-11). What The US Can Learn From Cuba's Coronavirus Response. popularresistance.org International comparisons to U.S. health outcomes make clear that GDP (Gross Domestic Product) cannot reliably suggest a healthcare system's quality. Defined by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as "a monetary measure of the value of final goods and services," GDP tells us nothing about the efficiency of health services or the accessibility of critical medical care such as vaccination, hospitalization and basic health exams — all important determinants of a healthcare system's adaptability when emergencies put pressure on our health infrastructure. | This is particularly true in the case of Cuba.

WSWS (2022-03-11). US pandemic funding dries up as BA.2 Omicron subvariant spreads uncontrolled. wsws.org On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives approved a record nearly $800 billion in military spending and nothing for the COVID-19 pandemic, just as the more infectious, immune-resistant and virulent BA.2 Omicron subvariant is spreading across the US and globally.

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). 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.

Sharon Zhang (2022-03-11). Democrats Unveil Bill to Tax Big Oil's Profits and Send Checks to the Public. truthout.org Democrats introduced a bicameral bill on Thursday that would levy a tax on oil and gas companies and redistribute the money back to the public, who are The Big Oil Windfall Profits Act, introduced by Rep. Ro Khanna (D-California) and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island), would levy a tax on each barrel produced or imported by large oil companies. | Barrels would be su…