Daily Archives: March 7, 2023

2023-03-07: News Headlines

Anonymous103 (2023-03-07). Zelensky And Zaluzhnyi Have "Fundamentally Different Views" On Bakhmut — German Media. southfront.org Illustrative ImageWestern and Ukrainian leaders continue to downplay the importance of Bakhmut. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | A German newspaper reported that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi have "fundamentally different views" on the situation in Artyomovsk (Bakhmut). Kiev is desperately trying to hold onto the city, despite massive losses in personnel and equipment, so that it…

Ben Norton (2023-03-07). Xi blasts US 'containment, encirclement' of China, Foreign Minister slams 'malicious confrontation'. geopoliticaleconomy.com President Xi Jinping denounced the US-led Western attempt to "contain, encircle, and suppress China". Foreign Minister Qin Gang said Washington is not pursuing "fair competition, but malicious confrontation".

Colin Todhunter (2023-03-07). Standing Together: Resisting the New Normal. dissidentvoice.org The US wanted Russia to attack Ukraine. So says Robert H Wade, professor of Global Political Economy at the London School of Economics. And then it brought in its wide-ranging sanctions regime in response. According to renowned investigative journalist Seymour Hersch, the US subsequently blew up the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. The result is that …

ecns.cn (2023-03-07). No need to worry about Chinese economy: FM. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said Tuesday that it is unnecessary to be concerned about China's economic outlook.

Franco Vielma (2023-03-07). Venezuela's Economy in 2023: Growth, Devaluation and Wages. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan economy has evolved favorably since the last quarter of 2021, breaking with the recession of previous years. Since then, it has shown growth indicators that have remained stable. | The national economy, as a whole, showed an increase in GDP (gross domestic product) of more than 15% in 2022, as noted by President Nicolás Maduro recently, the largest increase registered on the continent during the past year. | But this strong trend, according to several private firms, may have slowed down by the end of 2022 and the beginning of this year, as a new cycle of devaluations has intensified, bringing wages…

Phoebe Sorgen, Jennifer Sullivan,Dianne Blais (2023-03-07). Three Women Discover the Americas' Best Kept Secret—Nicaragua! indybay.org Eyewitness account-inspiring trip Jan.2023. 50% of government is female. Met w/ Minister of Women, Sandinista legislators, peasant revolutionaries, agro-ecologists at women cooperatives, health pro's. Model of resilience, caring economy/society, alternative to capitalist corporatocracy. Preschool thru post doc free. Free health care. No hunger or homeless. Si se puede!

Staff (2023-03-07). Economist Joseph Stiglitz on How War, COVID & Climate Crisis Cause Economic Crises Around the World. democracynow.org As the U.N. secretary-general blasts wealthy nations for rigging the global economy for their benefit, we speak with economist Joseph Stiglitz about how war, the pandemic and the climate emergency are causing economic crises across the globe. He also says interest rate hikes by the U.S. Federal Reserve are making things worse for the Global South, as the cost of borrowing rises for many countries already struggling with debt. Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize-winning economist, Columbia University professor and former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers. He is also currently the chief economist of the Roosevelt Ins…

americanthinker (2023-03-06). China is hanging on to foreign investment money. americanthinker.com In another sign that the Chinese economy is struggling but that Xi still has big plans, a renowned financier has warned that China will not release his money.

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-03-06). US Ambassador Arrogantly Lectures That China Is A 'Threat'. popularresistance.org Washington's ambassador to Beijing referred to China as a "threat" and "great challenge". He stated arrogantly, "The United States is staying in this region. We're the leader in this region", referring to the Indo-Pacific. | The ambassador, Nicholas Burns, insisted, "We're going to hold our own out here. And I feel optimistic — I'm just concluding my first year as ambassador — about the American position in this country [China] and in this region". | In an interview with the US Chamber of Commerce, Burns made very aggressive comments, going so far as to blame China for the coronavirus pandemic, claimi…

ecns.cn (2023-03-06). NPC deputies urged to ensure people's well-being. ecns.cn Li Qiang called on Sunday for concrete efforts to push for better performance of the Chinese economy, with an emphasis on stabilizing growth, employment and prices.

ecns.cn (2023-03-06). Measures to be taken to attract, utilize FDI. ecns.cn China will further its efforts to attract and utilize more foreign investment this year, as outlined in the Government Work Report submitted to the national legislature for deliberation on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-06). China's GDP growth target matches reality, economic regulator says. ecns.cn China is targeting around 5 percent GDP growth in 2023, in line with the economic operation trends and laws of economic development, the country's top economic regulator said on Monday.

Editor (2023-03-06). This Women's History Month, We Won't Renegotiate Our Place in the Economy. scheerpost.com

Kelsey Moore (2023-03-06). Preview: What to Expect in the February Jobs Report. cepr.net The January jobs report showed the economy added 517,000 jobs, with the unemployment rate falling to a half-century low of 3.4 percent. This pace of job growth was extraordinary and clearly cannot be sustained. It also was hugely out of line with the employment growth reported in the household survey, which increased by just 164,000 …

Anand Naidoo (2023-03-07). The Heat: China-U.S. Relations. america.cgtn.com China's Two Sessions are well underway with economic growth and stability topping the agenda. The annual meetings of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and The National People's Congress have begun in Beijing. The Two Sessions, as they are more commonly known, set the stage …

José A. Amesty R. (2023-03-07). Venezuela — øEs errada la gestión económica de la Revolución Bolivariana? globalizacion.ca Desde varios sectores de la oposición y desde sectores a favor del gobierno venezolano, incluyendo desde medios de comunicación, han proliferado muchos puntos de vista en relación a la política económica de la revolución bolivariana, algunos a favor y otros…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-07). Daily Round-up Venezuela marks 10 years of Hugo Chavez's death & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode we look at Venezuela marking 10 years of Hugo Chavez's death, Tunisians protest against economic decline, Syria condemns US military's official visit to occupied Syrian territory, and thousands continue protests over train crash in Greece.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-07). Hugo Chávez didn't die, he multiplied! peoplesdispatch.org March 5 marked ten years since the passing of Commander Hugo Chávez, former president of Venezuela and the father of the Bolivarian Revolution. Chávez was Venezuela's president from February 2, 1999, until his death on March 5, 2013. | Chávez inaugurated a new period in Venezuela's history. Through his comprehensive and inclusive social and economic policies, he brought back dignity and pride to the Venezuelan people and transformed the social reality of the country. He forged important projects for Latin American unity and integration such as the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), the Boli…

Yves Wegelin, Thomas Sablowski (2023-03-07). Inflation debate and The inflation conundrum. indybay.org If inflation is the result of a distributional conflict, it can also be deliberately stopped by governments. Governments could skim off the higher profits through a tax in order to subsidize energy costs for consumers. Governments could also raise taxes (on the rich, it should be added) as a way to curb economic demand and thus inflation.

_____ (2023-03-06). Blinken's Unwise, Unwarranted Trip to Central Asia. strategic-culture.org In an effort to gain leverage against Russia and China, Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Kazakhstan last week to meet with foreign ministers of the five Central Asian nations. The United States has no vital national security interests in any of the five Islamic states that have had long-standing ties to Moscow and are heavily reliant on economic assistance from China.

C.J. Polychroniou (2023-03-06). The Path to a Green New Deal Must Involve a Series of Separate Bills. truthout.org The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act are two landmark bills with the potential to carry significant economic and environmental benefits. They also speak volumes of the role that progressive voices and organizations can play in helping to create sustainable and equitable economic growth and in powering a safer future. Of course, they are imperfect bills… |

ecns.cn (2023-03-06). Foreign media upbeat about China's 2023 growth target. ecns.cn China's official economic growth target of around 5.5 percent for 2023 shows its confidence in economic recovery, foreign media said as the annual meeting of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and the National People's Congress (NPC) got underway.

ecns.cn (2023-03-06). China to take steps to keep prices and necessary supplies stable. ecns.cn China will take steps to stabilize prices and the supplies of daily necessities and bulk commodities, the country's top economic regulator said on Monday.

infobrics (2023-03-06). Fostering Partnerships with BRICS Energy Investors. infobrics.org South Africa took over as Chair of BRICS on 1 January 2023 in a difficult national and global economic environment…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-06). Tunisians mobilize against rising political persecution and government's failure to address economic concerns. peoplesdispatch.org Large protests were organized by political parties and trade unions on Saturday and Sunday against the crackdown on the opposition and economic woes. Calls have been given for for more people's actions in the coming days…

Stacy Mitchell, Kennedy Smith,, Susan Holmberg, Institute for Local Self-Reliance. (2023-03-06). New Report: The Dollar Store Invasion. popularresistance.org Dollar General, Dollar Tree, and Family Dollar are targeting vulnerable communities, opening stores at a breakneck pace in urban and rural areas alike. It's tempting to assume that these chains simply fill a need in cash-strapped places. But the evidence suggests that dollar stores are not merely byproducts of economic distress; they are a cause of it. Through predatory tactics, the dollar chains are killing off grocery stores and other local businesses, leaving communities with fewer jobs, diminished access to basic goods, and dimmer prospects for overall well-being. | As these losses mount, dollar stores are fa…

teleSUR, SH (2023-03-06). Primer ministro de China revela metas económicas para el 2023. telesurtv.net El primer ministro de China, Li Keqiang anunció que el país pretende aumentar su PIB en torno al cinco por ciento en el 2023.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-06). Kiev Flooding Black Markets with NATO-Sourced Weapons. transcend.org 2 Mar 2023 – It has been at least 1,5 years since the West intensified weapons shipments to Ukraine. Ever since, black markets have been flooded with Western-made arms and munitions, some of which running out from NATO stocks. There's fierce competition among Kiev institutions for the right to control the arms smuggling business.

ecns.cn (2023-03-06). Chinese e-vehicle makers look to expand across world. ecns.cn Chinese electric vehicle makers are increasing their foray into overseas markets as many countries shift towards electrification.

CA Poor People's Campaign (2023-03-07). Wednesday 3/8: International Women's Day: End Women's Poverty – Invest in Caring, Not Killing w/ PPC. indybay.org Online rally for women's rights…

manager (2023-03-07). Subsidized Employment Can Help Fight Poverty in Good Times & Bad. cepr.net Nearly 15 million people in the U.S. who would like to work are unable to find a job right now—despite a historically low national unemployment rate.[1] This joblessness is not uniformly distributed across the country but concentrated in the most disadvantaged communities, particularly Black and Brown communities. A targeted, large-scale subsidized employment program can help …

jamanetwork (2023-03-07). Financial Coaching for Parents Increases Visits to Pediatrician. jamanetwork.com In a randomized trial, financial coaching for parents with low incomes improved attendance at pediatrician visits, researchers reported in Pediatrics. The infants whose parents received the intervention were also more likely to be up to date on vaccinations.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-06). Wildlife Is Much More than a Safari. And It Is at Highest Risk of Extinction. transcend.org 1 Mar 2023 – Wildlife is indeed far much more than a safari or an 'exotic' ornament: as many as four billion people —or an entire half the whole world's population— rely on wild species for income, food, medicines and wood fuel for cooking.

Patricia Hynes, Portside. (2023-03-06). Setting Our Sights On The Equality Of Women. popularresistance.org Boston, Massachusetts – A month ago, I heard on the news that Boston public schools would be closed on February 3 because of the severe Arctic cold and wind chill forecast for that day and the next. My first thought was: what if the students' mothers are working single mothers, what if they cannot take off or cannot afford to lose the pay — given inflation of food, energy and rents and the impoverishing impact of Covid? | Boston is a severely unequal city with an extremely segregated public school system: 80 percent of children in public school are low income; 90 percent are students of color, mainly Latino…

Jonathan Cook (2023-03-07). Starmer is paving the way for the triumph of dark politics. mronline.org By waging an all-out war on the left and its ideas, the Labour leader is strangling hope of change in a time of crisis—and risks driving voters towards right-wing authoritarians…

WSWS (2023-03-07). New Zealand deaths increased 10 percent last year. wsws.org Due to the Labour-Greens government's removal of measures to stop COVID-19 from spreading, New Zealand experienced its biggest annual increase in deaths since the 1918 flu pandemic.

Fight Back (2023-03-07). Nearly lost: "History of the Labor Movement in the United States, Volume 11, The Great Depression, 1929-1932", by Philip Foner. fightbacknews.org When legendary and prolific labor history researcher and author Phil Foner died in 1994, he left behind more than 100 meticulously researched and detailed histories of the U.S. labor movement. But Foner was not merely an historian in the usual university mold; he was a partisan, a lifetime communist, and he saw his work as not just chronicles of past events but serious guides to action for those still on the labor battlefront. His books in many ways became the untold stories of our class struggle. | Probably his most accomplished and massive work is the 11-volume History of the Labor Movement in the United State…

Editor (2023-03-07). Superexploitation of migrant children/'The coining of children's blood into capital'. workers.org The horror portrayed in a recent New York Times exposé of migrant child labor shows how relevant what Karl Marx wrote 156 years ago is now. Marx's monumental work, "Capital," was a tremendous theoretical contribution, describing in meticulous detail how the capitalist system of exploitation operates. One class of toilers, . . . |

jamanetwork (2023-03-07). Still Looking for a Simple, Effective Prevention Measure for Neonatal Sepsis in High-Mortality Settings. jamanetwork.com The "Decade of Vaccines" contributed to notable global declines in mortality among children younger than 5 years, but mortality in the neonatal period remains a stubborn problem. Most neonatal deaths occur in the first week of life. The causes of such deaths are difficult to characterize. Evidence suggests complications of labor and delivery play a major role in deaths in the first hours after birth, and that preterm delivery and infections also each cause approximately one-third of deaths in the first week of life. Many neonatal deaths are a result of multiple conditions, such as preterm birth in combination wit…

Labor Video Project (2023-03-07). Facebook Unite Here Local 19 Workers Demand Justice From Billionaire Owner Zuckerberg. indybay.org One hundred Facebook service food workers who are members of Unite HERE 19 were layed off at Facebook in Menlo Park. Although engineers and others are getting severance Facebook and it's owner Mark Zuckerberg refuse to give these benefits to these service workers. Workers rallied outside Facebook headquarters on March 1, 2023.

Labor Video Project (2023-03-07). CA AG Bonta Prosecute SF Police Killer Say Speakers At SF State Building. indybay.org

Manlio Dinucci (2023-03-07). How to Destroy Russia. 2019 Rand Corporation Report: "Overextending and Unbalancing Russia" globalresearch.ca Force the adversary to expand recklessly in order to unbalance him, and then destroy him. This is not the description of a judo hold, but a plan against Russia elaborated by the Rand Corporation, the most influential think tank in the USA.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-07). Science Saturday: Could antidepressants cause treatment-emergent mania? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In a study published in Molecular Psychiatry, Mark Frye, M.D., a Mayo Clinic researcher and collaborators, investigated the risk of treatment-emergent mania in bipolar disorder when treated with antidepressants. "We found that antidepressants that increase mitochondrial energetics (cells that extract energy from nutrients for sustaining life) may elevate the risk of treatment-emergent mania," says Dr. Frye. The increased energy expenditure of mania associated with impulsivity, poor judgment, psychosis and loss of insight can drive high-risk behaviors, often…

Staff (2023-03-07). Mediación y solución de conflictos, perspectiva cubana. cubadebate.cu La Mediación es el procedimiento estabilizador de la "contienda" a nivel particular y social; la relación familiar (de primera prioridad para la sociedad), conyugal, comunitaria, laboral, etc., encuentran en ella la solución pacífica de sus contradicciones.

Staff (2023-03-07). Headlines for March 7, 2023. democracynow.org Biden Administration Mulls Return to Detention of Asylum-Seeking Families, Migrants in Tunisia Flee Hate Crimes and Violence Following President's Racist Remarks, Survivors of Forced Labor Under Japanese Occupation Condemn South Korean Compensation Plan, North Korea Warns U.S. Shootdown of Test-Fired Missiles Would Be "Declaration of War", Chinese Leaders Condemn U.S. Policy of "Containment, Encirclement and Suppression", Ukraine Holds Out in Defense of Bakhmut as Both Sides Inflict Heavy Losses, Belarus Sentences Opposition Leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to 15 Years for Treason, Do…

WSWS (2023-03-07). South Korean government demands "normalization" of labor unions. wsws.org The Yoon administration is reviving old police-state measures in an effort to silence unrest and opposition especially in the working class as social conditions deteriorate.

WSWS (2023-03-07). Australian "robodebt" lies expose how governments work. wsws.org Ex-minister Stuart Robert's extraordinary admission to the robodebt inquiry laid bare the reality that all governments, Labor and Liberal-National, lie and deceive the population on every front.

WSWS (2023-03-07). UAW runoff elections end in debacle for bureaucracy. wsws.org After decades of collaborating with the corporations and successive governments in the systematic destruction of workers' jobs, living standards and working conditions, the affluent upper-middle-class executives who occupy the union's misnamed "Solidarity House" and its satellites are viewed with contempt by the rank and file.

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-03-06). He tried to organize Home Depot's first union. Now he's unemployed. therealnews.com A wave of grassroots labor struggles is sweeping the country, with more and more workers bringing union organizing to their workplaces for the first time. Among the rank-and-file workers leading shopfloor struggles is Vince Quiles of Philadelphia, a longtime Home Depot employee. Although he had formerly been identified and groomed to move up the ranks of management, Quiles opted instead to try and join his coworkers in organizing the home improvement retail chain's first unionized store. TRNN Editor-in-Chief Maximillian Alvarez travels to Philadelphia to speak with Quiles about his experiences. Shortly afte…

Anonymous103 (2023-03-06). Seven Decades Of Nazi Collaboration: America's Dirty Little Ukraine Secret. southfront.org Illustrative Image | An interview with Russ Bellant, author of "Old Nazis, the New Right, and the Republican Party" by As the Ukrainian crisis has unfolded over the past few weeks, it's hard for Americans not to see Vladimir Putin as th…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-06). From the Gulf of Tonkin to the Baltic Sea. transcend.org 22 Feb 2023 – The secret and incomplete history of US-Norway collaboration in covert operations.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-06). The Vital Difference between Work and Labor: Lewis Hyde on Sustaining the Creative Spirit. transcend.org "The gifts of the inner world must be accepted as gifts in the outer world if they are to retain their vitality."

Bloomington ABC (2023-03-06). Fire Ant: Anarchist Prisoner Solidarity #15. itsgoingdown.org Announcing Fire Ant #15, a publication featuring the writings of anarchist prisoners. PDF for Printing Fire Ant is a quarterly publication focused on spreading the words of anarchist prisoners and generating material solidarity for our imprisoned friends. Begun as a collaboration between anarchist prisoners and anarchists in Maine, Fire Ant seeks to raise material aid…

ecns.cn (2023-03-06). S. Korea to compensate Japan's wartime forced labor victims via donations. ecns.cn South Korea offered on Monday to compensate the South Korean victims who were forced by the Imperial Japan into harsh labor during World War II through a private foundation rather than direct payment by responsible Japanese companies.

ecns.cn (2023-03-06). Japan to uphold key postwar apology: PM. ecns.cn Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday that his government will uphold a key postwar apology, previously issued by Japan following South Korea provided a solution to a protracted wartime labor row.

Editor (2023-03-06). Why is Norway the glove that fits the USA's hand? mronline.org In the sequel to his revelation of Norway's and USA's role in blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines, Seymour Hersh addresses the long standing tradition of Norway's secret and illegal collaboration with USA.

Matt Enstice, Next City. (2023-03-06). In Buffalo, A Medical Campus And Community Collaborate For Equity. popularresistance.org "If you want our money, you'll have to work together." | That's essentially what The John R. Oishei Foundation told three separate anchor institutions when they asked for money to fund new buildings on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus (BNMC). | As Buffalo's largest foundation, Oishei has quietly supported the BNMC from the beginning. But all along, there was one steady condition: The institutions had to collaborate. Funding requests from individual organizations would almost invariably be rejected. Any request had to come from the campus as a whole. | Insisting that the institutions collaborate wasn't a popular…

Pavan Kulkarni, People's Dispatch. (2023-03-06). Nigeria's Opposition Candidates To Challenge Presidential Poll Results. popularresistance.org On Friday, March 3, the Court of Appeal in Nigeria's capital Abuja ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to allow the presidential candidate of the Labor Party (LP), Peter Obi, access to all poll materials for inspection. Bola Tinubu, candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared the winner of the presidential election that was held on February 25. | The order was passed in response to an appeal filed by Obi on Thursday. Access was also granted to Atiku Abubakar, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who had also filed a separate appeal earlier on Wed…

Renfrey Clarke (2023-03-06). Barngarla people tell Labor 'no' to nuclear waste dump. greenleft.org.au Supporters of the Barngarla people gathered outside the Federal Court building to protest continuing moves by the Anthony Albanese government to put a national nuclear waste dump on First Nations land near Kimba. Renfrey Clarke reports.

Staff (2023-03-06). Cuba apuesta por el reconocimiento del casabe como patrimonio cultural inmaterial de la Unesco (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Cuba participa en la confección del expediente multinacional para la elaboración y consumo tradicional del casabe, a fin de presentar su candidatura a la Lista Representativa del Patrimonio Cultural Inmaterial de la Unesco. El casabe es una manifestación cultural presente con un fuerte componente histórico en seis provincias.

Staff (2023-03-06). Marrero Cruz visita institución de salud en Venezuela donde laboran médicos cubanos. cubadebate.cu "A pesar de las dificultades y del bloqueo, la misión cubana se mantiene en pie para ayudar al pueblo venezolano", aseguró el miembro del Buró Político del Partido y primer ministro, Manuel Marrero Cruz, en su segunda visita, en menos de un año, al CDI Diego Santana, ubicado en la Parroquia 23 de Enero en Caracas.

Staff (2023-03-06). Messi sorprende con anuncio de su propia serie animada. cubadebate.cu Lionel Messi, ganador del pasado Mundial de Catar 2022 con la selección argentina, tendrá su propia serie de animación, anunció este lunes en exclusiva la revista especializada Deadline. El proyecto será producido por Sony Music Entertainment, en colaboración con Leo Messi Management.

WSWS (2023-03-06). Sri Lanka's JVP-NPP collaborates with ex-military officers and business representatives. wsws.org The JVP-NPP is putting itself forward as an alternative government to implement the deeply unpopular austerity measures demanded by the IMF and support the rising anger of broad layers of working people.

WSWS (2023-03-06). Australia: Labor's NSW election launch highlights bipartisan pro-business program. wsws.org The stage-managed and choreographed event underscored the fact that Labor is a party of big business that does not differ from the Liberal-National Coalition on a single substantive issue.

ecns.cn (2023-03-07). China to improve regulatory mechanism on state-owned financial capital. ecns.cn China will improve the regulatory mechanism on state-owned financial capital, according to a plan on reforming State Council institutions submitted Tuesday to the national legislature for deliberation.

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-03-06). Morning Commute – 3/6/2023. anchor.fm In this episode we discuss the National Day of Action on March 9th, and the DC rally on March 18th among other events coming up; we chat about international capitalism's and imperialism's need for control, exploitation, wealth accumulation, etc. and how our struggles around the world must find ways to unite and struggle for our shared and independent Liberation…

Cameron Oglesby, Next City. (2023-03-06). Flooding Increasingly Pummels The Southeast; Organizers Fight Back. popularresistance.org Beverly May, retired nurse practitioner and current epidemiologist at the University of Kentucky, lives maybe 100 feet from the house she grew up in Floyd County, Kentucky. She characterizes her community as "hillbilly country," an area in central Appalachia that once served as a critical cog in the coal industry's wheel. When historic floods ravaged the area in late July 2022, May decided to trade in her medical work for flood research and activism with the nonprofit community well-being organization Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. | "I've lived here all my life, and I could not believe it when I saw helicopte…

Jake Johnson (2023-03-06). Commodity Speculators Reap Record-Shattering Profits Amid Global Hunger Crisis. truthout.org As much of the world reeled from high energy and food prices that left millions struggling to heat their homes and feed their families, commodity trading firms that benefit from extreme market volatility brought in record-breaking profits in 2022, capitalizing on chaos spurred by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Citing new research from the consulting firm Oliver Wyman, the Financial Times reported… |

ecns.cn (2023-03-06). NPC deputy calls for more storage facilities to ensure safe, stable supplies. ecns.cn A national legislator has called for construction of more high-capacity energy storage facilities on the power consumption side as the country strives to increase the use of clean energy as a major approach to achieving its carbon neutrality goal.

Ann Brown (2023-03-07). Fact Check: The US Government Is Using Ukraine For Proxy War, Wants To Chew Up Russian Army. moguldom.com As the Ukraine war wages on and the U.S. continues to flood the country with financial support, many wonder if the U.S. is using the Russian invasion of Ukraine for its own means. Is the U.S. government using Ukraine for a proxy war and as a means to wear down the Russian army? A proxy …

ecns.cn (2023-03-07). China to set up national financial regulatory administration. ecns.cn China will set up a national financial regulatory administration, according to a plan submitted Tuesday to the national legislature for deliberation.

ecns.cn (2023-03-07). China to deepen reform of local financial regulatory mechanism. ecns.cn China will deepen the reform of its local financial regulatory mechanism, according to a plan submitted Tuesday to the national legislature for deliberation.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-07). Mayo Clinic continues strong performance in 2022 thanks to staff, 'Bold. Forward.' strategy. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic is positioned to achieve its vision to transform health care and remains committed to its mission to serve patients and invest in staff. With careful planning and the support of Mayo's dedicated staff, the organization enters 2023 financially strong and focused on leading the transformation of health care through its "Bold. Forward." strategy. In an industry facing significant financial pressures as well as staffing challenges, Mayo Clinic staff have stepped…

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-06). House Speaker McCarthy to Meet Taiwan's President in the US, Not Taipei. news.antiwar.com Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen convinced House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to meet her in California instead of Taipei to avoid a major response from China, Financial Times reported on Monday. McCarthy was planning to visit Taiwan like his predecessor, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), did last August. Pelosi's trip to the island sparked the largest-ever Chinese …

John Helmer (2023-03-06). President Vladimir Putin Signed Safe Conduct for President Joseph Biden, One Return Przemysl Rail Pass, 24-hour Leave Pass for Kiev, in "Covert" Mission to Fool New York Times, London Times, Financial Times (And It Did). globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-03-06). "They All Knew": Media Matters Files FEC Complaint That Fox News Broke Election Laws, Lied for Trump. democracynow.org A number of bombshell revelations about the inner workings of Fox News have come to light as part of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against the network. Rupert Murdoch, the owner of Fox News, has admitted under oath that many hosts on his network "endorsed" Donald Trump's false claims about the 2020 election for financial, not political, reasons, stating, "It is not red or blue, it is green." In court filings, Dominion also revealed that Murdoch had given Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner confidential information about Biden's campaign a…

WSWS (2023-03-06). Financial parasitism and the war drive against China. wsws.org The entire American political establishment has made it clear that high-tech development in China is an existential threat to the position of the US and must be countered by all means necessary, including war.

ecns.cn (2023-03-06). China's military spending defensive: Spokesman. ecns.cn China's military spending is purely to safeguard the country's sovereignty, security and interests, and its expenditures are much lower than other global powers by every measure, a military spokesman said.

F. William Engdahl (2023-03-07). How Blackrock Investment Fund Triggered the Global Energy Crisis. globalresearch.ca The energy crisis is a long-planned strategy of western corporate capital to dismantle industrial economies in the name of a dystopian Green Agenda. That has its roots well before February 2022, when Russia launched its military action in Ukraine.

jamanetwork (2023-03-07). NIH Considers Lessons Learned During COVID-19 Pandemic. jamanetwork.com A decades-long investment in basic science research, focus on diversity in clinical trials, and coordinated efforts to repurpose therapeutics and develop diagnostics were among the factors that contributed to the US National Institutes of Health—led response to COVID-19, according to a report published in Science by several authors including Francis Collins, MD, PhD, and Anthony Fauci, MD.

Paulo Cabral (2023-03-06). Brazil looks to boost investment in railway sector. america.cgtn.com Brazil's railway industry is hoping to secure private capital to improve future railway development after changes were made in the regulatory framework governing investment and operations of railways. Find out more.

ecns.cn (2023-03-06). Insights | Rogers: There are great investment opportunities in China. ecns.cn Famed investor Jim Rogers believes there are great investment opportunities in China in sectors such as travel, airlines, entertainment, and agriculture. He noted that Beijing is now trying its best to help those living in the countryside.

Meredith Aby-Keirstead, Fight Back News!. (2023-03-06). Palestine Solidarity Movement Speaks Out At Board Of Investment Meeting. popularresistance.org St. Paul, Minnesota – On March 2, the Minnesota State Board of Investment (SBI) which includes Governor Walz, Attorney General Ellison, State Auditor Blaha and Secretary of State Simon, met for the first time this year at the state capitol. They meet quarterly to monitor the investments of Minnesota public employees. At the meeting members of the Palestine solidarity movement spoke out. | One of the speakers was Brandon Schorsch, an anti-Zionist Jew and activist with the Anti-War Committee, who stated, "So today, building on our testimony from last August, we bring a list of well over a dozen companies that the S…

A Guest Author (2023-03-07). Puerto Rico is Not for Sale activists confront Luis Miranda Jr. on his backing for PROMESA. workers.org By Puerto Rico is Not for Sale Contact Lorraine Liriano (347) 228-2214 prnosevende@gmail.com. Article from on a press release published March 2, 2023. Manhattan, New York — At a forum March 1 at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), longtime political and nonprofit operative Luis . . . |

long haul (2023-03-07). Long Haul in Berkeley faces displacement due to landlord's proposed development. indybay.org Berkeley's volunteer-operated, non-profit radical community center Long Haul is threatened with displacement by a proposal to demolish its building to build an 8-story, $40-50 million housing development.

Joyce Chediac (2023-03-06). Alert: Health care of NYC retirees is in danger. liberationnews.org Privatized Medicare Advantage plans are cash cows for insurance companies and profit from denying seniors care.

Joyce Chediac (2023-03-06). Alert: Healthcare of NYC Retirees is in danger. liberationnews.org Privatized Medicare Advantage plans are cash cows for insurance companies and profit from denying seniors care.

Malik Miah (2023-03-07). United States: Behind the derailment in Ohio — anti-worker deregulation, corporate greed. greenleft.org.au The train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, highlighted safety regulation failures, indifference and anti-union bias, writes Malik Miah.

WSWS (2023-03-06). US Supreme Court hears case challenging Section 230 online liability shield. wsws.org The Supreme Court is hearing the case Gonzalez v. Google amid growing demands from different factions of the U.S. political establishment to either remove the Section 230 liability shield entirely or strengthen its censorship provisions to impose a much harsher regime of government control and regulation of social media and internet content.

George Marx (2023-03-07). Sunday 3/12: Men 4 Equity & Rep Justice: Free Screening + Panel Disc: "The Business of Birth Control" indybay.org Zoom Panel Discussion: 11-12: 15 Pacific Time — + from March 9-12 – Free Viewing of The Documentary Film: "The Business of Birth Control" – Men (especially) Welcome – Caring People Desired!

cameron orr (2023-03-06). Marxist IQ: Women and the fight for democracy and socialism. cpusa.org This year's United Nations-sponsored International Women's Day on March 8th and Women's History Month in the United States takes place after the extreme-right Supreme Court repealed Roe v. Wade. The Dobbs v. Jackson decision ranks as one of the worst in SCOTUS history. This Marxist IQ is dedicated to the mobilization of all working-class …

WSWS (2023-03-06). Republicans embrace fascist rant from Trump at CPAC conference. wsws.org Trump's speech, nearly two hours long, was devoted to a combination of obsessive self-praise and virulent and repeated attacks on socialism, Marxism and communism.

WSWS (2023-03-07). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Over the weekend hundreds of nurses in Toronto, Canada marched to demand improved wages, better working conditions and staffing.

Revolution Books (2023-03-07). Thursday 3/9: Raymond Lotta, Industrialization of Sexual Exploitation and Global Capitalism. indybay.org 2444 Durant Avenue Berkeley…

The Lever (2023-03-07). üéß Movies vs. Capitalism: Modern Times (w/ Pedro àÅngel Rivera Muñoz). levernews.com

Staff (2023-03-06). Los conquistadores del ciberespacio. cubadebate.cu

jamanetwork (2023-03-07). More Primary Care Visits Address Mental Health. jamanetwork.com Between 2006 and 2018, the number of visits during which primary care physicians managed mental health concerns increased by 50%, from about 11% of visits to about 16%, according to an analysis of 109‚ÄØ989 visits published in Health Affairs. Visits that had focused on depression and other affective disorders decreased over time as those tackling anxiety and stress-related conditions increased.

jamanetwork (2023-03-07). Unintended Pregnancy and Maternal and Infant Health Outcomes. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent systematic review and meta-analysis concluded that unintended pregnancy was significantly associated with higher odds of depression during pregnancy and postpartum, and increased maternal experience of interpersonal violence, preterm birth, and infant low birth weight. However, we have several concerns about this study.

ecns.cn (2023-03-07). Chinese FM calls for win-win cooperation between China, Japan. ecns.cn China and Japan should promote win-win cooperation and jointly ensure stable and smooth industrial and supply chains, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said Tuesday.

Susan Price (2023-03-07). Britain: Wave of strike action continues ahead of Budget day. greenleft.org.au Ahead of a significant day of industrial action across Britain planned for March 15 — Budget day — Green Left's Susan Price asked Anti-capitalist Resistance (A*CR) member Terry Conway to talk about the significance of the strikewave and what it will take to force the government's hand.

WSWS (2023-03-07). Deutsche Post DHL workers: Take the strike into your own hands. wsws.org We have made it clear with our warning strikes and protests in recent weeks that we want to fight for our demands. But we must prepare ourselves for the fact that the Verdi union will do everything it can to prevent industrial action.

Ross Domoney (2023-03-06). 'Things are not looking so great in Great Britain': UK university faculty hit the picket lines. therealnews.com The United Kingdom is undergoing a massive wave of industrial action this winter as the cost of living crisis bites. Most recently it's been the university higher education professionals who have been on strike. The Real News Network spent time at picket lines across London as the

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Editor (2023-03-07). How Israeli Cyber Weapons Are Taking Over Latin America. scheerpost.com By Jessica Buxbaum / MintPress News In January, Salvadoran newspaper El Faro revealed that the country's police have purchased three Israeli surveillance tools. Through the approximately $2.2 million contract, El Salavador's police acquired the Wave Guard Tracer, from Wave Guard Technologies, designed to trace calls, text, and data, the GEOLOC system sold by an unknown Israeli firm, …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-06). El Alto: A History of Anti-Neoliberal Struggle. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News"El Alto on his feet, never on his knees!" is a slogan that reflects the combative character of the inhabitants of this indigenous Aymara city in Bolivia, which since 2003, has shaped the country's history. This city led the uprising against the privatization of natural resources in 2003, and then the defense of democracy…

Fight Back (2023-03-07). FRSO and community organizations hold International Women's Day panel. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On Saturday, March 4, around 20 community members and students attended an International Women's Day panel, hosted by the Tallahassee Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO). The panelists included Delilah Pierre from the FRSO, Regina Joseph from Tallahassee Community Action Committee and Cas Casanovah from FSU Students for a Democratic Society. | The speakers covered a wide array of topics, ranging from combatting male chauvinism to the historic role women have played in working-class and revolutionary movements. | International Women's Day, originally International Working Women's Day, has…

WSWS (2023-03-07). Mass teachers strikes erupt across Portugal. wsws.org Barely a year after the Socialist Party (PS) won a majority in the Portuguese parliament, strikes and protests are erupting across the country.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-06). Munich Security Conference: "Intensifying Authoritarian Revisionism" transcend.org 26 Feb 2023 – MSC 2023 Attracts Historic Number of US Congressional Attendees – It is ironic that the Munich Security Conference is set in the site of Adolf Hitler's return in 1920. Home to the Munich Putsch of 1923, Munich became the location from which the Workers Socialist Nazi party grew into a mass movement and political force throughout Germany.

ecns.cn (2023-03-06). Xi calls for fostering children's confidence in socialism with Chinese characteristics. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday called for more efforts to cultivate children's confidence in the path, theory, system and culture of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Staff (2023-03-06). The Ineradicable Presence of the Chavista Ideal, 10 Years On. orinocotribune.com This Sunday, March 5, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, reflected on the fact that it has been 10 years since the passing of Commander Hugo Chávez, and today there exists an ineradicable presence of his ideals, values and revolutionary struggle. | He stated: "10 years later, there has been no absence, only an ineradicable presence of his ideals, revolutionary drive and sworn commitment to advance the construction of a free, independent, sovereign and socialist homeland." | The Venezuelan president led the closure of the World Meeting for the Validity of the Boli…

WSWS (2023-03-06). Public meeting: Support the Socialist Equality Party in the New South Wales state election! wsws.org The SEP's public meeting, on Thursday, March 23, is the only forum for workers to discuss the fight against war, inequality and the disastrous "let it rip" COVID policies supported by all other parties.

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