(2023-03-15). How Covid lockdowns primed the current financial crisis. thegrayzone.com The lockdowns and the stimulus required to keep the economy alive helped drive inflation. Then the Fed jacked up interest rates. And all hell broke loose. On Friday March 10th, 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) died of Covid. Alright, it's a little more complicated than that, but Covid lockdowns followed by massive government stimulus were a critical — and massively under-acknowledged — factor in propelling the bank's demise. At the heart of the crisis is the gigantic pile of low-interest …
(2023-03-15). SVB demise a wake-up call to banks. ecns.cn Financial experts in China said Silicon Valley Bank's demise in the United States appears to suggest it is probably time for the U.S. Federal Reserve to reconsider sustained aggressive rate hikes, which many believe have caused lethal liquidity problems in banks like SVB.
(2023-03-15). China-Europe freight trains enable faster two-way trade. ecns.cn The recent arrival of a China-Europe freight train, loaded with 102 containers from Europe, at a logistics park in Zengcheng district of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, marked the two-way opening of trade in the eastern highway and rail intermodal hub of the city.
(2023-03-15). Big political issues discussed on SEP campaign in flood-affected Australian regional city. wsws.org Our campaigns found a great deal of concern about the rabid headlines during the week, declaring a "Red Alert" to prepare the population, the military and the entire economy for a war against China within three years.
(2023-03-14). Former US natsec advisor: destroy Taiwan semiconductor factories if China invades. thegrayzone.com A growing body of evidence suggests that the US would blow up the global economy to prevent China from laying claim to Taiwan's semiconductor factories. Former White House National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien has hinted at a sinister US contingency plan in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Rather than see Taiwan's semiconductor factories fall into the hands of the Communist Party of China, the US and its allies would simply pull a Nordstream. "The United States …
(2023-03-14). Europe's Military Is In "Appalling State" — Experts. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageThe next generation of American politicians will be more consumed by China than Russia. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | Western pressure to provide Ukraine with military support has not only exposed the "appalling state" of Europe's defence capabilities, but has also demonstrated the overreliance that the continent has on the US, Foreign Affairs magazine wrote in a scathing article titled "Why European Defense Still Depends on America: Don't Beli…
(2023-03-15). Big political issues discussed on SEP campaign in flood-affected Australian regional city. wsws.org Our campaigns found a great deal of concern about the rabid headlines during the week, declaring a "Red Alert" to prepare the population, the military and the entire economy for a war against China within three years.
(2023-03-14). Former US natsec advisor: destroy Taiwan semiconductor factories if China invades. thegrayzone.com A growing body of evidence suggests that the US would blow up the global economy to prevent China from laying claim to Taiwan's semiconductor factories. Former White House National Security Advisor Robert C. O'Brien has hinted at a sinister US contingency plan in the event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan. Rather than see Taiwan's semiconductor factories fall into the hands of the Communist Party of China, the US and its allies would simply pull a Nordstream. "The United States …
(2023-03-14). Europe's Military Is In "Appalling State" — Experts. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe next generation of American politicians will be more consumed by China than Russia. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | Western pressure to provide Ukraine with military support has not only exposed the "appalling state" of Europe's defence capabilities, but has also demonstrated the overreliance that the continent has on the US, Foreign Affairs magazine wrote in a scathing article titled "Why European Defense Still Depends on America: Don't Beli…
(2023-03-14). Haikou aims high with lofty economic targets. ecns.cn China's economy is set to rebound this year, and Haikou, the core area of Hainan Free Trade Port, is speeding up economic development, according to Ding Hui, mayor of Haikou and a deputy to the National People's Congress.
(2023-03-14). Experts: U.S. bank collapse result of failure to adhere to core activities. ecns.cn The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank will not affect China's banking industry but has highlighted the importance for banks of adhering to their primary business, serving the real economy, balancing their asset-liability structure and steering clear of excessive liquidity risk, experts said.
(2023-03-14). HSBC acquires collapsed Silicon Valley Bank's UK subsidiary. ecns.cn HSBC, the largest bank in Europe, on Monday said it had bought the United Kingdom (UK) operations of the failed U.S. lender Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) for a single symbolic pound (1.21 U.S. dollar). The move is expected to save many British startups from huge losses.
(2023-03-14). Opening-up, stress on value chains praised. ecns.cn China's unswerving commitment to high-level opening-up is "very welcome" when rising geo-economic fragmentation is threatening global growth, said a senior official of the International Monetary Fund.
(2023-03-14). 'The bank is now insolvent'. workers.org 
It is often the case that, when the capitalist system is on the verge of a crisis, the period leading up to it is marked by buoyant explosions of optimism. On Oct. 25, 1929, President Herbert Hoover proclaimed that the U.S. economy was "on a sound and prosperous basis." Four . . . |
(2023-03-14). Michael Hudson: Why the US bank crisis is not over. geopoliticaleconomy.com Economist Michael Hudson argues banks like Silicon Valley Bank have behaved in a selfish and greedy way, yet get de facto US government bailouts, while regulatory capture and campaign contributions prevent the systemic change needed to stop these crises.
(2023-03-14). The second-largest bank failure in US history reveals double standard. peoplesdispatch.org On March 10, the Silicon Valley Bank collapsed in the second-largest bank failure in US history, topped only by the 2008 recession-era failure of Washington Mutual. SVB, which was founded in 1983 and was the go-to bank for tech startups and other venture capitalists, was the sixteenth-largest US bank according to assets. | The bank failure has sent the US economy reeling, with many working people concerned about the impact this could have on their paychecks, personal savings, and whether or not a 2008-like crisis could be provoked. | US authorities have attempted to employ a crisis control strategy, with US Presi…
(2023-03-14). 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,…
(2023-03-15). China's industrial output up 2.4 pct in Jan-Feb. ecns.cn China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 2.4 percent year on year in the first two months of 2023, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Wednesday.
(2023-03-15). The Drums Of War With China Are Beating Much Louder Now. popularresistance.org Comments from both Washington and Beijing have suddenly become much more pointed and aggressive in recent days, with talk about hot war now being discussed as not just a real possibility but in many cases as a probability. Let's have a look at some of the most significant recent developments. The Chinese government has finally broken from its usual restrained commentary on the way the empire has been aggressively encircling the PRC with war machinery in ways that Washington would never permit itself to be encircled and waging economic warfare that it itself would never tolerate.
(2023-03-15). French Socialists On The Potential And Strategy Of Working-Class Struggle. popularresistance.org Romaric Godin is a journalist in the economics department of Mediapart (an independent French investigative newspaper) and author of La Guerre sociale en France — or The Social War in France — an analysis of the developments of French neoliberalism after the election of Emmanuel Macron in 2017. Juan Chingo other is an editorialist and board member at Révolution Permanente, as well as the author of Gilets jaunes, le soulèvement — or Yellow Vests, The Uprising — an examination of the Yellow Vests movement and the contradictions of Macron's reactionary presidency.Romaric Godin is a journalist…
(2023-03-14). Is a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan Imminent? tomdispatch.com Is China really on the verge of invading the island of Taiwan, as so many top American officials seem to believe? If the answer is "yes" and the U.S. intervenes on Taiwan's side — as President Biden has sworn it would — we could find ourselves in a major-power conflict, possibly even a nuclear one, in the not-too-distant future. Even if confined to Asia and fought with conventional weaponry alone — no sure thing — such a conflict would still result in human and economic damage on a far greater scale than observed in Ukraine today. But what if the answer is "no," which seems at least as lik…
(2023-03-14). China, ASEAN keep improving economic and trade cooperation: China-ASEAN Business Council. ecns.cn China and ASEAN countries have continuously enhanced good-neighborly relations and improved the economic and trade cooperation, with both sides becoming each other's largest trading partner in the past three years, said Xu Ningning, executive president of the China-ASEAN Business Council and chairman of the RCEP Industry Cooperation Committee.
(2023-03-14). Shanghai delegates call for more basic research. ecns.cn Continued efforts should be made to invest more in basic research, which serves as the basis for advancing innovation and technology, and high-quality economic growth, according to the Shanghai delegates attending the two sessions in Beijing.
(2023-03-14). Employment remains key national priority. ecns.cn China will embrace a talent dividend to boost economic development, while the implementation of the employment-first policy remains one of the government's top priorities to stabilize the job market, said Premier Li Qiang.
(2023-03-14). 5G, 6G at 'forefront' for high-quality development, digital transformation. ecns.cn China's intensified push for the development of superfast wireless technology including 5G and 6G will further promote industrial upgrading and digital transformation in traditional sectors, providing new momentum for the country's economic growth.
(2023-03-14). Russian Siberia Attracting Mutual Investment from Kazakhstan and China. infobrics.org The Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum has been taking place in Siberia, an event at which the development of Siberia, taking into account the current economic and geopolitical situation, is discussed…
(2023-03-14). Sergey Glazyev: 'The Road to Financial Multipolarity Will Be Long and Rocky'. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar In an exclusive interview with The Cradle, Russia's top macroeconomics strategist criticizes Moscow's slow pace of financial reform and warns there will be no new global currency without Beijing. The headquarters of the Eurasian Economic Commission (EEC) in Moscow, linked to the Eurasia Economic Union (EAEU) is arguably one of the most crucial nodes of the…
(2023-03-14). The "French Era" is Coming to an End, and Not Just in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Vladimir Danilov During his recent four-day African tour, French President Emmanuel Macron was forced to admit that the era of the "Franàßafrique" is over in Gabon. It existed for more than six decades, realizing Paris' desire to imprison its former colonies in Africa in the "arms" of enslaving economic agreements and informal arrangements with the…
(2023-03-14). Almagro's ethics violations at OAS are the "tip of a big and deadly iceberg." cepr.net Today's report by the Associated Press of further evidence of ethics violations by OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro is just the "tip of a big and deadly iceberg," said Mark Weisbrot, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. "Unfortunately this is not the only, or even the most serious, violation of OAS rules …
(2023-03-14). Opposition and civil society criticizes delay of local body polls in Sri Lanka. peoplesdispatch.org 
Local polls were to be held last year but were delayed due to Sri Lanka's economic crisis. After another postponement was announced in February, judicial intervention led to the polls being scheduled for April 25…
(2023-03-14). 'We're Not Fighting for Space Anymore:' Women in Power in Nicaragua. orinocotribune.com By Becca Renk — Mar 9, 2023 | "Women are not fighting for space anymore," declares Nicaraguan National Assembly Deputy Flor Avellán. "Now we have that space and we are empowered every day." | In recent years, Nicaragua has emerged as the most gender equal country in Latin America, and is currently number seven worldwide, according to the World Economic Forum's 2022 Global Gender Gap
(2023-03-14). Officials analyze fallout from SVB collapse. america.cgtn.com 
Stock markets across the world continued to suffer aftershocks this Tuesday following the dramatic collapse of two U.S. banks. U.S. authorities seemed to have stemmed some of the panics by covering customer deposits and any banks running into liquidity problems. But there are now urgent …
(2023-03-15). Antipoverty Centre: 'Nuclear subs means more inequality'. greenleft.org.au The Antipoverty Centre has criticised Anthony Albanese's decision to spend a staggering $368 billion on nuclear submarines as part of the AUKUS military pact. Isaac Nellist reports.
(2023-03-15). Fort Wayne Philharmonic to resume concerts following bitter three-month strike. wsws.org While beating back management demands to cut the number of full time musicians, wages will remain mired at essentially poverty levels.
(2023-03-14). Criminalization of Poverty Program at IPS's Statement on President Biden's Budget. ips-dc.org "As an expression of values, its proposals to invest in families and workers, protect Social Security, and strengthen Medicare reflect the values of most of us."
(2023-03-15). China's average surveyed urban unemployment rate at 5.6 pct in Jan-Feb. ecns.cn China's average surveyed urban unemployment rate stood at 5.6 percent in the first two months of 2023, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Wednesday.
(2023-03-14). The discovery & rediscovery of metabolic rift. mronline.org 
The climate crisis was a major theme as was Brexit, the Labour Party and the fight against racism. School climate strikers, Extinction Rebellion activists and others discussed what kind of action can be taken to stop climate catastrophe. Author Ian Angus described the fight for the planet as "the most important struggle of our time".
(2023-03-15). Balmain candidates quizzed on council demergers. greenleft.org.au At a resident-initiated Balmain candidate forum at Leichhardt Town Hall, Residents for Deamalgamation asked Philippa Scott from Labor and Kobi Shetty from the Greens about their views on demerging the Inner West Council (IWC) and respecting local democracy. Pip Hinman reports.
(2023-03-15). Tuesday 3/28: Rally To Rehire Fired Namibian Miners By Chinese National Nuclear Corporation. indybay.org San Francisco Chinese Consulate | Geary & Laguna St. | San Francisco…
(2023-03-15). Leftist Parties Intensify Campaign To Maintain Swiss Neutrality. popularresistance.org Leftist parties in Switzerland, including the Communist Party and the Swiss Party of Labor (PST-POP), have intensified their campaign demanding that the official Swiss policy of neutrality in international conflicts be maintained. Both parties have prioritized this demand in their manifestos for the upcoming April cantonal elections and the federal elections in October. | Earlier this month, the Communist Party organized ground-level campaigns in the neighborhoods of Bellinzona, Locarno, Mendrisio, and Lugano, in the Ticino canton, and collected signatures for its neutrality initiative.
(2023-03-14). Apple: "Forced Labor" in India with Foxconn. Hourly Wage 88 Cents. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-14). Stop Sale Of KPFK Bldg & Flagrant Violations Of Pacifica Bylaws 6 Year Term Limit-Speak Out. indybay.org
(2023-03-14). Senado chileno votará reducción de jornada laboral. telesurtv.net En junio de 2022 el presidente Gabriel Boric declaró que impulsaría el proyecto de ley para reducir a 40 horas semanales la jornada laboral.
(2023-03-14). History: The Three Partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. 1772, 1793 and 1795. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-14). The bailout of Silicon Valley Bank and the historic crisis of capitalism. wsws.org The commitment by the Biden administration to do "whatever is needed" to protect the money and riches of financial investors, speculators and the wealthy has again laid bare the real nature of capitalist governments as the executive committee for managing the affairs of the ruling monied elites.
(2023-03-15). French Workers Launch Indefinite Strike Against Pension Reforms. popularresistance.org So far, after weeks of targeted strikes by workers opposing President Emmanuel Macron's plans to raise the national retirement age and reform the country's beloved pension system, the French government has refused to change course. That is why unions across different industries raised the ante last week, launching an indefinite strike until workers' demands are met. As Eric Challal of the Solidaires Unitaires Démocratiques (SUD) Railway Union put it, "We have no choice, we must make Macron back down, make the employers back down. There is no lack of money in this society… Wages are too low, prices are exploding…
(2023-03-14). Federal Officials Issue Initial Guidance to Rein in Drug Spending. jamanetwork.com The US Department of Health and Human Services released a preliminary plan for decreasing drug prices as part of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which President Joe Biden signed into law last August. Under the Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program, companies will be required to pay rebates to Medicare if they increase their prices for both Part B and Part D drugs faster than the rate of inflation.
(2023-03-14). Think grocery prices are high now? Just wait. nationofchange.org We can't afford to let another supermarket giant gobble up an even bigger piece of the American pie.
(2023-03-15). SVB collapse exposes deep problems in US financial system. wsws.org The Fed and the FDIC, with the full backing of the Biden administration, which has pledged to do "whatever is needed," have justified their actions, full coverage for uninsured depositors at SVB as well as increased liquidity provisions for banks, on the grounds of "systemic risk."
(2023-03-14). Banks Lobbied to Weaken Regulations That Could Have Prevented Their Collapse. truthout.org The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank are the largest bank failures since the 2008 financial crisis, which prompted lawmakers to pass legislation to increase regulations on banks and other financial institutions. But during the Trump administration, a number of Democrats joined Republicans in Congress to weaken laws including Dodd-Frank, the landmark regulatory reform passed in… |
(2023-03-14). Banks get bailed out (again), but not students. cpusa.org 
Biden administration officials took extraordinary measures on Sunday to shore up confidence in the financial system after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Losses from the bank's collapse were estimated yesterday by Bloomberg at $450 billion, and mounting. While this does not yet compare to the $6 trillion in losses from the 2008 …
(2023-03-14). Silicon Valley Bank collapses, the bailout has begun. mronline.org 
Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest in the U.S., was shut down on March 10 and put under the control of the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.
(2023-03-14). The Looming Quadrillion Dollar Derivatives Tsunami. dissidentvoice.org On Friday, March 10, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed and was taken over by federal regulators. SVB was the 16th largest bank in the country and its bankruptcy was the second largest in U.S. history, following Washington Mutual in 2008. Despite its size, SVB was not a "systemically important financial institution" (SIFI) as defined in …
(2023-03-14). How Silicon Valley Bank & Signature Bank Lobbied to Weaken Regulations That Could Have Prevented Collapse. democracynow.org 
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank are the largest bank failures since the 2008 financial crisis, which prompted lawmakers to pass legislation to increase regulations on banks and other financial institutions. But during the Trump administration, a number of Democrats joined Republicans in Congress to weaken laws including Dodd-Frank, the landmark regulatory reform passed in the wake of the crisis. Executives from Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank were among those who successfully lobbied to weaken rules that may have prevented their collapse. The fallout from the bank failures now threat…
(2023-03-14). Crisis bancaria de EE.UU. causa desplome de los mercados mundiales. telesurtv.net SVB Financial Group es un banco clave dentro del sector de las tecnológicas; su abrupta caída es la mayor quiebra bancaria desde la crisis financiera de 2008.
(2023-03-15). Rising inflation threatens big student debt increases. greenleft.org.au In the midst of a worsening cost-of-living crisis, more than 3 million Australians continue to be burdened by student debts. Isaac Nellist reports.
(2023-03-15). February marks 23rd straight month of real wages decline for US workers. wsws.org The weekend before the latest inflation figures were released, the United Auto Workers rammed through a contract at Caterpillar containing a cut in real wages of up to 20 percent by 2029.
(2023-03-14). How U.S. Military Spending Works. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-15). China's fixed-asset investment up 5.5 pct in Jan-Feb. ecns.cn China's fixed-asset investment went up 5.5 percent in the first two months of this year, 0.4 percentage points higher than the full-year growth rate of 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Wednesday.
(2023-03-15). Boycotters of Israel were denounced as Antisemites, but now 255 US Jewish Businessmen Threaten to pull Investments over Netanyahu's Plan to gut Courts. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Times of Israel reports that 255 American Jewish businessmen, who have billions of dollars invested in the country, have warned Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu that they will cease investing in Israel if he goes forward with his plans to gut the Israeli judiciary. The huge irony is that pro-Israeli …
(2023-03-14). Regulators Greenlit SVB's Risky Investments. levernews.com 
(2023-03-15). EU Discussion of New NGO Law Reveals Double Standard. orinocotribune.com As part of a campaign against foreign influence, the European Union (EU) is working on a law that will require NGOs and academic institutions to be subjected to audits to disclose any funding received outside the EU, three sources confirmed to According to a European official, the EU version of the NGO law is unlikely to target individuals, but would cause both commercial and nonprofit organizations across the EU to disclose non-EU funds related to transactions, such as…
(2023-03-14). Saudi Aramco Reports Gargantuan $161 Bn in Profits, But will Electric Cars kill the Oil Market within 2 Decades? juancole.com 
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — Dan Murphy at CNBC reports that the giant Saudi Aramco oil company posted an unprecedented profit of $161 billion for 2022. The company's CEO, Amin Nasser, commented that this was probably the biggest profit ever made in the course of one year by any private company. Murphy reports that Nasser …
(2023-03-14). California ends mask requirement for health care workers in health facilities. wsws.org Leaving mask policy up to individual health care facilities will only increase deaths and debilitation among patients and health care workers in a system that prioritizes profits over lives.
(2023-03-14). The transformation of Germany's postal service into a low-wage sector. wsws.org Deutsche Post DHL Group exemplifies an international trend; mercilessly sacrificing workers' living standards and health for profit.
(2023-03-14). Manchin Now Says Bank Deregulation Isn't Great Despite "Yes" Vote on 2018 Repeal. truthout.org Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) suddenly isn't so sure whether it's such a great idea to repeal bank regulations. On Tuesday, Manchin reportedly said that in the wake of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, he wouldn't vote again on the sweeping bill that got rid of Dodd-Frank regulations implemented after the Great Recession to prevent major bank failures and corruption — marking a reversal… |
(2023-03-14). Warren: Jerome Powell Should Recuse Himself From Bank Probe for Role in Failure. truthout.org Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) is calling for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to recuse himself from his agency's investigation into the Silicon Valley Bank failure because his actions directly contributed to the collapse, she says. The Federal Reserve announced on Monday that it is opening up a review into the "supervision and regulation" of Silicon Valley Bank after the bank failed… |
(2023-03-14). Hoy en la Mesa Redonda, Carlos Marx: Ideas para transformar el mundo. mesaredonda.cubadebate.cu Ciento cuarenta años después de su muerte, Carlos Marx sigue siendo una figura clave en los destinos de la humanidad. øPor qué son vigentes sus ideas? øQué nos aporta para entender la complejidad económica y social de los tiempos actuales? Sobre esos y otros temas hablarán este martes en la Mesa Redonda reconocidos filà≤sofos y economistas.
(2023-03-14). Cinco libros para recordar a Karl Marx, el padre del marxismo. telesurtv.net El filósofo, sociólogo, historiador, economista y político alemán Karl Marx, falleció el 14 de marzo de 1883 a los 64 años de edad en Londres, Inglaterra.
(2023-03-14). Sodexo workers authorize strike at nine NYC and NJ locations. therealnews.com 
Five hundred food service workers in the New York Metropolitan area authorized strikes on Thursday, March 9, for livable wages and against subcontracting. The workers, who are represented by New York City's largest food service union, UNITE HERE Local 100, are employed by food service and facilities management behemoth Sodexo in nine cafeterias in New York and New Jersey. | Strike authorizations at each of the Sodexo shops were announced at a rally outside the Bloomberg L.P. headquarters in Manhattan. The contracts of most of the Sodexo employees, who are cashiers, cooks, and other service workers in the swank…
(2023-03-14). Vote "No" to Verdi's fraudulent contract agreement for German postal workers! Build the Postal Action Committee! wsws.org "The current offer means severe cuts in our wages and is no different from the offer we previously rejected by an 86 percent majority"—Postal Action Committee…
(2023-03-15). Presidente venezolano asiste a Congreso Nacional de la Juventud. telesurtv.net El mandatario venezolano instó a los jóvenes presentes cultivar los valores humanos para dejar atrás los efectos del capitalismo.
(2023-03-15). Stop the war in Ukraine! Mobilize the international working class against imperialism! wsws.org In endorsing and participating in the demonstration on March 18, the IYSSE seeks to advance a revolutionary socialist strategy that directs the anti-war movement toward an open struggle against capitalism.
(2023-03-14). Review: Enrique S Rivera — "The Untold Story of Capitalism: Primitive Accumulation and the Anti-Slavery Revolution" mronline.org 
Every May 10th marks Afro-Venezuelan Day and commemorates the 1795 Coro Rebellion. The May 1795 revolutionary events are the centerpiece of Enrique S. Rivera's The Untold History of Capitalism: Primitive Accumulation and the Anti-Slavery Revolution.
(2023-03-14). Gendered Violence as an Inextricable Thread of Capitalism 1. mronline.org 
The gendered forms of violence in capitalist-patriarchal societies are, obviously, related to what is habitually recognized as violence against women.
(2023-03-14). üéß Movies vs. Capitalism: Office Space (w/ Adam McKay). levernews.com
(2023-03-14). George Galloway's NO2NATO: War cannot be opposed based on nationalism and an embrace of capitalism's "rising powers" wsws.org To advance a campaign in alliance with the far-right to pressure British and US imperialism to "go gentle into that good night" as a means of opposing war is politically grotesque. It articulates the position of a layer of the petty-bourgeoisie frightened by the threat of war, but hostile to a struggle against that threat by the working class and possessed of a truly boundless belief on the long-term viability of the capitalist system.
(2023-03-14). SEP (Australia) campaigners for NSW election speak to Central Coast workers about cost of living crisis and war. wsws.org "Capitalism is like a jungle. You do what you need to do to survive. If you need to kill someone, or step on the head of your friend, that's capitalism. Socialism is totally different. It's guided by equality and supporting healthcare, education and so on. Socialism is for the working class."—Roberto, a truck driver.
(2023-03-15). Consumer Health: Don't let the time change get you down. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org For much of the U.S. and many places around the world, daylight saving time begins Sunday, March 12, when clocks are turned forward one hour. Sleep provides the foundation for all your daily habits and decisions. Getting enough quality rest each night is essential for optimal health. Regularly sleeping less than seven hours per night is associated with weight gain, diabetes, high blood pressure, stroke and depression. Lack of sleep also can affect your immune system and heart health. But a time shift ‚Äï…
(2023-03-14). Military Overview: Wagner Fighters Approached City Administration Building In Center Of Bakhmut. southfront.org 
Ukrainian tank with Nazi iron crosses in Bakhmut | On March 14, Wagner fighters claimed control of the Vostokmash plant located in the north of the industrial zone of the Artemovsky Metalworking Plant (AZOM) in Bakhmut. Back on December 20, Zelensky awarded the Ukrainian military in this facility. Wagner sources reported that the mop up operation in the underground premises of the AZOM plant began a few days…
(2023-03-14). Industriales se estrena con diez novatos en su nómina para la 62 Serie Nacional de Béisbol. cubadebate.cu La nómina de Industriales fue dada a conocer este lunes de cara a la 62 Serie Nacional de Beisbol, que comenzará el venidero 22 de marzo. Entre las principales figuras del elenco aparecen Oscar Valdés, Yasiel Santoya, Roberto Acevedo, Yamil Rivalta, Yosvani Peñalver, Alberto Calderón, Yoassán Guillén, Andy Vargas, Pavel Hernández y Juan Xavier Peñalver.
(2023-03-15). Land purchase certificate 800 years ago unearthed in Shanxi. ecns.cn Photo released on March 14, 2023 shows a land purchase certificate, dating back to 1190 to 1196, unearthed from a Jin tomb (1115-1234) at Yuanqu county, Yuncheng, north China's Shanxi Province, March 14, 2023.
(2023-03-14). Un experimento neoliberal llamado Ucrania. globalizacion.ca Los medios de comunicación ucranianos e internacionales nunca dejan de recordar a sus habitantes que esta guerra se libra en nombre del "futuro europeo de Ucrania". Imagino que este nunca llegará; de todos modos, y mientras tanto, øqué son estos…
(2023-03-15). Los Angeles: Centro CSO hosts 6th annual International Women's Day. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – On March 12, more than 50 people gathered at Salazar Park in East Los Angeles to rally with Centro CSO for its 6th annual International Women's Day commemoration. Speakers included leaders from CSO's different committees – education, police accountability and immigration – who explained the importance of women's liberation to their work. | The attendees also heard from members of CSO Orange County and Freedom Road Socialist Organization as well as two artists, Diosa Xochiquetzalcóatl and Daisy Magallanes. | Diana Terreros, a founder of CSO-Orange County and a member of Freedom Road Socialist O…
(2023-03-15). Sunday 3/26: Women, Life, Freedom–Learning from the Revolutionary Tenacity of Iranian Women. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St. (at Ellis), San Francisco or via zoom at bit.ly/RevTenacityIranianWomen…
(2023-03-14). Xi pools mighty force for building great country, national rejuvenation. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday called for forming a mighty force for building a great modern socialist country and advancing national rejuvenation.
(2023-03-14). Denver FRSO hosts International Women's Day rally at State Capitol. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On Wednesday, March 8, the Freedom Road Socialist Organization hosted a rally at the Colorado State Capitol building to celebrate International Women's Day. Two dozen people gathered to answer the call for an end to attacks on women's and reproductive rights, including members of Students for a Democratic Society and the Denver-Aurora Community Action Committee. | FRSO and Denver residents are outraged at the outcome of the Dobbs Supreme Court decision. So-called "trigger laws" banned abortion in 13 states after the decision was made in 2022. In other states, "heartbeat bills" have become law, serio…
(2023-03-14). Desechos se acumulan en París por huelga y desatan batalla política. cubadebate.cu La huelga de recolectores de desechos contra la reforma de la jubilación continuó en París, donde se acumula basura desde hace una semana en la mayoría de sus barrios, escenario convertido en batalla política gobierno-oposición. En el centro de los ataques, el oficialismo coloca a la alcaldesa de la capital francesa, la socialista Anne Hidalgo.
(2023-03-14). Global campaign demanding freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal intensifies. peoplesdispatch.org On March 10, members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) and the Socialist Revolutionary Workers Party (SRWP), marched to the US embassy in Pretoria to demand freedom for Mumia Abu-Jamal. Mumia is a political prisoner who has been incarcerated for over 40 years in the United States. He was a member of the revolutionary Black Panther party.
(2023-03-14). China's Example of Leadership Injects Hope into a World of Uncertainty. libya360.wordpress.com Danny Haiphong Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, presides over the closing meeting of the talks between a Saudi delegation and an Iranian delegation in Beijing, capital of China,…