(2023-03-25). 'Mexico Is Not a US Colony!': AMLO Condemns Invasion Threats, Celebrates Nationalization of Oil, Lithium. orinocotribune.com 
By Ben Norton — Mar 22, 2023 | Mexico's leftist President AMLO condemned "hypocritical" Republicans who want the US military to invade, declaring "Mexico is an independent and free country, not a US colony or protectorate!" In a massive rally, López Obrador also celebrated the expropriation of oil and lithium, condemning exploitative foreign corporations. | Mexico's leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) organized a massive rally in the heart of the capital, honoring the anniversary of the country's nationalization of its oil reserves and expropriation of foreign corporations. | AMLO also used…
(2023-03-25). Insights | Rana Mitter: China's poverty reduction achievement an inspiration to global south countries. ecns.cn The just-concluded "Two Sessions" have chartered the future plan for China's development. Amid mounting economic pressures globally, how will China's economy maintain steady growth with resilience and vitality? Rana Mitter, a professor of modern Chinese history and politics at the University of Oxford, shares his views during an exclusive interview with China News Network.
(2023-03-25). The Pajaro Levee Break, Immigrants, Labor & Climate Crisis With PVFT1936's Pamela Sexton. indybay.org PVFT Local 1936 Delegate Pamela Beth Sexton adult education teacher talks about the effect of the broken levee on the immigrant farmworker community, systemic racism and the role these farmworkers play in our economy.
(2023-03-24). Russia's 'inexplicable' ability to withstand Western aggression. infobrics.org We often hear that Russia is just a regional power with an economy the size of Spain's, a military budget that has been consistently smaller than the Saudi one, etc. And indeed, on paper, this may seem true. Taking into account nominal GDP as the only measure of power, one might fall into the trap of believing such statistics. However, the reality is quite different.
(2023-03-24). Federal Reserve Member Bullard: If America Abandons 2% Inflation Target, It's Headed To 1970s-Style High Inflation. moguldom.com For the past 18 months, Americans have been hit with the highest yearly price increases in 40 years along with warnings that the economy could go into recession and predictions that high inflation may be here to stay. "Through it all, we've heard an almost mantra-like refrain from the Federal Reserve: We're still not close to …
(2023-03-25). China to further deepen global economic, financial ties. ecns.cn China will advance high-level opening-up of its financial sector as always and further deepen international economic and financial cooperation, a top financial regulatory official said.
(2023-03-25). Insights | Brazilian economist: I'm impressed by China's resilience. ecns.cn The subjects and policies discussed during the top legislative and political advisory meetings (or the Two Sessions) further demonstrate China's resilience, and the country's scientific and technological development and rural revitalization strategy are of great significance, said Alessandro Teixeira, special economic adviser to former President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff.
(2023-03-25). 11th Annual Pan African and Global Trade and Investment Conference Media Event Luncheon. indybay.org Early support for our 11th Annual, Pan African Global Trade and Investment Conference is from our Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, key California Legislative leaders, California Chamber of Commerce, California Black Chamber of Commerce, California Farm Bureau, California State University Sacramento and University of California, Davis.
(2023-03-24). China, Germany shining examples of globalization and friendship. ecns.cn With their mutually complementary economic advantages, there is no so-called dependence of one side on the other between China and Germany, Shu Jueting, a spokeswoman of the Ministry of Commerce, said on Thursday.
(2023-03-24). Daily Round-up | Investigation launched into killings of Afghans by UK forces & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we take a look at a probe into killings in Afghanistan, protests in Lebanon against the economic crisis, demonstrations against the death of a protester in Peru, and a strike by Starbucks workers in the US…
(2023-03-24). Lebanon: Protesters demand solutions to prolonged economic crisis. greenleft.org.au Hundreds of people in Lebanon staged a protest outside the government headquarters in central Beirut on March 22 in the second consecutive day of protests against the ongoing economic crisis, reports Peoples Dispatch.
(2023-03-25). [Correspondence] Orthopaedic surgical needs during disasters. thelancet.com The earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria on Feb 6, 2023, have left behind a massive burden of injuries, of which a large proportion are likely to be orthopaedic injuries.1 Generally, orthopaedic surgery is a field that is highly dependent on expensive equipment and supplies and, in most low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), relies heavily on donations. Türkiye, as an upper-middle-income country, faces different challenges than the war-torn, lower-income country of Syria. However, both are set to face barriers in obtaining sufficient materials specific to their context.
(2023-03-25). Insights | Brazilian economist: I'm impressed by China's resilience. ecns.cn The subjects and policies discussed during the top legislative and political advisory meetings (or the Two Sessions) further demonstrate China's resilience, and the country's scientific and technological development and rural revitalization strategy are of great significance, said Alessandro Teixeira, special economic adviser to former President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff.
(2023-03-25). 11th Annual Pan African and Global Trade and Investment Conference Media Event Luncheon. indybay.org Early support for our 11th Annual, Pan African Global Trade and Investment Conference is from our Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, key California Legislative leaders, California Chamber of Commerce, California Black Chamber of Commerce, California Farm Bureau, California State University Sacramento and University of California, Davis.
(2023-03-24). China, Germany shining examples of globalization and friendship. ecns.cn With their mutually complementary economic advantages, there is no so-called dependence of one side on the other between China and Germany, Shu Jueting, a spokeswoman of the Ministry of Commerce, said on Thursday.
(2023-03-24). Daily Round-up | Investigation launched into killings of Afghans by UK forces & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we take a look at a probe into killings in Afghanistan, protests in Lebanon against the economic crisis, demonstrations against the death of a protester in Peru, and a strike by Starbucks workers in the US…
(2023-03-24). Lebanon: Protesters demand solutions to prolonged economic crisis. greenleft.org.au Hundreds of people in Lebanon staged a protest outside the government headquarters in central Beirut on March 22 in the second consecutive day of protests against the ongoing economic crisis, reports Peoples Dispatch.
(2023-03-25). [Correspondence] Orthopaedic surgical needs during disasters. thelancet.com The earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria on Feb 6, 2023, have left behind a massive burden of injuries, of which a large proportion are likely to be orthopaedic injuries.1 Generally, orthopaedic surgery is a field that is highly dependent on expensive equipment and supplies and, in most low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs), relies heavily on donations. Türkiye, as an upper-middle-income country, faces different challenges than the war-torn, lower-income country of Syria. However, both are set to face barriers in obtaining sufficient materials specific to their context.
(2023-03-24). Bankstown: A microcosm of Australia's social crisis. wsws.org The social situation in Bankstown, with soaring rents and mortgages, stagnant or declining incomes and mounting social distress, shows that capitalism offers no future for the working class.
(2023-03-24). Flanked by Russian ambassador, Serbian minister lays wreath at memorial to children killed by NATO bombs. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Tanjug News AgencyMarch 24, 2023 Selakovic lays wreath at memorial to children killed in NATO aggression BELGRADE — Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment and Veteran and Social Affairs Nikola Selakovic laid a wreath at a memorial to children killed in the 1999 NATO aggression on Serbia, then part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. City …
(2023-03-25). American Labor: Prospects and Possibilities. dissidentvoice.org 
Starbucks workers at over 100 sites greeted Spring and the company's new CEO by walking off the job. Some pundits hail this action as a reflection of labors' growing new strength. Public approval of unions is at a fifty year high, petitions for union elections are on the upswing, and the recent well-publicized organizing victories …
(2023-03-25). AUKUS, the Australian Labor Party, and Growing Dissent. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-25). SEIU99/UTLA Membership Voices On Their Strike & Struggle: United We Stand, Divided We Fall. indybay.org Thirty thousand SEIU 99 LAUSD service workers went out on a three day unfair labor practice strike on March 21, 2023 to March 23, 2023. The UTLA members joined the picket line and this united action was a first. Workers spoke out about their conditions and struggles.
(2023-03-24). 'It is coming to your state soon': Attacks on child labor laws aren't going away. therealnews.com 
(2023-03-24). Immigrant Women Workers Fighting To Close Disney's Gender Pay Gap. popularresistance.org Workers with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 631 say a major pay gap exists at Disney World that leaves workers in traditionally feminized jobs, such as costume-making, earning significantly less than workers in traditionally masculinized jobs with comparable skills levels, such as stagehand labor. | The union — which represents the skilled crafts people who work behind the scenes in Disney World entertainment, from costume workers to cosmetologists to stage technicians — is demanding in bargaining that Disney close this gender pay gap by raising wages in traditi…
(2023-03-24). Behind the #StopCopCity Domestic Terrorism Warrants. scheerpost.com 
By Ryan Fatica and Chris Schiano / Unicorn Riot Atlanta, GA — The Georgia Bureau of Investigation, in collaboration with several other law enforcement agencies, charged 23 more people with 'domestic terrorism' for their alleged involvement in the ongoing effort to stop 'Cop City' and to defend the Weelaunee Forest in unincorporated DeKalb County southeast …
(2023-03-24). øElecciones en Cuba? Desmontando mitos. globalizacion.ca Cuba es tal vez el país del mundo con más mitos elaborados contra su proceso revolucionario. øPor qué? Porque en el llamado mundo de la democracia, paradójicamente no cabe la otredad. Una y otra vez aparece la pregunta øhay elecciones…
(2023-03-24). How the Cuban government and people collaborated on the Family Code. greenleft.org.au Natalia Marques spoke to young activists in Cuba to find out how the new law was won through grassroots dialogue.
(2023-03-24). Jorge Luis Sánchez Rivera: Retratar la ciudad, la gente, la vida. cubadebate.cu Laborioso, intrépido y dinámico, este artista del lente logra conjugar en sus imágenes veracidad y poesía, porque Jorge Luis tiene inquietudes creativas y para saciarlas trasciende el fotoperiodismo y suelta riendas a la imaginación. Así nos lega imágenes que transpiran ternura, lirismo y cubanía, sin abandonar su razón de ser: fotografiar el acontecimiento.
(2023-03-25). Treasury secretary Yellen twists to the power of money. wsws.org Over the course of three days this week, Yellen flip flopped on the question of guarantees for ultra wealthy bank depositors before predictably falling into line with the demands of Wall Street.
(2023-03-24). Does The Congressional Black Caucus Have A Problem With The Silicon Valley Industry Bailout? moguldom.com The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on March 10 has had broad ramifications. It was the largest bank by deposits in Silicon Valley, holding the money of some of the country's wealthiest individuals. Silicon Valley's aggregate household wealth is nearly $1.1 trillion, Cal Matters reported. Because they are SVB depositors, Silicon Valley billionaires and millionaires were indirectly …
(2023-03-24). IRAQ 20 Years after "Shock and Awe." The Wealthy Prevail at the Expense of World Safety and Freedom. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-24). Indian farmers conclude Long March in a victory. peoplesdispatch.org They walked demanding the government address the problems being faced by the farmers and workers of the state of the Maharashtra. A key demand was remunerative prices for onion crops…
(2023-03-25). Chinese sports brands see bumper 2022. ecns.cn Major Chinese sports enterprises such as Anta, Xtep and Li-Ning enjoyed considerable growth in 2022, according to annual financial results released in recent days.
(2023-03-25). Senior Climate Activists Stop Dirty Banks. indybay.org "We will not go to our graves quietly knowing that the financial institutions in our own communities continue to fund the climate crisis," said longtime environmentalist Bill McKibben.
(2023-03-25). [Correspondence] Chinese medical personnel after the COVID-19 pandemic. thelancet.com As the COVID-19 pandemic comes to an end in China,1 medical personnel who have worked tirelessly to fight the omicron (B.1.1.529) variant are now facing a new challenge. Despite their heroic efforts, many of them are now struggling to receive the financial compensation they deserve.2…
(2023-03-25). Financial crisis – it's crashing again and The time of change. indybay.org
(2023-03-25). Bring down the Macron government! wsws.org This week's tumultuous events in France have torn the "democratic" mask off the capitalist state, exposing it as a dictatorship of the financial oligarchy.
(2023-03-24). Strike The Women, You Strike The Rock, You Will Be Crushed. popularresistance.org What constitutes a crisis worthy of global attention? When a regional bank in the United States falls victim to the inversion of the yield curve (i.e., when short-term bond interest rates become higher than long-term rates), the Earth nearly stops spinning. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) — one of the most important financiers of technology start-ups in the United States — on 10 March presaged wider chaos in the Western financial world. In the days after the SVB debacle, Signature Bank, one of the few banks to accept cryptocurrency deposits, faced bankruptcy, and then Credit Suisse, an estab…
(2023-03-24). Israel lobby smeared Palestinian American professor, then got him fired. electronicintifada.net Kareem Tannous says he is now blacklisted from teaching.
(2023-03-25). Friday 3/24: Media Event / Luncheon for 11th Annual Pan African Global Trade and Investment Conference. indybay.org Town and Country Grand Ballroom | 1215 J Street | Downtown Sacramento…
(2023-03-24). China's Energy Investments in Russia. infobrics.org Chinese state energy giants have made a number of multi-billion dollar investments in Russia, one of China's top oil and gas suppliers, across various stages of the energy supply chain…
(2023-03-24). Cuba's International Agriculture Fair promotes trade and investment opportunities. america.cgtn.com 
Cuba's International Agriculture Fair opened this week at Havana's Rancho Boyeros exhibit grounds, with the participation of some 25 global companies from this region and Europe. See more.
(2023-03-25). IMF declares its Sri Lankan program a "brutal experiment" wsws.org The government's ruthless austerity drive, dictated by the IMF, is to pay the international credit sharks and boost corporate profits.
(2023-03-25). Norfolk Southern CEO stonewalls on safety in second US Senate hearing on East Palestine, Ohio derailment. wsws.org Both Democratic and Republican senators on the Commerce Committee made clear in Wednesday's hearing that they had no intentions of developing meaningful safety regulations if they cut across the industry's profit margins.
(2023-03-25). California will respond to the Pan African Congress call for better seed movement. indybay.org Our California Pan African World Food and Ag Pavilion will offer proposed opportunities towards solutions that offer greater access to global seed research and development. 'We need to hear from farmers how we can continuously and sustainably bridge the gap between seed companies and the farming community, now more pronounced mainly by the negative impact of climate change. On our side, we will endeavor to work with the farmers to help increase the resilience and profitability of African farming in the face of climate change and other challenges,'
(2023-03-24). Boston personal care attendants demand 'living wage, now!'. workers.org 
Around 200 people with disabilities and the personal care attendants who help them gathered at the Embrace Statue March 1, honoring Martin Luther King Jr. on the Boston Common and demanding living wages and benefits for Massachusetts PCAs. Boston Commons, March 1, 2023. Photo: Megan Smith Organized by Service Employees . . . |
(2023-03-24). Municipal workers in New York City vote on sellout tentative agreement. wsws.org Mayor Eric Adams and the public workers union are pushing a deal for 100,000 city workers containing massive cuts to real wages.
(2023-03-24). Strike vote by railroaders at CSX over constant underpayment of wages. wsws.org Since a new payroll system was implemented in 2020, workers have complained of continuous underpayment of wages.
(2023-03-24). The value American capitalism places on workers' lives: BP fined $156,250 for the deaths of two refinery operators in Ohio explosion. wsws.org Ben and Max Morrissey were burned to death in an explosion and fire at the BP Husky oil refinery in Oregon, Ohio, just outside of Toledo. For American capitalism, the life of a worker is very cheap.
(2023-03-24). Can we still limit global warming to 1.5 ∞C? Here's what the latest science says. mronline.org 
Is it still possible to limit future global warming to 1.5 ∞C above pre-industrial levels? Or has that ship sailed?>
(2023-03-24). More Like Cousteau's Son, Not Bradley Cooper's Twin! dissidentvoice.org 
I'm back at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport Oregon, part of the Oregon State University campus harboring marine mammal-fisheries-benthic-ocean researchers and students. The topic: How humans decimated whale populations through hundreds of years of industrial whaling, leaving some species and populations on the brink of extinction. But despite these impacts, many whale populations …
(2023-03-24). More shoppers go electronic for bountiful offerings, high-quality goods worldwide. ecns.cn People between 26 and 35 make up the demographic that most frequently purchases imports and foreign brands, accounting for nearly half of the total of all age groups.
(2023-03-24). Cancer patients challenge Biden admin's refusal to lower price of lifesaving drug. nationofchange.org "This is a drug that was invented with taxpayer dollars by scientists at UCLA and can be purchased in Canada for one-fifth the U.S. price."
(2023-03-24). First-Of-Its-Kind Study Casts More Shade On Forest Carbon Offsets. popularresistance.org Yet another report has cast doubt on the accuracy and reliability of the carbon credits companies and individuals purchase to offset their climate-polluting emissions. | The first-of-its-kind peer-reviewed study, published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change Tuesday, looked at almost 300 projects that made up 11 percent of the carbon credits on offer to date. It found that methods for calculating the carbon credits were often in conflict with scientific best-practices, which increased the risk of "significant over-estimation" of the amount of carbon a project might keep from the atmosphere. The report comes…
(2023-03-25). Saturday 4/1: What are the Prospects for World Peace? indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | Also accessible online…
(2023-03-25). Los Angeles teacher: Pay for school workers "is not enough to support a family" wsws.org On the first day of the Los Angeles schools strike, the World Socialist Web Site spoke with Max, a fifth grade teacher who has been teaching for 24 years in LAUSD.
(2023-03-24). NATO pushes European Socialists for thirty more years, eternity of new wars. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From Bosnia to Ukraine, NATO has been waging war — on three continents — for thirty years. Evidently permanently, "for the long term." It could be argued that NATO has presented the world with its first Socialist/Social Democratic wars. (Think of Blair, Schroeder, Jospin, Solana, etc. in 1999.) And a plethora of them at that. …
(2023-03-24). Rep. Ro Khanna on Regulating Banks, TikTok, China, Ukraine & His Vote on the "Horrors of Socialism" democracynow.org 
We speak with Democratic Congressmember Ro Khanna about the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, regulating the banking sector, and how Federal Reserve interest rate hikes contributed to the banking crisis. Silicon Valley Bank was based in Khanna's district in California, and he has criticized fellow Democrats who supported a 2018 bill that weakened oversight for some banks. "We need to regulate large regional banks the same way that we regulate the Big Four banks," says Khanna. He also talks about growing concern from lawmakers about the social video app TikTok, the Biden adminis…
(2023-03-24). Teachers around the world send in support for striking Los Angeles school workers. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site has received numerous statements from educators involved in independent rank-and-file committees across the world supporting the three-day strike by Los Angeles school workers this week.
(2023-03-24). UK postal workers expose back breaking working conditions at Royal Mail. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site is publishing further correspondence from postal workers exposing the brutal exploitative regime being imposed by Royal Mail. The latest comes from London, Cheshunt, Luton, Chatham, Houghton Regis, Stalham and Blackburn.
(2023-03-25). US Congress holds anti-China witch-hunt at TikTok hearing. wsws.org On Thursday, the US House Energy and Commerce Committee put on a five-hour spectacle of xenophobia, anticommunism and anti-Chinese invective, focussed on demands to ban TikTok, the sixth most popular social network in the world.
(2023-03-24). Californians tell Speaker McCarthy: Preserve, improve, expand Social Security. peoplesworld.org 
BAKERSFIELD, Calif.—In between the historic storms directly hitting this area of California, members of the Communist Party's San Joaquin Valley Club drove long distances to attend a March 17 rally for Social Security at Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's local congressional office. Their message of what to do with Social Security: "Preserve — Improve — …
(2023-03-24). Swaziland's anti-monarchy activists face repression ahead of elections. greenleft.org.au Mvuselelo Mkhabela, a 21-year-old activist of the Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS), escaped from a hospital after being shot and tortured by the police, reports Peoples Dispatch.