Monthly Archives: March 2023

2023-03-10: News Headlines

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-03-10). AMLO Says Mexico Is More Democratic Than Oligarch-Run USA. popularresistance.org Mexico's leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) gave a fiery speech condemning the US State Department's "bad habit" of "meddling" in other country's "internal affairs". | "There is more democracy today in Mexico than in the United States", López Obrador said, "because here the people govern, and there the oligarchy govern". | AMLO lamented that politicians in Washington "still will not abandon the two-century-old policy, the Monroe Doctrine, of thinking of themselves as the world's government", calling it a "centuries-old habit of the US government and US elites".

ecns.cn (2023-03-10). China's SMEs report improving business activity in February. ecns.cn China's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) experienced a further increase in their activities in February amid a steadily warming economy, industrial data showed Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-10). Insights | China's robust growth will help alleviate global inflation. ecns.cn China's buying powers and consumption activities are increasing, which can help recover global economy. As a "factory of the world," if China is providing robust supply chain and producing good quality products, that can help alleviate global inflation and assist more developing countries.

WSWS (2023-03-10). European Union ramps up ammunition production and organizes war economy. wsws.org The meeting of EU defence ministers in Stockholm on Wednesday was all about NATO's escalation of the war against Russia. The aim was to quickly provide the Ukrainian army with massive amounts of ammunition in order to repel the Russian army on the front in eastern Ukraine and to move on to the counter-offensive.

americanthinker (2023-03-09). Houston, we have a problem. americanthinker.com Texas decides that the best way to help these kidss to put them in successful schools where they can be prepared to meet the challenges of an international economy that does not care about pronouns or the 1619 Project.

Ben Norton (2023-03-09). AMLO says Mexico is more democratic than oligarch-run USA, condemns State Dep't 'meddling' against electoral reform. geopoliticaleconomy.com Responding to State Department criticism of Mexico's popular electoral reform, President AMLO denounced US "meddling", support for coups, and the Monroe Doctrine. He said, "There is more democracy today in Mexico than in the United States… because here the people govern, and there the oligarchy govern".

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-03-10). AMLO Says Mexico Is More Democratic Than Oligarch-Run USA. popularresistance.org Mexico's leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) gave a fiery speech condemning the US State Department's "bad habit" of "meddling" in other country's "internal affairs". | "There is more democracy today in Mexico than in the United States", López Obrador said, "because here the people govern, and there the oligarchy govern". | AMLO lamented that politicians in Washington "still will not abandon the two-century-old policy, the Monroe Doctrine, of thinking of themselves as the world's government", calling it a "centuries-old habit of the US government and US elites".

ecns.cn (2023-03-10). China's SMEs report improving business activity in February. ecns.cn China's small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) experienced a further increase in their activities in February amid a steadily warming economy, industrial data showed Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-10). Insights | China's robust growth will help alleviate global inflation. ecns.cn China's buying powers and consumption activities are increasing, which can help recover global economy. As a "factory of the world," if China is providing robust supply chain and producing good quality products, that can help alleviate global inflation and assist more developing countries.

WSWS (2023-03-10). European Union ramps up ammunition production and organizes war economy. wsws.org The meeting of EU defence ministers in Stockholm on Wednesday was all about NATO's escalation of the war against Russia. The aim was to quickly provide the Ukrainian army with massive amounts of ammunition in order to repel the Russian army on the front in eastern Ukraine and to move on to the counter-offensive.

americanthinker (2023-03-09). Houston, we have a problem. americanthinker.com Texas decides that the best way to help these kidss to put them in successful schools where they can be prepared to meet the challenges of an international economy that does not care about pronouns or the 1619 Project.

Ben Norton (2023-03-09). AMLO says Mexico is more democratic than oligarch-run USA, condemns State Dep't 'meddling' against electoral reform. geopoliticaleconomy.com Responding to State Department criticism of Mexico's popular electoral reform, President AMLO denounced US "meddling", support for coups, and the Monroe Doctrine. He said, "There is more democracy today in Mexico than in the United States… because here the people govern, and there the oligarchy govern".

ecns.cn (2023-03-09). BRI opportunities, cross-border e-commerce, digital economy key to China's foreign trade in 2023: delegates. ecns.cn Deputies to 14th the National People's Congress (NPC) and national political advisers believe the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) opportunities, high-quality cross-border e-commerce, and digital economy will become three key driving forces to boost China's foreign trade in 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-03-09). International financial institutions raise forecast for nation's GDP growth in 2023. ecns.cn Since the start of 2023, foreign institutions have collectively raised their expectations for China's economic growth this year.

Phoebe Sorgen, Jennifer Sullivan,Dianne Blais (2023-03-09). 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!

Rick Rozoff (2023-03-09). EU steps up "war economy" to rush arms to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense PostMarch 8, 2023 EU Eyes 'War Economy' in Push to Rush Ammo to Ukraine EU defense ministers will discuss Wednesday plans to raid their stockpiles to rush one billion euros' worth of ammunition to Ukraine and place joint orders for more to ensure supplies keep flowing. *** Ministers meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy …

WSWS (2023-03-09). Strikes erupt across French economy after March 7 protest against pension cuts. wsws.org With refineries, energy facilities and mass transit on strike, the prospect of a total cutoff of fuel supplies that would completely shut down the economy is looming.

Xiaolu Sun (2023-03-09). Americans struggle as cost of living soars. america.cgtn.com See how Americans feel about the current economy.

Richard Horton (2023-03-11). [Comment] Offline: The case for diversifying diversity. thelancet.com It is time to rethink our ideas about diversity. Gender equity? Anti-racism? Yes, of course, but our approach to diversity—what it means and what we do about it—is simply too narrow. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) recently hosted a discussion about diversity of thought in (social) science. It was led by Frédéric Basso. He argued that the concept of diversity implied the existence of a reference point, a standard, against which everything else is compared. Whatever is standard defines what we call diverse.

infobrics (2023-03-10). CNN admits America trying to use Ukraine conflict to 'isolate' China. infobrics.org While Donald Trump's approach was more isolationist and focused on economic warfare, the Biden administration is showing much more belligerence, as well as a tendency to relegate portions of its power projection to allies and vassals such as the UK, Australia, Japan, etc.

infobrics (2023-03-10). BRICS CCI WE Outlines Digital Inclusivity as a Key Gamechanger for Women in their Pursuit for Economic Equality. infobrics.org With the G20's focus on gender-based digital inclusivity alongwith the Hon'ble PM's vision of this decade being a Techade, BRICS CCI WE, the women's vertical of the BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted its 3rd Annual Summit and Felicitations 2023 on the theme — Women Shaping the Techade…

Lisa Burnam (2023-03-10). Statement on President Biden's Budget for Fiscal Year 2024. cepr.net Statement on President Biden's Budget for Fiscal Year 2024 from Eileen Appelbaum, Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research: The Center for Economic and Policy Research, an organization dedicated to rigorous research and policies that enhance the welfare and economic security of workers and their families, welcomes the commitment President Biden's budget …

Rick Rozoff (2023-03-10). Kelly Degnan, Samantha Power: Georgia vital link in connecting Central Asia to Europe. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Samantha Power, of course, is the head of the United States Agency for International Development. ==== Rustavi2March 10, 2023 Organized by the EU-Georgia Business Council and supported by the USAID Economic Governance Program, the first meeting of the Honorary Council of the "Black Sea Platform" was held Video Organized by the EU-Georgia Business Council and …

Staff (2023-03-10). Candidatos a diputados retoman recorridos por sitios de interés económico y social de Santa Clara. cubadebate.cu Los candidatos a diputados a la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular de Cuba (Parlamento) por el municipio de Santa Clara, entre ellos el Presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel, retomaron hoy los recorridos por sitios de interés económico y social de ese territorio, en la central provincia de Villa Clara. Las elecciones nacionales están previstas para el domingo 26 de marzo.

infobrics (2023-03-09). Russia and China Expand Their Gas and Oil Deals. infobrics.org In recent years, the energy partnership has played a crucial role in Sino-Russian trade and economic cooperation. The partnership between China and Russia in the oil and gas industry is one of the most significant developments in the global energy market…

infobrics (2023-03-09). Creation of BRICS-based Free Trade Zone Not on Agenda, Says Russian Ministry. infobrics.org It is reported that Russia has common trade space within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), South Africa participates in the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), while Brazil is a member of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR)…

Dean Baker (2023-03-09). In Defense of Taxing Stock Buybacks. cepr.net The Biden administration is getting a lot of grief over its proposal to tax share buybacks at a 4.0 percent rate. They are being denounced as economic illiterates, and worse. I'm going to side with the economic illiterates, and say Biden is very much on the mark with this proposal. To be clear, I have …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-09). In biggest such demonstration, Tunisians denounce political persecution and economic crisis. peoplesdispatch.org On March 4 and 5, thousands of Tunisians took to the streets against President Kais Saied's government, protesting the repression of the opposition and the economic woes faced by the people…

Staff (2023-03-09). Caudal SA en balance del 2022: Cumplimiento de planes económicos y proyecciones para el nuevo año (+ Fotos y Video). cubadebate.cu El Grupo de Seguros y Servicios Financieros de Cuba (la OSDE Caudal SA) realizó exportaciones en 2022 por un valor superior a los 25 millones de dólares, según un informe presentado este jueves por su presidente, Roberto Vázquez Hernández, durante el balance anual de la organización en la sede de la Empresa Deportiva Batos.

unitedEditor (2023-03-09). Mark Milley's unwelcome visit. uwidata.com By Dr. Najm al-Ahmad Minister of Justice of the Syrian Arab Republic 2012 — 2017, Professor at the Faculty of Law in Damascus University The illegal intervention of the United States in Syria internal affairs can be evaluated altogether as a political, economic and legal issue. The acts of the United States are not based on …

ecns.cn (2023-03-10). Insights | China's modernization is a good model for developing countries. ecns.cn China's modernization is a very good model for developing countries, and it has lifted nearly 100 million people out of poverty, taken active measures to promote employment. China emphasizes low-carbon and green development, which has brought a win-win situation for the region and the world.

ecns.cn (2023-03-09). Insights | China helps developing countries in poverty reduction. ecns.cn China has put forward the idea of poverty reduction as a first and primary objective for many developing countries. The arrival of China's FDI has been important in many global south countries, and China providing opportunities in areas such as telecoms and infrastructure building has made a material difference.

WSWS (2023-03-09). Australian "youth barometer" survey highlights growing poverty, precariousness. wsws.org Bank accounts are so tight that over half of the young people surveyed went without eating for a whole day at some point during the past twelve months.

ecns.cn (2023-03-09). Camel industry help Xinjiang locals increase income. ecns.cn Camels in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region no longer bear the function of carrying goods. A complete industrial chain related to camels has been set up to help increase income for local people.

Linda Benesch (2023-03-09). Workers pay Social Security taxes all year long, but the super-rich don't. peoplesworld.org Is your salary less than $160,200? If so, you're among the 94% of American workers who pay into Social Security all year long. Thanks to a loophole that exclusively benefits the super-rich, income above that amount simply isn't taxed for Social Security. That means someone like Tucker Carlson, who makes a reported $8 million a year, stopped contributing …

Andrew Perez (2023-03-10). Workers Are Funding Private Equity's Child Labor Exploitation. levernews.com

ecns.cn (2023-03-10). 60 pct of S. Koreans oppose donations-based solution on Japan's wartime forced labor. ecns.cn Almost 60 percent of South Koreans opposed the government's push to resolve Japan's wartime forced labor issue through a foundation donated by the South Korean private sector, a poll showed Friday.

Labor Action Committtee For Mumia (2023-03-10). Saturday 3/11: ILWU 10 Meeting On Mumia & Report From Trip To South Africa. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 Henry Schmidt Room | 400 North Point St. | San Francisco…

Labor Video Project (2023-03-10). CA AG Bonta Prosecute SF Police Killer Say Speakers At SF State Building. indybay.org

Labor Video Project (2023-03-10). The Fukushima Catastrophe Continues 12 Years After The Meltdowns. indybay.org March 11 is the 12th anniversary of the Fukushima earthquake and meltdown of three reactors. The disaster continues and the melted nuclear rods still remain in the broken reactors and have to be cooled by water which then becomes radiated. Two activists talk about the present situation after 12 years.

Pepe Escobar (2023-03-10). Lula Flirts With Moctezuma. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — Mar 1, 2023 | Lula's moves toward the US seem collaborationist. His condemnation of Russia's SMO strikes a note of discord in the multipolarist alliance. | Moctezuma was the last de facto emperor of the Aztecs. It is known that during his reign the Aztec Empire reached its peak in terms of expansionist activity, political reforms and infrastructure construction. On the other hand, according to the more popular version, Moctezuma promptly surrendered to the Spanish newcomers without any resistance, betraying his people and then helped the European colonizers to rule until his death. | Moctez…

Staff (2023-03-10). Las 3 del día: Morada, la derrota de Cuba ante Italia y las noticias del 9 de marzo (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Saludos a todos los seguidores del podcast Las 3 del día. Este jueves 9 de marzo de 2023 la periodista Thalía Fuentes Puebla nos da un repaso a lo que acontece en Cuba y el resto del mundo. Las 3 del día es el podcast de Cubadebate que tiene de todo un poco en materia informativa. En la voz de nuestros editores, periodistas y colaboradores escucha un podcast resumen. °Conéctese ya!

Staff (2023-03-10). Valdés Mesa recorrió varios centros laborales de Gàºines (+Video). cubadebate.cu Por segunda vez en esta semana, el vicepresidente cubano Salvador Valdés Mesa, candidato a diputado a la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular por el municipio de Gàºines, en la provincia de Mayabeque, visitó centros laborales e intercambió con los pobladores Se interesó por la fábrica local de Ron Nucay, perteneciente a la Empresa de Bebidas y Refrescos.

Steve Mellon (2023-03-10). Deluzio introduces bill to protect health care of striking workers. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in Democrats U.S. Rep. Chris Deluzio and Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown are on Wednesday introducing legislation that would penalize employers who target the health care insurance of striking and locked-out workers. | The legislation, called the Striking and Locked Out Workers Healthcare Protection Act, would create a separate unfair labor practices category…

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-03-10). Monday 3/13: From Hunters Point To E. Palestine Prosecute & Jail Tetra Tech & Norfolk Southern CEOs. indybay.org San Francisco Federal Building | 450 Golden Gate | San Francisco, CA…

WSWS (2023-03-10). Racist witness complicates Democrats' efforts to promote "lab leak" conspiracy theory. wsws.org On Wednesday, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held its first hearing, with all participants, Democratic and Republican, seeking to promote the conspiracy theory that COVID-19 escaped from a laboratory in China as a possible explanation for the origins of the pandemic.

WSWS (2023-03-10). Australian Labor's universities Accord seeks to tie universities to big business and war preparations. wsws.org By "national needs," the Australian Universities Accord discussion paper means the private profit, geo-strategic and war requirements of the capitalist class.

Eric A. Gordon (2023-03-09). People's World—the home for people's culture. peoplesworld.org People's World has already posted several appeals for our readers to join this year's drive to keep us publishing for the coming year. They come from various points of view—how vital PW is for its labor coverage, its political analysis, its way, so different from the corporate media, of connecting up all the critical issues …

Fight Back (2023-03-09). Newly organized workers at 3 Allina hospitals picket for raises and PTO in fight for first contract. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On March 1, workers held pickets at three Allina Hospitals in the Twin Cities metro area. The pickets were held at Allina's Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis, Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, and Unity Hospital in Fridley. Coon Rapids and Fridley are suburbs of Minneapolis. The pickets were part of a fight for first contracts for a large collection of groups who recently organized and joined the Service Employees International Union, Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa (SEIU HMNIA). | The first group to join the union, and who have been bargaining the longest, was 220 laboratory assistants, te…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-09). Germany Prosecutes Citizen for Condemning Aid to Ukrainian Nazis. libya360.wordpress.com The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews Heinrich Bàºcker, founder of Berlin's COOP Antiwar Cafe, about his prosecution at the hands of the German state for publicly denouncing Germany's military aid to a Ukrainian government that reveres World War II-era Nazi collaborators and incorporates neo-Nazi battalions into its military. Bàºcker also discusses that state of the German…

Luis Feliz Leon, Labor Notes. (2023-03-09). Auto Workers Region 9 Winner On Rebuilding A Fighting Union. popularresistance.org Reform challenger Shawn Fain appears poised to win the presidency of the United Auto Workers, defeating incumbent Ray Curry for the union's top leadership spot. With more than 137,000 votes counted, Fain has a lead of 645 votes; the counting of the remaining challenged ballots will resume March 16. | If Fain wins, challengers to the ruling caucus will hold not only the presidency but also a majority on the union's international executive board. UAW Members United ran on a platform of no corruption, no tiers, and no concessions. | It's a watershed after nearly 80 years of the Administration Caucus's stranglehold o…

Mark Gruenberg (2023-03-09). Dems support, most Republicans cool to PRO Act labor law overhaul. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Senate Labor Committee Democrats gave strong support, but all but two of its Republicans ranged from cool to hostile as three top union leaders strongly pushed for enacting the Protect The Right To Organize (PRO) Act. AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, Service Employees President Mary Kay Henry, and Teamsters President Sean O'Brien said the comprehensive pro-worker …

Max Blumenthal (2023-03-09). VIDEO: Germany prosecutes citizen for condemning aid to Ukrainian Nazis. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews Heinrich Bàºcker, founder of Berlin's COOP Antiwar Cafe, about his prosecution at the hands of the German state for publicly denouncing Germany's military aid to a Ukrainian government that reveres World War II-era Nazi collaborators and incorporates neo-Nazi battalions into its military. Bàºcker also discusses that state of the German antiwar movement as it gathers momentum following mass protests after the February 24 first anniversary of the Ukraine proxy war.

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-03-09). Want to unionize your workplace? These worker-organizers have some advice. therealnews.com We hosted another Working People live show on Feb. 22 in New York City, in collaboration with the Action Builder / Action Network team and

Sharon Zhang (2023-03-09). Bernie Sanders Introduces Bill to Raise Minimum Teacher Pay to $60,000. truthout.org Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) introduced a bill on Thursday that takes a crack at ending a crisis that has long plagued the U.S. education system: extremely low teacher pay. Sanders, the chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, has proposed setting a nationwide minimum wage for teachers at $60,000 a year. This would raise the salaries of 43 percent of public school… |

Staff (2023-03-09). Condecoran a Luisa Campuzano Sentí con la Orden Félix Varela de primer grado. cubadebate.cu El acto, que tuvo lugar en la emblemática sala Che Guevara de Casa de las Américas, estuvo encabezado por la viceprimera ministra Inés María Chapman, el presidente de Casa, Abel Prieto, y contó con la asistencia de escritores, artistas, amigos y colegas de labor de la homenajeada.

Staff (2023-03-09). Ministerio de Economía y Planificación aprueba 101 nuevas mipymes. cubadebate.cu Son 22 las micro empresas, 59 las pequeñas empresas y 20 las medianas empresas privadas aprobadas en esta ocasión, y que se dedicarán a la reparación de ordenadores, servicios gastronómicos, transporte terrestre de pasajeros y elaboración de productos de panadería y textiles. entre otros.

Staff (2023-03-09). Otorgan premios de periodismo en Villa Clara. cubadebate.cu La Unión de Periodistas de Cuba en Villa Clara anunció este jueves el ganador del premio provincial "Roberto González Quesada" por la obra de la vida, otorgado por unanimidad del jurado a Abel Falcón Curí. Uno de los galardonados con el "Ifraín Sacerio Guardado" por la obra del año 2022 es Yunier Javier Sifonte Díaz, colaborador de nuestro portal Cubadebate.

WSWS (2023-03-09). Labor government plans biggest-ever restructuring of Australia Post. wsws.org The Communications Workers Union bureaucracy is already playing the leading role in implementing the initial stages of the restructure, which threatens to destroy thousands of jobs.

Caoimhghin àì Croidheáin (2023-03-10). Dubai Superlatives: The Power of Excessive Wealth. dissidentvoice.org Questions From a Worker Who Reads (Bertolt Brecht 1935) Who built Thebes of the 7 gates? In the books you will read the names of kings. Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock? And Babylon, many times demolished, Who raised it up so many times? In what houses of gold glittering Lima did …

Vishal P. Singh (2023-03-09). Ron DeSantis, Interstate Autocratization, and Building Resistance. itsgoingdown.org Support Vishal Singh HERE Florida's far-Right Republican governor Ron DeSantis spoke in Southern California over the weekend— kicking off a pre-election book tour and anti-leftism roadshow. DeSantis is undoubtedly preparing to run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. In order to take on the juggernaut of Trumpism, he will need to court wealthy conservative donors…

ecns.cn (2023-03-10). Insights | Oxford professor eyes China's green efforts, consumption-boosting plan. ecns.cn Rana Mitter, Professor of the history and politics of modern China at the University of Oxford, noted that it will be key where China puts government investment and preparations into making sure that China's a key player in the green energy revolution and develops it outside China.

ecns.cn (2023-03-09). China's courier sector handles over 20 bln parcels in 67 days. ecns.cn China's courier sector saw its delivery volume exceed 20 billion parcels this year by March 8, as the country gives priority to restoring and expanding consumption, according to the State Post Bureau (SPB) on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-09). Insights | China's green energy efforts draw attention. ecns.cn China's current Five-Year Plan is keen to stress both green energy growth and the need to stimulate domestic consumption. It'll be key where China puts government investment and preparations into making sure that China's a key player in green energy revolution and develops it outside China.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-09). 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…

Staff (2023-03-10). Strong Job Growth in February, but Hours Drop, and Wage Growth Slows. cepr.net The annual rate of wage growth over the last three months was just 3.6 percent, a pace often seen prior to the pandemic when inflation was below the Fed's target.

ecns.cn (2023-03-09). China's CPI up 1 pct in February. ecns.cn China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1 percent year on year in February, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-09). China's inflation remains tame in February. ecns.cn China's inflation remained tame last month with a mild year-on-year consumer price increase and a slight drop in costs for goods at the factory gate, official data showed.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-03-09). Court tosses Israel lobby lawsuit against US scholars. electronicintifada.net Judge sides with defendants including Steven Salaita, dismisses lobby's claim as wasteful.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2023-03-09). U.S. Court Tosses Israel Lobby Lawsuit Against U.S. Scholars. towardfreedom.org A court in Washington, D.C., has entirely dismissed a lawsuit against the American Studies Association over its support of an academic boycott of Israel. The lawsuit, which was filed in 2016 by Israel advocates, has now failed three separate times in court—a significant defeat for the Israel lobby's attempt to punish scholars who back Palestinian rights. Nora Barrows-Friedman of Electronic Intifada reports.

Staff (2023-03-10). Rep. Barbara Lee on Cutting the Military Budget, Abortion Rights & Why She's Running for Senate. democracynow.org As President Biden proposes his new budget, which expands military spending, as well as social services, we speak with Democratic Congressmember Barbara Lee, co-chair of the Defense Spending Reduction Caucus. She recently reintroduced the People Over Pentagon Act to cut $100 billion from the Pentagon budget and reallocate funds to overlooked priorities like healthcare and education. Lee is one of three House Democrats who have announced their candidacy for outgoing California Senator Dianne Feinstein's seat. Lee is the highest-ranking Black woman appointed to House leadership and would be just the third Bla…

Staff (2023-03-10). Headlines for March 10, 2023. democracynow.org Biden's FY2024 Budget Proposes Tax Hikes to Fund Social Programs and Record Military Spending, Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin Meets Israeli PM Amid Escalating West Bank Violence, U.N. Condemns Israeli Strike on Aleppo Airport; U.S. Votes Against Ending Involvement in Syrian War, Xi Embarks on Unprecedented Third Term as Chinese President, At Least 36 Killed in DRC Near Border with Uganda, Gunman Kills 8 People, Including Self, in Mass Shooting at Jehovah's Witnesses Center in Germany, Another Norfolk Southern Train Derails as CEO Alan Shaw Appears Before Senate, New York Could Soon Charge Trump with Fina…

Staff (2023-03-10). How U.S. Military Spending Works. davidswanson.org

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-09). Biden Asks for Massive $886 Billion Military Budget for 2024. news.antiwar.com The White House is asking Congress for a whopping $886.4 billion military budget for the fiscal year 2024, with $842 billion of it going to the Pentagon. The rest would go toward other federal agencies' military spending, including the Energy Department's nuclear weapons program. The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act will likely be much higher …

Dean Baker (2023-03-09). Putting Numbers in a Wrong Context to Lie to Readers. cepr.net As regular BTP readers know, I constantly harangue news outlets to put really big numbers in context. As these outlets know, none of their readers has any idea of what spending or taxing $2 trillion over a decade means. It is a huge number and if they added or subtracted a zero at the end, …

WSWS (2023-03-09). Danish parliament votes to abolish public holiday in order to finance military spending increase. wsws.org The campaign to scrap the public holiday has gone hand-in-hand with a massive propaganda campaign to portray Denmark as under immediate threat from a Russian attack and therefore forced to arm itself to the teeth.

Shawn Fremstad (2023-03-09). Massive Public Investment Made COVID-19 Vaccines Possible. cepr.net In a new study published in the BMJ, Dr. Hussain Lalani and a team of six other medical researchers document the massive extent to which the US public (through the federal government) financed the development, production, and purchase of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. Through March 2022, the US government spent at least $2.7 billion to develop …

Staff (2023-03-09). "Plantation Politics": How White Mississippi Lawmakers Want to Seize Power in Majority-Black Jackson. democracynow.org Mississippi's Republican majority in the state Legislature has put forth a slew of bills in recent months to put the majority-Black capital of Jackson under a white-led superstructure. Under the proposed bills, the Capitol Police would be expanded and given greater authority over much of Jackson without being accountable to local leaders or residents, and a separate court system would be set up in the city, composed of judges appointed directly by white state officials. This comes after Jackson suffered a number of water crises in recent years stemming from systematic disinvestment by the state, and after t…

Christos Avramidis, The Real News. (2023-03-09). Inside Vio.Me: Greece's Only Worker Managed Factory. popularresistance.org In 2011, workers at the Vio.Me factory in Thessaloniki, Greece, stopped receiving wages. Management and owners abandoned the facility shortly afterward. Instead of dispersing, the workers of Vio.Me held an assembly and voted to take over management of the factory themselves. Over the past decade, they've kept the factory running, jointly determining production decisions through democratic procedures, and sharing in the profits. Although their former bosses and the Greek state have attempted to auction off the land and evict them, the workers have held on with the power of solidarity from their community, and work…

Editor (2023-03-09). Behind California's extreme weather emergency. mronline.org While the giant U.S. energy corporations and banks seek out every way to profit from the climate change emergency that they inflicted on the world, extreme weather events are becoming the new normal.

long haul (2023-03-09). 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.

Peter Boyle (2023-03-10). Kohei Saito to speak at Ecosocialism 2023. greenleft.org.au Japanese Marxist academic Kohei Saito, author of Capital in the Anthropocene, will be a keynote speaker at Ecosocialism 2023, organised by Green Left. Peter Boyle reports.

Chris Hedges (2023-03-10). Kshama Sawant's new 'Workers Strike Back' coalition will fight for $25 minimum wage and more. therealnews.com After a decade on Seattle City Council, socialist Kshama Sawant is declining to seek reelection and will instead launch a new national coalition called

WSWS (2023-03-09). Ongoing warning strikes in Germany's public sector. wsws.org While there is enormous anger and willingness to fight among workers, who are not prepared to accept further cuts to real wages, the service sector union Verdi is doing everything to prevent a broad mobilization.

Staff (2023-03-09). La estafa de la pasta de tomate. cubadebate.cu Con su respuesta por WhatsApp, Arliety Gutiérrez Pérez, directora de la Comercializadora de la Agroindustrial Ceballos, desenredó el nudo en mi cabeza luego de que un amigo santiaguero me pidiera que halara la madeja de una pasta de tomate que no sabía a tomate ni debía ser, por su dudosa calidad, de la empresa avileña; pero tenía la etiqueta.

teleSUR, DRL (2023-03-10). Rafael Correa resalta fracaso del neoliberalismo en la región. telesurtv.net Así se expresó el exmandatario en ocasión de intervenir en la conmemoración del Día del Antimperialismo Bolivariano, el cual tiene lugar en Caracas, Venezuela.

Fight Back (2023-03-10). Pro-accountability police district councilors celebrate election victories on International Women's Day. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) held its annual International Working Women's Day celebration on Sunday, March 5. The program honored the women's liberation movement, as well as the women leading working-class struggles and fights for national liberation in the U.S., Palestine and the Philippines, among other places. | The event also celebrated the over 30 newly elected police district councilors, the majority of whom are women, and who ran on a platform of holding the police accountable. | The wide scope of topics covered in the program demonstrated the words of the FRSO Women&…

WSWS (2023-03-10). "This is a fight for working class people globally": Caterpillar workers rank-and-file committee holds powerful meeting against sellout agreement. wsws.org On Wednesday, the Caterpillar Workers Rank-and-File Committee and the World Socialist Web Site co-hosted a well-attended and powerful meeting calling on Caterpillar workers to vote "no" on the UAW-Caterpillar sellout agreement and to prepare for a strike.

Fight Back (2023-03-09). FRSO Orlando hosts Young Lords speakers. fightbacknews.org Orlando, FL – On Saturday February 18, the Orlando chapter of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) hosted a panel on the Puerto Rican independence movement featuring speakers from the Young Lords, a revolutionary organization dedicated to uplifting the Puerto Rican community and fighting for independence since 1968. The panel speakers included David Rivera, a founding member of the Young Lords, and Gabe Marcano, a Florida leader in the New-Era Young Lords, as well as Laura Rodriguez, a Puerto Rican member of FRSO. The event began with the speakers sharing their background in activism, explaining the his…

Fight Back (2023-03-09). Dallas, TX: International Women's Day march. fightbacknews.org Dallas, TX – On March 4, people gathered in a Dallas park to celebrate International Women's day. About 80 people attended. After 11: 30 am, as the crowd's attention was drawn to one of the lead organizers, the speeches began. Jo Hargis, of Freedom Road Socialist Organization stated, "I'm here today to tell you that the only rights we ever had, are the ones we've fought for." | Drawing the connections between the recent overturning of Roe v. Wade and the movements which won abortion rights in the first place, Hargis stated, "All those impacted by patriarchy must fight together. We are in the same trench, and we n…

Fight Back (2023-03-09). Grand Rapids holds International Women's Day street rally. fightbacknews.org Grand Rapids, MI — 15 people rallied Wednesday evening, March 8, for International Women's Day at the corner of Division Street and Fulton Street in Grand Rapids to celebrate the Prop 3 victory in Michigan and speak on the ongoing struggle for women's rights. | Cherie Stoll, a member of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization, emceed the rally and opened with a speech on the revolutionary tradition of International Women's Day. Stoll then introduced Emily Butt, a ten-year member of the Teamsters, who argued for the necessity of militancy in the union movement. Butt said working class women face numerous ob…

Fight Back (2023-03-09). Tampa celebrates International Women's Day. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On March 4, Tampa community members gathered to celebrate International Women's Day. The protest was hosted by the Tampa District of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization. The protesters demanded for reproductive rights and an end to attacks on women. | "It is not the lawmakers, not the pro-life activists, nor the church who will be enforcing these [abortion ban] laws, but it will be the police," stated Ozzie Frost from the Tampa Bay Community Action Committee (TBCAC). This has proven itself to be true as members of the Tampa Bay chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) just over a year a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-09). Lukashenko: We Do Not Want War. libya360.wordpress.com Friends of Socialist China Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko paid a state visit to China from February 28 to March 2. Just prior to the visit, he gave an exclusive interview to Li Tongtong of CGTN in his capital Minsk as part of the Chinese channel's impressive Leaders Talk series. Their extensive discussion began with the conflict between…

americanthinker (2023-03-09). German officials jettison the elderly to make way for migrants. americanthinker.com Communism and all its miseries are proliferating.

unitedEditor (2023-03-09). Nothing changes with Elly Schlein. uwidata.com We can say that what is still wrongly considered the largest party of the Italian left has reached the end of its parabola: From the largest communist party in the western world to a liberal formation of US derivation. In the last primary elections to decide on the new leadership, Elly Schlein was elected as …

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2023-03-09: News Headlines

Ben Norton (2023-03-09). AMLO says Mexico is more democratic than oligarch-run USA, condemns State Dep't 'meddling' against electoral reform. geopoliticaleconomy.com Responding to State Department criticism of Mexico's electoral reform, President AMLO denounced US "meddling", support for coups, and the Monroe Doctrine. He said, "There is more democracy today in Mexico than in the United States… because here the people govern, and there the oligarchy govern".

ecns.cn (2023-03-09). BRI opportunities, cross-border e-commerce, digital economy key to China's foreign trade in 2023: delegates. ecns.cn Deputies to 14th the National People's Congress (NPC) and national political advisers believe the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) opportunities, high-quality cross-border e-commerce, and digital economy will become three key driving forces to boost China's foreign trade in 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-03-09). International financial institutions raise forecast for nation's GDP growth in 2023. ecns.cn Since the start of 2023, foreign institutions have collectively raised their expectations for China's economic growth this year.

Phoebe Sorgen, Jennifer Sullivan,Dianne Blais (2023-03-09). 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!

Ben Norton (2023-03-09). AMLO says Mexico is more democratic than oligarch-run USA, condemns State Dep't 'meddling' against electoral reform. geopoliticaleconomy.com Responding to State Department criticism of Mexico's electoral reform, President AMLO denounced US "meddling", support for coups, and the Monroe Doctrine. He said, "There is more democracy today in Mexico than in the United States… because here the people govern, and there the oligarchy govern".

ecns.cn (2023-03-09). BRI opportunities, cross-border e-commerce, digital economy key to China's foreign trade in 2023: delegates. ecns.cn Deputies to 14th the National People's Congress (NPC) and national political advisers believe the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) opportunities, high-quality cross-border e-commerce, and digital economy will become three key driving forces to boost China's foreign trade in 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-03-09). International financial institutions raise forecast for nation's GDP growth in 2023. ecns.cn Since the start of 2023, foreign institutions have collectively raised their expectations for China's economic growth this year.

Phoebe Sorgen, Jennifer Sullivan,Dianne Blais (2023-03-09). 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!

Rick Rozoff (2023-03-09). EU steps up "war economy" to rush arms to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense PostMarch 8, 2023 EU Eyes 'War Economy' in Push to Rush Ammo to Ukraine EU defense ministers will discuss Wednesday plans to raid their stockpiles to rush one billion euros' worth of ammunition to Ukraine and place joint orders for more to ensure supplies keep flowing. *** Ministers meeting with their Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy …

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-03-08). Xi Blasts US 'Containment, Encirclement' Of China. popularresistance.org Chinese President Xi Jinping has denounced the US-led Western attempt to "contain, encircle, and suppress China". | Foreign Minister Qin Gang likewise warned that the US government is pursuing a "hysterical neo-McCarthyism", and that its "so-called 'competition' means to contain and suppress China in all respects and get the two countries locked in a zero-sum game". | Chinese political leaders are often very cautious and diplomatic with their language, and they frequently caution against the United States' "cold war mentality". | These assertive comments show that Beijing is standing up for itself and pushing bac…

Dean Baker (2023-03-08). NPR Does Another Economy Bad Under Biden Story. cepr.net Like much of the rest of the media, NPR is determined to convince the public that the economy is terrible under President Biden, regardless of what the data show. In real world land there are lots of good things about this economy. We have the lowest unemployment rate in a half century. Real wages for …

ecns.cn (2023-03-08). Private sector economy prioritized at two sessions. ecns.cn China's latest efforts to develop the private sector economy will greatly stimulate higher-quality development of private enterprises and their market vitality, which will further support stabilizing the nation's economic fundamentals this year.

WSWS (2023-03-08). Stop the pension cuts and the war, bring down the Macron government! wsws.org Yesterday, around 3 million workers went on strike and marched in cities across France on calls to "block the economy" and force a stop to President Emmanuel Macron's pension cuts.

WSWS (2023-03-08). Fed chair tells Congress interest rate hikes will continue. wsws.org In the prepared remarks for his testimony, Jerome Powell indicated the Fed's actions so far had not slowed the economy to the extent it wants in order to suppress wages to the level it considers necessary.

WSWS (2023-03-08). Fed chair tells Congress interest rate hikes will increase. wsws.org In the prepared remarks for his testimony, Jerome Powell indicated the Fed's actions so far had not slowed the economy to the extent it wants in order to suppress wages to the level it considers necessary.

Fight Back (2023-03-08). Community rallies against environmental racism, opposes Roof Depot demolition. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On Sunday, March 5, residents of the south Minneapolis neighborhood of East Phillips and supporters marched to celebrate community and fight against an environmentally racist project. | The city of Minneapolis, with support from Mayor Jacob Frey, plans to expand its existing public works yard in the neighborhood by demolishing the Roof Depot building. The Roof Depot is a former EPA Superfund site and within the Minneapolis Southside Green Zone, an area identified by the city as having "high levels of environmental pollution" and "racial, political, and economic marginalization." | The city's pro…

Staff (2023-03-08). Periodistas cubanos compartieron experiencias sobre modelos de gestión editorial y económica. cubadebate.cu La actividad, inscrita en la jornada de celebraciones por el Día de la Prensa Cubana, tuvo lugar en el Instituto Internacional de Periodismo José Martí y profundizó en las complejidades, claves y aciertos de concebir entornos mediáticos más cercanos a sus públicos y función social, a la vez que sostenibles desde la esfera económica y de contenidos.

Staff (2023-03-08). Procesos económicos en la producción y distribución agrícola en Cuba, próximo domingo en Cuadrando la Caja. cubadebate.cu Este domingo 16 de marzo, a las 7: 00 p.m., por Canal Caribe, conversaremos sobre procesos económicos en la producción y distribución agrícola en Cuba. Si le cuadra el tema, acompáñenos en nuestro programa Cuadrando la caja. Retransmisiones por el mismo canal martes 9: 30 p.m. y los miércoles a la 9: 00 a.m.

WSWS (2023-03-08). China's National People's Congress convenes amid mounting crises. wsws.org The highly stage-managed affair takes place amid growing threats of war by the US, a sharp economic slowdown and rising social tensions, exacerbated by the criminal decision to end the zero-COVID policy.

WSWS (2023-03-09). Australian "youth barometer" survey highlights growing poverty, precariousness. wsws.org Bank accounts are so tight that over half of the young people surveyed went without eating for a whole day at some point during the past twelve months.

ecns.cn (2023-03-08). Gender wage gap narrows, but work discrimination remains. ecns.cn Despite progress being made in narrowing the income gap between men and women in the past few years, many women still face impediments to their career development based on factors such as gender discrimination and marital status, according to a recent report.

Staff (2023-03-08). Solidarity with Palestine and Georges Abdallah at France's labour protests against pension reform. samidoun.net More than 3.2 million people demonstrated on Tuesday, 7 March in France according to the CGT labour federation, including 120,000 in Toulouse, on the sixth national strike day against the pension reform proposed by the Macron government at the expense of workers in France. As they have since the beginning of the mobilization, the Collectif Palestine …

Max Blumenthal (2023-03-09). VIDEO: Germany prosecutes citizen for condemning aid to Ukrainian Nazis. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews Heinrich Bàºcker, founder of Berlin's COOP Antiwar Cafe, about his prosecution at the hands of the German state for publicly denouncing Germany's military aid to a Ukrainian government that reveres World War II-era Nazi collaborators and incorporates neo-Nazi battalions into its military. Bàºcker also discusses that state of the German antiwar movement as it gathers momentum following mass protests after the February 24 first anniversary of the Ukraine proxy war.

Labor Action Committtee For Mumia (2023-03-09). Saturday 3/11: ILWU 10 Meeting On Mumia & Report From Trip To South Africa. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 Henry Schmidt Room | 400 North Point St. | San Francisco…

Labor Video Project (2023-03-09). CA AG Bonta Prosecute SF Police Killer Say Speakers At SF State Building. indybay.org

Labor Video Project (2023-03-09). The Fukushima Catastrophe Continues 12 Years After The Meltdowns. indybay.org March 11 is the 12th anniversary of the Fukushima earthquake and meltdown of three reactors. The disaster continues and the melted nuclear rods still remain in the broken reactors and have to be cooled by water which then becomes radiated. Two activists talk about the present situation after 12 years.

Staff (2023-03-09). Condecoran a Luisa Campuzano Sentí con la Orden Félix Varela de primer grado. cubadebate.cu El acto, que tuvo lugar en la emblemática sala Che Guevara de Casa de las Américas, estuvo encabezado por la viceprimera ministra Inés María Chapman, el presidente de Casa, Abel Prieto, y contó con la asistencia de escritores, artistas, amigos y colegas de labor de la homenajeada.

Staff (2023-03-09). Ministerio de Economía y Planificación aprueba 101 nuevas mipymes. cubadebate.cu Son 22 las micro empresas, 59 las pequeñas empresas y 20 las medianas empresas privadas aprobadas en esta ocasión, y que se dedicarán a la reparación de ordenadores, servicios gastronómicos, transporte terrestre de pasajeros y elaboración de productos de panadería y textiles. entre otros.

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-03-09). Monday 3/13: From Hunters Point To E. Palestine Prosecute & Jail Tetra Tech & Norfolk Southern CEOs. indybay.org San Francisco Federal Building | 450 Golden Gate | San Francisco, CA…

WSWS (2023-03-09). Labor government plans biggest-ever restructuring of Australia Post. wsws.org The Communications Workers Union bureaucracy is already playing the leading role in implementing the initial stages of the restructure, which threatens to destroy thousands of jobs.

Peter Koenig (2023-03-08). Cómo el presidente de Perú fue "removido" por "fuerzas externas". Klaus Schwab en su mejor momento. globalizacion.ca La entrevista fue publicada por primera vez en español por "El Salto Diario". Fue organizado por Julioa Zamarrón en Lima, Perú, con la colaboración de Irene Zugasti He Zugasti Hervás y Pablo Elorduy en Madrid. La traducción al alemán fue…

Arjae Red (2023-03-08). NLRB decision justifies all workers' demands at Starbucks. workers.org Buffalo, New York Administrative Law Judge Michael Rosas ruled March 1 that Starbucks is guilty of violating labor laws on hundreds of occasions, vindicating what workers have been alleging all along. (tinyurl.com/bd8dbfp4) Striking Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New York, walk thepicket line. The ruling by Rosas, a judge for the . . . |

Arjae Red (2023-03-08). NLRB decision upholds Starbucks' workers demands. workers.org Buffalo, New York Administrative Law Judge Michael Rosas ruled March 1 that Starbucks is guilty of violating labor laws on hundreds of occasions, vindicating what workers have been alleging all along. (tinyurl.com/bd8dbfp4) Striking Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New York, walk thepicket line. The ruling by Rosas, a judge for the . . . |

ecns.cn (2023-03-08). Biological lab funded by U.S. sparks alarm. ecns.cn A controversial biological laboratory in Kazakhstan has caused concerns among local residents. The laboratory used to be controlled by the Soviet Union, but now it is funded and built by the U.S.

Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (2023-03-08). Día Internacional de la Mujer—Hecho en los EE. UU. peoplesworld.org Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964), conocida como "La niña rebelde", fue una de las principales activistas laborales y líderes de la lucha por la igualdad de la mujer en el siglo XX. Fue organizadora de Industrial Workers of the World, miembro fundador de la ACLU y, más tarde, presidenta del Partido Comunista de EE. UU. En …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-08). Why is Norway the Glove that Fits the USA's Hand? libya360.wordpress.com Pà•l Steigan Stoltenberg visits Obama at the White House 21/10/2011. Muammar Gadaffi was liquidated the day before 20/10/2011 in Libya. 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. He shows that Norway…

Kellie Tranter, Consortium News. (2023-03-08). Australia — Silent Collaborator Against Assange. popularresistance.org The significance of the Belmarsh Tribunal could not be greater, and not only for Julian Assange and his family. We have reached a critical point in history for press freedom, and for all human rights intertwined with it. | Julian Assange once said: | I understood this a few years ago. And my view became that we should understand that Australia is part of the United States. It is part of this English-speaking Christian empire, the centre of gravity of which is the United States, the second centre of which is the United Kingdom, and Australia is a suburb in that arrangement. | And therefore we shouldn't go, 'It's c…

Mark Gruenberg (2023-03-08). DeSantis, number two GOP presidential candidate, rolls out fascism in Florida. peoplesworld.org TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—A year before the March 5, 2024, Florida Republican presidential primary, the state's radical right-wing Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, is pitching himself as what could be called the not-Donald Trump version of Donald Trump. But in one key respect, DeSantis is very like Trump, says a Floridian teachers' union leader who's had to battle …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-08). 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…

Sharon Zhang (2023-03-08). Arkansas Governor Signs Bill Making It Easier to Violate Child Labor Laws. truthout.org Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) signed a bill into law on Tuesday that would roll back child labor protections in the state as Republicans across the country wage a campaign to make it easier for employers to violate child labor laws. The law eliminates the requirement for children under 16 to show documentation of their age in order to work. Before this, employers seeking to employ a 14… |

Sharon Zhang (2023-03-08). Staffers for Ed Markey Have Formed the US Senate's First-Ever Union. truthout.org Congressional staffers have formed the first-ever labor union in the U.S. Senate after Sen. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) granted his staff voluntary recognition of their union on Wednesday, the same day the group announced its organizing drive. On Wednesday morning, the Congressional Workers Union (CWU) announced that Markey's staff were filing a petition for their union to be voluntarily… |

Staff (2023-03-08). Tapia Fonseca chequea la labor de las agencias transitarias. cubadebate.cu

Staff (2023-03-08). International Women's Day: Roots in Radical History, Labor & Reproductive Rights. democracynow.org March 8 marks International Women's Day around the world, seeking to end gender discrimination, violence and abuse. We start the show by looking at the day's roots in socialism, and what it means for the movement for reproductive justice in the United States. Our guest is Nancy Krieger, renowned professor of social epidemiology at Harvard University's School of Public Health and director of the Interdisciplinary Concentration on Women, Gender, and Health. She's also co-founder and chair of the Spirit of 1848 Caucus in the American Public Health Association, which links social justice and p…

Tom Conway (2023-03-08). The Unconscionable Push to Bring Back Child Labor. otherwords.org Brad Greve has been a Scout leader for more than 20 years. The Davenport, Iowa retiree leads 50-mile canoe trips on Minnesota's Greve told a story recently where two boys, despite being warned repeatedly, let their canoe drift perilously close to a section of stream that swept over rapids into a lake below. They just barely recovered and made it to streambank. | That near-accident a few years ago, Greve said, underscores the vulnerability of young teen…

WSWS (2023-03-08). Ukrainian government spends millions on monuments and streets to honor Nazi collaborators and neofascists. wsws.org The most conservative estimates put the cost for the all-out war by the Ukrainian authorities against all public symbols, monuments and names that are associated with Russia, the October revolution and Soviet history, or leftist ideology, at 1 billion Euros.

Vishal P. Singh (2023-03-09). Ron DeSantis, Interstate Autocratization, and Building Resistance. itsgoingdown.org Support Vishal Singh HERE Florida's far-Right Republican governor Ron DeSantis spoke in Southern California over the weekend— kicking off a pre-election book tour and anti-leftism roadshow. DeSantis is undoubtedly preparing to run for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. In order to take on the juggernaut of Trumpism, he will need to court wealthy conservative donors…

Adam Mahoney (2023-03-08). Calls for Climate Reparations Have Grown Following Recent Severe Weather Events. truthout.org Originally published by Capital B. America is finally joining the global movement of wealthy nations agreeing to pay poorer countries for the damage they've endured because of climate change. To the dismay of many Republican legislators, last year the Biden administration agreed to participate in the United Nations' fund for "loss and damage," also known as climate reparations. |

ecns.cn (2023-03-09). China's courier sector handles over 20 bln parcels in 67 days. ecns.cn China's courier sector saw its delivery volume exceed 20 billion parcels this year by March 8, as the country gives priority to restoring and expanding consumption, according to the State Post Bureau (SPB) on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-08). Insights | Chinese tourists to revitalize global tourism consumption. ecns.cn

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-09). 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…

Dana Sanchez (2023-03-08). Tax Experts: Here's How Married Couples Get The IRS Out Of Their Pockets By Filing Separately. moguldom.com There are several reasons why married couples file taxes separately, and one of the most compelling is that it offers some financial protection against the Internal Revenue Service. When you don't want to be liable for your partner's tax bill, choosing the married-filing-separately status means the IRS won't apply your refund to your spouse's balance …

WSWS (2023-03-08). Australian rate rise offensive shows necessity for SEP's socialist campaign. wsws.org Millions of people—both homebuyers and renters—face severe financial stress and the danger of losing their homes, compounded by the soaring cost of living.

WSWS (2023-03-08). 300,000 federal workers confront Canada's union-backed Liberal government in struggle for real-terms pay increases. wsws.org Throughout the lengthy negotiations, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government have maintained a hardline stance. They are determined to make the workers pay for the cost of the war with Russia and the massive bailout given to the financial elite at the onset of the pandemic.

ecns.cn (2023-03-09). China's CPI up 1 pct in February. ecns.cn China's consumer price index (CPI), a main gauge of inflation, rose 1 percent year on year in February, the National Bureau of Statistics said Thursday.

americanthinker (2023-03-08). 'I did that': Word is getting out that Joe Biden's big spending is fueling inflation. americanthinker.com Joe Biden is going to have a harder and harder time defending his greenie agenda with statements piling up about where the inflation is coming from.

Mary Merkenich (2023-03-08). Workers need unions to take action over inflation, cost-of-living pressures. greenleft.org.au Given how many are being crunched by the cost-of-living crisis, public sentiment would be on the unions' side if they took united action for wage rises, argues Mary Merkenich.

WSWS (2023-03-09). Danish parliament votes to abolish public holiday in order to finance military spending increase. wsws.org The campaign to scrap the public holiday has gone hand-in-hand with a massive propaganda campaign to portray Denmark as under immediate threat from a Russian attack and therefore forced to arm itself to the teeth.

Editor (2023-03-09). Behind California's extreme weather emergency. mronline.org While the giant U.S. energy corporations and banks seek out every way to profit from the climate change emergency that they inflicted on the world, extreme weather events are becoming the new normal.

long haul (2023-03-09). 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.

Chris Walker (2023-03-08). Watchdog Group Files Complaint Over McCarthy Sharing Footage With Tucker Carlson. truthout.org A nonprofit government watchdog sent a complaint to the House of Representatives on Tuesday regarding Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy's (R) decision to share tens of thousands of hours of Capitol attack footage with Fox News host Tucker Carlson. Critics of McCarthy's decision to share the footage warned that Carlson would likely cherry-pick the videos to wrongly portray the January 6, 2021… |

Christos Avramidis (2023-03-08). Inside Vio.Me, Greece's only worker-managed factory that's operated for over 10 years. therealnews.com In 2011, workers at the Vio.Me factory in Thessaloniki, Greece, stopped receiving wages. Management and owners abandoned the facility shortly afterward. Instead of dispersing, the workers of Vio.Me held an assembly and voted to take over management of the factory themselves. Over the past decade, they've kept the factory running, jointly determining production decisions through democratic procedures, and sharing in the profits. Although their former bosses and the Greek state have attempted to auction off the land and evict them, the workers have held on with the power of solidarity from their community, an…

WSWS (2023-03-08). The way forward after collapse of School Strike for Climate movement in Australia. wsws.org The perspective of appealing to governments has failed. The alternative is a turn to the growing struggles of the working class to overturn the profit system, the root cause of the climate crisis.

WSWS (2023-03-09). Ongoing warning strikes in Germany's public sector. wsws.org While there is enormous anger and willingness to fight among workers, who are not prepared to accept further cuts to real wages, the service sector union Verdi is doing everything to prevent a broad mobilization.

Brian Mazelis (2023-03-08). Temple University graduate workers enter their second month of strike. liberationnews.org "Shame! Shame! Shame!" Since January 31, this has been the message from Temple University Graduate Students' Association (TUGSA), AFL-CIO Local 6290 to its administration, in particular to University President Jason Wingard, as the workers have continued to strike for higher wages, dependent healthcare, and comprehensive parental leave.

Dana Sanchez (2023-03-08). Could The Largest FDIC-Regulated Crypto Bank Go Down Like Lehman? 5 Things To Know. moguldom.com Silvergate, a Federal Reserve member bank and a one-time major player in crypto banking, has raised fears that it is headed for bankruptcy after delaying its annual report, saying it is evaluating its viability after a $1 billion loss in the fourth quarter. U.S. regulators with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) arrived at the California …

Fight Back (2023-03-09). FRSO Orlando hosts Young Lords speakers. fightbacknews.org Orlando, FL – On Saturday February 18, the Orlando chapter of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) hosted a panel on the Puerto Rican independence movement featuring speakers from the Young Lords, a revolutionary organization dedicated to uplifting the Puerto Rican community and fighting for independence since 1968. The panel speakers included David Rivera, a founding member of the Young Lords, and Gabe Marcano, a Florida leader in the New-Era Young Lords, as well as Laura Rodriguez, a Puerto Rican member of FRSO. The event began with the speakers sharing their background in activism, explaining the his…

Amy Goodman (2023-03-08). International Women's Day Has a Radical History Rooted in Socialism. truthout.org March 8 marks International Women's Day around the world, seeking to end gender discrimination, violence and abuse. We start the show by looking at the day's roots in socialism, and what it means for the movement for reproductive justice in the United States. Our guest is Nancy Krieger, renowned professor of social epidemiology at Harvard University's School of Public Health and director of the… |

Maddie Dery (2023-03-08). This year, International Women's Day means building an anti-imperialist movement. liberationnews.org We can draw inspiration from socialist, anti-imperialist women around the world…

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2023-03-08). PSL Statement — 50 years after Roe, mass resistance the key in abortion struggle. liberationnews.org To win back and extend the right to abortion requires continuous grassroots organizing and a return to powerful, large-scale mobilizations…

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_____ (2023-03-08). What did the new US Ambassador, Manuel Micaller, Jr., bring to Tajikistan? journal-neo.org While Tajikistan, one of the five Central Asian (CA) states, is not a significant trade and investment partner for the US due to the size of its economy and its geographical isolation, it remains nonetheless a unique and crucial springboard for Washington to counter Russia and China. American interest in Tajikistan stems primarily from the …

ecns.cn (2023-03-08). Private sector economy prioritized at two sessions. ecns.cn China's latest efforts to develop the private sector economy will greatly stimulate higher-quality development of private enterprises and their market vitality, which will further support stabilizing the nation's economic fundamentals this year.

Phoebe Sorgen, Jennifer Sullivan,Dianne Blais (2023-03-08). 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!

WSWS (2023-03-08). Fed chair tells Congress interest rate hikes will increase. wsws.org In the prepared remarks for his testimony, Jerome Powell indicated the Fed's actions so far had not slowed the economy to the extent it wants in order to suppress wages to the level it considers necessary.

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".

Ben Norton (2023-03-07). Xi blasts US 'containment, encirclement' of China, Foreign Ministry slams 'hysterical neo-McCarthyism'. geopoliticaleconomy.com President Xi Jinping denounced the US-led Western attempt to "contain, encircle, and suppress China". Foreign Minister Qin Gang condemned Washington's "hysterical neo-McCarthyism" and "malicious confrontation", opposing the "cold war mentality".

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…

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".

Ben Norton (2023-03-07). Xi blasts US 'containment, encirclement' of China, Foreign Ministry slams 'hysterical neo-McCarthyism'. geopoliticaleconomy.com President Xi Jinping denounced the US-led Western attempt to "contain, encircle, and suppress China". Foreign Minister Qin Gang condemned Washington's "hysterical neo-McCarthyism" and "malicious confrontation", opposing the "cold war mentality".

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…

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…

Fight Back (2023-03-08). Community rallies against environmental racism, opposes Roof Depot demolition. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On Sunday, March 5, residents of the south Minneapolis neighborhood of East Phillips and supporters marched to celebrate community and fight against an environmentally racist project. | The city of Minneapolis, with support from Mayor Jacob Frey, plans to expand its existing public works yard in the neighborhood by demolishing the Roof Depot building. The Roof Depot is a former EPA Superfund site and within the Minneapolis Southside Green Zone, an area identified by the city as having "high levels of environmental pollution" and "racial, political, and economic marginalization." | The city's pro…

Staff (2023-03-08). Periodistas cubanos compartieron experiencias sobre modelos de gestión editorial y económica. cubadebate.cu La actividad, inscrita en la jornada de celebraciones por el Día de la Prensa Cubana, tuvo lugar en el Instituto Internacional de Periodismo José Martí y profundizó en las complejidades, claves y aciertos de concebir entornos mediáticos más cercanos a sus públicos y función social, a la vez que sostenibles desde la esfera económica y de contenidos.

WSWS (2023-03-08). China's National People's Congress convenes amid mounting crises. wsws.org The highly stage-managed affair takes place amid growing threats of war by the US, a sharp economic slowdown and rising social tensions, exacerbated by the criminal decision to end the zero-COVID policy.

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 …

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-03-07). MDEAT to Activate Housing Hub at Jazz In The Gardens To Help Black Families With Homeownership. moguldom.com Tens of thousands of people from around the country will flock to the City of Miami Gardens to attend the Jazz In The Gardens Music Fest this weekend. In addition to enjoying great music and food, they'll also have the opportunity to learn about the possibilities of homeownership in Miami-Dade County. The Miami-Dade Economic Advocacy Trust (MDEAT) …

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.

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 …

Dana Sanchez (2023-03-07). Facebook Parent Meta Announces 1000s More Layoffs As Fed Reserve Chair Says Inflation Still Higher Than Expected. moguldom.com Meta plans thousands more layoffs starting as soon as this week in its second round of job cuts in four months while Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's testimony on Tuesday before Congress raised fears that continuing to raise interest rates would risk even more unemployment and hardship. Powell suggested before Congress on March 7 that …

ecns.cn (2023-03-08). Gender wage gap narrows, but work discrimination remains. ecns.cn Despite progress being made in narrowing the income gap between men and women in the past few years, many women still face impediments to their career development based on factors such as gender discrimination and marital status, according to a recent report.

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.

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.

Arjae Red (2023-03-08). NLRB decision justifies all workers' demands at Starbucks. workers.org Buffalo, New York Administrative Law Judge Michael Rosas ruled March 1 that Starbucks is guilty of violating labor laws on hundreds of occasions, vindicating what workers have been alleging all along. (tinyurl.com/bd8dbfp4) Striking Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New York, walk thepicket line. The ruling by Rosas, a judge for the . . . |

ecns.cn (2023-03-08). Biological lab funded by U.S. sparks alarm. ecns.cn A controversial biological laboratory in Kazakhstan has caused concerns among local residents. The laboratory used to be controlled by the Soviet Union, but now it is funded and built by the U.S.

Labor Action Committtee For Mumia (2023-03-08). Saturday 3/11: ILWU 10 Meeting On Mumia & Report From Trip To South Africa. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 Henry Schmidt Room | 400 North Point St. | San Francisco…

Labor Video Project (2023-03-08). CA AG Bonta Prosecute SF Police Killer Say Speakers At SF State Building. indybay.org

Labor Video Project (2023-03-08). The Fukushima Catastrophe Continues 12 Years After The Meltdowns. indybay.org March 11 is the 12th anniversary of the Fukushima earthquake and meltdown of three reactors. The disaster continues and the melted nuclear rods still remain in the broken reactors and have to be cooled by water which then becomes radiated. Two activists talk about the present situation after 12 years.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-08). 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…

Peter Koenig (2023-03-08). Cómo el presidente de Perú fue "removido" por "fuerzas externas". Klaus Schwab en su mejor momento. globalizacion.ca La entrevista fue publicada por primera vez en español por "El Salto Diario". Fue organizado por Julioa Zamarrón en Lima, Perú, con la colaboración de Irene Zugasti He Zugasti Hervás y Pablo Elorduy en Madrid. La traducción al alemán fue…

Staff (2023-03-08). Tapia Fonseca chequea la labor de las agencias transitarias. cubadebate.cu

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-03-08). Monday 3/13: From Hunters Point To E. Palestine Prosecute & Jail Tetra Tech & Norfolk Southern CEOs. indybay.org San Francisco Federal Building | 450 Golden Gate | San Francisco, CA…

Carlos Edill Berríos Polanco (2023-03-07). Puerto Rico Senators Slam Governor After Court Rejects Labor Reform. latinorebels.com Last week a federal judge nullified Puerto Rico's Labor Reform Law approved only months ago, saying that Gov. Pedro Pierluisi did not provide evidence that the law would not impact the oversight board's fiscal plan.

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, . . . |

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…

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.

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.

Mark Gruenberg (2023-03-07). NLRB rules severance pay can't be used to silence workers. peoplesworld.org MT. CLEMENS, Mich.—The National Labor Relations Board has outlawed yet another employer tactic during a union organizing drive: Offering high severance pay to pro-union workers if they would, in plain English, quit, sit down and shut up. Letting firms make such conditional offers would coerce workers into ceding their rights, and that's illegal, the board …

Maximillian Alvarez, The Real News Network. (2023-03-07). He Tried To Organize Home Depot's First Union; Now He's Unemployed. popularresistance.org 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.

oliviaalperstein (2023-03-07). Más de 220 organizaciones piden a Gustavo Petro y Francia Márquez revisar los tratados de inversión internacional que permiten millonarias demandas contra el Estado colombiano. ips-dc.org "Es urgente la necesidad de impedir que la búsqueda de justicia ante abusos de multinacionales, daños y pasivos socioambientales, laborales, financiación del paramilitarismo, amenazas o asesinato de líderes sindicales se vea saboteada por este sistema."

Sharon Zhang (2023-03-07). Starbucks CEO Caves, Agrees to Testify in Senate After Sanders Subpoena Threat. truthout.org Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has agreed to testify before the Senate labor committee after committee chair Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) threatened to subpoena the executive to appear in a hearing on the company's rampant union busting later this month. Sanders announced the company's decision on Tuesday after weeks of demurring from the company, thanking members in the committee for being… |

Special to People's World (2023-03-07). Equity requires revenue, says panel at 49th Black history celebration. peoplesworld.org NEW HAVEN, Conn — The New Haven Peoples Center which serves as a home for social justice, labor organizing, education, culture, and peace, was filled to capacity on a cold windy February afternoon as attendees of all ages and walks of life arrived for the 49th annual Peoples World African American Celebration, rightfully titled, The …

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.

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.

IGD Worldwide, It's Going Down. (2023-03-07). Rally In Solidarity With Resistance To Cop City In Avon, Massachusetts. popularresistance.org The Weelaunee Forest in Atlanta is the proposed site of a massive police training facility, known to most as "Cop City." Cop City is the logical outgrowth of violent, racialized capitalism in the United States. Corporations and wealthy Atlantans believe that they need a large and well-equipped police force to tamp down "crime" in the city they are working to gentrify, and have thus contributed financially to this project. As landlords and cops push Black residents out, wealthy, mostly white neighborhoods like Buckhead demand ever more police intervention to keep them and their ill-gotten wealth "safe." With all t…

Sharon Zhang (2023-03-07). Justice Department Sues to Block JetBlue-Spirit Merger. truthout.org The Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit to block a merger between JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines in the latest antitrust move from the Biden administration. DOJ officials are challenging the $3.8 billion deal on the grounds that it would further reduce competition and potentially cause a jump in air fares in a time of already heavy consolidation and soaring flight prices. |

ecns.cn (2023-03-08). Insights | Chinese tourists to revitalize global tourism consumption. ecns.cn

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-08). 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…

WSWS (2023-03-08). Australian rate rise offensive shows necessity for SEP's socialist campaign. wsws.org Millions of people—both homebuyers and renters—face severe financial stress and the danger of losing their homes, compounded by the soaring cost of living.

WSWS (2023-03-08). 300,000 federal workers confront Canada's union-backed Liberal government in struggle for real-terms pay increases. wsws.org Throughout the lengthy negotiations, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government have maintained a hardline stance. They are determined to make the workers pay for the cost of the war with Russia and the massive bailout given to the financial elite at the onset of the pandemic.

Amy Goodman (2023-03-07). Watchdog Files FEC Complaint That Fox News Broke Election Laws, Lied for Trump. truthout.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… |

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 …

Ann Brown (2023-03-07). The US Government Wanted Pras From Fugees To Become A Rat: He Refused And Now His Trial Starts. moguldom.com Pras Michél, a member of the groundbreaking hip-hop 1990s group the Fugees, is facing felony charges for his role in an alleged multimillion-dollar international financial conspiracy. At the center of the scandal is Low Taek Jho, CEO of Hong Kong-based private equity investment and advisory firm Jynwel Capital. Low is a Malaysian national at the …

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.

Mary Merkenich (2023-03-08). Workers need unions to take action over inflation, cost-of-living pressures. greenleft.org.au Given how many are being crunched by the cost-of-living crisis, public sentiment would be on the unions' side if they took united action for wage rises, argues Mary Merkenich.

Sharon Zhang (2023-03-07). GOP's Debt Limit Plan Would Cost 2.6 Million Jobs, Report Finds. truthout.org House Republicans' plan to majorly slash federal spending over the next decade as a supposed "solution" to the national debt would likely cost millions of jobs and trigger a recession next year, a new report by Moody's Analytics economists finds. With Republicans in charge of only one chamber of Congress, the party has turned to the debt limit as a vehicle for their policy priorities… |

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.

oliviaalperstein (2023-03-07). Over 220 organizations call on Colombian government of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez to withdraw from international investment treaties that enable million-dollar corporate claims. ips-dc.org The groups urge the Colombian government to withdraw from treaties that enable transnational corporations to sue the country in tribunals designed to favor their interests.

long haul (2023-03-08). 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.

WSWS (2023-03-08). The way forward after collapse of School Strike for Climate movement in Australia. wsws.org The perspective of appealing to governments has failed. The alternative is a turn to the growing struggles of the working class to overturn the profit system, the root cause of the climate crisis.

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 . . . |

Brett Wilkins (2023-03-07). Analysis shows major US oil companies raked in $290 billion in profits last year. nationofchange.org "With $290 billion in profits, Big Oil made enough money in 2022 to end world hunger, pay off U.S. medical debt, and build 10 Disney Worlds, but instead used their record profits to shower $163 billion on shareholders."

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.

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!

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-07). What is False Consciousness? libya360.wordpress.com Marx Memorial Library False consciousness is a term used to describe the way in which exploited, oppressed or disadvantaged groups in society accept, assimilate and indeed actively defend or promote ideas which ultimately act against their own interests. It can apply to individuals, to the working class as a whole, or to sections of it….

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

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 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.

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, …

Heather Gray (2023-03-07). Anne Braden vs. white supremacy: The South's rebel without a pause. peoplesworld.org Anne Braden catapulted into national headlines in mid-1954 when she and her husband, Carl Braden, were indicted for sedition for their leadership in desegregating a Louisville, Ky., suburb. Their purchase of a house in an all-white neighborhood on behalf of African Americans Andrew and Charlotte Wade violated Louisville's color line and provoked violence against both …

Maddie Dery (2023-03-08). This year, International Women's Day means building an anti-imperialist movement. liberationnews.org We can draw inspiration from socialist, anti-imperialist women around the world…

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2023-03-08). PSL Statement — 50 years after Roe, mass resistance the key in abortion struggle. liberationnews.org To win back and extend the right to abortion requires continuous grassroots organizing and a return to powerful, large-scale mobilizations…

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…

Mark Gruenberg (2023-03-07). Trump at CPAC reflects the clear and present danger facing America. peoplesworld.org NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Donald Trump strode onto the stage on March 4 and gave the big right-wing crowd what it craved: Red meat. Lots of it. Call it a whole side of beef—or beefs. Communists, Socialists, Joe Biden, Democrats, the "fake news media," critical race theory, LBGTQ people, migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, federal workers—whom he …

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.

Alexandra Kollontai (2023-03-07). Celebrating International Women's Day. liberationnews.org To commemorate International Women's Day, we publishe excerpts from Kollontai's 1920 article, "International Women's Day," written just over two years after the October 1917 socialist revolution in Russia.

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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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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.

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.

ecns.cn (2023-03-05). China secures new, hard-won achievements in development in 2022: report. ecns.cn China stabilized the economy, steadily enhanced development quality, and maintained overall social stability in 2022, securing new and hard-won achievements in development, according to a government work report submitted Sunday to the national legislature for deliberation.

ecns.cn (2023-03-05). China's past 5 years truly momentous, remarkable. ecns.cn The past five years for China have been truly momentous and remarkable as the country has met numerous tests and made major achievements in economic and social development, according to a government work report submitted Sunday to the national legislature for deliberation.

Robert J. Burrowes (2023-03-05). Historical Analysis of the Global Elite: Ransacking the World Economy Until 'You'll Own Nothing.'. globalresearch.ca

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.

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.

ecns.cn (2023-03-05). China to better use AI to serve socio-economic development: minister. ecns.cn China will better apply artificial intelligence (AI) to serve the socio-economic development, Minister of Science and Technology Wang Zhigang said Sunday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-05). Human-nature coexistence a feature of China's modernization, says minister. ecns.cn Huang Runqiu, Chinese minister of ecology and environment, has said that one of the features of China's modernization is the coexistence between humans and nature.Huang added that, through these attempts, China has achieved a win-win situation of ecological, environmental, social and economic benefits."ÄÄ"ÄÄThe sun sets at the Wuyi Mountains National Park, in southeast China's Fujian Province.

F. William Engdahl (2023-03-05). The "Great Zero Carbon" Conspiracy and the WEF's "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca The globalist Davos World Economic Forum is proclaiming the necessity of reaching a worldwide goal of "net zero carbon" by 2050. Yet transformations underway from Germany to the USA, are setting the stage for creation of what is called the New Word Order. In reality it is a blueprint for a global technocratic totalitarian corporativism, that promises huge unemployment, deindustrialization and economic collapse.

Fight Back (2023-03-05). Denver FRSO marks one year of imperialist war in Ukraine with educational teach-in. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On February 25, Freedom Road Socialist Organization in Denver held a teach-in to mark the one year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the Hooked on Colfax coffee shop in downtown Denver. | Organizers talked about imperialism from the perspective of the U.S. as a waning global imperialist power and Russia as an emerging imperialist power. They applied these outlooks to the history of post-Soviet Ukraine, referring to economic shock therapy in the 1990s and subsequent U.S. intervention in the region. | Finally, the panelists offered what people in the United States can do to resist U.S…

Staff (2023-03-05). Latin America's Plan Against Inflation 'a New Scenario of Regional Integration'. orinocotribune.com Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Cuba are leading a project to contain and reduce inflation in Latin America. According to experts consulted by Sputnik, the plan is viable and could lead to the region's economic diversification. | According to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the plan consists of the commercial exchange of food imports and exports, as well as other goods, to reduce the consequences of economic problems in the region. | Producers, distributors and merchants will be invited to participate in the agreement. According to the most recent data, inflation is reported at 5.63% in Bra…

Vanessa Beeley (2023-03-05). Sadistic sanctions on Syria must be lifted NOW! — Schiller Institute panel. thealtworld.com SPEAKERS: | Helga Zepp-LaRouche, founder of the Schiller Institute and Chair of Bàºrgerrechtsbewegung Solidarità§t (BàºSo) | Col. (Ret.) Richard Black, former head of the US Army Criminal Law Division at the Pentagon; former Virginia State Senator | Vanessa Beeley, British activist and writer, expert on Syria | Marwa Osman, needs no introduction. One of the best known Resistance voices from Lebanon. | The West, with all its supposed "values," is refusing to lift the harsh economic sanctions against Syria. That means that very, very limited aid is reaching the earthquake victims in Syria. Most attem…

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.

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.

CA Poor People's Campaign (2023-03-06). 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…

Doreen Nicoll (2023-03-05). What Happened to Ending Child Poverty in Canada? socialistproject.ca

Fight Back (2023-03-05). Food stamp benefits cut for more than 30 million low-income Americans. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Wednesday, March 1, food stamp benefits were cut for more than 30 million low-income Americans. The average loss will be about one-third of the monthly benefits. Hardest hit would be many seniors getting food stamps, who would lose more than 90% of their monthly benefit. | The cuts in food stamps benefits are part of the larger package of cuts to programs that were started during the COVID pandemic in 2020. Those programs – including expanded unemployment benefits to include the self-employed and gig workers, expanding those who qualify for Medicaid (health insurance for low income individuals a…

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…

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.

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.

Labor Video Project (2023-03-06). 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.

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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-06). 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…

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.

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.

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."

Alec Johnson (2023-03-05). Iowa bill aims to expand child labor practices. liberationnews.org On Jan. 30, Iowa State Sen. Jason Schultz (R-Schleswig), introduced Senate File 167 (SF167). The bill seeks to rollback long established protections governing child labor. This piece of legislation is yet another link in a chain of recent attacks on children and worker's rights occurring across the country.

Fight Back (2023-03-05). UT Arlington meeting with administration over menstrual products concerns. fightbacknews.org Arlington, TX – The Progressive Student Union (PSU) presented a set of demands to the interim Vice President of Student Affairs Teresa Madden, on February 24. The group was successful in securing agreement on the first three demands but was unable to get a commitment on the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs currently under threat. | The demands presented to Madden were the result of months of research, collaboration and consultation with other student organizations and community groups. They are as follows: | 1. All buildings will have menstrual healthcare product dispensers, with quality menstrual…

Labor Video Project (2023-03-05). Justice For Keita O'Neil! SF DA Jenkin Fronting For POA & Developers In Dropping Charges. indybay.org

WSWS (2023-03-05). UK unions call off National Health Service strikes to enter sell-out negotiations. wsws.org NHS workers and millions of others being systemically betrayed by the trade union bureaucracy must turn to an alternative perspective based on class struggle, not collaboration with the government and the employers.

WSWS (2023-03-05). Who runs Temple University: A look at the university's Board of Trustees. wsws.org Striking Temple graduate and research assistants face a Temple Board of Trustees made up of an array of Democratic Party officials, a retired AFL-CIO bureaucrat and super wealthy individuals.

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.

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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-06). 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…

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.

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

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.

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…

Fight Back (2023-03-05). Palestine solidarity movement speaks out at MN State Board of Investment meeting. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – 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 SBI is…

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.

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 (2023-03-06). 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!

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.

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

_____ (2023-03-05). How Israeli Cyber Weapons Are Taking Over Latin America. strategic-culture.org 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, which intercepts signals between SIM cards and cellular towers in order to do physical surveillance, and Web Tangles, made by Cobwebs Technologies, which uses a person's social media account to create an identity report.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-05). Guatemala: Are We Headed Toward the Violent Darkness of the Past? libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Mam woman. Community meeting In Guatemala and Peru, countries where the neoliberal system depredates every collective right as well as every defender of rights and journalists, in the name of democracy and development, the question resounds: Are we heading towards the dark dictatorial times of the last century? Not necessarily. We are not…

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.

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.

Fight Back (2023-03-05). March on DC to say no to U.S. war in Ukraine. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) joins forces nationally to call for a protest on Saturday, March 18 at 1 p.m. at the White House, Washington, D.C., coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the criminal U.S. invasion of Iraq. | Join us to say: | ‚Ä¢ Peace in Ukraine | ‚Ä¢ Abolish NATO — End U.S. militarism & sanctions on Syria, Cuba, Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Iran and many other nations | ‚Ä¢ Fund people's needs, not the war machine! | ‚Ä¢ No war with China! | ‚Ä¢ End…

Staff (2023-03-05). World Meeting on the Validity of Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian Thought Begins in Caracas. orinocotribune.com On Friday, March 3, the World Meeting for the Validity of Commander Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian Thought in the 21st century began to commemorate 10 years since Chávez's death. Over 140 international guests from 55 countries and several national intellectuals and writers are attending. From the José Félix Ribas room of the Teresa Carreño Theater in Caracas, a series of conversations were held aimed at extolling Hugo Chávez's historical legacy in the consolidation of socialist Venezuela and his vision of a new multicentric and multipolar world. | Among the invited intellectuals present at the event are Atilio Botón fr…

Stephen Gibbs (2023-03-05). Venezuela marks ten years since Hugo Chávez's death. america.cgtn.com Venezuela is marking the 10th anniversary of the death of its former President Hugo Chávez on March 5. The socialist leader, who was 58 when he died of cancer, remains a consequential, and polarizing, figure in his country.

ecns.cn (2023-03-05). Press conference held during 1st session of 14th CPPCC National Committee. ecns.cn Heads of the central committees of the non-Communist political parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce attend a press conference during the first session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing…

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Ben Norton (2023-03-04). US ambassador arrogantly lectures China 'threat': 'We're the leader in this region (Asia)'! geopoliticaleconomy.com In an interview with the Chamber of Commerce, US Ambassador Nicholas Burns referred to China as a "threat", "great challenge", and "very difficult government", stating arrogantly, "The United States is staying in this region. We're the leader in this [Indo-Pacific] region".

Colin Todhunter (2023-03-04). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

Ben Norton (2023-03-04). US ambassador arrogantly lectures China 'threat': 'We're the leader in this region (Asia)'! geopoliticaleconomy.com In an interview with the Chamber of Commerce, US Ambassador Nicholas Burns referred to China as a "threat", "great challenge", and "very difficult government", stating arrogantly, "The United States is staying in this region. We're the leader in this [Indo-Pacific] region".

Colin Todhunter (2023-03-04). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

ecns.cn (2023-03-04). Insights | Digital economy key to common prosperity. ecns.cn

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-03-04). "Economic Warfare" Directed against China? The Shanghai "Covid Zero Tolerance Mandate" globalresearch.ca "Covid Tolerance Zero" has contributed to destabilizing Shanghai's financial sector as well as China's buoyant export economy. It has created social havoc for millions of people. The Chinese Government has now acknowledged that is was based on fake science.

Staff (2023-03-05). Latin America's Plan Against Inflation 'a New Scenario of Regional Integration'. orinocotribune.com Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Cuba are leading a project to contain and reduce inflation in Latin America. According to experts consulted by Sputnik, the plan is viable and could lead to the region's economic diversification. | According to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the plan consists of the commercial exchange of food imports and exports, as well as other goods, to reduce the consequences of economic problems in the region. | Producers, distributors and merchants will be invited to participate in the agreement. According to the most recent data, inflation is reported at 5.63% in Bra…

Binoy Kampmark (2023-03-04). India's Education Market: The Next Neo-Colonial Frontier. dissidentvoice.org Over the last week or so, Australian politicians and representatives of the university sector got busy pressing flesh in India, hoping to open avenues that have largely remained aspirational. It was timed to coincide with G20 talks in New Delhi, which has seen a flurry of contentious meetings traversing security, economics and education, all taking …

ecns.cn (2023-03-04). China's Belt and Road Initiative paves way for economic development. ecns.cn The Belt and Road Initiative has created new growth points for global economic development and provided fresh opportunities for international cooperation.

Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War. (2023-03-04). March 4 Demonstrations Against Sanctions. popularresistance.org In solidarity with the Syrian people, suffering the unjust and unilateral coercive economic measures taken by the US and its European allies, the End the Siege Campaign has been established in cooperation between different popular movements and activists in the Arab world, Europe, and North America. | The End The Siege Campaign launches its first international action this Saturday, March 4, 2023, in a series of synchronous protests in Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Canada, Morocco, Lebanon, UK, Slovakia, Ireland, and Germany. The event in Canada will take place at noon this Saturday in front of the US…

International People's Tribunal on US Imperialism, Popular Resistance. (2023-03-04). March 4: Libya Hearing Of The International People's Tribunal. popularresistance.org Join the International People's Tribunal on US Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, Coercive Economic Measures for a hearing on the effects and impacts of these policies and practices on the people of Libya. We will hear testimony and reports from expert and direct witnesses, with questions and discussion from our jurors. | Around the world, U.S. sanctions and blockades have had a devastating impact on the lives of everyday people in countries targeted by these kinds of coercive economic measures. More broadly, they have served to push people into poverty and deny them self-determination.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-04). West African People's Movements Call for Greater Unity as France Announces Military 'Reorganization'. libya360.wordpress.com Tanupriya Singh Mass protests held in Mali against the imposition of sanctions by ECOWAS following the military coup (Photo via @abdoulayekn1/Twitter) The West Africa Peoples Organisation has welcomed the proposal for greater collaboration between Burkina Faso, Mali, and Guinea, and has called for coordinating and planning production, trade, infrastructure, economic development, and defense The prime…

CA Poor People's Campaign (2023-03-04). 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…

JANET (2023-03-04). NYC: Sunday 3/5 Rally 4pm Commemorating Hugo Chávez U.S. Hands off Venezuela! Free Alex Saab! iacenter.org Join us in commemorating 10 years since the passing of Comandante Hugo Chávez. He strove to liberate the Venezuelan masses from poverty and US imperial domination, to serve the people, and to arm them politically & organizationally. Chávez nationalized Venezuela's natural resources to benefit the people and introduced medical and social programs for the poor. As we mourn our fallen hero, we also pledge to redouble our efforts to defend the socialist values that Comrade Hugo Chávez upheld. Comandante Hugo Chávez Presente! Our demands: * U.S. Hands OFF Venezuela! * NO Sanctions on the Venezuelan people! * FREE kidn…

The Lancet (2023-03-04). [Editorial] A decisive moment for The World Bank. thelancet.com The next few months will be vital for The World Bank. In June, David Malpass will step down as President, following his damaging equivocations about whether fossil fuels are driving climate change. Malpass' tenure has undermined the credibility of the Bank as a trusted source of assistance and advice at an important time. The World Bank was established after World War 2 with the initial aim to help rebuild countries devasted by the war. It has since focused on reducing poverty, with a wide portfolio that covers all sectors of development, including health.

Fight Back (2023-03-05). Food stamp benefits cut for more than 30 million low-income Americans. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Wednesday, March 1, food stamp benefits were cut for more than 30 million low-income Americans. The average loss will be about one-third of the monthly benefits. Hardest hit would be many seniors getting food stamps, who would lose more than 90% of their monthly benefit. | The cuts in food stamps benefits are part of the larger package of cuts to programs that were started during the COVID pandemic in 2020. Those programs – including expanded unemployment benefits to include the self-employed and gig workers, expanding those who qualify for Medicaid (health insurance for low income individuals a…

Jacob Horwitz (2023-03-04). Garment Workers Take on Wall Street and Wage Theft. truthout.org Dilhani worked for six years in a Sri Lankan factory that makes clothes for Nike. She is one of millions of South and Southeast Asian garment workers in Big Fashion companies' supply chains who saw their income dramatically reduced during the Covid-19 pandemic through layoffs, wage cuts, and wage theft. As an outspoken member of her factory's employee council, Dilhani pushed for repayment of lost… |

WSWS (2023-03-04). Inequality in Sweden reaches highest level in decades. wsws.org New data from the Swedish government's statistics agency—Statistics Sweden—shows that income inequality in the country is now higher than at any other point in time since the agency began collecting this information in 1975.

WSWS (2023-03-04). Thousands join climate change protests in New Zealand. wsws.org Catastrophic flooding across much of the North Island underscores the urgency of addressing climate change, but the rally organisers promoted illusions that the Labour-Greens government can be pressured to take action.

Alex Johnson (2023-03-05). Iowa bill aims to expand child labor practices. liberationnews.org On Jan. 30, Iowa State Sen. Jason Schultz (R-Schleswig), introduced Senate File 167 (SF167). The bill seeks to rollback long established protections governing child labor. This piece of legislation is yet another link in a chain of recent attacks on children and worker's rights occurring across the country.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-05). 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…

Jeffrey D Stanaway, Simon I Hay, Christopher J L Murray, GBD Risk Factor Collaborators (2023-03-04). [Correspondence] GBD 2019 study informs industry yet crucial questions remain unanswered — Authors' reply. thelancet.com In their letters, Nick Allen (representing the British Meat Processors Association), John Thorley (the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers), and Tim Rycroft (the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board) reiterate concerns previously expressed by Alice V Stanton and colleagues1 and additional opinions regarding our estimates of deaths due to red meat intake in the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019.2 We appreciate the opportunity to respond to their concerns and clarify some misunderstandings.

Labor Video Project (2023-03-04). Justice For Keita O'Neil! SF DA Jenkin Fronting For POA & Developers In Dropping Charges. indybay.org

Labor Video Project (2023-03-04). 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.

Luis Feliz Leon, Labor Notes. (2023-03-04). Auto Workers Presidential Election A Nail-biter, Reformers Sweep Regionals. popularresistance.org In the first-ever rank-and-file direct election, as opposed to a vote of convention delegates, for the national leadership of the United Auto Workers, the presidential runoff is extremely close, with ballots still being counted. Challenges are expected no matter the outcome. | At stake is the direction of the union. Presidential challenger Shawn Fain and the Members United slate have run on a platform of "No Concessions, No Corruption, No Tiers." The slate was backed by the reform group Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), which formed in 2019 to fight for members' right to vote on top officers.

Staff (2023-03-04). Parque Científico y Tecnológico de La Habana lanza concurso "Mi idea 3CE" cubadebate.cu Mi idea 3CE representa una excelente oportunidad para que estudiantes y jóvenes de todo el país desarrollen sus ideas a partir del trabajo en equipo, se apropien de nuevas herramientas de trabajo, creen redes colaborativas y generen soluciones a problemas emergentes con el acompañamiento de expertos de diferentes áreas del conocimiento.

Tim Rycroft (2023-03-04). [Correspondence] GBD 2019 study informs industry yet crucial questions remain unanswered. thelancet.com We join respected nutrition and health academics1,2 in requesting clarification from the GBD 2019 Risk Factors Collaborators3 about whether the data used to conclude there had been a 36-fold increase in global deaths attributed to eating red meat had been correctly scrutinised before publication in The Lancet.

WorkWeek (2023-03-04). Turkey Earthquake, Corruption & Erdogan, Ballad Of Harry Bridges & ILWU Mumia On WorkWeek. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the Turkey Earthquake, Corruption & Erdogan & Ballad Of Harry Bridges along with the ILWU Local 10 initiated Labor Community March for Mumia Abu-Jamal on 2/16/23.

WSWS (2023-03-04). Dana workers fired with UAW consent for reporting exploitation, wage theft and sexual harassment. wsws.org The real aim of this ongoing purge is to remove militant workers, lower labor costs, and terrify those remaining to accept worse conditions. This is a lesson in the reality of capitalism.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-05). 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…

ecns.cn (2023-03-04). Global financial bodies own more Africa debt than China. ecns.cn Multilateral financial institutions and commercial creditors, instead of China, account for the bulk of Africa's debt, said Wang Chao, the spokesman for the first session of the 14th National People's Congress, on Saturday.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-04). 700,000 Afghans have lost their jobs since Taliban takeover, says UN expert's report. peoplesdispatch.org US sanctions, job losses, business closures, and the reluctance of foreign investors to engage in Afghanistan have had catastrophic impacts on the lives of millions of Afghans. Two thirds of households are facing difficulties in meeting basic food and non-food needs…

Fight Back (2023-03-05). Palestine solidarity movement speaks out at MN State Board of Investment meeting. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – 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 SBI is…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-03-04). California Pan African Global Trade in the wake of 2022 US-Africa Business Summit. indybay.org Our 11th Annual, Pan African Global Trade and Investment Conference is poised to bring together key global leaders together with a focused Food and Ag spark to expand California Pan African Global Trade throughout the African Continental Free Trade Area and beyond.

Editor (2023-03-04). The Arctic is the next frontier in the new cold war. mronline.org Geostrategically located, with profitable natural resources, the Arctic is rapidly becoming a militarized zone of power politics in the new cold war, contested by the U.S. and Europe, Russia and China.

David Starr, Covert Action Magazine. (2023-03-04). Profiting Off Of Death And Suffering Is The American Way. popularresistance.org The United States' imperial foreign policy has been evident since day one, but especially starting with the Gilded Age and the arrogant doctrine of Manifest Destiny of the mid-19th century. The imperial "cause" continued through the decades leading up to today. | And today, the U.S. arms industry and the U.S. Congress have a reciprocal relationship. Because of this relationship, many members of Congress have grown rich off of war and death. | The Russia-Ukraine conflict has presented the latest opportunity for profiteering off of war. The arms industry is certainly making big bucks, with policies that fuel the co…

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-03-04). Treating infrastructure as a Holy Cow. mronline.org THERE is an impression shared by even progressive intellectuals that the entity that goes by the name of "physical infrastructure" is an absolute necessity in each country, and that the actual amount of infrastructure that exists is always less than what is needed.

George Marx (2023-03-04). 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!

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-04). Identity Issues are Class Issues: How the Imperial Center's "Left" Opposes Workers Seizing Power. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea RAWM's organizers are now working to turn their project into a permanent coalition, and that goal will be advanced by ANSWER's rally on the 18th. This rally represents a strengthening of anti-imperialist unity, especially among Marxists… The outcome of these developments could be the full breaking of the monopoly which the ABC left…

Chris Hedges, The Real News Network. (2023-03-04). Covid-19 Proved Workers Make The World Run, Not The Bosses. popularresistance.org The start of the COVID-19 pandemic compounded the existing crises of capitalism for workers everywhere. This was most obviously apparent for "frontline" or "essential" workers, who were forced by their need to survive to risk disease, disability, and potential death on a daily basis at their jobs. While lauded in media and culture in the early days of the pandemic, the rewards these workers have actually received have been precarity, damaged health, depressed wages, and for far too many, an early death. As a new ruling class narrative that insists the pandemic is over becomes hegemonic, the stories and ongoing cr…

Ross Domoney, The Real News Network. (2023-03-04). United Kingdom Teachers Join Strike Wave. popularresistance.org The strikes in Britain are growing and this time it's the teachers who have come out in force, demanding better wages amongst the cost of living crisis. On Feb. 1 up to 500,000 workers walked out in the UK, in one of the largest coordinated strike actions since the pensions dispute of 2011. It was a cross-union action which also saw train drivers going on strike as well as thousands of the government's own civil servants. The teachers are refusing to back down in their demands and have promised further strike action and disruption in the coming months. TRNN heads to a protest in central London and speaks directly…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-03-04). Tech Layoffs Expose Capitalism. orinocotribune.com By Otis Grotewohl — Feb 20, 2023 | High-tech companies are laying off workers at record levels. More than 93,000 tech positions have been eliminated this year, and it is only the second month. These cuts include 6,650 job losses announced by Dell and the layoff of 1,300 Zoom employees in early February. (crunchbase.com, Feb. 15, 2023) | The abrupt reduction of high-tech positions started last fall. Amazon, Lyft and Meta, the parent company of Facebook, unleashed major cuts against their workforce in November. Twitter slashed several thousand jobs one month prior. Both the app company Robinhood and Snap, the…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-03-04). ALBA Movimientos debate crisis sistémica del capitalismo global. telesurtv.net Alba Movimientos es un instrumento de integración que nos ayuda a mirar de forma conjunta para enfrentar esos tiempos de inestabilidad.

Staff (2023-03-05). World Meeting on the Validity of Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian Thought Begins in Caracas. orinocotribune.com On Friday, March 3, the World Meeting for the Validity of Commander Hugo Chávez's Bolivarian Thought in the 21st century began to commemorate 10 years since Chávez's death. Over 140 international guests from 55 countries and several national intellectuals and writers are attending. From the José Félix Ribas room of the Teresa Carreño Theater in Caracas, a series of conversations were held aimed at extolling Hugo Chávez's historical legacy in the consolidation of socialist Venezuela and his vision of a new multicentric and multipolar world. | Among the invited intellectuals present at the event are Atilio Botón fr…

Fight Back (2023-03-04). International anti-imperialist conference begins in Venezuela. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela — Friday, March 3 was the first day of an international anti-imperialist conference in Venezuela held to commemorate the legacy and continuing struggle of the late Venezuelan President and leader of the Bolivarian Revolution Hugo Chavez. A delegation of Chicano and Latino members of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO), led by long time Chicano activist Carlos Montes, were invited to attend by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV). | Chavez is not dead | The theme of the conference was carrying on the legacy of Hugo Chavez. The mood in the room was lively, with every se…

ecns.cn (2023-03-04). Ten perspectives to understand Chinese modernization. ecns.cn Chinese modernization has spurred discussions at home and abroad since the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

Jared Gans, The Hill. (2023-03-04). Protesters Disrupt House China Panel's First Hearing. popularresistance.org Protesters disrupted the first hearing of a House select committee investigating potential threats that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses to the country and U.S.-China competition late Tuesday, arguing that the country should cooperate with China instead of competing with it. | "China is not our enemy," read a sign held by Olivia DiNucci, an organizer for CODEPINK: Women for Peace, which advocates against the United States engaging in wars and "regime change efforts." A CODEPINK release states that DiNucci delivered a message that "The American people need cooperation, not competition with China" before she…

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ecns.cn (2023-03-04). Insights | Digital economy key to common prosperity. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-03-03). China's economy remains resilient with potential, vigor: spokesperson. ecns.cn China's national political advisors believe that the country's economy remains resilient and is full of potential and vigor, a spokesperson for the first session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) said Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-03). China to further reduce investment restrictions, ensure 'national treatment' for overseas investors: MOFCOM. ecns.cn China will study and promote the reasonable reduction of the "negative list" for foreign investment, further relax restrictions, while ensuring the "national treatment" for foreign investors amid the nation's pledge to pursue a higher level opening-up.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-03). US renews "national emergency" against Venezuela, keeping brutal sanctions in place. peoplesdispatch.org President Joe Biden has renewed the Obama-era Executive Order 13692 against Venezuela, citing an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to US national security. The measure has been used to impose an illegal sanctions regime targeting the socialist country, its people, and its economy…

ecns.cn (2023-03-04). China's Belt and Road Initiative paves way for economic development. ecns.cn The Belt and Road Initiative has created new growth points for global economic development and provided fresh opportunities for international cooperation.

ecns.cn (2023-03-04). Insights | Digital economy key to common prosperity. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-03-03). China's economy remains resilient with potential, vigor: spokesperson. ecns.cn China's national political advisors believe that the country's economy remains resilient and is full of potential and vigor, a spokesperson for the first session of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) said Friday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-03). China to further reduce investment restrictions, ensure 'national treatment' for overseas investors: MOFCOM. ecns.cn China will study and promote the reasonable reduction of the "negative list" for foreign investment, further relax restrictions, while ensuring the "national treatment" for foreign investors amid the nation's pledge to pursue a higher level opening-up.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-03). US renews "national emergency" against Venezuela, keeping brutal sanctions in place. peoplesdispatch.org President Joe Biden has renewed the Obama-era Executive Order 13692 against Venezuela, citing an "unusual and extraordinary threat" to US national security. The measure has been used to impose an illegal sanctions regime targeting the socialist country, its people, and its economy…

ecns.cn (2023-03-04). China's Belt and Road Initiative paves way for economic development. ecns.cn The Belt and Road Initiative has created new growth points for global economic development and provided fresh opportunities for international cooperation.

Hamilton Coalition To Stop The War. (2023-03-04). March 4 Demonstrations Against Sanctions. popularresistance.org In solidarity with the Syrian people, suffering the unjust and unilateral coercive economic measures taken by the US and its European allies, the End the Siege Campaign has been established in cooperation between different popular movements and activists in the Arab world, Europe, and North America. | The End The Siege Campaign launches its first international action this Saturday, March 4, 2023, in a series of synchronous protests in Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Canada, Morocco, Lebanon, UK, Slovakia, Ireland, and Germany. The event in Canada will take place at noon this Saturday in front of the US…

International People's Tribunal on US Imperialism, Popular Resistance. (2023-03-04). March 4: Libya Hearing Of The International People's Tribunal. popularresistance.org Join the International People's Tribunal on US Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, Coercive Economic Measures for a hearing on the effects and impacts of these policies and practices on the people of Libya. We will hear testimony and reports from expert and direct witnesses, with questions and discussion from our jurors. | Around the world, U.S. sanctions and blockades have had a devastating impact on the lives of everyday people in countries targeted by these kinds of coercive economic measures. More broadly, they have served to push people into poverty and deny them self-determination.

Ian McAuley (2023-03-03). Covid killing 500 Australians a month: The Weekly Roundup. johnmenadue.com Will the Albanese government restore Medicare as a universal system? Covid is still killing about 500 Australians a month; and crazies in the Liberal Party branches try to undermine their few remaining sound parliamentarians. Read on for the weekly roundup of links to articles, reports, podcasts and other media on current political and economic issues

infobrics (2023-03-03). Corruption scandals in Ukraine might spill over Biden family and Democratic party. infobrics.org The corruption factor in Ukraine and its American connection is not merely of interest to the police authorities: it has geopolitical and geoeconomic implications.

Mike Whitney (2023-03-03). China's Turn. America's Hyper-Financialized Economic System Is No Match for China's Government-Directed Investment Model. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-03). Daily Round-up | Sri Lankan workers stage strike against economic reforms & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode, we bring you stories of Sri Lankan workers going on strike over the economic crisis, British teachers launching a protest, a vote on a death penalty in Israel, and the US renewing a national emergency against Venezuela…

Shahrazad Encinias (2023-03-03). 'No One Is Safe in Nicaragua' (OPINION). latinorebels.com By stripping 316 Nicaraguans of their nationality, the Ortega-Murillo regime borrowed a concept from George Orwell's 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' and put into practice the unpersoning its enemies. They are now non-existent socially, politically and economically within Nicaragua.

Staff (2023-03-03). 4 March, Online Hearing: Libya hearing of the International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism. samidoun.net Join the International People's Tribunal on US Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, Coercive Economic Measures for a hearing on the effects and impacts of these policies and practices on the people of Libya. We will hear testimony and reports from expert and direct witnesses, with questions and discussion from our jurors. The hearing will take place on Saturday, …

teleSUR, DRL (2023-03-03). Valoran como insuficiente anuncio económico de presidente uruguayo. telesurtv.net Denunciaron que en 2022, un total de 66.000 personas cayeron en la pobreza con relación al 2019, de los cuales 21.000 son menores de edad.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-03-03). México convoca alianza económica contra inflación en Latinoamérica. telesurtv.net López Obrador adelantó que se comunicará con la presidenta de Honduras Xiomara Castro, y Alberto Fernández dialogará con sus pares de Chile y Bolivia.

Whitney Webb (2023-03-03). BT/TV 8 Whitney Webb: We're In A Battle For The Fate of Humanity. thealtworld.com Investigative journalist and author of "One Nation Under Blackmail" Whitney Webb joins Mark on Bombthrower TV to discuss her book, the merger between organized crime and global intelligence agencies, the World Economic Forum datamining your brainwaves — taking control over your own mind and the battle for the fate of humanity.

WSWS (2023-03-03). Heavy rain and snow highlight inequality in California. wsws.org The unusually heavy winter storms that battered California recently expose social and economic inequality across the state.

Kenny Stancil (2023-03-03). Big Ag Exploiting Carbon Markets to Intensify Grip on Food System: Report. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-03-03). Financial markets signal more interest rates hikes to come. wsws.org Wage suppression is the objective of all the central banks with the European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane making it clear that even if inflationary pressures start to fade it will continue "for the next several years."

CA Poor People's Campaign (2023-03-04). 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…

JANET (2023-03-04). NYC: Sunday 3/5 Rally 4pm Commemorating Hugo Chávez U.S. Hands off Venezuela! Free Alex Saab! iacenter.org Join us in commemorating 10 years since the passing of Comandante Hugo Chávez. He strove to liberate the Venezuelan masses from poverty and US imperial domination, to serve the people, and to arm them politically & organizationally. Chávez nationalized Venezuela's natural resources to benefit the people and introduced medical and social programs for the poor. As we mourn our fallen hero, we also pledge to redouble our efforts to defend the socialist values that Comrade Hugo Chávez upheld. Comandante Hugo Chávez Presente! Our demands: * U.S. Hands OFF Venezuela! * NO Sanctions on the Venezuelan people! * FREE kidn…

The Lancet (2023-03-04). [Editorial] A decisive moment for The World Bank. thelancet.com The next few months will be vital for The World Bank. In June, David Malpass will step down as President, following his damaging equivocations about whether fossil fuels are driving climate change. Malpass' tenure has undermined the credibility of the Bank as a trusted source of assistance and advice at an important time. The World Bank was established after World War 2 with the initial aim to help rebuild countries devasted by the war. It has since focused on reducing poverty, with a wide portfolio that covers all sectors of development, including health.

Naureen Shah (2023-03-03). Child Labor Investigation Reveals Immigration Policy Changes We Need Now. aclu.org Children across the nation are working in dangerous, sometimes lethal jobs in American factories, farms and mills — according to a The kids, who are here without their parents, have fled countries rife with violence and poverty. Many are

WSWS (2023-03-04). Inequality in Sweden reaches highest level in decades. wsws.org New data from the Swedish government's statistics agency—Statistics Sweden—shows that income inequality in the country is now higher than at any other point in time since the agency began collecting this information in 1975.

WSWS (2023-03-04). Thousands join climate change protests in New Zealand. wsws.org Catastrophic flooding across much of the North Island underscores the urgency of addressing climate change, but the rally organisers promoted illusions that the Labour-Greens government can be pressured to take action.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-04). 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…

Jeffrey D Stanaway, Simon I Hay, Christopher J L Murray, GBD Risk Factor Collaborators (2023-03-04). [Correspondence] GBD 2019 study informs industry yet crucial questions remain unanswered — Authors' reply. thelancet.com In their letters, Nick Allen (representing the British Meat Processors Association), John Thorley (the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers), and Tim Rycroft (the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board) reiterate concerns previously expressed by Alice V Stanton and colleagues1 and additional opinions regarding our estimates of deaths due to red meat intake in the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019.2 We appreciate the opportunity to respond to their concerns and clarify some misunderstandings.

Labor Video Project (2023-03-04). Justice For Keita O'Neil! SF DA Jenkin Fronting For POA & Developers In Dropping Charges. indybay.org

Labor Video Project (2023-03-04). 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.

Tim Rycroft (2023-03-04). [Correspondence] GBD 2019 study informs industry yet crucial questions remain unanswered. thelancet.com We join respected nutrition and health academics1,2 in requesting clarification from the GBD 2019 Risk Factors Collaborators3 about whether the data used to conclude there had been a 36-fold increase in global deaths attributed to eating red meat had been correctly scrutinised before publication in The Lancet.

WorkWeek (2023-03-04). Turkey Earthquake, Corruption & Erdogan, Ballad Of Harry Bridges & ILWU Mumia On WorkWeek. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the Turkey Earthquake, Corruption & Erdogan & Ballad Of Harry Bridges along with the ILWU Local 10 initiated Labor Community March for Mumia Abu-Jamal on 2/16/23.

WSWS (2023-03-04). Dana workers fired with UAW consent for reporting exploitation, wage theft and sexual harassment. wsws.org The real aim of this ongoing purge is to remove militant workers, lower labor costs, and terrify those remaining to accept worse conditions. This is a lesson in the reality of capitalism.

A Guest Author (2023-03-03). Desea China solución al conflicto bélico entre Rusia y Ucrania. workers.org Por Redacción Internacional internacionales@granma.cu 24 de febrero de 2023. A un año de iniciarse la guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania, China propuso una estrategia para acabar con el conflicto con doce puntos a seguir por las partes involucradas. El texto, elaborado por la cancillería china expone: Respetar la soberanía . . . |

ecns.cn (2023-03-03). China's Mengtian lab module completes first in-orbit ignition test. ecns.cn The first in-orbit ignition test of China's Mengtian space station lab module was successfully completed in the combustion science laboratory on February 16, the Chinese Academy of Sciences said on Thursday.

Kevin Gosztola (2023-03-03). TUNE IN: Belmarsh Tribunal In Sydney, Australia. thedissenter.org About a month and a half after Progressive International is convening a Belmarsh Tribunal in Sydney, Australia, a month and a half after a The event will begin at 7pm Sydney time. Above is the video for the live stream that will archive and can be viewed after the event. | *Delegates at the event include: | Bernard Collaery, attorney targeted in the "Witness K" scandal | Bob Carr, former leader of the Australia Labor Party | Bridget Archer, member of Australia House of Representa…

Mark Gruenberg (2023-03-03). Dirigentes sindicales apoyan campaña integral de cuidadores. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Diciendo que el resto de la fuerza laboral de la nación depende del cuidado de niños y ancianos disponible y asequible, y de salarios dignos para sus cuidadores, los principales líderes sindicales se unieron para instar al Congreso a promulgar una legislación integral para lograr ese objetivo. Haciendo un gesto hacia la cúpula del Capitolio …

Staff (2023-03-03). Las 3 del día: Remesas a Cuba, Eyeife Women y las noticias del 2 de marzo (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Saludos a todos los seguidores de "Las 3 del día". Este 2 de marzo dedicamos los primeros minutos de nuestro podcast al Festival Eyeife y luego el habitual resumen informativo. "Las 3 del día" es el podcast de Cubadebate que tiene de todo un poco en materia informativa. En la voz de nuestros editores, periodistas y colaboradores escucha un podcast resumen. °Conéctese ya!

Staff (2023-03-03). Pilotos y técnicos espirituanos ayudan a sofocar incendio forestal en Holguín (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Pilotos y técnicos de la Empresa Nacional de Servicios Aéreos, de Sancti Spíritus, continúan su apoyo por aire a las labores de extinción del incendio forestal de grandes proporciones que ha devorado zonas de la meseta de Pinares de Mayarí, en el este de la provincia de Holguín.

Sharon Zhang (2023-03-03). Woman Arrested in South Carolina for Allegedly Taking Abortion Pills in 2021. truthout.org A woman in South Carolina was arrested and charged this week for allegedly taking abortion pills in 2021. As first reported by The State, the woman sought medical care associated with labor pains in October 2021, according to the police report, which was obtained and posted online by Jezebel. She told health care workers that she had taken pills that would end her pregnancy. After the fetus was… |

Isheka N. Harrison (2023-03-03). Black-Owned Bank Adelphi Opens in Ohio, Will Focus on Developing Black Generational Wealth. moguldom.com A new Black-owned bank has opened in Columbus, Ohio, making history as the only one in the state. Adelphi Bank aims to help Black families build generational wealth by removing common barriers. According to its website, Adelphi's goal "is to improve the lives of our customers by removing the barriers to financial equity." It also says it's …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-04). 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…

ecns.cn (2023-03-04). Global financial bodies own more Africa debt than China. ecns.cn Multilateral financial institutions and commercial creditors, instead of China, account for the bulk of Africa's debt, said Wang Chao, the spokesman for the first session of the 14th National People's Congress, on Saturday.

Anonymous669 (2023-03-03). SDF Captured ISIS Financial Operative In Syria's Al-Hasakah. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Hawar News Agency. | On March 2, the United States-led coalition announced that the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) captured a financial operative of ISIS during a recent operation in the northeastern Syria governorate of al-Hasakah. | In a statement, the coalition said that the unidentified operative was involved in providing "financial and lethal aid" for ISIS operations within the Middle Euphrates River Valley. | SDF comman…

Julia Gledhill (2023-03-03). Lawmakers Quietly Gave Weapons Firms a Bailout for So-Called Inflation Relief. truthout.org The defense industry spent the majority of 2022 exploiting inflation as a justification for more military spending. It succeeded when Congress delivered a budget $45 billion higher than the president requested, but lesser known is how Congress quietly slipped contractors another form of so-called inflation relief in the annual defense policy bill. Lawmakers authorized potential sweeping price… |

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-04). 700,000 Afghans have lost their jobs since Taliban takeover, says UN expert's report. peoplesdispatch.org US sanctions, job losses, business closures, and the reluctance of foreign investors to engage in Afghanistan have had catastrophic impacts on the lives of millions of Afghans. Two thirds of households are facing difficulties in meeting basic food and non-food needs…

Rann Miller (2023-03-03). Opinion: Blackness Can't Enter The Transfer Portal. moguldom.com Football Coach Deion Sanders departed Jackson State University (JSU) for "greener" pastures at the University of Colorado (UC). It was his right and prerogative to make that career decision. With him came the players and coaches of his choosing. While coaches can come and go as they please with respect to employment, the players came …

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-03-04). California Pan African Global Trade in the wake of 2022 US-Africa Business Summit. indybay.org Our 11th Annual, Pan African Global Trade and Investment Conference is poised to bring together key global leaders together with a focused Food and Ag spark to expand California Pan African Global Trade throughout the African Continental Free Trade Area and beyond.

Dana Sanchez (2023-03-03). Are You A Small Business That Needs An Uber-Like Low-Cost Courier? 3 Reasons To Try Roadie, A UPS Company. moguldom.com On-demand last-mile delivery platforms and new last-mile parcel networks were among the top companies attracting investment in 2021, when funding for supply chain startups reached a record $80 billion-plus during the pandemic-fueled e-commerce boom. UPS acquired gig platform Roadie as part of an investment into same-day delivery service in October 2022 for $586 million. Launched in …

Roger McKenzie (2023-03-03). Greek rail workers stage 24-hour strike after deadly train crash kills 43. peoplesworld.org Rail workers in Greece staged a 24-hour strike Thursday in protest over what they describe as a dangerous failure to modernize the Greek railway system and the lack of public investment in the network. This comes days after the country's deadliest rail crash in northern Greece which killed at least 43 people when a train …

David Starr (2023-03-04). Profiting Off of Death and Suffering is the American Way. covertactionmagazine.com Arms Industry and U.S. Government Have Now Practically Merged The United States's imperial foreign policy has been evident since day one, but especially starting with the Gilded Age and the arrogant doctrine of Manifest Destiny of the mid-19th century. The imperial "cause" continued through the decades leading up to today. And today, the U.S. arms …

Carl Gibson (2023-03-03). Capitalism's Conclusion, Part I: What the Ohio train derailment exposed. nationofchange.org The recent derailment of trains in East Palestine isn't just a once-in-a-generation environmental disaster, it's what will continue to happen when profit is put above public health.

Socialist Alliance (2023-03-03). Socialist Alliance: Vote [1] People before profit on March 25. greenleft.org.au The cost of living is going through the roof and the housing crisis means more people cannot afford to rent or buy. Nearly everyone is feeling the pinch. That's why the Socialist Alliance platform for the NSW elections is is 'People before Profit'.

Staff (2023-03-03). Take Action: Send a Letter — Tell International Cellars to Stop Profiting off Israeli War Crimes. samidoun.net Join the Canada Palestine Association, Canadian BDS Coalition and Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network to expose and denounce companies and governments complicit in Israeli war crimes — specifically International Cellars. End War Crimes Profiteering! #BoycottIsraeliApartheid Take one minute to send your letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell-international-cellars-to-stop-profiting-off-israeli-war-crimes Send your protest letter today! Bringing the Fruits of Colonization to Your Store Shelves! …

George Marx (2023-03-04). 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!

Editor (2023-03-03). Kohei Saito: 'Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism'. mronline.org In 2017, Japanese Marx scholar Kohei Saito published 'Karl Marx's Ecosocialism', which won the Isaac Deutscher Memorial Prize the following year.

Ross Domoney, The Real News Network. (2023-03-04). United Kingdom Teachers Join Strike Wave. popularresistance.org The strikes in Britain are growing and this time it's the teachers who have come out in force, demanding better wages amongst the cost of living crisis. On Feb. 1 up to 500,000 workers walked out in the UK, in one of the largest coordinated strike actions since the pensions dispute of 2011. It was a cross-union action which also saw train drivers going on strike as well as thousands of the government's own civil servants. The teachers are refusing to back down in their demands and have promised further strike action and disruption in the coming months. TRNN heads to a protest in central London and speaks directly…

Chris Hedges (2023-03-03). COVID-19 proved workers make the world run, not the bosses. therealnews.com The start of the COVID-19 pandemic compounded the existing crises of capitalism for workers everywhere. This was most obviously apparent for "frontline" or "essential" workers, who were forced by their need to survive to risk disease, disability, and potential death on a daily basis at their jobs. While lauded in media and culture in the early days of the pandemic, the rewards these workers have actually received have been precarity, damaged health, depressed wages, and for far too many, an early death. As a new ruling class narrative that insists the pandemic is over becomes hegemonic, the stories and ongo…

Mark Gruenberg (2023-03-03). Union leaders back comprehensive caregiver campaign. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Saying the rest of the nation's workforce depends on available, affordable child care and elder care—and living wages for their caregivers—top union leaders rallied behind urging Congress to enact comprehensive legislation to achieve that goal. Gesturing to the U.S. Capitol dome, looming behind them several blocks away, Ai-Jen Poo of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-03-04). Tech Layoffs Expose Capitalism. orinocotribune.com By Otis Grotewohl — Feb 20, 2023 | High-tech companies are laying off workers at record levels. More than 93,000 tech positions have been eliminated this year, and it is only the second month. These cuts include 6,650 job losses announced by Dell and the layoff of 1,300 Zoom employees in early February. (crunchbase.com, Feb. 15, 2023) | The abrupt reduction of high-tech positions started last fall. Amazon, Lyft and Meta, the parent company of Facebook, unleashed major cuts against their workforce in November. Twitter slashed several thousand jobs one month prior. Both the app company Robinhood and Snap, the…

teleSUR, DRL (2023-03-04). ALBA Movimientos debate crisis sistémica del capitalismo global. telesurtv.net Alba Movimientos es un instrumento de integración que nos ayuda a mirar de forma conjunta para enfrentar esos tiempos de inestabilidad.

In Defense of Liberation! (2023-03-03). The Psychology and Reality of Colonialism, Capitalism and Imperialism. anchor.fm In this episode we begin by sharing our explicit support and solidarity with the revolutionary masses, parties and governments of Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Vietnam, China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Iran, Palestine and elsewhere. We then speak about oppression, class society, colonialism and its consequences psychologically, socially, and it's revolutionary conclusions to come.

Robert S. Becker (2023-03-03). New 1% stock buyback tax better than nothing, but won't fix systemically-broken capitalism. nationofchange.org Right now, inequality is as predictable as another decade of authoritarian Republican politics—banish the thought.

Staff (2023-03-03). Candidatos a diputados a la Asamblea Nacional continúan recorrido por Santa Clara. cubadebate.cu Los ocho candidatos a diputados a la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular por Santa Clara, entre ellos, el Primer Secretario del Partido Comunista de Cuba y Presidente de la República Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, llegaron a la Empresa Industrial "àÅngel Villa Real Bravo", conocida como Ciclos Minerva.

WSWS (2023-03-03). Caterpillar struggle pits rank and file against UAW apparatus. wsws.org In the first of many major industrial struggles to come this year, Caterpillar workers in the US are squaring up against the global mining and construction equipment maker in a battle that will have far-reaching consequences for workers throughout the country and internationally.

WSWS (2023-03-03). UAW negotiates massive wage cut for Caterpillar workers. wsws.org In the first of many major industrial struggles to come this year, Caterpillar workers in the US are squaring up against the global mining and construction equipment maker in a battle that will have far-reaching consequences for workers throughout the country and internationally.

Anonymous103 (2023-03-03). Bitcoin And Digital Identity: Their Relationships. southfront.org SPONSORED: | Illustrative Image | By now, you've heard about Bitcoin. You may even have some on hand. What about your online identity? This essay will examine the connections between Bitcoin and personal identity and how you may use either to enhance your life. To invest in bitcoins, you can visit online trading platforms The Evolution of Digital Identity: | You may have heard of Bitcoin, the recently popular digital mone…

Anonymous103 (2023-03-03). Bitcoin Crypto — Advantages And Risks. southfront.org

Jessica Buxbaum (2023-03-03). How Israeli cyber weapons are taking over Latin America. mintpressnews.com 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, which intercepts signals between …

WSWS (2023-03-03). Governments make provocative offer to German public sector workers. wsws.org There is only one way to prevent the biggest real wage cut since the founding of the Federal Republic: The struggle must be organised independently of Verdi and the leadership of the negotiations taken out of the hands of its highly paid union bureaucrats.

cameron orr (2023-03-03). A few of the Communist women who shaped U.S. history. cpusa.org This article is being reprinted from Political Affairs in celebration of Women's History Month. It was first published in April 2010. From its very outset, the struggle for women's liberation has had deep connections to the development of the socialist movement. The utopian socialist Charles Fourier said famously that a society was judged by its …

Fight Back (2023-03-03). FRSO delegation spends day in downtown Caracas. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – The Freedom Road Socialist Organization delegation to Venezuela visited downtown Caracas, March 2, and spoke with working-class Venezuelan people. Delegation members include Chicano activist Carlos Montes, student organizer Enya Silva and anti-police crimes activist Omar Flores. | The group visited the home of Simon Bolivar (the Liberator), Bolivar Plaza, and several historic sites.
| Carlos Montes said, "I enjoyed the popular theater performance in the outside plaza with the public of all ages watching, and the displays of Simon Bolivar." | FRSO delegate Omar Flores stated, "The city is…

Pip Hinman (2023-03-03). Socialist candidate: 'NSW is a police state'. greenleft.org.au Activist Stephen Langford has been arrested for failing to adhere to draconian bail conditions, which prevent him from being in the Sydney CBD. Pip Hinman reports.

Special to People's World (2023-03-03). International Women's Day Event: Black Women's Struggle for Democracy and Socialism. peoplesworld.org Join us on March 8th for an International Women's Day celebration. Titled "Black Women's Struggle for Democracy and Socialism," the virtual Zoom event will begin at 8: 00 PM Eastern, 7: 00 PM Central, 6: 00 PM Mountain, and 5: 00 PM Pacific time. Register here. Among those whose lives will be highlighted: are Artist Elizabeth Catlett CPUSA leader …

WSWS (2023-03-03). Australian state election: SEP raises critical issues on war and floods in northern NSW. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is campaigning in the New South Wales Northern Rivers region, where floodwaters swept through towns and villages a year ago, destroying thousands of homes.

ecns.cn (2023-03-04). Ten perspectives to understand Chinese modernization. ecns.cn Chinese modernization has spurred discussions at home and abroad since the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC).

Jared Gans, The Hill. (2023-03-04). Protesters Disrupt House China Panel's First Hearing. popularresistance.org Protesters disrupted the first hearing of a House select committee investigating potential threats that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) poses to the country and U.S.-China competition late Tuesday, arguing that the country should cooperate with China instead of competing with it. | "China is not our enemy," read a sign held by Olivia DiNucci, an organizer for CODEPINK: Women for Peace, which advocates against the United States engaging in wars and "regime change efforts." A CODEPINK release states that DiNucci delivered a message that "The American people need cooperation, not competition with China" before she…

_____ (2023-03-03). On the geopolitical background to Wang Yi's meeting with Yoshimasa Hayashi, the Japanese Foreign Ministe. journal-neo.org In NEO's recent comments on the visit to a number of European nations by Wang Yi, Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission of the Chinese Communist Party, which took place between 15 and 23 February this year, the author focused on the certain topical aspects of the relations between China, the …

Pivot to Peace (2023-03-03). Xi Jinping's Report to the 20th Congress of the CPC: Comments and Explications. peacepivot.org Photo: Great Hall of the People, Beijing. By Zheng Zhou — Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0 This is the first in a series of commentary provided by Pivot to Peace on the documents from the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China General introduction The Communist Party of China (CPC) was founded in July …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-03). Police Reportedly Shoot and Abduct Swaziland Communist Amid Protests Against Africa's 'Last Absolute Monarchy'. towardfreedom.org Mvuselelo Mkhabela was reportedly shot and dragged into a police van, according to the Communist Party of Swaziland. His current whereabouts are unknown. Mkhabela was tortured earlier this month for protesting elections.

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2023-03-02: News Headlines

Domenica Ghanem (2023-03-01). This Women's History Month, We Won't Renegotiate Our Place in the Economy. otherwords.org A lot has changed since 2011, the year I graduated high school. Tiktok was invented, there are now 12 Kardashian grandchildren, and I'm about to turn 30. But some things never change. | Back then, at the height of the Tea Party era, conservative Republicans

ecns.cn (2023-03-01). Digital China seen spurring economy. ecns.cn China's latest efforts to promote the country's digital development are expected to lay a solid foundation for long-term economic growth, bolster digital transformation and upgrade of industries, and enhance the country's core global competitiveness.

ecns.cn (2023-03-01). China fiscal revenue set to improve. ecns.cn China's fiscal revenue is expected to improve as the economy will rebound this year, laying a good foundation for fiscal revenue growth, China's Finance Minister Liu Kun said at a news conference in Beijing, on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-01). China's non-manufacturing PMI up in February. ecns.cn The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's non-manufacturing sector came in at 56.3 in February, up from 54.4 in January, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday.

Radhika Desai, Michael Hudson, Geopolitical Economy. (2023-03-01). The Rise Of US Dollar Imperialism, And Why It Failed. popularresistance.org Today we are continuing our discussion of de-dollarization. As many of you know we have structured our discussion around some ten questions, and last time we dealt with the first five. | What is money? What is the relation between money and debt? Is money a commodity? What is the theory of how the dollar serves as world money? | And then because this theory so much relies on the sterling system we discussed the sterling system. What is it? What was this real basis not gold but actually empire etcetera. | And then we decided that in this show we will discuss the next five questions which are, how did the sterling…




Renate Bridenthal (2023-03-01). The Arctic is the next frontier in the new cold war. geopoliticaleconomy.com Geostrategically located, with profitable natural resources, the Arctic is rapidly becoming a militarized zone of power politics in the new cold war, contested by the US and Europe, Russia and China.

ecns.cn (2023-03-02). Nation maintains solid momentum for growth. ecns.cn China's economic activity, including in both the manufacturing and services sectors, expanded for a second straight month in February, offering the latest snapshot of China's solid growth momentum amid signs of recovery.

WSWS (2023-03-02). Stellantis begins indefinite idling of Belvidere Assembly in a major assault on autoworkers. wsws.org Stellantis began to indefinitely idle its Belvidere Assembly Plant on Tuesday and lay off over 1,300 remaining workers, destroying their lives and uprooting families. The emptying out of the plant will also have devastating ripple effects on the already economically ravaged areas surrounding the town of Belvidere, Illinois, and the nearby Rockford metropolitan area.

The Cradle (2023-03-02). US Lawmakers Approve Resolution to Uphold Economic Sanctions on Syria. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-03-01). The US wants to Impose a New Economic Paradigm on the World. journal-neo.org It is "Globalization 2.0." Indeed, this is how US officials led by Katharine Tai, the US Trade Representative, define the 'new' US Economic and Trade policy. "Globalization 1.0." is said to have its limitations and that "Globalization 2.0" will overcome these limitations for Washington. In a testimony to the US Senate in March 2022, Tai …




Dave DeCamp (2023-03-01). Zelensky Advisor Says Ukrainian Forces Might Pull Out of Bakhmut. news.antiwar.com An economic advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that Ukrainian forces might pull out of the eastern city of Bakhmut, where they have been taking heavy losses. "Our military is obviously going to weigh all of the options. So far, they've held the city, but if need be, they will strategically pull back," …

ecns.cn (2023-03-01). China's economic activity continues to improve. ecns.cn China's economic activity expanded for a second straight month in February, data from the National Bureau of Statistic showed on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-01). Hong Kong lifts mask mandate from March 1. ecns.cn Hong Kong lifted a mask mandate from March 1, bracing for normal life and boosting economic recovery in the city.

Jennifer Sherer, Margaret Poydock, Economic Policy Institute. (2023-03-01). Flexible Work Without Exploitation. popularresistance.org Digital platform companies like Uber, Lyft, Instacart, and DoorDash are waging increasingly aggressive campaigns to erode long-standing labor rights and consumer protections in states across the country. Though they rely on the labor of millions of workers to provide their services, platform companies have established a business model on the premise that they employ no one. This business model has been built by denying workers fundamental rights and protections through outright refusal to follow existing laws, widespread misclassification of workers as "independent contractors," payment of subminimum wages, and s…

Matthew Ehret (2023-03-01). Why Do George Soros and Steve Bannon Agree that the CPC Must be Destroyed? (A New Documentary). thelastamericanvagabond.com Modern Americans have become much more malleable than many would like to admit. Despite those powerful founding documents that enshrine freedom, inalienable rights and the general welfare as driving moral principles of law, economics and politics, very few living Americans fully seem to have a living connection to that powerful tradition which saw eight presidents

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-01). Zelensky Advisor Says Ukrainian Forces Might Pull Out of Bakhmut. news.antiwar.com An economic advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Wednesday that Ukrainian forces might pull out of the eastern city of Bakhmut, where they have been taking heavy losses. "Our military is obviously going to weigh all of the options. So far, they've held the city, but if need be, they will strategically pull back," …

ecns.cn (2023-03-01). China's economic activity continues to improve. ecns.cn China's economic activity expanded for a second straight month in February, data from the National Bureau of Statistic showed on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-01). Hong Kong lifts mask mandate from March 1. ecns.cn Hong Kong lifted a mask mandate from March 1, bracing for normal life and boosting economic recovery in the city.

Jennifer Sherer, Margaret Poydock, Economic Policy Institute. (2023-03-01). Flexible Work Without Exploitation. popularresistance.org Digital platform companies like Uber, Lyft, Instacart, and DoorDash are waging increasingly aggressive campaigns to erode long-standing labor rights and consumer protections in states across the country. Though they rely on the labor of millions of workers to provide their services, platform companies have established a business model on the premise that they employ no one. This business model has been built by denying workers fundamental rights and protections through outright refusal to follow existing laws, widespread misclassification of workers as "independent contractors," payment of subminimum wages, and s…

Matthew Ehret (2023-03-01). Why Do George Soros and Steve Bannon Agree that the CPC Must be Destroyed? (A New Documentary). thelastamericanvagabond.com Modern Americans have become much more malleable than many would like to admit. Despite those powerful founding documents that enshrine freedom, inalienable rights and the general welfare as driving moral principles of law, economics and politics, very few living Americans fully seem to have a living connection to that powerful tradition which saw eight presidents

National Network on Cuba. (2023-03-01). National Network On Cuba Condemns Biden's Country Report. popularresistance.org There is no mistake about it. With the February 27 release of the State Department Country Report on Terrorism 2021, President Biden accepted ownership of the illegal U.S. economic war on Cuba, following suit with Donald Trump, George Bush, and Ronald Reagan's hawkishness with the false designation of Cuba as a so-called "State Sponsor of Terror." | Unbelievably Biden's Secretary of State asserts that "Cuba had repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism since its State Sponsor of Terrorism designation had been rescinded in 2015." Despite this untrue report, Pres. Biden need only review the pa…

Staff (2023-03-01). Venezuelan Foreign Minister at UN: Blockades Continue Colonialism. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, February 28, Venezuelan Foreign Affairs Minister Yván Gil, during his speech at the Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN), said that blockades represent the "continuity of neocolonialism, and now they are implemented as political and economic weapons by the hegemonic countries against the peoples of the south." | The top Venezuelan diplomat reiterated that the 928 coercive measures issued against Venezuela are crimes against humanity. In the same way, he reviewed the most serious of the illegal coercive economic measures—euphemistically referred to as "sanctions"—that the Venez…

infobrics (2023-03-02). Kiev regime flooding black markets with NATO-sourced weapons. infobrics.org US officials claim they're unable to audit Ukraine-bound weapons once they leave Poland, but the real issue is if they even want to know. Considering the nearly mythical status they've given to Zelensky, revealing his involvement in arms smuggling could be rather "uncomfortable" and might even backfire.

Mohammed Samaana (2023-03-01). Violence will continue in the Mideast as Long as the US runs interference for Israeli Squatting and its Pogroms against Palestinians. juancole.com Belfast (Special to Informed Comment) — I was horrified to watch the February 22 Israeli army assault on Nablus where I was born. I grew up on its outskirts and completed my secondary education there. I yearn for its beautiful old city, renowned for Turkish baths, a traditional olive-oil soap industry and old markets filled …

ecns.cn (2023-03-02). Relocation projects help boost income of residents. ecns.cn An increasing number of people who participated in State-sponsored mass relocation projects, aimed at curbing some of China's most entrenched poverty, have landed jobs near their new homes.

WSWS (2023-03-02). New Zealand's flooding disaster and the case for socialism. wsws.org The avoidable devastation caused by Cyclone Gabrielle, which has left thousands of people homeless and threatens to plunge many more into poverty, is an unanswerable indictment of capitalism.

Birrion Sondahl (2023-03-01). Socialism Works and History Proves It. realprogressives.org If capitalism were so successful at eliminating poverty, the United States today should be a paradise on earth.

WSWS (2023-03-01). Child and youth poverty in Germany rises sharply. wsws.org According to a report by the Bertelsmann Foundation, 2.88 million children under the age of 18 and 1.55 million young adults under the age of 25 were considered poor or "at risk of poverty" in 2021.

WSWS (2023-03-01). Ford to pay near-poverty wages at new Michigan battery plant. wsws.org A document submitted by Ford reveals the the company plans to pay most workers at its planned battery plant in Marshall, Michigan $20 an hour, barely above the minimum wage level required to purchase basic necessities.

Scott Ferguson (2023-03-01). Gramatneusiedl's Job Guarantee w/ Thomas Schwab. mronline.org This month, Money on the Left is joined by Thomas Schwab who, as mayor of Gramatneusiedl in Lower Austria, oversees a promising Job Guarantee pilot program. Seeking to eliminate long-term unemployment, the program guarantees public jobs to anyone in the community who seeks them. In our conversation, we explore the philosophy and structure of Gramatneusiedl's municipal employment service.

infobrics (2023-03-02). Employment and Labour on Worker Rights at BRICS Summit. infobrics.org Worker rights are the cornerstone of a fair, just and prosperous society as they ensure that employees have access to safe working conditions, a BRICS meeting was told in Muldersdrift, west of Johannesburg…

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-03-01). Rail workers of the world, unite! therealnews.com From unions in the United States fighting to save our supply chain from the destruction wrought by corporate tycoons, Wall Street vampires, and bought-off politicians, to the National Union of Rail, Maritime, and Transport Workers (RMT) leading the fight against austerity politics and ruling-class union busting in the United Kingdom, to rail workers with the General Confederation of Labour (CGT) in France joining their compatriots in the streets in a general strike against President Emmanuel Macron's neoliberal attack on the country's beloved pension system, rail workers around the world are fighting differ…

ecns.cn (2023-03-02). Tourism insiders visit HK to explore opportunities. ecns.cn The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on Wednesday welcomed the first large-scale tourism inspection group from the Chinese mainland since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing new hopes for wider and deeper cross-border tourism collaboration.

Labor Video Project (2023-03-02). E. Palestine EPA Cover-up & SF Hunters Point/Treasure Island Connection with Greg Schwartz. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews investigative journalist Greg Schwartz about the connection between the East Palestine EPA hiring of Tetra Tech and the connection between Tetra Tech's record of fraud and retaliation of whistleblowers at the supposed clean-up at Hunters Point and Treasure Island. He also exposes that Black Rock and Vanguard Group are the top two shareholders of the Norfolk Southern Railway and Tetra Tech.

Labor Video Project (2023-03-02). Justice For Keita O'Neil! SF DA Jenkin Fronting For POA & Developers In Dropping Charges. indybay.org

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-02). 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…

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-03-02). Médicos españoles protestan en Madrid por mejoras laborales. telesurtv.net La huelga se produce luego de que los sindicatos sostuvieran un infructuoso encuentro con el consejero de Sanidad.

teleSUR, nb, JCM (2023-03-02). China denuncia manipulación sobre origen del Covid-19. telesurtv.net Expertos de la OMS junto con especialistas chinos desmintieron la posibilidad de que el coronavirus se filtrara de un laboratorio, tras una visita a las correspondientes en Wuhan.

WorkWeek (2023-03-02). Turkey Earthquake, Corruption & Erdogan, Ballad Of Harry Bridges & ILWU Mumia On WorkWeek. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the Turkey Earthquake, Corruption & Erdogan & Ballad Of Harry Bridges along with the ILWU Local 10 initiated Labor Community March for Mumia Abu-Jamal on 2/16/23.

WSWS (2023-03-02). Australia's largest-ever real wage cut highlights need for rank-and-file committees. wsws.org The sharpest decline was in the highly unionised public sector, underscoring the role of Labor governments and the union apparatus in spearheading the slashing of wages.

americanthinker (2023-03-02). Border surge's boom in child labor forces Biden to go after Ben and Jerry's, Target, and other wokester corporate allies. americanthinker.com Funny what open borders can do to a guy's wokester campaign contributors.

Arnold August, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-03-01). The War In Ukraine Is Part Of The Labor Pains Of A World That Will Emerge. popularresistance.org As many heads of state and prime ministers ponder the war in Ukraine, I call attention to one head of state, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. In a January 1, 2023 interview with Franco-Spanish journalist and author Ignacio Ramonet, President Maduro said, "The war in Ukraine is part of the labor pains of a world that will emerge." Here is his full commentary on the international situation. | "The world is undoubtedly in a very difficult situation, we are experiencing the pains of giving birth to a different world. We have always advocated the construction of a pluripolar, multicentric world, with different pol…

Arnold August (2023-03-01). President Maduro: 'The War in Ukraine Is Part of the Labor Pains of a World That Will Emerge,' a Geopolitical and Historical Analysis. orinocotribune.com By Arnold August — Feb 27, 2023 | As many heads of state and prime ministers ponder the war in Ukraine, I call attention to one head of state, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. In a January 1, 2023 interview with Franco-Spanish journalist and author Ignacio Ramonet, President Maduro said, "The war in Ukraine is part of the labor pains of a world that will emerge." Here is his full commentary on the international situation. | "The world is undoubtedly in a very difficult situation, we are experiencing the pains of giving birth to a different world. We have always advocated the construction of a pluripolar,…

Dana Sanchez (2023-03-01). The Wealthy Are Buying Up Properties, Profiting From Housing Recession And Shortages. moguldom.com As labor continued its shift to remote work and property prices crashed in the covid bust, wealthy investors in 2022 were the most active buyers of commercial property and they paid cash for almost a third of U.S. homes purchased. The housing market is in a recession, and all-cash offers continue as a way to sidestep …

Dave Welsh (2023-03-01). Transatlantic labor solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal. workers.org Credit: NUMSA A South Africa labor meeting to build solidarity for Mumia Abu-Jamal was held in Durban, South Africa, during the last week of January 2023. This picture was taken in Johannesburg at the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) headquarters during the meeting. South Africa's largest union . . . |

Mark Gruenberg (2023-03-01). Union leaders hail Su nomination as new Labor Secretary. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Union leaders hailed Democratic President Joe Biden's nomination of Deputy Labor Secretary Julie Su, the aggressive former California Labor Commissioner, to succeed her boss, Laborers Local 223 member Marty Walsh, in the U.S. Labor Department's top job. So did Senate Labor Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders, Ind-Vt., whose panel will schedule a confirmation hearing for Su, …

Sharon Zhang (2023-03-01). A 4-Day Work Week Bill Is Being Reintroduced in the House as Idea Gains Speed. truthout.org Rep. Mark Takano is planning to introduce a proposal that would shorten the standard work week in the U.S. to four days as the idea gains traction in Washington. Takano, a Democrat from California, is planning to reintroduce a bill that would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to establish a standard work week that is 32 hours rather than 40, amounting to four eight-hour workdays. |

Sharon Zhang (2023-03-01). Sanders Moves to Subpoena Starbucks CEO Over Rampant Union Busting. truthout.org Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee Chair Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) announced on Wednesday that he is setting up a vote on subpoenaing Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz after Schultz refused Sanders's request to testify about the company's rampant union busting last month. Sanders said that Schultz's avoidance of the request has "given us no choice but to subpoena him" and… |

WSWS (2023-03-01). Fake concern about gambling addiction emerges in Australian state election. wsws.org Under the guise of curbing problem gambling, Labor and the Coalition are proposing policies that will do nothing to limit its impact, let alone address the social crisis driving the growth of gambling in working-class areas.

Staff (2023-03-01). Longest Alabama Strike Ends as Warrior Met Coal Miners Return. Record Coal Prices Help Break Strike. democracynow.org In Alabama, hundreds of striking miners are set to return to work Thursday after nearly two years spent on picket lines in the so-called right-to-work state. This was the longest strike in Alabama history. Its end comes after the Warrior Met Coal company successfully used replacement workers to keep its mines running, reporting large profits to shareholders due to the skyrocketing price of coal. At the same time, the company told miners they would only retain their jobs if they agreed to a 20% pay cut and to relinquish various benefits relating to weekend pay and healthcare. We go to Birmingham, Alabama, for an u…

Juan Cole (2023-03-02). Israel's Ahmadinejad: Smotrich calls for Palestinian Town to be Wiped off the Map. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli minister of finance, Bezalel Smotrich, who is also the civil administrator of the Palestinian West Bank in the Defense Ministry, called Wednesday for the Palestinian town of Huwwara to be "wiped out of existence." Smotrich was at a conference held by the financial newspaper TheMarker, and was asked …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-02). 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…

infobrics (2023-03-01). India Steel Imports from Russia Rise to Eight-year High. infobrics.org India's imports of Russian steel rose to an eight-year high during the first 10 months of the financial year that began in April 2022, government data compiled by Reuters showed…

WSWS (2023-03-01). US Supreme Court poised to overturn Biden administration's limited student debt relief plan. wsws.org Currently, some 43 million borrowers in the United States owe over $1.7 trillion in student federal loan debt representing a massive and looming financial burden for a significant section of the working class.

WSWS (2023-03-02). Union "sets stage" for strike vote by 6,000 FedEx pilots in US. wsws.org Six thousand FedEx pilots are determined to win above-inflation wage increases and end exhausting and dangerous work loads.

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-02). Russia Says It Might Continue Talks With US on New START Treaty. news.antiwar.com Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Wednesday left the door open on continued contacts with the US on New START even though Russia has officially suspended its participation in the treaty. Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on Tuesday officially suspending Russia's participation in New START, which limits the deployment of nuclear warheads …

ecns.cn (2023-03-02). China remains a popular destination for foreign investment: FM. ecns.cn Facts show that China remains a popular destination for foreign investment, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-02). China remains a popular destination for foreign investment: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn

Fight Back (2023-03-02). MN protests upcoming SBI meeting to demand divestment from Israel. fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – In lively spirits backed by a score of endorsing car horns, over 50 Palestine solidarity and anti-war activists demonstrated in front of the Minnesota Governor's Mansion on February 25, demanding that the Minnesota State Board of Investment (SBI) divest from apartheid Israel, as it did from apartheid South Africa. | The action was initiated by the Anti-War Committee in the lead up to the SBI's Thursday meeting, where the Anti-War Committee will deliver this demand to the Board, speaking on behalf of over a thousand Minnesotans who have signed onto their petition to divest. | The Minnesota State B…

Khubaka, Michael Harris (2023-03-02). California Pan African Global Trade in the wake of 2022 US-Africa Business Summit. indybay.org Our 11th Annual, Pan African Global Trade and Investment Conference is poised to bring together key global leaders together with a focused Food and Ag spark to expand California Pan African Global Trade throughout the African Continental Free Trade Area and beyond.

americanthinker (2023-03-01). A Year Later, Ukraine Still Matters. americanthinker.com A small amount to destroy the conventional capabilities of a pariah state, while not placing a single American in harm's way, seems like a wise investment.

Dana Sanchez (2023-03-01). After Mass Layoffs, Goldman Sachs Plans To Staff Up For Its Blockchain Platform. moguldom.com Goldman Sachs, the second-largest investment bank in the world by revenue, laid off about 3,200 people in January but is ready to hire more staff this year in its digital asset division to explore blockchain applications. Mathew McDermott, head of Goldman's digital asset division, said in a Bloomberg interview his team is open to growing …

Franc Contreras (2023-03-01). China ramps up investment in Mexico. america.cgtn.com In the wake of renewed tensions between the U.S. and China, Chinese and American companies are adjusting their delivery strategies. Mexico has looked at how it can set up more business opportunities with Mexico. Here's more.

Phyllis Bennis, In These Times. (2023-03-01). We Need To Cut The Military Budget, But Don't Trust The Far Right To Do It. popularresistance.org Since Republicans took control of the House of Representatives earlier this year, the so-called "Freedom Caucus"‚Äâ—‚Äâthe badly misnamed right-fringe of the congressional GOP‚Äâ—‚Äâhas been flexing its influence. | Caucus members are deeply invested in an agenda that would increase inequality and enrich corporations and billionaires, strip hard-won rights from people of color, immigrants, women, and the LGBTQ community, destroy the environment to enrich fossil fuel companies and slash social investment for the po…

Jim Hightower (2023-03-01). Before Norfolk Southern Poisoned Ohio, It Poisoned the Statehouse. otherwords.org "The Wreck of the Old 97" is a classic bluegrass song recounting Fully 120 years later we have the "Wreck of the Norfolk Southern" — a devastating crash caused by the company's demand that it be allowed to run an ill-equipped, understaffed, largely unregulated, 1.7 mile train carrying flammable, cancer-causing toxins through communities, putting profit over people and public safety. | This rolling bomb of…

Fight Back (2023-03-02). On International Women's Day, let's remember Alexandra Kollontai. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – International Women's Day is an ideal occasion to recognize and honor the accomplishments of women across the globe. Let us use this opportunity to recognize the importance of Alexandra Kollontai, an ardent supporter of gender equality and a pioneering fighter for the rights of women. | Kollontai was a Russian Marxist theorist who, in 1913, authored an article entitled "Women's Day" in Pravda prior to the first International Women's Day celebration in Russia. Her article was and is a revolutionary contribution to the struggle for women's rights and her impactful words continu…

WSWS (2023-03-02). Worker in China in violent clash over unpaid wages. wsws.org Yin, who had worked at an electronics factory and not been paid, killed three people in a clash in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, China.

WSWS (2023-03-02). The East Palestine disaster: A crime of capitalism. wsws.org The poisoning of East Palestine, Ohio, is not merely an environmental catastrophe. It is a man-made disaster which raises fundamental questions about the structure of the society which produced it.

SAM (2023-03-01). When Will Congress Vote To Condemn The Horrors Of Capitalism? progressivehub.net ROB LARSON | CURRENT AFFAIRS…

ecns.cn (2023-03-02). China's industrial added value exceeds $5.81 trillion in 2022. ecns.cn China's industrial added value exceeded 40 trillion yuan ($5.81 trillion) in 2022, accounting for 33.2 percent of GDP, Jin Zhuanglong, minister Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said at a press conference held Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-02). China's industrial value added exceeds $5.81 trillion in 2022. ecns.cn China's industrial added value exceeded 40 trillion yuan ($5.81 trillion) in 2022, accounting for 33.2 percent of GDP, Jin Zhuanglong, minister Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said at a press conference held Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-02). R&D of 6G, other future tech to get high priority. ecns.cn China will "fully" promote the research and development of 6G as well as other cutting-edge technologies — including humanoid robots, the metaverse and quantum technology — this year so as to better support the construction of a modern industrial system.

WSWS (2023-03-02). Sri Lankan workers strike in defiance of government's essential service orders. wsws.org Wednesday's strikes and protests powerfully indicate the determination of workers to fight the government's social attacks. By contrast, the trade unions did everything they could limit to the industrial action.

The Tricontinental (2023-03-01). Dossier No. 61: The Strategic Revolutionary Thought and Legacy of Hugo Chávez Ten Years After His Death. mronline.org Hugo Chávez emerged in the history of Venezuela, the Global South, and the international revolutionary movement when the thesis that ideological disputes throughout the world had ended was most entrenched. Far from being over, history had an important task for the Venezuelan people, who rose up against neoliberalism in 1989 and who continue to build a project of twenty-first-century socialism today.

àÅlvaro Rodriguez (2023-03-01). El presidente de México está bajo el ataque de los neoliberales en casa y en los EE. UU. peoplesworld.org La clase dominante de México está contra las cuerdas y está recurriendo a algunas tácticas desesperadas. Recientemente, realizaron una protesta multipartidista protagonizada por una mujer blanca, la madre del principal líder opositor Claudio X. Gonzales (ex empleado de la corporación estadounidense Kimberly Clark en México), llamó a los partidarios del presidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador …

Freedom Socialist Party (2023-03-02). Wednesday 3/8: Black Liberation Reading Circle. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St., San Francisco, near Ellis St. Seven blocks from Civic Center BART, on or near Muni bus lines #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49. Wheelchair Accessible, Also via Zoom…

Staff (2023-03-02). Eligen a nuevo presidente de la República Socialista de Vietnam. cubadebate.cu Vo Van Thuong fue elegido este jueves como presidente de la República Socialista de Vietnam en una sesión extraordinaria de la decimoquinta legislatura de la Asamblea Nacional. El mandato de Van Thuong se extenderá hasta 2026. El nuevo mandatario, de 52 años, fue respaldado por más del 98% del Parlamento.

WSWS (2023-03-02). Support the strike against government austerity! Withdraw draconian essential service orders! Fight for a socialist program to defend workers' social and democratic rights! wsws.org Workers should take the struggle for their social and democratic rights into their own hands. The SEP urges workers to form their own action committees independent of all capitalist parties and trade unions in every workplace, factory, plantation and neighborhood.

Fight Back (2023-03-01). Join your local International Women's Day event! fightbacknews.org Fight Back! has collected a partial list of International Women's Day marches, events and celebrations that members of Freedom Road Socialist Organization are helping to build and lead. We encourage you to find the event nearest to you and attend. | | Eastern Time Zone | New York City, NY | Sturday, March 11, 3: 00pm | Barclays Center, 620 Atlantic, Ave, Brooklyn, NY | A demonstration against sexual assault and mistreatment of women by the NYPD. Organized by New York Community Action Project (NYCAP)…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-01). Fred M'membe: It's the US, Not China, that Threatens African Sovereignty. libya360.wordpress.com In this powerful interview on BreakThrough News, Fred M'membe (leader of the Socialist Party of Zambia) explodes the myth of Chinese colonialism in Zambia. He states: "China has never threatened our independence. We've never been subjected to any form of mistreatment or exploitation by China, but we can't say the same about the US." M'membe recalls…

Norman Markowitz (2023-03-01). A few of the Communist women who shaped U.S. history. peoplesworld.org For Women's History Month, People's World presents this article from the Political Affairs archives. It was first published in April 2010. From its very outset, the struggle for women's liberation has had deep connections to the development of the socialist movement. The utopian socialist Charles Fourier said famously that a society was judged by its …

WSWS (2023-03-01). UK teachers speak from picket lines during latest three days of strikes. wsws.org Roughly 200,000 teachers represented by the National Education Union (NEU) are taking strike action this week. World Socialist Web Site reporters attended pickets and spoke with those taking action.

ecns.cn (2023-03-02). Senior CPC officials report work to CPC Central Committee, Xi. ecns.cn Senior officials of the Communist Party of China (CPC) have recently submitted reports on their work to the CPC Central Committee and Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee.

ecns.cn (2023-03-02). Communique of the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. ecns.cn The following is the full text of the communique of the second plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China:…

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