(2022-03-16). As the Fed Prepares to Raise Rates, the Inflation Hawks are Running Wild. cepr.net With bad news on oil prices, and a new wave of Covid shutdowns in China, the inflation hawks are getting really excited. After all, higher oil prices and further supply disruptions are sure to add to the inflation the economy is already seeing. I guess they were right with their warnings. Okay, let's get back …
(2022-03-16). Silence in the media and Labour "left" on Assange's extradition danger. wsws.org The Biden administration intends to prosecute Assange for charges under the Espionage Act with a potential sentence of 175 years in prison. This would be served in barbaric conditions, that previous judgements acknowledged could drive him to suicide.
(2022-03-16). Profesionales de salud de Haití en paro contra secuestros. telesurtv.net Concluyen este miércoles una huelga de tres días para rechazar la creciente ola de secuestros y la inseguridad.
(2022-03-16). Minneapolis teachers and support professionals strike enters week two. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis MN – Teachers and education support professionals at Minneapolis Public Schools began a strike on March 8, shutting down the Minneapolis school system. Today, March 14, the strike continues as the schools remain closed for a second week. | Over the weekend a series of events were held by the striking educators; there we also several actions called by community and labor supporters in the area. | On Saturday, March 12, a car caravan called by the Minnesota Immigrants' Rights Committee (MIRAC) wound its way through Minneapolis streets to end at the Davis Center where the Minneapolis Public Schools off…
(2022-03-16). "Give Us Our Money" SF UESF Teachers Demand Pay & Occupy SFSUD Offices To Get Back Pay. indybay.org Dozens of teachers, members of UESF and supporters rallied at the SFUSD district to demand their back pay. They also had a sleep until they get what is owed them.
(2022-03-16). Australian mental health workers to take stopwork action. wsws.org The HACSU has called the three-hour stopwork to try to head off the growing anger of poorly-paid mental health workers toward the state Labor government.
(2022-03-16). Tefere Gebre leaves AFL-CIO for Greenpeace. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON —Tefere Gebre, the one-time teenage Ethiopian refugee, and the first local central labor council official to attain one of the top three posts at the AFL-CIO, has left the labor federation for a top job at Greenpeace. The federation announced his departure, which occurred at the end of February, in an Executive Council statement …
(2022-03-16). [Articles] Healthcare workers' views on mandatory SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in the UK: A cross-sectional, mixed-methods analysis from the UK-REACH study. thelancet.com Only one in six of the HCWs in this large, diverse, UK-wide sample favoured mandatory vaccination. Building trust, educating, and supporting HCWs who are hesitant about vaccination may be more acceptable, effective, and equitable.
(2022-03-16). China's home prices slightly up in February. ecns.cn China continued to see a generally stable housing market in February, with home prices in 70 major cities showing slight month-on-month increases, official data showed Wednesday.
(2022-03-16). Nickel crisis points to fragility of global finance. wsws.org Major banks, led by JPMorgan Chase, struck a deal not to pursue margin calls on the Chinese metals group Tsingshan lest this provoked a wider financial crisis.
(2022-03-16). Not all Refugees are Equal: Plight of Palestinians Displaced by Israel Worsening. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Financial support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is dwindling, despite the renewed mandates and financial contribution pledges by world leaders. "The almost unanimous political support expressed by the UN General Assembly to the Agency is not translated into matching financial resources," UNRWA's Commissioner-General, …
(2022-03-16). The ominous omnibus: Pentagon wins, workers lose. workers.org 
A $1.5 trillion "omnibus" spending bill, which President Joe Biden is expected to sign, passed the House and Senate March 10. Over half the money in the Consolidated Appropriations Act — $782 billion, a $42 billion increase over fiscal 2021 — is going for Pentagon spending. Of course NATO, the . . . |
(2022-03-16). Mayo Clinic researchers recommend investments in vaccine safety in Nature commentary. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The leaders of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group are emphasizing the need for increased long-term study of vaccines and their mechanisms with future safety of patients in mind. Gregory Poland, M.D., and Richard Kennedy, Ph.D., write in their commentary in the scientific journal Nature Reviews Immunology that greater focus on understanding vaccines' downstream effects, not only on immunity but also on all the other biological systems will provide information that can help make vaccines safer…
(2022-03-16). Comrades, especially in the U.S., we need to seriously talk about what's going on in the working class. workers.org 
By Larry Holmes "In the absence of organization, working people do not constitute a class but rather an incoherent mass, scattered over the whole country and broken up by their mutual competition." — Karl Marx and Frederick Engels, The Communist Manifesto Milwaukee Starbucks workers show support for a union. . . . |
(2022-03-16). Tuesday 3/22: "How Marxists Think" – Online Reading & Discussion Group. indybay.org Online via Zoom | To register: bit.ly/RevSheWrote…
(2022-03-16). ALBERT EINSTEIN AND THE BILLIONAIRE DOGS OF WAR. indybay.org Einstein, Today, War and Capitalism…
(2022-03-16). New president Gabriel Boric says Chile will be 'neoliberalism's grave'. peoplesworld.org 
SANTIAGO—Gabriel Boric of the left-wing Approve Dignity coalition was sworn in as the president of Chile on March 11. The 36-year-old Boric became the youngest president in the country's history, after winning the presidential run-off in December 2021. During the investiture held at the Hall of Honor of the National Congress, in the city of …
(2022-03-16). Mass Grave In Mariupol. Who May Buried There And Why. southfront.org 
An official representative of the DPR said at an urgent briefing on the morning of 16 March that information had been received from various sources that another falsification had been carried out by the Ukrainian leadership in the city of Mariupol. | This time, the office of the Ukrainian President set the task for the Ukrainian armed forces' command to discredit the actions of the Russian forces by showing the Western public the mass graves of civilians allegedly killed as a result of artillery shellin…
(2022-03-16). Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution of 81 Men: Rampant Abuses in Criminal Justice System, lack of Fair Trials. juancole.com Human Rights Watch — (Beirut) — Saudi authorities' execution of 81 men on March 12, 2022 was its largest mass execution in years despite recent promises to curtail its use of the death penalty, Human Rights Watch said today. Rampant and systemic abuses in Saudi Arabia's criminal justice system suggest it is highly unlikely that …
(2022-03-16). Top 7 Ways Iran evaded US Sanctions that Putin could Follow. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The sorts of sanctions and boycotts the United States and its allies are placing on Russia resemble those applied by Washington to Iran off and on in the past decade, though so far the measures in place against Tehran are still far more severe than what has been done to …
(2022-03-15). Waltzing Toward Armageddon With The Merchants Of Death. popularresistance.org The Cold War, from 1945 to 1989, was a wild Bacchanalia for arms manufacturers, the Pentagon, the CIA, the diplomats who played one country off another on the world's chess board, and the global corporations able to loot and pillage by equating predatory capitalism with freedom. In the name of national security, the Cold Warriors, many of them self-identified liberals, demonized labor, independent media, human rights organizations, and those who opposed the permanent war economy and the militarization of American society as soft on communism. | That is why they have resurrected it. | The decision to spurn the pos…
(2022-03-15). US threatens trade embargo as fighting continues to escalate, sanctions devastate Russian economy. wsws.org Announcing a further escalation of economic warfare against Russia, the US deputy treasury secretary threatened that the US was considering a full trade embargo on Russia and the closure of international waterways to the country.
(2022-03-15). Bolivia: Wheat and Fuel Sources Remain Secure. libya360.wordpress.com Bolivia: State to Guarantee Provision of Wheat Bolivian bakers will be able to continue producing bread at a stable price for the coming year amid a worldwide wheat supply shortage. The Minister of Productive Development and Plural Economy, Néstor Huanca, informed on Sunday that the Food Production Support Company (EMAPA) has stockpiled a volume of…
(2022-03-15). China's central SOEs see steady revenue, profit growth in first 2 months. ecns.cn China's centrally administered state-owned enterprises (SOEs) reported steady revenue and profit growth in the first two months of 2022, according to the country's top state asset regulator.
(2022-03-15). Venezuela Defines Conditions for Sale of Oil to US. orinocotribune.com The government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela maintained its willingness to resume its oil trade with countries such as the United States, and even those that belong to the European Union, but it has clearly outlined the diplomatic and political conditions necessary for any exchange to take place. | Venezuela's position was reiterated by its Minister for Foreign Affairs, Félix Plasencia, within the framework of the Antalya Diplomatic Forum, in the Republic of Turkey. This international meeting of diplomats coincides with the energy crisis facing North America and Europe, due to the economic blockade they…
(2022-03-15). Chinese vaccines save lives, drive economic recovery in Cambodia. ecns.cn Chinese COVID-19 vaccines have not only protected lives and stabilized the health system, but also helped boost economic recovery in Cambodia, officials and experts said here on Tuesday.
(2022-03-15). Occidente impulsa la alianza económica ruso-china. globalizacion.ca La obsesiva política de extorsiones económicas-financieras lanzadas por Washington y sus aliados contra Rusia, tras esta nación realizar una operación especial en Ucrania para detener el avance de la OTAN hacia sus fronteras, ha provocado que se fortalezca aún más…
(2022-03-15). China's industrial output up 7.5 pct in first two months. ecns.cn China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 7.5 percent year on year in the first two months of this year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.
(2022-03-15). Say Hello to Russian Gold and Chinese Petroyuan. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar Russia says half its gold assets were frozen — is this for real or a slick play by Moscow? Photo Credit: The Cradle The Russia-led Eurasian Economic Union and China just agreed to design the mechanism for an independent financial and monetary system that would bypass dollar transactions. It was a long time coming,…
(2022-03-15). Biden's Sanctions on Afghanistan. zcomm.org The economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies are causing widespread, severe hunger in this desperately poor country…
(2022-03-15). Ardebil Bazaar ahead of Nowruz. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) — In recent days leading to Nowruz, the markets and bazaars in Ardebil in northwestern Iran are filled with people who are buying new clothes and items needed in preparation for celebrating the new year.
(2022-03-15). Ford Motor Company severs EVs from traditional business, threatening massive job cuts and poverty wages. wsws.org Ford will invest $30 billion in EVs, a huge infusion which will likely not result in profits for years, paid for by cutting its internal combustion business to the bone.
(2022-03-15). Women and labor: key struggles in the MENA region. roarmag.org 
Woman holding signs against gender violence at a protest to denounce violence against women in Tunis, Tunisia. November 30, 2019. Photo: Mohamed Krit / Shutterstock. | This essay is published in collaboration with Public Services International | | How do women and gender equality measures advance in a context of conflict, climate change, high unemployment, low labor force participation, limited democratization and a pandemic? These are challenges facing the Arab region as many citizens, women's rights organizations, some governments and external…
(2022-03-15). Moody's Analytics: Inflation Is Costing Average U.S. Household $300 A Month. moguldom.com U.S. households are spending $296 more a month compared to a year ago, and low-income households are feeling it worse than others. Consumer prices rose 7.9 percent in February, year over year, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. As inflation keeps rising, household costs will keep rising, according to a February report from economists at Moody's Analytics. …
(2022-03-15). Long Covid Researcher: Getting Covid Has Long-Term Implications, Risk Of Early Dementia, Stroke, Cognitive Impairment. moguldom.com Getting covid-19 has implications for long-term illness that is making employees stay away from work, and could cause other complications including dementia, stroke, and cognitive impairment, according to research. About a quarter of employers in a U.K. study said that the effects of long covid have exacerbated the labor shortage. The world marked two years …
(2022-03-15). Australia: No charges for deadly explosion at Anglo American's Grosvenor mine. wsws.org The Queensland Labor government's Workplace Health and Safety Prosecutor has confirmed no charge will be laid against Anglo American over the Grosvenor mine disaster.
(2022-03-15). How Trade Union Workers Are Joining to Support Ukraine. independentmediainstitute.org Terry Bohuslawsky spoke Ukrainian before he ever learned English, attended Ukrainian schools in Cleveland and, along with his classmates, looked forward each year to decorating the elaborate Easter eggs known as pysanky. Bohuslawsky, whose parents emigrated from Ukraine, continued to honor his heritage in adulthood. He worked with others to preserve the culture at home …
(2022-03-15). Encuentran el cuerpo sin vida del niño desaparecido en Los Palacios. cubadebate.cu Desde horas de la tarde de ayer, Fuerzas del Cuerpo de Bomberos en Pinar del Río, que realizaban junto al MININT, vecinos del lugar y las autoridades del Partido y el Gobierno del municipio de Los Palacios realizaban labores de búsqueda del menor Yadiel González Macias, de 11 años de edad. Fue encontrado el cadáver del infante a 12 metros de la orilla.
(2022-03-15). Helen Winter, CPUSA leader, labor and peace activist. cpusa.org 
In 1908, as the first decade of the 20th century was coming to a close, Helen Winter was born in Seattle, Washington. Her parents, Alfred Wagenknecht and Hortense Allison, as leaders of the Washington State Socialist Party, no doubt hoped that their daughters would grow up to understand and fully participate in the ongoing …
(2022-03-15). Addition of Nonauthor Collaborator Names for the HiFLo-Covid Investigators. jamanetwork.com The Original Investigation titled "Effect of High-Flow Oxygen Therapy vs Conventional Oxygen Therapy on Invasive Mechanical Ventilation and Clinical Recovery in Patients With Severe COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial," published in the December 7, 2021, issue of JAMA, has been updated to include the nonauthor collaborator (group) names in a supplement. This article was corrected online.
(2022-03-15). Pakistan's Imran Khan govt. struggles with political crisis and IMF negotiations amid mass discontent. peoplesdispatch.org The Pakistani government's discussions with the IMF have hit a roadblock after it reduced fuel prices and announced a tax amnesty. Meanwhile, opposition parties have called for a no-confidence motion…
(2022-03-15). Spanish truckers mount nationwide strike against rising fuel prices. wsws.org As strikes spread in Italy, Morocco and beyond, an international movement is emerging against the rise in prices now accelerated by NATO-EU sanctions against Russia.
(2022-03-15). The U.S. Government Doesn't Control Domestic Oil Production. But It Should. zcomm.org The oil and gas industry won't increase production because it's enjoying the profits from high prices…
(2022-03-15). Oil Companies Are Making a Fortune From Soaring Prices. zcomm.org ConocoPhillips, Chevron, and other oil companies are paying negative taxes on huge profits…
(2022-03-15). China's fixed-asset investment up 12.2 pct in first two months. ecns.cn China's fixed-asset investment went up 12.2 percent year on year in the first two months of the year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.
(2022-03-15). Crimean War wasn't "collective security" mronline.org 
Eric Lee's latest column (2 March) contains the occasionally repeated claim that Marx supported the Anglo-French forces in the Crimean War (1853-6).
(2022-03-15). US announces sanctions against 11 Russian defense officials. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 15 (MNA) — The US announced the imposition of sanctions again 11 high-ranking representatives of the Russian forces and military-industrial complex Monday.
(2022-03-15). Germany to purchase 35 nuclear-capable F-35s. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Associated PressMarch 14, 2022 Germany to buy US-made F-35s to replace aging bombers Germany said Monday that it will replace some of its aging Tornado bomber jets with U.S.-made F-35A Lightning II aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons. Announcing the decision, Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said Germany also will upgrade its Eurofighter Typhoon fighter jets …
(2022-03-15). Chris Hedges: Waltzing Toward Armageddon with the Merchants of Death. mintpressnews.com Putin played into the hands of the war industry. He gave the warmongers what they wanted. He fulfilled their wildest fantasies. There will be no impediments now on the march to Armageddon.
(2022-03-15). Nuclear expert speaks on the dangers of war between the US and Russia. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site five years ago interviewed Greg Mello, an expert on the dangers of nuclear war. Today we are republishing that interview.