(2023-03-30). Chinese economy to maintain steady, sustained growth: premier. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang said Thursday that we have the confidence and ability to advance the Chinese economy to break waves, maintain steady and sustained growth and make greater contribution to world economic development.
(2023-03-29). US threatened to invade International Criminal Court. Now it loves ICC for targeting Putin. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
The US government imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court, threatened to arrest judges, and passed a "Hague Invasion Act". Previously, the ICC only prosecuted Africans. But now that it wants to arrest Russian President Putin, Washington praises the court (while still refusing to join it).
(2023-03-29). Undocumented Workers and Freelancers Demand Unemployment Safety Net in New York. truthout.org New York State's social safety net contains a gaping hole: hundreds of thousands of workers whose labor is central to the state's economy are excluded from receiving unemployment insurance. Freelancers, cash economy workers, formerly incarcerated people and undocumented workers are among the large swath of New Yorkers shut out of receiving unemployment protections that "traditional" workers take… |
(2023-03-29). Boao Forum sanguine on Asia prospects. ecns.cn The Asian economy is on track for recovery with strong resilience and vitality despite pressure from weakening global demand and mounting uncertainties, according to a key report issued on Tuesday.
(2023-03-29). America's Fossil Fuel Economy Is Heading For Collapse. popularresistance.org US oil production is about to peak, but the world is unprepared for the tremendous economic and political consequences. The only path through is energy and economic transformation. | The global economy is currently teetering on the edge of a banking crisis. The IPCC has just released its final major report warning that global carbon emissions need to peak and decline immediately if we are to avoid plunging into dangerous global warming by breaching the 1.5C 'safe limit'. And in recent weeks and months, industry leaders have announced that the US shale oil and gas revolution is over. | Yet few if anyone is talking…
(2023-03-29). "Bootstrapped": Alissa Quart on Liberating Ourselves from the Myth of the American Dream. democracynow.org 
We speak with journalist Alissa Quart, executive director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, about her new book, Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream, which examines myths about individualism and self-reliance that underpin the U.S. economy and the inequality it fosters. She says a focus on succeeding through hard work obscures the degree to which many rich and powerful people have benefited from social support, resulting in a cycle of "shame and blame" for those who fall short.
(2023-03-29). China to see mild CPI growth for March. ecns.cn Experts believe China's current inflation is relatively moderate, with the consumer price index in March expected to be around 0.8 percent, Securities Daily reported on Wednesday.
(2023-03-29). Greek Experts Call for Vigilance After US Banking Turmoil. telesurenglish.net In the wake of the banking turmoil triggered by the collapse of three U.S. banks, and the crisis at Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse this spring, Greek experts have called for vigilance and rapid action. | RELATED: | Despite there are no imminent threats to the European banking system and economy and a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis is unlikely, vigilance is required after such banking turmoil. | "I find the U.S. banking crisis…
(2023-03-30). Chinese premier calls for building more dynamic growth centers in Asia. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang called for efforts in Asia to jointly build more dynamic growth centers and inject more certainty into global economic recovery.
(2023-03-30). Mayor of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains Fires Up Environmentalist Wrath. indybay.org While the mountains in general, and Mont Blanc in particular, are now being forced to rethink their future and their economic activities in a context of accelerated climate change, some municipalities seem to be taking these considerations rather lightly.
(2023-03-30). Video: Most Serious Economic and Social Crisis in World History. Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca First published on March 23, 2023 | We are currently at the crossroads of the Most Serious Economic and Social Crisis in World History. It is an outright war against all humanity: the Planet's 8 billion people. | Starting with the corona …
(2023-03-29). Saudi Arabia to Join Shanghai Cooperation Organization. news.antiwar.com On Wednesday, Saudi Arabia's cabinet approved a decision for Riyadh to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a Eurasian security and economic bloc that was founded in 2001 by China, Russia, and several Central Asian countries. According to Saudi state media, Riyadh has approved a memorandum that would make Saudi Arabia a dialogue partner of …
(2023-03-29). Vermont Dairy Workers Battle Corporate Greed and Demand "Milk With Dignity" truthout.org Migrant workers face brutal conditions from the borders to the fields and factories of the U.S. As The Wall Street Journal documented, President Joe Biden's continuation of Donald Trump's anti-immigrant policies has led to 2.2 million arrests and 890 deaths on the border, both record numbers. Migrants are fleeing economic crises often caused by U.S. policies as well as oppressive regimes… |
(2023-03-29). A U.S. general hypes China as threat in Latin America. peoplesworld.org 
The U.S. government has long intervened in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Now, the U.S. military is paying attention to China's economic activities there. Gen. Laura Richardson on March 8 reported to the Armed Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on the actions and needs of the Southern Command, which she heads. …
(2023-03-29). Anti-AUKUS meeting seeks to divert anti-war concern in reactionary nationalist direction. wsws.org The speakers' central criticism of the AUKUS military pact was that it undermines Australia's "national interests"—that is, economic and strategic interests of Australian imperialism, including in the South Pacific and other parts of the region.
(2023-03-29). Vermont Dairy Workers Battle Corporate Greed and Demand "Milk With Dignity" truthout.org Migrant workers face brutal conditions from the borders to the fields and factories of the U.S. As The Wall Street Journal documented, President Joe Biden's continuation of Donald Trump's anti-immigrant policies has led to 2.2 million arrests and 890 deaths on the border, both record numbers. Migrants are fleeing economic crises often caused by U.S. policies as well as oppressive regimes… |
(2023-03-29). A U.S. general hypes China as threat in Latin America. peoplesworld.org The U.S. government has long intervened in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Now, the U.S. military is paying attention to China's economic activities there. Gen. Laura Richardson on March 8 reported to the Armed Services Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives on the actions and needs of the Southern Command, which she heads. …
(2023-03-29). Anti-AUKUS meeting seeks to divert anti-war concern in reactionary nationalist direction. wsws.org The speakers' central criticism of the AUKUS military pact was that it undermines Australia's "national interests"—that is, economic and strategic interests of Australian imperialism, including in the South Pacific and other parts of the region.
(2023-03-29). Honduras looks forward to greater economic ties with China. america.cgtn.com 
Honduras has established diplomatic relations with China, in a move that cut more than eighty years of ties with Taiwan. Alasdair Baverstock is in the country's capital, and sat down with a member of President Xiomara Castros' cabinet, to ask what the Central American …
(2023-03-29). China and BRI countries have more room for cooperation: KPMG head. ecns.cn There is still room for China and the countries along the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to further deepen industrial and supply chain cooperation, said Michael Jiang, head of Clients and Markets of KPMG in China in an interview with China News Service during the Boao Forum for Asia Annual Conference 2023.
(2023-03-30). Tentative agreement would leave tens of thousands of Disney World workers in poverty. wsws.org The starting wage would increase under the new deal from $15 to $20 by 2025.
(2023-03-30). Los Angeles area high school students express support for education workers continuing struggle against sellout tentative agreement. wsws.org Students said they supported teachers getting regular hours and more than "poverty" wages.
(2023-03-29). Detroit Remains Mired in Poverty as City Council Approves $800 Million Tax Giveaway to the Rich. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-29). Hangzhou upgrades social welfare system. ecns.cn The government of Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, has recently upgraded the province's social assistance system to guarantee the livelihoods of people with low incomes.
(2023-03-30). New Zealand high school teachers hold second one-day strike. wsws.org The unions are seeking to divide teachers and block the development of a mass working class movement against the Labour Party government's austerity agenda.
(2023-03-29). Progressives outraged as Labour Party executive blocks Corbyn from re-election on party ticket. peoplesdispatch.org Since he became leader of the Labour Party in 2020, Keir Starmer has been sidelining leftist leaders like Jeremy Corbyn and their supporters within the party…
(2023-03-29). Corbyn accuses Labour leadership of 'denigrating party's democratic foundations'. mronline.org 
Sir Keir confirms plans to permanently block the former Labour leader from the parliamentary party.
(2023-03-30). We've Had Enough! Oakland OEA Teachers Wildcat in Fight for Public Education. indybay.org Hundreds of teachers, community members and unionists joined together on March 24, 2023 to rally and march for public education and for a contract that will protect the schools in Oakland. The wildcat was a challenge to the union busting tactics of the district management.
(2023-03-30). Pajaro Farmworkers, Class, Climate & Justice With Pamela Sexton & Elon Ortez. indybay.org Thousands of farmworkers and their families are fighting for survival after a flood and dangerous health and safety conditions.
(2023-03-30). Director del OIEA recorre central nuclear de Zaporiyia. telesurtv.net El Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA) elabora un concepto para la protección de la central nuclear de Zaporiyia.
(2023-03-30). Saturday 4/1: All Out To Defend The French Workers General Strike-Their Fight Is Our Fight! indybay.org San Francisco French Consulate | 44 Montgomery St #3400, San Francisco, CA 94104…
(2023-03-30). Australia: Labor win in NSW election will not end wage cuts or dire conditions for public sector workers. wsws.org Labor's victory will mean continuing massive cuts to real wages, with tiny nominal increases that the government and the union bureaucracy hope will subdue mounting anger in the working class.
(2023-03-30). Will Lehman files official protest with Department of Labor over illegitimate UAW elections. wsws.org Lehman's complaint contains new and damning information on the close relationship between the Monitor and the auto companies, requiring the Monitor's removal from a re-vote.
(2023-03-30). NSW Labor wins 'battle of civility' in lacklustre campaign. greenleft.org.au Far from a groundswell, NSW Labor government received only a 3.6% swing, after 12 years of Coalition neoliberalism. James Wyner reports.
(2023-03-29). Get Out The Popcorn, Starbucks' Howard Schultz Called Before Senate. popularresistance.org Starbucks projects the image of an employee-friendly company, but its workers have been exposing the contradiction between the company's words and its actions. | On March 29, they'll get some help from the U.S. Senate's HELP Committee, chaired by Bernie Sanders. The Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee has called Howard Schultz, who recently resigned as Starbucks CEO, to testify before Congress about the company's union-busting. | Schultz is likely to be asked to explain why the company has not negotiated a contract with its union, even though the first store unionized in Buffalo in December 2021. Nea…
(2023-03-29). SEIU99/UTLA Membership Voices On Their Strike & Struggle: United We Stand, Divided We Fall. indybay.org Thirty thousand SEIU 99 LAUSD service workers went out on a three day unfair labor practice strike on March 21, 2023 to March 23, 2023. The UTLA members joined the picket line and this united action was a first. Workers spoke out about their conditions and struggles.
(2023-03-29). Schultz Says Starbucks Has Never Broken Labor Laws Despite Dozens of Violations. truthout.org Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz testified during a much-anticipated hearing led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) on Wednesday, parroting what appeared to be blatant lies about the company's fierce anti-union campaign and hundreds of labor law violations over the past year and a half. For the roughly two hours that Schultz was in the hot seat before Sander's Health, Education… |
(2023-03-29). President Maduro: China is a Non-Imperialist Great Power. orinocotribune.com "China gives strong signals that it can be a great power without being an imperialist power," said the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, this Monday. The comments were made in the context of the new multipolar geopolitical reality in which the People's Republic of China has emerged as a great power. | "Relations between Greater China and the Homeland of Bolívar have reached their highest level of mutual trust, collaboration, and work, and our relations are at the highest level, at the best level, that relations between Venezuela and China have ever been," President Maduro said. | The head of state said that…
(2023-03-29). Avanzan labores de búsqueda tras alud de tierra en Alausí, Ecuador. telesurtv.net Las autoridades continúan con la alerta amarilla en esa región del Chimborazo.
(2023-03-29). France burns as millions protest to defend pensions. mronline.org March 23 was a national day of action, a general strike, organized by the labor unions in France.
(2023-03-29). Nueva Zelanda estudia posibilidad de unirse a la alianza AUKUS. cubadebate.cu Nueva Zelanda estudiará una propuesta para unirse parcialmente a la alianza de defensa AUKUS -que integran Estados Unidos, Reino Unido y Australia-, y que incluye un "segundo pilar" por el cual los socios colaboran en el desarrollo de tecnología cuántica, hipersónica, robótica y de inteligencia artificial, así como el intercambio de información sensible.
(2023-03-29). Tevita Uhatafe explains how rank-and-file labor organizers can transform unions. therealnews.com 
(2023-03-29). Millions Protesting Show the Magnitude of Discontent in France. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, thousands of French citizens protested against the pension reform amid violent police repression and the changing attitudes of President Emmanuel Macron's administration. | RELATED: | In the morning, the government spokesman Olivier Veran rejected the proposal for mediation put forward by the French Democratic Confederation of Labor (CFDT) Laurent Berger on the grounds that both parties do not need a mediator to start…
(2023-03-29). Playing with Financial Fire. dissidentvoice.org Capitalism, Marx said, is unceasingly prone to crisis. His observation applies as much to financial capital as to industrial capital, as the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank of New York attest. In their pursuit of profits, banks make loans that borrowers cannot repay or back the loans with assets that lose …
(2023-03-30). University of Michigan graduate student workers strike for living wage. wsws.org The plea by the university, that there is no money, for the kind of raise the graduate students are demanding is a lie. The University of Michigan is one of the wealthiest universities in the US.
(2023-03-29). Credit Suisse Helped Ultra Rich Americans Hide Over $700 Million From IRS. truthout.org The Senate Finance Committee on Thursday published the results of a two-year investigation showing that the scandal-plagued Swiss bank Credit Suisse has been complicit in a "massive, ongoing conspiracy" to help wealthy U.S. citizens dodge taxes. Spearheaded by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the chair of the Senate panel, the probe found that Credit Suisse violated the terms of a 2014 plea agreement with… |
(2023-03-30). Sri Lanka: Kolonnawa residents denounce government's IMF-dictated austerity. wsws.org SEP campaigners spoke with residents at Sanhida Sevana, an 11-storey apartment block accommodating about 200 families about the impact of soaring prices, shortages and deteriorating services.
(2023-03-30). New old financial crisis & China's peace plan. indybay.org Since Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate Corporation, and Signature Bank all toppled within a week in the U.S., and now First Republic Bank has also run into trouble, there are increasing signs that the next big financial crisis, which was only postponed in 2019 by tons of freshly printed central bank money, could now erupt with force. $9 trillion has been injected into the "U.S. market" since 2019.
(2023-03-30). India: Long march by farmers in Maharashtra succeeds after gov't accepts demands. greenleft.org.au Thousands of Indian farmers in the state of Maharashtra held a successfu long march to demand crop price guarantees, land ownership rights for tribal farmers, immediate financial relief and loan waivers, reports Peoples Dispatch/Globetrotter News Service.
(2023-03-29). Changing the Rules of the Banking Game. strategic-culture.org 
A state-owned bank on the model of the Bank of North Dakota can provide low-interest loans, liquidity and financial sovereignty, writes Ellen Brown. | By Ellen BROWN | On CNN on March 14, Roger Altman, a former deputy Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, said that American banks were
(2023-03-29). The banking crisis: Will it push the working class or fascism to rise up? — a WW commentary. workers.org 
The capitalist ruling class is worried that the banking crisis, which began less than a month ago with the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and quickly spread, could ultimately mushroom into a global financial crisis bigger than the crash of 2008. All talk of a "soft landing" has ended. . . . |
(2023-03-29). The banking crisis: Will it push the working class or fascism to rise up? workers.org The capitalist ruling class is worried that the banking crisis, which began less than a month ago with the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and quickly spread, could ultimately mushroom into a global financial crisis bigger than the crash of 2008. All talk of a "soft landing" has ended. . . . |
(2023-03-29). Dilma Rousseff Begins Term as President of BRICS' New Development Bank. orinocotribune.com Former President of Brazil Dilma Rousseff began her work on Tuesday as president of the New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS group, formerly known as BRICS Development Bank. | The former Brazilian president was unanimously elected on Friday as head of the New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS group, made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, as part of its effort to build a new international financial architecture. | Rousseff was elected by vote among the BRICS Board of Governors, made up of the fina…
(2023-03-29). U.S. Army to sextuple artillery shells for Ukraine war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense NewsMarch 28, 2023 US Army eyes sixfold production boost of 155mm shells used in Ukraine The U.S. Army will boost production of 155mm artillery shells more than sixfold to 85,000 a month by fiscal 2028, according to the service's undersecretary. *** The Army is spending $1.45 billion on capacity "to expand 155mm artillery production …
(2023-03-29). Friday 3/24: Media Event / Luncheon for 11th Annual Pan African Global Trade and Investment Conference. indybay.org Town and Country Grand Ballroom | 1215 J Street | Downtown Sacramento…
(2023-03-29). ASIC's corporate criminal cop out. greenleft.org.au A parliamentary inquiry into the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has revealed startling evidence about some of its operations. Suzanne James reports.
(2023-03-30). California will respond to the Pan African Congress call for better seed movement. indybay.org Our California Pan African World Food and Ag Pavilion will offer proposed opportunities towards solutions that offer greater access to global seed research and development. 'We need to hear from farmers how we can continuously and sustainably bridge the gap between seed companies and the farming community, now more pronounced mainly by the negative impact of climate change. On our side, we will endeavor to work with the farmers to help increase the resilience and profitability of African farming in the face of climate change and other challenges,'
(2023-03-29). The Kichwa Community Demands Justice For Violation Of Territorial Rights. popularresistance.org A public hearing was held for the writ of amparo lawsuit filed by the Puerto Franco Kichwa community, who sued the Peruvian State and the Cordillera Azul National Park (PNCAZ) for failing to title their traditional lands, the imposition of an exclusionary conservation model and the generation of profits from the sale of carbon credits without their consent, in the San Martin region of the Peruvian Amazon. | On 22 March, a public hearing was held as part of the amparo process that has been going on before the Mixed Court of Bellavista since 2020, brought forward by the Indigenous Kichwa community of Puerto Franco…
(2023-03-29). AOC Says GOP Energy Bill May as Well Have Been Written Entirely by Big Oil. truthout.org House Republicans are preparing to pass a sweeping energy bill that Democrats, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (New York), have condemned as nothing more than a Big Oil wish list that would pilfer the public's pockets to pad corporate profits. H.R. 1, dubbed the Lower Energy Costs Act, is a combination of several Republican energy and climate proposals that would roll back provisions of… |
(2023-03-29). NYC: Fri. 3/31 Film Screening — Vaccine and Sanctions Áñ´Ëãó‰∏éÂà∂ˣŠat The People Forum 6:30pm. iacenter.org Documentary: Vaccine and Sanctions Áñ´Ëãó‰∏éÂà∂ˣŠA Dialogue Between Chinese and U.S. Community Activists 60 minutes When: Friday, March 31 at 6: 30pm Where: The People's Forum Screening Room 330 West 37th St, NY, NY A joint China-U.S. production, written and directed by Lee Siu Hin, a Chinese-American immigrant activist from Los Angeles, CA, now living in China. This challenging 60 minute documentary is based on interviews during the continuing global crisis. The film exposes the disastrous results of prioritizing profit…
(2023-03-29). Republican Tells Lobbyists It's "Hackish" To Blame Bank Failures On Deregulation. levernews.com 
(2023-03-29). "La acuñación de la sangre de los niños en capital" — Superexplotación de los niños inmigrantes. workers.org 
El horror retratado en un reciente reportaje del New York Times sobre el trabajo infantil de los inmigrantes demuestra la actualidad de lo que escribió Karl Marx hace 156 años. La monumental obra de Marx, "El Capital", fue una tremenda contribución teórica, que describe con meticuloso detalle cómo funciona el . . . |
(2023-03-30). Women activists meeting in Bronx, New York. workers.org 
Bronx, New York, March 25, 2023 Although a rainy, windy day forced the cancellation of an outdoor march, 50 activists packed a room in the basement of an apartment building in the Bronx, New York, to hold a three-hour discussion on issues rooted in capitalism and imperialism impacting women of . . . |
(2023-03-29). TikTok on trial: The latest front in the U.S. tech war on China. liberationnews.org 
Make no mistake: the TikTok hearings had nothing to do with the baseless threat of Chinese surveillance and everything to do with maintaining the dominance of American capitalism.
(2023-03-29). Radical Protests in France, A Province of the Global Orwellian Empire. Can Fascism be Overcome? globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-29). Maduro Denounces Use Of Anti-Values To Defeat The Revolution. telesurenglish.net Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro denounced on Wednesday the use of anti-values and vices of capitalism to defeat the Bolivarian Revolution. | RELATED: | "What they have not been able to defeat with criminal sanctions, they intend to do it with anti-values and vices of capitalism," said the President through his official Twitter account. | Maduro referred to the recent corruption cases involving executives of the state-owned o…
(2023-03-30). Science Saturday: Understanding the speed of brain communication. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It often was thought that the speed of information transmitted among regions of the brain stabilized during early adolescence. A new study in Nature Neuroscience by Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues from the Netherlands found transmission speeds continue to increase into early adulthood. Because problems such as anxiety, depression and bipolar disorders can emerge in late adolescence and early adulthood, a better understanding of brain development may help clinicians offer therapies to treat these disorders. "A fundamental understanding…
(2023-03-29). How Indigenous land management practices are a blueprint for climate-resilient agriculture. nationofchange.org As a rapidly warming world strains at the shortcomings in industrial farming, key lessons can be taken from Indigenous practices.
(2023-03-29). Experts: China to stay world's most important manufacturing hub. ecns.cn Global trade dependence on Asia, including China, remains stable, and the country will never lose its status as the world's most important manufacturing hub, despite certain U.S. moves that have been disrupting global industrial and supply chains.
(2023-03-29). Rewilding Could Help Limit Warming Beyond 1.5 ∞C. popularresistance.org It's no secret that preserving and restoring wilderness areas is good for ecosystems, but a new study has pinpointed another major benefit to rewilding. | According to the study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, rewilding, or preserving and restoring wildlife and wilderness areas, could improve natural carbon sinks in ecosystems, therefore boosting natural methods of carbon capture and helping the world limit global warming to 1.5 ∞C above pre-industrial levels. | Scientists studied nine wildlife species for the study: marine fish, whales, sharks, gray wolves, wildebeest, sea otters, musk oxen…
(2023-03-29). Protest Song Of The Week: 'Mount Meigs' By Lonnie Holley. shadowproof.com Among those who endured the horrors of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children was 73-year-old acclaimed visual artist and avant-garde musician Lonnie Holley, who was arrested when he was 11.
(2023-03-29). Canada relaxes ban on foreign homebuyers. ecns.cn Canada has eased its ban on residential property purchases by foreign buyers three months after the law came into force.
(2023-03-29). Headlines for March 29, 2023. democracynow.org Asylum Seekers in Ciudad Juárez Demand Justice, Humane Treatment, Following Blaze That Killed 38, Nashville School Shooter Had 7 Legally Purchased Firearms, U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Chief Visits Zaporizhzhia in Hopes of Curbing Nuclear Disaster Risk, Russian Man Sentenced to 2 Years After 13-Year-Old Daughter Draws Antiwar Picture, The Guardian's Owners Apologize for Founders' Ties to Slavery, Burmese Military Dissolves Aung San Suu Kyi's Party, Idaho House Passes Bill Criminalizing People Who Help Minors Get Out-of-State Abortions, Judge Orders Mike Pence to Testify Before Grand Jury Investigating…
(2023-03-29). Targeting China, US Navy to purchase 100 new ships. wsws.org Speaking at a hearing of the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee Tuesday, the US Navy's operations chief said the United States Navy is currently building 56 new warships and has contracted the building of 76 more, as part of a massive military buildup targeting China.
(2023-03-29). Parti de l'égalité socialiste intervenes in Paris student meeting to call to bring down Macron. wsws.org The PES proposed to the Paris inter-university coordinating committee to adopt a resolution calling to bring down Macron and build a movement in the working class for a general strike.
(2023-03-30). Communist Party of the Philippines calls on NPA to "stir up and spread flames" of armed struggle. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | The leadership of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today, March 28, issued a statement on the occasion of 54th anniversary of the New People's Army (NPA) tomorrow, March 29. The CPP exhorted the NPA's commanders and Red fighters to "stir up and spread the flames of the people's war for national freedom and democracy." | The Central Committee of the CPP cited "intensified imperialist oppression against the Filipino people" and emphasized the need to "attain freedom from US control and dominatio…
(2023-03-29). Lumumba Returns to Moscow. orinocotribune.com 
By Oleg Yasinsky — Mar 24, 2023 | Tens of thousands of citizens from all parts of the planet, graduates of the Patrice Lumumba Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow, never knew that, in 1992, during the government of Boris Yeltsin, profoundly anticommunist and pro-Western, the surname of the hero and martyr of the peoples of Africa, Lumumba, was removed from the official name of the university. Everywhere, all over the world, they continued referring to it as "Patrice Lumumba University." In fact, most of the Russian neighbors of the university didn't even know about this change. | This university was ina…