(2022-03-28). US Launching a Paid anti-Russia Snitching Program is Yet Another Confirmation of America's Moral Decline. journal-neo.org 
The US authorities have launched another Russophobic "program" of informing and snitching, which is called the Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Rewards Program. A reward is promised for information about the funds that were obtained as a result of cooperation with the Russian government. The United States, in the current difficult economic conditions (inflation is record high …
(2022-03-28). Canceling Russian Reserves Boomerangs to a New International Monetary System. orinocotribune.com By Alastair Cooke — Mar 20, 2022 | The present military operation in Ukraine, in due time, will be relegated to little more than a footnote in global history, yet the total financial war which has repercussed onto Russia will be key in defining the upcoming new world order. | The reality is that the present military operation in Ukraine, in due time, will be relegated to little more than a footnote in global history, yet the total financial war which has repercussed onto Russia will be key in defining the upcoming new world order. In fact, we may have already witnessed the moment economic history changed tr…
(2022-03-28). The Impact of Ukraine on Yemen. transcend.org 22 Mar 2022 – The People of Yemen Suffer Atrocities, Too – The Western economic war on Russia over Ukraine is having a spillover effect on the forgotten war in Yemen. The ghastly blockade and bombardment of Yemen, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, is now entering its eighth year.
(2022-03-28). Putin's Invasion of Ukraine. transcend.org 3 Mar 2022 – To a hammer, everything looks like a nail. To an empire, everything looks like a crisis to justify a multi-trillion-dollar military-industrial-security complex as dictatress of the world. The crisis du jour for the American empire is Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
(2022-03-28). Reporting from Moscow: Sanctions May Achieve the Opposite of Biden's Stated Long-Term Goals. transcend.org 27 Mar 2022 – In Russia, sanctions have taken a bite out of the Russian economy, but interviews and data suggest they cannot fulfill the West's strategic motives for imposing them.
(2022-03-28). Shanghai tightens COVID-19 control measures amid resurgence. ecns.cn China's economic hub Shanghai will launch a new round of nucleic acid testing across the city starting from 5 am on Monday, local authorities said Sunday night.
(2022-03-28). China sets out blueprint for fuel cell vehicles for 2025. ecns.cn China's top economic planner has unveiled its latest blueprint for the hydrogen sector, which is expected to push the growth of the fuel cell vehicle industry in the world's largest vehicle market.
(2022-03-28). UAE minister says energy market needs Russian oil. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 28 (MNA) — The United Arab Emirates energy minister Suhail al-Mazrouei said on Monday that Russian oil is needed by energy markets and no producer can substitute its production.
(2022-03-28). Millions of Indian workers to join 2-day general strike against Modi's ruinous pro-investor policies. wsws.org Across India there is immense social anger over mass joblessness, endemic poverty, the lack of basic public services and the ruling elite's "profits before lives" pandemic policy.
(2022-03-28). Millions of Indian workers to join two-day general strike against Modi's ruinous pro-investor policies. wsws.org Across India there is immense social anger over mass joblessness, endemic poverty, the lack of basic public services and the ruling elite's "profits before lives" pandemic policy.
(2022-03-28). War on Syria: Eleven Years of Carnage. transcend.org 22 Mar 2022 — "Hundreds of thousands have been killed, more than half of the pre-war population has been displaced. More than 100,000 are missing or forcibly disappeared. Syria's cities and infrastructure have been destroyed. The poverty rate is 90 percent; 14.6 million people depend on humanitarian aid."
(2022-03-28). Mississippi call center workers launch strike. liberationnews.org 
On March 23, call center workers at the Maximus call center in Hattiesburg, Mississippi launched a strike against unfair labor practices.
(2022-03-28). Partido Laborista en Malta gana elecciones generales. telesurtv.net El primer ministro Robert Abela dijo en una llamada con el canal TVM News que su partido de centro-izquierda había obtenido la mayoría.
(2022-03-28). Mayo Clinic researchers use AI to predict antidepressant outcomes in youth. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. ‚Äï Mayo Clinic researchers have taken the first step in using artificial intelligence (AI) to predict early outcomes with antidepressants in children and adolescents with major depressive disorder, in a study published in The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. This work resulted from a collaborative effort between the departments of Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, and Psychiatry and Psychology, at Mayo Clinic, with support from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine. "This…
(2022-03-28). Warrior Met tries to frame up striking workers for gas line explosion. wsws.org Without presenting the slightest evidence, a company spokesperson immediately claimed that the blast was an "attack" and was "related to the ongoing labor dispute."
(2022-03-28). Rusia alerta presencia de EE.UU. en laboratorios biológicos en Ucrania. telesurtv.net La Duma estatal de Rusia adoptó una resolución para iniciar una investigación sobre los laboratorios biológicos por parte de especialistas de EE.UU. en Ucrania.
(2022-03-28). Las Reflexiones del Comandante en Jefe, 15 años después. cubadebate.cu Hace 15 años, Fidel nos sorprendía a todos, una vez más. El 28 de marzo de 2007 escribía la primera de sus Reflexiones. Golpeado por una enfermedad que puso en riesgo su vida, continuaba la batalla. Lo explicaría tres meses después, en su Reflexión sobre las reflexiones: "No inicié este trabajo como parte de un plan elaborado previamente, sino por un fuerte deseo de comunicarme con el protagonista principal de nuestra resistencia…".
(2022-03-28). Widening vortex: Financial Times says Austrian Defense Ministry is "aircraft carrier" for Russian military. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Until all of Europe is sucked into the morass. B92March 28, 2022 Russia conducts secret operations in Austria: Defense Ministry in the hands of GRU? Russia is accused of conducting secret operations in Austria, writes the Financial Times. In its text, this paper refers to one European intelligence officer, as well as one European diplomat. …
(2022-03-28). Florida State University's Graduate Assistants United demands change policies around COVID-19. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL- On March 22, Florida State University's Graduate Assistants United (GAU) marched to Wescott and demanded FSU change their policies around COVID-19. | "Florida State University wants GAs basically to come to work, be overworked, underpaid and just die on their own dime and do nothing about it. There are a lot of things on this campus that are impacting GA safety in particular," said Jordan Lenchitz, grievance officer for GAU. Lenchitz went on to explain how COVID-19 threatened both teachers' livelihoods and ability to financially support themselves. "We're here today to let the university know tha…
(2022-03-28). Commercial property investment to surge. ecns.cn China's annual commercial real estate investment is expected to exceed 300 billion yuan ($47 billion) for the first time in 2022.
(2022-03-28). Aurora, Colorado community stops profit-driven school closureÔøº. liberationnews.org 
Evelyn Carol, a kindergarten teacher at Sable, began the public comment section of the meeting. "Initially, we were led to believe that Sable as a building is problematic. The reality of the situation, after the last Board meeting, is that Sable was chosen for closure because it is actually a more desirable building with a bigger parking lot and a more convenient location." Another speaker, whose granddaughter attends Sable, put it more bluntly. "Is shutting down schools all about money?" He continued, "If you're selling the school to make money, then you have no honor and no integrity."
(2022-03-28). Huawei posts robust net profits growth in 2021. ecns.cn China's telecommunication giant Huawei maintained solid operations throughout 2021, achieving 113.7 billion yuan in net profits, up 75.9 percent year on year, and 636.8 billion yuan in revenue.
(2022-03-28). 14-year-old boy dies after falling from amusement park ride in Orlando, Florida. wsws.org The horrific death of Tyre Sampson points to the negligence and criminal recklessness that characterizes the super-profitable amusement park industry.
(2022-03-28). Yemen: The Largest Humanitarian Crisis That No One Discusses. transcend.org 21 Mar 2022 – The media rarely reports on Yemen and most journalists likely would not be able to recognize Yemen's flag. The public does not discuss or shed tears for the people of Yemen who live in unfathomable conditions because they are not a piece of the larger agenda and no one can profit off of their suffering at this time.
(2022-03-28). ADF attacks affect 40 schools in Watalinga Chiefdom. plusnews.ug 
More than 40 schools in Watalinga Chiefdom in Beni territory in North Kivu province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have remained for the last two months due to insecurity caused by the rebel Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a local non-profit Christian organization in the area has revealed. Community of Christian Churches in Africa (in …
(2022-03-28). China to pilot innovative trade secret protection. ecns.cn Trade secret protection and innovation are to be piloted in China, according to a working plan released on March 7 by the State Administration for Market Regulation.
(2022-03-28). Australian university union helps managements drag out industrial bargaining. wsws.org Having suppressed opposition to the destruction of tens of thousands of jobs and the forced return to unsafe campuses, the NTEU is further holding back any industrial action, even within the narrow confines of the enterprise bargaining regime.
(2022-03-28). Socialist Jose Cortes obtains ballot access and full voter guide statement. liberationnews.org 
Jose Cortes, a member of the Party for Socialism and Liberation will officially be on the ballot with a full voter guide statement on June 7.
(2022-03-28). Socialist Equality Party holds successful event against imperialism and war. wsws.org "The war is the reactionary response of Russian nationalism to NATO's decades of aggression," said Christoph Vandreier, chairman of the SGP, at the beginning of the discussion.
(2022-03-28). Boris Romanchenko, 96-year-old concentration camp survivor, killed in Kharkiv bombing. wsws.org The only way to appropriately commemorate Romanchenko is through the struggle to build a socialist movement in the international working class to put an end to imperialist war, fascism, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2022-03-28). Xi mourns victims of China plane crash. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders attending a high-level meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Monday observed a moment of silence to mourn the victims of China Eastern Airlines plane crash.
(2022-03-28). The US Should Remember that Israel's Squatter-Settlements in Palestine are War Crimes. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — US Ambassador to Israel, Tom Nides, engaged in further diplomatic contradictions, as he fluctuated between asserting the Biden administration's stance purportedly against Israeli settlement expansion, yet making concessions for earlier encroachment upon Palestinian land. "We can't do stupid things that impede us from a two-state solution," Nides reportedly told …
(2022-03-27). Podcast Ep 52: No more excuses for apartheid Israel boycotts. electronicintifada.net Democratic Socialists of America make right-wing move against Palestine advocacy.
(2022-03-27). Xinhua: Ukraine war impacts life of Europeans. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Russia-Ukraine military conflict exerts impact on life of Europeans Xinhua News Agency BERLIN/PARIS, March 27 — The ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine has exerted great impact on the lives of European people. With rising price increases and panic buying due to worries over supply issue, a number of supermarkets in some European countries have reportedly started …
(2022-03-27). Ending the War in Ukraine is Halfway Through. orinocotribune.com By Elijah J Magnier — Mar 21, 2022 | Russia and Ukraine are taking the first steps towards ending the war through direct and video negotiations. After the past four rounds, progress was registered between the negotiators, notwithstanding the continuous clanging of arms. Ukraine realised that the West was sanctioning Russia to weaken its economy without necessarily having any consequence for the ongoing war. Western countries were also ready to provide media support and weapons for the army to fight alone. In contrast, the Ukrainians thought they could drag the world into a much larger war against Russia. The…
(2022-03-27). Working class sections across Spain protest cost of living crisis. peoplesdispatch.org The ongoing war in Ukraine has resulted in skyrocketing oil prices across Europe, including in Spain which was already witnessing high inflation, reportedly the highest in the last three decades…
(2022-03-27). Iran's non-oil foreign trade hits new record of $100 billion. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 27 (MNA) — Iran's Deputy Minister of Economy said that the country's non-oil foreign trade during the past Iranian year has reached $100 billion, indicating an increase of 38% compared to last year.
(2022-03-27). Billionaires Would Pay Nearly 100 Times More in Taxes Under New Biden Proposal. truthout.org Economic experts and progressives opposed to the outrageous levels of inequality in the United States celebrated Saturday evening and into Sunday after reporting revealed that President Joe Biden plans to unveil "a 20 percent minimum tax rate on all American households worth more than $100 million" — a so-called "Billionaire's Tax" that will specifically target approximately 700 of the nation's wealthiest people. | First
(2022-03-27). Apocalipsis energético now. cubadebate.cu Mucho se divulgan los planes de Ucrania de unirse a la OTAN e instalar bases de esta en su territorio, la masiva inversión estadounidense en dólares y armas para crear unidades paramilitares neonazis en el Donbass, sus sospechosos laboratorios que investigan armas biológicas, la cultura rusa de la mitad de su población.
(2022-03-27). Why is India going on a General Strike on March 28-29? peoplesdispatch.org India's industrial workers, employees, farmers and agricultural laborers will observe a two-day general strike on March 28-29, 2022 under the slogan 'Save People, Nation'. This means that not only will the country's vast manufacturing sector workforce stop work, but all banks, other financial institutions, government and public sector offices, transport, construction, ports and docks, government scheme workers, educational institutions, etc will remain closed. Rural areas are likely to see mass protests by farmers and agricultural workers. By all estimates, it is going to be a historic protest action involving up…
(2022-03-27). The United States Is Exceptional — Just Not in the Ways Any of Us Should Want. truthout.org Three years after the end of World War II, diplomat George Kennan "We have about 50% of the world's wealth, but only 6.3% of its population. In this situation, we cannot fail to be the object of envy and resentment. Our real task in the coming period is to devise a pattern of relationships which will permit us to maintain this position of disparity without positive detriment to our national security." | That, in a n…
(2022-03-27). Larry Fink sentencia "el fin de la globalización" debido al conflicto de Ucrania. cubadebate.cu El israelí-estadunidense Larry Fink (LF), mandamás del omnipotente banco globalista BlackRock —con más de 10 billones de dólares en activos bajo manejo— sentencia que el conflicto de Ucrania marca el fin (sic) de la globalización, en su carta anual a los inversionistas, reportado ampliamente por Financial Times, portavoz del globalismo neoliberal y su Gran Reset.
(2022-03-27). Sanders introduces legislation to impose a 95 percent windfall tax on excess profits of major companies. nationofchange.org "The time has come for Congress to work for working families and demand that large, profitable corporations make a little bit less money and pay their fair share of taxes."
(2022-03-27). Idealism or materialism: Two approaches to the world. fightbacknews.org When we talk about the philosophy that forms the basis of Marxism-Leninism, we say that that philosophy is dialectical materialism. At this point in our series on the theoretical concepts of Marxism-Leninism, we are going to focus on the materialism of dialectical materialism and try to come to a clear understanding of what that means. And to do that, we're going to also look at materialism's philosophical opposite: idealism. | Ultimately, materialism and idealism are two opposing ways of approaching every question that we might take up. Many might consider this too abstract a point for revolutionaries to wish to…
(2022-03-27). Madleine's pro-sanctions line was "(M)albright"? indybay.org It was an opportunity the "Corporate-bin-Laden" media couldn't pass up. With the passing of Madeleine Albright, mainstream media(MSM) was full of effusive praises for the ex-Sec'y of State under President Clinton, himself a bought-off NeoLiberal White House Occupier who aggressively advanced U.S. Imperial interests all over the world.
(2022-03-27). Dutch dockers refuse to load freight onto P&O's Pride of Rotterdam in solidarity with UK's sacked ferry workers. wsws.org The international solidarity at the Port of Rotterdam, the largest seaport in Europe, demonstrates the enormous collective strength of the working class that could be mobilised based on a struggle for socialist internationalism.
