(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). China debuts cross-border foreign debt facilitation pilot. ecns.cn A regional integration pilot area of foreign exchange management in Chengdu-Chongqing Area in southwestern China has been jointly launched, according to a statement of the Sichuan Branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) on Monday.
(2022-03-15). Russia on the brink of debt default. wsws.org An indication of whether Russia will default will come on Wednesday when it is due to make $117 million in interest payments on two dollar-denominated bonds.
(2022-03-15). Sharing Mayo Clinic: A downward spiral undone. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Jon Bratsch had accepted that he was going to die. Barely conscious, breathing through a ventilator, and paralyzed in the intensive care unit, he could not see a way through the destructive illness that had taken so much from him. Just three weeks earlier, Jon had felt fine. A happily married father of two grown girls, known throughout his hometown as a hard-working mechanic, Jon spent weekends riding his Harley-Davidson with his wife, Kris, seated…
(2022-03-15). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org About 500 teachers blocked the Garupá Bridge on a major highway March 11 to protest abysmal pay and poor working conditions.
(2022-03-15). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic develops automated system to accelerate diagnoses for patients with rare diseases. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic researchers are working to accelerate the diagnoses of rare diseases and renew hope for patients whose symptoms have defied an explanation ‚Äï‚ÄØsometimes for years or even decades.‚ÄØ The team of genomics experts has developed an automated system called RENEW for tracking new scientific knowledge from around the world of pathogenic genetic variants and applying it to Mayo Clinic patients with rare and undiagnosed diseases. RENEW stands for reanalysis of negative whole-exome/genome data. "We're…
(2022-03-14). 43 years later, Grenada's New Jewel Movement and Maurice Bishop continue to inspire. peoplesdispatch.org The legacy of the New Jewel Movement and Maurice Bishop is still an inspiration for millions of people across the world who imagine a world free from oppression, poverty and imperialism.
(2022-03-14). Why The World Needs Eco-Socialism. popularresistance.org Climate change affects everyone, but it does not affect everyone the same way. It hammers a capitalist world rampant with inequality and exploitation. This is the case because capitalism neither exploits nor develops evenly. Some nation-states are centers for accumulating wealth and development. Some nation-states are peripheries, and are underdeveloped. | Development and underdevelopment are two sides of the same process: accumulation on a world scale. Climate change, in turn, is a human-made process, a product and accelerator of uneven accumulation. Because it is human-made, some states (as well as some within…
(2022-03-14). Billionaires Have Gotten $1.7 Trillion Richer Over the Pandemic, Report Finds. truthout.org 
American billionaires have accumulated an enormous amount of wealth during the pandemic as the rest of the public has suffered due to an unstable economy, a new analysis shows. | In an analysis released last week, Americans for Tax Fairness
(2022-03-14). International Monetary Fund calls for drastic austerity measures in Sri Lanka. wsws.org The IMF's report came two weeks after the Financial Times published an editorial warning that Sri Lanka and Zambia were the most vulnerable of the world's most heavily-indebted emerging economies.
(2022-03-14). The role of Communists in union organizing. cpusa.org 
Decades of wage stagnation, little to no benefits, work weeks well above 40 hours, increasing housing costs, drastically declining standards of living, and plummeting life expectancy rates have all led working people across the United States to rethink having a union at their workplaces. Two years of the pandemic have woken up millions of …
(2022-03-14). Oppose the New Zealand government's criminal policy of mass infection. The working class must fight to eliminate COVID-19! wsws.org The Labour Party-led government has allowed COVID to spread across the country, leading to one of the highest infection rates in the world. Only the intervention of the working class can stop the virus and save lives.
(2022-03-14). 120+ Progressive Groups Urge Schumer to Finish the Job and Pass Biden's Agenda on Climate, Care, and Economic Justice. peoplesaction.org In New Letter, Groups Call on Schumer to Whip Caucus and Bring Package to a Vote in April Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action, the Working Families Party, Indivisible, and the Center for Popular Democracy Action today sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Schumer urging him to resume negotiations, hold hearings, and …
(2022-03-14). Expand the Minneapolis educators strike! Mobilize the working class for higher wages and against war and the pandemic! wsws.org The walkout in Minneapolis, the most significant development in the class struggle in the United States currently underway, raises issues of crucial importance for workers everywhere.
(2022-03-14). The Uyghur Podcast brought to you by a CIA torture propagandist. mronline.org 
On February 2nd, eagle-eyed pro-China activist Arnaud Bertrand revealed that WEghur Stories, a podcast "working to create a conversation within and about the global Uyghur diaspora" that has been aggressively promoted on Facebook and Spotify, is funded by Washington's French diplomatic mission—and that John Bair, its co-creator, co-host and producer, is a former CIA operative.
(2022-03-14). Unhoused Community And Advocates Take Over Recreation Center. popularresistance.org This facility is used during the day up until 9: 00 p.m. as a warming shelter when the temperatures are dangerously low. However, with the night low expected to be 10 degrees Thursday into Friday, community members are taking matters into their own hands. | "If the City will not open the Recreation Centers for this life or death need, we will just have to do it ourselves. We are here to keep this public Recreation Center open to the public so unhoused neighbors can stay here tonight to survive this weather." | With Denver's homeless shelters full during the below freezing nights, people who are seeking a warm plac…
(2022-03-14). Cracking Down on Russian Oligarchs Means Cracking Down on U.S. Tax Havens. inequality.org
(2022-03-14). Stopping Traffic to Fund Excluded Workers. inequality.org
(2022-03-14). Addressing racial inequality in paid leave policy. nationofchange.org It is time the an equitable paid leave policy meets the triple A standard: accessible, affordable, and adequate.