(2022-03-20). Sunday 3/27: The 1619 Project – Its Significance for Today. indybay.org Join us on ZOOM Sunday, March 27 from 1 to 3 PM Pacific Time…
(2022-03-20). 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…
(2022-03-20). 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…
(2022-03-20). Non-stop arms: ambassador to U.S. says Washington shipping more military aid to Ukraine than reported. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformMarch 18, 2022 When U.S. announces arms supplies to Ukraine, some weapons already crossing in — Ambassador Ukraine is working with the Pentagon to ensure non-stop military assistance, so when certain decisions are announced in the United States, some weapons are already being delivered into the country. According to Ukrinform, this was stated by Ambassador …
(2022-03-19). A Black-Women-Led And Life-Based Project For A New Colombia. popularresistance.org Francia Márquez Mina, a 40-year-old Black female activist from the predominantly Black and forgotten region of the Colombian Pacific coast, is shifting the terms of political debate in the second 'Blackest' nation in South America. Francia, the first Black woman to run for the Colombian presidency, is leading a collective effort by women, LGBTQ+ communities, Black youth, peasants, and the poor in general to transform Colombia's insidious patterns of violence and socio-racial inequalities. According to Infobae , as many as 54.2% of Colombia's population face food insecurity, 42% are under the poverty line, and 10.
(2022-03-19). Pandemia, guerra, inflación øY los pobres qué? globalizacion.ca No cabe la menor duda que las poblaciones desfavorecidas en este mundo de globalización neoliberal han sido las más afectadas por la pandemia de coronavirus, el aumento del costo de los alimentos, la inflación, el cambio climático y ahora la…
(2022-03-19). Ugandans protest bias at South Sudan embassy in Kampala. plusnews.ug 
A section of Ugandans employed by the embassy of South Sudan in Uganda have petitioned both the Foreign Affairs and the East African Affairs ministries over discriminatory practices by their employers. The petitioners claim the violations have made the working environment at both the embassy's offices and official residence of the ambassador "toxic." Their plight …
(2022-03-19). Canadian CP Rail worker speaks out against brutal working conditions. wsws.org The conductor stressed the need for rail workers to unite internationally to defeat the precision-scheduling railway system, which he blamed for an increase in fatal accidents.
(2022-03-19). France's Lutte Ouvrière demobilizes worker opposition to NATO-Russia war danger. wsws.org LO seeks to channel working class opposition behind the pro-capitalist trade unions, which support NATO warmongering against Russia.
(2022-03-19). Sri Lankan visual and performance artist condemns attacks on Russian art and artists. wsws.org Lohan Gunaweera calls for a broad anti-war movement of the international working class to against the US-led NATO war preparations against Russia.
(2022-03-19). Work and production resume in South China. ecns.cn Shenzhen, Guangdong province has restored its normal working order and production starting Friday after the city achieved a zero-infection rate, authorities said in a statement on Thursday night.
(2022-03-19). Toward a third Reconstruction: Lessons from the past for a socialist future. mronline.org 
Karl Marx wrote to Lincoln in 1864 that he was sure that the "American anti-slavery war" would initiate a "new era of ascendancy" for the working classes for the "rescue…and reconstruction of a social world."
(2022-03-19). [Perspectives] Alberto García-Basteiro: seeking better TB control in Mozambique. thelancet.com "I always say that before I came to Mozambique my understanding of tuberculosis was not much more than you learn in med school", says Alberto García-Basteiro, now Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Research Coordinator at the Manhiàßa Health Research Centre (CISM) in Mozambique. Working at CISM, some 80 km north of the country's capital, Maputo, provided him with a rapid, in-depth education in the disease. The research he has led since his arrival in Mozambique in 2013 has earned him the 2021 Stephen Lawn TB—HIV Research Leadership Prize, awarded for his innovative and high-quality research on tuberculosis dia…
(2022-03-19). Australian floods victims left homeless while aid goes to business. wsws.org The hostility among ordinary people toward the response of the governments has been heightened by the revelation that the Triple Zero emergency service was switched to a recorded message as the floodwaters swept through Lismore.