newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-03-20). Sharing Mayo Clinic: A downward spiral undone.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgJon 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…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-03-20). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic develops automated system to accelerate diagnoses for patients with rare diseases.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgMayo 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…
_____(2022-03-19). A Black-Women-Led And Life-Based Project For A New Colombia.popularresistance.orgFrancia 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.
Hedelberto López Blanch(2022-03-19). Pandemia, guerra, inflación øY los pobres qué?globalizacion.caNo 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…
Our Reporter(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 …
ecns.cn(2022-03-19). Work and production resume in South China.ecns.cnShenzhen, 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.
Geoff Watts(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…
WSWS(2022-03-19). Australian floods victims left homeless while aid goes to business.wsws.orgThe 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.
Geoff Watts(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…
WSWS(2022-03-19). Australian floods victims left homeless while aid goes to business.wsws.orgThe 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.
Isheka N. Harrison(2022-03-18). Fact Check: Miami Is The Least Affordable City In America, Worse Than New York City.moguldom.comNicknamed "The Magic City," Miami has become much less magical for natives and local residents who are being pushed out of their homes due its status as the least affordable city in the country. A longtime standout for its enormous wealth gap, Miami ranks among the most expensive cities, and it's one of the top-ranked …
deweylaura(2022-03-18). Lucy Parsons, American revolutionary.cpusa.org Let the masses understand that these robbers hold this property (which is so much unpaid labor) under the plea of the laws which they themselves have made . . . and further, that these so-called laws would not be worth the paper they are written on, twenty-four hours after the producers of all wealth had …
_____(2022-03-18). Progressives Hand Biden List Of 55 Executive Actions.popularresistance.orgThe CPC's new list of executive order recommendations is broad in scope, aiming to address a variety of pressing issues including sky-high drug prices, the worsening climate emergency, the coronavirus pandemic, mounting student loan debt, and a rigged tax system—priorities that Biden vowed to tackle on the campaign trail in 2020. | While Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the CPC chair, has said she would prefer ambitious legislation such as the Build Back Better package to more limited executive orders, that bill is dead in the Senate due to opposition from Republicans and corporate-backed Democrats such as S…
José Manuel Blanco Diaz(2022-03-18). Venezuela to Launch Social Media Platform (+CLAP).orinocotribune.com This Friday, March 18 is the launch date of Venezuela's new social media platform, announced President Nicolás Maduro. He expressed confidence that users around the world will be impressed with the news provided on the digital platform. | The head of state issued the comments during a working meeting about the economy, dedicated to the sixth anniversary of the Local Supply and Production Committees (CLAP). The CLAP food service provides subsidized food to millions of Venezuelan households. | "Venezuela is going to surprise the world with something that we are going to launch on Friday," Maduro said, speaking abou…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-03-18). Sharing Mayo Clinic: A downward spiral undone.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgJon 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…
PAI(2022-03-18). New study shows equal pay gap even wider than realized.peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON — A new study of paychecks for working men and women shows the equal pay gap is even wider than people realize. That's because the commonly used figure—median pay for a working woman last year was 83 cents for every dollar the median working man earns—just counts full-time workers. Add in the nation's part-timers, …
WSWS(2022-03-18). The issue in the US West Coast dockworkers contract.wsws.orgAs the July 21 contract deadline for 20,000 US West Coast dockworkers approaches, the Biden administration and shippers are plotting with the West Coast longshore union to block any strike action by workers in defense of living standards and working conditions.
Rick Rozoff(2022-03-18). NATO warplanes participate in U.S.-led exercise along eastern flank.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comNATOAllied Air CommandMarch 18, 2022 Allied fighters strengthen air land cooperation during Saber Strike Belgian, Polish and Danish F-16s, alongside Royal Air Force Typhoons, have been taking part in a U.S. Army-led exercise, Saber Strike. *** The Allied fighters joined land units in the Baltic Sea Region for Air-Land integration training. Working with Joint Terminal …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-03-18). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic develops automated system to accelerate diagnoses for patients with rare diseases.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgMayo 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…
WSWS(2022-03-18). The issues at stake in the US West Coast dockworkers contract.wsws.orgAs the July 1 contract deadline for 20,000 US West Coast dockworkers approaches, the Biden administration and shippers are plotting with the West Coast longshore union to block any strike action by workers in defense of living standards and working conditions.
ecns.cn(2022-03-18). Work and production resume in South China.ecns.cnShenzhen, 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.
JANET(2022-03-18). Sign on: End Sanctions & War.iacenter.orgSanctionsKill Campaign Statement on Ukraine Conflict END ALL WARFARE — NO SANCTIONS Sign on — click here The SanctionsKill Campaign is a broad coalition of social justice, solidarity, and peace forces focused on exposing the devastating impact of US sanctions on civilian populations globally. Sanctions are not a substitute for war The current regime of sanctions against Russia is not a substitute for war, but a form of warfare. Sanctions kill many thousands just as bombs do. Sanctions create hyperinflation, artificial famines, social upheavals, and health crises that punish civilian populations. As US…
deweylaura(2022-03-18). Lucy Parsons, American revolutionary.cpusa.org Let the masses understand that these robbers hold this property (which is so much unpaid labor) under the plea of the laws which they themselves have made . . . and further, that these so-called laws would not be worth the paper they are written on, twenty-four hours after the producers of all wealth had …
José Manuel Blanco Diaz(2022-03-18). Venezuela to Launch Social Media Platform (+CLAP).orinocotribune.com This Friday, March 18 is the launch date of Venezuela's new social media platform, announced President Nicolás Maduro. He expressed confidence that users around the world will be impressed with the news provided on the digital platform. | The head of state issued the comments during a working meeting about the economy, dedicated to the sixth anniversary of the Local Supply and Production Committees (CLAP). The CLAP food service provides subsidized food to millions of Venezuelan households. | "Venezuela is going to surprise the world with something that we are going to launch on Friday," Maduro said, speaking abou…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-03-18). Sharing Mayo Clinic: A downward spiral undone.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgJon 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…
PAI(2022-03-18). New study shows equal pay gap even wider than realized.peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON — A new study of paychecks for working men and women shows the equal pay gap is even wider than people realize. That's because the commonly used figure—median pay for a working woman last year was 83 cents for every dollar the median working man earns—just counts full-time workers. Add in the nation's part-timers, …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-03-18). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic develops automated system to accelerate diagnoses for patients with rare diseases.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgMayo 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…
ecns.cn(2022-03-18). Work and production resume in South China.ecns.cnShenzhen, 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.
WSWS(2022-03-18). The issue in the US West Coast dockworkers contract.wsws.orgAs the July 21 contract deadline for 20,000 US West Coast dockworkers approaches, the Biden administration and shippers are plotting with the West Coast longshore union to block any strike action by workers in defense of living standards and working conditions.
WSWS(2022-03-18). The issues at stake in the US West Coast dockworkers contract.wsws.orgAs the July 1 contract deadline for 20,000 US West Coast dockworkers approaches, the Biden administration and shippers are plotting with the West Coast longshore union to block any strike action by workers in defense of living standards and working conditions.
Sara Flounders(2022-03-17). If you care about Ukraine — disband NATO.workers.org Long before the Feb. 24 Russian intervention, the 2014 U.S.-backed fascist coup regime had reduced Ukraine to the poorest country, and with the highest rate of migration, in Europe. The International Monetary Fund restructured the economy and demanded austerity measures that gutted the pensions and cut social spending. Mass privatizations . . . |
Ellen Brown(2022-03-17). Today We're All Irish: Debt Serfdom Comes to America.globalresearch.caFirst published by GR on March 15, 2008 | March 17 is St. Patrick's Day, when people of all national origins raise a glass and declare, "Today we're all a bit Irish!" This may be truer than we know. The Irish …
Marzieh Rahmani(2022-03-17). Settlement of UK's debt to Iran not link to any issue.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, Mar. 17 (MNA) — Iran's frozen assets in the UK were restored with dignity and without any connection to any issue, the Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson said, dismissing claims that the money is in the position of the Swiss government.
G. Dunkel(2022-03-17). Haitians attempt to emigrate.workers.org By G. Dunkel While the world's attention focuses on the conflict in Ukraine that could quickly escalate, living conditions for the working people of Haiti are still festering. Workers demanding their salaries be tripled have left the streets for the moment. Two out of five Haitians are still "food insecure," . . . |
Tyler Walicek(2022-03-17). Occupy-Style Protest in Boise Highlights Brutal Conditions Faced by the Unhoused.truthout.org The injustice of homelessness — a human rights crisis of immense proportions in the United States — is on stark display in Idaho's modestly sized capital of Boise, just as it is across the nation. While the city might not come to mind when one envisions the sprawling atrocity of homelessness, it is a 2018 court battle originating in Boise that has had a defining influence on homelessness policy far beyond the Idaho border. | After passing ordinances that targeted the city's po…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-03-17). Sharing Mayo Clinic: A downward spiral undone.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgJon 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…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-03-17). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic develops automated system to accelerate diagnoses for patients with rare diseases.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgMayo 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…
WSWS(2022-03-16). Educators across US send support to striking Minneapolis teachers.wsws.orgEducators and workers across the US gave support for the present struggle of Minneapolis teachers against intolerable working conditions and connected the strike with poor working conditions facing workers across the US, the ongoing dangers of the pandemic, and the drive toward war.
Staff(2022-03-16). Deputy Jorge Rodríguez: New Dialogue Phase will be Inclusive (+Alex Saab).orinocotribune.comTuesday, March 15, the president of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN), Jorge Rodríguez, explained the conditions of a new format for dialogue with members of the opposition. | During a meeting of the Dialogue Commission for Peace and National Reconciliation, Rodríguez highlighted three fundamental issues related to the need, mentioned also by President Nicolás Maduro, to "reformat" the political dialogue in Venezuela. | Rodríguez said that the reformatting will consist of expanding the inclusivity of the dialogue, "where we can all be represented, including cultural media, those working in the fishing industry,…
The Tricontinental(2022-03-16). Dossier no. 50: The military's return to Brazilian politics.mronline.org Brazil is in danger of becoming a country whose political economy is rooted in militarism, diverting precious social wealth to the military and police as it imposes a military ethic onto public life.
Staff(2022-03-16). UK looking at ways to pay historic Iranian debt.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) — Britain is looking at ways to pay a historic 400 million pound ($522 million) debt to Iran, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said on Wednesday, adding that she would not say if it had been settled already.
Larry Holmes(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. . . . |
Marzieh Rahmani(2022-03-16). UN says Yemen starvation disaster need $4.3bn.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) — According to the United Nations, $4.3bn is needed to address Yemen's food shortages this year and prevent 19 million people from going hungry.
SF015(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…
Juan Cole(2022-03-16). Top 7 Ways Iran evaded US Sanctions that Putin could Follow.juancole.comAnn 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 …
Ramona Wadi(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, …
Human Rights Watch(2022-03-16). Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution of 81 Men: Rampant Abuses in Criminal Justice System, lack of Fair Trials.juancole.comHuman 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 …
WSWS(2022-03-16). Educators across US send support to striking Minneapolis teachers.wsws.orgEducators and workers across the US gave support for the present struggle of Minneapolis teachers against intolerable working conditions and connected the strike with poor working conditions facing workers across the US, the ongoing dangers of the pandemic, and the drive toward war.
Staff(2022-03-16). Deputy Jorge Rodríguez: New Dialogue Phase will be Inclusive (+Alex Saab).orinocotribune.comTuesday, March 15, the president of Venezuela's National Assembly (AN), Jorge Rodríguez, explained the conditions of a new format for dialogue with members of the opposition. | During a meeting of the Dialogue Commission for Peace and National Reconciliation, Rodríguez highlighted three fundamental issues related to the need, mentioned also by President Nicolás Maduro, to "reformat" the political dialogue in Venezuela. | Rodríguez said that the reformatting will consist of expanding the inclusivity of the dialogue, "where we can all be represented, including cultural media, those working in the fishing industry,…
Larry Holmes(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. . . . |
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-03-16). Sharing Mayo Clinic: A downward spiral undone.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgJon 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…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-03-16). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic develops automated system to accelerate diagnoses for patients with rare diseases.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgMayo 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…
SF015(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…
Ramona Wadi(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, …
Human Rights Watch(2022-03-16). Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution of 81 Men: Rampant Abuses in Criminal Justice System, lack of Fair Trials.juancole.comHuman 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 …
Juan Cole(2022-03-16). Top 7 Ways Iran evaded US Sanctions that Putin could Follow.juancole.comAnn 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 …
ecns.cn(2022-03-15). China debuts cross-border foreign debt facilitation pilot.ecns.cnA 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.
WSWS(2022-03-15). Russia on the brink of debt default.wsws.orgAn 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.
James Kilgore(2022-03-15). Prisons Aim to Stifle Creativity. Here's a Book That Pushes Back.truthout.org I spent six and a half years in prison. Much of that time, I was working on one fiction manuscript or another. I had to stumble around in the darkness to figure out how to do this. So do most writers in prison. Now there's a book to help change that. | PEN America's
WSWS(2022-03-15). Workers Struggles: The Americas.wsws.orgAbout 500 teachers blocked the Garupá Bridge on a major highway March 11 to protest abysmal pay and poor working conditions.
Mark Weisbrot(2022-03-15). Biden's Sanctions on Afghanistan.zcomm.orgThe economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies are causing widespread, severe hunger in this desperately poor country…
_____(2022-03-15). Waltzing Toward Armageddon With The Merchants Of Death.popularresistance.orgThe 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…
Arturo Domínguez(2022-03-15). Biden, Democrats Not Interested in Defunding the Police (OPINION).latinorebels.comWhile using certain crime statistics as a rationale to "re-fund the police" is dishonest, so is the notion that Democrats are taking anything away from law enforcement. Under President Biden, police have received billions in funding with little to no accountability or transparency.
Eric Zuesse(2022-03-15). Who actually CAUSED this war in Ukraine?moderndiplomacy.euOn 24 February 1990, U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush secretly informed German Chancellor Helmut Kohl at Camp David, that though Bush and all of his agents such as Secretary of State James Baker had verbally promised the Soviet Union's leader Mikhail Gorbachev that (as Baker put it) NATO would not expand "one inch to …
Amjed Jaaved(2022-03-15). "Accidental" launching of missile into Pakistan's air space.moderndiplomacy.euA "supersonic flying object", believed to be a version of the Brahmos missile, flew into Pakistan's air space at debatable altitude near air corridors of airliners, before falling near Mian Chunu (Khanewal, Multan ), a strategic location. Pakistan expressed its ennui to the United Nations 'secretary general and the German chancellor. Pakistan's foreign minister alleged …
ecns.cn(2022-03-15). China debuts cross-border foreign debt facilitation pilot.ecns.cnA 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.
WSWS(2022-03-15). Russia on the brink of debt default.wsws.orgAn 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.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-03-15). Sharing Mayo Clinic: A downward spiral undone.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgJon 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…
WSWS(2022-03-15). Workers Struggles: The Americas.wsws.orgAbout 500 teachers blocked the Garupá Bridge on a major highway March 11 to protest abysmal pay and poor working conditions.
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-03-15). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic develops automated system to accelerate diagnoses for patients with rare diseases.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgMayo 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). Why The World Needs Eco-Socialism.popularresistance.orgClimate 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…
deweylaura(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 …
Editor(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.orgThis 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…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-03-14). Sharing Mayo Clinic: A downward spiral undone.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgJon 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…
newsnetwork.mayoclinic(2022-03-14). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic develops automated system to accelerate diagnoses for patients with rare diseases.newsnetwork.mayoclinic.orgMayo 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…
_____(2022-03-13). Why Falling Hate Group Numbers Don't Necessarily Mean Less Hate.popularresistance.orgThough 2021 started with a deadly siege on the United States Capitol by hundreds of far-right rioters trying to overturn the presidential election results, the number of hate and anti-government groups in the U.S. declined last year for the third year in a row, according to a report released this week by the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama. | The SPLC counted a total of 733 hate groups last year, significantly lower than the 2018 peak of 1,021. It found that the number of anti-government groups also fell, from 566 in 2020 to 488 in 2021. | But SPLC says that doesn't necessarily mean there's les…
_____(2022-03-13). States With Temporary Budget Surpluses Should Invest In People.popularresistance.orgPolicymakers in at least 14 states are using temporary budget surpluses to call for costly and permanent tax cuts targeted more to wealthy people and profitable corporations than to those who need help. That's a bad choice. States should be careful to protect their long-term ability to provide funding for high-quality schools, access to affordable health care, and other public services, which these tax cuts would badly erode. Instead of permanent tax cuts, states should use the surpluses for needed one-time supports for people and businesses or to seed longer-term investments, especially those targeted to the com…
Helen Flannery(2022-03-13). Russian and US Oligarchs Funnel Money to Charity for Personal and Political Gain.truthout.org Russian oligarchs close to President Vladimir Putin are facing renewed scrutiny and sanctions. These oligarchs have shifted trillions of wealth out of their mother country to offshore tax havens, with holdings in U.K. and U.S. real estate and other investments. But they are also funneling millions into U.S. charities. | Russian oligarch donations, whether intentional or not, cast a rosier glow on the oligarchs' own reputations; keep them connected to powerful Americans even when their com…
Fight Back(2022-03-13). How we learn: Theory and Practice.fightbacknews.orgAt this point in our series, it would serve us well to zoom in on the process by which practice becomes theory, and vice versa. Stalin said that "theory is the experience of the working-class movement in all countries taken in its general aspect." This is a good summation, but what does that really mean? | We can learn a lot by reading books and articles or by watching videos that break down and explain things. But that's only part of how we learn. First and foremost, we learn through experience – through observation and participation, especially through our participation in the production of the fulfillment of o…
Ediz Tiyansan(2022-03-13). California proposes mental health courts for homeless people.america.cgtn.com Home to about one-fifth of the total homeless population in the United States, California is taking controversial measures to establish mental health courts in every county, that would provide mental health treatments for homeless people with severe mental illnesses, in some cases even against …
Ramona Wadi(2022-03-13). Palestinian Refugee Families expelled from Israel can't Come Home, but 100K Ukrainians Admitted.juancole.comBy Ramona Wadi | — ( Middle East Monitor )- Once again, Israel feels entitled to play the humanitarian card, with only Palestinians pointing out its selectivity when it comes to opening its doors to refugees. In February, The Jerusalem Post reported that 10,000 Jewish Ukrainian refugees would be entering Israel. The move was confirmed …
Oliver(2022-03-13). Vaccines and Immunization.nationofchange.orgVaccines and Immunization Immunization is a global health and development success story, saving millions of lives every year. Vaccines reduce risks of getting a disease by working with your body's natural defences to build protection. When you get a vaccine, your immune system responds. We now have vaccines to prevent more than 20 life-threatening diseases, …
Anonymous349(2022-03-13). Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dreams About Death Of Putin. Russian Missiles Purge Camp With Foreign Mercenaries.southfront.org March 13 became the day of the intensification of Russian strikes on the military infrastructure of Ukraine and places of concentrations of foreign mercenaries and supplies that arrive to the country from its 'foreign partners'. | These strikes came amid even increased level of hysteria in MSM about the 'Russian aggression' against the 'peaceful Ukrainain government' that allegedly seeks a diplomatic settlement of the current situation. | To highlight the peaceful stance of the Kyiv government, it would be interesting to quote the March 12 statement of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba: "The elimination of…
Editor2(2022-03-13). When Western Media Saw Ukraine's Neo-Nazis.orinocotribune.com Editorial note: Orinoco Tribune does not generally publish articles that are over 10 days old. However, in this case an exception is being made, as the subject matter of the following piece remains as significant today as at the time of its publication. | By Robert Parry — Aug. 10, 2014 | The New York Times reported almost in passing on Sunday (Aug. 10) that the Ukrainian government's offensive against ethnic Russian rebels in the east has unleashed far-right paramilitary militias that have even raised a neo-Nazi banner over the conquered town of Marinka, just west of the rebel stronghold of Donetsk. | That…
sputniknews(2022-03-13). Death Toll Climbs to 61 in Wake of DR Congo Train Crash, Officials Confirm.sputniknews.comLate Thursday night, a train traveling from the town of Mueneditu to Lubumbashi, the third-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, derailed as the cars were traveling up a slope, triggering a multi-carriage crash, according to early reports from local administrators.
sputniknews(2022-03-13). Russian Armed Forces Destroy Ukrainian Command Post in High-Precision Strike — Video.sputniknews.comDisabling Ukraine's military infrastructure remains one of the main goals of Moscow's ongoing special operation in the country. On Saturday, the Russian military's precision strikes disabled a military airfield and a major electronic intelligence centre located in the cities of Vasilkov and Brovary, respectively.
sputniknews(2022-03-13). Woman in US Stabs Date in Revenge for…Assassination of IRGC Quds Force Chief Soleimani.sputniknews.comWASHINGTON (Sputnik) – A woman in the US state of Nevada has been charged with attempted murder after she stabbed her date in revenge for the assassination of Iranian top military official Qasem Soleimani, who was killed by a US drone attack in 2020, Henderson police said on Sunday.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). HKSAR gov't strives to reduce severe cases, deaths of COVID-19: officials.ecns.cnThe Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government assumes primary responsibility in fighting COVID-19 and will strive to stabilize the epidemic situation especially in reducing severe cases and deaths, senior officials have said.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). Concerns of all parties to Iran nuke talks must be addressed: Chinese envoy.ecns.cnChina's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna Wang Qun said here Friday that the concerns and demands of all parties to the Iran nuclear talks must be addressed properly and that political dialogue and negotiations are the only solution.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). Putin, Macron, Scholz discuss Ukraine crisis over phone.ecns.cnPutin informed Macron and Scholz of "the real situation on the ground" in response to the issues raised by them "regarding the humanitarian situation on the territory of the military operation to protect Donbass," the Kremlin said.
sputniknews(2022-03-13). Midterms: Kamala Harris Tells Democratic Voters 'They Got What They Ordered'.sputniknews.comAmong the promises that the Biden-Harris team rolled out during their 2020 White House campaign were tackling the spread of coronavirus, increasing the distribution of vaccines, creating paths to citizenship for migrants, and improving the country's infrastructure, a majority of which were combined in the "Build Back Better" bill.
sputniknews(2022-03-13). Poll Shows Majority of Brits Want Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Resign.sputniknews.comThe leader of the Conservative Party has seen his approval ratings fall during the coronavirus pandemic, with critics accusing the government of failing to respond quickly to the problem. Johnson's numbers have plunged even further due to several scandals involving Tory MPs as well as the politician himself.
Rick Rozoff(2022-03-13). Biden directs $200 million more in military aid to Ukraine.antibellum679354512.wordpress.comInterfax-UkraineMarch 12, 2022 USA to provide $200 mln in military aid to Ukraine — White House The United States will provide Ukraine with military assistance in the amount of up to $200 million, the relevant memorandum was signed by U.S. President Joseph Biden, the White House said. "By the authority vested in me as President …
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). Hong Kong to further leverage Traditional Chinese Medicine in fighting COVID-19: Carrie Lam.ecns.cnThe Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government will continue to leverage the advantages of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic and consolidate the TCM as an integral part of the medical system in Hong Kong, Chief Executive of the HKSAR Carrie Lam said on Saturday.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). China's land-greening in 2021.ecns.cnThe National Forestry and Grassland Administration released a bulletin on Friday, showcasing advances in the country's afforestation work in 2021.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). Experts say innovation helps stabilize economy.ecns.cnChina is committed to pursuing innovation-driven growth and accelerating its industrial upgrade this year amid multiple pressures and uncertainties, as high-quality development will remain a key to China's future, officials and experts said on Friday.
GIWUSA(2022-03-13). South African Striking Clover Workers Occupy IDC Offices.indybay.orgSouth African striking Clover workers today occupied the IDC offices to call for the removal of the billionaire Israeli Wertheim family from control of the largest dairy in South Africa and for it to be run by the workers under workers control…
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). Foreign companies show confidence in Chinese market.ecns.cnDespite the protracted pandemic and increasingly complex global environment, foreign companies are casting a vote of confidence in the Chinese economy as they continue to see opportunities amid the country's opening-up efforts.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). U.S. to revoke Russia's most-favored nation status amid Ukraine crisis.ecns.cnThe U.S. government will revoke Russia's most-favored nation trade status amid the Ukraine crisis, the White House said Friday, noting that it will work with Group of Seven (G7) countries and the European Union to roll out new sanctions.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). China, India hold 15th corps commander level meeting.ecns.cnThe 15th round China-India Corps Commander Level Meeting was held at Moldo-Chushul border meeting point on the Indian side on Friday, said China's Ministry of National Defense.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). China plans more planetary endeavors: scientist.ecns.cnAfter the Tianwen-1 mission, China will have a number of Tianwen series of planetary endeavors to explore the universe, according to a Chinese scientist.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). China-Laos Railway puts freight transport on fast track.ecns.cnThe freight volume of the China-Laos Railway has hit 1.2 million tonnes, as the landmark project of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation marked 100 days of operation Saturday.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). China's express logistics activities expand in February.ecns.cnChina's express logistics sector recorded stable growth in February as market demand and production gradually picked up, data from the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing showed.
Khubaka, Michael Harris(2022-03-13). 2022 Africa Unity Day – San Diego Waterfront and African Museum.indybay.orgOur "California Grown" gift to the world, the United Nations was founded in San Francisco, California, August 1943 and may help serve as "a featured platform for improving the safety and quality of life and livelihoods of people of African descent" and ensure the full political, economic and social inclusion in the societies where they live.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). China provides 20 billion yuan in subsidies to grain planters.ecns.cnChina has provided 20 billion yuan (about 3.16 billion U.S. dollars) from the central government budget to protect grain planters from rising prices of farming supplies, the Ministry of Finance said Friday.
ecns.cn(2022-03-13). 3rd mainland-aided COVID-19 isolation facility starts operation in Hong Kong.ecns.cnThe third community isolation facility (CIF) in Hong Kong constructed with the support from the mainland has been put into operation immediately after it was handed over to the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Saturday.
Anonymous669(2022-03-11). Russia Is Working To Determine The Supplier Of Igla MANPADS Captured From Ukrainian Forces (Video).southfront.org Screen grab from footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry. | On March 11, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that it is working to determine which Eastern European state supplied Igla man-portable air-defense system (MANPADs) to Ukraine. | Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the ministry, revealed that a new batch of these systems was seized by Russian troops in the Kherson region."Inspection of the serial numbers of the portable surface-to-air missile systems has now been organized to determine the country that…
_____(2022-03-11). Afghanistan: Americans Loot Poverty-Stricken Afghans.journal-neo.org The tragic events of September 11, 2001 changed our world permanently. Although those who staged those events have not yet been identified, Washington unequivocally declared a "war on terror", directed at the overthrow of Al Qaeda (a terrorist organization banned in Russia) and the Taliban regime (banned in Russia), supported by American satellites. But it is …
_____(2022-03-11). 'Reckoning' With The Economic Marginalization Of Native Americans.popularresistance.orgOver the last two years, there has been much discussion of a national "reckoning" on race. There can be no complete reckoning without strong analysis and substantive action to address the economic marginalization of Native Americans in 21st century America. | Through years of intentional governmental policies that took away their lands and resources, American Indians have been separated from the wealth and assets that were rightfully theirs. Today, we see a consistent lack of information on Native Americans and their socioeconomic issues.
Thomas Piketty(2022-03-11). Sanction the oligarchs, not the people!indybay.orgIt is time to develop a new kind of sanctions. They must be targeted specifically at the oligarchs who have become wealthy as a result of the regime. This would require the establishment of an international financial registry, a measure that will not please the Western wealthy.
Kevin Mwanza(2022-03-11). Russia: The US Must Explain Bioweapons Research In Ukraine, We Have Proof.moguldom.comRussia says it found proof during its "special operation in Ukraine" that the U.S. was working with Ukrainian laboratories to develop bioweapons. The U.S. denied the renewed Russian accusations, calling the claims "laughable" and counter claiming that Moscow may be laying groundwork to use chemical warware in Ukraine, according to a Reuters report. "We confirm …
JANET(2022-03-11). U.S. sanctions: an act of war against workers.iacenter.orgBy G. Dunkel March 9, 2022 Mass media in the United States and throughout the countries of Western Europe are exhaustively and intensely depicting the suffering of the Ukrainian people as Ukraine confronts the Russian army. It is the U.S. and its NATO proxy who have now broadened the war being fought in Ukraine. What the media is not covering is the impact of this war on the working and poor people inside Russia. Workers at a Moscow bank attempt to gain access to their money tied up by U.S. sanctions, March 1. In an alliance with the most economically powerful capitalist governments and their central banks, the U…
A Guest Author(2022-03-11). Mark International Working Women's Day/Support Workers World.workers.org In the spirit of International Working Women's Day, March 8, Workers World hails women workers and oppressed people around the world, as well as in the U.S. In 1910, the International Socialist Women's Conference in Copenhagen declared March 8 International Working Women's Day. People of all genders commemorate this special . . . |
Editor2(2022-03-11). The Crisis in Ukraine is a Planetary Crisis Provoked by the US that Threatens Nuclear War.orinocotribune.com By Oliver Boyd-Barrett — March 7, 2022 | Let us begin a conversation in response to what currently qualifies as the most profound question, the one that needs most urgently to be addressed if we are to have any chance of understanding what we conveniently refer to as the "Ukraine crisis." This is, more accurately, a planetary crisis—close in magnitude to the near-certainty of species extinction within the next century, but in some ways ahead of secondary catastrophes such as the obscene, raging inequality between peoples and nations unleashed by President Ronald Reagan and UK Prime Minister Margaret Th…
Spencer Sunshine(2022-03-10). The Proud Boys Gained 29 Chapters in the Year Since Capitol Attack.truthout.org Even to casual observers, it's clear that white supremacist groups and their cousins, the militias, have been in full swing for years. And it's also clear that the departure of Donald Trump from the White House has not collapsed the far right. A newly released annual census of these groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), "
Thomas Piketty(2022-03-10). Sanction the oligarchs, not the people!indybay.orgIt is time to develop a new kind of sanctions. They must be targeted specifically at the oligarchs who have become wealthy as a result of the regime. This would require the establishment of an international financial registry, a measure that will not please the Western wealthy.
deweylaura(2022-03-10). Let's organize around student debt!cpusa.org While on the campaign trail, Joseph Biden made a lot of promises. One of them was to forgive $10,000 dollars in student debt. His promises paid off big. When election time came around, Biden won roughly 60% of the youth vote. So far, the president has only partially honored his promise. The Education Department …
_____(2022-03-10). John Kiriakou: 'I Work For Sputnik News'.popularresistance.orgTorture, whistleblowing, extraordinary rendition, secret prisons, solitary confinement and corruption in the justice system. Those are Kiriakou's subjects and he is happy to talk about them anywhere. | I work for Sputnik News. There. I said it. I'm not embarrassed or ashamed. I'm also not a Russian propagandist, despite what you may have read in the "mainstream" media. Sputnik approached me in 2017 and offered me a job as a radio talk show host. I turned them down. Friends told me that it would be a mistake working for the Russian Bear. They said that I would attract attention from the government, maybe even the…
_____(2022-03-10). US Sanctions: An Act Of War Against Workers.popularresistance.orgMass media in the United States and throughout the countries of Western Europe are exhaustively and intensely depicting the suffering of the Ukrainian people as Ukraine confronts the Russian army. | It is the U.S. and its NATO proxy who have now broadened the war being fought in Ukraine. | What the media is not covering is the impact of this war on the working and poor people inside Russia. | In an alliance with the most economically powerful capitalist governments and their central banks, the U.S. has managed to cut the Russian economy off from many of the world's financial arteries. According to the conservativ…
Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam(2022-03-10). Gov't welcomes SEACOM's expansion strategy for Uganda.plusnews.ug Government of Uganda has welcomed the regional expansion strategy for the Ugandan and East African markets of SEACOM, the pan-African telecommunications service provider announced at a special networking breakfast event in Kampala on Thursday. The Minister of State for ICT and National Guidance, Godfrey Kabbyanga Baluku who represented government at the event said that the …
Peoples Dispatch(2022-03-10). Leading Marxist philosopher and activist Aijaz Ahmad dies at 81.peoplesdispatch.org Leading Marxist philosopher and political commentator Aijaz Ahmad died on Wednesday, March 9, at his home in California, US. He was 81 years old and had been undergoing treatment for some time. He was discharged from hospital a few days before his demise. | Born in 1941 in India, Ahmad's family moved to Pakistan after partition where he completed his education. After completing his Masters in English literature from Lahore, he taught at different universities across the world, including at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and was working with University of California in the US at the time of his death. | A…
Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam(2022-03-10). Excitement as SEACOM unveils regional expansion strategy for Uganda.plusnews.ug SEACOM, the pan-African telecommunications service provider, unveiled its regional expansion strategy for the Ugandan and East African markets at a special networking breakfast event in Kampala, Uganda. The event was attended by a cross-section of clients, business partners, staff, representatives of key government ministries and parastatals in Uganda, and SEACOM executives from Uganda, East Africa, …
_____(2022-03-10). Venezuela: Government Raises Wages As Inflation Hits Eight-Year Low.popularresistance.orgCaracas, Venezuela — The Nicolás Maduro government decreed a near twentyfold salary hike. | In a public forum with trade unions on March 3, the Venezuelan president announced that the minimum wage would be set at half a Petro, some 126 bolivars (BsD) which amount to US $29 at the present exchange rate. | The new figure represents a significant increase over the previous one of 7 BsD (roughly $1.6). The government is reportedly weighing raising public employee food bonuses o 45 BsD ($10.4). They are currently set at 3 BsD. | Pensions and regular government bonuses, such as support for large households, will…
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 …
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."
