(2023-03-07). Wednesday 3/8: International Women's Day: End Women's Poverty – Invest in Caring, Not Killing w/ PPC. indybay.org Online rally for women's rights…
(2023-03-06). Flooding Increasingly Pummels The Southeast; Organizers Fight Back. popularresistance.org Beverly May, retired nurse practitioner and current epidemiologist at the University of Kentucky, lives maybe 100 feet from the house she grew up in Floyd County, Kentucky. She characterizes her community as "hillbilly country," an area in central Appalachia that once served as a critical cog in the coal industry's wheel. When historic floods ravaged the area in late July 2022, May decided to trade in her medical work for flood research and activism with the nonprofit community well-being organization Kentuckians for the Commonwealth. | "I've lived here all my life, and I could not believe it when I saw helicopte…
(2023-03-06). Morning Commute – 3/6/2023. anchor.fm In this episode we discuss the National Day of Action on March 9th, and the DC rally on March 18th among other events coming up; we chat about international capitalism's and imperialism's need for control, exploitation, wealth accumulation, etc. and how our struggles around the world must find ways to unite and struggle for our shared and independent Liberation…
(2023-03-07). Why Student Debt Cancellation Is Reasonable, Not Radical. independentmediainstitute.org "Nobody's telling the person who is trying to set up the lawn service business that he doesn't have to pay his loan," said U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts during oral arguments about President Joe Biden's student debt forgiveness plan. Roberts continued his logic on behalf of this hypothetical lawn service operator, saying, "he …
(2023-03-07). Chinese FM denies BRI caused 'debt trap'. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang rejected claims that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has resulted in debt traps, saying that the initiative has evolved from vision into reality, boosted development in partner countries and delivered tangible benefits to their people.
(2023-03-07). Australian "robodebt" lies expose how governments work. wsws.org Ex-minister Stuart Robert's extraordinary admission to the robodebt inquiry laid bare the reality that all governments, Labor and Liberal-National, lie and deceive the population on every front.
(2023-03-06). Student Loan Forgiveness Program Appears Headed For Defeat. popularresistance.org A right-wing majority of the Supreme Court is on the verge of denying student debt relief to more than 40 million borrowers. On February 28, the high court heard oral arguments in a pair of cases challenging President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness program. Instituted to ameliorate the effects of the COVID pandemic, the program could provide up to $20,000 of debt relief to people with federally held loans. | The first case heard by the court was Biden v. Nebraska, brought by Republican state attorneys general from Nebraska, Missouri, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas and South Carolina against Biden, his Secretary of…
(2023-03-07). In Video: In The CIA, We Didn't Give A Hoot About Democracy. southfront.org
(2023-03-07). Protesting pension reforms, French working class shuts down the country. peoplesdispatch.org The controversial pension reform bill calling for an increase in the retirement age from 62 to 64 is currently being discussed in the French Senate but was passed over to the Senate before it could be voted on because of disagreements about raising the retirement age…
(2023-03-07). Women's rights at the heart of the fight over pensions in France. peoplesdispatch.org This year's International Working Women's Day in France holds special significance because of a nation-wide call by trade unions and people's movements to bring the country to a standstill from March 7…
(2023-03-07). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Over the weekend hundreds of nurses in Toronto, Canada marched to demand improved wages, better working conditions and staffing.
(2023-03-07). South Korean government demands "normalization" of labor unions. wsws.org The Yoon administration is reviving old police-state measures in an effort to silence unrest and opposition especially in the working class as social conditions deteriorate.
(2023-03-07). UAW runoff elections end in debacle for bureaucracy. wsws.org After decades of collaborating with the corporations and successive governments in the systematic destruction of workers' jobs, living standards and working conditions, the affluent upper-middle-class executives who occupy the union's misnamed "Solidarity House" and its satellites are viewed with contempt by the rank and file.
(2023-03-07). SEP (Australia) campaigners for NSW election speak to workers about cost of living crisis and war. wsws.org One young person said: "The working class are paying and giving money to the government and the government is giving it to the richer people so the richer people are going to get richer, and the people who are working have to work harder, longer, just to support that."
(2023-03-06). Report: Informant Got $20,000 From FBI To Create Divisiveness Among George Floyd Protestors, Accuse Activists Of Working With Police. moguldom.com The Federal Bureau of Investigation paid a convicted felon to be an FBI informant and undermine racial justice protests during the height of the Black Lives Matter movement in the summer of 2020, a new podcast alleges. According to a report by CBS News, "Alphabet Boys" is a 10-episode docuseries that debuted in February that accuses the FBI of …
(2023-03-06). India: The Next Front in the War on the BRICS. strategic-culture.org For years the wildcard in the BRICS Alliance has been India. India's rivalry with China as well as its complicated relationships with both Russia and the West have always served as wedge issues to drive the alliance apart. During the Trump years the "I" in BRICS, India, was slowly working its way under Prime Minister Narendra Modi back into the West's orbit. It led to me thinking that that "I" had been replaced by Iran, especially pre-COVID-19.
(2023-03-06). Marxist IQ: Women and the fight for democracy and socialism. cpusa.org 
This year's United Nations-sponsored International Women's Day on March 8th and Women's History Month in the United States takes place after the extreme-right Supreme Court repealed Roe v. Wade. The Dobbs v. Jackson decision ranks as one of the worst in SCOTUS history. This Marxist IQ is dedicated to the mobilization of all working-class …
(2023-03-06). The Comprehensive Crisis in the US and the Revolutionary Way Forward. orinocotribune.com By Carlos L. Garrido — Mar 1, 2023 | The United States tells the world and its citizenry that it is the best country on the planet, where freedom and democracy reign, and where an American dream exists which affords all the opportunity to live flourishing 'middle class' lives with white picket fence homes and two automobiles. However, for the working masses of the United States, as the great comedic critic George Carlin noted, "it's called the American Dream because you have to be asleep to believe it."[1] When awake, what the American masses experience is the American nightmare; lives plagued by stagnant wa…
(2023-03-06). NYC: 3/25: In Honor of Women's History Month: Join the Int'l Working Women's Day Coalition. iacenter.org
(2023-03-06). Setting Our Sights On The Equality Of Women. popularresistance.org Boston, Massachusetts – A month ago, I heard on the news that Boston public schools would be closed on February 3 because of the severe Arctic cold and wind chill forecast for that day and the next. My first thought was: what if the students' mothers are working single mothers, what if they cannot take off or cannot afford to lose the pay — given inflation of food, energy and rents and the impoverishing impact of Covid? | Boston is a severely unequal city with an extremely segregated public school system: 80 percent of children in public school are low income; 90 percent are students of color, mainly Latino…
(2023-03-06). "They All Knew": Media Matters Files FEC Complaint That Fox News Broke Election Laws, Lied for Trump. democracynow.org 
A number of bombshell revelations about the inner workings of Fox News have come to light as part of a $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems against the network. Rupert Murdoch, the owner of Fox News, has admitted under oath that many hosts on his network "endorsed" Donald Trump's false claims about the 2020 election for financial, not political, reasons, stating, "It is not red or blue, it is green." In court filings, Dominion also revealed that Murdoch had given Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner confidential information about Biden's campaign a…
(2023-03-06). Sri Lanka's JVP-NPP collaborates with ex-military officers and business representatives. wsws.org The JVP-NPP is putting itself forward as an alternative government to implement the deeply unpopular austerity measures demanded by the IMF and support the rising anger of broad layers of working people.
(2023-03-07). Thousands of Rohingya refugees rendered homeless in Bangladesh after massive fire. peoplesdispatch.org As many as 12,000 Rohingya refugees have been rendered homeless after a massive fire damaged more than The fire started in B-block of camp 11 of Balukhali at around 2: 30 pm local time, sending a huge plume of smoke into the air. According to the police, no casualties have been reported so far. The authorities, however, have said that they will not have accurate estimates regarding the extent of the damage for some time, the Dhaka Tribune has reporte…
(2023-03-07). Three Women Discover the Americas' Best Kept Secret—Nicaragua! indybay.org Eyewitness account-inspiring trip Jan.2023. 50% of government is female. Met w/ Minister of Women, Sandinista legislators, peasant revolutionaries, agro-ecologists at women cooperatives, health pro's. Model of resilience, caring economy/society, alternative to capitalist corporatocracy. Preschool thru post doc free. Free health care. No hunger or homeless. Si se puede!
(2023-03-06). Abandonment of Australian flood victims underscores fraud of official NSW election pledges. wsws.org The lies of the establishment parties are clearly evident across the state's Northern Rivers region, where thousands of residents—both homeowners and renters—remain homeless or living in makeshift accommodation.
(2023-03-06). Famine in Africa: Millions on the Verge of Starvation? What are the Causes? globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-06). Public meeting: Support the Socialist Equality Party in the New South Wales state election! wsws.org The SEP's public meeting, on Thursday, March 23, is the only forum for workers to discuss the fight against war, inequality and the disastrous "let it rip" COVID policies supported by all other parties.
(2023-03-06). Africa's Food Crisis Caused by the West. 278 million Africans— One in Five —are Facing Hunger. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-06). Seattle students rally in support of hunger strikers at the Northwest Detention Center. fightbacknews.org Tacoma, WA – A crowd of 35 people gathered at the Northwest Detention Center in Tacoma on Saturday, March 4, to call for the closure of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement-sanctioned prison for undocumented people. The Northwest Detention Center is owned and operated by the private corporation GEO Group. | The Northwest Detention Center is notorious for its mistreatment of inmates, lack of sanitation, medical neglect and overuse of solitary confinement. The prisoners there have gone on multiple hunger strikes over the past year to protest these conditions, most recently in February when over 85 demanded an en…
(2023-03-06). Commodity Speculators Reap Record-Shattering Profits Amid Global Hunger Crisis. truthout.org As much of the world reeled from high energy and food prices that left millions struggling to heat their homes and feed their families, commodity trading firms that benefit from extreme market volatility brought in record-breaking profits in 2022, capitalizing on chaos spurred by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Citing new research from the consulting firm Oliver Wyman, the Financial Times reported… |
(2023-03-06). Palestinian prisoners complete 20 days of civil disobedience against Israeli jail authorities. peoplesdispatch.org The prisoners' agitation started in response to recent punitive measures introduced by the extremist government in Israel, and is expected to escalate in the coming days into a mass indefinite hunger strike…