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2022-03-17: News Headlines

Rubén Armendáriz (2022-03-17). La inflación argentina se acelera y también crecen la pobreza y el desaliento. globalizacion.ca En un país agricultor y ganadero, pero con el 40 por ciento de la población viviendo por debajo del nivel de pobreza, el presidente Alberto Fernández no logró calmar el nerviosismo general por un masivo aumento de precios: "Prometo que…

Elle Taylor (2022-03-17). Starbucks workers in Colorado walk out, demand union, better working conditions. liberationnews.org he walkout was part of a one-day Unfair Labor Practices strike by the workers, who are seeking the union representation of Workers United.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-17). 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…

WSWS (2022-03-17). German population shows solidarity with Ukrainian refugees in Berlin, authorities display indifference. wsws.org As in 2015, when tens of thousands of people sought refuge from the wars in the Middle East, especially from Syria, working people in Berlin have responded with overwhelming solidarity to the arrival of Ukrainian refugees.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-17). 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…

WSWS (2022-03-17). Suspect apprehended in multiple killings of the homeless in Washington, D.C. and New York City. wsws.org Gerald Brevard III was arrested in southeast Washington, D.C. on Tuesday morning following a multi-state manhunt.

WSWS (2022-03-16). Educators across US send support to striking Minneapolis teachers. wsws.org Educators 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.com Tuesday, 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.com TEHRAN, 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. . . . |

WSWS (2022-03-16). Support strike action at Canadian Pacific! For a united movement of North American railroaders against wage cuts and brutal working hours! wsws.org What is needed is a united struggle, bringing together workers across the Class I railroads in North America independent of both the union bureaucracy and the Biden and Trudeau governments.

Tom Conway (2022-03-16). How trade union workers are joining to support Ukraine. nationofchange.org Since Putin's unprovoked attack, working people around the world rallied around Ukraine.

Kahlil Wall-Johnson (2022-03-16). Gerald Sussman: Propaganda & Hatred Toward Russia is Unprecedented (Interview). orinocotribune.com March 16, 2022 ( Given his extensive body of research dedicated to studying the inner workings of US propaganda in the former Soviet Union, Orinoco Tribune asked him about his…

Matt Sedlar (2022-03-16). CORRECTION: The Productivity Adjusted Minimum Wage Would Be $21.50 in 2020 and $23 in 2021. cepr.net This post contains corrections to three minimum wage articles published in January 2020, July 2020, and August 2020.

ecns.cn (2022-03-16). Suspect arrested in connection to shootings of homeless individuals in U.S. cities. ecns.cn Police announced on Tuesday that they had arrested a suspect in connection to a series of shootings targeting homeless individuals in Washington, D.C. and New York City earlier this month.

SAM (2022-03-16). How to Fix America's Roundabout, Badly Broken System for Taxing Our Richest. inequality.org

Staff (2022-03-16). Food insecurity threatens an entire generation in Afghanistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) — People in Afghanistan are today facing a food insecurity and malnutrition crisis of "unparalleled proportions", the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator said on Tuesday.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-03-16). UN says Yemen starvation disaster need $4.3bn. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, 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.com Ann 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.com Human 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 …

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2022-03-16: News Headlines

Tom Conway (2022-03-16). How trade union workers are joining to support Ukraine. nationofchange.org Since Putin's unprovoked attack, working people around the world rallied around Ukraine.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-16). 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-16). 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…

WSWS (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.

ecns.cn (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.

WSWS (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.

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.org About 500 teachers blocked the Garupá Bridge on a major highway March 11 to protest abysmal pay and poor working conditions.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-15). UN warns of rising child casualties, worsening hunger in Yemen war and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the severe hunger crisis and rising casualties in Yemen, the denial of Julian Assange's appeal against his extradition, and more…

Mark Weisbrot (2022-03-15). Biden's Sanctions on Afghanistan. zcomm.org The economic sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies are causing widespread, severe hunger in this desperately poor country…

Chris Hedges (2022-03-15). Chris Hedges: Waltzing Toward Armageddon with the Merchants of Death. mintpressnews.com Putin played into the hands of the war industry. He gave the warmongers what they wanted. He fulfilled their wildest fantasies. There will be no impediments now on the march to Armageddon.

_____ (2022-03-15). Waltzing Toward Armageddon With The Merchants Of Death. popularresistance.org The 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…

Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2022-03-15). Why Europe Needs to Take a Hard Look at Itself. zcomm.org They will go down in history as Europe's most mediocre leaders since the end of the Second World War…

Kate Aronoff (2022-03-15). Oil Companies Are Making a Fortune From Soaring Prices. zcomm.org ConocoPhillips, Chevron, and other oil companies are paying negative taxes on huge profits…

Michael Sainato (2022-03-15). More than 1,000 Hershey's Workers Vote on Plan to Unionize. zcomm.org The Pennsylvania-based candy brand has hired union-busting consultants as workers fight for better pay and conditions…

Arturo Domínguez (2022-03-15). Biden, Democrats Not Interested in Defunding the Police (OPINION). latinorebels.com While 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.

Eileen Flanagan (2022-03-15). When complex and ambitious demands undermine a good campaign. zcomm.org In trying to spur a green jobs program in Philadelphia, Earth Quaker Action Team learned valuable lessons about crafting effective demands…

Amy Westervelt (2022-03-15). The U.S. Government Doesn't Control Domestic Oil Production. But It Should. zcomm.org The oil and gas industry won't increase production because it's enjoying the profits from high prices…

Eric Zuesse (2022-03-15). Who actually CAUSED this war in Ukraine? moderndiplomacy.eu On 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.eu A "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 …

Noam Chomsky (2022-03-15). Peace Talks in Ukraine "Will Get Nowhere" If US Keeps Refusing to Join. zcomm.org The means are understood. If the will is there, it is possible to avert catastrophe and to move on to a much better world…

Hector Luis Alamo (2022-03-15). No Charges Against Chicago Cops in Shooting Deaths of Adam Toledo and Anthony Alvarez. latinorebels.com The Chicago Police officers involved in last year's shooting deaths of 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez will not face criminal charges, Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx said on Tuesday.

Joe DeManuelle-Hall (2022-03-15). Texas Union Activists Fight 'Microtransit' Privatization. zcomm.org When "microtransit," the new rage in transit privatization, showed up in Denton, Texas, union activists decided to fight back…

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2022-03-15: News Headlines

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (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…

WSWS (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.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (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…

Peoples Dispatch (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…

Sharon Zhang (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

WSWS (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.

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 …

WSWS (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.

Johanna Kichton (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 …

WSWS (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.

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.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…

rebekah (2022-03-14). Cracking Down on Russian Oligarchs Means Cracking Down on U.S. Tax Havens. inequality.org

isabella (2022-03-14). Stopping Traffic to Fund Excluded Workers. inequality.org

Rebekah Entralgo (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.

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2022-03-14: News Headlines

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-14). 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2022-03-14). 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…

rebekah (2022-03-14). Cracking Down on Russian Oligarchs Means Cracking Down on U.S. Tax Havens. inequality.org

isabella (2022-03-14). Stopping Traffic to Fund Excluded Workers. inequality.org

_____ (2022-03-13). Why Falling Hate Group Numbers Don't Necessarily Mean Less Hate. popularresistance.org Though 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.org Policymakers 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.org At 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 …

John Knefel (2022-03-13). Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Is Predicted to Worsen Existing Famines. truthout.org Russia's invasion of Ukraine is threatening to push millions further into food insecurity and starvation, as global hunger and humanitarian needs are at all-time highs. Both Russia and Ukraine are major

Ramona Wadi (2022-03-13). Palestinian Refugee Families expelled from Israel can't Come Home, but 100K Ukrainians Admitted. juancole.com By 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 …

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2022-03-13: News Headlines

TASS (2022-03-13). Russia, Ukraine working to give shape to main topics up for discussion – Kiev official. tass.com As soon as there are mutual legal frameworks, a meeting will be scheduled, the fourth round of talks, Mikhail Podolyak said…

Oliver (2022-03-13). Vaccines and Immunization. nationofchange.org Vaccines 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…

SF015 (2022-03-13). At Least 66 Ukrainian Army Servicemen And Foreigners Were Killed And Wounded Near Lviv. southfront.org Local authorities report that as a result of a Russian missile strike on the Yavoriv training range near Lviv, 9 Ukrainian army servicemen and foreign instructors were killed and 57 wounded. |

sputniknews (2022-03-13). At Least Six Killed, Several Injured After Kiev Forces Fire on Volnovakha Hospital – Medics. sputniknews.com Most of the doctors and patients, including women in labor from the maternity ward, survived by hiding in the basement. One of the doctors told Sputnik that during the time everyone was hiding in the basement, six babies were born.

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Death Toll Climbs to 61 in Wake of DR Congo Train Crash, Officials Confirm. sputniknews.com Late 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). Efforts to Repair Damaged Power Lines at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Continue – IAEA. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says that, according to the Ukrainian regulator, work continues to repair the damaged power lines at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Russian Armed Forces Destroy Ukrainian Command Post in High-Precision Strike — Video. sputniknews.com Disabling 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). 'Superhuman': Cristiano Ronaldo Breaks FIFA All-Time Record for Most Goals in Men's Football. sputniknews.com Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo, already a football sensation after winning three Premier League titles, two La Liga titles, two Serie A titles, and being a five-time winner of the Champions League, scored his 807th career goal at Old Trafford on Saturday, breaking FIFA's all-time record.

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Tensions in Jerusalem Flare Up But Will It Lead to New Confrontation Between Israel & Hamas? sputniknews.com In recent weeks, Israel has carried out a number of arrests in the east of the disputed city and the West Bank. Several Palestinians have been shot dead amid clashes with the IDF, and a Ramallah-based political analyst says it is just a matter of time until the situation spirals out of control.

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Ukrainian Radicals Were Keeping 300 Monks and Civilians Hostage in Monastery, Russian MoD Says. sputniknews.com Russian forces have liberated the settlement of Nikolskoye, where members of the "Aidar" battalion set up an artillery position, an official statement confirmed.

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Woman in US Stabs Date in Revenge for…Assassination of IRGC Quds Force Chief Soleimani. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (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.cn The 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.cn China'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). In-orbit construction of China's space station going smoothly. ecns.cn Construction work on the core module of China's Tiangong space station is proceeding steadily, the China Manned Space Agency (CMSA) said on Friday.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Putin, Macron, Scholz discuss Ukraine crisis over phone. ecns.cn Putin 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.

Freedom Socialist Party (2022-03-13). Sunday 3/27: Russian and U.S. Hands Off Ukraine! indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St. (at Ellis), San Francisco | (on #19, 31, 38, & 49 Muni lines, near Civic Center BART)…

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Midterms: Kamala Harris Tells Democratic Voters 'They Got What They Ordered'. sputniknews.com Among 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.

Fresno County Bicycle Coalition (2022-03-13). Sunday 5/22: The Soul of a Cyclist: Virtual Screening and Q&A with Filmmaker. indybay.org

American Indian Resource Center at UCSC (2022-03-13). Saturday 4/2: IndigeFest 2022: Celebrating Indigenous Cultures of the Americas. indybay.org Quarry Amphitheater, UC Santa Cruz…

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Another flight carrying Chinese citizens evacuated from Ukraine arrives safely. ecns.cn At 9: 16 a.m. on Sunday, a temporary flight carrying Chinese citizens evacuated from Ukraine arrived in Jinan, east China's Shandong Province.

Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (2022-03-13). Saturday 3/12: We Are Not Animals, Book Talk with Martin Rizzo-Martinez. indybay.org Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History | 705 Front St., Santa Cruz…

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Employment, education high on government agenda this year. ecns.cn Employment, education and healthcare are high on the agenda this year so that people's livelihoods can be continuously improved, according to Premier Li Keqiang.

TASS (2022-03-13). Several rockets land near US consulate in northern Iraq – media. tass.com According to Erbil Governor Omid Khoshnaw, no casualties were reported as a result of the attack. Local authorities have launched an inquiry…

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Chinese scientists create fertile mouse without father. ecns.cn Chinese scientists bred a live rodent offspring derived from a single unfertilized oocyte, and the mouse grew into a fertile adult.

TASS (2022-03-13). US to provide Ukraine additional military assistance worth $200 mln – Department of State. tass.com This package will include further defensive assistance to help Ukraine meet the armored, airborne, and other threats it is facing, Blinken said…

TASS (2022-03-13). Kiev forces shell LPR three times over past day. tass.com One residential building was destroyed…

sputniknews (2022-03-13). Poll Shows Majority of Brits Want Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Resign. sputniknews.com The 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.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). All venues for Beijing Olympic, Paralympic Winter Games will open to public. ecns.cn All the venues for the Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games will open to the public after the Games, the organizers said on Saturday.

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-13). Biden directs $200 million more in military aid to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-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). CPC Central Committee, State Council congratulate Chinese delegation on Winter Paralympics achievements. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China Central Committee and China's State Council have sent a congratulatory message to the Chinese delegation for its "best in history" performance at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games, scheduled to be concluded on Sunday.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). COVID-19 hospitalization, death rates among black Americans considerably higher than white Americans: study. ecns.cn Although black Americans are not substantially more likely to be diagnosed with COVID-19, their hospitalization and death rates are considerably higher than white Americans, according to a newly published study.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Hong Kong to further leverage Traditional Chinese Medicine in fighting COVID-19: Carrie Lam. ecns.cn The 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.cn The National Forestry and Grassland Administration released a bulletin on Friday, showcasing advances in the country's afforestation work in 2021.

TASS (2022-03-13). Caracas remains Moscow's committed ally – Venezuelan top diplomat. tass.com The government of Venezuela remains a "committed ally" of Russia, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia said in an interview with Turkey's Anadolu news agency…

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). Experts say innovation helps stabilize economy. ecns.cn China 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.org South 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.cn Despite 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.cn The 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.cn The 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.cn After 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.cn The 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.

TASS (2022-03-13). Russian-Ukrainian video talks continue without cease – Ukrainian official. tass.com Ukraine's positions are determined by the previous directives, Ukrainian presidential office adviser Mikhail Podolyak has said…

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). China says willing to tackle U.S. regulatory issue via cooperation. ecns.cn China is willing to tackle the issue of inspection and investigation by U.S. regulators on relevant accounting firms through regulatory cooperation, the country's top securities regulator said Friday.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). China's express logistics activities expand in February. ecns.cn China'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.org Our "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). Beijing 2022 sets new standard for delivery of Games, says IPC president Parsons. ecns.cn Beijing 2008 changed the way the Summer Paralympics was delivered forever, and this will be the same with the Winter Paralympics, said International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president Andrew Parsons.

ecns.cn (2022-03-13). China provides 20 billion yuan in subsidies to grain planters. ecns.cn China 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.cn The 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.

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2022-03-12: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-03-12). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Thousands of unorganised workers in Karnataka protest poverty wages; Cambodian police arrest 180 protesting NagaWorld casino workers; Australia: Boral Cement plant workers strike;…

WSWS (2022-03-12). Australian Labor Party leader commits to big business restructuring and US militarism. wsws.org Albanese's speeches are part of his pitch to the ruling class to support a trade union-backed Labor government to suppress the growing discontent throughout the working class.

WSWS (2022-03-12). Arriva London South bus drivers vote to strike, rejecting derisory 1.5 percent pay offer. wsws.org Bus drivers in south London have voted overwhelmingly to strike, while Unite official John Murphy has sent a begging letter to the company.

WSWS (2022-03-12). WSWS publishes the Chinese translation of "The theoretical and historical origins of the pseudo-left" wsws.org This report by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North is of great significance today to workers and young people in China as the crisis of capitalism intensifies with the threat of nuclear war, the surging COVID-19 pandemic and deepening social inequality in every country.

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.org Over 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.org It 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.

Liberation Staff (2022-03-11). The Working Class Must Reject the New Cold War: 5 Points of Unity. liberationnews.org The Party for Socialism and Liberation is advancing five basic points that can serve to unite those who oppose U.S. imperialism and support peace.

Kevin Mwanza (2022-03-11). Russia: The US Must Explain Bioweapons Research In Ukraine, We Have Proof. moguldom.com Russia 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.org By 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 . . . |

WSWS (2022-03-11). Chicago-area teachers and staff strike over pay, class sizes. wsws.org After working without a contract since the start of the school year, Proviso Township teachers, just outside Chicago, launch strike action.

WSWS (2022-03-11). As inflation surges, Spanish unions and Podemos slash real wages. wsws.org The union bureaucracies and the Socialist Party-Podemos government in Spain are carrying out the impoverishment of the working class via inflation.

WSWS (2022-03-11). US educators call for building a mass movement to prevent World War III and end the pandemic. wsws.org Rank-and-file committees of educators, parents and students met across the US last weekend to adopt a resolution opposing the drive to World War III and calling for a mass movement of the working class to stop the pandemic.

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…

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2022-03-11: News Headlines

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.org It 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.org Torture, 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.org 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. | 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, …

WSWS (2022-03-10). Australian PM in flood-hit Lismore: People are on their own in natural disasters. wsws.org Morrison, his staffers and the police went to great lengths to prevent working people devastated by the floods from getting anywhere near the prime minister.

_____ (2022-03-10). Venezuela: Government Raises Wages As Inflation Hits Eight-Year Low. popularresistance.org Caracas, 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…

SAM (2022-03-10). What Makes More Sense, a Minimum Income Tax or a Maximum Income? inequality.org

rebekah (2022-03-10). Addressing Racial Inequality in Paid Leave Policy. inequality.org

Sarah Anderson (2022-03-10). Why the Just-Passed Postal Service Reform Act is Such a Big Deal. inequality.org

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2022-03-10: News Headlines

SAM (2022-03-10). What Makes More Sense, a Minimum Income Tax or a Maximum Income? inequality.org

rebekah (2022-03-10). Addressing Racial Inequality in Paid Leave Policy. inequality.org

Sarah Anderson (2022-03-10). Why the Just-Passed Postal Service Reform Act is Such a Big Deal. inequality.org

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-09). Albania: NATO upgrades air base in city once named after Stalin. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Balkan InsightFebruary 28, 2022 In Albanian City Once Named 'Stalin', a Base for NATO Developed under Italian fascist occupation, renamed 'Stalin City' under communism, and condemned to poverty with the transition to capitalism, the central Albanian city of Kucova is now set to become synonymous with NATO. Three years after the Western military alliance announced …

JANET (2022-03-09). Fight xenophobia ‚àí a form of war. iacenter.org March 8, 2022 The U.S.- and NATO-instigated conflict in Ukraine is rooted in the quest to plunder and profit off Russia's vast wealth in natural gas and oil. This has been a major pillar of U.S. imperialism's quest to rebuild its global empire since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The imperialists will do whatever it takes to gain new markets to make profits, even with the global threat of nuclear war. Russia has had the right to protect its borders as the rise of neofascist elements inside Ukraine has been a constant threat to its sovereignty since 2014, resulting in the breakaway of the People's Repu…

Olúf·∫πÃÅmi O. Táíwà≤ (2022-03-09). How BlackRock, Vanguard, and UBS Are Screwing the World. zcomm.org Such firms control a huge portion of the world's wealth. Instead of using that power to solve climate change, they're blocking progress and profiting off inequality…

ecns.cn (2022-03-09). China's property sector to benefit from policy easing in 2022: experts. ecns.cn China's property sector may slightly recover from the downturn due to easing policies while debt pressure remains, experts said.

JANET (2022-03-09). International Working Women's Day means solidarity. iacenter.org By Kathy Durkin March 8, 2022 International Working Women's Day is commemorated around the world on March 8. Two words signify its essence: solidarity and struggle. Ontario Federation of Labor Established in 1910 at an International Women's Socialist Conference in Copenhagen, this special day was intended to broaden global solidarity and strengthen ties among women workers. IWWD's socialist founders deplored the terrible working conditions faced by women workers, as they poured into factories in the U.S., Europe and elsewhere. They noted the strikes and massive demonstrations held by women immigrants in New York…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-09). Reclaiming the radical roots of International Working Women's Day. peoplesdispatch.org The day was established by socialist women in order to highlight women's centrality in the struggle to overthrow class based oppression, as well as to end the unique oppression faced by women.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-09). "You strike a woman, you strike a rock!" peoplesdispatch.org Over the past several years, working class movements across the world have taken to the streets and plazas on March 8, International Working Women's Day in recognition of the day as an important day of struggle and resistance and to further the cause of women's liberation. The day which corporations and NGOs have attempted to dilute into a day to give presents to women and recognize their achievements has radical roots. It was established by socialist women in the heat of militant labor and internationalist organizing in order to highlight women's centrality in the struggle to overthrow class based oppression, as…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-09). Black Sea: U.S. warplanes integrate with German, Italian, Romanian counterparts. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandMarch 8, 2022 U.S. 480th Expeditionary fighter squadron bolsters NATO's collective defence on Eastern Flank The American's 480th Air Expeditionary Fighter Squadron (480th EFS), working out of Fetesti Air Base, Romania since February 11, continues to enhance NATO's collective defence posture, supporting NATO's enhanced Air Policing mission with F-16 Fighting Falcons…. The 480th …

Peoples Dispatch (2022-03-09). Major fire leaves 5,000 Rohingya refugees homeless in Bangladesh's Cox Bazar. peoplesdispatch.org At least two children including a six-year-old boy were burnt alive in the devastating fire that destroyed over 400 makeshift houses in the Kutupalong refugee camp. This was the sixth major fire incident reported from Bangladesh's Cox Bazar this year…

rebekah (2022-03-09). Russian Oligarchs Funnel Money to U.S. Charities. inequality.org

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2022-03-09: News Headlines

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2022-03-08). Don't sell your land, you will benefit from it when Museveni is gone- Kabuleta tells Ugandans. plusnews.ug The National Economic Empowerment Dialogue (NEED) leader, Joseph Kabuleta has rallied Ugandans to guard their land jealously and avoid the temptation of selling it. Kabuleta said land is a priceless natural resource which will help Ugandans overcome poverty in future when the current government led by President Yoweri Museveni is out of power. The former …

Editor (2022-03-08). Fight xenophobia ‚àí a form of war. workers.org The U.S.- and NATO-instigated conflict in Ukraine is rooted in the quest to plunder and profit off Russia's vast wealth in natural gas and oil. This has been a major pillar of U.S. imperialism's quest to rebuild its global empire since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The . . . |

Kathy Durkin (2022-03-08). International Working Women's Day means solidarity. workers.org International Working Women's Day is commemorated around the world on March 8. Two words signify its essence: solidarity and struggle. Ontario Federation of Labor Established in 1910 at an International Women's Socialist Conference in Copenhagen, this special day was intended to broaden global solidarity and strengthen ties among women workers. . . . |

Ana Santoyo (2022-03-08). Celebrating International Women's Day. liberationnews.org IWD means acknowledging the root cause of women's oppression—class society—and its centrality to the system that oppresses our working class today—capitalism.

Editor2 (2022-03-08). Costa Rica: A Paradise for the Few After First Round of Elections. orinocotribune.com By Giovanni Beluche V. — Mar 3, 2022 | It seems that hard times indeed are coming for the working class, micro- and small-business owners, and small-scale farmers of Costa Rica after the first round of presidential voting on February 6. The two candidates that will go on to the runoff, José María Figueres Olsen and Rodrigo Chaves, have clearly neoliberal proposals: more free trade, more taxes on wage earners, and more cuts to university budgets and social spending. They offer no specific proposals to address the serious crisis of tax evasion and tax avoidance, nor anything to curtail the use of tax havens to…

Fight Back (2022-03-08). Eyewitness report from Venezuela: Second day of PSUV Congress. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – The second day of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) 5th Congress, March 6, featured speeches and workshops about building the party among working people, while strengthening the role of women and youth. Facts and figures played an important part in educating the PSUV militants, with data and explanations appearing on giant video walls. However, it was the speaker's analysis of problems, and proposed solutions that kept everyone talking. | For example, there are 8 million registered to vote for the PSUV, but until now, no way to check how people participate in the party. There is…

Fight Back (2022-03-08). Milwaukee: New International Women's Day Coalition hosts first action. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI — On the afternoon of March 6, over a dozen organizations joined together under the banner of the new Milwaukee International Women's Day Coalition to host a march and rally in commemoration of the working-class holiday. A crowd of more than 50 people turned out to celebrate the occasion. | The Coalition united community, campus and labor organizations under one umbrella with a platform that included points about reproductive rights, trans women's rights, compensation for domestic laborers, expanded union rights, paid parental leave, and community control of the police. | The action started at…

Fight Back (2022-03-08). Philippines: Women and toiling people, rise up amid grave crises. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following March 8 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines | The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) extends its revolutionary greetings to women in the country and across the world on the occasion of the International Working Women's Day. Let us recall the heroism of women from the ranks of workers, peasants and other progressive classes and sectors who broke through imposed gender, cultural and economic barriers and took their place as cadres and fighters of the Philippine revolution. | It is significant that in ten days, we are set to mark the 50th a…

_____ (2022-03-08). The Ukraine War And The 'Good' Refugee. popularresistance.org In the history of accepting refugees, countries have shown more than an erratic streak. Universal human characteristics have often been overlooked in favor of the particular: race, cultural habits, religion. Even immigration nations, such as the United States and Australia, have had their xenophobic twists and turns on the issue of who to accept, be they victims of pogroms, war crimes, genocide, or famine. | The Russian attack on Ukraine has already produced refugees in the hundreds of thousands. By March 2, with the war one week old, 874,000 people were estimated to have left Ukraine. The UN High Commissioner fo…

_____ (2022-03-08). Ukraine: A Planetary Crisis Provoked By The US That Threatens Nuclear War. popularresistance.org 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 Thatcher in the early 1980s, and the global cong…

Sarah Anderson (2022-03-08). 'Reckoning' with the Economic Marginalization of Native Americans. inequality.org

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2022-03-08: News Headlines

Binoy Kampmark (2022-03-08). Cutting Ties: The West, Ukraine, and the Russian Academy. dissidentvoice.org Working with Russian academics and institutions. The attack upon Ukraine by Russia. These are two features playing out heavily in university discussions. As typifies such chitchat, nuance features rather less than cant and sanctimony. As writer and lecturer Paolo Nori of Milano-Bicocca University stated after discovering that his course on Fyodor Dostoevsky would be cancelled …

Sarah Anderson (2022-03-08). 'Reckoning' with the Economic Marginalization of Native Americans. inequality.org

Diana Ramos Gutierrez (2022-03-07). In Puerto Rico, Paradise for a Few and Austerity for the Masses. towardfreedom.org A U.S. federal judge recently approved a debt adjustment plan for Puerto Rico, but it does not bode well for the people, as foreigners have been encouraged to enjoy the island as a tax-free paradise, reports Diana Ramos Gutiérrez.

Sharon Zhang (2022-03-07). Biden Is Considering Extending Student Loan Pause as Activists Ramp Up Pressure. truthout.org Last week, a top White House official said that the Biden administration is considering extending the student loan payment freeze, which is set to expire on May 1, for a second time — and suggested that the administration may cancel some portion of student debt before payments resume. | In an interview on the podcast Pod Save America,

Whitney Webb (2022-03-07). Ukraine and the New Al Qaeda. orinocotribune.com By Whitney Webb — Mar 2, 2022 | The eruption of war between Russia and Ukraine appears to have given the CIA the pretext to launch a long-planned insurgency in the country, one poised to spread far beyond Ukraine's borders with major implications for Biden's "War on Domestic Terror" | As the conflict between Ukraine and Russia continues to escalate and dominate the world's attention, the increasing evidence that the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is and has been working to create and arm an insurgency in the country has received considerably little attention considering its likely consequences. This is…

Fight Back (2022-03-07). Leninism: The Marxism of the current era. fightbacknews.org So far in our series on theory, we've looked at the historical emergence of Marxism. But by the time Marx finished writing Capital, capitalism was still developing and changing. The fundamental characteristics of the capitalist mode of production haven't changed. Commodity production and exploitation of workers' surplus value by the capitalists remain the driving force of the capitalist system. And it remains a system plagued by regular cycles of crises of overproduction, pushing poor and working-class people further down while the rich get richer and richer. But by the beginning of the 20th century the internal…

Rick Rozoff (2022-03-07). Blinken: U.S. to transfer warplanes from Poland to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineMarch 6, 2022 Blinken: USA working with Poland to transfer military aircraft to Ukraine The United States is negotiating with Poland on the possibility of transferring MiG and SU aircraft to Ukraine, on which Ukrainian pilots will be able to fly, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said. "We are working with Poland as …

Staff (2022-03-07). Drought sparks famine fears in Zimbabwe. en.mehrnews.com Farmer groups have warned of foods shortages in Zimbabwe owing to the prolonged dry spell currently being experienced in the country.

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