(2022-03-21). Can an offer from the West bring peace to Ukraine? indybay.org Ukraine is being crushed | The consequences of war are dead, injured, displaced, destroyed lives, social communities torn apart, broken infrastructures and homes, misery and years of revenge. | Yet no one stops this terrible war. It is unbearable to watch.
(2022-03-21). Africa Supports Russia's Operation in Ukraine and Advocates a Revival of the Non-Aligned Movement. journal-neo.org 
The events in Ukraine and Russia's actions there are perceived differently around the world. While some countries, under Washington's onslaught, impose sanctions against Russia overits operation in Ukraine, others are strengthening relations with Moscow, or at least maintaining the status quo. While the Western world, influenced by the Russophobic policies of Washington and its allies, …
(2022-03-21). Tuesday 3/29: The Polyphony Quartet in Concert. indybay.org Albert and Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall (Bldg F) | 3921 Fabian Way | Palo Alto, CA 94303…
(2022-03-21). Saturday 4/9: Rally and March for Abortion Rights SF Bay Area and Nationwide. indybay.org Rally starts at noon in Sproul Plaza on UC Berkeley Campus (public welcome) | Entrance near Telegraph and Bancroft…
(2022-03-21). German government ends pandemic measures. wsws.org Just as a steep rise in coronavirus cases is leading to the highest incidence levels since the pandemic began, and the number of severe cases is also increasing, the German government is ending all protective measures.
(2022-03-21). NHS staff struggling to provide patient safety as Johnson government lifts all pandemic mitigations. wsws.org My trust has been on Operational Pressure Escalation Level 4 (OPEL) for several months. This is the highest level. In plain language, it means we are under severe pressure and that our organisation is unable to deliver comprehensive care to patients.
(2022-03-21). Much wants more and loses all. indybay.org It is the West that cannot imagine a life without money and the resultant luxuries. Sanctions or no sanctions, Western companies will sooner or later (I bet: sooner) resume business with Russia because — as everybody in the West knows — "money makes the world go round".
(2022-03-21). Wednesday 3/23: SF Rally Stop Privatization, Union Busting And Outsourcing. indybay.org In front of SF City Hall…
(2022-03-21). Saturday 3/19: No World Order — Call for Assembly of Disassembly. indybay.org Gather 6: 30 PM on Saturday 3/19 at Oscar Grant Plaza in downtown Oakland—bring your friends and party favors. | Masks are great for more than one reason…
(2022-03-21). Eulogy to the COVID-19 Holocaust. indybay.org "We have to live with COVID-19." What the corporate politicians and their media flunkies are really saying is that they are willing to sacrifice frontline and essential workers, the poor, the Black, the Brown, the Yellow and the Red — as well as the old, the disabled, the ill and those with weakened immune systems — all on the altar of capitalist greed.
(2022-03-21). Wednesday 4/20: On Indigenous Voices and Restoring the Kinship Worldview. indybay.org
(2022-03-21). COVID-19 surges in Solomon Islands. wsws.org Widespread poverty, combined with inadequate government services and emergency support, has inflicted significant hardships on the population amid the pandemic.
(2022-03-21). CDC "adjustment" slashes child COVID-19 deaths by 25 percent. wsws.org The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) slashed its reported number of child COVID-19 deaths by 25 percent Wednesday without any serious explanation, amid an ongoing effort to cover up the ongoing mass death from COVID-19.
(2022-03-21). Sunday 3/27: The 1619 Project – Its Significance for Today. indybay.org Join us on ZOOM Sunday, March 27 from 1 to 3 PM Pacific Time…
(2022-03-21). War as crisis accelerator. indybay.org Opportunistic parts of the German left are already sorting themselves into NATO supporters and cheerleaders of hollow Western values, who are peddling the stale bourgeois-liberal ideology one last time before the Western states also sink into barbarism.
(2022-03-21). "Thrown Under The Bus" Vaccinations, Terminations & Union Rights With SEIU 1021 SF Member. indybay.org Kimberly Cox an SEIU 1021 SF MTA worker talks about the threat of firing for not getting vaccinated.
(2022-03-21). Siemens workers in Germany speak out against war. wsws.org Workers speak about the impact of the Ukraine war and the threat of a third world war.
(2022-03-21). Surge in UK COVID cases fuelled by Omicron BA.2. wsws.org Last Thursday, the UK passed a grim milestone of 20 million people infected. This is just short of 30 percent of the entire population.
(2022-03-21). Del diario de Ana Frank a la guerra en TikTok. cubadebate.cu TikTok se ha colado en la guerra en Ucrania como un misil más. La red social de origen chino, con sus mil millones de conectados, es una de las protagonistas del conflicto. Sus videos de entre quince segundos y diez minutos (en formato vertical) nos muestran hoy la crudeza y la incertidumbre de la guerra. Sus usuarios habituales tienen una edad promedio entre 18 y 24 años.
(2022-03-21). Columbus, Ohio police officer cleared of wrongdoing after killing 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant. wsws.org No charges will be filed against the Columbus, Ohio police officer who shot and killed a 16-year-old girl last year.
(2022-03-21). University of Michigan social work students strike to win pay for internships. wsws.org Matt Dargay, one of the organizers of the Payment for Placement movement at the University of Michigan, spoke with the World Socialist Web Site about Monday's demonstration and the demands of the P4P organization.
(2022-03-21). Tuesday 3/29: Virtual Arts Training for the #Defund Climate Chaos Week of Arts Action. indybay.org Online arts training webinar for climate justice…
(2022-03-21). Retired workers suffering from Long COVID in Flint, Michigan, speak to the Global Workers' Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic. wsws.org Ed, a retired auto worker, and Tammy, a retired care worker, have been "living with" COVID-19 for two years, and they've had enough.
(2022-03-21). Conflicto en Ucrania obliga a varias aerolíneas a retomar rutas de la Guerra Fría. cubadebate.cu Días después del inicio del operativo militar ruso en Ucrania, la Unión Europea cerró su espacio aéreo para todos los aviones rusos. Estados Unidos y Canadá no tardaron en unirse a la medida, y Rusia respondió de igual manera, prohibiendo entrar en su espacio aéreo a las aeronaves de 37 países. El cierre del espacio aéreo ruso obligó a las aerolíneas internacionales a repensar sus rutas y alargar algunos trayectos.
(2022-03-21). Sri Lankan plantation action committees hold public meeting to demand reinstatement of sacked workers. wsws.org This meeting will discuss the independent, anti-capitalist program needed to mobilise workers to defeat the brutal company and government attacks.
(2022-03-21). Saturday 3/19: Free Virtual Screening of film "The Stones Cry Out" indybay.org
(2022-03-21). Thursday 3/24: Concord meeting on AB 481 (Military Equipment). indybay.org CYBERSPACE | Zoom: cityofconcord.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcqf-ysrDIqEtXq_0It3nT-jQM9hnqo4JY0 | Registration required. Use a fake name if you want.
(2022-03-21). Adonay, un joven síndrome de down apasionado por la fotografía. cubadebate.cu Adonay Soto Batista es un joven bayamés de dieciséis años, síndrome de down, que desde los seis asistió a la Escuela Especial "Graciela Bustillo Sánchez Aldana", hoy cursa estudios en la Escuela Especial "Ernesto Guevara de la Serna". Adonay es un apasionado por la fotografía.
(2022-03-21). The Canadian Pacific lockout and UK ferry mass sackings: Ruling class ruthlessness in response to growing class struggle. wsws.org The ruling class is moving ever-more ferociously to impose austerity and suppress workers' struggles in the name of the "national interest" and preparations for war with Russia.
(2022-03-21). Díaz-Canel: El Partido tiene que asumir los desafíos que enfrenta la nación con mucho rigor. cubadebate.cu El Partido —indicó el presidente cubano, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez— tiene que hacer un análisis meditado, diario, objetivo, de las situaciones que existen, del estado de opinión de la población y de lo que "se mueve" en las redes sociales, y no esperar a que la gente venga a hacer un reclamo, a veces de forma colectiva.
(2022-03-21). Deepening political crisis in New Zealand as living costs surge. wsws.org The increasingly unpopular Labour government was forced to take urgent action this week after petrol hit $NZ3 a litre on the back of escalating global price shocks.
(2022-03-21). Canadian Pacific locks out 3,000 railroad workers across Canada. wsws.org While business groups and provincial premiers are lining up to demand that rail workers be stripped of their right to strike by anti-democratic government legislation, CP Rail workers are determined to fight brutal working conditions and demanding a mass movement against North America's sixth-largest rail company.
(2022-03-21). Briefing on Iran's daily developments. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 21 (MNA) — The following are the Islamic Republic of Iran's latest developments in the last 24 hours.
(2022-03-21). Why teachers should oppose the Minneapolis Public Schools-MFT "Educators of Color" memorandum. wsws.org The "Educators of Color" MOA and related proposals have absolutely nothing to do with a struggle against racism or for social justice, whatever the MFT and the proponents of the MOA may think.
(2022-03-21). WMNF: Diversify your station staff, bring back the news, and reinstate Alvaro Montealegre! indybay.org Join the campaign to reinstate Tampa WMNF programmer Alvaro Montealegre…
(2022-03-21). Learning together: The Mass Line. fightbacknews.org In the last article in our series on Marxist-Leninist theoretical concepts, on Marxist epistemology, Marxists talk a lot about the importance of "correct i…
(2022-03-21). WorkWeek: UESF Teachers Occupy For Back Pay, Covid, Griffin Charter & CNNC Union Busting. indybay.org WorkWeek covers SF UESF Teachers Occupation For Back Pay & Covid Capitalism, Giffin MIT Charter School Teachers Fighting Corruption & Chinese Union Busting at CNNC In Namibia…
(2022-03-21). Giving in to anti-Russian prejudice, New York Philharmonic cancels appearances by conductor Tugan Sokhiev. wsws.org The Philharmonic attempted to obscure its capitulation to chauvinism and war fever in a number of confusing, self-contradictory ways.
(2022-03-21). April 4th MLK's Beyond Vietnam speech-Public Readings. indybay.org Monday, April 4 at 6: 30pm the Sacramento Poor People's Campaign will host Virtual Public Reading of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s prophetic "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech.
(2022-03-21). Labor Party wins South Australian election on back of COVID disaster. wsws.org The Liberal vote plummeted straight after the reopening of the state's borders on November 23, which soon led to the pandemic taking off.
(2022-03-21). Pres. Raeisi felicitates heads of Nowruz civilisation states. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 21 (MNA) — In separate messages, the President congratulated the leaders of the countries of Nowruz civilisation on the arrival of Nowruz and the beginning of the year 1401.
(2022-03-20). Over 100 Mercenaries And Pro-Kyiv Troops Eliminated In Russian Strike On Base In Zhytomyr Region. Hypersonic Weapons In Action Once Again. southfront.org 
The press service of the DPR military released a POV video of the battle tank work near the town of…
(2022-03-20). War In Ukraine Day 24: Overview Of Military Developments. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | Street fighting continues in Mariupol. On March 19th, the DPR troops continued their advance towards the city center. In the evening, no major developments were reported. The Azov militants and other Ukrainian formations have almost no chance to save control over the city. The time passes and nationalist militants are running out of ammunition. | Numerous attempts of Ukrainian soldiers to escape from the city in civilian closes were reported. However, a lot of them are prevented from leaving…
(2022-03-20). Sanctions against Biden End his Career. journal-neo.org 
By launching information warfare and sanctions against undesirable countries and politicians, the United States clearly did not consider that these same weapons could very well punish the US, its American "stability", as well as knock many politicians of this "empire of lies" off pedestal. So, once Moscow, in response to the White House's insinuations, blacklisted …
(2022-03-20). US and NATO allies arm neo-Nazi units in Ukraine as foreign policy elites yearn for Afghan-style insurgency. thegrayzone.com Corporate US media and foreign policy hardliners want to create a new Afghanistan in the middle of Europe by flooding Ukraine with weapons. The arms industry is very pleased. Following urgent requests for arms from the Ukrainian government, at least 32 countries have announced their intention to ship billions of dollars in weapons into Ukraine for use against Russian forces in Ukraine. Photographic evidence shows that these weapons have already ended up in the hands of neo-Nazi paramilitaries — units …
(2022-03-20). Ethiopia's Ambassador Alemtesehey, Burundi President Ndayishimiye mourn Oulanyah. plusnews.ug 
The Ambassador of Ethiopia to Uganda H.E Alemtsehay Meseret and the President of Burundi H.E Evariste Ndayishimiye are some of the regional leaders who have paid tribute to fallen Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah. Oulanyah died on Sunday morning from a Seattle hospital in the U.S where he spent months battling an undisclosed illness. His …
(2022-03-20). Mayo Clinic researchers recommend investments in vaccine safety in Nature commentary. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The leaders of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group are emphasizing the need for increased long-term study of vaccines and their mechanisms with future safety of patients in mind. Gregory Poland, M.D., and Richard Kennedy, Ph.D., write in their commentary in the scientific journal Nature Reviews Immunology that greater focus on understanding vaccines' downstream effects, not only on immunity but also on all the other biological systems will provide information that can help make vaccines safer…
(2022-03-20). Chinese envoy calls for response, clarification over biological security issue in Ukraine. ecns.cn A Chinese envoy on Friday asked relevant parties to the biological security issue in Ukraine to respond to newly discovered documents and offer clarifications to remove the doubts of the international community.
(2022-03-20). Young girl with rare disease gets life-changing diagnosis and targeted therapy at Mayo Clinic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Rare Disease Day raises awareness of the 30 million people in the U.S. who have a rare disease. Araeya Sell, 13, has spent much of her childhood visiting her health care team and in the hospital. She has endured countless blood draws, scans, procedures and a surgery ‚Äï all in the search for answers to her complex symptoms. "It started in kindergarten when Araeya just kept getting bladder infections," says her mother, Nicole Sell. "Her…
(2022-03-20). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Decongestants can sometimes cause more harm than good. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have used decongestants over the years when I'm ill, but my doctor recently said that I should be cautious because nonprescription decongestants can have significant side effects. Is this true? ANSWER: While many people rely on nasal decongestants to help ease nasal symptoms of a cold or flu, these medications can sometimes cause more harm than good, especially if used improperly or taken by patients who shouldn't use them. Examples of commonly used…