(2023-03-05). Black History Month: Dr. Michele Halyard on a lifetime commitment to health equity, inclusion and diversity. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Michele Halyard Black History Month is commemorated every February. It's a month for all people to celebrate and learn about diverse and important contributions of African Americans to American society and culture, as well as to reflect on the ongoing fight against racism, inequity and discrimination. Mayo Clinic News Network is highlighting Mayo Clinic physicians who are focused every day on achieving health equity, inclusion and diversity through their work. Meet Dr. Michele Halyard,…
(2023-03-04). Sunday 3/12: Men 4 Equity & Rep Justice: Free Screening + Panel Disc: "The Business of Birth Control" indybay.org Zoom Panel Discussion: 11-12: 15 Pacific Time — + from March 9-12 – Free Viewing of The Documentary Film: "The Business of Birth Control" – Men (especially) Welcome – Caring People Desired!
(2023-03-05). Black History Month: Dr. Michele Halyard on a lifetime commitment to health equity, inclusion and diversity. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Michele Halyard Black History Month is commemorated every February. It's a month for all people to celebrate and learn about diverse and important contributions of African Americans to American society and culture, as well as to reflect on the ongoing fight against racism, inequity and discrimination. Mayo Clinic News Network is highlighting Mayo Clinic physicians who are focused every day on achieving health equity, inclusion and diversity through their work. Meet Dr. Michele Halyard,…
(2023-03-04). Sunday 3/12: Men 4 Equity & Rep Justice: Free Screening + Panel Disc: "The Business of Birth Control" indybay.org Zoom Panel Discussion: 11-12: 15 Pacific Time — + from March 9-12 – Free Viewing of The Documentary Film: "The Business of Birth Control" – Men (especially) Welcome – Caring People Desired!
(2023-03-04). [Correspondence] The human rights to water and sanitation, gender equality, and the State. thelancet.com Isha Ray authored an interesting Review1 of my book on the human rights to water and sanitation.2 I appreciate her definition of the book's approach as a compelling "moral and political case for water and sanitation rights" and she made me proud when suggesting that it is aligned with Eleanor Roosevelt's idea that human rights begin in places "so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world".
(2023-03-04). Russian Foreign Minister Pays Tribute to Commander Hugo Chávez. orinocotribune.com Within hours for the beginning of a series of activities to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the physical departure of Commander Hugo Chávez, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, paid him an emotional tribute through a video. | In the message, broadcast by Telesur, Lavrov highlighted the charisma of the revolutionary leader and his firm position in the speeches before the United Nations. | "He was a charismatic personality, a constant defender of equality in international affairs," said the top Russian diplomat. | pic.twitter.com/5Cuhhj66Sg | — teleSUR English (@telesurenglish) (2023-03-04). Inequality in Sweden reaches highest level in decades. wsws.org New data from the Swedish government's statistics agency—Statistics Sweden—shows that income inequality in the country is now higher than at any other point in time since the agency began collecting this information in 1975.
(2023-03-04). Halifax School's Anti-Palestinian Racism. dissidentvoice.org 
During a cross-cultural activity, a Park West School in Halifax forced Palestinian-Canadian students to remove the Kufiyahs they had worn as part of the activity. The principle justified banning the kufiyah (Palestinian scarf) saying it represented "war colors." Students who did not comply were sent to the principal's office. Such anti-Palestinian racism must be rejected: …
(2023-03-04). India's Education Market: The Next Neo-Colonial Frontier. dissidentvoice.org Over the last week or so, Australian politicians and representatives of the university sector got busy pressing flesh in India, hoping to open avenues that have largely remained aspirational. It was timed to coincide with G20 talks in New Delhi, which has seen a flurry of contentious meetings traversing security, economics and education, all taking …
(2023-03-04). Local Officials Become Influencers. dissidentvoice.org This week's News on China in 2 minutes. ‚Ä¢ Local officials become influencers ‚Ä¢ Schools strengthen digital education ‚Ä¢ Expanding GM soybean and corn areas ‚Ä¢ Iraq will use yuan in oil trade with China…
(2023-03-04). China makes continuous efforts to make education inclusive. ecns.cn China has made continuous efforts in promoting rehabilitation services and inclusive education for people with disabilities to help them live a better life.
(2023-03-04). Minneapolis Teachers Union, Cops Battle Over Student Recruitment. popularresistance.org Minneapolis, Minnesota — A Minneapolis Public Schools teacher talked to Unicorn Riot about the Minneapolis Police Department's (MPD) newly created PEACE Recruitment Program and the teachers union's recent decision to oppose it. | Minneapolis North High School Special Education teacher and union board member at-large Jessica Garraway brought the idea to the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT59) to oppose the MPD's PEACE Recruitment Plan targeting high school students. She helped draft a resolution and bring it to the body for a vote. | Garraway, a police abolitionist, participated in the Lake Street pro…
(2023-03-04). Teachers in the UK continue protests demanding pay rises and more resources. peoplesdispatch.org Teachers are also outraged by the contemptuous remarks made by former Education Secretary Gavin Williamson and former Health Secretary Matt Hancock whose WhatsApp chats from 2020 were leaked recently…
(2023-03-04). The Arctic is the next frontier in the new cold war. mronline.org 
Geostrategically located, with profitable natural resources, the Arctic is rapidly becoming a militarized zone of power politics in the new cold war, contested by the U.S. and Europe, Russia and China.
(2023-03-04). Lawfare in the making: Habeas Corpus denied to President Pedro Castillo in Peru. mronline.org 
On Monday, February 27, the Sixth Constitutional Court of Lima, in Peru, declared the habeas corpus that sought the immediate release of President Pedro Castillo and his reinstatement as president of Peru inadmissible.
(2023-03-04). Africans' message to imperialism: "We are not your flunkies!" mronline.org 
South Africa's participation in military drills with Russia and China is an indication that the global south are not taking orders from Washington. African nations should continue their tradition as non-aligned states.
(2023-03-04). Why and how to end the war in Ukraine. mronline.org Jacqueline Luqman was a panelist on the February 16, 2023 webinar Why and How to End the War in Ukraine , which was sponsored by Chicago Area Peace Action. These were her remarks.
(2023-03-04). Treating infrastructure as a Holy Cow. mronline.org 
THERE is an impression shared by even progressive intellectuals that the entity that goes by the name of "physical infrastructure" is an absolute necessity in each country, and that the actual amount of infrastructure that exists is always less than what is needed.
(2023-03-04). 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…
(2023-03-04). Saturday 3/11: Rights of Nature Tribunal: Dangers of Tren Maya Mega Project to Ecosystems & Indigenous. indybay.org Online via Zoom globally (in-person in Yucatan, Mexico)…
(2023-03-04). Good Analysis Is Not Enough: Jen Angel and Liberation Movement Organizing. truthout.org It's a beautiful moment when you meet a person and quickly realize you are in the presence of someone who is, and will be, making history. Making history because who they are, their ideas, their work, their contributions, are already shaping the present and will help shape the future, in significant, beautiful, meaningful ways. I first met Jen Angel in 2001 at the National Conference on Organized… |
(2023-03-05). Iowa bill aims to expand child labor practices. liberationnews.org 
On Jan. 30, Iowa State Sen. Jason Schultz (R-Schleswig), introduced Senate File 167 (SF167). The bill seeks to rollback long established protections governing child labor. This piece of legislation is yet another link in a chain of recent attacks on children and worker's rights occurring across the country.
(2023-03-05). Science Saturday: Could antidepressants cause treatment-emergent mania? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In a study published in Molecular Psychiatry, Mark Frye, M.D., a Mayo Clinic researcher and collaborators, investigated the risk of treatment-emergent mania in bipolar disorder when treated with antidepressants. "We found that antidepressants that increase mitochondrial energetics (cells that extract energy from nutrients for sustaining life) may elevate the risk of treatment-emergent mania," says Dr. Frye. The increased energy expenditure of mania associated with impulsivity, poor judgment, psychosis and loss of insight can drive high-risk behaviors, often…
(2023-03-04). West African People's Movements Call for Greater Unity as France Announces Military 'Reorganization'. libya360.wordpress.com Tanupriya Singh Mass protests held in Mali against the imposition of sanctions by ECOWAS following the military coup (Photo via @abdoulayekn1/Twitter) The West Africa Peoples Organisation has welcomed the proposal for greater collaboration between Burkina Faso, Mali, and Guinea, and has called for coordinating and planning production, trade, infrastructure, economic development, and defense The prime…
(2023-03-04). [Correspondence] GBD 2019 study informs industry yet crucial questions remain unanswered — Authors' reply. thelancet.com In their letters, Nick Allen (representing the British Meat Processors Association), John Thorley (the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers), and Tim Rycroft (the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board) reiterate concerns previously expressed by Alice V Stanton and colleagues1 and additional opinions regarding our estimates of deaths due to red meat intake in the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019.2 We appreciate the opportunity to respond to their concerns and clarify some misunderstandings.
(2023-03-04). Justice For Keita O'Neil! SF DA Jenkin Fronting For POA & Developers In Dropping Charges. indybay.org
(2023-03-04). Facebook Unite Here Local 19 Workers Demand Justice From Billionaire Owner Zuckerberg. indybay.org One hundred Facebook service food workers who are members of Unite HERE 19 were layed off at Facebook in Menlo Park. Although engineers and others are getting severance Facebook and it's owner Mark Zuckerberg refuse to give these benefits to these service workers. Workers rallied outside Facebook headquarters on March 1, 2023.
(2023-03-04). Auto Workers Presidential Election A Nail-biter, Reformers Sweep Regionals. popularresistance.org In the first-ever rank-and-file direct election, as opposed to a vote of convention delegates, for the national leadership of the United Auto Workers, the presidential runoff is extremely close, with ballots still being counted. Challenges are expected no matter the outcome. | At stake is the direction of the union. Presidential challenger Shawn Fain and the Members United slate have run on a platform of "No Concessions, No Corruption, No Tiers." The slate was backed by the reform group Unite All Workers for Democracy (UAWD), which formed in 2019 to fight for members' right to vote on top officers.
(2023-03-04). Parque Científico y Tecnológico de La Habana lanza concurso "Mi idea 3CE" cubadebate.cu Mi idea 3CE representa una excelente oportunidad para que estudiantes y jóvenes de todo el país desarrollen sus ideas a partir del trabajo en equipo, se apropien de nuevas herramientas de trabajo, creen redes colaborativas y generen soluciones a problemas emergentes con el acompañamiento de expertos de diferentes áreas del conocimiento.
(2023-03-04). [Correspondence] GBD 2019 study informs industry yet crucial questions remain unanswered. thelancet.com We join respected nutrition and health academics1,2 in requesting clarification from the GBD 2019 Risk Factors Collaborators3 about whether the data used to conclude there had been a 36-fold increase in global deaths attributed to eating red meat had been correctly scrutinised before publication in The Lancet.
(2023-03-04). Turkey Earthquake, Corruption & Erdogan, Ballad Of Harry Bridges & ILWU Mumia On WorkWeek. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the Turkey Earthquake, Corruption & Erdogan & Ballad Of Harry Bridges along with the ILWU Local 10 initiated Labor Community March for Mumia Abu-Jamal on 2/16/23.
(2023-03-04). Dana workers fired with UAW consent for reporting exploitation, wage theft and sexual harassment. wsws.org The real aim of this ongoing purge is to remove militant workers, lower labor costs, and terrify those remaining to accept worse conditions. This is a lesson in the reality of capitalism.
(2023-03-05). Food stamp benefits cut for more than 30 million low-income Americans. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Wednesday, March 1, food stamp benefits were cut for more than 30 million low-income Americans. The average loss will be about one-third of the monthly benefits. Hardest hit would be many seniors getting food stamps, who would lose more than 90% of their monthly benefit. | The cuts in food stamps benefits are part of the larger package of cuts to programs that were started during the COVID pandemic in 2020. Those programs – including expanded unemployment benefits to include the self-employed and gig workers, expanding those who qualify for Medicaid (health insurance for low income individuals a…
(2023-03-04). Covid-19 Proved Workers Make The World Run, Not The Bosses. popularresistance.org The start of the COVID-19 pandemic compounded the existing crises of capitalism for workers everywhere. This was most obviously apparent for "frontline" or "essential" workers, who were forced by their need to survive to risk disease, disability, and potential death on a daily basis at their jobs. While lauded in media and culture in the early days of the pandemic, the rewards these workers have actually received have been precarity, damaged health, depressed wages, and for far too many, an early death. As a new ruling class narrative that insists the pandemic is over becomes hegemonic, the stories and ongoing cr…
(2023-03-04). Expert urges China to improve grassroot medical systems. ecns.cn Prompt adjustments to COVID-19 management strategies and effective response of grassroots medical workers are some of the key factors of China's victory over the virus, a political advisor said on Saturday.
(2023-03-04). Identity Issues are Class Issues: How the Imperial Center's "Left" Opposes Workers Seizing Power. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea RAWM's organizers are now working to turn their project into a permanent coalition, and that goal will be advanced by ANSWER's rally on the 18th. This rally represents a strengthening of anti-imperialist unity, especially among Marxists… The outcome of these developments could be the full breaking of the monopoly which the ABC left…
(2023-03-04). Garment Workers Take on Wall Street and Wage Theft. truthout.org Dilhani worked for six years in a Sri Lankan factory that makes clothes for Nike. She is one of millions of South and Southeast Asian garment workers in Big Fashion companies' supply chains who saw their income dramatically reduced during the Covid-19 pandemic through layoffs, wage cuts, and wage theft. As an outspoken member of her factory's employee council, Dilhani pushed for repayment of lost… |
(2023-03-04). Tech Layoffs Expose Capitalism. orinocotribune.com By Otis Grotewohl — Feb 20, 2023 | High-tech companies are laying off workers at record levels. More than 93,000 tech positions have been eliminated this year, and it is only the second month. These cuts include 6,650 job losses announced by Dell and the layoff of 1,300 Zoom employees in early February. (crunchbase.com, Feb. 15, 2023) | The abrupt reduction of high-tech positions started last fall. Amazon, Lyft and Meta, the parent company of Facebook, unleashed major cuts against their workforce in November. Twitter slashed several thousand jobs one month prior. Both the app company Robinhood and Snap, the…
(2023-03-04). Ohio Community Confronts Company, Politicians After Train Wreck. popularresistance.org President Joe Biden's trip to Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 20 shocked people living near East Palestine, Ohio, who have been devastated by a Feb. 3 toxic train derailment. The accident involved a 150-car train owned by Norfolk Southern, carrying dangerous and hazardous chemicals, which jackknifed due to a broken axle. | On Feb. 6, state authorities slowly released and burned dangerous chemicals, such as the cancer-causing vinyl chloride and others, into the air. Since then, people in the area have faced various health problems ranging from slight headaches and sore throats to coughing up and vomiting blood.
(2023-03-04). United Kingdom Teachers Join Strike Wave. popularresistance.org The strikes in Britain are growing and this time it's the teachers who have come out in force, demanding better wages amongst the cost of living crisis. On Feb. 1 up to 500,000 workers walked out in the UK, in one of the largest coordinated strike actions since the pensions dispute of 2011. It was a cross-union action which also saw train drivers going on strike as well as thousands of the government's own civil servants. The teachers are refusing to back down in their demands and have promised further strike action and disruption in the coming months. TRNN heads to a protest in central London and speaks directly…
(2023-03-04). Saturday 3/4: Workers Strike Back: Bay Area Launch Meeting. indybay.org Berkeley South Branch Library Meeting Room | 1901 Russell St, Berkeley…
(2023-03-04). Support and build the Caterpillar Workers Rank-and-File Committee! wsws.org The Caterpillar workers are in a fight that has major significance for the whole working class.
(2023-03-04). Dispatches From The Pickets: Temple Grad Worker Strike Escalates. popularresistance.org The contrast is sharp: dull gray clouds over bleak college buildings versus the bright intensity across TUGSA picketers' faces. It's week five of the grad worker strike. Someone says to me: "We're doing another 'hard picket' today. We did it yesterday and stopped packages getting delivered." I don't know what that means but I'm not going to miss it. | Some background. The UPS Teamsters here in Philly are refusing to cross the pickets and they're not delivering packages. My own union could learn from this. The Teamsters' supervisors are scabbing. They're picking up and delivering packages at the Student Center.
(2023-03-04). Davis to Protest Charlie Kirk Tour After Calls for Trans People to be "Taken Care Of" indybay.org After calling for trans people to be "taken care of the way we used to in the 1950s," Charlie Kirk, the multi-millionaire leader of Turning Point USA, a far-Right, Trump aligned group that has extensive crossover with white supremacists and neo-Nazis, is launching a speaking tour of college campuses. The last TPUSA event at UC Davis saw a gang of Proud Boys attempt to attack a crowd of counter-protesters – but people held the line and the event was shut down. Join us at UC Davis on Tuesday, March 14th, 5pm, at the Credit Union Center / Pavillion.
(2023-03-04). Nuclear War. "90 Seconds to Midnight": The Pentagon's 1945 "Doomsday Blueprint" to "Wipe the Soviet Union off the Map" globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-04). ALBA Movimientos debate crisis sistémica del capitalismo global. telesurtv.net Alba Movimientos es un instrumento de integración que nos ayuda a mirar de forma conjunta para enfrentar esos tiempos de inestabilidad.
(2023-03-04). Norfolk Southern, rail union floated exchanging sick days for automatic track inspections. wsws.org The talks, which apparently reached an advanced stage, took place in the weeks after the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
(2023-03-04). 700,000 Afghans have lost their jobs since Taliban takeover, says UN expert's report. peoplesdispatch.org US sanctions, job losses, business closures, and the reluctance of foreign investors to engage in Afghanistan have had catastrophic impacts on the lives of millions of Afghans. Two thirds of households are facing difficulties in meeting basic food and non-food needs…
(2023-03-05). Palestine solidarity movement speaks out at MN State Board of Investment meeting. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – On March 2, the Minnesota State Board of Investment (SBI) which includes Governor Walz, Attorney General Ellison, State Auditor Blaha and Secretary of State Simon, met for the first time this year at the state capitol. They meet quarterly to monitor the investments of Minnesota public employees. At the meeting members of the Palestine solidarity movement spoke out. | One of the speakers was Brandon Schorsch, an anti-Zionist Jew and activist with the Anti-War Committee, who stated, "So today, building on our testimony from last August, we bring a list of well over a dozen companies that the SBI is…
(2023-03-05). Ecuador: Between Corruption Scandals and Washington's Hand, Possible Scenarios for Lasso. orinocotribune.com By Ociel Alí López — Feb 28, 2023 | The electoral results of the sectional elections in Ecuador, held on February 5, are still generating an impact. President Guillermo Lasso's government has ended up so weakened that there are clear concerns that he will not make it to the end of his term, constitutionally scheduled to end in 2025. | This weekend, the powerful indigenous movement, accustomed to putting rulers on the ropes and, in many cases, overthrowing them, has declared a break with the dialogue tables it had with Lasso's administration and demanded his resignation. | To add to the tension, on Sunday, th…
(2023-03-04). March 4 Demonstrations Against Sanctions. popularresistance.org In solidarity with the Syrian people, suffering the unjust and unilateral coercive economic measures taken by the US and its European allies, the End the Siege Campaign has been established in cooperation between different popular movements and activists in the Arab world, Europe, and North America. | The End The Siege Campaign launches its first international action this Saturday, March 4, 2023, in a series of synchronous protests in Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Canada, Morocco, Lebanon, UK, Slovakia, Ireland, and Germany. The event in Canada will take place at noon this Saturday in front of the US…
(2023-03-04). Cities Across The Us Take Part In 'Week Of Action' Against Cop City. popularresistance.org Over the past week, dozens of cities across the so-called US took part in the recent week of action in solidarity with Tortuguita and the ongoing struggle to stop Cop City and defend the Weelaunee Forest. This out-pouring of solidarity has been amazing to see, both from the wider autonomous movement and even mainstream environmental and Left groups. Many towns organized small events, including nights of writing letters to those facing charges, benefit shows, and informational teach-ins and film showings on the struggle itself. Other cities organized mass marches and protests, bringing attention to the various cor…
(2023-03-04). Heirs of Rosalie Bertell? Her Significance for a Women's Movement, in View of Today's "New War Against All Life and Mother Earth Herself" globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-04). Venezuela's Peasant Movement Demands Justice for Assassination of Carlos Bolívar (+Los Tramojos). orinocotribune.com At approximately 5: 30 a.m. on Thursday, March 2, Carlos Bolívar, a member of the Peasant Platform in Guárico state, was assassinated. Since 2018, he had been fighting to rescue Los Tramojos, a plot of land disputed with a landowner. The Platform for Peasant Struggle and the National Peasant Movement reported in a statement that Bolívar was assassinated while beginning his work in Puerto Carrizalero-Camaguán, Guárico. | "Bolívar was a historic leader in the struggle to rescue the Los Tramojos ranch, an emblematic case of the Admirable Peasant March, national leader of the Platform for Peasant Struggle and the Nati…