(2023-03-09). Students for a Democratic Society demands justice for the Tampa 4! Drop the charges! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). | On March 6, Students for a Democratic Society at the University of South Florida held a protest near their University President's office to demand that their university take a stand against House Bill 999, which is the latest in Governor DeSantis' attacks against Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs, and to demand that the USF Administration take immediate action to Increase Black Enrollment and restore the Diversity department at their College of Arts and Sciences. In response, the University…
(2023-03-09). 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,…
(2023-03-08). Tampa students arrested, brutalized by university police while protesting cuts to Diversity Equity and Inclusion. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On Monday, March 6, students at the University of South Florida marched to the president's office to protest attacks against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs by Governor Ron DeSantis. Led by Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the protesters marched to the building that houses the president's office and occupied the lobby to demand a meeting with the president. | "Attacks on DEI programs affect the entire USF student body, but DeSantis has been specifically targeting Black history, gender studies and trans students," said SDS member Lauren Pineiro. DeSantis' most rece…
(2023-03-08). Inequality Costs Social Security Trillions. Here's How We Fix It. otherwords.org
(2023-03-09). Students for a Democratic Society demands justice for the Tampa 4! Drop the charges! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). | On March 6, Students for a Democratic Society at the University of South Florida held a protest near their University President's office to demand that their university take a stand against House Bill 999, which is the latest in Governor DeSantis' attacks against Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs, and to demand that the USF Administration take immediate action to Increase Black Enrollment and restore the Diversity department at their College of Arts and Sciences. In response, the University…
(2023-03-09). 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,…
(2023-03-08). Tampa students arrested, brutalized by university police while protesting cuts to Diversity Equity and Inclusion. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On Monday, March 6, students at the University of South Florida marched to the president's office to protest attacks against Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs by Governor Ron DeSantis. Led by Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the protesters marched to the building that houses the president's office and occupied the lobby to demand a meeting with the president. | "Attacks on DEI programs affect the entire USF student body, but DeSantis has been specifically targeting Black history, gender studies and trans students," said SDS member Lauren Pineiro. DeSantis' most rece…
(2023-03-08). Inequality Costs Social Security Trillions. Here's How We Fix It. otherwords.org
(2023-03-08). Community rallies against environmental racism, opposes Roof Depot demolition. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On Sunday, March 5, residents of the south Minneapolis neighborhood of East Phillips and supporters marched to celebrate community and fight against an environmentally racist project. | The city of Minneapolis, with support from Mayor Jacob Frey, plans to expand its existing public works yard in the neighborhood by demolishing the Roof Depot building. The Roof Depot is a former EPA Superfund site and within the Minneapolis Southside Green Zone, an area identified by the city as having "high levels of environmental pollution" and "racial, political, and economic marginalization." | The city's pro…
(2023-03-08). Brussels: No to normalization and racism, yes to return and liberation! samidoun.net 
The Palestinian people today are facing a multifaceted attack inside and outside occupied Palestine. Palestinians are under siege, confronting daily killings, invasions, home demolitions, bombings of Gaza, land confiscation, mass arrests, settlement building and denial of the right to return for over 75 years. This reality means that it is more critical than ever to …
(2023-03-08). Denuncian racismo en represión contra mujeres indígenas en Perú. telesurtv.net El lanzamiento de gas lacrimógeno por parte de la Policía Nacional a mujeres aimaras y sus bebés ha generado indignación.
(2023-03-08). International Women's Day Has a Radical History Rooted in Socialism. truthout.org March 8 marks International Women's Day around the world, seeking to end gender discrimination, violence and abuse. We start the show by looking at the day's roots in socialism, and what it means for the movement for reproductive justice in the United States. Our guest is Nancy Krieger, renowned professor of social epidemiology at Harvard University's School of Public Health and director of the… |
(2023-03-08). Gender wage gap narrows, but work discrimination remains. ecns.cn Despite progress being made in narrowing the income gap between men and women in the past few years, many women still face impediments to their career development based on factors such as gender discrimination and marital status, according to a recent report.
(2023-03-08). International Women's Day: Roots in Radical History, Labor & Reproductive Rights. democracynow.org 
March 8 marks International Women's Day around the world, seeking to end gender discrimination, violence and abuse. We start the show by looking at the day's roots in socialism, and what it means for the movement for reproductive justice in the United States. Our guest is Nancy Krieger, renowned professor of social epidemiology at Harvard University's School of Public Health and director of the Interdisciplinary Concentration on Women, Gender, and Health. She's also co-founder and chair of the Spirit of 1848 Caucus in the American Public Health Association, which links social justice and p…
(2023-03-08). Ron DeSantis goes on the offensive against leftist lies about his education policies. americanthinker.com His most recent appearance, at an "Exposing the Book Ban HOAX" event, opened with a graphic video showing exactly what leftists want your children to learn.
(2023-03-08). Over 30 Years: Pre-Oslo Prisoners — Profiles of Juma'a Adam, Raed al-Sa'adi, Ibrahim and Mohammed Ighbariya. samidoun.net 
Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is providing the materials for the third week of the educational campaign, Over 30 Years: Pre-Oslo Prisoners. Read the previous two sets of materials: Week 3: Mohammed Adel Daoud, Mahmoud Abu Kharabish and Bashir Abdullah al-Khatib Week 2: Ibrahim Bayadseh, Ahmad Abu Jaber, Samir Abu Nima Week 1: Mohammed Al-Tus, …
(2023-03-09). Tuesday 3/14: Black Power & Civil Rights History Talk w/ Journalist & Author, Mark Whitaker. indybay.org Online event…
(2023-03-09). Australian Media are outright telling us they are feeding us war propaganda about China. mronline.org 
The mass media in Australia have been churning out brazen propaganda pieces to manufacture consent for war with China, and what's interesting is that they're basically admitting to doing this deliberately.
(2023-03-09). Behind California's extreme weather emergency. mronline.org 
While the giant U.S. energy corporations and banks seek out every way to profit from the climate change emergency that they inflicted on the world, extreme weather events are becoming the new normal.
(2023-03-09). How Swiss politicians dismantle Swiss neutrality. mronline.org 
The Swiss Confederation—the "Confoederatio Helvetica", hence the CH on the cars—has been historically neutral since the Congress of Vienna in 1815.
(2023-03-09). Pandemic preparedness on all fronts. mronline.org 
The COVID-19 pandemic was a wake-up call to the international health community and world governments.
(2023-03-09). Thursday 3/9: Freedom to Vote Movement Virtual Rally w/ the MLK Jr Family & PFAW. indybay.org Online rally…
(2023-03-08). Swedish Air Defense System Makes First Appearance With Kiev Forces. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | The Swedish RBS 70 man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS) has been spotted with Kiev forces for the first time ever. | On March 8, a photo surfaced online showing a soldier from the newly-formed 88th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces with the MANPADS in an unspecified area within the Russian special military operation zone. | It is still unknown when exactly Sweden provided Ukraine with the RBS 70. Last September, the Swedis…
(2023-03-08). Black Alliance for Peace supports National Day of Action Against Police Terror. mronline.org 
Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) member organization Community Movement Builders (CMB) is calling all organizations, organizers and community members to a National Day of Action Against Police Terror on March 9, 2023.
(2023-03-08). The crisis of trans health care in Canada. mronline.org 
Public health coverage in Canada needs to expand to include a wider range of interventions and gender affirming procedures.
(2023-03-08). Truckers slow down traffic across France ahead of Tuesday strike. mronline.org 
French truckers obstruct major roadways in protest against the wildly unpopular pension reform.
(2023-03-08). The Havana Syndrome case cracked. mronline.org 
Even before the attack on the homeland of the weather balloons, the Havana Syndrome tested America's mettle.
(2023-03-08). Show us the full Caterpillar-UAW contract! Workers have a right to know what's in the agreement! wsws.org The Caterpillar Rank-and-File Committee is demanding that the full contract be released online and workers given another week to study it.
(2023-03-08). Protesters charged with terrorism in Atlanta. peoplesdispatch.org At least 23 protesters have been charged with domestic terrorism amid a week of action against the construction of
(2023-03-09). Cámara Baja chilena rechaza reforma tributaria de Gabriel Boric. telesurtv.net Se trataba de uno de los proyectos insignes del presidente durante su campaña electoral en 2021.
(2023-03-08). Diputados extienden estado de excepción para sur de Chile. telesurtv.net La renovación por décimo novena ocasión fue aprobada primeramente en el Congreso con 34 votos a favor.
(2023-03-08). PSL Statement — 50 years after Roe, mass resistance the key in abortion struggle. liberationnews.org 
To win back and extend the right to abortion requires continuous grassroots organizing and a return to powerful, large-scale mobilizations…
(2023-03-08). Defending the Venezuelan Embassy, Organizing Peace for Ukraine — Interview with Margaret Flowers. orinocotribune.com US comedian and journalist Lee Camp interviews Margaret Flowers, a US peace and social justice activist, for the MintPress News show Behind The Headlines. | In today's world, it can be difficult to find inspiring figures to look up to, especially in a time of division and uncertainty. Fortunately, there are still individuals like Margaret Flowers who embody the ideals of progress, justice, and compassion. Margaret Flowers is a leading activist, doctor, teacher, and co-founder of PopularResistance.org, a website that aims to inform and inspire grassroots movements around the world. | Margaret has spent her life fi…
(2023-03-08). Staffers for Ed Markey Have Formed the US Senate's First-Ever Union. truthout.org Congressional staffers have formed the first-ever labor union in the U.S. Senate after Sen. Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts) granted his staff voluntary recognition of their union on Wednesday, the same day the group announced its organizing drive. On Wednesday morning, the Congressional Workers Union (CWU) announced that Markey's staff were filing a petition for their union to be voluntarily… |
(2023-03-09). VIDEO: Germany prosecutes citizen for condemning aid to Ukrainian Nazis. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews Heinrich Bàºcker, founder of Berlin's COOP Antiwar Cafe, about his prosecution at the hands of the German state for publicly denouncing Germany's military aid to a Ukrainian government that reveres World War II-era Nazi collaborators and incorporates neo-Nazi battalions into its military. Bàºcker also discusses that state of the German antiwar movement as it gathers momentum following mass protests after the February 24 first anniversary of the Ukraine proxy war.
(2023-03-09). Saturday 3/11: ILWU 10 Meeting On Mumia & Report From Trip To South Africa. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 Henry Schmidt Room | 400 North Point St. | San Francisco…
(2023-03-09). CA AG Bonta Prosecute SF Police Killer Say Speakers At SF State Building. indybay.org
(2023-03-09). The Fukushima Catastrophe Continues 12 Years After The Meltdowns. indybay.org March 11 is the 12th anniversary of the Fukushima earthquake and meltdown of three reactors. The disaster continues and the melted nuclear rods still remain in the broken reactors and have to be cooled by water which then becomes radiated. Two activists talk about the present situation after 12 years.
(2023-03-09). Condecoran a Luisa Campuzano Sentí con la Orden Félix Varela de primer grado. cubadebate.cu El acto, que tuvo lugar en la emblemática sala Che Guevara de Casa de las Américas, estuvo encabezado por la viceprimera ministra Inés María Chapman, el presidente de Casa, Abel Prieto, y contó con la asistencia de escritores, artistas, amigos y colegas de labor de la homenajeada.
(2023-03-09). Ministerio de Economía y Planificación aprueba 101 nuevas mipymes. cubadebate.cu Son 22 las micro empresas, 59 las pequeñas empresas y 20 las medianas empresas privadas aprobadas en esta ocasión, y que se dedicarán a la reparación de ordenadores, servicios gastronómicos, transporte terrestre de pasajeros y elaboración de productos de panadería y textiles. entre otros.
(2023-03-09). Monday 3/13: From Hunters Point To E. Palestine Prosecute & Jail Tetra Tech & Norfolk Southern CEOs. indybay.org San Francisco Federal Building | 450 Golden Gate | San Francisco, CA…
(2023-03-09). Labor government plans biggest-ever restructuring of Australia Post. wsws.org The Communications Workers Union bureaucracy is already playing the leading role in implementing the initial stages of the restructure, which threatens to destroy thousands of jobs.
(2023-03-08). Cómo el presidente de Perú fue "removido" por "fuerzas externas". Klaus Schwab en su mejor momento. globalizacion.ca 
La entrevista fue publicada por primera vez en español por "El Salto Diario". Fue organizado por Julioa Zamarrón en Lima, Perú, con la colaboración de Irene Zugasti He Zugasti Hervás y Pablo Elorduy en Madrid. La traducción al alemán fue…
(2023-03-08). NLRB decision justifies all workers' demands at Starbucks. workers.org 
Buffalo, New York Administrative Law Judge Michael Rosas ruled March 1 that Starbucks is guilty of violating labor laws on hundreds of occasions, vindicating what workers have been alleging all along. (tinyurl.com/bd8dbfp4) Striking Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New York, walk thepicket line. The ruling by Rosas, a judge for the . . . |
(2023-03-08). NLRB decision upholds Starbucks' workers demands. workers.org Buffalo, New York Administrative Law Judge Michael Rosas ruled March 1 that Starbucks is guilty of violating labor laws on hundreds of occasions, vindicating what workers have been alleging all along. (tinyurl.com/bd8dbfp4) Striking Starbucks workers in Buffalo, New York, walk thepicket line. The ruling by Rosas, a judge for the . . . |
(2023-03-08). Biological lab funded by U.S. sparks alarm. ecns.cn A controversial biological laboratory in Kazakhstan has caused concerns among local residents. The laboratory used to be controlled by the Soviet Union, but now it is funded and built by the U.S.
(2023-03-08). Día Internacional de la Mujer—Hecho en los EE. UU. peoplesworld.org 
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn (1890-1964), conocida como "La niña rebelde", fue una de las principales activistas laborales y líderes de la lucha por la igualdad de la mujer en el siglo XX. Fue organizadora de Industrial Workers of the World, miembro fundador de la ACLU y, más tarde, presidenta del Partido Comunista de EE. UU. En …
(2023-03-08). Why is Norway the Glove that Fits the USA's Hand? libya360.wordpress.com Pà•l Steigan Stoltenberg visits Obama at the White House 21/10/2011. Muammar Gadaffi was liquidated the day before 20/10/2011 in Libya. In the sequel to his revelation of Norway's and USA's role in blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines, Seymour Hersh addresses the long standing tradition of Norway's secret and illegal collaboration with USA. He shows that Norway…
(2023-03-08). Australia — Silent Collaborator Against Assange. popularresistance.org The significance of the Belmarsh Tribunal could not be greater, and not only for Julian Assange and his family. We have reached a critical point in history for press freedom, and for all human rights intertwined with it. | Julian Assange once said: | I understood this a few years ago. And my view became that we should understand that Australia is part of the United States. It is part of this English-speaking Christian empire, the centre of gravity of which is the United States, the second centre of which is the United Kingdom, and Australia is a suburb in that arrangement. | And therefore we shouldn't go, 'It's c…
(2023-03-08). DeSantis, number two GOP presidential candidate, rolls out fascism in Florida. peoplesworld.org 
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.—A year before the March 5, 2024, Florida Republican presidential primary, the state's radical right-wing Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, is pitching himself as what could be called the not-Donald Trump version of Donald Trump. But in one key respect, DeSantis is very like Trump, says a Floridian teachers' union leader who's had to battle …
(2023-03-08). 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…
(2023-03-08). Arkansas Governor Signs Bill Making It Easier to Violate Child Labor Laws. truthout.org Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) signed a bill into law on Tuesday that would roll back child labor protections in the state as Republicans across the country wage a campaign to make it easier for employers to violate child labor laws. The law eliminates the requirement for children under 16 to show documentation of their age in order to work. Before this, employers seeking to employ a 14… |
(2023-03-08). Tapia Fonseca chequea la labor de las agencias transitarias. cubadebate.cu
(2023-03-08). The Unconscionable Push to Bring Back Child Labor. otherwords.org Brad Greve has been a Scout leader for more than 20 years. The Davenport, Iowa retiree leads 50-mile canoe trips on Minnesota's Greve told a story recently where two boys, despite being warned repeatedly, let their canoe drift perilously close to a section of stream that swept over rapids into a lake below. They just barely recovered and made it to streambank. | That near-accident a few years ago, Greve said, underscores the vulnerability of young teen…
(2023-03-08). Ukrainian government spends millions on monuments and streets to honor Nazi collaborators and neofascists. wsws.org The most conservative estimates put the cost for the all-out war by the Ukrainian authorities against all public symbols, monuments and names that are associated with Russia, the October revolution and Soviet history, or leftist ideology, at 1 billion Euros.
(2023-03-09). Dioxins likely in East Palestine — EPA refuses to test. workers.org 
Controlled release of burning chemicals continues in East Palestine, Ohio. Why hasn't President Joe Biden taken time to visit East Palestine, Ohio, following the disastrous derailment of a Norfolk Southern train there on Feb. 3? He was probably made aware that the train had been carrying vinyl chloride, among other . . . |
(2023-03-09). Feds declare health emergency over, but/ COVID-19 still ravages Disability community. workers.org 
March 5, 2023 The Biden administration announced Jan. 30 its intent to end the national emergency and public health emergency declarations related to the COVID-19 pandemic on May 11, 2023. In March 2020, an article in Workers World newspaper by a Disability Justice and Rights Caucus member exposed the particularly . . . |
(2023-03-09). Editorial WW/MO: Otro ataque a las mujeres negras en el deporte. workers.org 
Dawn Staley, entrenadora de los Gamecocks de Carolina del Sur, se pronuncia sobre los comentarios despectivos de un entrenador blanco de la Universidad de Connecticut. Si escuchas a los comentaristas deportivos que cubren el baloncesto masculino profesional y universitario, oirás a menudo palabras como "atletismo" y "físico" utilizadas para complementar . . . |
(2023-03-09). Ongoing warning strikes in Germany's public sector. wsws.org While there is enormous anger and willingness to fight among workers, who are not prepared to accept further cuts to real wages, the service sector union Verdi is doing everything to prevent a broad mobilization.
(2023-03-09). Caterpillar workers at forefront of escalating class conflict in US. wsws.org Opposition by 7,000 Caterpillar workers continues to grow against a contract proposal brought back by the United Auto Workers that would cut their real pay by 20 percent or more over the six-year life of their contract.
(2023-03-09). "We have to unite and stop being enslaved": Toledo Jeep workers demand that victimized Dana workers be reinstated. wsws.org Jeep workers at the Toledo Assembly Complex spoke out in defense of workers at the nearby Dana Driveline Plant who have been unjustly fired for reporting exploitation, wage theft, sexual harassment and other abuses.
(2023-03-08). Temple University graduate workers enter their second month of strike. liberationnews.org 
"Shame! Shame! Shame!" Since January 31, this has been the message from Temple University Graduate Students' Association (TUGSA), AFL-CIO Local 6290 to its administration, in particular to University President Jason Wingard, as the workers have continued to strike for higher wages, dependent healthcare, and comprehensive parental leave.
(2023-03-08). Inside Vio.Me, Greece's only worker-managed factory that's operated for over 10 years. therealnews.com 
In 2011, workers at the Vio.Me factory in Thessaloniki, Greece, stopped receiving wages. Management and owners abandoned the facility shortly afterward. Instead of dispersing, the workers of Vio.Me held an assembly and voted to take over management of the factory themselves. Over the past decade, they've kept the factory running, jointly determining production decisions through democratic procedures, and sharing in the profits. Although their former bosses and the Greek state have attempted to auction off the land and evict them, the workers have held on with the power of solidarity from their community, an…
(2023-03-08). Atlanta area police attack Music Festival, Stop Cop City battles on. workers.org 
Atlanta On March 7, Workers World writer Dianne Mathiowetz stated: "I was just at a press conference called by various local and national clergy that denounced the police action again as proof that there is nothing about Cop City that suggests de-escalation and protection of people's rights. There are a . . . |
(2023-03-08). From Vilnius to Kinshasa, Macron tries to puff up French imperialism. workers.org 
Lithuania, a new member of NATO on the Baltic Sea, doesn't have the air force its regime claims it needs. So the French government has sent a squadron of its armed forces' most advanced fighter planes to allegedly respond to Russian probes of NATO's air defenses, without any public limits . . . |
(2023-03-08). La Via Campesina: International Working Women's Day. libya360.wordpress.com #8M23: "By rebelling, we sow popular peasant feminism, build food sovereignty, and organize against crises and violence!" La Via Campesina is calling for global solidarity actions on 8th March 2023, the International Working Women's Day. As peasants, landless women, indigenous women, fisherfolk, pastoralists, farmworkers, migrants, and diversity organizations within La Via Campesina, we acknowledge the specific…
(2023-03-08). France: Macron plays "double or nothing" on pension attacks. greenleft.org.au After a three-week period of relative calm, all trade union federations in France called on workers "to bring France to a standstill" on March 7. Key workers' sectors promised ongoing strikes, reports John Mullen.
(2023-03-08). Critics Deride Norfolk Southern's Newly Released 6-Point "Safety Plan" truthout.org With railroad operator Norfolk Southern involved in numerous significant train derailments and other accidents in recent weeks, the company on Monday unveiled a "six-point safety plan" that officials claimed would "immediately enhance the safety of its operations." But critics including rail workers were quick to point out that one aspect of the plan could worsen the growing problem of reduced… |
(2023-03-08). Workers need unions to take action over inflation, cost-of-living pressures. greenleft.org.au Given how many are being crunched by the cost-of-living crisis, public sentiment would be on the unions' side if they took united action for wage rises, argues Mary Merkenich.
(2023-03-08). Millions face 'hunger cliff' as food stamps cut. workers.org 
During the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused millions of people to either lose or be suspended from their jobs, Congress enacted an Emergency Allotment increase in federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). These additional food stamp benefits helped millions of people to get food and sustain themselves during . . . |
(2023-03-08). Striking workers bring France to standstill to protest rise in retirement age. peoplesworld.org 
France came to a standstill Tuesday when protesters marched nationwide during the latest round of strikes against a planned rise in the retirement age to 64. Unions described the protests as their biggest show of force against the deeply unpopular proposal from President Emmanuel Macron's government. According to the AEF news agency, 63% of French …
(2023-03-08). Solidarity with Palestine and Georges Abdallah at France's labour protests against pension reform. samidoun.net 
More than 3.2 million people demonstrated on Tuesday, 7 March in France according to the CGT labour federation, including 120,000 in Toulouse, on the sixth national strike day against the pension reform proposed by the Macron government at the expense of workers in France. As they have since the beginning of the mobilization, the Collectif Palestine …
(2023-03-08). Stop the pension cuts and the war, bring down the Macron government! wsws.org Yesterday, around 3 million workers went on strike and marched in cities across France on calls to "block the economy" and force a stop to President Emmanuel Macron's pension cuts.
(2023-03-08). Deutsche Post strike ballot: Postal Workers Action Committee call for strike receives strong support. wsws.org The call by…
(2023-03-08). Six months without a contract: New York City educators must take the struggle into their own hands. wsws.org The rank-and-file educators' committee is fighting to mobilize teachers and all city workers against the Democrats' demands for austerity.
(2023-03-08). UAW tells Caterpillar workers it will not distribute full contract at informational meetings: "It was a propaganda show mixed with passive-aggressive bullying" wsws.org Caterpillar workers are being met with an information brick wall when they inquire about the full details of the agreement at phony "informational meetings" held by the UAW.
(2023-03-08). UAW tells Caterpillar workers it will not release the full contract at informational meetings: "It was a propaganda show mixed with passive-aggressive bullying" wsws.org Caterpillar workers are being met with an information brick wall when they inquire about the full details of the agreement at phony "informational meetings" held by the UAW.
(2023-03-08). A call to action to all autoworkers: Join the Dana Workers' Rank-and-File Committee. wsws.org To all workers at Dana and beyond: We have the right to abolish the UAW bureaucracy because it takes our dues money and is not representing us. Therefore we the rank-and-file must begin representing ourselves.
(2023-03-08). 300,000 federal workers confront Canada's union-backed Liberal government in struggle for real-terms pay increases. wsws.org Throughout the lengthy negotiations, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government have maintained a hardline stance. They are determined to make the workers pay for the cost of the war with Russia and the massive bailout given to the financial elite at the onset of the pandemic.
(2023-03-08). Communication Workers Union deepens collusion with Royal Mail to prepare strike sell-out. wsws.org The CWU re-entered backroom negotiations with Royal Mail at the arbitration service ACAS, which have produced a blueprint for suppressing strike action and paved the way for increased workloads and reduced staffing levels.
(2023-03-09). Venezuela y Brasil sostienen reunión de alto nivel para impulsar relaciones bilaterales. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, sostuvo hoy miércoles una reunión de trabajo con el jefe de la Asesoría Especial de la Presidencia de Brasil, Celso Amorim, en el Palacio de Miraflores, sede del Gobierno nacional. A través Twitter, el jefe de Estado calificó como grato el encuentro.
(2023-03-09). Mandatario venezolano sostiene reunión con delegación de Brasil. telesurtv.net El presidente afirmó que están comprometidos con renovar los mecanismos de unión y solidaridad que garanticen el crecimiento y bienestar de Venezuela y Brasil.
(2023-03-08). End violence against women, say unionists on International Women's Day. greenleft.org.au "End violence against women" was the theme of the Geelong Women Unionists Network's 21st International Women's Day breakfast, reports Jacqueline Kriz.
(2023-03-08). Díaz-Canel asiste a Asamblea General de la Unión de Informáticos de Cuba. cubadebate.cu El presidente cubano, Miguel Díaz-Canel, asistió este miércoles a la clausura de la Segunda Asamblea General de la Unión de Informáticos de Cuba (UIC), en el Palacio de las Convenciones. Durante el evento fue presentado el nuevo Consejo Nacional electo de la UIC y su Junta Directiva para 2023- 2028. Además, fue ratificada Ailyn Febles Estrada como presidenta nacional.
(2023-03-08). Presidente venezolano recibe al canciller de Colombia. telesurtv.net El encuentro tuvo como objetivo afianzar las relaciones bilaterales y repasar la agenda de cooperación estratégica entre ambos países.
(2023-03-08). 'They treat us like animals': Peru's anti-coup protests explained. therealnews.com 
Protests and strikes have engulfed Peru since last December, when democratically elected President Pedro Castillo was ousted in a congressional coup. Castillo's Vice President, Dina Boluarte, immediately assumed office and formed a new ruling coalition with the country's right-wing political parties. Millions across Peru have since demanded the dissolution of Congress, new elections, and a process to replace the current 1993 constitution written during the dark days of the Alberto Fujimori dictatorship. TRNN reports from Peru, speaking directly with union leaders and protestors battling to save their nation…
(2023-03-09). Consumer Health: What's the difference between kidney cysts and polycystic kidney disease? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org March is National Kidney Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about the difference between two kidney disorders — kidney cysts and polycystic kidney disease. Your kidneys are situated in the back of your abdomen under your lower ribs, one on each side of your spine. One of the important jobs of the kidneys is to clean the blood. As blood moves through the body, it picks up extra fluid, chemicals and waste….
(2023-03-09). FRSO Orlando hosts Young Lords speakers. fightbacknews.org Orlando, FL – On Saturday February 18, the Orlando chapter of the Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) hosted a panel on the Puerto Rican independence movement featuring speakers from the Young Lords, a revolutionary organization dedicated to uplifting the Puerto Rican community and fighting for independence since 1968. The panel speakers included David Rivera, a founding member of the Young Lords, and Gabe Marcano, a Florida leader in the New-Era Young Lords, as well as Laura Rodriguez, a Puerto Rican member of FRSO. The event began with the speakers sharing their background in activism, explaining the his…
(2023-03-08). Russian Special Military Operation — Summing Things Up So Far. strategic-culture.org It was Donbass and Crimea, which gave the staunchest opposition to the pro-European movements, by way of which the Collective West wanted to forcefully direct Ukraine's future. | In Donbass, which used to be part of Ukraine up until recently, the local population have always spoken Russian as their mother tongue and considered themselves Russians i.e. members of the Russian population corpus. Donbass has up to recently been considered the richest part of Ukraine due to huge deposits of coal and other valuable and lucrative ores, including much-sought-after titanium. It was in effect Donbass together with Crimea,…
(2023-03-08). Calls for Climate Reparations Have Grown Following Recent Severe Weather Events. truthout.org Originally published by Capital B. America is finally joining the global movement of wealthy nations agreeing to pay poorer countries for the damage they've endured because of climate change. To the dismay of many Republican legislators, last year the Biden administration agreed to participate in the United Nations' fund for "loss and damage," also known as climate reparations. |
(2023-03-08). A Mass Wave Of Israeli Army Refusal Could Be A Transformative Moment. popularresistance.org During the Second Intifada, as the Israeli army was killing thousands of Palestinians in its effort to suppress the uprising, I was part of a movement of Israeli youth and soldiers who refused to serve in the army. From the age of 18 to 20, I spent 21 months under arrest and in prison, alongside many others, in protest of the occupation and its brutal policies. It was one of the largest campaigns of conscientious objection seen in Israel — one that, until recently, seemed very unlikely to occur at such a scale again. | Over the past two weeks, however, and for the first time in two decades, a new movement o…
(2023-03-08). Atlanta, GA: Elders Say Stop Cop City! itsgoingdown.org 
Report on recent solidarity demonstration in Atlanta with the movement to Stop Cop City. Originally posted to Defend the Atlanta Forest. On Monday, March 6th, a group of elders and a young person in support visited the corporate offices of Brasfield & Gorrie, as well as five B&G worksites around Atlanta, to call on the…
(2023-03-08). 66 Organizations Urge That Domestic Terrorism Charges Be Dropped. popularresistance.org Atlanta, Georgia – 66 environmental, human rights, and civil liberties organizations sent a letter to Georgia prosecutors urging them to drop domestic terrorism charges against Stop Cop City/Defend the Atlanta Forest protesters. The charges represent a draconian escalation seemingly intended to chill First Amendment protected activity. | The letter reads, in part: | Civil disobedience and disruptive activism are part of the American protest tradition. From the Boston Tea Party to the civil rights movement, Americans have long drawn on civil disobedience tactics akin to the occupation of the Atlanta forest by the…
(2023-03-08). International Women's Day Founder Clara Zetkin on Fascism: A Lesson for Today. libya360.wordpress.com Sharon Black On many holidays recognizing people's struggles and their leaders — for example, the civil rights movement and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. — the present-day celebrations are both sweet and sour. The only reason for formal recognition is that protests and struggle made it so — and this is a victory. But the…
(2023-03-08). Secret COINTELPRO Plot to Infiltrate and Destroy the American Indian Movement: "We Wanted Them to Kill Each Other"—FBI Agent Admits After 5 Decades of Silence. covertactionmagazine.com February 27 through May 8 marks the 50th anniversary of the occupation by the American Indian Movement (AIM) of Wounded Knee on the Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, the site of the last great massacre of the Indian Wars in December, 1890. In a 2019 documentary that aired on PBS, From Wounded …
(2023-03-08). This year, International Women's Day means building an anti-imperialist movement. liberationnews.org 
We can draw inspiration from socialist, anti-imperialist women around the world…
(2023-03-08). Why we need to protest transphobic hate speech. greenleft.org.au Counterprotests have been organised against transphobic agitator Kellie-Jay Keen, who wants her tour of Australia to be a galvanising force for the small far-right and trans-exclusionary movement. Nova Sobieralski reports.
(2023-03-08). Scholar Sophie Grace Chappell Withdraws From Ethics Conference in Apartheid Israel. bdsmovement.net 
(2023-03-08). Racist Rabinovich Foundation will reportedly end loyalty oaths. bdsmovement.net 
(2023-03-08). Wounded Knee And Today's Fight For Treaty Rights. popularresistance.org The 1973 Siege at Wounded Knee is the longest "civil unrest" in the history of the US Marshal Service. For 71 days, the American Indian Movement (AIM) and members of the Oglala Lakota (Sioux) nation were under siege in a violent standoff with the FBI and US Marshals equipped with high powered rifles and armored personnel carriers. Two people were killed, over two dozen wounded. At stake, sovereignty and self-determination guaranteed through treaty rights. | Fifty years have passed but for American Indians the struggle for recognition of the nation-to-nation treaties continues to be seen as survival.
(2023-03-08). The way forward after collapse of School Strike for Climate movement in Australia. wsws.org The perspective of appealing to governments has failed. The alternative is a turn to the growing struggles of the working class to overturn the profit system, the root cause of the climate crisis.
(2023-03-08). Patrick Lawrence: What Dan Ellsberg Means. scheerpost.com 
The term "Fourth Estate" had taken on the dust of a neglected antique before the release of the Pentagon Papers. Afterwards it seemed possible to think again of the press as the independent pole of power required by a working democracy.
(2023-03-08). An Army of Women is Building Venezuela's Housing Revolution. libya360.wordpress.com Andreína Chávez Alava The women from Caracas' Antímano Parish have trained themselves to build homes for their families as part of Venezuela's Great Housing Mission, created by Hugo Chávez in 2011. (Andreína Chávez Alava / Venezuelanalysis) In Caracas, an army of self-trained women are working to build their own homes while they transform the reality around them….
(2023-03-08). "Stand Up for Afghan Women": U.N. Calls Afghanistan World's Most Repressive Country for Women, Girls. democracynow.org 
A top United Nations official said Wednesday that "Afghanistan under the Taliban remains the most repressive country in the world regarding women's rights." Since taking power nearly 19 months ago, the Taliban has moved systematically to erase women from public life by banning women and girls from schools, from working with nongovernmental organizations and from traveling without a male relative. "Afghanistan is now effectively one of the biggest prisons in the world for women," says Zahra Nader, a freelance Afghan journalist who was formerly a reporter for The New York Times in Kabu…
(2023-03-08). üéß LEVER TIME: Nina Turner On Dems' Working-Class Voter Problem. levernews.com 
(2023-03-08). Nina Turner On Dems' Working-Class Voter Problem. levernews.com