(2023-03-21). U.S. government bailout of Silicon Valley and banks is $300B gift to rich oligarchs. mronline.org 
The U.S. Federal Reserve printed $300 billion in a week to save collapsing banks and bail out Silicon Valley oligarchs. 93% of Silicon Valley Bank's deposits were uninsured, over the FDIC limit of $250,000, but the government still paid them. 56% of SVB's loans went to venture capitalist and private equity firms.
(2023-03-22). Israel Protests Should Not Be Confused With the Palestinian Struggle for Equality. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud — Mar 16, 2023 | As hundreds of thousands throughout Israel joined anti-government protests, questions began to arise regarding how this movement would affect, or possibly merge, into the broader struggle against the Israeli military occupation and apartheid in Palestine. | Pro-Palestine media outlets shared, with obvious excitement, news about statements made by Hollywood celebrities, like Mark Ruffalo, about the
(2023-03-22). Why health workers should support the SEP (Australia) in the NSW state election. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is the only party in the NSW election offering workers an alternative to the ongoing slashing of wages and cuts to health, education and other social services.
(2023-03-22). How to fight back at Royal Mail—A meeting for rank-and-file workers. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party (UK) and the World Socialist Web Site will be hosting an online meeting of rank-and-file postal workers next Monday, March 27, at 7pm to discuss taking forward the fight against attacks on living standards and working conditions, and the victimisation of their colleagues.
(2023-03-22). Forecasting future socioeconomic longevity inequalities: the impact of lifestyle factors. healtheuropa.com 
Fanny Janssen, a professor in mortality and longevity, introduces the Future Longevity Inequalities project and discusses how her research could help inform future health policies. In Europe, people with high educational attainment live on average six years longer than people with low educational attainment. This inequality is, in itself, already an important societal problem. Even …
(2023-03-21). How Investors Accelerate the Affordable Housing Crisis. inequality.org With billions of dollars of cash on hand, and millions of working-class families unable to find affordable housing, corporations are increasing their share of the housing stock and expanding their portfolios. A 2021 report co-authored by the Institute for Policy Studies, Bargaining for the Common Good, and Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund demonstrated how …
(2023-03-21). U.S. government bailout of Silicon Valley and banks is $300B gift to rich oligarchs. mronline.org The U.S. Federal Reserve printed $300 billion in a week to save collapsing banks and bail out Silicon Valley oligarchs. 93% of Silicon Valley Bank's deposits were uninsured, over the FDIC limit of $250,000, but the government still paid them. 56% of SVB's loans went to venture capitalist and private equity firms.
(2023-03-22). Israel Protests Should Not Be Confused With the Palestinian Struggle for Equality. orinocotribune.com By Ramzy Baroud — Mar 16, 2023 | As hundreds of thousands throughout Israel joined anti-government protests, questions began to arise regarding how this movement would affect, or possibly merge, into the broader struggle against the Israeli military occupation and apartheid in Palestine. | Pro-Palestine media outlets shared, with obvious excitement, news about statements made by Hollywood celebrities, like Mark Ruffalo, about the
(2023-03-22). Why health workers should support the SEP (Australia) in the NSW state election. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is the only party in the NSW election offering workers an alternative to the ongoing slashing of wages and cuts to health, education and other social services.
(2023-03-22). How to fight back at Royal Mail—A meeting for rank-and-file workers. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party (UK) and the World Socialist Web Site will be hosting an online meeting of rank-and-file postal workers next Monday, March 27, at 7pm to discuss taking forward the fight against attacks on living standards and working conditions, and the victimisation of their colleagues.
(2023-03-22). Forecasting future socioeconomic longevity inequalities: the impact of lifestyle factors. healtheuropa.com Fanny Janssen, a professor in mortality and longevity, introduces the Future Longevity Inequalities project and discusses how her research could help inform future health policies. In Europe, people with high educational attainment live on average six years longer than people with low educational attainment. This inequality is, in itself, already an important societal problem. Even …
(2023-03-21). How Investors Accelerate the Affordable Housing Crisis. inequality.org With billions of dollars of cash on hand, and millions of working-class families unable to find affordable housing, corporations are increasing their share of the housing stock and expanding their portfolios. A 2021 report co-authored by the Institute for Policy Studies, Bargaining for the Common Good, and Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund demonstrated how …
(2023-03-21). Video: Workers speak out against war and inequality in NSW election. wsws.org One worker said: "The average person in China, or in America, or here, doesn't want a war. I'm glad this party is talking about it. Nobody else is."
(2023-03-21). What the SEP was prevented from asking at the anti-AUKUS meeting in Sydney. wsws.org The organisers promoted right-wing militarists, while suppressing discussion from the floor, including questions from the Socialist Equality Party.
(2023-03-22). The Pajaro Levee Break, Immigrants, Labor & Climate Crisis With PVFT1936's Pamela Sexton. indybay.org PVFT Local 1936 Delegate Pamela Beth Sexton adult education teacher talks about the effect of the broken levee on the immigrant farmworker community, systemic racism and the role these farmworkers play in our economy.
(2023-03-21). UN chief calls for actions to combat racism and racial discrimination. america.cgtn.com 
The world is commemorating the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Tuesday. Racial prejudice remains a serious human rights problem around the world. The UN Secretary General says racism and the legacies of enslavement and colonialism continue to ruin lives.
(2023-03-21). UK fights back against racist immigration bill. peoplesdispatch.org More than 15,000 people marched across the UK in opposition to the Tory government's Illegal Migration Bill as well as to resist racism on March 18. The event organised by Stand Up To Racism was supported by all major trade unions in the country.
(2023-03-21). Díaz-Canel sobre Día Internacional para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial: "Debería ser todos los días" cubadebate.cu El Día Internacional para la eliminación de la Discriminación Racial "debería ser todos los días", afirmó este martes el primer secretario del Comité Central del PCC y presidente de la República, Miguel Díaz-Canel, y recordó que "demasiado grande la deuda del mundo con las víctimas del racismo".
(2023-03-21). Gobierno palestino denuncia racismo de ministro de Finanzas israelí. telesurtv.net Mohammad Shtayyeh puntualizó que la postura del ministro israelí potencia la violencia ejercida por las fuerzas de ocupación de Israel contra Palestina.
(2023-03-22). Black residents of Cancer Alley sue local government for discrimination in siting chemical facilities. nationofchange.org "We're being ignored and we have to do whatever we have to do to stop it."
(2023-03-21). 60,000 strike in Barcelona for International Women's Day. therealnews.com 
The degradation of women's labor and social standing is a global feature of capitalism. In Barcelona, Catalonia, 60,000 women took to the streets for a one-day general strike called by Spanish union CGT on International Women's Day, March 8. Women workers united across sectors to demand fair pay, an end to workplace discrimination, and migrant justice—particularly for the case of Spain's domestic workers, more than half of whom are migrant women. In the latest installment of Workers of the World, Sato Díaz and María Artigas report from the streets of Barcelona. This video is part of a special Workers…
(2023-03-22). Match Day at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Fourth-year students at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota learned where they will continue their residency training on March 17. Also, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education learned who would be its incoming Mayo residents through the National Resident Matching Program. The medical students opened their envelopes at 11 a.m. CDT discovering their future specialties and residency training locations. Match Day, held on the third Friday in March, is when medical school students and…
(2023-03-21). Local Efforts to Resist Right-Wing Attacks on Education Need National Support. truthout.org On January 6, 2023, two years after the far right occupation of the U.S. Capitol, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that he was appointing Christopher Rufo to the Board of Trustees of the New College of Florida. Rufo had been one of the key architects of the Republican effort to stir up a public frenzy around "critical race theory" — turning the term into a right-wing dog whistle for any attempt… |
(2023-03-21). Los Angeles: School workers to begin strike. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – At 4: 30 a.m. on Tuesday March 21, over 30,000 school workers in the Los Angeles Unified School (LAUSD) including food service workers, custodians, special education assistants and many more job titles will walk off the job on a strike. The workers are members of SEIU Local 99, also known as Education Workers United. | LAUSD and SEIU Local 99 have been in contract negotiations since 2020. After three years of bargaining, they decided to call a strike to show the boss they are serious about winning a contract with significant wage increases, expanded health care benefits and sufficient staffing an…
(2023-03-21). How To Provide Direct Support To Earthquake Victims In Syria. popularresistance.org The U.S. Peace Council (USPC) and the World Peace Council (WPC) have started a joint international fundraising campaign in support of the victims of the recent catastrophic earthquake in Syria, who are facing the consequences of a destructive earthquake without the much needed supplies of food, medicine and shelter as a result of debilitating economic sanctions. | The purpose of this fund drive is to raise the necessary funds for the purchase and shipment of medical supplies and equipment to the victims of earthquake in Syria, in direct coordination and cooperation with the Syrian Red Crescent, in accordance with…
(2023-03-22). John Bolton's prominence in the media proves our entire society is diseased. mronline.org 
In order to narrative-manage the public conversation about the Iraq War on the 20th anniversary of the invasion, those who helped unleash that horror upon our world have briefly paused their relentless torrent of "Ukraine proves the hawks were always right" takes to churn out a deluge of "Actually the Iraq War wasn't based on lies and turned out pretty great after all" takes.
(2023-03-22). Multiculturalism is over in Canada — it's back to Sinophobia. mronline.org 
How a rogue spy and two reporters are breaking the fragile system for integrating immigrants.
(2023-03-21). Insights | Pakistan scholar: I am a follower of the Chinese development path. ecns.cn "China is looking at steady domestic product growth towards the set target of around 5%, and it will have a stimulating effect on the economy for countries like Pakistan," said Hassan Daud Butt, associate professor at Bahria University and former director of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project, during an online interview with China News Network.
(2023-03-21). ACTION ALERT: Trump rules remain at FCC as Democrats cave to Big Cable, Fox News. mronline.org 
Remember Ajit Pai, the former Verizon lawyer Trump put in charge of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)? When he gutted net neutrality rules and kneecapped the agency's ability to regulate telecom monopolies, voters from across the political spectrum were outraged. The internet erupted in protest.
(2023-03-21). Bolivia: Electric powerhouse of Latin America. mronline.org 
For the first time in Bolivia's history, the country is now an exporter of electricity.
(2023-03-21). The secret of the failure of liberation—a tribute and celebration of Amilcar Cabral fifty years on. mronline.org 
To mark the fiftieth anniversary of national revolutionary leader Amilcar Cabral's murder in 1973, over the next four weeks, ROAPE will be re-posting a collection of essays paying tribute to Cabral. The collection was first published in the ROAPE journal thirty years ago, and reflects on the extraordinary achievements of Cabral and his organisation PAIGC (the Partido Africano de Indendencia de Guine e Cabo Verde).
(2023-03-21). Using the right language: The 'incremental genocide' of the Palestinians continues. mronline.org 
I am writing this op-ed on March 10, 2023. Seventy-five years ago, on this date, the military command of the Zionist leadership publicized Plan Dalet, or Plan D, which, among other guidelines, instructed the Zionist forces on their way to occupy hundreds of Palestinian villages and several towns and neighborhoods in historical Palestine.
(2023-03-22). Turkey proposes a parallel project, "TANAP-2″… journal-neo.org 
With the breakthrough of energy links in the South Caucasus from 1994 to 2006, Turkey gained new favorable opportunities for oil and gas extraction and export to the world market (especially to EU countries). Azerbaijan was the first post-Soviet country to gain access to the western shores of the Caspian Sea. Over the past two […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ
(2023-03-22). Large-scale alkene project underway in Inner Mongolia. ecns.cn Construction has begun on the world's first large-scale project to produce alkene, or olefin, using green hydrogen in Ordos, Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Ningxia Baofeng Energy Group announced on Wednesday.
(2023-03-22). Envoys from 26 countries and regions visit Chongqing, praise its development. ecns.cn Diplomatic envoys from 26 European, Asian, and African countries and regions visited Chongqing during March 20 through 22, focusing on the construction of the economic circle in Chengdu-Chongqing region and the new western land-sea corridor and cooperation with Chongqing in various fields.
(2023-03-22). Chinese-made 50-meter steel rails exported to Europe for first time. ecns.cn A total of 6,500 tons of Chinese-made 50-meter steel rails on Tuesday departed Northeast China's Tianjin for Europe, where they will be used in construction projects on the Hungarian-Serbian railway.
(2023-03-21). China launches construction of first offshore CO2 storage project. ecns.cn China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) started drilling on Sunday for its carbon dioxide (CO2) injection well at the Enping 15-1 platform.
(2023-03-21). Enping 20-4 oilfield platform under construction in S China sea. ecns.cn The "Enping 20-4" deep-water jacket, which is 104 meters high and weighs 11,846 tons, was installed in the Enping Oilfield, about 200 kilometers southwest of Shenzhen, Guangdong Province on Monday.
(2023-03-22). Corvallis Against Fascism: Five Years of Nazi Tears. itsgoingdown.org Five year analysis and reflection on antifascist organizing and community self-defense by Corvallis Antifa. Download PDF HERE This October, Corvallis Antifa will turn five years old. While this pales in comparison to the decades-long tenures of some other Torch Network groups like CenTex-ARA and Rose City Antifa, we recognize that we have outlasted a lot…
(2023-03-22). Amazon workers at Kentucky air hub go public with organizing drive. peoplesworld.org 
CINCINNATI-NORTHERN KENTUCKY INTL. AIRPORT—Workers at Amazon's biggest U.S. air hub, an 800,000-square-foot heavily robotized warehouse at the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport, have gone public—and national—with an organizing campaign allied with the independent grass-roots Amazon Labor Union. In their kickoff rally on March 18 at the KCVG hub, unionizeamazonkcvg.org set goals of $30/hour starting wages, 180 …
(2023-03-21). Making Campuses Platforms For Labor Renewal. popularresistance.org Everywhere you look this spring, you'll find evidence that campuses are becoming sites of labor organizing and struggle. In recent months, faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago staged recently a successful week-long strike, adjunct faculty at the New School won a three-week strike, 50,000 graduate assistants staged a six-week strike across the entire University of California system, staff at American University struck, and undergraduate workers at a growing number of campuses have begun organizing unions and, in some places, even preparing to strike. And this is just a small sampling of what has been a…
(2023-03-22). Solidarity With East Palestine/Hunters Point & Nationalize The Railroads: Action in SF. indybay.org A rally was held at the San Francisco Federal Building on March 13, 2023 to connect the toxic rail wreck disaster in East Palestine with the Hunters Point-Treasure Island toxic clean-up scandal. Over $1 billion was spent by the US government to pay for a clean-up of the radioactive dump site and Tetra Tech managers were charged and convicted with fraud in the clean-up. The company also retaliated against health and safety whistleblowers with terminations. It is presently being sued by the DOJ and the fired whistleblowers in San Francisco. The same company has been hired by Norfolk Southern railroad company to tes…
(2023-03-22). SF Anti-War Protest: Stop The War In Ukraine & WinThe War At Home! indybay.org As part of a national day of protest against the war in Ukraine an anti-war rally was held in San Francisco on March 18, 2023. Speakers talked about the war abroad and the war at home.
(2023-03-22). The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's half-year strike. therealnews.com 
In October of last year, over 100 workers represented by five labor unions—including production, distribution, advertising, and accounts receivable staff—walked off the job on an unfair labor practice strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The strike began after the newspaper's management, Block Communications, which is owned by the Block family, cut off health insurance for employees on Oct. 1. As
(2023-03-22). The political cost of Labor's small target strategy. greenleft.org.au Labor's small target strategy offers little to people reeling from rising living costs, declining real wages and a housing crisis, and further shrinks the already thin political differences between the major parties, argues Peter Boyle.
(2023-03-22). Aprueban proyecto de ley que reducirá jornada laboral en Chile. telesurtv.net La ministra Camila Vallejo, quien fue promotora de la iniciativa, afirmó que "aprobar las 40 horas es aprobar más y mejor tiempo para las familias".
(2023-03-22). México rechaza informe de EE.UU. sobre Derechos Humanos. telesurtv.net López Obrador calificó la actuación de los beisbolistas de México como "una labor destacadísima" en el Clásico Mundial.
(2023-03-22). The fight against Starbucks law breaking goes to the shareholders tomorrow. peoplesworld.org 
SEATTLE—Union pension funds and pro-shareholder investment advisors are taking the fight over Starbucks' rampant labor law-breaking to its stockholders. At the Seattle-based monster coffee company's virtual annual meeting on March 23, they'll demand Starbucks name an outside auditor to determine if, or, more likely, how much the anti-union drive has hurt Starbucks's reputation, share price …
(2023-03-22). Teodoro Pérez, fundador del Inder, falleció a los 87 años de edad. cubadebate.cu Teodoro Pérez Martineaud, fundador del Inder y artífice de su desarrollo durante décadas de intensa labor, falleció hoy a los 87 años de edad a causa de una insuficiencia cardíaca. "Nos deja físicamente un guerrero incansable, entregado a plenitud a las muchas tareas asumidas", tuiteó el presidente del organismo deportivo, Osvaldo Vento Montiller.
(2023-03-22). Terremotos dejan pérdidas de siete mil mdd en Türkiye. twitter.com El 20 % de la producción agrícola de Türkiye se obtiene de la zona del terremoto, lo cual complica las labores de recuperación de la cosecha.
(2023-03-21). Bailout Of Silicon Valley And Banks Is $300 Billion Gift To Rich Oligarchs. popularresistance.org The US government printed $300 billion in a week to save collapsing banks and bail out Silicon Valley oligarchs and venture capital firms, paying them all of their uninsured deposits. | Meanwhile, some of the very same Silicon Valley tycoons who benefited from this bailout have tried to cynically rebrand themselves as subversive populists, claiming they are fighting against the big Wall Street banks with which they have closely collaborated. | Three banks collapsed in the United States in the span of one week in March 2023: Silvergate Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, and Signature Bank.
(2023-03-21). Restored classics enjoy screen revival. ecns.cn Every museum has its star attraction. For the China Film Archive, the largest of its kind in the country, its most prized possession is the set of reels of Laborer's Love.
(2023-03-21). Colombian government pushes for healthcare reforms. america.cgtn.com 
Colombia's left-wing President Gustavo Petro has an ambitious reform agenda during his first year in office. He seeks to reform pension and labor laws, but his efforts to improve healthcare have been met with opposition.
(2023-03-21). The too-large-for-life longshore leader Harry Bridges. peoplesworld.org 
Bob Cherney, the veteran labor historian at San Francisco State, close to his subject, fell seriously ill a decade ago but happily recovered. Through the process, his new book, Harry Bridges: Labor Radical, Labor Legend, has been more than 20 years in the making. His subject, notorious for smoking cigarettes madly and through some parts …
(2023-03-21). Detienen a 19 ex altos funcionarios en República Dominicana por trama de corrupción. cubadebate.cu Durante una operación anticorrupción 19 colaboradores del expresidente de República Dominicana Danilo Medina fueron arrestados por desfalco millonario y lavado de activos. La operación fue llevada a cabo por la Procuraduría especializada de Persecución de la Corrupción Administrativa tras una compleja investigación.
(2023-03-21). How leaders in the Department of Labor are fighting for workers' rights. nationofchange.org "We have an opportunity right now to buy American and build America like never before."
(2023-03-22). Big Three autoworkers respond to the firings of Dana workers. wsws.org The intimidation and victimizations of workers at Dana corporation have enraged and encouraged autoworkers at the Detroit Three automakers to respond with support and stories of their own victimizations.
(2023-03-22). Pay offer at Deutsche Post: Make a "no" vote the start of a rebellion against the Verdi union leadership! wsws.org Postal workers have already voted by 86 percent in favour of strike action, and this must now be enforced. But for this to happen it is necessary to break the role of the Verdi leadership as strikebreakers.
(2023-03-22). UK postal workers expose grinding exploitation by Royal Mail, overseen by Communication Workers Union. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site is publishing correspondence from UK postal workers, angry over the endless drive to ratchet up exploitation by Royal Mail.
(2023-03-22). 65,000 school workers begin three-day strike in Los Angeles. wsws.org Workers in the America's second-largest district, which serves 420,000 students are demanding improvements on short staffing, high workloads and class sizes and poverty wages, made worse by skyrocketing inflation.
(2023-03-22). Stellantis fires veteran workers: "The same thing is happening to us as at Dana" wsws.org The intimidation and victimizations of workers at Dana corporation have enraged and encouraged autoworkers at the Detroit Three automakers to respond with support and stories of their own victimizations.
(2023-03-22). Starbucks workers keep up the fight in Portland. workers.org 
Portland, Oregon A March 19 community rally in downtown Portland hailed the unionization efforts and successes of Starbucks Workers United. SWU was joined by Workers World Party, Democratic Socialists of America and Jobs with Justice. The many members of SWU, some of whom gave speeches, came from the locations where . . . |
(2023-03-22). France: Workers of all ages in mass revolt to defend pensions. workers.org 
Bulletin: The vote in the National Assembly took place March 20 and the government survived by nine votes. The battle continues. Protesters hold a banner that reads "Pensions, not an extra day, not one euro less" during a demonstration against the French government's pension reform plan as part of the . . . |
(2023-03-22). Putin? Arrest George W. Bush! workers.org 
March 19, 2023 — Two events reported on extensively this weekend belonged in the same article, yet they were separated. Combining them exposes the criminal hypocrisy of U.S. imperialism and its corporate media. Article's author John Catalinotto speaks at a demonstration protesting U.S. occupation of Iraq at the Bourse in . . . |
(2023-03-22). 'Feed the people, not the U.S. war machine!'. workers.org 
Richie Merino, an organizer with the International Action Center and the United National Antiwar Coalition, gave this talk at the March 18 antiwar demonstration in Washington, D.C. Merino, a writer for Workers World newspaper, is a proud public school teacher in the South Bronx, New York. Richie Merino leads chants . . . |
(2023-03-21). Amazon To Lay off Another 9000 Employees As Bond Market Predicts Imminent Recession. moguldom.com Amazon is set to slash 9,000 more workers in addition to earlier cuts the e-commerce giant has already made. In a March 20 memo to staff, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the latest round is expected to impact Amazon's cloud computing, advertising, human resources, and Twitch units. This latest round of job cuts follows several …
(2023-03-21). Tim Gooden: 'The 8-hour day shows there's power in a union'. greenleft.org.au In his speech to a Labour Day dinner, Geelong Trades and Labour Council President Tim Gooden celebrated workers who won the 8-hour working day and proposed five campaigns the union movement must fight for today.
(2023-03-21). Phone Zap For Ohio State Penitentiary Hunger Strikers. popularresistance.org Ohio – People incarcerated at the Ohio State Penitentiary began a protest in mid-March and need our support to be successful in getting their demands met. Recently, guards at OSP have been forcing prisoners to stand in the showers for hours on end as a form of retaliation for speaking out. The protest seeks to end this form of punishment, as well as several other injustices inside the prison. | Without outside support and attention, protests like this one are much easier for the prison administration to sweep under the rug. It's imperative that the administration hear from as many people as possible, so that they…
(2023-03-21). Trade unions support Ford Valencia scheme to lay off 1,144 workers. wsws.org Ford Spain has announced a savage redundancy scheme to lay off 1,144 workers, or 20 percent of its workforce, at its plant in Almussafes, Valencia. Just hours after the announcement, the trade unions signed up their readiness to work with management to impose these attacks in the space of three months.
(2023-03-21). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Professors at Laval University are in the second week of a strike over pay and other contract issues while negotiations drag on as four Argentine banking business chambers continue to resist workers demands.
(2023-03-21). The way forward for the strike by 65,000 Los Angeles school workers. wsws.org Having launched a three-day strike, LA educators now confront the need to mobilize ourselves independently in order to expand our struggle and appeal for the widest possible unity and support from workers throughout the city and the world.
(2023-03-21). Fight for fishing facilities at affordable prices! Reject communal provocations that divide Sri Lankan and Indian fishermen! wsws.org To fight for our rights, we must build action committees of fishing workers, independently of all capitalist parties and the fishermen's associations.
(2023-03-21). Postal workers condemn sweatshop conditions at Royal Mail rubber stamped by Communication Workers Union. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site continues to receive correspondence from postal workers over the back-breaking increases in workloads demanded by Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU) enforcing the cost cutting exercise.
(2023-03-21). After the strikes, what then? thecommunists.org The strike wave that began in June last year, as desperate workers supported industrial action to protest against efforts to make them bear the brunt of the inflationary cost of living crisis, has been impressive in its scope and duration. The Office of National Statistics reported that days lost through strike action were the highest …
(2023-03-22). Israel's Humiliating Expulsion from AU Summit Exposes Its Failed Diplomacy in Africa. mintpressnews.com
(2023-03-22). NATO Bombed Libya to 'Protect Civilians' 12 Years Ago. This Led to Thousands of Deaths and a Country in Ruins. orinocotribune.com By Moussa Ibrahim — Mar 18, 2023 | The Western war machine only served its own interests in destroying a nation that could liberate Africa | On the 19th of March 2011, the NATO bloc began a violent 8-month long military onslaught of Libya, a sovereign African-Union founding member state, which had enjoyed four decades of stability, prosperity and one of the highest Human Development Index (HDI) scores in all of Africa. | NATO's justification for the aggressive and bloody attack was the now-infamous "protection of civilians" doctrine, formalized under UN Security Council Decree No. 1973. The French Air Force,…
(2023-03-22). French students denounce complicity of union bureaucracies, National Assembly in Macron's cuts. wsws.org The WSWS spoke with students protesting Macron's anti-democratic passage of the pension reform at the Tolbiac university campus in central Paris.
(2023-03-21). Foreign Devils on the Road to Afghanistan. orinocotribune.com By M. K. Bhadrakumar — Mar 12, 2023 | On March 7, the western powers huddled together in Paris for a restricted meeting on Taliban and the Afghanistan situation. It was an exclusive meeting of the Special Representatives and Envoys for Afghanistan of Australia, Canada, the European Union, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. | The random pick was striking — on a need-to-know basis — Türkiye out, Norway in. Presumably, the West won't trust the Turks to keep secrets. But Norway makes itself indispensable as a European country with a first-rate…
(2023-03-21). 'If They Strike, We Won't Cross The Picket Line'. popularresistance.org Los Angeles, California – Following weeks of uncharacteristically gloomy days, the weather broke late in the afternoon on Wednesday, March 15, seemingly in preparation for the 4: 30 PM Unite for Los Angeles Schools rally in Grand Park outside City Hall. The gathered crowd buzzed with excitement and righteous indignation. Drums and horns sounded, signs and t-shirts were given out and street vendors peddled everything from cotton candy to tacos, making the event feel more like a music festival than a rally. Our headliners? Leaders from two of the largest unions in Los Angeles County.
(2023-03-21). Protests rage across France as government narrowly survives no-confidence vote. peoplesdispatch.org The French government had a narrow escape on Monday as the no-confidence motion filed by the opposition fell short of just nine votes in the National Assembly. Trade unions and leftist parties are gearing up for more protests against the unpopular pension reforms…
(2023-03-21). Georgian FM in Brussels to offer his country to EU, NATO. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Civil GeorgiaMarch 21, 2023 Ilia Darchiashvili Visits Brussels to Meet with EU and NATO Officials Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili is on a working visit to Brussels from 21 to 23 March. During his visit he will meet with the leaders of the European Union and NATO. According to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs …
(2023-03-21). Northern Ireland DUP to Vote Against New Post-Brexit Deal. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the pro-British Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) announced that it will vote against the "Windsor Framework," which the United Kingdom and the European Union (EU) signed to replace the Brexit border protocol for Northern Ireland. | RELATED: | As part of this framework, the "Stormont Brake," a legal instrument that means the Northern Ireland Assembly can oppose new EU goods rules that would have significant and…
(2023-03-21). Amazon to lay off 9,000 more employees. ecns.cn Amazon announced on Monday the company's plan to cut 9,000 more jobs in a new round of layoffs.
(2023-03-21). Fairs aim to increase jobs for graduates. ecns.cn The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security has launched a special recruitment campaign from March 19 to May 26 aimed at achieving fuller employment of college graduates.
(2023-03-21). How Venezuelans with down syndrome join workforce. america.cgtn.com 
Living with a disability is twice as hard in a country like Venezuela. And while it's not easy for them to find jobs, some are pulling out all the stops to join the workforce, to prove their strong work ethic and skills. Here's a …
(2023-03-21). Credit Suisse bank collapse: Thousands of jobs evaporate, but bosses get their bonuses. peoplesworld.org 
Thousands of jobs look set to go as the Swiss government backed the bailout of troubled Credit Suisse by giant UBS on Sunday amid fears of a global banking crisis. Global stock markets plummeted Monday after it was announced that UBS would be taking over Credit Suisse. On the news of the takeover, Hong Kong's …
(2023-03-21). Detroit public schools begin cutting educator jobs, services and summer programs, as Covid funding runs out. wsws.org As one-time federal COVID funds are depleted, Detroit like school districts nationally are facing dire budget cuts.
(2023-03-21). Amazon announces 9,000 more job cuts as tech industry jobs massacre builds. wsws.org So far in 2023, tech companies, including giant players such as Meta, Google and Microsoft, have laid off nearly 140,000 employees.
(2023-03-22). Chicago mayoral election: Progressive Brandon Johnson against reactionary Paul Vallas. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Brandon Johnson's campaign for mayor of Chicago held an event at Saint James Community Church on Chicago's South Side on Thursday, March 16. The event was organized by United Working Families, a movement group behind Johnson. | The purpose of the event was the launch of the offensive to win big on the South Side, the part of the city with the largest Black population. | Johnson was not well known across the city before he announced for mayor. The South and West Sides of the city were mainly won by outgoing Mayor Lori Lightfoot. Two weeks after the February 28 general election, in which Lightfoot cam…
(2023-03-22). Pain in the back: Preventing and treating spinal arthritis. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org EAU CLAIRE, Wis. — Many types of arthritis can affect your musculoskeletal system. Joints are physical points of connection between two bones, and cartilage is the tissue that covers the surface of the bone at the joint. A membrane, called the synovial membrane, lines the joint and is filled with fluid known as synovial fluid. All these components work together to make movement easy. "Over time, the cartilage in joints can break down and cause…
(2023-03-22). Caracas declaration: Latin America's vital role in the world anti-imperialist struggle. thecommunists.org The following declaration was endorsed by the participants at the World Anti-imperialist Platform international conference in Caracas, Venezuela, on Saturday 4 March 2023. ***** From the city of Caracas, birthplace of the great liberator Simón Bolívar, the father of Latin-American unity and forerunner of the modern anti-imperialist movement in Nuestra America, we are gathered today …
(2023-03-22). Prospects of a US Led Peace Movement in Ukraine and Looking Back at The US War in Iraq 20 Years Later. projectcensored.org Over the weekend, demonstrations took place in several US cities to mark the 20th anniversary of the 2003 US invasion of Iraq, and to demand that the US and NATO…
(2023-03-21). My university is Hosting a Stalwart of the Israeli Settler movement. In response I am protesting Fascism. juancole.com This Sunday, as Israelis studying at Princeton gathered in front of Nassau gate to protest the proposed judicial overhaul act of the Israeli government slated to become law in the next few days, the following quote from Robin Wall Kimmerer's "Braiding Sweetgrass" came to mind: "All powers have two sides, the power to create and …
(2023-03-21). Against Trotskyism: The united front. fightbacknews.org Trotskyism disagrees with Marxism-Leninism on a number of important theoretical points. These disagreements aren't limited to the field of theory but have a real practical impact on the movements of working class and oppressed peoples. In our day-to-day struggles, we see them come up again and again. Practically, the question of the united front illustrates very clearly the glaring difference between Marxism-Leninism and Trotskyism. This is a question of extreme theoretical importance, with tremendous practical consequences, so we should examine it closely. | What is the united front? It is the organizational exp…
(2023-03-21). Renewed Peace Movement Lauded As Protesters Marched in Washington, D.C., on 20th Anniversary of U.S. Invasion of Iraq. towardfreedom.org
(2023-03-21). Palestinian prisoner leaders launch hunger strike: Battle of Freedom or Martyrdom to begin Thursday, 23 March. samidoun.net 
Building on over 36 days of escalating protests, the leadership of the Palestinian prisoners' movement announced today, Tuesday 21 March, that they would begin the collective hunger strike today with up to 2,000 prisoners and more to come following on Thursday and the days to come. They are demanding not only an end to the …
(2023-03-21). Thousands march in Washington, D.C. to launch new movement against U.S. empire. liberationnews.org 
Thousands of anti-war protesters gathered in Lafayette Park, in front of the White House.
(2023-03-21). Thousands march in Washington, D.C., to launch new movement against U.S. empire. liberationnews.org Thousands of anti-war protesters gathered in Lafayette Park, in front of the White House.
(2023-03-21). Anti-AUKUS meeting in Sydney: Fake anti-war movement promotes right-wing militarists. wsws.org The supposedly anti-war meeting was addressed by the American colonel who wrote Colin Powell's infamous speech justifying the US invasion of Iraq and by Bob Carr, who as foreign minister played a key role in Australia's integration into the US-led plans for war with China.
(2023-03-22). The U.S. Owes Iraq "Just Compensation": Muslim Peacemaker Sami Rasouli on 2003 Invasion & Aftermath. democracynow.org 
As we continue to look back on the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, we're joined by Sami Rasouli, an Iraqi native who immigrated to the United States over 35 years ago and became a successful restaurateur and beloved member of the community in Minneapolis. After the U.S. invasion of his home country in 2003, he moved back to Iraq, where he founded the Muslim Peacemakers, a group that works to promote and practice nonviolent conflict resolution and intervention. Rasouli also founded the American Institute for English in Najaf, which was destroyed by a 2020 bombing. He is working on starting a n…
(2023-03-22). UAW Monitor denies Will Lehman protest, disenfranchising hundreds of thousands of rank-and-file members. wsws.org The Monitor's denial of Lehman's protest exemplifies the fraudulent character of the election and reveals the total contempt with which the UAW, the federal courts, and the Monitor view the democratic rights of the working class.
(2023-03-22). Oppose president's suppression of local election! Mobilise working class to defend democratic and social rights! wsws.org The SEP and the IYSSE advance a revolutionary socialist and internationalist program to defeat the threat of dictatorship, and defend social and democratic rights.
(2023-03-21). Scientists mull building underwater telescope to detect cosmic rays. ecns.cn Chinese scientists are working on a blueprint for a gigantic telescope to observe neutrinos, one of the most abundant particles in the universe, from deep within the seas or lakes.
(2023-03-21). Preoperative Hemodialysis Timing and Postoperative Mortality in Patients With ESKD—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply The Letter from Dr Pal and colleagues about our recent study raises several important points. First, we agree that the ideal exposure would have been the number of hours between the last preoperative hemodialysis session and surgery. Unfortunately, this information was not available in our data set. In addition, our study included only outpatient hemodialysis treatments and nonemergent surgeries. Assuming these treatments and procedures occur during normal working hours, the estimated hourly ranges for the interval from hemodialysis to the surgical procedure are unlikely to overlap between different cale…