(2023-04-03). Women in science: Q&A with Martha Grogan, M.D. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Martha Grogan March is Women's History Month and an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women in science and research. Women make up just 33% of the world's researchers, according to the United Nations. That's changing according to Felicity Enders, Ph.D., director of the Office of Research Equity, Inclusion and Diversity. As is their role in the field. Today, there are "more women not only entering the field but also moving into leadership," she says. Among them…
(2023-04-03). U.S.-appointed pro-coup/war Georgian opposition chief invokes gender equality. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com
(2023-04-03). Thursday 5/18: Inequality and Instability — Peace Based Approach. indybay.org Online event…
(2023-04-03). Mexico's AMLO Calls Out US 'Oligarchy' at Biden's Democracy Summit. scheerpost.com 
Mexico's leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador used the US government's "Summit for Democracy" to indirectly call out Washington's hypocrisy: "The oligarchy reigns with the faàßade of democracy", he said, calling for "greater equality" and "separation of economic and political power."
(2023-04-02). We Just Won Something Huge. levernews.com We have incredible news to share: Thanks to your support, we just won the 2023 Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media.The award is especially significant because it is named after the closest thing we have to a patron saint: I.F. "Izzy" Stone, the pioneering investigative journalist who exposed racial discrimination, McCarthyism, and government deception related to the Vietnam War in his influential newsletter I.F. Stone's Weekly.As the judges noted, "No news outlet is as thorough and relentless as The Lever in exposing the corrupting influence of corporate power on government and both major…
(2023-04-03). Polk County, FL teachers march to protect their union. fightbacknews.org Bartow, FL – About 40 teachers and supporters protested in downtown Bartow on Saturday, April 1 demanding funding for public schools and protection of collective bargaining rights. The Polk Education Association hosted a picnic at their union hall followed by a march to State Senator Ben Albritton's office. The PEA protest as part of a statewide day of action against Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida legislature's attacks on teachers' unions. | Ben Albritton is the senate majority leader who will vote on two important bills in Florida's legislative session this year. SB 202 allows private schools to get state…
(2023-04-03). Women in science: Q&A with Martha Grogan, M.D. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Martha Grogan March is Women's History Month and an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of women in science and research. Women make up just 33% of the world's researchers, according to the United Nations. That's changing according to Felicity Enders, Ph.D., director of the Office of Research Equity, Inclusion and Diversity. As is their role in the field. Today, there are "more women not only entering the field but also moving into leadership," she says. Among them…
(2023-04-03). U.S.-appointed pro-coup/war Georgian opposition chief invokes gender equality. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com
(2023-04-03). Thursday 5/18: Inequality and Instability — Peace Based Approach. indybay.org Online event…
(2023-04-03). Mexico's AMLO Calls Out US 'Oligarchy' at Biden's Democracy Summit. scheerpost.com Mexico's leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador used the US government's "Summit for Democracy" to indirectly call out Washington's hypocrisy: "The oligarchy reigns with the faàßade of democracy", he said, calling for "greater equality" and "separation of economic and political power."
(2023-04-02). We Just Won Something Huge. levernews.com We have incredible news to share: Thanks to your support, we just won the 2023 Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media.The award is especially significant because it is named after the closest thing we have to a patron saint: I.F. "Izzy" Stone, the pioneering investigative journalist who exposed racial discrimination, McCarthyism, and government deception related to the Vietnam War in his influential newsletter I.F. Stone's Weekly.As the judges noted, "No news outlet is as thorough and relentless as The Lever in exposing the corrupting influence of corporate power on government and both major…
(2023-04-03). Polk County, FL teachers march to protect their union. fightbacknews.org Bartow, FL – About 40 teachers and supporters protested in downtown Bartow on Saturday, April 1 demanding funding for public schools and protection of collective bargaining rights. The Polk Education Association hosted a picnic at their union hall followed by a march to State Senator Ben Albritton's office. The PEA protest as part of a statewide day of action against Governor Ron DeSantis and the Florida legislature's attacks on teachers' unions. | Ben Albritton is the senate majority leader who will vote on two important bills in Florida's legislative session this year. SB 202 allows private schools to get state…
(2023-04-02). Students rally for diversity at Florida Board of Governors meeting. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On Tuesday, March 28, over 100 students held a rally against Florida House Bill 999, at the Skateable Art Park in the city's Railroad Square. This bill gives the Florida Board of Governors the ability to review curriculum in higher education, review tenure of professors with the power of removal, and provides direction to each university on "removing from its programs any major of minor in Critical Race Theory, Gender Studies, or Intersectionality." The bill has passed several committees in the Florida House legislature, with no amendments removing these stipulations. | At the protest, led by th…
(2023-04-03). Crowded job market leads to grads to adopt flexible approach. ecns.cn A graduate from a well-known university who has chosen to work as a garbage collector and seller, and who is making more than 10,000 yuan ($1,452) a month, has triggered heated debates online regarding what counts as a decent job for college graduates.
(2023-04-03). IPCC's conservative nature masks true scale of action needed to avert catastrophic climate change. mronline.org 
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) synthesis report recently landed with an authoritative thump, giving voice to hundreds of scientists endeavouring to understand the unfolding calamity of global heating.
(2023-04-03). The first signs of an ecological class struggle in Germany. mronline.org 
After years of rapprochement, Germany's climate and labour movement are jointly going on strike to demand socio-ecological public infrastructure.
(2023-04-03). Thursday 4/6: Debunking the Parents Bill of Rights Teach-in. indybay.org Online teach-in…
(2023-04-03). A common misconception about capitalism. mronline.org 
THERE is a commonly-held view that while capitalism in its early stages brings about unemployment and hence an accentuation of poverty, this initial damage is subsequently reversed as it keeps growing…
(2023-04-02). Russian Lancet Drones Take Out More Ukrainian Howitzers, Rocket Launchers (Videos). southfront.org 
MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA — JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | The Russian military has destroyed more howitzers and rocket launchers of Kiev forces within the special operation zone using Lancet loitering munitions. | Between March 27 and April 2, videos surfaced online showing recent Lancet strikes against a Polish-made Krab self-propelled 155 mm howi…
(2023-04-03). Atlanta's "Cop City" Is A Blueprint For America's Future. popularresistance.org In a special episode of Police Accountability Report, TRNN reporters Taya Graham and Stephen Janis report from the ground in Atlanta, where for weeks forest defenders have been fighting and risking their lives to stop the construction of "Cop City"—a massive planned police training center that would be used to instruct officers from around the country in deadly repression tactics. Speaking directly with activists on the frontlines, Graham and Janis explore the truth behind the police killing of Manuel "Tortuguita" Tehran, and the dark money sources funding the creation of the Atlanta Public Safety Center.
(2023-04-03). Undergraduate unions sweeping the U.S. liberationnews.org 
Across the country, undergraduate student workers are unionizing and taking action to demand better pay and working conditions. On March 15, residential advisors (RAs) at the University of Pennsylvania announced supermajority support for their new union, becoming the 18th undergraduate union effort in the U.S. Young workers at Boston University, Dartmouth, RPI, Wesleyan, Harvard, Tufts, Fordham, and many other campuses have rallied for recognition, won landslide elections, and successfully negotiated first contracts. What explains this uptick in undergraduate labor organizing?>
(2023-04-03). Milwaukee's Public Safety and Health Commission passes anti-closure resolution as pressure mounts on Ascension. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On Friday, March 31, the Common Council's Public Safety and Health Commission unanimously passed a resolution urging Ascension Wisconsin to reconsider the closure of the Labor and Delivery (L&D) unit at St. Francis Hospital. The St. Francis L&D was the only department of its kind within a roughly 10 mile radius. The hospital serves a predominantly Latino and immigrant community on Milwaukee's Southside, including many Spanish- and Rohingya-only speakers. The resolution also calls on Ascension Wisconsin to establish a one-year moratorium on any downsizing or service reductions at Milwaukee hea…
(2023-04-03). $41 million federal grant to help Mayo Clinic, collaborators advance multiethnic Alzheimer's research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Alzheimer's disease affects people of all ethnic groups. Armed with $41 million in new federal funding, Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues from 13 other institutions around the country are pursuing three multiethnic projects to identify targets for treatment. Alzheimer's disease robs victims of their memories and families of quality time with their loved ones. Deaths from Alzheimer's more than doubled from 2000 to 2019, and the number of people living with the…
(2023-04-03). Australian by-election defeat highlights Liberal Party crisis. wsws.org The Liberal disaster in the seat of Aston increases the reliance of the capitalist class on the Labor Party, which is currently in office across the country, except for the small island state of Tasmania.
(2023-04-03). Australia: Labor minority confirmed in NSW election as new premier rejects calls for pay increases. wsws.org An unstable minority Labor government in NSW is tasked by the ruling class with imposing major cuts to social spending and wages amid the deepest cost-of-living crisis in decades.
(2023-04-02). Have Workers Gotten Back Their Share of Income? cepr.net 
I was surprised to see a Twitter thread last week from Jason Furman in which he said that the labor share of national income in 2022 was actually above its pre-pandemic level. I have been following this issue closely and the labor share of corporate income was still down by more than a percentage point …
(2023-04-02). Pajaro Farmworkers, Class, Climate & Justice With Pamela Sexton & Elon Ortez. indybay.org Thousands of farmworkers and their families are fighting for survival after a flood and dangerous health and safety conditions.
(2023-04-02). Dan alta hospitalaria al papa Francisco tras infección respiratoria. telesurtv.net Francisco al ser dado de alta del Hospital Universitario A. Gemelli saludó al Director General del Policlínico, Marco Elefanti, y al personal médico y de apoyo que le colaboró en estos días.
(2023-04-02). India y Cuba exploran oportunidades de colaboración en la transformación digital y el desarrollo de las tecnologías 5G y 6G. cubadebate.cu Representantes de India y Cuba evaluaron la cooperación en la capacitación y entrenamiento para el despliegue de infraestructura en zonas rurales, así como proyectos de ciencia e innovación para desarrollar las tecnologías 5G y 6G. Dichos temas serán incluidos en el acuerdo de colaboración que ambos países proyectan suscribir, aseveró la viceministra Grisel Reyes a Prensa Latina.
(2023-04-03). Political Crisis In Ecuador: President Lasso To Face Impeachment. popularresistance.org Ecuador is on the way to an impeachment trial against its neo liberal president, Guillermo Lasso. This Wednesday, the Constitutional Court listened to the voice of parliamentarians, workers, Indigenous people, and many other citizens of Ecuador and admitted, in part, the demand for an impeachment trial of the banker turned president, Lasso, for the alleged crime of embezzlement. | Ecuador's National Assembly overcame the first filter of the Legislative Administration Council (CAL), formed by seven assembly members, who are mostly from the opposition parties. CAL approved the impeachment request and sent the docum…
(2023-04-03). University of Michigan seeks court injunction to stop grad student strike. therealnews.com 
Editor's Note (4/3/23): In the first half of the episode, Alvarez mistakenly refers to the previous GEO strike as having occurred in the fall of 2022, but it took place in fall of 2020. Stark and Alvarez make the correction in the second half of the conversation. | Graduate student-workers at the University of Michigan are on strike for the second time in three years, officially hitting the picket line this week. Speaking to The Michigan Daily, Amir Fleischmann, chair of the Graduate Employees Organization (GEO) Contracts Committee, said, "Grad workers are very frustrated. They're struggling to pay rent. Th…
(2023-04-03). Trump's indictment: only a beginning. workers.org 
Former President Donald J. Trump was indicted by a Manhattan grand jury March 31. The unexpected news was celebrated by many oppressed people, class-conscious workers and many on the left. Trump's Supreme Court appointments reversed the legal right to abortion. In addition to being the 45th occupant of the White . . . |
(2023-04-03). UK: Corbyn barred from standing again as a Labour MP. wsws.org The rout of the Corbynite left is clear to everyone. The question now is what conclusions should be drawn by workers and young people.
(2023-04-03). Dana paid shareholders $57 million last year, but where is our "profit sharing"? wsws.org Dana workers across the US noticed as March 31, the date by which Appendix P of the contract says Dana must pay "profit sharing," passed without workers receiving much needed income. We, the rank-and-file, are demanding answers as to why we did not get paid.
(2023-04-02). Japan raises retirement age of civil servants. ecns.cn The retirement age for national and local civil workers in Japan was raised Saturday from the current 60 to 61 as the new fiscal year begins.
(2023-04-02). Amid mass protests in France, Spain's PSOE-Podemos regime slashes pensions. wsws.org There is no "democratic" mechanism within the existing capitalist state for workers to make their opposition to austerity and attacks on democratic rights felt.
(2023-04-02). Laid-off high-tech visa holders in the U.S. scrambling to find jobs. america.cgtn.com 
The tech sector continues to struggle. So far this year, tech companies have laid off more than 120,000 workers. For many high-skilled visa holders on that list, there's added pressure to find a job before facing deportation.
(2023-04-03). Russia to Put Nukes Near Belarus' Western Border: Envoy. news.antiwar.com The Russian ambassador to Belarus, Boris Gryzlov, said Sunday that Russian tactical nuclear weapons will be placed in western Belarus, near its border with NATO members. According to The Associated Press, Gryzlov said the nuclear weapons will be "moved up close to the Western border of our Union State." The union state refers to the …
(2023-04-03). Primer ministro en reunión con gobernadores: Corresponder con resultados a la confianza del pueblo. cubadebate.cu
(2023-04-03). NPA attacks "leftist" opposition to French union bureaucracy's talks with Macron. wsws.org The Pabloite New Anti-capitalist Party is shielding the union bureaucracies as they work to smother the movement to bring down Macron.
(2023-04-03). European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to visit China. ecns.cn As agreed between China and the European Union, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen will visit China from April 5 to 7, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning announced on Monday.
(2023-04-03). OPEP+ confirma recorte en más de un millón de barriles diarios. telesurtv.net El Comité tomó en consideración la decisión voluntaria de Rusia, Arabia Saudita, Irak, Emiratos Árabes Unidos, Kuwait, Kazajistán, Argelia, Omán y Gabón de reducir adicionalmente su producción.
(2023-04-02). 'He Sold Our Schools Off To The Highest Bidder'. popularresistance.org Shakeda Gaines, former president of the Philadelphia Home and School Council, remembers when Paul Vallas began his term as superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia in 2002. Vallas "brought in his corporate vultures and his spreadsheets and tried to sell us a bill of goods," Gaines says. | Vallas, known for his contempt of teachers unions and his ability to capitalize on disasters to upend public school systems, has gone into Chicago, Philadelphia, New Orleans, Haiti, Chile, and Bridgeport, Conn., to hawk himself as a pragmatic problem solver, someone who will turn around distress…
(2023-04-02). Colombia exhorta al rebelde ELN a expresar su intención de paz. telesurtv.net El cese al fuego es una pieza clave en las negociaciones con la organización rebelde del ELN, dijo Danilo Rueda, el alto Comisionado para la Paz.
(2023-04-02). Rusia asume la presidencia del Consejo de Seguridad de la ONU. telesurtv.net El órgano será presidido un mes por la delegación rusa y la función es principalmente protocolaria, será la encargada de gestionar la agenda de trabajo y de presidir las reuniones.
(2023-04-03). Against Trotskyism: Trotskyism and the national question. fightbacknews.org By now it should come as no surprise that Trotskyism, with its ultra-left emphasis on "pure proletarian revolution" originating in Trotsky's theory of "permanent revolution," that Trotskyism's errors extend to the national question. | But, before we can get into Trotsky's view on the subject, what is the national question? When Marxists talk about the "national question" we're talking about the analysis of the problems posed to the revolutionary movement by the materialist process by which nations form and develop, and the role that plays in revolutionary change. Practically, we're talking about how the proletar…
(2023-04-03). Final Blow to Eviscerated Antiwar Movement. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-03). Banking crisis in Switzerland: Socialise the financial sector! greenleft.org.au The recent takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS, with the Swiss state stepping in to cover losses, highlights the need for a broad social movement to demand the socialisation of the financial sector, says Switzerland's Movement for Socialism (BFS/MPS).
(2023-04-03). Sri Lankan government's Anti-Terrorism Bill: A sweeping attack on democratic rights. wsws.org The Wickremesinghe government lives in fear of a resurgence of last year's mass movement that ousted President Gotabhaya Rajapakse and his government.
(2023-04-02). "Woman, Life, Freedom": Syrian Women Are Rising Up Against Patriarchy. truthout.org "Woman, life, freedom" — the iconic slogan of Iran's women's revolution — has traveled far and wide. First chanted by Kurdish women on March 8, 2006, on the streets of Turkey, it came out of the Kurdish freedom movement's longstanding feminist commitment. The rallying cry then spilled over across the border into Syria to accompany the Kurdish women's heroic fight against ISIS (also known as Daesh). |
(2023-04-02). Atlanta activists host community town hall around stop Cop City. fightbacknews.org Atlanta, GA – On Tuesday, March 28 over 100 community members and activists attended a community town hall hosted by Community Movement Builders (CMB). The purpose of the town hall was to inform the public about the ongoing struggle to stop Cop City, a proposed $90 million facility that would train law enforcement officers from around the country in new and innovative ways to oppress people and repress progressive movements. Additionally, the proposed training facility would be built on the Atlanta Forest, the largest urban forest in the United States. | The town hall began with a speech from Kamau Franklin, the…
(2023-04-02). Mayan Leader Thelma Cabrera Runs for Guatemala's Presidency. libya360.wordpress.com Cindy Forster The following is an exclusive interview for Kawsachun News carried out by Cindy Forster, professor at Scripps College "I consider myself a defender of Mother Earth," explains Thelma Cabrera, a Maya-Mam peasant leader whose bid for president —at the head of the Movement for the Liberation of the Peoples (MLP)— was blocked again…
(2023-04-03). The EU's Digital Trade Rules: Undermining European Policy to Rein in Big Tech. transcend.org 27 Mar 2023 – This report shows how Big Tech companies are working to constrain the ability of EU democratic bodies to regulate their activities in the public interest through "trade" agreements, which are binding and permanent.
(2023-04-03). Simultaneous US aggression in Black Sea and Mediterranean as multipolarity accelerates. infobrics.org In the meantime, the world is working towards creating conditions for peaceful coexistence and cooperation of the globe's numerous civilizations. Organizations such as BRICS and SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) are rapidly expanding by admitting new members.
(2023-04-03). UK Sanctions Enforcer Targets Aid Charities Working in Gaza. globalresearch.ca
(2023-04-03). Nine dead, 44 still missing in mine collapse in China. wsws.org The disaster tragically exposes the brutal working conditions faced by miners in China in the reckless drive for profits ahead of lives and safety.
(2023-04-03). German government coalition parties hold marathon meeting to prepare for class confrontation. wsws.org It is clear that the marathon coalition meeting did not just discuss details of climate policy and infrastructure development. The government is preparing for a massive confrontation with the working class.
(2023-04-02). Denver demands justice for family of Elias Armstrong. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On Thursday March 23, over a dozen activists and members of the community gathered in the morning outside of the district attorney's office to demand justice for Elias Armstrong and his family. | On February 5, a white vigilante tracked Elias' stolen car from the affluent Central Park neighborhood on the eastern edge of the city to a small, working-class community on the opposite side of town. Security footage shows that 12-year-old Elias Armstrong was standing in plain view next to the vehicle when the vigilante located it. With full knowledge that his actions put children at risk, the man drew his…
(2023-04-02). Colombia Government Urges ELN to Prove Commitment to Peace Following Violence in Catatumbo. orinocotribune.com The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has urged the guerrilla organization National Liberation Army (ELN) to prove its commitment to establishing peace in the country after an ELN group attacked a military contingent in the Colombian Catatumbo that took the lives of nine soldiers and injured nine more. President Petro made the call on Friday, March 31 after meeting with the government delegation assigned to working on the peace dialogue. He also expressed his concern that the country has begun to lose trust in the peace process after the violent incident in Catatumbo. | "Peace is not going to be achieved with…