(2023-04-04). 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…
(2023-04-04). Thursday 5/18: Inequality and Instability — Peace Based Approach. indybay.org Online event…
(2023-04-03). Reserve your ad now for the People's World May Day E-Book Edition. peoplesworld.org 
May Day was born in Chicago in the fight for the eight-hour day but celebrated as International Workers Day, a day of solidarity in the global fight for justice, democratic rights, and equality. Call it the U.S. working class's gift to the world. U.S. workers have a lot to celebrate this year, including the heroic …
(2023-04-03). U.S.-appointed pro-coup/war Georgian opposition chief invokes gender equality. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com
(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."
(2023-04-03). Mumia Abu-Jamal's appeal is denied. peoplesdispatch.org Abu-Jamal's bid for a new trial based on new evidence of racism and corruption within the prosecution has failed, leaving supporters with one less path for the decades-long political prisoner's freedom…
(2023-04-04). Vote 'No' on the SEIU Los Angeles contract! Education workers must build their own rank-and-file committees to take the struggle into their own hands! wsws.org That this deal has even been brought to a vote is a betrayal of the strike by 65,000 education which shut down the Los Angeles Unified School District for three days.
(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). Chicago Mayoral Candidate Vallas Destabilized Majority-Black Schools Across US. truthout.org Paul Vallas, the conservative Democrat facing off against former public school teacher Brandon Johnson in Chicago's April 4 mayoral runoff election, claims he "has made it his life's work to restore broken education systems." But as education researchers who have documented the destructive impact of Vallas's leadership of school systems in Chicago, Philadelphia and New Orleans, we need to set the… |
(2023-04-04). China's Qingming Festival fuels tourism rebound, one-day trip bookings surge five-fold. ecns.cn China's tourism sector continued its strong rebound, with bookings for one-day trips during the Qingming Festival, which falls on Wednesday this year, jumping by over five-fold, data from domestic online travel agencies showed.
(2023-04-04). Thursday 4/6: Debunking the Parents Bill of Rights Teach-in. indybay.org Online teach-in…
(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). 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…
(2023-04-03). On the Threshold of a New International Order. mronline.org 
In the current global climate of conflict and division, it is essential to develop lines of communication and encourage exchange between China, the West, and the developing world.
(2023-04-03). Covering (up) antiwar protest in U.S. media. mronline.org 
March 18 DC peace march almost completely blacked out in U.S. corporate media.
(2023-04-03). U.S. invites authoritarian far-right regimes to 'Summit for Democracy'. mronline.org 
The Joe Biden administration invited numerous authoritarian far-right leaders to the U.S. State Department's so-called "Summit for Democracy", including Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu, Poland's Andrzej Duda, India's Narendra Modi, Italy's Giorgia Meloni, and Pakistan's coup regime.
(2023-04-03). Filings Reveal Amazon Spent Over $14 Million to Bust Union in 2022 Alone. truthout.org As Amazon Labor Union's groundbreaking labor movement gained momentum — and, in some ways, faltered — in 2022, Amazon was busy shelling out millions of dollars to anti-union consultants in order to ensure that the union movement would fail, new filings show. As first reported by HuffPost, new financial disclosures filed on Friday with the Department of Labor show that Amazon spent $14.2… |
(2023-04-04). SOEs make infrastructure milestones. ecns.cn China's infrastructure construction continues to progress at a fast pace amid the nation's overall economic recovery, with State-owned enterprises playing critical roles in several massive and urgent undertakings nationwide.
(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). International Council of Nurses calls state of nursing workforce a "global health emergency" wsws.org The federation cites exceptionally high levels of stress, burnout and absenteeism among nurses, as well as an "unprecedented" increase in strikes and protests.
(2023-04-04). Commentary: Why Brandon is better for the people. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On April 4, Chicago faces its most crucial mayoral election since Harold Washington ran in 1983. Brandon Johnson, Cook County commissioner, union organizer, and former public school teacher, won enough votes in the February 28 primary to move into the runoff election against Paul Vallas, an administrator with a record of privatizing school systems in Chicago, Philadelphia, New Orleans and Bridgeport. Unions, community organizations and other progressive groups have formed a coalition behind Brandon Johnson to ensure better working, living and organizing conditions for the next four years. | The mass…
(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?>
(2023-04-04). Revised labor rules sought as gig work rises. ecns.cn Data from a recent survey showed that a growing number of people in China are working in the gig economy, a fact that experts said underscores the dire need to overhaul labor rules to better protect these people from long, grueling work hours, inadequate social security coverage and other issues.
(2023-04-04). $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…
(2023-04-04). Newly elected French CGT union leader rushes to prop up Macron. wsws.org The General Confederation of Labor (CGT) held its 53rd congress last week as the working class mounted a direct political struggle against President Emmanuel Macron.
(2023-04-04). Rifts erupt in Australian ruling class over Voice referendum wording. wsws.org Conflicts over the wording of the constitutional amendment proposed by the Labor government and sections of the indigenous elite have the potential to produce a political crisis.
(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). Verdi union uses questionable vote to push through cuts in real wages for postal workers in Germany. wsws.org Verdi, the union representing postal workers, has declared our fight is over; but it has only just begun. The fact that in this contract dispute, the close collaboration and downright conspiracy of government, corporations and union against us became so clearly visible only shows how important our work as an action committee is.
(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.
(2023-04-03). Gracias a Dios: The People's Church in Nicaragua. orinocotribune.com By Becca Renk — Mar 30, 2023 | "We are not typical Catholics," explains Yamil Ríos of the Saint Paul the Apostle Christian Base Community in Managua. "Because we don't have a priest here, thanks be to God." Around the room parishioners chuckle on their folding chairs which are set up in a half circle. At the front of the room, musicians shift their instruments, gearing up for another upbeat number. | In today's Nicaragua, there is a rupture between the Catholic hierarchy and its abandoned base. The politicized official church has long collaborated with U.S. imperialism and, as a consequence, is losing the co…
(2023-04-04). Denial of Mumia's appeal: An affront to basic justice and the law. workers.org 
Philadelphia Mumia Abu-Jamal, his family and his supporters around the world had every reason and right to hope that all their hard work would pay off in persuading Judge Lucretia Clemons from the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas to follow and apply the law, as has been done in . . . |
(2023-04-04). Following murder of Dr. King: Lessons of the April 1968 Black rebellions. workers.org 
Following are excerpts from an article published on April 11, 1968, in WW newspaper, by Workers World Party founding Chairperson Sam Marcy, a week after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., in Memphis, Tennessee, The Rev. Ralph Abernathy, right, and Bishop Julian Smith, left, flank Dr. Martin . . . |
(2023-04-04). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Teachers in Bolivia are continuing strikes and protests over begun last month while 5,500 machinists at Spirit AeroSystems in Witchita have voted by a 99.9 percent margin to authorize strike.
(2023-04-04). Stellantis cutting hundreds of jobs at Sterling Heights Assembly Plant. wsws.org The company is stepping up its campaign of economic terrorism before this summer's contract talks, provoking widespread anger among workers.
(2023-04-03). Communiqué: The French working class buries its gravediggers. workers.org 
Communiqué of the Coordination of Communist Nuclei (CNC) in the Spanish State (Spain) published March 28, 2023. Workers World publishes this communiqué because it could also apply as a message for the working class in the United States. Translation: John Catalinotto. Workers on France's high-speed TGV trains demonstrate near the . . . |
(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). French Communist leader refuses to meet Macron's PM until pension scheme withdrawn. peoplesworld.org 
The leader of the French Communists, Fabien Roussel, has refused to meet with Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne until her boss, President Emmanuel Macron, backs down on his plan to raise the retirement age of French workers. Roussell, who is General Secretary of the French Communist Party (PCF), called for members of parliament to march on …
(2023-04-03). La crisis bancaria øEmpujará a la clase obrera o al fascismo a alzarse? workers.org 
A la clase dominante capitalista le preocupa que la crisis bancaria, que comenzó hace menos de un mes con el colapso del Silicon Valley Bank y se extendió rápidamente, pueda convertirse en una crisis financiera mundial mayor que el crack de 2008. Se acabó hablar de un "aterrizaje suave". La . . . |
(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). 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.
(2023-04-03). 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). French students denounce fraud of union "mediation" with Macron. wsws.org While union leaders meet with Macron government officials to discuss his pension cuts, anger is rising among workers and youth.
(2023-04-03). Facing strikebreaking by Democratic-led UM regents, grad student instructors rally for a living wage. wsws.org Graduate students, faculty members and undergraduates gathered on the University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus Monday morning to express their support for UM's grad student academic workers, who entered the sixth day of a strike for a living wage.
(2023-04-04). 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.
(2023-04-04). Sri Lankan trade unions in high-level talks with the IMF. wsws.org The IMF meeting further exposes the transformation of the unions into open agents, not just of the Sri Lankan ruling class, but of international finance capital.
(2023-04-04). Commentary: For Black Chicagoans, the mayoral election is about community control of the police. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Two factors have made public safety a lynchpin issue in the upcoming mayoral election between Brandon Johnson, former teacher supported by the Chicago Teacher's Union, and Paul Vallas, former CEO of Chicago Public Schools, backed by the Fraternal Order of the Police (FOP). First is the rise in the crime rate in the city in recent years. The second, and principal, reason is the law-and-order backlash that followed the historic protests of the George Floyd Rebellion. | Groups like the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR) are fighting to make sure that the city's supposed c…
(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). Security guards at UK's Heathrow airport continue strike over pay hike. peoplesdispatch.org Security guards affiliated to Unite the Union started a 10-day strike action on March 31 after last ditch talks with the airport authorities for a pay rise failed…
(2023-04-03). California Police Union Director Charged with Importing Fentanyl Into America. moguldom.com Joanne Marian Segovia, 64, the executive director of a police union in California, is facing federal charges after allegedly importing drugs from overseas and distributing them nationwide. Segovia has been charged with an attempt to unlawfully import valeryl fentanyl, a new synthetic opioid, and faces up to a maximum sentence of 20 years, according to …
(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.
(2023-04-04). Nation boosts community life circles. ecns.cn China has heightened its efforts to provide city residents easy access to a variety of services within a 15-minute walk from home. It is expected to bolster and upgrade consumer buying while creating more jobs and improving the business environment, experts said.
(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). Sean O'Casey's 'The Shadow of a Gunman' at 100. peoplesworld.org 
Sean O'Casey's play The Shadow of a Gunman premiered 100 years ago, on April 12, 1923, at Dublin's national Irish theatre, the Abbey Theatre. The theatre, which grew out of the Irish Renaissance movement for the renewal of Irish literature in 1904, encouraged new Irish writers and provided a platform for the exploration of progressive …
(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.
(2023-04-03). Court strikes down colonial-era sedition law in Pakistan. peoplesdispatch.org The petition to annul the law claimed that it had been "recklessly" used in the country to silence freedom of speech guaranteed in Article 19 of the constitution. The law has been used against a number of opposition leaders and members of social movements…
(2023-04-03). Anti-Imperialist Push from the Brazilian Grassroots. libya360.wordpress.com Kawsachun News Overshadowed by the media frenzy surrounding Lula's new term in office, Brazil's social movements are vowing to remain mobilized to push for policies favorable to the working majority. They're also engaged in the fight against imperialism with hopes of steering foreign policy towards solidarity, amid pressure by North America and Europe to join…
(2023-04-03). Liberation Movement Emerges in the U.S. libya360.wordpress.com Ollantay Itzamná Guatemalan migrants make a call to vote for the MLP in the U.S. Another of the abysmal differences between the MLP and the rest of the neoliberal or conservative parties of the left and right is the attempt to build a plurinational and multi-territorial country project involving the millions of Guatemalans in the…
(2023-04-04). 'Map of happiness' utilized in Shanghai. ecns.cn While Shanghai is often considered one of the most livable cities in China, local authorities have been working to drive further improvements using the concept of the 15-minute community life circle.
(2023-04-04). Pakistan to work with other SCO countries to achieve common goals: official. ecns.cn Pakistan is looking forward to working with all countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to achieve common goals, said an adviser to the Pakistani prime minister.
(2023-04-04). China developing parachute system to recover reusable rocket parts. ecns.cn Chinese engineers are working on a parachute system for recovering rocket boosters and fairings during launches.
(2023-04-03). Simultaneous US Aggression In Black Sea And Mediterranean As Multipolarity Accelerates. southfront.org 
The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) sails through the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael B. Zingaro/Released)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. | Written by
(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). 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.
(2023-04-03). Russia Outlines the Programme of Work of the Security Council for April. libya360.wordpress.com Press Conference by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia dedicated to the beginning of the Russian Presidency of UNSC in April 2023 Vassily Nebenzia: It is a pleasure to see you all on the first working day of the Russian Presidency in the UN Security Council. Allow me to briefly update you on what we are planning…