(2022-03-22). Minnesota unions rally for striking Minneapolis teachers and education support professionals. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – At least 14 unions from Minnesota held a rally in support of the striking Minneapolis educators, March 20. The rally was organized by the Minnesota Workers United (MWU) Strike Support Committee, which is the sanctioned labor and community strike support committee of the Minneapolis educators' strike. | 12 unions or labor organizations were listed on the event as cohosts to the MWU event, which included MWU, AFSCME Locals 3800, 2822 and 3937, CWA Local 7250, the Minnesota Nurses Association, SEIU Healthcare MN, MN Bookstore Workers United, MACE, UFCW 1189, the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federatio…
(2022-03-22). The rise of Ilhan Omar: Lessons from a self-portrait. mronline.org 
Shamus Cooke assesses the record of Representative Ilhan Omar and what her autobiography reveals about her political trajectory.
(2022-03-22). CIA Director William F. Burns—Capo of World's biggest spreader of lies and misinformation—is spreading the big lie that Russia's invasion of Ukraine was "unprovoked" mronline.org 
CIA Director Bill Burns testified before the Senate Intelligence committee in early March that Russia and Vladimir Putin were "losing the information war over its war in Ukraine."
(2022-03-22). How much less newsworthy are civilians in other conflicts? mronline.org 
A lot less, particularly when they're victims of the U.S.
(2022-03-22). Tuesday 3/29: Virtual Arts Training for the #Defund Climate Chaos Week of Arts Action. indybay.org Online arts training webinar for climate justice…
(2022-03-22). Monday 4/4: MLK's Beyond Vietnam speech-Public Readings. indybay.org Online Event…
(2022-03-21). The Future We Need: Economic Democracy. inequality.org
(2022-03-21). Progressive Caucus Urges Biden to Use 55 Tools in His Executive Action Toolbox. inequality.org
(2022-03-21). Will the Decline of the U.S. Empire Usher in a More Peaceful World Order, or Will New Empires Emerge that are Just as Lethal and Exploitative? covertactionmagazine.com History does not bring confidence that peace and genuine human equality will prevail on Planet Earth anytime soon Nevertheless, a …
(2022-03-21). Why teachers should oppose the Minneapolis Public Schools-MFT "Educators of Color" memorandum. wsws.org The "Educators of Color" MOA and related proposals have absolutely nothing to do with a struggle against racism or for social justice, whatever the MFT and the proponents of the MOA may think.
(2022-03-21). Cuba se une a las "Voces por la acción contra el racismo" cubadebate.cu El presidente cubano, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, reafirmó este lunes el compromiso de Cuba en la lucha contra el racismo, en ocasión de celebrarse el Día Internacional de la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial. Cuba se une a las "Voces por la acción contra el racismo", en la lucha mundial contra ese flagelo, escribió el mandatario en su cuenta oficial de la red social Twitter.
(2022-03-21). ONU denuncia persistencia del racismo institucional en el mundo. telesurtv.net La edición 2022 del Día Internacional de la ONU contra el racismo se titula "Voces por la acción contra el racismo".
(2022-03-21). Ben Crump And Former Employees File Racial Discrimination Class Action Lawsuit Against Google. moguldom.com Civil rights attorney Ben Crump has filed a racial discrimination class action lawsuit against Google on behalf of former employees of the search engine giant. The lawsuit, filed on March 18, accuses Google of systemic bias against Black employees. Former Black Google employees claim the Alphabet Inc.-owned company steered them to lower-level jobs, paid them …
(2022-03-21). Latinos cheated in Washington State voter map. peoplesworld.org 
YAKIMA—Washington State is guilty of gerrymandering to deny Latino voters representation in the state legislature according to a pending lawsuit filed Jan.19 by the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF). The lawsuit assails a district map approved by the legislature that is 50.2% Hispanic as a "faàßade" of a map that fairly embraces …
(2022-03-21). Match Day at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Friday, March 18, is Match Day across the U.S. That includes Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine fourth-year students in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota who will be continuing on to residencies, as well as Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, which offers residency positions. A residency is a supervised position at a teaching hospital. During this national event, which is held the third Friday in March as part of the National Resident Matching Program,…
(2022-03-21). Teaching Ukrainian students remotely. america.cgtn.com 
As citizens of Ukraine cope with the conflict in their country, many younger Ukrainians are trying to maintain their routines, as difficult as that may be. School is a big part of that. For some students, that means connecting online to teachers abroad.
(2022-03-21). Civilians evacuate Mariupol and reveal the fighting methods of the Azov regime's Neo-Nazis. mronline.org 
On March 18, 2022, we went to the western part of Marioupol where the fighting between the Russian army, the DPR (Donetsk People's Republic) people's militia and the neo-Nazi Azov regiment is still raging.
(2022-03-21). Nineteen years ago today the Bush administration invaded Iraq in one of the worst crimes of the modern era. mronline.org 
Numerologists tell you that 19 is 1 + 9 which equals the powerful # 1, or new beginnings. Well, 19 years ago on March 19, coincidentally, my nation orchestrated the most horrific deed since God knows when.
(2022-03-21). Globalisation and the relocation of capital and labour. mronline.org 
The twin phenomena associated with contemporary globalisation, of migration of capital from the metropolis to parts of the third world, and of migration of labour from the erstwhile second world to the metropolis, have the effect of weakening the working class movement everywhere.
(2022-03-21). Obama defense secretary Leon Panetta says NATO is in a "proxy war" with Russia. mronline.org 
Leon Panetta, the former US secretary of defense and CIA director under Barack Obama and White House chief of staff under Bill Clinton, said Thursday that the United States is involved in a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine.
(2022-03-21). There is no 'green transition'. mronline.org These days it's no longer viable for the rich and powerful and their political servants simply to deny the reality of climate change and other environmental challenges. The new fad is to talk up whatever (inevitably small-scale) green initiatives are happening, and spruik the array of magical technological fixes that, like Forrest's beloved "green hydrogen", are always somehow just on the verge of taking off.
(2022-03-21). Waltzing Toward Armageddon with the Merchants of Death. transcend.org 14 Mar 2022 – The Cold War, 1945-1989, was a Bacchanalia for arms manufacturers, the Pentagon, the CIA, the diplomats who played one country off another, and the global corporations able to equate predatory capitalism with freedom. The doctrine of permanent war dominated our lives then–and now.