(2023-03-04). Black History Month: Dr. Michele Halyard on a lifetime commitment to health equity, inclusion and diversity. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Michele Halyard Black History Month is commemorated every February. It's a month for all people to celebrate and learn about diverse and important contributions of African Americans to American society and culture, as well as to reflect on the ongoing fight against racism, inequity and discrimination. Mayo Clinic News Network is highlighting Mayo Clinic physicians who are focused every day on achieving health equity, inclusion and diversity through their work. Meet Dr. Michele Halyard,…
(2023-03-04). Sunday 3/12: Men 4 Equity & Rep Justice: Free Screening + Panel Disc: "The Business of Birth Control" indybay.org Zoom Panel Discussion: 11-12: 15 Pacific Time — + from March 9-12 – Free Viewing of The Documentary Film: "The Business of Birth Control" – Men (especially) Welcome – Caring People Desired!
(2023-03-03). Slow-to-catch-on leftists discover that 'equity-language guides' are empty 'gestures'. americanthinker.com Welcome! We're glad you're here — it's about darn time.
(2023-03-03). Slow-to-catch-on leftists discover that 'equity-language guides' are empty 'gestures'. americanthinker.com Welcome! We're glad you're here — it's about darn time.
(2023-03-03). Black-Owned Bank Adelphi Opens in Ohio, Will Focus on Developing Black Generational Wealth. moguldom.com A new Black-owned bank has opened in Columbus, Ohio, making history as the only one in the state. Adelphi Bank aims to help Black families build generational wealth by removing common barriers. According to its website, Adelphi's goal "is to improve the lives of our customers by removing the barriers to financial equity." It also says it's …
(2023-03-04). Black History Month: Dr. Michele Halyard on a lifetime commitment to health equity, inclusion and diversity. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Michele Halyard Black History Month is commemorated every February. It's a month for all people to celebrate and learn about diverse and important contributions of African Americans to American society and culture, as well as to reflect on the ongoing fight against racism, inequity and discrimination. Mayo Clinic News Network is highlighting Mayo Clinic physicians who are focused every day on achieving health equity, inclusion and diversity through their work. Meet Dr. Michele Halyard,…
(2023-03-04). Sunday 3/12: Men 4 Equity & Rep Justice: Free Screening + Panel Disc: "The Business of Birth Control" indybay.org Zoom Panel Discussion: 11-12: 15 Pacific Time — + from March 9-12 – Free Viewing of The Documentary Film: "The Business of Birth Control" – Men (especially) Welcome – Caring People Desired!
(2023-03-03). Slow-to-catch-on leftists discover that 'equity-language guides' are empty 'gestures'. americanthinker.com Welcome! We're glad you're here — it's about darn time.
(2023-03-03). Slow-to-catch-on leftists discover that 'equity-language guides' are empty 'gestures'. americanthinker.com Welcome! We're glad you're here — it's about darn time.
(2023-03-03). Black-Owned Bank Adelphi Opens in Ohio, Will Focus on Developing Black Generational Wealth. moguldom.com A new Black-owned bank has opened in Columbus, Ohio, making history as the only one in the state. Adelphi Bank aims to help Black families build generational wealth by removing common barriers. According to its website, Adelphi's goal "is to improve the lives of our customers by removing the barriers to financial equity." It also says it's …
(2023-03-04). [Correspondence] The human rights to water and sanitation, gender equality, and the State. thelancet.com Isha Ray authored an interesting Review1 of my book on the human rights to water and sanitation.2 I appreciate her definition of the book's approach as a compelling "moral and political case for water and sanitation rights" and she made me proud when suggesting that it is aligned with Eleanor Roosevelt's idea that human rights begin in places "so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world".
(2023-03-04). Inequality in Sweden reaches highest level in decades. wsws.org New data from the Swedish government's statistics agency—Statistics Sweden—shows that income inequality in the country is now higher than at any other point in time since the agency began collecting this information in 1975.
(2023-03-03). New 1% stock buyback tax better than nothing, but won't fix systemically-broken capitalism. nationofchange.org Right now, inequality is as predictable as another decade of authoritarian Republican politics—banish the thought.
(2023-03-03). Australian state election: SEP raises critical issues on war and floods in northern NSW. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is campaigning in the New South Wales Northern Rivers region, where floodwaters swept through towns and villages a year ago, destroying thousands of homes.
(2023-03-03). Heavy rain and snow highlight inequality in California. wsws.org The unusually heavy winter storms that battered California recently expose social and economic inequality across the state.
(2023-03-03). Black Elders Plead With Evanston To Expand How They Can Use Their Reparations Grants Before The Money Expires. moguldom.com When Evanston, Illinois, became the first city in the nation to give reparations to its Black residents to help atone for decades of racism and discrimination, leadership was praised for the initiative. Now two Black elders who received the reparations grants are appealing to the city council to change the terms of use for the …
(2023-03-03). 9 March, NYC and Online: People's Hearing on Racism and Repression at CUNY. samidoun.net
Register here for the People's Hearing on Racism and Repression at CUNY & NYC as spaces are limited! WHEN: Thursday, March 9, 6-9PM WHERE: Proshansky Auditorium, Concourse Level CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave We have an amazing list of co-sponsoring organizations (see below) as well as a fantastic line-up of …
(2023-03-04). China makes continuous efforts to make education inclusive. ecns.cn China has made continuous efforts in promoting rehabilitation services and inclusive education for people with disabilities to help them live a better life.
(2023-03-04). Teachers in the UK continue protests demanding pay rises and more resources. peoplesdispatch.org Teachers are also outraged by the contemptuous remarks made by former Education Secretary Gavin Williamson and former Health Secretary Matt Hancock whose WhatsApp chats from 2020 were leaked recently…
(2023-03-04). Wednesday 3/8: International Women's Day: End Women's Poverty – Invest in Caring, Not Killing w/ PPC. indybay.org Online rally for women's rights…
(2023-03-04). Saturday 3/11: Rights of Nature Tribunal: Dangers of Tren Maya Mega Project to Ecosystems & Indigenous. indybay.org Online via Zoom globally (in-person in Yucatan, Mexico)…
(2023-03-03). Bitcoin And Digital Identity: Their Relationships. southfront.org
SPONSORED: | Illustrative Image | By now, you've heard about Bitcoin. You may even have some on hand. What about your online identity? This essay will examine the connections between Bitcoin and personal identity and how you may use either to enhance your life. To invest in bitcoins, you can visit online trading platforms The Evolution of Digital Identity: | You may have heard of Bitcoin, the recently popular digital mone…
(2023-03-03). American Jews who bought 'Jewish democracy' label for apartheid need to wake up. mronline.org
We are all trying to wrap our heads around the political events happening in Israel now, and the speed with which they are happening.
(2023-03-03). Free trade? "To Hell with It" mronline.org
U.S. President Joe Biden is a self-confessed Catholic. He regularly attends the religious services of his congregation and, like every U.S. president, he has sworn to his office by placing his hand on the bible. Therefore, it is safe to say that he is aware of the negative moral charge that the word "hell" has among his people.
(2023-03-03). Kohei Saito: 'Marx in the Anthropocene: Towards the Idea of Degrowth Communism'. mronline.org
In 2017, Japanese Marx scholar Kohei Saito published 'Karl Marx's Ecosocialism', which won the Isaac Deutscher Memorial Prize the following year.
(2023-03-03). 4 March, Online Hearing: Libya hearing of the International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism. samidoun.net
Join the International People's Tribunal on US Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, Coercive Economic Measures for a hearing on the effects and impacts of these policies and practices on the people of Libya. We will hear testimony and reports from expert and direct witnesses, with questions and discussion from our jurors. The hearing will take place on Saturday, …
(2023-03-03). Those who die for life—like Hugo Chávez—cannot be called dead: The Ninth Newsletter (2023). mronline.org
On 28 October 2005, a special event was held in Caracas at the National Assembly of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. At this gathering, held on the birthday of Simón Rodríguez (Simón Bolívar's teacher), the Venezuelan government announced that nearly 1.5 million adults had learned to read through Mission Robinson.
(2023-03-03). Woman Arrested in South Carolina for Allegedly Taking Abortion Pills in 2021. truthout.org A woman in South Carolina was arrested and charged this week for allegedly taking abortion pills in 2021. As first reported by The State, the woman sought medical care associated with labor pains in October 2021, according to the police report, which was obtained and posted online by Jezebel. She told health care workers that she had taken pills that would end her pregnancy. After the fetus was… |
(2023-03-03). Construction of second historical archives of China completed in Nanjing. ecns.cn The construction of the main building of the second historical archives of China is completed in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, March 2, 2023.
(2023-03-03). Caterpillar struggle pits rank and file against UAW apparatus. wsws.org In the first of many major industrial struggles to come this year, Caterpillar workers in the US are squaring up against the global mining and construction equipment maker in a battle that will have far-reaching consequences for workers throughout the country and internationally.
(2023-03-03). UAW negotiates massive wage cut for Caterpillar workers. wsws.org In the first of many major industrial struggles to come this year, Caterpillar workers in the US are squaring up against the global mining and construction equipment maker in a battle that will have far-reaching consequences for workers throughout the country and internationally.
(2023-03-03). Candidatos a diputados a la Asamblea Nacional continúan recorrido por Santa Clara. cubadebate.cu Los ocho candidatos a diputados a la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular por Santa Clara, entre ellos, el Primer Secretario del Partido Comunista de Cuba y Presidente de la República Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, llegaron a la Empresa Industrial "àÅngel Villa Real Bravo", conocida como Ciclos Minerva.
(2023-03-04). Science Saturday: Could antidepressants cause treatment-emergent mania? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org In a study published in Molecular Psychiatry, Mark Frye, M.D., a Mayo Clinic researcher and collaborators, investigated the risk of treatment-emergent mania in bipolar disorder when treated with antidepressants. "We found that antidepressants that increase mitochondrial energetics (cells that extract energy from nutrients for sustaining life) may elevate the risk of treatment-emergent mania," says Dr. Frye. The increased energy expenditure of mania associated with impulsivity, poor judgment, psychosis and loss of insight can drive high-risk behaviors, often…
(2023-03-04). [Correspondence] GBD 2019 study informs industry yet crucial questions remain unanswered — Authors' reply. thelancet.com In their letters, Nick Allen (representing the British Meat Processors Association), John Thorley (the Association of Independent Meat Suppliers), and Tim Rycroft (the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board) reiterate concerns previously expressed by Alice V Stanton and colleagues1 and additional opinions regarding our estimates of deaths due to red meat intake in the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2019.2 We appreciate the opportunity to respond to their concerns and clarify some misunderstandings.
(2023-03-04). Justice For Keita O'Neil! SF DA Jenkin Fronting For POA & Developers In Dropping Charges. indybay.org
(2023-03-04). Facebook Unite Here Local 19 Workers Demand Justice From Billionaire Owner Zuckerberg. indybay.org One hundred Facebook service food workers who are members of Unite HERE 19 were layed off at Facebook in Menlo Park. Although engineers and others are getting severance Facebook and it's owner Mark Zuckerberg refuse to give these benefits to these service workers. Workers rallied outside Facebook headquarters on March 1, 2023.
(2023-03-04). [Correspondence] GBD 2019 study informs industry yet crucial questions remain unanswered. thelancet.com We join respected nutrition and health academics1,2 in requesting clarification from the GBD 2019 Risk Factors Collaborators3 about whether the data used to conclude there had been a 36-fold increase in global deaths attributed to eating red meat had been correctly scrutinised before publication in The Lancet.
(2023-03-04). Turkey Earthquake, Corruption & Erdogan, Ballad Of Harry Bridges & ILWU Mumia On WorkWeek. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the Turkey Earthquake, Corruption & Erdogan & Ballad Of Harry Bridges along with the ILWU Local 10 initiated Labor Community March for Mumia Abu-Jamal on 2/16/23.
(2023-03-04). Dana workers fired with UAW consent for reporting exploitation, wage theft and sexual harassment. wsws.org The real aim of this ongoing purge is to remove militant workers, lower labor costs, and terrify those remaining to accept worse conditions. This is a lesson in the reality of capitalism.
(2023-03-03). Desea China solución al conflicto bélico entre Rusia y Ucrania. workers.org
Por Redacción Internacional internacionales@granma.cu 24 de febrero de 2023. A un año de iniciarse la guerra entre Rusia y Ucrania, China propuso una estrategia para acabar con el conflicto con doce puntos a seguir por las partes involucradas. El texto, elaborado por la cancillería china expone: Respetar la soberanía . . . |
(2023-03-03). China's Mengtian lab module completes first in-orbit ignition test. ecns.cn The first in-orbit ignition test of China's Mengtian space station lab module was successfully completed in the combustion science laboratory on February 16, the Chinese Academy of Sciences said on Thursday.
(2023-03-03). TUNE IN: Belmarsh Tribunal In Sydney, Australia. thedissenter.org
About a month and a half after Progressive International is convening a Belmarsh Tribunal in Sydney, Australia, a month and a half after a The event will begin at 7pm Sydney time. Above is the video for the live stream that will archive and can be viewed after the event. | *Delegates at the event include: | Bernard Collaery, attorney targeted in the "Witness K" scandal | Bob Carr, former leader of the Australia Labor Party | Bridget Archer, member of Australia House of Representa…
(2023-03-03). Dirigentes sindicales apoyan campaña integral de cuidadores. peoplesworld.org
WASHINGTON—Diciendo que el resto de la fuerza laboral de la nación depende del cuidado de niños y ancianos disponible y asequible, y de salarios dignos para sus cuidadores, los principales líderes sindicales se unieron para instar al Congreso a promulgar una legislación integral para lograr ese objetivo. Haciendo un gesto hacia la cúpula del Capitolio …
(2023-03-03). Child Labor Investigation Reveals Immigration Policy Changes We Need Now. aclu.org
Children across the nation are working in dangerous, sometimes lethal jobs in American factories, farms and mills — according to a The kids, who are here without their parents, have fled countries rife with violence and poverty. Many are
(2023-03-03). Las 3 del día: Remesas a Cuba, Eyeife Women y las noticias del 2 de marzo (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Saludos a todos los seguidores de "Las 3 del día". Este 2 de marzo dedicamos los primeros minutos de nuestro podcast al Festival Eyeife y luego el habitual resumen informativo. "Las 3 del día" es el podcast de Cubadebate que tiene de todo un poco en materia informativa. En la voz de nuestros editores, periodistas y colaboradores escucha un podcast resumen. °Conéctese ya!
(2023-03-03). Pilotos y técnicos espirituanos ayudan a sofocar incendio forestal en Holguín (+ Video). cubadebate.cu Pilotos y técnicos de la Empresa Nacional de Servicios Aéreos, de Sancti Spíritus, continúan su apoyo por aire a las labores de extinción del incendio forestal de grandes proporciones que ha devorado zonas de la meseta de Pinares de Mayarí, en el este de la provincia de Holguín.
(2023-03-04). Expert urges China to improve grassroot medical systems. ecns.cn Prompt adjustments to COVID-19 management strategies and effective response of grassroots medical workers are some of the key factors of China's victory over the virus, a political advisor said on Saturday.
(2023-03-04). Tech Layoffs Expose Capitalism. orinocotribune.com By Otis Grotewohl — Feb 20, 2023 | High-tech companies are laying off workers at record levels. More than 93,000 tech positions have been eliminated this year, and it is only the second month. These cuts include 6,650 job losses announced by Dell and the layoff of 1,300 Zoom employees in early February. (crunchbase.com, Feb. 15, 2023) | The abrupt reduction of high-tech positions started last fall. Amazon, Lyft and Meta, the parent company of Facebook, unleashed major cuts against their workforce in November. Twitter slashed several thousand jobs one month prior. Both the app company Robinhood and Snap, the…
(2023-03-04). Saturday 3/4: Workers Strike Back: Bay Area Launch Meeting. indybay.org Berkeley South Branch Library Meeting Room | 1901 Russell St, Berkeley…
(2023-03-04). Support and build the Caterpillar Workers Rank-and-File Committee! wsws.org The Caterpillar workers are in a fight that has major significance for the whole working class.
(2023-03-04). Ohio Community Confronts Company, Politicians After Train Wreck. popularresistance.org President Joe Biden's trip to Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 20 shocked people living near East Palestine, Ohio, who have been devastated by a Feb. 3 toxic train derailment. The accident involved a 150-car train owned by Norfolk Southern, carrying dangerous and hazardous chemicals, which jackknifed due to a broken axle. | On Feb. 6, state authorities slowly released and burned dangerous chemicals, such as the cancer-causing vinyl chloride and others, into the air. Since then, people in the area have faced various health problems ranging from slight headaches and sore throats to coughing up and vomiting blood.
(2023-03-04). United Kingdom Teachers Join Strike Wave. popularresistance.org The strikes in Britain are growing and this time it's the teachers who have come out in force, demanding better wages amongst the cost of living crisis. On Feb. 1 up to 500,000 workers walked out in the UK, in one of the largest coordinated strike actions since the pensions dispute of 2011. It was a cross-union action which also saw train drivers going on strike as well as thousands of the government's own civil servants. The teachers are refusing to back down in their demands and have promised further strike action and disruption in the coming months. TRNN heads to a protest in central London and speaks directly…
(2023-03-03). How GOP Lawmakers Are Putting Teen Workers in Harm's Way. independentmediainstitute.org Brad Greve said he and other expedition leaders repeatedly told the group of Boy Scouts to watch out for a section of stream where the water picked up speed and swept over rapids into the lake below. But two of the boys forgot the warnings and let their canoe drift perilously close to the drop-off …
(2023-03-03). COVID-19 proved workers make the world run, not the bosses. therealnews.com
The start of the COVID-19 pandemic compounded the existing crises of capitalism for workers everywhere. This was most obviously apparent for "frontline" or "essential" workers, who were forced by their need to survive to risk disease, disability, and potential death on a daily basis at their jobs. While lauded in media and culture in the early days of the pandemic, the rewards these workers have actually received have been precarity, damaged health, depressed wages, and for far too many, an early death. As a new ruling class narrative that insists the pandemic is over becomes hegemonic, the stories and ongo…
(2023-03-03). Connecticut union health care workers conduct civil disobedience 'die-in'. peoplesworld.org
HARTFORD—Holding signs that said "Keep Your Commitment," twelve Personal Care Assistants (PCAs), acting on behalf of themselves and 11,000 union co-workers, laid down on the floor in a civil disobedience action at the state's Legislative Office Building Wednesday to demand that the health care and paid sick days negotiated in their contract last May be …
(2023-03-03). Nord Stream pipeline attack: an act of war. workers.org
"How America Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline," a report by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, was released Feb. 8. Hersh's information comes from an unnamed source, who Hersh wrote had direct knowledge of the operational planning preceding the Sept. 26, 2022, attack and the sophisticated methods used by . . . |
(2023-03-03). Alabama UMWA miners return to Warrior Met jobs, talks to resume. peoplesworld.org
BROOKWOOD, Ala.—Twenty-three months and a day after Alabama's Warrior Met coal company forced its 1,100 United Mine Workers to strike, the remaining 800 walked back onto their jobs on March 2, as UMWA and the firm prepared to resume talks on a new contract. The breakthrough came when UMWA President Cecil Roberts offered on Feb. …
(2023-03-03). Union leaders back comprehensive caregiver campaign. peoplesworld.org
WASHINGTON—Saying the rest of the nation's workforce depends on available, affordable child care and elder care—and living wages for their caregivers—top union leaders rallied behind urging Congress to enact comprehensive legislation to achieve that goal. Gesturing to the U.S. Capitol dome, looming behind them several blocks away, Ai-Jen Poo of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, …
(2023-03-03). The US Supreme Court entertains the idea that student loan forgiveness will "harm" people. peoplesdispatch.org The ultraconservative Supreme Court appears poised to force the burden of USD 1.6 trillion in federal student loan debt back onto tens of millions of workers…
(2023-03-03). Ohio/ Community confronts company and politicians after train wreck. workers.org
President Joe Biden's trip to Kiev, Ukraine, Feb. 20 shocked people living near East Palestine, Ohio, who have been devastated by a Feb. 3 toxic train derailment. The accident involved a 150-car train owned by Norfolk Southern, carrying dangerous and hazardous chemicals, which jackknifed due to a broken axle. On . . . |
(2023-03-03). The role of big investors in East Palestine and Ukraine. workers.org
U.S. President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Kiev Feb. 20 and met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. The trip was purposefully made to focus attention on the one-year anniversary of the U.S.- and NATO-led proxy war against Russia, and Biden promised large amounts of military aid to Zelensky's . . . |
(2023-03-03). Daily Round-up | Sri Lankan workers stage strike against economic reforms & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode, we bring you stories of Sri Lankan workers going on strike over the economic crisis, British teachers launching a protest, a vote on a death penalty in Israel, and the US renewing a national emergency against Venezuela…
(2023-03-03). Greek rail workers stage 24-hour strike after deadly train crash kills 43. peoplesworld.org
Rail workers in Greece staged a 24-hour strike Thursday in protest over what they describe as a dangerous failure to modernize the Greek railway system and the lack of public investment in the network. This comes days after the country's deadliest rail crash in northern Greece which killed at least 43 people when a train …
(2023-03-03). Governments make provocative offer to German public sector workers. wsws.org There is only one way to prevent the biggest real wage cut since the founding of the Federal Republic: The struggle must be organised independently of Verdi and the leadership of the negotiations taken out of the hands of its highly paid union bureaucrats.
(2023-03-03). Graphic Packaging International workers in Domino, Texas reject second contract, issue strike notice. wsws.org The struggle by GPI workers is just the latest iteration of growing class struggle across the United States and internationally.
(2023-03-03). Sri Lankan trade unions' treacherous role in suppressing the growing struggles of workers against government austerity. wsws.org The unions are fearful that the rising wave of strikes and protests will lead to a major confrontation with the Wickremesinghe regime and the bourgeois state.
(2023-03-03). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Karnataka health mission workers demand permanency; Philippines: Jeepney drivers to walk out for seven days; Australian Broadcasting Commission journalists to strike for better pay; New Zealand: Auckland University staff strike…
(2023-03-04). Davis to Protest Charlie Kirk Tour After Calls for Trans People to be "Taken Care Of" indybay.org After calling for trans people to be "taken care of the way we used to in the 1950s," Charlie Kirk, the multi-millionaire leader of Turning Point USA, a far-Right, Trump aligned group that has extensive crossover with white supremacists and neo-Nazis, is launching a speaking tour of college campuses. The last TPUSA event at UC Davis saw a gang of Proud Boys attempt to attack a crowd of counter-protesters – but people held the line and the event was shut down. Join us at UC Davis on Tuesday, March 14th, 5pm, at the Credit Union Center / Pavillion.
(2023-03-04). ALBA Movimientos debate crisis sistémica del capitalismo global. telesurtv.net Alba Movimientos es un instrumento de integración que nos ayuda a mirar de forma conjunta para enfrentar esos tiempos de inestabilidad.
(2023-03-04). Norfolk Southern, rail union floated exchanging sick days for automatic track inspections. wsws.org The talks, which apparently reached an advanced stage, took place in the weeks after the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
(2023-03-04). Dispatches From The Pickets: Temple Grad Worker Strike Escalates. popularresistance.org The contrast is sharp: dull gray clouds over bleak college buildings versus the bright intensity across TUGSA picketers' faces. It's week five of the grad worker strike. Someone says to me: "We're doing another 'hard picket' today. We did it yesterday and stopped packages getting delivered." I don't know what that means but I'm not going to miss it. | Some background. The UPS Teamsters here in Philly are refusing to cross the pickets and they're not delivering packages. My own union could learn from this. The Teamsters' supervisors are scabbing. They're picking up and delivering packages at the Student Center.
(2023-03-03). Inicia VII reunión de coordinación de ALBA Movimientos en Venezuela. telesurtv.net Participan en el encuentro alrededor de 37 delegados de 18 países como Argentina, Brasil, Cuba, Colombia y Venezuela.
(2023-03-03). UK University and College Union presides over 10 percent pay cut at Sheffield's private college. wsws.org The UCU sellout at the University of Sheffield International College came as the union suspended the remaining seven days of national strike action over pay, working conditions and pensions.
(2023-03-04). 700,000 Afghans have lost their jobs since Taliban takeover, says UN expert's report. peoplesdispatch.org US sanctions, job losses, business closures, and the reluctance of foreign investors to engage in Afghanistan have had catastrophic impacts on the lives of millions of Afghans. Two thirds of households are facing difficulties in meeting basic food and non-food needs…
(2023-03-04). Venezuela's Peasant Movement Demands Justice for Assassination of Carlos Bolívar (+Los Tramojos). orinocotribune.com At approximately 5: 30 a.m. on Thursday, March 2, Carlos Bolívar, a member of the Peasant Platform in Guárico state, was assassinated. Since 2018, he had been fighting to rescue Los Tramojos, a plot of land disputed with a landowner. The Platform for Peasant Struggle and the National Peasant Movement reported in a statement that Bolívar was assassinated while beginning his work in Puerto Carrizalero-Camaguán, Guárico. | "Bolívar was a historic leader in the struggle to rescue the Los Tramojos ranch, an emblematic case of the Admirable Peasant March, national leader of the Platform for Peasant Struggle and the Nati…
(2023-03-04). March 4 Demonstrations Against Sanctions. popularresistance.org In solidarity with the Syrian people, suffering the unjust and unilateral coercive economic measures taken by the US and its European allies, the End the Siege Campaign has been established in cooperation between different popular movements and activists in the Arab world, Europe, and North America. | The End The Siege Campaign launches its first international action this Saturday, March 4, 2023, in a series of synchronous protests in Jordan, Palestine, Egypt, Yemen, Tunisia, Canada, Morocco, Lebanon, UK, Slovakia, Ireland, and Germany. The event in Canada will take place at noon this Saturday in front of the US…
(2023-03-03). Atlanta event April 1 featuring Eugene Puryear: Peace in Ukraine – No to Endless U.S. Wars! answercoalition.org
Peace in Ukraine – No to Endless U.S. Wars!, Fund People's Needs, Not the War Machine!: | , Featured speaker: Eugene Puryear, journalist and organizer with ANSWER Coalition: | , Atlanta, GA, Saturday, April 1 – 1pm ET, The Neighborhood Church (1561 McLendon Ave NE): | The moment is now to inaugurate a new, multi-national, grassroots movement to demand an end to the war in Ukraine. There is no road to peace if the U.S. government policy remains to obstruct negotiations and send endless weapons into the war zone to escalate its war against Russia. | We must begin to build a peace movem…
(2023-03-03). ALBA Movements Prepare for VII Continental Coordination Meeting in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com
(2023-03-03). It Is the mass media's job to help suppress anti-war movements. johnmenadue.com In a new article titled "European antiwar protests gain strength as NATO's Ukraine proxy war escalates,," The Grayzone's Stavroula Pabst and Max Blumenthal document the many large demonstrations that have been occurring in France, the UK, Germany, Greece, Spain, the Czech Republic, Austria, Belgium and elsewhere opposing the western empire's brinkmanship with Russia and proxy
(2023-03-03). A few of the Communist women who shaped U.S. history. cpusa.org
This article is being reprinted from Political Affairs in celebration of Women's History Month. It was first published in April 2010. From its very outset, the struggle for women's liberation has had deep connections to the development of the socialist movement. The utopian socialist Charles Fourier said famously that a society was judged by its …
(2023-03-03). U.S. support for violence against Palestinians must end. cpusa.org
Since the election of the most fanatical, right-wing government in the history of Israel, the situation in Israel and the Palestinian territories continues to deteriorate. The far-right Netanyahu government is shattering the facade of democracy, even embracing openly fascist figures of this section of the Zionist movement. Since taking office, the newest Israeli regime …
(2023-03-03). Meet Thelma Cabrera, the Indigenous Leader Barred from Running in Guatemala's Presidential Election. democracynow.org
Guatemala's presidential election this year is taking place against a backdrop of worsening repression against journalists, human rights activists and Indigenous environmental defenders. The Guatemalan Constitutional Court on Thursday upheld a decision by the country's electoral tribunal to bar Indigenous human rights defender Thelma Cabrera from running. Cabrera and her running mate, former human rights ombudsman Jordán Rodas, are members of the leftist political party the Movement for the Liberation of the Peoples. They visited the United States in February to meet with the Inter-American Commission…
(2023-03-03). FRSO delegation spends day in downtown Caracas. fightbacknews.org Caracas, Venezuela – The Freedom Road Socialist Organization delegation to Venezuela visited downtown Caracas, March 2, and spoke with working-class Venezuelan people. Delegation members include Chicano activist Carlos Montes, student organizer Enya Silva and anti-police crimes activist Omar Flores. | The group visited the home of Simon Bolivar (the Liberator), Bolivar Plaza, and several historic sites.
| Carlos Montes said, "I enjoyed the popular theater performance in the outside plaza with the public of all ages watching, and the displays of Simon Bolivar." | FRSO delegate Omar Flores stated, "The city is…