(2023-03-26). The Erosion of Equality Under Law Continues. thealtworld.com Recently, a Jewish reader wrote to me that he thinks for himself and reads my website. Many Jews think for themselves. There is Jewish opposition within Israel to Israel's confiscation of the West Bank. Some years ago I hosted an Israeli delegate to a Presbyterian Church conference in Atlanta. She had come to try to persuade the Christians to disinvest from Israel as a means of pressuring Israel to cease evicting Palestinians from lands they had occupied for 2,000 years. She had a higher sense of justice than the Christians, who refused her plea. | When most gentiles speak of "the Jews" they mean Jewish lobbies s…
(2023-03-25). [Perspectives] Love and inequality. thelancet.com Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare's story of the two star-crossed lovers written in 1597 and set in Verona, Italy, has fascinated audiences for centuries. The appeal of the tragic fate of two adolescent lovers driven to a dramatic end by the opposition of their families continues to resonate among young generations. There have been many modern adaptations of Romeo and Juliet, including the musical West Side Story and Baz Luhrmann's movie Romeo + Juliet. Welsh playwright Gary Owen has now created his own adaptation, Romeo and Julie, set in modern day Splott, a suburb of Cardiff, in Wales, UK.
(2023-03-25). Colombia: 'The Most Ambitious Labor Reform of the Century'. orinocotribune.com By Gustavo A Maranges — Mar 21, 2023 | This is how Colombia's Labor Minister Gloria Ines Ramirez described the labor reform bill introduced to Congress on March 17. Improving workers' conditions and rights is a major part of President Gustavo Petro's plan to reduce inequality. | The reform is the first of two planned this year by the Ministry of Labor. According to the legislative calendar, the Pension Reform will be presented on March 22, so both discussions will take place almost simultaneously. It is expected that the documents will undergo changes in Congress, but if the President's legislative force re…
(2023-03-25). Canada's Waterloo University backs down on threat to cancel IYSSE anti-war meeting. wsws.org The University of Waterloo has backed off from its threat to arbitrarily cancel an International Youth and Students for Social Equality anti-war meeting to be held next Tuesday, March 28, at its campus in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario.
(2023-03-25). The Pajaro Levee Break, Immigrants, Labor & Climate Crisis With PVFT1936's Pamela Sexton. indybay.org PVFT Local 1936 Delegate Pamela Beth Sexton adult education teacher talks about the effect of the broken levee on the immigrant farmworker community, systemic racism and the role these farmworkers play in our economy.
(2023-03-25). 'Parents Bill of Rights' de los republicanos oculta el racismo, la homofobia y la censura. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON, D.C. (PAI)—Varios de los sindicatos más grandes del país, encabezados por Teachers (AFT), se unieron la semana del 22 de marzo para tratar de derrotar a los republicanos gobernantes de la Cámara y su proyecto de ley denominado "Declaración de derechos de los padres". El Comité de Educación y Fuerza Laboral de la Cámara …
(2023-03-26). The Erosion of Equality Under Law Continues. thealtworld.com Recently, a Jewish reader wrote to me that he thinks for himself and reads my website. Many Jews think for themselves. There is Jewish opposition within Israel to Israel's confiscation of the West Bank. Some years ago I hosted an Israeli delegate to a Presbyterian Church conference in Atlanta. She had come to try to persuade the Christians to disinvest from Israel as a means of pressuring Israel to cease evicting Palestinians from lands they had occupied for 2,000 years. She had a higher sense of justice than the Christians, who refused her plea. | When most gentiles speak of "the Jews" they mean Jewish lobbies s…
(2023-03-25). [Perspectives] Love and inequality. thelancet.com Romeo and Juliet, William Shakespeare's story of the two star-crossed lovers written in 1597 and set in Verona, Italy, has fascinated audiences for centuries. The appeal of the tragic fate of two adolescent lovers driven to a dramatic end by the opposition of their families continues to resonate among young generations. There have been many modern adaptations of Romeo and Juliet, including the musical West Side Story and Baz Luhrmann's movie Romeo + Juliet. Welsh playwright Gary Owen has now created his own adaptation, Romeo and Julie, set in modern day Splott, a suburb of Cardiff, in Wales, UK.
(2023-03-25). Colombia: 'The Most Ambitious Labor Reform of the Century'. orinocotribune.com By Gustavo A Maranges — Mar 21, 2023 | This is how Colombia's Labor Minister Gloria Ines Ramirez described the labor reform bill introduced to Congress on March 17. Improving workers' conditions and rights is a major part of President Gustavo Petro's plan to reduce inequality. | The reform is the first of two planned this year by the Ministry of Labor. According to the legislative calendar, the Pension Reform will be presented on March 22, so both discussions will take place almost simultaneously. It is expected that the documents will undergo changes in Congress, but if the President's legislative force re…
(2023-03-25). Canada's Waterloo University backs down on threat to cancel IYSSE anti-war meeting. wsws.org The University of Waterloo has backed off from its threat to arbitrarily cancel an International Youth and Students for Social Equality anti-war meeting to be held next Tuesday, March 28, at its campus in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario.
(2023-03-25). The Pajaro Levee Break, Immigrants, Labor & Climate Crisis With PVFT1936's Pamela Sexton. indybay.org PVFT Local 1936 Delegate Pamela Beth Sexton adult education teacher talks about the effect of the broken levee on the immigrant farmworker community, systemic racism and the role these farmworkers play in our economy.
(2023-03-25). 'Parents Bill of Rights' de los republicanos oculta el racismo, la homofobia y la censura. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON, D.C. (PAI)—Varios de los sindicatos más grandes del país, encabezados por Teachers (AFT), se unieron la semana del 22 de marzo para tratar de derrotar a los republicanos gobernantes de la Cámara y su proyecto de ley denominado "Declaración de derechos de los padres". El Comité de Educación y Fuerza Laboral de la Cámara …
(2023-03-26). In Numbers: China's higher education enrollment ratio reaches 59.6 pct in 2022. ecns.cn
(2023-03-26). We've Had Enough! Oakland OEA Teachers Wildcat in Fight for Public Education. indybay.org Hundreds of teachers, community members and unionists joined together on March 24, 2023 to rally and march for public education and for a contract that will protect the schools in Oakland. The wildcat was a challenge to the union busting tactics of the district management.
(2023-03-26). Match Day at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Fourth-year students at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine in Arizona, Florida and Minnesota learned where they will continue their residency training on March 17. Also, Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education learned who would be its incoming Mayo residents through the National Resident Matching Program. The medical students opened their envelopes at 11 a.m. CDT discovering their future specialties and residency training locations. Match Day, held on the third Friday in March, is when medical school students and…
(2023-03-26). The Military-Intelligentsia Complex: How Higher Education Enables US Militarism. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-25). [Correspondence] China's bewildering medical education pathways. thelancet.com The medical education system in China is widely considered one of the most complex and perplexing in the world. Unlike the standardised medical training in Europe and North America, where all medical graduates hold the same degree and possess a uniform level of clinical proficiency,1 China has multiple, distinct medical education pathways that can last from 3 to 8 years. As a result, medical students in China can receive an entry-level medical degree at varying levels of graduation, allowing them to take the Chinese Medical Licensing Examination and become licensed practitioners.
(2023-03-25). Corporate Real Estate Investors Are Accelerating the Affordable Housing Crisis. truthout.org With billions of dollars of cash on hand, and millions of working-class families unable to find affordable housing, corporations are increasing their share of the housing stock and expanding their portfolios. A 2021 report co-authored by the Institute for Policy Studies, Bargaining for the Common Good, and Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund demonstrated how corporate and institutional… |
(2023-03-26). Spring break welcomed for some colleges. ecns.cn An announcement for a seven-day spring break from Sichuan Southwest Vocational College of Civil Aviation created online buzz, Beijing Youth Daily reported.
(2023-03-26). Friday 3/24: Rights of Nature: UN Water Conference – SDGs for Protection of Earth's Water Ecosystems. indybay.org Online streaming of in-person U.N. Water Conference session…
(2023-03-26). Friday 3/24: "Bowling for Columbine" 20th Anniversary of Oscar Win – Watch for FREE. indybay.org Watch online for FREE…
(2023-03-26). Saturday 4/1: What are the Prospects for World Peace? indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705 | Also accessible online…
(2023-03-26). Russian Loitering Munitions Destroyed M777, FH70 Howitzer Of Kiev Forces (Videos). southfront.org 
ZALA Lancet attack drone. © Marina Lystseva/TASS | The Russian military has destroyed two more Western-made howitzers of Kiev forces using advanced Lancet loitering munitions. | On March 25 and 26, two videos surfaced online showing strikes against an FH70 and an M777 towed 155 mm howitzers of Kiev forces on an unspecified front in the special military operation zone. Both howitzers received direct hits. | The ZALA Aero Group, a subsidiary of Russia's defense giant Kalashnikov, produces two versions of t…
(2023-03-25). Government Hasn't Justified A Tiktok Ban. popularresistance.org So we are troubled by growing demands in the United States for restrictions on TikTok, a technology that many people have chosen to exchange information with others around the world. Before taking such a drastic step, the government must come forward with specific evidence showing, at the very least, a real problem and a narrowly tailored solution. So far, the government hasn't done so. | Nearly all social media platforms and other online businesses collect a lot of personal data from their users. TikTok raises special concerns, given the surveillance and censorship practices of its home country, China. Still, th…
(2023-03-25). Russian Army Captured Ukrainian RAM II Loitering Munition (Photos). southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Via Twitter. | The Russian military has captured a Ukrainian RAM II loitering munition that crashed on an unspecified front in the special military operation zone. | On March 24, photos surfaced online showing the captured loitering munition which appeared to be nearly intact. The loitering munition may have crashed as a result of a technical failure, or as a result of jamming by Russian electronic warfare means. | The RAM II loitering munition is a d…
(2023-03-25). Monopolywood: Why the Paramount accords should not be repealed. mronline.org 
Repealing the Paramount accords could set independent cinema back in favour of corporate giants, writes Vaughn Joy.
(2023-03-25). The movement against the pension reform. mronline.org 
On the Threshold of an Uprising?>
(2023-03-25). Trans rights are under attack. mronline.org 
There is a dangerous escalation of transphobia happening right now. The political right in the United States and the United Kingdom are rolling back civil rights for trans people specifically and LGBT people more broadly. This is being driven by an amalgamation of mainstream conservative parties, the far right, Christian fundamentalists and right-wing shock jocks and tabloids.
(2023-03-25). What's fueling the Graduate Worker Union upsurge? mronline.org 
The Twin Cities saw one of its biggest-ever snowstorms the week of Presidents Day. But for labor activists the snow was overshadowed by the launch of the University of Minnesota Graduate Labor Union.
(2023-03-25). The Housing Crisis Is Everywhere. mronline.org 
In late December, tenants at the Lofts at Cargill Falls Mill in Putnam, Connecticut, an old mill town, received a letter from the Northeast District Department of Health (NDDH) notifying them that a toddler living in the residential complex had severe lead poisoning.1 The department of health had identified toxic levels of lead inside of …
(2023-03-25). The Georgian protests: Another chapter in the color revolution playbook? mronline.org 
Recent Georgian protests rejected foreign agents' legislation proposals as undemocratic, but a closer look suggests ongoing western meddling according to the intelligence community's infamous "color revolution" playbook.
(2023-03-26). Russia To Deploy Its Nuclear Weapons In Belarus. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | At the request of the Belarusian side, Russia will deploy its tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus, the same way as the United States has been doing on the territory of its allied countries. | On March 25, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that the construction of a special storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus will end on July 1. | The decision was made after London had declared its plans to supply Ukraine with depleted uranium she…
(2023-03-26). Raúl fue el primero en acudir a su colegio electoral. cubadebate.cu El General de Ejército, Raúl Castro Ruz, líder de la Revolución cubana, también ejerció su derecho al voto muy temprano en la jornada electoral que vive el país este domingo, informó en Twitter Presidencia Cuba. Más de ocho millones de cubanos están convocados a las urnas para elegir a los 470 diputados a la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular este domingo.
(2023-03-26). Minuto a Minuto: Cuba en elecciones. cubadebate.cu Este domingo se celebra una jornada histórica para la democracia cubana. Más de ocho millones de cubanos están convocados a las urnas para elegir a los 470 diputados a la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular. Quienes sean elegidos tendrán a su cargo elegir al presidente y vicepresidente de la República y continuar con el desarrollo legislativo de la Constitución. Este es un acto de soberanía popular y de participación ciudadana que refleja el compromiso de los cubanos con la Revolución.
(2023-03-25). 26 de marzo: El voto es por la Patria. cubadebate.cu En ameno diálogo con productores de la finca La Claudia, concluyó este viernes el recorrido de los siete candidatos a diputados nominados por Arroyo Naranjo, en La Habana. Sobre episodios de nuestra historia nacional, la obra revolucionaria en beneficio del campesinado cubano, la relevancia de estas elecciones nacionales y del voto por todos, reflexionaron los participantes en el encuentro.
(2023-03-25). American Labor: Prospects and Possibilities. dissidentvoice.org 
Starbucks workers at over 100 sites greeted Spring and the company's new CEO by walking off the job. Some pundits hail this action as a reflection of labors' growing new strength. Public approval of unions is at a fifty year high, petitions for union elections are on the upswing, and the recent well-publicized organizing victories …
(2023-03-26). SEIU99/UTLA Membership Voices On Their Strike & Struggle: United We Stand, Divided We Fall. indybay.org Thirty thousand SEIU 99 LAUSD service workers went out on a three day unfair labor practice strike on March 21, 2023 to March 23, 2023. The UTLA members joined the picket line and this united action was a first. Workers spoke out about their conditions and struggles.
(2023-03-26). Workers praise Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for signing Repeal of GOP Union-Busting 'Right to Work' Law. juancole.com 
By: Laina G. Stebbins — ( Michigan Advance ) — Unions and other pro-labor groups on Friday celebrated the signing of a set of bills to reverse GOP former Gov. Rick Snyder-era laws that have curtailed union power and pushed down wages. Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Friday afternoon signed House Bills …
(2023-03-26). Voto por una Asamblea Nacional con el magisterio de Fidel. cubadebate.cu Ante el panorama mundial, luego de recibir toda la información, como debe ser, de la candidatura a la Asamblea Nacional, votaré por todos para apoyar nuestra democracia inclusiva, donde cualquier ciudadano honesto y dispuesto a trabajar por el país puede ser diputado sin gastar un centavo ni recibirlo por su labor al servicio de la nación. Parlamento que cuenta con el magisterio de Fidel para cambiar todo lo que deba ser cambiado para el bien de todos.
(2023-03-25). The Graduate Worker Unionization Movement Is Spreading Like Wildfire. truthout.org The Twin Cities saw one of its biggest-ever snowstorms the week of Presidents Day. But for labor activists the snow was overshadowed by the launch of the University of Minnesota Graduate Labor Union. In its first 24 hours, the new union — affiliated with the United Electrical Workers (UE) — gathered more than 1,700 authorization cards representing nearly half the entire bargaining unit. |
(2023-03-25). AUKUS, the Australian Labor Party, and Growing Dissent. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-25). Strike At The New School Spawned An Ongoing Radical Coalition. popularresistance.org Though the 25-day labor strike of part-time faculty at The New School, a private university in New York City, ended three months ago, the university administration's hardball approach has not been forgotten. A student-led coalition that emerged in solidarity with the striking adjunct faculty is still going strong. And with the school's graduate students set to begin their own contract negotiations with the university later this year, the coalition could potentially add pressure to the university administration to bargain in a different manner than it did with the part-time faculty union. The coalition is certainl…
(2023-03-25). Michigan: Movements spur legislative victories. workers.org 
The scene at the Michigan Capitol in Lansing March 14 was reminiscent of mass protests there in December 2012. At that time union members packed the State House to pressure then-Governor Rick Snyder not to sign a bill making Michigan a "right-to-work" state. But Snyder broke his campaign promise not . . . |
(2023-03-25). 19 years after the coup d'état: Statement from Fanmi Lavalas Political Organization. workers.org 
This Feb. 28 statement from Fanmi Lavalas, a people's party of Haiti, commemorates the February 29, 2004, coup d'état that overthrew Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Fanmi Lavalas honors those who fell during the coup and outlines its call for a Haitian solution to the crisis that has . . . |
(2023-03-25). Masking for COVID-19 mitigation and safety is anti-capitalist solidarity. workers.org 
On Feb. 6, the Boston branch of Workers World Party collectively decided and unanimously voted, prompted by young and disabled comrades and candidates, to reaffirm our Party's position of solidarity with our class regarding the pandemic with the resolution below, explaining the branch's masking protocols to the movement. Members and . . . |
(2023-03-25). Antiwar statement from inside Ukraine. workers.org 
The statement below is from the Union of Political Emigrants and Political Prisoners of Ukraine to the March 18 antiwar rally organizers and "to all participants of the peace-supporting events in the U.S. and the E.U. on March 18 and after." Dear Friends! WW PHOTO: Workers World Dear comrades in . . . |
(2023-03-25). Workers of all ages defend pensions / French unions in revolt. iacenter.org By G. Dunkel March 22, 2023 Bulletin: The vote in the National Assembly took place March 20 and the government survived by nine votes. The battle continues. Protesters hold a banner that reads "Pensions, not an extra day, not one euro less" during a demonstration against the French government's pension reform plan as part of the fourth day of national protests, in Paris, France, February 11, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman March 19. With thousands of tons of uncollected garbage rotting in the gutters of Paris' streets, hundreds of protesters arrested daily and the vast majority of the workers demanding the removal, if…
(2023-03-25). John Mullen: 'To defend pensions in France, we need a general strike'. greenleft.org.au John Mullen describes the escalating revolt against pensions attacks in France and argues for an indefinite strike to defeat Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron's attack on workers.
(2023-03-25). Refinery Workers In France Refuse To Break Strike. popularresistance.org In the midst of the energy strike in France, the fuel shortages affecting the southern and western regions of the country are creating a dire situation at the country's airports. On Wednesday evening, the French government decided to intervene at the largest refinery in France, Total Normandy. Under threat of imprisonment and excessive fines, the state attempted to force the strikers back to work to ship kerosene to the airports. These anti-strike measures called "requisitions" are a legal weapon used by the French state to stifle collective worker action and save capitalist profits. | Faced with this offensive o…
(2023-03-25). Los Angeles teacher: Pay for school workers "is not enough to support a family" wsws.org On the first day of the Los Angeles schools strike, the World Socialist Web Site spoke with Max, a fifth grade teacher who has been teaching for 24 years in LAUSD.
(2023-03-26). Unión Eléctrica no pronostica afectaciones por déficit de generación este domingo. cubadebate.cu En el día de ayer no se afectó el servicio por déficit de capacidad de generación en el Sistema Eléctrico Nacional. La disponibilidad del SEN a las 07: 00 horas es de 2900 MW y la demanda 1950 MW, con todo el sistema con servicio. Se estima que en el horario diurno, ni en el pico nocturno, ocurran afectaciones al servicio por déficit de capacidad de generación.
(2023-03-26). Britain: Unions, environment, healthcare groups to join XR in major protest next month. greenleft.org.au Allan Todd discusses the urgent need to address climate change, as highlighted in the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Report, and the upcoming Extinction Rebellion protest in London, calling for system change to tackle climate, social and economic crises.
(2023-03-26). War poker and Imperial moralism. indybay.org After the fall of the Soviet Union, the "war on terrorism" began, which, according to George W. Bush, would end "tyranny in the world." Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq – the U.S. democratic crusades not only cost several million lives, they also brought the restriction of freedoms, McCarthyism, the hunt for whistleblowers. And a series of alliances with dictators…
(2023-03-25). In face of police violence, France rises against Macron's pension reforms. peoplesdispatch.org Massive mobilizations are taking place across France against the pension reforms passed by the Emmanuel Macron government. According to estimates by unions, around 3.5 million people hit the streets on March 23…
(2023-03-25). Spring 2023 National Immigrant Solidarity Network Immigrant Justice News Alert! indybay.org Under Biden Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S., Anti-Asian Hate Crimes in the U.S. are the Direct Result of Washington's Foreign Policy…
(2023-03-26). Sunday 4/23: Understanding the Movement to Ban Library Books That Challenge Right-Wing Perspectives. indybay.org 1187 Franklin Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 | Unitarian Universalists Association of San Francisco…
(2023-03-26). California will respond to the Pan African Congress call for better seed movement. indybay.org Our California Pan African World Food and Ag Pavilion will offer proposed opportunities towards solutions that offer greater access to global seed research and development. 'We need to hear from farmers how we can continuously and sustainably bridge the gap between seed companies and the farming community, now more pronounced mainly by the negative impact of climate change. On our side, we will endeavor to work with the farmers to help increase the resilience and profitability of African farming in the face of climate change and other challenges,'
(2023-03-25). Police Use "Less Lethal" Weapons to Crush Social Movements Across the World. scheerpost.com 
(2023-03-25). Health emergency! Free Alex Saab now! iacenter.org March 22, 2023 The #FreeAlexSaab Movement issued the following statement on March 17. On March 17, 2023, Camilla Saab, spouse of Alex Saab, reports on the dire health emergency facing the Venezuelan diplomat imprisoned in the U.S. Photo: #FreeAlexSaab On Friday, March 17, 2023, Camilla Saab made an urgent call to the world to denounce the dire health condition of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, which endangers his life. In July 2021, the Working Group against Torture and several United Nations rapporteurs expressed their concern about the irreparable deterioration of Alex Saab's health condition. Let us recall tha…
(2023-03-25). Twelve Years Ago: The US-NATO-Israel Sponsored Al Qaeda Insurgency in Syria. Who Was Behind the 2011 "Protest Movement"? globalresearch.ca It was not a protest movement, it was an armed insurgency integrated by US-Israeli & allied supported "jihadist" death squads. From Day One, the Islamist "freedom fighters" were supported, trained & equipped by NATO & Turkey's High Command.
(2023-03-25). SVB: 'The bank is now insolvent'. iacenter.org March 13, 2023 It is often the case that, when the capitalist system is on the verge of a crisis, the period leading up to it is marked by buoyant explosions of optimism. On Oct. 25, 1929, President Herbert Hoover proclaimed that the U.S. economy was "on a sound and prosperous basis." Four days later the stock market crashed. (billofrightsinstitute.org) This old cartoon depicts wild economic fluctuations ending with the 1929 Wall St. crash. It's not much different almost a century later. Typically before a recession, the working class (along with uneasy wealth-holders) is reassured that the economy is "robust" or…