2023-03-30: News Headlines

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-30). 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…

Chris Walker (2023-03-29). FL Students Protest GOP Bill to Eliminate Diversity Programs on State Campuses. truthout.org Students from colleges and universities across Florida protested on Tuesday against a Republican proposal that would effectively ban courses and activities on diversity at institutions of higher learning. House Bill 999, which was proposed earlier this month, would ban colleges and universities from funding "any programs or campus activities that espouse diversity, equity, or inclusion or Critical… |

Staff (2023-03-29). "Bootstrapped": Alissa Quart on Liberating Ourselves from the Myth of the American Dream. democracynow.org We speak with journalist Alissa Quart, executive director of the Economic Hardship Reporting Project, about her new book, Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream, which examines myths about individualism and self-reliance that underpin the U.S. economy and the inequality it fosters. She says a focus on succeeding through hard work obscures the degree to which many rich and powerful people have benefited from social support, resulting in a cycle of "shame and blame" for those who fall short.




WSWS (2023-03-29). UK life expectancy growth lags behind all other G7 states besides US. wsws.org Life expectancy in the UK has grown at a slower rate than comparable countries over the past seven decades. The researchers conclude that this is due to widening social inequality.

WSWS (2023-03-30). The slanderous campaign of "Our Harvard Can Do Better" against Professor John Comaroff. wsws.org The group doesn't document any of its sweeping claims. What "sexual violence crisis"? What administration complicity in "harassment, misogyny, and discrimination"?

A Guest Author (2023-03-30). Call for June 3 action for prison reform. workers.org Credit: by Kevin Caplicki for Justseeds.org Calling all activists, protesters and supporters to join us in refusing to move on June 3, until prison and education reform has been accomplished. This is a call to action for all Pennsylvania prisoners and supporters. We encourage every person incarcerated throughout the country . . . |

WSWS (2023-03-29). UK life expectancy growth lags behind all other G7 states besides US. wsws.org Life expectancy in the UK has grown at a slower rate than comparable countries over the past seven decades. The researchers conclude that this is due to widening social inequality.

WSWS (2023-03-30). The slanderous campaign of "Our Harvard Can Do Better" against Professor John Comaroff. wsws.org The group doesn't document any of its sweeping claims. What "sexual violence crisis"? What administration complicity in "harassment, misogyny, and discrimination"?

A Guest Author (2023-03-30). Call for June 3 action for prison reform. workers.org Credit: by Kevin Caplicki for Justseeds.org Calling all activists, protesters and supporters to join us in refusing to move on June 3, until prison and education reform has been accomplished. This is a call to action for all Pennsylvania prisoners and supporters. We encourage every person incarcerated throughout the country . . . |

Labor Video Project (2023-03-30). 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.

WSWS (2023-03-30). Los Angeles area high school students express support for education workers continuing struggle against sellout tentative agreement. wsws.org Students said they supported teachers getting regular hours and more than "poverty" wages.

Markela Panegyres (2023-03-30). Sydney University staff votes to continue strike action at historic meeting. greenleft.org.au At the biggest National Tertiary Education Union meeting ever held at Sydney University, union members voted for two days of strikes to be held on March 31 and April 5. Markela Panegyres reports.

ecns.cn (2023-03-29). Boarding schools ensure fairer education in Tibet. ecns.cn The boarding school system in southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region has ensured that both rural and urban students can equally receive quality education and the will of the parents and students is fully respected when choosing to live in the schools or not.

Jenny Brown, Labor Notes. (2023-03-29). Get Out The Popcorn, Starbucks' Howard Schultz Called Before Senate. popularresistance.org Starbucks projects the image of an employee-friendly company, but its workers have been exposing the contradiction between the company's words and its actions. | On March 29, they'll get some help from the U.S. Senate's HELP Committee, chaired by Bernie Sanders. The Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee has called Howard Schultz, who recently resigned as Starbucks CEO, to testify before Congress about the company's union-busting. | Schultz is likely to be asked to explain why the company has not negotiated a contract with its union, even though the first store unionized in Buffalo in December 2021. Nea…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-29). 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…

Sharon Zhang (2023-03-29). Schultz Says Starbucks Has Never Broken Labor Laws Despite Dozens of Violations. truthout.org Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz testified during a much-anticipated hearing led by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) on Wednesday, parroting what appeared to be blatant lies about the company's fierce anti-union campaign and hundreds of labor law violations over the past year and a half. For the roughly two hours that Schultz was in the hot seat before Sander's Health, Education… |

Brittani Banks (2023-03-29). The Defeat of a School Voucher Program Reveals the Truth Within the 'School Choice' Debate. independentmediainstitute.org When Republicans in the Virginia State Legislature renewed their proposal to enact legislation to create a new school voucher program in the state—previous attempts were vetoed by Democratic governors in 2016 and 2017—they said their effort was to "push to strengthen parental rights and expand educational opportunities," according to the Virginia Mercury. But when it …

EARTHDAY‚Äç (2023-03-30). Thursday 3/30: #End Plastic Pollution: Creating a Waste Free World. indybay.org Online via livestream…

Strike Debt Bay Area (2023-03-30). Saturday 4/15: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Debt, by David Graeber. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.

ecns.cn (2023-03-29). Watchdog aims to protect firms online. ecns.cn China's top cyberspace regulator announced a series of special operations targeting cyberspace governance, and pledged to protect the lawful online rights of enterprises on Tuesday.

MichaelMoore (2023-03-29). Friday 3/24: "Bowling for Columbine" 20th Anniversary of Oscar Win – Watch for FREE. indybay.org Watch online for FREE…

Editor (2023-03-29). Corbyn accuses Labour leadership of 'denigrating party's democratic foundations'. mronline.org Sir Keir confirms plans to permanently block the former Labour leader from the parliamentary party.

Editor (2023-03-29). France burns as millions protest to defend pensions. mronline.org March 23 was a national day of action, a general strike, organized by the labor unions in France.

Editor (2023-03-29). Hersh: Nord Stream explosion decision possibly 'anger' or 'punishment. mronline.org Journalist Seymour Hersh, in an interview with Daily China, explains the reasoning behind the Nord Stream's explosion by the U.S., following his reports revealing that the US is behind the explosions.

Editor (2023-03-29). Why the main players behind the Israeli protest movement are bringing the confrontation to a head. mronline.org The protests roiling Israel represent a struggle over its future. The traditional elite is in an existential fight to maintain power, while the ascendant religious-nationalist majority seeks to redefine the state.

Ian Angus (2023-03-29). Insect Apocalypse in the Anthropocene, Part 3. mronline.org Ian Angus on chemical warfare against insects.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-03-29). Moscow calls out U.S.' rules-based order in Europe. mronline.org Baroness Goldie is an experienced Scottish politician and life peer who served as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party from 2005 to 2011 and as the UK's Minister of State for Defence since 2019. She is anything but a party girl like Liz Truss who often had to swallow her indiscreet words betraying ignorance.

Matt Agorist (2023-03-29). The Digital Iron Curtain: How the RESTRICT Act Threatens to Devastate Privacy and Crush Free Speech Online. globalresearch.ca

Agence France Press, South China Morning Post. (2023-03-29). Fresh Clashes Rock France As Protests Shift To Water Dispute. popularresistance.org French police again clashed with protesters on Saturday as campaigners in the southwest sought to stop the construction of giant water storage facilities, the latest flashpoint as social tensions erupt nationwide. | The violent scenes at Sainte-Soline came after days of unrest over President Emmanuel Macron's pensions reform, which forced the cancellation of a visit by Britain's King Charles. | The protest movement against the pension reform has turned into the biggest domestic crisis of Macron's second mandate, with police and protesters clashing daily in Paris and other cities over the past week.

Kit Klarenberg, Mintpress News. (2023-03-29). Dissecting The Afghan Military's Total Collapse. popularresistance.org In February, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) published an extensive investigation into the spectacular collapse of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces' (ANDSF), which the U.S. spent two decades and $90 billion building. In common with previous SIGAR reports, it offers a remarkably uncompromising, no-punches-pulled assessment, exposing corruption, incompetence, lies, and delusion every step of the way. | At the report's core is a highly detailed timeline of the ANDSF's — and, therefore, the Afghan government's — disintegration. That SIGAR was able to con…

Labor Video Project (2023-03-30). Pajaro Farmworkers, Class, Climate & Justice With Pamela Sexton & Elon Ortez. indybay.org Thousands of farmworkers and their families are fighting for survival after a flood and dangerous health and safety conditions.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-03-30). Director del OIEA recorre central nuclear de Zaporiyia. telesurtv.net El Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica (OIEA) elabora un concepto para la protección de la central nuclear de Zaporiyia.

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2023-03-30). Saturday 4/1: All Out To Defend The French Workers General Strike-Their Fight Is Our Fight! indybay.org San Francisco French Consulate | 44 Montgomery St #3400, San Francisco, CA 94104…

WSWS (2023-03-30). Australia: Labor win in NSW election will not end wage cuts or dire conditions for public sector workers. wsws.org Labor's victory will mean continuing massive cuts to real wages, with tiny nominal increases that the government and the union bureaucracy hope will subdue mounting anger in the working class.

WSWS (2023-03-30). Will Lehman files official protest with Department of Labor over illegitimate UAW elections. wsws.org Lehman's complaint contains new and damning information on the close relationship between the Monitor and the auto companies, requiring the Monitor's removal from a re-vote.

James Wyner (2023-03-30). NSW Labor wins 'battle of civility' in lacklustre campaign. greenleft.org.au Far from a groundswell, NSW Labor government received only a 3.6% swing, after 12 years of Coalition neoliberalism. James Wyner reports.

Derek Seidman (2023-03-29). Undocumented Workers and Freelancers Demand Unemployment Safety Net in New York. truthout.org New York State's social safety net contains a gaping hole: hundreds of thousands of workers whose labor is central to the state's economy are excluded from receiving unemployment insurance. Freelancers, cash economy workers, formerly incarcerated people and undocumented workers are among the large swath of New Yorkers shut out of receiving unemployment protections that "traditional" workers take… |

Labor Video Project (2023-03-29). 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.

Staff (2023-03-29). President Maduro: China is a Non-Imperialist Great Power. orinocotribune.com "China gives strong signals that it can be a great power without being an imperialist power," said the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, this Monday. The comments were made in the context of the new multipolar geopolitical reality in which the People's Republic of China has emerged as a great power. | "Relations between Greater China and the Homeland of Bolívar have reached their highest level of mutual trust, collaboration, and work, and our relations are at the highest level, at the best level, that relations between Venezuela and China have ever been," President Maduro said. | The head of state said that…

teleSUR, YSM (2023-03-29). Avanzan labores de búsqueda tras alud de tierra en Alausí, Ecuador. telesurtv.net Las autoridades continúan con la alerta amarilla en esa región del Chimborazo.

Staff (2023-03-29). Nueva Zelanda estudia posibilidad de unirse a la alianza AUKUS. cubadebate.cu Nueva Zelanda estudiará una propuesta para unirse parcialmente a la alianza de defensa AUKUS -que integran Estados Unidos, Reino Unido y Australia-, y que incluye un "segundo pilar" por el cual los socios colaboran en el desarrollo de tecnología cuántica, hipersónica, robótica y de inteligencia artificial, así como el intercambio de información sensible.

Vince Quiles (2023-03-29). Tevita Uhatafe explains how rank-and-file labor organizers can transform unions. therealnews.com

teleSUR (2023-03-29). Millions Protesting Show the Magnitude of Discontent in France. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, thousands of French citizens protested against the pension reform amid violent police repression and the changing attitudes of President Emmanuel Macron's administration. | RELATED: | In the morning, the government spokesman Olivier Veran rejected the proposal for mediation put forward by the French Democratic Confederation of Labor (CFDT) Laurent Berger on the grounds that both parties do not need a mediator to start…

a guest author (2023-03-30). Argentina: A 47 años del golpe criminal del 1976 siguen intactas la memoria y la lucha. workers.org Buenos Aires, decenas de miles de manifestantes llenaron las calles el 24 de marzo. Resumen Latinoamericano 24 de marzo de 2023 — Decenas de miles de manifestantes se concentraron en Plaza de Mayo este 24 de marzo por la tarde. La movilización independiente convocada por el Encuentro Memoria, Verdad y . . . |

A Guest Author (2023-03-30). New winds are blowing from China. workers.org New Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang, one of those the imperialist media calls a 'Wolf Warrior.' By Sergio Rodríguez Gelfenstein* March 21, 2023 — On March 7, during a press conference held within the framework of the first session of the 14th National People's Congress in Beijing, the recently appointed . . . |

G. Dunkel, Workers World. (2023-03-30). Despite Government Attacks: Workers, Students In France Stay Strong. popularresistance.org Since President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Élizabeth Borne rammed through the "reform" of France's pension system March 16 — an attack which will require workers to work longer to obtain a full pension — the class struggle has grown more intense. | Millions of workers struck on March 23 to protest this new law, which extends their retirement age to 64 from 62. The law must still be reviewed by the Constitutional Council, which can reject or modify it. | The new pension law provides fewer protections for workers who have arduous jobs and/or dangerous working conditions.

Monica Moorehead (2023-03-30). Women activists meeting in Bronx, New York. workers.org Bronx, New York, March 25, 2023 Although a rainy, windy day forced the cancellation of an outdoor march, 50 activists packed a room in the basement of an apartment building in the Bronx, New York, to hold a three-hour discussion on issues rooted in capitalism and imperialism impacting women of . . . |

WSWS (2023-03-30). For an all-out strike in the public sector and beyond! Build independent rank-and-file committees. wsws.org The SGP calls on civil servants to form rank-and-file committees, independent of the trade unions, to take the strike into their own hands and to network with workers from other companies throughout Europe and internationally.

WSWS (2023-03-30). Tentative agreement would leave tens of thousands of Disney World workers in poverty. wsws.org The starting wage would increase under the new deal from $15 to $20 by 2025.

WSWS (2023-03-30). Fear of rank-and-file rebellion looms on last day of UAW convention. wsws.org In a report on the 2021 Deere strike, UAW Vice President Chuck Browning said officials had faced a "serpent" of opposition from workers.

WSWS (2023-03-30). University of Michigan graduate student workers strike for living wage. wsws.org The plea by the university, that there is no money, for the kind of raise the graduate students are demanding is a lie. The University of Michigan is one of the wealthiest universities in the US.

WSWS (2023-03-30). Aboriginal workers raise concerns about Australia's Voice to parliament. wsws.org "We often say, if it doesn't suit big business then it won't happen. They hold the purse strings, and they hold the power. Governments make the announcements but they're only puppets for big business."

WSWS (2023-03-30). No to French unions' "mediation" with the state! Mobilize workers to bring down Macron! wsws.org Workers must mobilize in strikes and protests—independently of the union bureaucracies, who are seeking "mediation" with the government to impose its pension cuts—and bring down Macron.

Ana Zorita (2023-03-29). Uruguay: Workers strike against proposed pension reform to raise retirement age. greenleft.org.au Workers and unions led strikes in Uruguay on March 23 against the right-wing Luis Lacalle Pou government's proposed pension reforms, which include raising the retirement age from 60 to 65, reports Ana Zorita.

Ashley Smith (2023-03-29). Vermont Dairy Workers Battle Corporate Greed and Demand "Milk With Dignity" truthout.org Migrant workers face brutal conditions from the borders to the fields and factories of the U.S. As The Wall Street Journal documented, President Joe Biden's continuation of Donald Trump's anti-immigrant policies has led to 2.2 million arrests and 890 deaths on the border, both record numbers. Migrants are fleeing economic crises often caused by U.S. policies as well as oppressive regimes… |

Editor (2023-03-29). "La acuñación de la sangre de los niños en capital" — Superexplotación de los niños inmigrantes. workers.org El horror retratado en un reciente reportaje del New York Times sobre el trabajo infantil de los inmigrantes demuestra la actualidad de lo que escribió Karl Marx hace 156 años. La monumental obra de Marx, "El Capital", fue una tremenda contribución teórica, que describe con meticuloso detalle cómo funciona el . . . |

Larry Holmes (2023-03-29). The banking crisis: Will it push the working class or fascism to rise up? — a WW commentary. workers.org The capitalist ruling class is worried that the banking crisis, which began less than a month ago with the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and quickly spread, could ultimately mushroom into a global financial crisis bigger than the crash of 2008. All talk of a "soft landing" has ended. . . . |

Larry Holmes (2023-03-29). The banking crisis: Will it push the working class or fascism to rise up? workers.org The capitalist ruling class is worried that the banking crisis, which began less than a month ago with the collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank and quickly spread, could ultimately mushroom into a global financial crisis bigger than the crash of 2008. All talk of a "soft landing" has ended. . . . |

Mark Gruenberg (2023-03-29). New UAW President Fain signals militant approach to talks with Detroit 3. peoplesworld.org DETROIT—In his first speech as the union's first-ever popularly elected president, FiatChrysler/ Stellantis worker Shawn Fain signaled the United Auto Workers would have a more militant attitude towards the Detroit 3 when contract talks begin this year. "We are united to serve you," he told the 600 delegates to the union's special Bargaining Convention in …

Workers World Boston bureau (2023-03-29). Boston Trans Day of Resistance. workers.org Masked up and fired up! With Nina Simone's soulful, silky voice on "I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free" filling the air, hundreds of protesters, most wearing masks in protective solidarity with one another, converged on Government Center near Boston City Hall. They kicked off a . . . |

WSWS (2023-03-29). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org The PIT-CNT and other unions held a limited general strike March 23 while 500 workers at Maui Health are continuing their two month strike after voting down another management offer.

WSWS (2023-03-29). NSW election: Australian workers and youth speak about COVID, war and social crisis. wsws.org One worker said: "I think it's a good idea to have an international movement for the working class against war and for democratic rights, for workers to unite, it makes sense."

WSWS (2023-03-29). Workers speak out during joint rail and public sector warning strike in Germany. wsws.org The unions tried to "blow off steam" with the warning strikes while their leaders met with the employers to negotiate the details of a sellout that had already been decided behind closed doors.

WSWS (2023-03-29). Shawn Fain presides over bargaining convention as UAW outlines pro-corporate agenda in Detroit. wsws.org Convention delegates overwhelmingly rejected or prevented votes on resolutions calling for cost-of-living increases, opposition to tiers in electric vehicle plants and the rights of academic workers.

teleSUR, JDO (2023-03-30). Sindicatos franceses aceptan invitación de Gobierno a reunirse. telesurtv.net Se reunirían entre el lunes 3 y el miércoles 5 de abril, antes de la próxima jornada de protestas contra la reforma de pensiones, convocada para el 6 de abril.

WSWS (2023-03-30). New Zealand high school teachers hold second one-day strike. wsws.org The unions are seeking to divide teachers and block the development of a mass working class movement against the Labour Party government's austerity agenda.

Fight Back (2023-03-30). Trade unionists across U.S. demand University of South Florida not fire employee for protesting. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – Almost 200 trade unionists and supporters signed an open letter to the University of South Florida demanding AFSCME member Chrisley Carpio keep her job. Carpio is one of the protesters the USF Police Department brutalized at a Students for a Democratic Society protest for diversity on March 6. She is one of four protesters arrested and facing felony charges for battery on a law enforcement officer. Carpio was placed on administrative leave on March 7. | USF human resources emailed Chrisley Carpio on Wednesday, March 22 with a notice of a Monday, March 27 hearing on a request for her termination. Carpi…

Pip Hinman (2023-03-30). ACTU, NSW Teachers Federation question AUKUS nuclear submarines. greenleft.org.au The Australian Council of Trade Unions and the NSW Teachers' Federation are concerned about the rise in militarism linked with the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal. Pip Hinman reports.

WSWS (2023-03-29). Former Los Angeles teacher: "Those people in the district and the unions up there, they need to respect us and our children" wsws.org A former teacher gave powerful remarks at last weekend's meeting of the West Coast Educators Rank-and-File Committee, held to discuss the way forward after the three-day strike by LA public school teachers.

WSWS (2023-03-29). As millions march against Macron, French unions call for "mediation" wsws.org There is nothing to negotiate with Macron, the president of the rich who must be brought down by the escalating mass movement in the working class and the youth.

WSWS (2023-03-29). The three lies of the Brandon Johnson campaign for Chicago mayor. wsws.org The Cook County commissioner, Brandon Johnson, is seeking to use his affiliation with the Chicago Teachers Union to suggest that he will defend the working class. Actually, his role as a CTU official means the direct opposite.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-03-29). China rechaza escala de la presidenta de Taiwan en EE.UU. telesurtv.net En caso de producirse reuniones entre la presidenta Tsai Ing-wen con funcionarios de EE.UU., China tomará represalias.

Weekly Trust (2023-03-30). 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,'

Abdul Rahman, People's Dispatch. (2023-03-29). Yemenis Mark Eight Years Of Disastrous War Amid Hopes Of Peace. popularresistance.org Thousands took to the streets across major Yemeni cities including Sanaa, Sa'ada, and Taiz on Sunday, March 26, to mark the eighth anniversary of the beginning of the Saudi-led aggression in the country. The protesters reiterated their demand for an end to the aggression and the lifting of the blockade on the country. The leaders of the Houthi movement have called these essential conditions for peace. | The National Day of Resilience and Steadfastness, as March 26 is celebrated by the Yemenis, symbolizes their resolve amid the large-scale destruction caused by the Saudi-led coalition's airstrikes and blockade.

Jacob Andrewartha (2023-03-29). Build the Movement to Oppose AUKUS Nuclear Submarines. asia-pacificresearch.com

scorinoco (2023-03-29). Palestinian Prisoners' Movement Victory is an Implementation of Unity and True Partnership. orinocotribune.com Munther Khalaf Mufleh — Mar 24, 2023 | After the escalation of Zionist attacks against the achievements gained by the prisoners' movement over the years, and the attempts of the fascist Ben Gvir to seize our rights by enacting laws and policies such as the laws for the execution of prisoners, revocation of nationality, and deportation of prisoners and former prisoners, as well as the attacks on the achievements of daily life of the prisoners' movement, such as cutting access to water, setting brief times for bathing and the imposition of dozens of punitive measures, such as repeated transfer and isolation, l…

WSWS (2023-03-29). Parti de l'égalité socialiste intervenes in Paris student meeting to call to bring down Macron. wsws.org The PES proposed to the Paris inter-university coordinating committee to adopt a resolution calling to bring down Macron and build a movement in the working class for a general strike.

Brittani Banks (2023-03-29). Global News Dispatches: 6 Stories. independentmediainstitute.org Headlines in This News Package: Bolivian President Arce Hopes for a 'Sincere Dialogue' With Chilean Authorities on Sovereign Access to Sea The People of India Will Have Easier Access to Tuberculosis Treatment After Patent Extension Rejected Separatist Somaliland Escalates War on Somali Unification Movement Long March by Farmers in Indian State of Maharashtra Succeeds After …

Iron Snowflake (2023-03-29). Rally in DC Demands End to Repression of Forest Defenders in Atlanta. itsgoingdown.org Report on recent rally in Washington DC in solidarity with those facing repression for supporting the movement to defend the Atlanta forest. On the 28th of March, Shut Down DC protested at the Dept of Justice, demanding a federal investigation into Georgia's human rights abuses over the Cop City project in the Weelaunee Forest. Powerful…

teleSUR (2023-03-29). Namibia Suspends Poultry Imports From Argentina and Chile. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Namibia announced the suspension of the import and in-transit movement of live/raw poultry, birds, and live/raw ostrich products from Argentina and Chile after outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in the Latin American countries. | RELATED: | According to the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH), the incubation period of the disease is 14 days. Therefore, the suspension of imports enters into…

ecns.cn (2023-03-30). Chinese premier urges working together to promote solid, sustained people-to-people exchanges. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Thursday called for working together to promote solid and sustained people-to-people exchanges and inject more certainty into the convergence of different civilizations.

Muhammed Shabeer (2023-03-29). Pension reform or Revolution! Crisis for the French Fifth Republic? peoplesdispatch.org The controversial pension reforms, which will increase the retirement age in the country from 62 to 64, are detested by the French working class and have led to widespread protests…

WSWS (2023-03-29). The social and political issues raised in the strike by graduate employees at the University of Michigan. wsws.org Students and young people need to take a hard look at the society in which we live. The orientation must not be to the Democratic Party or any faction of the ruling class but to the international working class.

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