(2023-03-24). India's Russia Exports in Feb up 25%. infobrics.org India's exports to Russia have exceeded the levels before the war outbreak in Ukraine…
(2023-03-24). U.T. Austin students speak out to defend Indian Child Welfare Act. fightbacknews.org Austin, TX – On Wednesday, March 22, members of Austin Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) gathered on a busy street, Speedway, on the University of Texas-Austin campus to speak out against the judicial attack on the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). | SDS members chanted, "When indigenous rights are under attack. What do we do? Stand up, fight back!" and "Defend indigenous sovereignty! Defend ICWA!" SDS also passed out fliers and gave speeches about how repealing ICWA would hurt thousands and further erode indigenous sovereignty. | Students also connected this to an ongoing struggle at UT to return stolen a…
(2023-03-24). Narendra Modi's Cricket Coup. dissidentvoice.org What a coup. Nakedly amoral but utterly self-serving in its saccharine minted glory. India's showman Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who otherwise appears to have clerkish, desk-bound qualities, had what he wanted: an accommodating, possibly clueless guest in the form of the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese; a common interest in India's national sport cricket, and …
(2023-03-24). No Place for Whales: The U.S. Military's Legacy in Indian Country: Reckless Toxic Dumping. indybay.org From the mustard gas pit on Walker River Paiute lands, to the napalm burn site on Fallon Paiute Shoshone lands, to the undetonated bombs in the Lakota Badlands, to the experimental explosives at Fort Wingate in New Mexico and secret radioactive waste dump near the Tohono O'odham Nation capital of Sells, Arizona, to the widespread illegal hazardous waste dumping, and leaking of toxic waste, in many of the Alaskan and Hawaiian islands — there is enough documented cancer-causing waste to fill an encyclopedia.
(2023-03-24). Washington Admits Exploiting China-India Border Disputes to Derail Their Rapprochement. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-24). Yes, we can stop patents getting in the way of TB treatment. peoplesdispatch.org 
A day ahead of World TB Day, the Indian Patent Office rejected pharma giant Jannsen's application for a patent extension on drug bedaquiline. If the patent had been extended, public and family budgets would have remained burdened by unjustifiably high costs of the drug…
(2023-03-24). Female Urinals, Extra-woke Hollywood, Privacy Violations, Mouse Brain Cells, Pizza & Disneyland. dissidentvoice.org 
This criminal gaslighting ends when enough of us say NO. Starting with next year's Oscars, the Academy will require that a film meet two of the four inclusion standards above to be eligible for a best picture nomination. Read the full Hollywood Reporter article here. Indiana's Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) has been caught selling …
(2023-03-24). Indian farmers conclude Long March in a victory. peoplesdispatch.org They walked demanding the government address the problems being faced by the farmers and workers of the state of the Maharashtra. A key demand was remunerative prices for onion crops…
(2023-03-24). Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi expelled from parliament after defamation conviction. peoplesdispatch.org The move came a day after Rahul Gandhi was sentenced to two years in prison in a defamation case. His conviction, as well as his expulsion, has been criticized by the opposition, civil society and legal experts…
(2023-03-24). Headlines for March 24, 2023. democracynow.org Netanyahu Shielded from Charges as Protests Rage Against Far-Right Judicial Reforms, Millions Join General Strike in France After Macron Uses Executive Fiat to Slash Pensions, Biden and Trudeau to Announce Deal to Block Asylum Seekers at U.S. Northern Border, U.S. Warplanes Strike Syria After Drone Attack on U.S. Base Kills Contractor, Indian Opposition MP Rahul Gandhi Jailed for Criticizing Modi, House Panel Grills TikTok CEO as Progressives Warn Against Anti-Chinese Scapegoating, Utah Passes Law Requiring Parental Consent for Minors Using Social Media, GA and IA Ban Healthcare for Trans Youth; World Athletics B…
(2023-03-24). Workers Struggles: Asia and Australia. wsws.org India: Uttar Pradesh power unions betray 100,000-strong strike for higher pay; Bangladeshi teachers demand nationalisation of schools; Western Australia: Maintenance workers strike South32 alumina refinery.
(2023-03-24). Russian Jet Intercepts Two US B-52 Bombers Moving Towards Its Borders. popularresistance.org A Russian Sukhoi Su-35 intercepted two US B-52H bombers that were allegedly moving towards its border over the Baltic Sea, TASS reported on Monday, March 20 citing Russia's Defense Ministry. | The Ministry claimed that the Russian jet had to scramble to intercept the two bombers and only returned "after foreign military planes move[ed] away from the state border of the Russian Federation." It added that the two US bombers were not allowed to violate Russian state borders and the sortie of the Russian jet fighter was performed in strict compliance with international law. | This was the third such air incident betw…
(2023-03-24). 5.4-magnitude quake hits Izu Islands, Japan region — USGS. ecns.cn An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 jolted Izu Islands, Japan region at 04: 25: 26 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
(2023-03-24). Imperial Visits: US Emissaries in the Pacific. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image: Australia's Canberra Class LHDs conducting exercises with a U.S. Navy Arleigh Burke Class DDG and Nimitz Class CVN | Written by Dr. Binoy Kampmark | For some time, Washington has been losing its spunk in the Pacific. When it comes to the Pacific Islands, a number have not fallen — at least entirely — for the rhetoric that Beijing is there to take, consume, and dominate all. Nor have such countries been entirely blind to their own sharpened interests. This largely aqueous region, which promise…
(2023-03-25). [Correspondence] Nigeria's National Mental Health Act 2021: any challenges ahead? thelancet.com Although mental health problems are widespread in many African nations, they rarely receive the attention they merit. Stigmatisation is a prevalent factor that makes patients reluctant to seek mental health care in most African countries. As knowledge about mental health increased, some African countries, such as Ghana, Kenya, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia, began passing legislation and laws to safeguard the rights of individuals who have mental health problems. In 1916, Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, enacted its first mental health legislation, which was called the Lunacy Ordinance.
(2023-03-25). [Correspondence] Synthetic data: the future of open-access health-care datasets? thelancet.com In modern health care, medical datasets are increasingly being used to improve patient care, including through population health analysis and the development of diagnostic machine learning algorithms. This trend has been a key driver for the development of open-access datasets, giving researchers access to local or national data shared by different institutions. Open-access data can be used to train machine learning algorithms on diverse datasets that have been carefully curated, or to test algorithms that have already been trained by researchers elsewhere to assess their performance when applied to new data.
(2023-03-25). 'Mexico Is Not a US Colony!': AMLO Condemns Invasion Threats, Celebrates Nationalization of Oil, Lithium. orinocotribune.com 
By Ben Norton — Mar 22, 2023 | Mexico's leftist President AMLO condemned "hypocritical" Republicans who want the US military to invade, declaring "Mexico is an independent and free country, not a US colony or protectorate!" In a massive rally, López Obrador also celebrated the expropriation of oil and lithium, condemning exploitative foreign corporations. | Mexico's leftist President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) organized a massive rally in the heart of the capital, honoring the anniversary of the country's nationalization of its oil reserves and expropriation of foreign corporations. | AMLO also used…
(2023-03-25). Canadian Tire Fire #56: International Day Against Police Brutality, Protesting Grocery Store Price Gouging, Mining Convention Disrupted. itsgoingdown.org 
This week we cover news from the International Day Against Police Brutality, and actions disrupting business as usual at a grocery store and a mining conference. In Montreal, a banner was dropped in solidarity with those arrested for fighting Cop City in Atlanta, and in remembrance of Tortuguita. "At the edge of Weelaunee forest, every…
(2023-03-25). China to further deepen global economic, financial ties. ecns.cn China will advance high-level opening-up of its financial sector as always and further deepen international economic and financial cooperation, a top financial regulatory official said.
(2023-03-25). China presents national report on nuclear safety to IAEA. ecns.cn China presented its national report on nuclear safety during the Joint Eighth and Ninth Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) on Thursday at the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria.
(2023-03-25). Forum speakers urge respect for diversified approaches to democracy. ecns.cn A group of senior officials and renowned scholars criticized the falsely touted narrative of "democracy versus autocracy" during the opening ceremony of the second International Forum on Democracy: The Shared Human Values in Beijing on Thursday.
(2023-03-25). Banking Crisis 3.0: Time to Change the Rules of the Game. dissidentvoice.org 
On CNN March 14, Roger Altman, a former deputy Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, said that American banks were on the verge of being nationalized: What the authorities did over the weekend was absolutely profound. They guaranteed the deposits, all of them, at Silicon Valley Bank. What that really means … is that they have …
(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…
(2023-03-25). Consumer Health: Are you at risk for MS? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org MS Awareness Week will be observed March 12—19, which makes this a good time to learn about who might be at risk of developing this potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. Multiple sclerosis, or MS, affects nearly 1 million people living in the U.S., according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. With MS, the immune system attacks the protective sheath that covers nerve fibers, and causes communication problems between your brain and the rest of…
(2023-03-25). China to further deepen global economic, financial ties. ecns.cn China will advance high-level opening-up of its financial sector as always and further deepen international economic and financial cooperation, a top financial regulatory official said.
(2023-03-25). China presents national report on nuclear safety to IAEA. ecns.cn China presented its national report on nuclear safety during the Joint Eighth and Ninth Review Meeting of the Contracting Parties to the Convention on Nuclear Safety (CNS) on Thursday at the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria.
(2023-03-25). Forum speakers urge respect for diversified approaches to democracy. ecns.cn A group of senior officials and renowned scholars criticized the falsely touted narrative of "democracy versus autocracy" during the opening ceremony of the second International Forum on Democracy: The Shared Human Values in Beijing on Thursday.
(2023-03-25). Banking Crisis 3.0: Time to Change the Rules of the Game. dissidentvoice.org On CNN March 14, Roger Altman, a former deputy Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, said that American banks were on the verge of being nationalized: What the authorities did over the weekend was absolutely profound. They guaranteed the deposits, all of them, at Silicon Valley Bank. What that really means … is that they have …
(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…
(2023-03-25). Consumer Health: Are you at risk for MS? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org MS Awareness Week will be observed March 12—19, which makes this a good time to learn about who might be at risk of developing this potentially disabling disease of the brain and spinal cord. Multiple sclerosis, or MS, affects nearly 1 million people living in the U.S., according to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. With MS, the immune system attacks the protective sheath that covers nerve fibers, and causes communication problems between your brain and the rest of…
(2023-03-25). Consumer Health: Nutritional needs during pregnancy and breastfeeding. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org March is National Nutrition Month, which makes this a good time to learn about your nutritional needs during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. During pregnancy, the basic principles of healthy eating remain the same — get plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean protein and healthy fats. However, a few nutrients in a pregnancy diet deserve special attention. The nutrients to pay special attention to while you're pregnant include: CalciumYou and your baby need calcium for strong…
(2023-03-25). Women in science: Q&A with Robin Patel, M.D. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Robin Patel, M.D. Two events held early each year are opportunities to support and recognize the contributions of women in scientific fields. In February, the International Day of Women and Girls in Science promotes full and equal access to and participation in science. Women's History Month in March is an opportunity to recognize women who have made significant contributions to science. Mayo Clinic physician researcher Robin Patel, M.D., shares her perspective and advice for others pursuing a research career in this…
(2023-03-25). 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…
(2023-03-25). Latvia: Canada leads NATO combat exercise near Russian border. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOMultinational Corps NortheastMarch 25, 2023 NATO eFP Battlegroup Latvia proceeds with Combat Readiness Evaluation SZCZECIN, Poland — Having completed their preparation exercise Wolverine Shield/Strike, NATO enhanced Forward Presence (eFP) Battlegroup Latvia has kicked off exercise Crystal Arrow 23, which will serve as a Combat Readiness Evaluation (CREVAL) test for this Canadian-led unit comprising multiple NATO …
(2023-03-25). NATO in Estonia: King's Royal Hussars pass baton to Queen's Royal Hussars with support of French Foreign Legion. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOMultinational Corps NortheastMarch 22, 2023 The Queen's Royal Hussars take command of NATO eFP Battlegroup Estonia supported by the French Foreign Legion On March 19, the Tapa Military Base, Estonia, saw the transfer of authority ceremony from Britain's own The King's Royal Hussars to The Queen's Royal Hussars (QRH) who took the helm of NATO's …
(2023-03-25). NATO killed international law 24 years ago: Serbian president. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com TanjugMarch 24, 2023 Vucic: International law died 24 years ago, but Serbian spirit was not broken International law died 24 years ago, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Friday at the main ceremony commemorating the anniversary of the start of the 1999 NATO aggression on Serbia, noting that, at the time, big powers had tried …
(2023-03-25). Teachers in Bolivia stage national strike against police repression by MAS government. wsws.org The government of President Luis Arce made clear its rejection of any concessions by unleashing riot police against a march of teachers in La Paz on Wednesday.
(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). IMF declares its Sri Lankan program a "brutal experiment" wsws.org The government's ruthless austerity drive, dictated by the IMF, is to pay the international credit sharks and boost corporate profits.
(2023-03-24). Global South increasingly alienated by Western demands for alignment. infobrics.org The Global South is fed up with "alignmentism" which is largely promoted by the political West. Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts.
(2023-03-24). Iran International: Inside the "Saudi-Funded" Network Promoting Regime Change in Iran. mintpressnews.com Iran International: Alan Macleod reveals how a network of Western and Saudi interests converged to create the ultimate propaganda tool in a failed bid to overthrow the government of Iran.
(2023-03-24). PFLP: We salute the victory of the prisoners. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine | We salute the victory of the prisoners in this battle and call for the continuation of a broader process of political, on the field, media, and popular support, considering that their cause is one of the main issues of the struggle against the enemy. | The participation of the Palestinian Authority in the Aqaba-Sharm el-Sheikh meeting is a coup against the popular will and a rebellion against the decisions of the national consensus that reject this participation and warn of its consequences. | T…
(2023-03-24). Cuba's International Agriculture Fair promotes trade and investment opportunities. america.cgtn.com 
Cuba's International Agriculture Fair opened this week at Havana's Rancho Boyeros exhibit grounds, with the participation of some 25 global companies from this region and Europe. See more.
(2023-03-24). U.S. Officials Really, REALLY Want You to Know the U.S. Is the World's 'Leader'. strategic-culture.org In response to questions he received during a press conference on Monday about Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin cementing a "new era" in strategic partnership between China and Russia, the White House National Security Council's John Kirby made no fewer than seven assertions that the US is the "leader" of the world.
(2023-03-24). International Working Women's Day in El Paso and Ciudad Juarez: "Down with patriarchy!" workers.org 
El Paso, Texas Young "feministxs" organizers held a rally and cross-border march in El Paso on International Working Women's Day, March 8, calling for the end to "machismo," transphobia and state violence against femme and trans migrants. Representative of La Via Campesina speaks on International Working Women's Day, El Paso, . . . |
(2023-03-24). Ukraine Lost More M777, Krab & M109 Howitzers To Lancet Drone Strikes (Videos). southfront.org 
MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA — JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | On March 23 and 24, several videos documenting recent Russian strikes with Lancet loitering munitions on howitzers of Kiev forces surfaced online. | The strikes damaged or destroyed two American-made M777 towed 155 mm howitzers, two Soviet-made 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled 122 mm howitzers, a Polish-made Kr…
(2023-03-24). Immigrant Women Workers Fighting To Close Disney's Gender Pay Gap. popularresistance.org Workers with the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) Local 631 say a major pay gap exists at Disney World that leaves workers in traditionally feminized jobs, such as costume-making, earning significantly less than workers in traditionally masculinized jobs with comparable skills levels, such as stagehand labor. | The union — which represents the skilled crafts people who work behind the scenes in Disney World entertainment, from costume workers to cosmetologists to stage technicians — is demanding in bargaining that Disney close this gender pay gap by raising wages in traditi…
(2023-03-24). Anti-China bills pile up in Texas Legislature. ecns.cn Republican lawmakers in Texas continue to propose legislative bills in the name of national security to single out China, Russia, Iran and North Korea and impose more restrictions.
(2023-03-24). Wild giant panda captured on camera in Sichuan. ecns.cn A wild giant panda is captured by infrared camera sniffing a tree to mark territory on a mountain at Wawushan National Forest Park, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Feb. 28, 2023.
(2023-03-24). Imperial's international scholars reflect on life-changing opportunities. imperial.ac.uk More than a hundred international scholars from 37 countries joined diplomats, academics and funders to celebrate their achievements at Imperial.
(2023-03-24). Russian Diplomacy in a Changing World. libya360.wordpress.com Sergey Lavrov Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's article for Razvedchik (Intelligence officer) news magazine, March 24th, 2023 It is a privilege for me to submit this article to Razvedchik news magazine and share with its readers my understanding of the current international developments, as well as Russia's foreign policy priorities. We live at a time of…
(2023-03-24). Separatist Somaliland Escalates War on Somali Unification Movement. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni Evidence of shelling of SSC. Attacks by Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia whose sovereignty claim has no international recognition, have caused over 1,500 injuries since February 6 in Las Anod, which is at the heart of the movement to reunify the Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC) with Somalia Somaliland is a self-proclaimed…
(2023-03-24). The Georgian Protests: Another Chapter in the Color Revolution Playbook? libya360.wordpress.com Stavroula Pabst 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. Recent protests rocked Georgia's capital Tbilisi against a duo of proposed foreign agents bills, which would have required groups and individuals with significant funding abroad to register…
(2023-03-24). The US' Rejection of China's Peace Plan for Ukraine Exposes its Warmongering Intentions. libya360.wordpress.com Andrew Korybko By rejecting Beijing's 12-step proposal, Washington exposed its warmongering intentions for the rest of the world to see and vindicated Moscow's criticism that it wants to fight this proxy war "to the last Ukrainian". The majority of the international community that resides in the Global South and which is most adversely affected by…
(2023-03-24). Why Britain's Uranium Ammo Decision a Big Deal. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter The United Kingdom Ministry of Defense announced that it would be sending anti-tank ammunition for the Challenger 2 tanks being delivered to Ukraine that contain depleted uranium. According to the British MoD, depleted uranium, or DU, "is a standard component and has nothing to do with nuclear weapons," adding that "The British Army has…
(2023-03-24). 500,000 Rally in Support of Mexican President and Against US Intervention. truthout.org Ricardo Valdez Ponce left his house late Friday night in his hometown of Matamoros, Tamaulipas to board a bus for the 15-hour journey to Mexico City in order to take part, the next day, in the mass demonstration called by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, known widely as "AMLO," in defense of Mexican national sovereignty. "I do it with great pleasure because we've never had a president like… |
(2023-03-24). 'Argentina, 1985': History And Memory (A Latino USA Podcast). latinorebels.com Antonia Cereijido interviews former prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Luis Moreno Ocampo about his real-life experience that inspired the Oscar-nominated film 'Argentina, 1985.'
(2023-03-24). Worse Than Trump: The Invasion of Iraq Twenty Years On. dissidentvoice.org "The hypocrisy in … the Bush administration's overall national security strategy — is monumental. If having weapons of mass destruction and a history of using them is a criteria, then surely the United States must pose the greatest threat to humanity that has ever existed … While the U.S. is massively expanding its biological weapons …
(2023-03-24). Azerbaijani state media site calls for "regime change" in Iran. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Excerpts produced verbatim. Azerbaijani sources routinely refer to northwestern Iran as South Azerbaijan. — RR AzertagMarch 22, 2023 Regime change in Iran has become a necessity Iran's international situation and internal turmoil are having a negative effect. As a result of the policy implemented by the regime, Iran is facing the threat of internal disintegration …
(2023-03-24). Alex Saab's Life Is in Danger (Statement by Puerto Rican Activists). orinocotribune.com By àìscar López Rivera, Luis Rosa Pérez, Adolfo Matos Antorgiorgi — Mar 23, 2023 | The Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab, is still imprisoned in the prisons of the United States of America. His health has deteriorated. His life is in danger. We urge you to join the campaign for his immediate release. | As Puerto Ricans who love justice and freedom, we demand that the government of the United States of America immediately release Alex Saab. | It has been two years and eight months since the US government kidnapped Alex Saab in a gross violation of human rights and international law. The kidnapping and imp…
(2023-03-24). "France Is Furious": Anger Grows at Macron for Raising Retirement Age as Millions Strike & Protest. democracynow.org 
French unions say nearly 3.5 million people took to the streets Thursday in a nationwide general strike to protest President Emmanuel Macron's deeply unpopular move to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. Macron forced the legislation through the French National Assembly last week, using a constitutional clause to bypass a parliamentary vote. Macron's government survived a vote of no confidence Monday by just nine votes, but public anger shows no signs of abating, with France's major trade unions planning another nationwide protest for Tuesday. "Not only is the government trying to do t…
(2023-03-24). Perú: Protester Killed by 36 Pellets During Boluarte Regime Repression. orinocotribune.com The National Coordinator for Human Rights of Perú (CNDDHH), reported that the young protestor Rosalino Flores died this Tuesday, March 21, as a result of wounds sustained on January 11 from the National Police of Perú (PNP) firing 36 pellets at him during protests against Dina Boluarte and her de facto government. | "After almost two months of agony, Rosalino Flores, a 22-year-old boy who was shot by over 30 metal pellets in his stomach during the protests in Cusco, has died," reported the CNDDHH, cited by Actualidad RT. "With his death, there have now been 49 civilians executed by the law enforcement agencies du…
(2023-03-24). Video: SEP (Australia) holds well-attended final NSW election meeting. wsws.org The SEP held an important online meeting Thursday night, ahead of Saturday's New South Wales state election. SEP candidates Oscar Grenfell, Max Boddy and Mike Head addressed the meeting, which was chaired by National Secretary Cheryl Crisp.
(2023-03-24). The international pseudo-left and the lifting of Zero-COVID in China: Part 2. wsws.org The pseudo-left's hostility to public health and support for imperialism found its sharpest expression in their demand—echoing that of the Western corporate media and political establishment—that China abandon its Zero-COVID strategy.
(2023-03-24). UK: RCN union tries to defend National Health Service sellout deal as nurses rebel. wsws.org Union leaders have begun an operation framed as a "dialogue" designed to pressure members into accepting a rotten deal.
(2023-03-24). Sri Lankan president threatens to impose essential services orders banning strikes on teachers. wsws.org Hundreds of teachers and principals protest in Colombo this week against the government's arbitrary decision to dissolve the Teachers Transfer Board.