(2022-03-08). Transcript of 'Inflation Today' Webinar with Economists Joseph Stiglitz, Dean Baker, and Jason Furman. cepr.net On March 3, 2022, the Center for Economic and Policy Research convened three leading economists to look at some of the major issues relating to current inflation in the United States. The event can be viewed via the video directly below. A transcript of the event is also available below. Dean Baker is Senior Economist …
(2022-03-08). Women's Rights and Social Justice: Julia Ward Howe's 1870 Anti-War Mother's Day Proclamation, A Day of Peace. globalresearch.ca Julia Ward Howe was a humanist who cared about suffering people, a feminist, a social justice activist & suffragette, and it was because of her anti-war commitment that she wrote the famous "Mother's Day Proclamation" 5 years after the Civil War, which resulted in 600,000 dead American soldiers…
(2022-03-08). The Doomsday Project, Deep Events, and the Shrinking of American Democracy. Prof. Peter Dale Scott. globalresearch.ca Militarization, the progressive shrinking of public politics, the rule of law and the requirements of covert U.S. operations abroad.
(2022-03-08). Ucraina, era tutto scritto nel piano della Rand Corp. globalresearch.ca Il piano strategico degli Stati uniti contro la Russia è stato elaborato tre anni fa dalla Rand Corporation (il manifesto, Rand Corp: come abbattere la Russia, 21 maggio 2019). La Rand Corporation, il cui quartier generale ha sede a …
(2022-03-08). Women's Day 2022: Women's Rights in Afghanistan, "A Justification for War" globalresearch.ca Remember the deluge of political concern over the subjugation of Afghan women at the time of the October 2001 invasion? The tsunami of documentaries, articles, books on their plight, contributing to the justification of another invasion…
(2022-03-08). An interview with Yaneer Bar-Yam on Omicron, BA.2 and the ongoing dangers of the coronavirus pandemic: Part 1. wsws.org Bar-Yam is a co-founder of the World Health Network, a global coalition of scientists and researchers and community groups that have come together to protect individuals and societies from harm caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2022-03-08). Since 9-11 America's Insane Foreign Policy — Continued Under Obama — Has Killed a Million and Created ISIS. globalresearch.ca This article was first published in September 2014 following the launching of Obama's bombing campaign against Syria and Iraq. | These are the US-NATO led wars which are upheld by the media as peace-keeping operations. Double standards with regard to the …
(2022-03-08). From Afghanistan to Syria: Women's Rights, War Propaganda and the CIA. globalresearch.ca Western heads of state, UN officials, military spokespersons will invariably praise the humanitarian dimension of the October 2001 US-NATO led invasion of Afghanistan, which allegedly was to fight religious fundamentalists, help little girls go to school, liberate women subjected to the yoke of the Taliban.
(2022-03-08). 'Reckoning' with the Economic Marginalization of Native Americans. inequality.org
(2022-03-08). New degree in economics, finance and data science is first of its kind in the UK. imperial.ac.uk Imperial has launched the UK's first degree to allow students to study economics and finance, combined with data science.
(2022-03-08). PREVIEW: What to Look for in the February Consumer Price Index. cepr.net (The monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Thursday, March 10 at 8: 30 AM Eastern Time.) | Both the overall and core CPI rose by 0.6 percent in January. This brought the year-over-year inflation to 7.5 percent and 6.0 percent in the overall and core CPI, respectively. | While this continued the pattern of high monthly inflation rates, there is a reason for expecting some moderation in February. Most notably, we may finally be seeing vehicle prices beginning to level off and come down. In January, new vehicles prices were flat for the first time since March…
(2022-03-08). Over 600 students at Australian National University test COVID-positive one week after return to campus. wsws.org "Is the 'vibrant on campus experience' worth the health of the #ourANU community? It's only Day 2 of semester! We are not meeting our duty of care for students."
(2022-03-08). Slovakian Prime Minister meets student tech entrepreneurs at Imperial. imperial.ac.uk The Prime Minister of Slovakia, Eduard Heger, met with Imperial students to discuss entrepreneurship, technology and innovation.
(2022-03-08). Minneapolis educators launch first strike since 1970, as St. Paul teachers union blocks joint walkout. wsws.org The decision to call off one of the two walkouts is a betrayal of educators' desire for a joint struggle and is aimed at weakening the position of teachers in both cities.
(2022-03-07). China Calls for Rationality in Resolving Ukraine Crisis. telesurenglish.net Calmness and rationality, instead of moves that pour oil on the flame and escalate tensions, are needed to resolve complex problems, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday while elaborating on China's position on resolving the Ukraine crisis. | RELATED: | RESOLVING UKRAINE CRISIS: | Wang stressed the need to remain committed to the purposes and principles of the UN Charter and respect and protect the sover…
(2022-03-07). Santa Clara, Calif. teachers fight for a fair contract, quality education. liberationnews.org 
The school district is failing to prioritize their educators and students, all while ignoring their high turnover rates which are the consequences of their own actions.
(2022-03-07). Minnesota Workers United organizes support for upcoming teachers' strike. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On Saturday March 5 rank-and-file union members along with parents, teachers and students held a press conference in support of the teachers, education support professionals (ESPs) and education assistants who will begin a strike Tuesday in Minneapolis and Saint Paul public schools. | More than 93% of the Minneapolis educators voted to authorize the upcoming open-ended strike, along with a 78% strike vote from Saint Paul educators. In the week after the educators' votes, food service workers in the Minneapolis school system also authorized a strike by a 98% vote. The food service workers' strike…
(2022-03-07). Today's City of Folsom debates if "Negroes" from 1849 have basic human rights today. indybay.org Early California Negro Pioneer Trailblazers are clearly document in the works of Deliah Beasley. Our California State Archives, California State Library and California State Educational System has a plethora of primary source documentation. The question is methodology and process for the 1849, "Negro" without legal standing then or today in some quarters.
(2022-03-07). Socialist Planning Could Reverse Sober Findings In New UN Climate Report. popularresistance.org The latest UN Climate Report on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability released Feb. 28 once again urges immediate action and outlines the catastrophic effects that humanity faces with the continued lack of meaningful action. Compiled by 270 researchers from 67 countries, it outlines the impacts that are already unfolding and how these disasters will increase even if warming is limited to the 1.5 Celsius temperature threshold above pre-industrial levels. | The world is currently at around 1.1 C warming and we are already experiencing unprecedented heatwaves, droughts, wildfires, floods, and extreme weather events…
(2022-03-07). Research Dogs, War Dogs, Shelter Dogs, Eaten Dogs, Vegan Dogs Etc. indybay.org many areas in which dogs need better protection…
(2022-03-07). Chair of House of Commons Science Committee visits White City. imperial.ac.uk Greg Clark MP, Chair of the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee, visited our White City Campus.
(2022-03-07). Laureates of 35th Khwarizmi International Award honored. en.mehrnews.com Laureates for the 35th Khwarizmi International Award (KIA) have been honored for their remarkable achievements in science and technology during a ceremony attended by President Raeisi.
(2022-03-07). Biden Is Considering Extending Student Loan Pause as Activists Ramp Up Pressure. truthout.org 
Last week, a top White House official said that the Biden administration is considering extending the student loan payment freeze, which is set to expire on May 1, for a second time — and suggested that the administration may cancel some portion of student debt before payments resume. | In an interview on the podcast Pod Save America,
(2022-03-07). 8,000 Minneapolis, St. Paul educators set to strike Tuesday: What's at stake. wsws.org Teachers and school employees have been asked to make significant sacrifices throughout the pandemic, and now they are being told once again that there is not enough money to meet their most basic needs, let alone the needs of their students.
(2022-03-07). Students in Texas Form Book Clubs to Counter Far Right Bans. truthout.org 
Students in Texas school districts are pushing back against right-wing book-banning campaigns by forming book clubs and distributing banned titles to their peers. | Last year, Rep. Matt Krause, a Republican in the state legislature, sent a letter to school districts in Texas, inquiring whether they had
(2022-03-07). Student ejected from audience of Australian current affairs program for asking critical question on Ukraine. wsws.org The removal of the student from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's Q+A program was intended to silence and intimidate any opposition to the official US-NATO line on the conflict.
(2022-03-07). Making Good Trouble in Connecticut: Event celebrates Black history, honors activist Art Perlo. peoplesworld.org 
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Community residents, comrades, elected officials, friends, and youth all gathered in front of Troup School here on Feb. 26 with signs and banners in hand, eagerly waiting to participate in the youth march kickoff of "Teaching Black History — Making Good Trouble," the 48th annual Black History Celebration hosted by Connecticut People's World, …
(2022-03-07). School teachers across Hungary gear up for major protests. peoplesdispatch.org The conservative government in Hungary led by Viktor Orban is trying to restrict teachers' strikes by issuing a special decree calling for mandatory teaching services in schools citing the COVID-19 crisis…