(2022-03-17). Awakening Hyperboria, Scythia, and Tartaria the Film. indybay.org We are gathering filmmakers and screen writers to collaborate on the development of a screen play that aims to tell the story of our lost giant ancestors who seemed to have created a world wide grandiose "steampunk esque" civilization. Research Tartaria online and reflect on the old world looking architecture that we have repurposed into our municipal buildings, cathedrals, and factories. Why has the mainstream narrative buried the giants? Meet at 6pm to discuss possible plots for this film that aims to reveal how magical and epic the free etheric energy realm of the Hyperborians may have been. | Thursday March 2…
(2022-03-17). "Give Us Our Money" SF UESF Teachers Demand Pay & Occupy SFSUD Offices To Get Back Pay. indybay.org Dozens of teachers, members of UESF and supporters rallied at the SFUSD district to demand their back pay. They also had a sleep until they get what is owed them.
(2022-03-16). NATO Is Not A Defensive International Organization. popularresistance.org Reading US reports on the deadly Russian rocket attack on the so-called International Peacekeeping and Security Center in western Ukraine, one could be excused for thinking that the Russians might have been destroying some UN peacekeeping base. | In fact, the deceptively named target, as a few US news reports on the attack did note, is actually a joint NATO/Ukrainian military base near the border of NATO member Poland that has specifically long been where US and NATO military trainers have worked with Ukrainian troops, teaching them the finer points of handling the lethal equipment being supplied to them by the U…
(2022-03-16). Ramsey Clark to Barack Obama: Stop the War in Ukraine! "Peaceful Coexistence" between Russia and America is the Answer. globalresearch.ca Ramsey Clark passed away in April of last year | His legacy will live forever. | He has been a source of inspiration to anti-war activists for more than half a century. | Our thoughts are with Ramsey Clark, whom I first …
(2022-03-16). For The First Time In 50 Years, Minneapolis Teachers Are Out On Strike. popularresistance.org On March 8, around 3,500 Minneapolis teachers and educational support professionals went out on strike, effectively shutting down a system of 35,000 students. The action, led by Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) Local 59, is the first walkout the city has seen in over 50 years. | Educators are demanding caps to class sizes, higher wages and more mental health support for students. While the school district is claiming a budget shortfall, union advocates have pointed to the state's record $9.3 billion surplus as a potential untapped resource. | We sat down with Beth Dill, a 5th grade teacher at Whittier Int…
(2022-03-16). Harvard President on Ukraine, climate threat and diversity in education. imperial.ac.uk President Lawrence Bacow spoke at Imperial this week about the war in Ukraine, the global threat of climate change and widening participation.
(2022-03-16). Passage of anti-democratic bill banning discussion of sexual orientation in Florida schools triggers student walkouts. wsws.org Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has pledged to sign the "Parental Rights in Education" bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by its opponents, following the bill's passage last week by the state Senate.
(2022-03-16). Minneapolis teachers and support professionals strike enters week two. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis MN – Teachers and education support professionals at Minneapolis Public Schools began a strike on March 8, shutting down the Minneapolis school system. Today, March 14, the strike continues as the schools remain closed for a second week. | Over the weekend a series of events were held by the striking educators; there we also several actions called by community and labor supporters in the area. | On Saturday, March 12, a car caravan called by the Minnesota Immigrants' Rights Committee (MIRAC) wound its way through Minneapolis streets to end at the Davis Center where the Minneapolis Public Schools off…
(2022-03-16). Gerald Sussman: Propaganda & Hatred Toward Russia is Unprecedented (Interview). orinocotribune.com March 16, 2022 ( Given his extensive body of research dedicated to studying the inner workings of US propaganda in the former Soviet Union, Orinoco Tribune asked him about his…
(2022-03-16). How to Fix America's Roundabout, Badly Broken System for Taxing Our Richest. inequality.org
(2022-03-16). Study suggests geese may have been first domesticated birds. ecns.cn An international team of researchers from Japan and China has found that geese may have been domesticated as early as 7,000 years ago, suggesting that they were the first poultry species to be domesticated.
(2022-03-16). Mayo Clinic researchers recommend investments in vaccine safety in Nature commentary. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The leaders of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group are emphasizing the need for increased long-term study of vaccines and their mechanisms with future safety of patients in mind. Gregory Poland, M.D., and Richard Kennedy, Ph.D., write in their commentary in the scientific journal Nature Reviews Immunology that greater focus on understanding vaccines' downstream effects, not only on immunity but also on all the other biological systems will provide information that can help make vaccines safer…
(2022-03-16). Pakistani students intensify protest seeking safe return of missing research scholar. peoplesdispatch.org Baloch students staged an 11-day demonstration outside the Press Club in Islamabad, the capital city of Pakistan to demand the safe return of Hafeez Baloch, a research scholar at Quaid-e-Azam University in Balochistan who was forcibly picked up allegedly by security forces from Khuzdar city on February 8. | In the demonstration which began on March 1, participating students hailing from Balochistan held placards and banners that read "not only our lives but our knowledge is caged too," "we want safe recovery of our fellow students," "stop harassment of Baloch students". | The student's sit-in was joined by severa…
(2022-03-16). Science Saturday: Mayo Clinic develops automated system to accelerate diagnoses for patients with rare diseases. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic researchers are working to accelerate the diagnoses of rare diseases and renew hope for patients whose symptoms have defied an explanation ‚Äï‚ÄØsometimes for years or even decades.‚ÄØ The team of genomics experts has developed an automated system called RENEW for tracking new scientific knowledge from around the world of pathogenic genetic variants and applying it to Mayo Clinic patients with rare and undiagnosed diseases. RENEW stands for reanalysis of negative whole-exome/genome data. "We're…
(2022-03-16). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: New cases of COVID-19 continue downward trend. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org New cases of COVID-19 are down 90% from the peak, with under 75,000 new cases reported last week across the U.S. "What we're observing is a pretty dramatic suppression of cases," explains Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "This is good news, but we need to be cautious." Dr. Poland warns that there are still people who are vulnerable to COVID-19 infection, including people who are immunocompromised; children under 5 who cannot yet be…
(2022-03-16). Climate research strike? Linking up environmental science with the 'science of society'. peoplesworld.org 
"Our obligation as scientists [is] to make sure we fight the good fight and ensure the fruits of science are not monopolized by the powerful and the elite." — Richard Levins Three scientists associated with the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are discouraged. New Zealanders Bruce C. Glavovic and Timothy F. Smith …
(2022-03-16). Dr. Cornel West: America Is Breaking Down, Spiritual Decay Across Race And Gender, Across The Board. moguldom.com Renowned scholar, professor and philosopher Dr. Cornel West is not known for his tact. He stayed true to form when talking about the "spiritual decay" of America in a recent interview. "When you think of the secular these days, you think of careerism, opportunism, hedonism, egoism, individualism—and the ways in which science seems to be …
(2022-03-16). Science Saturday: Big data helps in understanding asthma biologic use, outcomes. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 25 million Americans have asthma, and that number is increasing every year. In the last 10 years, a number of new medications have become available. Collectively referred to as 'biologics,' these therapies are made to target very specific parts of the body and its immune system. Although they each have different targets, they all are designed to prevent the inflammation that leads to asthma exacerbation. However, it appears…
(2022-03-16). China approves fully bioabsorbable occluder for heart defects. ecns.cn China's National Medical Products Administration has issued marketing approval for a self-developed fully bioabsorbable occluder for ventricular septal defects, according to the Fuwai Hospital of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.
(2022-03-16). 8 years on, the Ukrainian crisis is still the West's fault. mronline.org 
According to political scientist John Mearsheimer there is danger of a nuclear war. Recently, University of Chicago political science professor John Mearsheimer was the target of yet another "canceling" campaign over his supposed "Putinism". Such was an instance of a larger phenomenon that can be legitimately called a Neo-Mccarthyist Russophobia. The initiative was triggered by …
(2022-03-16). 500 Students Walk Out Of Florida School In Protest Against 'Don't Say Gay' Bill. popularresistance.org On Monday, hundreds of students staged a walkout at a high school in Orange County, Florida, demonstrating against a bill that would limit discussion of LGBTQ issues in schools throughout the state. | More than 500 students participated in a protest at Winter Park High School, organized to oppose legislation — colloquially known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill — that was being debated in the state Senate at the time. The legislation would ban discussion of LGBTQ issues in primary school classrooms and severely curtail what can be discussed in older grades, and could have disastrous repercussions beyond le…
(2022-03-16). Clerics in Tabiz condemn crimes of Al-Saud. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Mar. 16 (MNA) — A group of clerics and seminary students condemned the crimes of the Al-Saud regime in executing 81 innocent Muslims in the Hejaz and the eastern region of Saudi Arabia.
(2022-03-16). Rising school threats harm students' mental health in U.S.: media report. ecns.cn Rising violence and threats in U.S. schools are impacting many students' mental health, according to a report by the Daily Journal newspaper.
(2022-03-16). IYSSE (Australia) meeting against war provokes lively discussion. wsws.org Students and young people responded enthusiastically to the discussion, describing it as "eye opening" and "informative."
(2022-03-16). CIA detainee Ammar al-Baluchi was used as a training prop to teach torture techniques. wsws.org A CIA document that has been declassified in the pretrial proceedings of five Guantanamo Bay defendants shows that one of the men, who was illegally rendered into US government custody in 2003, was used as a torture training prop while held in a black site in Afghanistan.
(2022-03-16). Educators across US send support to striking Minneapolis teachers. wsws.org Educators and workers across the US gave support for the present struggle of Minneapolis teachers against intolerable working conditions and connected the strike with poor working conditions facing workers across the US, the ongoing dangers of the pandemic, and the drive toward war.
(2022-03-16). Details of St. Paul teachers union deal reveal austerity agreement. wsws.org The St. Paul deal must be stated for what it is: a sellout agreement which is entirely within the framework of austerity demanded by the Democratic Party.
(2022-03-16). Mass Grave In Mariupol. Who May Buried There And Why. southfront.org 
An official representative of the DPR said at an urgent briefing on the morning of 16 March that information had been received from various sources that another falsification had been carried out by the Ukrainian leadership in the city of Mariupol. | This time, the office of the Ukrainian President set the task for the Ukrainian armed forces' command to discredit the actions of the Russian forces by showing the Western public the mass graves of civilians allegedly killed as a result of artillery shellin…
(2022-03-16). Saudi Arabia: Mass Execution of 81 Men: Rampant Abuses in Criminal Justice System, lack of Fair Trials. juancole.com Human Rights Watch — (Beirut) — Saudi authorities' execution of 81 men on March 12, 2022 was its largest mass execution in years despite recent promises to curtail its use of the death penalty, Human Rights Watch said today. Rampant and systemic abuses in Saudi Arabia's criminal justice system suggest it is highly unlikely that …
(2022-03-16). Top 7 Ways Iran evaded US Sanctions that Putin could Follow. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The sorts of sanctions and boycotts the United States and its allies are placing on Russia resemble those applied by Washington to Iran off and on in the past decade, though so far the measures in place against Tehran are still far more severe than what has been done to …
(2022-03-16). Not all Refugees are Equal: Plight of Palestinians Displaced by Israel Worsening. juancole.com ( Middle East Monitor ) — Financial support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) is dwindling, despite the renewed mandates and financial contribution pledges by world leaders. "The almost unanimous political support expressed by the UN General Assembly to the Agency is not translated into matching financial resources," UNRWA's Commissioner-General, …
