(2023-03-21). Multipolarity Was Triggered by the 2003 US Invasion of Iraq. libya360.wordpress.com Karin Kneissl Twenty years after the unlawful and destabilizing US-led invasion of Iraq, Washington must face the ultimate consequence of that war: UNSC powers China and Russia laying the foundation for a genuine, UN Charter-based system of multipolarism. On the night of 19-20 March, 2003, the US air force began bombing the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The…
(2023-03-22). 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.
(2023-03-22). 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…
(2023-03-22). Why health workers should support the SEP (Australia) in the NSW state election. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is the only party in the NSW election offering workers an alternative to the ongoing slashing of wages and cuts to health, education and other social services.
(2023-03-22). Forecasting future socioeconomic longevity inequalities: the impact of lifestyle factors. healtheuropa.com 
Fanny Janssen, a professor in mortality and longevity, introduces the Future Longevity Inequalities project and discusses how her research could help inform future health policies. In Europe, people with high educational attainment live on average six years longer than people with low educational attainment. This inequality is, in itself, already an important societal problem. Even …
(2023-03-21). Local Efforts to Resist Right-Wing Attacks on Education Need National Support. truthout.org On January 6, 2023, two years after the far right occupation of the U.S. Capitol, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that he was appointing Christopher Rufo to the Board of Trustees of the New College of Florida. Rufo had been one of the key architects of the Republican effort to stir up a public frenzy around "critical race theory" — turning the term into a right-wing dog whistle for any attempt… |
(2023-03-21). Multipolarity Was Triggered by the 2003 US Invasion of Iraq. libya360.wordpress.com Karin Kneissl Twenty years after the unlawful and destabilizing US-led invasion of Iraq, Washington must face the ultimate consequence of that war: UNSC powers China and Russia laying the foundation for a genuine, UN Charter-based system of multipolarism. On the night of 19-20 March, 2003, the US air force began bombing the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The…
(2023-03-22). 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.
(2023-03-22). 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…
(2023-03-22). Why health workers should support the SEP (Australia) in the NSW state election. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party is the only party in the NSW election offering workers an alternative to the ongoing slashing of wages and cuts to health, education and other social services.
(2023-03-22). Forecasting future socioeconomic longevity inequalities: the impact of lifestyle factors. healtheuropa.com Fanny Janssen, a professor in mortality and longevity, introduces the Future Longevity Inequalities project and discusses how her research could help inform future health policies. In Europe, people with high educational attainment live on average six years longer than people with low educational attainment. This inequality is, in itself, already an important societal problem. Even …
(2023-03-21). Local Efforts to Resist Right-Wing Attacks on Education Need National Support. truthout.org On January 6, 2023, two years after the far right occupation of the U.S. Capitol, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that he was appointing Christopher Rufo to the Board of Trustees of the New College of Florida. Rufo had been one of the key architects of the Republican effort to stir up a public frenzy around "critical race theory" — turning the term into a right-wing dog whistle for any attempt… |
(2023-03-21). Los Angeles: School workers to begin strike. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – At 4: 30 a.m. on Tuesday March 21, over 30,000 school workers in the Los Angeles Unified School (LAUSD) including food service workers, custodians, special education assistants and many more job titles will walk off the job on a strike. The workers are members of SEIU Local 99, also known as Education Workers United. | LAUSD and SEIU Local 99 have been in contract negotiations since 2020. After three years of bargaining, they decided to call a strike to show the boss they are serious about winning a contract with significant wage increases, expanded health care benefits and sufficient staffing an…
(2023-03-21). How Investors Accelerate the Affordable Housing Crisis. inequality.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 …
(2023-03-21). How To Provide Direct Support To Earthquake Victims In Syria. popularresistance.org The U.S. Peace Council (USPC) and the World Peace Council (WPC) have started a joint international fundraising campaign in support of the victims of the recent catastrophic earthquake in Syria, who are facing the consequences of a destructive earthquake without the much needed supplies of food, medicine and shelter as a result of debilitating economic sanctions. | The purpose of this fund drive is to raise the necessary funds for the purchase and shipment of medical supplies and equipment to the victims of earthquake in Syria, in direct coordination and cooperation with the Syrian Red Crescent, in accordance with…
(2023-03-22). Sino-Russian technological and military cooperation exponentially strengthens both superpowers' capabilities. infobrics.org China and Russia will further expand their cooperation in areas such as information technologies and advanced AI, involving approximately 80 new projects assessed at over $165 billion. This includes aircraft and machine tools manufacturing, space research and strengthening of military cooperation, including further unification of Moscow's and Beijing's know-how.
(2023-03-22). Selected Articles: Breaking: "Second Russia Offensive" (SRO): Vladimir Sharpens the Cleaver; Volodymyr Fattens the Calf. globalresearch.ca 
By NATO prophesied a Second Russian Offensive (SRO) on the muddy heals of rasputitsa [Spring]. Then when queried, on February …
(2023-03-22). Science Saturday: New standards and open access can help natural language processing. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Clinical notes in medical records are rich sources of data about human health. But tapping them for medical research can be challenging because these data come from various sources — and they all look different. "There's no standardization in how data is organized and classified across medical records systems," says Sunyang Fu, Ph.D., a Mayo Clinic biomedical informatics researcher. Even the language people use to talk about health can insert discrepancies in how data are…
(2023-03-22). 'Deaths of Despair' contribute to 17% rise in Minnesota's death rate during COVID-19 pandemic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — According to a new study published by Mayo Clinic researchers, the COVID-19 pandemic was linked to a 17% increase in the death rate in Minnesota during the first year of the pandemic compared to the two previous years. Deaths were driven by both COVID-19 and other causes linked with preventable "deaths of despair," such as overdose, alcohol use and malnutrition. The study analyzed Minnesota death certificate data available through the Rochester Epidemiology…
(2023-03-22). US-Turkey Divergences May Hinder Erdogan's Reelection. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-22). Giant panda Bao Xin dies from multiple organ failure. ecns.cn Giant panda Bao Xin died of multiple organ failure on March 14, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in southwest China's Sichuan Province announced late Tuesday.
(2023-03-22). Government science adviser encourages more researchers to influence policy. imperial.ac.uk Imperial Policy Forum welcomed Professor Dame Angela McLean, Chief Scientific Advisor (CSA) at the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to Imperial College.
(2023-03-22). Mayo Clinic cancer expert highlights advancements in treating multiple myeloma. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — March is Myeloma Awareness Month, and Sikander Ailawadhi, M.D., hematologist/oncologist at Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center, shares details about new advancements in research leading to better outcomes for patients with multiple myeloma. Multiple myeloma is a relatively uncommon form of blood cancer in the bone marrow that affects less than 1% of the U.S. population, according to the American Cancer Society. While there is no cure, the disease can be treated with…
(2023-03-21). The US' Schizophrenic Approach to the ICC Embodies Its Hypocritical "Rules-Based Order" Concept. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). The New World Order Crisis and "The Reproduction of Real Life": Food, Water and Energy. Three Fundamental Necessities of Life in Jeopardy. southfront.org 
An Outright War against all Humanity: the Planet's 8 Billion people Written by Prof Michel Chossudovsky. Originally published on GlobalResearch…
(2023-03-21). NY Red Alert: Recently Passed Bill Clears the Way for a Mandatory Adult Vaccine Database. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). From Balloons to AUKUS: The War Drive Against China. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). Conflicts of Interest: Pfizer's Secret Collusion with the NIH. Big Pharma Endangers Public Health. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). The Chinese Document, "US Hegemony and Its Perils". The U.S. is a "Paper Tiger". Geopolitical Analysis by Dr. Paul Craig Roberts. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). Kidney Failure After Covid mRNA Vaccination. ANCA Positive Vasculitis. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). Primary Series and Boosters — No Impact on Maternal COVID-19 Test Positivity. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). China's expenditure on basic research exceeds 195 billion yuan in 2022. ecns.cn China's expenditure on basic research exceeded 195.1 billion yuan (about $28.35 billion) in 2022, according to a report released by Dalian University of Technology on Tuesday.
(2023-03-21). New York Times Tries for Pulitzer Prize in Irresponsible Reporting on Bank Crises. scheerpost.com 
By The Center for Economic and Policy Research The New York Times seems to think it is a newspaper's job to promote bank panics wherever possible. It would be difficult to explain its reporting on the Silicon Valley Bank's (SVB) collapse any other way. Last week it ran a piece implying that Silicon Valley's tech sector was …
(2023-03-21). Selected Articles: A 10-year-old Canadian Hockey Player From Hamilton, Ontario, Died Suddenly on March 11, 2023. Canada's COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates for Athletes Ages 12+ Are a Serious Crime. globalresearch.ca 
(2023-03-21). East Palestine Soil Contains Dioxin Levels Hundreds of Times Over Cancer Risk Threshold. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). Chronic Pain at Multiple Sites Tied to Increased Dementia Risk. jamanetwork.com Chronic pain, especially at multiple sites in the body, was linked to a higher risk of dementia in a study of more than 350‚ÄØ000 UK Biobank participants aged 39 to 73 years. After adjustments for potential confounders, participants who reported a single site of pain had a 15% higher risk of dementia than those without pain. That risk climbed to 36% for those with multiple pain sites, researchers reported in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
(2023-03-21). On-Demand Male Contraceptive Compound Promising in Mouse Study. jamanetwork.com A single dose of an experimental compound inactivated sperm in male mice within 30 minutes for up to 2.5 hours and prevented pregnancy in a proof-of-concept study. The researchers also found that the treatment, known as TDI-11861, was safe and did not cause severe adverse effects such as organ damage or changes in behavior. The drug is in development as a potential nonhormonal and on-demand method of contraception.
(2023-03-21). New Utah Law for Abortion Clinics Effectively Amounts to a Ban, Experts Say. truthout.org Exclusive research provided to The 19th shows that almost all of the abortions in Utah were done in clinics, which will soon no longer be able to perform the procedure. Last week, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a law banning abortions from being provided in specialized clinics. Under the law, Utah will stop renewing or issuing licenses to abortion clinics starting May 2. As of January 2024… |
(2023-03-21). U.S. Drone Forced Down in Black Sea Was Gathering Intelligence for Ukrainian Forces. Scott Ritter. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). "True Stories … Could Fuel Hesitancy": Stanford Project Worked to Censor Even True Stories on Social Media. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). Three Years to Slow the Spread: COVID Hysteria and the Creation of a Never-ending Crisis. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). Russia's Politics of Writing Off African Debts, Putin's Strategy of Economic Cooperation. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). Patriotism and Sinophobia. Scott Ritter and Douglas MacGregor. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). The Brouhaha of War: Soundscapes of the Invasion of Iraq, 20 Years On. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). 186 More Banks "Are at Risk of Failure", and That Could Push Us Into the Next Great Depression. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). Send in the Clowns. Yellen and Garland Perform Back-to-back Surprise Visits to Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). ICC Arrest Warrant for Vladimir Putin for "Kidnapping Ukrainian Children" Borders on Ridicule. globalresearch.ca The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued "there are reasonable grounds to believe that each …
(2023-03-21). Iraq War Remembrance, March 20, 2023: How the U.S. Contaminated Iraq with Depleted Uranium. globalresearch.ca The following text was presented to the Kuala Lumpur International Conference to Criminalise War, Putra World Trade Centre, 28-31 October 2009. | For more than three decades [since 1991], the United States of America and the United Kingdom have been waging …
(2023-03-21). For 20 Years, Team Bush Has Escaped Prosecution for Their War Crimes in Iraq. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). Are Bank Failures a Sign of More Trouble Ahead? globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). AUKUS a Hard Nuke Sale in Next Door Southeast Asia. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2023-03-21). Japan Plans $75B Investment Across Indo-Pacific to Counter China. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2023-03-21). Today Marks 19th Anniversary of Anti-Serb Pogrom in Kosovo-Metohija. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). PFAS 'forever chemicals' are everywhere: here's what that means for wildlife. nationofchange.org Researchers have found PFAS in the bodies of wild animals everywhere they've looked. Now they're beginning to understand the health effects.
(2023-03-21). Toxic US Military Burn Pits in Iraq Caused Cancer, Other Illnesses. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). Member of House of Lords Uses Mainstream Media to Claim That "Antivaxxers are a global menace who must be defeated" globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). Breaking: "Second Russia Offensive" (SRO): Vladimir Sharpens the Cleaver; Volodymyr Fattens the Calf. globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-21). Putin Tells Xi He's "Open to Negotiating Process" on Ukraine as US Says Ceasefire "Unacceptable" globalresearch.ca
(2023-03-22). Science Saturday: Expanding regenerative biotherapeutics to new practice areas. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org As a physician at the forefront of new cancer therapies, Yi Lin, M.D., Ph.D., understands the highs and lows that patients experience. Will the latest technologies slow or stop disease? If not, is this the last, best option? Dr. Lin, a hematologist, sees the need for a new class of drugs that provides different treatment choices for patients with complex conditions, such as cancer. As the new associate medical director for Mayo Clinic's Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics, …
(2023-03-22). Artificial intelligence massage therapy? Meet the robot being studied by Mayo Clinic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Getting a massage from a robot may seem like something out of a science fiction story, but it could be a reality in the not-too-distant future. Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, is looking into the possibility of robotic massage as an answer for patients' pain relief and alleviating some staffing burdens. Watch: Artificial intelligence massage therapy? Meet the robot being studied by Mayo Clinic youtu.be/GXEXUCCCGzI Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 17) is in the downloads at the…
(2023-03-21). China releases annual global climate report. ecns.cn China Meteorological Administration has released an annual report on the current state of global climate, according to the China Science Daily on Tuesday.
(2023-03-22). Pelvic floor issues aren't just a woman's health condition, Kegels can work for men, too. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org LA CROSSE, Wis. — Women often are told about the importance of Kegel exercises to strengthen pelvic muscles. It turns out that men should think about doing the exercises as well. Statistics show that 32% of women will have at least one pelvic floor disorder (PFD) at one time in their life. However, a recent study suggests that although much attention is directed toward women pelvic floor disorders, 16% of men have also been identified…
(2023-03-21). After the strikes, what then? thecommunists.org The strike wave that began in June last year, as desperate workers supported industrial action to protest against efforts to make them bear the brunt of the inflationary cost of living crisis, has been impressive in its scope and duration. The Office of National Statistics reported that days lost through strike action were the highest …
(2023-03-22). East Meadow Update 3/17/23. indybay.org On March 15 and 16, 2023 the UC Regents took up UCSC's latest proposal for Student Housing West. With almost no deliberation they approved the proposal unanimously.
(2023-03-22). Students returned after illegally entering Myanmar. ecns.cn A number of vocational school students from Anhui province who were tempted into entering Myanmar illegally to work have been returned to China.
(2023-03-22). French students denounce complicity of union bureaucracies, National Assembly in Macron's cuts. wsws.org The WSWS spoke with students protesting Macron's anti-democratic passage of the pension reform at the Tolbiac university campus in central Paris.
(2023-03-22). 65,000 school workers begin three-day strike in Los Angeles. wsws.org Workers in the America's second-largest district, which serves 420,000 students are demanding improvements on short staffing, high workloads and class sizes and poverty wages, made worse by skyrocketing inflation.
(2023-03-21). Taiwan's former head to visit mainland. ecns.cn The Chinese mainland will welcome Ma Ying-jeou, the former leader of Taiwan, who will visit the mainland on March 27 to worship his ancestors and lead young Taiwan students to strengthen exchanges.
(2023-03-21). Noah Webster as Epidemiologist. jamanetwork.com Oct. 16, 1758, there was born, in the best front room of a farmhouse, in the primitive farming village of West Hartford, Conn., a male infant destined to play a very important part in the intellectual development of "these United States of America." Noah Webster is known today, by name, to every high school student in this land, because no American High School is without a copy of "Webster's Dictionary." But he is known by name alone as the "great lexicographer and philologist"… Yet Webster might well, nay, should, be ranged with the Fathers of this nation, since perhaps no other single individual of Revolution…
(2023-03-21). Before the Black Panther Party, there was the Lowndes County Freedom Organization. therealnews.com 
Early in 1966, the people of Lowndes County, Alabama formed an all-Black, independent political organization called the Lowndes County Freedom Organization (LCFO). Organized with the support of activists from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the LCFO fought the disenfranchisement of Black voters against the palpable threat of white violence. The LCFO was a crucial chapter in the early history of Black Power, providing not only the blueprint for Kwame Ture's theory of Black Power but also the black panther imagery that would inspire Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale to form the Black Panthe…
(2023-03-22). 'Feed the people, not the U.S. war machine!'. workers.org 
Richie Merino, an organizer with the International Action Center and the United National Antiwar Coalition, gave this talk at the March 18 antiwar demonstration in Washington, D.C. Merino, a writer for Workers World newspaper, is a proud public school teacher in the South Bronx, New York. Richie Merino leads chants . . . |
(2023-03-21). Striking LAUSD teacher: "All the issues we were fighting for in our 2019 strike are the same now" wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site interviewed Chelsea, an adult eduecation teacher in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) with over 20 years experience, on the eve of the citywide schools strike this week,…