Monthly Archives: March 2023

2023-03-29: News Headlines

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.

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

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…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-28). Education workers in Los Angeles just won a resounding victory. peoplesdispatch.org 30,000 education workers in Los Angeles, organized with the Service Employees International Union Local 99, just won big after going on a

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.

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

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…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-28). Education workers in Los Angeles just won a resounding victory. peoplesdispatch.org 30,000 education workers in Los Angeles, organized with the Service Employees International Union Local 99, just won big after going on a

Stop World Control (2023-03-28). "Sexual Deviance" at the WHO? The "Comprehensive Sexuality Education" Project. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-03-28). SEIU Local 99 calls snap vote of Los Angeles education workers to push through concessionary contract. wsws.org On Monday night, the union held an online membership meeting, only 45 minutes long, to try to limit critical questions from the floor and to try to sell the terms of the contract to the membership.

WSWS (2023-03-28). UK: Teachers must reject derisory pay offer and fight unions' demobilisation through independent rank-and-file committees. wsws.org The offer follows six days of behind-closed-doors "intensive talks" between the UK government and the education unions.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-03-29). Detroit Remains Mired in Poverty as City Council Approves $800 Million Tax Giveaway to the Rich. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-03-29). Calculated Exonerations: Command Responsibility and War Crimes in Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-03-29). Selected Articles: Mass Psychosis: When Will We Free Ourselves From Toxic Propaganda, If Not Now? globalresearch.ca By If mass psychosis entails a detachment from reality, then Westerners in particular are suffering from mass-psychosis on myriad issues. Now …

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

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

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-29). Science Saturday: Understanding the speed of brain communication. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It often was thought that the speed of information transmitted among regions of the brain stabilized during early adolescence. A new study in Nature Neuroscience by Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues from the Netherlands found transmission speeds continue to increase into early adulthood. Because problems such as anxiety, depression and bipolar disorders can emerge in late adolescence and early adulthood, a better understanding of brain development may help clinicians offer therapies to treat these disorders. "A fundamental understanding…

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

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

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

Richard Becker (2023-03-29). Israel Protests: "Democracy" in an Apartheid Regime? globalresearch.ca

Sandeep Banerjee (2023-03-29). Punjab: Democracy Under Siege? asia-pacificresearch.com

Vladimir Zakharov (2023-03-29). Video: Strength of New Multipolar World Alliances. Future of Taiwan & NATO Mission in Asia. asia-pacificresearch.com

Weekly Trust (2023-03-29). 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,'

A. B. Abrams (2023-03-28). West's False Atrocity Stories Were Key to Justifying Iraq Invasion. Interviewing Scholar A. B. Abrams on New War Propaganda Research. globalresearch.ca

Ahmed Adel (2023-03-28). Singapore's Position on Ukraine, "Business As Usual with Russia", Realigns with ASEAN. globalresearch.ca

ALA News (2023-03-28). American Library Association Reports Record Number of Demands to Censor Library Books and Materials in 2022. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2023-03-28). 20 Years On, US Failure In Iraq Still Lingers On, With A Stronger Iran. southfront.org A US soldier runs at a coalition forces forward base near West Mosul, Iraq June 21, 2017 (Source: REUTERS)This is part of a larger context, beyond the Middle East: that of the decline of the US world order. | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | On March 19 Iran and Iraq signed a border security agreement during Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), visit to Baghdad. On that occasion, referring to Iranian Kurdish factions w…

Ben Bartee (2023-03-28). Art as Propaganda: The Message Embedded in Star Trek. globalresearch.ca

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes (2023-03-28). Researchers develop method to permanently destroy toxic 'forever chemicals' in water supply. nationofchange.org "The results we obtain from these real-world field studies will allow us to further optimize the technology and have it ready."

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-28). Ukraine Receives Deliveries of German, British Tanks. globalresearch.ca

Douglas Macgregor (2023-03-28). "The Crisis of American National Power has Begun". Col. Douglas Macgregor. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Gerson (2023-03-28). AUKUS Nuclear Submarines: Accelerating the Sleepwalking to War with China. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-03-28). Why Crashing Banks Will Usher in Digital Currency. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2023-03-28). ‚ÄûDas geht mich nichts an." Politische Verbrechen konnten ohne Widerspruch geschehen. globalresearch.ca Alle Artikel von Global Research kà∂nnen in 51 Sprachen gelesen werden, indem Sie die Schaltflà§che Website àºbersetzen unterhalb des Namens des Autors aktivieren. | Um den tà§glichen Newsletter von Global Research (ausgewà§hlte Artikel) zu erhalten, Folgen Sie …

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). Shipping-container seals standardized. ecns.cn The International Organization for Standardization recently released a standard for international container transportation proposed by a research team from East China Normal University, which is set to bring a digital upgrade to the industry.

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). Chinese scientists discover key gene for blast resistance in rice. ecns.cn A key rice blast disease resistant gene called OsBDR1 has been identified by a team at the Virusology and Biotechnology Research Institute of the Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). China aims to move ahead in AI race with deployment of scientific research program. ecns.cn China's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) have jointly initiated the deployment program for AI-driven scientific research – AI for Science.

Editor (2023-03-28). You Strike the Women, You Strike the Rock, You Will Be Crushed. scheerpost.com By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research What constitutes a crisis worthy of global attention? When a regional bank in the United States falls victim to the inversion of the yield curve (i.e., when short-term bond interest rates become higher than long-term rates), the Earth nearly stops spinning. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) …

Global Research News (2023-03-28). Selected Articles: You Will be Shocked by How Much Money Is Being Pulled Out of U.S. Banks, and Now the Biggest Bank in Germany Is in Trouble. globalresearch.ca By A trillion dollars is a lot of money. …

Hamzah Rifaat (2023-03-28). Anti-war Protests in Deutschland and the Need to Change Course on Kiev. globalresearch.ca

imperial.ac.uk (2023-03-28). World's first research hub for treating child blast injuries launched. imperial.ac.uk The world's first centre dedicated to studying and providing lifesaving innovations to children injured by explosive weapons has been launched.

J. Michael Springmann (2023-03-28). Women's Rights in Modern Iran. A Study in Contrasts. globalresearch.ca

Jacob Nordangard (2023-03-28). Klaus Schwab: "…Who masters those technologies, in some way, will be the master of the world." globalresearch.ca

Jacques Baud (2023-03-28). The Military Situation In The Ukraine. Jacques Baud. globalresearch.ca

jamanetwork (2023-03-28). Severe Form of Mpox Identified in Patients With Advanced HIV. jamanetwork.com A severe type of mpox in people with advanced HIV is characterized by necrotizing skin lesions, lung nodules, and acute infections, including sepsis, according to an analysis of 382 hospitalized patients from 19 countries published in The Lancet. This form of mpox carries a high mortality rate for those with low levels of a type of white blood cell called CD4 T lymphocytes or CD4 cells: of the 179 cases the researchers analyzed with 200 or fewer CD4 cells per mm3, 27 people—or 15%—died.

jamanetwork (2023-03-28). Human Mpox Virus Infection After Receipt of Modified Vaccinia Ankara Vaccine—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply In response to our Research Letter on mpox infection in the immediate period following vaccination with MVA-BN, Dr Zhou raises 2 important concerns about how to better assess vaccine effectiveness of MVA-BN against mpox.

jamanetwork (2023-03-28). Human Mpox Virus Infection After Receipt of Modified Vaccinia Ankara Vaccine. jamanetwork.com To the Editor I have some concerns about a recent Research Letter that presented data about human mpox (formerly monkeypox) virus infection after patients received the modified vaccinia Ankara—Bavarian Nordic vaccine (MVA-BN [JYNNEOS]).

Julia Shapero (2023-03-28). International Criminal Court to Open Ukraine Office Following Putin Arrest Warrant. globalresearch.ca

Larry Johnson (2023-03-28). Understanding the International Rules-based Disorder. globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-03-28). US Politicians Urge Biden to Send Cluster Bombs to Kiev. globalresearch.ca

Mark Taliano (2023-03-28). Mass Psychosis: When Will We Free Ourselves From Toxic Propaganda, If Not Now? globalresearch.ca

Mitra Majeedy (2023-03-28). Afghanistan: Harm From Unexploded Ordnance Results in Death of Children: UNICEF. globalresearch.ca

Norman Fenton (2023-03-28). Misplaced Attacks on MP Andrew Bridgen's Speech on the COVID Vaccine to the UK Parliament. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-03-28). Video: The European Union, Part of America's Hegemonic Project. globalresearch.ca The EU is a Cold War Construct, a US imperial project formulated by the Washington Consensus. The growing movement against EU domination is an anti-imperial initiative of Worldwide significance. It is also a movement against neoliberalism…

Richard Silverstein (2023-03-28). Netanyahu Has Taken Israel to the Abyss. What Is His Exit Strategy? globalresearch.ca

Ryan Cristián (2023-03-28). The Clean Harbors Waste Disposal Ohio Scandal, Azov Hong Kong Protesters & Ideological Subversion. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (3/28/23). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Tanjug (2023-03-28). Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic Condemns US-NATO: International Law Died 24 Years Ago, but Serbian Spirit Was Not Broken. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). Researchers discover possible new water reservoir on Moon. ecns.cn Planetary scientists in China found hints of a new water reservoir on the Moon in Chang'e-5 samples that show the potential for in-situ resource utilization by future lunar and deep space exploration missions.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-03-28). Biggest Lie in World History: There Never Was A Pandemic. The Data Base is Flawed. The Covid Mandates including the Vaccine are Invalid. globalresearch.ca Fake science was supportive of this devastating agenda. The lies were sustained by a massive media disinformation campaign. The historic March 11, 2020 lockdown triggered economic and social chaos Worldwide. It was an act of "economic warfare": a war against humanity.

Stephen Sefton (2023-03-28). UN Complicity in Terrorism — The Case of Nicaragua. globalresearch.ca

Tanjug (2023-03-28). Vucic: International Law Died 24 Years Ago, but Serbian Spirit Was Not Broken. globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-28). 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…

WSWS (2023-03-28). US universities enlisted in military production as part of anti-China campaign. wsws.org With the CHIPS and Science Act, US universities are being drawn ever more directly into the war preparations against China.

jamanetwork (2023-03-28). Selective Decontamination of the Digestive Tract and Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Patients Receiving Mechanical Ventilation. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent trial of critically ill patients in Australia found that SDD had no statistically significant effect on mortality. We question whether SDD was actually delivered in this study.

G. Dunkel (2023-03-29). Despite government attacks: Workers, students in France stay strong. workers.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. Women retirees on the front lines, March 2023. . . . |

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.

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.

Ann Brown (2023-03-28). New Orleans Teens Say They Have Solved 2,000-Year-Old Mathematical Theorem. moguldom.com Calcea Johnson and Ne'Kiya Jackson are two New Orleans high school students who say they have solved a 2,000-year-old mathematical theorem. The pair recently presented their findings on the Pythagorean Theorem to a group of professional mathematicians. Johnson and Jackson are both 17-year-old high school seniors set to graduate this spring. Pythagorean theorem is a …

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). Chinese mainland ready to receive Honduran students studying in Taiwan: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China cares deeply about Honduran students in Taiwan. The mainland is ready to receive every one of them if they wish to come to study in the mainland, which will become their new home, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday.

Mark Gruenberg (2023-03-28). Weingarten: Schools are key in the fight to save democracy. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Schools are key to democracy, but are beset by staff shortages, culture wars, underfunding, and political efforts to divide parents from teachers and destroy public schools, Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten says. In a major speech March 28 at the National Press Club, Weingarten declared "others are trying to drive a wedge in that connection" …

Staff (2023-03-28). Headlines for March 28, 2023. democracynow.org 39 Asylum Seekers Die in Fire at Mexican Immigration Detention Center Near U.S. Border, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Says Biden Asylum Proposal Violates International Law, Six Killed, Including Three Students, in Shooting at Nashville, TN, Elementary School, Israel's Netanyahu Agrees to Delay Far-Right Judicial Reforms Amid Massive Protests, U.S. Aircraft Carrier Arrives in South Korea as North Korea Ramps Up Nuclear Weapons Production, Taliban Arrests Leader of Campaign to Educate Afghan Women and Girls, Massive Strikes and Protests Across France Demanding Macron Restore Pension Benefits, Haitian-Ch…

Staff (2023-03-28). Nashville Mourns 6 Killed in 129th U.S. Mass Shooting This Year, After Tennessee Loosens Gun Laws. democracynow.org Nashville is in mourning after a gunman killed six people at a private Christian elementary school Monday before being killed by police. The victims were three adults who worked at the school and three 9-year-old students. Police identified the shooter as 28-year-old Audrey Hale, a former student, who entered the school through a side door armed with two assault-style weapons and a handgun. The shooter had written a manifesto laying out plans for the attack that included maps of the building, but no motive has been established. Monday's massacre was the 129th mass shooting in the United States this year alo…

WSWS (2023-03-28). Defend Sri Lankan teachers' right to strike! wsws.org The president accuses teachers and principals of taking students hostage, but in reality, the working masses have been made hostages to the IMF with the Wickremesinghe government acting as its policeman.

WSWS (2023-03-28). Six killed, including three children, in mass shooting at private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee. wsws.org Police told the media that the shooter, 28-year-old Audrey Hale, was a former student and had created a manifesto naming the school prior to the shooting.

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). 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.

WSWS (2023-03-28). Democratic Socialists of America, in control of both school board and teachers union, keeps teachers on the job without a contract in Los Angeles. wsws.org The concessions heaped upon LA teachers and school workers may as well have been worked out in the local leadership of the DSA's Los Angeles Branch.

WSWS (2023-03-28). Democratic Socialists of America, in control of school board and teachers union, keeps Los Angeles teachers on the job without a contract. wsws.org The concessions heaped upon LA teachers and school workers may as well have been worked out in the local leadership of the DSA's Los Angeles Branch.

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2023-03-28: News Headlines

Labor Video Project (2023-03-28). 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.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-28). 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…

WSWS (2023-03-28). SEIU Local 99 calls snap vote of Los Angeles education workers to push through concessionary contract. wsws.org On Monday night, the union held an online membership meeting, only 45 minutes long, to try to limit critical questions from the floor and to try to sell the terms of the contract to the membership.

ecns.cn (2023-03-27). Laws protect rights of ethnic groups. ecns.cn China has made great strides in protecting the rights and interests of its ethnic groups, politically, economically and educationally, experts said on Friday.

Labor Video Project (2023-03-28). 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.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-28). 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…

WSWS (2023-03-28). SEIU Local 99 calls snap vote of Los Angeles education workers to push through concessionary contract. wsws.org On Monday night, the union held an online membership meeting, only 45 minutes long, to try to limit critical questions from the floor and to try to sell the terms of the contract to the membership.

ecns.cn (2023-03-27). Laws protect rights of ethnic groups. ecns.cn China has made great strides in protecting the rights and interests of its ethnic groups, politically, economically and educationally, experts said on Friday.

Fight Back (2023-03-27). Florida State University SDS holds rally for diversity, equity and inclusion. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL — On Thursday, March 23, around 30 students marched from Landis Green to Westcott Fountain demanding Florida State University President Richard McCollough take a stand to protect diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, especially in the light of House Bill 999 and other right-wing attacks on public education. Students chanted, "No hate, no fear, DEI is welcome here!" and "Racist, sexist, anti-gay! Ron DeSantis, go away!" The march was organized by FSU Students for a Democratic Society (FSUSDS). | After the march reached Westcott Fountain, in front of the building that houses the admi…

Lizz Giordano, Crosscut. (2023-03-27). Where The Starbucks Union Stands After Rallies, Proposed Audit. popularresistance.org Four security guards blocked the entrance to Starbucks headquarters as demonstrators approached Wednesday. Workers peeked out of windows above, watching and filming the crowd. Some ventured out to order lunch from the food trucks in the parking lot and take a closer look. | Gwen Williamson, a former shift supervisor for a cafe in Bellingham, addressed the crowd: "We won our election in December and immediately after that, shift supervisor hours were cut, putting our eligibility for Starbucks health education benefits at risk." | Williamson told those who had gathered that she had been unjustly terminated after sh…

Rick Rozoff (2023-03-27). Qatar: Military Strategic Partnership Conference highlights NATO's 30 global centers. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOSupreme Headquarters Allied Powers EuropeMarch 26, 2023 NATO accredited Centres of Excellence highlighted at Qatar Conference The recent Military Strategic Partnership Conference in Doha Qatar, which was held Mar. 13 to 17, 2023, included a vital element of abundant exhibitions provided by numerous NATO entities and stakeholders. A significant information and education display was the …

Mansa Musa (2023-03-27). A tribute to the revolutionary life of Marshall 'Eddie' Conway. therealnews.com Marshall "Eddie" Conway joined the ancestors on Feb. 13, 2023 after a yearlong battle with illness. Born in Baltimore in 1946, Eddie joined the the Black Panther Party in 1968. The Baltimore BPP chapter, with Eddie's support and leadership, built strong community ties through efforts like a free breakfast program, a system of robust internal political education, and an increasingly widespread local distribution network for the national BPP newspaper—despite near constant police harassment, and even high-level infiltration of the branch. In 1970 Eddie was framed for the killing of a Baltimore police of…

Global Research News (2023-03-28). Selected Articles: You Will be Shocked by How Much Money Is Being Pulled Out of U.S. Banks, and Now the Biggest Bank in Germany Is in Trouble. globalresearch.ca By A trillion dollars is a lot of money. …

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2023-03-28). ‚ÄûDas geht mich nichts an." Politische Verbrechen konnten ohne Widerspruch geschehen. globalresearch.ca Alle Artikel von Global Research kà∂nnen in 51 Sprachen gelesen werden, indem Sie die Schaltflà§che Website àºbersetzen unterhalb des Namens des Autors aktivieren. | Um den tà§glichen Newsletter von Global Research (ausgewà§hlte Artikel) zu erhalten, Folgen Sie …

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-03-28). Why Crashing Banks Will Usher in Digital Currency. globalresearch.ca

ALA News (2023-03-28). American Library Association Reports Record Number of Demands to Censor Library Books and Materials in 2022. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Gerson (2023-03-28). AUKUS Nuclear Submarines: Accelerating the Sleepwalking to War with China. globalresearch.ca

Tanjug (2023-03-28). Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic Condemns US-NATO: International Law Died 24 Years Ago, but Serbian Spirit Was Not Broken. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-03-28). Video: The European Union, Part of America's Hegemonic Project. globalresearch.ca The EU is a Cold War Construct, a US imperial project formulated by the Washington Consensus. The growing movement against EU domination is an anti-imperial initiative of Worldwide significance. It is also a movement against neoliberalism…

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). Shipping-container seals standardized. ecns.cn The International Organization for Standardization recently released a standard for international container transportation proposed by a research team from East China Normal University, which is set to bring a digital upgrade to the industry.

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). Chinese scientists discover key gene for blast resistance in rice. ecns.cn A key rice blast disease resistant gene called OsBDR1 has been identified by a team at the Virusology and Biotechnology Research Institute of the Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). China aims to move ahead in AI race with deployment of scientific research program. ecns.cn China's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) have jointly initiated the deployment program for AI-driven scientific research – AI for Science.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-28). 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-28). 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-28). 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…

Weekly Trust (2023-03-28). 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,'

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-28). Science Saturday: Understanding the speed of brain communication. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It often was thought that the speed of information transmitted among regions of the brain stabilized during early adolescence. A new study in Nature Neuroscience by Mayo Clinic researchers and colleagues from the Netherlands found transmission speeds continue to increase into early adulthood. Because problems such as anxiety, depression and bipolar disorders can emerge in late adolescence and early adulthood, a better understanding of brain development may help clinicians offer therapies to treat these disorders. "A fundamental understanding…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-28). 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…

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). Researchers discover possible new water reservoir on Moon. ecns.cn Planetary scientists in China found hints of a new water reservoir on the Moon in Chang'e-5 samples that show the potential for in-situ resource utilization by future lunar and deep space exploration missions.

Tanjug (2023-03-28). Vucic: International Law Died 24 Years Ago, but Serbian Spirit Was Not Broken. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-03-27). Video: Most Serious Economic and Social Crisis in World History. Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca First published on March 23, 2023 | We are currently at the crossroads of the Most Serious Economic and Social Crisis in World History. It is an outright war against all humanity: the Planet's 8 billion people. | Starting with the corona …

Richard Gale (2023-03-27). "The Great Reset" and the Post-Capitalist Revolution. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2023-03-27). "It's None of My Business". Political Crimes Could Happen Without Opposition. globalresearch.ca

Drago Bosnic (2023-03-27). Russia Deploys Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Belarus: Escalation or Deterrence? globalresearch.ca

Redacted (2023-03-27). Video: King Charles III and the World Economic Forum's Great Reset Agenda. globalresearch.ca

Julianne Geiger (2023-03-27). US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm: It Will Take Years to Replenish Strategic Petroleum Reserve. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Peter McCullough (2023-03-27). Ecological Data Point to COVID-19 Vaccines as a Determinant of Increased All-Cause Mortality. globalresearch.ca

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-03-27). US Is Stirring Up the Syrian Cauldron. globalresearch.ca

Michael Snyder (2023-03-27). You Will be Shocked by How Much Money Is Being Pulled Out of U.S. Banks, and Now the Biggest Bank in Germany Is in Trouble. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2023-03-27). Was Watergate a CIA Scheme to Remove President Nixon from Office? globalresearch.ca

Bryant Harris (2023-03-27). Pacific Forces Wish List Seeks $3.5 Billion More Than Biden Budget. globalresearch.ca

Arab News (2023-03-27). Bloody Artwork Protesting Prince Harry's Afghan Kills to be Projected on London Landmark. globalresearch.ca

Zero Hedge (2023-03-27). US Tensions with Iran Reignite as Dollar's Petro-Currency Status Under Threat. globalresearch.ca

Scott Ritter (2023-03-27). BRICS Surpasses G7 in PPP-Adjusted Global GDP. Scott Ritter. globalresearch.ca

Ajamu Baraka (2023-03-27). Commemorations of the Attack on Iraq March 20th and Libya March 19th Reaffirm that the U.S./EU/NATO Axis of Domination Remains the Greatest Threat to International Peace on Our Planet. globalresearch.ca

Junaid S. Ahmad (2023-03-27). Pakistan: Is Washington Now Imran Khan's Buddy? globalresearch.ca

Kit Knightly (2023-03-27). 40 Facts You Need to Know: The Real Story of "COVID" globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2023-03-27). NATO Militarizes Civilian Structures In Europe With ‚Ǩ1 Billion Fund. southfront.org Illustrative ImageNetherlands is the brainchild behind ‚Ǩ1 billion NATO fund aimed at Russia. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | NATO is launching a new investment fund worth ‚Ǩ1 billion, which is expected to be officially activated at NATO's annual summit in July. The fund aims to militarize the civil sector by using the knowledge and skills of manufacturers, scientific institutions, and start-ups to develop technology wit…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-27). Acting on Peacebuilding Values. transcend.org 22 Mar 2023 – In teaching, researching and practising in the field of peacebuilding, we talk about ethical challenges and the importance of considering ethical issues. The ethical challenges resonate with most of us in this field and spark lively conversations.

Center For Biological Diversity (2023-03-27). New Eastern Monarch Butterfly Count Indicates Pollinator Still Threatened. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-03-27). Selected Articles: Video: Towards WHO Totalitarianism? Dr. Reiner Fuellmich with Prof. Michel Chossudovsky, James Roguski and Matthew Ehret. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-03-27). AMLO Responds to US Threats of Unilateral Military Action: 'We Will Never Be a US Colony'. libya360.wordpress.com BreakThrough News Amid ongoing US rhetorical attacks on Mexico, President AMLO held a massive rally to mark 85 years since the expropriation of its oil resources from foreign corporations. During the rally AMLO declared that Mexico will "never be a colony or protectorate of the US." John Ackerman, Professor at the Institute for Legal Research…

Jeffrey A. Tucker (2023-03-27). How They Convinced Trump to Lock Down. globalresearch.ca

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-03-27). Free Will Trumps Determinism in Gulf Politics. globalresearch.ca

Mike Ludwig, Truthout. (2023-03-27). Police Use 'Less Lethal' Weapons To Crush Social Movements Worldwide. popularresistance.org This week, the City of Philadelphia agreed to a $9.25 million settlement with protesters who were brutalized with tear gas and pepper spray during demonstrations following the murder of George Floyd in late May 2020. | Such accountability for police who crush protests with crowd-control weapons is rare both in the United States and across the world. The settlement comes as researchers report that police in dozens of countries have routinely injured and even killed demonstrators with crowd-control weapons since 2015 as governments cracked down on protests. | Injuries from crowd-control weapons are increasing and w…

Phil Miller (2023-03-27). Carbon Footprint of Army Forest Fire Revealed. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Alain Gabon (2023-03-27). Saudi-Iran Deal: Towards the De-Americanisation of the Middle East? globalresearch.ca

Stavroula Pabst (2023-03-27). The Georgian Protests: Another Chapter in the Color Revolution Playbook? globalresearch.ca

Tanjug (2023-03-27). Today Serbia Marks 24 Years Since the Beginning of NATO Aggression. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Emanuel Garcia (2023-03-27). Deliberately Engineered Confusion: The Hallmark of the Greatest Biopsychosocial Operation in History. globalresearch.ca

Julian Rose (2023-03-27). Disbelief as "Green King Charles" Gives Royal Assent to New Gene Breeding Technology. globalresearch.ca

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2023-03-27). Contradictions in Russia-Africa Relations. globalresearch.ca

Manlio Dinucci (2023-03-27). Russia-China Front Against US-NATO Escalation. Manlio Dinucci. globalresearch.ca

Michael Nevradakis (2023-03-27). Musk vs. Schwab at World Government Summit — Two Competing Visions for the Future. globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-28). 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…

WSWS (2023-03-28). US universities enlisted in military production as part of anti-China campaign. wsws.org With the CHIPS and Science Act, US universities are being drawn ever more directly into the war preparations against China.

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes (2023-03-27). English lawyers refuse to prosecute climate protestors in 'declaration of conscience'. nationofchange.org "Young lawyers are being placed in an impossible position. We're being told by our firms and regulators it's a professional obligation to act for fossil fuel projects, knowing that doing so will poison our own future and all of life on Earth."

ecns.cn (2023-03-27). Robotaxis in Beijing open new chapter of intelligent transport. ecns.cn The scenes in science-fiction movies of people riding unmanned vehicles are becoming increasingly realistic, demonstrated by the recent availability of robotaxis in Beijing, which can be hired via mobile apps.

ecns.cn (2023-03-27). China's industrial profits down 22.9 pct in first 2 months. ecns.cn Profits of China's major industrial firms fell 22.9 percent year on year in the first two months of the year, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) showed Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-03-28). Chinese mainland ready to receive Honduran students studying in Taiwan: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China cares deeply about Honduran students in Taiwan. The mainland is ready to receive every one of them if they wish to come to study in the mainland, which will become their new home, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday.

WSWS (2023-03-28). Defend Sri Lankan teachers' right to strike! wsws.org The president accuses teachers and principals of taking students hostage, but in reality, the working masses have been made hostages to the IMF with the Wickremesinghe government acting as its policeman.

WSWS (2023-03-28). Six killed, including three children, in mass shooting at private Christian school in Nashville, Tennessee. wsws.org Police told the media that the shooter, 28-year-old Audrey Hale, was a former student and had created a manifesto naming the school prior to the shooting.

JANET (2023-03-27). Tues. March 28 protest @ 1:30PM — U.S. solidarity with workers of France. iacenter.org Millions of workers throughout France have taken to the streets since Jan. 19 to protest the Macron's government edict to raise the age of retirees to receive their just pensions (aka deferred wages) from 62 to 64. These two years alone result in more workers' stolen wages (aka surplus value) by greedy capitalist bosses and their government puppets like Macron. These heroic workers and their allies, including students, have participated in strikes, mass demonstrations and other militant actions despite growing police repression. No matter how many thousands miles away, these workers remind us that there are no bo…

Anonymous103 (2023-03-27). Ukrainian Forces Shelled Melitopol In Zaporozhie Region, Local College Full Of Students Was Damaged. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On the morning of March 27, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) shelled the city of Melitopol which has recently become the capital of the Russian Zaporozhye region. According to preliminary data, four people were injured, several buildings were damaged. | The city administration reported that the shelling took place at around eight o'clock in the morning. The local media reported that at least five explosions thundered in the city. | The AFU shelled the city with guided missiles, the type of w…

WSWS (2023-03-27). Temple University graduate worker exposes lies about supposedly "historic" contract following six-week strike. wsws.org A graduate student at Temple University explains the contents of the current contract, which was forced on his fellow university workers in the recent strike.

Zoe Alexandra, People's Dispatch. (2023-03-27). People's Power Is At The Heart Of The Cuban Political System. popularresistance.org On Sunday, March 26, eight million Cubans will have the opportunity to vote in the elections to elect the 470 members of the National Assembly of People's Power. The Assembly has the duty of discussing and passing laws that affect the lives of the Cuban people. Half of the candidates to the Assembly are elected at a municipal level, and half are nominated by the different sectors of society, such as the mass organizations of women, students, workers, peasants, among others, whose electoral representation is a unique aspect of Cuban democracy. | The National Assembly is the body that is responsible for electing an…

WSWS (2023-03-28). Democratic Socialists of America, in control of both school board and teachers union, keeps teachers on the job without a contract in Los Angeles. wsws.org The concessions heaped upon LA teachers and school workers may as well have been worked out in the local leadership of the DSA's Los Angeles Branch.

Fight Back (2023-03-27). Los Angeles teachers and service workers strike for a decent contract. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – With chants of, "We are the union, the mighty, mighty union – fighting for justice, respect and fair wages," 30,000 SEIU and UTLA teachers and service workers in Los Angeles went on strike from March 21 to March 23. Los Angeles Unified School District and SEIU's contract expired in 2020, and, after three years of negotiations hitting dead ends, they decided to strike, and they are determined to win better wages, healthcare and staffing. | Even in the cold rain, they were out in full force with strikes at many of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) schools. Taking place from 6 a.m. un…

Kim Kelly, In These Times. (2023-03-27). There Is Power In A Pantry. popularresistance.org If you're one of the people who's been following the Warrior Met Coal strike over the past 23 months, it's almost certain that you've heard the name Haeden Wright. The 35-year-old mother of two is a teacher, an activist, an elected official, a coal miner's daughter and a boss's worst nightmare. She's a vocal presence on social media, has given countless interviews, and has participated in panels and other public events in an effort to direct attention to the strike. | But the first time I met Wright was before all that. It was April 2021 and we were standing in a forest clearing in Alabama's Tannehill Ironworks H…

WSWS (2023-03-27). UK head teacher takes own life after school fails government Ofsted inspection. wsws.org On behalf of the family, Ruth Perry's sister, Julia Waters, said Ruth's death was the "direct result" of the "deeply harmful" inspection and was in "a direct result of the pressure put on her by the process and outcome" of the inspection.

WSWS (2023-03-27). Former Montgomery, Alabama teacher testifies about the forced reopening of schools in 2020-21. wsws.org In this interview, Tynisa Williams, former teacher in Montgomery, Alabama, describes the experience of being forced to teach in-person in the fall of 2020 and winter of 2021. She and her coworkers waged a courageous struggle to stop the deadly return to in-person learning that cost the lives of eight educators in the district.

WSWS (2023-03-27). US workers speak out in support of last week's Los Angeles schools strike, urge rejection of tentative agreement. wsws.org Workers need "social disobedience on a massive scale, like a general strike," one Michigan teacher said. "The important thing is unifying all the different groups of working people and not isolating them like the union bureaucrats tend to do."

WSWS (2023-03-27). Oakland, California teachers hold wildcat sickout in support of Los Angeles schools strike. wsws.org Roughly 400 teachers from 14 different schools took part in rallies in the morning at school sites across the district before holding a central demonstration downtown.

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