2023-03-21: News Headlines

_____ (2023-03-20). Multipolarity was triggered by the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. strategic-culture.org 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. | By Karin KNEISSL | On the night of 19-20 March, 2003, the US air force began bombing the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. The EU and NATO were deeply divided on whether to join the aggression: While newer NATO members from Central and Eastern Europe were in favor of the war, European heavyweights Paris and Berlin opposed it. | The Iraq war also marked the onset of diplomatic coordin…

Fight Back (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…

Labor Video Project (2023-03-21). 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.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-21). 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…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-20). Providing Education to Handicapped Students. transcend.org Mahatma Gandhi contributed to the freedom of India in diverse ways including in the field of education. He stressed the role of learning appropriate skills along with formal education; simple tasks such as electrical fittings, repair work, housekeeping (for girls), animal care, etc.

Jessica Buxbaum, Mintpress News. (2023-03-20). Title VI Complaint Filed Against George Washington University. popularresistance.org Last month, a Palestinian rights group filed a federal complaint against George Washington University (GW), alleging the institution allows discrimination against Palestinians to persist unabated on campus. | Palestine Legal filed a federal complaint with the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, demanding it investigates what the organization describes as a "years-long, hostile environment of anti-Palestinian racism." | The legal rights group is representing three students who say they have experienced anti-Palestinian discrimination from fellow classmates, professors, administrators,…




Natalia Marques, People's Dispatch. (2023-03-20). 20 Years After Start Of The Iraq War, Peace Movement Protests Another War. popularresistance.org Today, some organizers are too young to remember the outbreak of the Iraq War, representing an entirely new generation of the anti-war movement. Delaney Leonard, a 19-year-old in her first year of college and a member of the Howard University Dissenters, an anti-war group at a historically Black university, cannot recall a time in her life when the US wasn't at war. She will be part of the demonstration Saturday because "the effects of billions of dollars being taken away from crucial sectors of our country such as education, healthcare, or housing has been intrinsic to my youth."

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-03-20). Washington Imposes Economic Sanctions on Black Community Projects Inside the US. orinocotribune.com In March 2023, Regions Bank notified the black nonprofit African People's Education and Defense Fund (APEDF) that the bank was "exiting" their 20-year relationship, closing accounts, withdrawing lines of credit and canceling mortgage loans. | This assault on the ability of African people to build economic self-reliance was the latest in a series of actions revealing government and corporate cooperation targeting the black community programs of the Uhuru (Freedom) Movement including its popular Women's Health Center, Black Power Vanguard Basketball Court, "One Africa! One Nation!" Marketplaces, Gary Brooks Communi…

splcenter (2023-03-20). Civil rights groups urge US Department of Education to investigate children's rights violations at Louisiana's Angola prison. splcenter.org

Andrew Korybko (2023-03-21). The US' Schizophrenic Approach to the ICC Embodies Its Hypocritical "Rules-Based Order" Concept. globalresearch.ca

Autism Action Network (2023-03-21). NY Red Alert: Recently Passed Bill Clears the Way for a Mandatory Adult Vaccine Database. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-03-21). From Balloons to AUKUS: The War Drive Against China. globalresearch.ca

Natalia Marques, People's Dispatch. (2023-03-20). 20 Years After Start Of The Iraq War, Peace Movement Protests Another War. popularresistance.org Today, some organizers are too young to remember the outbreak of the Iraq War, representing an entirely new generation of the anti-war movement. Delaney Leonard, a 19-year-old in her first year of college and a member of the Howard University Dissenters, an anti-war group at a historically Black university, cannot recall a time in her life when the US wasn't at war. She will be part of the demonstration Saturday because "the effects of billions of dollars being taken away from crucial sectors of our country such as education, healthcare, or housing has been intrinsic to my youth."

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-03-20). Washington Imposes Economic Sanctions on Black Community Projects Inside the US. orinocotribune.com In March 2023, Regions Bank notified the black nonprofit African People's Education and Defense Fund (APEDF) that the bank was "exiting" their 20-year relationship, closing accounts, withdrawing lines of credit and canceling mortgage loans. | This assault on the ability of African people to build economic self-reliance was the latest in a series of actions revealing government and corporate cooperation targeting the black community programs of the Uhuru (Freedom) Movement including its popular Women's Health Center, Black Power Vanguard Basketball Court, "One Africa! One Nation!" Marketplaces, Gary Brooks Communi…

splcenter (2023-03-20). Civil rights groups urge US Department of Education to investigate children's rights violations at Louisiana's Angola prison. splcenter.org

Andrew Korybko (2023-03-21). The US' Schizophrenic Approach to the ICC Embodies Its Hypocritical "Rules-Based Order" Concept. globalresearch.ca

Autism Action Network (2023-03-21). NY Red Alert: Recently Passed Bill Clears the Way for a Mandatory Adult Vaccine Database. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-03-21). From Balloons to AUKUS: The War Drive Against China. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2023-03-21). Conflicts of Interest: Pfizer's Secret Collusion with the NIH. Big Pharma Endangers Public Health. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (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

Dr. Peter McCullough (2023-03-21). Kidney Failure After Covid mRNA Vaccination. ANCA Positive Vasculitis. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Peter McCullough (2023-03-21). Primary Series and Boosters — No Impact on Maternal COVID-19 Test Positivity. globalresearch.ca

Drago Bosnic (2023-03-21). Political West Doubles Down on 'Russia Kidnapping Children' Propaganda Narrative. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (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.

Global Research News (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

Jake Johnson (2023-03-21). East Palestine Soil Contains Dioxin Levels Hundreds of Times Over Cancer Risk Threshold. globalresearch.ca

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-03-21). U.S. Drone Forced Down in Black Sea Was Gathering Intelligence for Ukrainian Forces. Scott Ritter. globalresearch.ca

Jonathan Turley (2023-03-21). "True Stories … Could Fuel Hesitancy": Stanford Project Worked to Censor Even True Stories on Social Media. globalresearch.ca

Jordan Schachtel (2023-03-21). Three Years to Slow the Spread: COVID Hysteria and the Creation of a Never-ending Crisis. globalresearch.ca

Kim Petersen (2023-03-21). Patriotism and Sinophobia. Scott Ritter and Douglas MacGregor. globalresearch.ca

Louis Brehony (2023-03-21). The Brouhaha of War: Soundscapes of the Invasion of Iraq, 20 Years On. globalresearch.ca

Michael Snyder (2023-03-21). 186 More Banks "Are at Risk of Failure", and That Could Push Us Into the Next Great Depression. globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-21). 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 (2023-03-21). '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…

Philip Giraldi (2023-03-21). Send in the Clowns. Yellen and Garland Perform Back-to-back Surprise Visits to Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (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 …

Prof Souad N. Al-Azzawi (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 …

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2023-03-21). For 20 Years, Team Bush Has Escaped Prosecution for Their War Crimes in Iraq. globalresearch.ca

Rep. Ron Paul (2023-03-21). Are Bank Failures a Sign of More Trouble Ahead? globalresearch.ca

Richard Javad Heydarian (2023-03-21). AUKUS a Hard Nuke Sale in Next Door Southeast Asia. asia-pacificresearch.com

Sakura Murakami (2023-03-21). Japan Plans $75B Investment Across Indo-Pacific to Counter China. asia-pacificresearch.com

Steven Sahiounie (2023-03-21). The UAE Welcomes Syrian President Assad and the First Lady. globalresearch.ca

Tanjug (2023-03-21). Today Marks 19th Anniversary of Anti-Serb Pogrom in Kosovo-Metohija. globalresearch.ca

Tara Lohan (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.

The Cradle (2023-03-21). Toxic US Military Burn Pits in Iraq Caused Cancer, Other Illnesses. globalresearch.ca

The Expose (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

William Walter Kay (2023-03-21). Breaking: "Second Russia Offensive" (SRO): Vladimir Sharpens the Cleaver; Volodymyr Fattens the Calf. globalresearch.ca

Zero Hedge (2023-03-21). Putin Tells Xi He's "Open to Negotiating Process" on Ukraine as US Says Ceasefire "Unacceptable" globalresearch.ca

≈Ωivadin Jovanoviƒá (2023-03-20). The 1999 NATO Aggression on Yugoslavia — A Turning Point. globalresearch.ca

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-03-20). G20, the Ukraine War and the Global Economic Crisis. globalresearch.ca

Abayomi Azikiwe (2023-03-20). Unrest Erupts in France After Macron Imposes Pension Reforms by Decree. globalresearch.ca

Alan Lash (2023-03-20). Psyops Are Not New, Just More Dangerous. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2023-03-20). China's Success In Reconciling Saudi Arabia And Iran Huge Blow To US Hegemony. southfront.org Illustrative ImageReconciliation opens the path for Saudi Arabia and Iran to join BRICS. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | After agreeing with Saudi Arabia in December to buy its oil for Chinese yuan instead of just US dollars, while at the same time Russia is successfully cooperating with Saudi Arabia and Iran in the oil sector, Beijing is helping a historic reconciliation between the two major Muslim countries. Chinese efforts are all the more impressive when…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-03-20). Jeffrey Sachs Testimony on COVID Origins. transcend.org 6 Mar 2023 – My reasons to believe that SARS-CoV-2 may have emerged from a laboratory are straightforward. If indeed that is the case, it reveals the remarkable danger of ongoing gain-of-function research unknown to the Congress and public. Key questions include the following.

Canadians for Justice, Peace in the Middle East (2023-03-20). CJPME Appalled by Minister Joly's Meeting with Far-Right Israeli Government. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-20). White House Says It Opposes a Ceasefire in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-03-20). Criminals at Large: The Iraq War 20 Years On. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Jack Rasmus (2023-03-20). Banking Crisis 2023: Deep Origins and Future Directions. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2023-03-20). The US Has the World Setup for a Worse Financial Crisis Than in 2008. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Peter McCullough (2023-03-20). Central Venous Thrombosis of the Brain After SARS-CoV-2 Infection and mRNA Vaccination. globalresearch.ca

Felicity Arbuthnot (2023-03-20). Commemorating Iraq's Three Wars (1991, 2003, 2014): Looking Back : 'Internationally Sponsored Genocide'. Felicity Arbuthnot. globalresearch.ca Editors have a mantra, do not look back, move on, write what is current. But sometimes looking back is vital. Those who ignore even the recent past are doomed to understand nothing, sink deeper into quagmires — and bleat again …

Gideon Polya (2023-03-20). Iraq Invasion 20th Anniversary: Five Million Dead in Iraqi Holocaust 1990 Onwards. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2023-03-20). Selected Articles: 20 Lies About the Iraq War. globalresearch.ca By A supposed meeting in Prague between Mohammed Atta, leader of the 11 September hijackers, and an Iraqi intelligence official was the main basis for …

Janet Phelan (2023-03-20). Arrest Warrant Issued for Putin for War Crimes? Hold on a Minute! globalresearch.ca

Jeremy Earp (2023-03-20). 20 Years After the Invasion of Iraq, Will the Media's Complicity be Flushed Down the Memory Hole? globalresearch.ca

John Leake (2023-03-20). Young Pilot's Heart Damaged Right After COVID-19 Vax. globalresearch.ca

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2023-03-20). Does ICC's Arrest Warrant Limit Putin's External Visits? "The West is Hysterical" globalresearch.ca

Kurt Nimmo (2023-03-20). International Criminal Court Wants to Arrest Putin for Sheltering Child Refugees. globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-03-20). US Decides Whether or Not Kiev Should Negotiate Peace. globalresearch.ca

Manlio Dinucci (2023-03-20). Endless Wars: US Escalation to the East. Manlio Dinucci. globalresearch.ca

Mickey Z (2023-03-20). My Lai, 'Killing Ideology' & Disobeying Orders: 55 Years Ago Today. globalresearch.ca

Nicolas J. S. Davies (2023-03-20). How Many Millions Have Been Killed in America's Post-9/11 Wars? globalresearch.ca

Nicolas J. S. Davies (2023-03-20). Libya, Syria, Somalia and Yemen: How Many Millions Have Been Killed in America's Post-9/11 Wars? globalresearch.ca

Nicolas J. S. Davies (2023-03-20). How Many Millions of People Have Been Killed in America's Post-9/11 Wars? globalresearch.ca

Nicolas J. S. Davies (2023-03-20). The Iraq War Death Toll. "War Crimes Prosecutions of Senior U.S. and U.K. Officials" globalresearch.ca

Nicolas J. S. Davies (2023-03-20). Afghanistan and Pakistan: How Many People Has the U.S. Killed in Its Post-9/11 Wars? globalresearch.ca

Nicolas J. S. Davies (2023-03-20). How Many People Has the U.S. Killed in Its Post-9/11 Wars? globalresearch.ca

Patrick Wood (2023-03-20). Boom: Trilateral Commission Declares "2023 Is Year One of This New Global Order" globalresearch.ca

Peter Koenig (2023-03-20). Russia's Economy Is Booming — Despite or Because of Sanctions? globalresearch.ca

Prof. Abdul Jabbar (2023-03-20). To Prevent a Civil War That Is About to Happen in Pakistan. globalresearch.ca

Taylor C. Noakes (2023-03-20). Canada's 'China Syndrome'. globalresearch.ca

Ted Snider (2023-03-20). Does Canada Support Regime Change in Russia? globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-03-20). Newfound DNA data indicates wild animals at Wuhan market were infected with SARS-Cov-2. wsws.org The data, uncovered by a French researcher and evolutionary biologist, is a major blow to the "lab leak" conspiracy theory of the origins of COVID-19.

ecns.cn (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.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-21). 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, …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-21). 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…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-03-21). 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…

Marc Steiner (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…

ecns.cn (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.

Fight Back (2023-03-20). Students, community demands U of MN expand tuition program for native students. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On Friday, March 17, over 50 students and community members gathered outside the Humphrey School of Public Affairs and braved the bitter winds to demand the University of Minnesota expand the Native American Promise Tuition Program and fund the American Indian Studies department. University of Minnesota Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) collaborated with the American Indian Student Cultural Center (AISCC) to organize this protest to fight for native students' rights. | Emcees from AISCC and SDS led chants and introduced the first speakers of the action. "The U of M is a land-grant institu…

imperial.ac.uk (2023-03-20). Imperial launches new scholarship for sub-Saharan Africa PhD students. imperial.ac.uk Imperial has launched a new scholarship programme to support PhD students from sub-Saharan Africa.

Olivia Wood, Left Voice. (2023-03-20). CUNY Administration Cracks Down On Student And Worker-Run Food Pantry. popularresistance.org Three years ago this month, the City University of New York (CUNY) pivoted to remote operations during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic. When the university began to gradually reopen in-person operations after vaccines were widely available, dining services on many campuses — which students rely on for affordable meals — remained closed. At the same time, wages have not kept up with inflation, and budget cuts from the city and the state are gutting many of CUNY's other services. Not only are affordable campus dining options important, but students and workers are struggling more than ever to…

Yves Engler (2023-03-20). Pro-Israel and Ukraine Groups Use Identity Politics to Attack Free Speech. dissidentvoice.org Questioning Canada's contribution to NATO's proxy war is "hate" that must be shut down according to some Ukrainian groups mimicking Zionist organizations by promoting an identity politics laced cancel culture. A Ukrainian student group sought to cancel my talk at Kings College in London, Ontario, on Thursday. In "Western Ukrainian Students' Association Statement on The …

WSWS (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,…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-03-20). New Zealand's teachers demand better pay and working conditions. peoplesdispatch.org Teachers had rejected the recent government offer on pay rise, arguing that it neither accounts for the decline in real wages, nor offers solutions to the understaffing and underfunding of schools…

Peter Certo (2023-03-20). 20 years and trillions of dollars later, what did the Iraq War cost? peoplesworld.org Most of us who were alive then remember where we were on the morning of the 9/11 attacks. As we mark the 20th anniversary of the Iraq War, I wonder how many also remember where we were that day. On 9/11, I was a Catholic school eighth grader. I'll never forget my teacher, Mrs. Anderson, …

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