March 16 — The stock market collapsed today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average of stock prices lost nearly 3,000 points in just one day, despite the infusion of several trillion dollars into the market by the Federal Reserve Bank. Several times the market was shut down, but continued to implode . . .
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By Ángeles Maestro Red Network, Madrid Ángeles Maestro is a public health doctor, a leader of the Red Network in the Spanish state and a former elected deputy to the federal parliament. She outlines the situation facing workers in that country regarding COVID-19 and proposes a fightback program to counter . . .
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No, this is no mistake by our editors — repeating a headline used seven times in Workers World since this brave transgender soldier and whistleblower Chelsea Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison seven years ago. It is, however, one we didn’t expect to repeat after she received a . . .
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A mass shooting took place on Feb. 26 in Milwaukee, Wis., at the Molson Coors brewery when a worker, Anthony Ferrill, opened fire and killed five co-workers before killing himself. This tragic development was hardly a blip on the radar screen of mass media when all of a sudden it . . .
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Amid the fight against the coronavirus COVID-19, China called on March 16 for the immediate lifting of U.S. sanctions on Iran, one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic. China’s call came in response to a letter sent by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to leaders of several countries. CodePink . . .
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Wheeling, W.Va. March 16 — In the middle of the COVID-19 coronavirus crisis, socialist consciousness and solidarity with socialist countries is extremely crucial. Readers of Workers World are probably aware that the World Health Organization has commended People’s China for its meticulous and effective handling of the pandemic, when compared . . .
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