Ontario teachers require a socialist program to defeat austerity, defend public education
wsws.org | 2020-02-21
For the first time in over two decades, 200,000 Ontario teachers and school support staff are united in a province-wide one-day strike.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/21/ontt…
Mike Bloomberg's Education 'Reforms' Would be a Disaster for Public Schools
Heather Gautney | zcomm.org | 2020-02-21
Like Trump, Bloomberg is a fervent backer of privatizing and dismantling public schools across the country…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/mike-bloombergs-education-reforms-would-be-a-disaster-for-public-schools/
How dare you! Climate-sensitive snail named after Greta Thunberg
rt.com | 2020-02-21
In addition to Time magazine's Person of the Year and a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has received a new accolade from the scientific community, and it's something. | To mark all of her achievements, a team of researchers has decided to endow her with arguably the greatest honor of all: they… erm… named a snail after her. | The 'Craspedotropis gretathunbergae' is a new species of temperature-sensitive land snail discovered by Taxon expeditions in the forests of Borneo. | "The newly described snail belongs to the so-called caenogastropods, a group of land snai…
rt.com/news/481359-greta-thunberg-snail-borneo-reaction/
A Report on the First Week of the Santa Cruz Wildcat Strike
It's Going Down | indybay.org | 2020-02-21
When Santa Cruz student-workers extended their grade strike to a full-scale work stoppage on February 10th, others of us across campuses began developing ways to support it.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/19/18830832.php
UCSC Struggles over Grades amid Strike
Eugenio Negro | indybay.org | 2020-02-21
Eugenio Negro's report on interviews with students 20 February 2020 during the grad student strike that is shutting down classes and may withhold student grades.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/20/18830868.php
Pathways to Climate Smart Careers Fair for High School Students
City of San José Environmental Services | indybay.org | 2020-02-21
Fairmont Hotel San José, 170 South Market Street, San José , CA 95113…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/19/18830833.php
Support for UC Santa Cruz strike spreads to other campuses, faculty
wsws.org | 2020-02-21
The Faculty Senate passed a resolution in favor of striking students and demonstrations have spread to at least four other UC campuses.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/21/ucsc…
UC Santa Cruz graduate students call for expansion of wildcat strike
WSWS Repost | indybay.org | 2020-02-21
February 19, 2020 – The UC Santa Cruz (UCSC) graduate student wildcat strike escalated yesterday, Tuesday February 18, as students from United Auto Workers (UAW) union local 2865 mounted an all-day picket, culminating in a general assembly to vote on further action. Graduate students are holding fast against police repression and threats of dismissal or even deportation from the highest level university administration. Despite a virtual media blackout, support for the movement is growing across the UC system, drawing widespread support from students, faculty, and workers across the country.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/19/18830837.php
Sri Lankan school teachers join rising opposition to Rajapakse government
wsws.org | 2020-02-21
In opposition to racist provocations whipped up by Sri Lanka's ruling elite, teachers from the north and east of the island participated in the Colombo protest.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/21/sled…
Resistance To Putting Billionaire Doris Fisher's KIPP Hunters Point Charter On TI
Repost | indybay.org | 2020-02-21
There is resistance to putting billionaire GAP owner Doris Fisher's KIPP Charter on Treasure Island. The SF School District wants to put her charter on radioactive contaminated Treasure Island at the closed Treasure Island Elementary School. | Doris Fisher pushed to have her school co-locate with the Malcom X Academy Public school and want to grab more of the space at the public school. This is allowed under Proposition 39 which allows charter schools to bust up public schools by taking their space. Prop 39 was written by Netflix billionaire Reed Hastings and supported by the Fisher family which owns the GAP, The…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/20/18830850.php
Priti Patel is the Conservative Conscience of Boris Johnson's Government
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-21
James Delingpole opens up this week's programme by fully supporting Pritti Patel's new immigration policies and says that her idea of making immigrants speak English will result in "Lefties will call it racist and xenophobic!"
sputniknews.com/radio-shooting-from-the-lip/202002211078371653-priti-patel-is-the-conservative-conscience-of-boris-johnsons-government/
Funds Investing in Russia Saw Net Inflow of $190Mln From February 13-19 – Fund Research
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-21
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Funds investing in Russian assets and bonds, including multi-country funds, saw a $190 million inflow in the week ending on February 19, against $330 million the week before, according to data from Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR) compiled by Russian broker BCS Global Markets.
sputniknews.com/russia/202002211078372018-funds-investing-in-russia-saw-net-inflow-of-190mln-from-february-13-19—fund-research/
Bone and Mortar: Walls Built From Human Bones Unearthed Beneath Belgian Cathedral
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-21
Researchers are now reportedly striving to determine whether the composition of the ghastly structures was dictated by practicality or if there is some sort of "religious dimension" to it.
sputniknews.com/society/202002211078370435-bone-and-mortar-walls-built-from-human-bones-unearthed-beneath-belgian-cathedral/
46,000 Year-Old Bird Discovered in Siberia Holds Secret to Ice Age Evolution
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-21
Scientists have previously found carcasses and body parts from other animals trapped in the permafrost, such as wolves and mammoths, with the findings hailed as "priceless" as they allow for the retrieval of DNA and on occasion RNA, a nucleic acid present in all living cells.
sputniknews.com/science/202002211078371684–46000-year-old-bird-discovered-in-siberia-holds-secret-to-ice-age-evolution/
Climate emergency demands system change
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-21
climate emergency Socialist AllianceIssue 1254 Australia just transitionsFebruary 21, 2020The Socialist Alliance has been developing this charter for clim…
greenleft.org.au/content/climate-emergency-demands-system-change
Slow Motion Murder of Julian Assange by US/UK Regimes
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
Assange's crucifixion is all about waging war on dissent, truth-telling on major issues, and journalism the way it's supposed to be. | It's about creeping totalitarian rule in the US, UK, and West
Pardoning Julian Assange: Donald Trump, WikiLeaks and the DNC
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
The central pillar to Democratic paranoia and vengefulness regarding the loss of Hillary Clinton in 2016 was the link between Russian hacking, the servers of the Democratic National Committee and the release of emails via WikiLeaks. Over time, that account …
globalresearch.ca/pardoning-julian-assange-donald-trump-wikileaks-dnc/5704145
Motion to US District Court to Release Chelsea Manning from Punitive Incarceration
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
Like Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning is a victim of police state injustice. | She's been imprisoned since last spring and fined $1,000 daily for invoking her constitutional right to remain silent
New Mexico Sues Google Over Collection of Children's Data
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-20
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Black Students in the Mississippi Delta Still Face Education Inequality
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-20
Samara Rand's new colleagues at Holmes County Central High School gave her a warning on her first day: Never turn off the air conditioning. Even if the students complained. Warm classrooms in the 60-year-old building would smell like urine, her co-workers told her. | "Get you some air freshener," a ninth-grade biology teacher advised her. | When it rains, the roof of the decades-old facility leaks. During the worst downpours, hallways flood. Attempts to raise taxes to build a state-of-the-art high…
truthout.org/articles/black-students-in-the-mississippi-delta-still-face-education-inequality/
German Education Minister Karliczek supports right-wing extremist professor Jà∂rg Baberowski
wsws.org | 2020-02-20
The German government is defending the right-wing extremist professor after he threatened and physically attacked IYSSE spokesperson Sven Wurm on the campus of Berlin's Humboldt University.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/20/babe…
Mass Student Movement in the United States Began Six Decades Ago
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
On February 1, 1960, four African American students from North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University sat down at a racially segregated lunch counter in the F.W. Woolworth Department store in downtown Greensboro to demand service. | This act of civil disobedience …
globalresearch.ca/mass-student-movement-united-states-began-six-decades-ago/5704154
Jury Awards $265M in Damages in Dicamba Trial Against Monsanto, BASF
Johnathan Hettinger | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
After three weeks of arguments, the jury awarded the peach-farmer plaintiff $15 million in damages and $250 million in punitive damages against the chemical companies. | *** | A federal jury determined that German agribusiness giants Bayer and BASF will have to …
globalresearch.ca/jury-awards-265m-damages-dicamba-trial-against-monsanto-basf/5704103
The Axis of Resistance Holds Firm as Washington Faces Retreat
Prof. Tim Anderson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
The shifting sands of the Syrian conflict have left many wondering what might happen next between the Kurds, the US, and Russia inside Syria. I reached out to, Professor Tim Anderson, an Australian political economist, and author of "…
globalresearch.ca/axis-resistance-holds-firm-washington-faces-retreat-professor-tim-andersons-assessment-syria-today/5704167
Is Russia Doomed? US-NATO Is Preparing for "A Major Military Conflict"
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
Winston Churchill said that Russia was "a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma." Having read two contrasting news reports of attitudes in Russia, I understand what Churchill meant. | General Valery Gerasimov, chairman of the Russian General Staff, …
globalresearch.ca/is-russia-doomed-us-nato-preparing-for-a-major-military-conflict/5704196
The End of Free Movement: This Is a Nation Dismantling Itself over Nonsense
Ian Dunt | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
So after four years, we finally get sight of it. The great points-based system, designed to replace free movement. No-one coming in under £25,600, unless there's a special shortage. No-one without good English. No-one who's self-employed. No-one without a …
globalresearch.ca/end-free-movement-nation-dismantling-itself/5704206
Netanyahu in the Dock Set for March 17. What Happens if Convicted of Bribery, Fraud?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
In so-called cases 1000 and 2000, he's charged with fraud and breach of trust
Munich Conference Reveals East-West Divide
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
Few postmodern political pantomimes have been more revealing than the hundreds of so-called "international decision-makers," mostly Western, waxing lyrical, disgusted or nostalgic over "Westlessness" at the Munich Security Conference. | "Westlessness" sounds like one of those constipated concepts issued from a …
globalresearch.ca/munich-conference-reveals-east-west-divide/5704149
The Donald Trump Phenomenon: The Drift Towards an Autocratic Presidency in the United States
Prof Rodrigue Tremblay | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
"Experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go". –Montesquieu (1689-1755), 1748. | "Where you have a concentration of power in …
globalresearch.ca/donald-trump-phenomenon-drift-towards-autocratic-presidency-united-states/5704170
Putin vs. Erdogan: Who's Going to Blink First?
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
An explosive situation is developing in Idlib province where the Syrian army is conducting a major offensive that has triggered a harsh response from Turkey. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is threatening to attack Syrian forces anywhere in the country …
globalresearch.ca/putin-erdogan-who-going-blink-first/5704180
Video: Aleppo City's Countryside Fully Secured, Syrians in Aleppo Celebrate the End of Terrorism
Eva Bartlett | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
In December 2016, the Syrian Arab Army, Russia and allies liberated the northern Syrian city of Aleppo of the al-Qaeda and equally-heinous terrorists who had occupied and terrorized civilians in the city since 2012. | In subsequent years, Aleppo to a …
globalresearch.ca/aleppo-city-countryside-fully-secured-syrians-aleppo-celebrate-end-terrorism/5704182
The War On Syria is Not Over: SAA Forces and Russia Confront US Sponsored "Jihadists", Turkey's Phony "Safe Zone", Israel Threatens "Escalated Aggression"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
On Wednesday, Turkey's Erdogan threatened escalated cross-border aggression against Syria. | He ignored his regime's illegal occupation of northern Syrian territory, support for anti-government jihadists, and his revanchist aims, wanting Syrian territory bordering Turkey annexed. | That's what his phony "safe zone" …
globalresearch.ca/russia-west-turkey-israel-syria/5704198
Oppose Trudeau's Hosting of the Lima Group in Gatineau
Ken Stone | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
On February 20, the Trudeau government will host another meeting of the anti-Venezuelan "Lima Group" at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, 100 Laurier St, Gatineau, Quebec K1A 0M8. A protest will commence at its main entrance at 1 pm. | The …
globalresearch.ca/oppose-trudeau-hosting-lima-group-gatineau/5704176
Video: Syrians Are in Desperate Race to Outrun Brutal Regime Offensive
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
Syrians are in a desperate race to outrun the offensive of the brutal Assad regime. The ruthless government forces are aggressively destroying helpless mines and car bombs, treacherously restoring roads, schools and residential houses, cruelly launching road patrols, and (oh, …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrians-desperate-race-outrun-brutal-regime-offensive/5704146
"The Right to Do Whatever I Want as President"
Rebecca Gordon | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
On February 5th, the Senate voted to acquit President Donald J. Trump of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. In other words, Trump's pre-election boast that he "could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody" and …
globalresearch.ca/the-right-to-do-whatever-i-want-as-president/5704096
Who Is WHO's Tedros Adhanom? The Wuhan Lockdown is Unprecedented
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
On the surface it appeared that the Director-General of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) has acted swiftly and seriously about the spreading coronavirus health emergency spreading across China. He has gone to meet with Chinese leaders to discuss the …
globalresearch.ca/who-who-tedros-adhanom/5704110
Researchers Have Identified How Naval Sonar Is Killing and Beaching Whales
Alex Larson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
This article was originally published in 2019. | We have known for a long time that naval sonar has devastating effects on marine life but just exactly how it leads to sickness and death was a mystery till now. | In new …
globalresearch.ca/researchers-identified-naval-sonar-killing-beaching-whales/5704204
India 2020: 'Superpower' or Still 'Super Poor'?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
The hopes of India's over 1.3 billion people were shattered after their country objectively failed to become the "superpower" that many of their leading "influencers" (read: propagandists) predicted it would be by 2020, with this finally being acknowledged by the …
globalresearch.ca/india-2020-superpower-still-super-poor/5704107
Revealed: The Secret Cash that Put Boris Johnson in Number 10
Peter Geoghegan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-20
Cash from secretive Tory groups and anonymous donors played a critical role in demolishing Labour's 'red wall' of northern seats, the key strategy that won the election for Boris Johnson. | *** | According to new research by openDemocracy, almost half a …
globalresearch.ca/secret-cash-put-boris-johnson-number-10/5704097
Trump Wants to Cancel Student Loan Forgiveness for Public Servants
Jill Richardson | commondreams.org | 2020-02-20
I want to live in a country where talented people from poor families can still go to college. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/views/2020/02/20/trump-wants-cancel-student-loan-forgiveness-public-servants?cd-origin=rss
Extradition of Assange Would Set a Dangerous Precedent
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-19
The Trump administration is seeking extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States for trial on charges carrying 175 years in prison. On February 24, a court in the U.K. will hold a hearing to determine whether to …
globalresearch.ca/extradition-assange-would-set-dangerous-precedent/5704114
At the Annual Munich Security Conference: The West Displays Its "Insecurity Complex"
Diana Johnstone | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-19
"The West is winning!" U.S. leaders proclaimed at the high-level Annual Security Conference held in Munich last weekend. | Not everybody was quite so sure. | There was a lot of insecurity displayed at a conference billed as "the West's family meeting" …
globalresearch.ca/annual-munich-security-conference-west-displays-insecurity-complex/5704124
Bloomberg Gains in Democratic Primaries, But Has History of Hostility to Unions Key to Voter Turnout
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-19
We continue our conversation with Marcie Wells, activist and waitress who is a member of the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 in Nevada, and Hamilton Nolan, labor reporter with In These Times. Nolan says 2020 had been "the most promising election year for organized labor in a long time," with Democratic candidates releasing platforms with strong labor protections. But Michael Bloomberg's entry into the race threatens to upend the Democratic Party's pro-worker shift. The billionaire former mayor of New York has a long track record of hostility toward organized labor, particularly teachers' unions, whom he has comp…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/19/hamilton_…
Selected Articles: The Truth About Assange
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-19
Extradition of Assange Would Set a Dangerous Precedent | By Prof. Marjorie Cohn, February 19, 2020 | The Trump administration is seeking extradition of WikiLeaks founderJulian Assange to the United States for trial on charges carrying 175 years in prison. …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-truth-about-assange/5704119
"Worth the Price?" New Film Shows How Biden Played Leading Role in Push for U.S. to Invade Iraq
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-18
The Democratic presidential candidates face off in Las Vegas Wednesday night ahead of the Nevada caucuses. Nevada could be a decisive state for candidates who performed poorly in Iowa and New Hampshire, including former Vice President Joe Biden. As Biden hopes for a comeback, a new short documentary sheds light on his extensive role in the Iraq War
Federal Charter Schools Program, a Lifeline for Owners of Capital, Under Threat
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-18
Neoliberals established the Federal Charter Schools Program in 1994, three years after the nation's first charter school law was passed in Minnesota. Since then, billions of public dollars have been handed over to privately-owned-operated non-profit and for-profit charter schools through the federal program. The money is usually used for charter school start-up costs. Putting aside …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/federal-charter-schools-program-a-lifeline-for-owners-of-capital-under-threat/
Amid global 'learning crisis', Parliaments can ensure adequate resources for education, says UN Assembly President
news.un.org | 2020-02-17
Education is the "great equalizer" and Parliaments have a major role to play in scaling up action to ensure that adequate financial resources are allocated to education, girls' education and technical and vocational training throughout in national budgetary processes, the President of the UN General Assembly said on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1057521
Iraq: Education access still a challenge in former ISIL-controlled areas
news.un.org | 2020-02-17
More than two years after the defeat of ISIL in Iraq, some children in areas formerly controlled by the terrorist group still cannot access school or get the necessary documentation required for enrollment, a UN report published on Monday finds.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1057561
One Billion Rising: Eve Ensler & Taína Asili Mark V-Day and Campaign to End Sexual Violence
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-14
This Valentine's Day, people around the world are taking to the streets to protest violence against women and girls. From the Philippines to India to Italy to Bolivia, thousands of women in more than 100 countries will reclaim public space through dance and performance as part of a global movement called One Billion Rising. The movement takes its name from the shocking statistic that one in three women across the planet will be beaten or raped during her lifetime. One Billion Rising started on Valentine's Day 2012 and has continued to grow every year since. Participants say they won't stop dancing until violence…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/14/v_day_one…
SPLC sues Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School safety commission for not allowing students to voice concerns
splcenter.org | 2020-02-06
Kinsey Akers had to take the PSAT but was determined to make her voice heard at a public meeting on school safety that same day.
splcenter.org/news/2020/02/06/splc-sues-marjory-stoneman-douglas-high-school-safety-commission-not-allowing-students