(2020-03-07). Boys in Brazil land school in scandal as self-styled Nazis saluting classmate as a Fuhrer creating a new 'REICH'. rt.com 
A prestigious school in Brazil got dragged into a scandal after one of its students ran an election campaign styled after Adolf Hitler, recruiting a dozen supporters eager to have him as their 'Furher.' | A photo of the candidate greeting his backers with a Nazi salute in a school classroom, with them responding likewise, was apparently made public by the teen himself. He thought it was a good idea not only to play at Nazism with his mates, but also to upload the proof on his campaign's Instagram page. | The text comment with the photo said the would-be class speaker "promises to be the new Fürher," who w…
(2020-03-07). Johnstone brings her Moral Compass to our Dantesque World. dissidentvoice.org 
First, Diana Johnstone's memoir is a classic, and will be read and quoted as long as we keep struggling for peace and justice. It is one of the great personal accounts of the anguished decline of our uncivilization, both a riveting eye-witness account of many of the horrors and perfidies, and a primer for students …
(2020-03-07). Absolutely sickening—and scary': Man unfurls Nazi flag at Bernie Sanders rally, heightening security concerns. mronline.org 
"All people of conscience must condemn this anti-Semitism against the most visible Jewish politician in the country." |
(2020-03-07). Australia: "Teachers for Assange and Manning" campaign in Melbourne. wsws.org The active intervention of teachers and education support staff is just one indication of the growing concern among millions of people that Assange's persecution has immense implications.
(2020-03-07). San Ysidro, California high school students walk out to oppose attacks on public education. wsws.org On Friday, March 6, hundreds of students at San Ysidro High School in San Diego, California walked out to oppose budget cuts and attacks on public education.
(2020-03-07). 75 Years Ago: Nazi Germany's Launch Final Major Attacks of the Second World War. globalresearch.ca Seventy-five years ago, on 6 March 1945, the Third Reich launched what was to be its final great offensive of World War II, called Operation Spring Awakening (Unternehmen Fràºhlingserwachen). This attack, not well known today, was directed eastwards through the …
(2020-03-07). Video: Turkish Drones Falling in Idlib. 'Moderate Rebels' Gas Themselves by Mistake. globalresearch.ca Early on March 5, the Israeli Air Force carried out a series of airstrikes on targets in the Syrian provinces of Homs and Quneitra. According to the Syrian military, the attack was conducted from Lebanese airspace at 00: 30 local time. …
(2020-03-07). Women's Rights and Social Justice: Julia Ward Howe's 1870 Anti-War Mother's Day Proclamation, A Day of Peace. globalresearch.ca Julia Ward Howe was a humanist who cared about suffering people, a feminist, a social justice activist & suffragette, and it was because of her anti-war commitment that she wrote the famous "Mother's Day Proclamation" 5 years after the Civil War, which resulted in 600,000 dead American soldiers…
(2020-03-07). From Afghanistan to Syria: Women's Rights, War Propaganda and the CIA. globalresearch.ca Western heads of state, UN officials, military spokespersons will invariably praise the humanitarian dimension of the October 2001 US-NATO led invasion of Afghanistan, which allegedly was to fight religious fundamentalists, help little girls go to school, liberate women subjected to the yoke of the Taliban.
(2020-03-07). STEM Undergraduate Town Hall. indybay.org Earth and Marine Sciences B206 | UC Santa Cruz…
(2020-03-07). I Know Why the Caged Canary Sings. zcomm.org Regardless of the judgements that are passed today, I appeal to everyone in this room to search their consciences and do everything in their power to ensure we bequeath our children a habitable planet…
(2020-03-07). Petition: Accountability for the Incident Regarding a Black UCI Alumna at UC Irvine. indybay.org UCI Black Student Union and United Students Against Sweatshops Demand for Accountability Regarding the Incident on February 20, 2020…
(2020-03-07). Huge Turnout for UC Berkeley Day of Action and Solidarity. indybay.org UC Berkeley graduate student workers, undergraduates and faculty stop work to demand COLA and reinstatement of fired UCSC workers.
(2020-03-07). University of California graduate student strike: A struggle against the United Auto Workers and the Democratic Party. wsws.org For two months, UC graduate students and teaching assistants have engaged in a wildcat strike, rebelling against the UAW to demand cost of living adjustments in one of the most expensive states in the US.
(2020-03-07). Whose University? Day 18 Strike Updates at UC Santa Cruz. indybay.org For the 18th day of the strike, hundreds of graduate students, undergraduates, faculty, staff, lecturers, and others successfully closed down UCSC's main campus for the entire working day.
(2020-03-07). California graduate students expand wildcat strike to fourth campus, with two more slated to join. wsws.org The powerful initiative taken by striking grad students poses the need to maintain complete independence from the trade union bureaucracies and the Democratic Party.
(2020-03-07). Students Petition UC Irvine After Campus Police Arrest a Black Alumna. indybay.org Shikera Chamndany, a Black alumna in biomedical engineering at UC Irvine, went to campus to collect her transcripts on Feb. 20. She ended up spending the night in Orange County Women's Jail.
(2020-03-07). Brazil: Amid brutal police repression, Sà£o Paulo government passes state pension reform. wsws.org The attack was carried out with the complicity of the teachers union and after Workers Party governments in the northeast of Brazil passed their own pension reforms.
(2020-03-07). UK Education Secretary Calls on Oxford Uni to Defend Free Speech After Rudd's 'No-Platforming'. sputniknews.com The no-platforming of Amber Rudd at Oxford has drawn criticism from across British society and the parliamentary political spectrum, with the UK government threatening to implement new laws that would safeguard freedom of speech on university campuses.
(2020-03-07). Catastrophic Flood Entombed 300,000 People in a Chinese City in 1642 AD, Scientists Claim. sputniknews.com Dubbed "Chinese sorrow" the Yellow River is known to have flooded nearby cities more than a thousand times in the past 2,000 years. However, scientists say the event in Kaifeng was the most devastating.
(2020-03-06). Apprentices to Nowhere: From Impoverished Graduate Students to Impoverished College Professors. counterpunch.org 
Why have 233 graduate teaching assistants gone on strike at the University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC)? Why did University of California (UC) President Janet Napolitano issue a warning letter threatening to fire the striking graduate students? Why did the University of California call in police from outside the college who used batons against
(2020-03-06). Coronavirus: Remember the "Fake" 2009 H1N1 Swine Flu Pandemic: Manipulating the Data to Justify a Worldwide Public Health Emergency. globalresearch.ca A Worldwide public health emergency is unfolding, 4.9 billion doses of H1N1 swine flu vaccine are envisaged by the WHO.
(2020-03-06). The Brooklyn Yeshiva Anthem Protest: Why It's Not Antisemitic. counterpunch.org "An anti-Semite used to be a person who disliked Jews. Now it is a person who Jews dislike." — Hajo Meyer, Jewish German-born Dutch physicist and Auschwitz survivor. "Antisemitism is a trick we always use." — Shulamit Aloni, Jewish Israeli, former Israeli Minister of Education, longtime member of the Israeli parliament. On Sunday, February 23
(2020-03-06). –°oronavirus May be a Product of US 'Biological Attack' Aimed at Iran and China, IRGC Chief Claims. globalresearch.ca The US —Åould be the prime culprit behind Covid-2019 outbreak that hit China and then Iran, head of its elite Revolutionary Guards claimed, threatening that the virus will eventually be turned against those who unleashed it. | "It is possible that …
(2020-03-06). Some Emerging Truths About Ukraine and the Crash of Malaysian Airlines MH17. globalresearch.ca On 17 July 2014 a Malaysian Airlines flight was en route from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down over Ukrainian territory with the loss of all passengers and crew. The majority of the passengers were Dutch citizens, …
(2020-03-06). Boris Johnson Accused of Covering Up "Bullying Allegations" globalresearch.ca 'The Home Secretary is doing an outstanding job': Boris Johnson's repeated response to the allegations of bullying by Priti Patel across three different government departments in recent times. At Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn asked …
(2020-03-06). Afghanistan: Imagine There's No Future. globalresearch.ca Here's a little thought experiment. Imagine it's Sept. 12, 2001, and America is in deep shock over the destruction of the World Trade Center the previous day. George W. Bush goes on national TV and declares: | "Now is not the …
(2020-03-06). The Despicable USA — Theater of Dystopia. A Nation Run by Gangsters. globalresearch.ca "Who knows what evil lurks in the heart of men? Only the Shadow knows."— opening line in "The Shadow" radio show from 1930 to 1954. It became a pop culture icon. | The Trump impeachment process that began in late September …
(2020-03-06). Why Is the US Apparently Not Testing for the COVID-19 Coronavirus? globalresearch.ca All reports are that the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) is not testing for the new coronavirus COVID-19, and that reliable tests in any case do not exist in the US. This is an area bereft of rational explanation. …
(2020-03-06). "Voices from Syria" and "The Dirty War on Syria": Mark Taliano and Tim Anderson Analyze the War on Syria. globalresearch.ca Voices from Syria by Mark Taliano and The Dirty War on Syria by Tim Anderson: *SPECIAL OFFER: …
(2020-03-06). Joe Biden in 2020 Duplicates Hillary Clinton in 2016. globalresearch.ca Hillary Clinton, of course, received the Democratic Party nomination in 2016 and was widely expected to beat Trump but she lost to him (though she won California
(2020-03-06). COVID-19 "Worldwide Epidemic of Biblical Proportions" globalresearch.ca This is becoming increasingly crazy. The Western media hype is intolerable with its fear-mongering. What is driving this? | In most countries, a few people or a few hundred people have been infected with this virus, and a dozen or so …
(2020-03-06). Former Nobel Peace Prize Nominates Morales for 2020 Distinction. globalresearch.ca "It is an honor for me to inform you that I have nominated comrade Evo Morales Ayma for the Nobel Peace Prize for the year 2020," the Argentinian Adolfo Perez Esquivel announced on his Twitter account. | *** | The Argentinian activist …
(2020-03-06). Circle in the Darkness: Memoir of a World Watcher (2020). globalresearch.ca First, Diana Johnstone's memoir is a classic, and will be read and quoted as long as we keep struggling for peace and justice. It is one of the great personal accounts of the anguished decline of our uncivilization, …
(2020-03-06). Another Farcical Ceasefire in Syria. globalresearch.ca Time and again, ceasefires agreed to on Syria were breached straightaway by US/NATO/Turkish supported terrorists. | Is this time different? Will belligerent Trump and Erdogan regimes turn a page for restoration of peace and stability in Syria? | Will they renounce years …
(2020-03-06). 150,000-Plus Students March Against Violence in Central Mexico. telesurenglish.net In an outpouring of discontent, more than 150,000 young people from all the universities in the central Mexican state of Puebla marched on Thursday to demand justice and security from the authorities after the murder ‚Äã‚Äã‚Äã‚Äãof three students, two of them Colombians, that occurred ten days ago. | RELATED: | As most of them dressed in bla…
(2020-03-06). Oxford students were right to 'no-platform' Amber Rudd, and here's why. thecanary.co On Thursday 5 March, former home secretary Amber Rudd was due to However, the student society organising the event cancelled it at short notice and withdrew Rudd's invitation. | 'No-platforming': | The UNWomen Oxford UK Society pulled the event after receiving
(2020-03-06). WaPo Prints Study That Found Paper Backed an Undemocratic Bolivia Coup. commondreams.org The OAS repeatedly made statistical claims about Bolivia's election that were clearly false. (Photo: Alexis Demarco/APG/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2020-03-06). Last Pre-Coronavirus Jobs Report Shows Strong Job Growth, Weak Wage Growth. truthout.org The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the economy added 273,000 jobs in February. The January figure was revised up to the same number, which, along with an upward revision to December's number, brought the three-month average to a very strong 243,000 jobs. | The unemployment rate edged back down to 3.5 percent, reversing the January rise. However, the employment-to-population ratio (EPOP) also edged down 0.1 percentage points from the recovery high reached in January. The EPOP for prime-…
(2020-03-06). Victorian teachers' union calls on government to ban duck hunting. greenleft.org.au 
(2020-03-06). Selected Articles: The Pentagon's "Ides of March 2020": Best Month to Go to War? globalresearch.ca Online independent analysis of US-led wars, rampant corruption, corporate greed, civil rights and fraudulent monetary transactions is invariably relegated to the bottom rung of search engine results. | As a result we presently do not cover our monthly running costs which …
(2020-03-06). Boyle Heights to celebrate working-class women. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – The Boyle Heights group Centro Community Service Organization (Centro CSO) will host Día Internacional de la Mujer, International Women's Day, Saturday, March 7 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Benjamin Franklin Library. CSO aims to honor and represent local women who are working for LGBT rights, fighting for socialism, defending public education, resisting police terror and brutality, and ending deportations. | Speakers participating will include a student from Garfield High School; Rosario Bonilla from Centro CSO; Josefina Rizo, mother of 16-year-old Jose Mendez who was killed by LAPD; Vibiana Aparicio…
(2020-03-05). The New Poll Tax? Long Lines, Closed Polling Stations Hurt Black, Latinx & Student Voters in TX, CA. democracynow.org 
Long wait times plagued polling places in Texas throughout Super Tuesday, especially in districts with high numbers of black and Latinx voters and college students. Many voters reported waiting in line for more than three hours to cast a ballot. At least 750 Texas polling sites have been shuttered since 2013, when the Supreme Court slashed federal oversight of Texas and other Southern states under the Voting Rights Act of 1965. There were long lines, too, in Los Angeles, where many polling places reported problems with a brand-new $300 million voting system. The Sanders campaign sued to keep polling places open a…
(2020-03-05). MIT researchers confirm what we knew all along: Evo won and OAS lied. mronline.org 
The report released by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology raises questions about why the Organization of American States lied and who benefited. |
(2020-03-05). Remembering Father Rutilio Grande of El Salvador. peoplesworld.org 
In the course of the year 1977, at the school where I studied, there was a subject called Religious Orientation. The teacher was a well recognized social psychologist in those days, in several high school centers. The school was the Cristóbal Colón—Christopher Columbus of the Order of St. Joseph fathers. That year the country started …
(2020-03-05). The Pentagon's "Ides of March 2020": Best Month to Go to War? globalresearch.ca or the Romans, the month of March (Martius) marked "the time to start new military campaigns." As in the heyday of the Roman Empire, the Pentagon has a mandate to plan and implement a precise "timeline" of military operations.
(2020-03-05). Coronavirus update: 290 million students now stuck at home. news.un.org School closures in 13 countries linked to the COVID-19 virus epidemic have disrupted the education of more than 290 million students, a record number, the UN education agency UNESCO said on Thursday.
(2020-03-05). Trump's Education Policy Is an Opportunity for Democrats. thenation.com Trump's Education Policy Is an Opportunity for Democrats…
(2020-03-05). Women and girls still vulnerable to HIV due to gender inequality: UNAIDS. news.un.org Gender discrimination and violence, as well as "huge" gaps in education, are among the factors why women and girls remain vulnerable to HIV, according to the UN agency working to end the AIDS epidemic.
(2020-03-05). The Legacy of Michael Bloomberg's Muslim Surveillance Programme. globalresearch.ca When Asad Dandia received a friend request on Facebook, he didn't think much of it. | The college student was active with a religious-based charity, so it was common for people to reach out on the social media platform and offer …