(2021-11-04). Students and young people must take up the fight against Australia's anti-democratic electoral laws. wsws.org "It is becoming clear to millions of young people that capitalism offers them no future. The government and Labor know this opposition exists and its one of the central reasons they have imposed these anti-democratic electoral laws."
(2021-11-04). What is herd immunity? A public health expert and a medical laboratory scientist explain. Rodney E. Rohde, Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science, Texas State University 
(2021-11-04). UNESCO officials laud China's role in UN over past 50 years. ecns.cn Officials and ambassadors of member states to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday commended China's role since the restoration of its lawful seat 50 years ago in the United Nations.
(2021-11-04). School taught lesson on 'dual pandemic' of Covid-19 & racism in US. rt.com 
A Maryland school board has come under fire for giving kids a "psychoeducational lesson" about what it called the US' "dual pandemic" of Covid-19 and "systemic racism." | According to documents published by Judicial Watch and seen by Fox News, the Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) board launched the curriculum last year. In an August 2020 email, MCPS Associate Superintendent Janet Wilson announced that all schools would be "required" to implement the lesson as part of a "mandatory Social-Emotional Learning" module by the following month. | The lesson was said to provide "crisis facts" about a "dual pande…
(2021-11-04). China stocks bounce after regulatory shock and awe. asiatimes.com 
One year ago this week, President Xi Jinping set in motion what's come to be known as China's great "common prosperity" rebalancing. In a move that startled the world, the push started with the November 2020 shelving of an initial public offering by Jack Ma's Ant Group. It then spread from tech to education to real estate, …
(2021-11-04). What American schools can learn from other countries about civic disagreement. Ashley Berner, Associate Professor of Education, Johns Hopkins University 
(2021-11-04). Mayo Clinic, NAACP join forces to create new pathways to success for Black, underrepresented students. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic and the Rochester Branch of NAACP today launched "RISE for Youth," an innovative program that will provide Black and underrepresented students with new pathways to success in education and employment, while also addressing the racial disparities that stand in the way of their success. The program is part of Mayo Clinic's $100 million commitment against racism. According to a Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development report, a huge employment…
(2021-11-04). Widespread COVID-19 infection found in U.S. deer: NYT. ecns.cn A large number of white-tailed deer were infected with the coronavirus in Midwestern U.S.Up to 80 percent of deer sampled from April 2020 to January 2021 in the state were infected, which was characterized by researchers and outside experts as a troubling development in the course of the pandemic, it said.
(2021-11-04). Activists and scholars condemn closure of Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity in Australia. peoplesdispatch.org In a surprise move, Flinders University has decided to shut down the world-renowned Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity, a key institution for the research of social determinants of health…
(2021-11-04). NASA-Funded Astrological Survey Sets Identification of Alien Life as Top Priority. sputniknews.com A survey conducted by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has charted a path for the next decade of astronomy and astrophysics research. One of their primary recommendations is to bolster humanity's ability to detect alien life.
(2021-11-04). Women are more competitive when they're given an option to share winnings — a research finding that may help close the gender pay gap. Mary L. Rigdon, Professor and Associate Director, Center for the Philosophy of Freedom, University of Arizona 
(2021-11-04). COVID-19 rash in kids and adults. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Rashes on babies and children are common. They can happen for many reasons, including COVID-19 infection. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have been studying the dermatologic effects of COVID-19 on kids and adults. "By the time we grow into adulthood, our immune systems have had the opportunity to see many viral, bacterial and miscellaneous infections, and grow immunity such that if you get exposed again, you hopefully will not have a true…
(2021-11-04). The Moon Trip Drill 'SIRIUS-21' Kicks Off in Moscow. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Russia's Institute of Medical and Biological Problems (IMBP) began a new phase of the Scientific International Research In Unique Terrestrial Station (SIRIUS), a project which will simulate a round trip to the Moon with six volunteers. | RELATED: | "Let the isolation experiment begin," the SIRIUS Co-Director Sergei Ponomarev ordered and explained that the volunteers will be locked up for eight months in a special modu…
(2021-11-04). Selected Articles: "New Normal" Winter Is Coming: Social Purge on "The Unvaccinated" globalresearch.ca 
By An economic downturn during the first quarter of 2020 resulted in the loss of millions of jobs and hundreds of thousands of businesses. Governments …
(2021-11-04). US Rate of New Retirees More Than Doubles During Pandemic – Report. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Elderly Americans are retiring at more than double the rate during the decade preceding the coronavirus pandemic, a Pew Research Center report said.
(2021-11-04). Study credits vaccination with 'almost eliminating' cervical cancer in young women. rt.com 
Introducing an HPV vaccine as part of the NHS effort to prevent cervical cancer has saved hundreds of British women from developing the disease, a fresh study says, citing 13 years of observations. | The first generation of a human papillomavirus HPV vaccine, introduced in the UK as part of an NHS programme to combat cervical cancer in women, has reduced the disease rate among those vaccinated by 87% on average, a fresh study funded by Cancer Research UK said. | "The HPV immunisation programme has successfully almost eliminated cervical cancer in women born since Sept 1, 1995," the study published in the Lance…
(2021-11-04). Few foundations give groups they support decision-making power on funding priorities. Emily Finchum-Mason, Doctoral candidate in Public Policy and Management, University of Washington 
(2021-11-04). Why are investors so cocky? They often have a biased memory — and selectively forget their money-losing stocks. Philip Fernbach, Associate Professor of Marketing, University of Colorado Boulder 
(2021-11-04). NATO priority: Send women into combat, transition them back to civilian life. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com See: NATO: Women, War and Insecurity Life after service in Ukraine: NATO experts discuss how to best support women soldiers' civilian reintegration …With greater participation of women in the armed forces, understanding how they experience this transition is essential. On 4 November 2021, with support from the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) Programme, …
(2021-11-04). Landslide for democracy in Washington State's Clallam County. peoplesworld.org 
SEQUIM, Wash.—Voters inflicted a crushing landslide defeat Nov. 2 on four QAnon-connected Sequim City Council incumbents nicknamed the "Gang of Four." Voters replaced them with five "Good Governance" City Council candidates who spoke out clearly for honesty, transparency, racial equality, and medical science. Voter turnout in Sequim was 49.46%, very high for an off-year election. …
(2021-11-04). Aussie scientist 'Biologist Ellie' using Instagram to inspire kids. indybay.org Social media biologist Ellie Eddy, who operates the Instagram account 'Biologist Ellie' uses the platform to educate and share science news with tens of thousands. 32-year-old Ellie, also known as Ellie-Elissa, posts colourful and engaging images to inspire a new generation of environmental advocates.
(2021-11-04). Supreme Court appears to suggest right to guns at home extends to carrying them in public too. Morgan Marietta, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Massachusetts Lowell 
(2021-11-04). Why are medieval weapons laws at the center of a US Supreme Court case? Jennifer Tucker, Associate Professor of History and Science in Society, Wesleyan University 
(2021-11-04). Veterans Day: How crosses and mementos help these Marines remember fallen comrades. Katrina Finkelstein, PhD Student, University of Tennessee 
(2021-11-04). New Agers vs Neo-Pagans: Can Either Be Salvaged for Socialism? (Part I). dissidentvoice.org 
Neopagans have a great deal to teach 21st Century socialists, if only we would listen. As capitalism has gone into deep decline in the United States and England beginning in the 1970s, two spiritual movements have sprung up outside Judeo-Christianity: The New Age and Neopaganism. Contrary to some sociologists' claims that Neopagan Wiccans, Druids and …
(2021-11-04). Striking Scranton, Pennsylvania teachers discuss deplorable school conditions. wsws.org Educators walking the picket line in Scranton, Pennsylvania explained the issues in their struggle after 800 teachers and paraprofessionals walked out Wednesday morning.
(2021-11-04). Thursday 11/4: Policies That Could Improve the Lives of Poor & Low-Income People w/ PPC. indybay.org Online teach-in…
(2021-11-03). The Manufacture of Decline. strategic-culture.org Americans suffer the same disabilities as the Europeans of 1919: They cannot think. They cannot speak plainly among themselves. | By Patrick LAWRENCE"We modern civilizations have learned to recognize that we are mortal like the others. We had heard tell of whole worlds vanished, of empires foundered … sunk to the inexplorable depths of the centuries with their gods and laws, their academies and their pure and applied sciences, their grammars, dictionaries, classics … their critics and the critics of their critics…. We could not count them. But these wrecks, after all, were of no concern of ours." | That is…
(2021-11-03). Preview: What to Look for in the October Jobs Report. cepr.net (The monthly Employment Situation is scheduled for release by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday, November 5 at 8: 30 AM Eastern Time.) | The rate of employment growth has slowed sharply in the last two months, averaging just 280,000 jobs a month. However, this is not a story of weak demand for labor. The index of aggregate weekly hours rose by 0.8 percent in September. This suggests that employers who were unable to hire more workers instead met their demand by increasing hours. The September increase in hours would be equivalent to adding 1.2 million workers if the average workweek had remained unchanged.
(2021-11-03). People's Action and TakeAction Minnesota Statement on Minneapolis Public Safety Charter Amendment. peoplesaction.org Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action and its member organization, TakeAction Minnesota, today released the following statement by Movement Politics Director Brooke Adams and TakeAction Minnesota Executive Director Elianne Farhat after results came in on a charter amendment in Minneapolis that would transform public safety by replacing the Minneapolis Police Department with a new department …
(2021-11-03). Uproot the System: Filipina Activist Mitzi Tan on How Capitalism & Colonialism Fuel Climate Crisis. democracynow.org 
We speak to Mitzi Tan, a climate activist based in the Philippines, who will join Greta Thunberg of Sweden and Vanessa Nakate of Uganda in speaking at a major march and rally in Glasgow on Saturday. Among their demands are reparations from the Global North to the Global South to help rebuild the lives of those most impacted by the climate crisis. Tan has recently protested outside the offices of Standard Chartered Bank in London, which funds the most fossil fuel companies based in the Philippines, which she says contributes directly to their yearly typhoons that cause insurmountable destruction. "At this point, n…
(2021-11-03). MAGA Ain't Playin': New Poll Shows 30 Percent Of Republicans Say Violence May Be Necessary To Save United States. moguldom.com Almost one in three Republicans polled in a recent study agree with this statement, "Because things have gotten so far off track, true American patriots may have to resort to violence to save our country." The findings come from the Public Religion Research Institute, a nonprofit research and education organization that studies political issues as they …
(2021-11-03). COP 26: End the Cynicism and Denial — Pt1. zcomm.org Governments and corporations around the world are fully aware of the danger of the climate crisis. They are not lacking information or education; it's all out there…
(2021-11-03). Rank-and-file Canadian educators discuss "How to end the pandemic" webinar, vow support for John Deere strike. wsws.org At the latest meeting of the Cross-Canada Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee, education workers drew the connection between the fight to stop the pandemic and the need to unify their struggles with other sections of workers battling low wages and punishing working conditions.
(2021-11-03). The homogenisation of education. mronline.org 
Education in post-independence India was supposed not just to provide knowledge and skills to students, but also to facilitate the process of "nation-building" (to use a clumsy word).
(2021-11-03). Shanghai Bloc Expected To Fight Terrorism In Central Asia. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Shanghai Bloc takes first steps towards the creation of a joint strategy to combat terrorism in Asia. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. | International security and the fight against terrorism are undoubtedly the most discussed topics currently in the Asian political scenario, especially in the Central Asian region. With the increasing presence of terrorist groups in Afghanistan, there is a fear amon…
(2021-11-03). Oil companies are ploughing money into fossil-fueled plastics production at a record rate—new research. nationofchange.org Around the world, around the clock, the plastics we use every day are produced at facilities on an almost incomprehensible scale that some suggest we now live in an era best labelled the plasticene.
(2021-11-03). Selected Articles: They Defend the Climate While Preparing the End of the World. globalresearch.ca 
By At the beginning of October, Italy hosted the preparatory meeting of the UN Conference on Climate Change, currently taking place in Glasgow. …
(2021-11-03). Wellcome Trust director Jeremy Farrar quits science advisory committee over UK government's handling of pandemic. wsws.org That Farrar believes his position as a government advisor is no longer tenable speaks volumes about the dangerous situation, Johnson's intentions and the impossibility of swaying the ruling class to take up any serious scientific policy against the pandemic.
(2021-11-03). Appleton, WI: SDS rallies for $15 an hour for students on campus. fightbacknews.org Appleton, WI – The Appleton Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and Sunrise Fox Valley are continuing the "Fight for $15'' at Lawrence University. This campaign seeks to increase the on-campus student worker minimum wage to $15 per hour. At the moment, the average student worker is undercompensated with a meagre $7.25 wage, which is unable to meet the rising costs of tuition and other exorbitant living expenses. | Through consistent agitation and numerous flyer drives, Appleton SDS has been able to gain the support of hundreds of student workers and other sympathetic allies. With the assistance of S…
(2021-11-03). Jacksonville demands police accountability, demands reinstatement of Safer Together Committee. fightbacknews.org Jacksonville, FL — Around 50 community members came together outside of City Hall, October 26, to rally for the re-instatement of the "Safer Together Committee" by the City Council. The rally was led by the Jacksonville Community Action Committee (JCAC) and joined by the Northside Coalition of Jacksonville, Students for A Democratic Society, Take Em Down Jax, Florida Rising, and Women's March Jacksonville. | The rally began at 4 p.m. with the crowd chanting "People! Power!" while various news stations set up to collect footage of the event. Michael Sampson, a leader of JCAC, kicked off the rally by demandi…
(2021-11-03). Scranton School System forces teachers to strike. peoplesworld.org 
SCRANTON, Pa. —After years with no contract, and school board demands for big increases in teachers' share of health care costs, teachers and staff in the Scranton, Pa., school district, members of Teachers (AFT) Local 1147, were forced to strike Nov. 3. "See us on the picket lines. Scranton educators, parents, and students have sacrificed …
(2021-11-03). Ban Ki-moon calls on students to challenge global leaders on climate change. imperial.ac.uk Former Secretary General of the UN, Ban Ki-moon, has called on students to challenge global leaders on climate change at an Imperial event.
(2021-11-03). Impasse in talks may force 6,300 U of C faculty, 500 librarians to strike. peoplesworld.org 
SANTA BARBARA, Calif.—A university system-declared impasse after two years of bargaining may force some 6,300 teaching, non-tenured faculty, plus 500 librarians, at the University of California system to strike. Though yet another bargaining session is scheduled for Nov. 10—and is open to the public and supporters via Zoom starting at 2 pm Pacific Time—the two …