(2021-02-08). Cuba's COVID-19 Vaccines Serve the People, Not Profits. counterpunch.org 
Cuba's socialist approach to developing vaccines against COVID-19 differs strikingly from that of capitalist nations of the world. Cuba's production of four vaccines is grounded in science and dedicated to saving the lives of all Cubans, and to international solidarity.
(2021-02-08). India Needs Course Correction on Myanmar. asia-pacificresearch.com …
(2021-02-08). Chicago threatens lockout as teachers stand firm on safe classroom demands. mronline.org 
Despite strong opposition from the Chicago Teachers' Union, representing the educators, the Chicago Public Schools and the city administration have decided to reopen in-person classes on Monday.
(2021-02-08). Towards a Police State in Switzerland? The Covid Face Mask. globalresearch.ca In the morning of 5 February 2021, a distinguished gentleman, professional, in his early 70s, impeccably dressed in suit and tie (no name shall be mentioned) — was running to catch an 8 AM train at the Geneva principal railway …
(2021-02-08). Chicago Teachers Union endorses a bargain with death, agrees to in-person classes. wsws.org City officials and the leadership of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) came to an agreement Sunday on a deadly plan to reopen schools in the third largest district in the US at the height of the pandemic.
(2021-02-08). The Shecession: Women Face Staggering Job & Income Losses Amid the Pandemic's Economic Crisis. democracynow.org 
As Democrats in Congress push forward on passing President Joe Biden's sweeping $1.9 trillion stimulus package, many experts say measures to combat the economic fallout from COVID-19 must address the pandemic's disproportionate impact on women — especially women of color. Women in the U.S. lost 5.5 million jobs in the first 10 months of the pandemic, nearly 1 million more job losses than men, and, combined with increased responsibilities for caregiving at home, are experiencing a "shecession," according to researcher C. Nicole Mason. "Women have been disproportionately impacted by job and income losses duri…
(2021-02-08). 'No families are opting out': Utah school REVERSES decision to allow children to skip Black History Month classes after backlash. rt.com 
A charter school in Utah made a U-turn on its decision to allow families to "exercise their civil rights" and opt their children out of lessons relating to Black History Month, after facing a major backlash online. | "We regret that after receiving requests, an opt-out form was sent out concerning activities planned during this month of celebration," Maria Montessori Academy's board of directors The school in North Ogden, which has a majority white student base according…
(2021-02-08). Dems Deride MTG for Supporting Conspiracies While Claiming Russia Was Behind Capitol Riots. strategic-culture.org By Alan MACLEOD | The House of Representatives has stripped new Georgia official Marjorie Taylor Greene from two committees over her history of promoting conspiracy theories. Congress took the highly unusual step today in voting 230 to 199 in favor of removing her from the education and budget committees, limiting her abilities and powers. In response, the 46-year-old freshman congresswoman Greene was a noted proponent of the QAnon conspiracy…
(2021-02-08). Argentine capital tests teachers for Covid-19 ahead of reopening schools. laprensalatina.com Buenos Aires, Feb 8 (efe-epa).- Officials in the Argentine capital launched Monday an operation to test school staff for Covid-19 before the scheduled return of children to classrooms on Feb. 17. Tests are being administered at three sites in the city. The Buenos Aires municipal health department said it has the capacity to test the …
(2021-02-08). [Research Paper] Fatal self-injury in the United States, 1999—2018: Unmasking a national mental health crisis. thelancet.com Depiction of rising SIM trends across states and major regions unmasks a burgeoning national mental health crisis. Geographic variation is plausibly a partial product of local heterogeneity in toxic drug availability and the quality of medicolegal death investigations. Like COVID-19, the nation will only be able to prevent SIM by responding with collective, comprehensive, systemic approaches. Injury surveillance and prevention, mental health, and societal well-being are poorly served by the continuing segregation of substance use disorders from other mental disorders in clinical medicine and public health practic…
(2021-02-08). Experts Say Burst India Glacier Shows 'Catastrophic' and Deadly Cost of Inaction on Climate Crisis. commondreams.org "These events will occur more frequently and will become overall more destructive if measures are not taken to mitigate these risks," said one researcher. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2021-02-08). British Academics Reject UK Government's 'Working Definition of Antisemitism'. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | The following is the full text of a letter published and …
(2021-02-08). Sri Lankan educators' safety committee salutes Chicago teachers. wsws.org "We will campaign among teachers and students in support of the Chicago teachers' struggle, explaining this important experience. The Chicago struggle is our fight."
(2021-02-08). Armed raids, strip searches and torture: this is life for Turkey's students. thecanary.co Turkey's disgusting human rights record has come under the spotlight yet again as students continue to protest in Istanbul and other major Turkish cities. Since early January,
(2021-02-08). The Invincible Green Stick of Happiness. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | After a night of haunting dreams that flowed as if they …
(2021-02-08). Warren, Schumer Introduce Resolution to Cancel $50K in Student Loan Debt. zcomm.org Polls have shown that forgiving up to $50,000 in student loan debt is relatively popular among the public, though with some caveats that the forgiveness should be targeted…
(2021-02-08). Video: The Face Mask Imposed by France's Police State. Breathing is a Fundamental Human Right. globalresearch.ca First published on August 24, 2020 | Numerous scientific studies reveal that the face mask is detrimental to a person's health. | According to Dr. Russell Blaylock: by wearing a face mask, "the exhaled viruses will not be able to escape and …
(2021-02-08). Moderna, Pfizer Test mRNA Experimental Biologics on Children. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | On Dec. 10, 2020, American biotechnology company Moderna, Inc., which is …
(2021-02-08). Vote "No" on the CTU-CPS plan to reopen Chicago schools! Saving lives is non-negotiable! wsws.org The tentative deal Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) leaders reached over the weekend with Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) officials is an abject surrender that must be rejected.
(2021-02-08). Unsere Kinder haben ein Anrecht auf eine menschenwàºrdige Zukunft. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | George Orwells beràºhmtes Zitat ‚ÄûFalls Freiheit àºberhaupt etwas bedeutet, dann bedeutet …
(2021-02-08). IYSSE online meeting calls for European-wide general strike against school openings. wsws.org Students, educators and workers from throughout Germany participated in the meeting, as well as representatives of Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committees in Britain and the US.
(2021-02-08). Philadelphia educators to defy district, maintain all-virtual schooling Monday. wsws.org Several thousand Philly teachers, ordered into classrooms this week, are refusing to enter unsafe buildings in the Democratically-controlled city.
(2021-02-08). Salute the Hard Work of the Global Research News Hour! globalresearch.ca Six major media firms control the lion's share of the news people see, listen to and read every day! That's an extra-ordinary level of influence they can exert on the popular mindset and on the political decisions made in the …
(2021-02-08). "A Simple Boy From the Prairie" counterpunch.org When a European graduate student emailed to ask if I would participate in an assignment to "do an interview with one of my favourite authors," I said yes. My books have not exactly been best-sellers, and so I was an easy target for anyone describing me as a "favourite author." But beyond my gratitude for
(2021-02-08). Tribes at Long Last Reclaim Control of National Bison Range. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | The Salish word for the modern-day National Bison Range translates to …
(2021-02-08). Shrinking Ireland: Global Warning in Local Communities. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | A recent walk at a local beach revealed to me how …
(2021-02-08). Framed Shrewsbury pickets seek justice at Court of Appeal after 47 years. wsws.org In the Appeal Court, lawyers representing 14 of the Shrewsbury pickets argued that the "higher echelons of the state" had been involved in their client's unfair convictions 47 years ago. This included "covert agencies" such as MI5 and the so-called Information Research Department, whose remit included creating anti-communist and anti-union material that could be funnelled to sympathetic journalists.
(2021-02-08). The Foreign Roots of Haiti's "Constitutional Crisis" globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Haiti's president's term has come to an end, but he refuses …
(2021-02-08). Our Children Have a Right to a Decent Future. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | George Orwell's famous quote "If liberty means anything at all, it …
(2021-02-08). New Vision and Leadership of the African Union. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | The African Union (AU) has held a two-day summit to elect …
(2021-02-08). Global outcry for the release of Egyptian student. peoplesdispatch.org Ahmed Samir Santawy is the latest victim of the Egyptian government's intimidation of academics and students studying abroad. Samir, an Egyptian student at the Central European University (CEU) in Vienna, was remanded for a period of 15 days on February 6.
(2021-02-08). Michigan educators call for unity with Chicago educators in fight to close schools. wsws.org The Michigan Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee expresses its full support for the Chicago teachers' struggle against the dangerous and indeed criminal drive to resume in-person instruction in Chicago Public Schools (CPS).
(2021-02-08). Did The Virus Trigger the 2020 Worldwide Economic Crisis? globalresearch.ca "You lose your job. Small and medium sized enterprises go bankrupt. Even the whole tourist industry is paralyzed. There's no air transport. There's no public transport, in some cases. And then they make us believe that this is required …
(2021-02-08). The Fight for Safe Schools Today. dsausa.org Join the DSA Educators and School Staff Network for a call on Saturday, February 20th at 3 pm ET/12 pm PT on demanding safe schools under a Biden administration with teacher strike leader Michelle Gunderson from the Chicago Teachers Union and others. We demand: #1 No premature opening of schools before school communities have herd immunity#2 Comprehensive…
(2021-02-08). Merck Statement Against Ivermectin Exposing 'Big Pharma' Lobbyists. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | A positive aspect of the recent anti-ivermectin statement by Merck is …
(2021-02-08). Chicago Mayor Lightfoot orders CPS bargaining team to issue last, best and final offer. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – At 11: 15 p.m. on Thursday, February 4, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot walked away from the bargaining table again after instructing her Chicago Public Schools (CPS) leadership team to submit a "last, best and final offer" to the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). | The union and the school system have been bargaining in an attempt to reach a deal over conditions for schools to reopen for in-person learning. The mayor has repeatedly issued ultimatums threatening to lock out teachers if they did not return to school in person. The teachers have instead defied those orders and continued to teach from home. So…
(2021-02-08). The Impeachment Trial: In Defense of Donald Trump. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | The lawyers employed by Donald Trump have amassed an impressive pile …
(2021-02-07). On Contact: People's History Of West Virginia. popularresistance.org On the show this week, Chris Hedges talks to filmmaker and journalist, Eleanor Goldfield about her documentary, "Hard Road of Hope". | Goldfield's documentary, "Hard Road of Hope", revisits West Virginia's long tradition of radicalism and militant unionism, including the famed 1921 armed uprising, the largest since the Civil War, by some 10,000 coal miners at Blair Mountain who fought the repressive coal owners and their hired coal company gun thugs and militias. In 2018, the state's 20,000 public school teachers and employees carried out a strike over low pay and high health-care costs, shutting down every publi…
(2021-02-07). China Detaining Millions of Uyghurs? Serious Problems With Claims by US-Backed NGO and Researcher 'LED by God' Against Beijing. anti-empire.com 
Text is from December 2019. | The US House of Representatives passed the To drum up support for the sanctions bill, Western governments and media outlets have portrayed the People's Republic as a human rights violator on par with Nazi Germany. Republican Rep. Chris S…
(2021-02-07). Young worker and student discusses life during the pandemic in Nashville, Tennessee. wsws.org El, a former barista, endorses the call to close all schools and nonessential workplaces and supports the formation of rank-and-file safety committees to advance the independent interests of the working class in the struggle against the pandemic and the murderous "herd immunity" policies of the ruling class.
(2021-02-07). School faces backlash after allowing kids to 'opt out' of Black History Month to 'exercise their civil rights'. rt.com 
A Utah charter school is facing a major backlash after it was revealed to be allowing parents to opt their students out of lessons relating to Black History Month. | In a letter sent to families by Maria Montessori Academy Director Micah Hirokawa, the school said complaints from a handful of families had led to them offering the decision for everyone to "exercise their civil rights to not participate in Blac…
(2021-02-07). Turkish series rate high in popularity in Bangladesh. yenisafak.com Like in other parts of the world, the Turkish mega-series Dirilis Ertugrul is taking Bangladesh by storm, with hundreds of people even in remote areas getting hooked to it."People are rushing to my shop to get the series in their mobile memory cards instead of demanding songs or other things," Farhad Hossain, a mobile service shop owner in the southern coastal district of Barguna, told Anadolu Agency.For Oliur Rahman Oli, a movie freak and an intermediate student of a private college in Bangladesh's capital Dhaka, watching the Turkish serial in Bengali language dubbing is an essential routine. A local private TV…
(2021-02-07). Governments mustn't confuse Criticism of Israel with anti-Semitism: British-Israeli Academics. juancole.com Via Israeli Academics UK Call to reject the IHRA's 'working definition of antisemitism' To: Vice Chancellors, Members of Academic Senates, all other UK Academics and Students & Rt Hon Gavin Williamson CBE MP Secretary of State for Education RE: The IHRA 'working definition of antisemitism' We, British Academics who are also Israeli citizens, strongly oppose …
(2021-02-07). UAE's 'Hope' Probe to Become First Arab Space Mission to Attempt Mars Entry – Report. sputniknews.com The US and China launched missions shortly after the UAE's launch in July last year, taking advantage of the time when Earth and Mars are closest. "Hope," or "Al-Amal" in Arabic, will orbit the planet for at least one Martian year, 687 days.
(2021-02-07). Henry Darby Goes Above and Beyond to Help His Students—And That Should Make You Angry. commondreams.org What does it say about us as a country that he must go to such extraordinary lengths? | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
(2021-02-07). The Russia-Africa Partnership. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | In this interview with Armen Khachatryan, Deputy Chief Executive Officer …
(2021-02-07). Farmers' Protest in India: Price of Failure Will be Immense. "The Plan to Radically Restructure Agrifood" globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Globally, there is an ongoing trend of a handful of big …
(2021-02-07). Majority of the US Senate Votes Yes to Keep US Embassy in Jerusalem Indefinitely. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Jerusalem is considered an important religious city for Muslims, Christians and …
(2021-02-07). The Biden Presidency: Political Factionalism and Continuity. globalresearch.ca Joe Biden was inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States amidst an armed fortress in the nation's capital on January 6, 2021. Twenty-five thousand National Guard troops were deployed to ensure a peaceful transition of power for …
(2021-02-07). Egyptian student Ahmed Samir Santawy remanded to 15 days in prison. peoplesdispatch.org Ahmed Samir Santawy, a student of the Central European University (CEU) in Vienna, was detained by the police in Cairo on February 1, leading to an international outcry…