(2021-06-05). Learning to Feel Collectively. indybay.org The starting point of the upheavals are the anti-colonial movements that have been spreading across the globe since the end of World War II. With the Black Civil Rights Movement, they penetrate into the heart of the capitalist world system starting in the mid-1950s, where they politicize liberal students* and the existentialist beat culture of the bohemians.
(2021-06-05). Chicago teachers vote unanimously to strike at 3 charter schools. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On May 27, rank-and-file teachers represented by Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) voted by a unanimous vote to strike at three Urban Prep charter schools. They plan to set a strike date soon. Additionally, they filed an unfair labor practice charge against Urban Prep management for multiple unfair labor practices including hiding crucial financial information that would affect bargaining. | The Urban Prep teachers have been in contract negotiations for more than 30 months. They are fighting for more support for special education students and more classroom resources, among other things. The teachers at…
(2021-06-05). Georgia Board of Education Votes to Censor American History. zcomm.org The state board drafted a resolution restricting classroom discussion of racism, then blocked comments from the YouTube livestream…
(2021-06-05). Los Angeles-area parents denounce union-backed drive to fully reopen schools. wsws.org While the Los Angeles school district and teachers union intensify their drive to bring children back into unsafe classrooms, opposition continues to mount among teachers, parents and students throughout the county.
(2021-06-05). Los Angeles Times promotes right-wing parents' group that advocates lifting of mask mandates for students. wsws.org The fringe right-wing parents' group, whose members have close ties to charter schools, has established a non-profit to lobby for an even more aggressive opening of schools this fall.
(2021-06-05). Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine graduates ease physician shortage in world affected by COVID-19 pandemic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Ninety-eight students took part in commencement events on Friday, May 21, at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine ? Arizona Campus and Sunday, May 23, at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. This is the first multistate commencement for Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and the first commencement for the inaugural class of students …
(2021-06-05). The "Wuhan lab" lie and the political witch hunt against science. wsws.org Over the past week, the US media and the Biden administration have sought to legitimize the conspiracy theory that the world's leading scientists were engaged in a cover-up of the "Wuhan lab" origins of COVID-19.
(2021-06-05). Pacifica CRD & WorkWeek Covering Picketing & Block of Israeli Chartered Ship Volan At. indybay.org WorkWeek & Pacifica's Covid, Race & Democracy will be covering the picket of the Zim Ship Volan at the Port of Oakland…
(2021-06-05). The "Wuhan lab" lie and the political witch hunt against science. indybay.org Over the past week, the US media and the Biden administration have sought to legitimize the conspiracy theory that the world's leading scientists were engaged in a cover-up of the "Wuhan lab" origins of COVID-19.
(2021-06-05). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Dissecting COVID-19 research and putting data in perspective. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S. continues to decline. However, cases of COVID-19 are increasing in younger populations. "It's becoming a childhood disease," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "Children have composed over 16,000 hospitalizations for COVID-19 and about 300 have died." …
(2021-06-05). More than 5,000 Covid Vaccine Deaths in America, 25,359 "Serious Injuries" and Almost 300,000 Reported "Adverse Events" globalresearch.ca This week's number of reported deaths among all age groups following COVID vaccines passed the 5,000 mark, up 759 from last week, according to data released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The data comes directly …
(2021-06-05). Tallahassee students speak out against attacks on Palestine. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On June 3, students at Florida State University gathered to demand an end to the Israeli government's attacks on Gaza. Students connected the struggles against political repression in Palestine to similar struggles facing political activists in Colombia. | The event was hosted by Students for a Democratic Society as well as the Tallahassee Community Action Committee. Attendees held signs saying, "End the Occupation" and "Stop Political Repression". | Event organizer Katherine Draken said, "We need to continue bringing attention to the struggles of the Palestinian people against Zionism and…
(2021-06-05). Friday 6/4: Palestine 101 & Naksa Community Teach-In. indybay.org 1331 S Nutwood St, Anaheim, CA…
(2021-06-05). El animal etimológico debe salir de la jaula del hábito para comprender la verdad. globalizacion.ca 
La vida está llena de deslices. | Las palabras se nos escapan de la boca para sorprendernos. Los pensamientos se deslizan en nuestras mentes para sorprendernos. Los sueños se deslizan en nuestras noches para, a veces, deslizarse en nuestros pensamientos de…
(2021-06-05). IYSSE spokesperson files formal complaint against Humboldt University president Sabine Kunst. wsws.org "Ms. Kunst has time and time again systematically covered up Baberowski's verbal and physical attacks on students, and suppressed necessary criticism of the right-wing extremist professor."
(2021-06-05). We Hug the Trees Because the Trees Have No Voice. popularresistance.org This newsletter contains a Red Alert from Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research on the environmental catastrophe that befalls us. Several key scientists have contributed to it. It can be read below and downloaded as a PDF print out here; we hope that you will circulate it widely.
(2021-06-05). Israeli ZIM Volans Blocked In Oakland As ILWU 10 Members Refuse To Cross Picket Lines. indybay.org Over 500 community and labor activists rallied and picketed the Israeli ZIM chartered ship the Volans. ILWU members refused to cross the picket lines.
(2021-06-05). Mayo Clinic study provides clarity on use of anticoagulants in gastrointestinal cancers. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — A study by Mayo Clinic researchers provides some clarity in the use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC), such as apixaban and rivaroxaban, to treat acute venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with gastrointestinal cancers. The findings were published Wednesday, June 2, in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Among the study's findings: Rivaroxaban showed no higher risk …
(2021-06-05). Science Saturday: How regenerative medicine is advancing ALS research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org May is?ALS Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the role of regenerative medicine research in advancing understanding and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?(ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease. This neurodegenerative disorder causes nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord to die, blocking signals to the muscles. That results in paralysis that robs a person …
(2021-06-04). Outside Amazon fulfillment center, workers demand tax fairness. popularresistance.org Minnesota workers unfurled a "Tax the Rich" banner outside Amazon's MSP1 fulfillment center here today. It was a not-so-subtle suggestion to state lawmakers about how they might pay for investments in child care, paid family leave, education, infrastructure and other supports for working families.
(2021-06-04). Outside Amazon Fulfillment Center, Workers Demand Tax Fairness. popularresistance.org Minnesota workers unfurled a "Tax the Rich" banner outside Amazon's MSP1 fulfillment center here today. It was a not-so-subtle suggestion to state lawmakers about how they might pay for investments in child care, paid family leave, education, infrastructure and other supports for working families. | Tyler Hamilton, in his fourth year working at MSP1, said he and others inside the facility could use a little support right now. | "Honestly, I'm tired," the Maplewood resident said during a press conference organized by local unions. "And I'm not just tired from working night shift, even though I'm a night-shift guy.
(2021-06-04). "Disaster Patriarchy": V (Eve Ensler) on How the Pandemic Has Unleashed a War on Women. democracynow.org 
The pandemic has led to a sharp rise in gender-based violence, job losses in female-dominated industries, greater parenting duties for mothers, and other pressures that primarily fall on women around the world. These effects amount to a kind of "disaster patriarchy" in which "men exploit a crisis to reassert control and dominance and rapidly erase the hard-earned rights of women," says V, the artist and activist formerly known as Eve Ensler. "Women are losing their safety, their economic power, their autonomy, their education, and they are pushed onto the frontlines, where they are often used, unprotected and sac…
(2021-06-04). From Ayotzinapa to Mactumactzá, Mexican students continue to fight for access to education. peoplesdispatch.org The parents, students, teachers and teachers' unions are calling for unconditional release of all the students who were arrested while protesting for a more fair entrance exam while teachers are demanding the reinstallation of dialogue between the CNTE and the national government…
(2021-06-04). What's Up With The Sudden Attacks On Schools That Teach Critical Race Theory? popularresistance.org When North Carolina public school teacher Justin Parmenter penned an opinion piece for the Charlotte Observer about the difficulties of teaching in hybrid mode during the pandemic, with students both in-person in the classroom and remote online, he didn't expect to get called out by a legislator on the floor of the state House of Representatives.
(2021-06-04). Headlines for June 4, 2021. democracynow.org Activists Call U.S. Plan to Ship 25 Million COVID Vaccine Doses Abroad "Deeply Insufficient", WHO Warns of Surging COVID-19 Cases in Africa as Vaccine Shipments Come to "Near Halt", Chinese Authorities Ban Hong Kong Vigil Commemorating Tiananmen Massacre, Arrest Organizer, Peruvian Presidential Runoff Pits Ex-Dictator's Daughter Against Socialist School Teacher, 89 Politicians Killed in Run-up to Mexican Midterm Elections, Lawyers for Guantánamo Prisoner Challenge Judge's Order Permitting Use of Info Obtained by Torture, Watchdog Says Pentagon Grossly Misrepresented Civilian Casualties from U.S. Military, U.N. Sa…
(2021-06-04). Australia: Melbourne schools to reopen amid COVID-19 lockdown, threatening teacher, student safety. wsws.org The reopening has nothing to do with "fairness" for students and instead forms part of the Labor government's concessions to corporate demands for an end to lockdown.
(2021-06-04). Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine graduates ease physician shortage in world affected by COVID-19 pandemic. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Ninety-eight students took part in commencement events on Friday, May 21, at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine ? Arizona Campus and Sunday, May 23, at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. This is the first multistate commencement for Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and the first commencement for the inaugural class of students …
(2021-06-04). Further Comment: End the Pandemic of Ignorance. progressive.org The pandemic is not COVID-19, which medicine and science are handling about as well as can be expected. It's the pandemic of ignorance that is raging out of control.
(2021-06-04). Lest we Forget: Trump's and Billionaires' Covid Profiteering, Debasing Science and Death on the scale of the Civil War. juancole.com 
By Nina Burleigh | — ( Tomdispatch.com) — Now that we're all unmasking and the economy seems set to roar into the 2020s, what will we remember about how disastrously, how malignantly, the Trump administration behaved as the pandemic took hold? And will anyone be held to account for it? The instinct to forget pandemics, …
(2021-06-04). The Real Conspirators Who Lied About COVID's Origin, Funded Fraudulent Trials of Therapeutics, and Controlled the COVID Pandemic Are the Top Public Health Leaders. globalresearch.ca In very early …
(2021-06-04). A Chinese PhD Thesis Sheds Important New Light On The Origin of the COVID-19 Coronavirus. counterpunch.org One of the very earliest scientific papers from the COVID-19 pandemic era now has over 11,000 citations. Appearing in the scientific journal Nature on February 3rd 2020, Zhou et al., 2020 reported the genome sequence of a novel coronavirus isolated from patients with atypical pneumonia in Wuhan, China. Its senior author was leading coronavirus researcher
(2021-06-04). [Research Paper] Convalescent plasma therapy in patients with moderate-to-severe COVID-19: A study from Indonesia for clinical research in low- and middle-income countries. thelancet.com This study highlights the safety of CP therapy. Although improvements were observed, we could not conclude that the outcomes were solely due to CP treatment. Further randomised controlled trials that cover different disease stages with pre-donation NAb measurements using locally applicable strategies are warranted.
(2021-06-04). [Research Paper] Opioid use disorder and health service utilization among COVID-19 patients in the US: A nationwide cohort from the Cerner Real-World Data. thelancet.com This study suggests people with OUD and COVID-19 often require higher levels of care, and OUD patients who are younger or not using medication treatment for OUDs are particularly vulnerable to death due to COVID-19.
(2021-06-04). [Research Paper] The influence of selection bias on identifying an association between allergy medication use and SARS-CoV-2 infection. thelancet.com Diphenhydramine use was associated with more SARS-CoV-2 testing and subsequent higher odds for negative tests. While EHR-based observational studies can inform a need for interventional trials, this study revealed limitations of EHR data. The finding that diphenhydramine documentation conferred a higher odds of testing negative for SARS-CoV-2 must be interpreted with caution due to probable selection bias.Abbreviations: SARS-CoV-2, ACE2, COVID-19, EHR…
(2021-06-04). The Covid Deep State: Threats, Vaccine Injuries and Deaths Abound No Compensation. No Justice. globalresearch.ca The well-reputed online …
(2021-06-04). The Covid Deep State: Threats, Vaccine Injuries and Deaths Abound No Compensation — No Justice. globalresearch.ca The well-reputed online …
(2021-06-04). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Dissecting COVID-19 research and putting data in perspective. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S. continues to decline. However, cases of COVID-19 are increasing in younger populations. "It's becoming a childhood disease," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "Children have composed over 16,000 hospitalizations for COVID-19 and about 300 have died." …
(2021-06-04). [Research Paper] Echocardiography for latent rheumatic heart disease in first degree relatives of children with acute rheumatic fever: Implications for active case finding in family members. thelancet.com RHD prevalence in siblings and parents of ARF cases is significantly greater than in comparable background populations. The contribution of hereditary versus environmental risk factors remains uncertain. We recommend targeted echocardiographic case-finding among siblings and parents of ARF/RHD cases in order to detect previously unrecognized latent RHD.
(2021-06-04). [Research Paper] Initial observations on age, gender, BMI and hypertension in antibody responses to SARS-CoV-2 BNT162b2 vaccine. thelancet.com : Literature data suggests that age, gender and body mass index (BMI) could be associated with difference in immune responses to vaccines. The first goal of the study was to analyze the antibody titre seven days after the second dose of BNT162b2 vaccine in a group of 248 healthcare workers (HCWs). The second goal was to analyze how antibody titre changes in correlation with age, gender, BMI and hypertension.
(2021-06-04). Friday 6/4: Palestine 101 & Naksa Community Teach-In. indybay.org 1331 S Nutwood St, Anaheim, CA…
(2021-06-04). NATO's Rearming of Ukraine Under Sea Breeze 2021 Guise Is for Future Conflict in Donbass. globalresearch.ca With the participation …
(2021-06-04). Republican governors yank unemployment aid even as jobs shortfall continues. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—Private employers claimed to add 492,000 net new jobs in May, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported June 4. Governments added 67,000 more. That, and the drop in monthly joblessness from 6.1% in April to 5.8% in May, is good news. The bad news, coming virtually every day, is that Republican governors are cutting off …
(2021-06-04). Tiananmen: The Massacre that Wasn't. liberationnews.org 
The "pro-democracy" protest movement was led by privileged, well-connected students from elite universities who were explicitly calling for the replacement of socialism with capitalism.
(2021-06-04). Christian Anarchism for Absolute Beginners. dissidentvoice.org 
Political Scientist Alexandre Christoyannopoulos was asked to give via interview an introduction into what is called "Christian Anarchism" in political thought — and so here's "Christian Anarchism 101." Alexandre Christoyannopoulos, PhD, teaches Politics and International Studies at Loughborough University in England. He is the author of, inter alia, Christian Anarchism: A Political Commentary on the …
(2021-06-04). Biden's Phony Fiscal Policy: Cuts Corp Taxes & Infrastructure Spending. globalresearch.ca I don't often …
(2021-06-04). Roaming Charges: Trumpism With a Human(oid) Face. counterpunch.org As an orator, Biden has never been known for his clarity. This can often seem like an endearing quirk of his perpetually twisted-tongue. But it's also strategic. It serves him to be opaque about where he really stands on policies, from the US role in Afghanistan to student debt relief. But there are a few occasions when Biden is crystal clear and direct, when you can take his words to the bank and cash them in. Let us go back, then, to the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan, whose Bemelmans Bar is now bereft of the squeaks and honks of Woody Allen's clarinet. During the heat of the 2019 primary campaign, Biden huddled wi…
(2021-06-04). US FinCen About to Control Global Financial Data. globalresearch.ca Washington is about …
(2021-06-04). Birds of a Fascist Feather: Why Israel Is Aiding Colombia's Crackdown on Protesters. globalresearch.ca Photos circulating on …
(2021-06-04). Lesley Blume's Fallout: The Hiroshima Cover-up and the Reporter Who Revealed It to the World. globalresearch.ca In this crisply …
(2021-06-04). Palestinian Authority rounds up activists. electronicintifada.net After life of resistance, former Birzeit student dies by Israeli fire.