(2021-11-02). Right-wing New Brunswick government locks out 3,000 education workers amid public sector strike. wsws.org Premier Blaine Higgs has threatened to criminalize the public sector strike with back-to-work legislation, which could be tabled in the provincial legislature this week.
(2021-11-02). Nearly a Third of Republicans Surveyed Are Ready to Support Violence. truthout.org 
New public opinion research from the nonprofit Public Religion Research Institute, part of its Close to one-third of Republicans in the survey, or 30%, agreed with the statement that "true American patriots may have to resort to violence in order to save our country." That was more than the combine…
(2021-11-02). Líderes indígenas en Nicaragua se pronuncian contra los medios occidentales y las ONG. globalizacion.ca 
Nicaragua tiene una elección para elegir a su presidente y asamblea nacional el 7 de noviembre. Según las encuestas , se espera que el Frente Sandinista (FSLN) actualmente en el gobierno gane la presidencia y la mayoría de escaños en…
(2021-11-02). Selected Articles: "The Official Covid Narrative": When Doctors Attack Doctors, Who Wins? globalresearch.ca 
By Get off the crazy train. I know, it is scary, it …
(2021-11-02). Does mundane, Democratic small ball make sense against war-like Trumpian nullification? nationofchange.org Good intentions fall short against foes indifferent to morality, law, science, disease, suffering, even the compassion that Christianity honors.
(2021-11-02). Massive mobilization in Rome protests G-20 summit. peoplesdispatch.org 
Trade unions, progressive political parties, anti-imperialists, youth/student groups, climate activists, and others participated in the mobilization in Rome to denounce the neoliberal agenda of the 16th G20 summit that prioritize profits over people…
(2021-11-02). Republicans back fascist militias threatening school board members, teachers, students. wsws.org Fascist militias and billionaire-backed anti-mask groups continue to oppose public health guidelines and school curriculums as part of the Republican Party's paramilitary operations.
(2021-11-01). Recent Coup In Sudan Taking Place Amid Escalation Of tensions In Red Sea. southfront.org 
Illustrative ImageIt could further decline Sudan's relations with neighboring Ethiopia. | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | There has been a coup in Sudan. The military seized the capital city of Khartoum and has arrested several civilian leaders. Last week the African Union Chairman Faki Mahamat expressed "deep dismay" over the situation and called for the arrested authorities to be released. The AU has suspended the country's participation in a…
(2021-11-01). Ignorance As Bliss: Dismantling Racism And Anti-Blackness Requires Education. moguldom.com A California school district has suspended a math teacher for mocking indigenous Americans by wearing a fake headdress and "performing" a dance around the classroom. A video taken by a student in the classroom was posted to Twitter with comment. Sadly, there is more video of this debauchery in the classroom. While there are questions that …
(2021-11-01). Biden Administration Caught in Lie Over Student Debt Forgiveness Memo. truthout.org 
Over the weekend, debt activists uncovered that the Biden administration has hidden an Education Department memo on the legality of student debt forgiveness for months — despite repeated calls from activists and progressive lawmakers for the memo to be released. |
(2021-11-01). Chile: Presidential Debate to Tackle Climate Crisis. telesurenglish.net On Monday, five Chilean presidential candidates will debate topics such as education, culture, and sustainable development. The event will take place at the University of Chile and is promoted by 20 youth organizations among which are Chile Youth, Escazu Now, and the CON-CIENCIA community. | Related | The "It's the Planet's Turn" event will be attended by canditates Gabriel Boric (Approve Dignity), Yasna Provoste (New Social Pact…
(2021-11-01). Immigrant Rights Advocates Grapple With Senate Parliamentarian's Past as INS Prosecutor. latinorebels.com "As someone who has worked to deport people, [MacDonough] cannot be trusted to rule objectively on immigration issues," the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES) said last Thursday in a statement.
(2021-11-01). Use and Misuse of Quality Indicators of Excessive Screening. jamanetwork.com In Reply We thank Dr O'Hanlon for the thoughtful commentary on our Research Letter. We agree that clinical practice guidelines are not the same as performance measures (PMs) and that there may be nuances of clinical care that influence screening practices beyond PM specifications. The literal implementation of recommended screening intervals within clinical practice guidelines into PMs, without adjustment for practical considerations, contributes to the excess screenings we identified. Our definition of excessive was not derived from the PM interval. For example, the Uniform Data System measure for tobacco use is…
(2021-11-01). Effectiveness and Ethics of Incentives for Research Participation. jamanetwork.com This trial examines whether incentives improve enrollment in real randomized clinical trials or serve as undue or unjust inducements.
(2021-11-01). Evidence for the Ethics of Incentivizing Clinical Trial Enrollment? jamanetwork.com In clinical research ethics, using monetary incentives for clinical trial enrollment has been controversial. Proponents argue that such incentives can accelerate recruitment in socially beneficial clinical trials, address problems of diversity and external validity in research participation, and appropriately compensate participants for trial-related burdens. However, many institutional review boards have limited the use or magnitude of such incentives out of concern that they could unduly influence prospective participants or unjustly shift the burdens of research participation to people with lower income levels…
(2021-11-01). A Letter to the Vaccinated. globalresearch.ca
(2021-11-01). Anxiety and "Corona Fear": On the Significance of Fear in Human Social Life. globalresearch.ca First published July 30, …
(2021-11-01). The Lord of "Vaccines" and the "Health Terrorist Ideology". Where Do You Think this Is Going? Get Off that Crazy Train. globalresearch.ca "A tyrant needs above all a tyrant-state, so he will use a million little civil servant tyrants who each have a trivial task to perform, and each will perform that task competently, and without remorse"
(2021-11-01). The Dirty Dozen Documents Of Big Oil's Secret Climate Knowledge. popularresistance.org "Did we aggressively fight against some of the science? Yes," said ExxonMobil lobbyist Keith McCoy. "Did we join some of these 'shadow groups' to work against some of the early efforts? Yes, that's true. But there's nothing illegal about that." | These are the words McCoy was caught saying on a secretly recorded video released by Unearthed, Greenpeace U.K.'s investigative journalism arm, and the British Channel 4 News this summer exposing how the oil giant and lobby groups such as the American Petroleum Institute seed doubt about climate change and undermine legislation to stop global warming. | These revelations…
(2021-11-01). Cuba Shares Its Environmental Development Experience at COP26. telesurenglish.net On Oct. 31, Cuba's Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA) Secretary Elba Perez arrived in Glasgow to participate in the United Nations Climate Change Summit (COP26). | Related | Besides urging the world's richest countries to transform their economies to contain global warming, she will share some of her nation's experiences in dealing with climate change. | On Wednesday, there will be a panel to examine Cuba's eff…
(2021-11-01). Denver students demand justice for Jacob Blake. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On October 27, students from the University of Colorado Denver gathered to speak out and demand justice for Jacob Blake. Jacob Blake was shot seven times in the back by Kenosha, Wisconsin Police Department Officer Rusten Sheskey in August of 2020, sparking a major rebellion. | Students all over the country joined the national day of action called by Students for a Democratic Society. SDS Denver demands justice for Jacob Blake and demands community control of the police. | SDS Denver calls for a new system to put more power in the hands of the people. A Civilian Police Accountability Council (CPAC) al…
(2021-11-01). In Video: First Public Appearance Of Taliban Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada. southfront.org
(2021-11-01). Outcomes of Care by Hospitalists. jamanetwork.com In this issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, Kato et al assessed readmission and mortality rates in patients cared for by hospitalists, stratifying the hospitalists by how many days in a year they billed for services. Patients with hospitalists who worked fewer days had higher mortality, while readmission rates were not associated with how many days the hospitalist saw patients in the year. The association of number of working days with mortality was independent of hospitalists' age and gender, and of the teaching status of the hospital, while there was a trend for a larger association among patients with more severe…
(2021-11-01). Radical Heterodoxies & Parallel Institutions w/ Mat Forstater. mronline.org 
Mat Forstater joins Money on the Left to discuss the origins of Modern Monetary Theory (MMT), the vicissitudes of heterodox economics, and the challenges of building alternative institutions in and beyond the academy. As one of the principal architects of MMT, as well as teacher and advisor to many of the more recognized MMT scholars and advocates today, Forstater is perhaps the best equipped heterodox economist to give us the details on the innovative assumptions and arguments that created the firmament for what we now know as Modern Monetary Theory.
(2021-11-01). After Four Years without a Contract, Teachers Prepare to Strike in Scranton, PA. zcomm.org Union teachers in Scranton, Pennsylvania, are readying for a strike — threatening to help push Striketober into Strikevember…