(2021-12-07). Understanding the student protests in Iraqi Kurdistan. zcomm.org Countless student protesters took to the streets of Iraqi Kurdistan to demand better living conditions and denounce political corruption among the ruling elites…
(2021-12-07). Solidarity march shows rising strength of student movement in Pakistan. peoplesdispatch.org The annual Student Solidarity March, which was held on November 26, sought the withdrawal of the ban against student unions, as well as the reversal of fee hikes and an increase in the education budget…
(2021-12-07). Sahel Leaders Commit to Ambitious Reforms to Support Access to Quality Education. moderndiplomacy.eu The summit on education in the Sahel under the theme of "Shaping the Sahel's future in today's schools," just concluded today. The summit brought together President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, President Mohamed Bazoum of Niger, heads of delegations of the Sahel and the Vice President of the World Bank for …
(2021-12-07). Education Must Come First in Cameroon: Yasmine Sherif calls for an end to attacks on schools. moderndiplomacy.eu The future of humanity hangs in the balance. Acute threats of conflict, COVID-19, climate change, poverty, displacement, hunger and other factors are pushing millions more people — with children the most vulnerable and hardest hit — to the edge in humanitarian crises around the world. We can save humanity from these vast interconnected crises, including …
(2021-12-07). Education watchdog says nearly all children have fallen behind with education during pandemic. thecanary.co Nearly all children in England have fallen behind in their education and suffered as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills ( Chief inspector Amanda Spielman warned that many of the youngest children's progress and development "faltered" amid the pandemic, with some regressing in basic language…
(2021-12-07). La tragica farsa del Summit per la democrazia. globalresearch.ca Il 9-10 dicembre il Presidente Biden ospiterà il ´Summit per la Democrazia ª che riunirà , in collegamento mondiale online, ´leader di governo, società civile e settore privato ª. | La lista degli invitati comprende 111 paesi. Tra questi 28 dei 30 membri della …
(2021-12-07). Biden Restarts & Expands Trump-Era "Remain in Mexico" Policy Despite Widespread Abuse, Kidnappings. democracynow.org 
In a controversial move, the Biden administration has resumed and expanded the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy that forces non-Mexican asylum-seekers who arrive at the southern U.S. border to wait in Mexico while their cases are resolved in U.S. courts — a process that can take months or even years. We speak with Kennji Kizuka, associate director of research and analysis for refugee protection at Human Rights First, who documented how this puts asylum seekers in grave danger.
(2021-12-07). Fact Check: Homeschooled Black Children Score Much Better On Standardized Tests. moguldom.com Black children that are homeschooled score significantly higher than their public school counterparts on standardized tests, a study shows. "Black homeschool students score 23-42 percentile points above Black public school students across all standardized tests," Classic Learning Test CEO Jeremy Tate tweeted on Dec. 4. "No wonder homeschooling among Black families has grown faster than …
(2021-12-07). Three days of student protests expose sexual assault, bullying at LA County high school. liberationnews.org 
More than a month since a protest against anti-LGBTQ bullying, Hacienda La Puente Unified School District (HLPUSD) has shown again their lack of protection for students' well-being in schools.
(2021-12-07). Columbia student workers: Expand the strike and oppose UAW sabotage! wsws.org In order to counter the United Auto Workers' attempts to shut down and sell out their strike, it is imperative that Columbia students draw the correct lessons from the ongoing and past struggles.
(2021-12-07). Critical race—to the bottom. nationofchange.org Let teaching our children be based on our efforts to help educate future leaders who are both sensitive and pragmatic.
(2021-12-07). The Omicron COVID-19 variant and the reckless endangerment of children. wsws.org Despite the deepening wave of infections, hospitalizations and deaths among children, which Omicron threatens to intensify, the entire political establishment, corporate media and the teachers unions insist that schools must stay open.
(2021-12-07). NSW teachers strike, rally against staff shortages. greenleft.org.au Tens of thousands of teachers went on strike across New South Wales with rallies against staff shortages and for sustainable workloads and better wages. Jim McIlroy reports.
(2021-12-06). In the US, Homicide has Now Become Endemic. journal-neo.org 
The US homicide rate rose by a record 30% from 2019 to 2020, reports CNN citing a paper from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The number of deaths due to homicide in 2020 was the highest in the modern history of the United States. The Gun Violence Archive (GVA), a research group, estimates …
(2021-12-06). Over 1.5 Million Bolivians March in Defense of Democracy. zcomm.org Over 1.5 million workers, women, students and peasants from across Bolivia joined the rally in the capital and expressed their approval of the national government of the ruling Movement Towards Socialism party…
(2021-12-06). Corrupting Science: shunning forensic expertise, OPCW left Douma murders unsolved. thegrayzone.com In its probe of an alleged chemical attack in Syria, the OPCW shunned the critical investigative area of forensic pathology and censored a recommendation to pursue it. The Douma killings remain unsolved. Part two of a Grayzone series. Read part one here. In its probe of an alleged chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) shunned the critical investigative area of forensic pathology, leaks obtained by The Grayzone reveal. Forensic …
(2021-12-06). Corrupting science: Shunning forensic expertise, OPCW left Douma, Syria murders unsolved. thegrayzone.com In its probe of an alleged chemical attack in Syria, the OPCW shunned the critical investigative area of forensic pathology and censored a recommendation to pursue it. The Douma killings remain unsolved. (This is part two of a Grayzone series. Read part one here.) In its probe of an alleged chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) shunned the critical investigative area of forensic pathology, leaks obtained by The Grayzone …
(2021-12-06). Corrupting science: Shunning forensic expertise, OPCW left Douma murders in Syria unsolved. thegrayzone.com In its probe of an alleged chemical attack in Syria, the OPCW shunned the critical investigative area of forensic pathology and censored a recommendation to pursue it. The Douma killings remain unsolved. (This is part two of a Grayzone series. Read part one here.) In its probe of an alleged chemical attack in the Syrian city of Douma, the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) shunned the critical investigative area of forensic pathology, leaks obtained by The Grayzone …
(2021-12-06). Jobless rate drops in November to 4.2 percent, other numbers mixed. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON —The U.S. unemployment rate dropped 0.4% in November, to 4.2%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. But BLS, the Economic Policy Institute, and the Institute for Women's Policy Research all noted mixed numbers behind that positive decline. The number of unemployed declined by 542,000, to 6.877 million, BLS said. And there were 1.155 million …
(2021-12-06). Overturning Roe v. Wade isn't just about abortion. nationofchange.org It's also about access to family planning services, contraception, sex education and much else—all of which have also been under threat in recent years.
(2021-12-06). Governments Buy More Weapons In First Year Of COVID-19. popularresistance.org In 2020, when the global economy contracted over 3.1% due to the COVID-19 pandemic, global arms trade recorded an increase of 1.3%, as per latest data released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) on Monday, December 6. The growth in arms trade, both domestic and international, reveals how governments worldwide chose to maintain or increase their spending on arms despite the economic hardships caused by the pandemic. | According to SIPRI, arms trade by the world's top 100 companies in the sector touched USD 531 billion in 2020, making it the sixth consecutive year of growth since 2015.
(2021-12-06). Cuba & China Reject Selectivity Of US-Convened Democracy Summit. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, Cuban Foreign Affairs Minister Bruno Rodriguez and China's Office of Political Research Director Tian Peiyan criticized the selectivity of the U.S.-convened "Democracy Summit," which will be held virtually from Thursday to Friday. | RELATED: | "Washington does not want to face its prestige loss and isolation at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). Therefore, it convened this forum, which only dem…
(2021-12-06). The WHO Confirms that the Covid-19 PCR Test is Flawed: Estimates of "Positive Cases" are Meaningless. The Lockdown Has No Scientific Basis. globalresearch.ca One year later the WHO retracts. They don't say "We Made a Mistake". It's carefully formulated. While they do not officially deny the validity of their misleading January 2020 guidelines, they recommend RT-PCR "Re-testing" (which everybody knows is an impossibility).
(2021-12-06). US Companies Dominate Arms Sales Worldwide. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) revealed that the United States once again hosted the highest number of arms companies ranked in the top 100, as the arms sales of the 41 U.S. companies accounted for 54 percent of world's top 100's total arms sales. | RELATED: Putin: | Within the SIPRI Arms Industry Database, "Arms sales" are defined as sales of military goods and services to mili…
(2021-12-06). Selected Articles: Graphene Hydroxide in the mRNA Vaccine Vial: Assassination of Dr. Andreas Noack. globalresearch.ca 
By This video by the late Dr. Andreas Noack pertains to graphene hydroxide contained in the Covid vaccine vial. Dr. …
(2021-12-06). Tulalip Flag Soars At Every Marysville School District Campus. popularresistance.org For the first time ever, the red, white and black colors of the Tulalip flag are soaring over every Marysville School District campus. Tulalip's iconic orca was raised up at each elementary, middle school, high school, and even District headquarters during the week of November 17th. | In each instance, the 3 foot by 5 foot cloth signifying the Tulalip Tribes as a sovereign nation was raised by a proud student representative and young Tulalip culture bearer. | "About a decade ago, my coworker Ricky Belmont and I started asking the schools we work at to fly the Tulalip Tribes flag out of recognition for the tribe b…
(2021-12-06). Grievances at Webster University lead to student organizing. peoplesworld.org 
ST. LOUIS—At the campus of Webster University, a private college in St. Louis, students are fed up with the unilateral changes administrators have been forcing on them recently, and they've responding by organizing a new student union. People's World visited the school on Tuesday, Nov. 30, to speak with some of those behind the effort. …
(2021-12-06). Gun Control Advocates Demand New Regulations After Michigan School Shooting. truthout.org 
Funerals have begun in Oxford, Michigan, for the four students killed when their 15-year-old classmate opened fire in a rampage that also injured seven others. Ethan Crumbley has been charged with terrorism and first-degree murder, and his parents have also been charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly giving him access to a firearm even as he displayed obvious signs he was thinking about committing violent crimes. We're joined by Nicole Hockley, whose 6-year-old son Dylan was killed i…
(2021-12-06). Striking NSW teachers must fight for school shutdown to stop the spread of Omicron in Australia! wsws.org The cutting edge of the fight for all of the rights of educators is to close the schools for the year so that no more teachers or students are infected with a disease that could claim their lives or leave them with dire medical issues.
(2021-12-06). "Systemwide Failure": Gun Control Advocates Demand New Regulations After Michigan School Shooting. democracynow.org 
Funerals have begun in Oxford, Michigan, for the four students killed when their 15-year-old classmate opened fire in a rampage that also injured seven others. Ethan Crumbley has been charged with terrorism and first-degree murder, and his parents have also been charged with involuntary manslaughter for allegedly giving him access to a firearm even as he displayed obvious signs he was thinking about committing violent crimes. We're joined by Nicole Hockley, whose 6-year-old son Dylan was killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, prompting her to found Sandy Hook Promise; and Kris Brown, president of Br…