2022-02-10: News Headlines

Global Research News (2022-02-10). Selected Articles: Brian Peckford, Signatory of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, on Trudeau and the COVID-19 Mandates. globalresearch.ca By Watch Brian Peckford speaking to a crowd in December 2021 on Trudeau's vaccine mandate and the …

Moderator (2022-02-10). Scientists Fear Soaring Methane Levels Show Climate Feedback Loop Has Arrived. scheerpost.com By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Fresh U.S. government data spotlighting the rapid growth of atmospheric methane concentrations in recent years has scientists increasingly concerned that the human-caused climate crisis has triggered a vicious feedback loop, potentially resulting in unstoppable planetary warming. Research published in January by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) showed that atmospheric concentrations …

G. Dunkel (2022-02-10). What's important for workers in BLS January jobs report. workers.org The corporate media shouted loud hosannas to greet the Bureau of Labor Statistics Feb. 4 announcement that the U.S. economy had added 467,000 jobs in January. Upward revisions to previously announced job totals for December and November 2021 increased the media's delight. Overall they concluded that the U.S. economy had . . . |

Staff (2022-02-10). Israeli representative confronted by protesters at the University of Amsterdam. samidoun.net Read the original report/statement in Dutch On the evening of 7 February 2022, Samidoun Netherlands took action to protest an Israeli diplomat at the Roeterseiland complex at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) in the Netherlands' capital. The association of international relations student organized an event on "Israel's Foreign Policy," inviting career Israeli diplomat Karin Eliyahu-Pery …

WSWS (2022-02-10). German politicians and media attack students opposing herd immunity COVID policies. wsws.org The popular petition against deliberate mass infection policies in schools has been subjected to a foul campaign of slanders.

Students with Direct Action Everywhere (2022-02-10). Friday 2/11: Dogs & Desserts at UC Berkeley. indybay.org Memorial Glade | South Hall Rd Berkeley, CA 94720…

Alex Bainbridge (2022-02-10). Former Citipointe student speaks out against religious bigotry. greenleft.org.au Alex Bainbridge reports more than 700 people attended a February 9 rally in Brisbane, called at two day's notice, to protest the Religious Discrimination Bill.

Alex Bainbridge (2022-02-10). Video: Former Citipointe student speaks out against religious bigotry. greenleft.org.au Former Citipointe Christian College student Jared Mifsud spoke out against the so-called religious discrimination bill at a Brisbane rally on February 9.

WSWS (2022-02-10). Thousands of students protest against police killing of Amir Locke in Minneapolis, Minnesota. wsws.org A week after Locke's murder in a no-knock raid, high school students from Minneapolis and St. Paul demonstrated at the Minneapolis City Hall and the governor's mansion to demand justice.

Leon Kunstenaar (2022-02-10). Strike for Contract at CA College Of The Arts Oakland Campus. indybay.org After a successful first day on the picket lines, CCA staff, with the support of faculty and students, picketed and marched at the Oakland campus. The Campus is being closed as part of a risky real estate deal that jeopardizes the college's future and legacy.

_____ (2022-02-10). Beijing Deals a Devastating Blow to Washington. journal-neo.org The White House's policy of unfettered discretion and domination, of unceremonious interference in the internal affairs of other countries, has met an increasingly widespread anti-American backlash. It was Washington that decided to "teach Serbia a lesson" by sponsoring, through the Rockefeller Foundation, anti-government protests in Serbia with the goal of changing the current government in …

Haymarket Books (2022-02-10). Friday 2/11: Automating Banishment: The Data-Driven Policing of Stolen Land. indybay.org Online teach-in w/ CC available…

_____ (2022-02-09). On Contact: The Gig Economy. popularresistance.org After the end of World War II, two generations of workers in the United States were blessed with a period of unprecedented prosperity. Wages for the working class were high. Jobs were stable and came with benefits and health insurance. Unions protected workers from abuse by the business elites. Taxes on the wealthiest individuals and corporations was as high as 91%. The public school system provided a quality education to the poor and the rich. The nation's infrastructure and technology were cutting edge and unrivaled. But by the 1970s, it all began to go south. Wages stagnated. Income inequality grew, until by 2…

Mei Mei Chan (2022-02-09). Oakland students fight for COVID safety in schools. liberationnews.org On Friday, Jan. 21, striking students in the Oakland Unified School District held a public town hall to address the urgent COVID safety needs of school communities. Less than a week later, the Oakland Education Association and the OUSD came to a tentative agreement in support of all of the students' demands.

Editor (2022-02-09). Neoliberal capitalism and the commodification of social reproduction, from our home to our classroom. mronline.org It is official: we are getting ready for another round of industrial action in the UK higher education sector.

Labor Video Project (2022-02-09). ILWU Local 6 California Waste Solutions Workers Demand Justice At Oakland Education Rally. indybay.org ILWU Local 6 California Waste Solutions workers spoke out for justice on the job at the Oakland City hall rally against education cuts.

Staff (2022-02-09). European banks panicking over Russia-Ukraine crisis — reports. rt.com Banks in Italy, France, and Austria are most exposed | European banks are concerned that the payment system which connects them to Russia could become a casualty of the Ukraine crisis, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing its sources. The banks describe the potential disconnection of Russia from SWIFT as an "atomic bomb" for the industry because it would prevent the repayment of debts, it said. | According to research by JPMorgan, European banks with subsidiaries in Russia are most at risk from economic restrictions. The study said a handful of lenders, including UniCredit, RBI, France's Societe Generale, and…

Sarah Anderson (2022-02-09). President Trump Axed an IRS Report on the Richest 400 Americans. Let's Bring It Back. inequality.org

imperial.ac.uk (2022-02-09). Portrait exhibition celebrates staff and patients in healthcare research. imperial.ac.uk A new series of portraits documenting researchers and patients involved in healthcare research has been unveiled in an online photography exhibition.

Jake Johnson (2022-02-09). Soaring Methane Levels Has Scientists Concerned Climate Feedback Loop Is Here. truthout.org Fresh U.S. government data spotlighting the rapid growth of atmospheric methane concentrations in recent years has scientists increasingly concerned that the human-caused climate crisis has triggered a vicious feedback loop, potentially resulting in unstoppable planetary warming. | Research

Steve Topple (2022-02-09). US Facebook news has been taken over by the right wing. thecanary.co Facebook in the US is dominated by the right wing across news and political posts. A media monitoring group has found that the majority of the top posts are from right-wing websites. But it also found that right-wing people are now the most engaged with news and politics on the platform. And worryingly, this has all been the case for several years. | Media Matters: | Media Matters is a media research organisation. Since it launched in 2004,

Staff (2022-02-09). Alzheimer's may be prevented with toothpaste, researchers suggest. rt.com A protein present in human gums may help combat a bacterium causing neurodegenerative diseases, particularly if added to a toothpaste, Canadian researchers say | A protein called SCPPPQ1 that normally makes gums adhere to teeth may prove effective in combating a bacterium called P. gingivalis, which could cause Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative conditions, a research team from the University of Montreal, Canada, has The study led by…

imperial.ac.uk (2022-02-09). Engineers create spiky materials inspired by insects that could pop bacteria. imperial.ac.uk Researchers have created intricately patterned materials that mimic antimicrobial, adhesive and drag reducing properties found in natural surfaces.

_____ (2022-02-09). Drug Decriminalization Is Working In Oregon. popularresistance.org As COVID-19 continues to rage, another health crisis persists — one that is decades long. In the first year of the pandemic, the United States hit the devastating milestone of 100,000 overdose deaths, a nearly 28.5 percent surge from the record numbers we saw the previous year. Now, fentanyl is the leading cause of death in Americans ages 18-45. The reaction from many of our leaders has been to call for more arrests and criminalization, but this response is rooted in fear, not science. We have spent the last 50 years trying to treat a public health issue with a criminalization response, yet people are dying…

Georgie Dixon (2022-02-09). Unions, staff fight Sydney Uni Arts Faculty cuts. greenleft.org.au The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney is being replaced by a new, centralised discipline structure, reports Georgie Dixon.

Martin Rizzo-Martinez & Daniel Stonebloom (2022-02-09). Challenging Colonialism s01e03: Weapons of Mass Destruction (p.II). indybay.org Part II: A History of Resistance | Part two of a four-part episode outlines dams as a colonial project, and centers Indigenous science in the historical and ongoing indigenous resistance to eco-genocide.

Staff (2022-02-09). Samidoun Hungary rallies in Budapest to #FreePalestinianStudents. samidoun.net On Sunday, 30 January, activists with the new Samidoun Hungary chapter organized a vigil in central Budapest to call for the freedom of imprisoned Palestinian students. Participants carried signs and pictures of Palestinian students locked behind bars in Israeli jails, calling for their immediate liberation. Students in Hungary set up their display of information on …

WSWS (2022-02-09). Student petition calls for reinstatement of COVID safety policies at Baylor. wsws.org Baylor has repudiated remaining safety measures, even as students are demanding basic safety measures, including an option for virtual learning, in the midst of mass infections at the university.

Fight Back (2022-02-09). Florida State University SDS statement on Nazis on campus. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following February 3 statement from Florida State University Student for a Democratic Society (SDS). | This week an FSU undergraduate student has been exposed through copious emails and message logs as being a member of the Neo-Nazi group Patriot Front. The student is Calvin Stow-Ortiz from Tampa, where his father unsurprisingly works for the Tampa Police Department. In leaked messages Stow-Ortiz references spreading the groups propaganda posters and stickers in the Tampa area and made plans with another Patriot Front member to vandalize FAMU's campus with white supremac…

Staff (2022-02-09). "Don't Look Up": David Sirota on His Oscar Nod for Writing Blockbuster Climate Crisis & Media Satire. democracynow.org We speak to longtime progressive journalist and 2020 Bernie Sanders adviser David Sirota, who was just nominated for an Academy Award for co-writing the screenplay of the hit Netflix movie "Don't Look Up" along with the film's director, Adam McKay. The satire of the fight to have climate change acknowledged, let alone acted upon by global leaders, follows the plight of astronomy professor Dr. Randall Mindy (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) and his graduate student Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) as they fail to warn the planet of an impending comet that threatens to wipe out human existence.

WSWS (2022-02-09). McGill University students strike against in-person classes. wsws.org Hundreds of students at McGill University in Montreal are currently on strike in opposition to the administration's demand that all students return to in-person classes.

Niko Leka (2022-02-09). Job cuts at TAFE NSW means students cannot enrol. greenleft.org.au Thousands of New South Wales TAFE students are still trying to enrol in courses, even after the start of the teaching year, reports Niko Leka.

WSWS (2022-02-09). More than 300 children infected on first day back at school in Australian state of Queensland. wsws.org Premier Palaszczuk's government sent teachers, staff and students back into classrooms under unsafe conditions, declaring that it would lead to further COVID-19 outbreaks and hospitalisations.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-09). General strike across the Occupied West Bank after fatal Nablus raid and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today we look at the extrajudicial killing of 3 Palestinians in the Occupied West Bank; targeting and harassment of Muslim students in Karnataka, India; and more…

Berry Craig (2022-02-09). Kentucky Republicans again aim to ban teaching truth about racism. peoplesworld.org Here they go again—white Republicans trying to whitewash history. Kentucky State Sens. Max Wise and Robby Mills have introduced SB 138, the "Teaching American Principles Act." Like HB 14 and HB 18, it's a censorship bill aimed at restricting the teaching of systemic racism in public schools. SB 138 requires a teacher who "chooses to discuss current events …

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