(2022-04-23). Tuesday 4/26: The War in Ukraine: NO U.S./NATO WAR WITH RUSSIA! NO WORLD WAR 3! indybay.org Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…
(2022-04-23). Spotlight: What's behind abrupt U.S. withdrawal from UNESCO?>. xinhuanet.com The world has long been used to U.S. President Donald Trump taking a stance against multilateralism. Still, the sudden U.S. announcement Thursday to retreat from UNESCO — the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization — raised eyebrows worldwide.
(2022-04-23). Friday 5/6: Oakland & The World: A Discussion Series on Education, Economic Policy & Voter Suppression. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-04-23). Governments, Industry and Conservationists vs Tribal and Indigenous peoples. Aren't There Better Ways to Mend the Earth? globalresearch.ca
(2022-04-23). [Obituary] Deborah Ann Nickerson. thelancet.com Pioneer of genome research. She was born in Mineola, NY, USA, on Jan 5, 1954 and died of abdominal cancer in Seattle, WA, USA, on Dec 24, 2021 aged 67 years.
(2022-04-23). [World Report] Research Focus: Protas. thelancet.com A new research organisation aims to apply the RECOVERY trial approach to clinical trials in common diseases. Emma Wilkinson reports.
(2022-04-23). China to hold over 200 popular-science space activities. ecns.cn More than 200 space activities will be held as the Space Day of China approaches, said an official with the China National Space Administration (CNSA) Thursday.
(2022-04-23). [Comment] Offline: France and some lessons for a fairer society. thelancet.com France occupies a special place in the history of health. Scientific medicine was born here. In An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine, Claude Bernard (1813—78) defined principles for a new era of experimentation. He emphasised the importance of hypothesis, doubt, verification, and judgement. "In experimentation", he wrote, "we make judgements by comparing two facts, one normal, the other abnormal." He was brutally realistic about the challenge: "If a comparison were required to express my idea of the science of life, I should say that it is a superb and dazzlingly lighted hall which may be r…
(2022-04-23). Right-wing radical Professor Jà∂rg Baberowski faces trial for causing bodily harm and damage to property. wsws.org In early 2020, Professor Baberowski physically assaulted an IYSSE member of the student parliament at Berlin's Humboldt University and destroyed large amounts of student election campaign material.
(2022-04-23). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE holds powerful demonstration advocating a socialist program for the anti-government protests. wsws.org Over 150 workers, students and youth as well as members of the SEP/IYSSE and workers' action committees held a rally outside the Fort railway station in Colombo.
(2022-04-23). Sunday 5/1: Bay Area Labor May Day Parade & Rally. indybay.org Parade will begin at Market Street and the Embarcadero in San Francisco and will march up to the Civic Center, where the rally will be held.
(2022-04-22). Japan intensifies hard-line stance on islands "illegally occupied" by Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsApril 22, 2022 Japan shifts to hard-line stance on territorial dispute with Russia Tokyo has switched to a hard-line stance in its decades-long territorial dispute with Moscow following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, stating in its annual foreign policy report released Friday that four northern islands are "illegally occupied" by Russia. *** The report highlighted …
(2022-04-22). Biden: U.S. prepared to supply weapons for interminable war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineApril 22, 2022 Biden: USA can supply Ukraine with weapons for long time The United States is capable of supplying Ukraine with weapons for a long time, U.S. President Joe Biden has said on Thursday. "We have the capacity to do this for a long time," he said, answering a journalist's question about how long …
(2022-04-22). France to deliver howitzers, anti-tank missiles for war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com UkrinformApril 22, 2022 Macron announces supply of Milan anti-tank systems, Caesar howitzers to Ukraine French President Emmanuel Macron has announced the supply of Milan anti-tank missiles and Caesar self-propelled howitzers to Ukraine. *** "We are delivering significant equipment, from Milan to Caesar. I think we have to continue on this route. Always with the red …
(2022-04-22). Kramatorsk Train Station Attack: The Key to Finding the Perpetrator Lies in this Overlooked Detail. globalresearch.ca Kiev and its Western backers immediately blamed Russia for the incident, but a proper investigation is likely to disagree. | . | In a conflict where accusations of wrongdoing fly back and forth between Russia and Ukraine on a daily basis, when …
(2022-04-22). Coup-threatened Georgia: ruling party exposes "NGO clan" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com On the role of "NGOs' in fomenting coups in Georgia, and the wars that inevitably follow them, see item below the news report. The United National Movement is the party founded by Mikheil Saakashvili, who returned from Ukraine late last year, where he held a major post in the government of Volodymyr Zelensky, to launch …
(2022-04-22). India blocs Japanese Air Self-Defense Force flight for Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nikkei AsiaApril 22, 2022 Japan reworks Ukraine aid plan after India blocks military plane Japan is redrawing its plan for transporting humanitarian aid supplies to displaced Ukrainians after India reportedly refused to let Self-Defense Forces aircraft land in the country. The plan was for an Air Self-Defense Force plane to pick up relief items at …
(2022-04-22). Combat-ready: NATO in talks to deploy yet more troops to eastern flank. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 22, 2022 NATO allies in talks to send more troops to eastern flank: Polish official A senior Polish national security official said on Friday that the NATO alliance was discussing ways to boost troop numbers on its eastern edge amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. *** "Talks are under way to expand the NATO …
(2022-04-22). Turkey makes NATO ally Greece offer it better not refuse. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey and its weapons have recently established a record in Syria, Libya, Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, Ethiopia and Ukraine that Athens would be wise to heed is the message from Greece's NATO ally and neighbor. ==== Hurriyet News AgencyApril 22, 2022 Defense minister urges Greece to respond to Turkey's call for 'friendship' Defense Minister Hulusi Akar on …
(2022-04-22). Wednesday 4/20: Global Geopolitics from Ukraine to the Middle East. indybay.org Join Zoom meeting: sjeccd-edu.zoom.us/j/5088214551 | Zoom meeting ID: 508 821 4551 | International dial-in numbers available: zoom.us/u/aM3amGqtL…
(2022-04-22). U.S. and NATO Fuel War in Ukraine "To Make it Permanent" globalresearch.ca The news preceding the interview and Gagnon's analysis confirm the seriousness of the situation. | Having initiated with the 2014 coup …
(2022-04-22). Azerbaijan: "We have proved to the whole world how to wage a war in the 21st century" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The leadership of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Japan and Finland got the message on how to "liberate occupied territories" from Russia. === Azeri Press AgencyApril 22, 2022 President Ilham Aliyev: "Although war is over, the territorial claims against us are not over yet" "We have proved to the whole world how to wage a war in …
(2022-04-22). Opinion: How Florida Has Added To Its Racist Education By Subtracting Black People From Math. moguldom.com We have officially reached the point in the critical race theory backlash where they're now banning math textbooks. The Florida Department of Education rejected 54 math textbooks — 28 of them because they "incorporate prohibited topics or unsolicited strategies, including [critical race theory]" — according to a DOE statement. Of course, Gov. Ron DeSantis endorsed …
(2022-04-22). Iran education ministry blasts terror attacks in Afghanistan. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Apr. 22 (MNA) — A day after deadly bomb attacks against students and worshipers in Afghanistan, the Iranian ICESCO National Commission condemned the terror attacks saying such attacks increase public hatred towards the terrorists.
(2022-04-22). Minneapolis teacher strike brought unity, victory and a reminder of the threats facing public education in the U.S. nationofchange.org Teachers ended a nearly three-week strike, citing advances in pay and working conditions for many members. But more work remains.
(2022-04-22). People's Action Institute and Data for Progress Unveil New Poll Showing Bipartisan Support for Harm Reduction Policies. peoplesaction.org Poll Comes as White House Releases Drug Control Plan That Centers Some Harm Reduction Tools While Bloating CBP Budget for Enforcement Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C.—People's Action Institute and Data for Progress today unveiled new research showing robust, bipartisan support for a variety of harm reduction measures like expanding use of medication-assisted treatment, …
(2022-04-22). US Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen Warns EU About Banning Russian Oil. globalresearch.ca A full EU ban on Russian crude oil and gas imports could have unintended economic consequences for the United States and its Western allies, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told reporters in Washington on Thursday. | The Treasury Secretary added that …
(2022-04-22). Who are the War Criminals? The Nightmare: The Iraq Invasion's Atrocities, Unearthing the Unthinkable. globalresearch.ca They promised that the invasion of Iraq would be without a bloodbath…
(2022-04-22). US Crimes against the People of Iraq, Vietnam, Nicaragua, … : Denial, Selective Perception and Military Atrocities. globalresearch.ca It was under the watch of his father, George Bush, Snr., that in 1991, thousands of Iraqi conscripts were buried alive in southern Iraq…
(2022-04-22). Fight for Freedom of the Press. Support Independent Media. Support Global Research. globalresearch.ca The ongoing extradition case against Julian Assange is a crucial indicator of the demise of Freedom of the Press. Don't let your news be chained to Big Money. Uphold freedom of the Press as a cornerstone of democracy. | As we …
(2022-04-22). Mayo Clinic Minute: Can diet help with inflammatory bowel disease? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org More than 6.8 million people worldwide are estimated to be living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). IBD is believed to be the result of a malfunctioning immune system, which results in an inappropriate immune response that attacks the lining of the intestines. There is no cure and no exact cause, though researchers continue to look at how genes, the microbiome and environmental factors play a role in this chronic disease. Dr. Amanda Johnson, a Mayo Clinic gastroenterologist, explains…
(2022-04-22). William Shakespeare and the New World Order: "Hell is Empty and all the Devils are Here" globalresearch.ca William Shakespeare's birthday: he taught us never to despair in our resolve to confront the Lie. "to unmask falsehood and bring truth to light". War criminals in high office are celebrated as messengers of peace: "And thus I clothe my naked villany. And seem a saint, when most I play the devil." (Shakespeare, the words of King Richard III)…
(2022-04-22). Brazilian researchers find new species without leaving museum. america.cgtn.com 
Researchers in Brazil have discovered nearly 100 new species of Amazon insects without even venturing into the jungle. They only had to tap into the vast and yet little studied collection already sitting inside Brazil's National Institute for the Research of the Amazon.
(2022-04-22). Mayo Clinic researchers load CAR-T cells with oncolytic virus to treat solid cancer tumors. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Researchers at Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine have devised an immunotherapy technique that combines chimeric antigen receptor-T cell therapy, or CAR-T cell therapy, with a cancer-killing virus to more effectively target and treat solid cancer tumors. The combination approach, published in Science Translational Medicine, involves loading CAR-T cells, which are engineered to look for antigens on cancer cells, with an oncolytic virus. Oncolytic viruses are naturally occurring viruses that can infect…
(2022-04-22). China receives data from Atmospheric Environmental Monitoring Satellite. ecns.cn China Remote Sensing Satellite Ground Station (RSGS) has received data from the newly launched Atmospheric Environmental Monitoring Satellite, confirmed by Aerospace Information Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences on Thursday.
(2022-04-22). Political Scientist Dr. Ricky Jones: They Are Calling Me Racist And Anti-Semitic Because Of Not Abandoning Quintez Brown. moguldom.com Political scientist Dr. Ricky Jones is getting major backlash for supporting his former student, Quintez Brown, a 21-year-old community activist who faces up to life in prison. Brown is charged with shooting at Democratic mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg, who is Jewish, on Feb. 14 in Louisville, Kentucky. Jones is a professor and chairman of the University of …
(2022-04-22). Students fight back against Florida's 'Don't say gay bill'. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On Monday, April 18, Florida State University Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a march against Florida's repressive HB1557. Led by SDS officers Isabela Casanova and Chudi Oraedu, a group of roughly 40 students marched from FSU's Legacy Fountain to the Integration Statue, chanting "Homophobia has got to go" and "Trans lives matter." | Nicknamed the "Don't say gay bill" by opponents, it was signed into state law on March 28. Parents are encouraged to sue their local school districts over what they consider to be violations of this law. | The law's homophobic and transphobic yet va…
(2022-04-22). 'Single bamboo drifting' course opens at Guangxi college. ecns.cn A "single bamboo drifting" course that teaches students to cross the river on a single bamboo has opened in Hechi University in Hechi City in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.
(2022-04-22). Detroit youth stage "die-in" to demand more school counselors. wsws.org Michigan schools have the nation's second-worst student-to-counselor ratio, 691 to 1, under conditions of a deepening mental health emergency nationally.
(2022-04-22). UIC graduate student workers continue strike against poverty wages, as AFT prepares austerity agreement. wsws.org A mood of growing frustration is building among university faculty and grad student workers throughout the University of Illinois system, centered on the surging cost of living and eroding incomes.
(2022-04-22). The next stage in the fight of educators against the pandemic, school cuts and the danger of war. wsws.org The recent strikes by teachers and school employees in Minneapolis and Sacramento over wages ravaged by inflation are only the beginning of a new wave of struggles.
(2022-04-22). Turkey commemorates life of Chechen separatist warlord. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The piece is beyond eulogy and approaching hagiography.The Kremlin's strategic partner Recep Tayyip Erdogan opened a public park dedicated to Dzhokhar Dudayev, first president of the "Chechen Republic of Ichkeria," last December, triggering a fierce reaction from current Chechen president, Ramzan Kadyrov.Turkey is not through with Chechnya and with Dagestan, Ingushetia and the Tatars in …
(2022-04-22). Air defense, armored vehicles: Britain trains Ukrainian troops at home, in Poland. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioApril 22, 2022 UK training Ukrainian troops in Poland: Johnson Ukrainian troops are being trained in Poland to use anti-aircraft defence equipment donated by the British government, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has revealed. "I can say that we're currently training Ukrainians in Poland in the use of the anti-aircraft defences," Johnson told reporters …
(2022-04-22). Turkish-Indonesian strategic partnership: NATO's gateway to ASEAN. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Turkey joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 1952 along with Greece after both nations had served their apprenticeship by deploying troops for the Korean War. Three years later Turkey became the main pivot in the founding of the Central Treaty Organization, modeled after NATO.A year earlier the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, also modeled after …
(2022-04-22). German chancellor: NATO-Russia clash could trigger third world war, nuclear war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Scholz's logic at times (see below) is not only tortuous but torturous. His main message, though, seems unequivocal. Der SpiegelApril 22, 2022 "There Cannot Be a Nuclear War" Excerpts from interview. The SPD is a party of peace, but it has never been pacifist. The two great postwar Social Democratic chancellors, Willy Brandt and Helmut …