(2022-05-07). Los Angles: Boyle Heights celebrates May Day with march and rally. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA — On May 1, dozens of people gathered in Boyle Heights to commemorate the historic International Workers Day. The event was led by Centro CSO, which held a May Day Rally in the Chicano neighborhood for the seventh consecutive year to highlight social issues like police terror, privatization of education, and immigration. | The rally kicked off at noon on the corner of Cesar Chavez Avenue and Mathews Street with music, and speeches from MORENA-LA chapter leader Alejandro Mendez who talked about the need for solidarity with the struggle for democracy and against privatization in Mexico; a repr…
(2022-05-07). New seed school collapses before its commission. plusnews.ug 
Pawor Seed School Secondary in Pawor Sub County, Madi Okollo district is in dilapidated state even before its commissioning. The Ug.Sh.1.4 bn school that was approved by the then Arua district council was constructed from 2018 and completed in 2019, under a World Bank-funded project through the ministry of education and sports. The school was …
(2022-05-07). East Texas school district moves to four days a week. wsws.org School administrators cite budget, hiring and retention, student achievement and mental health issues as primary factors in the decision, but research finds that the schedule change negatively affects student learning.
(2022-05-07). Massive carbon emissions reduce biodiversity 300 mln years ago: study. ecns.cn How might global warming put our planet in jeopardy in the near future? A research group examined the situation 300 million years ago and revealed a scenario with a significant drop in biodiversity.
(2022-05-07). The Prevailing Corona Nonsense Narrative. globalresearch.ca There has been no epidemic of COVID-19 of national scope in any country, no pandemic internationally, for the general population SARS-CoV-2 is not a killer virus, and it is the same in every country.
(2022-05-07). [Perspectives] A global view of the pandemic: the good, bad, and ugly. thelancet.com There will come a day when we ask "Do we really need another book about the pandemic?" But this, as the movie meme goes, is not that day. We have as yet barely begun to process what we have been living through since the start of 2020—and that "we" implies no universality, since COVID-19 has exposed some of the deepest and most problematic divisions in societies, at the national and global scales. There are so many stories that need to be told: of bravery, resilience, care, and kindness as well as corruption, incompetence, and venality, of ingenious as well as mistaken science, of leadership and its absence.
(2022-05-07). [Perspectives] Imagining technologies for disability futures. thelancet.com Imagining futures for disabled people is frequently seen in terms of technological change. For example, in 2019 the Royal Society published iHuman: Blurring Lines Between Mind and Machine, a report that examined the potential of innovative neural and brain—computer interface technologies. Although science will drive such developments, it is the ways in which technological developments interact with cultural imagination and social realities that animate broader ideas of future bodies and minds. For people with disabilities, this can be a complex and often wearisome process.
(2022-05-07). Austin protests to keep abortion legal. fightbacknews.org Austin, TX — In the middle of thunderstorms and a tornado watch, around 200 people gathered in central Austin, May 5, for a march and rally for abortion rights called by U.T. Austin student groups, Students for a Democratic Society and the Feminist Action Project. The organizations called the protest in response to the draft opinion that suggests the Supreme Court will overturn Roe v. Wade. | The crowd marched from U.T. Tower to the Capitol building, chanting "My body, my choice!" and "Hey hey, ho ho, the heartbeat bills have got to go!" | As the protestors arrived at the Capitol, a program of several speak…
(2022-05-06). Fall-out of the Ukraine conflict on India's economy. mronline.org 
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(2022-05-06). The full story of how Louisianans defeated the 'Don't Say Gay' bill. fightbacknews.org Baton Rouge, LA – On May 3, the Louisiana House of Representatives Education Committee struck down this state's version of the "Don't Say Gay" bill by a seven to four vote. This decision came after a mass upsurge of students, parents, teachers, social workers and LGBTQ+ community members demanding to shut the bill down. | HB 837, the "Don't Say Gay" or "Classroom censorship" bill, attempted to prohibit all discussion of gender identity or sexual orientation in K-8 classrooms. On top of this, it was an effort to ban teachers from disclosing their gender identities or sexual orientations to students. | Once a legi…
(2022-05-06). Far Right "Parental Rights" Groups Want to Eliminate the Department of Education. truthout.org It's no secret that Republicans are exploiting culture wars and the pandemic to attack public schools via a so-called "parental rights" movement that represents only a small sliver of parents, and is
(2022-05-06). Public Universities Need More Democracy, Not More Administrators. popularresistance.org The current crisis in higher education leadership is on full display at California State University (CSU) — the nation's largest four-year public university system. Take the case of former CSU Chancellor Joseph Castro. | Castro's problems began with an underling — Fresno State's Vice President of Student Affairs Frank Lamas — who was the subject of ongoing sexual harassment complaints and investigations. In 2018, Castro "enthusiastically" nominated his colleague to become the next president of CSU San Marcos. But later, as complaints about his VP's behavior avalanched, Castro authorized a $260,0…
(2022-05-06). Chinese primary, secondary schools to pay more attention to labor education. ecns.cn The new curriculum standards for compulsory labor education (2022 edition) issued by the Ministry of Education of China will be officially implemented in primary and secondary schools from the fall semester of 2022.
(2022-05-06). China moves forward in balanced education efforts. ecns.cn All 2,895 counties across China have passed the national assessment of balanced development in compulsory education by the end of last year, thanks to unrelenting efforts from central and local authorities, the Ministry of Education said on Thursday.
(2022-05-06). Scientists: Why We Glued Ourselves To A Government Department. popularresistance.org One recent Wednesday, while most scientists around the world were carrying out their research, we stepped away from our day jobs to engage in a more direct form of communication. | Along with more than 20 others from Scientists for Extinction Rebellion and assisted in our efforts by Doctors for Extinction Rebellion, we pasted scientific papers to the UK government's Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). A group of us glued ourselves to the building, and nine scientists were arrested. | This kind of action may seem extreme for a scientist, but these are no ordinary times. As most members o…
(2022-05-06). Washington's Indo-Pacific "Allies" Refuse to Host US Missiles. journal-neo.org 
As part of Washington's long-standing strategy of encircling and containing China, it seeks to add to its already immense military footprint along China's periphery, missile installations and specifically, ground-based intermediate-range missiles (GBIRMs) across the Indo-Pacific Region. A research paper funded by the US government and published by the RAND Corporation titled, "Ground-Based Intermediate-Range Missiles in …
(2022-05-06). Black Land Theft and the Racial Wealth Divide. inequality.org
(2022-05-06). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.
(2022-05-06). J'Accuse! The Gene-based "Vaccines" Are Killing People. Governments Worldwide Are Lying to You the People, to the Populations They Purportedly Serve. globalresearch.ca The Signal of Harm is now indisputably overwhelming, and, in line with universally accepted ethical standards for clinical trials, Doctors for Covid Ethics demands that the 'Covid' vaccine programme be halted immediately.
(2022-05-06). Appleton, WI: 2nd annual May Day rally. fightbacknews.org Appleton, WI — Local groups rallied in Houdini Plaza in the early afternoon on May 1 to celebrate International Workers' Day. | Appleton Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Wise Women Healing Institute, United Action Oshkosh (UAO), and Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) gathered with chants and speeches explaining the origin of May Day and the importance of organized labor as well as the various other movements of the working class. | "May Day is a day of celebration for workers around the world because it remembers the significance of the production-halting strike and the political power t…
(2022-05-06). Minneapolis: 1500-plus march against Supreme Court attack on Roe v. Wade. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – More than 1500 students and community members took to the streets, May 4, in response to the leaked draft opinion from the Supreme Court indicating their intention to overturn Roe v. Wade, effectively stripping hundreds of millions of Americans from their reproductive rights. The large crowd gathered outside the Humphrey School of Public Affairs on the University of Minnesota campus before marching to U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar's offices to demand that she take action to defend the abortion rights of her constituents. During the march, many cars passing by honked in approval and solidarity with…
(2022-05-06). "At the end of the day, it's them and us": UK workers and youth speak on the cost-of-living crisis. wsws.org Reporters from the World Socialist Web Site spoke with workers and students in Manchester and Bristol about the effect crippling price rises and government austerity are having on their lives.
(2022-05-06). UArts rally for union rights and benefits. workers.org 
Philadelphia Philadelphia University of the Arts workers, students and community members rallied April 27 in solidarity with staff seeking to unionize and with faculty still bargaining for their first contract after a successful union drive. Speakers at the rally of over 40 people included UArts faculty and staff union leaders, . . . |
(2022-05-06). New Reparations Focus: Black Enclaves Lost To Development. popularresistance.org Providence, Rhode Island – Terrell Osborne knows well what happens when urban renewal comes to communities of color. | As a child growing up in Providence, Rhode Island, in the 1950s and 1960s, huge swaths of his neighborhood of Lippitt Hill, a center of Black life at the foot of the stately homes of the city's elite East Side, were taken by eminent domain for redevelopment projects. | Hundreds of Black families and dozens of minority small businesses across some 30 acres were bulldozed. In their place rose an apartment complex catering to downtown workers and students and faculty at nearby Brown University, as w…
(2022-05-06). Australia: Students and youth speak out over war, COVID and rising poverty. wsws.org "I'm anti-war because I came from a country of war, Vietnam, which was invaded even before the Americans." — Thao, a Western Sydney University student.
(2022-05-06). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific. wsws.org Indian teachers protest over job cuts and pay; Bangladeshi tea garden workers demand pay rise; South Korea: Samsung workers protest non-union wage deal; Australia: Moreland and Ipswich city council workers demand higher pay.