Monthly Archives: January 2022

2022-01-29: News Headlines

Anne Drapkin Lyerly (2022-01-29). [Perspectives] Pregnancy and the origins of illness. thelancet.com The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to be felt for years after the virus is contained. Alongside the more than 5 ∑5 million COVID-19 deaths globally, there have been massive shifts in how we understand and practise medicine and public health, transformations of global economies, and losses in livelihoods, health, education, and security. There is also the disquieting prospect that our current trauma could have lasting intergenerational impacts—that children gestated or born during this pandemic might carry an imprint of their mother's experience with lifelong and inheritable consequences.

Ray McGovern (2022-01-29). Will Putin Accept Half a Loaf? globalresearch.ca

Doctors for COVID Ethics (2022-01-29). 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.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-29). To the People of Cuba: Is Washington Preparing a "Soft Coup"? The Co-optation of Cuban Intellectuals. globalresearch.ca The Cuban Revolution constitutes a fundamental landmark in the history of humanity, which challenges the legitimacy of global capitalism. In all major regions of the World, the Cuban revolution has been a source of inspiration and struggle…

Richard Lane (2022-01-29). [Perspectives] Ali Zumla: respiratory medicine and global health supremo. thelancet.com Whether it is in his clinical work or endeavouring to connect colleagues across continents for future pandemic preparedness, Ali Zumla is motivated by improving patient care and the health of neglected populations. For this eminent clinician-researcher is at heart a humble man, always striving for excellence on the hospital ward or in developing plans to improve global health. As Professor of Infectious Diseases and International Health at University College London, UK, COVID-19 has been a major part of his work over the past 2 years.

Jeffrey A. Tucker (2022-01-29). Justin Trudeau Ducks the Great Trucker Revolt. #FreedomConvoy2020. globalresearch.ca The resistance reveals itself always in unexpected ways. As I type, thousands of truckers (numbers are in flux and are in dispute) are part of a 50-mile-long convoy in Canada, headed to the capital city of Ottawa in protest against …

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-29). Russia calls on U.S. to withdraw nuclear weapons from Europe, cease joint nuclear drills with non-nuclear allies. globalresearch.ca This is a serious issue, perhaps the most serious of issues in Europe, but coming as it does immediately on the heels of Russia's prior list of demands being resolutely rejected by the U.S. and NATO yesterday, the prospects of …

Prof. Anthony J. Hall (2022-01-29). Putting Trudeau On Notice, Our Governments are No Longer Legitimate: Throwing Off the Tyranny of Canada's Mandatory Vaccines. globalresearch.ca

Ethan Huff (2022-01-29). Act of War? Thanks to covid "vaccines," the military's cancer rate has more than TRIPLED. globalresearch.ca America's armed forces have been in the throes of At the recent "COVID-19: A Second Opinion" panel that was hosted in Washington, D.C., Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-29). Freedom Convoy 2022 in Solidarity with the Truck Drivers: What Canada Needs Is the "Political Quarantine" of Justin Trudeau. globalresearch.ca A mass movement against the Covid mandate is unfolding coast to coast across Canada in solidarity with cross-border truck drivers. Tens of thousands of people will be joining the truck drivers in Ottawa.

David Skripac (2022-01-29). Covid Mandates: Canada Has Had Enough. dissidentvoice.org Yesterday I stood with friends and colleagues at one of the many highway overpasses in Toronto as we watched a truly historic moment unfold before our tear-filled eyes. Thousands of liberty-loving Canadians from all walks of life were gathered there—as they were throughout the country—in the freezing cold, holding aloft flags and signs to show …

David Skripac (2022-01-29). Covid Mandates: Canada Has Had Enough. The Freedom Convoy 2022. globalresearch.ca Yesterday I stood with friends and colleagues at one of the many highway overpasses in Toronto as we watched a truly historic moment unfold before our tear-filled eyes. Thousands of liberty-loving Canadians from all walks of life were gathered there—as …

WSWS (2022-01-29). Southern US educators and students meet to discuss campaign for remote learning. wsws.org On Sunday, the Southern Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committees held a meeting to discuss the dangerous conditions in schools and the international strike wave by students and educators.

WSWS (2022-01-29). Nearly 1,500 West Contra Costa, California, educators support strike action to stop the spread of COVID-19. wsws.org The resounding support for a strike is the latest sign of the growing rebellion by educators and students against the "herd immunity" strategy now adopted by the Democratic Party, from the Biden administration down to the state and local levels.

WSWS (2022-01-29). University of Chicago students denounce in-person classes and inadequate safety measures as Omicron spreads. wsws.org While students and staff are speaking out against the resumption of in-person learning at the University of Chicago as a wave of infections spreads on campus, top university officials are ignoring their concerns.

WSWS (2022-01-29). Michigan Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committee joins with autoworkers to demand the shutdown of schools and nonessential businesses. wsws.org As Michigan's largest school district, Detroit, plans to resume face-to-face schooling, teachers, school workers, students and autoworkers map out the fight to unify the working class against the deadly school reopenings.

Fight Back (2022-01-29). Florida students protest anti-abortion bill at state capitol, disrupt House subcommittee meeting. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On January 27, members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) from across Florida gathered at the State Capitol to protest HB5, which is widely known as the "abortion ban bill." 70 activists gathered on the steps of the building where the Florida House meets, including dozens who traveled from Tampa and Jacksonville to join Tallahassee activists in opposing this bill. | SDS made it clear that they view this bill as an attack on reproductive rights, women's rights, and the right to choose what to do with your body. They and many others gave speeches to oppose it wholeheartedly. | The abo…

WSWS (2022-01-29). An open letter from Detroit teachers to autoworkers: Close the schools and plants to save lives, not profits! wsws.org Our committee calls for joint action between educators, autoworkers and all workers to close schools and nonessential workplaces, with full social supports for all affected workers, as part of a broader strategy to stop the pandemic worldwide.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-28). Youth Movement Organized for Social Change in Honduras. libya360.wordpress.com John Parker Hector Ulloea — a former student leader and member of the Libre Party — spoke at the College of Middle Education Professors in Honduras (COVEMH) to an international delegation that had been invited by President-elect Xiomara Castro to witness her inauguration. Ulloea spoke of the overwhelming support that Castro has, especially amongst the…

Alex Bainbridge (2022-01-28). Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O'Shane: 'I'm fired up about education, injustice and sovereignty'. greenleft.org.au Distinguished Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O'Shane is running for Socialist Alliance in the seat of Leichhardt. A retired barrister and a former New South Wales magistrate, she spoke to Alex Bainbridge about what fires her up and why she decided to contest the federal election.

WSWS (2022-01-28). Riverside, California, school bus driver speaks out against mass infection in schools. wsws.org Since December 2020, educational facilities have accounted for 45.7 percent of all reported COVID-19 outbreaks in Riverside.

WSWS (2022-01-28). Israel's labour court bans teachers from striking in opposition to soaring Omicron infections. wsws.org Teachers and educators at all public kindergartens and schools, excluding special education schools, had been set to hold a protest strike yesterday.

Jon Rappoport (2022-01-28). Smoking Gun: Dr. Fauci States COVID Test Has Fatal Flaw; Confession from the "Beloved" Expert of Experts. globalresearch.ca This article was originally published on November 9. 2020 | OK, here we go. Smoking gun. Jackpot. | Right from the horse's mouth. Right from the man we're told is the number-one COVID expert in the nation. What Fauci says is golden …

Tomdispatch (2022-01-28). Why Is Ali the Last American Hero? Who Else Is There? juancole.com By Robert Lipsyte | — ( Tomdispatch.com ) — At least once a week, a stranger writing a book, magazine article, newspaper feature, or blog; representing a documentary film, radio serial, or podcast; researching a paper for middle school, high school, or college asks me for an interview about Muhammad Ali. I'm on the short …

Hannah Rose (2022-01-28). Before the International Criminal Court (ICC). The Corona Virus "Vaccines". Nuremberg Code, Crimes against humanity, War Crimes and Crimes of Aggression" globalresearch.ca We bring to the attention of Global Research readers, the full text …

Joachim Hagopian (2022-01-28). Reaching Covid-19 "Turning Point of Critical Mass": Is Nuremberg 2 Next? London Metropolitan Police Criminal Investigation. globalresearch.ca Not only is Britain's largest police force actively involved in the probe, the Hammersmith Police alongside the ICC are working together in what's being called the world's largest international crime investigation.

Workers World Party (2022-01-28). People who use drugs demand harm-reduction strategies. workers.org By AEzra El, Devin Cole and Princess Harmony Roughly five-and-a-half minutes. Statistically speaking, that's the interval between every life lost in the United States to a fatal overdose. Science March, Boston, March 2017.WW Photo: Steve Kirschbaum. In the past several years, we have seen a radical increase in the rate . . . |

_____ (2022-01-28). Why Are D.C. Cops Recruiting And Deputizing High School Students? popularresistance.org On Nov. 18, in the library of Ballou Senior High school, an audience of students, parents, school faculty, journalists, and city officials gathered for a press conference held by the District of Columbia's Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser and chief of police Robert Contee, who were at the high school to announce new legislation. | Behind the podium where Contee and Bowser gave their address stood three rows of 10 teenagers in Metropolitan Police Department cadet uniforms, most of whom were not even 18 years old. Thirty children staged behind Contee and Bowser in police uniforms provided a perfect backdrop for the a…

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-01-28). Palestinian teacher reinstated after UK Israel lobby attacks. electronicintifada.net Sheffield Hallam University must drop their investigation against Shahd Abusalama, students and supporters say.

WSWS (2022-01-28). Educators and students around the world deepen fight to stop the spread of COVID-19. wsws.org The wave of educator and student opposition to school reopenings continues to spread across the globe as capitalist governments ever more openly adopt policies to deliberately infect society with COVID-19.

WSWS (2022-01-28). Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin removes last remaining pandemic safety measures, declares state "open for business" wsws.org Youngkin has eliminated worker, student, and patient COVID-19 protections, while also making Virginia the latest Republican-led state to begin the process of banning "divisive concepts" in the classroom.

WSWS (2022-01-28). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org One-day national strike across public sector in France over pay and pensions as wave of strikes continues in healthcare; South African Clover dairy workers' strike against job and pay cuts continues into tenth week, joined by other affected sectors; Lebanese teachers begin indefinite walkout against deteriorating conditions and for higher pay…

WSWS (2022-01-28). Union trying to cancel South Australian teachers' strike against dangerous school reopening. wsws.org The union is trying to prevent even a token one-day strike, on the basis of "progress" from the government that amounts to nothing.

Editor (2022-01-28). National Report on the Teaching of Reconstruction. mronline.org In his 1935 book, Black Reconstruction in America, W. E. B. Du Bois wrote, "One cannot study Reconstruction without first frankly facing the facts of universal lying." He denounced the Dunning School, the dominant approach to Reconstruction at the time, which denied Black achievements and celebrated white supremacy.

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2022-01-28: News Headlines

WSWS (2022-01-28). Israel's labour court bans teachers from striking in opposition to soaring Omicron infections. wsws.org Teachers and educators at all public kindergartens and schools, excluding special education schools, had been set to hold a protest strike yesterday.

Alex Bainbridge (2022-01-28). Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O'Shane: 'I'm fired up about education, injustice and sovereignty'. greenleft.org.au Distinguished Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O'Shane is running for Socialist Alliance in the seat of Leichhardt. A retired barrister and a former New South Wales magistrate, she spoke to Alex Bainbridge about what fires her up and why she decided to contest the federal election.

WSWS (2022-01-28). Riverside, California, school bus driver speaks out against mass infection in schools. wsws.org Since December 2020, educational facilities have accounted for 45.7 percent of all reported COVID-19 outbreaks in Riverside.

Tomdispatch (2022-01-28). Why Is Ali the Last American Hero? Who Else Is There? juancole.com By Robert Lipsyte | — ( Tomdispatch.com ) — At least once a week, a stranger writing a book, magazine article, newspaper feature, or blog; representing a documentary film, radio serial, or podcast; researching a paper for middle school, high school, or college asks me for an interview about Muhammad Ali. I'm on the short …

Workers World Party (2022-01-28). People who use drugs demand harm-reduction strategies. workers.org By AEzra El, Devin Cole and Princess Harmony Roughly five-and-a-half minutes. Statistically speaking, that's the interval between every life lost in the United States to a fatal overdose. Science March, Boston, March 2017.WW Photo: Steve Kirschbaum. In the past several years, we have seen a radical increase in the rate . . . |

WSWS (2022-01-28). Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin removes last remaining pandemic safety measures, declares state "open for business" wsws.org Youngkin has eliminated worker, student, and patient COVID-19 protections, while also making Virginia the latest Republican-led state to begin the process of banning "divisive concepts" in the classroom.

WSWS (2022-01-28). Educators and students around the world deepen fight to stop the spread of COVID-19. wsws.org The wave of educator and student opposition to school reopenings continues to spread across the globe as capitalist governments ever more openly adopt policies to deliberately infect society with COVID-19.

WSWS (2022-01-28). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org One-day national strike across public sector in France over pay and pensions as wave of strikes continues in healthcare; South African Clover dairy workers' strike against job and pay cuts continues into tenth week, joined by other affected sectors; Lebanese teachers begin indefinite walkout against deteriorating conditions and for higher pay…

WSWS (2022-01-28). Union trying to cancel South Australian teachers' strike against dangerous school reopening. wsws.org The union is trying to prevent even a token one-day strike, on the basis of "progress" from the government that amounts to nothing.

Peter Sutoris (2022-01-27). Environmental education is falling short. Activism can help. nationofchange.org n an environmental studies class in a secondary school in a South African township, the teacher takes the students outside into the sunny fall morning. She shows them how to plant a tree and ensure it survives. The students seem captivated as each of them plants their own sapling in the ground outside the school; …

Brian Wakamo (2022-01-27). How the U.S. Transportation System Fuels Inequality. inequality.org

rebekah (2022-01-27). Why Are We Torching Our Best Tool to End Child Poverty? inequality.org

Bangkok Post (2022-01-27). COVID to be Declared Endemic by Year's End in Thailand. asia-pacificresearch.com

sputniknews (2022-01-27). Research Reveals Best Ways to Obtain 'Super Immunity' Against COVID-19 Variants. sputniknews.com The international scientific community and the WHO still recommend vaccination with available and officially approved coronavirus vaccines as the best way to curb the spread of the virus, especially in light of the emergence of increasingly infectious and even more lethal strains.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-27). Bombshell: CDC No Longer Recognizes the PCR Test As a Valid Method for Detecting "Confirmed Covid-19 Cases"? globalresearch.ca Smoking Gun: The CDC Says that the PCR Test is Invalid. Does not differentiate between Covid-19 and Seasonal Influenza. Does not detect or identify SARS-CoV-2 and its variants. If the PCR test is invalid the 260 Million "Confirmed Covid-19 Cases" collected Worldwide are meaningless. There is no Pandemic.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-27). "Bastille 2022": Building a Worldwide Movement Against "Corona Tyranny" globalresearch.ca Bastille 2022 pertains to the restoration of fundamental rights. It seeks to reverse the criminal COVID-19 agenda which in the course of the last two years has triggered economic, social and political chaos Worldwide, coupled with bankruptcies, unemployment, mass poverty and despair.

Tom Anderson (2022-01-27). Refugees are being housed in infested hotels by the Home Office's slum landlords. thecanary.co This article is part of a joint investigation with anti-capitalist research group Refugees in London are being housed by the Home Office in run-down, insect-infested hotels. Meanwhile, private housing providers are raking it in. | Corporate Watch spoke to an Iraqi Kurdish family who arrived in the UK in November 2020. Since then, the family — who wish to remain anonymous — have been put up by the Home Office in disgusting conditions in several hotels in London with their six children. They told Corporate Watch that — aside from the insect in…

Jipson John, Jitheesh P.M. (2022-01-27). Tariq Ali: 'Democracy is largely a set of rituals now'. canadiandimension.com Tariq Ali speaking at the 2013 Subversive Festival in Zagreb. Photo from Tariq Ali is an internationally known public intellectual, columnist and political activist. Born in pre-partition India in 1943, Ali studied at Oxford University and was elected as students' union president there. He has been involved in political activism since then. He was one of the most prominent figures of the civil society coalition against the United States' war in Vietnam. He was also there at the forefront of agitation against the war…

Maia McCall (2022-01-27). Why are D.C. cops recruiting and deputizing high school students? liberationnews.org The DC police sees poor Black youth as the target demographic for criminalization and surveillance. At the same time, they become the prey of MPD's coercive recruitment and indoctrination practices…

Maia McCall (2022-01-27). Why are DC cops recruiting and deputizing high school students? liberationnews.org The DC police sees poor Black youth as the target demographic for criminalization and surveillance. At the same time, they become the prey of MPD's coercive recruitment and indoctrination practices…

Maurizio Coppola (2022-01-27). Youth on Italy's streets are fighting for their lives. peoplesdispatch.org After a young student Lorenzo Parelli died in a working accident, students all over Italy have expressed their discontent and taken to the streets against precarity and lack of future.

WSWS (2022-01-27). West Coast educators and students hold meeting on the fight to pause in-person learning at unsafe schools. wsws.org On Sunday, the West Coast Educators Rank-and-File Safety Committees held an online meeting in opposition to the ruling class drive to keep schools open amid the spread of the Omicron variant.

MoveOn, Public Citizen,, more (2022-01-27). Thursday 1/27: #Cancel Student Debt! Town Hall on Ending Student Debt Across the Nation. indybay.org Virtual town hall via Zoom…

Editor2 (2022-01-27). Palestinian Academic Suspended by UK University Following Israeli Lobby Pressure. orinocotribune.com By Palestine Chronicle Staff — Jan 24, 2022 | British University Sheffield Hallam has suspended a Palestinian Ph.D. student from teaching, following a smear campaign by the Israeli lobby, the official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. | Shahd Abusalama, a Palestinian activist, writer and artist from Gaza, announced on her social media that she was suspended from a teaching position at her department following an intense online campaign by pro-Israel supporters who accused her of 'antisemitism'. | I cannot describe what I feel in words, receiving this proactive support and solidarity from people I know o…

WSWS (2022-01-27). Australian school guidelines detail dangerous COVID-19 conditions. wsws.org The documents underscore the unsafe conditions that await school workers and students—unless opposed, the return to face to face teaching will inflict entirely preventable mass infection and serious illness and death.

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