(2022-03-11). Student-community-labor coalition grows in New York City. workers.org 
New York City A growing student-community-labor coalition held a large rally March 6 on demands related to New York City educational institutions. After gathering at Brooklyn Borough Hall, participants marched over the Brooklyn Bridge to Foley Square in Manhattan. Brooklyn Borough Hall, March 6 WW Photo: G. Dunkel Key organizers . . . |
(2022-03-11). Day two of Minneapolis teachers strike. fightbacknews.org St. Paul, MN – Thousands of striking Minneapolis teachers, education support professionals, along with supporters rallied at the Capitol Building in Saint Paul, March 9. Educators are firm in demanding a decent contract, and state they are ready to stay on strike until their demands are met. There has been widespread support from other trade unions and the community.
(2022-03-11). Mailed ballots boosted 2020's turnout—will it work in 2022? nationofchange.org New research on the 2020 election confirms that mailed-out ballots boost turnout—especially when there are no bureaucratic hurdles for voters.
(2022-03-11). COVID-19 mapper reveals symptom variation between countries and health status. imperial.ac.uk Imperial research has unveiled how COVID-19 symptoms varied between country and health condition in 2020 in partnership with symptom mapper Healthily.
(2022-03-11). US media continues coverup of State Department admission of biological weapons labs in Ukraine. wsws.org For three days, major news outlets in the US have refused to report on the extraordinary acknowledgement by Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland on Tuesday that there are "biological research facilities" in Ukraine.
(2022-03-11). Study reveals why women more prone to Alzheimer's. ecns.cn An international team of researchers has found that follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) may have led to a higher incidence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) among older women, providing a possible treatment target for the disease.
(2022-03-11). Masking recommendations lifted as COVID-19 continues to ravage Arkansas. wsws.org Despite the continued spread of COVID-19 and an average of 27 deaths per day, mask-wearing recommendations have been lifted in 32 of the 75 counties in the state, where schools have witnessed a particularly sharp increase in COVID-19 cases amongst students and educators.
(2022-03-11). US educators call for building a mass movement to prevent World War III and end the pandemic. wsws.org Rank-and-file committees of educators, parents and students met across the US last weekend to adopt a resolution opposing the drive to World War III and calling for a mass movement of the working class to stop the pandemic.
(2022-03-11). Oakland communities rally to keep schools open. peoplesworld.org 
OAKLAND, Calif.—Students, teachers, parents, community members, and local activist leaders are stepping up their struggle to stop school closures and mergers in this city, which are largely affecting Black and Brown students and families. A crowd of nearly 200 rallied at International Blvd. and 66th Ave. on the morning of March 5, on what had …
(2022-03-11). Australia's state-funded broadcaster pumping out pro-war anti-Russian propaganda. wsws.org ABC's "Media Watch" said nothing about the censorship and removal of a Russian-Australian student from the network's "Q+A" program only four days earlier.
(2022-03-11). Minister for the Cabinet Office meets cyber security experts at Imperial. imperial.ac.uk Minister for the Cabinet Office, Michael Ellis QC MP, met Imperial academics and students to discuss cybersecurity and resilience.
(2022-03-11). Striking Minneapolis teachers denounce increased military funding while schools starve: "War fills the capitalists' coffers" wsws.org The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers has already dropped its call for a 20 percent raise in the first year of the contract, bowing before the Democratic Party's demands for austerity as the war drive accelerates.
(2022-03-11). Chicago-area teachers and staff strike over pay, class sizes. wsws.org After working without a contract since the start of the school year, Proviso Township teachers, just outside Chicago, launch strike action.
(2022-03-10). Biolabs In Ukraine, A Smoking Gun That White House Dubbed As Fake News. southfront.org 
Written by Piero Messina | Someone in Washington is telling lies. Is Jen Psaki a liar? The White House spokesperson has branded the existence of chemical and biological research laboratories in Ukraine, also run by the US State Department, as fake news. Jen Psaki, then summoned the press to define the absurd allegations and an obvious ploy to try to justify further future attacks: "We took note of Russia's false claims about alleged US biological weapons laboratories and chemical weapons development in Ukraine. We have also seen Chinese officials echo these conspiracy theories ". | And again: "They are an obvi…
(2022-03-10). Protests Continue in Sudan; Resistance Committees Release a key Charter. orinocotribune.com By Pavan Kulkarni — Mar 3, 2022 | On February 28, The Khartoum Coordination Of The Resistance Committees Proposed The "Charter For The Establishment Of The People's Authority", Setting Forth A Militant Roadmap To Democracy. | The long-awaited "Charter for the Establishment of the People's Authority" was proposed by the Khartoum Coordination of Resistance Committees (RCs) in Sudan on Monday, February 28. Mass demonstrations against the military coup were reported from at least 14 cities in Sudan on the same day. | The security forces unleashed a violent crackdown against the protests. Two people were killed,…
(2022-03-10). What the A's stadium plan will do to Oakland's port, its workers and the CA supply chain. indybay.org Farless Dailey, ILWU Local 10 President in an opinion contribution in the SF Chronicle talks about the privatization of he port of Oakland and it's connection to charters and the privatization of the schools by the billionaire A's and GAP owner John Fisher. He also controls the KIPP and Rocketship charter school chain…
(2022-03-10). Leading Marxist philosopher and activist Aijaz Ahmad dies at 81. peoplesdispatch.org 
Leading Marxist philosopher and political commentator Aijaz Ahmad died on Wednesday, March 9, at his home in California, US. He was 81 years old and had been undergoing treatment for some time. He was discharged from hospital a few days before his demise. | Born in 1941 in India, Ahmad's family moved to Pakistan after partition where he completed his education. After completing his Masters in English literature from Lahore, he taught at different universities across the world, including at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and was working with University of California in the US at the time of his death. | A…
(2022-03-10). 40,000 education workers in Slovenia go on strike. peoplesdispatch.org Forty thousand workers from the education sector in Slovenia went on strike on March 9, after the Ministry of Education failed to act on repeated requests to bring salaries in line with inflation and recognize the contribution of education workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Trade Union of Education, Science and Culture of Slovenia (SVIZ), the strike spread over 652 education institutions, including kindergartens, schools, students' homes, and universities, affecting more than half a million people. | SVIZ has been calling on Simona Kustec, the Minister of Education, to begin collective negotia…
(2022-03-10). Let's organize around student debt! cpusa.org 
While on the campaign trail, Joseph Biden made a lot of promises. One of them was to forgive $10,000 dollars in student debt. His promises paid off big. When election time came around, Biden won roughly 60% of the youth vote. So far, the president has only partially honored his promise. The Education Department …
(2022-03-10). Victoria Nuland: Ukraine Has 'Biological Research Facilities'. popularresistance.org Self-anointed "fact-checkers" in the U.S. corporate press have spent two weeks mocking as disinformation and a false conspiracy theory the claim that Ukraine has biological weapons labs, either alone or with U.S. support. They never presented any evidence for their ruling — how could they possibly know? and how could they prove the negative? — but nonetheless they invoked their characteristically authoritative, above-it-all tone of self-assurance and self-arrogated right to decree the truth, definitively labelling such claims false. | Claims that Ukraine currently maintains dangerous biological weapon…
(2022-03-10). Pew Survey: Workers Who Quit A Job In 2021. popularresistance.org The COVID-19 Pandemic Set Off Nearly Unprecedented Churn In The U.S. Labor Market. Widespread Job Losses In The Early Months Of The Pandemic Gave Way To Tight Labor Markets In 2021, Driven In Part By What's Come To Be Known As The Great Resignation. The Nation's "Quit Rate" Reached A 20-Year High Last November. | A New Pew Research Center Survey Finds That Low Pay, A Lack Of Opportunities For Advancement And Feeling Disrespected At Work Are The Top Reasons Why Americans Quit Their Jobs Last Year. The Survey Also Finds That Those Who Quit And Are Now Employed Elsewhere Are More Likely Than Not To Say Their Current…
(2022-03-10). Let Us Speak of the "Unspeakable" to Prevent its Use: On the Edge of a Nuclear Abyss. globalresearch.ca Two days after Russia attacked Ukraine and the day before Vladimir Putin put Russia on nuclear alert, I wrote a little …
(2022-03-10). Imperial awarded £11.3 million for early stage clinical research. imperial.ac.uk Imperial has been awarded £11.3 million by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) to support the delivery of clinical research.
(2022-03-10). Imperial Lates comes back to South Kensington with mind-bending science. imperial.ac.uk From the wonders of the brain to the science behind sci fi, Imperial Lates will be engaging new visitors with the College's cutting-edge research.
(2022-03-10). How to Destroy Russia. 2019 Rand Corporation Report: "Overextending and Unbalancing Russia" globalresearch.ca Force the adversary to expand recklessly in order to unbalance him, and then destroy him. This is not the description of a judo hold, but a plan against Russia elaborated by the Rand Corporation, the most influential think tank in the USA.
(2022-03-10). Keep World News Unchained, We Need Your Support. globalresearch.ca Dear Global Research Readers, | As we take stock of our rapidly changing world, it can be easy to get swept along by the fierce tide of disinformation coming from many sources. While we strive for awareness and comprehension in the …
(2022-03-10). Newly discovered species at higher risk of extinction: Australian study. ecns.cn Species that have been discovered recently face a higher risk of extinction than those identified long ago, Australian researchers have found.
(2022-03-10). Climate breakdown affects all dimensions of life. zcomm.org Was I an activist by virtue of this activity, or was I rather a sympathetic observer positioned in solidarity with the object of research?>
(2022-03-10). Six teens charged with first-degree murder after fatal shooting outside Des Moines, Iowa high school. wsws.org The shooting which left one student dead and two others critically wounded Monday is only the latest in a long, bloody string of school shootings in the United States.
(2022-03-10). Imperial graduation celebrates student achievements during COVID-19 pandemic. imperial.ac.uk Over 2,400 students will receive their undergraduate degrees in three in-person ceremonies taking place at the Royal Albert Hall.
(2022-03-10). The way forward for Busoga University. plusnews.ug 
By Oscar Rwigyema At present, the University of choice for any Ugandan secondary school student is Makerere University. Whether it is still the best university in Uganda is conjecturable. Over the last few years, other universities have invested in a number of programs to raise their stakes and lay a decent claim on this huge …
(2022-03-10). Chengdu pupils paint wall with colorful designs. ecns.cn Recently, a wall on a back street has been painted with colorful patterns by over 120 teachers and students from a nearby primary school in Chengdu, south China's Sichuan Province.
(2022-03-10). Georgia Republicans Propose Their Own Version of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" Bill. truthout.org 
Republicans in Georgia have proposed their own version of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, days before the deadline to submit new proposals in the legislature. | Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill passed the state Senate this week. If Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signs the bill, it will ban primary school teachers from discussing LGBTQ issues in classrooms, and restrict the ways that gender and sexuality can be discussed in high schools. LGBTQ advocates say that the bill will have disastrous outcomes [mda…