WSWS (2022-03-05). Australian Education Union uses anti-democratic delegates' meetings to promote sellout agreement. wsws.org High school teacher and Committee For Public Education member Will Marshall exposed the union's claims on workload, wages, and provisions covering Education Support staff.

Dr. Jacques R. Pauwels (2022-03-05). History of World War II: Operation Barbarossa: Myths and Reality. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-03-05). Turkey ends remaining pandemic measures as over 200 die every day. wsws.org This ending of public health measures is based not on science and protecting the health of the population but on the profit interests of the ruling capitalist class.

WSWS (2022-03-05). Educators and students on the US West Coast denounce the drive to war with Russia and lifting of COVID-19 mitigation measures. wsws.org Teachers and students in California, Washington, and Hawaii denounced both the drive to war and its use to draw attention away from the catastrophe of the COVID-19 pandemic which continues to kill thousands daily in the US.

Natalia Marques (2022-03-05). Critical race theory: US right-wing wages a culture war, the people fight back. peoplesdispatch.org Conservatives are going after a new boogeyman, "critical race theory", or any attempt at teaching youth about the history of US racism…

Ana Perdigón (2022-03-04). Venezuela to Continue Receiving Russian Tourists. orinocotribune.com Venezuelan Minister for Tourism, Ali Ernesto Padrón, confirmed this Thursday, March 4, that Venezuela will continue to receive Russian tourists through the Moscow-Porlamar (Margarita Island) charter operation. | Through his Twitter account, Minister Padrón reported that he had held a telephone meeting with the head of the Russian Federal Tourism Agency (Rostourism), Zarina Doguzova, with whom he reached several agreements. | Both authorities agreed, amongst other things, to continue the regular flights provided by the Venezuelan airline Conviasa, which link the two countries. They also expressed their optimism th…

IGD Worldwide (2022-03-04). Mapuche Political Prisoners José and Luis Tralcal Declare Hunger Strike. itsgoingdown.org The following is a communique from Mapuche political prisoners José Tralcal Coche and Luis Tralcal Quidel, who are currently imprisoned in CET Victoria (CET stands for "Center for Work and Education," a Chilean government euphemism for prison). On June 11, 2018, José and Luis were sentenced to 18 years in prison for the notorious Luchsinger-Mackay…

Staff (2022-03-04). Norway suspends 'all dialogue' with Moscow on education and research. rt.com Oslo's decision follows Russia's suspension from the Council of the Baltic Sea States | The Norwegian cabinet announced on Friday that it has decided to freeze research and education cooperation with Russia after President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into neighboring Ukraine. | Norwegian Minister of Research and Higher Education Ola Borten Moe declared in a statement that the "attack on Ukraine must also have consequences," including in the areas of research and education. | "We suspend all dialogue with the Russian authorities and as a general rule, all institutional agreements between Norwegian and Russian…

WSWS (2022-03-04). UK university workers speak on higher education dispute. wsws.org WSWS reporters spoke to strikers and students at universities nationwide this week, including in London.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-03-04). Childhood obesity: a leading health economist discusses latest research. imperial.ac.uk To mark World Obesity Day 2022, Professor Franco Sassi of the Business School, reflects on a new report on childhood obesity.

Global Research News (2022-03-04). Selected Articles: The QR Code: "Apocalypse", COVID Vaccine and the "Mark of the Beast" globalresearch.ca By "Biblical phrasing" is used to provide "self-legitimation" (cognitive dissonance) to the enforcement of far-reachi…

Gabriel Honrada (2022-03-04). India aims to rival China in quantum computing. asiatimes.com With a wary eye toward China, India is investing in quantum technology to gain a computing and information edge. Last month, Indian scientists from the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi successfully demonstrated a Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) link for more than 100 kilometers between Prayagraj and …

Sarah Anderson (2022-03-04). Restaurant Workers Need a Bill of Rights. inequality.org

Fidel Castro Ruz (2022-03-04). "In a Nuclear War the Collateral Damage would be the Life of All Humanity". Fidel Castro. globalresearch.ca Let us have the courage to proclaim that all nuclear or conventional weapons, everything that is used to make war, must disappear!" Fidel Castro…

Mickey Z. (2022-03-04). What Imaginary Incubators Can Teach Us About Ukraine. dissidentvoice.org (my book from 2004) When I write or post about the blatant propaganda swirling around the situation in Ukraine, some people get angry… at me. They don't want to accept the truth so they take my highly-researched analysis personally. In turn, some will even attack me personally. I've been doing this a long time so …

Joachim Hagopian (2022-03-04). The Truth Behind The Crisis in Ukraine. US "Covert Manipulation" and the Resurging Cold War. globalresearch.ca Important article first published by Global Research on March 14, 2014, in the immediate wake of EuroMaidan. | Provides a broad understanding of the history of the Ukraine crisis. Today, the dangers of military escalation are beyond description. | What is …

Mark Gruenberg (2022-03-04). Jobless rate falls in February, 654K jobs are added. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.8% in February, just about matching the figure it reached before the March 2020 pandemic-caused crash, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. Businesses claimed to create 654,000 new jobs, while governments added 24,000, 60% of them in local schools, a separate BLS survey showed. "Two years since the pre-pandemic …

Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (2022-03-04). Braxton Brewington on Student Loan Debt, Andy Marra on Trans Youth Rights. fair.org This week on CounterSpin: Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer CounterSpin220…

WSWS (2022-03-04). Florida governor Ron DeSantis berates high school students for wearing masks. wsws.org DeSantis attacked a line up of teenagers for wearing face coverings while denouncing masks as "COVID theater."

Planned Parenthood (2022-03-04). Thursday 3/3: The U.S. Abortion Access Crisis teach-in w/ Planned Parenthood. indybay.org Online event…

WSWS (2022-03-04). UK university workers speak on higher education dispute. wsws.org WSWS reporters spoke to strikers and students at universities nationwide this week, including in London.

Fidel Castro Ruz (2022-03-04). "In a Nuclear War the Collateral Damage would be the Life of All Humanity". Fidel Castro. globalresearch.ca Let us have the courage to proclaim that all nuclear or conventional weapons, everything that is used to make war, must disappear!" Fidel Castro…

WSWS (2022-03-04). Florida governor Ron DeSantis berates high school students for wearing masks. wsws.org DeSantis attacked a line up of teenagers for wearing face coverings while denouncing masks as "COVID theater."

Planned Parenthood (2022-03-04). Thursday 3/3: The U.S. Abortion Access Crisis teach-in w/ Planned Parenthood. indybay.org Online event…

David Cavendish (2022-03-03). Where is Lenin when we need him? peoplesworld.org One can draw historical parallels only so far before they break down. No two time periods are exactly alike, but sometimes one can see striking similarities between them. That is true about the current war in Ukraine and World War I. Though much is different today than in the 1914-18 period, similarities exist. History teachers usually highlight …

_____ (2022-03-03). Protests Continue In Sudan; Resistance Committees Release A Key Charter. popularresistance.org 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, including a 15-year-old, and at least 210 protesters were injured, according to the Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors (CCSD). At least 27 of the injuries were caused by gunshot wounds. | 47 people were injured after being direc…

Berry Craig (2022-03-03). Kentucky Republicans dishonestly claim race education bill isn't whitewashed history. peoplesworld.org Kentucky state Sen. Max Wise (R-Campbellsville) evidently figured rubbing a smidgen of whitewash off Senate Bill 138 would convince critics that his legislation isn't really aimed at gagging teachers and whitewashing history. It still is, of course. SB 138, like its companions (House Bills 14, 18, and 487), limits classroom discussion of systemic racism. As such, all …

WSWS (2022-03-03). Australian Education Union's record of agreement sell-outs. wsws.org Desperate to ram through its deal with the Victorian Labor government, the AEU has launched a misinformation campaign to bury the real details of its latest sell-out.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-03-03). Bendy robotic arm twisted into shape with help of augmented reality. imperial.ac.uk Imperial researchers have designed a malleable robotic arm that can be guided into shape by a person using augmented reality (AR) goggles.

Sandipan Talukdar (2022-03-03). New scientific tool is 83% 'accurate' in predicting survival of COVID-19 patients. peoplesdispatch.org COVID-19 led to unprecedented research and exploration across the world. While scientists and researchers have uncovered many crucial aspects of the pathogenicity of the disease and also about the coronavirus, there is a wide gap in the scientific understanding of the cellular processes, especially, considering the wide range of manifestation of the disease, starting from asymptomatic cases to severe cases requiring ICU facilities. | In this regard, it is very important to understand the cellular dynamics. Knowledge of which kinds of cells and what types of responses can lead to severe diseases will surely help i…

WSWS (2022-03-03). The threat of world war looms: Take up the fight against imperialism and for international socialism! wsws.org The IYSSE (Australia) meeting at 4 p.m. (AEDT) Saturday, March 12 will discuss the urgent need to build an international anti-war movement of youth, students and workers as the danger of nuclear war heightens amid the escalating crisis in Ukraine.