Monthly Archives: November 2022

2022-11-22: News Headlines

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-11-22). Imperial education team wins prestigious Royal Society of Chemistry Prize. imperial.ac.uk The Department of Chemistry's 'Lab-In-a-Box' team has been named winners of the Society's Prize for Excellence in Higher Education.

____ (2022-11-22). Knife fish resources recover in China's Yangtze under fishing ban. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have found that the knife fish in the Yangtze River, once a sought-after delicacy and a species plagued by overfishing, is recovering thanks to a fishing ban.

____ (2022-11-22). Earliest flower bud fossil from 1.25 million years ago discovered in China. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have unveiled the earliest flower bud fossil from the Early Cretaceous (1.25 million years ago), which was found in the Yixian Formation of Lingyuan City, Northeast China's Liaoning Province, according to Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology on Monday.

____ (2022-11-22). Basic structure for Intl Lunar Research Station to be built by 2028: China lunar exploration chief designer. ecns.cn The basic structure for International Lunar Research Station (ILRS) will be built by around 2028 meaning it will be possible for Chinese astronauts to land on the moon within ten years.

____ (2022-11-22). China issues 10 science challenges in astronautics. ecns.cn Chinese space scientists and engineers published 10 science and technology challenges in the field of astronautics for 2022 at the ongoing China Space Conference held in Haikou, capital city of the southern island province of Hainan.

Fight Back (2022-11-22). University of Texas at Arlington students confront President Cowley, demand stop honoring segregationists. fightbacknews.org Arlington, TX – On October 31, the Progressive Student Union held a silent protest at the University of Texas at Arlington's presidential open forum and Q and A with newly inducted President Jennifer Cowley. The students arrived with signs in hand and with a large banner boldly stating "E.H. Hereford was a segregationist! UTA should not honor this!" The Progressive Student Union demands UTA rename the University Center, presently named the E.H. Hereford University Center; take down Herefords bust in the same building, and rename the neighboring Woolf Hall. | The two buildings are named in honor of former un…

WSWS (2022-11-22). Sri Lankan police brutally attack student protest demanding the release of political prisoners. wsws.org The fight against the repressive Wickremesinghe government is a political struggle against the capitalist system itself, which is in deep crisis.

____ (2022-11-22). China Life: Retired teacher helps illiterate adults via livestreaming. ecns.cn In the livestreaming channel of Yang Weiyun, no singing or dancing is performed nor are products sold. Yang teaches pinyin, reading and writing, something that has been most familiar to her for the past years. The difference is her students are mostly adults.

_____ (2022-11-22). BREAKING: takes action at the offices of fossil fuel enablers across London. popularresistance.org From 11am on Monday November 21st, Extinction Rebellion and other aligned groups took nonviolent action at thirteen sites across central London, targeting the offices of companies and organisations which have links to the fossil fuel industry. The groups sent a universal message that it's time to 'cut the ties' with fossil fuels. | Actions took place at BP, Hill+Knowlton Strategies, BAE Systems, Church House, Ineos, Eversheds Sutherland, Schlumberger, the International Maritime Organisation, the Institute of Economic Affairs, JP Morgan, Arch Insurance, the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan and the Department for Busi…

Berkeley, Beyond (2022-11-21). UC Workers Strike in Protest of Unfair Labor Practices. indybay.org November 16 marked the third day of protests by academic workers across the University of California system in the largest walkout in the history of US higher education. Their union, UAW2865, represents 48,000 graduate student instructors, postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers. Many faculty members are striking in solidarity.

Marjorie Cohn (2022-11-21). Biden's Student Debt Relief Program Is Now in the Hands of the Supreme Court. truthout.org More than 40 million lower-income people burdened with student loans are still waiting for clarity about how much they will owe and when their next payments will be due, as the Supreme Court decides if it will rule on whether to allow President Joe Biden's student debt relief program to proceed. | The loan forgiveness program, which Biden announced in August, is under attack from six Republican-controlled states, which sued Biden, his secretary of education and the Department of Education on September 29 in an attempt to block the program. A federal district judge ruled against the GOP-led states, but the 8th Cir…

Molly Esquivel (2022-11-21). The Stranglehold of Technology in the Classroom. progressive.org Has the proliferation of edtech caused us to forget the education part?

Steven Singer (2022-11-21). School Vouchers Are Great If You Want to Kill Quality Education and Expand Bigotry. commondreams.org Using taxpayer money to send your child to a private or parochial school has got nothing to do with getting a quality education.

WSWS (2022-11-21). Union representing 55,000 Ontario education workers calls off strike, endorses sellout agreement. wsws.org The union leadership was determined to prevent school support staff from walking off the job today, because they feared that the struggle could rapidly escape their control and become a direct political challenge to the Ford government and its agenda of capitalist austerity.

Stephen Sefton (2022-11-21). Nicaragua in Latin America — the Invisible and the Reality. orinocotribune.com By Stephen Sefton — Nov 17, 2022 | In Nicaragua, the population lives the daily reality of the country's revolutionary development, the democratization of the economy, the modernization of the health and education systems, the transformation of infrastructure and a dynamic reaffirmation of culture, identity and national dignity. However, overseas and in the region itself, these tremendous socio-economic victories are practically invisible. It is instructive to look at this reality more carefully. | In a recent interview, Treasury Minister Iván Acosta observed that Nicaragua is one of the countries that grew…

Morning Star (2022-11-21). Italian students protest neo-fascist government's discriminatory education plans. peoplesworld.org ROME—Thousands of Italian students declared Friday to be "No Meloni Day," rejecting the country's far-right government. Students from across Italy took to the streets to protest against new Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's plans for education. The students claim that the policy ideas of the far-right leader and her Brothers of Italy Party will discriminate against …

Anamika Priyadarshini, Nabamallika Dehingia, Madhu Joshi, Devaki Singh, Shiney Chakraborty, Anita Raj (2022-11-21). [Articles] Spousal support and work performance during the COVID-19 pandemic among elected women representatives in rural Bihar, India: A cross-sectional, mixed-methods study. thelancet.com Our study highlights the importance of husband's help and support in strengthening EWRs outcomes at work in India, with help in domestic work being related to a relatively wider range of outcomes that are indicative of EWR's performance, compared to husband's help with EWR work. These findings emphasize the need for building male responsibility for domestic labour, to improve women's professional performance and outcomes. Our study has few key limitations such as lack of causal interpretations due to reliance on cross-sectional research design, potential for social desirability bias in self-reported data, and abs…

Andrew Korybko (2022-11-21). China's Stated Desire for Military Talks with the US Signals Its Interest in a "New Détente" globalresearch.ca

Andrew Korybko (2022-11-21). Lavrov Outlined the Priorities for Russian Regions' International Economic Outreaches. globalresearch.ca

B.N. Frank (2022-11-21). FAA Has Documented 100+ Incidents of Potential 5G Aviation Interference. globalresearch.ca

Chris Dickert (2022-11-21). Which Populations Feel Their Country Is on the Wrong Track? globalresearch.ca

Dee Knight (2022-11-21). Biden Travels East in Clouds of Mistrust. Joe Biden Meets Xi Jinping. "Not to Seek a New Cold War" globalresearch.ca

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2022-11-21). Ginger Sufferings: FIFA President Gianni Infantino's Sportswashing Performance. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Emanuel Garcia (2022-11-21). Video: New Zealand and the World: "No-jab, no-job policy kicked in and irretrievably changed our lives and our country" globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2022-11-21). The COVID Jabs' Mechanisms of Injury. "Innate Immune Suppression by SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccinations" globalresearch.ca

Dr. Suzanne Burdick (2022-11-21). Too Little Too Late? Pfizer, Moderna to Study Long-Term Risk of Myocarditis After COVID Vaccines. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2022-11-21). 48,000 academic workers on strike in California. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – Thousands of University of California students and workers are currently on strike across the state. In late October, the United Auto Workers union which represents 48,000 academic workers, called a strike authorization vote. In a historic vote, 98% of the 36,558 people who participated voted yes to strike. This is the largest academic workers' strike in the history of the country. | The United Auto Workers (UAW) represents four types of academic workers at UC: postdocs, academic researchers, student employees and student researchers, each represented by their own bargaining unit. Workers are fight…

Global Research News (2022-11-21). Selected Articles: Too Little Too Late? Pfizer, Moderna to Study Long-Term Risk of Myocarditis After COVID Vaccines. globalresearch.ca By Pfizer and Moderna are launching clinical trials to track long-term health issues foll…

Jeffrey A. Tucker (2022-11-21). They Will Lock You Down Again. globalresearch.ca

Jim Hoft (2022-11-21). College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario "Suggests": Unvaccinated Patients Are Mentally Ill and Should be Put on Psychiatric Medication. globalresearch.ca

Joshua Stylman (2022-11-21). CBDC: How COVID Became the Path to Global Financial Surveillance. globalresearch.ca

Michael Maharrey (2022-11-21). War on Cash: New York Fed Launches "Digital Dollar" Pilot Program. globalresearch.ca

Paul Joseph Watson (2022-11-21). Canadian Bank Launches Credit Card Linked to Carbon Emissions. globalresearch.ca

Peter Biles (2022-11-21). Science Journal Recognizes the Reality of COVID Censorship. globalresearch.ca

Peter Koenig (2022-11-21). France Exposed — Exploitation of West and Central Africa Continues Way Beyond Colonial Times. globalresearch.ca

Robert Aro (2022-11-21). Fedcoin: It Starts with a Trial Run. globalresearch.ca

Sam Husseini (2022-11-21). Why Is AP Still Protecting the Source Behind Its False Russia-Bombed-Poland Story? globalresearch.ca

Shannon Kelleher (2022-11-21). Scientists Speak Out Against WHO Draft Guidelines for PFAS in Drinking Water. globalresearch.ca

Sikh for Truth (2022-11-21). Scotland's Government Is Rolling Out a 'Digital ID' Platform, to be Connected to Social Security, NHS Health Services and Experian Credit Scoring Company. globalresearch.ca

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2022-11-21). Armageddon in the Holy Land? Israel's Nuclear Weapons Program, Mordechai Vanunu, and the Coming War on Iran. globalresearch.ca

Vladimir Kozin (2022-11-21). New US B61-12 Nuclear Bombs Deployed in Europe: What Will Russia Do? "Much Worse than the Cold War" globalresearch.ca

Zero Hedge (2022-11-21). "This Is Unprecedented": Enron Liquidator Overseeing FTX Bankruptcy Speechless: "I Have Never Seen Anything Like This" globalresearch.ca

Scott Ritter (2022-11-21). The Polish Missile Incident Was a Close Brush with Nuclear Annihilation. globalresearch.ca

Jessica Corbett (2022-11-21). 225 Groups Urge Biden to Extend Student Loan Payment Pause During Court Fights. commondreams.org "We cannot allow these blatantly political lawsuits to throw millions of borrowers into financial catastrophe," argues a letter that also calls for ongoing legal action to ensure the relief plan can take effect.

Madeline Patenaude (2022-11-21). Tufts RAs say 'Now is the time to speak up and fight for what we want'. liberationnews.org On Nov. 14 Tufts undergraduate students rallied in support of ULTRA (United Labor of Tufts Resident Assistants), the Resident Assistants organizing to unionize. In the span of just two weeks, 85% of approximately 140 Tufts RA's signed onto union cards. Tufts RA's are demanding fair compensation, more clarity and say in their job responsibilities, and a voice in their working conditions. They requested voluntary recognition from Tufts on Nov. 9, which the University rejected on Nov. 16.

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-11-21). New technicians graduate from Imperial's apprenticeship scheme. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's Provost presented graduation certificates to the latest cohort of students completing Imperial's Technician Apprenticeship Scheme.

____ (2022-11-21). Confucius (c. 551 BC — 21 Nov 479 BC). transcend.org Confucius was an influential Chinese philosopher, teacher and political figure known for his popular aphorisms and for his models of social interaction. Confucianism is not an organized religion, but it does provide rules for thinking and living that focus on love for humanity, worship of ancestors, respect for elders, self-discipline and conformity to rituals. Confucius lived during a time of ideological crisis in China.

Clarissa Doutherd (2022-11-20). Op-Ed: Children Suffer When Policymakers Short-Change Early Childhood Education And Care. newsone.com Source: eli_asenova / Getty | I didn't set out to be an activist. I was a single mom studying at my local community college to be a certified public accountant. I was trying to better myself and uplift my family. I needed child care and quickly realized that adequate funding for providers and families was elusive. When I found myself unable to afford child care but I still had school and work responsibilities, I realized that not only did I need to raise my voice, but I needed to inspire other women to do the same. | In America, many people underestimate or do not see working mothers' struggle when it comes to ac…

Labor Video Project (2022-11-20). UAW UC Workers Statewide Strike For A Living Wage & Housing. indybay.org WorkWeek interviews Evan Wartel, a psychology graduate student at UC Davis and Tate LeBlack and PhD. student in developmental psychology at Riverside. They discuss the strike, the UAW and their support of unifying with other education and workers throughout California and the country.

Black Rose Anarchist Federation (2022-11-20). No COLA? No Contract! The Stakes and a Strategy for Success in the Historic University of California Strike. itsgoingdown.org Report on mass United Auto Workers (UAW) strike happening across the University of California system by militants in the Black Rose Anarchist Federation. On November 14th, over 48,000 teaching assistants, tutors, readers, associate instructors, other Academic Student Employees (ASEs), Graduate Student Researchers (GSRs), and postdoctoral employees across the University of California (UC) launched the largest…

Brandee Sanders (2022-11-20). Getty Research Institute Acquires Archive Of Renowned Artist Richard Hunt. newsone.com Source: Ann E. Zelle / Getty | Prolific sculptor Richard Hunt has used his artistry to celebrate the enduring legacies of influential Black trailblazers. The Hunt's work intertwines historic recollection and modern-day references that symbolize the diversity of experiences within the African diaspora. His pieces explore the concepts of tradition, identity, heritage, and mythology. He launched his art career in 19 . Upon graduating from the…

Carl Herman (2022-11-20). Remember MLK: Memphis, Tenn. Court Decision, U.S. "Government Agencies" Found Guilty in Martin Luther King's Assassination. globalresearch.ca After four weeks of testimony and over 70 witnesses in a civil trial in Memphis, Tennessee, twelve jurors reached a unanimous verdict on December 8, 1999 that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy.

Dan Hanley (2022-11-20). Were the 9/11 Aircraft Electronically Hijacked and Remotely Controlled? globalresearch.ca

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2022-11-20). Deadly Games: The Labour Casualties of Qatar's FIFA World Cup. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Margaret Singer (2022-11-20). Coercive Mind Control and Brainwashing Tactics. globalresearch.ca

Eric Zuesse (2022-11-20). It Took 64 Years for the U.S. Government to Admit to Its 1953 Coup that Grabbed Iran. globalresearch.ca

Green Renaissance, Sovereign Rights Movement (2022-11-20). End Sanctions Against Nicaragua. globalresearch.ca

Julian Rose (2022-11-20). "Veritocracy": Casting a Mould for "Enlightened Governance"? globalresearch.ca

Kim Petersen (2022-11-20). Twitter Users: A Choice for Elon Musk: Principles or Profit? Losing Money or Loosing Face. globalresearch.ca

Kim Petersen (2022-11-20). Twitter Users: A Choice for Elon Musk: Principles or Profit? Losing Money or Losing Face. globalresearch.ca

Mike Whitney (2022-11-20). Euthanasia and the Pandemic: Were "the Elderly… Being Killed in Hospitals, Care Homes, and Hospices" During the Pandemic? globalresearch.ca

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-11-20). NATO-Exit under Art. 13: Dismantle NATO, Close Down 800 US Military Bases, Prosecute the War Criminals. globalresearch.ca Washington's unspoken hegemonic objective is Worldwide militarization and economic conquest. This imperial design is carried out through acts of war, military intervention, coups d'Etat, regime change, US sponsored insurgencies, cyber-warfare, economic sabotage and destabilization. "All options are on the table".

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-11-20). Video:. There is No "Alliance", There is "Military Occupation" of both Western and Eastern Europe. The Solution is "NATO-EXIT" globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on April 4, 2019 | 70 years ago NATO was born. In April 1949, The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established what was designated as the doctrine of "Collective Security" under Art. 5 of the Washington …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-11-20). Video:. There is No "Alliance", There is Military Occupation of both Western and Eastern Europe. The Solution is "NATO-EXIT" globalresearch.ca First published by Global Research on April 4, 2019 | 70 years ago NATO was born. In April 1949, The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) established what was designated as the doctrine of "Collective Security" under Art. 5 of the Washington …

Prof. Graeme MacQueen (2022-11-20). The "Inside Job" Hypothesis of the 9/11 Attacks: JFK, Fidel Castro and the American Left. globalresearch.ca Incisive and carefully documented analysis by Prof. Graeme MacQueen. | First published by Global Research on March 15, 2017 | . | . | On November 23, 1963, the day after John F. Kennedy's assassination, Fidel Castro gave a talk on Cuban …

Shane Quinn (2022-11-20). The US-China Power Struggle, Two Decades of CIA Interference in Tibet. globalresearch.ca Of relevance to the crisis in US-China relations, we bring to the attention of our readers this incisive historical analysis of CIA interference in Tibet by Shawn Quinn, first published in January 2020 | *** | America's position as the world's …

South Front (2022-11-20). Video: Ukraine's Undeclared War Against NATO. globalresearch.ca

Steven Sahiounie (2022-11-20). Istanbul Terror Attack May Prompt Turkish Invasion and Deportations. globalresearch.ca

William Markis (2022-11-20). Video: 90 Sudden or Unexpected Canadian Doctor Deaths: Dr. William Markis Interview. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2022-11-20). New School Adjuncts Strike For Higher Wages Amid Ongoing Labor Struggles. popularresistance.org New York City – On Wednesday morning, more than 1,300 adjunct faculty at The New School in New York City went on strike. They were joined in solidarity by hundreds of students, full-time faculty, and community supporters. The strike comes after five months of negotiations between the administration and part-time adjunct workers represented by the UAW whose demands include a meaningful increase in wages, no cuts to healthcare, and third-party mediation for harassment and discrimination in the workplace. | Students and workers walked the picket line holding signs with slogans like: "Where is my tuition going?" and…

Cinnamon Janzer (2022-11-20). Organizing for Debt Cancellation Can Be a Gateway to Systemic Change. commondreams.org The elimination of student debt is just the first step in mitigating the pervasive effects of racial capitalism.

Hendrik Sybrandy (2022-11-20). Youth activists try to make their voices heard at COP27. america.cgtn.com Among those with arguably the greatest stakes in the fight against global warming are young people. Students and young climate activists turned up in large numbers over the past two weeks in Sharm el-Sheikh for COP27.

Manlio Dinucci (2022-11-20). La Nuova Guerra Mondiale Dell'occidente. globalresearch.ca Si intensifica il bombardamento mediatico con le armi di distrazione di massa. Pochi giorni fa la Polonia annuncia di essere stata colpita da due missili russi, i grandi media diffondono la notizia, scatta l'allarme, Mosca comunica che è un falso …

Global Research News (2022-11-20). Invitación a conferencia: Impacto Económico Mundial de la Tiranía "Corona" desde 2020 — Peter Koenig. globalizacion.ca

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2022-11-19: News Headlines

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-11-19). The Downing of Malaysian Airlines MH17: The Quest for Truth and Justice. Review of the Evidence. globalresearch.ca The MH17 Inquiry has been conducted in an insidious fashion. Important pieces of evidence including eye witness reports, audio & video material transmitted through Ukraine Intelligence (SBU) have been manipulated or excluded from the Dutch inquiry, which largely endorses Washington's accusations directed against Moscow.

Jenny Pierson (2022-11-19). University of California Comes to a Standstill as Academic Workers Strike. independentmediainstitute.org Nearly ,000 academic workers at the University of California launched a historic strike on November 14 after contract negotiations with their employer failed. Postdoctoral scholars, researchers, trainees, fellows, graduate student instructors, readers, and tutors, who are from 10 UC campuses across the state and are unionized with United Auto Workers, walked out of their jobs. …

Barbara Fraser (2022-11-19). [World Report] Efforts to improve medical education in Peru hit obstacles. thelancet.com Efforts to tighten medical licensing are in limbo after a study finds that many medical school graduates failed a basic final-year examination. Barbara Fraser reports.

Georgina Ferry (2022-11-19). [Perspectives] Matilde Montoya: fighter for women's medical education in Mexico. thelancet.com In 1887 Matilde Petra Montoya (1859—1939) became the first woman to qualify as a doctor in Mexico. By 1937, a further 83 women had graduated from Mexico's principal medical school at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in Mexico City. "For many of her contemporaries, her professional examination was a watershed", explains Montoya's biographer Ana María Carrillo Farga, Professor of the History of Medicine at UNAM, "establishing the right of Mexican women to study and practise the liberal professions".

WSWS (2022-11-19). Ontario education workers speak out ahead of strike by 55,000 workers Monday: "We were kept in the dark on negotiations for almost 10 days" wsws.org All of the education unions are bargaining behind the backs of their members with the aim of cooking up another round of concession-filled contracts with Ford. In addition to CUPE, four teacher unions are currently bargaining for 200,000 teachers who have been without a contract since August 31.

Colin Todhunter (2022-11-19). What Was Covid Really About? Triggering A Multi-Trillion Dollar Global Debt Crisis. "Ramping up an Imperialist Strategy"? globalresearch.ca If it was indeed about public health, why close down the bulk of health services and the global economy knowing full well what the implications would be? And why mount a military-style propaganda campaign to censor world-renowned scientists and terrorise entire populations…

Dana Bryazka, Max G Griswold, Marissa B Reitsma, Emmanuela Gakidou (2022-11-19). [Correspondence] Alcohol and health — Authors' reply. thelancet.com In our analysis,1 we estimated the theoretical minimum risk exposure level (TMREL) and the non-drinker equivalence of alcohol use, using a new approach to weight relative risk (RR) curves by estimated disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) in every region, age, sex, and year. This differed from our previous research where we used global DALYs to estimate alcohol risk. Our current analysis showed that the TMREL increases with age and varies across regions, ranging from zero to two standard drinks per day.

Richard Horton (2022-11-19). [Comment] Offline: COVID-19—the lessons that science forgot. thelancet.com Remember the pandemic? Barely. Economist Impact, a policy research team within The Economist Group, supported by The Lancet's publisher Elsevier, last week launched Confidence in Research—a report exploring attitudes of scientists to the practice and communication of science during the pandemic. Based on a survey of over 3000 researchers worldwide, Economist Impact identified important actions that should be considered if mistakes are not to be repeated during future health emergencies.

WSWS (2022-11-19). Washington Post backs Republican-led witch-hunt against scientists. wsws.org On Thursday, the Washington Post published an editorial renewing its promotion of the Wuhan lab conspiracy theory, presenting an absurd, semi-literate attack on the research of scientists Michael Worobey and Kristian Andersen.

Aarathi Prasad (2022-11-19). [Perspectives] David Williams: finding solutions for racial inequities in health. thelancet.com David Williams was born "in the Dutch Caribbean island of Aruba", and "raised in, at the time, the British colony of St Lucia". His parents had not attended high school but they were, he recalls, "avid readers who had a lot of books at home" and his mother, who became a nurse aged 62 years, was a powerful source of inspiration for him. Over his influential career, Williams, who is the Norman Professor of Public Health and Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health and Professor of African and African American Studies and of Sociology at Harvard Univer…

ELEL (2022-11-19). [Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com AlKhaldi M, Najjar S, Al Basuoni A, et al. National health workforce accreditation and regulation in Palestine: a qualitative assessment. Lancet 2022; 399: S23—In this Abstract, details of Mohammed AlKhaldi's affiliation with the Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Faculty of Communication, Arts and Sciences, Canadian University Dubai (CUD), Dubai, United Arab Emirates, had been omitted, and details of his collaboration with An Najah National University had been mistakenly included. These corrections have been made to the online version as of Nov 17, 2022.

En.mehrnews (2022-11-19). Leader describes Isfahan as city of jihad, art, science. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Nov. 19 (MNA) — Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei in Tehran received a large number of people from Isfahan province on Saturday.

Free West Media (2022-11-18). US Aid to Ukraine Invested in Corrupt Crypto FTX Scheme. "Instead of using funds to fight Russia, the money was invested in the FTX Ponzi scheme" globalresearch.ca

Staff (2022-11-18). NATO: the future of global warfare is female. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATONovember 15, 2022 Women, Peace and Security in Professional Military Education On 15 November 2022, the Canadian Defence Academy, in partnership with the Swedish Defence University and the George C. Marshall Centre, hosted an event at NATO HQ, dedicated to Women, Peace and Security (WPS) in the Professional Military Education. This event was organised under …

Ryan Cristián (2022-11-18). The Poland Lie Exposed The Propaganda Pipeline & Israel Sent Secret "Strategic Materials" To Ukraine. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (11/18/22). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth

Shane Quinn (2022-11-18). Eight Years on from Malaysia Airlines MH17 Destruction: A Clear Lack of Evidence that Moscow Was Behind It. globalresearch.ca The fighting that erupted in the east of Ukraine can be traced to a US-instituted coup d'état of February 2014 — confirmed by president Obama on CNN when he confided that Washington had "brokered a deal to transition power" in the country, forcing Viktor Yanukovych from office.

Shane Quinn (2022-11-18). Six Years on from Malaysia Airlines MH17 Destruction: A Clear Lack of Evidence that Moscow Was Behind It. globalresearch.ca The fighting that erupted in the east of Ukraine can be traced to a US-instituted coup d'état of February 2014 — confirmed by president Obama on CNN when he confided that Washington had "brokered a deal to transition power" in the country, forcing Viktor Yanukovych from office.

Ted Snider (2022-11-18). Signs of Diplomacy in Ukraine? Finding a Faint Pulse. globalresearch.ca

Andrew Korybko (2022-11-18). The "Informal Russia India Iran Troika" on Afghanistan. globalresearch.ca

Berkeley, Beyond (2022-11-18). UC Workers Strike in Protest of Unfair Labor Practices. indybay.org November 16 marked the third day of protests by academic workers across the University of California system in the largest walkout in the history of US higher education. Their union, UAW2865, represents 48,000 graduate student instructors, postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers. Many faculty members are striking in solidarity.

Julia Conley (2022-11-18). Thousands of Italian Students Declare 'No Meloni Day' to Protest Far-Right Government. commondreams.org Student groups organized demonstrations across the country, decrying Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's education plan.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2022-11-18). Iran, Venezuela Expand Economic Cooperation. orinocotribune.com The cooperation documents were signed in the petrochemical, energy, agriculture, science, and technology fields | On 15 November, government officials of Venezuela and Iran signed six cooperation documents during the high-level joint commission in Tehran, according to MEHR News Agency. | The Minister for Productive Agriculture and Land of Venezuela, Wilmar Castro, said that "during the closing ceremony of the Iran-Venezuela high-level delegation, representatives of the two allied nations signed six agreements in various strategic areas such as educational training, nanotechnology, biotechnology, petrochemistry, r…

_____ (2022-11-18). FDA Oversight of Clinical Trials Is 'Grossly Inadequate,' Say Experts. strategic-culture.org Covid-19 vaccines and drugs were developed at "warp speed" and now experts are concerned that the US Food and Drug Administration inspected too few clinical trial sites. Maryanne Demasi reports | On 25 September 2020, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received a complaint by Brook Jackson who had been working for Ventavia Research Group, a Texas based company hired to run clinical trials for Pfizer's covid-19 mRNA vaccine. Jackson, a regional director, had witnessed problems at three trial sites she was overseeing and complained to an FDA inspector about a range of problems including falsified data, un…

Abayomi Azikiwe (2022-11-18). Peru President Pedro Castillo Threatened by Attempts to Stage Right-wing Coup. globalresearch.ca

Brian Shilhavy (2022-11-18). 48,817 Dead and 5,107,883 Injured Following COVID-19 Vaccines in European Database of Adverse Reactions. globalresearch.ca

Douglas Macgregor (2022-11-18). Poland WWIII Scare Shows Why Top US General Wants Peace. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2022-11-18). Wars Tend to Bury Facts: The Polish Missile Narrative. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2022-11-18). 1 in 5 Young Adults Dies from Excessive Alcohol Consumption. Alcohol Intake Skyrocketed During Pandemic. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2022-11-18). Is Your Body the Legal Property of Big Pharma? globalresearch.ca

Dr. Peter McCullough (2022-11-18). US FDA Willfully Blind on the Safety of COVID-19 Vaccination. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Vladislav B. Sotirović (2022-11-18). From the History of Global Politics and International Relations: The Clausewitzian Viewpoint of War. globalresearch.ca

F. William Engdahl (2022-11-18). Climate and the Money Trail. globalresearch.ca The very mega-billionaires behind the globalization of the world economy who have wreaked so much damage to our environment are the leading backers of the "grassroots" climate movement. Is it pangs of guilty conscience, or could it be a deeper agenda of the financialization of the very air we breathe and more?

Free West Media (2022-11-18). US Expanding Its Military Presence in Syria. globalresearch.ca

Gavin OReilly (2022-11-18). Regime Change in Iran: Gulf of Oman False Flag, Following the 2019 Script? globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2022-11-18). Selected Articles: US-Dollar Dominance vs. China's Yuan as an International Trading Currency. globalresearch.ca By For Chinese people, t…

Global Research News (2022-11-18). This Week's Most Popular Articles. globalresearch.ca

Ibrahim Husseini (2022-11-18). Israel's Right Wing Religious Coalition Seeks to Annex West Bank Settlements. globalresearch.ca

Jenny Tuazon (2022-11-18). G20 Summit Closes Civic Space on Freedom of Speech. globalresearch.ca

Michael Shellenberger (2022-11-18). Crypto Fraud Exposes Woke Capitalism as a Scam. globalresearch.ca

Michiel Willems (2022-11-18). Revealed: Brits Are Paying the Highest Electricity Bills in the Entire World. globalresearch.ca

Monet Bailey (2022-11-18). Air pollution exposure linked to high blood pressure in teenagers. healtheuropa.com King's College London researchers have found that long-term exposure to air pollution increases the risk of high blood pressure in teenagers. Air pollution exposure is quickly becoming a growing health burden on the general population. Many studies have illuminated the detrimental effects, including causing irreversible damage to important body parts such as the lungs. A …

Monet Bailey (2022-11-18). Researchers discover new target for Alzheimer's treatment. healtheuropa.com An international study involving University of Liverpool researchers has found a new potential target for Alzheimer's treatment. New research shows that medin, a protein, is deposited in the blood vessels of the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients along with the protein amyloid-Œ≤. This could potentially lead to new targets for Alzheimer's treatment. Medin is in …

Peter Koenig (2022-11-18). US-Dollar Dominance vs. China's Yuan as an International Trading Currency. globalresearch.ca

Peter Koenig (2022-11-18). Covid Tyrannei: Offener Brief an den Schweizerischen Bundesrat. globalresearch.ca Alle Artikel von Global Research kà∂nnen in 51 Sprachen gelesen werden, indem Sie die Schaltflà§che Website àºbersetzen unterhalb desnewsauthor">Ns des Autors aktivieren. | Um den tà§glichen Newsletter von Global Research (ausgewà§hlte Artikel) zu erhalten, Folgen Sie …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-11-18). "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.

Rian Overy (2022-11-18). Radiotherapy treatment can only stop cancer recurrence in the short-term. healtheuropa.com Radiotherapy treatment for breast cancer only reduces the risk of cancer returning for ten years, having no effect thereafter, according to research from the University of Edinburgh. The findings come as a result of one of the longest and most up-to-date follow-ups of randomised controlled clinical trials of breast-conserving therapy. This unique research will provide …

The Cradle (2022-11-18). Saudi Arabia Signs $30 Billion Cooperation Agreement with South Korea. globalresearch.ca

The Energy & Environmental Legal Institute (2022-11-18). The Rockefeller Way: The Family's Covert 'Climate Change' Plan. globalresearch.ca First published in December 2016, this article is of relevance to an understanding of the ongoing debate on Climate Change as well the Green New Deal, largely controlled by the financial establishment. The Rockefellers also play a key role in …

The Global Research Team (2022-11-18). "The Worldwide Corona Crisis, Global Coup d'Etat Against Humanity" by Michel Chossudovsky. globalresearch.ca My objective is to inform people worldwide and refute the official narrative which has been used as a justification to destabilize the economic and social fabric of entire countries, followed by the imposition of the "deadly" COVID-19 "vaccine". This crisis affects humanity in its entirety: almost 8 billion people.

Tom Ozimek (2022-11-18). Terrifying Vision of a "Digital Gulag": G20 Promotes WHO-Standardized Global Vaccine Passport and 'Digital Health' Identity Scheme. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-11-18). Evictions in Detroit return to pre-pandemic levels. wsws.org A study conducted by Poverty Solutions, a University of Michigan research organization, shows that the number of impoverished working class families in Detroit being evicted have returned to rates that existed prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Fight Back (2022-11-18). Tampa Bay students protest national 'Don't Say Gay' bill. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On November 15, 20 students, led by Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society, gathered in front of the University of South Florida Library in a show of protest against HR 9197, the national Stop the Sexualization of Children Act, more commonly known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill. | This bill aims to ban public funding for and impose penalties on schools and entities that promote events and literature about gender identity, LGBTQ+ issues, sexuality, gender dysphoria, trans people, and the history of the gay or trans movements for children below the age of ten. Following the example of the Don&#03…

Fight Back (2022-11-18). Texas: Students at UT Austin protest against 'Don't Say Gay' bill. fightbacknews.org Austin, TX — On Tuesday evening, November 1, a small group of students from the Austin Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) chapter gathered in front of the Perry Castañeda Library at University of Texas at Austin campus to protest against the national "Don't Say Gay" bill. | The protest was organized as a part of the SDS national week of action against the Stop the Sexualization of Children Act (commonly referred to as the national "Don't Say Gay" Bill), which was introduced by Republicans in October. The bill would prevent teachers from discussing LGBTQ topics and issues in their classrooms, essentiall…

WSWS (2022-11-18). "It's literally nationwide, and we really have to stand with each other": Striking New School part-time faculty speak out on the picket line. wsws.org The current strike by over 1,600 part-time faculty at The New School in New York City is winning wide support from workers and students throughout the city and across the country.

_____ (2022-11-18). One state mandates teaching climate change in almost all subjects — even PE. popularresistance.org There was one minute left on Suzanne Horsley's stopwatch and the atmosphere remained thick with carbon dioxide, despite the energetic efforts of her class of third graders to clear the air. | Horsley, a wellness teacher at Toll Gate Grammar School, in Pennington, New Jersey, had tasked the kids with tossing balls of yarn representing carbon dioxide molecules to their peers stationed at plastic disks representing forests. The first round of the game was set in the 1700s, and the kids had cleared the field in under four minutes. But this third round took place in the present day, after the advent of cars, factories…

Bilal G. Morris (2022-11-18). In Philly, 'Real Talk Drives Real Change' Tour Talks Mental Health & Wellness. newsone.com Source: iOne Digital / iOne Digital | The third installment of Therapist and mental health advocate, Celeste The Therapist; journalist, Gia Peppers; TV host and author, Mike Hill; pastor and gospel artist, Tye Tribbett; and spiritual teacher and thought leader, Bishop Carlton Pearson, sat down with host, pop culture expert and political analyst, Mike Muse, to…

_____ (2022-11-18). One State Mandates Teaching Climate Change In Almost All Subjects. popularresistance.org Pennington, New Jersey – There was one minute left on Suzanne Horsley's stopwatch and the atmosphere remained thick with carbon dioxide, despite the energetic efforts of her class of third graders to clear the air. | Horsley, a wellness teacher at Toll Gate Grammar School, in Pennington, New Jersey, had tasked the kids with tossing balls of yarn representing carbon dioxide molecules to their peers stationed at plastic disks representing forests. The first round of the game was set in the 1700s, and the kids had cleared the field in under four minutes. But this third round took place in the present day, after the…

Chris Hedges (2022-11-18). Marcel Proust's 'In Search of Lost Time,' 100 years later. therealnews.com Marcel Proust's 4,000 page magnum opus, À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time) was written shortly before his death in 1922. Proust's sprawling work is a meditation on the human condition in all its complexities and foibles. To mark the 100-year anniversary of Proust's death, philosopher Justin E. H. Smith joins Chris Hedges to discuss this towering achievement of 20th century literature. | Justin E. H. Smith is a professor of history and the philosophy of science at University of Paris 7 — Denis Diderot. The main-belt asteroid 13585 Justinsmith is named after him. You can find him on…

WSWS (2022-11-18). Four months after contract expiration, UTLA still refusing to hold strike authorization vote. wsws.org Los Angeles teachers are still without a contract and with no COVID-19 mitigation measures, as LA County Health Department warns of winter surge.

Lindsey German (2022-11-17). Polish missile crisis shows, again, why Ukraine war must end. peoplesworld.org The news on Tuesday that a Russian missile had killed two people in a Polish village on the border with Ukraine was greeted with trepidation by many. The implications were clear: Poland is in NATO, therefore any military attack upon the country meant that Article 5 of the NATO charter could be invoked. It deems …

Jessica Corbett (2022-11-17). Medicare for All Champion Bernie Sanders Eyes Key Senate Committee Chair. commondreams.org A spokesperson said the senator would "focus on universal healthcare, lowering the cost of prescription drugs, increasing access to higher education, and protecting workers' rights on the job."

Staff (2022-11-17). Sweden to Change Constitution to Allow 8 Years in Prison for Revealing Relations with NATO. globalresearch.ca

Shannon Dawson (2022-11-17). Outrage After Death Of Jailed African Forced To Fight For Russia In Ukraine. newsone.com Source: Kristy-Anne Glubish / Getty | A 23-year-old Zambian student named Lemekhani Nathan Nyirenda was killed while in combat in Ukraine, Zambia's foreign ministry announced on Monday. | Nyirenda, who was jailed in Russia, was being sponsored by the Zambian government to study nuclear engineering at the country's prestigious Moscow Engineering Physics Institute. But in 2020, his educational dreams came crashing down when Russian authorities convicted him for unspecified crimes CNN In a statement, officials from th…

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2022-11-17). The War in Ukraine, Geopolitical Forecast. The Kremlin's "Indecision" "The War Will Continue to Widen": Dr. Paul Craig Roberts. globalresearch.ca

George D. O'Neill, Jr. (2022-11-17). Blame the Deep State for Carnage in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

David Penner (2022-11-17). The Church of Humanitarian Intervention Threatens the Survival of Our Species. The Destruction of Russia and China on the Drawing Board of the Pentagon. globalresearch.ca

John Leake (2022-11-17). Misinformation: AP Admits Erroneously Reporting Russian Attack on Poland. globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2022-11-17). Norway Signs Arms Trade with US in Anti-Russian Paranoia. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-11-17). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org National teachers' 24-hour strike in Hungary over pay; Strikes across France in education sector continue, including vocational high school teachers against government "reform"; UK class struggle intensifies as postal workers, university lecturers, teachers and train drivers prepare to walk out; protests and strikes over death of Iranian Mahsa Amini at hands of police in ninth week link up with commemoration of 2019 massacre; further 24-hour public sector pay strike planned in South Africa against three percent pay offer…

Brittani Banks (2022-11-17). An Unlikely City in the South Could Be Home to a Public Education Renaissance. independentmediainstitute.org Before it got national headlines about its severe water crisis, Jackson, Mississippi, was much renowned for its potholes. "The amount [sic] of potholes in the city is crazy," exclaims the narrator of "Jackson, Mississippi: The Second Most Dangerous City in America," a video posted to a popular travel YouTube channel in December 2021. The vlogger …

WSWS (2022-11-17). Union representing 55,000 Ontario education support workers announces strike for November 21. wsws.org All indications are that the CUPE leadership has no intention of allowing Monday's strike to go ahead. Instead, they are using the strike notice both as a bargaining chip with the government in negotiations and to placate the militancy of the rank-and-file, which is still angered and frustrated by the bureaucracy's scuttling of their previous strike.

WSWS (2022-11-17). The Quebec unions and the Ontario education workers' struggle—how the bureaucracy sows disunity. wsws.org Both in Quebec and in English Canada, the union apparatuses do everything to isolate, divide and sabotage workers' struggles—especially when they pose a potential challenge to the capitalist political and social order.

Alexander Rubinstein (2022-11-17). Blowback: Italian Police Bust Azov-tied Nazi Cell Planning Terror Attacks. globalresearch.ca

Andrew Korybko (2022-11-17). The US Hinted that It Might Sanction Ethiopia on Human Rights and Military Pretexts. globalresearch.ca

Connor Echols (2022-11-17). How a Lightly-sourced AP Story Almost Set Off World War III. globalresearch.ca

Didi Rankovic (2022-11-17). Google Is Sued for Auto-installing COVID "Spyware" on People's Phones. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Drew Pinsky (2022-11-17). Video: In Denmark, Death Rates Skyrocket. Something Horrible Is Going on! globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Sansone (2022-11-17). Governor DeSantis, Ban the Covid mRNA Jab! globalresearch.ca

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2022-11-17). The "Fact Check" Scam. Who Checks the "Fact Checkers?" globalresearch.ca

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2022-11-17). Den Kriegstreibern in den Arm fallen Neuer "Krefelder Appell" globalresearch.ca Alle Artikel von Global Research kà∂nnen in 51 Sprachen gelesen werden, indem Sie die Schaltflà§che Website àºbersetzen unterhalb desnewsauthor">Ns des Autors aktivieren. | Um den tà§glichen Newsletter von Global Research (ausgewà§hlte Artikel) zu erhalten, Folgen Sie …

Global Research News (2022-11-17). Selected Articles: U.S. "Weaponized" Dollar Economics. "This Global Instrument of Fraud and World Dominance Must be Broken Once and for All" globalresearch.ca By For decades the world has been exposed to US-weaponized dollar-economics — US sanctions dished …

International Crimes Investigative Committee (2022-11-17). Video: Suddenly Changed? Personality Changes After mRNA Injection. globalresearch.ca

John Leake (2022-11-17). "The Covid mRNA Vaccine Causes Cardiac Arrests, Heart Attacks, Strokes… : Leading British Cardiologist, Dr. Aseem Malhotra, and Dr. Peter McCullough Independently Come to Same Conclusion. globalresearch.ca

Judge Andrew P. Napolitano (2022-11-17). The FBI and "Zero-Click". Surveillance Software Called Pegasus. globalresearch.ca

Leila Warah (2022-11-17). 'All we could do was watch': Israeli Army Demolishes Six Family Homes in Occupied West Bank. globalresearch.ca

Monet Bailey (2022-11-17). New hope for treatment to slow neurodegenerative disease. healtheuropa.com Scientists have discovered a new drug treatment that could slow neurodegenerative disease, offering fresh hope. The new study featuring researchers from the University of Glasgow's new Advanced Research Centre (ARC) and published in Science Signaling, found that by using a novel drug, which selectively activates a brain protein called the M1-receptor, the life span of …

Paul Bischoff (2022-11-17). Internet Censorship 2022: A Global Map of Internet Restrictions. globalresearch.ca

Rehab Abdalmohsen (2022-11-17). Sinking Cities Project: 'Alexandria: Layers of History, Levels of Threat'. towardfreedom.org For thousands of years, cultural hub Alexandria in Egypt has been at a geographical crossroads, putting it at risk from earthquakes and extreme weather events. Now, with massive real estate ventures underway, researchers say the government should look to the city's past in preparation for the future. Rehab Abdalmohsen reports for Unbias the News' Sinking Cities Project.

Richard Tanter (2022-11-17). Prepping for a China War: The United States and the New Arc of Militarization Across Northern Australia. asia-pacificresearch.com

Shane Trejo (2022-11-17). Meet the Globalist Billionaires Behind the Presidential Ambitions of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. globalresearch.ca

Tamara Lich (2022-11-17). Canada's Freedom Convoy Leader Tamara Lich: "I'm Breaking My Silence" globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2022-11-17). University of California strikers erupt in anger as UAW proposes major concessions in wage demands. wsws.org As the strike of 48,000 educators and researchers wins powerful support in the working class, the UAW is maneuvering to shut it down.

WSWS (2022-11-17). University of California strikers remain determined to end poverty wages. wsws.org As the strike of 48,000 educators and researchers wins powerful support in the working class, the UAW is maneuvering to shut it down.

Zero Hedge (2022-11-17). Climate Change Hysteria and the Extinction Rebellion. Extinction Rebellion Activists Have Worn Out Their Welcome and the Public Is Angry. globalresearch.ca

Imperial.ac.uk (2022-11-17). New government funding to help Imperial expand Royce activities at White City. imperial.ac.uk New funding for Henry Royce Institute will help Imperial ramp up its materials science activities at the new Royce facility in White City.

Mara Fridell (2022-11-17). We 8 Billions, Their $215 Trillion. socialistproject.ca As expropriative, exploitative agriculture, industry, and militarization have reduced science to dependent positivist-mechanism, human biological reproduction has expanded enormously. Narrow growth priorities have left the complex forms of reproduction required for developmental life on Earth in crisis — discounted, disrupted, and disorganized. Addressing the burgeoning crises of our times will require overthrowing the entrenched maldistribution of credit/shame and cooperation/discipline. | Within my parents' 80-year lives the world human population has trebled, from 2.5 billion to 8 billion today. Over…

Bruce C.T. Wright (2022-11-17). Why Were UVA Football Players Shot? Reports Hint At Accused Student-Gunman's Motive. newsone.com Source: Win McNamee / Getty | UPDATED: 7: 00 p.m. ET, Nov. 16, with testimony at first court appearance. | Original story published on Nov. 15. | The accused gunman behind a deadly mass shooting on the University of Virginia's campus last weekend "targeted" his victims, a witness told the police,

JANET (2022-11-17). COP 27: greenwashing, repression, food crisis. iacenter.org By Sara Flounders November 16, 2022 The activist group, Pacific Island Students Fighting Climate Change protests during the COP27 climate conference, Nov. 13. Nov. 13 — More than 40,000 people registered as participants at the 27th United Nations Climate Conference (COP27) gathering at Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, held Nov. 6 to 18. One hundred world leaders, top-level delegations and leaders from nongovernmental organizations, civil society and major businesses are in attendance. Sharm El-Sheikh is an exclusive, isolated Red Sea resort at the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. Its luxury hotels, convention ce…

Julia Rock (2022-11-17). Biden Administration Caves To Pressure On Student Debt Bankruptcy. levernews.com

WSWS (2022-11-17). Part-time faculty walk out at The New School in New York City, joining University of California as strike wave of academic workers in US grows. wsws.org Over 1,600 part-time faculty members went on strike at the New School in New York City Wednesday morning, joining 48,000 University of California graduate student workers who began their strike at the beginning of the week at 10 UC campuses across the state.

WSWS (2022-11-17). Strike wave of academic workers in US grows: ,000 out at UC, New School. wsws.org Over 1,600 part-time faculty members went on strike at the New School in New York City Wednesday morning, joining 48,000 University of California graduate student workers who began their strike at the beginning of the week at 10 UC campuses across the state.

WSWS (2022-11-17). Federal appeals court blocks Biden's student loan forgiveness plan indefinitely. wsws.org Six Republican-led state governments deliberately filed their suit against the program before one of the most right-wing appeals courts in the country.

Sam Knight (2022-11-17). FTX Crypto Crash Threatens Life Savings of Working People. truthout.org The dramatic collapse of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX sent shockwaves around the world last week, especially after it emerged that company managers allegedly stole at least $1 billion in customer funds to finance risky gambles that never paid off. About 1 million people have money frozen in the bankrupt exchange, in a collapse that also looks set to hurt poor and working class people worldwide who never owned so-called "digital assets." | In Canada, pensions managers had to reassure public school teachers that their exposure to FTX was limited after it emerged that the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan invested $…

WSWS (2022-11-17). World Socialist Web Site readers in North Asia support online public meeting to fight "let it rip" COVID policies. wsws.org Sunday's public meeting will outline a political perspective, including the building of independent rank-and-file committees, to unify health workers, teachers and other sections of workers in the fight for decent wages, working conditions and the elimination of COVID-19.

Zack Linly (2022-11-17). Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin Pushes 'Racist' K-5 Curriculum That Excludes MLK And Slavery. newsone.com Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has unveiled a new draft policy to update the standards for educators to teach history in Virginia classrooms. Critics say it's "racist."

Rian Overy (2022-11-17). Benign breast disease increases the risk of breast cancer. healtheuropa.com Women with benign breast disease are twice as likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer, according to research from Hospital del Mar in Barcelona. The study examined over 700,000 Spanish women who took part in breast screening. The study compared women who were diagnosed with any benign breast disease, including fibroadenomas and cysts, with women …

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