2023-05-22: News Headlines

Labor Video Project (2023-05-22). The War On Public Education, Tech & The Writers Guild West With Education Lawyer Kathleen. indybay.org Education lawyer and whistleblower Kathleen Carroll talks about the role of billionaire owner Reed Hastings in privatization education through charters and the introduction of testing, software and co-locations in schools throughout California and the country. She also talks about the collaboration of the AFT and NEA in pushing testing and charters in California through Proposition 39.

Marc Doussard (2023-05-22). Cash Assistance, Not Child Labor, Can Fix the Labor Shortage. progressive.org Addressing the labor shortage with a basic income has the kinds of side effects politicians always claim they want: More work, more education, less debt, less stress, and better health.

Chris Walker (2023-05-22). Ed Department Says GA District May Have Violated Students' Rights With Book Bans. truthout.org The Department of Education's (DOE) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) said in a letter sent on Friday that book bans implemented last year by a school district in Georgia may have violated students' rights. OCR recognized that Forsyth County School District, which banned a number of books containing LGBTQ themes and characters of color, was already implementing corrective actions to address the… |

Chris Walker (2023-05-22). NAACP Issues Travel Advisory to Florida Over Anti-Black History Education Laws. truthout.org Over the weekend, the NAACP Board of Directors voted to issue a formal travel advisory warning people of color and LGBTQ people about "hostile" conditions in the state of Florida. The advisory, which was published on Saturday, was originally proposed by the Florida chapter of the NAACP, which asked the national organization to issue such an advisory in March. The advisory comes just a week after… |

WSWS (2023-05-22). International students in Australia confronting cost-of-living crisis and housing shortage. wsws.org Between the cost of university education, inflation, and lack of support, many international students are at acute risk of poverty, ill-health, and homelessness.

Daria Marcantonio Kieffer (2023-05-21). "We Refuse to Leave Anyone Behind": Oakland Teachers Secure Wins in Strike. truthout.org The 3,000 teachers and support staff of the Oakland Education Association walked out May 4, shutting down all 85 elementary, middle, and high schools. Community support was immediate and widespread—parents were already familiar with the cuts the district had inflicted or proposed. Many donated food and joined our picket lines to walk, dance, and chant in solidarity. Eighty-eight percent of… |


Editor (2023-05-22). Can the Global South Build a New World Information Communication Order? scheerpost.com By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research It is remarkable how the media in a select few countries is able to set the record on matters around the world. The European and North American countries enjoy a near-global monopoly over information, their media houses vested with a credibility and authority inherited from their …

Anonymous103 (2023-05-22). US Attempting To Punish Belarus For Supporting Russia. southfront.org Illustrative ImageTsikhanouskaya spreads fake news on Lukashenko's health. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The US and its allies are attempting to transfer weapons and explosives to Belarus for being a sincere partner of Russia and in a vain effort to destabilise the situation in the country. Such provocations force Belarus to take new active measures of strategic deterrence. These include the construction of defensive fortifications near its border with Ukraine, suc…

imperial.ac.uk (2023-05-22). New partnership will use molecular glues to tackle 'undruggable' disease targets. imperial.ac.uk Researchers at Imperial, the Francis Crick Institute and AstraZeneca will advance the discovery of new 'molecular glues' to treat a range of diseases.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-05-22). Imperial academic lead in £12 million fusion power industry partnership. imperial.ac.uk Researchers will explore a new method for creating fusion power that they hope could eventually be scaled to provide safe, clean, and abundant energy.

Vijay Prashad (2023-05-22). Can the Global South Build a New World Communication Order?>. telesurenglish.net Regarding the Global South International Communication Forum that was held in Shanghai (China) in early May 2023, Vijay Prashad, the director of the "Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research", carried out an evaluation of the possibilities of alternative communication in a world controlled by mainstream corporate media. His text is presented below. | RELATED: | It is remarkable how the media in a select few countries…

Andris Piebalgs (2023-05-21). Only 13 Percent of Methane Emissions Are Actually Regulated, Study Shows. truthout.org Methane — a potent greenhouse gas and the second biggest driver of global warming after carbon dioxide (CO‚ÇÇ) — had its moment in the spotlight in 2021. Over 100 countries signed on to the Global Methane Pledge to cut emissions by 30% compared to 2020 levels by 2030. This is a useful goal, but our new research shows that something is still missing: stringent policies to eliminate methane emissions. |


Ryan Cristián (2023-05-21). The Deadly LNP/Spike Protein Design & The New modRNA Ferritin Nanoparticle Universal Flu Injection. 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 (5/20/23). 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

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-05-21). Marching To The Beat Of The Imperial Machine: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | The problem that underpins most other problems in modern times is that human minds are highly hackable, and that the science of hacking them at mass scale has been advancing since Bernays over a century ago. This is what keeps people consenting to the destructive and exploitative agendas of the powerful against their own interests. | The fact that our minds are being manipulated at mass scale throughout our civilization is the most significant thing happening in the world by far, but hardly anyone talks about it, because hardly anyone knows it's hap…

Anonymous (2023-05-22). Los Angeles Valley College perpetuated wage theft against students on Julie Su's watch. indybay.org Wage theft is a crime. In 2013, Secretary of Labor Julie Su formed a criminal investigation agency to stamp it out in California and put the bad guys in handcuffs. That didn't stop the Grant Director at Los Angeles Valley College, serving the Van Nuys, North Hollywood and East San Fernando Valley, from perpetuating it against low-income students.

Anonymous (2023-05-22). Two Los Angeles Film Professors Bilked Taxpayers Over $3.5 Million Dollars. indybay.org Faculty infighting and an attitude of entitlement in a Community College Film School, deprived low-income students in the Van Nuys/North Hollywood area of technical training and financial aid, while two full-time film professors bilked California taxpayers over $3.5 million dollars in salaries.

Anonymous (2023-05-22). Latest Update on the North Hollywood/Van Nuys Los Angeles Valley College Scandal. indybay.org Los Angeles Valley College serves Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Studio City, Valley Glen, Sherman Oaks, Valley Village, Toluca Lake, Burbank, Universal City. Here's what we know so far about the Media Arts Program that ripped off students and taxpayers.

MEE staff (2023-05-22). France: Outrage after schools asked to provide numbers on Eid absences. middleeasteye.net France: Outrage after schools asked to provide numbers on Eid absences | Schools in Toulouse were asked to provide police with numbers of pupils absent during recent Muslim festival | Mon, 05/22/2023 – 13: 33 | Students raise their hands at "Revolution Jet d'Eau" school in Marseille, southern France, on 1 September 2022 (AFP) | Anti-racism groups, Muslim leaders and a teachers' union have called for an inqu…

Ryan Cristián (2023-05-21). The Deadly LNP/Spike Protein Design & The New modRNA Ferritin Nanoparticle Universal Flu Injection. 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 (5/20/23). 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

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-05-21). Marching To The Beat Of The Imperial Machine: Notes From The Edge Of The Narrative Matrix. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | The problem that underpins most other problems in modern times is that human minds are highly hackable, and that the science of hacking them at mass scale has been advancing since Bernays over a century ago. This is what keeps people consenting to the destructive and exploitative agendas of the powerful against their own interests. | The fact that our minds are being manipulated at mass scale throughout our civilization is the most significant thing happening in the world by far, but hardly anyone talks about it, because hardly anyone knows it's hap…

Anonymous (2023-05-22). Los Angeles Valley College perpetuated wage theft against students on Julie Su's watch. indybay.org Wage theft is a crime. In 2013, Secretary of Labor Julie Su formed a criminal investigation agency to stamp it out in California and put the bad guys in handcuffs. That didn't stop the Grant Director at Los Angeles Valley College, serving the Van Nuys, North Hollywood and East San Fernando Valley, from perpetuating it against low-income students.

Anonymous (2023-05-22). Two Los Angeles Film Professors Bilked Taxpayers Over $3.5 Million Dollars. indybay.org Faculty infighting and an attitude of entitlement in a Community College Film School, deprived low-income students in the Van Nuys/North Hollywood area of technical training and financial aid, while two full-time film professors bilked California taxpayers over $3.5 million dollars in salaries.

Anonymous (2023-05-22). Latest Update on the North Hollywood/Van Nuys Los Angeles Valley College Scandal. indybay.org Los Angeles Valley College serves Van Nuys, North Hollywood, Studio City, Valley Glen, Sherman Oaks, Valley Village, Toluca Lake, Burbank, Universal City. Here's what we know so far about the Media Arts Program that ripped off students and taxpayers.

MEE staff (2023-05-22). France: Outrage after schools asked to provide numbers on Eid absences. middleeasteye.net France: Outrage after schools asked to provide numbers on Eid absences | Schools in Toulouse were asked to provide police with numbers of pupils absent during recent Muslim festival | Mon, 05/22/2023 – 13: 33 | Students raise their hands at "Revolution Jet d'Eau" school in Marseille, southern France, on 1 September 2022 (AFP) | Anti-racism groups, Muslim leaders and a teachers' union have called for an inqu…

Pavel López Lazo (2023-05-22). School dorm fire in Guyana kills at least 20 students. plenglish.com Georgetown, May 22 (Prensa Latina) At least 20 people were killed Sunday in a school dormitory fire in Guyana, the government said in a statement, with the nation's president calling it a "major disaster."

teleSUR (2023-05-22). 20 Guyanese Girls Die in the Mahdia School Dormitory Fire. telesurenglish.net On Sunday night, a fire killed 20 female students at a high school residence in Mahdia, 161 kilometers southwest of Georgetown, the capital of Guyana. | RELATED: | "This is horrendous. We still do not know exactly what caused the fire, although that is not a priority right now. Our priority now is the children and that we provide them with the greatest possible help," Guyana President Irfaan Ali said. | "We have…

WSWS (2023-05-22). University of Michigan submits new wage-cutting contract to striking graduate workers. wsws.org The GEO leadership has sought to conceal the direct role of the Democratic Party in U-M's attack on the grad student instructors—the Democrats dominate the U-M Board of Regents and control the Michigan statehouse.

Nesrine Zribi (2023-05-21). 'We were just singing': Tunisian students stunned after satirical song imprisonment. middleeasteye.net

ecns.cn (2023-05-22). Cuban expat becomes local hero in Beijing. ecns.cn Liuban Lopez, a Spanish language teacher from Cuba who rescued a drowning child and a woman in Beijing last month, told China News Network that he feels very happy living in China, because the country "treats him like a son".

Angela (2023-05-22). Monday 5/22: Nakba 75 and No Tech For Apartheid/Project Nimbus Teach-in. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

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