2024-01-08: News Headlines

Prof. Patrick Bond (2024-01-08). John Pilger (1929-2023) on Apartheid and Post-apartheid Injustices: "South Africa is where much of my political education took place." globalresearch.ca

_____ (2024-01-08). A Condolence Message on the Passing of Dr. Betty A. Reardon. transcend.org I shocked to hear the news of passing of Dr. Betty A. Reardon on November 3, 2023 at the age of more than 94 years. She was born on June 12, 1929. She was one of the founders of Peace Education.

The Independent (2024-01-08). Butime optimistic Commonwealth Speakers will become Uganda's ambassadors. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Tourism Tom Butime has urged members of the just-ended Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth to be ambassadors of what Uganda offers to the world. The minister was addressing speakers at the Entebbe-based Uganda Wildlife Education and Conservation Centre (UWECC) where they had …

JP Sottile (2024-01-08). Right-Wing Christians Are Making Climate Apocalypse a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. truthout.org On November 17, 2023, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) rejected science textbooks and teaching materials from eight educational publishers. Their objections were based in large part on references to "manmade" climate change, on "negative portrayals of fossil fuels," and, amazingly enough, on evolution. In a nod to the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, the "Judeo-Christian" culture warriors at… |

WSWS (2024-01-07). Ontario education worker urges workers across Canada to support the Quebec public sector workers' struggle. wsws.org The following statement was issued by a participant in the November 2022 "illegal" strike of Ontario education support-staff workers and is a leader of the Ontario Education Workers Rank-and-File Committee.

Erica Frankenberg, Scheer Post. (2024-01-07). 70 Years After Brown Vs. Board Of Ed, Public Schools Still Deeply Segregated. popularresistance.org Brown vs. Board of Education, the pivotal Supreme Court decision that made school segregation unconstitutional, turns 70 years old on May 17, 2024. | At the time of the 1954 ruling, 17 U.S. states had laws permitting or requiring racially segregated schools. The Brown decision declared that segregation in public schools was "inherently unequal." This was, in part, because the court argued that access to equitable, nonsegregated education played a critical role in creating informed citizens — a paramount concern for the political establishment amid the Cold War. With Brown, the justices overturned decades of…

Paul Craig Roberts (2024-01-07). Harvard Hates The White Race. thealtworld.com Is the multicultural campaign really about diversity? Or is it about stamping out Western civilization and the "white race" itself? | College students will tell you that a university education today is a guilt trip for whites. The purpose is to prevent whites from appreciating and absorbing their own culture and to make it difficult for whites to resist the unreasonable demands (quotas, reparations, etc.) from "people of color." | To the questions, "who am I, what am I," the white university graduate answers: "a racist, sexist, homophobic oppressor." | Neither parents, trustees, alumni, nor the public are aware o…

Julia Conley (2024-01-08). 100+ Global Rights Groups Urge Support for South Africa's Genocide Case Against Israel at ICJ. globalresearch.ca

Amir Nour (2024-01-08). The War on Gaza: How We Got to the "Monstrosity of Our Century" globalresearch.ca

John J. Mearsheimer (2024-01-08). Genocide in Gaza. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Paul Larudee (2024-01-08). The International Court of Justice: A Glimmer of Hope and a Cloud of Doubt. globalresearch.ca

Kit Klarenberg (2024-01-08). Top Democrat-linked PR Firm Tapped by Pro-Israel Groups to Control Gaza War Narrative. globalresearch.ca

Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. (2024-01-08). The Great John Pilger. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2024-01-08). Selected Articles: Breaking: Florida Will be the First Jurisdiction to Halt COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines. globalresearch.ca By COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines damage the immune system and each additional dose causes additional immune damage, increasing the risk of COVID-19 …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2024-01-08). Circle of Secrecy: The Iraq War's Missing Cabinet Documents. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2024-01-08). China's self-developed super conducting quantum chip officially launched. ecns.cn China's self-developed third generation quantum chip, "Wukong" (Kuafu C72-300), was officially launched at the Anhui Quantum Computing Engineering Research Center in east China's Hefei Province on Sunday.

Dr. William Makis (2024-01-08). Rapid Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) or Prion Disease in the COVID-19 mRNA Vaccinated. globalresearch.ca

Haily Gomez (2024-01-08). 'Enormous Amount of Evidence': Jonathan Turley Says Joe Biden's Connection to His Son's 'Corruption' Is 'Impeachable'. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2024-01-08). China's self-developed super conducting quantum chip launched. ecns.cn China's self-developed third generation quantum chip, "Wukong" (Kuafu C72-300), was officially launched at the Anhui Quantum Computing Engineering Research Center in east China's Hefei Province on Sunday.

Middle East Monitor (2024-01-08). Israel Minister Calls for 'Ways More Painful Than Death' for Palestinians. globalresearch.ca

Sam Pizzigati (2024-01-08). The Rich Who Own the Home Next Door. counterpunch.org For younger American families, the classic American dream — a home of your own! — has become an ongoing nightmare. Some 20 percent of young American men between 25 and 34 lived with their parents last year, 12 percent of young women. America's multigenerational household population, the Pew Research center notes, has quadrupled since the early 1970s.

Julia Conley (2024-01-07). Demands for Israeli Ambassador to UK's Expulsion After 'Clear Call for Genocide'. globalresearch.ca

Manlio Dinucci (2024-01-07). Nuclear Alert: Another 32 US Bases in Europe Close to Russia. globalresearch.ca

Brian Berletic (2024-01-07). Video: Who Is Behind the Deadly Iran Bombing and Why? The US has Backed Terrorism in Iran for Years. globalresearch.ca

John Pilger (2024-01-07). John Pilger on the Coming War. Speak Up, Now! "America has Gone to War with the World". May 1, 2023. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2024-01-07). Controversies and fraud marred the elections in DR Congo. peoplesdispatch.org Felix Tshisekedi got re-elected as DR Congo's president in polls that were marred with controversies and fraud. 44 million people were eligible to cast their votes in elections that took place on December 20. Kambale Musavuli from the Center for Research on the Congo-Kinshasa talks about the various issues that emerged during the voting and what this verdict means for the country as well as the region.

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). Guidelines establish proper uses of AI in research. ecns.cn The Ministry of Science and Technology recently issued guidelines on the proper use of artificial intelligence-related content, emphasizing that researchers should integrate ethical requirements into the entire research process.

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). Nation to tackle population aging. ecns.cn The State Council, China's cabinet, is currently engaged in extensive research and development of policies aimed at nurturing the silver economy and improving the well-being of its senior citizens.

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-01-07). Tourism to Cuba grew 34% in 2023. plenglish.com In his Facebook profile, the analyst explained that 2,436,097 international visitors were reported, a figure that represents some 822,892 more visitors than in 2022, with an increase in all markets except for the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. | Perello said that 70,9% of international visitors correspond to five main segments: Canadians, Cubans living abroad, Americans, Russians and Spaniards. | Regarding Cubans living abroad, the expert noted that 320,193 come from the United States. | According to the researcher, Cuba as a tourist destination lagged behind its Caribbean competitors in reaching the 2019 a…

Abayomi Azikiwe (2024-01-07). Sudan Talks Between Military Leaders Cannot Bring Genuine Peace. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2024-01-07). Video: Obama Chilling Movie, "Leave the World Behind": Cyberattack, Power Grid Goes Out, Synchronized Chaos, Collapse, "Civil War" globalresearch.ca

Melissa Garriga (2024-01-07). Coalition of "Grassroots Diplomats" Take the Lead on International Solidarity with South Africa in the Absence of Diplomacy and Accountability from U.S. Officials. globalresearch.ca

Yuri Rubtsov (2024-01-07). History: Adolph Hitler was Financed by Wall Street, the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. globalresearch.ca Numerous U.S. conglomerates invested in Nazi Germany's arms industry. "Both GM and Ford went along with the conversion of their German plants to military production" (WP)…

Dr. Joseph Mercola (2024-01-07). Video: "Leave the World Behind"; Obama's Dark Movie. Cyberattack, "Synchronized Chaos", Collapse, "Civil War" globalresearch.ca

Giorgio Valleris (2024-01-07). "I Vaccini Mrna Contro il Covid Sono Pericolosi": La Florida Chiede di Abolirli. globalresearch.ca I vaccini mRna sono: "un pericolo per la salute e l'integrità del genoma" e per questo andrebbero aboliti. Il Dipartimento della Salute dello Stato della Florida si muove concretamente per scrivere la parola fine, una volta per tutte, alla somministrazione …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-01-07). Ukraine's "Neo-Nazi Summer Camp". Military Training for Young Children, Para-military Recruits. globalresearch.ca The Azov battalion supported by its Western partners is not only involved in para-military operations in Donbass, it is also running a Summer Camp military training project for young children.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-01-07). The Next Crisis "Bigger than Covid": Paralysis of Power Supply, Communications, Transportation. The WEF "Cyber Attack" Scenario, "Usher In the Great Reset" globalresearch.ca First published on December …

Chris Hedges, The Real News Network. (2024-01-07). Israel Cannot Be A Colonial Power And A Democracy. popularresistance.org Israel's status as a bona fide democracy is often taken to be a self-evident truth, but a more critical look at the history and reality of Zionism calls this into question. After all, how can a democracy exist in a country constitutionally defined as an ethnostate that can only exist through the suppression and gradual elimination of its Others? Israeli historian Ilan Pappé joins The Chris Hedges Report for a discussion on Israel as an inherently colonial, and therefore anti-democratic, project. | Ilan Pappé is a professor with the College of Social Sciences and International Studies at the University of Exeter i…

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). Asia's largest natural science museum opens in N China's Hebei. ecns.cn The Paleozoological Museum of China, the largest natural science museum in Asia, opened to the public in Baoding, north China's Hebei Province, on Wednesday."ÄÄ…

The Independent (2024-01-07). Mbarara scientist joins search for "artificial clouds" independent.co.ug Mbarara, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A former Mbarara University of Science and Technology Scientist is exploring possibilities of creating "artificial clouds" to induce rain in drought-hit areas. He hopes with that technology, he can help hard-hit farmers in specific areas receive rain for watering crops. Khoi Khoi thinks the science of cloud condensation or ice …

Staff (2024-01-07). Bangladesh General Elections 2024: Allegations of widespread rigging reported across the country. muslimmirror.com By Muhammad Shoaib, Dhaka Reports of mass rigging have marred the sanctity of the democratic process during Bangladesh's 12 General Elections. The latest 12th National Assembly elections, commencing at 8 a.m. and concluding at 4 p.m. on a Sunday, have once again been plagued by numerous irregularities across the nation. Statistics from the Election Commission …

ecns.cn (2024-01-08). Ministry criticizes U.S. for deporting Chinese students with valid visas. ecns.cn China's foreign ministry has criticized what it says is the discriminatory treatment of Chinese students trying to enter the United States after reports of prolonged interrogations and coercion, with some seeing their visas revoked upon arrival in the U.S.

Garrett Brown, Against the Current. (2024-01-08). Talking Socialism On The Job. popularresistance.org With a new generation of socialist activists entering the workforce to build unions and the socialist movement, experiences from 45 years ago may provide lessons about what works and what does not work when talking socialism on the job. | I joined the Young Socialist Alliance in 1971 and the Socialist Workers Party in 1973, resigning from the party in December 1983. I was a student activist in California, Massachusetts, and Illinois, before becoming the labor reporter for The Daily Calumet newspaper in southeast Chicago in 1976. | While a journalist at The Daily Calumet I covered the United Steel Workers of Ameri…

Loretta VanPelt, Fight Back News!. (2024-01-08). Palestinian-Black Solidarity Teach-In. popularresistance.org Minneapolis, MN — 150 people gathered at Redeemer Lutheran Church in North Minneapolis on January 4 to listen to an in-depth discussion about the link of the Black liberation struggle and the struggle for liberation in Palestine. | Jae Yates, an organizer with Twin Cities Coalition for Justice for Jamar (TCC4J) and Sabry Wazwaz, a Palestinian organizer, spoke about the connections between U.S. police violence and the violence the Israeli occupying forces are inflicting on the Palestinian people. | Yates gave the history of Palestine and how groups like the Black Panthers and the Student Nonviolent Coordinat…

ecns.cn (2024-01-08). U.S. students experience charm of local culture in Chengdu. ecns.cn A total of 29 students from Columbia University together with student representatives from universities in Chengdu attended the program. They watched folk performance, intangible cultural heritage display and try local food.

Peoples Dispatch (2024-01-07). Harvard student organizer speaks out about Claudine Gay resignation. peoplesdispatch.org Peoples Dispatch spoke to Prince Williams, an undergraduate organiser at Harvard about the censorship and attacks that pro-Palestine activists have faced from the right-wing as well as the Harvard administration.

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-08). Minneapolis: Palestinian-Black solidarity teach-in. fightbacknews.org

Robert Koehler (2024-01-08). The Law of the Jungle: Our Teacher? counterpunch.org Perhaps the primary value of war — from the point of view of national leaders and their loyal followers — is that it places 100 percent of the blame for whatever's wrong on the other guy: the enemy. And thus there's no alternative but to kill "him," which nowadays amounts to slaughtering and dismembering anybody

Yousef Fares (2024-01-07). Gaza Diaries: A Daily Search for Water and Firewood. orinocotribune.com Palestinian journalist Yousef Fares reports from Gaza for Al-Akhbar. | After over 90 days of catastrophic war on the Gaza Strip, Gaza residents' daily struggle is reduced to an endless search for water and firewood. The water supply to homes and shelters has been cut off, and cooking gas has also been completely cut off. Men and children are forced to go out early in the morning in search of firewood. | Ahmed Abu Hamam, a teacher who works for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA), told Al-Akhbar, "Our daily lives are reduced to three tasks: We wake up after dawn, spend five…

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