Daily Archives: June 4, 2024

2024-06-04: News Headlines

Gaza Academics, Administrators, Al Jazeera. (2024-06-04). Open Letter By Gaza Academics And University Administrators. popularresistance.org We have come together as Palestinian academics and staff of Gaza universities to affirm our existence, the existence of our colleagues and our students, and the insistence on our future, in the face of all current attempts to erase us. | The Israeli occupation forces have demolished our buildings but our universities live on. We reaffirm our collective determination to remain on our land and to resume teaching, study, and research in Gaza, at our own Palestinian universities, at the earliest opportunity. | We call upon our friends and colleagues around the world to resist the ongoing campaign of scholasticide in…

Margaret Flowers, Clearing the FOG. (2024-06-04). Twenty Years Of Building An Economic Alternative To Capitalism In The US. popularresistance.org The US Federation of Worker Cooperatives recently turned twenty years old. Clearing the FOG speaks with Dr. Jessica Gordon-Nembhard, a professor and author of "Collective Courage: A History of African-American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice," and a charter member of the USFWC, about the work to create a national cooperative organization and the rise of the cooperative economy in the United States. She spoke about the role that cooperatives have played in advancing social and economic justice, the benefits of cooperatives not only to the individual but also more broadly to their communities, and the his…

WSWS (2024-06-04). "They were jabbing us with their batons": Arrested UC Santa Cruz student describes police rampage. wsws.org A UC Santa Cruz student described how after approximately 80 arrests at a peaceful anti-genocide protest encampment Friday, many students were vindictively banned from campus by the university.

Pressenza New York (2024-06-04). "We are the red line!": Tens of thousands to surround the White House on June 8 to demand Biden end the genocide in Gaza. pressenza.com Tens of thousands of people will join a national mobilization to surround the White House on June 8 to demand that U.S. President Joe Biden act on his promises and suspend all aid to Israel. Organizers declare that despite Biden stating that the invasion of Rafah was a red line for aid to Israel, weeks into Israel's murderous invasion of Rafah, and Israel's expanded attacks across Gaza, Biden's red line is nowhere to be seen. | When: Saturday June 8, 12: 00 pm: | Where: The White House, Washington D.C.: | Organizations such as the Palestinian Youth Movement, National Students fo…

midwesternmarx (2024-06-04). The movement for Palestinian Solidarity in Chilean Universities: defying the liberal academia. By: Camilo Godoy & Catalina Calderón. midwesternmarx.com ​After 76 years of occupation, students from across the Globe have shown their support towards the Palestinian cause during recent months. The agreements, cooperation and public relations with Universities and academic institutions from Israel has been a common factor in the causes towards it, considering the context of imperialism and aggression with direct complicity from the US' government and the UK after the AlAqsa Flood Operation by Hamas and then continued by other part …

latintimes (2024-06-04). US Latinos Still Face Pay Disparities Despite Increase In College Graduation Rates. latintimes.com According to U.S. Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center, there is a 291% growth in the number of Hispanic women earning advanced degrees from 2000 to 2021. Whereas, the percentage has spiked by 199% in Hispanic men.

Javier Arana Villasusa (2024-06-04). China achieves milestone in the history of lunar exploration. plenglish.com Beijing, Jun 4 (Prensa Latina) China's aerospace science achieved an unprecedented feat in the history of lunar exploration with the liftoff today of the Chang'e-6 probe carrying samples collected from the hidden side of the Moon.

WSWS (2024-06-04). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Argentine health, education and dockworkers have undertaken job actions against the soaring cost of living while 13,000 Saskatchewan teachers voted down for the second time in May a proposal brought back by their union.

greenleft.org.au (2024-06-04). ANU students continue Gaza solidarity encampment. greenleft.org.au

Editor (2024-06-04). Red Traces, Part 17: The golden age of Islamic science. mronline.org Medieval Muslim thinkers ironically provided the intellectual foundations for the rise of the West, writes Sean Ledwith.

The Independent (2024-06-04). Equity Bank trains 126,000 youth, women and refugees in financial literacy. independent.co.ug Equity Bank bags award for promoting financial education and inclusion Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Equity Bank Uganda has in the last two years trained 126,107 youth, women, and refugees in financial literacy and entrepreneurship education. Up to 58% of those trained are female, 77% youth and 30% are refugees as the bank promotes financial …

The Independent (2024-06-04). Researching HIV in children. independent.co.ug Local experts focus on international research findings to study effect of treatment interruptions Kampala, Uganda | PATRICIA AKANKWATSA | Researchers in Uganda are making significant strides in the fight against pediatric HIV. Leveraging data from the International Maternal, Pediatric, Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT P1115) study, they are exploring the complexities of Analytical Treatment Interruptions (ATIs) …

Editor (2024-06-04). A cautionary tale for open science: AlphaFold3. mronline.org A NEW AI (Artificial Intelligence) model, AlphaFold3, has excited the scientific community.

newarab (2024-06-04). Inside Lebanon's student protest movement for Palestine. newarab.com 'From Beirut to the Sorbonne, we will liberate our universe'. The slogan – referencing Paris' world-famous university – has become popular in Beirut in recent months as Lebanese students have joined the Organising weekly rallies, students are "spearheading" the pro-Palestine movement in the country, Yara Assaad, a student organiser, told The New Arab. | "Of course, students should be part of the fight against the [Israeli] occupation, because all our causes intersect, and educati…

presstv.ir (2024-06-04). Israel bombed 15,000 children into smithereens in Gaza since October. presstv.ir Palestine says a significant number of casualties caused by Israel in Gaza, as well as in the West Bank and East al-Quds, were either students or young children in nurseries.

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