(2022-06-06). Selected Articles: A New War in the Middle East? Israel Military Exercises Simulates Invasion of Lebanon, War with Hezbollah, and Iran. globalresearch.ca By As Russia edges closer to defeating the US-NATO back…
(2022-06-06). Walk For Appalachia's Future Connects Struggles In The Region. popularresistance.org Activists just completed the "Walk for Appalachia's Future" through West Virginia, North Carolina and Virginia to highlight the impacts of fossil fuel extraction on communities and the land. At each stop, they held events with local activists to learn about their struggles and make broader connections. The Appalachian region is a sacrifice zone – rich in mineral wealth that is extracted by large corporations without benefit to the people. West Virginia is the fifth poorest state in the US with low education attainment and high rates of physical and mental diseases. Clearing the FOG speaks with two organizers of t…
(2022-06-06). Grade 11 and 12 students return to classroom in Shanghai. ecns.cn Around 100,000 Grade 11 and 12 students from over 250 high schools in Shanghai returned to school on June 6 after about three months away from campus because of the COVID-19 epidemic.
(2022-06-06). Thursday 6/9: Red Flag Laws: Emerging Research on ERPOs to Stop Gun Violence. indybay.org Online webinar…
(2022-06-06). High schools welcome back second and third years' students in Shanghai. ecns.cn High school students in their second year and third year returned to campus in Shanghai starting from Monday after nearly three months' online classes.
(2022-06-06). China ascends global innovation ranking. ecns.cn China ranks 12th in the 2021 edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII) report released by the World Intellectual Property Right Organization (WIPO), moving up 20 spots from 2012, said Wang Gang, the head of China's Science and Technology Ministry, on Monday.
(2022-06-06). Science Saturday: In neurodegenerative diseases, Mayo Clinic research finds shared gene patterns, widespread damage. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Damage to brain cells in two separate neurodegenerative diseases — Alzheimer's disease and progressive supranuclear palsy — is not limited to specific parts of the brain and these diseases share a pattern of gene alterations within the brain, according to researchers at Mayo Clinic, the University of Florida and other collaborating organizations. The researchers say this finding suggests the neurodegenerative diseases may have the same underlying disease links. The finding, which is published in The Journal…
(2022-06-06). Mayo Clinic, NAACP to welcome inaugural RISE for Youth cohort on June 6. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic and NAACP Rochester Branch will welcome 40 promising high school and college students to RISE for Youth, on Monday, June 6. This program, which is in its inaugural year, is designed to help Black and underrepresented students find pathways to success in education and employment. RISE stands for Reflect, Inspire, Strengthen and Empower, and is an approach developed by Anjali Bhagra, M.D., medical director of Mayo Clinic's Office of Equity,…
(2022-06-06). Cutting-edge scientific testing to be undertaken. ecns.cn Upon its completion by the end of this year, the Tiangong space station will extensively advance science and technology, said Lin Xiqiang, deputy head of the China Manned Space Agency.
(2022-06-06). U.S. Global Empire of Violence! transcend.org 31 May 2022 – The U.S. says weapons, weapons, and more weapons, are the solution for everything! More weapons for Ukraine! Arm teachers in schools! Put armed guards everywhere!
(2022-06-06). Is Lasting Peace Possible? transcend.org 4 Jun 2022 – The wise men of the establishment are again telling us that hopes for lasting peace are a delusion. They declare that human nature makes it impossible, that war is built into our genes. They point to research by evolutionary biologists that indicates our closest genetic relatives, the chimpanzees, make war. Therefore war must be part of our heredity.
(2022-06-06). Tehran, Damascus discuss boosting coop. in health sector. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA) — Iranian Minister of Health and Medical Education, who is on a visit to Damascus, discussed boosting cooperation between Syria and Iran in the field of health sector development with his Syrian counterpart.
(2022-06-06). Video: Pakistan students chant 'Hello Commander' anthem. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jun. 06 (MNA) — After tens of thousands of Iranians have chanted the "Hello Commander" anthem, now it is the turn of Pakistani students to sing the "Hello Commander" anthem enthusiastically.
(2022-06-05). Getting Formula Was a Strain for Many Low-Income Families Before Shortages. truthout.org Miracle Abbott became pregnant during her junior year at the University of South Carolina Upstate. | She worked a low-wage job and had mounting student debt, so the then-19-year-old turned to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children, known as WIC, to get infant formula and food. But after she gave birth, her baby had colic and painful reflux and her pediatrician recommended a special formula not available through the program. | It took four months, three pediatrician appointments, and two meetings at her local WIC office before the program provided her with formula that worked f…
(2022-06-05). Police in the US are not legally required to protect people. Uvalde proves this. peoplesdispatch.org 19 children and two teachers were shot dead in Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, while police idled outside for over an hour despite pleas from desperate parents…
(2022-06-05). The Myth-Making Around Tiananmen Square. popularresistance.org Most western accounts claim that on the midnight of June 3, 1989, the People's Liberation Army moved with full force to Tiananmen square where students were peacefully protesting for democracy and against the authoritarian regime in China. The students were supposedly inspired by the democracies in the west and were heroes standing up to the illiberal communist rule. According to this narrative, the communist leadership under Deng Xiaoping ordered the army to open fire, killing hundreds or thousands of unarmed students at the square. Thus, the Chinese communist party leadership was responsible for the killing and…
(2022-06-05). The Mysterious Death of Osama bin Laden. globalresearch.ca This article was first published in July 2013 following the Pentagon's Decision to Purge the bin Laden "death files" from the Pentagon's data bank. | The decision was justified "to protect the names of the personnel involved in the raid, …
(2022-06-05). Black Sea Geopolitics and Russia's Control of Strategic Waterways: The Kerch Strait and the Sea of Azov. globalresearch.ca Historically, the Kerch strait has played a strategic role. It constitutes a gateway from the Black Sea to Russia's major waterways including the Don and the Volga. It also ensures maritime transit from the Black Sea to Moscow as well as the maritime route to the Caspian Sea.
(2022-06-05). Red Theory: The contradiction between mental and manual labor. fightbacknews.org Since the very origin of class society, when the productive forces developed to the point of producing some surplus beyond bare subsistence, the contradiction between mental and manual labor has been a characteristic of productive relations. Broadly speaking this means that the majority of people toil away physically, while a small minority conducts intellectual labor, such as science and art or planning and administration. Historically, this contradiction arose alongside the contradiction between town and country, specifically when the cities of the ancient slave societies came to dominate society. | However, i…
(2022-06-05). Chicago students want police out of their schools. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On June 2, 250 students at Little Village Lawndale High School (LVLHS) in Chicago walked out of school to demand "Police out!" They marched through Little Village, which is the largest Latino neighborhood in Chicago, to the North Lawndale neighborhood, which is a Black community. The protest was organized by the LVLHS FightBack student group, which called for "Black and Brown Unity." | Other demands raised by the students included equitable funding for all four schools. They explained there are four separate schools within one building. The school which has a predominantly Black student body receiv…
(2022-06-05). Chicago: ChiArts part-time teaching artists vote to join CTU. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Teaching artists and school office staff at Chicago High School for the Arts (ChiArts) have voted to join the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU), June 3. Three office staff voted to join the union, and later in the day, part-time arts teachers – who make up the backbone of the school's programs in the visual arts, music, theater, dance and creative writing conservatories voted 75% (41 yes to 14 no ) to join the union. | "It's a joy and an honor to welcome these new members into the CTU family," said CTU President Jesse Sharkey. "This school doesn't run without its office staff and its teaching artists, an…
(2022-06-05). Students in San Jose Rally for Abortion. indybay.org On May 18, students at Lynbrook High School in San Jose marched through campus and into nearby Rainbow Park for reproductive rights.
(2022-06-04). The Engineered Destruction and Political Fragmentation of Iraq. "America's Third War against Iraq" initiated by Obama. globalresearch.ca The objective is to engineer a civil war in Iraq, in which both sides are controlled indirectly by US-NATO. The scenario is to arm and equip them, on both sides, finance them with advanced weapons systems and then "let them fight".
(2022-06-04). Marcos Jr. Presidency: A long view. mronline.org For three decades, contemporary public discourse on the Philippines has been marked by reference to a period called the "post-Marcos era." Weeks after a high-stakes national election, that widely-accepted historical marker is suddenly obsolete.
(2022-06-04). Protesters gather in Livermore, California to protest leaked Supreme Court draft. liberationnews.org Student activists, protestors, and organizers gathered at Stockmen's Park in Livermore, California, on May 22 for a rally against the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion that threats to overturn Roe v. Wade.
(2022-06-04). If Corinthian Student Debt Can Be Wiped Out—All of It Can. commondreams.org The entire system is predatory. Backed by the Department of Education, it has pushed millions of us into a debt trap while Wall Street profited.
(2022-06-04). Dear Friends, Sorry to Announce a Genocide: Dr. Naomi Wolf on the Pfizer "Confidential Report" globalresearch.ca The truth is: I've been rendered almost speechless because recently I've had the unenviable task of trying to announce to the world that indeed, a genocide — or what I've called, clumsily but urgently, a "baby die-off" — is underway.
(2022-06-04). The War in Afghanistan: The Real 'Crime of the Century' Behind the Opioid Crisis. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 51 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | Visit and follow us on Instagram at First published on August …