(2024-11-27). Historic Investigation Of US Boarding Schools For Native Children. popularresistance.org For the first time in its 248-year existence, the United States government investigated its own Federal Indian Boarding Schools, a genocidal element of the racist settler colonial project by which the country was formed. From the passage of the Civilization Fund Act in 1819 up until 1969, the U.S. government stole Indigenous children from their parents, and separated and killed family members as part of a broader policy to steal territory and sever the cultural, economic and spiritual ties between Indigenous peoples. | Children were forced into boarding schools to assimilate to the European settlers' way of life.
(2024-11-27). Smash white supremacy! Legacy of the 50th anniversary of Boston March Against Racism. workers.org Dozens of students and longtime labor activists gathered at Boston's Democracy Brewery Nov. 23 to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the historic Boston national "Freedom March against Racism." Front page Workers World, Dec. 20, 1974. (Photo: UMass Boston archives On Dec. 14, 1974, over 25,000 demonstrators turned out — from . . . |
(2024-11-27). Trade and integration on debate in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Nov 27 (Prensa Latina) The evolution of world trade and the prospects for integration were the focus of Tuesday's debates at the 42nd Cycle of Conferences on World Economy of the Center for Research on the World Economy (CIEM).
(2024-11-27). Musk Effort to Eliminate CFPB is 'Intolerable Corruption'. commondreams.org Elon Musk, named by President-elect Donald Trump to co-lead the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, tweeted today that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) should be eliminated. In response, Public Citizen co-president Robert Weissman issued the following statement: "Elon Musk should do his research (or ask his AI to do it). The CFPB has been …
(2024-11-27). Workers and youth defend Palestinian student barred from Sydney school formal. wsws.org The sanctions on the student for wearing a Keffiyeh to his graduation ceremony have involved the highest levels of the NSW Labor government.
(2024-11-27). Pakistani Forces in Islamabad Crush Protesters Demanding Freedom for Jailed Ex-PM Imran Khan. democracynow.org Security forces in Pakistan arrested over 1,000 supporters of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan during a march on the capital of Islamabad. Protesters had vowed to stage a sit-in until Khan — who has been imprisoned since August 2023 on what are widely viewed as politically motivated charges — was released, but ended their efforts after six people were killed. Our guest Aasim Sajjad Akhtar, who teaches political economy at Islamabad's Quaid-i-Azam University, discusses the political maneuvering behind Khan's dramatic ouster and explains how Khan's image as an "outsider…
(2024-11-27). Project 2025 purge: Public sector firing spree and massive service cuts loom. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Fouled up weather forecasts. Staff shortages slowing services. More workers dying of heat stroke on the job. More pollution, which leads to more asthma and unclean water. Cut down school lunches, with none in the summer. Veterans not getting VA health care. More hate crimes. Weaker labor laws and enforcement. Those are just some practical …
(2024-11-27). Insights | Academician of Royal Academy of Engineering: COP needs better monitoring performance against promise. ecns.cn Timothy C. Green, academician of the Royal Academy of Engineering, IEEE Fellow and professor of the Imperial College London, was invited to give an exclusive interview with China News Network. | "COP has been a good process in helping the world resolve to do better collaboratively, We need better monitoring of performance against promises," noted Green.
(2024-11-27). US election 2024: inflation, immigration and identity. cadtm.org