Scientists take a stand against "Wuhan lab" witch-hunt
wsws.org | 2021-06-03
The conspiracy theory that COVID-19 was released from the Wuhan Institute of Virology has incited a right-wing witch-hunt against scientists researching the origin of the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/03/wuha…

Why is Pennsylvania considering mass layoffs in public higher education?
Monica Zheng, Curry Malott | liberationnews.org | 2021-06-03
The Chancellor of the Pennsylvania System of Higher Education, Daniel Greenstein, is attempting to ram through a plan to consolidate six of the state system's 14 universities into two as a so-called solution to the system's financial crisis.
liberationnews.org/why-is-pennsylvania-considering-mass-layoffs-in-public-higher-education/

The Miseducation of White Children
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2021-06-03
The Miseducation of White Children…
thenation.com/article/society/critical-race-theory-white/

Biden Should Make Normalizing Relations with Cuba "A Priority"
Medea Benjamin | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-03
Silvia from Miami, Eduardo from Hialeah, Abel from Lakeland. The names pour in on the donations page for "Syringes to Cuba" as Carlos Lazo promotes the campaign on his popular Facebook livestream. An energetic Cuban-American high school teacher in Seattle, Lazo created a group called Puentes de Amor, Bridges of Love, to unite Cuban Americans…
counterpunch.org/2021/06/03/biden-should-make-normalizing-relations-with-cuba-a-priority/

San Antonio, Texas educator victimized for advocating safety speaks out on her firing
wsws.org | 2021-06-03
The firing of dual language kindergarten teacher Rachell Tucker took place after she had advocated for increased safety measures and the halting of in-person learning at her school amid the pandemic.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/03/texs…

Who Is Peru's Presidential Candidate Keiko Fujimori?>
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
Peru's right-wing presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori will face primary school teacher Pedro Castillo in the run-off elections to be held on June 6. | RELATED: | Free Peru's Candidate Still Leads Polls Ahead of Election Day | According to national polls, the Fuerza Popular Party's leader will trail in the race for the presidency. Castillo is expected to get 40 percent of the votes in his favor while Fujimori could receive 37 percent of the votes. | The unpopularity of the right…
telesurenglish.net/news/Who-Is-Perus-Presidential-Candidate-Keiko-Fujimori-20210603-0016.html

Mexican Students Who Protested Online Exams Released
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
On Wednesday, a judge in the Mexican State of Chiapas ordered the release of 19 people who were part of the protests staged by students from the Mactumactza teacher training college last month. | RELATED: | Over 95 Million Mexicans To Cast Ballots in June 6 Election | On May 18, hundreds of students took to the streets in Chiapas to demand on-site entrance exams since a large number of them do not have Internet access. As a result of the riots, 95 people were arrested. | The stud…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexican-Students-Who-Protested-Online-Exams-Released-20210603-0008.html

Labor for Palestine: US Union Activists Pass Support Resolutions
repost | indybay.org | 2021-06-03
Rank and file workers are passing pro-Palestinian resolutions across the country, including right here in San Francisco, where the teachers' union took a firm stand for the Palestinian liberation struggle. See www.commondreams.org/views/2021/05/31/us……
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/05/31/18842880.php

My Pandemic Teaching Year
Belle Chesler | counterpunch.org | 2021-06-03
It seems appropriate that the 2020-2021 school year in Portland, Oregon, began amid toxic smoke from the catastrophic wildfires that blanketed many parts of the state for almost two weeks. The night before the first day of school, the smoke alarm in my bedroom went off. Looking back, I see it as a clarion call,…
counterpunch.org/2021/06/03/my-pandemic-teaching-year/

More than McCarthyism: the attack on activism students don't learn about from their textbooks
Eds. | mronline.org | 2021-06-03
In legislatures across the country, Republican lawmakers are introducing bills to curtail what educators–in public schools and universities–can say and teach about racism and sexism. | June 3, 2021…
mronline.org/2021/06/03/more-than-mccarthyism-the-attack-on-activism-students-dont-learn-about-from-their-textbooks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-than-mccarthyism-the-attack-on-activism-students-dont-learn-about-from-their-textbooks

Melbourne lockdown extended as Australia's COVID-19 outbreak spreads
wsws.org | 2021-06-03
Despite warning of the rapid spread of the outbreak, Victoria's Labor government is resuming in-person teaching for senior high school students in Melbourne and is lifting lockdown measures in regional areas of the state.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/06/03/melb…

What's Up With the Sudden Attacks on Schools That Teach Critical Race Theory?
Jeff Bryant | zcomm.org | 2021-06-03
What appears to be a dispute about academics is really a political tactic in the ongoing campaign to privatize public schools…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/whats-up-with-the-sudden-attacks-on-schools-that-teach-critical-race-theory/

Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine graduates ease physician shortage in world affected by COVID-19 pandemic
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-03
Ninety-eight students took part in commencement events on Friday, May 21, at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine ? Arizona Campus and Sunday, May 23, at Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine. This is the first multistate commencement for Mayo Clinic Alix School of Medicine and the first commencement for the inaugural class of students …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-alix-school-of-medicine-graduates-ease-physician-shortage-in-world-affected-by-covid-19-pandemic/

Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Dissecting COVID-19 research and putting data in perspective
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org | 2021-06-03
The number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S. continues to decline. However, cases of COVID-19 are increasing in younger populations. "It's becoming a childhood disease," says Dr. Gregory Poland, an infectious diseases expert and head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "Children have composed over 16,000 hospitalizations for COVID-19 and about 300 have died." …
newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-qa-podcast-dissecting-covid-19-research-and-putting-data-in-perspective/

57 Top Scientists and Doctors Release Shocking Study on COVID Vaccines and Demand Immediate Stop to All Vaccinations
Dr. Roxana Bruno | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-03
A group of …
globalresearch.ca/57-top-scientists-doctors-release-shocking-study-covid-vaccines-demand-immediate-stop-all-vaccinations/5746848

The War of Corporations on Our Children
Emanuel Pastreich | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-03
The older generation …
globalresearch.ca/war-corporations-our-children/5746849

Video: Nasrallah Pronounced Dead by MSM Amid Deepest Crisis in Lebanese History
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-03
Lebanon is in …
globalresearch.ca/video-nasrallah-pronounced-dead-msm-amid-deepest-crisis-lebanese-history/5746862

Friday 6/4: Palestine 101 & Naksa Community Teach-In
Angela | indybay.org | 2021-06-03
1331 S Nutwood St, Anaheim, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2021/06/02/18842914.php

Some Israeli perspectives on the tragedy of the Middle East
Richard Drake | juancole.com | 2021-06-03
( Richard Drake) — The sickening events lately occurring in the Middle East have shocked and outraged the conscience of the world. The experts who have tried to pacify the Middle East, whatever their real intentions, obviously have failed to achieve anything but the preservation of a status quo guaranteed to produce one crisis and …
juancole.com/2021/06/israeli-perspectives-tragedy.html

Pentagon to Use War Games to Smuggle Weapons to Ukrainian Army, Extremist Formations for War in Donbass: Russian Defense Ministry
Rick Rozoff | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-03
Today's TASS cites …
globalresearch.ca/pentagon-use-war-games-smuggle-weapons-ukrainian-army-extremist-formations-war-donbass-russian-defense-ministry/5746891

Mexico Enters Electoral Silence Ahead of Subnational Polls
telesurenglish.net | 2021-06-03
Mexico's subnational electoral process entered a stage of silence in which no political proselytizing can take place before citizens go to the polls on June 6. | RELATED: | Mexican Students Who Protested Online Exams Released | In compliance with current federal law, the National Electoral Institute (INE) requested candidates, parties, citizens, public officials, and the media not to carry out propaganda actions, publish results of polls on electoral preferences, or disseminate reports o…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Enters-Electoral-Silence-Ahead-of-Subnational-Polls-20210603-0013.html

The Campaign against Ivermectin: WHO's Chief Scientist Served with Legal Notice for Disinformation and Suppression of Evidence
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2021-06-03
On 25 May …
globalresearch.ca/ivermectin-who-chief-scientist-served-legal-notice-disinformation-suppression-evidence/5746871

Biden Administration Proposes to Allow Oil Companies to Disturb Polar Bears, Walruses in Alaska's Arctic