(2021-06-08). Peruvian socialist Pedro Castillo pulls ahead in election as further hurdles await. challenge-magazine.org The fate of Peru hangs in the balance as voters eagerly await the results of an election that'll be won by no more than a handful of votes. | Rural teacher turned champion of the poor Pedro Castillo is facing off against Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of imprisoned former dictator Alberto Fujimori. | Castillo, who is a relatively new face in Peruvian politics, represents the Free Peru party. Their focus is on nationalising important industries, particularly copper, and taking a stand against the neoliberal order that's been imposed on the Latin American country for the last few decades. | On the other hand, Fuji…
(2021-06-08). Rural Teacher Pedro Castillo Poised to Write a New Chapter in Peru's History. mintpressnews.com In a cliffhanger of an election with a huge urban-rural and class divide, it appears that the rural teacher, farmer and union leader is about to make history by defeating–by less than one percent–powerful far-right candidate Keiko Fujimori.
(2021-06-08). Socialist Teacher Takes Lead in Peruvian Election. truthout.org 
We get an update from Peru, where socialist candidate Pedro Castillo has pulled ahead of his right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori in the country's presidential election on Sunday. Castillo is the son of peasant farmers, and a union leader who led a nationwide teachers' strike in 2017. Fujimori is the daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, who is in prison for human rights abuses and corruption. Political scientist Carlos León Moya discusses the history of the two candidates and describes how the election took place amid…
(2021-06-08). Socialist Teacher Takes Lead in Peruvian Election as Nation Reels from Pandemic & Political Crisis. democracynow.org 
We get an update from Peru, where socialist candidate Pedro Castillo has pulled ahead of his right-wing rival Keiko Fujimori in the country's presidential election on Sunday. Castillo is the son of peasant farmers, and a union leader who led a nationwide teachers' strike in 2017. Fujimori is the daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, who is in prison for human rights abuses and corruption. Political scientist Carlos León Moya discusses the history of the two candidates and describes how the election took place amid a years-long political crisis. "You have most of the Peruvian political elite charged by cor…
(2021-06-08). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org A teachers demonstration was violently attacked in Puebla, Mexico, while 300 Nyrstar Myra Falls zinc, lead and copper mine workers are striking for the restoration of concessions.
(2021-06-08). Palestinians Backed by Education Unions UESF & UTLA Who Protest US Aid For Israel. indybay.org California education unions UESF in San Francisco and UTLA in Los Angeles have acted to support Palestinians, support the blockade of Israel and opposed US military and economic aid for Israel. Two members discuss their actions…
(2021-06-08). Global medical students share their pandemic experiences. imperial.ac.uk Medical students from around the world joined a MEdIC panel discussion to share experiences of their education during the pandemic.
(2021-06-08). Florida's Ron DeSantis Wants to Cancel Education About Systemic Racism. thenation.com Florida's Ron DeSantis Wants to Cancel Education About Systemic Racism…
(2021-06-08). Autoworkers, logistics workers, teachers voice support for striking Volvo workers. wsws.org The courageous stand taken by the Volvo workers has inspired workers around the country and internationally. In statements of support Monday, workers expressed their solidarity with the striking workers and opposed efforts by the UAW to isolate their struggle.
(2021-06-08). Leading DSA member Rebecca Garelli lies about WSWS coverage of 2018 Arizona teachers strike. wsws.org Garelli sits on the Steering Committee of the DSA's Democratic Socialist Labor Commission, and her recent falsifications are connected to the DSA's broader attacks against the SEP.
(2021-06-08). A People's Vaccine Against a Mutating Virus and Neoliberal Rule. dissidentvoice.org 
Photo credit: UNICEF Teachers and students were able to return to school in Lao Cai, Viet Nam, in May 2020 A recent Yahoo News/YouGov poll found that worries about the COVID pandemic in the United States are at their lowest level since it began. Only half of Americans are either "very worried" (15%) or "somewhat …
(2021-06-08). 30th Anniversary of Charter Schools: Three Decades of Neoliberal Wrecking. dissidentvoice.org 
June 4, 2021 marked the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the first charter school law in the United States. Privately-operated charter schools are now legal in 45 states, Washington DC, Puerto Rico, and Guam. Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Vermont have no laws enabling the creation of charter schools. About 3.3 million …
(2021-06-08). A New Vision That Puts Health Over Profit And Drives Innovation. popularresistance.org There is a struggle right now to push the World Trade Organization to waive patent protections for medicines, vaccines and technology used for the COVID-19 pandemic. James Love of Knowledge Ecology International explains why that would be an important but not sufficient step to increase access to medicines and vaccines. There are steps governments could take right now to share critical information and expertise to lessen the disparities between rich and poor nations in access to vaccines. Love goes on to explain how there could be greater openness in sharing information in general and how pharmaceutical research…
(2021-06-08). COVID Hospitalizations, Deaths for the Vaccinated More Than Triple in One Month, CDC Reports. globalresearch.ca Deaths and hospitalizations …
(2021-06-08). The COVID-19 Attack on the Integrity of Knowledge. globalresearch.ca The promotion by …
(2021-06-08). The "Wuhan lab" lie and the political witch hunt against science. indybay.org Over the past week, the US media and the Biden administration have sought to legitimize the conspiracy theory that the world's leading scientists were engaged in a cover-up of the "Wuhan lab" origins of COVID-19.
(2021-06-08). Selected Articles: Video: COVID-19 Criminality. globalresearch.ca 
By Worldwide, people have been misled both by their governments and the media as to the causes and devastating consequences of the Covid-19 "pandemi…
(2021-06-08). Mayo Clinic Q&A podcast: Dissecting COVID-19 research and putting data in perspective. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org 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." …
(2021-06-08). From post-Marxism back to Marxism? mronline.org 
The catastrophe of the Great War, along with the Russian Revolution of 1917, led to a "second foundation" of Marxism. This was both political, with the birth of the Third International, and theoretical: as Lenin notably said reading Hegel's Science of Logic in the summer 1914, since no Marxist had seriously engaged with the Logic […] | June 8, 2021…
(2021-06-08). What the Ottoman Empire can teach us about the consequences of climate change — and how drought can uproot peoples and fuel warfare. juancole.com 
By Andrea Duffy | — In the late 16th century, hundreds of bandits on horseback stormed through the countryside of Ottoman Anatolia raiding villages, inciting violence and destabilizing the sultan's grip on power Four hundred years later and a few hundred miles away in the former Ottoman territory of Syria, widespread protests escalated into a …
(2021-06-08). Video: Northern Syria's Tug of War, Renewed Chaos. globalresearch.ca Northern Syria is …
(2021-06-08). The Supply Chain Linking Beef to Amazon Deforestation, with Banks' Backing. globalresearch.ca In this new …
(2021-06-08). Israel Wins Big in Washington. globalresearch.ca Now let me …
(2021-06-08). Canadian Muslim Family Killed in 'Premeditated' Attack, Police Say. globalresearch.ca Police in the …
(2021-06-08). US Sanctions Cost Iran Its Vote in UN Assembly. globalresearch.ca The UN said …
(2021-06-08). Poll: Voters Care More About Ending Endless Wars Than Confronting Enemies. globalresearch.ca New
(2021-06-08). Over 10,000 University of California researchers petition for United Auto Workers union membership. wsws.org UC researchers desperately need fighting organizations, but the United Auto Workers will give them nothing but dashed hopes.
(2021-06-08). The Routine General Medical Checkup. jamanetwork.com During the mid-20th century, the routine checkup became an annual ritual among people with access to medical care in the US. A complete physical examination and performance of various laboratory tests—neither of which were standardized or tailored specifically to patients' needs or risk profiles—were assumed to constitute good preventive medical care. However, clinicians and researchers began to question the value of this practice, and, in 1976, Canada preceded the US in establishing a task force to develop a more logical, evidence-influenced, and cost-effective approach to health promotion and diseas…
(2021-06-08). Freedom of Expression. Trudeau Government Plans Motion to Stop Bill C-10 Debate. globalresearch.ca Earlier this week, …
(2021-06-08). "Nanotraps" Designed to Capture and Clear SARS-CoV-2. jamanetwork.com An interdisciplinary team led by University of Chicago researchers is designing biodegradable nanomedicines to capture and clear the novel coronavirus. The "nanotraps" are dotted with angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) receptors or SARS-CoV-2 neutralizing antibodies that bind the virus and prevent it from infecting cells.
(2021-06-08). Student groups in Netherlands seek abolition of loan system. peoplesdispatch.org Student and youth groups in the Netherlands have demanded the government to abolish the current system of student loans that has indebted a generation of students. They have demanded a basic grant or a comparable form of universal basic financing…
(2021-06-08). Rural-Urban Disparity in Mortality in the US From 1999 to 2019. jamanetwork.com This study analyzes all deaths occurring in the US using the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research database from 1999-2019 and the National Center for Health Statistics Urban-Rural Classification Scheme to create population categories per the 2013 US Census classification (large, small- or medium-sized, and rural areas).
(2021-06-08). Nicaragua's Green Revolution. globalresearch.ca While large polluting …
(2021-06-08). "Wuhan lab" theory proponent Nicholas Wade pushed racist pseudo-science in 2014 book. indybay.org The New York Times and Washington Post are citing a serial fabricator whose 2014 book was condemned by the biologists whose research he cited, together with more than 140 other scientists.
(2021-06-08). University of California researchers petition for United Auto Workers union membership. indybay.org UC researchers desperately need fighting organizations, but the United Auto Workers will give them nothing but dashed hopes.
(2021-06-08). Thursday 6/10: Conversation About the Brain: Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia Teach-in. indybay.org Online event via Zoom or FB livestream…
(2021-06-08). Learning to Feel Collectively. indybay.org The starting point of the upheavals are the anti-colonial movements that have been spreading across the globe since the end of World War II. With the Black Civil Rights Movement, they penetrate into the heart of the capitalist world system starting in the mid-1950s, where they politicize liberal students* and the existentialist beat culture of the bohemians.
(2021-06-08). Mayo Clinic study provides clarity on use of anticoagulants in gastrointestinal cancers. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — A study by Mayo Clinic researchers provides some clarity in the use of direct oral anticoagulants (DOAC), such as apixaban and rivaroxaban, to treat acute venous thromboembolism (VTE) in patients with gastrointestinal cancers. The findings were published Wednesday, June 2, in Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Among the study's findings: Rivaroxaban showed no higher risk …
(2021-06-08). Science Saturday: How regenerative medicine is advancing ALS research. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org May is?ALS Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the role of regenerative medicine research in advancing understanding and treatment of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis?(ALS) or Lou Gehrig's disease. This neurodegenerative disorder causes nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord to die, blocking signals to the muscles. That results in paralysis that robs a person …
(2021-06-08). Five Royal Society of Chemistry prizes won by Imperial researchers and teams. imperial.ac.uk Three individuals and two teams from Imperial College London have won prestigious prizes from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).
(2021-06-08). Imperial and MIT researchers join forces to tackle pollution and climate change. imperial.ac.uk The winners of the latest Imperial-MIT seed fund have been announced at a virtual reception hosted at the British Consulate in Boston.
(2021-06-08). NSA Spying Row: Denmark Accused of Helping US Spy on European Officials. globalresearch.ca Denmark's secret service …
(2021-06-08). Targeting Iran, Strengthening NATO: U.S., British, Israeli, Italian F-35s in Unprecedented Air Combat Exercise. globalresearch.ca The twelve-day Falcon …
(2021-06-07). Exit Poll Shows Technical Tie in Peru: Difference Between Castillo and Fujimori 0.6%. orinocotribune.com According to the exit polls from Ipsos Peru / América TV, Keiko Fujimori has got 50.3% of the votes cast in Peru, while Pedro Castillo received 49.7%. | The pollster Ipsos published this Sunday the exit polls of the second round of the presidential elections in Peru. With a difference of 0.6% of votes, the candidate Keiko Fujimori, from Fuerza Popular, and her rival, Pedro Castillo, from Peru Libre, are in a technical tie, considering that the margin of error of the study is +/- 3 %. | "We have a statistical tie, within the margin of error, a very tight tie. There is no way to declare a winner at this moment," th…
(2021-06-07). Peru: Exit Poll Shows Technical Tie. popularresistance.org The pollster Ipsos published this Sunday the exit polls of the second round of the presidential elections in Peru. With a difference of 0.6% of votes, the candidate Keiko Fujimori, from Fuerza Popular, and her rival, Pedro Castillo, from Peru Libre, are in a technical tie, considering that the margin of error of the study is +/- 3 %. | "We have a statistical tie, within the margin of error, a very tight tie. There is no way to declare a winner at this moment," the director of Ipsos Peru, Alfredo Torres, told América TV channel. Alderman Carlos Ramirez-Rosa from Chicago, who is in Peru monitoring the elections, re…
(2021-06-07). The fourth R in education: Reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic and racism. peoplesworld.org 
Racism. "A belief that some races are by nature superior to others, in which discrimination can be practiced, based on this belief" (The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2019). This cruel practice of acting out hateful feelings toward groups of people who are of a darker hue (especially Black, brown, Indigenous and Asian), is ripping this country into …
(2021-06-07). The fourth R in education: Reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic and racism. peoplesworld.org Racism. "A belief that some races are by nature superior to others, in which discrimination can be practiced, based on this belief" (The Merriam-Webster Dictionary, 2019). This cruel practice of acting out hateful feelings toward groups of people who are of a darker hue (especially Black, brown, Indigenous, and Asian), is ripping this country into …
(2021-06-07). Rest in power Nath Clarke! Community organizer and revolutionary. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – Communist, working-class organizer Nath Clarke passed away at age 22 on Monday, May 31, 2021. Our communities and progressive movements suffered a tremendous loss with their death. We grieve them with incredible regret, and celebrate their life with gratitude, love and admiration. | Nath was born in Philadelphia, grew up France, and then moved to New Orleans to study biology, anthropology and ecology. | After arriving in the city, they soon poured their heart into community work. As they learned about charter schools' offensive to privatize education post-Katrina, they jumped into supporting t…
(2021-06-07). Rest in power Nath Clarke! Community organizer and revolutionary. fightbacknews.org New Orleans, LA – Communist, working-class organizer Nath Clarke passed away at age 22 on Monday, May 31, 2021. Our communities and progressive movements suffered a tremendous loss with their death. We grieve them with incredible regret, and celebrate their life with gratitude, love and admiration. | Nath was born in Philadelphia, grew up France, and then moved to New Orleans to study biology, anthropology and ecology. | After arriving in the city, they soon poured their heart into community work. As they learned about charter schools' offensive to privatize education post-Katrina, they jumped into supporting t…
(2021-06-07). COVID Shutdowns Hurt Homeless Students. School Reopenings Bring New Challenges. truthout.org 
In the fall of 2019, Tonya Zuber, a disabled single mother living in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, had to have two consecutive surgeries. Although her rent was fully paid, she fell behind on her utility bills, and by the time she returned home from the hospital, the family's heat, hot water and electricity had been turned off. | "It was brutal," Zuber recalls, "but we had a roof over our heads and my son was attending school. We were getting by and making do." | But the situation quickly deteriora…