(2022-02-11). Defying the community, Oakland school board votes to close, merge schools. peoplesworld.org 
OAKLAND, Calif. — Despite hours of public comment opposing any cutbacks, the Oakland Unified School District's Board of Education voted just before 1 a.m. on Feb. 9 to approve a slimmed-down but still highly controversial plan to close, merge or cut grades from 11 of the district's 87 public schools. Two schools, Community Day School …
(2022-02-11). Video: Israel Bombs Syria Again. globalresearch.ca To receive Global Research's Daily Newsletter (selected articles), Visit …
(2022-02-11). Selected Articles: "Do You Want a War Between Russia and NATO?" Macron Meets Putin. globalresearch.ca 
By Macron for his part stressed, "new mechanisms are needed to ensure stability in Europe, but not by revising existing agreements, perhaps …
(2022-02-11). "Politics as Usual" Will Never Be a Solution to the Current Climate Threat. truthout.org 
There is an ever-growing consensus that the climate crisis represents humanity's greatest problem. Indeed, global warming is more than an environmental crisis — there are social, political, ethical and economic dimensions to it. Even the role of science should be exposed to critical inquiry when discussing the dimensions of the climate crisis, considering that technology bears such responsibility for bringing us to the brink of global disaster. This is the theme of my interview with renowne…
(2022-02-11). When Science and Art collide: White City Sculpture Challenge. imperial.ac.uk Imperial's Dreamteam will host their first student-led installation challenge this summer, driving synergy between art and science.
(2022-02-11). How to lie with inequality statistics. mronline.org 
It's a "simple story," with clear political implications. Maybe that's the reason the Krugmans of the world don't want to tell it. . .
(2022-02-11). Strike for Contract at CA College Of The Arts Oakland Campus. indybay.org After a successful first day on the picket lines, CCA staff, with the support of faculty and students, picketed and marched at the Oakland campus. The Campus is being closed as part of a risky real estate deal that jeopardizes the college's future and legacy.
(2022-02-11). Students protest the promotion of religious fundamentalism in West Virginia public school. wsws.org The event was held during a "non-instructional" period in which students were told they could not leave.
(2022-02-11). Australia to treat COVID like the flu amid mass school infections, record deaths. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site has learned that this week, at least 6,888 students and 600 staff in Victorian schools have tested positive for COVID-19. Last week, 4,514 students and 800 staff tested positive.
(2022-02-11). Friday 2/11: Automating Banishment: The Data-Driven Policing of Stolen Land. indybay.org Online teach-in w/ CC available…
(2022-02-10). One soldier killed and five others injured in twin airstrikes by Israel inside Syria. peoplesdispatch.org Israel has carried out hundreds of unprovoked air strikes inside Syria since the war in the country began in 2011. For most of these attacks, Israel has illegally used Lebanese airspace in complete disregard of international laws and the UN charter…
(2022-02-10). Selected Articles: Brian Peckford, Signatory of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, on Trudeau and the COVID-19 Mandates. globalresearch.ca 
By Watch Brian Peckford speaking to a crowd in December 2021 on Trudeau's vaccine mandate and the …
(2022-02-10). Capitol Hill Staffers Are Organizing Unions. popularresistance.org The Environmental Protection Agency is drastically undervaluing the potency of methane as a greenhouse gas when the agency compares methane's climate impact to that of carbon dioxide, a new study concludes. | The EPA's climate accounting for methane is "arbitrary and unjustified" and three times too low to meet the goals set in the Paris climate agreement, the research report, published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Research Letters, found. | The report proposes a new method of accounting that places greater emphasis on the potential for cuts in methane and other short-lived greenhouse gasses to help lim…
(2022-02-10). Study: To Counter Global Warming, Focus Far More On Methane. popularresistance.org The Environmental Protection Agency is drastically undervaluing the potency of methane as a greenhouse gas when the agency compares methane's climate impact to that of carbon dioxide, a new study concludes. | The EPA's climate accounting for methane is "arbitrary and unjustified" and three times too low to meet the goals set in the Paris climate agreement, the research report, published Wednesday in the journal Environmental Research Letters, found. | The report proposes a new method of accounting that places greater emphasis on the potential for cuts in methane and other short-lived greenhouse gasses to help lim…
(2022-02-10). Know Your Truth and Stand for It. Let Global Research Help You. globalresearch.ca The COVID-19 crisis has tightened the noose on truth-tellers. Ongoing developments on COVID mandates reinforce the interplay between the Deep State and the Global Elite which dictates the global COVID narrative under the guise of fact-checking. | Independent voices are the …
(2022-02-10). Scientists Fear Soaring Methane Levels Show Climate Feedback Loop Has Arrived. scheerpost.com 
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Fresh U.S. government data spotlighting the rapid growth of atmospheric methane concentrations in recent years has scientists increasingly concerned that the human-caused climate crisis has triggered a vicious feedback loop, potentially resulting in unstoppable planetary warming. Research published in January by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) showed that atmospheric concentrations …
(2022-02-10). Satellite Images Show Damage At Syrian Research Center, Air Defense Base After Israeli Strikes. southfront.org 
FILE PHOTO An Israeli F-16 fighter jet © Amir Cohen / Reuters | New satellite images revealed that the The images show damage at a complex of the Syrian Scientific Studies and Research Center (SSRC) that's located in the suburb of Jamraya, some five kilometers to the…
(2022-02-10). The Truckers Take Abuse in Ottawa: COVID Crimes Committed Behind the Cover of "Emergency Measures" southfront.org 
Written by Prof. Anthony J. Hall; originally published on Global Research In the name of a supposed health emergency, governments…
(2022-02-10). What's important for workers in BLS January jobs report. workers.org 
The corporate media shouted loud hosannas to greet the Bureau of Labor Statistics Feb. 4 announcement that the U.S. economy had added 467,000 jobs in January. Upward revisions to previously announced job totals for December and November 2021 increased the media's delight. Overall they concluded that the U.S. economy had . . . |
(2022-02-10). Worse to come from worst US inflation in 40 years. asiatimes.com 
US stocks took a nasty turn downward after the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced a higher-than-expected 7.5% jump in consumer prices over the last 12 months, the worst inflation in forty years. The month's gain of 0.6% for the Consumer Price Index also translates into an annual rate of 7.5%. Most worrying about the inflation …
(2022-02-10). Students Protest Fatal Police Shooting Of Amir Locke. popularresistance.org Hundreds of Twin Cities-area students walked out of class Tuesday to protest the fatal shooting of 22-year-old Amir Locke, a Black man who was killed by Minneapolis police serving a no-knock warrant at a downtown apartment. | Locke was not the subject of the warrant. | The demonstration, organized by the student organization MN Teen Activists, began at St. Paul Central High School at noon. | Students from across the Twin Cities gathered for the rally and march, including pupils from Lakeville, Hopkins, St. Louis Park and Minnehaha Academy in Minneapolis. | The activists said they are demanding the resignations of…
(2022-02-10). Cambridge students disrupt Israel's racist ambassador. electronicintifada.net Tzipi Hotovely was "whitewashing apartheid."
(2022-02-10). Israeli representative confronted by protesters at the University of Amsterdam. samidoun.net 
Read the original report/statement in Dutch On the evening of 7 February 2022, Samidoun Netherlands took action to protest an Israeli diplomat at the Roeterseiland complex at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) in the Netherlands' capital. The association of international relations student organized an event on "Israel's Foreign Policy," inviting career Israeli diplomat Karin Eliyahu-Pery …
(2022-02-10). West Virginia Students Stage Walkout After School Hosts Christian Revival. truthout.org 
On Wednesday, more than 100 students at Huntington High School in Huntington, West Virginia, staged a walkout to protest a school-sanctioned religious revival that some of their teachers required them to attend. | Earlier this week, teachers told students that during a non-instructive class period called COMPASS,
(2022-02-10). Former Citipointe student speaks out against religious bigotry. greenleft.org.au Alex Bainbridge reports more than 700 people attended a February 9 rally in Brisbane, called at two day's notice, to protest the Religious Discrimination Bill.
(2022-02-10). Thousands of students protest against police killing of Amir Locke in Minneapolis, Minnesota. wsws.org A week after Locke's murder in a no-knock raid, high school students from Minneapolis and St. Paul demonstrated at the Minneapolis City Hall and the governor's mansion to demand justice.
(2022-02-10). Video: Former Citipointe student speaks out against religious bigotry. greenleft.org.au Former Citipointe Christian College student Jared Mifsud spoke out against the so-called religious discrimination bill at a Brisbane rally on February 9.
(2022-02-10). Friday 2/11: Dogs & Desserts at UC Berkeley. indybay.org Memorial Glade | South Hall Rd Berkeley, CA 94720…
(2022-02-10). Despite Pledge, Biden Still Fighting Student Debtors In Court. dailyposter.com 
(2022-02-10). German politicians and media attack students opposing herd immunity COVID policies. wsws.org The popular petition against deliberate mass infection policies in schools has been subjected to a foul campaign of slanders.
(2022-02-10). Teachers In Puerto Rico Strike For Wages, Benefits. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, February 9, teachers across Puerto Rico called for a national strike to protest the government and the Fiscal Control Board's (FCB) cutting of wages and pensions. Other public sector workers, namely firefighters and police, have also joined them. Teachers are demanding a decent salary, an end to pension cuts, and the resignation of Puerto Rican governor Pedro Pierluisi. Teachers have been protesting since February 4. That same day, the FCB imposed by the US Congress that has been in charge of Puerto Rico since 2016, was boasting because it supposedly already put the end of the bankruptcy process on…
(2022-02-10). What The Cuban Missile Crisis Can Teach Us About Today's Ukraine Crisis. popularresistance.org During the 1962 Cuban crisis, the situation was remarkably similar to that in today's Eastern Europe, although the great power roles were reversed. | In 1962, the Soviet Union had encroached on the U.S. government's self-defined sphere of influence by installing medium-range nuclear missiles in Cuba, a nation only 90 miles from U.S. shores. The Cuban government had requested the missiles as a deterrent to a U.S. invasion, an invasion that seemed quite possible given the long history of U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs, as well as the 1961 U.S.-sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion. | The Soviet government was amenable…
(2022-02-10). Beijing Deals a Devastating Blow to Washington. journal-neo.org 
The White House's policy of unfettered discretion and domination, of unceremonious interference in the internal affairs of other countries, has met an increasingly widespread anti-American backlash. It was Washington that decided to "teach Serbia a lesson" by sponsoring, through the Rockefeller Foundation, anti-government protests in Serbia with the goal of changing the current government in …