2022-02-21: News Headlines

Flat White (2022-02-21). Canberra Freedom Convoy Demands, 'Sack Them All!'. asia-pacificresearch.com

WSWS (2022-02-21). Left Voice covers for Biden and the unions on school openings. wsws.org Left Voice has issued a new program for "safe school reopenings," lining up with the homicidal policies of the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association and the ruling elite in the US and internationally.

Gary Brumback (2022-02-21). Salt of the Earth and Foot Soldiers. dissidentvoice.org Context of this Article This article didn't just arise from nowhere. It is preceded by decades of my researching and writing about America's "corpocracy," or what I call the "Devil's Marriage" between the superior power elite of corporate America, particularly throughout eleven sectors of organized endeavor, and the subordinate power elite of government America in …

sputniknews (2022-02-21). Israeli Politicians Aren't Corrupt Overall, Says Researcher, But What Does the Public Think? sputniknews.com Transparency International has ranked Israel the 36th least corrupt country out of 180 listed. Although the situation is not that bad, a local expert believes that changes are still needed.

New Atlas (2022-02-21). How You Can Debunk Atlantic Council's Anti-China "Uyghur Genocide" Lies in 5 Minutes. newatlas.report February 21, 2022 (The New Atlas) — The Atlantic Council has released a report claimed across the Western media to provide additional evidence of "genocide" in China's western region of Xinjiang. However, in less than 5 minutes of research it is possible to expose the report as propaganda built on existing, baseless claims coupled to …

ecns.cn (2022-02-21). Chinese researchers develop highly efficient perovskite solar cells. ecns.cn Chinese researchers have developed a type of perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with high power conversion efficiency.

Fight Back (2022-02-21). What is Marxism-Leninism? Introducing a new series on The Science of Revolution. fightbacknews.org This is the beginning of a new series on Marxist-Leninist theory. Fight Back! News is publishing this series of short articles in the interest of furthering the critical task of fusing Marxism with the workers' movement. Marx stressed that the purpose of theory is to understand the world so as to change the world, and this series hopes to help give activists in the people's struggles a better grasp of these theoretical tools. But let's begin with an overview: when we say we are Marxist-Leninists, what does that mean? What is Marxism-Leninism, and why is it important? | In the essay Three Sources and Three Compone…

WSWS (2022-02-21). Sri Lankan poet Ahnaf Jazeem jailed under anti-terror laws speaks with the WSWS. wsws.org The notorious Counter Terrorism and Investigation Department arrested Jazeem in May 2020, claiming that his poetry promoted extremism and falsely accused him of teaching extremism to his students.

Labor Video Project (2022-02-21). Oakland ILWU. OEA, Students & Community Rally To Stop Privatization & Union Busting. indybay.org Hundreds of ILWU Longshoreman, OEA teachers, students, labor and community activists rallied against the privatization of the Port Of Oakland Howard Terminal to the GAP A's billionaire owner John Fisher for a stadium and 3,000 condos and also against the closure of public schools in Oakland.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2022-02-21). Canadian teacher sues Israel lobby group. electronicintifada.net Javier Davila fights back against B'nai Brith's false accusations of anti-Semitism.

repost (2022-02-21). Threatened Layoff Of 65 SFUSD High School Teachers At Board Meeting-Petition To Stop It. indybay.org The SFUSD school board is preparing to layoff 65 high school teacher in the district…

Staff (2022-02-20). Researcher reveals dangers of Ukraine's proposed nuclear weapons program. rt.com Acquiring an arsenal by Ukraine risks setting off a chain reaction in proliferation, an expert told RT | Kiev has recently hinted that it may try to get its own nuclear weapons amid tensions with Russia. However, not even Ukraine's allies in the West would support this move, Ilya Kramnik, a researcher at the Moscow-based Institute of World Economy and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO), told RT on Sunday. Ukraine can be considered a nuclear threshold state, however, meaning it has the potential to build its own nuclear weapons, he said. | "Ukraine has the industry that, in theor…

Global Research News (2022-02-20). Ottawa: The Freedom Convoy. Evidence of Police Violence and Brutality. globalresearch.ca The latest developments suggest that the COVID-19 narrative is crumbling amidst major protests worldwide. | A mass movement against COVID mandates is unfolding coast to coast across Canada in solidarity with the Freedom Convoy movement. | All COVID mandates must be immediately …

_____ (2022-02-20). Effort To Put History Of Indian Boarding Schools Into Classrooms. popularresistance.org Lansing, Michigan – An effort is underway in Lansing to encourage Michigan's Board of Education to ensure new generations of students would be taught about the history of Native American boarding schools. | The history of the boarding schools would also focus on the atrocities committed at the schools. | Sen. Wayne Schmidt, R-Travere City, introduced SB 876, which would encourage the curriculum for 8th-12th grades. | "My response for that is very favorable. I'm glad to hear that. You know, it's always good to be heard," said George Jeffrey Martin, Secretary, Gun Lake Tribal Council. "It's the start of allowing us…

Staff (2022-02-20). Americans devour over $30bn in snacks. rt.com The trend sees US consumers moving away from traditional meals | Sales of snacks in the US grew by nearly 7% last year, according to Chicago-based market research firm IRI, with Americans consuming $30.5 billion of them and the industry outpacing total food and beverage trends. | "The world is snackifying," Rob Sarlls, former chairman of SNAC International, the leading international trade association for the snack industry, told MarketWatch. | "It's not the three square meals we remember growing up," MarketWatch quotes Denise Purcell from the Specialty Food Association, an organization representing the gourmet…

India Walton (2022-02-20). Biden Promised to Center Racial Justice. He Can Start by Canceling Student Debt. truthout.org It has been said that if the U.S. catches a cold, the Black community catches the flu. Historically in the United States, communities of color feel the negative impacts of policy decisions disproportionately, and the student debt crisis is no exception. Nearly 45 million Americans owe on federal student loans. |

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