(2022-03-10). Protests Continue in Sudan; Resistance Committees Release a key Charter. orinocotribune.com By Pavan Kulkarni — Mar 3, 2022 | On February 28, The Khartoum Coordination Of The Resistance Committees Proposed The "Charter For The Establishment Of The People's Authority", Setting Forth A Militant Roadmap To Democracy. | The long-awaited "Charter for the Establishment of the People's Authority" was proposed by the Khartoum Coordination of Resistance Committees (RCs) in Sudan on Monday, February 28. Mass demonstrations against the military coup were reported from at least 14 cities in Sudan on the same day. | The security forces unleashed a violent crackdown against the protests. Two people were killed,…
(2022-03-10). What the A's stadium plan will do to Oakland's port, its workers and the CA supply chain. indybay.org Farless Dailey, ILWU Local 10 President in an opinion contribution in the SF Chronicle talks about the privatization of he port of Oakland and it's connection to charters and the privatization of the schools by the billionaire A's and GAP owner John Fisher. He also controls the KIPP and Rocketship charter school chain…
(2022-03-10). Let's organize around student debt! cpusa.org 
While on the campaign trail, Joseph Biden made a lot of promises. One of them was to forgive $10,000 dollars in student debt. His promises paid off big. When election time came around, Biden won roughly 60% of the youth vote. So far, the president has only partially honored his promise. The Education Department …
(2022-03-10). Imperial awarded £11.3 million for early stage clinical research. imperial.ac.uk Imperial has been awarded £11.3 million by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) to support the delivery of clinical research.
(2022-03-10). Imperial Lates comes back to South Kensington with mind-bending science. imperial.ac.uk From the wonders of the brain to the science behind sci fi, Imperial Lates will be engaging new visitors with the College's cutting-edge research.
(2022-03-10). Newly discovered species at higher risk of extinction: Australian study. ecns.cn Species that have been discovered recently face a higher risk of extinction than those identified long ago, Australian researchers have found.
(2022-03-10). Imperial graduation celebrates student achievements during COVID-19 pandemic. imperial.ac.uk Over 2,400 students will receive their undergraduate degrees in three in-person ceremonies taking place at the Royal Albert Hall.
(2022-03-10). Six teens charged with first-degree murder after fatal shooting outside Des Moines, Iowa high school. wsws.org The shooting which left one student dead and two others critically wounded Monday is only the latest in a long, bloody string of school shootings in the United States.
(2022-03-10). Chengdu pupils paint wall with colorful designs. ecns.cn Recently, a wall on a back street has been painted with colorful patterns by over 120 teachers and students from a nearby primary school in Chengdu, south China's Sichuan Province.
(2022-03-09). Minneapolis teachers and education support specialists begin open-ended strike with no deal in sight. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Teachers and education support professionals in Minneapolis began striking at 7: 30 a.m., March 8, with pickets held at public schools all over the city. | At Lyndale Community School in South Minneapolis spirits were high on the first day of the strike. MFT members said that 100% of the teachers at the school had signed in and were out on their picket line. The line marched back and forth around the two street sides of the school for about an hour before they began moving and the crowd of around 100 people marched over to Lyndale Avenue, a major street in the area. There they proceeded up and do…
(2022-03-09). Florida's "Don't Say Gay" Bill Compounds Trauma for LGBTQ Students of Color. truthout.org 
The Florida State Senate passed legislation dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by critics on Tuesday as part of a broader attack on lessons about LGBTQ identity, sex education, racial justice, and other subjects that are routinely exploited by right-wing media outlets and politicians to galvanize their base. | The legislation, known officially as HB 1557, would ban teachers from discussing sexual and gender identity in all classrooms below the fourth grade and require lessons for older students be "a…
(2022-03-09). Massive Turnout On Day One Of Minneapolis Teachers' Strike. popularresistance.org For the first time in 50 years, Minneapolis public school teachers and educational support professionals (ESPs) went on strike yesterday to demand better wages, smaller class sizes, mental health support for students, and retention of educators of color. The last time Minneapolis teachers went on strike was in 1970 when it was illegal for public employees to strike. | The strike began at seven o'clock in the morning on Tuesday. Teachers, students, parents, and their supporters picketed outside their schools and made speeches. Supporters brought coffee, snacks, and hand warmers. Many of the picketers carried signs…
(2022-03-09). Public Education is Under Attack. zcomm.org Public education is now experiencing a combined assault that in sheer scale, level of organization, and long-term implications is unlike anything seen before in this sphere…
(2022-03-09). Today's City of Folsom debates if "Negroes" from 1849 have basic human rights today. indybay.org Early California Negro Pioneer Trailblazers are clearly document in the works of Deliah Beasley. Our California State Archives, California State Library and California State Educational System has a plethora of primary source documentation. The question is methodology and process for the 1849, "Negro" without legal standing then or today in some quarters.
(2022-03-09). Research Dogs, War Dogs, Shelter Dogs, Eaten Dogs, Vegan Dogs Etc. indybay.org many areas in which dogs need better protection…
(2022-03-09). US-funded biolabs in Ukraine producing biological weapons. en.mehrnews.com Moscow officials say Pentagon's Defense Threat Reduction Agency has been involved in the operation of more than 30 biological laboratories across Ukraine engaged in the storage of and research into a number of deadly agents.
(2022-03-09). Restoration of Archaeological Structures Continues in Palmyra, Syria (+Russia). orinocotribune.com Restoration work of the archaeological site in the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria, is on going within the framework of a collaboration between Syria and Russia, with the support of UNESCO. The project started in October last year after UNESCO approved the 3-D models of the structures and monuments of the UNESCO World Heritage site that were prepared by experts from the Russian Academy of Sciences. | Palmyra, one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, located in the Syrian province of Homs, was taken over by the Islamic State in 2015, which then carried out massacres, and damaged, demolished, or…
(2022-03-09). Academic boycott of Russia: Science in the service of German war policy. wsws.org Punishing Russian academics and students for a government policy that is rejected by a large proportion of them has no progressive content whatsoever. On the contrary, it is an aggressive act, accompanied by a furious anti-Russia campaign in culture and public life, designed to demonise everything Russian and to put science at the service of foreign and war policy.
(2022-03-09). German military spending up 36% in 20 years, ‚Ǩ100 billion to be added. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Xinhua News AgencyMarch 9, 2022 German defense spending increases by 36 pct in 20 years Germany's defense expenditure rose by 35.8 percent to 38.7 billion euros (42.6 billion U.S. dollars) between 1991 and 2021, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Wednesday. However, total government spending increased four times as fast during this period…. *** …
(2022-03-09). Parents speak out against Chicago Public Schools' decision to lift mask mandate. liberationnews.org 
"Once again it's dollars and cents over people. The pandemic does not go away just because you want it to," said Bridgett White, a parent of two CPS students and a member of Parents 4 Teachers.
(2022-03-09). Large classes, low pay, force Minneapolis teachers to strike. peoplesworld.org 
MINNEAPOLIS—Low pay for support staff, up to 50 students in a class, and more mental health aid for kids buffeted by racial tensions in the Twin Cities and distance learning due to the coronavirus pandemic forced 4,000 teachers and support staff to strike the Minneapolis Public Schools, starting at 7 am on March 8. The …
(2022-03-09). Striking Minneapolis teachers express support for united struggle across Twin Cities. wsws.org Picketing teachers on Tuesday described the intolerable conditions in the schools, saying, "This is how the district treats our kids?"