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2021-02-01: News Headlines

RT (2021-02-01). Covid-19 school closures could cost UK children £350bn in lost earnings, economy research group says. rt.com The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned that Covid-19 school closures could cost UK children £350 billion in lost earnings over their lives, as not enough is being done to avoid leaving a whole generation of kids behind. | The independent economy research organisation has released a report into the effects of Covid-19 lockdowns on children across the country, as school closures force pupils to learn from home. | Citing research by the World Bank, the IFS suggested that by losing half an academic year, equivalent to five percent of their overall school career, each pupil could see a lifetime los…

Brett Wilkins (2021-02-01). "Listen to the science" — new study details global warming emergency. peoplesworld.org Climate campaigners on Thursday pointed to a study showing that Earth is hotter than it's ever been during the entire epoch of human civilization as the latest proof of the need to treat human-caused global heating like the dire emergency that it is. On Wednesday, the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature published a report revealing that an analysis of ocean …

Brett Wilkins (2021-02-01). 'Listen to the science' — new study details global warming emergency. peoplesworld.org Climate campaigners on Thursday pointed to a study showing that Earth is hotter than it's ever been during the entire epoch of human civilization as the latest proof of the need to treat human-caused global heating like the dire emergency that it is. On Wednesday, the peer-reviewed scientific journal Nature published a report revealing that an analysis of …

Eugene Puryear (2021-02-01). The Greensboro student sit-ins: A turning point for the movement. liberationnews.org On Feb. 1, 1960, Ezell A. Blair Jr., David Leinhail Richmond, Joseph Alfred McNeil, and Franklin Eugene McCain entered their local Woolworths store in Greensboro, N.C. The four students at North Carolina Agricultural and Mechanical University purchased some school supplies, then sat down at the lunch counter to order coffee.

Choi KR. (2021-02-01). A Nursing Researcher's Experience in a COVID-19 Vaccine Trial. jamanetwork.com This perspective is that of a nursing researcher turned volunteer in a COVID-19 vaccine trial. She considers the experience of study participants and how clinicians will need to prepare their patients for the vaccine's possible adverse effects.

Leehi Yona (2021-02-01). My Students Are Struggling. You'll Never Guess Why. thenation.com My Students Are Struggling. You'll Never Guess Why.

mgrochowski (2021-02-01). The Socialist Legacy of Black Feminism. dsausa.org Week 1: Tuesday, February 16th at 7 pm ET/6 pm CT/5 pm MT/4 pm PTWeek 2: Tuesday, February 23rd at 7 pm ET/6 pm CT/5 pm MT/4 pm PT The National Political Education Committee is hosting a two-week reading group, the Socialist Legacy of Black Feminism, with Lux Magazine and the DSA AfroSocialist and Socialists of Color…

RT (2021-02-01). US murder rate saw historic increase during Covid-19 pandemic, making 2020 a year with 'no modern precedent' — report. rt.com A new study sampling crime statistics from 34 American cities has found that 2020 saw a massive increase in the number of murders compared to previous years, as well as upticks in other violent crimes. | Homicide rates jumped by 30 percent from 2019 to 2020, according to the report from the National Commission of COVID-19 and Criminal Justice (NCCCJ). That's more than 1,200 additional murders on top of the 2019 total. Of the 34 cities examined in the report, 29 of them saw rises in the statistics of American killing. | "Homicide rates were higher during every month of 2020 relative to rates from the previous y…

Staff (2021-02-01). Is Far-Right QAnon Conspiracy Theorist Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene the New Face of the GOP? democracynow.org Republicans face increasing pressure to strip Georgia Congressmember Marjorie Taylor Greene of her post on the House Education Committee. Greene was elected in November 2020 and is a far-right conspiracy theorist who has promoted QAnon, supported the execution of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and claimed the school shootings in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, and Parkland, Florida, were staged — as was the September 11 attack on the Pentagon. She also has a history of racist, anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic comments. Bee Nguyen, a Democratic state representative in Georgia, recently joined other lawmakers in signing a…

Staff (2021-02-01). 50 House Democrats Back Resolution to Remove Marjorie Taylor Greene From Office. truthout.org Image Credit: Facebook: Marjorie Taylor Greene | Republicans face increasing pressure to strip Georgia Congressmember Marjorie Taylor Greene of her post on the House Education Committee. Greene was elected in November 2020 and is a far-right conspiracy theorist who has promoted QAnon, supported the execution of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and claimed the school shootings in Sandy Hook, Connecticut, and Parkland, Florida, were staged — as was the September 11 attack on the Pentagon. She al…

RT (2021-02-01). Elderly will not be given AstraZeneca jab in Poland, vaccine chief says as concerns persist about lack of trial data. rt.com Poland has joined a list of countries, including Germany and France, who have questioned the efficacy of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine in elderly people, citing too little research involving people over the age of 55. | "If we are talking about the decision of the [Polish] medical council, we expect it in the coming days or possibly hours, but it is clear that elderly people will not be vaccinated with this shot," said Michal Dworczyk, the prime minister's top aide, who has been put in charge of vaccinations. | He added that a final decision on the issue would be made after the medical council had made its…

RT (2021-02-01). WATCH Thai police clash with opponents of military coup outside Myanmar's embassy in Bangkok. rt.com Thai police have broken up a protest rally staged by the opponents of a military coup in neighboring Myanmar. The activists gathered outside the country's embassy in Bangkok. | Some 200 Myanmarese expats and local Thai activists gathered for a spontaneous protest outside Myanmar's embassy, the Bangkok Post reported, citing police. They held flags of Myanmar's National League for Democracy (NLD), whose leader Aung San Suu Kyi was arrested by the military on Monday, as well as photos of Suu Kyi. | Students were seen distributing leaflets denouncing the coup. The Myanmarese constitute the largest migrant group in…

Margaret Kimberley (2021-02-01). Pro-Biden Propaganda. "White Washed By the Democratic Party, A Very Dangerous President" globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | The Democratic Party and its corporate media have already white-washed Biden, …

_____ (2021-02-01). NY Times' Pseudo-Expert Worked For Far-Right Cult Falun Gong's Publicity Arm. popularresistance.org The New York Times published a factually challenged op-ed accusing China of committing "genocide" against its Uighur minority. The article sourced its spurious accusations to a right-wing operative who insists his research is part of a divine "mission" against Beijing that is "led by God." | The author of the New York Times op-ed, Amelia Pang, happens to be a former employee of the Epoch Times, a far-right propaganda arm of a fanatical anti-China cult called Falun Gong. The extremist group preaches that race-mixing, homosexuality, feminism, and science are Satanic plots, and reveres Donald Trump as a God-like fig…

National Vaccine Information Centre (2021-02-01). Vaccination and the Issue of "Voluntary Consent". The Rights of Individuals to Control their Bodies. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | "The Nuremberg Code explicitly rejects the moral argument that the creation …

Online News Editor (2021-02-01). Superadobe, cheap construction technique becoming popular in Mexico. laprensalatina.com By Mariana Gonzalez-Marquez Guadalajara, Mexico, Feb 1 (efe-epa).- Jessica and Salvador decided to move to the Mexican countryside and live in a house they built themselves using so-called "superadobe," an environmentally friendly material and a technique that they are now teaching to anyone who wants to live in a more ecologically sound manner. Houses made …

Fight Back (2021-02-01). Philippines: Mark the 50th anniversary of the Diliman Commune. fightbacknews.org Fight Back New Service is circulating the following February 1 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | Today we mark the 50th anniversary of the Diliman Commune, a 9-day uprising of the students of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. The Diliman Commune was part of the widespread strikes and protest actions against oil price increases, imperialist control of the economy and police brutality under the Marcos regime. | The student uprising was part of the continuum of the surging national democratic mass movement of students and workers from the previous decade. It broke out…

Alex Anfruns (2021-02-01). Cuba: Epicenter of Independence, Integration and Human Development. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | The Cuban Revolution has given an extraordinary impetus to the desire …

jamanetwork (2021-02-01). Error in Year in Results. jamanetwork.com In the Research Letter titled "Assessment of Sales and Marketing of Online Vouchers for Discounted Direct-to-Consumer Medical Imaging Services," published online on November 2, 2020, in JAMA Internal Medicine, the date reported in the Results section should have been February 6, 2020, not February 6, 1990. This article was corrected online.

Colin Todhunter (2021-02-01). Indian Farmers on the Frontline Against Global Capitalism. asia-pacificresearch.com

Anna Tolstoyevskaya (2021-02-01). When Pathology Becomes the Norm. The Ruling Elites. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | When scientists a thousand years from now will be studying our …

Felicity Bradstock (2021-02-01). The Impact of Abandoned Oil Wells on the Environment. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | As dozens of countries across the globe focus on reducing emissions …

Franklin Frederick (2021-02-01). O Perigoso Caminho da Suíàßa para a Extrema-Direita. globalresearch.ca No dia 25 de setembro de 2020 o Parlamento Suíàßo aprovou a revisà£o da lei federal de combate ao terrorismo. A nova lei provocou muitos protestos, incluindo o lanàßamento de um referendo popular, um dos principais instrumentos da democracia direta …

WSWS (2021-02-01). 15,000 students involved in rent strikes in 55 UK universities. wsws.org Facing mass opposition, universities and private student accommodation providers have offered a patchwork of rebates and single payments of varying sizes.

WSWS (2021-02-01). Milwaukee school board approves plan to reopen schools. wsws.org Under the dangerous proposal, 23,000 Pre-Kindergarten through 2nd grade students will return on April 12, 32,000 3rd through 8th graders on April 19, and 19,000 high school students will return on April 26.

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2021-02-01). "I Don't Want to Live Any More", Said the Child to Her Mother. The German Government Strangles The Future of Its Own People. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Has the panic fear that politicians of all stripes have been …

Craig Murray (2021-02-01). UK Government Humiliated over Chagos Islands Again. International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLS). globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | The International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea, a UN …

Stergiopoulos E, Fragoso L, Meeks LM. (2021-02-01). Cultural Barriers to Help-Seeking in Medical Education. jamanetwork.com This Viewpoint discusses the cultural barriers to help-seeking experienced by medical students and residents with depression and depressive symptoms and proposes 3 strategies to address them.

WSWS (2021-02-01). Macron dictates "Charter of principles" to the French Islamic Council. wsws.org The government's measure aims to transform Muslims into de facto second-class citizens and overwrite the 1905 secularism law.

Pepe Escobar (2021-02-01). Why the US Deep State Won't Forgive Russia and Iran. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | In a stunning interview to the Beirut-based al Mayadeen network, Hezbollah's …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-02-01). Student protests compels Pakistani administration to hold online exams. peoplesdispatch.org On Wednesday, January 27, following week-long protests that rocked university campuses across Pakistan with thousands of students demanding #RejectOnCampusExams, the Higher Education Commission (HEC) finally agreed to the students' demand of holding examinations online. The HEC had earlier announced the conduct of on-campus examinations from February 1. | Federal education minister Shafqat Mahmood announced the HEC's decision,

Kit Knightly (2021-02-01). Six Warning Signs from Biden's First Week in Office. Vaccination Passports, Domestic Terrorism … globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | It's been a busy first week for the 46th President of …

Bharat Dogra (2021-02-01). Mahatma Gandhi's Enduring Message of Non-Violence. asia-pacificresearch.com

James Corbett (2021-02-01). Video: The State of Our Currencies with Catherine Austin Fitts. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | With the global technocrats taking the world through the "Going Direct" …

jamanetwork (2021-02-01). JAMA Internal Medicine. jamanetwork.com Mission Statement: To promote the art and science of medicine and the betterment of public health by publishing manuscripts of interest and relevance to internists practicing as generalists or as medical subspecialists.

Steven Sahiounie (2021-02-01). Kurds, Stolen Oil, and an American Domestic Terrorist. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | "YPG is a sub-affiliate of the Kurdistan's Working Party (PKK), which …

WSWS (2021-02-01). The media falsely claims schools are safe: What the science actually says. wsws.org The Democratic Party, the bourgeois press and the CDC are peddling pseudo-science as part of the campaign to force teachers back into the classrooms.

Dimitris Eleas (2021-02-01). From "Blue Homeland" to Reuniting the Ottoman Empire? globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | "Mavi vatan," or "blue homeland," has become a common phrase in …

Jacob Weissman (2021-02-01). It's Time to Cancel Student Debt. progressive.org While students are expected to pay back the loans they take on, that same expectation does not always apply to large-scale corporations.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-02-01). The 2020 Worldwide Corona Crisis: Destroying Civil Society, Engineered Economic Depression, Global Coup d'État and the "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca We are at the crossroads of one of the most serious crises in modern history. We are living history, yet our understanding of the flow of events since January 2020 has been blurred. Worldwide, people have been misled both by their governments and the media.

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2021-02-01). Meet Mr. New World Order, Joe Biden. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Some call it the New World Order, others call it …

Colin Todhunter (2021-02-01). Viral Inequality and the Farmers' Struggle in India. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | According to a new report by Oxfam, '

The Global Research Team (2021-02-01). Global Research vs Online Censorship: Help Us Reach New Readers. globalresearch.ca Over the past 12 months, independent media —including Global Research— has felt the sting of increased online censorship, in the form of a crackdown on news that challenges official government narratives. While our core readership has remained (thank you!), an …

Sinsky C. (2021-02-01). Advancing Practice Science With Electronic Health Record Use Data. jamanetwork.com In a New Yorker article, Atul Gawande examined reasons "why doctors hate their computers." A better question might be, "why do US doctors hate their computers?" In this issue of JAMA Internal Medicine, the study by Holmgren et al points to a portion of the answer, presenting data on the differences in physician time costs between US and non-US clients of the same electronic health record (EHR) vendor.

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2021-02-01). "Ich will nicht mehr leben", sagte das Kind zu seiner Mutter: Deutsche Regierung stranguliert Zukunft Ihres Volkes. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Hat die panische Angst, die Politiker aller Couleur im Auftrag der …

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2021-02-01). "I Don't Want to Live Any More", Said the Child to his Mother. The German Government Strangles The Future of Its Own People. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | Has the panic fear that politicians of all stripes have been …

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-01-31). The PCR Test does not Identify the Virus: Covid "False Positives" Used to Justify the Lockdown and Closure of the National Economy. globalresearch.ca We are led to believe that the corona epidemic has entered into a Second Wave, and that the virus is spreading relentlessly. That's a lie. | The PCR test used to estimate covid positive cases is flawed. There is no second …

_____ (2021-01-31). Students Continue To Pressure Northwestern University To Abolish The Police. popularresistance.org After several months of continuous pressure on Northwestern administration to abolish University Police and divest from policing and other militarized entities, NUCNC is continuing their work into the new quarter. | Since their campaign of more than 30 days of consecutive actions, the group has not held any mass protests or demonstrations, but they continue to pressure the University and practice mutual aid — a core tenet of prison-industrial complex abolition. | "Prisons are the biggest social service we have," NUCNC member Eliza Gonring said. "So poor people, homeless people, Black people are just getting…

_____ (2021-01-31). 'Real Theory Is In What You Do And How You Do It'. popularresistance.org When I first put forward "wages for housework" in March 1972, I was unsure of the implications. I knew that wages for housework was qualitatively different from wages for housewives, which I had been considering; it spoke about the work and didn't identify necessarily with women, which I thought—and others did too—was crucial. | I had recently studied volume one of Capital in a reading group—without a teacher. l realized that women reproduce labor power, the basic capitalist commodity, unwaged. That was a new idea then. | A year later, I went on a lecture tour of North America with Mariarosa Dal…

_____ (2021-01-31). Chicago Teachers' Struggle At A Crossroads. popularresistance.org The drive to reopen Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the third largest school district in the country, has become a pitched battle between educators and the state apparatus, the latter backed up by the corporate media and the unions. The fight by Chicago educators to prevent the reopening of schools is the focal point of the class struggle in the United States, with every other major district in the country looking to Chicago to set a precedent. | In this context, it is of the utmost importance for teachers and other educators to organize independently of the unions and join the Chicago Educators Rank-and-File Safet…

2021-01-31: News Headlines

Fight Back (2021-02-01). Philippines: Mark the 50th anniversary of the Diliman Commune. fightbacknews.org Fight Back New Service is circulating the following February 1 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | Today we mark the 50th anniversary of the Diliman Commune, a 9-day uprising of the students of the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City. The Diliman Commune was part of the widespread strikes and protest actions against oil price increases, imperialist control of the economy and police brutality under the Marcos regime. | The student uprising was part of the continuum of the surging national democratic mass movement of students and workers from the previous decade. It broke out…

WSWS (2021-02-01). 15,000 students involved in rent strikes in 55 UK universities. wsws.org Facing mass opposition, universities and private student accommodation providers have offered a patchwork of rebates and single payments of varying sizes.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-02-01). The 2020 Worldwide Corona Crisis: Destroying Civil Society, Engineered Economic Depression, Global Coup d'État and the "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca We are at the crossroads of one of the most serious crises in modern history. We are living history, yet our understanding of the flow of events since January 2020 has been blurred. Worldwide, people have been misled both by their governments and the media.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2021-01-31). The PCR Test does not Identify the Virus: Covid "False Positives" Used to Justify the Lockdown and Closure of the National Economy. globalresearch.ca We are led to believe that the corona epidemic has entered into a Second Wave, and that the virus is spreading relentlessly. That's a lie. | The PCR test used to estimate covid positive cases is flawed. There is no second …

_____ (2021-01-31). Students Continue To Pressure Northwestern University To Abolish The Police. popularresistance.org After several months of continuous pressure on Northwestern administration to abolish University Police and divest from policing and other militarized entities, NUCNC is continuing their work into the new quarter. | Since their campaign of more than 30 days of consecutive actions, the group has not held any mass protests or demonstrations, but they continue to pressure the University and practice mutual aid — a core tenet of prison-industrial complex abolition. | "Prisons are the biggest social service we have," NUCNC member Eliza Gonring said. "So poor people, homeless people, Black people are just getting…

_____ (2021-01-31). 'Real Theory Is In What You Do And How You Do It'. popularresistance.org When I first put forward "wages for housework" in March 1972, I was unsure of the implications. I knew that wages for housework was qualitatively different from wages for housewives, which I had been considering; it spoke about the work and didn't identify necessarily with women, which I thought—and others did too—was crucial. | I had recently studied volume one of Capital in a reading group—without a teacher. l realized that women reproduce labor power, the basic capitalist commodity, unwaged. That was a new idea then. | A year later, I went on a lecture tour of North America with Mariarosa Dal…

_____ (2021-01-31). Chicago Teachers' Struggle At A Crossroads. popularresistance.org The drive to reopen Chicago Public Schools (CPS), the third largest school district in the country, has become a pitched battle between educators and the state apparatus, the latter backed up by the corporate media and the unions. The fight by Chicago educators to prevent the reopening of schools is the focal point of the class struggle in the United States, with every other major district in the country looking to Chicago to set a precedent. | In this context, it is of the utmost importance for teachers and other educators to organize independently of the unions and join the Chicago Educators Rank-and-File Safet…

Sandipan Talukdar (2021-01-31). Research shows humans began consuming milk even before evolving to digest it. peoplesdispatch.org A study that appeared in the scientific journal Nature shows that people in today's Kenya and Sudan were consuming milk products at least 6000 years ago…

Peoples Dispatch (2021-01-31). Italian workers and students stage countrywide protests. peoplesdispatch.org Trade unionists and students took part in a general strike demanding safety and rights at their workplaces and educational institutions. The protesting workers also sought an end to layoffs and dismissals and guaranteed wages for the unemployed…

Prof. Ruel F. Pepa (2021-01-31). Is Materialism Destroying Society? Philosophical Materialism vs Destructive Materialism. globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | The Material World and the Formation of Human Society | The foundation …

Abhishek Saha (2021-01-31). The Politics of an Assassination: Who Killed Gandhi and Why? globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | January 30th 2020. Commemoration of the assassination o Mahatama Gandhi. 73 years …

Peoples Dispatch (2021-01-30). Health workers, students and teachers rise up for their rights in Greece. peoplesdispatch.org Health workers demanded fresh investment in the sector to combat the pandemic while students and teachers opposed the deployment of security forces on university campuses…

_____ (2021-01-30). Victimized Teacher Speaks Out Against Deadly School Reopening. popularresistance.org Chicago Democratic Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools (CPS) ordered 5,800 teachers to return for in-person instruction at the beginning of January. Teachers who refused to return to in-person learning as the deadly COVID-19 virus raged through Chicago were labeled by the district as "absent without leave." Their pay was docked, and their computer access locked. | The World Socialist Web Site recently interviewed Jake, one of nearly 150 locked-out educators. Jake was a physical education (PE) teacher at a CPS elementary school for five and a half years until recently. He quit the profession after bein…

Eds. (2021-01-30). Ontario's long-term care sector is in a Grave Humanitarian Crisis. mronline.org We are a group of physicians, researchers, and advocates who have come together to express our grave concern for the safety and well-being of Ontarians who reside and work in long-term care (LTC) homes. We call upon the Ontario government to immediately end the violations of peoples' human rights and control the spread of COVID-19 …

The Lancet (2021-01-30). [Editorial] Health and care workers are owed a better future. thelancet.com It has been a traumatic and testing year for the health and care workforce globally. In recognition of their contribution and struggles during the pandemic response, WHO has designated 2021 as the International Year of Health and Care Workers. This campaign highlights the need for investment in health workforce readiness, education, and learning to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, to maintain health services, and to prepare for vaccine roll-outs. A call for action on behalf of the health-care workforce is welcome.

Michael Welch (2021-01-30). The Vaccines, The Plunder, and the Arrival of the Great Reset. globalresearch.ca "Rebuilding trust and increasing global cooperation are crucial to fostering innovative and bold solutions to stem the pandemic and drive a robust recovery." | — Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum [1] | "I don't consider the …

Online News Editor (2021-01-30). A year of coronavirus in India, the second worst affected country. laprensalatina.com By Mikaela Viqueira New Delhi, Jan 30 (efe-epa).- Exactly a year ago from Saturday, India confirmed its first case of the new coronavirus after a student of the University of Wuhan tested positive. Now, more than 10.7 million cases later, the country has finally received a glimmer of hope of putting behind a pandemic which …

Online News Editor (2021-01-30). Taiwan's economy grows 3% in 2020 thanks to virus response. laprensalatina.com Shanghai, China, Jan 30 (efe-epa).- The economy of Taiwan was one of the few in the world to end the first year of the coronavirus pandemic in positive numbers, growing by 2.98 percent over 2020. This official estimate, published Friday night by the General Directorate of Budget, Accounting and Statistics of the Taiwanese government, marks …

_____ (2021-01-30). UN Independent Expert: 'This Is How The Human Rights Industry Works'. popularresistance.org Indeed, a "human rights industry" exists, and many officials of the UN's Office of the High Commissioner [for Human Rights], diplomats, activists from non-governmental organisations, human rights teachers, and, of course, also many "independent experts" and rapporteurs are more or less opportunistic. | These people consider themselves "better" than others, but do not necessarily feel solidarity with the victims of human rights violations. Some of my bosses were models of integrity and professionalism, such as Professor Theo van Boven, Professor Kurt Herndl, Judge Jakob Muller, or High Commissioners Bertrand Ramch…

yenisafak (2021-01-30). Turkey ratifies agreements with 7 countries. yenisafak.com The Turkish government ratified agreements with seven countries in areas of education, sports, and health, according to information issued in the Official Gazette on Saturday.A visa cooperation deal with Azerbaijan, signed on Feb. 25 last year, was among the approved agreements.It aims to facilitate short-term travel between the two countries and gives citizens a 30-day visa validity period from the date of entry.Turkey's extradition agreement with Kosovo inked on May 31, 2011 was also ratified.The agreement aims to "develop international cooperation in the field of criminal law" and "further ends of justice and…

Yanis Varoufakis (2021-01-30). Truth Remains Under Siege As Long As Economists Promote Discredited Policies That Hurt People and Gave Rise to Trumpism. commondreams.org In the natural sciences, strictly observed protocols ensure that empirically unsupported theories are rejected in light of evidence. The authority of an economic hypothesis, however, is bolstered by a peer-review process that—far from being scientific—is a value-laden power struggle. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

Prof. Sunanda Sharma (2021-01-30). Gandhian Strategy: Combination of Truth, Sacrifice, Non-Violence and Solidarity. globalresearch.ca First published on November 14, 2017. | In Commemoration: The 73d anniversary of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi on January 30th, 1948 | *** | The Gandhian strategy is the combination of truth, sacrifice, nonviolence, selfless service and cooperation. According to Gandhi one …

Robert J. Burrowes (2021-01-30). "Humans Love Violence": Gandhi and the World Economic Forum. globalresearch.ca First published on January 28, 2020 | This incisive article focusses on Mohandas Gandhi's call for non-violence, while underscoring today's instruments of violence —including economic violence— exerted with impunity by the upper echelons of the financial establishment. | Robert J. Burrowes…

Prof. Ruel F. Pepa (2021-01-30). The Corona Crisis. Is There Light at the End of the Tunnel? globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | What matters most at this point in time is not the …

WSWS (2021-01-30). Pennsylvania educators oppose statewide reopening of K-8 schools. wsws.org Toothless state recommendations over school reopenings are being swept away under Pennsylvania's Democratic Governor Tom Wolf, as districts are told to return K-8 students to face-to-face learning in line with the Biden plan.

Tiffany Duong (2021-01-30). Air pollution is linked to permanent vision loss, study finds. nationofchange.org University College London researchers hypothesized that air pollution might heighten the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration.

Students Demand Action (2021-01-30). Thursday 2/4: National Gun Violence Survivors Week Summit for Youth Activists. indybay.org Online event…

Jake Johnson (2021-01-30). Parents of Sandy Hook victims: Naming of Marjorie Taylor Greene to education panel an attack on all 'whose loved ones were murdered in mass shootings'. nationofchange.org "Giving Representative Greene the platform to spread dangerous dogma only rewards and normalizes this abhorrent behavior, places already vulnerable groups in danger, and further traumatizes survivors."

Fight Back (2021-01-30). CTU forces Mayor Lightfoot to back down as Chicago Public Schools continue remote learning. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Students in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) stayed home and learned remotely again on Thursday, January 28. The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) continued to demand that any return to in-person learning be done in a safe way. Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot had ordered all teachers back to the classroom on Wednesday the 27th but was forced to backtrack and tell parents to keep their kids home again Thursday. | CPS has been demanding that 80% of school staff return in person and has refused to allow accommodations for staff who live in households with people who are in high-risk categories according to the Cen…

WSWS (2021-01-30). Osceola County, Florida sheriff's deputy brutally assaults high school student. wsws.org An eleven-second video posted to Twitter showing a sheriff's deputy picking up and slamming 16-year-old Taylor Bracey to the ground went viral this week, sparking widespread outrage.

Staff (2021-01-29). Headlines for January 29, 2021. democracynow.org South African Coronavirus Variant Detected in U.S. for First Time, Novavax Vaccine Cut COVID-19 Cases by 90 Percent in Trial But Lagged Against South African Variant, President Biden Expands Affordable Care Act Enrollment Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, U.S. Economy Shrank by 3.5% in 2020 as Pandemic Took Hold , House Speaker Blasts GOP for Assigning Racist Conspiracy Theorist to House Education Committee, "Brazen, Entitled, Dangerous": Capitol Rioter Who Looted House Speaker's Office Denied Bail, House GOP Leader Signals Devotion to Trump as Lawmakers Target Rep. Liz Cheney Over Impeachment Vote, Indian Farmworkers Call…

news.un (2021-01-29). Follow the science: UN plans for a stronger pandemic recovery. news.un.org Funders responsible for more than $100 million of annual global research investments joined the deputy UN chief Amina Mohammed on Friday to discuss how to unify research efforts, and use science to recover effectively from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-01-29). Roger Waters on Ecuador and Steven Donziger's fight for justice. peoplesdispatch.org Musician Roger Waters and Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research talk about the struggles of the indigenous people of Ecuador against Chevron's Lago Agrio oil field and the persecution of attorney Steven Donziger who fought their case. They also reflect on the struggles of people like Donziger, Julian Assange and others who strive for a better world against those for whom power and profit are more important than anything else.

WSWS (2021-01-29). Staff at Toronto school walk off the job due to COVID-19 safety concerns. wsws.org Many of the special needs students the school staff work with have compromised immune systems.

WSWS (2021-01-29). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org British energy strike continues over "fire-and-rehire"; French teachers, school nurses and students walk out over pay and Covid safety issues; Dutch metal and electronic workers strike over pay; Nigeria's non-teaching university staff to strike over cuts, pay and conditions…

Alan MacLeod (2021-01-29). Corporate Media bash teachers unions for resisting school reopenings amid rising death toll. mronline.org Rather than attack the government for its poor handling of the COVID crisis, corporate media have opted for a return to a favorite pastime of theirs: union bashing.

_____ (2021-01-29). Corporate Media Bash Teachers Unions For Resisting School Reopenings. popularresistance.org The seven-day average COVID death toll hit an all time high yesterday, with over 3,400 Americans expected to die on any given day. Educator cases are on the rise. Studies have shown that children are as likely to contract and pass the coronavirus on as adults, making schools potential super spreading hotspots. As a result, European nations like the United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Austria, Denmark, and the Netherlands are shuttering schools, despite, in many cases, having lower infection rates than the U.S. | President Biden, however, is pushing forward with a new plan to achieve a near full reopening within his…

Luis Feliz Leon (2021-01-29). Dead Teachers Can't Teach. thenation.com Dead Teachers Can't Teach…

Staff (2021-01-29). Will US policy on Palestine and Israel change under Biden? Florida students take on prison slave labor. therealnews.com When it comes to U.S. policy on Palestine and Israel, the Biden administration has sent some mixed and not-so-mixed signals. Also, student organizers are forcing the University of Florida to end its use of unpaid prison labor.

Global Research News (2021-01-29). Selected Articles: "Western Civilization": The Culture of Slavery vs. the Culture of Resistance. globalresearch.ca By On Jan. 13, California health officials issued a hold…

Cal Winslow (2021-01-29). The Decade of the Rank and File: Fifty Years On. counterpunch.org The US Department of Labor Statistics, in its accounting of the year 1970, revealed an extraordinary statistic; there had been in that year alone 5,716 strikes, involving three million workers. 1970 saw strikes in almost every employment category. Many, seen from the outside, were inconsequential affairs; others shook the nation. In Chicago, a truckers' strike

Staff (2021-01-29). Battleground Baltimore, Jan. 29. therealnews.com In this week's round-up of Baltimore news: Members of the Baltimore Fraternal Order of Police try to make the case for keeping the LEOBR, city students are going on strike, and Lawrence Brown's "The Black Butterfly" is released.

Real Progressives (2021-01-29). To honor Dr. King, Pediatricians Offer Four Tips to Teach Kindness to Kids. realprogressives.org Children are listening. | During the election, messages of hate, fear and intolerance were propagated across different media and into communities. And the messages continue. While parents view and lis…

yenisafak (2021-01-29). Russia reports 19,238 new COVID-19 cases, 534 deaths. yenisafak.com The country's total number of cases passed 3.81 million, while 72,185 people lost their lives to COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.Some 26,204 people recovered from the virus and the total recoveries exceeded 3.25 million.Meanwhile, the Education Ministry said universities will begin face-to-face education on Feb. 8 depending on the epidemiological situation of their region.COVID-19 measures will also be applied in the universities, it added.

Steve Topple (2021-01-29). Once again the Tories throw students under the bus. thecanary.co The government just refused to budge on a crucial issue for university students. It is one that has been at the forefront of political debate for nearly a decade, although the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic has driven the problem home. Yet still, the Tories are refusing to act to rectify an appalling situation. | Tuition fees: always in the spotlight: | University students have been paying tuition fees

Online News Editor (2021-01-29). Gravestone campaign aims to raise awareness of Covid-19 in Bogotá. laprensalatina.com Bogotá, Jan 28 (efe-epa).- A high number of Covid-19 deaths and infections has led the mayor of an area of Bogotá to start an education campaign using gravestones to raise awareness of the dangers of the virus. The initiative called "Covid-19 kills, don't risk your life" uses black tombstones inscribed with the names of more …

Rima Najjar (2021-01-29). If US Foreign Policy Toward Palestine Is Any Indication, "Trump Is Here to Stay" globalresearch.ca All Global Research articles including the E-Book can be read in 27 languages by activating the "Translate Website" drop down menu on the top banner of our home page (Desktop version). | *** | As I watch the unfolding political drama of …

_____ (2021-01-29). How to Do 'Regime Change' Correctly: a Blueprint for the Biden Administration. strategic-culture.org By Sasan FAYAZMANESH | In my college years, as a member of the Iranian Students Association, one of my political tasks was to dispatch progressive American attorneys to Iran to investigate human rights abuses by the Shah, including torture and murder of political prisoners. These trips and the subsequent reports submitted by the attorneys were often successful in reducing the pain and suffering of prisoners of conscience, since the Shah was cognizant of his image abroad. Afterall, he was a creature of the West and dependent on it. He owed his throne to the 1953 American-British backed coup and was nurtured by the…

_____ (2021-01-29). Suspicion Of Chinese-Born Researchers Threatens US Innovation. popularresistance.org The arrest of MIT engineering professor Gang Chen on Jan. 14 has drawn attention to the role of China in U.S. science and technology system. It's not the first time suspicions have fallen on a Chinese-born scientist — Chen is a naturalized U.S. citizen — for work they conduct openly in the United States. | The charges against Gang Chen — wire fraud, failing to report a foreign bank account and a false statement on a tax return — stem from failing to disclose Chinese funding for his research. MIT called the allegations "distressing," and the school's president and 100 faculty members are de…

_____ (2021-01-29). Strikes Loom For Public Schools. popularresistance.org Across the country, a growing number of students, teachers, and parents are resisting pressure to return to the classroom before all teachers and students are vaccinated—and in Baltimore, students are preparing to strike in support of their teachers' safety. | During a Jan. 26 school board meeting, 18-year-old high school senior Joshua Lynn, a former student school board commissioner, announced plans for a student strike against in-person instruction until teachers are vaccinated. "Reopening … should not be followed through …. unless all teachers are FULLY vaccinated," Lynn, who recently recovered from…