WSWS (2022-02-25). Australian Education Union promotes misinformation over Victorian teachers' agreement. wsws.org The union is concerned not only to prevent an informed examination of its sell-out agreement but also to block a discussion in which educators connect the question of their working conditions with the ongoing COVID crisis, against the AEU's insistence that these are entirely separate issues.

David Skripac (2022-02-25). Oh, Canada! Our Home and Native . . . Dictatorship! The WEF is "Trampling Our Freedoms" globalresearch.ca The Trudeau regime has become the most dangerous, lawless government in Canada's 155-year history as an independent nation. Over the past two years, it has displayed a wanton disregard for the rule of law and the legislative process.

Global Research News (2022-02-25). Selected Articles: What's Behind the New AIDS Scare? globalresearch.ca By While Prince Harry's fame is milked for all its worth to get people to start thinking about getting HIV-tested, the discovery of a new HIV variant …

Binoy Kampmark (2022-02-25). Antarctica: Where Realpolitik and Science Meet. dissidentvoice.org A frozen continent. Another potential frontier for conflict and competition. Antarctica is a part of the world were realpolitician meets scientist; the desire for finding exploitable resources meets environmental expectations and fears. Countries have vied for their little slice of ice, sometimes citing reasons of scientific collaboration, and often national self-interest. Much of this culminated …

Staff (2022-02-25). El árbol genealógico humano más completo según los científicos. cubadebate.cu Investigadores del Big Data Institute del Reino Unido han mapeado el árbol genealógico de la humanidad más completo hasta la fecha, que engloba hasta 2 millones de años, llegando al presente, desde cuando los antepasados del hombre moderno todavía trepaban árboles en el noreste de àÅfrica. El estudio fue publicado en la revista Science.

Pangcha Vang (2022-02-25). Merced joins statewide UC actions to demand housing justice. liberationnews.org UC students and workers across the state held similar rallies as part of a California-wide movement at UC campuses demanding housing justice.

WSWS (2022-02-25). Germany: What next in the fight against the herd immunity policy? wsws.org While students, parents and teachers are protesting in their tens of thousands against unsafe learning conditions, the federal and state governments have decided to lift the last safety measures and give the deadly coronavirus free rein in schools.

WSWS (2022-02-25). Teachers prepare to strike in Pleasant Valley, Pennsylvania. wsws.org While negotiations have dragged on for over a year, the union representing 350 educators from Pleasant Valley School District is bending over backwards to accept the cost-cutting demands of the district.

WSWS (2022-02-25). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Greek healthcare workers in three national strikes in last two weeks over pay and job insecurity; Hungarian teachers protest following government's attack on right to strike after 20,000 joined two-hour warning strike; UK High Court attack on right to picket continues at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital strike by security staff; food workers' strike to defend jobs and pay continues at Clover, South Africa despite workers facing hardship and attacks from management thugs…

WSWS (2022-02-24). Australia: 46-year-old teacher in NSW dies from COVID. wsws.org The tragic death of Michelle Hayes last week is an indictment not only of governments and education departments, but also of the teacher unions that enforced the dangerous school reopenings.

imperial.ac.uk (2022-02-24). Former Education Secretary visits White City Campus. imperial.ac.uk Justine Greening visited Imperial's White City Campus to learn about how the College is working with the local community.

isabella (2022-02-24). Building Back Unions With Executive Power. inequality.org

It's Going Down (2022-02-24). Spencer Sunshine on the Continuing Intersections of the GOP and the Insurgent Far-Right. itsgoingdown.org photo: @VPS_Reports On this episode of the It's Going Down podcast, we caught up with long-time antifascist researcher, author, and activist Spencer Sunshine, to speak about new developments on the far-Right and how insurgent paramilitary and white nationalist groups are continuing to make common cause with the Republican party in a post-J6 world. Enemies of…

rebekah (2022-02-24). A Sea of Trouble: Seabed Mining and International Arbitration in Mexico. inequality.org

The Global Research Team (2022-02-24). Don't Let Your News be Silenced. Support Global Research. globalresearch.ca Global Research has been reporting on pressing issues on a daily basis — from the COVID-19 crisis, democratic erosion, human rights abuses, climate change, oil and gas crisis, to the Ukrainian conflict. | However, we have been particularly affected by the …

Doctors for COVID Ethics (2022-02-24). J'Accuse! The Gene-based "Vaccines" Are Killing People. Governments Worldwide Are Lying to You the People, to the Populations They Purportedly Serve. globalresearch.ca The Signal of Harm is now indisputably overwhelming, and, in line with universally accepted ethical standards for clinical trials, Doctors for Covid Ethics demands that the 'Covid' vaccine programme be halted immediately.

Sarah Anderson (2022-02-24). We Cannot Separate the Movements for Black Electoral Power and Economic Power. inequality.org

imperial.ac.uk (2022-02-24). Researchers identify 1,044 underused plants that could combat vitamin deficiency. imperial.ac.uk New research has identified more than 1,000 edible plants that could address vitamin B deficiencies for thousands of people.

Hendrik Sybrandy (2022-02-24). See why this scientist insists on wearing a mask. america.cgtn.com As mask mandates are being dropped in the U.S., many are still wondering if masks are necessary. An aerosol and bioaerosol science at the University of Denver tells the truth.

José Manuel Blanco Diaz (2022-02-24). Venezuela to Offer Booster Shots Every 4 Months. orinocotribune.com With positive statistics in terms of vaccinating the population with initial doses and booster doses, the Venezuelan government is maintaining control over the COVID-19 pandemic, commented the head of state, Nicolás Maduro, while observing the operations of vaccination centers. | The president reiterated a call for all people who, for one reason or another, have not received the necessary doses, to join the campaign in which the healthcare system offers the complete program of vaccines and appropriate booster shots. | President Maduro recalled that February 18 marked one year since the national vaccination plan w…

Staff (2022-02-24). Salutes of freedom to Hisham Abu Hawash and Miqdad Qawasmeh. samidoun.net Salutes of freedom and welcome to Hisham Abu Hawash and Miqdad Qawasmeh, both released from Israeli occupation prisons today. Hisham Abu Hawash's 141-day hunger strike to win his freedom from administrative detention without charge or trial captivated the world. Miqdad Qawasmeh, a Palestinian university student, stood up for his fellow imprisoned students with his 114-day …

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2022-02-24). Puerto Rican union workers strike against austerity, point to U.S. responsibility. peoplesworld.org In Puerto Rico on Feb. 18, thousands of publicly-employed union workers, retired workers, and university students took part in a national strike and march that spread throughout the island. The largest contingent filled streets in San Juan. Demonstrators made noise and marched behind a long banner saying, "People before Debt — Salary Justice — Dignified …

WSWS (2022-02-24). Australia: 46-year-old teacher in NSW dies from COVID. wsws.org The tragic death of Michelle Hayes last week is an indictment not only of governments and education departments, but also of the teacher unions that enforced the dangerous school reopenings.

The Global Research Team (2022-02-24). Don't Let Your News be Silenced. Support Global Research. globalresearch.ca Global Research has been reporting on pressing issues on a daily basis — from the COVID-19 crisis, democratic erosion, human rights abuses, climate change, oil and gas crisis, to the Ukrainian conflict. | However, we have been particularly affected by the …

Doctors for COVID Ethics (2022-02-24). J'Accuse! The Gene-based "Vaccines" Are Killing People. Governments Worldwide Are Lying to You the People, to the Populations They Purportedly Serve. globalresearch.ca The Signal of Harm is now indisputably overwhelming, and, in line with universally accepted ethical standards for clinical trials, Doctors for Covid Ethics demands that the 'Covid' vaccine programme be halted immediately.

Hendrik Sybrandy (2022-02-24). See why this scientist insists on wearing a mask. america.cgtn.com As mask mandates are being dropped in the U.S., many are still wondering if masks are necessary. An aerosol and bioaerosol science at the University of Denver tells the truth.

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2022-02-24). Puerto Rican union workers strike against austerity, point to U.S. responsibility. peoplesworld.org In Puerto Rico on Feb. 18, thousands of publicly-employed union workers, retired workers, and university students took part in a national strike and march that spread throughout the island. The largest contingent filled streets in San Juan. Demonstrators made noise and marched behind a long banner saying, "People before Debt — Salary Justice — Dignified …

Global Research News (2022-02-23). Selected Articles: Trudeau Government Invokes Emergencies Act. Frozen Bank Accounts. Reprisals Against Canadian Citizens. globalresearch.ca By His public safety minister Marco Mendocino

Amy Goodman (2022-02-23). "Pick Up the Pen, Joe": Biden Faces Rising Pressure to Cancel Student Debt. truthout.org The Debt Collective is planning an action on April 4 at the Department of Education to urge the Biden administration to fulfill a campaign promise to cancel student debt before federal student loan payments restart in May. Debt cancellation would give relief to some 45 million borrowers who owe nearly $1.8 trillion in student debt. Education should be treated as a human right and not as a commodity, says Astra Taylor, co-director of the Debt Collective. Not only has Biden failed on his campaign promis…

Staff (2022-02-23). "Pick Up the Pen, Joe": Biden Faces Pressure to Cancel Student Debt to Fulfill Campaign Promise. democracynow.org The Debt Collective is planning an action on April 4 at the Department of Education to urge the Biden administration to fulfill a campaign promise to cancel student debt before federal student loan payments restart in May. Debt cancellation would give relief to some 45 million borrowers who owe nearly $1.8 trillion in student debt. Education should be treated as a human right and not as a commodity, says Astra Taylor, co-director of the Debt Collective. Not only has Biden failed on his campaign promises, but he has made it easier for lenders to prey on student borrowers, adds Braxton Brewington, press secretary w…

Norman A. Bailey (2022-02-23). Time for a new American political party. asiatimes.com The precipitous decline of the once-invincible United States of America from every standpoint — political, economic, social, cultural and educational — is threatening not only the future of the country itself, but of all Western civilization. The political system of the US is in thrall to the Trumpist extreme right on the Republican side and to …

WSWS (2022-02-23). Despite massive opposition, Oakland, California school board forges ahead with school closures. wsws.org OUSD Board of Education ignores protests, rejects proposal to delay school closures.

rebekah (2022-02-23). Nearly Two-Thirds of Jefferson County, Alabama Residents Support a Union at Amazon. inequality.org

Jacob Nordangard (2022-02-23). World Economic Forum's "Young Global Leaders" Revealed. globalresearch.ca For several decades, this program has nurtured compliant leaders acting as WEF agents in governments around the world. The consequences are far-reaching and may turn out to be devastating for humanity.

_____ (2022-02-23). Putin Recognizes Donbass Independence As Violence Soars. popularresistance.org Russian President Vladimir Putin has recognized the independence from Ukraine of two breakaway provinces in Donbass as violence in the region continues to escalate. | In Monday evening televised remarks after signing decrees recognizing the independence of Lugansk and Donetsk, Putin denounced the government of Ukraine as "puppets" of the United States. He said: | "As for those who captured and are holding on to power in Kiev, we demand that they immediately cease military action. If not, the complete responsibility for the possibility of a continuation of bloodshed will be fully and wholly on the conscience of th…

_____ (2022-02-23). The Power Of Recognizing Higher Ed Faculty As Working-Class. popularresistance.org Just over 20 years ago, Michael Zweig published The Working Class Majority: America's Best Kept Secret. At that year's How Class Works conference at SUNY Stony Brook, academics from history, political science, labor and industrial relations, and other fields debated Zweig's use of the term "working class." Some thought it was a throwback to the 1930s or a tip-off that someone was a Marxist. But even at a conference attended by many academics from working-class backgrounds, no one pointed out that academics are working class. Twenty years ago, academia still seemed like a middle-class or even an upper-class job, e…

SAM (2022-02-23). Mondaire Jones: Student Debt Cancellation Is Very Popular, Actually. progressivehub.net MONDAIRE JONES | DATA FOR PROGRESS…

_____ (2022-02-23). Can Argentina Escape The Plague Of IMF-Imposed Austerity? popularresistance.org The crush of people began at the 9 de Julio subway stop downtown, less than a block from the Buenos Aires obelisk, the city's most recognizable monument. By 5: 00 p.m. on February 8, thousands from over 100 trade unions, human rights organizations and student groups had blocked the main thoroughfare to protest a preliminary agreement between the Peronist, center-left government of Argentinian President Alberto Fernández and the International Monetary Fund. Amid a cacophony of competing drumbeats, demonstrators along Roque Saenz Peña bore signs that read "With the IMF, we return to the bottom," "The IMF is poverty…

Isheka N. Harrison (2022-02-23). HBCU Message To Students: You Can Bring Your Family To College. moguldom.com A Texas-based HBCU has an innovative admissions policy for students and their families: Admit one, get two free. In other words, Paul Quinn College has revamped its admissions policy to allow qualifying accepted students the privilege of enrolling two family members at no additional cost. Family members can earn an online degree alongside the admitted …

Shriya Singh (2022-02-23). Pakistani students continue struggle against student union ban and score a major victory in Sindh province. peoplesdispatch.org After nearly 38 years since the military dictatorship of Zia ul Haq imposed a blanket ban on student unions in Pakistan, Sindh will become the first province to lift the ban if governor Imran Ismail gives his assent to the Sindh Student Unions Bill 2019…

repost (2022-02-23). 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…

deweylaura (2022-02-23). Elsie Dickerson: Philly trade unionist, civil rights advocate, and Party leader. cpusa.org The following was adapted from a memorial tribute given on Feb. 28, 2006. To many in the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware District of the Communist Party, Elsie was a mentor and a teacher. Whether it was in the Party, in the many mass organizations in which she participated or on the shop floor, where …

WSWS (2022-02-23). Southern US teachers discuss the fight to eliminate COVID-19 and stop the threat of war. wsws.org Teachers across the southern US met Sunday to discuss the coverup of the pandemic and the threat of war with Russia.