(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
(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…
(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.
(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 …
(2022-02-23). Nearly Two-Thirds of Jefferson County, Alabama Residents Support a Union at Amazon. inequality.org
(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). 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.
(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…
(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 …
(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.
(2022-02-22). Che cos'è e perché è pericoloso l'allargamento a Est della Nato. globalresearch.ca Crisi Ucraina. Stoltenberg: ´Bene, più di 270 miliardi di dollari di spese militari degli alleati europei dal 2014 ª. Al via negli Usa la la produzione delle nuove atomiche B61-12: andranno in Europa e in Italia | * | ´L'allargamento della Nato negli …
(2022-02-22). Three San Francisco school board members recalled in special election. wsws.org The workers of San Francisco mostly abstained from the fight between the race-obsessed school board and the recall coalition of Democrats and charter school advocates.
(2022-02-22). Oakland students, parents and teachers fight against school closures. liberationnews.org 
On Feb. 8 the Oakland Unified School District Board of Education voted to permanently close and merge seven schools that serve largely low-income and Black students over the next two years.
(2022-02-22). UK lecturers and students speak as higher education strike enters second week. wsws.org "I think the marketisation of higher education is the biggest part of the picture of what we are fighting against and that's why we should find solidarity with the students because they are those paying the cost of this marketisation."
(2022-02-22). UK higher education workers continue strikes over pensions, pay and conditions. wsws.org The lecturers' determination to fight is in sharp contrast to the UCU bureaucracy who have done everything to curtail action from the outset and want nothing more to see it ended with a rotten sell-out.
(2022-02-22). Italian students demand dignified education and an end to precarious labor for all. peoplesdispatch.org 
Italian students have organized a series of mass protests in cities across the country in response to worsening conditions in their education and the recent deaths of two students in work-related accidents…
(2022-02-22). Black health amid the COVID-19 pandemic. america.cgtn.com 
It's Black History Month in the U.S. This year's theme, as designated by one African American research organization is Black health and wellness. It's a long-standing and critically important issue, one that's received a lot of attention during the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2022-02-22). Selected Articles: Archbishop Vigano's Important Message to Canadian Truckers. globalresearch.ca 
By Carlo Maria Viganà≤ is an archbishop of the Catholic Church who served as the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States fr…
(2022-02-22). øLanzará Washington una "bandera falsa" de víctimas al por mayor para sabotear el Nord Stream? globalizacion.ca 
"Los colegas estadounidenses en el Pentágono me dijeron, inequívocamente, que EE. UU. y el Reino Unido nunca permitirían que las relaciones entre Europa y la Unión Soviética (re: UE-Rusia) se desarrollaran hasta tal punto que desafiaran la primacía política, económica…
(2022-02-22). We Can't Just Keep Saying 'Pass The PRO Act'. popularresistance.org In January our movement got its annual punch in the gut from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, whose 2021 report shows 241,000 fewer union members than the previous year. Just 1 in 10 workers belongs to a union; in the private sector it's 1 in 16. | In 20 years the country gained 14 million workers—but unions lost 2 million members. | Poll after poll shows majority support for unions; "Striketober" gripped headlines for weeks. And yet our numbers keep going down. | The law is broken, the employers are aggressively resistant, the members are on defense—all true enough, but none is an answer to the crisis…
(2022-02-22). US Centers for Disease Control withheld critical statistics on COVID-19 for more than a year. wsws.org The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has kept back large volumes of essential data on the pandemic that state and local public health departments could have used to save lives and reduce infections.
(2022-02-22). Richland, Wa. school board defies COVID regulations; community fights back. liberationnews.org 
On Feb. 15, the School Board of Richland, Washington voted to make masks optional for students and staff, in violation of Washington's statewide mask mandate.
(2022-02-22). Richland, Wash., school board defies COVID regulations, community fights back. liberationnews.org On Feb. 15, the School Board of Richland, Washington voted to make masks optional for students and staff, in violation of Washington's statewide mask mandate.
(2022-02-22). IYSSE wins support at Australian university orientations from students opposed to war, "herd immunity" policies. wsws.org One first year student in the working-class city of Newcastle said: "Capitalism has some very obvious flaws, the 1 percent getting richer at the expense of everyone else. You end up looking for an alternative, and socialism is very enticing."
(2022-02-22). Condemn the Armed Forces of the Philippines for killing of children. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following February 22 statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. |
| Last February 8, counterinsurgency operating troops belonging to the Philippine Army's 20th Infantry Battalion fired their weapons indiscriminately on a group of peasants tending their coconut kiln (koprahan) in Barangay Roxas, Catubig, Northern Samar. Two children, including a 12-year old, Grade 6 student, were killed by soldiers. Another child was wounded. |
| The soldiers were part of a 30-man unit of the 20th IB that was conducting operations against a unit of the New People's…
(2022-02-22). Amendment to Florida "Don't Say Gay" Bill Would Force Teachers to Out Students. truthout.org 
Legislation aimed at curtailing conversations relating to LGBTQ issues in Florida classrooms may become more restrictive than originally planned, as the bill's author has
(2022-02-22). Connecticut People's World events this weekend: 'Teaching Black History — Making Good Trouble'. peoplesworld.org 
NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Eric Brooks, chair of the African American Equality Commission of the Communist Party and community leader in Indiana, will be the keynote speaker for the "Teaching Black History — Making Good Trouble" 48th Annual African American History Month events hosted by Connecticut People's World this weekend. The events, scheduled for Feb. 26 and …
