(2022-02-03). Selected Articles: Canadian Officials Who Met with Ukrainian Unit Linked to Neo-Nazis Feared Exposure by News Media. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | As everyone faces difficult times, the company which deals with the fulfillment of book sales on behalf of Global Research is no longer able to provide its services. We are unfortunately suspending the sale of print books until …
(2022-02-03). Some 150,000 spectators living outside of 'closed loop' to visit Beijing Olympics. tass.com The spectators mainly include foreigners living in mainland China, members of diplomatic missions, marketing partners, local residents, students of primary and secondary schools…
(2022-02-03). Saturday 2/5: Building an Independent campaign to Put the Public in Public Education. indybay.org
(2022-02-03). Australian Education Union shuts down Victorian work bans as it enforces COVID-hit school reopening. wsws.org As the schools are forced to reopen amid dangerously high levels of COVID-19 infection in the community, the union bureaucracy will do everything within its power to suppress opposition among teachers and school workers.
(2022-02-03). Plants face tough climate challenges as seed-dispersing animals decline. nationofchange.org Animals that eat fruit and spread the seeds in their droppings offer an all-inclusive transportation service for half the world's flora. But as more seed-dispersing birds and mammals die off globally, some of these plant species will lose their ability to shift their locations to keep pace with escalating climate change, says new research. "When you …
(2022-02-03). Fertilizer plant fire in North Carolina threatens to ignite massive explosion, putting thousands at risk. wsws.org Authorities have called for the evacuation of about 6,000 people, including Wake Forest University students and more than 200 inmates from a nearby prison and urged residents to stay indoors as the fire continues to burn.
(2022-02-03). Detroit educator denounces unsafe school reopenings. wsws.org In this interview, a Detroit teacher details the daily trauma and long term consequences of face-to-face schooling during a deadly pandemic.
(2022-02-02). VIDEO: Ukraine Crisis Webinar: Peace Activists and Experts Gather. davidswanson.org Here's the video: Speakers include: Katrina vanden Heuvel, editorial director of The Nation magazine, columnist for the Washington Post. Ann Wright, retired U.S. Army colonel, retired diplomat, author, activist. Vladimir Kozin, member of Russian Academy of Military Sciences, speaking from Moscow. Norman Solomon, co-founder and national director of RootsAction.org, author, activist. Moderator: David Swanson, campaign …
(2022-02-02). US-Qatar Rise In Cooperation May Be Related To Washington's Energy Strategy. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size imageThe American government is trying to promote Qatar's gas production in order to ensure US allies energy security, preventing them from any cooperation with Russia. | Written by Lucas Leiroz, research fellow in international law at the Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; geopolitical consultant. | US-Qatar relations seem to be getting better and better. During a conversation at the White House with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, US President Joe Biden promis…
(2022-02-02). In A Single Year, $1.78 Trillion Was Taken From The Working Class. popularresistance.org The fate of the Build Back Better Act is currently unknown. The bill would be the largest social spending achievement in decades and provide needed services and support to millions of families‚Äâ—‚Äâwith more than half of the proposed $1.75 trillion in spending going to child care, preschool, affordable housing, higher education and healthcare. | But this proposed spending, over 10 years, is barely noticeable compared with the wages workers have lost over the past 40 years. In terms of productivity, wages should be significantly higher than they are, and the average worker…
(2022-02-02). COVID outbreaks hit more than 380 schools in Victoria, Australia in two days. wsws.org Victoria's education minister presented the widespread outbreaks, which have occurred in a day or two, not as a calamity, but as though all is going to plan.
(2022-02-02). Teachers Union Warns Pandemic Burnout Destroying Schools. scheerpost.com 
By Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams New polling out Tuesday reveals pervasive burnout among the nation's educators as pandemic-related staffing shortages and other difficulties drive a potential exodus from the teaching profession. Released by the National Education Association, the nation's largest union of any profession, the member survey shows, according to NEA president Becky Pringle, that "after persevering …
(2022-02-02). The Silencing of Black & Queer Voices: George M. Johnson on 15-State Ban of "All Boys Aren't Blue" democracynow.org 
School districts and Republican-controlled state legislatures are rapidly intensifying efforts to ban certain books about race, colonialism, sex and gender identity from public classrooms and libraries. The wave of book bans — with more than 70 educational gag order bills being introduced in legislatures over the past month alone — have been largely led by right-wing groups funded by Charles Koch. We're joined by author George M. Johnson to talk about their award-winning memoir-manifesto "All Boys Aren't Blue," which deals with homophobia, transphobia and racism and has been targeted for removal in at…
(2022-02-02). COVID Cases in Youth Prisons Are Cutting Vulnerable Kids Off From Their Parents. truthout.org 
The Omicron variant brought a predictable spike in COVID cases in prisons for children and teens. In response to to these spikes, juvenile facilities have limited educational and recreational activities, and suspended in-person visitation, further isolating incarcerated youth and increasing costs for anxious parents who are desperately trying to look out for their children. | Public outcry over pandemic-exacerbated conditions like these is, in some states, fueling efforts already underway…
(2022-02-02). "All Boys Aren't Blue" Has Been Targeted for Removal in at Least 15 States. truthout.org 
School districts and Republican-controlled state legislatures are rapidly intensifying efforts to ban certain books about race, colonialism, sex and gender identity from public classrooms and libraries. The wave of book bans — with more than 70 educational gag order bills being introduced in legislatures over the past month alone — have been largely led by right-wing groups funded by Charles Koch. We're joined by author George M. Johnson to talk about their award-winning memoir-manifesto…
(2022-02-02). Special Privileges: Charlotte Bellis, Fortress New Zealand and the Taliban. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2022-02-02). Historicizing Inflation and Price Controls with Andrew Elrod. mronline.org 
Andrew Elrod joins Money on the Left to discuss the political economy of inflation and price controls, past and present. Elrod holds a Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Santa Barbara and is presently Research Specialist at United Teachers Los Angeles, a 36,000-member labor union. In our conversation, Elrod overturns one of the …
(2022-02-02). US Economic Policy is Bringing Famine to 23 Million Afghans. peaceaction.org People, Not Statistics Without urgent humanitarian support and international cooperation, one million children are predicted to starve this year in Afghanistan. Ever since America's withdrawal of troops from the country, humanitarian partners have been "racing against time to deliver aid and supplies" to half of the country's population that now requires humanitarian assistance to survive. …
(2022-02-02). Biden Moves To Block Student Debt Victory. popularresistance.org Despite increasing pressure to fulfill a campaign promise to forgive student debt, President Joe Biden is now going in the opposite direction: His administration has taken an initial step to try to overturn a key legal victory for borrowers, according to court filings reviewed by The Daily Poster. | If the administration wins an appeal, it could bolster a legal precedent against millions of debtors being crushed by bankruptcy laws that Biden infamously helped his finance industry donors sculpt during his four decades in Washington. | On January 14, a federal judge in Biden's home state of Delaware moved to elimin…
(2022-02-02). NU Dissenters: Northwestern Is Complicit In US Militarism. popularresistance.org We are Northwestern Dissenters. | We are a revived campaign in which previous students laid the foundation for the fight against militarism on campus. | Dissenters is a national anti-militarist, anti-imperialist and abolitionist organization leading a generation of young people to take back what has been robbed of us from the war industry, reinvest in life-giving institutions and mend our relationships with the earth. Dissenters is building chapters of young people on college campuses all across Turtle Island that stigmatize militarism and force powerful elites and elected officials to divest from death and inves…
(2022-02-02). Tallahassee: AFSCME at FAMU demands raises. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On February 1 from 8 to 11 a.m., around 20 people showed up to AFSCME 3343's informational picket line to demand Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) raise the wages of workers on campus. | Members of the AFSCME Local 3343, the Tallahassee Community Action Committee, Graduate Students United and City Commissioner Jack Porter all stood on the roundabout between FAMU and Wahnish Way, with signs insisting that FAMU's leadership come to the bargaining table ready to pay up. | "It's time that we start negotiating in black and white and take care of employees on campus," said Andre Cr…
(2022-02-02). COVID-19 death of a student reported in Sri Lanka. wsws.org This tragic death demonstrates the criminality of the reopening of Sri Lankan schools amid the continuing spread of COVID-19.
(2022-02-02). Bomb threats target Black U.S. colleges and universities again. america.cgtn.com 
Howard University students say a new spate of bomb threats at their and other Historically Black Colleges and Universities won't deter them from commemorating. CGTN's Owen Fairclough reports.
(2022-02-02). Texas: UT-Austin students rally for abortion rights. fightbacknews.org Austin, TX — On the evening of February 1, around 15 students at the University of Texas at Austin rallied on the steps of UT Tower to speak out for abortion rights. | Austin Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) called the rally, given the attacks on reproductive rights in Texas, Florida and across the country. Chants included, "We won't back down from this fight, abortion is a human right!" and "When women's rights are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!" | Speakers highlighted the need to defend abortion rights for all — women, but also trans and non-binary folks who are affected b…
(2022-02-02). New year, new Student Accommodation Office. imperial.ac.uk Now independent of the Student Hub, the Student Accommodation Office operates as a singular, distinct entity.
(2022-02-02). Minneapolis/St. Paul teachers prepare to strike. liberationnews.org 
Teachers and support staff in Minneapolis and St. Paul could be headed for a strike if their respective school boards continue to stall on key issues such as pay and benefits, smaller class sizes and COVID-19 safety.
(2022-02-02). In OtherWords: February 2, 2022. otherwords.org This Black History Month, many teachers are bracing for a chill wind as states and school districts across the country pass bans on so-called "critical race theory." Many wonder if they'll be penalized simply for teaching history or inviting reflection on it. | This week in OtherWords, Tracey L. Rogers explains why those bans make Black History Month so important this year — not only for Black Americans, but for white Americans too. We need to reckon with our country's history honestly, she argues, so we can make it work better for all us. | Of course, that's not the only ban classrooms are grappling with.
(2022-02-02). This Black History Month, Don't Ban Our History — Teach It. scheerpost.com 
By Tracey L. Rogers / When President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, he It's true — Black Americans have excelled "in every area of endeavor," from arts and culture to sports and entertainment to everyday living and thriving in this countr…
(2022-02-02). Teachers union in Contra Costa, California prevents strike over COVID-19 safety measures. wsws.org Last Saturday, United Teachers of Richmond announced a tentative agreement to avert a strike of Bay Area teachers.
