2022-01-04: News Headlines

Editor (2022-01-04). Year in review: China's climate goals withstand heat. mronline.org Chinese policymakers have been rapidly developing new climate policies even as major events have threatened to derail them.

WSWS (2022-01-04). No return to schools! Children's lives matter! wsws.org The UK unions' contempt for their members health and lives could not be clearer. Their statement acknowledges, "last term education staff were more likely than other workers to test positive", only to complain that this was "inevitably leading to disruption of education."

GuardiansWorldwide (2022-01-03). Tuesday 1/18: Open Climate: Moving Toward an Indigenous Climate Economy. indybay.org Online event (English & Spanish translation)…

Robert S. Becker (2022-01-03). Yearly wrap: Handful of good, loads of bad, onslaughts of ugly. nationofchange.org Thus, the ugliest consequence to wasting billions on Pentagon missiles rather than funding education—stupidity—is a greater threat even than climate change.

Plus News (2022-01-03). Education Ministry releases staggered plan for reopening of schools. plusnews.ug Learners in boarding schools in Kampala, Wakiso and Mukono districts will report to schools in a staggered manner starting January 10, according to the plan released Monday by the Ministry of Education and sports. This is in respect with President Yoweri Museveni's directive to the Ministry to come up with a detailed plan on the …

Dr. MLK Jr. Public Library San Jose (2022-01-03). Saturday 1/15: Virtual Commemoration of Dr. MLK Jr. Civil & Voting Rights Legacy w/ SJPL. indybay.org Online event…

League of Women Voters (2022-01-03). Tuesday 2/8: Three Marches, Two Sisters, One Bridge: Memories of Voting Rights '60s & Suppression Today. indybay.org Online event…

sputniknews (2022-01-03). Over 350,000 People Sign Petition Against UK Former Prime Minister Tony Blair's Knighthood. sputniknews.com LONDON (Sputnik) — An online petition to have UK's former Labour prime minister Tony Blair stripped of his recently awarded knighthood is rapidly gaining support, with over 350,000 people signing it in less than three days.

Brennan Center for Justice (2022-01-03). Thursday 1/13: How Civil Wars Start: Talk on Jan. 6th & U.S. Democracy w/ author Barbara F. Walter. indybay.org Online event…

Jews United for Democracy, partners (2022-01-03). Wednesday 1/5: The Insurrection One Year Later: Our Capitol, Our Country, Our Democracy. indybay.org Online event…

Mother Jones SF (2022-01-03). Thursday 2/10: Social Media: Tackling Misinformation, Hate & Extremism Online for a Just & Safer World. indybay.org Online event…

ecns.cn (2022-01-03). Xinjiang sends warm message overseas. ecns.cn The Xinjiang Overseas Friendship Association held an online meeting on Friday for overseas Chinese in the United States who are from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to better understand the region's development.

Commonwealth Club (2022-01-03). Tuesday 1/11: Inside Trump's Attempted Election Steal and the People Who Stopped It. indybay.org Online event…

Speak Out Now (2022-01-03). Saturday 1/22: Straight Talk about COVID-19. indybay.org Online meeting, see website for details…

Washington DC History & Culture organization (2022-01-03). Monday 1/17: "I Have A Dream" Speech by MLK Jr. Historical Livestream & Discussion. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…

David L. Wilson (2022-01-03). Are there "foreigners" in the U.S. working class? mronline.org Politicians and the media work hard to give the impression that millions of low-wage workers are constantly seeking entry into the U.S. Most U.S. news consumers would probably be astonished to learn that the undocumented population here actually declined during the years from 2008 to 2016. It continued to decline at least until 2019.

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