(2022-02-25). Ukrainian Peace Activist: My Country Has Become a Battlefield for Major Powers. End the War Now. democracynow.org 
As officials in Moscow threaten to replace the democratically elected Ukrainian government and Russian forces appear set to overpower Ukrainian defenses, is this the end of an independent Ukraine? We speak with Ukrainian peace activist Nina Potarska, who fled the country after Russian troops entered Ukraine on Thursday, even as her 11-year-old daughter with COVID-19 had to stay behind. She is participating in CodePink's international emergency online rally on Saturday to advocate against war and against NATO membership for Ukraine. "I feel that my country now is like a battlefield for all other countr…
(2022-02-25). How Did Flying Cars Become the Next Big Thing? inequality.org
(2022-02-25). The Keep Africa Poor and Dependent Project. dissidentvoice.org Exploited and abused for generations by white colonial powers and manipulative economic structures, there is a growing feeling of solidarity within parts of the African continent, as exemplified by the #NoMore movement. Covid vaccine inequality and environmental injustice, together with recent events in Ethiopia, have galvanized people. Ideas of African unity and rage against former …
(2022-02-25). Demonstrations in over 100 cities commemorate the 2020 fascist murders in Hanau, Germany. wsws.org Events were held in over 100 cities to denounce the state racism and right-wing extremism that made the fascist attack possible two years ago, and to finally demand answers. "A state that doesn't protect, a police force that doesn't help—Hanau is everywhere!" one participant wrote on her poster.
(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.
(2022-02-25). What Putin says are the causes & aims of Russia's military action. mronline.org 
Russia says it has no intentions of controlling Ukraine and its military operation is only to "demilitarize" and "de-Nazify" Ukraine in an action taken after 30 years of the U.S. pushing Russia too far, writes Joe Lauria.
(2022-02-24). What you should really know about Ukraine. mronline.org 
Russia's demand that NATO cease its expansion to Russia's borders is viewed as such an obviously impossible demand that it can only be understood as a pretext to invade Ukraine.
(2022-02-24). The Newspaper Industry Is Fighting Democracy — Blame Private Equity. progressivehub.net SAM PIZZIGATI | INEQUALITY.ORG…
(2022-02-24). A Sea of Trouble: Seabed Mining and International Arbitration in Mexico. inequality.org
(2022-02-24). Building Back Unions With Executive Power. inequality.org
(2022-02-24). What Can Biden Say About the Economic State of Our Union? inequality.org
(2022-02-24). We Cannot Separate the Movements for Black Electoral Power and Economic Power. inequality.org
(2022-02-24). Fighting for voting rights and workers' rights. iacenter.org By Minnie Bruce Pratt February 23, 2022 Ella Baker, a leader of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, led a challenge to white segregationist Mississippi Democrats at the 1964 National Democratic Convention. In an act of blatant racism, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 ruling Feb. 7 that halted a lower court's order to make Alabama redraw its gerrymandered Congressional districts and set up fair representation for the state's Black voters. A federal appeals panel — made up of one Clinton-appointed judge and two Trump appointees — had upheld the lower court decision. The SCOTUS decision paused t…
(2022-02-24). Phil Wayland on UK High Court upholding denial of Unemployment Credit uplift to two million claimants. wsws.org Four legacy benefit claimants challenged the government decision in the High Court on the grounds of unlawful discrimination.
(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.
(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.
(2022-02-24). Engaging Federici on Marx, Capitalism, and Social Reproduction. mronline.org 
The discussion of Marx is embedded in Federici's signature critique of the social reproduction of labor power in capitalist societies.
(2022-02-24). Studs Terkel's 'Working' 50 Years On. mronline.org 
First published in January 1972, Working is a baggy collection of over seven-hundred and sixty pages, most devoted to the reflections of ordinary Americans about their economic lives. From the Terkel archive, it's clear that his interest in work was long standing and went well beyond the USA.
(2022-02-24). For the BJP, the Muslim is not just the message, it is the only message. mronline.org 
The reason the party's cartoon has evoked horror is because we have seen this sort of singular obsession with a targeted religious minority before and know where it leads.
(2022-02-24). Mitigating global food waste: Does China provide lessons? mronline.org 
Apart from the fact that China's food system offers lessons that could improve policy-making in both high and low-income countries, the world's most populous country is also one of the world's major producers of food despite having less cultivated land.
(2022-02-24). VIDEO: Debate: Can War Ever Be Justified? Mark Welton vs. David Swanson. warisacrime.org By World BEYOND War, February 24, 2022 This debate was held online on February 23, 2022, and was co-sponsored by World BEYOND War Central Florida and Veterans For Peace Chapter 136 The Villages, FL. The debaters were: Arguing the Affirmative: Dr. Mark Welton is Professor Emeritus at the United States Military Academy at West Point. …