2025-02-22: News Headlines

MDORE (2025-02-22). Terms of reference – Monitoring & Evaluation Consultancy on integration of outcome harvesting as a monitoring tool. fidh.org Organisation : International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) Programme : "Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations : Making Justice Work" (GIAI) Engagement manager (reporting to) : GIAI MEAL Officer Duration : Estimated 15 days within March – November 2025 Starting date : Around 20 March 2025 Location : Online Applications deadline : 2 March 2025
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Otis Grotewohl (2025-02-21). Capitalists impose mass layoffs in retail. workers.org Hundreds of major U.S. retail stores are projected to close in 2025, with thousands of workers being displaced as a result. Retail workers protest layoffs triggered by private equity buyouts of store chains, 2019. JCPenney and the Ohio-based Joann Fabric and Crafts are the latest big box department store chains . . . |

Ron Jacobs (2025-02-21). You Can't Murder Liberation. counterpunch.org A revolutionary is not a victim. In fact, a revolutionary fights against victimhood past, present and future. When a movement fighting the racism and brutality of police forces uses a slogan like "Hands up, don't shoot" it is emphasizing its potential victimhood and denying its power. Without power, there can be no long-term victory in

Stewart Lawrence (2025-02-21). Is a Black Physician Shortage Killing African-Americans? counterpunch.org A Review of Legacy: a Black Physician Reckons With Racism in Medicine by Dr. Uché Blackstock Ethnic and racial disparities in public health is an acknowledged part of the policy and social landscape of our times. It is well known that minority groups, especially African-Americans, tend to be screened, diagnosed and treated for major illnesses like

newarab (2025-02-21). Zochrot: The Israeli NGO raising awareness about the Nakba. newarab.com Founded in 2002, By challenging dominant narratives and promoting dialogue about the region's history, Zochrot, which means "remembering" in Hebrew, seeks to address the roots of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and envisions a shared, equal future. The group's slogan is 'From Nakba to Return'. | In 2009, Israel's education ministry banned the use of the w…

Quincy Saul (2025-02-21). Peter Schumann at 90: "I'm a Papier-Mâché Revolutionary!" counterpunch.org The legendary founder of Bread and Puppet Theater is 90 years old and rising. In December I went to interview Peter Schumann in his home in Glover Vermont, together with his carpenter and comrade Henry Harris. We asked him about the wars of our times, about education, about ideology, and about the past and future

ecns.cn (2025-02-21). U.S. scientists protest against funding cuts. ecns.cn Academic groups from U.S. higher education institutions are staging protests against research funding cuts at numerous federal agencies, ordered by the Trump administration.

The Independent (2025-02-21). Minister clarifies new curriculum grading. independent.co.ug KAMPALA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Products of the new lower secondary school curriculum are confident, can communicate better and can apply the acquired knowledge, skills and attitudes in reaI life situations. Presenting a Statement on the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB) grading system under the new curriculum, the Minister of State for Education and …

MDORE (2025-02-21). Terms of reference – Monitoring & Evaluation Consultancy on integration of outcome harvesting as a monitoring tool. fidh.org Organisation : International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) Programme : "Global Initiative Against Impunity for International Crimes and Serious Human Rights Violations : Making Justice Work" (GIAI) Engagement manager (reporting to) : GIAI MEAL Officer Duration : Estimated 15 days within March – November 2025 Starting date : Around 20 March 2025 Location : Online Applications deadline : 2 March 2025
| 1. Background
| Over the past decades, numerous initiatives have emerged to address (…) | – |

USCPR & PACC (2025-02-21). Sunday 3/2: Home Destroyer HD Hyundai Workshop. indybay.org Online | bit.ly/Mar2Hyundai

USCPR (2025-02-21). Thursday 2/27: Webinar: Organizing Strategies to Resist Trump's Attacks. indybay.org Online | uscpr.org/masscall

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