(2022-01-25). 'Striking portraits' enhance College's art collection. imperial.ac.uk Artworks commissioned as part of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Portrait Prize have gone on initial display in the Blythe Gallery.
(2022-01-25). Thich Nhat Hanh After 9/11: Ignorance, Discrimination, Fear & Violence Are Real Enemies of Humanity. democracynow.org In memory of Thich Nhat Hanh, the world-renowned Buddhist monk, antiwar activist, poet and teacher who died Saturday, we reair a speech Hanh gave at Riverside Church in New York in 2001. Shortly after the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, Hanh urged the audience to embrace peace in the face of anger, citing his experience of witnessing suffering on both sides during the war in his native Vietnam. "The real enemy of man is not man," says Hanh. "It is ignorance, discrimination, fear, craving and violence." We also speak with Hanh's longtime friend and fellow peace activist, Father John Dear, former director o…
(2022-01-25). Network of Rank-and-File Committees for Safe Education discusses opposition to school reopenings in Germany. wsws.org The meeting took place amid an international wave of school strikes and teachers' protests—reaching from the US to France, Italy, Austria and Greece—and gave conscious political expression to this growing mass movement.
(2022-01-25). Committee for Public Education (Australia) holds online meeting opposing schools reopening. wsws.org The event drew a wide range of participants from across regional and urban Australia, and was also viewed by several international supporters of the WSWS.
(2022-01-25). Saturday 2/12: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: "The Dawn of Everything" by David Graeber et alv. indybay.org Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.
(2022-01-25). Monday 1/24: Defend Roe! No Abortion Bans! Defending & Extending Abortion Access Panel Discussion. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-25). Tuesday 1/25: Pollinators and Urban Community Gardens with Stacy Philpott. indybay.org To register for this free online event, visit: | www.santacruzmuseum.org/1-25-pollinators-and-urban-community-gardens-with-stacy-philpott/…
(2022-01-25). Monday 1/24: End Family Separation Now! Justice for Families Campaign Call to Action on Zoom. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-25). Online events w) Isabel Allende, Kali Akuno, Selma James, Naomi Klein, Vandana Shiva, etc. indybay.org Here are some 40 online events taking place over the next 2 weeks (and starting at 11 am tomorrow, January 24th), featuring people such as Isabel Allende, Angela Davis, Kali Akuno, Stephanie Kelton, Selma James, Naomi Klein, Vandana Shiva, and many others. | These events are hosted from various locations all across the country, as well from Canada, the UK, and Australia (however, the listed times are all for our "Pacific time zone"). Of course, feel free to share this info with others who might be interested in it.
(2022-01-25). Thursday 1/27: Saving Life on Earth: Virtual Screening of "River's End" and Q&A w/ Flimmakers. indybay.org Online film discussion on 1/27 following screening via on-demand streaming…
(2022-01-25). Sunday 1/30: Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights: Organizing Conference for Reproductive Rights on Zoom. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2022-01-24). Fannie Lou Hamer Institute To Host Reparations Conference: Economist Julianne Malveaux, Kamm Howard, Ron Daniels And More Set As Speakers. moguldom.com The Fannie Lou Hamer Institute is hosting a virtual community meeting and townhall about reparations. Entitled "Reparations Beyond Equity," the town hall will be held on Saturday, Jan. 29 at 11 a.m. Some of the top economists, scholars, activists and reparations advocates are among the speakers and moderators. They include Dr. Tabatha L. Jones Jolivet, …
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(2022-01-24). Vale Fred Moore, 1922-2022. greenleft.org.au Fred Moore spent his life fighting for the underprivileged. He was proud that unions played an important role in pushing for equality and rights for First Nations peoples, he was concerned about women's rights and he was an internationalist. Robynne Murphy bids him farewell.
(2022-01-24). MLK Day Strike By NUHW Kaiser Mental Healthcare Workers To Stop Systemic Racism. indybay.org A strike was held by National Union Of Healthcare Workers NUHW healthcare workers at Kaiser on MLK day. They were protesting the failure of Kaiser to honor their pledge to make it a holiday. They also talked about the systemic racism at Kaiser.
(2022-01-24). Oakland Education Association pursues farcical "safety" bargaining. wsws.org The union is attempting to disperse teacher and student opposition to unsafe schools with safety demands that will leave students and teachers infected.
(2022-01-24). How to overthrow a life-threatening capitalism? mronline.org Capitalism jeopardizes the survival of humanity on earth. It reduces the price of the labour of reproducing labour power when it cannot make women do it for free within the family. How can we overcome it while putting the defence of life at the centre of our concerns?>
(2022-01-24). Pasadena City College faculty demonstrate against resumption of in-person learning. wsws.org Almost 80 percent of faculty who were polled supported delaying the resumption of in-person learning. As of Saturday afternoon, an online petition organized by students had at least 1,800 signatures calling for continued remote instruction.
(2022-01-24). Social sciences and the colonised mind. mronline.org A CRUCIAL component of the imperialist system is the colonisation of third world minds that helps to sustain it. This colonisation is pervasive, but here we shall discuss only academic colonisation and that too relating to the social sciences.
(2022-01-24). Wednesday 1/26: Turning the Tide on Plastic Pollution: Mobilizing Around a Global Plastics Treaty. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-24). NATO's tentacles from Europe to Latin America. mronline.org International analysts are often, and understandably, asked whether there will be a change in U.S. foreign policy depending on whether a Republican or Democratic president rules the White House.
(2022-01-24). If the Russians were in Scotland… mronline.org George: "The war started because of the vile Hun and his villainous empire-building."
(2022-01-24). Wednesday 2/16: Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State. indybay.org Online until the hurly-burly's done.
(2022-01-24). I'm a High-Risk Disabled Professor. Am I Teaching In Person? truthout.org My first class for the Spring semester begins in a couple of hours. I still do not know if I'm teaching in person or moving the class online. Governor DeSantis says I'm teaching in person. The university, where I work, says I'm teaching in person. | "I have tenure. Why the hell am I teaching in person?" I ask my partner. | "I don't know," he says. | "Do you think I'm going to die?" I ask. | "Good news: we're all going to die," he says, and this makes me laugh in a macabre way. We're both poets. He teaches at Ha…
(2022-01-24). Texas fascist indicted for calling for assassination of Georgia officials one day before Trump's coup attempt. wsws.org Trump supporter Chad Clark is facing up to five years in prison after his arrest for posting an online ad the day before the attack on the US Capitol calling for "patriots" to kill election officials and politicians.
(2022-01-24). Bucs and Brady brutally trolled by former teammate after defeat. rt.com Antonio Brown couldn't hide his glee online as his former team were eliminated from the NFL playoffs | Tom Brady's Tampa Bay Buccaneers were eliminated from the NFL postseason in the most dramatic circumstances imaginable late on Sunday when Matt Gay fired a last-second field goal through…