(2022-02-03). Make Noise about the Silent Crisis of Global Illiteracy. dissidentvoice.org 
Amadou Sanogo (Mali), Je pense de ma tête, 2016. In October 2021, the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) held a seminar on the pandemic and education systems. Strikingly, 99% of the students in the region spent an entire academic year with total or partial interruption of face-to-face classes, while …
(2022-02-03). First-hand report: The truth about Nicaragua's revolution. workers.org 
Delegates from Labor Against Racism and War and Workers World Party with members of the ATC (Asociación de Trabajadores del Campo), Managua. Based on a talk by the author at a Jan. 30 webinar, hosted by the Alliance for Global Justice, entitled "Nicaragua: What We Saw; What's Next." Red traveled . . . |
(2022-02-03). Amazon worker organizing accelerates with union voting. workers.org 
Worker organizing at Amazon received international coverage when the Associated Press used a photo of this Workers Assembly Against Racism rally for the Amazon Labor Union, on Oct. 25, 2021, to announce upcoming union elections in February 2022. Headlines screamed alarm Jan. 26 in capitalist business media like the Wall . . . |
(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). Tuesday 2/8: Climate Crisis: Help Stop Wall Street's Toxic Money Gamble w/ Our Economy & Planet. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…
(2022-02-03). Thursday 2/3: 15th Amendment Day: Protect Voting Rights & Pass Living Wages Now! Virtual Rally w/ PPC. indybay.org Online via livestream…
(2022-02-02). Ukraine and U.S. war propaganda. mronline.org 
The corporate media always carry water for the state, and they are never more dangerous than when the nation is on a war footing. Right now the United States government is sending weapons to Ukraine.
(2022-02-02). The Petro-War of Chrystia Freeland: Canada's military support for Ukraine. mronline.org 
According to the Globe and Mail, the Minister of Finance, Chrystia Freeland, is in charge of the campaign of military support for the Ukraine.
(2022-02-02). The Historic Opportunities for Racial Equity in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. cepr.net The IIJA has provided a historic opportunity for advancing racial equity in infrastructure investments. Only if state and local activists force their elected officials to take advantage of it will its full potential be realized.
(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). NFL Coach Fired After Winning Season Says NFL Managed 'Like A Plantation', Files Racial Discrimination Lawsuit. moguldom.com Brian Flores, the former head coach of the Miami Dolphins, has filed a class-action lawsuit against the NFL, the New York Giants, the Denver Broncos, and the Dolphins, claiming racial discrimination in the league's hiring process for coaches and executives. Flores alleges in the lawsuit that the NFL is racially segregated and "managed much like a plantation." Its …
(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). "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). 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). 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). 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). 3 February, Webinar: Free Alex Saab! with Camila Saab and special guest, Oscar López Rivera. samidoun.net 
Thursday, February 3rd, 2022 3: 30pm PT / 6: 30pm ET Online Event: Register on Zoom In conversation with Camila Saab, wife of Venezuelan diplomat, Alex Saab, kidnapped by the United States. We ask for the immediate release of the Venezuelan diplomat. The webinar will be in have Spanish-English interpretation. En conversación con Camila Saab, esposa del …
(2022-02-02). 6 February, Online Event: Film Screening of Revolution Selfie: The Red Battalion. samidoun.net 
Film Screening of Revolution Selfie: The Red Battalion Sunday, February 6 at 7 PM Pacific time (10 pm Eastern time), on Zoom *RSVP to friendsinstruggle@gmail.com for the Zoom link* Hosted by Friends of the Filipino People in Struggle — Vancouver, CST REVOLUTION SELFIE expands the horizons of documentary storytelling while broadening our understanding of the …
(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). Spanish translations of pamphlets / manifestos published by Daraja Press. mronline.org 
We are delighted to announce the online Spanish translations of pamphlets/ manifestos published by Daraja Press and Monthly Review Essays. These pamphlets are parts of the series, Moving Beyond Capitalism — Now! and Thinking Freedom.
(2022-02-02). Tuesday 2/1: The Femmes of IEN: The Indigenous Eco-Activism Femmes Protecting Land & Water. indybay.org Online via livestream…
(2022-02-02). Non-capitalist mixed economies: what makes a socialist? mronline.org 
In this paper I attempt to provide a short overview of the subject. Words like democracy, freedom, anarchist, Marxist, communist are used in so many different meanings that they become meaningless. One such word is "socialist." — László Tàºt≈ë…
(2022-02-02). In response to capitalist economic turmoil, war funding soars. mronline.org 
On Jan. 24, stocks were falling, with the S&P 500 Index down 3.8%, the Dow Industrial Average down 2.7% and the Nasdaq Composite down 4.5%. The widespread sell-off for the Dow and the S&P 500 started on the second trading day in January; and for the Nasdaq in November. The Nasdaq is down nearly 20% from its high in November.
(2022-02-02). Tuesday 3/1: A Black Guy's Guide to the Constitution w/ Justice Correspondent & Author, Elie Mystal. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-02-02). IMF says to Nepal Rastra Bank: "COVID-19 related support measures in the financial sector should however be gradually unwound, and the remaining ones should be targeted and time bound. mronline.org 
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has expressed dissatisfaction over the role played by Nepal Rastra Bank to ensure stability of Nepal's banking sector.