(2024-02-26). IYSSE holds first meeting at Otago University in New Zealand. wsws.org The meeting in Dunedin last Thursday was held to establish the International Youth and Students for Social Equality as a student club at Otago, and to discuss the socialist strategy to fight against war and the genocide in Gaza.
(2024-02-26). Academic From Gaza: We Started At Islamic University In Tents, We May Have To Start Again. indybay.org "We have the will and faith in our ability to resume the educational process immediately after the war ends, and we have done so before," he said. "I was at the Islamic University (at its founding in 1978), and we started there from tents, and we can return from tents again."
(2024-02-26). Government report stresses need for reform on higher education. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-02-26). Addis Ababa University official: Education reform is a great support to Ethiopia's transformation process. tvbrics.com 
He is convinced it will bring prosperity to Africa…
(2024-02-26). Government activities for the week 26 February to 1 March 2024. sanews.gov.za Government activities for the week 26 February to 1 March 2024 | On Monday, 26 February, Deputy President Paul Mashatile will address the 14th Policy Dialogue Forum of the International Task Force on Teachers for Education. | Meanwhile, the Minister in the Presidency responsible for Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgops will brief the media on the implementation of the Energy Action Plan. | In addition, the Electoral Commission will brief the media on the state of readiness for the 2024 general elections. | On Tuesday, 27 February, the Department of Justice and Correctional Services hosts a conference the Impleme…
(2024-02-26). Major setback for Muslim education: Minority Ministry orders closure of Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF). muslimmirror.com 
By Muslim Mirror Staff The recent decision by the Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) to close down the Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF) serves as a stark illustration of the BJP government's alleged efforts to hinder the educational pursuits of marginalized Muslim students. This move also highlights the apparent contradiction within the BJP's rhetoric of …
(2024-02-26). Over 2/3 of Jewish Israelis oppose humanitarian aid to Palestinians starving in Gaza. mronline.org A new Israeli Democracy Institute survey shows that 68% of Jewish Israelis oppose "the transfer of humanitarian aid to Gaza residents."
(2024-02-26). Philippines: Social media influencers take on challenge to be Creators #ForEveryChild to protect children from online abuse and exploitation. reliefweb.int Country: Philippines | Source: UN Children's Fund | Clark, Pampanga, 24 February 2024 — As the country wraps up this year's Safer Internet Month, UNICEF Philippines awarded the first-ever annual badge of recognition to digital influencers who accepted the challenge to be Creators #ForEveryChild. They have lent their unique creative platforms and reach to fight for the rights of every child in the country, especially the most vulnerable to online abuse and exploitation. | The Creators #ForEveryChild — AJ Bacar, Anina Rubio, Buji Babiera, Cat Triviño, Ginger Arboleda, Inka Magnaye, Jing Ruiz, Karl Ba…
(2024-02-26). 'RIP Aaron Bushnell'! Airman sets himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy in US. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Unconfirmed reports emerged on social media, where online users allegedly said that Aaron Bushnell, the US Air Force member who set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, on Sunday succumbed to his wounds. The story and the video of Aaron Bushnell are believed to have been first reported and shared by independent journalist Talia Jane, who also reportedly announced the death of the US Air Force member.His last words were "Free Palestine," pro-Palestinian activists mourned the US Air Force member after he set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy and was seriously injured.A…
(2024-02-26). Farmers' protest in India reignites. mronline.org 
In 2021, after a year-long protest, India's farmers brought about the repeal of three farm laws that were intended to 'liberalize' the agriculture sector. Now, in 2024, farmers are again protesting. The underlying issues and the facilitation of the neoliberal corporatization of farming that sparked the previous protest remain and have not been resolved.
(2024-02-26). 'Black Liturgies' book offers prayers for Black-centered spiritual liberation. anabaptistworld.org The Sunday after the murder of George Floyd, the liturgies of Thomas Cranmer weren't cutting it. In her latest book, Cole Arthur Riley describes logging in to an online Episcopal church service that day, grapes and hot Cheetos close at hand. "And I waited, knowing what I've always known: that there are days when it …
(2024-02-26). World Social Forum's 2024 Statement On Palestine. popularresistance.org Katmandou, Nepal 2024 – Today, on February 21st, we conclude the successful 16th session of the World Social Forum in Nepal. We express our gratitude to the organizing committee, participants, and volunteers whose efforts led to this success. We take pride in the strong solidarity shown towards the Palestinian cause by all participants and condemn the ongoing genocide perpetrated by Israel in Gaza for over four months. | As we collectively reflect on the thousands of lives lost in Gaza, we cannot ignore the long history of crimes against the Palestinian people dating back to the Al Nakba in 1948. We assert that I…
(2024-02-26). The ABC continues to falsely trash Labor's economic credentials. independentaustralia.net 
(2024-02-26). The Sham "The Economy Is Awful" Story. counterpunch.org 
The media are pushing the economy is terrible story pretty much 24-7. They refuse to let the strong labor market and rapid real wage growth get in their way. They seem to want everyone to think things are really bad, in spite of a 24-month stretch of below 4.0 percent unemployment and a sharp reduction
(2024-02-26). Why Labor Is Losing Even as It Wins. scheerpost.com 
(2024-02-26). Oskar Schindler Would Be In Gaza. dissidentvoice.org Remember Steven Spielberg's blockbuster film Schindler's List? In it Oskar Schindler, an ambitious Czech businessman, has his epiphany in Krakow, Poland during the German occupation. Schindler came to Krakow to make his fortune using Jewish labor at a factory he opened. Schindler worked the system to get unpaid Jewish workers by bribing the German Army …
(2024-02-26). Australian by-election campaign underscores crisis of political establishment. wsws.org A loss for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in this weekend's Dunkley by-election would reduce Labor's slim parliamentary majority from two seats to just one, raising the spectre of an unstable minority government.
(2024-02-26). Israel refusing visas for aid workers in Gaza, West Bank. newarab.com 
Israeli authorities are refusing to issue new visas to international aid workers operating in According to Israeli newspaper Haaretz, This began in January, with the P…
(2024-02-26). Dismantling Western Hypocrisy on Xinjiang and Gaza. orinocotribune.com By Arjae Red — Jan 16, 2024 | Arjae Red, a union activist and Workers World Party leader, traveled in May 2023 to The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in China's far northwest as part of a WWP delegation along with Workers World contributing editor Sara Flounders, organized by the China — U.S. Solidarity Network | The movement in the U.S. supporting Palestinian national liberation has drawn truly massive numbers of people in action. On Jan. 13, for example, a reported 400,000 people marched on the White House, marking the largest pro-Palestine demonstration in U.S. history. | To counter this gr…
(2024-02-26). Countering Corporate Propaganda. counterpunch.org 
Streaming television channels these days are increasingly inserting advertising into their paid subscriber content. Thus, I recently found myself sitting through several commercials that struck me as emblematic of how out-of-touch corporate marketers are with the economic struggles of ordinary Americans. A company offering cash advances to low-wage workers makes light of people's financial difficulties.
(2024-02-26). As anger boils over Stellantis mass firings, UAWD faction covers for Fain bureaucracy. wsws.org Unite All Workers for Democracy, a faction of the UAW apparatus aligned with Shawn Fain, has initiated a toothless and diversionary petition campaign to the same union officials overseeing the mass firing of temp workers by Stellantis management.
(2024-02-26). 3,000 academic workers at Toronto's York University set to begin strike action Monday. wsws.org Teaching assistants, graduate assistants, researchers and contract faculty are set to walk off the job Monday at Toronto's York University. They are demanding wage increases to keep pace with inflation and make up for years of concessions, and job security to put an end to precarious employment.
(2024-02-26). Authorities block aid entry in Darfur, Sudan. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – Aid workers in the war-torn region of Darfur condemned the efforts by army-backed militias to block the entry of aid convoys to the area leading to exacerbating the already deteriorating humanitarian situation in Sudan. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), approximately 694,000 people have fled to Chad, but many more are still stuck in Darfur and require assistance.The United Nations has had to restrict its work in Darfur to cross-border operations from Chad, but this week the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) country director Eddie Rowe told reporters that "authorities have r…
(2024-02-26). Power Ballads: Don't catch you slippin' up! dissidentvoice.org 
Abel Meeropol cited this photograph of the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith, August 7, 1930, as inspiring his poem. Meeropol published the poem under the title "Bitter Fruit" in January 1937 in The New York Teacher, a union magazine of the New York teachers union. Though Meeropol had asked others (notably Earl Robinson) …
(2024-02-26). Actors and doctors talk about building the Palestine campaign at work. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-02-26). Arab-Turkish growing trade volume surges to $55b. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The economic ties between Türkiye and the Arab world continue to expand on all fronts, with intra-Arab commerce valued at $55 billion according to Dr. Khaled Hanafi, the secretary-general of the Union of Arab Chambers, with a 10 percent annual increase of exported Turkish goods as reported by Arab News, with growing Arab investments in Türkiye during the last few years.During the Arab and Turkish Chambers' fifth meeting, held in Egypt with several chiefs of trade and business figures from Türkiye and the Arab world attending the event, The president of the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and…
(2024-02-26). Lukashenko calls for further removal of barriers in EAEU, scaling up Union State best practices. eng.belta.by "Belarus and Russia would like the EAEU to learn more from the Union State and adopt its best practices that might fit the EAEU," the head of state said.
(2024-02-26). Belarus' PM outlines short-term goals for EAEU. eng.belta.by Belarusian Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko outlined the tasks which need to be solved within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) until 2025 as he met with Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Bakytzhan Sagintayev in Minsk on 26 February.
(2024-02-26). Israel to raise $60b in debt, limit jobs, and hike taxes to fund its war. albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA — Israel is reportedly planning to raise $60 billion in debt, freeze hiring for government jobs as well as implement tax surges in order to support its defenses, according to Financial Times, as the economy suffers deeply amid its war on Gaza strip.Compared to pre-war finances, the Israeli government intends to increase military expenditure by 85%, or 55 billion shekels ($15 billion). The goal of this increase is to boost Israel's defence against changing regional developments.The British newspaper stated that the economic impact occurred following Israel's ban of entry for approximately 150,000 Pa…
(2024-02-26). Feb 26, 2024. sitrepworld.info 
‚ô´ Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) — The Beatles Margaret Anna Alice: Hard Lessons (Video) + What Is the Alchemy of Moral Courage? War and Genocide Create Jobs! A Growth Industry for the US, by Bill Astore Layers & Levels Chapter Six: Materialism Revisited, by Ashley Howes The U.S. Has Made Taiwan a Trigger for War. Can China Disarm It? by Finian Cunningham Sunday evening musings (and a laugh and a song), by el gato malo China's Double Attack On Israel, US At ICJ: 'Palestine Has Right To Armed Resistance' (Video Transcript) Biden is 'pristine' on Israel, says megadonor Haim Saban, by…
(2024-02-26). South Africa's presidency names priority areas for South Africa's ruling party. tvbrics.com 
ANC will create 2.5 million jobs in the next five years…
(2024-02-26). Michigan's Abandon Biden movement, more than a slogan. newarab.com 
On Tuesday, many Michigan Democrats will go to the polls to vote against the man they worked hard to bring to office. | In 2020, when Nearly four years on, as the next presidential election approaches, that sense of relief has, in many cases, turned into a sense of betrayal. The…
(2024-02-26). Lebanon's Hezbollah hits more Israeli military sites in support of Gaza. presstv.ir Hezbollah hits several Israeli military sites as part of its support campaign for Palestinians in Gaza.
(2024-02-26). What is frontotemporal dementia? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org An uncommon group of disorders may cause changes in personality, behavior, language, movement Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a group of neurologic disorders associated with changes in personality, behavior, language or movement. Some FTD forms are inherited, and some are not. Typically, people develop FTD symptoms before age 60. While there is no cure for this progressive decline, FTD research has made significant strides in the past two decades, says Dr. Bradley Boeve (boh-VAY), a Mayo…
(2024-02-26). Casting once again: Patient recovers from thoracic outlet syndrome and rediscovers thrill of being on the water. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org When Justin Pomeroy, 23, struggled after a weight training session, he wasn't sure if he was simply fatigued or experiencing a medical crisis. While lifting weights, one of his shoulders popped, followed by radiating pain. Despite being fit for his active job as a Florida-based U.S. Coast Guard crewman, he continued to feel debilitating weakness, even when making the slightest of movements. His condition worsened over the next few days to the point that he…