WSWS (2022-02-22). UK lecturers and students speak as higher education strike enters second week. wsws.org "I think the marketisation of higher education is the biggest part of the picture of what we are fighting against and that's why we should find solidarity with the students because they are those paying the cost of this marketisation."

WSWS (2022-02-22). UK higher education workers continue strikes over pensions, pay and conditions. wsws.org The lecturers' determination to fight is in sharp contrast to the UCU bureaucracy who have done everything to curtail action from the outset and want nothing more to see it ended with a rotten sell-out.

Peoples Dispatch (2022-02-22). Italian students demand dignified education and an end to precarious labor for all. peoplesdispatch.org Italian students have organized a series of mass protests in cities across the country in response to worsening conditions in their education and the recent deaths of two students in work-related accidents…

Editor (2022-02-21). Ukraine — Who is firing at whom and who is lying about it? mronline.org The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has an observer mission along the line of control between the government and rebel side in south east Ukraine.

TASS (2022-02-21). TikTok joins Russia's higher educational institutions to bolster linguistic diversity. tass.com Users will be offered to learn more about multilingualism in Russia in an interactive form…

Inequality (2022-02-21). Why Are We Torching Our Best Tool to End Child Poverty? juancole.com By Clara Moore | — ( Inequality.org) — I've just picked her up from the homeschool co-op that supplements the first-grade lessons we've been doing at home, and we're hanging out at the park. This is my favorite time of the week, watching her play with other kids. But I'm also remembering my own childhood …

_____ (2022-02-21). Africa Must Not Abandon Palestine By Granting Israel Observer Status. popularresistance.org Africa is currently facing one of its most crucial decisions regarding Palestine and Israel. The repercussions of this decision could be as significant as the 1975 Resolution 77 (XII) by the Organization of African Unity — the precursor to the African Union — which recognized Zionism, Israel's founding ideology, as a form of racism. This time around, however, it is Palestine, not Israel, that stands to lose. | Israel's attempt to gain observer status at the AU began years ago. For many years, most African countries have severed all ties with Israel in solidarity with Palestine and other Arab countries…

Project Censored (2022-02-21). Special Guests Benjamin Norton on How Biden is "out-Trumping Trump" on Immigration and Eugene Puryear on Racism's Deep Roots in US. projectcensored.org This week, the Project Censored Show's new co-host Eleanor Goldfield speaks first with Benjamin Norton to learn how President Biden is "out-Trumping Trump" on immigration. Norton also offers an update…

Benjamin Norton (2022-02-21). At OAS, Nicaragua condemns US police brutality, racism, torture in Guantánamo prison. multipolarista.com Nicaragua condemned the hypocrisy of the OAS "Ministry of the Colonies" for obsessively demonizing his country while doing nothing about racist US police brutality and torture at Guantánamo or the mass graves of Indigenous children in Canada.

WSWS (2022-02-21). Left Voice covers for Biden and the unions on school openings. wsws.org Left Voice has issued a new program for "safe school reopenings," lining up with the homicidal policies of the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association and the ruling elite in the US and internationally.

teleSUR (2022-02-21). Teachers Union Starts Strike in Buenos Aires. telesurenglish.net Demanding better working conditions, the Association of Middle and Higher Education (ADEMYS) started a 24-hour strike on Monday, when Buenos Aires begins face-to-face classes. | RELATED: | Last week, ADEMYS spokeswoman Marisabel Grau mentioned that the Buenos Aires City government headed by Horacio Rodriguez "offered absolutely no percentage of salary increase" to teachers. | "We cannot start classes without salary impro…

teleSUR (2022-02-21). 500 000 Vaccines Donated to Palestine by China, Egypt. telesurenglish.net According to Khaled Abdel-Ghaffar, Egypt's acting health minister and Minister of Higher Education, the vaccines are of local production through a partnership between Egypt's Holding Company for Biological Products and Vaccines (VACSERA) and Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac. | RELATED: | Ghaffar noted the valuable work that Egypt has carried out to produce more than 30 million doses of the vaccine up unti…

Editor (2022-02-21). Taking on the Philippine axis of evil. mronline.org I was initially pushed to try to run for president. I really did not want to, because I felt somebody younger and more vigorous should. I am 76! – Walden Bello…

Editor (2022-02-21). Where did the Dependency Approach go? mronline.org Capitalism, it seems, had been deemed too messy a concept to provide much use to researchers in explaining phenomena.

John Pilger (2022-02-21). War in Europe and the rise of raw propaganda. mronline.org The war hysteria that has rolled in like a tidal wave in recent weeks and months is the most striking example. Known by its jargon, "shaping the narrative," much if not most of it is pure propaganda.

sputniknews (2022-02-21). Trump's Online Network TRUTH Social Available on Apple App Store. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — New social network TRUTH Social, created by former US President Donald Trump, has been published on the Apple App Store, a Sputnik correspondent reported.

Editor (2022-02-21). Ukraine — Who is firing at whom and who is lying about it? mronline.org The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe has an observer mission along the line of control between the government and rebel side in south east Ukraine.

Inequality (2022-02-21). Why Are We Torching Our Best Tool to End Child Poverty? juancole.com By Clara Moore | — ( Inequality.org) — I've just picked her up from the homeschool co-op that supplements the first-grade lessons we've been doing at home, and we're hanging out at the park. This is my favorite time of the week, watching her play with other kids. But I'm also remembering my own childhood …

WSWS (2022-02-21). Left Voice covers for Biden and the unions on school openings. wsws.org Left Voice has issued a new program for "safe school reopenings," lining up with the homicidal policies of the American Federation of Teachers, the National Education Association and the ruling elite in the US and internationally.

sputniknews (2022-02-21). Trump's Online Network TRUTH Social Available on Apple App Store. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — New social network TRUTH Social, created by former US President Donald Trump, has been published on the Apple App Store, a Sputnik correspondent reported.

_____ (2022-02-20). Effort To Put History Of Indian Boarding Schools Into Classrooms. popularresistance.org Lansing, Michigan – An effort is underway in Lansing to encourage Michigan's Board of Education to ensure new generations of students would be taught about the history of Native American boarding schools. | The history of the boarding schools would also focus on the atrocities committed at the schools. | Sen. Wayne Schmidt, R-Travere City, introduced SB 876, which would encourage the curriculum for 8th-12th grades. | "My response for that is very favorable. I'm glad to hear that. You know, it's always good to be heard," said George Jeffrey Martin, Secretary, Gun Lake Tribal Council. "It's the start of allowing us…

Andy Kroll (2022-02-20). Is the Press Too Big to Fail? tomdispatch.com Everyone knows this story, though fewer and fewer read it on paper. There are barely enough pages left to wrap fish. The second paper in town has shut down. Sometimes the daily delivers only three days a week. Advertising long ago started fleeing to Craigslist and Internet points south. Subscriptions are dwindling. Online versions don't bring in much ad revenue. Who can avoid the obvious, if little covered question: Is the press too big to fail? Or was it failing long before it began to falter financially? In the previous century, there was a brief Golden Age of American journalism, though what glittered like gol…

Editor (2022-02-20). Talking to your kid about climate change. mronline.org Emotions are at the heart of the matter ‚ù£Ô∏è…

Staff (2022-02-20). Donald Trump's 'truth-telling' app set for debut — media. rt.com The former US president is expected to make a comeback in the world of social media after being barred from Twitter and Facebook | After more than a year off major social media platforms, former US President Donald Trump could potentially be back as early as Monday, with the expected launch of his own network, 'Truth Social', Reuters has learned. | The media outlet cites an online Q&A session that Truth Social's chief product officer, Billy B., held late Friday with people who had already been invited to test out the app. When asked by one of the Beta-testers when Truth Social would be available for the genera…

Editor (2022-02-19). Truths and lies about pledges made to Russia. mronline.org The information war surrounding tensions between NATO and Russia over Ukraine often leads to distortions of historical reality.

Danny Haiphong (2022-02-19). Eileen Gu controversy exposes the importance of racial loyalty to the American Empire. mronline.org Corporate media used the 2022 Beijing winter Olympics to create endless anti-China screeds. An athlete was even condemned for choosing to affirm her Chinese heritage. White supremacy drives foreign policy decisions and American thinking.

_____ (2022-02-19). Ottawa Convoy Exposes The Racism That First Nations Have Long Known. popularresistance.org Early in 2020 and late in 2021, the Wet'suwet'en First Nation faced down police forces as they tried to protect their homelands in northern British Columbia. The province and the federal government had no difficulty in sending in the RCMP to mete out justice. | No mercy has been given to the First Nations when they protest. Oka, Ipperwash, Gustafsen Lake, logging standoffs and oil and gas standoffs, including the Tiny House Warriors standing against the Trans Mountain pipeline, were all met with unwavering police forces. | The last confrontation in Wet'suwet'en had First Nations from other provinces joining in so…

WSWS (2022-02-19). Minneapolis, St. Paul teachers vote to authorize strike. wsws.org Teachers in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, have voted to authorize a strike, part of growing opposition among teachers and workers in the US to inequality and deadly pandemic conditions.

Workers World Party (2022-02-19). Unite for Feb. 26 — Workers Power Day! workers.org Solidarity with Starbucks, Amazon and all workers who are organizing and fighting back Fight against racism and all forms of oppression and exploitation — these struggles are part and parcel of the workers movement. Black Lives Matter! Unite our many struggles into one powerful force! Starbucks workers are leading an . . . |

Hadley Willow (2022-02-19). Education workers fight for justice. workers.org Education workers are adding to a recent surge of worker organizing across the country and around the world, a surge that is energizing the solidarity of the working class. This surge is reminding the capitalists that they are dependent on the labor of workers and that decent wages and safe . . . |

Fight Back (2022-02-19). Teachers In Minneapolis and St. Paul overwhelmingly vote to strike. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Votes were counted until nearly midnight on February 17 as teachers, education assistants and education support professionals in Minneapolis and Saint Paul Minnesota voted by overwhelming majorities to authorize strikes in both school districts. Both Minneapolis Teachers Federation (MFT) and Saint Paul Federation of Educators (SPFE) announced the strike authorizations around 11: 30 p.m. | Immediately after the vote count was finalized, Minneapolis Teachers Federation Presidents Greta Callahan and Shaun Laden spoke in front of a large banner covered with thousands of pictures of MFT members, held…

Editor (2022-02-19). Political prisoners in Cuba? mronline.org Can those prosecuted for acts of violence and recklessly endangering the public order, with no program, no proposals for positive change, be considered political prisoners?>

Daniel Alan Bey (2022-02-19). The Maoist 'Exceptionalism' at the Heart of China's COVID Strategy. mronline.org Arguably the best known contemporary proponent of Chinese exceptionalism in the English-language is Martin Jacques, best known for his 2009 bestseller 'When China Rules the World', a tour-de-force in the repackaging of orientalist tropes for the 21st-century.

Editor (2022-02-19). National Lawyers Guild International calls for the immediate release of Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab. mronline.org The National Lawyers Guild International calls for the immediate release of Venezuelan Special Envoy Alex Saab, imprisoned in a Miami federal prison by the United States in a violation of diplomatic norms and protections.

Staff (2022-02-19). 'Naive' govt policy poses 'catastrophic' security risk — media. rt.com Interviews for 'top secret' UK jobs are being done by video call, whistleblowers warn | British military personnel, civil servants, and private contractors applying for positions with access to "top secret" information are no longer automatically vetted in person, whistleblowers have revealed to The Telegraph. The UK risks a "catastrophic security breach" due to this shift toward virtual vetting, they warned. | Officers in the UK Security Vetting Department (UKSV) have raised concerns with the Cabinet Office over retaining online interviews via phone and video conferencing as part of the selection process, the…

Revolution Books (2022-02-19). Tuesday 2/22: Virtual Author Event: The Prophets with Robert Jones, Jr. indybay.org Online event, organized by Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave. Berkeley CA 94704…