Above Photo: Workers at the Orlando Sentinel are among the thousands of media workers who have organized unions in recent years. The NewsGuild’s member organizer program has trained dozens of rank-and-file members, many of them fresh off their own organizing campaigns, to help with union drives at other shops. The NewsGuild. Member Organizers Turn The Moment Into A Movement. Over the last five years, in big pro-union cities and small Southern towns, more than 7,000 workers in 145 shops have organized with the NewsGuild, a sector of the Communications Workers (CWA). After years of layoffs, buyouts, and pay cuts, workers across […]
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Above Photo: Hector Amezcua / The Sacramento Bee. As the education workers’ strike in Minneapolis has come to a close, now teachers in Sacramento are coming up on one week of being on strike. Teachers around the country are continuing to fight for better working conditions, increased wages and benefits, and defending public education. Teachers are showing us all how to fight back. Teachers have taken the lead in the fight against inflation, precarious working conditions, racist education systems, and the lack of resources for public education in America. This time it is the Sacramento teachers who have been on strike […]
Above Photo: People demonstrate against war on October 27, 1962 in front the White House in Washington, DC, during the Cuban missile crisis (Aljazeera / AFP). Commentators on the current Ukraine crisis have sometimes compared it to the Cuban missile crisis. This is a good comparison―and not only because they both involve a dangerous U.S.-Russian confrontation capable of leading to a nuclear war. During the 1962 Cuban crisis, the situation was remarkably similar to that in today’s Eastern Europe, although the great power roles were reversed. In 1962, the Soviet Union had encroached on the U.S. government’s self-defined sphere of influence […]
Above Photo: Chicago Teachers Union Vice President Stacy Davis Gates speaks in Chicago on December 12, 2020. Max Herman / NurPhoto via Getty Images. And Now They’re Locked Out. The Teachers’ Union Demanded Greater Safety Measures In Classrooms, And In Response The School District Cancelled Classes And Locked Educators Out Of Online Learning Platforms. As Covid-19 cases surge to record levels, the 25,000-member Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is once again in a standoff with the city’s school system to increase safety measures for educators, students and communities. After Mayor Lori Lightfoot repeatedly refused the union’s proposals for stronger Covid-19 mitigations in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) amid […]
Above Photo: Protesters march to a rally outside of Lowry, Minnesota in March 1978 to try to stop construction of an interstate power line that would cut across the region. Photo by Luther Gerlach, a University of Minnesota anthropologist, who documented the protests as part of his work to understand social movements related to energy. As The Country Moves Toward A Massive Build-Out Of Transmission Lines, A Decades-Old Rebellion Offers A Way Through Potential Opposition. If the United States is to make a transition to clean energy, it will need to build many more transmission lines—the thick wires that deliver power […]
The view outside the Chinese technology company ByteDance in Beijing in August 2020. Trump’s executive order outlaws transactions between U.S. citizens and ByteDance. American instructors who work for ByteDance subsidiary GOGOKID said they feel like their jobs are under threat. Emmanuel Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Emmanuel Wong/Getty Images The view outside the Chinese technology company ByteDance in Beijing in August 2020. Trump’s executive order outlaws transactions between U.S. citizens and ByteDance. American instructors who work for ByteDance subsidiary GOGOKID said they feel like their jobs are under threat. Emmanuel Wong/Getty Images Kristie Hunter is a former public school teacher […]
A study seeks to learn how hundreds of thousands of Jews, crammed in the ghetto by the Nazis, halted an outbreak of epidemic typhus. Some — including survivors alive today — say frame of mind was key. (Image credit: Imagno/Getty Images) Source link
VT Damascus BREAKING: 4 US soldiers injured after they attempt to enter #Russia’s held area in #Syria which the US is illegally occupying— Russia runs them off the area — USA Govt reports 4 soldiers were injured. pic.twitter.com/6oOIiIOU2w — AS-Source News / MILITARY〽️ (@ASBMilitary) August 26, 2020 Under the above heading, Ivan Abakumov wrote in “Vzglyad” about the clash that took place in Syria between a Russian patrol and an American force. Have you ever heard of anybody losing their job for criticising Russia, China, Iran, Syria, or America? Try criticising Israel and see how long you last. — Bint (@PalBint) […]
Morris Koll, grandfather of NPR correspondent Pam Fessler’s husband, enlisted in the U.S. Army and was sent to the Philippines in 1902. That’s when he contracted leprosy. In 1935, public health authorities took him to the national leprosarium in Carville, Louisiana. Right: A treatment room at the facility is depicted on the cover of Fessler’s new book, Carville’s Cure. Courtesy of the Koll family hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of the Koll family Morris Koll, grandfather of NPR correspondent Pam Fessler’s husband, enlisted in the U.S. Army and was sent to the Philippines in 1902. That’s when he contracted leprosy. In […]
Conservative Mama released another incredible video showing what it will be like for teachers to try and teach while adhering to CDC guidelines. Schools attempting to follow the CDC guidelines for reopening 🤦🏻♀️. pic.twitter.com/jIKD4nZ08r — Conservative Momma (@conmomma) July 8, 2020 This girl is really so talented. She’s the modern day Carol Burnett. Source link
They are one of the most intelligent animals in the world, with a complex form of communication, and are capable of self-awareness. Scientists know that the aquatic mammals use tools to play games and even to catch prey, something researchers think they are taught by their mothers. Dolphins teach each other how to be better hunters, says a new study conducted by an international team of scientists. According to the research, published on 25 June in the journal Current Biology, dolphins not only learn new ways to catch prey, but are eager to learn from their peers. “Our study shows that […]
Pyongyang’s temporary rejection of military action, which the country has threatened Seoul with for more than a week, came as a surprise to many. North Korea doesn’t appear to be one of those nations that does not fulfill its promises. Despite a new batch of leaflets distributed by North Korean defectors, whose actions have served as the reason for the current escalation, Kim Jong-un decided to postpone the General Staff’s plan to concentrate troops along the border. The motives of the North Korean leadership are as yet unclear and experts’ opinions also differ. Some say that Kim Jong-un was ultimately imbued […]
The findings come as Britain’s top military charity, which supports military personnel and veteran staff in periods of hardship and crisis, has called on the public to celebrate Armed Forces Week to commemorate active and veteran military staff battling the COVID-19 pandemic with key workers. Roughly 66 percent of UK citizens would back reintroducing the National Service in the UK due to values learned in military service, according to a new survey. Service should be imposed on adults aged 18 and older regardless of gender or background, three-fourths of respondents said in a poll from UK armed forces charity SSAFA. The […]
‘Trying To Teach Ourselves’ Deep-Rooted Knowledge By Sydney Akridge, Indian Country Today. May 15, 2020 ‘Trying To Teach Ourselves’ Deep-Rooted Knowledge2020-05-152020-05-15https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/05/images.sa_-e1589547390591.jpg200px200px Above photo: Students take notes on changes in their plants for Cheryl Morales’ ethnobotany class. All student are asked to note the environmental conditions of the greenhouse, the times of sunrise and sunset, moon phase, and other observations of the growth cycle. Native News. The role of traditional medicine throughout generations and integrating it into the Indian health system. Cheryl Morales started the medicinal garden at the Aaniiih Nakoda College’s demonstration farm in 2010 with only four plants: yarrow, echinacea, plantain […]