(2022-01-28). Israel's labour court bans teachers from striking in opposition to soaring Omicron infections. wsws.org Teachers and educators at all public kindergartens and schools, excluding special education schools, had been set to hold a protest strike yesterday.
(2022-01-28). Beyond COVID-19: Striking for the future ‚àí a WW commentary. workers.org 
Jan. 25 — We are beginning Year Three of the COVID-19 pandemic. As of this writing, almost 900,000 people have died in the U.S., and over 7 million people have been infected. (worldometer.com) These figures, based on official reporting data, are almost surely an undercount. There will have been cases . . . |
(2022-01-28). Marxism and the Black Caribbean. libya360.wordpress.com Transcript Onye: The main impact of anti-communism and online left discourse has been serious strikes to principled anti imperialism, particularly in Western nations like the United Snakes. You get to the point where China, for example, or Cuba or Vietnam have clearly managed the pandemic much better: have prioritized the health and well-being of their populations,…
(2022-01-28). U.S. funding to WHO drops by 25 pct in COVID-19 pandemic: Reuters. ecns.cn The funding provided by the United States to the World Health Organization (WHO) has dropped by 25 percent since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a Reuters report.
(2022-01-28). Where's the meat? The avoidable supply crisis. greenleft.org.au The lack of meat on supermarket shelves under the latest wave of the pandemic is a story of poor working conditions in the meat processing plants. Ema Moolchand and Shelley Marshall report.
(2022-01-28). IMF cuts global growth forecast as Omicron spreads. wsws.org The global economic losses from the pandemic, resulting from the refusal of governments to take effective action to eliminate it, are estimated to be in order of $13.8 trillion.
(2022-01-28). Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin removes last remaining pandemic safety measures, declares state "open for business" wsws.org Youngkin has eliminated worker, student, and patient COVID-19 protections, while also making Virginia the latest Republican-led state to begin the process of banning "divisive concepts" in the classroom.
(2022-01-28). Spotify Sides With Joe Rogan, Drops Neil Young After He Backs Medical Experts And Scientists. sputniknews.com Stockholm-based company Spotify confirmed Wednesday that they removed the folk-rock star Neil Young after he wrote an open letter to his manager and label asking for permission to have his music removed from the streaming service, which he deems responsible for spreading misinformation concerning the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2022-01-28). "Return of in-person classes will be catastrophic," warns Brazilian scientist Lucas Ferrante. wsws.org In the first part of this interview, Ferrante talks about the pandemic in Brazil and Manaus, the danger of resuming in-person classes, and why COVID-19 will not become endemic.
(2022-01-28). U.S.-planned 'authorized departures' a political farce. ecns.cn The U.S. State Department is considering whether to authorize departures for U.S. diplomats and their families in China, according to U.S. media reports. The move, in the name of "China's COVID-19 situation," is another "political farce" directed by the U.S. since the Biden Administration announced that it would not send any diplomatic or official representation to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics in December 2021.
(2022-01-28). Riverside, California, school bus driver speaks out against mass infection in schools. wsws.org Since December 2020, educational facilities have accounted for 45.7 percent of all reported COVID-19 outbreaks in Riverside.
(2022-01-28). All COVID restrictions ended in UK amid deepening government crisis. wsws.org The crisis wracking the Johnson government is only spurring on its reactionary agenda at home and abroad. MPs left the capital amid discussions on the UK possibly sending thousands of troops to Eastern Europe to confront Russia.
(2022-01-28). Protest demands freedom for prisoners facing COVID outbreak. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On the afternoon of January 22, organizers shut down the city block in front of Governor Pritzker's Gold Coast mansion for 15 minutes, demanding immediate action to address the surging COVID cases in Illinois prisons and jails. Organizers dropped a letter on Pritzker's doorstep calling for a mass release of those incarcerated, beginning with the elderly and those with underlying medical conditions who are especially at risk. | The call to decarcerate correctional facilities has been sounded since the rise of COVID-19 and was repeated as further surges and variants put those inside at risk. The gover…
(2022-01-28). COVID-19 surges in Australia's remote Aboriginal communities. wsws.org Overcrowded housing and lack of isolation facilities has led to rapid spread through Australia's most vulnerable populations.
(2022-01-28). Rusia inicia ensayos de nueva vacuna nasal contra la Covid-19. telesurtv.net Los especialistas analizarán la seguridad del medicamento y su capacidad de producir anticuerpos contra el virus.
(2022-01-28). Educators and students around the world deepen fight to stop the spread of COVID-19. wsws.org The wave of educator and student opposition to school reopenings continues to spread across the globe as capitalist governments ever more openly adopt policies to deliberately infect society with COVID-19.
(2022-01-28). BA.2 subvariant of Omicron in more than 40 countries across the globe. wsws.org The Omicron subvariant BA.2 is now dominant in Denmark. This variant of the virus has also been detected in more than 40 countries across the world and is beginning to displace the original Omicron.
(2022-01-27). School-driven explosion of COVID cases in children linked to alarming spike of MIS-C. wsws.org The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Pediatrics reports that the vast majority of MIS-C resulted from mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 infections.
(2022-01-27). Research Reveals Best Ways to Obtain 'Super Immunity' Against COVID-19 Variants. sputniknews.com The international scientific community and the WHO still recommend vaccination with available and officially approved coronavirus vaccines as the best way to curb the spread of the virus, especially in light of the emergence of increasingly infectious and even more lethal strains.
(2022-01-27). Despite U.S. Embargo, Cuba Aims to Share Homegrown Vaccine with Global South. democracynow.org 
A 60-year U.S. embargo that prevents U.S.-made products from being exported to Cuba has forced the small island nation to develop its own COVID-19 vaccines and rely on open source designs for life-saving medical equipment such as ventilators. We speak to leading Cuban scientist Dr. Mitchell Valdés-Sosa about how massive mobilization helped produce three original vaccines that have proven highly effective against the coronavirus. "In a moment that the whole world was mobilizing to face this tremendous menace that was killing people around the world, the U.S. administration did not lift any of the 400 sanctions tha…
(2022-01-27). China's Scientists Warn of Potential 'High Fatality, Transmission Rate' of Coronavirus NeoCoV. sputniknews.com The NeoCoV virus discovered in South Africa and currently actively discussed in media reports is not new and has been around for some time. The virus is related to the Middle East respiratory syndrome MERS-CoV, outbreaks of which were recorded in 2012 and 2015.
(2022-01-27). Headlines for January 27, 2022. democracynow.org Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to Retire, Handing Biden Chance to Nominate Replacement, U.S. and NATO Offer No Concessions to Russia in Standoff over Ukraine, U.S. Approves $2.5 Billion Arms Sale to Egypt Despite Human Rights Abuses, House Democrats Demand End to U.S. Servicing of Saudi Warplanes Used in War Crimes, 180 Killed as U.S.-Backed Forces Retake Syrian Prison Where Children Are Imprisoned, U.N. Renews Calls to Free Up Aid for Millions of Afghans Facing Starvation, Extreme Poverty, Global COVID Cases Break New Record as COVAX Falls Short on Vaccine Delivery Goal, Spotify Sides with Joe Rogan in Vac…
(2022-01-27). Vaccine internationalism: Cuba distributing 200 million doses to poor countries. peoplesworld.org 
Cuban plans to distribute 200 million doses of its homegrown COVID vaccine to lower-income countries were said to have reached a "historic turning point" on Tuesday. David Adler, who headed a Progressive International delegation to the socialist island, said the "lifesaving package" was an example of vaccine internationalism that saw public health "placed above private …
(2022-01-27). Santa Rita prisoners conduct hunger strike. workers.org 
Protesters outside Alameda County Sheriff's Office call for release of Santa Rita Jail inmates during COVID-19 pandemic. Oakland In what has been a continuing struggle by Alameda county prisoners for decent food and sanitary conditions at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, California, two dozen prisoners went on hunger strike Jan. . . . |
(2022-01-27). GDP Jumps to 6.9 Percent in Fourth Quarter 2021, Driven by Strong Inventory Growth. cepr.net Inventories grew at a $173.5 billion annual rate in the fourth quarter. | GDP grew at a 6.9 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter, somewhat faster than had generally been expected. However, inventory accumulations were the main factor driving growth. Final demand grew at just a 1.9 percent annual rate, as inventories added 4.9 percentage points to the quarter's growth. GDP is now 3.1 percent above its level in the fourth quarter of 2019, putting it just slightly below the pre-pandemic trend growth path. | Inventories Grow at Rapid Pace | Inventories shrank in the first three quarters of 2021, they rose at an…
(2022-01-27). Victimized Indian auto worker speaks in support of Global Workers Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic. wsws.org "The corporations and the governments," explains Balakrishnan, "are only concerned about accumulating profit, not the well-being and safety of people."
(2022-01-27). Australian Labor leader offers to use pandemic crisis to restructure economy. wsws.org Albanese, who as opposition leader has backed the profit-driven "live with the virus" drive, made no mention in his National Press Club speech to the huge wave of infections that it has unleashed.
(2022-01-27). Sri Lankan president maintains criminal silence as Omicron cases surge. wsws.org The Omicron outbreak in Sri Lanka has exploded Rajapakse's lie that his regime has brought the pandemic under control and created the conditions "to resume normal community life."
(2022-01-27). As COVID-19 surges, deaths exceeded births in half of US states. wsws.org The devastation wrought by the pandemic has also led to an unprecedented situation in which deaths exceeded births in half of all US states in 2020. This decline in the birth-to-death ratio produced the smallest annual percentage population gain in at least a century.
(2022-01-27). Wall Street millionaire Jeff Zients directs Biden's policy of mass death. wsws.org In order to understand the catastrophic response of the Biden administration to the pandemic, it is necessary to examine the background and political career of the man quietly operating at the center of this response.
(2022-01-27). Victimized Indian autoworker speaks in support of Global Workers Inquest into the COVID-19 Pandemic. wsws.org "The corporations and the governments," explains Balakrishnan, "are only concerned about accumulating profit, not the well-being and safety of people."
(2022-01-27). Bombshell: CDC No Longer Recognizes the PCR Test As a Valid Method for Detecting "Confirmed Covid-19 Cases"? globalresearch.ca Smoking Gun: The CDC Says that the PCR Test is Invalid. Does not differentiate between Covid-19 and Seasonal Influenza. Does not detect or identify SARS-CoV-2 and its variants. If the PCR test is invalid the 260 Million "Confirmed Covid-19 Cases" collected Worldwide are meaningless. There is no Pandemic.
(2022-01-27). Ukraine: Biden Administration's 'Wag The Dog' Diversionary War? popularresistance.org The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) along with the ANSWER Coalition, CODEPINK, Maryland Peace Action, Popular Resistance, and many other organizations will gather in Washington today at noon in front of the White House as part of an emergency mobilization of anti-war activists to express opposition to the unnecessary and extremely dangerous possibility of war in Ukraine. | With a 39% job approval rating, more deaths from covid than during the Trump administration, and a failure to deliver on most of promises made during the 2020 presidential campaign, the intentional escalation of tensions by the United States wit…
(2022-01-27). China welcomes Chinese translation of 'Capitalism on a Ventilator'. workers.org 
We have very exciting news! The Chinese translation of "Capitalism on a Ventilator — The Impact of COVID-19 in China & the U.S." — originally published in 2020 by World View Forum as a joint project of the International Action Center and China-U.S. Solidarity Network — is out and being . . . |
(2022-01-27). COVID to be Declared Endemic by Year's End in Thailand. asia-pacificresearch.com
(2022-01-27). U.S. raising interest rates to cool inflation. america.cgtn.com 
The U.S. Federal Reserve signaled it will raise its main interest rate in March and reduce the COVID-19 aid that helped stimulate hiring and spending but has also been blamed for driving the highest price rises in decades. CGTN's Owen Fairclough reports.
(2022-01-27). COVID-19 ravages homeless shelters in Toronto. wsws.org Recently homeless individuals are ten times more likely to need intensive care treatment and five times more likely to die than other Canadians infected with COVID-19.
(2022-01-27). Australian school guidelines detail dangerous COVID-19 conditions. wsws.org The documents underscore the unsafe conditions that await school workers and students—unless opposed, the return to face to face teaching will inflict entirely preventable mass infection and serious illness and death.
(2022-01-27). The Heat: Boris Johnson controversy. america.cgtn.com 
For weeks now the British Prime Minister has been trying to beat back a political scandal that is threatening his career. Boris Johnson has come under fire over allegations that he attended parties at 10 Downing Street while the UK was in lockdown over COVID-19 …
(2022-01-27). UK: "Partygate" report delayed as Johnson seeks political survival through warmongering and untrammelled COVID herd immunity. wsws.org Johnson stood his ground on his ability to "deliver" the policies dearest to the heart of the Tory right-wing, historically Brexit and today the reopening of the economy and assuming a leading role in US-led military provocations against Russia.
(2022-01-27). Pseudo-left National Educators United "understands" Biden's diktat that schools stay open. wsws.org Amid skyrocketing COVID-19 cases, a collapsing health care system and a horrifying death toll, the NEU has organized a petition to beg Biden and the Democrats for a bit more PPE.
(2022-01-27). "Bastille 2022": Building a Worldwide Movement Against "Corona Tyranny" globalresearch.ca Bastille 2022 pertains to the restoration of fundamental rights. It seeks to reverse the criminal COVID-19 agenda which in the course of the last two years has triggered economic, social and political chaos Worldwide, coupled with bankruptcies, unemployment, mass poverty and despair.
(2022-01-27). Close schools to eliminate the virus! Why the OUSD tentative agreement will not stop COVID-19. wsws.org The tentative agreement reached between the Oakland Unified School District and the Oakland Educators Association will do nothing to fundamentally stop the spread of the virus.
(2022-01-27). War Fever Is In The Air, As The West Confuses Russia With Nazi Germany. southfront.org 
As tensions grow between Russia and the West, more and more false comparisons are made with World War Two… | Johanna Ross, Russian Studies graduate and political analyst based in Edinburgh, Scotland. | The 'war hysteria' which has taken over our airwaves in the West of late in relation to tensions on Ukraine's border, is like a Hollywood style movie, being entirely scripted, produced, directed and acted in by the West. It bears no resemblance to the real actions and words of Russia and its representatives. The US is starring in its own drama, with the lines between fantasy and reality increasingly blurred. | Ne…
(2022-01-27). Berlin film festival officials decide to hold in-person event despite record Omicron infection rates. wsws.org The decision of the Berlinale management is clearly directed against the health, lives and cultural interests of the population.
(2022-01-27). NATO allies: Albania pivotal to Turkey, Turkey key to pan-Albanian, pan-Islamic project in the Balkans. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com From a feature in Anadolu Agency. President Erdogan's visit to Albania of strategic importance ….It is estimated that more Albanians and Bosnians live in Turkiye than in Albania and Bosnia. Most emigrated to Turkiye after the establishment of the Turkish Republic in 1923 and during Yugoslavian rule in the 50s and 80s to escape systematic …
(2022-01-27). E.O. Wilson, groundbreaking figure in evolutionary biology, dead at 92. wsws.org Wilson made major contributions in the fields of ecology, animal behavior, biodiversity, and evolutionary biology; his attempt to apply biology to the qualitatively distinct nature of human behavior based on culture was unsuccessful.