By Florina Rodov on Sep 25, 2020 11:11 am
 
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Coronavirus and racism combined with online charters would create a plague of injustice that will never be wiped out. “Instead of going to school every morning, what if school could come to you?” an ad asks enticingly, promising students “online personalized learning” tailored to their specific needs. It’s one of hundreds of active Facebook ads run by K12 Inc., the largest for-profit [...]
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By Prabhat Patnaik on Sep 25, 2020 10:00 am
 
This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Prabhat Patnaik
A striking aspect of the 24 percent decline in India’s GDP in the first quarter of 2020-21 compared to the previous year’s first quarter is the decline by 10.3 percent in public administration, defense, and other public services. This is a sector where the GDP is estimated not by the “output” of the sector but by the government expenditure [...]
Read more at Why Modi’s Government Is Not Up to the Task
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By Vijay Prashad on Sep 25, 2020 08:40 am
 
This post is originally published on Citizen Truth by Vijay Prashad
In 2004, Dr. José Armando Arronte Villamarín was posted to head a Cuban medical brigade in Namibia. Cuban medical personnel first came to southwest Africa in 1975 alongside Cuban soldiers; the soldiers had arrived there to assist the South West African People’s Organization (SWAPO) in the fight for the liberation of Namibia from the apartheid South African [...]
Read more at Medical Workers of Conviction: Speaking to Cuban Doctors Who Heal the World
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