(2022-01-31). Headlines for January 31, 2022. democracynow.org U.N. Security Council Meets over Russia-Ukraine Tensions as Ukraine Calls Out Western "Panic", U.N.: 2,000 Children Died Since 2020 After Being Forced into Combat in Yemen, Taliban Killed Dozens of Former Gov't and Allied Forces Workers Since Takeover, Sudanese Security Forces Kill Another Demonstrator as Protests Continue 3 Months After Coup, North Korea Tests Most Powerful Ballistic Missile Since 2017, Pipeline Bursts on Indigenous Land in Ecuadorian Amazon; Thailand Rushes to Contain Coastal Oil Spill, Spotify Adds Advisory to Podcasts About COVID; Joni Mitchell Removes Music from App, Ahmaud Arbery's Family,…
(2022-01-31). Spanish Morenoites attack China's "Zero COVID" strategy. wsws.org The Revolutionary Workers' Current (CRT) is denouncing essential public health measures that allowed China to rapidly bring the pandemic under control.
(2022-01-31). Expiration of expanded tax credit throws millions of US children into poverty. wsws.org Amid a surge in the Omicron variant which has sickened millions, the Democrats have allowed expanded child tax credit (CTC) payments to expire with 30 million families not seeing the payments on January 15 after just six months of the program.
(2022-01-31). COVID-19 vaccines, a 'testament' to capitalism? greenleft.org.au There was no altruism in the speed in which pharmaceutical companies developed successful vaccines. The very future of capitalism relied on science's ability to keep the wheels turning, argues William Briggs.
(2022-01-31). The NHS vaccine mandate: Corbyn, pseudo-left and trade unions join Tory and libertarian right. wsws.org Like the Tory right, the union bureaucracy, their spokesperson Corbyn and their backers in the pseudo-left see no sense in requiring vaccination against a disease which they have accepted will be widespread throughout society forever.
(2022-01-31). US Navy's toxic boot-print on Hawaii. peoplesdispatch.org Hawaiian activist Kawena ªulaokalƒÅ Kapahua speaks to Globetrotter's Vijay Prashad on how the US Navy has poisoned the largest water source on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. This public health disaster has been years in the making, as the Navy's fuel tanks have been leaking into Oahu's water supply on a regular basis for decades. | Kapahua also talks about how conditions on Hawaii have worsened since the US overthrew the island government in 1893 and occupied a third of its land, including a rapid rise in pollution and food imports.
(2022-01-31). The socialist case for CalCare. liberationnews.org 
Single-payer universal healthcare is within reach for Californians. On Jan. 20, Assembly Bill 1400, also known as CalCare, passed the California state assembly appropriations committee. If CalCare passes the assembly floor by Jan. 31 it will advance to the state senate.
(2022-01-31). Fascist podcaster manipulates tragic case of Minnesota COVID patient to attack health care providers. wsws.org Far-right elements are using the case of Scott Quiner, a ventilated COVID-19 patient who died after being moved from Mercy Hospital in Minnesota to a Texas hospital, as a rallying point for anti-vaccine forces.
(2022-01-31). SEP (Australia) files objection to party deregistration. wsws.org The SEP is demanding the basic democratic right to stand candidates in its name at the looming federal election in order to advance, in the broadest possible way, the necessary socialist perspective, based on the protection of health and lives, not private profit.
(2022-01-31). Thousands of Sri Lankan health workers hold one-day strike in Western Province. wsws.org Repeated struggles in the health sector indicate that the working class will not accept the government's attack, and is determined to defend its living conditions and social rights.
(2022-01-31). Kenya: Minibus blast kills 7. plusnews.ug 
At least seven people were killed and 13 others wounded after a vehicle they were traveling in ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Mandera county on Monday, health and police officials said. County director of health Services Abdi Maalim said Mandera Referral Hospital had received seven bodies and 13 injured patients, among them …
(2022-01-31). Joining the dots: Pandemics and political economy. greenleft.org.au Climate Justice puts the people most affected by the crisis at the centre of the solution. Health Justice must do the same, argues Rehad Desai.
(2022-01-31). New York, Michigan and Ohio end contact tracing. wsws.org Many of the largest American states have officially ended their contact tracing programs as part of a coordinated nationwide policy to allow virtually the entire American population to be infected with the potentially deadly and debilitating COVID-19.
(2022-01-31). Leonard Peltier Has COVID; His Lawyer — an Ex-Federal Judge — Calls for Native Leader to Be Freed. democracynow.org 
Jailed 77-year-old Native American activist Leonard Peltier has tested positive for COVID-19 less than a week after describing his prison conditions as a "torture chamber." Peltier was convicted of aiding and abetting the killing of two FBI agents during a shootout on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975 while a member of the American Indian Movement. He has long maintained his innocence and is considered by Amnesty International as a political prisoner. We speak with his lawyer and former federal judge Kevin Sharp, who says Peltier's case was riddled with misconduct, including witness intimidation and w…
(2022-01-31). Mass school reopenings in Australia amid record COVID deaths. wsws.org Governments admit that the reopening of schools in NSW and Victoria this week will result in mass transmission among teachers and students.
(2022-01-31). Klaus Schwab's WEF "School for Covid Dictators", a Plan for the "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca Economist Ernst Wolff believes that a hidden alliance of political and corporate leaders is exploiting the pandemic with the aim of crashing national economies and introducing a global digital currency. | How is it that more than 190 governments from all …
(2022-01-31). Teachers denounce forced reopening of Australian schools amid COVID explosion. wsws.org An educator in Melbourne, where classes return today, said: "It is COVID roulette for teachers."
(2022-01-31). Detroit teachers denounce resumption of in-person classes for 50,000 students. wsws.org Public schools are reopening in Detroit on Monday after a month of virtual-only classes because of the high rates of COVID-19 throughout state's largest school district.
(2022-01-31). Detroit teachers oppose resumption of in-person classes for 50,000 students. wsws.org Public schools are reopening in Detroit on Monday after a month of virtual-only classes because of the high rates of COVID-19 throughout state's largest school district.
(2022-01-30). Israel Tormented by Lack of Medical Staff and Equipment as Omicron Variant Hits Record Numbers. sputniknews.com According to reports, thousands of doctors and nurses are either in isolation or are sick with the coronavirus and other respiratory diseases. The Israel Association of Hospital Directors has been requesting that the government allocate more people and equipment to cope with the rising challenge but their demands have largely fallen on deaf ears.
(2022-01-30). Pandemic vs endemic debate: A brief explanation. peoplesdispatch.org Immunologist Dr. Satyajit Rath and NewsClick's Prabir Purkayastha review the COVID-19 situation in India and also discuss the ongoing debate on what pandemics and endemics are. They also look at the possible reasons behind the high death toll in the United States compared to India and try to understand the severity of the Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and why it should not be taken as a milder version of the virus.
(2022-01-30). The "Killer Vaccine" Worldwide. 7.9 Billion People. globalresearch.ca The stated objective is to enforce the Worldwide vaccination of 7.9 billion people in more than 190 countries, to be followed by the imposition of a digitized "vaccine passport". The evidence of mortality and morbidity resulting from the vaccine is overwhelming. Needless to say this is a multi-billion dollar operation for Big Pharma.
(2022-01-30). The Obama Line, Samantha Power, and U.S. Intervention in West Africa During the Ebola Epidemic. mronline.org 
December 2013 marked the beginning of the worst Ebola outbreak in history. Ebola, a severe hemorrhagic virus which causes muscle and joint pain, diarrhea, vomiting, and bleeding, spread from Guinean forests to the capitals of Liberia and Sierra Leone by the summer of 2014.
(2022-01-30). High Recorded Mortality in Countries Categorized as "Covid-19 Vaccine Champions". The Vaccinated Suffer from Increased Risk of Mortality. globalresearch.ca This "health strategy" based on false simulations, lies, promises never kept, propaganda and the fear campaign has become unbearable. In turn it has been followed by the extortion of consent to be vaccinated, by outright blackmail.
(2022-01-30). All States Need Expanded Medicaid Access. Gerrymandering Prevents It. truthout.org 
My job at the Mississippi NAACP is to safeguard the civil rights of those in my state and fight for current and future generations. | When I think about the challenges facing Mississippi, they come down to the "haves" and the "have-nots." It's about power — who has it, who's working to maintain it, and who lacks it. | Two policy issues confronting states, particularly Southern states, include closing the health insurance coverage gap and redistricting. These issues impact people's quality of lif…
(2022-01-30). Trudeau moved to secure location amid trucker protests – CBC. rt.com 
The Canadian PM reportedly went into hiding as truckers protesting Covid-19 mandates flooded Ottawa | Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his family were moved to an "undisclosed location" in the nation's capital on Saturday out of security concerns as thousands of protesters gathered outside of Parliament in Ottawa, state-owned CBC Protesters fought cold weather on Saturday to join thousands of truckers who have made headlines and gained the support of anti-mandate activi…
(2022-01-30). Did Justin Trudeau Pick the Wrong Fight With Canadian Truckers? strategic-culture.org 
It's not a good sign that Justin Trudeau has removed himself from the public spotlight at possibly the most pivotal point in his political career. | The Canadian Prime Minister, who recently described the trucker convoy as a "small fringe minority" who hold "unacceptable views" against Covid mantes, may have unwittingly unleashed the greatest challenge ever to his political career. | Like those in the medical profession, long-haul truckers dutifully perform their jobs largely behind the scenes, even during the peak of the Covid pandemic. And just like thousands of nurses and doctors — many of whom were expo…