Hussein Malla / AP Reposted from Peoples World It was inevitable that global North governments’ full-throated support for Israel’s genocide against Palestinians would result in furious retribution from their citizenry. That this retribution began in the U.S. is also not a surprise, given the ongoing cycle of protests that, since October 2023, have contested the U.S. […]
Creative Commons 4.0 Review of ‘The Price is Wrong: why capitalism won’t save the planet’ by Brett Christophers. Reposted from the Ecologist
Wind and solar power projects, that for so long needed state backing, can now provide electricity to wholesale markets so cheaply that they will compete fossil fuels out of the park.
The current strategic nuclear war plan—OPLAN 8010–12—consists of “a family of plans” directed against four identified adversaries: Russia, China, North Korea, and Iran. Just like previous NPRs, the Biden administration’s NPR said the United States reserved the right to use nuclear weapons under “extreme circumstances to defend the vital interests of the United States or […]
El 10 de mayo marca un momento histórico para el pueblo saharaui, que celebra el 51º aniversario del surgimiento del Frente Popular para la … 51 años de lucha: El Frente Polisario y los logros hacia la liberación del pueblo saharaui
The news comes like a prequel to a Planet wide horror movie. Is the US really still capable of isolating and experimenting on cows in HIGH SECURITY LABS..?
The novel effort comes as study finds KEY RECEPTOR for avian flu virus in udders ; The avian influenza virus that has been leaping across mammal species and infecting dairy cows was expected to reach Germany this week. […]
Consider the great COVID Psy Op, probably let loose by multiple ‘stakeholders’ standing to gain billions.
Or how about the Boeing “Safety” program with hundreds now caught out cutting vital corners for profit.. ETC
Or the Pentagon, destroying the Planet while “disappearing” hundreds of billions year after year… ETC
Follow the money.. Which public/private stakeholder billionaires stand to gain most by altering the Virus and killing us? ‘Experts’ claim that only by a laboratory engineered mutation can the virus flood humanity.
Which of multiple US military biolabs, working no doubt on Bird Flu “Gain of Function”, is run by the craziest greediest most arrogant power mad macho of them all… or perhaps by another victim of COVID ‘brain fog’?…
When will we see a long overdue public rebellion sweeping all these idiots into the dustbin of history!?
Brian Berletic Overshadowed by ongoing fighting in Eastern Europe and the Middle East as well as growing tensions between the US and China, the ongoing conflict in Myanmar nonetheless constitutes a critical component of what is a larger global conflict. Depicted by Western governments and Western media as an isolated, internal conflict between a “military […]
25% of Estonians are ethnic Russians, yet schools and media are shut down and nearly 1000 Russian speaking teachers are to be sacked
Educators have been ordered to learn Estonian after the government effectively banned the Russian language in schools. Historically Estonia was a proud member of the Soviet Union for generations and the population is mixed.
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Hundreds of educators in Estonia face losing their jobs after the government effectively banned Russian language schooling. Estonian Education Minister Kristina Kallas has been left “disappointed” after only 46 teachers passed language proficiency exams in March.
Last year, the Baltic state’s government introduced legislation that outlawed minority language education in the country, despite ethnic Russians making up nearly a quarter of its population. Starting from August 1, teachers who do not have B2 Estonian language proficiency certification will be unable to continue working.
According to Ingar Dubolazov, head of transition to Estonian language education, 518 teachers who do not have the certificate are working in schools, and 414 in kindergartens.
Anticipating that many of these teachers will not be able to obtain the necessary proficiency by August, Dubolazov stated that some local councils are planning to use a ‘1 teacher and 2 assistant’ system in kindergartens, where staff shortages arise.
Dubolazov also suggested that teachers who are demoted to the position of assistant while they learn the language and try to obtain C1 certification could be allowed to maintain their salary as “additional motivation.”
The education minister has also suggested that Estonian youngsters should stick to using their native language when communicating with Russian children during breaks between classes. Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas, no relation to Kristina Kallas, also suggested on Wednesday that all citizens should avoid using Russian and only speak Estonian, even if those they are talking to don’t understand the language.
Estonia’s elimination of minority language education has been regarded as a violation of human rights law by UN experts, who have stressed that the new legislation causes “grave concern.”
Last year, the UN’s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published a report surmising that Estonia’s new education law introduces “restrictive and potentially discriminatory measures affecting the rights of ethnic and linguistic minorities in education” and “effectively eliminated” minority language as a medium of instruction.
They also decried the closure of a large number of Russian-language schools in the country, despite ethnic Russians making up “a significant portion of the country’s population” and protests from parents and children.
Moscow has also repeatedly accused Estonia of pursuing blatantly Russophobic policies as Tallinn has sided with Kiev in the Ukraine conflict and has cracked down on the Baltic state’s Russian residents.