The Daily Shaarli

All links of one day in a single page.

February 26, 2021

How Finland beats America on education
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Finland is an innovative country when it comes to education, and its innovation yields results.

Canada Goose workers fight for fairness in Winnipeg – Canadian Dimension
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Luxury winter jacket maker is engaging in a union-busting campaign against its own workers—in the middle of a pandemic

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress”: The revolutionary life of Frederick Douglass
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Frederick Douglass, the foremost abolitionist of 19th century America, waged a tireless struggle against the institution of slavey and white supremacy. His life and times were revolutionary in every sense of the word and contain valuable lessons for today.

Cuba has assisted almost one third of the world’s population in health care
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In the six decades of Cuban medical collaboration abroad, its health personnel have assisted 1,988 billion people in the world, almost a third of mankind, said Dr. Jorge Delgado Bustillo, director of the Central Unit for Medical Cooperation (UCCM).

Trudeau Liberals block NDP pharmacare plan in the middle of a pandemic – Canadian Dimension
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The entire Trudeau cabinet recently opposed an effort which would have kept a landmark promise to deliver pharmacare made by the prime minister in the past election.

The Deal Between Facebook and Australian News Media Won’t Help Journalists
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The standoff between Facebook and the Australian government has ended with Facebook agreeing to pay off news companies. But the deal won’t help journalists whose wages and conditions have been under constant attack, unless they start organizing to defend their rights.

Project Opus: Erik Prince and the Failed Plot to Arm a Warlord in Libya
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In 2019, Erik Prince, the founder of the notorious mercenary firm Blackwater and a prominent Donald Trump supporter, aided a plot to move U.S.-made attack helicopters, weapons, and other military equipment from Jordan to a renegade commander fighting for control of war-torn Libya. A team of mercenaries planned to use the aircraft to help the commander, Khalifa Hifter, a U.S. citizen and former CIA asset, defeat Libya’s U.N.-recognized and U.S.-backed government. While the U.N. has alleged that Prince helped facilitate the mercenary effort, sources with knowledge of the chain of events, as well as documents obtained by The Intercept, reveal new details about the scheme as well as Prince’s yearslong campaign to support Hifter in his bid to take power in Libya.

On a $15 Minimum Wage, Democrats Are Shooting Themselves in the Foot — Again
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Pushing through a $15 minimum wage wouldn’t just be an economic gift to workers — it would be a political gift from the Democrats to themselves. Inaction, on the other hand, would hand a historic favor to the far right. Biden is committing a huge blunder by wavering.