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  • President Joe Biden listens as he meets virtually with Chinese President Xi Jinping from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, Nov. 15, 2021.

    U.S. shouldn’t be invited to Summit for Democracy, let alone be its host

    Originally published: MintPress News on December 8, 2021 by Alexander Rubinstein (more by MintPress News)  | (Posted Dec 10, 2021)

    In every one of the countries the United States has intervened in over the past decades, anti-democratic means are almost always used towards anti-democratic ends, all in the name of promoting democracy.

  • Covid

    COVID Omicron: The case for vaccine justice

    Originally published: rs21 (Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century) on December 1, 2021 by Graham Checkley (more by rs21 (Revolutionary Socialism in the 21st Century))  | (Posted Dec 09, 2021)

    Britain is one of the main countries to have blocked the global dropping of patents for coronavirus vaccines. If there is a major outbreak of the new Omicron variant in Britain, it will be directly due to the racist and profiteering policy of the Tory government, writes rs21 member Graham Checkley.

  • Designer babies (Photo: Lunar Caustic)

    GM ‘designer babies’: breakthrough or nightmare?

    Originally published: Red Pepper on December 6, 2021 by Dave King (more by Red Pepper)  | (Posted Dec 09, 2021)

    Only a global ban on human genetic engineering can prevent a new era of eugenics from emerging, writes Dave King.

  • Thomas Piketty

    ‘Why are you acting the Marxist?’ Frédéric Lordon on Thomas Piketty’s ‘Capital and Ideology’

    Originally published: Verso on April 27, 2020 by Frédéric Lordon (more by Verso)  | (Posted Dec 09, 2021)

    On 31 January, at the Bourse du travail in Paris, Frédéric Lordon debated with Thomas Piketty on his book ‘Capital and Ideology’, at the invitation of Les Amis de L’Humanité. The following text is Frédéric Lordon’s opening speech, with minimal revisions.

  • Protesters gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices hear arguments in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health, a case about a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks, on December 1, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

    Unapologetic support for abortion rights must be a pillar of the Left

    Originally published: Truthout on December 6, 2021 by Emily Janakiram, Camila Valle, Christine Pardue and Hennessy Garcia (more by Truthout)  | (Posted Dec 08, 2021)

    This week the Supreme Court began hearing oral arguments on Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization–the case that will determine the fate of Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban, and more broadly, the fate of Roe v. Wade.

  • Marx is Back

    Watch “Marx is Back”, Episode 1: Bourgeois and Proletarians

    Originally published: Left Voice on May 2017 by PTS (Socialist Workers Party) (more by Left Voice)  | (Posted Dec 08, 2021)

    “Marx is Back” a mini-series about the Communist Manifesto is now on youtube. Subtitles available.

  • Ethiopian and Eritrean Americans and their supporters marched down Market Street, San Francisco, to protest US hybrid warfare against their home countries.

    #NoMore censorship of Africa’s roving digital Army of Peace

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on December 1, 2021 by Simon Tesfamariam (more by Black Agenda Report)  | (Posted Dec 07, 2021)

    The removal of Twitter accounts advocating for peace in the Horn of Africa shows the connection between the state and big tech companies. Freedom of speech is an illusion when communications are controlled by corporations which follow governmental dictates.

  • Plaque Rue Frantz Fanon

    ‘Any bystander is a coward or a traitor’ – Frantz Fanon’s revolutionary challenge

    Originally published: ROAPE (Review of African Political Economy) on December 6, 2021 by Timothy Wild (more by ROAPE (Review of African Political Economy))  | (Posted Dec 07, 2021)

    From the end of May until a few days before Remembrance Day (November 11) flags at Canadian public buildings were flown at half-mast. This unusual occurrence was in recognition of the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves containing the remains of Indigenous children on the sites of former Indian Residential Schools.

  • Covid Vaccine

    Vaccine imperialism: a global threat

    Originally published: Counterfire on December 4, 2021 by John Clarke (more by Counterfire)  | (Posted Dec 07, 2021)

    Leaving a vast section of the world’s population unvaccinated can only create the basis for the virus to spread and mutate, argues John Clarke

  • The Ukraine: The USA is responsible of the escalation, and must stop it before provoking a world war

    The Ukraine: The USA is responsible of the escalation, and must stop it before provoking a world war

    Originally published: United World on December 6, 2021 by Dimitris Konstantakopoulos (more by United World)  | (Posted Dec 07, 2021)

    Today, the Ukraine is not only the epicenter of a new cold war, but also one of the three most dangerous points on Earth, along with Iran and Taiwan, where a nuclear conflict could be ignited, leading to the end of mankind.

  • The Ecosocialist Imperative

    The ecosocialist imperative

    Originally published: Against the Current on November/December 2021 Issue No. 215 by Solidarity Ecosocialist Working Group (more by Against the Current) (Posted Dec 06, 2021)

    Thirty years ago, climate modeling scientists predicted exactly the global events–massive wildfires, intensified tropical storms, flooding and droughts–that we’re seeing right now.

  • Covid vaccine

    Omicron variant exposes danger of global vaccine apartheid

    Originally published: Liberation News on December 1, 2021 by Sameena Rahman (more by Liberation News)  | (Posted Dec 06, 2021)

    A new, heavily mutated Coronavirus variant, Omicron, is causing alarm around the world as scientists race to discover more about this new type of the virus and its potential resistance to vaccines.

  • Military

    SVR – United States push Ukraine to relaunch Donbass conflict, while accusing Russia of wanting to attack

    Originally published: Donbass Insider on November 30, 2021 by Christelle Néant (more by Donbass Insider)  | (Posted Dec 06, 2021)

    The head of the SVR, Sergey Naryshkin, told a journalist from the Rossia 1 channel that behind the reports that Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine lies Washington’s desire to push Kiev to attack the Donbass.

  • UN Resolution Against Glorification of Nazism, US and Ukraine Vote No - Photo twitter @27khv

    White supremacy, Nazism and fascism R U.S.

    Originally published: Black Agenda Report on December 1, 2021 by Philippe Gendrault, Ph.D. and Wendy C. Ong, Ph.D. (more by Black Agenda Report)  | (Posted Dec 04, 2021)

    Despite many criticisms, white supremacy remains not only well and strong, but is also recognized and hailed by the United States on the world stage as an acceptable and legitimate ideology.

  • A fentanyl test strip.

    ‘They want us dead’: another year of devastating overdoses in Baltimore

    Originally published: The Real News on December 1, 2021 by Brandon Soderberg (more by The Real News)  | (Posted Dec 04, 2021)

    Little legislative movement in Maryland over the past two years has left people who use drugs more vulnerable and even less safe.

  • TV coverage of 2016 U.S. election results.

    Obituary for Russiagate

    Originally published: Consortium News on December 1, 2021 by Patrick Lawrence (more by Consortium News)  | (Posted Dec 04, 2021)

    The fraudulent fable has died, but its consequences live on.

  • The Supreme Court building in Washington, Sunday, May 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

    Supreme Court launches frontal assault on right to abortion

    Originally published: World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) on December 1, 2021 by Patrick Martin (more by World Socialist Web Site (WSWS))  | (Posted Dec 03, 2021)

    Two generations of Americans have no experience of the world before Roe v. Wade, during which obtaining an abortion was a surreptitious, often criminalized process, sometimes ending in physical mutilation and even death, and the right of women to make such decisions was subordinated to the reactionary ministrations of police, priests and politicians.

  • Flooding in British Columbia last week caused extensive damage in the Lower Mainland of the province, including along major roadways like Highway 11, pictured here.

    British Columbia floods reveal our system’s skewed priorities

    Originally published: Canadian Dimension on November 25, 2021 by John Clarke (more by Canadian Dimension)  | (Posted Dec 03, 2021)

    This recent disaster is just a hint of the climate-related challenges to come.

  • The American Prison System’s War on Reading

    The American prison system’s war on reading

    Originally published: Protean Magazine on November 29, 2021 by Alex Skopic (more by Protean Magazine)  | (Posted Dec 03, 2021)

    This April, the Iowa Department of Corrections issued a ban on charities, family members, and other outside parties donating books to prisoners.

  • COP26

    Neoliberal apotheosisCOP26 creates the global fire market and offers it to capitalist arsonists, at the expense of the people

    Originally published: Fourth International on November 17, 2021 by Daniel Tanuro (more by Fourth International)  | (Posted Dec 02, 2021)

    The balance sheet is clear: on paper, Glasgow clarifies the ambiguous Paris goal by making it more radical (1.5°C is now the target) and mentions the responsibility of fossil fuels; but in practice, the conference did not take any steps to stop the catastrophe.

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