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  • 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.

  • This Steward's Corner is an excerpt from No Contract, No Peace! A Legal Guide to Contract Campaigns, Strikes, and Lockouts by Robert M. Schwartz, available from the Labor Notes store.

    How to picket stores that sell your employer’s products

    Originally published: Labor Notes on November 30, 2021 by Robert M. Schwartz (more by Labor Notes)  | (Posted Dec 02, 2021)

    Note: Consumer picketing can be directed against all products that a struck employer manufactures, processes, distributes, transports, or otherwise enhances in value.

  • Xiomara Castro Dominates Honduras’ Presidential Election

    Anti-neoliberal candidate Xiomara Castro dominates Honduras’ presidential election

    Originally published: Orinoco Tribune on November 30, 2021 by José Manuel Blanco Díaz (more by Orinoco Tribune)  | (Posted Dec 01, 2021)

    With a significant advantage over the closest contender, Xiomara Castro has emerged as the likely next president of Honduras.

  • Algorithms of injustice

    Algorithms of injustice: Artificial intelligence in policing and surveillance

    Originally published: Red Flag on November 26, 2021 by Roxanne Kelly (more by Red Flag)  | (Posted Dec 01, 2021)

    If anything, the use of computer algorithms to guide police appears only to entrench and exacerbate existing biased policing practices. 

  • Kelly Stokes, Kathy Webb, LaKisha Scott and Brenda Flemons picket outside Kellogg Co.

    Some striking Kellogg’s workers call for boycott of company products in U.S.

    Originally published: Morning Star Online on November 2021 by Morning Star Online (more by Morning Star Online)  | (Posted Dec 01, 2021)

    Union negotiators said they were prepared to meet the company for another round of negotiations next week but their offer was rebuffed by bosses, who claimed they were left with no choice but to permanently replace those on strike.

  • The street food festival organised by DYFI, with several varieties of meat. Photo: Twitter/@dyfikerala_

    In Kerala, a street food festival takes on communal forces

    Originally published: The Wire on November 2021 by Rajeev Ramachandran (more by The Wire)  | (Posted Dec 01, 2021)

    The DYFI took on the Sangh Parivar’s attempts to polarise people with misinformation on halal by serving beef, pork, chicken and mutton in most towns of the state.

  • Darwin - Peacock, Maklaan

    The base-superstructure: a model for analysis and action

    Originally published: Liberation School on November 22, 2021 by Derek Ford (more by Liberation School)  | (Posted Nov 29, 2021)

    Although Marx himself only mentioned the “base” and “superstructure” in (by my count) two of his works, the base-superstructure “problem” remains a source of serious contention for Marxists, our sympathizers, and our critics.

  • Farming in Karnataka, India.

    Debunking the “Eco-Fortress Nationalism” of the AOC/Markey Green New Deal

    Originally published: Developing Economics on November 26, 2021 by Sheetal Chhabria (more by Developing Economics)  | (Posted Nov 29, 2021)

    Max Ajl’s ‘People’s Green New Deal’ is a brutal reminder for the American left that even the most celebrated and progressive developments in American politics are still simply American politics, in other words they are a politics for America, and America first.

  • Laure Guirguis (ed) Arab Lefts: Histories and Legacies, 1950s–1970s. Edinburgh University Press, 2020, 312 pp.

    ‘From what present are we historicizing the left?’ Arab Lefts: Histories and Silences — Alina Sajed

    Originally published: Legal Form on October 20, 2021 by Alina Sajed (more by Legal Form) (Posted Nov 29, 2021)

    There has been renewed interest in the long 1960s over the last few years, not least spurred by the anniversary, in 2018, of the 1968 global uprisings.

  • U.S. Capitalism Born in Blood: From the First Thanksgiving to Today w/ Dr. Gerald Horne

    ‘U.S. Capitalism Born in Blood: From the First Thanksgiving to Today’ w/ Dr. Gerald Horne

    Originally published: BreakThrough News on November 23, 2021 by Breakthrough News with Dr. Gerald Horne (more by BreakThrough News)  | (Posted Nov 27, 2021)

    The Thanksgiving holiday is built around an insidious and false creation myth–that the so-called “settling” of North America was a peaceful and amicable process.

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