(2021-11-13). Debunking myths about Nicaragua's 2021 elections, under attack by USA/EU/OAS. mronline.org 
The U.S., EU, and OAS are launching a new coup attempt against Nicaragua's Sandinista government, refusing to recognize its 2021 elections. The Grayzone observed the vote on the ground, and dispels myths aimed at discrediting the process.
(2021-11-13). Military knows it looks bad but works with neo-Nazis anyway. mronline.org 
The Canadian military seem willing, even eager, to work with neo-Nazis in the Ukraine in order to weaken Russia, something the U.S., NATO and Ukrainian—Canadian groups support.
(2021-11-13). [Comment] Offline: Decolonisation and the demand for a just memory. thelancet.com According to Kehinde Andrews in The New Age of Empire, the deceit of modern science is its claim to stand for a set of universal values in the service of human progress. Andrews is the UK's first Professor of Black Studies. In his view "Whiteness is at the heart of Enlightenment thinking". The values that science affirms are not based on the universal but, instead, on a purely white particular. Today's western descendants of the Enlightenment "are fundamentally incapable of even naming the racism that is the basis of the global political and economic system".
(2021-11-13). [Comment] By any means necessary: why lowering insulin prices is relevant to racial health equity. thelancet.com When young revolutionaries in the 1960s sought to free Black people in the USA from lives of structured racism (ie, the differential access to opportunity, goods, and services by race) "by any means necessary",1 few people imagined this movement might one day include efforts to overcome exorbitant insulin prices. Yet organisations such as the Black Panther Party (BPP) understood long ago how poverty and other structural inequities lead to worse health, and were instrumental in creating a framework for cross-sector collaboration to address health disparities in low-income Black communities.
(2021-11-13). Marx on the metabolic rift: How capitalism cuts us off from nature. mronline.org 
Marx and Engels were witnesses to and keen analysts of the environmental problems inherent in nineteenth-century capitalism. They wrote about the depletion of coal reserves, the destruction of forests, and, especially, about diminishing soil fertility, which Foster recognizes was the most pressing issue of the day.
(2021-11-13). Return of the Dialectics of Nature: Marxian Ecology and the Struggle for Freedom as Necessity —A Discussion of the Deutscher Prize 2020. mronline.org 
This session is a discussion of the Deutscher Prize Winning Book 2020 'The Return of the Dialectics of Nature: Marxian Ecology and the Struggle for Freedom as Necessity' — John Bellamy Foster…
(2021-11-13). U.S. threatens regime change in Nicaragua. mronline.org 
Nicaragua has been a target of U.S. aggressions since the 1850s. The Biden administration's attack on the newly elected government is the latest chapter in a long and sordid history. Eyewitness accounts of the electoral process reveal the manipulations and lies concocted by the U.S. and its corporate media partners in this latest regime change effort.
(2021-11-13). Wednesday 11/17: goBerkeley SmartSpace Update Opportunities for Public Input Southside/Telegraph. indybay.org Virtual/Online…
(2021-11-13). Monday 11/15: We Demand for the People: Economic, Voting & Immigrant Rights! Washington DC Rally w/ PPC. indybay.org Livestream of rally in Washington D.C. and online actions…
(2021-11-13). Thursday 11/18: The Costs of War At Home w/ United for Peace & Justice and CODEPINK. indybay.org Online event…
(2021-11-13). Call of Duty: Video game publisher apologises for 'disrespectful' use of Quran. middleeasteye.net 
Call of Duty: Video game publisher apologises for 'disrespectful' use of Quran | The depiction of Islam's holiest book in the popular game sparked fierce backlash online | Sat, 11/13/2021 – 11: 35 | A screengrab of the Call of Duty game shows parts of the Quran scattered across the ground (Screengrab/Twitter) | In one scene of the popular video game Call of Duty, torn pages of the Quran are seen scattere…
(2021-11-13). Tuesday 11/16: goBerkeley SmartSpace Update Opportunities for Public Input. indybay.org Online/ Virtual Event…
(2021-11-12). Why Are Moderna's Billionaires Airbrushing Scientists Out of the Vaccine Patent Picture? inequality.org
(2021-11-12). Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela As Existential Threats To The US. popularresistance.org One of the extreme ironies of the latest attack by the settler-colonial regime of the United States against the national democratic project of Nicaragua is that in Nicaragua, the second poorest nation in the Americas, universal healthcare and education are guaranteed to the population as a human right, while in the U.S. those kinds of basic human rights are distant dreams. | The day after the so-called progressive block of legislators in the U.S. House of Representatives surrendered to President Joe Biden and the right-wing corporate wing of the party on the Build Back Better legislation that offered some minor a…
(2021-11-12). How China Is Addressing Education Inequality. independentmediainstitute.org In China, the educational pressure on children is intense, and it begins when they are very young. A mother living in Shanghai describes the demands of her six-year-old child's education, saying, "In kindergarten, children already need to spend the whole weekend learning pinyin." Pinyin is the system of romanization of the characters based on their …
(2021-11-12). With the Lights Out: A Discussion with Lobelia Commons on Mutual Aid, Climate Change, and Hurricane Ida. itsgoingdown.org What happens with the lights go out and the police guard stores filled with food? Will our networks be ready to sustain ourselves? Will we be able to help our neighbors or keep to ourselves? Can networks of mutual aid and autonomy form out of disasters, or will they only further entrench inequality and domination?…
(2021-11-12). NYC Taxi Drivers Took on Predatory Lenders — And Won. inequality.org
(2021-11-12). How Wealth Inequality Fuels the Climate Emergency. zcomm.org "Everything we've been hearing here and at the previous 25 summits is basically distraction," says Monbiot, adding that global leaders could "fix" the worst impacts of the climate crisis "in no time at all if they wanted to."
(2021-11-12). Campaigners Petition UN To Investigate Racial And Gender Discriminations In Global COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-Out. popularresistance.org An international coalition of human rights law groups, public health experts, and civil society organizations is taking legal action against the US, UK, Germany, Norway, and Switzerland, on the grounds that these countries are in violation of international human rights law by failing to intervene on what has been an inequitable and racially discriminatory roll-out of the vaccine and other COVID healthcare technologies.
(2021-11-12). Honduras: Social Forum Denounces Irregularities in Upcoming Elections. orinocotribune.com The Platform in Defense of Public Health and Education invited Hondurans to go en masse to the polls because a record-high turnover is one of the ways to avoid fraud attempts. | On Tuesday, Honduran Social Forum on External Debt and Development (FOSDEH) and other social organizations denounced the existence of irregularities in the Nov. 28 elections. | So far, the National Election Council (CNE) has not approved several important reforms for the proper conduct of transparent elections. Among them is the implementation of a second round in case no candidate reaches an absolute majority. Nor have the authorities pr…
(2021-11-12). The Covid Outbreak: "Biggest Health Scam of the 21st Century." Report by 1500 Health Professionals. globalresearch.ca We say : STOP disproportionate measures to fight SARS-CoV-2 (lockdown, blocking the economy and education, social distancing, wearing of masks for all, etc.) because they are totally unjustified, are not based on any scientific evidence and violate the basic principles of evidence-based medicine.
(2021-11-12). UK teachers oppose attacks on working conditions. wsws.org Teachers are facing the terrible impact of the pandemic, attacks on their pay and conditions, the further marketisation of education, and victimisations.
(2021-11-12). Lasting environmental and health impacts of U.S. chemical warfare in Southeast Asia — 50 years on. mronline.org 
The Vietnam War (1955-1975) is known to the Vietnamese as the "American War," or the "War Against the Americans to Save the Nation."
(2021-11-12). Interview with Hampton Stall, an expert on the far right, on fascist activity in school reopening campaign and January 6 aftermath. wsws.org Eric London recently spoke to Hampton Stall about the impact of the January 6 coup attempt and the coronavirus pandemic on the far right. Stall is a researcher with MilitiaWatch, a nonprofit organization that monitors the online activity of the far right.
(2021-11-12). Why are you asking us to compromise on our lives? mronline.org 
Nothing useful seemed to emerge from the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at COP26 this week. The leaders of developed countries made tired speeches about their commitment to reversing the climate catastrophe.
(2021-11-12). UN-backed banker alliance announces "green" plan to transform the global financial system. mronline.org 
The most powerful private financial interests in the world, under the cover of COP26, have developed a plan to transform the global financial system by fusing with institutions like the World Bank and using them to further erode national sovereignty in the developing world.