(2021-12-12). The countries of the Sahel unite for universal access to quality education. moderndiplomacy.eu Authors: Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania; Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, President of the Republic of Burkina Faso; Mohamed Bazoum, President of the Republic of Niger; and Ousmane Diagana, World Bank Vice President for Western and Central Africa. In accordance with the rule and spirit of each of our Sahelian countries, …
(2021-12-12). "Ten crises: The political economy of China's development," by Wen Tiejun. mronline.org 
Wen's vision is of a China which would be increasingly self-reliant, delinking from the American dominated global capitalism and developing its own key technologies and productive capacities, while at the same time continuing to engage with other emerging economies which share a desire to be free of Western neo-imperial control.
(2021-12-11). The Maidan massacre in Ukraine: revelations from trials and investigations. mronline.org 
The Maidan massacre trial and investigation produced overwhelming evidence that Maidan protesters were massacred by snipers at Maidan-controlled buildings, rather than by government snipers or Berkut policemen—who were nevertheless charged with the crime.
(2021-12-11). Opaque algorithms are creating an invisible cage for platform workers. mronline.org 
We live in a world run by algorithms. Nowhere is this more apparent than with platform companies, such as Facebook, Uber, Google, Amazon, and Twitter.
(2021-12-11). Against Plutocrats, Platitudes — About Democracy — Will Always Be Pitiful. inequality.org
(2021-12-11). Human Rights Day: Rebuild trust, expand freedoms, restore equality. moderndiplomacy.eu Despite significant progress since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 73 years ago, the COVID pandemic has "fed a frightening rise in inequalities", and laid bare "many of our failures to consolidate the advances made", said UN rights chief Michelle Bachelet, in a message marking Human Rights Day. Ms. Bachelet and …
(2021-12-11). Socialist Equality Party to continue campaign against Australia's anti-democratic electoral laws. wsws.org Whether the SEP is registered or not, the party will stand candidates in the looming federal election to take out to the broadest possible audience the fight for socialism and the overturn of capitalism.
(2021-12-11). "A lot of things come down to money": Race-based affirmative action and the furor over Canadian academic Carrie Bourassa's native identity claims. wsws.org The entire episode is a particularly foul expression of the consequences of race-based affirmative action, which is irreconcilably at odds with the interests of working people and the fight for social equality.
(2021-12-11). On 'Gassing the Arabs' and Other Diseases: Is Israel a 'Sick Society'? zcomm.org Whether right-wing, left-wing or center, Israel is committed to its military superiority, its racism and to the military occupation more than ever before…
(2021-12-11). A Key Founder of Critical Race Theory Discusses the Right-Wing Panic Over It. truthout.org 
Critical race theory (CRT) has become a new bogeyman in conservative circles in the United States. Right-wing groups are applying the term indiscriminately, using it inaccurately as a catch-all buzzword to stand in for everything they oppose, including any discussion of systemic racism in the classroom. | But as critical race theorist Gary Pellar
(2021-12-11). Meeting of the Network of Action Committees for Safe Education in Germany: "We are at the beginning of great mass struggles of the working class" wsws.org At the meeting, nurses, educators, workers and students presented a terrible picture of the consequences of the official coronavirus policies.
(2021-12-11). [Perspectives] Zarlasht Halaimzai: striving to provide a better future for refugees. thelancet.com When Zarlasht Halaimzai was 11 years old, she and her family were forcibly displaced from Kabul, Afghanistan, as the civil war in the early 1990s escalated. "When we left it was very sudden, done in a moment when everything was very insecure and hopeless. In Kabul, food was difficult, it was difficult to get water, there were militias everywhere. Normal life had completely collapsed", she recalls. Their displacement continued for 4 years, during which time the family became separated and Halaimzai missed out on much education.
(2021-12-11). [Department of Error] Department of Error. thelancet.com Jaffe S. Legal challenges threaten Biden's COVID-19 vaccine rule. Lancet 2021; 398: 1863—64—In this World Report, Michael Felsen's name was misspelled. This correction has been made to the online version as of Dec 9, 2021.
(2021-12-11). From grassroots to lawmaker: a glimpse of China's 'whole-process democracy'. mronline.org 
The notion of Chinese democracy is not the same as that in the West. The political system in China is more about consensus building within a greater voice rather than the protracted bargaining to arrive at decisions common in the West.
(2021-12-11). Marxism and STS: From Marx and Engels to COVID-19 and COP26. mronline.org 
At the recent conference of the Society for the Social Study of Science, I came to the conclusion that the history of Marxism in relation to science and technology studies is an increasingly forgotten story.
(2021-12-11). Systems thinking in COVID-19 recovery is urgently needed to deliver sustainable development for women and girls. mronline.org 
Policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the gendered aspect of pandemics; however, addressing the gendered implications of the COVID-19 pandemic comprehensively and effectively requires a planetary health perspective that embraces systems thinking to inequalities.