(2021-12-23). No One Is Safe Until Everyone Is Safe: Oxfam on Vaccine Equity & Taking On Moderna. democracynow.org 
Oxfam America has accused Moderna of misleading its investors about an ongoing dispute over whether it needs to share vaccine patent rights with the U.S. government. Oxfam filed a shareholders complaint against Moderna with the Securities and Exchange Commission over the company's resistance to recognizing the role played by three scientists with the National Institutes of Health in developing the vaccine. We speak with Robbie Silverman, senior corporate advocacy manager at Oxfam America, who says the federal government owns a right to license the vaccine to manufacturers. "It is simply not sufficient just to vac…
(2021-12-23). WHO: Blanket COVID-19 vaccine booster programmes could prolong the pandemic. moderndiplomacy.eu Blanket COVID-19 vaccine booster programmes could prolong the pandemic and increase inequity, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday. "No country can boost its way out of the pandemic," said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, speaking in Geneva during his final press briefing for the year. "And boosters cannot be seen …
(2021-12-23). NAACP President Sends Message To Biden: If You Can Afford To Pause Student Loan Payments Over And Over, You Can Cancel Them. moguldom.com Some rejoiced when President Joe Biden announced that he was extending the pause on making student loan payments for three additional months while others urged Biden to go further and cancel student loan debt altogether. Among the latter group are NAACP president Derrick Johnson and renowned wealth inequality expert and economist William "Sandy" Darity. Biden …
(2021-12-23). Campaigning in 2021: the year in review — justice, equality and fighting for our planet. thecanary.co A few weeks ago I
(2021-12-23). Stoney Nakoda Language Resources Launched To Preserve Language. popularresistance.org The Stoney Education Authority (SEA), with support from The Language Conservancy, is releasing historic Stoney Nakoda language learning resources this December. This release includes three picture books, a Level 1 textbook, and an alphabet colouring book. The release also includes several digital resources: a 9,000-word web and mobile dictionary, a textbook-accompanying media player app, and a vocabulary-building app.
(2021-12-23). Absurd Guardian article declares China world's only imperialist power. mronline.org 
Another cartoonishly ridiculous anti-China propaganda piece has been published in the western mass media, this time by The Guardian, which at this point could arguably be labeled the single most destructive promulgator of empire propaganda in the western world.
(2021-12-23). Frederick Douglass and American Empire in Haiti. mronline.org 
Toward the end of his life, Frederick Douglass served briefly as U.S. ambassador to Haiti. The disastrous episode reveals much about the country's long struggle for Black sovereignty while always under the threat of U.S. empire.
(2021-12-23). Nord Stream 2 is a double-edged geopolitical tool. mronline.org 
The undersea Nord Stream 2 pipeline has been built at a cost of $11 billion. But the Kremlin kept its thought to itself. We now know why.
(2021-12-23). Bourgeois Idealism & the Promotion of Anti-Intellectualism. mronline.org 
I know already as I'm writing this piece that it's not going to be a piece that's widely read and/or shared. I know this because I've written a number of pieces that have been read and shared by thousands.
(2021-12-23). Israeli army rule allowing shooting of stone-throwers will be applied to Palestinians, not Jews. mronline.org 
The Israeli military has changed its rules of engagement to allow its forces to fire on Palestinians who have thrown stones or firebombs even when they no longer pose any danger. The new rule is a sop to Israeli settlers, the IDF's clientele.
(2021-12-23). Video: Reflections on Chile's presidential election. greenleft.org.au Alborada Online presents an analysis of Chile's December 19 presidential election results and the historic victory of left candidate, Gabriel Boric.
(2021-12-22). China makes remarkable progress in gender equality, women empowerment. ecns.cn The average female life expectancy in China has exceeded 80 years, according to the report on China National Program for Women's Development (2011-2020) released by the country's National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Tuesday.
(2021-12-22). Cuban Congress Approves Family Code Favorable to Gender Equity. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the National Assembly of Cuba approved the final version of the Family Code that will be submitted to popular consultation in early 2022. | RELATED: | The preliminary versions of this bill were prepared by professionals and experts from various social sectors and institutions between September and October. The Family Code includes a definition of marriage that opens the possibility for people of the s…
(2021-12-22). Africa's vaccination rate lags at 8% as booster doses deepen inequity & other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today's episode looks at the slow vaccination rate in Africa,…
(2021-12-22). Potential Benefits and Downsides of Stock Trading. moderndiplomacy.eu The buying and selling of shares within a specific company are referred to as stock trading. By owning the stock, you can own the piece of a company. It is also known as companies' equity which represents ownership in any corporation or company. It also represents a claim on its earnings and assets. If there …
(2021-12-22). Africa's vaccination rate lags at 8% as booster doses deepen inequity and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org Today's episode looks at the slow vaccination rate in Africa,…
(2021-12-22). WHO: Warns Booster Campaigns Won't End the COVID-19 Pandemic. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the WHO chief noted that the rush by wealthy countries to distribute additional COVID-19 jabs proliferates the inequity in accessing them. The United Nations health agency has warned about the inequalities that accessing Covid vaccines brings to the world, leaving too many people vulnerable in poorer nations. | RELATED: | "Blanket booster programs are likely to prolong the Covid-19 pandemic, rather tha…
(2021-12-22). The year in global streaming: Welcome to the Om(n)i(cron)verse. peoplesworld.org 
This year's Top 40 Serial TV Series unfolds against a background of continually rising inequality as Thomas Piketty (Capital in the 21st Century) and company released their figures charting global disparities exacerbated by COVID, front page news in Le Monde and ignored in the U.S. Billionaires have captured much more of the global wealth since …
(2021-12-22). In OtherWords: December 22, 2021. otherwords.org If you're the kind of person who reads our op-eds each week, chances are you're feeling a little beat up at the end of the year — from the constant rush of political news, the pandemic that just won't quit, or, as Sam Pizzigati writes in his column about Amazon this week, that ominous intersection of climate disasters, extreme inequality, and workplace injustice. | But for the rest of our package this week, I wanted to take a look at good things that happened this year — and the good we might see in the year to come. | This week in OtherWords, I look both at home and abroad for inspiring stories of pr…
(2021-12-22). Haitian Asylum Seekers Sue U.S. Government for "Anti-Black Racism Within the Immigration System" democracynow.org 
A group of 11 Haitian asylum seekers is suing the Biden administration, accusing the U.S. government of physical abuse, racial discrimination and other rights violations when they were forced to shelter under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas. The class-action lawsuit comes after images of Border Patrol agents whipping Haitian asylum seekers from horseback went viral in September, drawing outrage from rights groups. The plaintiffs in the case are also demanding the U.S. government allow the return of the thousands of Haitian asylum seekers deported from the Del Rio encampment. Guerline Jozef, co-founder and executive di…
(2021-12-22). Haitian Asylum Seekers Sue US Government for Racial Discrimination. truthout.org 
Image Credit: USA Today Network/Reuters | A group of 11 Haitian asylum seekers is suing the Biden administration, accusing the U.S. government of physical abuse, racial discrimination and other rights violations when they were forced to shelter under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas. The class-action lawsuit comes after images of Border Patrol agents whipping Haitian asylum seekers from horseback went viral in September, drawing outrage from rights groups. The plaintiffs in the case are also demanding the U.S.
(2021-12-22). STOP FCMAT Attack On Oakland Public Schools! OEA, Community & Pols Oppose $90 M In Cuts. indybay.org The Oakland Education Association, politicians and community organizations spoke out against the demands of the FCMAT for $90 million in cutbacks in the public schools or the district would be put under trusteeship.
(2021-12-22). Physical fitness gradually improved among Chinese students. ecns.cn Chinese students have shown gradual improvements in physical fitness as efforts have been made to ensure their time for physical activity, according to the Ministry of Education.
(2021-12-22). The US is Gaining a Foothold in Uzbekistan. journal-neo.org 
To create sustainable groundwork for further expansion into Central Asia, Washington has recently placed particular emphasis on developing relations and cooperation with Uzbekistan. One of such work areas in this country has been the active opening of "American Corners" in Uzbekistan. It is a US government-supported global network of more than 600 open-access educational centers, …
(2021-12-22). Actual Facts: Rapid Covid Tests Have Major Flaws. moguldom.com The U.S. government has purchased 500 million, at-home rapid covid tests that will be available free starting in January upon request by accessing an online website, President Joe Biden announced Tuesday, Dec. 21 from the White House. Americans need to be aware of the limitations of rapid covid tests as demand for the quick diagnostic …
(2021-12-22). VIDEO: Join emergency online meeting today to demand Julian Assange's immediate release. wsws.org "We need an independent movement of the working class, students and youth to free Assange."
(2021-12-22). Relief for Boric's victory. Uncertainty regarding the social democratization of his discourse. mronline.org 
At 35 years of age, Gabriel Boric is the youngest president-elect (he will be 36 when he takes office on March 11) and the most voted in Chilean history, with an unprecedented 55% of electoral participation.
(2021-12-22). Nicaragua's evidence-based democracy threatens U.S. oppression domestically and abroad. mronline.org 
Despite Washington's best effort to derail Nicaragua's electoral process through hybrid warfare, strong voter turnout resulted in a decisive victory by the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN), and the reelection of President Daniel Ortega with 75.92% of the votes cast. Nicaragua's non-partisan, independent Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) reported on Monday, November 8th that 65.23% of …
(2021-12-22). Tuesday 12/21: From Lincoln to Today: Ken Burns & Heather Cox Richardson on Complex History of GOP. indybay.org Online event: www.facebook.com/UNUMKenBurns…
(2021-12-22). Canada must prepare for America's rapid decline. mronline.org 
It's high time that Canada reclaimed its sovereignty, diversified its trade relationships and strengthened its self-sufficiency.
(2021-12-22). Thursday 1/20: Burrowing Owls of the South Bay Area Webinar w/ SCVOSA, WERC & POST. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…
(2021-12-22). Lack of Left-wing culture, weakness of progressivism in Latin America. mronline.org 
One of the great weaknesses of Latin American progressivism and something that explains its partial defeats is the lack of a leftist, alternative and accessible popular culture, promoting new ways of organizing daily life, affirms àÅlvaro García Linera.
(2021-12-22). Archie and I: a Third World story. mronline.org 
Vijay Prashad recalls his early encounters with the struggle for national liberation, and the work of Archie Singham, an important intellectual in the latter part of that sequence of struggle.
(2021-12-22). Cuba now exporting Covid vaccines. mronline.org 
After immunising its own population, Cuba's own developed vaccines are to be marketed internationally, says ANDREAS KNOBLOCH…