(2022-01-29). [Correspondence] Inclusivity starts with language. thelancet.com Language can be divisive. This has become acutely palpable in the academic community. Although some identify strongly with a conventional idea of gender equity, others take a broader approach, focusing on principles of inclusivity of all bodies and genders. There is much to be gained from taking an aerial perspective, one that considers the value of all views, as well as the potential damage and missed opportunities that arise from not respecting or valuing difference.
(2022-01-29). [Comment] Offline: Sex and power during a pandemic. thelancet.com "At the height of the pandemic, women were underrepresented across the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and related subgroups advising cabinet on the coronavirus response." This conclusion comes from the Fawcett Society, which campaigns for gender equality and women's rights at work, in its latest report, Sex and Power 2022. It's impossible to disagree—at least in the UK. Chris Whitty and Patrick Vallance, together with Jonathan Van-Tam and Neil Ferguson, became the very masculine face of Britain's response.
(2022-01-29). Supreme Court poised to end racial preferences in university admissions. wsws.org The far-right majority will posture as defenders of equality, a pretense made possible by Democrats' complete embrace of identity politics.
(2022-01-29). [Perspectives] Pregnancy and the origins of illness. thelancet.com The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are expected to be felt for years after the virus is contained. Alongside the more than 5 ∑5 million COVID-19 deaths globally, there have been massive shifts in how we understand and practise medicine and public health, transformations of global economies, and losses in livelihoods, health, education, and security. There is also the disquieting prospect that our current trauma could have lasting intergenerational impacts—that children gestated or born during this pandemic might carry an imprint of their mother's experience with lifelong and inheritable consequences.
(2022-01-28). Friday 2/4: Transit Equity Day – Join Bay Area-wide lunchtime zoom event & action! indybay.org register for zoom meeting bit.ly/Transitequity…
(2022-01-28). Unmuting Black History: SPLC funds museum projects to increase equity. splcenter.org
(2022-01-28). Can We Learn Anything From Russian-Canadian Pacifists? warisacrime.org 
Image Source. Tolstoy said the Doukhobors belonged to the 25th century. He was talking about a group of people who have traditions of refusing to take part in war, refusing to eat or harm animals or put animals to work, engaging in communal sharing of resources and communal approaches to work, gender equality, and letting …
(2022-01-28). How the U.S. transportation system fuels inequality. nationofchange.org For decades, the federal government has allocated about four times as much funding to roadways as it has to public transit such as buses and subways. This policy choice has consequences for racial and economic justice, the environment, and more. Here, we focus only on the racial and economic justice questions — whose interests are …
(2022-01-28). Youth Movement Organized for Social Change in Honduras. libya360.wordpress.com John Parker Hector Ulloea — a former student leader and member of the Libre Party — spoke at the College of Middle Education Professors in Honduras (COVEMH) to an international delegation that had been invited by President-elect Xiomara Castro to witness her inauguration. Ulloea spoke of the overwhelming support that Castro has, especially amongst the…
(2022-01-28). Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O'Shane: 'I'm fired up about education, injustice and sovereignty'. greenleft.org.au Distinguished Kuku Yalanji woman Pat O'Shane is running for Socialist Alliance in the seat of Leichhardt. A retired barrister and a former New South Wales magistrate, she spoke to Alex Bainbridge about what fires her up and why she decided to contest the federal election.
(2022-01-28). Riverside, California, school bus driver speaks out against mass infection in schools. wsws.org Since December 2020, educational facilities have accounted for 45.7 percent of all reported COVID-19 outbreaks in Riverside.
(2022-01-28). Israel's labour court bans teachers from striking in opposition to soaring Omicron infections. wsws.org Teachers and educators at all public kindergartens and schools, excluding special education schools, had been set to hold a protest strike yesterday.
(2022-01-28). Graphika: The Deep State's Beard for Controlling the Information Age. mronline.org 
Semi-state actors play a very important role in today's online landscape and in the 1970s, Graphika employees would likely have been working directly for the CIA.
(2022-01-28). Geothermal green heating part of China's decarbonization plans. mronline.org 
The city of Xian's geothermal district heating in Shaanxi Province China serves as an example of the country's decarbonization plans.
(2022-01-28). Reimagining the relationship between care and power. mronline.org 
Abolition. Feminism. Now. has everything I have come to expect from abolitionist literature: a solid critique of carceral feminism, passionate archiving of black and brown struggle against state control, and a good dose of hope. But also a big dose of U.S.-centrism and a hesitancy to outline a plan to win.
(2022-01-28). Roe v. Wade 49th Anniversary—Much is at Stake. mronline.org 
January 22 is the forty-ninth anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, in which the Supreme Court ruled that a women's right to choose to have an abortion falls within the right to privacy protected by the 14th Amendment, making abortion legal nationally.
(2022-01-28). Mike Taber (ed) — Under the Socialist Banner: Resolutions of the Second International, 1889-1912. mronline.org 
Mike Taber has edited for the first time the resolutions adopted between 1889 and 1912 by the nine congresses celebrated by the Socialist International, which is also known as the Second International.
(2022-01-28). 'Das Kapital' in Kiswahili. mronline.org 
Joachim Mwami on translating Marx—and Marxism—into the vocabulary of East Africa…
(2022-01-28). Wednesday 2/9: "One Fair Wage: Ending Subminimum Pay in America" w/ Author & Activist, Saru Jayaraman. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-28). Amazon and the power of big digital platforms. mronline.org 
Platform power is often traced to markets, implying anti-trust action. The source, and the solution, lie elsewhere.
(2022-01-28). National Report on the Teaching of Reconstruction. mronline.org 
In his 1935 book, Black Reconstruction in America, W. E. B. Du Bois wrote, "One cannot study Reconstruction without first frankly facing the facts of universal lying." He denounced the Dunning School, the dominant approach to Reconstruction at the time, which denied Black achievements and celebrated white supremacy.
(2022-01-28). Marxism and the Black Caribbean. libya360.wordpress.com Transcript Onye: The main impact of anti-communism and online left discourse has been serious strikes to principled anti imperialism, particularly in Western nations like the United Snakes. You get to the point where China, for example, or Cuba or Vietnam have clearly managed the pandemic much better: have prioritized the health and well-being of their populations,…
(2022-01-28). U.S. government pays big money for bad news about Cuba. mronline.org 
The cruder U.S. methods for destroying Cuba's revolutionary government—military attacks, bombings of hotels and a fully-loaded airplane, violent attacks on officials, biological warfare—did not work. Nor has economic blockade, which of course continues. A more subtle approach also exists. Like the blockade, its purpose is to cause despair and then dissent.