(2021-10-21). Nicaragua, with free health care and education, challenges U.S. domination. workers.org 
Managua, Nicaragua The writer was a member of a U.S. delegation that visited Nicaragua Oct. 3-10. Outside of àìscar Danilo Rosales Hospital in Leon, Nicaragua with members of medical staff and U.S. delegation, Oct. 5. Rosales, a surgeon and Sandinista hero, was killed in 1967 by the U.S.-backed Somoza regime. (WW . . . |
(2021-10-21). Build action committees to fight for better wages and the defence of free education! wsws.org The unions anti-democratic shutdown of the long-running Sri Lankan teachers' strike was imposed without any discussion by rank-and-file teachers.
(2021-10-21). 'Let's put a wrench in things now'. mronline.org 
Ten thousand John Deere workers in Iowa, Illinois, and Kansas launched an open-ended strike October 14.
(2021-10-20). U.S. Government Fines Facebook For Discrimination Against U.S. Workers, Preferring Immigrants. moguldom.com Facebook will pay more than $14 million to settle a case for allegedly denying employment to U.S. workers because it reserved jobs for foreign workers with temporary visas in 2018 and 2019, according to the Justice Department. In December 2020, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Facebook for setting aside jobs for temporary visa holders through …
(2021-10-20). How Facebook helps Israel hide its crimes. electronicintifada.net Human Rights Watch calls for probe into online censorship of Palestinians.
(2021-10-20). 5 Charts on Taxing Wealth to Pay for the Build Back Better Agenda. inequality.org
(2021-10-20). Letter to Sen. Warren on Stop Wall Street Looting Act. cepr.net 
The Stop Wall Street Looting Act will, for the first time, create sensible rules for the private equity industry that will allow productive investment to continue while halting the kinds of abusive practices that wipe out jobs and cripple strong companies.
(2021-10-20). Eileen Appelbaum's Testimony on "Protecting Companies and Communities from Private Equity Abuse" cepr.net 
Thank you, Senator Warren, Ranking Member Kennedy, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee. I am pleased to be here today, at this important hearing, to discuss how the Stop Wall Street Looting Act will rein in excesses and end abuses by private equity firms, keep American companies strong, and protect the economic vitality of communities. | By way of background, I am currently the Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Prior to joining CEPR, I held academic p…
(2021-10-20). Letter to Sen. Warren on Stop Wall Street Looting Act. cepr.net The Stop Wall Street Looting Act will, for the first time, create sensible rules for the private equity industry that will allow productive investment to continue while halting the kinds of abusive practices that wipe out jobs and cripple strong companies.
(2021-10-20). Eileen Appelbaum's Testimony on "Protecting Companies and Communities from Private Equity Abuse" cepr.net Thank you, Senator Warren, Ranking Member Kennedy, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee. I am pleased to be here today, at this important hearing, to discuss how the Stop Wall Street Looting Act will rein in excesses and end abuses by private equity firms, keep American companies strong, and protect the economic vitality of communities. | By way of background, I am currently the Co-Director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research. Prior to joining CEPR, I held academic p…
(2021-10-20). Corporate Vets Serve Profit Over Animals. otherwords.org Question: What does a packet of M&M's and your local veterinarian have in common? Answer: Both are owned by Mars Inc., the global candy monopolist. | Since the 1980s, we've seen massive consolidations in industry after industry — from airlines to newspapers, the internet to candy. These monopolists run roughshod over consumers, workers, communities, suppliers, and our nation's commitment to the common good. | And now the corporate attitude seems to be, "why not let monopolization go to the dogs?" That's right — they're coming for your local vet. | This change has been led by private equity groups. The…
(2021-10-20). Students in GA Protested Against Racism. Only the Black Pupils Were Punished. zcomm.org Black students only make up 33 percent of the student population — but the report found they accounted for 52 percent of all disciplinary actions taken by school administrators in the county…
(2021-10-20). No, Black People Can't Be "Racists" truthout.org 
To attack critical race theory is to attack Black knowledge production and attempt to silence its epistemological disruptive reverberations, which challenge the U.S.'s atrocious anti-Black racism. | The attacks waged against everything deemed "critical race theory" constitute a new form of McCarthyism, deeming all ideas legitimately critical of realities in the U.S. as "un-American." Contemporary attacks against critical race theory also expose its conservative attackers' abysmal ignorance regarding its central claims. | "Thoughtcrime,"
(2021-10-20). The Empire of Lies Breaks Down: Ugly Truths the Deep State Wants to Keep Hidden. dissidentvoice.org 
the world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it. —Albert Einstein1 America is breaking down. This breakdown—triggered by polarizing circus politics, media-fed mass hysteria, racism, classism, fascism, fear-mongering, political correctness, cultural sanitation, virtue signaling, a sense of hopelessness and powerlessness in the face …
(2021-10-20). It's Time to Ban Killer Drones. otherwords.org Everyone who followed the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan was horrified by the drone attack, Zemari Ahmadi, who worked for Nutrition and Education International, a U.S.-based aid organization, became the target because he drove a white Toyota, went to his office, and stopped to pick up containers of clean water for his extended family. | Those actions, deemed suspicious by the drone surveil…
(2021-10-20). Our Future vs. Neoliberalism. dissidentvoice.org 
(Photo: Tom Pennington) In country after country around the world, people are rising up to challenge entrenched, failing neoliberal political and economic systems, with mixed but sometimes promising results. Progressive leaders in the U.S. Congress are refusing to back down on the Democrats' promises to American voters to reduce poverty, expand rights to healthcare, education and …
(2021-10-20). President Maduro Appoints New Ministers for National Commerce and University Education. orinocotribune.com 
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, appointed new authorities in the Ministry for National Commerce and the Ministry for University Education on Tuesday, October 19, as reported on his Twitter account. | Tibisay Lucena, who has been serving as the president of the National Experimental University of the Arts (UNEARTE) since September 2020, was named minister of university education. "Her extensive experience and pedagogical vocation will contribute to raising the quality of education for national development," said the head of state regarding Lucena, who also chaired the National Electoral Council for 14…
(2021-10-20). Our Future vs. Neoliberalism. dissidentvoice.org (Photo: Tom Pennington) In country after country around the world, people are rising up to challenge entrenched, failing neoliberal political and economic systems, with mixed but sometimes promising results. Progressive leaders in the U.S. Congress are refusing to back down on the Democrats' promises to American voters to reduce poverty, expand rights to healthcare, education and …
(2021-10-20). Why activism needs to be part of any meaningful climate education. juancole.com By Nick Engelfried | — Last month, crowds of young people and supporters gathered in 1,500 locations around the world for one of the largest youth-led climate protests since countries began emerging from the most restrictive phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many students skipped school or staged class walkouts to participate in the Sept. 24 …
(2021-10-20). What Is The Future For Afghanistan And The Taliban? southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Written by The MSM will have you believe the US State Department line that the Taliban is doomed by such issues as terrorism, political stability, and social problems such as co-ed education not to mention, political recognition and a lack of fashion sense. Really, those white robes, sandals and turbans? | The US so has to still have clout, despite its failures. Even if that "clout" is mostly posturing. | Issues or Non-Issues?: | Of course, Afghanistan does have problems with ter…
(2021-10-20). Expert Alert: Advancing individualized medicine through genomics. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — The virtual 10th Annual Individualizing Medicine Conference on Oct. 8—9 will highlight the latest discoveries, diagnostics, therapeutics and emerging approaches in the field of genomics. Attendees will hear from renowned experts and learn first-hand how individualized medicine is transforming clinical practice, research and education. Highlighted topics will include artificial intelligence, health disparities, precision oncology, microbiome, genomic clinical applications and challenges, and many others. Taking the virtual center stage will be keynote speakers Gianrico…
(2021-10-20). Saturday 10/23: Julian Assange: Global Day of Education. indybay.org Grand Lake Theater, 3200…
(2021-10-20). Why activism needs to be part of any meaningful climate education. zcomm.org Simply teaching kids about the science of the climate crisis isn't enough. To prevent feelings of disempowerment, they need to see how they can make a meaningful impact…
(2021-10-20). The Trial Of Thomas Sankara's Killers. counterpunch.org Sankara took power in the landlocked West African state of Upper Volta after a coup in 1983, changing the name of the former French colony to Burkina Faso ("the land of upright people" in Mossi, the language of the country's largest ethnic group) the following year. | Sankara's government, using a synthesis of Pan-Africanism and Marxist politics, initiated a string of far-reaching economic and social reforms that included nationalizations, land redistribution, reforestation, infrastructure and public housing construction, expanded access to education, vaccination campaigns, and advancing the rights of women by ba…
(2021-10-20). What Is The Future For Afghanistan And The Taliban? southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by The MSM will have you believe the US State Department line that the Taliban is doomed by such issues as terrorism, political stability, and social problems such as co-ed education not to mention, political recognition and a lack of fashion sense. Really, those white robes, sandals and turbans? | The US so has to still have clout, despite its failures. Even if that "clout" is mostly posturing. | Issues or Non-Issues?: | Of course, Afghanistan does have problems with ter…
(2021-10-20). Bagels, grapes and marijuana: a day in the country. mronline.org 
The bagels at Homegrown are some of the best in northern California, in part because the owner, Stuart Teitelbaum, who was born and raised in Manhattan on the Lower East Side, and grew up eating bagels and bialys.
(2021-10-20). Friday 10/22: #ProtectOakFlat: Listening Session of SF 9th Circuit Land Rights Case by Apache Stronghold. indybay.org Civic Center Plaza, 335 McAllister St, San Francisco, CA 94102 | Wear a Mask. Please follow current COVID guidelines: covid19.ca.gov/safely-reopening/ | Join online livestream here: www.ca9.uscourts.gov/media/live-oral-arguments/…
(2021-10-20). Sri Lankan workers and students call for eradication of COVID-19. wsws.org Educators, professionals, workers and university students discuss the importance of this Sunday's global online webinar hosted by the WSWS to explain the case for the eradication of the virus.
(2021-10-20). Sunday 10/24: "Until I Am Free": Book Talk on Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Activist w/ Historian Blain. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…
(2021-10-20). Former U.S. State Secretary Powell dies of COVID-19 complications. mronline.org 
In Feb. 2003, he claimed Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. The war against this nation began six weeks later. In 2005, a official report acknowledged his claim was "dead wrong."
(2021-10-20). Thursday 10/21: #ERANow: Equal Rights Amendment Press Conference & U.S. House Hearing Coverage. indybay.org Online via livestream/recording…
(2021-10-20). Cinematic time and the accumulation of ecosocial crises. mronline.org 
In his essay, researcher and filmmaker Alejandro Pedregal traces back to the early days of cinema. The new art form emerged during a capitalist era which had fundamentally altered our perception of time.
(2021-10-20). Wednesday 10/20: How Indigenous Wisdom Can Impact Activism Against Nuclear Weapons. indybay.org Online via Zoom…
(2021-10-20). A Discussion with John Bellamy Foster — Presenting the 2021 transform! yearbook. mronline.org 
A discussion with John Bellamy Foster, one of the world's leading figures in Marxian ecological theory.
(2021-10-20). Narrative traps in India's decision-making. mronline.org 
Any Indian would know that powerful narratives envelop India's deeply troubled relationships with Pakistan and China. The dominant narratives have become the means through which successive governments strove to assert values and identities.
(2021-10-20). Why do bosses keep trying to kill us? mronline.org 
Wittenoom is an abandoned town in the desert north of Perth. Once, it had a population of almost 1,000, making it the biggest town in the Pilbara. Now, it's been removed from maps and cut off from all essential services, to stop people from visiting.
(2021-10-20). Wednesday 10/20: How to Save Our Democracy w/ Rep. Barbara Lee of Oakland. indybay.org Online event (FREE)…