(2021-10-22). If all refugees lived in one place, it would be the 17th most populous country in the world: The Forty-Second Newsletter (2021). mronline.org 
On 5 October, the United Nations Human Rights Council passed a historic, non-legally binding resolution that 'recognises the right to a safe, clean, healthy, and sustainable environment as a human right that is important for the enjoyment of human rights'.
(2021-10-22). Taking Aim at Predatory Equity Firms. zcomm.org Warren Leads Bill to 'Stop Wall Street Looting'
(2021-10-22). The removal of Jefferson's statue is a gift to the political right. zcomm.org It is not accidental that the attack on Jefferson, the figure most closely associated with equality in American history, comes in the midst of a pandemic that has killed 750,000 Americans…
(2021-10-22). The Heat: Africa's challenges. america.cgtn.com 
African economies are growing this year, but they still lag compared to developed countries. How can Sub-Saharan Africa close the inequality gap?
(2021-10-22). New Israeli bill proposes to let police enter homes of Arab citizens without warrant. peoplesdispatch.org Critics argue that in the name of fighting rising crime rates within the Arab community, Israel is legalizing discrimination against Arab citizens. Recently, the policy of indefinite detention. so far followed only in the occupied territories, was extended to Arab citizens of Israel…
(2021-10-22). A different sort of truth. mronline.org 
In the novel released this year, Mohamedou Ould Slahi offers a glimpse of the world he created to escape Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, writes Alexander Hartwiger.
(2021-10-22). New World Coming: 'Racial Capitalism' with Robin D. G. Kelley. mronline.org 
James Counts Early is joined by historian and activist Robin D.G. Kelley to discuss Robin's career work on racial capitalism, multiculturalism and identity, and the history of the struggle for socialism.
(2021-10-22). The 'Democratic Majority for Israel' is a hate organization. mronline.org 
I argued in my last article that the hatred coming from the Jewish community is not confronted because it comes in the guise of fighting antisemitism. Ten days ago we saw another example of this hatred that has no name.
(2021-10-22). SPEECH: Frederick Douglass on John Brown, 1860. mronline.org 
On December 3rd, 1860, Frederick Douglass was set to address an anti-slavery rally at Boston's Tremont Temple Baptist Church, held to commemorate the death of the radical abolitionist John Brown and to mark the one-year anniversary of his ill-fated raid on the federal arsenal at Harper's Ferry Virgina.
(2021-10-22). Global Online Picket Line: Oct 22 school strike. wsws.org Today, parents, teachers and workers in countries around the world are once again supporting the call from UK parent Lisa Diaz for a one day school strike to fight against the deadly reopening of schools as the COVID-19 pandemic rages.
(2021-10-22). UAE arrests broadcast journalist over comments made off-air before football match. middleeasteye.net 
UAE arrests broadcast journalist over comments made off-air before football match | State media says unidentified journalist's comments were leaked online and would harm the 'public interest' in the UAE | Fri, 10/22/2021 – 16: 02 | The comments came ahead of a broadcast of the 2022 Qatar World Cup Asian Qualifiers match between UAE and Iraq at the Zabeel stadium in Dubai, on 12 October 202…
(2021-10-22). Japanese Communists rally opposition parties to elect 'a pro-people government'. peoplesworld.org 
TOKYO—At a street rally held near Tokyo's JR Ikebukuro Station on Oct. 14, Japanese Communist Party Chair Shii Kazuo appealed to large audience, "Let's put an end to the Liberal Democratic-Komei coalition government and establish a pro-people government!" Video of the rally was broadcast live on YouTube to an online audience of at least 10,000 …
(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). 'State terrorism': Alfred de Zayas on Alex Saab kidnapping. mronline.org 
"'Lawfare' is a modern epidemic. In the past, governments did what they wanted and got away with it. Today they attempt to throw a cloak of legality over their abuse of extradition treaties and subvert the administration of justice in the process," wrote the historian.
(2021-10-21). Phil Knight's Big Tax Dodge: A Q&A With Tax Attorney Bob Lord. inequality.org
(2021-10-21). Phil Knight's Big Tax Dodge: A Wonky Q&A With Tax Attorney Bob Lord. inequality.org
(2021-10-21). Phil Knight's Billion-Dollar Philanthropy: Generosity or Self-Service? inequality.org
(2021-10-21). The Path to a Livable Future Cannot be the Path We're On. counterpunch.org Stan Cox has pulled off quite a feat with his latest book The Path to a Livable Future: A New Politics to Fight Climate Change, Racism, and the Next Pandemic. In a relaxed, inviting style, Cox sets unorthodox ideas in a persuasive human and environmental context. Cox explains: "The path to a livable future now involves
(2021-10-21). Latina Equal Pay Day: How Trans Latinas With Disabilities Are Silenced and Ignored (OPINION). latinorebels.com Latina trans women face some of the worst workplace discrimination, with 38 percent of Latina trans women and 20 percent of nonbinary Latines reporting being fired, denied promotion, and/or not hired in the past year because of their identities.
(2021-10-21). IMF Drawing Rights Allocation Discriminates Against Venezuela. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez accused the International Monetary Fund (IMF) of discriminating against Venezuela during the allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). | RELATED: | "Venezuela will continue to denounce that we are victims of discrimination… Our people are being denied the US$5 billion assigned to our country," Rodriguez said during the 7th Forum of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Dev…
(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). Our Future vs. Neoliberalism. counterpunch.org 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 clean energy,
(2021-10-21). Latinx Students Going to College or Not (OPINION). latinorebels.com It's time we take action to close the gaps in education, income, and wealth, and being able to successfully navigate…
(2021-10-21). The driver of dispossession. mronline.org 
Tina Ngata explains the social and legal legacies of a 15th-century Christian principle that paved the way for imperial violence in, and far beyond, New Zealand.
(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.
(2021-10-21). Luis Arce: An anti-imperialist climate agenda. mronline.org 
Luis Arce Catacora: President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia Speech…
(2021-10-21). Eyewitness report: Cuba's scientists, medical workers advance fight vs. COVID. mronline.org 
After a serious rise in Cuba of illnesses and deaths from COVID-19 during the summer, there are encouraging developments with a steady recovery and downward curve in illnesses and deaths.