(2021-10-23). [Editorial] Abortion bans in the USA harm health equity. thelancet.com On Sept 1, the state of Texas enacted Senate Bill 8S (SB8S), banning all abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected—at as early as 6 weeks of gestation and before most women know they are pregnant—effectively making abortion illegal in the state. In response, the US Justice Department filed a brief with the US Supreme Court against SB8S, stating that the ban unconstitutionally violates citizens' rights and wrongly deputises citizens across the USA to notify authorities of anyone aiding or abetting such abortions, thereby rewarding vigilantism (and providing a US$10‚Äà000 cash award…
(2021-10-23). [Perspectives] COVID-19 and the rebiologisation of racial difference. thelancet.com In the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, early dashboards set up by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Systems Science and Engineering tracked overall numbers of cases and deaths but provided no demographic breakdown of these statistics. Current data show wide racial disparities in the burden of COVID-19 in the USA, with Latino, Indigenous, and Black people disproportionately affected. Similar disparities are also evident in other nations with histories of structural racism.
(2021-10-23). Canadian educators and workers explain why they are attending the October 24 webinar on eliminating COVID-19. wsws.org A school caretaker wrote, "With this knowledge we can mobilize all education workers to immediately close schools until there are zero reported COVID cases."
(2021-10-23). Chile is at the dawn of a new political era. mronline.org 
The search for the new era in Chile has two important avenues: the writing of the new constitution, which is what the 155 members of the Constitutional Convention are doing, and the presidential election to be held on November 21, 2021.
(2021-10-23). Sunday 10/24: Rally Against Senator Manchin for Hurting Voting Rights & Economic Assisstance. indybay.org Online rally livestream…
(2021-10-23). Tuesday 10/26: RV Ban: First Reading of "Oversized Vehicle" Ordinance at Santa Cruz City Council. indybay.org The RV Parking Ban is #25 on the city council meeting agenda and will be heard after 1: 00 PM (sometime in the afternoon or early evening). | Click on Zoom link (no time delay): zoom.us/j/94684401344 | Online at http: //www.cityofsantacruz.com/government/city-council/council-meetings…
(2021-10-23). Wednesday 11/17: Oakland Privacy: Fighting Against the Surveillance State. indybay.org We will probably meet online in October and November due to Covid, as we did in September and August, although it is possible we will meet in-person at the OMNI Commons, as we have in the past before the pandemic, and did in July, assuming it is open and available. Please email contact@oaklandprivacy.org a few days before the meeting to get up-to-date location information or obtain Zoom meeting access info.
(2021-10-22). Taking Aim at Predatory Equity Firms. zcomm.org Warren Leads Bill to 'Stop Wall Street Looting'
(2021-10-22). Can Billionaires Save the World? inequality.org
(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). Systemic Crisis Further Exposes Inequalities: Poor Women's Global Struggle Against Hunger and Pandemic. libya360.wordpress.com Mision_VerdadWomen have borne the brunt of hunger and inequality during the pandemic (Photo: Marek Studzinski / Pixabay) Without a doubt, the global pandemic of covid-19 has had a devastating impact on the economy and, consequently, on the population. Its appearance has accelerated a systemic crisis that was already underway, and has brought to light the…
(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). Ryerson Toppled, Ryerson Reassembled. counterpunch.org Historical figures move in and out of favour as the public's mood rides the wild winds of change through the years. Egerton Ryerson (1803-1882), famed Methodist founder of the Ontario public school system, is one such figure. In my history of education doctoral studies at UBC in the early 1980s, Ryerson was certainly the centre
(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). 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 a 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 …
(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). 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). 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). 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). 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). 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.