(2021-11-06). "People are getting killed and the government is indifferent"—SEP (Australia) electoral members support campaign to eliminate COVID-19. wsws.org "It is critical for the Socialist Equality Party to be registered, to be able to discuss the political situation with the working class."
(2021-11-06). Rank-and-File Committee for Safe Education gathered educators and parents from around Brazil in critical online meeting. wsws.org The event presented a comprehensive analysis of the situation of the pandemic and the class struggle in Brazil and around the world.
(2021-11-05). Facebook does the U.S. government's censorship work in Nicaraguan elections. mronline.org 
A few days before the Nicaraguan presidential elections on November 7, Facebook and other social media companies began closing down many of the pages used by Sandinista supporters in their campaign to re-elect President Daniel Ortega.
(2021-11-05). Israel's secret 'evidence' against rights groups is based on torture and lies, and Europeans rejected it—Palestinian leaders tell a DC audience. mronline.org 
Leaders of the six Palestinian human rights organizations that Israel has declared to be "terrorist" spoke to a global audience last Friday on a webinar convened by mainstream Washington thinktanks and they repudiated the secret dossiers that Israel has circulated in seeking to ban the organizations.
(2021-11-05). Manufacturing ignorance: keeping the public away from power. mronline.org 
Significant public activism and opposition to state-corporate power need to be rooted in widespread shared public knowledge.
(2021-11-05). Protest targets discrimination against Koreans living in Japan. workers.org 
credit: WW photo: Sara Flounders A demonstration in front of the Japanese Consulate in New York City on Oct. 28, with drums, chants and tall banners in Korean and Japanese drew attention to the continued discrimination against the oppressed Korean nationality living within Japan. Koreans were brought to imperial . . . |
(2021-11-05). Widespread support for Socialist Equality Party's lawsuit against the German secret service. wsws.org The SGP's complaint against its surveillance by the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Germany's secret service, is of great political importance, because the government wants to criminalize socialist ideas. Hundreds of WSWS readers and workers have quickly recognized this fact.
(2021-11-05). 'Love you in your madness': Lebanon's new tourism slogan sparks backlash online. middleeasteye.net 
'Love you in your madness': Lebanon's new tourism slogan sparks backlash online | The new slogan aims to reignite Lebanon's tourism industry. For the country's citizens, however, the phrase appeared more offensive than witty | Fri, 11/05/2021 – 13: 06 | Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati speaks near a slogan that reads "We love you in your madness" displayed on a screen at the government palace in Beirut…
(2021-11-05). Pseudo-left and Labor promote unions, oppose socialist perspective at University of Sydney meeting. wsws.org International Youth and Students for Social Equality (Australia) and the Committee for Public Education members called for a unified movement of students and staff on an independent socialist perspective.
(2021-11-05). In wake of rejection of Deere sellout contract, Sanders' "Labor Strikes Back" forum covers for union bureaucracy. wsws.org At a sparsely watched online forum Wednesday, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders tried to falsely portray the unions as fighting organizations of the working class.
(2021-11-05). The United States of Tax Havens. inequality.org
(2021-11-05). "Too Little, Too Late": Global South Activists Decry 2050 "Net Zero" Goal by Wealthy Nations. democracynow.org 
After nearly a week of speeches, negotiations and protests at the COP26 U.N. climate summit, we speak with Meena Raman, head of programs at Third World Network, who says developing countries need more time and resources to adapt to the climate crisis and end the use of fossil fuels. Without a just transition that addresses inequality, she says, many countries will continue to suffer from both poverty and environmental devastation. "When the rich world has not been able to phase out fossil fuels, … it's really dubious to preach to the developing world that they have to get out of fossil fuels," says Raman.
(2021-11-05). Rediscovering the Power of Unions. zcomm.org Better wages, health care, paid leave, and real curbs on inequality may always face headwinds in Washington. But as workers across the country are rediscovering, a strong union can win those things directly…
(2021-11-05). Republicans prepare transphobic offensive for 2022 elections. peoplesworld.org 
A new record was set in 2021 for the filing of anti-transgender legislation, with more than 110 bills put forward by right-wing lawmakers in at least 37 states. From Hawaii to Alaska, Texas to Maine, Republicans went on a full-court press to target trans people—especially trans female student athletes. Most state legislative sessions have ended, …
(2021-11-05). Judge acknowledges "intentional discrimination" in jury selection for Ahmaud Arbery case. wsws.org Judge Timothy R. Walmsley admitted defense attorneys struck many potential black jurors from the case but claimed the court did not have the authority to intervene.
(2021-11-05). US Peace Prize Awarded To World Beyond War. popularresistance.org Above photo: US Peace Prize. The 2021 US Peace Prize has been awarded to World BEYOND War "for exceptional global advocacy and creative peace education to end war and dismantle the war machine." Michael Knox, Chair of the US Peace Memorial Foundation, thanked World BEYOND War and its members "for years of outstanding and prolific antiwar actions and extensive peace educational projects involving …
(2021-11-05). Rally demands CUNY budget increases. workers.org 
The Professional Staff Congress (AFT 2334) represents 25,000 faculty and staff at the City University of New York. CUNY is an unusual higher education public institution, since it is funded by both the state and city of New York. A rally called by the PSC at the CUNY Board of . . . |
(2021-11-05). Things Youngkin didn't mention about the history of education in Virginia. peoplesworld.org 
The institution of universal public education in Virginia is a product of Reconstruction. It was authorized by the 1870 Constitution, which was written by an 1869 convention in which one-fourth of the delegates were Black, in a state that was, at the time, 40% African American. (Today, Virginia is 19.9% Black.) It's unclear how many …
(2021-11-05). UK more than halves donations to UN Palestinian refugee agency. middleeasteye.net 
UK more than halves donations to UN Palestinian refugee agency | UNRWA boss warns of a total collapse after the funding cuts, which are hitting health and educational services to Palestinian refugees | Fri, 11/05/2021 – 14: 00 | A Palestinian volunteer pushes a trolley of food rations outside an aid distribution centre run by UNRWA at the al-Shati camp for Palestinian refugees in Gaza City, 2 October 2021 (AFP…
(2021-11-05). Young people defy education secretary's plea for pupils not to miss school for climate protests. thecanary.co Youth climate protesters have defied the education secreatry's plea to demonstrate at the weekend rather than in school time. | Nadhim Zahawi urged young people not to miss school to protest about climate policies. | His plea came as youth activists are taking to the streets of Glasgow to demand action on climate change from leaders as the COP26 talks continue. | Campaigner Greta Thunberg, fellow activist Vanessa Nakate are among the young campaigners will speak to crowds at the end of the march through the city. | Asked on Times Radio whether he had been invited to join the marches, Zahawi said: No… I have to s…
(2021-11-05). Will the people with guns allow our Planet to breathe: The Forty-Fourth Newsletter (2021). mronline.org 
It is perhaps fitting that United States President Joe Biden arrived in Glasgow for the 26th Conference of Parties (COP26) on the climate catastrophe with eighty-five cars in tow months after declaring 'I'm a car guy' (for details on the climate catastrophe, see our Red Alert no. 11, 'Only One Earth').
(2021-11-05). UAE: Son of exiled dissident dies without parents because of travel ban. middleeasteye.net 
UAE: Son of exiled dissident dies without parents because of travel ban | Muhammad al-Nuaimi's father had launched an online campaign demanding Abu Dhabi lift the travel ban that kept his family apart | Fri, 11/05/2021 – 12: 00 | Muhammad al Nuaimi was separated from his father and family despite needing specialist care for his condition (Screengrab/Twitter) | Muhammad al-Nuaimi, the son of exiled Emirat…