(2022-01-02). Tuesday 1/18: Open Climate: Moving Toward an Indigenous Climate Economy. indybay.org Online event (English & Spanish translation)…
(2022-01-02). Venezuela Commemorates Haitian and Cuban Revolutions. orinocotribune.com 
On Saturday, January 1, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela congratulated the people and the government of Haiti for 218 years of independence of the nation as well as Cuba for the 63rd anniversary of the triumph of the Cuban Revolution. Venezuela also reaffirmed its commitment to brotherhood with the two Caribbean countries. | "Since the birth of the Haitian Revolution, the Haitian people have been the precursor of liberation struggles and a spirit of equality that spread throughout all of Our America," read the statement released on Saturday by the Venezuelan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, published on its Twitt…
(2022-01-02). Private schools in England refuse to admit transgender pupils. rt.com 
Headteachers are asking the government to issue clear guidance on trans issues as schools adopt their own policies | More than two dozen private girls' schools in England have said they will not "jeopardize" their status by admitting transgender students, as a teachers' union calls on the government to provide more clarity on trans matters. | The Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) updated its gender identity policy guidance in December, before sharing it with its 25 member schools. | The policy guidance document notes that GDST schools operate as single-sex institutions in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, an…
(2022-01-02). 2021 Freedom's Eve – Proposing a Sacramento County Truth and Reconciliation Commission. indybay.org June 1846, here in Sacramento County, the first official action that established our short lived California Republic began at Murphy's Corral in today's City of Elk Grove. White male inferiority complex couldn't imagine this reality, true in 2021. "Racism" a Public Health Crisis cannot go left unaddressed as we prepare to #BuildBackBetter. President Biden Executive Order #13985 is a good place to begin.
(2022-01-02). Wednesday 1/5: Good Trouble 2022: Ensuring Voting Rights in America. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-02). Tuesday 2/8: Three Marches, Two Sisters, One Bridge: Memories of Voting Rights '60s & Suppression Today. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-02). Xinjiang sends warm message overseas. ecns.cn The Xinjiang Overseas Friendship Association held an online meeting on Friday for overseas Chinese in the United States who are from the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region to better understand the region's development.
(2022-01-02). Monday 1/17: "I Have A Dream" Speech by MLK Jr. Historical Livestream & Discussion. indybay.org Online event via Zoom…
(2022-01-02). Tuesday 1/11: Inside Trump's Election Steal and the People Who Stopped It. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-02). Thursday 2/10: Social Media: Tackling Misinformation, Hate & Extremism Online for a Just & Safer World. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-02). Wednesday 1/5: The Insurrection One Year Later: Our Capitol, Our Country, Our Democracy. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-02). Thursday 1/13: How Civil Wars Start: Talk on Jan. 6th & U.S. Democracy w/ author Barbara F. Walter. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-02). Saturday 1/15: Virtual Commemoration of Dr. MLK Jr. Civil & Voting Rights Legacy w/ SJPL. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-02). Women 'auctioned' online in India through 'lewd' photos — reports. rt.com 
The names and edited photos of hundreds of Muslim women in India were featured on a now-defunct site as part of an alleged 'auction' | Photographs of hundreds of Indian Muslim women were shared on an app that reportedly auctioned the women online. The images, which were sourced from their social media accounts and apparently doctored, have sparked an uproar. | The issue came to light after anonymous Twitter users shared details about the app, called 'Bulli Bai', with links to its page on software development platform GitHub. On Saturday, several women tweeted about their names and likenesses being shared on th…
(2022-01-01). [Perspectives] Does it really matter if you win or lose the genetic lottery? thelancet.com Kathryn Paige Harden, Professor of Psychology who leads the Developmental Behavior Genetics lab at the University of Texas at Austin, USA, is considered by many in her field as an up and coming superstar. Her book, The Genetic Lottery: Why DNA Matters for Social Equality, proposes that an individual's genetic composition, specifically related to their capacity to succeed at education, has an important role in determining their social outcomes. Harden examines the role that an individual's genetic predisposition may have in contributing to their position in society.
(2022-01-01). Vulnerability Theory with Martha Fineman. mronline.org 
Money on the Left discusses "vulnerability theory" with Martha Fineman, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Law at Emory University. Going beyond the politics of non-discrimination and formal equality that animate liberal politics and policies, Fineman underscores the human being's embodied vulnerability throughout the life cycle in order to politicize, rather than pathologize prevailing structures of social dependence.
(2022-01-01). Abandoned Indianapolis School Reclaimed. popularresistance.org Indianapolis, IN — A pastor is leading the charge of reclaiming an abandoned school and creating a community-and-trades center on the east side of Indianapolis. Pastor Denell Howard's vision of The Evolve Education Center is slowly coming to fruition after years of planning, praying and a community effort to fix the building up. Requiring about a half million dollars to get the lights turned on, the center needs the help of the broader community to generate enough resources together. | A volunteer named Stan, who spent months cleaning up the building, gave Unicorn Riot a tour of the reclaimed school in July…
(2022-01-01). Shuffled cards: Berlin Bulletin No. 197, December 30, 2021. mronline.org 
After the German elections on September 26th it took, as usual, weeks and weeks for the three coalition parties to agree on one program, full of compromises, pledges and promises (some of which may even been be kept) and to resolve quarrels over who gets which cabinet seat.