(2023-01-21). 'Cancel This Failed Experiment': Physicians Tell Biden HHS to End Medicare Privatization Pilot. juancole.com By Jake Johnson |  ; ( Commondreams.org)  ; A national physician group this week called for the complete termination of a Medicare privatization scheme that the Biden White House inherited from the Trump administration and later rebranded—while keeping intact its most dangerous components. Now known as the Accountable Care Organization Realizing Equity, Access, and Community …
(2023-01-21). [Editorial] One Health: a call for ecological equity. thelancet.com The notion that the wellbeing of an individual is directly connected to the wellbeing of the land has a long history in Indigenous societies. Nowadays, the term One Health has become an important concept in global health. The One Health High-Level Expert panel defines One Health as "an integrated, unifying approach that aims to sustainably balance and optimise the health of people, animals, and ecosystems. It recognises the health of humans, domestic and wild animals, plants, and the wider environment (including ecosystems) are closely linked and inter-dependent." On Jan 19, we published a new four-part Series on…
(2023-01-21). Richest 1% Took 2/3rds of Global Wealth Since 2020 — Twice as Much as 99% Of Population Earned. orinocotribune.com 
By Ben Norton  ; Jan 17, 2023 | In 2020 and 2021, the wealthiest 1% of the world's population took nearly two-thirds of all new wealth — six times greater than the wealth made by the poorest 90% of workers. And while billionaires get richer, global poverty is increasing, Oxfam warns. | In the past decade, the richest 1% of people on Earth sucked up half of all new wealth. In 2020 and 2021, the richest 1% took nearly two-thirds of all new wealth — six times greater than the wealth made by the poorest 90% of the global population. | "Since 2020, for every dollar of new global wealth gained by someone…
(2023-01-21). The Real Purpose of Drag Queen Story Hour. americanthinker.com It's not about "education" or "tolerance," and it's not benign.
(2023-01-21). Saturday 1/21: Dancing with Sea, Land, & Fire: Monterey Bay Native Land Management and Food Security. indybay.org Seymour Marine Discovery Center | 100 McAllister Way | Santa Cruz, CA 9 60 | Or join online via Zoom…
(2023-01-21). Wednesday 2/8: Establishing Ministries / Departments for Peace – GAMIP India Chapter. indybay.org Online event – 8 February 2023, 14: 30 – 17: 00 (UK Time) | Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/3482765417?pwd=dXI1WXJRUS9TbHowWVhVNDVMRlR5QT09…
(2023-01-20). Flo Rida Sues Celsius Drink Company Over 1% Equity Stake Promise and Gets $82 Million Payout. moguldom.com Flo Rida is probably embodying the words to his "Good Feeling" song after being awarded over $82 million in damages in his lawsuit against Celsius energy drinks for breaching their contract with him. "I just want to say God is good in Jesus' Name," Flo Rida said at a press conference after his trial ended. …
(2023-01-20). Albuquerque 'Parental Rights' proposal part of the national attack on LGBTQ rights. liberationnews.org 
The fight for a public education free of LGBTQ bigotry is a national struggle against a broader attack on fundamental democratic rights, from voting rights to marriage equality.
(2023-01-20). To Root Out Racism in the Criminal Legal System, We Can't Fear Too Much Justice. aclu.org 
Long before I joined the ACLU, I was just a skinny brown kid who grew up in the "Inland Empire" — a region of Southern California that includes 52 cities spread across Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. Even when I've moved away at different points of my life, the Inland Empire has always been a place that I've called home. | However, my younger self could never have imagined that the same field I played club soccer on at Riverside Poly High School was used for a Ku Klux Klan recruitment and cross-burning event less than a century earlier. I was unaware that I attended my high school homecoming a few…
(2023-01-20). "We Will Not Accept Your Laws and We Will Not Comply With Them" popularresistance.org The United Kingdom has teetered on the edge of a 'de facto general strike' for months as workers protest an intensifying cost-of-living crisis. But rather than meeting the workers' demands for adequate pay and benefits, the government has simply decided to outlaw the right to strike for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of workers. | The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, introduced in Parliament on January 10, would affect workers across six sectors of the U.K. economy‚Äâ—‚Äâhealth, fire and rescue services, education, transport, nuclear decommissioning, and bord…
(2023-01-20). We Will Not Accept Your Laws And We Will Not Comply With Them. popularresistance.org The United Kingdom has teetered on the edge of a 'de facto general strike' for months as workers protest an intensifying cost-of-living crisis. But rather than meeting the workers' demands for adequate pay and benefits, the government has simply decided to outlaw the right to strike for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of workers. | The Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill, introduced in Parliament on January 10, would affect workers across six sectors of the U.K. economy‚Äâ—‚Äâhealth, fire and rescue services, education, transport, nuclear decommissioning, and bord…
(2023-01-20). The problem with Education Savings Accounts. americanthinker.com Republicans should think twice before embracing this concept.
(2023-01-20). 'I Wanna Dance With Somebody' Star Bria Singleton Talks Big Break And Future Aspirations. newsone.com 
Source: Tyren Redd / Sony Pictures | Rising star Bria Danielle Singleton is on her way. She stars in the new biopic about the life of the late Whitney Houston, I Wanna Dance With Somebody. | While the young actress has done some voice-over work, I Wanna Dance With Somebody, in many regards, is her breakthrough role. Even with her blossoming career, education remains a top priority for Singleton and her family. | During opening week last month, the I Wanna Dance with Somebody star juggled exams and interviews but found a few minutes to speak with NewsOne. | Speaking with NewsOne shortly before the Christmas holida…
(2023-01-20). Taking back the university. redpepper.org.uk After decades of neoliberal marketisation, higher education in the UK is a broken system.
(2023-01-20). Australian Labor government's plan to address school staffing crisis set to further undermine public education system. wsws.org Schools across the country are grappling with serious difficulties flowing from the inability to appoint the required number of teachers.
(2023-01-20). Monday 1/16: Close the Wealth Gap CA! MLK Day Reading of PPC Third Reconstruction Agenda to End Poverty. indybay.org Online event…
(2023-01-20). Indonesia's new criminal code: An attack on human rights and marxism. mronline.org 
In early December, last year, the Indonesian government legislated a new criminal code to replace the old code that the country inherited from its past colonial oppressor, the Dutch. The government has claimed that the legislation of the new criminal code was an effort to "decolonize" Indonesia's criminal justice system from the legacy of the Dutch East Indies colonial era.
(2023-01-20). Labour leader finally appears on a picket line… mronline.org 
in the form of a life-size cardboard cut-out.
(2023-01-20). Public libraries continue to thrive despite defunding and privatization attacks. mronline.org 
The public sector in the U.S. has been shrinking rapidly since the 1990s as a deluge of privatization has, to various degrees, overtaken many so-called public services and institutions.
(2023-01-20). How not to deal with a debt crisis. mronline.org 
Jayati Ghosh warns against historically disastrous approaches to the sovereign-debt crisis hitting low- and middle-income countries.
(2023-01-20). Saturday 2/11: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Cannibal Capitalism. indybay.org We meet via Zoom. Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the online invite.
(2023-01-20). When the people have nothing more to eat, they will eat the rich: The Third Newsletter (2023). mronline.org 
On 8 January, large crowds of people dressed in colours of the Brazilian flag descended on the country's capital, Brasília. They invaded federal buildings, including the Congress, Supreme Court, and presidential palace, and vandalised public property.