Editor (2021-11-17). Are we really Luddites just for logging off? We can be wiser about boundaries for technology. mronline.org

Editor (2021-11-17). Fake 'shoplifting surge' is just the latest in crime wave propaganda. mronline.org The issue has become one of the key fronts in the development of law and order rhetoric. It is part of the backlash from pro-police elements of society to prevent any changes at all to the country's hyper militarized, mainly ineffective, racist, and brutal system of policing and the accompanying system of mass incarceration.

Editor (2021-11-17). The eco-politics of the sublime: nature, environmentalism, and Covid-ecology. mronline.org A conception of the sublime, liberated from its racist, sexist and domineering classic form, should form a part of any ecosocialist imaginary.

Peoples Dispatch (2021-11-17). 451 Israeli settler attacks against Palestinians since early 2020, says new B'Tselem report. mronline.org The Israeli human rights group said that these settler attacks are used as a "major informal tool" by the state of Israel to displace Palestinians in order to confiscate and annex their lands.

Staff (2021-11-17). Professor who wants to 'destigmatize' pedophilia faces consequences. rt.com Old Dominion University has placed Dr. Allyn Walker on leave, after the non-binary professor spoke out in favor of erasing the "stigma" surrounding pedophilia. The professor's comments incited outrage online. | "Old Dominion University has placed Dr. Allyn Walker on administrative leave, effective immediately, from their position as assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice," read a statement from the Norfolk-based university on Tuesday. The statement added that "the controversy over Dr. Walker's research has disrupted the campus and community environment and is interfering with the institution's m…

Editor (2021-11-16). Canadian imperialism and the responsibility to 'Voluntour'. mronline.org The term 'voluntourism' is a portmanteau of the words 'volunteer' and 'tourism' and refers to a practice in which people, often young upper or middle-class white women in the Global North (Bandyopadhyay and Patil 2017, 645), pay an organization to coordinate their trip to a country in the Global South.

Staff (2021-11-16). Activist says he's got '1,000 soldiers locked and loaded' to defend CRT. rt.com An African-American activist defending critical race theory at a Texas school board meeting said he has "thousand soldiers" who are "locked and loaded" on standby, but insists it's a sports term and not a threat. | Video of a meeting of the Fort Worth Independent School District board shows Malikk Austin arguing that he fights for "critical race theory equity" for the sake of his children, and that he's got "over 1,000 soldiers ready to go." | pic.twitter.com/VmqNaQQh10— Carlos Turcios (@Carlos__Turcios) Nove…

WSWS (2021-11-16). Video: No new anti-socialist laws! Defend the SGP! wsws.org The deputy chairman of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP, Socialist Equality Party), Christoph Vandreier, speaks about the importance of the lawsuit against the surveillance of the party by the German secret service.

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (2021-11-16). "Blackness Itself Is the Crime" zcomm.org Interview on racism in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial…

WSWS (2021-11-16). Teachers and parents respond powerfully to Committee for Public Education public meeting in Australia. wsws.org The engaged reaction of participants highlighted the deep political gulf between teachers, students and parents, and the murderous official "live with the virus" agenda that has bipartisan and union support.

WSWS (2021-11-16). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org The National Private Education Workers Syndicate (SINTEP) of Uruguay has voted in favor of a 24-hour strike over salaries, while Catholic elementary teachers in Toronto, Canada are continuing a work-to-rule action over stalled contract talks.

Staff (2021-11-16). 'Dossier' on anti-mask parents ends badly for teacher. rt.com A school board president in Arizona, accused of maintaining a secret online dossier containing personal information about parents, has been voted out by board members after refusing to resign. | On Monday, the Scottsdale Unified School district (SUSD) governing board voted 4-1 in favor of booting Jann-Michael Greenburg out as school board president. Greenburg himself was the only member objecting to his removal. | Read more | | "It is important to me that each member of our SUSD community is heard. This inp…

Editor (2021-11-16). Defund the global climate wall. mronline.org To create a safer, more sustainable world, the United States needs to divert border money toward climate action.

Editor (2021-11-16). Opening this article voids warranty. mronline.org Repair, as an act of reclaiming technology, is ongoing in the Global North and South with complementary driving forces and problems.

Editor (2021-11-16). As we run out of time to save the planet, COP26 ends in 'utter betrayal'. mronline.org Following two weeks of negotiations, the UN climate summit COP26 concluded with the Glasgow Climate Pact.

Editor (2021-11-16). Canadian imperialism and the responsibility to 'Voluntour'. mronline.org The term 'voluntourism' is a portmanteau of the words 'volunteer' and 'tourism' and refers to a practice in which people, often young upper or middle-class white women in the Global North (Bandyopadhyay and Patil 2017, 645), pay an organization to coordinate their trip to a country in the Global South.

Staff (2021-11-16). Activist says he's got '1,000 soldiers locked and loaded' to defend CRT. rt.com An African-American activist defending critical race theory at a Texas school board meeting said he has "thousand soldiers" who are "locked and loaded" on standby, but insists it's a sports term and not a threat. | Video of a meeting of the Fort Worth Independent School District board shows Malikk Austin arguing that he fights for "critical race theory equity" for the sake of his children, and that he's got "over 1,000 soldiers ready to go." | pic.twitter.com/VmqNaQQh10— Carlos Turcios (@Carlos__Turcios) Nove…

WSWS (2021-11-16). Video: No new anti-socialist laws! Defend the SGP! wsws.org The deputy chairman of the Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (SGP, Socialist Equality Party), Christoph Vandreier, speaks about the importance of the lawsuit against the surveillance of the party by the German secret service.

Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (2021-11-16). "Blackness Itself Is the Crime" zcomm.org Interview on racism in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial…

WSWS (2021-11-16). Teachers and parents respond powerfully to Committee for Public Education public meeting in Australia. wsws.org The engaged reaction of participants highlighted the deep political gulf between teachers, students and parents, and the murderous official "live with the virus" agenda that has bipartisan and union support.

WSWS (2021-11-16). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org The National Private Education Workers Syndicate (SINTEP) of Uruguay has voted in favor of a 24-hour strike over salaries, while Catholic elementary teachers in Toronto, Canada are continuing a work-to-rule action over stalled contract talks.

Editor (2021-11-16). As we run out of time to save the planet, COP26 ends in 'utter betrayal'. mronline.org Following two weeks of negotiations, the UN climate summit COP26 concluded with the Glasgow Climate Pact.

Michael Hudson (2021-11-16). Michael Hudson — 'Life and Thought'. mronline.org Professor Hudson talked about his formative years, and his turn to economics from music as he found his mentor Terence McCarthy's speech about economics beautiful and asethetic.

rebekah (2021-11-15). Colombia and the Pandora Papers. inequality.org

Staff (2021-11-15). "Blackness Itself Is the Crime": Bishop William Barber on Racism in the Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial. democracynow.org We speak with Bishop William Barber of the Poor People's Campaign, who was one of the Black pastors who visited the trial of the three white men who hunted down and shot dead Ahmaud Arbery, where last week a defense attorney claimed Black pastors sitting with the Arbery family in the courtroom could be "intimidating" for the jury, which is almost all white. Barber says Arbery's killing and the trial proceedings expose that for many, "Blackness itself is the crime." This Thursday, more than 100 Black pastors plan to march in front of the Glynn County Superior Courthouse. Barber joins us from Washington, D.C., wher…

Bekah McNeel (2021-11-15). Sueños Sin Fronteras—Reproductive health group helps undocumented women in Texas. peoplesworld.org This story is reprinted from The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans—and engages with them—about public policy, politics, government, and statewide issues. The article originally appeared here. Laura Molinar sounds very calm for someone expecting to be sued. Her San Antonio-based organization, Sueños Sin Fronteras de Tejas, offers reproductive health education and …

Rann Miller (2021-11-15). The Revised Southern Strategy As Seen In The 2021 Election Cycle. moguldom.com During the 2021 election cycle, Republicans put education front and center and it showed throughout election night results. However, nothing on the ballot concerned improving education for Black children. Rather, education as an issue was used to manipulate white voters so that Republicans, in this case, could regain power. Certainly, white parents storming school board …

Editor (2021-11-15). COP26 was a failure. But the people's alternative can still be a success. mronline.org Has COP26, which has wound up in Glasgow after two weeks of political showboating and grassroots protest, been a failure?>

Editor (2021-11-15). Friends of Cuba: oppose U.S. intervention. mronline.org Seizing on small protests over shortages on the island in July, the U.S. is now trying to build anti-government feeling with worldwide protests against socialist Cuba, including one in London—we must show our support instead, writes NATASHA HICKMAN…

teleSUR (2021-11-15). Majority of Chileans Support Impeachment Against Piñera. telesurenglish.net According to the survey by the firm Pulso Ciudadano, 64 percent of respondents said they agreed or strongly agreed that the president had to be prosecuted due to the Pandora Papers revelations on the sale of the Dominga mining project in a tax haven. | RELATED: | The survey was carried out online and comprised 1,602 people. | On November 9, the Chamber of Deputies approved the indictment against Piñera with 78 votes i…

Editor (2021-11-15). Climate conspiracy theorists say it is suspicious that every single research paper says the EXACT same thing. mronline.org A group of climate change conspiracy theorists has uncovered a set of strange patterns and repeated terminology in research papers which they say is highly suspicious.

Editor (2021-11-15). Thirteen theses of Marxism-Feminism. mronline.org The theses are a working tool and an insurance at the same time of what we are and where we want to go to, while both the path and the goal are open for joint discussion and thus for change.

Staff (2021-11-15). "Blackness Itself Is the Crime": Bishop William Barber on Racism in the Ahmaud Arbery Murder Trial. democracynow.org We speak with Bishop William Barber of the Poor People's Campaign, who was one of the Black pastors who visited the trial of the three white men who hunted down and shot dead Ahmaud Arbery, where last week a defense attorney claimed Black pastors sitting with the Arbery family in the courtroom could be "intimidating" for the jury, which is almost all white. Barber says Arbery's killing and the trial proceedings expose that for many, "Blackness itself is the crime." This Thursday, more than 100 Black pastors plan to march in front of the Glynn County Superior Courthouse. Barber joins us from Washington, D.C., wher…

Rann Miller (2021-11-15). The Revised Southern Strategy As Seen In The 2021 Election Cycle. moguldom.com During the 2021 election cycle, Republicans put education front and center and it showed throughout election night results. However, nothing on the ballot concerned improving education for Black children. Rather, education as an issue was used to manipulate white voters so that Republicans, in this case, could regain power. Certainly, white parents storming school board …

Editor (2021-11-15). COP26 was a failure. But the people's alternative can still be a success. mronline.org Has COP26, which has wound up in Glasgow after two weeks of political showboating and grassroots protest, been a failure?>

Editor (2021-11-15). Thirteen theses of Marxism-Feminism. mronline.org The theses are a working tool and an insurance at the same time of what we are and where we want to go to, while both the path and the goal are open for joint discussion and thus for change.

Robert Reich (2021-11-14). How Wealth Inequality Spiraled Out of Control. zcomm.org Wealth inequality has spiraled out of control. It's time to end this vicious cycle…