It’s Time to Expand the COVID-19 Exception to All American Health Care ~~ SONALI KOLHATKAR

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/01/27/its-time-to-expand-the-covid-19-exception-to-all-american-health-care/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

The Pipeline Trap

 https://www.dailyposter.com/the-pipeline-trap/

Federal officials are approving fossil fuel projects that enrich shareholders, fleece customers, and exacerbate the climate crisis.

~~ recommended by ye olde guest contributor ~~

Pandemic, Amazon denial of sick leave,

“With 900,000 dead from COVID-19, US capitalism doubles down on mass infection ”, Jan 29, 2022, Andre Damon, WSWS, at

< https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/01/29/pers-j29.html >

And :  

“Amazon worker denied sick leave during holiday peak”, Jan 29, 2022, Nick Barrickman, WSWS, at < https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/01/29/amzn-j29.html >

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

CHRIS HEDGES: MASS POLITICS MUST BE ROOTED IN CLASS STRUGGLE

https://therealnews.com/chris-hedges-mass-politics-must-be-rooted-in-class-struggle?utm_medium=email&utm_source=The+Real+News+Network&utm_campaign=e5ccf6c8cc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_01_26_03_42_Hedges&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_020676f7fe-e5ccf6c8cc-425023606&mc_cid=e5ccf6c8cc&mc_eid=2d87b78d52

Jason Myles and Pascal Robert of THIS IS REVOLUTION speak with world-renowned journalist and activist Chris Hedges about the George Floyd uprisings, COVID politics, labor unrest, and the state of mass politics in the US today.

~~ recommended by ye olde guest contributor ~~

The struggle for reproductive justice is a struggle against capitalism: A 10-point fightback program

https://www.workers.org/2022/01/61271/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

UN General Assembly calls for US to end Cuba embargo for 29th consecutive year

https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/06/1094612

~~ posted for a  ❤️  New ❤️  guest contributor

The Inflation Weapon: How American Sanctions Harm Iranian Households ~~By Esfandyar Batmanghelidj

https://sanctionsandsecurity.org/publications/the-inflation-weapon-how-american-sanctions-harm-iranian-households/

~~ recommended by ye olde guest contributor ~~

American Exceptionalism

https://lauraflanders.org/2022/01/american-exceptionalism/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

F-Word: A Fascist World is Breathing

World’s farms at a breaking point

https://climateandcapitalism.com/2022/01/21/worlds-farms-at-a-breaking-point/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

UN Report: 34% of agricultural land is degraded, water is overdrawn

THE ANTI-VACCINE RIGHT BROUGHT HUMAN SACRIFICE TO AMERICA ~~ Kurt Andersen

 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/01/human-sacrifice-ritual-mass-vaccination/621355/

and

World Crisis Radio, Jan 22, 2022, Webster Tarpley, at < http://tarpley.net/audio/WCR-20220122.mp3 >

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

A New Era of Digital Dissidence in Cuba and Cuba passes internet censorship and cybersecurity law ~~ ORLANDO LUIS PARDO LAZO and Cimpanu

~~ recommended by a guest contributor ~~

Capitalists Only “Trust the Science” When It Suits Their Agenda ~~ Olivia Wood and B.C. Daurelle

https://www.leftvoice.org/capitalists-only-trust-the-science-when-it-suits-their-agenda/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

The “Great Resignation” Is Just Hype ~~ MAX B. SAWICKY

https://inthesetimes.com/article/great-resignation-economy-biden-recovery-build-back-better

~~ recommended by ye olde guest contributor  😎  ~~

Internet and Human Rights

https://carnegieendowment.org/2017/06/01/why-internet-access-is-human-right-pub-70151 

and 

 https://www.equaltimes.org/internet-access-a-new-human-right#.YejqOVjMJBw

Vaccines, RFK Jr. and The Science of Misinformation ~~ JOSHUA FRANK

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/01/14/vaccines-and-the-science-of-misinformation/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

YES, THERE REALLY WERE ONLY TWO COVID DEATHS IN MAINLAND CHINA IN 2021 ~~Rosa Astra And Benjamin Zinevich

 

https://www.liberationnews.org/yes-there-really-were-only-two-covid-deaths-in-mainland-china-in-2021-heres-how-they-did-it/

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Dossier no. 48: We will build the future: a plan to save the planet

https://mronline.org/2022/01/12/dossier-no-48-we-will-build-the-future-a-plan-to-save-the-planet/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Hedges: America’s New Class War

https://scheerpost.com/2022/01/18/hedges-americas-new-class-war/

Organized workers, often defying their timid union leadership, are on the march across the United States.

~~ posted for dmorista ~~

Sharing salary information can narrow wage gaps — but studies show more equality can mean less pay ~~ Anis Heydari

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/costofliving/wage-transparency-not-everything-1.6311983

~~ recommended by a❤️ new ❤️  guest contributor ~~

NLIHC Releases Out of Reach 2021: The High Cost of Housing 2021

https://nlihc.org/resource/nlihc-releases-out-reach-2021

~~ recommended by a guest contributor ~~

The Full Extent of Jeffrey Epstein’s Crimes Are Slowly Being Revealed ~~ BRANKO MARCETIC

https://jacobinmag.com/2022/01/jeffery-epstein-clinton-trump-underage-sex-trafficking-ghislaine-maxwell

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Enslavement, prisons – and the vote

https://www.workers.org/2022/01/61106/

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When Debts Become Unpayable, They Should Be Forgiven AN INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL HUDSON

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/12/michael-hudson-interview-debt-forgiveness-cancellation-ancient-rome-christianity

For centuries, debt and indebtedness have had profoundly destabilizing effects on human societies. In the ancient world, rulers and their subjects had a solution: known as a debt jubilee, it involved a periodic, unconditional wiping out of debt. We need such a jubilee today.

Housing Is a Social Good. ~~ H. Gianpaolo Baiocchi, Jacob Carlson

https://bostonreview.net/articles/housing-is-a-social-good/ 

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Supply chain crisis: Driven by deregulation ~~ Betsey Piette

 https://www.workers.org/2021/11/59936/

Noam Chomsky: GOP’s Soft Coup Is Still Underway One Year After Capitol AssaulC.J. Polychroniou

https://truthout.org/articles/noam-chomsky-gops-soft-coup-is-still-underway-one-year-after-capitol-assault/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

The origins of “Justice must be seen to be done” ~~ Arvind Datar

https://www.barandbench.com/columns/the-origins-of-justice-must-be-seen-to-be-done

~~ recommended by a guest contributor ~~

2022: More Wealthy People and Far More Poor People. We Need to Fight Back ~~ Luigi Morris

https://www.leftvoice.org/2022-more-wealthy-people-and-far-more-poor-people-we-need-to-fight-back/

After almost two years of pandemic, the inequality gap has increased: 10 percent of the global population now receives 52 percent of global income, according to the World Inequality Report.

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Strawberry Fields Forever ~~ Spencer Ackerman

ps://foreverwars.substack.com/p/guantanamo-20th-anniversary-forever-war-biden?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxOTg0NTkyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0Njg5NzY4MCwiXyI6InJ2eGI0IiwiaWF0IjoxNjQxODQ3MTY2LCJleHAiOjE2NDE4NTA3NjYsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0zOTM2NjQiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.mij9ffkXPiM-VrCqR0Z8AM0HyVM_5zbfgvqzmmdvG_0

The Guantanamo Bay detention facility, an atrocity, turns 20 years old on January 11. Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.

~~ recommended by a guest contributor ~~

A COVID Vaccine for All ~~ Peter J. Hotez, Maria Elena Bottazzi

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-covid-vaccine-for-all/

Housing is a Social Good ~~ Gianpaolo Baiocchi and Jacob Carlson

https://bostonreview.net/articles/housing-is-a-social-good/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Friedrich Engels and Primitive Communism ~~ Michael Löwy

https://againstthecurrent.org/friedrich-engels-and-primitive-communism/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

The American Prison System’s War on Reading ~~ Alex Skopic

https://proteanmag.com/2021/11/29/the-american-prison-systems-war-on-reading/

Ending the Pandemic Is Not an “Individual Responsibility” ~~Mike Pappas and Adnan Ahmed

https://www.leftvoice.org/ending-the-pandemic-is-not-an-individual-responsibility/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Industrialized Farming Has Unleashed an Insect Apocalypse ~~ Dave Goulson

https://truthout.org/articles/industrialized-farming-has-unleashed-an-insect-apocalypse/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

The Black Jacobins ~~ CLR James

https://phdessay.com/the-black-jacobins/

and

https://isreview.org/issue/63/black-jacobins/index.html

~~ recommended by a guest contributor ~~

Sorking the Ricardos: the Real Story of Lucy and J. Edgar ~~ FRED GARDNER

https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/01/03/sorking-the-ricardos-the-real-story-of-lucy-and-j-edgar/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

In Wake of Buffalo Victory, More Starbucks Workers Are Forging Unions ~~ Jessica Corbett

https://truthout.org/articles/in-wake-of-buffalo-victory-more-starbucks-workers-are-forging-unions/

~~ posted for collectivist action ~~

Native children and sovereignty targeted by right-wing lawsuits ~~ LOIS DANKS

https://socialism.com/fs-article/native-children-and-sovereignty-targeted-by-right-wing-lawsuits/