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.

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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/

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Friedrich Engels and Primitive Communism ~~ Michael Löwy

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

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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/

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Industrialized Farming Has Unleashed an Insect Apocalypse ~~ Dave Goulson

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

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The Black Jacobins ~~ CLR James

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

and

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

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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/

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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/

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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/

China: Tech Self Reliance and Global Dominance

“China Pursues Tech 'Self-Reliance' Fueling Global Unease”, Dec 27, 2021, Joe McDonald (with contributions by Yu Bing & Edith M. Lederer), AP, at <  China pursues tech 'self-reliance,' fueling global unease (msn.com) >

"US has already lost AI fight to China, says ex-Pentagon software chief: Nicolas Chaillan speaks of ‘good reason to be angry’ as Beijing heads for ‘global dominance’ ", Oct 10, 2021, Katrina Manson, Financial Times, at < https://www.ft.com/content/f939db9a-40af-4bd1-b67d-10492535f8e0 >

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How Public Workers Can Stop The Privatization of Everything ~~ STEVE EARLY

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/24/how-public-workers-can-stop-the-privatization-of-everything/

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Bourgeois Idealism & the Promotion of Anti-Intellectualism ~~Ahjamu Umi

https://mronline.org/2021/12/23/bourgeois-idealism-the-promotion-of-anti-intellectualism/

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"Canada must prepare for America’s rapid decline", Dec 22, 2021 ~~ Dimitri Lascaris

 https://mronline.org/2021/12/22/canada-must-prepare-for-americas-rapid-decline/ >. 

"Salvador Allende’s Grandson Responds to Boric: The Human Rights Double Standard and ‘Chic’ Leftism" ~~ Sepulveda Allende

 < https://mronline.org/2021/12/24/salvador-allendes-grandson-responds-to-boric-the-human-rights-double-standard-and-chic-leftism/ >. 

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Edward O Wilson, naturalist known as a ‘modern-day Darwin’, dies aged 92

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/dec/27/edward-o-wilson-naturalist-modern-day-darwin-dies

R.I.P. Ed Wilson, NB

• Harvard entomologist specialised in study of ants
• Influence on conservation extends to UN efforts
• Edward O Wilson: Guardian profile

A Year of Aggressive Fascist Offensive

https://revcom.us/en/year-aggressive-fascist-offensive

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Redeeming Justice

https://www.c-span.org/video/?515492-6/redeeming-justice

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Seasons Greetings from the Class Struggle - open thread

Last year, we posted this, a political article, on Christmas:

The Christmas Gift that Keeps on Giving:

http://libcom.org/news/gift-keeps-giving-hatred-ruling-classes-21122020

and the comment section turned into a complete mess of hostility...

So...  

We don't do music or open threads very frequently, but what the heck.  

China's Zero Covid Policy versus Herd Immunity Policy

"Mounting pressure on China to abandon its zero-COVID policy"

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/11/17/chin-n17.html >

                                          

"COVID-19 infections in South Korea hit record high following implemenation of 'with COVID' policy"

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/12/23/kore-d23.html >

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Private Equity Is Gobbling Up Hospice Chains And Getting Involved In The Business Of Dying ~~ Molly Redden

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hospice-private-equity_n_61c0f858e4b061afe39659ea

The monetization of hospice care burns me up...  NB

Chile's Boric seals leftist revival with election win

https://www.geo.tv/latest/388811-chiles-boric-seals-leftist-revival-with-election-win

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How Many Divisions Does Don Calloway Have? ~~ PAUL STREET

https://www.counterpunch.org/2021/12/17/how-many-divisions-does-don-calloway-have/

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Prison Labor and The Private Sector: The Corporate Exploitation of Prison Labor Reaches Deep into the Supply Chain Prison Labor and The Private Sector: The Corporate Exploitation of Prison Labor Reaches Deep into the Supply Chain

https://worthrises.org/blogpost/the-corporate-exploitation-of-prison-labor-reaches-deep-into-the-supply-chain

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