Global

The World Health Organization is convening a special session of its governing body, the World Health Assembly, to start talks on a new global treaty covering pandemics. Representatives of WHO's 194 member states will meet virtually for three days starting on Monday to consider new international rules for handling future outbreaks.

Read the full article.

Category:

Global

Social

Thousands of Women March in Chile Against Fascism

29/11/21

Author:

Telesur

Link:

Telesur

Thousands of women participate in a march called by feminist associations in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, today in Santiago (Chile) | Photo: EFE / Alberto Valdés

25 November 2021

Young women, adults and girls gathered at dusk in the central Plaza Italia in Santiago to march - amid chants and music - on Alameda Avenue, the main artery of downtown Santiago, which remained blocked for several hours.

RELATED:
Chilean Lawmakers Approve Equal Marriage Bill

Read the full article.

Category:

Global

Protest - Revolt

Social

Big Oil’s Big Lie About Who Caused the Climate Collapse

29/11/21

Author:

Eve Ottenberg

Link:

Counterpunch

Oil pollution in Lago Agrio. Photograph Source: Julien Gomba – CC BY 2.0

Nov. 26, 2021

Read the full article.

Category:

'It Was Entirely Avoidable': Rich Countries Blamed as New Covid Variant Sparks Global Alarm

28/11/21

Author:

Jake Johnson

Link:

Common Dreams

A patient with the Covid-19 breaths in oxygen in the Covid-19 ward at Khayelitsha Hospital outside of Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo: Rodger Bosch/AFP via Getty Images)

Nov. 26, 2021

"Allowing new variants to emerge and spread, 13 months into the vaccine era, is a policy choice by the rich world."

The detection of a new, heavily mutated, and potentially vaccine-resistant coronavirus variant in Botswana and other nations is sending shockwaves worldwide as public health officials rush to understand the strain and its possible impact on the global pandemic response.

Read the full article.

Category:

Global

Social

Green Future Beyond Capitalism - Varoufakis, Chomsky, Pettifor - Video

23/11/21

Link:

You Tube

Screen Shot Chomsky, Varoufakis, Pettifor

A highly educational hour about capitalism and the power we have to replace it. Some reformism, but... Gene McGuckin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGFdvw8cOR4&list=PL9tZgxsBenc3PIgw8bo7PvBtMq9XLcZoj&index=17

Read the full article.

Category:

'Victory of Global Significance': Modi to Repeal Laws That Sparked Year-Long Farmers' Revolt

20/11/21

Author:

Kenny Stancil

Link:

Common Dreams

November 19, 2021

"After a year of strikes—and having faced brutal repression that claimed some 700 lives—India's farmers are victorious in their struggle."

Workers' rights activists around the globe rejoiced on Friday after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that his government will repeal three corporate-friendly agricultural laws that the nation's farmers have steadfastly resisted for more than a year.

Read the full article.

Category:

Global

Pharma lobbying nearly doubled before Liberal government moved to block TRIPS waiver

"Allowing new variants to emerge and spread, 13 months into the vaccine era, is a policy choice by the rich world."

"After a year of strikes—and having faced brutal repression that claimed some 700 lives—India's farmers are victorious in their struggle."

Pages