Socialist Presidential Candidate’s Landslide Promises Clean Sweep of Pinochet’s Fascist Legacy
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Socialist Presidential Candidate’s Landslide Promises Clean Sweep of Pinochet’s Fascist Legacy

In a dramatic run-off election in Chile between a hard-right open admirer of Pinochet named Antonio Kast and a 35-year old leftist and veteran of a decade of protest actions against the government, Gabriel Boric, the socialist candidate has won with a 12% margin of victory.

bell hooks, Black Feminist Scholar and Intellectual Giant, has Died
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bell hooks, Black Feminist Scholar and Intellectual Giant, has Died

bell hooks, a colossus of Black feminist thought, died on December 15 in her home in Berea, Kentucky. She was 69. Her writings are foundational to contemporary movements for justice and have opened countless doors in radical thought on race, class, gender and other forms of oppression.

Global Warming Impacting Arctic and Antarctic; Permafrost Also Melting: Earth on Cusp of Catastrophe – Three Articles
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Global Warming Impacting Arctic and Antarctic; Permafrost Also Melting: Earth on Cusp of Catastrophe – Three Articles

2021 Arctic Report Card Tells a Human Story of Cascading Climate Disruption; What if the Doomsday Glacier Collapses?; Climate Crisis at the Top of the World: Global Orders and Catastrophic Change.

Nurses Unions Around the World Mobilize Against Big Pharma
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Nurses Unions Around the World Mobilize Against Big Pharma

In its complaint filed with the United Nations on Sunday, the coalition of nursing unions argues that the proliferation of variants is a predictable outcome of rich nations’ refusal to “distribute vaccines and treatments equitably to the vast majority of people of low- and moderate-income countries.”

Defying Empire: Cuba’s Contributions to the Fight Against Racism and White Supremacy
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Defying Empire: Cuba’s Contributions to the Fight Against Racism and White Supremacy

Cuba remains under intense attack by the Empire precisely because no other country in the world has contributed so much and in so many ways to the struggle against white supremacy and what it represents.

The Silent Epidemic: Islamophobia, Communal Trauma and Mental Health in Muslim Communities
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The Silent Epidemic: Islamophobia, Communal Trauma and Mental Health in Muslim Communities

Increasing levels of Islamophobia, often manifesting itself in violent attacks, has left Muslim communities worldwide with deep mental health trauma about their belonging. However, fear of raising these issues has made the problem worse.