The Second Insurrection is Coming – Are We Ready?

Bill Mosley Washington Socialist
If the Trump Republican party succeeds in its effort to corrupt the vote and return its leader to office, what remains of democracy in the United States will be on life support. We must work now to make sure it never reaches that point.

The Hidden Costs of Containerization

Amir Khafagy The American Prospect
This split between the fortunes of ocean shippers and their barely-hanging-on workers stems from industry-wide deregulation that supersized both container ships and the companies that pilot them.

Friday Nite Videos | February 11, 2022

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Can YOU Fix Climate Change? No Knock | Gil Scott-Heron. Belfast | Movie. Joe Rogan vs. Joe Rogan. The World’s First Cloned Ferret Could Save Her Species.

Africa Is Bringing Vaccine Manufacturing Home

Nature Editorial Nature
A major milestone was reached last week when scientists in South Africa reproduced Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. COVID-19 patents must now be shared.

Can YOU Fix Climate Change?

How much can changing individual habits contribute to so solving the climate crisis? To find real, doable solutions we need to delve deep into the problem.

No Knock | Gil Scott-Heron

In the wake of the "no knock" police killing of Amir Locke, we remember Gil Scott-Heron's telling of the story of the use no-knock by Richard Nixon and John Mitchell 50 years ago.