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How Sci-Fi Shaped Socialism

Nick Hubble Tribune Magazine
From William Morris to Ursula K. Le Guin and Iain M. Banks, science fiction has provided an outlet for socialist thinkers – offering a break from a bleak political reality and allowing them to imagine a vastly different world.

Friday Nite Videos | December 11, 2020

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"Seditious Abuse" | The AG Coup Attempt. The Social Dilemma | Trailer. Dr. Fauci Explains Vaccine Safety, When It Will Be Available and Who Gets It. The War on Cuba — Episode 2. Weed Was the Real Winner of the 2020 Election.

Open Source Licensing for Covid-19 Vaccines

Charles M Schweik and Timothy Ford The Conversation
If society needs to rapidly invent and deliver a vaccine – a global public good – with taxpayer money, why are U.S. federal agencies relinquishing the government’s ability to share and deploy these inventions and production processes with the world?

Wall Street Vultures Are Set to Get Rich From Water Scarcity

Nick Martin The New Republic
Image in solidarity with the water protectors at Standing Rock. For the first time California water futures will be traded on Wall Street. Utility companies and agribusiness will be the main purchasers of these water futures, while vulture capitalists rush to find increasingly scarce water for giant water users.
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