Student groups call on corporations to quit the US Chamber of Commerce unless it stops lobbying against climate defense.

Amnesty International: *The self-interest of G7 countries is the biggest obstacle to ending the Covid-19 pandemic, a group of campaigning organizations said today.*

To vaccinate the world fast requires building a lot more vaccine factories, fast. This requires eliminating the patent obstacle and making the vaccine companies teach others how to make those vaccines.

Under the present circumstances, with the way Big Pharma has corrupted the field of pharmaceuticals, patents on medicines to a lot of harm and very little good. (Patents in other fields don't do as much harm, but they still do very little good.) Any blow against the patent system will be a good thing.

However, building the additional vaccine factories may not be necessary. If China will finish vaccinating the world by early 2022, we might not have any way to speed that up by much.

Many Greek workers are on strike against a labor "flexibility" bill that would weaken their position in some ways against the demands of employers.

US citizens: remind Senator Manchin that the For the People Act has overwhelming bipartisan support.

US citizens: phone your congresscritter to support the "millionaires surtax", which would establish higher tax brackets for individuals with incomes over a million dollars a year.

The Capitol Switchboard number is 202-224-3121.

If you call, please spread the word!