2023-01-27: News Headlines

Juan Cole (2023-01-27). Netanyahu's Folly: High Tech Investors pull out of Unstable Israel, as Palestine Authority cuts off Security Cooperation. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) The new government of Israel under the leadership of Binyamin Netanyahu, which includes the fascist Religious Zionism and Jewish Power blocs, has begun chasing away businesses and investors, has provoked hundreds of thousands of Israelis to protest, and has led to an end of security cooperation with the Palestinian Authority, …

Agustín Velloso (2023-01-27). Imperialist Democracy: Apical Nazism. dissidentvoice.org News of January 26, 2023, from InfoDefenseEspañol channel: Bundestag deputy Petr Bistron to Olaf Scholz about the transfer of tanks to Ukraine: You have just said goodbye to the fundamental provisions of Germany's post-war foreign policy, Germany's special responsibility towards the world. The slogan 'Never again' meant the refusal to supply weapons to conflict zones. …

Sue Bolton (2023-01-27). Nazis fail to stop Day of Mourning in Merri-Bek council. greenleft.org.au A small number of neo-Nazis tried but failed to stop the Merri-Bek City Council's Day of Mourning ceremony from going ahead in Coburg on January 26. Sue Bolton reports.

Labor Video Project (2023-01-27). South Africa Power Outages, The ANC & Capitalism With Weizemann Hamilton. indybay.org The power outages in South Africa threaten the lives, jobs and future of South Africa. Weizmann Hamilton was one of the founders of the ANC and is now a leader of the Marxist Workers Party talks about the causes of this energy crisis, the role of the ANC, Imperialism and capitalism. T…

Robert Reich (2023-01-27). The one thing that would make elections better for everyone. nationofchange.org Ranked choice voting makes elections less painful, less expensive, and can help make our government more inclusive and responsive to what people actually want.

WSWS (2023-01-27). US Labor Department levies paltry $60,000 fine against Amazon for "failing to keep workers safe" wsws.org In a recently published global survey and in interviews with the World Socialist Web Site, Amazon workers described their dangerous and inhuman working conditions.

Norman Solomon (2023-01-27). Biden 2024 Decision Pits the Party's Elites Against Most Democrats. indybay.org Power brokers vs. democracy…

WSWS (2023-01-27). Union membership in Australia continues to fall as workers face deepening wage cuts. wsws.org In the September quarter, new union-negotiated enterprise agreements delivered average nominal annual wage rises of just 2.6 percent, compared with 3.1 percent in non-union deals.

WSWS (2023-01-26). In new gesture to fascist right, House Speaker purges two Democrats from committee while promoting Marjorie Taylor Greene. wsws.org Kevin McCarthy blocked the nomination of Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell in retaliation for the previous Democratic-controlled House removing two fascist Republicans for death threats against Democratic colleagues.

WSWS (2023-01-26). In new gesture to fascist right, House Speaker purges two Democrats while promoting Marjorie Taylor Greene. wsws.org Kevin McCarthy blocked the nomination of Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell in retaliation for the previous Democratic-controlled House removing two fascist Republicans for death threats against Democratic colleagues.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-26). How Deeply the Nazis Penetrated the U.S. Government. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-01-26). NATO At "War With Russia" As Western Main Battle Tanks Are Sent To Ukraine To Enable It To "Win This War" southfront.org Russian forces continue to advance on several fronts Ukraine's armed forces suffer very heavy casualties Written by Dr. Leon Tressell…

Allen Forrest (2023-01-26). The Purpose of the 99%-ers. dissidentvoice.org The function that the moneyed class have determined for the rank and file within their system of capitalism.

_____ (2023-01-26). The Nightmare of NATO Equipment Being Sent to Ukraine. strategic-culture.org The West's recent approval of more military assistance for Kiev risks nuclear nightmare, fails Ukrainian expectations and rebukes the World War II history enshrined in a prominent Soviet war memorial in Berlin. | By Scott RITTER | Early on the morning of May 2, 1945, General Vasily Chuikov, the commander of the Soviet 8thGuards Army, accepted the surrender of the German garrison of Berlin. | Two days prior, soldiers from the 1 th Rifle Division, part of the Soviet 5th Shock Army, had raised the victory banner of the Red Army over the Reichstag. An hour after the banner went up, Adolf Hitler and his mistress, Eva…

Lee Camp (2023-01-26). Raided by The FBI for Being Socialist, with Omali Yeshitela. mintpressnews.com Lee Camp speaks with Omali Yeshitela, a man raided by the FBI for being a black socialist, to discuss the revolutionary black liberation movement, US imperialism, racism, and the corruption of the two-party system.

Tobias Ljungvall (2023-01-26). Observer to a Failed Uprising. covertactionmagazine.com Author explains what happened during the 2020-2021 protests that aimed but failed to overthrow Europe's last true socialist leader, Alexander Lukashenko Belarus may not be on your mind, given the war in Ukraine and rising tensions around the globe. However, two years ago this fairly small Central European country with a population of ten million …

Canadian Tire Fire (2023-01-26). Canadian Tire Fire #52: Far-Right Doxxings and Consequences, New Prisons, and Queer Community Defence. itsgoingdown.org This week we share updates on two new proposals for prisons in New Brunswick and Quebec. We also have updates from many actions over the past few weeks defending libraries and university campuses alike from reactionary queer and transphobes. Finally, we share news of a recent doxxing of a far-Right recruiter in Ottawa, and updates…

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2023-01-26). Peru coup government opens the door for entry of U.S. troops. peoplesworld.org Critics of U.S. interference in Latin America and the Caribbean may soon realize, if such is not the case now, that Peru has a compelling claim for their attention. The massive popular resistance emerging now amid the political crisis looks to be sustainable into the future. Meanwhile, a reactionary political class obstinately defends its privileges, …

Alon Milwicki (2023-01-26). International Holocaust Remembrance Day: When is 'never again' going to start? splcenter.org

Editor (2023-01-26). Caitlin Johnstone: US Constantly Provoking China. scheerpost.com The way the U.S. has been positioning its war machinery around China would have sparked a third world war had the roles been reversed. Nonetheless, talk inside the U.S. empire is all about Chinese "aggression."

_____ (2023-01-26). Targeting Eritrea And Ethiopia. popularresistance.org United States plans for aggression and disruptions abroad are developed by current and former officials whose names may not be well known. They often leave government positions to become fellows at a plethora of think tanks that are connected to high level policy makers. It is important to know what they are saying, as their words have an impact on US foreign policy decisions. | Michael Rubin is currently a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) , the rightwing think tank in Washington, DC, that mostly disseminates a neoconservative interventionist agenda, and where Rubin spends his time churnin…

Amy Goodman (2023-01-26). Biden's Proposed Renters Bill of Rights Is Insufficient, Housing Advocates Say. truthout.org Image Credit: Facebook: KC Tenants A new Biden administration plan announced Wednesday aims to make rent more affordable and protect tenants' rights. This comes as rental costs in the United States rose nearly 25% between 2019 and 2022. It also comes as investors bought nearly a quarter of all single-family homes sold in 2021, making home ownership increasingly impossible for people forced to… |

Staff (2023-01-26). Biden Proposes Renters Bill of Rights as Landlords Make Record Profits; Housing Advocates Want More. democracynow.org A new Biden administration plan announced Wednesday aims to make rent more affordable and protect tenants' rights. This comes as rental costs in the United States rose nearly 25% between 2019 and 2022. It also comes as investors bought nearly a quarter of all single-family homes sold in 2021, making home ownership increasingly impossible for people forced to spend much of their money on ever-increasing rent. Housing activists pushed for the "Blueprint for a Renters Bill of Rights" in the administration's finalized plan to regulate predatory rental practices and provide relief for tenants,…

Fight Back (2023-01-26). District Council candidates prepare to create turning point in the fight against police tyranny. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 200 people filled up the main hall of the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters on January 22 for a political forum in preparation for the local police District Council elections. There were over 50 District Council candidates in attendance, and other participants included alderpersons, union leaders and community organizers. Over 40 people of various ages, genders, and nationalities spoke at the forum, and they were all united behind the need to use the February 28 elections to create a base of power from which the working and oppressed people of Chicago can hold the police accountable. | "These cand…

americanthinker (2023-01-26). Forgiving the Medically Brainwashed in the Post-COVID Era. americanthinker.com Medical tyranny starts with medical brainwashing.

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