Daily Archives: January 19, 2024

2024-01-19: News Headlines

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2024-01-19). Continúan protestas contra la ultraderecha en Alemania. telesurtv.net Las protestas denuncian el carácter extremista, xenófobo, racista y étnico-nacionalistas de la derecha en el país.

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-19). Commune or Nothing! Communes Against Capitalism. mronline.org

Kathleen Wallace (2024-01-19). The Hostile Architecture of Late Stage Capitalism. counterpunch.org The US Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case that will undoubtedly set the course for future dealings with the homeless population. That already sounds ominous, right? The case involves the city of Grants Pass, Oregon and the practice of banning individuals from using means to protect themselves from the elements when occupying public spaces. By that I mean items like blankets.

Nayanika Guha (2024-01-19). Columbia University Could See a Tuition Strike If It Doesn't Divest From Israel. truthout.org As part of their organizing efforts against Israeli apartheid, Columbia University student groups, including Barnard-Columbia Abolition Collective, Student-Worker Solidarity, and Columbia-Barnard Young Democratic Socialists of America announced a tuition strike for the spring 2024 semester. The coalition of student groups is calling for the "university to refuse to invest in ethnic cleansing and… |

Federico Fuentes, Patrick Bond (2024-01-19). US imperial dominance, BRICS sub-imperialism and unequal ecological exchange. cadtm.org Patrick Bond is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg, as well as a political economist, political ecologist and scholar of social mobilisation. He is the author of BRICS: An Anti-Capitalist Critique and Extreme Uneven Development: Financial Volatility, Deep Capitalist Crisis and Super-Exploitation in South Africa and the World. In this interview with Federico Fuentes for LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Bond discusses modern-day (…) | – | / |

Leslie Alan Horvitz (2024-01-19). The Nuclear Energy Dilemma: Climate Savior or Existential Threat? socialistproject.ca With the planet teetering on the There are many thorny questions. Is nuclear power too dangerous? Is it too expensive? Does it…

WSWS (2024-01-19). Will Lehman calls on workers to attend January 20 emergency meeting to fight mass layoffs in the auto industry. wsws.org Lehman, a Pennsylvania Mack Trucks worker who ran a rank-and-file and socialist campaign for UAW president in 2022, is appealing to workers to attend this Saturday's meeting to discuss how to stop the mass job cuts.

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-19). Socialist councillor: New rainbow crossing a 'positive step'. greenleft.org.au

Sharon Zhang (2024-01-19). Republican Kicks Barbara Lee Out of Hearing on Cuba Over Pro-Diplomacy Views. truthout.org While making a show of decrying dictators on Thursday, a Republican House member kicked progressive Rep. Barbara Lee (D-California) out of a subcommittee hearing over her calls for diplomacy and normalizing relations with Cuba, spurring criticism over the Republican participating in the same anti-democratic behaviors she was supposedly denouncing. Lee posted a video on social media of her being… |

Rivera Sun (2024-01-19). Losing My Tribe. counterpunch.org For me, being Jewish was never about religion or Zionism. My holocaust survivor parents sent me to Jewish day schools and Zionist summer camps, but none of that stuck. I haven't set foot in a synagogue for decades and have always been critical of Israeli politics. But up till now, I still retained a strong

Sarena Neyman (2024-01-19). Losing My Tribe. counterpunch.org For me, being Jewish was never about religion or Zionism. My holocaust survivor parents sent me to Jewish day schools and Zionist summer camps, but none of that stuck. I haven't set foot in a synagogue for decades and have always been critical of Israeli politics. But up till now, I still retained a strong

Tamara Ugolini (2024-01-19). Video: Bill Gates' "Pet Project": Canadian Taxpayers Helping to Fund an "International Vaccine Empire" globalresearch.ca

ANON (2024-01-19). Bread And Circuses – The Curse of Busyness. indybay.org Practically what it has come to mean thenceforth, is techniques of behavior control; how empires, rulers, oligarchy, the powers that be behind the modern state, etc., should keep the masses, hoi polloi (in Greek) busy between struggling for food and entertainment, so that the empire, rulers, oligarchy, and the powers that be fronted by the visible symbols of the state, can continue on with their own business of pursuit of narrow self interests while maintaining proper illusions.

Ann Brown (2024-01-19). Conservative Armstrong Williams And Investment Partner Buy Baltimore Sun Newspaper. moguldom.com In a move that brings The Baltimore Sun back under local ownership, conservative commentator and Black entrepreneur Armstrong Williams has partnered with Maryland businessman David Smith, Sinclair Broadcasting chairman, to purchase the renowned newspaper. The deal was announced on Jan. 16. The paper's previous owner was investment firm Alden Global Capital. While the exact amount …

Eve Ottenberg (2024-01-19). Big Pharma Embattled Over Cheap Drug Imports, Patents. counterpunch.org

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