(2024-12-04). Venezuela Approves Budget & Indebtedness Laws for 2025. orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, in a special session, the National Assembly of Venezuela approved bills on the Economic Financial Year 2025 and a bill on the Special Law on Annual Indebtedness for the Economic Financial Year 2025. | The first of the projects was presented by United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) deputy and president of the Permanent Finance Commission of the National Assembly, Jesús Farías. "This is the budget for the victory of the Venezuelan people against imperialism and fascism," said Farías as he presented the bill. "Without this victory, Venezuela would be in chaos." | He also said that the law concentr…
(2024-12-04). New translation of 'Franco's Mass Graves' unearths crimes of Spanish fascism. peoplesworld.org 
The journalist Emilio Silva Barrera (born in Elizondo, Navarra, Spain, in 1965) belongs to the generation of grandchildren of those who experienced the Spanish Civil War as adults. His grandfather and namesake, a politically moderate small business owner in a small town in Northwestern Spain, was first harassed and extorted, later arrested, killed, and thrown …
(2024-12-04). French New Popular Front, neo-fascist RN poised to bring down Barnier government. wsws.org Unless workers are mobilized independently in struggle, a censure of Barnier will only intensify behind-the-scenes maneuvers in ruling circles on how to replace him while continuing his policies.
(2024-12-04). Is Iran an antisemitic 'Nazi regime'? haaretz.com The Supreme Leader rails against a secret Jewish plot to 'rule over us.' A former president hosts a Holocaust denial conference. Tehran rings out with chants of 'Death to Israel.' So is the equation, made routinely by Israeli politicians, that Iran = Nazi Germany justified? And did antisemitism in Iran suddenly emerge out of the 1979 Islamic Revolution?
(2024-12-04). Stati Uniti ed Europa ancora più distanti con l'arrivo di Trump. strategic-culture.su 
Il presidente eletto degli Stati Uniti creerà ulteriori attriti tra le parti, in particolare su questioni militari e fiscali. | Segue nostro Le pressioni dell'amministrazione statunitense sui Paesi europei affinché aumentino le spese per la difesa dovrebbero intensificarsi sotto Trump. Sotto la guida di Joe Biden, il governo statunitense ha assunto una posizione più assertiva sulle questioni di "sicurezza internazionale" e ha ampliato la…
(2024-12-04). Socialist Equality Party exposes Aidan Beatty's falsifications in Institute of Historical Research seminar. wsws.org After Beatty delivered a lengthy diatribe, Barbara Slaughter, David North and Eric London exposed his slanderous allegations against Gerry Healy and the history of the Trotskyist movement.
(2024-12-04). Will the Overinflated U.S. Finance Bubble Burst? soundcloud.com On today's episode Nicole Roussell and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the overinflated U.S. financial sector and stock market, what will happen when that bubble bursts, and Trump's threats to hit BRICS countries with 100% tariffs if they support using non-U.S. dollar currency. Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at …
(2024-12-04). Is the Great Depression a glimpse of our future? therealnews.com 
"During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the US economy almost completely collapsed," historian Dana Frank writes in her new book,
(2024-12-04). Trump and the European Right: an Attraction-Repulsion Relationship. counterpunch.org 
What to think of Trump's return to the White House? For the European bourgeoisies and their parties, the answer should be and has been positive and even enthusiastic. But why? Because of Trump's very clearly expressed intention to implement reactionary, anti-union, anti-worker, anti-social and pro-capitalist policies that the European right-wingers would like to implement at home too,
(2024-12-04). South Korean president attempts to impose martial law. wsws.org The failed military coup is a sharp warning to workers in South Korea and internationally: Mired in worsening crises, dictatorship is on the order of the day for the ruling classes around the world.
(2024-12-04). Netanyahu and Trump's 'creeping authoritarianism': 'It always begins and ends with women'. haaretz.com
(2024-12-04). The Alliance Fights to Protect Wild Rockies Ecosystems. counterpunch.org 
"A fish rots from the head down." — Rumi By now, we have all heard rumblings of Empire's imminent collapse. Propaganda and government gaslighting can no longer hide the obvious fact that social, financial, cultural, and political systems have failed miserably. The advanced state of Empire's decomposition (rotting from the head down) caused by malevolent
(2024-12-04). Uganda and Türkiye Strengthen Defence Ties. plusnews.ug 
Uganda and Türkiye are bolstering their defence cooperation, with a focus on military equipment, training, and technology transfer. This growing partnership was reaffirmed during the 4th Uganda-Türkiye Defence Industries Cooperation meeting, held at the National Enterprise Corporation (NEC) headquarters in Kampala today. Lt Gen James Mugira, Managing Director of NEC, emphasized the significance of the …
(2024-12-04). Revealed: The first rail services to be brought back into public ownership. leftfootforward.org South Western Railway, C2C, and Greater Anglia will be the first rail operators to return to public ownership, the government has announced. | South Western Railways will be renationalised in May 2025, C2C in July 2025, and Greater Anglia in autumn 2025. | This comes after the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024 received royal assent on 29 November. | The services will initially be operated by DfT Operator Limited, with Great British Railways (GBR) taking over control once it has been set up. | "For too long, the British public has had to put up with…
(2024-12-04). Tyranny of Free Market. globalresearch.ca The market, as a social and economic institution, is fundamentally a process designed to facilitate human life by bringing consumers and producers together. It ensures economic activities serve the social purpose of satisfying the diverse needs of human beings. This …
(2024-12-04). Afreximbank, Med Aditus partner to boost Kenya's pharmaceutical production. independent.co.ug 
The project's strategic location in Kisumu, at the heart of the Great Lakes Region gives it access to markets in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan Kisumu, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Africa's multi-lateral lender, African Export-Import Bank and Kenya-based Med Aditus Pharmaceutical Kenya Limited (Med Aditus) have signed a project preparation …