Daily Archives: December 25, 2024

2024-12-25: News Headlines

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2024-12-25). How Fascism Came. popularresistance.org President-elect Donald Trump does not herald the advent of fascism. He heralds the collapse of the veneer that masked the corruption within the ruling class and their pretense of democracy. He is the symptom, not the disease. The loss of basic democratic norms began long before Trump, which paved the road to an American totalitarianism. Deindustrialization, deregulation, austerity, unchecked predatory corporations, including the health-care industry, wholesale surveillance of every American, social inequality, an electoral system that is plagued by legalized bribery, endless and futile wars, the largest prison po…

Chana Widawski, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2024-12-25). How To Start A Free Store In Your Community. popularresistance.org If you are moved by the abundance of waste in your neighborhood, are concerned about your neighbors in need, are a fan of building and strengthening community, want to take action to reject capitalism, or just enjoy the mystery of seeing colorful displays of random items, each with a story, you're not alone! And that's great news because teamwork is the dreamwork for creating a free store or neighborhood sharing hub. Free stores are an extension of the gift economy, where all items are available to anyone at no charge.

Thomas Hummel (2024-12-25). We Must Build International Solidarity Against US-China Imperial Rivalry. truthout.org Increasingly, understanding the inter-imperialist competition between the United States and China is becoming essential to understanding the dynamics of the modern capitalist system. With the goal of broadening our understanding of the dynamics at play, Ashley Smith, along with co-authors Eli Friedman, Kevin Lin, and Rosa Liu, have published China in Global Capitalism: Building International… |

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-12-25). Torturers from the dictatorship sent to prison in Uruguay. plenglish.com Montevideo, Dec 25 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan court ordered the prosecution of three retired military officers accused of torturing 39 teenagers in April 1975, during the dictatorship that reigned here, it was announced.

UMMID (2024-12-25). Netanyahu skips holocaust event in Poland fearing arrest. ummid.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to avoid travelling to Poland fearing arrest, according to a Polish report Friday December 20, 2024.

Elon Gilad (2024-12-25). Revolt of the Maccabees: The true story behind Hanukkah. haaretz.com The ancient Israelites, led by Judas Maccabeus, did vanquish the oppressor Antiochus – but Greek rule would only be shaken off 20 years later under Judas' younger brother. A must-read before the holiday begins…

Chris Hedges (2024-12-24). Chris Hedges: How Fascism Came. mintpressnews.com

A Guest Author (2024-12-24). Communists do not give up! Better death than dishonor! workers.org Alexander and Mikhail Kononovich. Letter to Workers World from Mikhail Kononovich and Alexander Kononovich. Translation by Steve Gillis. Dear comrades, We would like to first draw your attention, comrades, to the fact that we, communists and anti-fascists, brothers Mikhail Kononovich and Alexander Kononovich, were arrested for our many years of . . . |

John Catalinotto (2024-12-24). A general strike in fascist Portugal 1944: how can it succeed? workers.org Review: "Until Tomorrow Comrades," by Manuel Tiago (àÅlvaro Cunhal), translated by Eric A. Gordon and published April 7, 2023, by International Publishers, Co., Inc. I remember June 13, 2005. On that day I heard the news on the radio after returning from the park: àÅlvaro Cunhal, secretary general of the . . . |

WSWS (2024-12-24). Report to New York City-area rally exposes role of Danish shipping giant Maersk in Gaza genocide. wsws.org The rally offered valuable information on the role played by the Danish shipping conglomerate Maersk in the genocide in Gaza, but proposed no policies to mobilize dockworkers against capitalism and war.

Emanuel Pastreich (2024-12-24). Proposed Peace Amendment to the United States Constitution. Emanuel Pastreich. globalresearch.ca It is one of the great ironies of history that at the very moment the United States plunges deeper and deeper into war hysteria, that our politicians and government officials are possessed by the demons of complete annihilation and endless …

Abdullah Jallow (2024-12-24). Where was Jesus buried?! [Mr. Reich, "Speculation regarding Prophets is strictly prohibited." salaficentre.com In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. Allah, The Exalted, stated regarding those Jews who disbelieved in Prophet Isa (Jesus), peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, and plotted to kill him: ŸäŸéÿ≥€°ŸÄŸîŸéŸÑŸèŸÉŸé ÿ£ŸéŸá€°ŸÑŸè Ÿ±ŸÑ€°ŸÉŸêÿ™ŸéŸÄŸ∞ÿ®Ÿê ÿ£ŸéŸ&…

WSWS (2024-12-24). Teamsters bureaucrats block socialists, but welcome Democrats to Amazon picket line. wsws.org The Teamsters bureaucrats will not organize a wider struggle because they are not interested in taking the fight to Amazon on behalf of workers everywhere, but in establishing the same corrupt relations with Amazon management they enjoy elsewhere.

WSWS (2024-12-24). Teamsters bureaucrats block socialists, but welcome Democrats to Amazon picket line. wsws.org The Teamsters bureaucrats will not organize a wider struggle because they are not interested in taking the fight to Amazon on behalf of workers everywhere, but in establishing the same corrupt relations with Amazon management it enjoys elsewhere.

Rhoda Wilson (2024-12-24). How sunlight and vitamin D can help with mental illness. expose-news.com Vitamin D receptors exist throughout your brain, affecting mental health by regulating neurotransmitters and reducing inflammation. Deficiency is linked to depression, anxiety and psychosis. Mental health patients show higher rates of vitamin …

WSWS (2024-12-24). Germany's Federal Electoral Committee seeks to bar the Maoist MLPD from the upcoming parliamentary election. wsws.org The premature end of the widely despised ruling 'traffic light coalition' of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), Greens and neo-liberal Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the decision for an early election is not aimed at giving the electorate a say, but rather at ensuring that an even more reactionary government comes to power.

Haymarket Books, Spectre Journal (2024-12-24). After the Fall of Assad: The Struggle for a Free Syria. counterpunch.org Syrians have overthrown Bashar al-Assad's brutal dictatorship, liberated cities, freed political prisoners, and opened space to struggle for an inclusive, democratic, egalitarian country. But imperial, regional, and internal forces are angling to contain the revolution. Join this Spectre Live! webinar led by Joseph Daher, Leila al-Shami, Yasser Munif, and Spectre's Shireen Akram-Boshar to learn about

WSWS (2024-12-24). Peru's crisis-ridden president launches police-state buildup. wsws.org The rearming of the Peruvian state is part of a global shift towards dictatorial measures amid the drive to war and attacks on democratic rights.

Jessica Corbett (2024-12-24). El Salvador Legislature Overturns Historic Metal Mining Ban. truthout.org In a win for Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, who has dubbed himself "the world's coolest dictator," the Legislative Assembly of El Salvador on Monday overturned the Central American country's 2017 ban on metal mining. Bukele has fought to reverse the historic ban since taking office in 2019. Despite a prohibition in the Salvadoran Constitution, he ran for and won a second term in February… |

UMMID (2024-12-24). Netanyahu skips holocaust event in Poland fearing arrest. ummid.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to avoid travelling to Poland fearing arrest, according to a Polish report Friday December 20, 2024.

editor (2024-12-24). Why I am (or at least try to be) a libertarian. onlineopinion.com.au In a world driven by fear, division, and creeping authoritarianism, libertarianism offers a belief in the dignity of the individual, voluntary cooperation and the power of accountability.

Alfred W. McCoy (2024-12-24). The world's four legacy empires going down. nationofchange.org In a future full of signs that the four empires that have long dominated our world are all crumbling.

Giorgos Mitralias (2024-12-24). The Syrian People Have Freed Themselves, Who Will Wake the Amnesiacs? counterpunch.org Thousands and thousands of Syrians of all ages dancing and embracing, weeping and singing, waving the country's new flag and celebrating the end of tyranny, in the center of Syrian cities but also in Paris, Istanbul and Moscow, in Berlin or Stockholm, everywhere in the world where the almost 7 million Syrians driven from their

Luis Linares Petrov (2024-12-24). Hungary calls Russian leader honest, supports development of ties. plenglish.com Budapest, Dec 24 (Prensa Latina) Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has called President Vladimir Putin honest and expressed interest in developing relations with Russia, the Magyar Nemzet newspaper reported.

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