(2025-01-24). Bertrand Russell: Redefining the Public Intellectual in an Era of Rising Authoritarianism. counterpunch.org 
Within days of his return to office, President Donald Trump unleashed a chilling display of authoritarianism, providing a stark reminder of the specter haunting the United States: the specter of fascism. As reported in the New York Times, his actions underscored a vision of governance steeped in cruelty and unchecked power. With the stroke of a pen, Trump pardoned 1,500 individuals involved in the January 6th insurrection, dismantled environmental protections, opened Alaska's wilderness to expanded oil and gas drilling, terminated Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs across federal agencies, and signed…
(2025-01-24). Footage of Musk's fascist salute projected onto Berlin Tesla factory by Led by Donkeys. leftfootforward.org 'The world's richest man, Elon Musk, is promoting the far right in Europe. Don't buy a Tesla.'
(2025-01-24). Anyone who smeared Corbyn but is defending Musk's Nazi salute is not a serious person. thecanary.co Pro-Israel figures have been trying to defend or downplay the Nazi salute of world's richest man Elon Musk. And in some cases, this flies completely in the face of their previous desperate attempts to smear lifelong anti-racist Jeremy Corbyn as an antisemite. Legendary Jewish academic David Graeber described the weaponisation of antisemitism accusations against Corbyn when …
(2025-01-24). Musk's Nazi Salute Becomes 'Awkward Gesture' in 'Exuberant Speech'. fair.org 
(2025-01-24). Should We Condemn the Glorification of Nazism? libya360.wordpress.com Thierry Meyssan Monument to the glory of Stepan Bandera in Ternopil (Ukraine). According to Forward Magazine, there are around a hundred monuments to the glory of Nazi collaborators in Ukraine. Russia demands their immediate destruction, while NATO claims they are unimportant. Russia intervened militarily in Ukraine to denazify the country. But, according to Westerners, there…
(2025-01-24). Capitalism is Smartphones and Eugenics. counterpunch.org 
We've entered the era of smartphones and eugenics. "They're eating cats, they're eating dogs," Trump had exclaimed frantically, echoing words that could've been uttered by a Klansman in the early 1920s, but now that very same level of toxicity having been beamed into households all across the world for whoever has the stomach to bear
(2025-01-24). A Major Milestone In Socialist History. popularresistance.org One of the most legendary scenes of revolutionary joy in the history of the world socialist movement is said to have occurred when Vladimir Lenin reportedly went out to dance in the snow in order to celebrate the fact that the recently minted Soviet Republic had outlasted the Paris Commune. The workers who had taken over the French capital in 1871 and launched a collective project of self-governance were able to hold out for seventy-two days before the ruling class trounced this experiment in a more egalitarian world.
(2025-01-24). A Major Milestone in Socialist History. blackagendareport.com
(2025-01-24). A Major Milestone in Socialist History — A Review of People's China at 75: The Flag Stays Red. libya360.wordpress.com Gabriel Rockhill "People's China at 75: The Flag Stays Red" analyzes the People's Republic of China and its ongoing socialist project. One of the most legendary scenes of revolutionary joy in the history of the world socialist movement is said to have occurred when Vladimir Lenin reportedly went out to dance in the snow in…
(2025-01-24). Arrested Gaza protester speaks to the WSWS about police crackdown. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site spoke with one of the 77 people arrested as part of the anti-democratic police crackdown on last Saturday's national Gaza protest in London.
(2025-01-24). Belarus: The "dictatorship" of stability and peace. strategic-culture.su
(2025-01-24). Elon Musk 'jokes about Hitler' after Netanyahu defends X boss. newarab.com 
The world's wealthiest man Musk posted on his social media platform X a series of puns about members of
(2025-01-24). Trump Vows To 'Expand' US territory, Invokes Manifest Destiny. popularresistance.org Donald Trump began his second term as president by vowing to grow the US empire. | In his inauguration speech, Trump used explicitly imperialist rhetoric, promising to "expand our territory". | He even invoked "Manifest Destiny", a concept employed by 19th-century US colonialists to justify ethnically cleansing Indigenous nations and stealing their land. | "The United States will once again consider itself a growing nation, one that increases our wealth, expands our territory, builds our cities, raises our expectations, and carries our flag into new and beautiful horizons", Trump said, adding, "And we will pursue…
(2025-01-24). Is the Collapse Coming Soon? counterpunch.org What does it say about a society when its scholars turn increasingly to studies of the downfall of civilizations, the end of empires, the concept of human extinction, and even "existential risk"? That scholarly attention in both Europe and America turned to something that was labeled "collapsology" in 2015, and an academic volume of Futures
(2025-01-24). Donald Trump is the Empire unmasked. strategic-culture.su
(2025-01-24). Five things Friday roundup: Things I've learned living in Babylon. anabaptistworld.org For followers of Christ, living in the shadow of empire is nothing new. The early Christians navigated life within the Roman Empire, interpreting its systems of power through the coded imagery of Babylon — another empire — found in the book of Revelation. Similarly, the early Anabaptists, whose movement began 500 years ago this week, …
(2025-01-24). Hungary in Netanyahu visit invite despite ICC arrest warrant. newarab.com 
Hungary has Israel's
(2025-01-24). Umukuuka secures housing deal for Mbale, returns Wednesday from Trump inauguration. independent.co.ug 
Umukuuka III is was one of the very few African political and cultural leaders invited to President Trump's week-long inauguration festivities Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT | Uwelukoosi Jude Mike Mudoma, the Umukuuka III of the Bamasaaba/Bagisu, has secured a partnership with a United States business firm interested in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and the development …
nbcnews.com (2025-01-23). Federal employees are told to name colleagues who work in DEI roles or risk 'adverse consequences'Comment: Think about this for a second. Federal employees are threatened by the state with punishment if they don't turn in their co-workers for something that is not illegal. That's just fascism.
nbcnews.com (2025-01-23). Federal employees are told to name colleagues who work in DEI roles or risk 'adverse consequences'Think about this for a second. Federal employees are threatened by the state with punishment if they don't turn in their co-workers for something that is not illegal. That's just fascism.
(2025-01-23). The ADL's defense of Musk's Nazi salute reveals its true colors. cpusa.org 
The CPUSA's Jewish Committee strongly denounces the Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) We are outraged that the Anti Defamation League weaponizes Jewish heritage for the purpose of defending genocide and the occupation of the Palestinian nation, and suppressing pro-Palestine voices, while supporting rabid Christian Zionist,…
(2025-01-23). 'Falsely smeared': Netanyahu rushes to Elon Musk's defense after apparent fascist salute. haaretz.com Netanyahu praised Musk as 'a great friend of Israel' after the tech billionaire and Trump efficiency tsar attracted a barrage of criticism for making an apparent Nazi salute; Musk has voiced support for Israel throughout the Gaza war, despite also criticizing its conduct…
(2025-01-23). Neo-Nazi junta plans chemical and nuclear terrorist attacks, former SBU agent says. infobrics.org "For the sake of personal gain and his own ambitions, [Zelensky] continues to destroy the Ukrainian people and is ready for any tricks (including nuclear false flags) to make Trump's peace initiatives untimely and inappropriate against the background of yet more 'atrocities' of Russia", Vasily Prozorov concluded.
(2025-01-23). Led By Donkeys target Elon Musk over his Nazi salute. thecanary.co Following Elon Musk's Nazi salute and establishment attempts to whitewash it, activists at Led By Donkeys have targeted the Musk's Tesla Gigafactory in Berlin. "The world's richest man", the group warned, "is promoting the far right in Europe". The world's richest man @elonmusk is promoting the far right in Europe. Don't buy a @Tesla.Location: Tesla …
(2025-01-23). The Upside Down: Vegetable Leather. bylinetimes.com This article was originally published in the February 2025 print edition of Byline Times | To stay ahead of the curve, The story of rubber is an early example of how the forces of imperial ambition, technological innovation and unfettered capitalism came together to deliver the modern world. Sometimes known as 'white gold', the scale and impact of its cultivation, production, and exploitation is only matched by that of oil. | The story begins in Brazil in 1735, when the poet, mathematician, and friend of Voltaire, Charles Marie de la Condamine, s…
(2025-01-23). Challenging 7 Oct. 'Hamas massacre' in Israel punishable by jail. newarab.com 
The Israeli Knesset enacted a law on Tuesday criminalising the denial, minimisation, or celebration of the 7 Proposed by Yisrael Beiteinu Member of Knesset Oded Forer, the legislation passed its final reading with unanimous support, 16-0, according to the Times of Israel. | Inspired by Israel's 1986 Holocaust denial law, the new measure stipulates that anyone who denies the events of 7 October in verbal or written form, with the intent to defend or sho…
(2025-01-23). Musical de Netflix "Emilia Pérez" encabeza las candidaturas a los premios Oscar (+ Listado). cubadebate.cu "Emilia Pérez", la historia de un narcotraficante mexicano que se transforma en mujer y comienza una nueva vida, obtuvo 13 nominaciones. "The Brutalist", sobre un superviviente del Holocausto que persigue el sueño americano, y "Wicked", precuela de "El Mago de Oz", obtuvieron 10 nominaciones cada una.
(2025-01-23). RN News: 'Sixty Minutes' now available in English voice-over. gilbertdoctorow.com As readers of these pages know, I make extensive use of Russia's leading news programs and political talk shows directed at their domestic audience for my presentations of what the country's political elites are thinking. At times I have received reader comments asking me to provide links to given programs that I found especially worthwhile, …
(2025-01-23). The Imperial Presidency Marches On. popularresistance.org Donald J. Trump in his second inaugural address left little doubt that he will seek to expand America's global empire and reverse what he sees as its recent decline, boldly declaring that a "golden age" of U.S. supremacy had begun. | Trump has been seen before ripping the mask from America's true global intentions and on Monday made clear the U.S. has been an empire for centuries, which he aims to enforce in a super-charged, imperial presidency. | "America will reclaim its rightful place as the greatest, most powerful, most respected nation on Earth, inspiring the awe and admiration of the entire world," he procl…
(2025-01-23). Big Tech's Empire State: Silicon Valley seeks to run the world using technocracy. expose-news.com Technocracy, a system of scientific management of society, is rising to power, with Silicon Valley as its hub and Big Tech as its driving force. Key figures such as Elon Musk, Peter …
(2025-01-23). Museveni blames poverty on reluctance to embrace gov't programs. independent.co.ug 
Luuka, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has attributed the poverty in the country to the failure of people to embrace government programs. While inspecting different enterprises of farmers under the parish development Model-PDM program across the Busoga sub-region on Wednesday, Museveni said that he started economic empowerment programs in 1989 by steering the …
(2025-01-23). Orban hopes Trump's election will have positive effects in Europe. infobrics.org According to the Hungarian leader, it is time for Europe to have conservative, patriotic politicians.
(2025-01-23). Chinese scientists unveil advanced terahertz wave polarisation modulator. tvbrics.com 
This new technology to enhance material property research and improve quality monitoring in biopharmaceuticals…