(2022-01-25). Russia may designate German murders as 'genocide'. rt.com 
Prosecutors point to the brutal occupation and war crimes committed by the Third Reich | Prosecutors in Russia's Rostov region have moved to officially designate the 1941-1943 Nazi occupation of the territory as a "genocide," citing the murders of more than 126,000 civilians and prisoners of war. | Officials have prepared a petition to the court at the direction of Russia's Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov, whose office posted the announcement on its website on Monday. The article lays out the suffering that Rostov, in southwestern Russia, endured during the years of occupation, when Nazi enforcers took control…
(2022-01-25). Country in mourning after Covid kills Olympic champ. rt.com 
The national hero had been on a ventilator in hospital and kept alive by an iron lung | Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has been among those offering tributes after Szilveszter Csollany, the 2000 Sydney Olympics rings champion, died at the age of 51 following a battle with Covid in hospital lasting more than a month. | Sports fans, friends and former coaches of the 2002 world champion had been praying for Csollany's recovery since his admission to an intensive care unit on December 3 2021, having reportedly received one dose of a vaccine two weeks earlier. | Doctors used a ventilator and an iron lung but…
(2022-01-25). The Conference: A haunting, disturbingly topical film about the Nazis' "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" wsws.org The film marks the 80th anniversary of the infamous Wannsee conference of January 20, 1942, at which leading Nazis and ministers planned the extermination of Europe's Jewish population.
(2022-01-25). Head of Anne Frank Fund Calls New Claims of Family's Betrayal 'Full of Errors'. sputniknews.com John Goldsmith, head of the Anne Frank Fund, slammed the bombshell conclusion of a new book, "The Betrayal of Anne Frank: A Cold Case Investigation," that claims Jewish notary Arnold van den Bergh told the Nazis where the Franks were hiding, as "full of errors" and a "conspiracy theory."
(2022-01-25). Sinhala chauvinist JVP promotes itself as alternative Sri Lankan government. wsws.org JVP leader Dissanayake offers a government of technocrats, as if new faces will solve Sri Lanka's profound economic problems that are rooted in the worsening crisis of global capitalism.
(2022-01-25). Five conditions for a democratic workplace. zcomm.org An ongoing debate on postcapitalism…
(2022-01-25). PSUV Congress Convenes February 4 with Focus on Political Training. orinocotribune.com This Monday, January 24, the Vice President of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), Diosdado Cabello, announced that the Congress of the PSUV and the party's youth wing (JPSUV) will begin on February 4, in order to continue advancing in the training of its members. | During a press conference, Cabello said that the PSUV has made the training of party members a fundamental priority for this year, particularly those members who hold positions in the government, who pass through the training school. | "We hope that the Congress of the PSUV and the JPSUV will be very inclusive, we must continue along the p…
(2022-01-25). Fiscalía General de la República informa sobre estado de los procesos penales derivados de los disturbios provocados el 11 de julio de 2021. cubadebate.cu Para la Fiscalía General de la República constituye un deber continuar informando al pueblo y a la opinión pública internacional sobre la respuesta legal dada a los graves hechos ocurridos el 11 de julio de 2021, que atentaron contra el orden constitucional y la estabilidad de nuestro Estado socialista.
(2022-01-25). Yemen Conflict: Blowback Of Obama's Botched Syria Policy. popularresistance.org After Arab Spring protests erupted in the Middle East in 2011, toppling longtime dictators of the Arab World, including Ben Ali in Tunisia and Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, Yemenis also gathered in the capital's squares demanding removal of Ali Abdullah Saleh. | Instead of conceding to protesters' fervent demand of holding free and fair elections to ascertain democratic aspirations of demonstrators, however, the Obama administration adopted the convenient course of replacing Yemen's longtime autocrat with a Saudi stooge Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi. | Having the reputation of a "wily Arabian fox" and being a Houthi himself, A…
(2022-01-25). Newt Gingrich threatens January 6 committee members with imprisonment. wsws.org Speaking like the representative of a right-wing dictatorship, the former House Speaker vowed retribution if the Republican Party regains control of the House in the 2022 elections.
(2022-01-24). Xiomara Castro Denounces Hijack Of Legislative Power. popularresistance.org The elected president of Honduras, Xiomara Castro (Libertad y Refundación, Libre), denounced this Sunday, outside the National Congress, that a dictatorship is trying to hijack the Legislative Branch in a bid not to respond to the popular mandate. | Hundreds of people continue to mobilize in the vicinity of the Parliament in defense of democracy and respect for the popular vote. | Addressing the crowds of her supporters, Castro recalled that the elections of November 2021 were to remove from power the dictatorship of the current president, Juan Orlando Hernandez, and banish its unlawful practices. | She stressed…
(2022-01-24). Anti-Chinese Propaganda, Christian Nationalism, & the Foundations for a Right-Wing Terror Campaign. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer SheaUsing the USA's rising anti-Chinese sentiment as their ideological unifier, Christian nationalists are partnering with reactionary militias and imperialist agents to build a growing fascist movement. One that, if it doesn't fulfill its goals for regime change abroad, is still likely to carry out a successful version of its January 6th coup attempt at…
(2022-01-24). Texas fascist indicted for calling for assassination of Georgia officials one day before Trump's coup attempt. wsws.org Trump supporter Chad Clark is facing up to five years in prison after his arrest for posting an online ad the day before the attack on the US Capitol calling for "patriots" to kill election officials and politicians.
(2022-01-24). A Fascist World is Breathing. zcomm.org Two years on, what's changed and what hasn't in the US, India, and globally in a world that often seems to be teetering on the brink…
(2022-01-24). Is Ron DeSantis Shaping Up to Be Trump 2.0 in 2024? truthout.org 
A common refrain in the Trump era was that despite all of Donald Trump's racist, xenophobic ambitions, he was too incompetent to carry out a wholescale remaking of U.S. society. There's no question his four years in office had a profound, disastrous effect on the people and communities his administration targeted — immigrants, Muslims and trans people, just to name a few. Plus, his openly fascist rhetoric — and sometimes actions — significantly emboldened the far right. However, both his legislative…
(2022-01-24). US Military Supports Ukraine's Neo-Nazi National Guard. Are US Forces Involved in Combat Operations? globalresearch.ca This article first published in April 2015 is of relevance to the current situation in Ukraine. | The influx of US and NATO Special Forces involved in the training of the Neo-Nazi Azov battalion has not been discontinued. | According to the …
(2022-01-24). How to overthrow a life-threatening capitalism? mronline.org 
Capitalism jeopardizes the survival of humanity on earth. It reduces the price of the labour of reproducing labour power when it cannot make women do it for free within the family. How can we overcome it while putting the defence of life at the centre of our concerns?>
(2022-01-24). Behind the Extractivist Criticism of Progressive Governments Lies the Shadow of Conservative Restoration. orinocotribune.com Editorial note: As a rule Orinoco Tribune does not generally re-publish opinion pieces more than 10 days after their original publication, but in this case we are making an exception, because this is an issue that demands attention. OT does not necessary share Linera's comments about J.V. Stalin. | By Alvaro García Linera — Jan 20, 2022 (originally composed in 2013) | In the face of the naive leftism that thinks that a society can escape world domination by itself, Lenin and Marx remind us that capitalism is planetary, and that the only way to overcome it is also planetary. Therefore the struggles and effort…
(2022-01-24). PCC y PSOE abogan por un mayor diálogo político bilateral. cubadebate.cu El vicejefe y coordinador del Departamento de Relaciones Internacionales del Comité Central del PCC, àÅngel Arzuaga Reyes, sostuvo un encuentro con el secretario adjunto de Organización del Partido Socialista Obrero Español y diputado al Congreso, Julio Navalpotro. Ambas partes se pronunciaron por mantener y desarrollar el diálogo político bilateral.
(2022-01-24). Quebec government to tax the unvaccinated—a reactionary diversion. wsws.org To divert attention from its catastrophic mishandling of the pandemic—which last week bumped Quebec's seven-day average of daily COVID-19 deaths to more than seventy— the Legault government is seeking to shift the blame onto the unvaccinated.
(2022-01-24). On eve of January 6 attack, Trump lawyers drafted order requiring military to seize ballots. wsws.org The draft order was a charter for presidential dictatorship. It would have declared a state of emergency, suspended the constitution, and placed the country under military rule.
(2022-01-24). Petition Circulating At Ivy League UPenn Over Amy Wax Warning About Too Much Immigration And 'Dominance' By Asian Elites. moguldom.com Controversial University of Pennsylvania law professor Amy Wax has again stirred up a debate with recent remarks. This time, she claims there are too many Asians moving to the U.S. who do not have the "spirit of liberty." During a Dec. 20 interview with Glenn Loury, a social sciences professor at Brown University, she said, "The …
(2022-01-24). Blows Against the Empire‚Ää—‚Ää2021 In Memoriam. orinocotribune.com 
By Steve Lalla for Orinoco Tribune — Jan 22, 2022 | 2021 was marked, from start to finish, as a year dominated by the pandemic and its attendant dramas, including vaccination, variants, and lockdowns. When the prior year had come to a close, journalists and writers had described 2020 as the "plague year" or the "lost year." Although 2020 was defined by the onset of the pandemic and over two million deaths attributed to COVID-19, this was nothing compared to the all-encompassing, inescapable pall that COVID cast over the year 2021. | The pandemic has dealt a particularly heavy blow to residents of the world's…
(2022-01-24). If the Russians were in Scotland… mronline.org 
George: "The war started because of the vile Hun and his villainous empire-building."