newarab (2024-02-04). Israeli minister likens UK's David Cameron to Nazi appeaser. newarab.com Israel's Diaspora Affairs Minister Amichai Chikli compared the In a post on X, Chikli shared a photo comparison of UK Foreign Minister David Cameron waving alongside the picture of former British prime minister Neville Chamberlain holding up a copy of the 1938 Munich Agreement that let Nazi Germ…

Editor (2024-02-03). After Historic Strike, UAW Bureaucrats Sit By As Stellantis Lays Off Hundreds of Workers. scheerpost.com Only a few months after a historic contract struggle and strike, Stellantis announced job cuts in early December that have begun and will continue to take effect this month. A reminder that under capitalism the only way for workers to get what they need is self-organization, independent of the union bureaucracy, Democrats and Republicans.

Partido Humanista de Chile (2024-02-03). Empty shell after 17 years of pension discussion. pressenza.com The system installed under the dictatorship: | For those who want to observe the characteristics and main direction of the current pension system, it is a model that obliges workers to save, gathering with this money a fund that goes to a private administration system (AFPs) who have assured, in all events, their operating charges, independently of the results of their financial administration, in the speculative financial system. | These funds, month after month, place substantial flows of fresh, real money in the hands of the corporate and banking elite. In other words, workers finance the operations of…

Kit Klarenberg (2024-02-03). Sacha Baron Cohen's Borat Paved the Way for Israel's Slaughter in Gaza. orinocotribune.com By Kit Klarenberg — Jan 30, 2024 | In the wake of the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) landmark ruling in a case brought by South Africa against Israel, which found the Jewish state could be committing genocide in Gaza and must immediately cease its indiscriminate, industrial-scale slaughter of unarmed, innocent Palestinians of all ages, many Western journalists, politicians, pundits and influencers have changed their tune on the savagery. Or at least gone eerily silent, having previously whitewashed, legitimized, or even outright endorsed a twenty-first-century Holocaust. | This abrupt volte-face cann…

Editor (2024-02-04). Patty Hearst Was Treated Gently At a Time When "Tough On Crime" Was Taking Hold. scheerpost.com Listen to Roger D. Rapoport discuss his latest book on Patty Hearst on Scheer Intelligence By Roger D. Rapoport / CounterPunch On February 4, 1974, a group of ragtag revolutionaries who called themselves the Symbionese Liberation Army abducted Patty Hearst, an heiress to the Hearst media empire, from her Berkeley apartment. The bold act stunned …

Editor (2024-02-04). Feb 4, 2024. sitrepworld.info For those of you who keep returning to see if there's something new, thank you for your interest. I am now mostly recovered from my illness and am trying to get on my horse and figure out where to go from here. There are two competing destinations. The first is going back to publishing the links for the Daily Posts. And the other is to continue to blog about what I consider the most important and compelling process driving pretty much everything else, the Geopolitical Tectonic Shift (GTS), referring to the disintegration of the USraeli Empire, heir to the 500 year long European empire, while the RoW (the Rest of…

Kathleen Wallace (2024-02-04). Abstractions and Mass Murder. counterpunch.org Israeli ground operations in Gaza, November 1, 2023. Photo: IDF. There is nothing new under the sun in terms of incitement to war methods or the dehumanization techniques necessary to create compliant and bloodthirsty populations. The only thing that is new are the shifting and doomed populations who find themselves in the way of empire. Students of history, generally without a shred of self-examination, congratulate themselves for being born to a more enlightened time knowing that even if they were transported to those historical eve…

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-02-03). Never Before Has The Empire Been So Exposed. caitlinjohnstone.com.au I've been railing against the US war machine for around seven years now, and never during that time have I had more westerners on my side than right now.

tvbrics (2024-02-04). Cultural sector enterprises record remarkable expansion in China. tvbrics.com China has recorded significant growth in revenue and profits for major companies in the cultural sector in 2023…

newarab (2024-02-03). Saudi Arabia, Kuwait reaffirm Durra gas field ownership. newarab.com The two countries released a joint statement asserting their ownership of the gas field following a visit on Tuesday by Kuwait's

Patricia Harrity (2024-02-03). The First Casualty of War Is Truth. And Propaganda is the First Weapon Used in Times of War. expose-news.com "Propaganda is the way the ruling classes get the working classes to march off to war and how the billionaire CEOs of the multinational big Pharma, Big Medicine corporations (and Bill Gates, …

Paul Street (2024-02-02). The U.S. Bourgeois Democracy Farewell Tour. counterpunch.org US-Americans, let's get real: Donald "Take Down the Metal Detectors Cuz the Guys with the AR-15s Don't Want to Hurt Me" Trump is damn near on a glide path back to the White House. Fascism, So What? So what if the orange fascist Trump: + now openly channels Hitler by saying that: Marxists, socialists, and communists

WSWS (2024-02-02). French teachers hold nationwide one-day strike vs Attal government. wsws.org The WSWS interviewed striking teachers in Paris opposed to the fascistic policies of incoming Prime Minister Gabriel Attal's government.

WSWS (2024-02-02). Lula government rules out universal COVID-19 vaccination, deepening "herd immunity" policy in Brazil. wsws.org The Workers Party government is continuing and deepening the "herd immunity" policy initiated by fascistic ex-president Jair Bolsonaro, normalizing continuous waves of mass infection, debilitation and death.

WSWS (2024-02-02). Teamsters bureaucracy holds private "roundtable" meeting with Trump. wsws.org The top officials of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters met for an hour behind closed doors with a fascist, who has already attempted once to overthrow the US Constitution.

Ed Rampell (2024-02-01). Perfect Days: An Interview with Wim Wenders. progressive.org In two new films, the renowned German director dramatizes working class life in Japan and documents an antifascist artist from Germany.

WSWS (2024-02-01). SPD leader Lars Klingbeil calls for faster mass deportation of refugees from Germany. wsws.org The German government is reacting to the mass protests against the Alternative for Germany (AfD) by adopting the fascists' programme.

WSWS (2024-02-01). Prime Minister Attal outlines fascistic agenda for French government. wsws.org Attal's policy speech outlined a program of cuts to social programs, intensified police repression and plans for universal military service amid the NATO-Russia war in Ukraine.

infobrics (2024-02-01). (Geo)political background of Il-76MD shootdown. infobrics.org Zelensky's strained relationship with the "Azov Battalion" was evident even before the SMO. Running as the supposed "peace candidate" back in 2019, Zelensky was immediately seen as a "threat" and even had heated discussions with them. Ever since, he always harbored doubts and distrust toward both the Neo-Nazi battalions and the military as a whole. Their political power and connections to his rivals always made Zelensky feel uneasy around them. His biggest fear is that "Azov Battalion" members will engage in politics and possibly even organize a "new Maidan".

Hank Kennedy (2024-02-01). Gerald L.K. Smith: The Ghost of Christian Nationalism's Past. progressive.org Today's Republican extremists are (perhaps unwittingly) influenced by a wannabe Christian Nationalist demagogue from the 1940s.

Neal Meyer, Federico Fuentes (2024-02-02). United States: 'We are living through a resurgence in labour struggles'. greenleft.org.au Neal Meyer a national leader of Bread & Roses (B&R), a caucus of Marxist activists in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) speaks to Green Left's Federico Fuentes about the recent rise in labour activism in the United States.

Otis Grotewohl (2024-02-02). Socialist Korea and People's China strengthen ties. workers.org Representatives of the People's Republic of China and the Democratic People's of Korea (DPRK) held a meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea, Jan. 26, that they described as productive. The meeting indicated growing solidarity between the two socialist countries. Sun Weidong, Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Chinese ambassador to the DPRK . . . |

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2024-02-01). China Is 'World's Sole Manufacturing Superpower', 35% Of Global Output. popularresistance.org China has overseen world-historic economic growth through a government-led development model, in which state-owned enterprises control the natural monopolies and "commanding heights" of the economy, state-owned banks give favorable loans to strategic industries, and the state's robust industrial policy helps the country move up the value chain toward higher value-added forms of production. | This model, which Beijing officially refers to as a socialist market economy, has been so successful that a prominent European think tank has acknowledged that "China is now the world's sole manufacturing superpower". | In 20…

Joe Allen (2024-02-01). The Crisis in the Teamsters. counterpunch.org Last summer, the Teamsters were riding a wave of goodwill and favorable publicity. The union's year-long contract campaign at UPS raised expectations for a potential transformative national strike at the country's largest private-sector employer. Much of the US Left, especially the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), encouraged dozens of their members to get jobs at UPS, while over one

Joe Allen (2024-02-01). The Crisis in the Teamsters. counterpunch.org Last summer, the Teamsters were riding a wave of goodwill and favorable publicity. The union's year-long contract campaign at UPS raised expectations for a potential transformative national strike at the country's largest private-sector employer. Much of the US Left, especially the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), encouraged dozens of their members to get jobs at UPS, while over one hundred of their branches pledged support for their Strike Ready campaign. However ill-defined, the DSA and many other socialist activists expected to play an important role in the coming battle as the National UPS-Teamsters na…

Monica Moorehead (2024-02-02). 'Palestine has taken center stage in the world struggle against imperialism'. workers.org Excerpted from a talk given by Monica Moorehead, a Workers World newspaper managing editor and editor of "Marxism, Reparations and the Black Freedom Struggle,"at a panel she chaired on"Voices and Defenders of the Palestinian Resistance"during the International Assembly against Imperialism in Solidarity with Palestine. It was held on Jan. 21 . . . |

cameron orr (2024-02-01). Anti-monopoly democracy — a transitional stage. cpusa.org Lenin on Transitional Forms | In 1920, recognizing the temporary restabilization of the capitalist system, V.I. Lenin pointed out that Communist Parties in advanced capitalist countries faced a difficult task. Lenin stated that, | All efforts and all attention should now be concentrated on the next step … That step is: the search after forms of transition or the approach to the proletarian revolution. Since Lenin voiced this profound statement, the international Communist movement has sought a series of transitional forms, changing with each change in objective conditions, to reach the…

Richard Horton (2024-02-03). Correspondence] Offline: An arc of cruelty—and futility. thelancet.com Oct 7, 2023. An act of singular barbaric violence. "This was a Holocaust pure and simple." Israel has to defend itself or where will we go? "There is no safe place": residents in Gaza describe bombardments. WHO calls for access to health and humanitarian assistance. WHO pleads for immediate reversal of Gaza evacuation order to protect health and reduce suffering. Evacuation orders by Israel to hospitals in northern Gaza are a death sentence for the sick and injured. Gaza humanitarian crisis grows as US bid to ease blockade falters.

Daniel Falcone (2024-02-02). A Radical Reinvention of the Enlightenment. counterpunch.org In this interview, exclusive for CounterPunch, Richard Whatmore discusses his latest book, The End of Enlightenment: Empire, Commerce, Crisis (Penguin, 2023). In a world that demands highly rational planning to abolish empire and combat the manifest exploitation of a capitalist society, Whatmore emphasizes that the left needs to sustain the critique of fanatical economic practices.

Ana Luisa Brown (2024-02-01). Spain endorses ownership of Quimbaya Treasure claimed by Colombia. plenglish.com Also called "Treasure of the Quimbayas", composed of 122 gold pieces, is a matter of special interest on which the Colombian government said it will work for its recovery through dialogue or even with legal resources. | To questions on the matter of the opposition Popular Party (PP), the Executive explained this Thursday in the Congress of Deputies that the works conserved in the Museum of America of Madrid, are part of the collections of the Spanish State since 1893. | That year the 'Quimbaya Treasure' was donated to Queen Maria Cristina by the then Colombian President Carlos Holguin Mallarino, in gratitude for…

ecns.cn (2024-02-02). Hungary ends row with EU over aid. ecns.cn The leaders of the European Union's 27 member nations unanimously agreed at a summit in the Belgian capital Brussels on Thursday to send financial aid to Ukraine, ending a row that had exploded between the bloc and member nation Hungary.

Dave DeCamp (2024-02-01). EU Gets Hungary to Agree on 50 Billion Euro Aid Package for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The EU successfully pressured Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to approve a 50 billion euro ($54 billion) aid package to Ukraine, and EU leaders agreed to push through the spending on Thursday. Ahead of the summit, Financial Times reported that the EU was threatening to sabotage Hungary's economy if Orban vetoed the spending package. A …

infobrics (2024-02-01). Thakur Family Foundation takes aim at Indian medicines to protect US pharmaceutical profits. infobrics.org India poses a great threat to US pharmaceutical dominance.

Henry A. Giroux (2024-01-31). Silence Is Dangerous in the Current Age of Rising Fascism in the US. truthout.org This week's revelation that Donald Trump is already plotting new ways to try to put himself permanently above the law is just the latest reminder of the looming threat of lawless and emboldened right-wing forces in the United States. Trump's new scheme to expand a Nixon-era policy memo to prohibit the Justice Department from prosecuting presidents, even after they leave office, is just a tiny hint… |

A Guest Author (2024-01-31). Ukraine: 'Capitalism is always war'. workers.org By Dmitry Dezhnev Message to the International Assembly against Imperialism in Solidarity with Palestine, on Jan. 21, in New York City. Dear comrades, we sincerely greet you on behalf of the Union of Political Emigrants and Political Prisoners of Ukraine (UPPU)! Exactly 100 years ago, on Jan. 21, 1924, our . . . |

a guest author (2024-01-31). Ukraine: 'Capitalism is always war'. workers.org By Dmitry Dezhnev Message to the International Assembly against Imperialism in Solidarity with Palestine, on Jan. 21, in New York City. Dear comrades, we sincerely greet you on behalf of the Union of Political Emigrants and Political Prisoners of Ukraine (UPPU)! Exactly 100 years ago, on Jan. 21, 1924, our . . . |

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2024-02-01). China Is 'World's Sole Manufacturing Superpower', 35% Of Global Output. popularresistance.org China has overseen world-historic economic growth through a government-led development model, in which state-owned enterprises control the natural monopolies and "commanding heights" of the economy, state-owned banks give favorable loans to strategic industries, and the state's robust industrial policy helps the country move up the value chain toward higher value-added forms of production. | This model, which Beijing officially refers to as a socialist market economy, has been so successful that a prominent European think tank has acknowledged that "China is now the world's sole manufacturing superpower". | In 20…

Joe Allen (2024-02-01). The Crisis in the Teamsters. counterpunch.org Last summer, the Teamsters were riding a wave of goodwill and favorable publicity. The union's year-long contract campaign at UPS raised expectations for a potential transformative national strike at the country's largest private-sector employer. Much of the US Left, especially the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), encouraged dozens of their members to get jobs at UPS, while over one

Canadian, Palestinian Coalition (2024-01-31). Arms Exports to Israel Violate Canadian and International Law. socialistproject.ca On January 28, a coalition of Canadians and Palestinians wrote to Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly demanding that the federal government immediately halt all exports and transfers of Canadian military goods and technology to Israel. | The coalition, which consists of Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights (CLAIHR), Al-Haq — Law in the Service of Man, Ayman Oweida and a confidential Palestinian asylum seeker, argues that the Export and Import Permits Act prevents Canada from issuing permits to Canadian companies to export military goods and technology to Israel due to the sub…

Liberation Staff (2024-01-31). Claudia De la Cruz/Karina Garcia socialist presidential campaign holds kick-off event in Newark, NJ. liberationnews.org Supporters of the Claudia De la Cruz/Karina Garcia 2024 socialist presidential ticket gathered in Newark, New Jersey on January 28 for the kick-off in-person campaign event.

WSWS (2024-01-31). "Building the world party was Helen's goal in life, to which she made an indelible contribution" wsws.org We are publishing here the tribute to Helen Halyard written by Patrick Martin, a member of the US editorial board of the World Socialist Web Site and a member of the Workers League and Socialist Equality Party for 52 years, and Esther Galen, a member of the Workers League and Socialist Equality Party for 53 years.

Unicorn Riot (2024-01-31). Greece Marks 50th Anniversary of Polytechnic University Uprising Against Military Dictatorship. unicornriot.ninja

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-01-31). JOHNSTONE January Issue: The Empire's War On Journalism. thealtworld.com The January edition of Johnstone is up and available. As the US empire supports attacks on truthful reporting in Gaza and works to persecute Julian Assange, this issue is titled "The Empire's War On Journalism". | Contents of the January issue: | The War On Journalism In Belmarsh, The War On Journalism In Gaza … 5 | More US-Driven Escalations Toward War In The Middle East … 8 | Biden Has Started Another US War … 11 | This Can't Be Another Instance Of Genocide‚Ää—‚ÄäIsrael Believes It's Right! … 14 | Israel Says It's Antisemitic To Invoke The Genocide Convention Ove…

WSWS (2024-01-30). Nazis blocked from gathering on Australia Day in Sydney. wsws.org The police used the attempted gathering to set anti-democratic precedents that can be used against all political opposition to the status quo, including from the left.

WSWS (2024-01-30). Nazi Town USA: US public television examines the German-American Bund in the 1930s. wsws.org The real relationship of forces, above all the role of the working class, are missing from this account.

WSWS (2024-01-30). Nazi Town USA: US public television examines the German-American Bund in the 1930s. wsws.org The real relationship of forces, above all the role of the working class, is missing from this account.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-30). Crisis in the Red Sea: Death Blow to Global Capitalism. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara López On January 29th, Yemen's Shiite Houthi militias stated that they attacked a U.S. military vessel in the Gulf of Aden, in the southern Red Sea. Likewise, the shipping company Maersk assured this January 24 that two of its merchant ships were attacked by the Yemeni Armed Forces; these ships were carrying U.S….

Ian Angus (2024-01-29). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, January 2024. greenleft.org.au From killer insects to trash to degrowth, Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents six new books for understanding and changing the world…

Neal Meyer, Federico Fuentes (2024-01-30). United States: 'Biden's support for Israel's genocidal campaign has made it more likely that Trump will win'. greenleft.org.au Neal Meyer is a national leader of Bread & Roses, a caucus of Marxist activists in the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). He spoke with Green Left's Federico Fuentes about the impact that Israel's war on Gaza is having on US politics.

cameron orr (2024-01-29). Forward together: For pre-convention discussion. cpusa.org Editor's note: The CPUSA National Committee adopted the document below at its January 27th meeting to frame its preconvention discussion. It's the first of three, the second of which will be on the role of the party. The third will be on the international situation. | The U.S. is in the midst of a deep systemic crisis, perhaps the most severe since the Civil War and the Great Depression. It is a political, economic, social, cultural and ideological crisis of the capitalist system. Confidence in government is at an all-time low, while working-class anger at mounting inequality is at an all-time high. Gaza, Ukra…

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-30). International Holocaust Remembrance Day: 'Never Again' must include everyone. greenleft.org.au

_____ (2024-01-29). This Holocaust Remembrance Day, 'Never Again' Is Now. transcend.org 27 Jan 2024 – Today, Gaza is a shell of its former self. Entire neighborhoods have been wiped from the face of the Earth, replaced by a gray wasteland unfit for human life: bustling markets and crowded cafes, libraries home to thousands of precious books, bakeries filled with the smell of fresh bread — all of it turned to ash by Zionist IDF forces.

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-29). International Holocaust Remembrance Day: 'Never Again' must include everyone. greenleft.org.au

Jonathan Ofir (2024-01-29). The ICJ just took the Holocaust monopoly away from Israel. mondoweiss.net The International Court of Justice's genocide ruling shows Israel is no longer viewed as the eternal victim, and the Holocaust no longer shields it from scrutiny for the most grave crimes against humanity.

teleSUR, JCM (2024-01-29). Irán confirma la puesta en órbita de tres satélites. telesurtv.net Los satélites de investigación Mahda, Keyhan-2 y Hatef-1 fueron colocados el domingo a altitudes de entre 450 y 1.100 kilómetros sobre la superficie de la Tierra.

_____ (2024-01-29). "Depopulating" Palestine: Israel Through the Bifocal Lens of Hitler and Lemkin. transcend.org 20 Jan 2024 – As a human rights campaigner and a student of genocides, in my attempts to understand Israel's physical destruction of Gaza in particular, and its foundational Zionist policies in Palestine, I find most helpful to turn to Raphael Lemkin's grounded and multi-faceted conception of genocide and Hitler's "blood-based" ideas of "race-state" and racialized land.

The Independent (2024-01-30). SMEs trained to tap into oil and gas opportunities. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A total of 130 small and medium enterprise owners have been recently placed in a better position to win contracts along the proposed East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) after the completion of a capacity-building training program delivered by the Stanbic Business Incubator Limited (SBIL). SBIL's Chief Executive Tony Otoa …

Ann Brown (2024-01-29). Professor James Small Talks Personal Relationship With Dr. Khalid Muhammad: 5 Things To Know. moguldom.com Professor James Small, a distinguished scholar activist and speaker, shared insights into his personal relationship with the late Dr. Khalid Muhammad during interviews, shedding light on lesser-known aspects of Muhammad's life and influence. Small serves as CEO of Sanaa Lodge Enterprise, Ghana, Ltd., CEO and president of African-American Management Company, Ghana, Ltd., and International vice …

ecns.cn (2024-01-29). Total profits of China's SOEs hit $650 billion in 2023. ecns.cn (ECNS) — The profits of China's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) recorded stable growth in 2023, according to China's Ministry of Finance on Monday.

DikelediM (2024-01-30). Have your say on National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill. sanews.gov.za Have your say on National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill | The Select Committee on Trade and Industry, Economic Development, Small Business Development, Tourism, Employment and Labour has invited stakeholders and interested parties to make written submissions on the National Small Enterprise Amendment Bill [B16B — 2023] (sec 76). | The Bill seeks to amend the National Small Enterprise Act, 1996, in order to amend, delete, insert and to substitute certain definitions. | It also aims to provide for the report of the Advisory Body; provide for the establishment of the Small Enterprise Development Finance Age…

Rhoda Wilson (2024-01-30). Some of the threats menacing Canadians' freedoms online and how to overcome them. expose-news.com On Dan Fournier's 'Down the Rabbit Hole' podcast, Gabriel from Libre Solutions Network discussed the technological threats menacing Canadians' freedoms online and what solutions can be employed to counteract them. Discussing tyrannical …

infobrics (2024-01-30). EU considers sabotaging Hungary's economy to provide military aid to Kiev. infobrics.org Charles Michel will not step down as EC President to stop Orbán from presiding over summits.

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-01-26). Gaza Is Exposing Western Liberals For The Frauds They Are. orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone — Jan 24, 2024 | The entire western liberal worldview is currently balanced on the ability to psychologically compartmentalize away from the mass atrocities in Gaza and what western governments are doing to perpetuate them. | Everything that mainstream liberals claim to oppose is on full display in Israel's actions in Gaza. Racism. Fascism. Tyranny. Injustice. Genocide. Yet they must necessarily avoid throwing themselves into opposing these things there at all cost, because it would mean acknowledging that their own political allegiances are inseparably interwoven with them. | <...

Muhammed Shabeer, People's Dispatch. (2024-01-26). Protests Erupt In Germany After Exposure Of Far-Right Conspiracy. popularresistance.org In the wake of revelations about a far-right conspiracy in Germany to expel migrants and "non-assimilated citizens", progressive sections in Germany have launched militant anti-far-right demonstrations across the country, raising the banner "Together Against the Right," in defense of democracy and against fascism. | From January 19 to January 22, more than 1.4 million people, including leftists, trade unionists, youth-students groups, and various other anti-fascist groups hit the streets in more than a hundred cities across Germany, protesting the xenophobic maneuvers and political schemings of far-right groups,…

Ron Jacobs (2024-01-26). Incarceration as Fascism, Incarceration as Imperialism. counterpunch.org Incarceration is about controlling. Not just those who commit criminal acts, but also those who society has no economic use for. If there are no laws existing to lock up this latter demographic, the facts tell us that the ruling classes will create new laws and intensify enforcement of existing statutes. An almost perfect example

WSWS (2024-01-26). More than a million workers demonstrate during general strike against Milei in Argentina. wsws.org In an attempt to contain mass social anger over fascistic President Javier Milei's "shock therapy" measures, the Confederation of Argentine Workers (CGT) convoked the first general strike since 2019 on Wednesday.

Melissa Garriga, CODEPINK. (2024-01-26). Prominent Jewish Activists Send Open Letter To German Officials. popularresistance.org United States — In anticipation of UN-designated Holocaust Remembrance Day, Saturday, January 27th, over 300 Jews worldwide have released an Open Letter to the German Government and other European Nations: Support South Africa at the World Court-Do Not Aid and Abet Israeli Genocide in Gaza. | Signed by rabbis, scholars, policy makers, filmmakers and activists, the letter reads, "We call on the governments of Germany, Austria and all European nations involved in the Nazi Holocaust to stand on the right side of history, to stand with South Africa in its courageous appeal to the highest court in the United Nations…

Richie Merino (2024-01-26). Fund people's needs in the Bronx, not genocide in Gaza! workers.org From a talk given by Richie Merino, an organizer of the Bronx Antiwar Coalition, at a panel he chaired on "Workers' struggles and building internationalism" during the International Assembly against Imperialism in Solidarity with Palestine, held on Jan. 21 in New York City. We gather here today in the spirit . . . |

Arjae Red (2024-01-26). Leninism: 'A doctrine of action'. workers.org From a talk given by Arjae Red, an initial organizer with Starbucks Workers United and an anti-imperialist fighter, at the panel on "Internationalism Today — A Global Struggle, during the International Assembly against Imperialism in Solidarity with Palestine, held on Jan. 21 in New York City. I want to talk . . . |

WSWS (2024-01-26). Killing for Country: A Family History—a harrowing but distorted view of the massacres of Australian Aboriginal people. wsws.org David Marr's Killing for Country documents many mass killings of indigenous people but falsely blames the entire population, not the ruling class and Australian capitalism.

Andreas Hellgermann (2024-01-26). Instrumental Reason and Left Politics. indybay.org In the neoliberal variant of capitalism, postmodern pluralism dominates and with it a reason that is no longer trusted to understand the whole.. For instrumental reason, the actual world is always the best of all possible worlds since the question of a better world cannot arise in it. No problem arises that makes another, not yet existing world necessary or desirable.

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-26). Socialist councillor: New rainbow crossing a 'positive step'. greenleft.org.au

Simon Hooper (2024-01-26). War on Gaza: British man fighting for Israel wore shawl of Holocaust survivor who said 'do not hate'. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: British man fighting for Israel wore shawl of Holocaust survivor who said 'do not hate' | Close friend and fellow survivor says Zigi Shipper would have been 'heartbroken' by conflict in Gaza and angered by Israeli forces | Fri, 01/26/2024 – 12: 05 | The footage shows Levi Simon wearing the tallit belonging to Zigi Shipper in a building in Gaza, where he drew a Star of David (Screen…

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-26). International Holocaust Remembrance Day: 'Never Again' must include everyone. greenleft.org.au

Kim C. Domenico (2024-01-26). Tragedy's Bounty: The Revolution in Place. counterpunch.org As long as there have been men, man has felt too little joy. That, my brothers, is our original sin. — Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra If you are among these lucky very, very few, [who are privileged enough to have success in life that was not your own doing, …if your town…[ isn't] now filled with shuttered

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-26). Davos Elites Talk About Rebuilding Trust. The People Talk of System Change. portside.org

Fran Shor (2024-01-26). Yeh Man, the U.S. Has an Addiction to War and Empire. counterpunch.org What explains the Biden Administration's obsession with the Houthis and the Pentagon's almost daily launching of missile and air strikes on targets in Yemen? The ostensible rationale is to protect shipping in the Red Sea. Yet, other Arab allied nations, with the exception of Bahrain (a country that houses the largest US military base in

Matthew Hoh (2024-01-26). Imperial Costs: Two Stories Summarize the Cost of Empire to Democracy. counterpunch.org SEALs died taking part in a blockade mission against Yemen, a mission that dates back nearly a decade and is part of a two-decade-long history of US military action against Yemen (the US first launched a drone strike in Yemen in 2002). US policy towards Yemen is part of the larger, failed and counterproductive Global War on Terror, which itself is part of a larger, failed and counterproductive US Middle East policy. US Middle East policy, in its current form, goes back to the 1970s and is part of a larger, failed and counterproductive US militarized foreign policy. Can anyone go to the families of those two SEALs…

Jeffrey St. Clair (2024-01-26). Roaming Charges: The Impotent Empire. counterpunch.org The problem with American politics isn't that it's polarized (we need more polarization over inequality, over war, over climate), but that it's polarized around two of the most inept and ridiculous figures in American history. The only two people Americans can apparently think of to run their dying Empire have both lost their frigging marbles, if they ever had any, which is a sure sign that your Empire is in fact dying.

ecns.cn (2024-01-26). China cut $238 bln taxes and fees for private firms in 2023. ecns.cn China has cut 1.69 trillion yuan ($237.89 billion) taxes and fees for private enterprises in 2023, making private taxpayers the biggest beneficiaries of the country's tax policies.

ecns.cn (2024-01-26). China ramps up efforts to attract foreign investment as new year begins. ecns.cn China witnessed a surge in foreign investment in 2023, with 53,766 new foreign-invested enterprises landing in China, up 39.7 percent year-on-year, with the actual use of foreign capital amounting to 1.1339 trillion yuan ($158.2 billion).

ecns.cn (2024-01-25). China ramps up efforts to attract foreign investment as new year begins. ecns.cn China witnessed a surge in foreign investment in 2023, with 53,766 new foreign-invested enterprises landing in China, up 39.7 percent year-on-year, with the actual use of foreign capital amounting to 1.1339 trillion yuan ($158.2 billion).

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-01-25). Gaza Is Exposing Western Liberals For The Frauds They Are. caitlinjohnstone.com.au The entire western liberal worldview is currently balanced on the ability to psychologically compartmentalize away from the mass atrocities in Gaza and what western governments are doing to perpetuate them. | Everything that mainstream liberals claim to oppose is on full display in Israel's actions in Gaza. Racism. Fascism. Tyranny. Injustice. Genocide. Yet they must necessarily avoid throwing themselves into opposing these things there at all cos…

Staff (2024-01-24). "Trump Is the Nominee. Fascism Is on the Ballot." Author Jeff Sharlet on New Hampshire & Beyond. democracynow.org Former President Donald Trump trounced runner-up Nikki Haley in Tuesday's Republican primary, in what Jeff Sharlet, expert on the far right, says is another landmark in the acceleration of fascism in the United States. "Trump is the nominee. Fascism is on the ballot," says Sharlet, who describes how Trump is appealing to broader groups of Americans, why the political press is failing to capture the fascist movement, and the importance of resisting its growth. "It's popular front time. It's broad coalition time."…

Zane McNeill (2024-01-24). Bills in Georgia Aim to Suppress Cop City, Pro-Palestine Activists. truthout.org Right-wing lawmakers in Georgia are advancing two bills that would erode free speech and protest rights in the state. HB 30 would categorize criticism of Israel as antisemitic hate speech and SB 359 would significantly expand the state's Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) law, enhancing sentencing based on "political beliefs." "Don't sleep on this red clay fascism y'all,"… |

Democracy Now! (2024-01-24). Democracy Now! 2024-01-24 Wednesday. democracynow.org Headlines for January 24, 2024; "MAGA vs. MAGA Polite": Trump Beats Haley in New Hampshire, Haley Vows to Fight On; "Trump Is the Nominee. Fascism Is on the Ballot." Author Jeff Sharlet on New Hampshire & Beyond; Should Trump Be Barred from the Ballot? A Debate over the Insurrection Clause | Headlines for January 24, 2024; "MAGA vs. MAGA Polite": Trump Beats Haley in New Hampshire, Haley Vows to Fight On; "Trump Is the Nominee. Fascism Is on the Ballot." Author Jeff Sharlet on New Hampshire & Beyond; Should Trump Be Barred from the Ballot? A Debate over the Insurrecti…

Thierry Meyssan (2024-01-25). Gaza Is Exposing Western Liberals For The Frauds They Are. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | The entire western liberal worldview is currently balanced on the ability to psychologically compartmentalize away from the mass atrocities in Gaza and what western governments are doing to perpetuate them. | Everything that mainstream liberals claim to oppose is on full display in Israel's actions in Gaza. Racism. Fascism. Tyranny. Injustice. Genocide. Yet they must necessarily avoid throwing themselves into opposing these things there at all cost, because it would mean acknowledging that their own political allegiances are inseparably interwoven w…

gringus (2024-01-25). Antisemitic Flyers In Davis. indybay.org Davis Antifascists Remove Antisemitic Flyers From Downtown Area…

WSWS (2024-01-25). US presidential election heads toward Trump-Biden contest. wsws.org The choice between the Republican fascist and the Democratic warmonger and enabler of genocide in Gaza is no choice at all. The alternative must come from the working class.

WSWS (2024-01-25). LFI's response to new French government exposes its bankruptcy. wsws.org The admission that the Socialist Party gave birth to "horrors" such as the fascistic Attal-Macron regime highlights the bankruptcy of La France Insoumise (LFI), whose leaders emerged from the PS and still defend the counter-revolutionary negotiations of trade union bureaucracies with it.

gringus (2024-01-24). Antisemitic Flyers In Davis. indybay.org Davis Antifascists Remove Antisemitic Flyers From Downtown Area…

WSWS (2024-01-24). The Indian ruling class and imperialist powers embrace Modi as he erects a Hindu supremacist state. wsws.org The imperialist powers' embrace of the Hindu supremacist and pogromist Modi is at one with their full-throttle support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right government as it mounts its genocidal assault on Gaza and their alliance with the fascist disciples of Stepan Bandera in waging war against Russia in Ukraine.

WSWS (2024-01-24). Trump wins New Hampshire primary. wsws.org The fact that an ex-president who sought to overthrow the results of the last election by means of a fascist attack on the Capitol will likely be the Republican presidential candidate in the November election is an indictment not only of the Republican Party, but of the entire two-party system.

Staff (2024-01-25). President Maduro: Goal of Far-Right Was My Assassination (+Bolivarian Fury). orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has made a statement revealing the objective of recently unveiled plans from far-right groups seeking his assassination. "In all their plans they had a single objective: they wanted to physically eliminate me," he said, during a popular rally in support of his government and in commemoration of the 66th anniversary of the ousting of Venezuela's last dictator, Marcos Pérez Jiménez. | "If one day the fascists do me some harm, through some attack, I leave it in your hands to do what you have to do to restore justice and peace in Venezuela, and activate the Bolivarian Fury,…

WSWS (2024-01-24). Khan Younis besieged as Netanyahu calls for the "eradication of the new Nazis" wsws.org The IDF's order to evacuate a swathe of Khan Younis, requiring more than half a million people to leave in a matter of hours with nowhere to go, was intended only to justify the mass killings of civilians.

Michael Zoosman (2024-01-24). Gassing Execution Horrifies Jewish Groups. counterpunch.org Let there be no doubt: lethal injection itself also is another direct Nazi legacy. It was first implemented in this world by the Third Reich as part of its infamous Aktion T4 protocol used to kill other such cognitively impaired individuals deemed "unworthy of life." That protocol was brought to fruition by Dr. Karl Brandt, personal physician of Adolf Hitler, who personally signed off on it. It is precisely this T4 protocol that is among those monstrosities condemned on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

infobrics (2024-01-25). Is Il-76MD shootdown part of Kiev regime's internal power struggle?>. infobrics.org There are many questions regarding the incident, particularly as the Kiev regime forces initially bragged about downing the large Russian transport aircraft. However, this soon gave way to silence, as the Neo-Nazi junta is refusing to take responsibility for the downing, as it would be "too inconvenient" having to explain the death of over 60 Ukrainian POWs, particularly to their families who were eager to see them after months or perhaps even years. On the other hand, the incident might be a part of the rapidly escalating internal power struggle in Kiev, particularly between the regime and the military.

Editor (2024-01-25). Learning from Lenin today. mronline.org One hundred years since Lenin's death, Nigerian socialist Abiodun Olamosu describes of the revolutionary on his own political development. As the preeminent organiser of the Russian revolution, Lenin helped to determine the course of Olamosu's life in Nigeria. Olamosu explores the development of Lenin's work and legacy. He regards Stalin's rise to power, and the Soviet Union, as an abomination to the body of ideas of Marxism and socialist internationalism.

Andreas Hellgermann (2024-01-25). Instrumental Reason and Left Politics. indybay.org In the neoliberal variant of capitalism, postmodern pluralism dominates and with it a reason that is no longer trusted to understand the whole.. For instrumental reason, the actual world is always the best of all possible worlds since the question of a better world cannot arise in it. No problem arises that makes another, not yet existing world necessary or desirable.

thecommunists (2024-01-25). Joti Brar and Garland Nixon: Parasitic imperialism, episode 1. thecommunists.org Joti Brar, vice-chair of the CPGB-ML, in an introductory discussion on the nature of imperialism, discusses with Garland Nixon the origins of monopoly in the womb of capitalism. They talk about how this huge concentration of wealth into a few massive fortunes, which is accompanied by the immiseration of the vast masses of the world's …

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-25). Socialist councillor: New rainbow crossing a 'positive step'. greenleft.org.au

Abiodun Olamosu, Black Agenda Report. (2024-01-24). Learning From Lenin Today. popularresistance.org Not long after I joined the socialist movement as a student at the Polytechnic of Ibadan in 1980, I was introduced to Marxist literature at the Progressive and Socialist Bookshop which was the sole depot of many left-wing publishers from UK, USSR and China that included Zed Books. By the time I entered university as a mature student, I had already worked as a full-time revolutionary assisting Ola Oni, a foremost Marxist revolutionary and scholar at the University of Ibadan where he lectured. He also owned the bookshop. | My generation were inspired by the history of Russia, the only country that achieved a succes…

ecns.cn (2024-01-24). Pudong to pioneer institutional reform. ecns.cn The newly released plan depicting the development path for Pudong New Area in the next five years will help the area fulfill its role as a pioneer of China's socialist modernization, said experts.

Editor (2024-01-24). "War and Lenin in the 21st Century" mronline.org As in Lenin's time, the conclusion is that socialist revolution will end imperialist war, enabling workers to meet their own needs.

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-24). Socialist councillor: New rainbow crossing a 'positive step'. greenleft.org.au

J.N. Cheney (2024-01-24). A Special Strike: The 2019 Special Metals Strike in New Hartford, New York. dissidentvoice.org The struggle of organized labor in Upstate New York and more specifically Central New York is one that has typically gone unnoticed on both a national and historical scale. This of course can be said about numerous regions throughout the United States among other sections of the global socialist movement for the enfranchisement of the …

WSWS (2024-01-24). "We just got to be adults about the situation": Ocasio-Cortez calls for vote for "Genocide Joe" Biden. wsws.org Appearing on the "I've Had It" podcast earlier this month, the Democratic Socialists of America Democrat said the decision to vote for Biden in the upcoming election "is not a difficult one for me."

Editor (2024-01-25). A Call for Peace. socialistproject.ca

Avi Lewis (2024-01-24). We Are in a Fight for Life. socialistproject.ca This talk was given by Avi Lewis as the opening keynote at the It is truly good to be here with you all on Treaty Six territory. I want to start with gratitude for the framing of this conference: we are at a crossroads,…

Editor (2024-01-25). Walter Rodney's radical legacy. mronline.org Contrary to those who cast Marxism as a Eurocentric "white ideology," the Guyanese revolutionary saw it as an essential component of struggles against colonialism.

unitedEditor (2024-01-25). The fusion of Marxism and ancient philosophy in China's current government. uwidata.com The triumphant Chinese revolution in 1949 introduced new variables for the construction of its own thought. Before, the philosophy of the country had emerged from the 6th and 5th centuries BC, with It's main but not only exponents in Confucius and Laozi. Since 1949, China's long history is full of innovative research and opinions in …

Sasha Abramsky (2024-01-24). Some GOP Strategists Want Haley to Keep Running, Despite Trump's NH Win. truthout.org I spent much of Tuesday trying to escape the endless horse race commentary on the New Hampshire primary. At the best of times the breathy nature of such reportage is a lousy way to cover politics; in the Trump era it's particularly destructive, normalizing his far right proposals, his dictatorial tendencies and his slashing personal insults as just yet more data points for the analysts to use in… |

WSWS (2024-01-24). Holocaust Survivor Rene Lichtman: "Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza. We've got to fight back." wsws.org Rene Lichtman, born 1937, is a "hidden child" Holocaust survivor who opposes the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-25). Argentina: The Homeland is Not For Sale. libya360.wordpress.com Stella Calloni Argentina erupts in mass protests against "reforms". Faced with a scenario like the current one when authoritarianism tries to impose itself in Argentina with all its nuances behind the offer of a "freedom" that ceased to exist with the illegal imposition of the Decree of Necessity and Urgency (DNU) and an omnibus law,…

Jenny Ricks, Portside. (2024-01-24). Davos Elites Talk About Rebuilding Trust; People Talk Of System Change. popularresistance.org With war threatening to escalate in the Middle East, as well as crises in Ecuador and many other parts of the world, most people are not even aware that the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is rolling around again this week. In the context of sharpening inequalities, and perilous global politics, what relevance does this gathering have outside the elite bubble? | The Forum's annual Global Risks Report itself posits misinformation, societal polarization, extreme weather conditions, conflict, and rising cost of living among the key risks to the global economy this year. What the WEF has failed to d…

Robert J. Burrowes (2024-01-25). We Are Being Smashed Politically, Economically, Medically and Technologically by the Elite's 'Great Reset': Why? How Do We Fight Back Effectively? globalresearch.ca

Pawe…´ Wargan (2024-01-24). Germany backs Netanyahu for the same reason it created Hitler. electronicintifada.net Gaza is a dress rehearsal for violence that threatens workers and the oppressed everywhere.

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-25). Germany backs Netanyahu for the same reason it created Hitler. electronicintifada.net

WSWS (2024-01-25). Baltimore Sun newspaper sold to right-wing media conglomerate. wsws.org The 187-year-old Maryland newspaper, which has been sold multiple times over the last four decades, returns to local ownership under the control of the conservative scion of the Sinclair broadcast empire.

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2024-01-24). Japan's Growing Militarism: The Drums of War in Support of the American Empire. globalresearch.ca It seems that Japan is making strategic decisions to join their US and NATO allies in preparation for a global war against their long-time adversaries, China, North Korea, and Russia. The latest deal Tokyo made with Washington for the purchase …

ecns.cn (2024-01-25). Restructuring high on SOE agenda. ecns.cn China will initiate restructuring and integration activities within its centrally administered State-owned enterprises this year, focusing on sectors such as information communication, new energy and equipment manufacturing.

ecns.cn (2024-01-25). Stabilization fund talk spurs investor sentiment. ecns.cn Chinese authorities are seeking to mobilize about 2 trillion yuan ($278 billion), mainly from the offshore accounts of Chinese State-owned enterprises, as part of a stabilization fund to buy A shares via stock connect programs linking the Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong bourses.

ecns.cn (2024-01-24). China further opens up financial market with 10 foreign firms approved for underwriting. ecns.cn NAFMII said on Tuesday that 10 more foreign-funded institutions have been approved as lead underwriters or underwriters of debt financing instruments for non-financial enterprises, in a major step for financial opening.

ecns.cn (2024-01-24). Revenue of China's state-owned enterprises hit $5.5 trillion in 2023. ecns.cn Total revenue of China's state-owned enterprises hit 39.8 trillion yuan (about $5.5 trillion) in 2023, with a total profit of 2.6 trillion yuan, indicating steady and high-quality growth, according to a report from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council on Wednesday.

James C. Nelson (2024-01-24). Majoritarian Democracy or Minority Tyranny? counterpunch.org What is more American than that the majority rules—the principle that 50.1% carries the day when decisions affecting all of us are made. The majority wins, and the minority has to accept, even if not graciously, the decision of the greater number. That's how decisions are made in this Country. Right? Not necessarily!

Muhammed Shabeer (2024-01-23). Protests erupt in Germany after exposure of far-right conspiracy to deport migrants en masse. peoplesdispatch.org In the wake of revelations about a far-right conspiracy in Germany to expel migrants and "non-assimilated citizens", progressive sections in Germany have launched militant anti-far-right demonstrations across the country, raising the banner "Together Against the Right," in defense of democracy and against fascism. | From January 19 to January 22, more than 1.4 million people, including leftists, trade unionists, youth-students groups, and various other anti-fascist groups hit the streets in more than a hundred cities across Germany, protesting the xenophobic maneuvers and political schemings of far-right groups,…

WSWS (2024-01-23). The mass mobilisation against the far-right Alternative for Germany and the fight against fascism. wsws.org The mass protests against the fascist Alternative for Germany (AfD) are part of an international movement against the right-wing politics of the ruling class and show the enormous opposition to anti-refugee propaganda, war and inequality. It is important to develop this into a conscious movement of the working class against the government and capitalism.

WSWS (2024-01-24). The Indian ruling class and imperialist powers embrace Modi as he erects a Hindu supremacist state. wsws.org The imperialist powers' embrace of the Hindu supremacist and pogromist Modi is at one with their full-throttle support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right government as it mounts its genocidal assault on Gaza and their alliance with the fascist disciples of Stepan Bandera in waging war against Russia in Ukraine.

WSWS (2024-01-24). Trump wins New Hampshire primary. wsws.org The fact that an ex-president who sought to overthrow the results of the last election by means of a fascist attack on the Capitol will likely be the Republican presidential candidate in the November election is an indictment not only of the Republican Party, but of the entire two-party system.

gringus (2024-01-24). Antisemitic Flyers In Davis. indybay.org Davis Antifascists Remove Antisemitic Flyers From Downtown Area…

WSWS (2024-01-23). Fascistic Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspends presidential campaign, endorses Trump. wsws.org Despite enormous support from sections of the financial oligarchy and mainstream press, the more DeSantis articulated his version of Trump's fascistic "MAGA" program, the more he plummeted in the polls.

infobrics (2024-01-23). American Neo-Nazis "refocus" on American issues and away from Ukraine. infobrics.org Russia's success in Ukraine is breaking global Nazi morale.

infobrics (2024-01-23). Kiev neo-Nazi regime continues to openly practice terrorism against Russian civilians. infobrics.org Recent attack in Donetsk's public market makes clear the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime.

Irwin Jerome (2024-01-23). Israel's Zionists and Settler Colonists Are Genocidal Warmongers. globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2024-01-23). O regime neonazista de Kiev continua a praticar terrorismo abertamente contra civis russos. globalresearch.ca A natureza terrorista do regime neonazista de Kiev está a tornar-se cada vez mais clara para a opinià£o pública global. Em 21 de janeiro, as foràßas ucranianas lanàßaram um ataque brutal contra a capital da República Popular de Donetsk (RPD), …

Frank Cappello (2024-01-23). MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Michael Clayton (w/ Matt Strackbein). levernews.com

Javier Tolcachier (2024-01-23). The integration of the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean: A revolutionary way out. pressenza.com From 22 to 24 February next, the Latin American and Caribbean Day of Peoples' Integration will take place in Foz do Iguaàßú, at the apex between Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay known as the Triple Frontier. | The aim of the conclave, which is expected to bring together around five thousand activists from different parts of the region, is to establish a dialogue to discuss the systemic crisis of capitalism, the threats to peace, the sovereignty of the peoples, and to make an economic, political and cultural diagnosis of the challenges facing Our America in a context of global right-wing advances. | The meetin…

Emanuel Pastreich (2024-01-23). Letter from Americans Requesting the Termination of the Secretive Japan-US Joint Committee. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2024-01-24). "We just got to be adults about the situation": Ocasio-Cortez calls for vote for "Genocide Joe" Biden. wsws.org Appearing on the "I've Had It" podcast earlier this month, the Democrat Socialists of America Democrat said the decision to vote for Biden in the upcoming election "is not a difficult one for me."

Editor (2024-01-24). "War and Lenin in the 21st Century" mronline.org As in Lenin's time, the conclusion is that socialist revolution will end imperialist war, enabling workers to meet their own needs.

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-24). Socialist councillor: New rainbow crossing a 'positive step'. greenleft.org.au

ecns.cn (2024-01-24). Pudong to pioneer institutional reform. ecns.cn The newly released plan depicting the development path for Pudong New Area in the next five years will help the area fulfill its role as a pioneer of China's socialist modernization, said experts.

Ivana Periƒá (2024-01-23). Trade Unions Block Arms Exports to Israel. socialistproject.ca Around the world, trade unions and workers are refusing to participate in the production and transportation of arms intended for Israel. Particularly notable are the actions of port workers' unions, who have demonstrated in line with their tradition that the struggle for workers' rights is inseparable from the fight for human rights, equality, and freedom. On the other hand, almost all unions in Croatia have remained silent on the call for solidarity from their Palestinian colleagues and international union centers. | Since October 7th, more than 25,000 people have lost their lives due to the warfare in Gaza a…

Federico Fuentes, Patrick Bond (2024-01-23). 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 (…) | – | / |

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-23). Socialist councillor: New rainbow crossing a 'positive step'. greenleft.org.au

Jonah Raskin (2024-01-23). Is Michael Gaylord James of Rising Up Angry Still Angry? counterpunch.org Novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald once said famously that "There are no second acts in American lives." Fitzgerald changed his mind, at least for New York City. In the midst of the Depression, when New York looked bleak economically speaking, he wrote, "There was certainly to be a second act to New York's boom days." He was right about

jamanetwork (2024-01-23). Anxiety and Depression Symptoms After the Dobbs Abortion Decision. jamanetwork.com This retrospective analysis compares symptoms of depression and anxiety before and after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade between residents in states with abortion triggers vs those in states without trigger laws.

Patricia Harrity (2024-01-23). Will Disease X be Leaked in 2025? expose-news.com Will Disease X be Leaked in 2025? asks Dr Joseph Mercola. The WHO's pandemic treaty is the gateway to a global, top-down totalitarian regime, a one-world government. The reason we can be sure …

WSWS (2024-01-24). Holocaust Survivor Rene Lichtman: "Israel is committing war crimes in Gaza. We've got to fight back." wsws.org Rene Lichtman, born 1937, is a "hidden child" Holocaust survivor who opposes the ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza.

Kate Horgan (2024-01-23). Warnings: the Holocaust, US Global Relations, and our Endangered Democracy. projectcensored.org Mickey's guests for the hour are philosophers Leonard Grob and John K. Roth, coauthors of the 2023 book, Warnings: The Holocaust, Ukraine, and Endangered American Democracy. They outline what is…

Robert J. Burrowes (2024-01-23). We Are Being Smashed Politically, Economically, Medically and Technologically by the Elite's 'Great Reset': Why? How Do We Fight Back Effectively? globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2024-01-24). China further opens up financial market with 10 foreign firms approved for underwriting. ecns.cn NAFMII said on Tuesday that 10 more foreign-funded institutions have been approved as lead underwriters or underwriters of debt financing instruments for non-financial enterprises, in a major step for financial opening.

ecns.cn (2024-01-24). Revenue of China's state-owned enterprises hit $5.5 trillion in 2023. ecns.cn Total revenue of China's state-owned enterprises hit 39.8 trillion yuan (about $5.5 trillion) in 2023, with a total profit of 2.6 trillion yuan, indicating steady and high-quality growth, according to a report from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council on Wednesday.

Anthony Donovan (2024-01-23). NYC: Vigil to Abolish Nuclear Weapons on the 3rd Anniversary of the TPNW. pressenza.com January 22nd, 2024 A vigil outside the U.S. UN Mission across from the United Nations with members of Peace Action NY, Manhattan Project for a Nuclear Free World, Pax Christi NY, The Catholic Worker, Veterans For Peace, PSR, and ICAN gathered today in front of the United Nations to commemorate and celebrate the 3rd Anniversary of the entry into force (becoming international law) of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). | In contrast to and fully aware that in just 9 days, the universities, corporations, national labs, contractors, and government agencies of our entire nuclear weapon "Enterprise…

The Independent (2024-01-23). Which Ugandan feature films will make it to the 2024 iKon Awards nominations? independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The iKon Awards are back for the second edition to recognise and reward exceptional players in Uganda's Film and Television ecosystem who embody the spirit of creativity, innovation and enterprise. With the 2024 nominees being announced on Friday 26th January, we look at some of the Ugandan films released …

The Independent (2024-01-24). Court stops US music record firm from interfering with Bruno K's songs. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commercial Division of the High Court has issued an interim order blocking a United States-based music record label; Black Market Records Entertainment LLC from directly or indirectly making copyright ownership claims from Bruno Kiggundu alias Bruno K's Songs. Bruno K, a Ugandan-based singer petitioned the Court in 2022 saying …

James C. Nelson (2024-01-24). Majoritarian Democracy or Minority Tyranny? counterpunch.org What is more American than that the majority rules—the principle that 50.1% carries the day when decisions affecting all of us are made. The majority wins, and the minority has to accept, even if not graciously, the decision of the greater number. That's how decisions are made in this Country. Right? Not necessarily!

Patricia Harrity (2024-01-23). Digital Kill Switches: How Tyrannical Governments Stifle Political Dissent. expose-news.com Around the world, instances of government-imposed internet outages are on the rise. There were 182 shutdowns in 34 countries in 2021 according to Access Now, a non-governmental organization monitoring global connectivity, Numerous …

Dave DeCamp (2024-01-23). Turkish Parliament Approves Sweden's NATO Membership. news.antiwar.com Turkey's parliament ratified Sweden's NATO bid on Tuesday, bringing Stockholm one step closer to joining the military alliance. Turkey's General Assembly voted 287-55 to approve Sweden's NATO bid about a year and a half after Stockholm submitted its application. Hungary is the final NATO country that needs to approve Sweden's membership. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor …

Ragip Soylu (2024-01-23). Turkey ratifies Sweden's Nato membership after months of blocking accession. middleeasteye.net Turkey ratifies Sweden's Nato membership after months of blocking accession | Sweden now only needs Hungary's approval to become a full member of military alliance | Tue, 01/23/2024 – 12: 29 | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson shake hands next to Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on the eve of the Nato summit, Vilnius, Lithuania, 10 July 2023 (…

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-01-23). Pfizer's "Secret" Report on the Covid Vaccine. Beyond Manslaughter. The Evidence is Overwhelming. The Vaccine Should Be Immediately Withdrawn Worldwide. globalresearch.ca Pfizer was fully aware that the mRNA vaccine which it is marketing Worldwide would result in a wave of mortality and morbidity. This is tantamount to a crime against humanity on the part of Big Pharma.

Sonali Kolhatkar (2024-01-23). Why Not Control All Drug Prices? counterpunch.org Major pharmaceutical companies in the United States are battling with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders over an issue that is at the heart of whether we value human wellbeing over corporate profits. As chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), Sanders has vowed to force CEOs of pharmaceutical companies to publicly

midwesternmarx (2024-01-21). Anti-Fascism & Solidarity: Bhagat Singh Jan Adhikar Yatra By: Vansh Yadav. midwesternmarx.com First Day of Bhagat Singh Jan Adhikar Yatra, December 10 Phase 2 of The Bhagat Singh Jan Adhikar Yatra (BSJAY), which began on December 10, is set to cover 8,500 km, going through 80 districts and 13 states, and will continue until March 3. The Rally is primarily organised by the Revolutionary Workers Party of India (RWPI), Disha Students Organisation, Naujawan Bharat Sabha, and Mazdoor Bigul Dasta, along with numerous other progressive organisations. The Yatra is essentially an an …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-21). Thanks to Gaza, European philosophy has been exposed as ethically bankrupt By: Hamid Dabashi. midwesternmarx.com From Heidegger's Nazism to Habermas's Zionism, the suffering of the 'Other' is of little consequence Imagine if Iran, Syria, Lebanon, or Turkey – fully backed, armed and diplomatically protected by Russia and China – had the will and the wherewithal to bomb Tel Aviv for three months, day and night, murder tens of thousands of Israelis, maim countless more and make millions homeless, and turn the city into a heap of uninhabitable rubble, …

mforinoco (2024-01-21). Russian Strike On Elite French Merc Nest Delivers 'Devastating Blow' to Ukraine's War Effort. orinocotribune.com On the evening of 16 January, Russian missiles hit a building in Kharkov that had been converted into a major center for high-level European (mostly French) mercenaries. It was a devastating blow, with at least 60 killed and 20 wounded. | It is important to note that these were elite soldiers, not the run of the mill American thrill-seekers and "Tik Tok soldiers", nor Colombian hitmen. The European mercenaries tend to be highly trained specialists who work on specific weapons systems too complex for the average Ukrainian conscripts and Nazi footsoldiers to operate efficiently. | This strike did not just elimin…

Manlio Dinucci (2024-01-21). Da Gaza al Medioriente la Strategia della Catastrofe ONU: "Conseguenze Inimmaginabili" | Grandangolo — Pangea. globalresearch.ca Articolo e trasmissione a cura di Manlio Dinucci. | Martin Griffiths — Sottosegretario Generale delle Nazioni Unite per gli Affari Umanitari e Coordinatore degli Aiuti d'Emergenza — ha presentato al Consiglio di Sicurezza una documentata relazione, di cui riportiamo alcuni stralci: …

presstv.ir (2024-01-21). 'Nazis out': 250,000 Germans rage against far-right AfD. presstv.ir Around 250,000 protesters march in cities across Germany to protest against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and its stance against migrants.

Tina Renier (2024-01-21). Reflections on Racism, "Coloniality of Power", Mal-Development and Contemporary Capitalism. globalresearch.ca

Rick Thomas (2024-01-21). The Transnational Capitalist Class. The Billionaires, the Trillionaires. Stake Holder Capitalism and The New World Order. globalresearch.ca

C.J. Polychroniou (2024-01-21). The Only Solution to "Wealth Supremacy" Is a Democratic Economy. truthout.org The extraction of wealth is a pathology of late capitalism and is defined by the cultural and political processes by which the rich establish themselves as the dominant class. Social theorist and organizer Marjorie Kelly labels this phenomenon "wealth supremacy" which is also the title of her latest book. But as she points out in this exclusive interview for Truthout, wealth supremacy… |

midwesternmarx (2024-01-21). Capitalism and the Production of Poverty By: Jim Silver. midwesternmarx.com The perpetual production of ever-changing forms of poverty is an inevitable part of the creative destruction that characterizes capitalism. The form of the poverty changes, because capitalism is dynamic and constantly changing, but poverty remains. The production of poverty is not only an inevitable but also a necessary part of capitalism. This has been the case in Britain, the world's first capitalist industrial power, for the past eight hundred years.Poverty is in large part about …

Federico Fuentes, Patrick Bond (2024-01-21). 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 (…) | – | / |

Achin Vanaik (2024-01-21). The Tragedy Of India's Authoritarian Descent: The Case of Prabir Purukayastha. socialistproject.ca Despite all the talk about India being the world's largest democracy the existing reality is very different indeed. For persistent dissidents and opponents of the current Hindu nationalist regime headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the general political environment is effectively an undeclared emergency. In many respects it is worse than the declared Emergency of 1975-77 with its suspension of fundamental civic and political rights. That lasted a little less than two years. The current process of systematic degradation of the basic institutions of Indian democracy under the Modi government has been going o…

Won Youngsu, Federico Fuentes (2024-01-21). Behind rising tensions on the Korean peninsula: A socialist view. greenleft.org.au Green Left's Federico Fuentes spoke to Youngsu Won, a socialist and coordinator of the International Forum in South Korea, about the new tensions flaring on the Korean peninsula and their potential ramifications.

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-21). Socialist councillor: New rainbow crossing a 'positive step'. greenleft.org.au

midwesternmarx (2024-01-21). Our Postmodern Crisis and the Progressive Alternative in the Harlem Renaissance By: Kathie Jiang. midwesternmarx.com This article explores the Harlem Renaissance's ideological and artistic contributions to the American social consciousness for imagining possibilities for political struggle, and as a timely alternative to the dominant postmodern aesthetic and cultural tendencies of nihilism of our times — including 1950's Pop Art, the 1980's neo expressionist art of Jean-Michel Basquiat, and contemporary hip-hop culture. Between World War I and the Great Depression, in New …

Editor (2024-01-21). Experts Worry About At-Risk Women's Access to New Postpartum Depression Pill. scheerpost.com

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

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2024-01-18). Venezuela denuncia ante Mnoal genocidio israelí en Gaza. telesurtv.net Canciller venezolano afirmó que en medio de una crisis imperialista y el auge del fascismo es necesario unir fuerzas para dialogar y avanzar hacia un futuro de paz y justicia.

mforinoco (2024-01-18). 'Students of India Are United Against the Fascist Bharatiya Janata Party Regime'. orinocotribune.com The students say that the policies being implemented by the government, particularly the new education policy will lead to the destruction of the country's public education system. | On January 12, students from across India gathered at the heart of the capital city New Delhi to protest against the conservative policies of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The students say that the policies being implemented by the government, particularly the new education policy will lead to the destruction of the country's public education system. It will limit access to education, par…

United Front Committee For A Labor Party (2024-01-18). Wednesday 1/24: Support Argentina's General Strike Against Fascist Milei: Victory for Argentina Workers! indybay.org US Federal Building | 70 9th St./Mission St. | San Francisco…

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L. Michael Hager (2024-01-18). Genocide in My Living Room. counterpunch.org History is replete with genocide. Among the earliest was the Albigensian Crusade 0f 1209 that sparked the Cathar genocide in southern France. In the 20th century, the Turkish genocide of 1915 killed up to 1.2 million Armenian Christians; the Nazi Holocaust of 1941-1945 sent 6 million Jews to death chambers or execution sites; and the Rwanda Genocide of 1994 killed more than half a million Tutsis. Reports of more recent genocides appear in the major media, including Darfur (2003), Yazidi (2010), and Rohingya (2016).

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-18). Gaza: A Ghastly Window into the Crisis of Global Capitalism. znetwork.org

Ellen Brown (2024-01-18). Casino Capitalism and the Derivatives Market: Time for Another 'Lehman Moment'? globalresearch.ca

Staff (2024-01-18). President Petro Condemns Capitalism as 'Building Walls and Dropping Bombs' at WEF in Davos (+Fake Video). orinocotribune.com Caracas ( During his speech this Wednesday, January 17, at the

Ellen Brown (2024-01-18). Casino Capitalism and the Derivatives Market: Time for Another "Lehman Moment"? dissidentvoice.org Reading the tea leaves for the 2024 economy is challenging. On January 5th, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said we have achieved a "soft landing," with wages rising faster than prices in 2023. But critics are questioning the official figures, and prices are still high. Surveys show that consumers remain apprehensive. There are other concerns. On December 24, 2023, Catherine …

Eds. (2024-01-18). Commune or Nothing! Communes Against Capitalism. mronline.org In this panel, Kali Akuno, John Bellamy Foster, Chris Gilbert, and M.E. O'Brien examine the commune and communal organizing as part of the project of revolutionary social transformation. The speakers address how socialist communes can be used to abolish the logic of capitalism, which is based on the exploitation of human beings, the expropriation of nature, and oppression.

WSWS (2024-01-18). AI and its implications a central topic at Davos meeting. wsws.org The contradiction between technology and the social relations of capitalism in which it is encased is becoming ever-more apparent.

teleSUR, YSM (2024-01-18). Presidente de Colombia rechaza el capitalismo en foro de Davos. telesurtv.net El mandatario colombiano destacó que es necesario un cambio del sistema financiero mundial.

Federico Fuentes, Patrick Bond (2024-01-18). 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 (…) | – | / |

Federico Fuentes, Patrick Bond (2024-01-18). 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 (…) | – | / |

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-18). Socialist councillor: New rainbow crossing a 'positive step'. greenleft.org.au

Jeremy Loffredo (2024-01-18). VIDEO: Life in Jerusalem under Israel's military dictatorship. thegrayzone.com Journalist Jeremy Loffredo visits the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, a climate of unprecedented repression has descended since October 7. Loffredo documents settler terror attacks on businesses and speaks to local activists who tell him they fear arrest and beatings from Israeli police if they speak out against the assault on Gaza.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-18). Life in Jerusalem Under Israel's Military Dictatorship. libya360.wordpress.com Journalist Jeremy Loffredo visits the occupied East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, a climate of unprecedented repression has descended since October 7. Loffredo documents settler terror attacks on businesses and speaks to local activists who tell him they fear arrest and beatings from Israeli police if they speak out against the assault on Gaza.

Democracy Now! (2024-01-18). Democracy Now! 2024-01-18 Thursday. democracynow.org Headlines for January 18, 2024; Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby Slams Indiana University for Canceling Exhibit over Her Support for Gaza; Artist Emily Jacir: Rampant Censorship Is Part of the Genocidal Campaign to Erase Palestinians; Holocaust Survivor Marione Ingram Decries Climate of Censorship After Her Hamburg Talks Are Canceled | Headlines for January 18, 2024; Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby Slams Indiana University for Canceling Exhibit over Her Support for Gaza; Artist Emily Jacir: Rampant Censorship Is Part of the Genocidal Campaign to Erase Palestinians; Holocaust Survivor Marione Ingram Decries Climate o…

Democracy Now! (2024-01-18). Democracy Now! 2024-01-18 Thursday. democracynow.org Headlines for January 18, 2024; Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby Slams Indiana University for Canceling Exhibit over Her Support for Gaza; Artist Emily Jacir: Rampant Censorship Is Part of the Genocidal Campaign to Erase Palestinians; Holocaust Survivor Marione Ingram Decries Climate of Censorship After Her Hamburg Talks Are Canceled | Headlines for January 18, 2024; Palestinian Artist Samia Halaby Slams Indiana University for Canceling Exhibit over Her Support for Gaza; Artist Emily Jacir: Rampant Censorship Is Part of the Genocidal Campaign to Erase Palestinians; Holocaust Survivor Marione Ingram Decries Climate o…

Staff (2024-01-18). Holocaust Survivor Marione Ingram Decries Climate of Censorship After Her Hamburg Talks Are Canceled. democracynow.org We are joined by 88-year-old Jewish German American Marione Ingram, who describes how her scheduled speaking tour in Hamburg — the city she fled in the Holocaust — was "postponed" this month amid a wider backlash against those speaking out against Israel's assault on Gaza. Ingram has been protesting for months outside the White House calling for a ceasefire, and characterizes U.S. and German pro-Israel policy as "disturbing" and "frightening." As a survivor of the Holocaust, Ingram says, "My childhood was spent in the first 10 years much the same way as…

Sarah Anderson (2024-01-18). Davos Elites Talk About Rebuilding Trust. The People Talk of System Change. inequality.org With war threatening to escalate in the Middle East, as well as crises in Ecuador and many other parts of the world, most people are not even aware that the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is rolling around again this week. In the context of sharpening inequalities, and perilous global politics, what relevance …

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Jacqueline Luqman, Black Agenda Report. (2024-01-18). Righteous Protest Drowned Out As Empire Was Worshipped At AME Church. popularresistance.org Let's start at the top – with President Joe Biden. Using the lame excuse of memorializing the victims of the 2015 racist massacre at Mother Emanuel Church in which nine church members were murdered in cold blood by white supremacist Dylan Roof, who they had welcomed into their Bible Study, Biden's true purpose for speaking at the church was to beg Black people to save his lagging campaign for re-election . But Biden didn't even memorialize the victims of that massacre nearly a decade later by name, nor did he bother to speak at the church on the actual anniversary of the massacre, June 15.

nosihle (2024-01-18). Presidential Economic Advisory Council discusses measures to support economic growth, job creation. sanews.gov.za Presidential Economic Advisory Council discusses measures to support economic growth, job creation | Despite the progress made in putting in place fiscally, socially and environmentally sound economic policies, the Presidential Economic Advisory Council (PEAC) has noted that significant challenges remain. | "In its assessment of the current economic environment, the PEAC highlighted fiscal risks, the poor performance of state-owned enterprises, ongoing load shedding, historical underinvestment in infrastructure, and rising levels of crime as the most urgent obstacles to growth," the Presidency said on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2024-01-18). China cut over $305 bln of taxes and fees in 2023. ecns.cn China has cut more than 2.2 trillion yuan ($305 billion) of taxes and fees last year, with a significant rise of tax deduction on the research and development for enterprises, said the State Taxation Administration on Thursday.

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-01-18). When Yemen Does It It's Terrorism, When The US Does It It's "The Rules-Based Order" caitlinjohnstone.com.au We are ruled by murderous tyrants. By nuclear-armed thugs who would rather starve civilians to protect the continuation of an active genocide than allow peace to get a word in edgewise. | Reading by Tim Foley.

John W. Whitehead (2024-01-18). Digital Kill Switches: How Tyrannical Governments Stifle Political Dissent. globalresearch.ca

Migration Policy Institute (2024-01-18). Expanding Protection Options? Flexible Approaches to Status for Displaced Syrians, Venezuelans, and Ukrainians. reliefweb.int Countries: Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Hungary, Mexico, Moldova, Peru, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Syrian Arab Republic, Türkiye, Ukraine, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Source: Migration Policy Institute | Please refer to the attached file. | Flexible Approaches to Protection for Displaced Individuals Bring Benefits in Certain Circumstances but Must Not Replace Refugee Status | WASHINGTON, DC — Faced with displacement crises that have stretched asylum systems to their limits, countries increasingly are turning to alternatives to traditional ref…