(2022-01-05). Primer on Foreign Policy for Candidates Published. davidswanson.org By RootsAction Education Fund, January 5, 2022 RootsAction Education Fund has published a Primer on Foreign Policy for U.S. Congressional Candidates. Congressional candidates often have little or nothing to say about foreign policy, and a lot of them have a surprising reason when asked: they say that they don't know anything about it. Some of …
(2022-01-05). Primer on Foreign Policy for Candidates Published. warisacrime.org 
By RootsAction Education Fund, January 5, 2022 RootsAction Education Fund has published a Primer on Foreign Policy for U.S. Congressional Candidates. Congressional candidates often have little or nothing to say about foreign policy, and a lot of them have a surprising reason when asked: they say that they don't know anything about it. Some of …
(2022-01-05). Tony Blair's Def Sec. Was Told 'in No Uncertain Terms' to Burn Memo Saying Iraq War Could Be Illegal. sputniknews.com The claims come as more than 600,000 people have already signed an online petition to have former British Prime Minister Tony Blair stripped of his recently awarded knighthood. Anti-war campaigners accuse Blair of war crimes for sending British troops into Iraq and Afghanistan during his tenure.
(2022-01-05). When identity becomes a prison, there can be no liberational politics. zcomm.org Please Help ZNet Source: The Real News Network There is no doubt that racism is real and has negative consequences for people's lives," Adolph Reed Jr. and Touré F. Reed note in the abstract to their article "The Evolution of 'Race' and Racial Justice under Neoliberalism." "This is why we
(2022-01-05). Wednesday 1/26: COVID Criminals & Pandemic Profiteers: Book Talk w/ author John Nichols & Rep. Ro Khanna. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-05). Wednesday 1/26: Supreme Court in 2022: Future of Abortion Rights, Voting Rights & Gun Control w/ LWV. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-05). US President Joe Biden Gets Mocked Online After Mistakenly Saying It's 2020. sputniknews.com Confusing former British Prime Minister Theresa May with Margaret Thatcher, telling a paraplegic to stand up, and calling his election rival Donald Trump by the wrong name twice — it seems that if people were awarded trophies for making gaffes, Joe Biden would be crowned the all-time champion.
(2022-01-05). Monday 1/17: Conversations of King: "Give Us The Ballot" – MLK, Voting Rights, & the Urgency in 2022. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-05). First VIDEO of Protesters Storming Mayor's Office in Almaty, Kazakhstan Emerges Online. sputniknews.com There have been multiple reports of clashes between protesters and police as the crisis in Kazakhstan escalates.
(2022-01-05). Thursday 1/6: Jan 6th Talk: Hope, Resiliency & the Fight Against White Supremacy w/ Rep. Barbara Lee. indybay.org Online via livstream…
Indybay (2022-01-05). Thursday 1/20: The Future of Reproductive Justice: With Roe v. Wade in Peril, What Comes Next? indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-05). Thursday 1/6: The Insurrection One Year Later: The Threats to American Democracy w/ ProPublica. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-04). We dance into the New Year banging our hammers and swinging our sickles: The Fifty-Second Newsletter (2021). mronline.org 
Bittersweet is the passage of this year. There have been some immense victories and some catastrophic defeats, the most terrible being the failure of the Global North countries to adopt a democratic attitude towards confronting the COVID-19 pandemic and creating equitable access to key resources, from life-saving medical equipment to vaccines.
(2022-01-04). We dance into the New Year banging our hammers and swinging our sickles: The Fifty-Second Newsletter (2021). mronline.org Bittersweet is the passage of this year. There have been some immense victories and some catastrophic defeats, the most terrible being the failure of the Global North countries to adopt a democratic attitude towards confronting the COVID-19 pandemic and creating equitable access to key resources, from life-saving medical equipment to vaccines.
(2022-01-04). Let's fight for transgender equality! cpusa.org 
The following resolution was passed by the CPUSA National Board and submitted for party-wide discussion. The demonization of transgender people in the United States is today a focal point of the far right's campaign for political and economic domination. Capitalism in the United States has always thrived on the division of working people in …
(2022-01-04). 6,660 5G base stations built in Tibet. ecns.cn 4 (Xinhua) — Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region built 3,083 5G base stations in 2021, bringing the number of 5G base stations in the region to 6,660 in total.Tibet will also promote 5G network applications and technologies in education, medical care, transportation, and logistics, Yan said."ÄÄ"ÄÄThe region's digital economy is expected to rise 10 percent this year, said Yan. Enditem…
(2022-01-04). No return to schools! Children's lives matter! wsws.org The UK unions' contempt for their members health and lives could not be clearer. Their statement acknowledges, "last term education staff were more likely than other workers to test positive", only to complain that this was "inevitably leading to disruption of education."
(2022-01-04). 6,660 5G base stations built in Tibet. ecns.cn 4 (Xinhua) — Southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region built 3,083 5G base stations in 2021, bringing the number of 5G base stations in the region to 6,660 in total.Tibet will also promote 5G network applications and technologies in education, medical care, transportation, and logistics, Yan said."ÄÄ"ÄÄThe region's digital economy is expected to rise 10 percent this year, said Yan. Enditem…
(2022-01-04). No return to schools! Children's lives matter! wsws.org The UK unions' contempt for their members health and lives could not be clearer. Their statement acknowledges, "last term education staff were more likely than other workers to test positive", only to complain that this was "inevitably leading to disruption of education."
(2022-01-04). Public services feel the pressure as Omicron cases threaten staff shortages. thecanary.co Public services are resorting to emergency plans to mitigate staff shortages caused by the Omicron variant of coronavirus. | Ongoing issues: | At least six hospital trusts have declared critical incidents — where priority services may be under threat. Boris Johnson said on 3 January that he would "make sure that we look after our NHS any way that we can". The education secretary said schools should be prepared to merge classes into large groups if staff levels dipped too low. | Health leaders, meanwhile, warned the health service was "in a state of crisis", and a headteacher predicted remote lear…
(2022-01-04). Tuesday 1/18: Open Climate: Moving Toward an Indigenous Climate Economy. indybay.org Online event (English & Spanish translation)…
(2022-01-04). Tuesday 1/11: Inside Trump's Attempted Election Steal and the People Who Stopped It. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-04). New highly mutated Covid strain discovered. rt.com 
A coronavirus variant with 46 mutations has been detected in southern France | The new variant of Covid-19 was first discovered in a patient who returned to France from Cameroon. Researchers said it's too early to assess the variant's features. | The new strain, B.1.640.2, was detected in 12 patients living in the same geographical area in southeastern France, a team of scientists said in a preprint published online on medRxiv last week. | The strain is related to the B.1.640 lineage, which was classified as a variant under monitoring (VUM) by the World Health Organization (WHO) in November. | The first known…
(2022-01-04). Sudanese Don't Give Up in Their Fight Against The Dictatorship. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, new demonstrations demanding civilian rule started in Sudan's capital Khartoum and other cities. Protesters gathered in Khartoum's busiest bus station Sharwani, prior to the march to the Republican Palace. | RELATED: | "Thousands took part in Tuesday marches in Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman, condemning the coup. Pictures posted online show young protesters singing, beating drums and waving Sudanese flags. T…
(2022-01-04). The Production Gap report. mronline.org 
Governments' planned fossil fuel production remains dangerously out of sync with Paris Agreement limits.
(2022-01-04). Globalization from Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan until today. mronline.org 
In North America, the European colonization started during the 17th century, mainly led by England and France, before undergoing a rapid expansion during the 18thcentury, an era also marked by massive importation of African slaves…
(2022-01-04). Monday 1/17: Conversations of King: "Give Us The Ballot" – MLK, Voting Rights, & the Urgency in 2022. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-04). Saturday 1/22: Straight Talk about COVID-19. indybay.org Online meeting, see website for details…
(2022-01-04). Year in review: China's climate goals withstand heat. mronline.org 
Chinese policymakers have been rapidly developing new climate policies even as major events have threatened to derail them.
(2022-01-04). FBI is recklessly misusing Trump-era espionage policy to create "Climate of Fear" among scientists—terrorizing families and ruthlessly destroying careers. mronline.org 
On the Tuesday before Christmas, Dr. Charles Lieber, the former chair of Harvard's Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, was convicted by a federal jury of lying to the U.S. about his involvement with China's government and failing to disclose income from China on his tax returns.
(2022-01-04). Indian Police Detain Engineering Student in 'Online Sale' of Muslim Women Case. sputniknews.com On 1 January, photos of more than a hundred Indian Muslim women went viral on an open-source app — "Bulli Bai", hosted on the web platform GitHub. The photographs were sourced without the individuals' permission, in apparent attempt to target and harass Muslim women.
(2022-01-04). Sudanese Don't Give Up in Their Fight Against The Dictatorship. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, new demonstrations demanding civilian rule started in Sudan's capital Khartoum and other cities. Protesters gathered in Khartoum's busiest bus station Sharwani, prior to the march to the Republican Palace. | RELATED: | "Thousands took part in Tuesday marches in Khartoum and its twin city of Omdurman, condemning the coup. Pictures posted online show young protesters singing, beating drums and waving Sudanese flags. T…
(2022-01-04). Over 500,000 People Sign Petition Against Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair's Knighthood. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – An online petition to have UK's former Labour prime minister Tony Blair stripped of his recently awarded knighthood is rapidly gaining support, with over half a million people signing it in just a few days.
(2022-01-04). New highly mutated Covid strain discovered. rt.com A coronavirus variant with 46 mutations has been detected in southern France | The new variant of Covid-19 was first discovered in a patient who returned to France from Cameroon. Researchers said it's too early to assess the variant's features. | The new strain, B.1.640.2, was detected in 12 patients living in the same geographical area in southeastern France, a team of scientists said in a preprint published online on medRxiv last week. | The strain is related to the B.1.640 lineage, which was classified as a variant under monitoring (VUM) by the World Health Organization (WHO) in November. | The first known…
(2022-01-04). After years of setbacks, U.S. labor demonstrates its power. mronline.org 
2021 marked a historic year in labor organizing for workers in the US, with tens of thousands of workers in partaking in union votes and strike actions.
(2022-01-04). FBI is recklessly misusing Trump-era espionage policy to create "Climate of Fear" among scientists—terrorizing families and ruthlessly destroying careers. mronline.org On the Tuesday before Christmas, Dr. Charles Lieber, the former chair of Harvard's Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department, was convicted by a federal jury of lying to the U.S. about his involvement with China's government and failing to disclose income from China on his tax returns.
(2022-01-04). The Production Gap report. mronline.org Governments' planned fossil fuel production remains dangerously out of sync with Paris Agreement limits.
(2022-01-04). Tuesday 1/18: Open Climate: Moving Toward an Indigenous Climate Economy. indybay.org Online event (English & Spanish translation)…
(2022-01-04). Saturday 1/22: Straight Talk about COVID-19. indybay.org Online meeting, see website for details…