(2024-01-08). On white supremacy and Zionism: a reflection on Claudine Gay's tenure as president of Harvard University. mronline.org 
Anti-Black racism and Zionism are two cornerstones of Harvard's flawed foundation. We should mourn Claudine Gay's tenure at Harvard because she was both a victim and an agent of white supremacy.
(2024-01-08). John Pilger (1929-2023) on Apartheid and Post-apartheid Injustices: "South Africa is where much of my political education took place." globalresearch.ca
(2024-01-08). A Condolence Message on the Passing of Dr. Betty A. Reardon. transcend.org I shocked to hear the news of passing of Dr. Betty A. Reardon on November 3, 2023 at the age of more than 94 years. She was born on June 12, 1929. She was one of the founders of Peace Education.
(2024-01-08). Butime optimistic Commonwealth Speakers will become Uganda's ambassadors. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Tourism Tom Butime has urged members of the just-ended Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth to be ambassadors of what Uganda offers to the world. The minister was addressing speakers at the Entebbe-based Uganda Wildlife Education and Conservation Centre (UWECC) where they had …
(2024-01-08). Right-Wing Christians Are Making Climate Apocalypse a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. truthout.org On November 17, 2023, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) rejected science textbooks and teaching materials from eight educational publishers. Their objections were based in large part on references to "manmade" climate change, on "negative portrayals of fossil fuels," and, amazingly enough, on evolution. In a nod to the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, the "Judeo-Christian" culture warriors at… |
(2024-01-07). Ontario education worker urges workers across Canada to support the Quebec public sector workers' struggle. wsws.org The following statement was issued by a participant in the November 2022 "illegal" strike of Ontario education support-staff workers and is a leader of the Ontario Education Workers Rank-and-File Committee.
(2024-01-07). 70 Years After Brown Vs. Board Of Ed, Public Schools Still Deeply Segregated. popularresistance.org Brown vs. Board of Education, the pivotal Supreme Court decision that made school segregation unconstitutional, turns 70 years old on May 17, 2024. | At the time of the 1954 ruling, 17 U.S. states had laws permitting or requiring racially segregated schools. The Brown decision declared that segregation in public schools was "inherently unequal." This was, in part, because the court argued that access to equitable, nonsegregated education played a critical role in creating informed citizens — a paramount concern for the political establishment amid the Cold War. With Brown, the justices overturned decades of…
(2024-01-07). Harvard Hates The White Race. thealtworld.com Is the multicultural campaign really about diversity? Or is it about stamping out Western civilization and the "white race" itself? | College students will tell you that a university education today is a guilt trip for whites. The purpose is to prevent whites from appreciating and absorbing their own culture and to make it difficult for whites to resist the unreasonable demands (quotas, reparations, etc.) from "people of color." | To the questions, "who am I, what am I," the white university graduate answers: "a racist, sexist, homophobic oppressor." | Neither parents, trustees, alumni, nor the public are aware o…
(2024-01-08). Genocide in Gaza. mronline.org 
For the record, I believed Israel was guilty of serious war crimes—but not genocide—during the first two months of the war, even though there was growing evidence of what Bartov has called "genocidal intent" on the part of Israeli leaders.
(2024-01-08). Marx's Vision of Sustainable Human Development. mronline.org 
With global capitalism's worsening poverty and environmental crises, sustainable human development comes to the fore as the primary question that must be engaged by all twenty-first century socialists in core and periphery alike. It is in this human developmental connection, I will argue, that Marx's vision of communism or socialism (two terms that he used interchangeably) can be most helpful.
(2024-01-08). China's 3rd-generation superconductor quantum computer comes online. ecns.cn China's quantum computing has made new progress, with its third-generation superconducting quantum computer "Origin Wukong" coming online at 9 am on Saturday at Origin Quantum Computing Technology (Hefei) Co.
(2024-01-08). Judge denies U.S. Department of Justice's motions to dismiss and for early appeal in children's constitutional climate lawsuit Juliana v. Unites States. mronline.org 
On Friday, December 29, 2023, U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken issued an order and opinion denying the U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) motions to dismiss the second amended complaint in the children's constitutional climate lawsuit Juliana v. United States.
(2024-01-08). Germany's Left Party leaders pay homage to arch-reactionary Wolfgang Schà§uble. mronline.org 
Since Wolfgang Schà§uble's death on December 26, politicians and the media have been lavishing praise on the long-serving Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party chairman and Finance and Interior Minister…
(2024-01-08). Introduction to the Brazilian edition of facing the Anthropocene. mronline.org 
Important steps towards formally defining a new epoch in Earth System history.
(2024-01-08). EFF Asks Court to Uphold Federal Law That Protects Online Video Viewers' Privacy and Free Expression. scheerpost.com 
By Aaron Mackey / As millions of internet users watch videos online for news and entertainment, it is essential to uphold a federal privacy law that protects against the disclosure of everyone's viewing history, EFF For decades, the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) has safeguarded people's viewing habits by generally requiring services that offer videos to the public to get th…
(2024-01-07). I Want For You What You Want For The Palestinians. caitlinjohnstone.com.au I want for you whatever you want for the Palestinians. | When I say I want for you what you want for the Palestinians, I mean what it is that you really, truly want for them. Not what you pretend to want for the Palestinians. Not what you say you want for the Palestinians when you're in polite company, or when the cameras are on you, or when you're posting online under your real name, or when you're speaking publicly in a…
(2024-01-07). Kids' tour to Harbin becomes online hit. ecns.cn With its enchanting allure and captivating attractions, Harbin, the picturesque ice city of Heilongjiang province in Northeast China, has become a social media sensation, leaving netizens mesmerized by its myriad splendors.
(2024-01-07). Direct Elections For Labor Leaders Make For More Militant Unions. popularresistance.org The labor movement is rightfully celebrating recent contract victories by the United Auto Workers, Teamsters, SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America, which together cover nearly 650,000 workers. An essential thread uniting the campaigns is that the top union officers were all directly elected by the members, a basic democratic right denied to many union members in the United States. As other unions seek to learn lessons from these historic contract fights, a key takeaway is that a vibrant democratic process—"one member, one vote"—is crucial to a revitalized labor movement.
(2024-01-08). Construction Workers Reject Labor Export Deal To Israel As 'Sinister Ploy'. popularresistance.org Over the past few weeks, at least two states in India, governed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have issued notices for the recruitment of construction workers to be sent to Israel. | Reports emerged towards the end of last year that Israel was seeking to hire up to 100,000 workers from India to replace Palestinian workers in its construction sector. After the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation began on October 7, Israel revoked the work permits given to all Palestinian workers from Gaza, where unemployment and poverty rates are rampant due to the ongoing 17-year-long siege imposed by the Zionist occupation.
(2024-01-08). China 'Actively Involved' in Iraq's Reconstruction. orinocotribune.com
(2024-01-07). France ratifies commitment to nuclear energy. plenglish.com Paris, Jan 7 (Prensa Latina) The French Minister of Energy Transition, Agnès Pannier-Runacher, today ratified the country's bet on nuclear energy with the construction of reactors beyond the six planned, which will reduce dependence on oil.
(2024-01-08). Talking Socialism On The Job. popularresistance.org With a new generation of socialist activists entering the workforce to build unions and the socialist movement, experiences from 45 years ago may provide lessons about what works and what does not work when talking socialism on the job. | I joined the Young Socialist Alliance in 1971 and the Socialist Workers Party in 1973, resigning from the party in December 1983. I was a student activist in California, Massachusetts, and Illinois, before becoming the labor reporter for The Daily Calumet newspaper in southeast Chicago in 1976. | While a journalist at The Daily Calumet I covered the United Steel Workers of Ameri…
(2024-01-08). Union Reformers Made Labor History in 2023. They're Just Getting Started. inthesetimes.com
(2024-01-08). Suspenden huelga en metro de Londres por avances en negociación. telesurtv.net Los sindicatos exigen un aumento salarial superior al 5 por ciento, prestaciones de viaje y una mejor clasificación laboral.
(2024-01-08). UC's War on People's Park, The Defense & Destruction of People's Park with Harvey Smith. indybay.org The attack and destruction of People's Park is part of the privatization developers drive by the UC Regents, management and City and State government and Harvey Smith of the People's Park Historic District Advocacy Group speaks about this in the interview…
(2024-01-07). Suspenden huelga en metro de Londres por avances en negociación. telesurtv.net Los sindicatos exigen un aumento salarial superior al 5 por ciento, prestaciones de viaje y una mejor clasificación laboral.
(2024-01-08). Hezbollah: 'Historic Opportunity For Criminal Occupiers To Leave'. popularresistance.org Since October 8, we have entered into combat with the enemy in the south over a stretch of more than 100 km. | The Islamic Resistance executed 494 targetings, including 50 border points targeted more than once. | The Islamic Resistance also targeted technical and intelligence equipment along the border, completely destroying them. | "Israeli" soldiers fled from the sites towards the settlements, fearing the advancement of the fighters towards the sites and their occupations. | A large number of vehicles and tanks were destroyed along the border. | The operations were very draining for the enemy, who practiced ext…
(2024-01-08). Hezbollah leader: 'Historic opportunity for criminal occupiers to leave'. workers.org
(2024-01-08). Palestinians, supporters demand Charleston City Council call for cease-fire. workers.org 
Charleston, West Virginia Over 200 Palestinian and pro-Palestine activists packed a City Council meeting in Charleston, West Virginia's capital, on Jan. 3. The crowd attended the meeting in anticipation of a vote regarding a cease-fire resolution previously proposed by progressive City Councilmember Joe Solomon, with the support of Palestinian constituents. . . . |
(2024-01-08). RMT cancels London tube strikes: a far-reaching betrayal in the making. wsws.org None of the issues which led to the strike vote have been resolved. This includes pay freezes for those near the top pay band, the axing of travel allowances for London Underground staff, and above all the gutting of tube workers' pensions.
(2024-01-08). Malaysian government targets workers and the poor. wsws.org The bourgeoisie's demand for "tough reforms" consists of cuts to government subsidies and public sector pensions and salaries as well as the reintroduction of a deeply unpopular goods and services tax.
(2024-01-08). CWU's Martin Walsh's pro-company New Year's message receives angry put down from Royal Mail workers. wsws.org Postal workers made clear that the issues which "count" for them had been trampled underfoot by the CWU bureaucracy in foisting a sell-out agreement on them last July to bring an end to their year long fight.
(2024-01-08). Mass layoffs begin in California as corporations retaliate against new state minimum wage laws. wsws.org Companies have begun laying off workers in response to California legislation raising the minimum wage for fast food and healthcare workers.
(2024-01-08). Mass layoffs begin in California as corporations retalitate against new state minimum wage laws. wsws.org Companies have begun laying off workers in response to California legislation raising the minimum wage for fast food and healthcare workers.
(2024-01-08). Tuesday 1/9: Fired SF SEIU 1021 Workers Press Conference & Rally To Get Their Jobs Back. indybay.org SEIU 1021 SF UNION HALL @ 350 Rhode Island, SF | (Meet at the Kansas Side Entrance) Invite all Effected Members…
(2024-01-07). Masindi hospital workers accused of extortion. independent.co.ug 
Masindi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers at Masindi General Hospital have been accused of asking for bribes from patients before delivering service. The vice has reportedly become so rampant denying the poor patients services that should be free. They accuse the health workers of charging exorbitant amounts of money for patients to receive treatment …
(2024-01-08). Over 800 Organizations Globally Sign Letter In Support Of Genocide Case Against The State Of Israel. popularresistance.org United States – The newly-formed International Coalition to Stop Genocide in Palestine (ICSGP) issued a sign-on letter* on January 3, 2024 that garnered over 800 organizational endorsements from around the world in less than one week. In addition to the initiating organizations noted here, signing organizations represent broad social movements, including World March of Women and the International People's Assembly, Palestinian-led and Palestinian solidarity movements such as Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions and the Palestinian NGO Network, as well as human rights and legal groups, unions, and religi…
(2024-01-08). UK protesters demonstrate at weapons factories and demand "Stop Arming Genocide" wsws.org For the past months, in the absence of any opposition by the trade unions, demonstrations and protests have been taking place across Britain aimed at preventing the exports of weaponry and weapon parts to Israel which are being used in its genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza.
(2024-01-08). Caucasus: Peace efforts in the shadow of global conflict. uwidata.com Negotiations in the Caucasus between Armenia and Azerbaijan continue. But due to the great geopolitical importance of the region, outside powers, especially the United States and the European Union, intervene in the process, seeking, according to experts, to encircle Russia. Armenian and Azerbaijani leaders Nikol Pashinian and Ilham Aliyev met informally on the sidelines of …
(2024-01-08). Convocan urgentemente al Consejo de Seguridad de Ecuador. telesurtv.net La reunión del Consejo de Seguridad Pública fue convocada por el presidente Noboa tras el operativo de seguridad en la cárcel regional de Guayaquil.
(2024-01-08). Maritime union starts year with strike action to defend conditions. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-01-07). California Faculty Association Escalates Strike Actions Ahead of Contract Battle. truthout.org The California Faculty Association (CFA), representing 29 thousand faculty at the 23 campuses of the California State University (CSU), held a series of rolling strikes against the largest public university system in the United States in December. The union has been engaged in contract reopener talks in advance of a full contract battle later this year. The union has demanded a 12 percent pay… |
(2024-01-07). Maritime union starts year with strike action to defend conditions. greenleft.org.au
(2024-01-07). Palestinian civil society's response to states that claim they cannot support South Africa's ICJ submission to protect their role as "mediators" bdsmovement.net 
(2024-01-07). Hezbollah Trades Heavy Fire With Israel, Damages Strategic Airbase. news.antiwar.com Still angry at the assassination of top Hamas figure Saleh al-Harouri in Beirut last week, the Hezbollah movement carried out what it called a "preliminary response," trading heavy fire with Israel along the Lebanese border. Hezbollah focused the attack on a hilltop observation post, firing off 62 rockets. The outpost was purported to be for …
(2024-01-07). Hamas' Hamdan Condemns Arouri Assassination, Highlights Israeli Aggression on Journalists. english.almanar.com.lb 
Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas official in Lebanon, conveyed crucial messages on behalf of the Palestinian Resistance movement in a press conference held in Beirut on Sunday, January 7. Addressing the staggering human toll and destruction inflicted by the Israeli war machine since October 7, Hamdan vehemently criticized Israeli push for what it terms 'voluntary …
(2024-01-07). How can we build the movement for the liberation of Palestine? greenleft.org.au 
(2024-01-08). SUCCESS OF FAR-RIGHT PARTIES HIGHLIGHTS THE DEAD END OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY By: MLToday. midwesternmarx.com 
The far-right, anti-immigrant party Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged in the Bavaria's state election in October, coming third with just under 2 million votes and gaining 10 seats in the state legislature. This follows a trend of electoral success for AfD, which is now polling at around 20 percent across all of Germany.Interestingly, the far right enjoys large support in the formerly socialist east German states where until recently the working class largely supported the democra …
(2024-01-08). Arrest of 33 alleged Mossad agents; No permission to British minesweepers to pass through the Straits; Cancellation of Turkish Super Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. uwidata.com Parallel to the developments in the world, last week in Türkiye was marked by heated discussions. The arrest of 34 people allegedly working for the Mossad in Türkiye was at the top of the agenda. Türkiye's refusal to allow the passage of minelayers that the United Kingdom wanted to send to Ukraine via the Black …
(2024-01-07). Backward Classes seers urge Karnataka CM to accept caste census report. muslimmirror.com BENGALURU : Seers of backward communities in Karnataka met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday and submitted a plea urging the state government to accept the caste census report. The seers opined that the guarantees are more beneficial for the working class. Responding to this, the Chief Minister said that the period to submit the caste …