(2024-12-25). A Note on Trade and Inequality. counterpunch.org 
We saw millions of workers displaced in manufacturing, as our trade deficit ballooned from 1997 to 2007. Communities across the industrial heartland were devastated as the factories that supported them downsized or shut altogether. We can have lengthy debates about the motives of working-class people who switched from Democrats to Trump voters, but the fact that Democratic presidents pushed trade policies that destroyed millions of good paying jobs for non-college educated workers is not really in dispute.
(2024-12-25). How Fascism Came. popularresistance.org President-elect Donald Trump does not herald the advent of fascism. He heralds the collapse of the veneer that masked the corruption within the ruling class and their pretense of democracy. He is the symptom, not the disease. The loss of basic democratic norms began long before Trump, which paved the road to an American totalitarianism. Deindustrialization, deregulation, austerity, unchecked predatory corporations, including the health-care industry, wholesale surveillance of every American, social inequality, an electoral system that is plagued by legalized bribery, endless and futile wars, the largest prison po…
(2024-12-25). Schools Are No Place For The ADL. popularresistance.org Launched in 1913 to counter antisemitism and discrimination, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) now resembles a mythological shapeshifter that presents alternately as a civil rights organization and a pro-Israel propagandist. | In its "No Place for Hate" program that caters to both elementary and secondary schools, the ADL's stated mission is to empower students, teachers and parents to "stand against bias and bullying …" with school-wide pledges, projects and games aimed at celebrating diversity and stamping out hate in the halls, in the cafeteria, in the reading circle, anywhere that hate may manifest.
(2024-12-25). Brazil: Members of Safer Access network discuss ways to reduce impact of armed violence. icrc.org The event in Fortaleza covered operations in such fields as health, education, social work, youth and human rights.
(2024-12-25). DPP depriving youth to learn Chinese culture and history. ecns.cn A Chinese mainland spokesman on Wednesday said Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party has deprived Taiwan youth of their rightful opportunity to learn about Chinese culture and history by introducing educational policies and curriculum distorting Chinese history.
(2024-12-25). Over 20K UoPeople alumnus desirous of rebuilding Syria. ummid.com Thousands of Syrian refugees are planning to return to their homes to help rebuild Syria with the knowledge gained from their studies at University of the People (UoPeople) – a tuition-free American online university, following the fall of brutal Assad regime.
(2024-12-24). Education Ministry set to secure sh840 Billion from World Bank. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Optimism is growing at the Ministry of Education and Sports headquarters at Embassy House that funding of up to UGX 840 billion for its flagship education project will be secured from the World Bank. Sources tell our reporter that these funds, part of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) …
(2024-12-24). Syria's fall and anti-imperialist lessons. mronline.org The fall of Syria was a serious strike against the Axis of Resistance, but all is not lost.
(2024-12-24). Over 20K UoPeople alumnus desirous of rebuilding Syria. ummid.com Thousands of Syrian refugees are planning to return to their homes to help rebuild Syria with the knowledge gained from their studies at University of the People (UoPeople) – a tuition-free American online university, following the fall of brutal Assad regime.
(2024-12-24). Israel 'wiping Gazans out of existence'. mronline.org Aid group accuses Tel Aviv of deliberate ethnic cleansing in latest damning report.
(2024-12-24). Germany Magdeburg Christmas market attacker: What we know so far. aljazeera.com The suspect, originally from Saudi Arabia, shared Islamophobic messages online and criticised German refugee policies.
(2024-12-24). U.S. corporate land grab in Ukraine underlies war with Russia. mronline.org Heralded as a hero in Western media, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has allowed foreign private interests to steal his country's best land.
(2024-12-24). America's plan after 9/11: Taking out seven countries in five years. mronline.org An alarming truth revealed by retired U.S. four-star general Wesley Clark.
(2024-12-24). German politicians criticize Musk backing for far-right AfD. mronline.org 
After Elon Musk posted his support for Germany's far-right AfD, the party's leader Alice Weidel expressed her gratitude. Other German lawmakers have criticized "interference" in the country's upcoming federal elections.
(2024-12-24). Why I am (or at least try to be) a libertarian. onlineopinion.com.au In a world driven by fear, division, and creeping authoritarianism, libertarianism offers a belief in the dignity of the individual, voluntary cooperation and the power of accountability.