2024-12-31: News Headlines

Brenda Norrell (2024-12-31). Zapatistas 'Rebellion and Resistance' Celebrates Autonomy and Rights of Women. indybay.org Zapatistas 'Rebellion and Resistance' celebrates the long road of autonomy and self-governance, and the equality of women and men, at the gathering underway honoring 31 years of resistance in Chiapas.

US Campaign for Palestinian Rights (2024-12-31). Call Major Media Outlets: Break Your Silence on Hospital Massacres. indybay.org Doctors kidnapped. Patients murdered. Medics burned alive. All of this is being reported by Arabic media online, but major media outlets in the U.S. are silent. They have to hear from us. | act.uscpr.org/a/gaza-media-call

newarab (2024-12-31). Doctors launch campaign to free Gaza hospital head Abu Safiya. newarab.com Healthcare workers around the world have launched an online campaign demanding the Hundreds of medical professionals are using the hashtag #FreeDrHussamAbuSafiyeh to decry Israel's capture and detention of him as well as calling fo…

Editor (2024-12-31). When Democrats and liberals smeared Jimmy Carter for criticizing Israel. mronline.org Jimmy Carter, who died on Sunday at the age of 100, was attacked for telling the truth about Israel. Many Democrats joined the smear campaign.

Editor (2024-12-31). China demands withdrawal of U.S. missile system from the Philippines, calls it a threat to regional peace and security. mronline.org Both the U.S. and Philippines have refused to withdraw the U.S. Typhon missile system deployed in April near Chinese borders despite earlier claiming it to be a temporary move.

Editor (2024-12-31). 20 Years after his death, Gary Webb's truth is still dangerous. mronline.org Twenty years ago this month, on December 10, 2004, former San Jose Mercury News investigative reporter Gary Webb died by apparent suicide, following a stretch of depression.

Editor (2024-12-31). Homelessness in U.S. has doubled under Biden. mronline.org The number of homeless people living in shelters or on the streets topped 770,000 this year, according to the annual report by the Department of Housing and Urban Development released Friday, a rise of 18 percent over 2023.

UMMID (2024-12-31). MAH MCA CET 2025: Registration Starts, Last Date Jan 25. ummid.com The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell has started online registration for MAH MCA CET 2025 to be held for admission in Master of Computer Applications (MCA) PG course for the year 2025-26.

Henry A. Giroux, Truthout. (2024-12-30). Higher Education Must Champion Democracy, Not Surrender To Fascism. popularresistance.org For decades, neoliberalism has systematically attacked the welfare state, undermined public institutions and weakened the foundations of collective well-being. Shrouded in the alluring language of liberty, it transforms market principles into a dominant creed, insisting that every facet of life conform to the imperatives of profit and economic efficiency. | But in reality, neoliberalism consolidates wealth in the hands of a financial elite, celebrates ruthless individualism, promotes staggering levels of inequality, perpetuates systemic injustices like racism and militarism, and commodifies everything, leaving no…

Sarah Anderson (2024-12-30). 10 inequality victories in 2024. nationofchange.org Our year-end review of 10 of the most inspiring inequality wins, from union drives to fair taxes to consumer protection.

tn.ai (2024-12-30). President Unveils Plans to Reform Iran's Educational System. tn.ai TEHRAN (Tasnim) — Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian voiced his administration's determination to reform the country's educational system and enhance its quality.

Henry A. Giroux (2024-12-30). Higher Education Must Champion Democracy, Not Surrender to Fascism. globalresearch.ca For decades,

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2024-12-30). No Longer Sustained by Education, Western Humanity Is in Death Throes. Paul C. Roberts. globalresearch.ca Universities no longer produce educated people, and educated people are ceasing to exist. It is an interesting question, not to be discussed here, whether the disappearance of educated people is cause or result of the rise in barbarity that is …

Levi Rickert, Native News Online. (2024-12-30). Native Vote Calls On Biden To Remove Medals Given To Calvary Members Of Massacre At Wounded Knee. popularresistance.org In a letter addressed to President Joe Biden, dated just two days before the 134th anniversary of the Wounded Knee Massacre, Four Directions Native Vote called on the president to rescind the Medals of Honor awarded to members of the U.S. 7th Cavalry involved in the massacre. | The letter, co-authored by Oliver and Barbra Semans, revisits the tragic events of December 29, 1890, when Chief Spotted Elk (also known as Chief Big Foot) and more than 300 unarmed Lakota men, women, and children were brutally killed at Wounded Knee Creek on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota.

Robert Inlakesh (2024-12-30). BBC Exposé: Israeli Lobby and Government Collaborate in Free Speech Crackdown. mintpressnews.com Israeli lobbyists, organizations, and former intelligence operatives are actively working behind the scenes to suppress free speech, stifle debate at academic institutions, ban advocacy groups, and curtail the right to assembly. This coordinated effort has intensified during the ongoing Gaza war, with substantial complicity from Western governments and major social media platforms. | On December 17, the BBC published an

News Desk, The Cradle. (2024-12-30). BBC Staffers Reveal Editor's 'Entire Job' To Whitewash Israeli War Crimes. popularresistance.org BBC editor Raffi Berg has almost complete control of the British broadcaster's online coverage of Israel's war on Gaza and is ensuring that all events are reported with a pro-Israel bias, according to a new report published on 28 December by Drop Site News. | "This guy's entire job is to water down everything that's too critical of Israel," one former BBC journalist said. | Drop Site News spoke to 13 current and former staffers who stated that the BBC's coverage consistently devalues Palestinian life, ignores Israeli atrocities, and creates a false equivalence in an entirely unbalanced conflict.

Editor (2024-12-30). Starbucks barista strike spreads to 300 stores across U.S. mronline.org The action involved over 300 stores that had previously voted to join Starbucks Workers United Union (SBWU) according to a press release from the union.

John Mullen (2024-12-30). Macron appoints Zombie government in France. mronline.org After the fall of right-wing PM Michel Barnier to a no-confidence vote, Emmanuel Macron has appointed a new Prime Minister, Franàßois Bayrou, to attempt to apply the same policies. The Left Berlin spoke to Paris activist, John Mullen.

Robert S. Becker (2024-12-30). Regrouping against the MAGA ambush — since cash, ground game, candidate- and campaign-quality got demoted. nationofchange.org What ambushed Harris were targeted billionaire payola, years of leverage from phony, online propaganda, bought rightwing influencers, and decades of dishonest FOX noise.

editor (2024-12-30). Renewable energy finally sails off into the past. onlineopinion.com.au None of these solutions are yet commercially realistic for production designs, but they do tick the box for the company's corporate image in window dressing, striving towards the hallowed zero emissions.

Steven Ganot (2024-12-30). UAE and Iran Hold Talks To Boost Cooperation and Regional Stability. themedialine.org

Editor (2024-12-30). Luigi Mangione's indictment is another example of the dangers of terror charges. mronline.org The indictment comes as some states expand terror laws to ensnare protesters who block "critical infrastructure."

UMMID (2024-12-30). MAH MCA CET 2025: Registration Starts, Last Date Jan 25. ummid.com The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell has started online registration for MAH MCA CET 2025 to be held for admission in Master of Computer Applications (MCA) PG course for the year 2025-26.

UMMID (2024-12-30). JEE Advanced 2025 | Information Brochure, Registration, Admit Card. ummid.com IIT Kanpur has released the JEE Advanced 2025 Information Brochure on its official website jeeadv.ac.in which provides the complete schedule of the important entrance test, syllabus, eligibility criteria, online registration and admit card release date besides related information.

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