Ruth Milka (2024-01-24). Economic inequality exposed: The Roosevelt reports unmask the fallacy of corporate tax cuts. nationofchange.org "Reforming corporate tax policies is crucial for building a more equitable economy."

Xinhua (2024-01-24). China calls for greater efforts to advance South-South cooperation. pressenza.com Liu Guozhong, a Special Representative of Chinese President Xi Jinping, attended the 3rd South Summit in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Sunday, where he delivered a speech calling for further South-South cooperation and reform of the global governance system. | This year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Group of 77 and, over the past six decades, the Global South has followed the correct path of equality, mutual trust, mutual benefit, solidarity and mutual assistance, said Liu, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Vice Premier of the S…

The Independent (2024-01-25). Court condemns Gov't over failure to accommodate PWDs. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The High Court has declared that the Government of Uganda has failed to put in place measures at various court premises to make them accessible to persons with disabilities. Justice Phillip Odoki has also declared that such a failure violated and continues to violate their rights to equality and freedom …

isabella (2024-01-24). Ranting Billionaire Makes Unwitting Case for Charity Reform. inequality.org

Liam Crisan (2024-01-24). Rural Inequality vs. Grassroots Land Reform: Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement Turns Forty. inequality.org

Jeff Shantz (2024-01-24). Canada: Hearing reveals police racism and abuse of Indigenous land defenders. greenleft.org.au An abuse of process hearing started last week against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and their infamous Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG), for violence inflicted on Indigenous land defenders opposing construction of the Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline across unceded Wet'suwet'en territory, reports Jeff Shantz.

Julia Conley (2024-01-24). EPA Can't Enforce Civil Rights Protections, Trump-Appointed Judge Rules. truthout.org A ruling in Louisiana by a federal judge appointed by former Republican President Donald Trump will make it even harder for communities to fight environmental racism and the establishment of "sacrifice zones," said one advocacy group on Tuesday. U.S. District Court Judge James Cain, Jr., appointed in 2018, ruled in favor of Louisiana eight months after GOP Attorney General Jeff Landry sued the… |

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…

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…

Glenn Sacks (2024-01-25). Is Antisemitism 'Rampant' at Harvard? The Closer You Look, the Less You See. counterpunch.org "Harvard sued for violating Jewish students' civil rights, allowing 'antisemitism cancer' to grow on campus." "Jewish students file federal discrimination suit against Harvard, accuse Ivy of 'enabling antisemitism'" "Harvard is sued by Jewish students over 'rampant' antisemitism on campus" Students Against Antisemitism, Inc. has sued Harvard University for allegedly violating Title VI of the Civil

WSWS (2024-01-25). Vote "no" to the sell-out agreement for education workers in South Australia! Build Rank-and-File Committees! wsws.org The proposed agreement is a sellout, with the offered pay deal representing a substantial cut in real wages.

Andy Tamas (2024-01-24). Cracks in the Culture of Silence. indybay.org One of the more tragic elements of the culture of silence is that the dominated often internalize the oppressor — they become their own dominators, and behave toward themselves and each other much as the oppressor behaves toward them. This internalization is often created and maintained by the education system that is controlled by the elite.

EcoWatch (2024-01-24). Plastic Bag Bans in U.S. Have Reduced Plastic Bag Use by Billions, Report Says. pressenza.com A new report from nonprofits Environment America, U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund and Frontier Group has found that bans on plastic bags around the U.S. have already reduced the number of bags used by billions. | By Paige Bennett | The report, "

PACBI (2024-01-24). "The Killing of Learning." Israel's Attacks on Palestinian Education. bdsmovement.net

Redacción Chile (2024-01-24). Chile hosts extraordinary meeting of Latin American and Caribbean Ministers of Education. pressenza.com The meeting will bring together the region's education ministers at ECLAC's headquarters in Santiago and will have an impact on 33 countries with approximately 125 million students, who 6.9 million teachers serve. The event aims to advance in the definition of public policies aimed at the reactivation, recovery, and transformation of education as accelerators of the education goals of the 2030 Agenda. | On 25 and 26 January 2024, the extraordinary meeting of Ministers of Education of Latin America and the Caribbean, "Education Ministerial: Santiago 2024", will be held in Santiago de Chile, with the final objectiv…

CLADE – (2024-01-24). Reclaiming Public Education For All. pressenza.com

PACBI (2024-01-24). "The Killing Learning." Israel's Attacks on Palestinian Education. bdsmovement.net

Staff (2024-01-24). Grand Mufti urges Prime Minister's intervention to rectify flaws in minority scholarships. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Network The Grand Mufti of India, Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad, has written to the Prime Minister and Minister for Minority Affairs, Smriti Irani, highlighting critical irregularities in higher education scholarships for minority communities. The Grand Mufti has called for immediate rectification of the issues affecting students, particularly the discontinuation of the Maulana Azad …

The Independent (2024-01-25). 2023 PLE results to be released out today. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Ministry of Education and Sports Janet Kataha Museveni is expected to release the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE) results for 2022 today, around midday. The event, anticipated to be broadcasted, will be held at State House, Nakasero, revealing the results of the examinations conducted from November 7 to 9, last …

Editor (2024-01-25). A mass grave of hundreds of poor and oppressed people found in Mississippi. mronline.org The extent of the mass grave became widely known after a Black man was run over by a police vehicle and buried in an unmarked grave, unbeknownst to his family.

Editor (2024-01-25). Britain condemned for launching 'largest raid so far on Yemen'. mronline.org 'The violent repercussions of Israel's war on Gaza are spreading across the Middle East, threatening a much wider conflict,' Stop the War says.

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.

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.

Janine Jackson (2024-01-25). 'When you're in a colonial situation, the colonial power initiates violence'. mronline.org CounterSpin interview with Gregory Shupak on Gaza and genocide.

Peoples Dispatch (2024-01-25). One of the largest unions in the United States just called for a ceasefire in Gaza. mronline.org The Service Employees International Union, which boasts two million members, joined a growing section of the U.S. labor movement in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

PNW Street Medics (2024-01-25). Free Online First Aid, Health & Safety Courses. indybay.org

Ann Brown (2024-01-24). 6 People Who Followed Prophet Rashad Jamal Are Missing In St Louis: 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com Six individuals, including two children, have gone missing from their homes in a St. Louis, Missouri, suburb, raising concerns among their families and local authorities. The missing individuals are believed to be followers of an online cult led by Rashad Jamal, a former rapper and self-styled new age prophet currently serving an 18-year sentence in …

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.

Editor (2024-01-24). It's time for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. mronline.org The Paris Agreement did not mention fossil fuels. The COP28 outcome was ridden with loopholes, qualifiers and dangerous distractions.

Editor (2024-01-24). Western feminism and the dehumanization of Palestinian men. mronline.org The racist accusation of misogyny by Julia Hartley-Brewer against Mustafa Barghouti embodies the refusal to see Palestinian men as victims, writes Hebh Jamal.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2024-01-24). Geopolitics is moving North Korea's way. mronline.org In less than three years, the erosion in the U.S. hegemony that began cascading with the defeat in Afghanistan in August 2021 spread to Eurasia, followed by the massive eruption in West Asia by the end of 2023.

PNW Street Medics (2024-01-24). Free Online First Aid, Health & Safety Courses. indybay.org

The Tricontinental (2024-01-24). Hyper-imperialism: A dangerous decadent new stage. mronline.org It has been a scant 30 years since the 'end of history' was declared by bourgeois ideologists in pantomimes of wish-fulfillment for sensing the inviolability of United States imperialism. For peoples' struggles and movements feeling the boot of imperialism on their necks, no such end was in sight.

W. T. Whitney, Jr. (2024-01-24). The terror returns: Cuba discloses latest attacks by the U.S. mronline.org When the U.S. government launched its so-called "Global War on Terror" after the al Qaeda attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, U.S.-led terror attacks against Cuba had already been ongoing for over 40 years.

WSWS (2024-01-24). Emergency Online Public Meeting – Oppose the betrayal of the CFA strike! wsws.org The AWRFC-SDSU and the WSWS invites faculty, lecturers, staff and students for a discussion on mobilizing independently of the CFA, rejecting the TA, developing new rank-and-file committees across CSU, continuing the strike and expanding their struggle to all sections of the working class.

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-25). The terror returns: Cuba discloses latest attacks by the U.S. mronline.org

People's Dispatch. (2024-01-24). One Of The Largest Unions In The US Called For A Ceasefire In Gaza. popularresistance.org "Wherever violence, fear and hatred thrive, working people cannot," reads a statement by Mary Kay Henry, the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). SEIU, which boasts two million members, just joined a growing section of the US labor movement in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. SEIU is now the largest union in the country to issue such a statement. | The statement begins with condemning "the horrific attacks by Hamas on October 7th," while also condemning "the widespread attacks on innocent civilians, including the bombardment of neighborhoods, healthcare facilities, and refugee camps, by…

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 …

Jake Rosenfeld, Scheer Post. (2024-01-24). One In Ten US Workers Belong To Unions. popularresistance.org The share of U.S. workers who belong to a union fell slightly to 10% in 2023, from 10.1% a year earlier, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. | As a scholar of organized labor, I'm not shocked by this slight decline, although if there was ever a year to expect the unionization rate to increase, it was 2023. | Liz Shuler, president of the AFL-CIO, the nation's largest labor federation that unites 60 unions, has proclaimed 2023 "the year of labor." She wasn't exaggerating. | Successful walkouts by Hollywood actors and screenwriters, autoworkers and health care professionals demonstrated how effective strike…

Eve Andrews, Grist. (2024-01-24). Is East Palestine Safe One Year After The Ohio Train Derailment? popularresistance.org If there hadn't been construction planned for the bridge that crosses over Leslie Run, one of the creeks that runs through the middle of East Palestine, Ohio, Rick Tsai and Randy DeHaven might not have noticed the worst contamination they'd seen in the creek in weeks. | A backhoe had hoisted a chunk of earth from the bank of the creek, leaving a pool about eight feet across and deep enough to come up to the knees of Tsai's rubber fishing waders. What it also left, in Tsai's words, was an opportunity for a sort of "geological sample" — evidence that oil and chemicals still lingered in the soil and in the cre…

Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic. (2024-01-24). Tribes Say SunZia Line Threatens San Pedro River, Sue To Stop Work. popularresistance.org Two Arizona tribes filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management for approving a high-voltage transmission line, alleging the government failed to account for historic and cultural sites through the line's San Pedro Valley route. | The Tohono O'odham Nation and the San Carlos Apache Tribe, along with Archaeology Southwest and the Center for Biological Diversity, filed the suit on Jan. 17 over the authorization of the SunZia transmission line. | The plaintiffs want a federal court to halt construction and require the BLM to comply with the law before continuing furth…

Staff (2024-01-24). Will Pran Pratishtha of Lord Ram in Ayodhya mark the end of all conflicts? muslimmirror.com By Irfan Engineer and Neha Dabhade Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his speech at Ayodhya on the occasion of the Pran Pratishtha said, "The construction of this temple of Ram Lalla is also a symbol of peace, patience, mutual harmony and coordination of Indian society. This prestige of Ram Lalla is also the prestige of …

The Independent (2024-01-24). Makerere sports Arena requires extra Shs2 Billion for completion. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University is seeking an extra two Billion Shillings to complete the Multipurpose Sports Arena. Vice Chancellor Professor Barnabas Nawangwe told URN that while the first and second phases of construction have been successfully executed, the project has hit a standstill due to a lack of funds for the third …

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 …

ecns.cn (2024-01-23). New panda conservation center coming. ecns.cn Visitors are expected to see more giant pandas as the construction of the first phase of a new giant panda national conservation and research center is underway in Beijing.

WSWS (2024-01-24). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Workers in Haiti walked out to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry while 600 Hawaii nurses in Honolulu struck over staffing levels.

Pavel López Lazo (2024-01-24). Cuba sets to National Urology Congress. plenglish.com The majestic event, to be held from March 28-30, will be attended by specialists from Latin America, Europe and Cuba to discuss pediatric and adult reconstructive urological surgery, the organizing committee told Prensa Latina. | Among important issues to be discussed are oncology, novelties in surgical techniques, current developments in therapeutics of urinary lithiasis and other issues closely related to sexual and reproductive health. | The organizing committee, chaired by the head of the Urology Service of the National Center for Minimal Access Surgery, Tania Gonzalez, thanked foreign professors and national…

Labor Video Project (2024-01-25). Eastbay CSU CFA Start Strike & All CSU Campuses Join for Living Wages & Students. indybay.org CSU East Bay CFA workers went on strike January 22, 2024 and striker spoke out at the college.

Labor Video Project (2024-01-25). UAW Members At CAP Convention Interrupted Biden To Demand A Ceasefire & Were Shouted Down. indybay.org At the national UAW CAP convention in Washington DC, supporters of a ceasefire interrupted President Joe Biden and were shouted down and some were dragged out of the convention.

WSWS (2024-01-25). Amazon response to labor shortage caused by high turnover rate: More automation, threatening jobs. wsws.org Amazon has begun testing a humanoid robot called Digit, designed to handle tote processing that is currently the responsibility of human workers, and it is experimenting with a robotic arm called Sparrow with a similar goal of reducing the amount of repetitive tasks employees must do.

WSWS (2024-01-25). Discredited ex-Australian PM quits, but Labor government deepens his attacks. wsws.org The Albanese government has continued, and escalated, the major features of Morrison's policies—from the AUKUS military pact against China to the persecution of refugees and the slashing of health, disability and other social spending.

ecns.cn (2024-01-24). Regulatory ties critical to financial vigor. ecns.cn China should intensify collaborative efforts with other economies in the realm of financial regulation and policy coordination in a bid to better guard against financial risks, bolster resilience and heighten stability in the global financial system.

imperial.ac.uk (2024-01-24). Royal opening for new MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences building. imperial.ac.uk The MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences has celebrated the opening of its new building at Hammersmith Campus with a visit from The Princess Royal.

In Defense of Liberation! (2024-01-24). Colonial Connections: the Attack on Children. podcasters.spotify.com In this episode I added a bit of an additional layer to our discussion of Colonialism and Genocide. Historically, children have along with folks who are disabled, and Elderly folks, been disproportionately affected by war and especially by genocide, displacement, starvation, lack of medical care, hospitals, schools, jobs, etc. They are forced to leave their homes, their lives, their families, often coming or going to this or that imperialist nation, forced to give their intellect, labor, and tax dollars to a nation that helped destroy theirs. This cannot continue!

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-24). A Silent Continental Coup Carried Out by the U.S. is Underway. libya360.wordpress.com Eduardo Vasco Anti-government protesters confront police to protest the economic reforms of Argentine President Javier Milei outside the Supreme Court as labor unions legally challenge the measures in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 27, 2023. The steps taken by the Argentine government's foreign policy show that it will not stop at internal devastation. As if the…

Labor Video Project (2024-01-24). Eastbay CSU CFA Start Strike & All CSU Campuses Join for Living Wages & Students. indybay.org CSU East Bay CFA workers went on strike January 22, 2024 and striker spoke out at the college.

Luis Linares Petrov (2024-01-24). Uruguayan labor union to support Argentine workers. plenglish.com Montevideo, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan union confederation PIT-CNT convened a march and rally in front of the Argentine embassy in rejection of the measures taken by Javier Milei's government, which it considers anti-popular.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-01-24). Continúan labores de extinción de incendio en Bogotá, Colombia. telesurtv.net El Alcalde Mayor de Bogotá, Carlos F. Galán, refirió que está confinado el incendio, aunque no está controlado por completo.

WSWS (2024-01-24). Australian government reactivates "Pacific Solution" anti-refugee regime. wsws.org The Labor government has reopened the detention camp on the tiny remote island of Nauru and also begun deporting the detainees to the countries they fled.

WSWS (2024-01-24). Australian police assault pro-Palestinian protesters at Melbourne dock. wsws.org In an operation that was undoubtedly authorised at the highest levels of the state Labor government, more than 200 police were deployed against around a hundred peaceful protesters.

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-25). How Solar Ironworkers Cut Out Tiers. labornotes.org

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-25). Mayo Clinic's inclusive onboarding sets new standard in lab accommodations. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Conor Peck and Brigette Baig After Conor Peck cleared the initial interview panel for a clinical laboratory technologist role in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, it didn't take long for him to catch Brigette Baig's attention. "He has a biochemistry degree, and we like chemistry people in our lab," says Baig, supervisor of the Metals Laboratory. "I called him to just give him an informal tour of the lab using…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-25). Mayo Clinic engages Cerebras to deliver potent computing power, scale AI transformation. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic, the world's No. 1 hospital and a global leader in advancing trusted generative artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare applications, has announced a multi-year strategic collaboration with Cerebras Systems to develop multimodal large language models (LLMs) to improve patient outcomes and diagnoses. The collaboration combines Mayo Clinic's expansive repository of decades of deidentified clinical data with generative AI capabilities developed by Cerebras to train models to complement physicians' expertise. The…

Staff (2024-01-25). 'The Country Is Not for Sale': General Strike In Argentina Against Milei. orinocotribune.com Thousands of people marched this Wednesday in Argentina to join the national strike called by the main unions in repudiation of the policies implemented by President Javier Milei. | "The country is not for sale," "No to the adjustment," and "No to the labor reform," were some of the main slogans of the demonstration that filled the Plaza del Congreso in the city of Buenos Aires. Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took part in the massive general strike against Milei and his "libertarian" policies. Milei took office on December 10. Some outlets, such as Left Voice and Progressive International, reported that o…

teleSUR- lvm, MS (2024-01-25). Accidente deja un muerto y heridos en República Checa. telesurtv.net Al lugar llegaron varios agentes policiales de distintas dependencias y realizaron labores para verificar la identidad de todas las personas.

Free Palestine (2024-01-25). Stop Bombing Hospitals: Genocide Manufactured in the Bay. indybay.org Healthcare workers protest, disrupt work at L3Harris for its role in manufacturing weapons technology for Israel…

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-25). Health workers rally against Israel's assault on Gazan colleagues. greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2024-01-25). Vote "No" to Quebec unions' sellout deals as first step in preventing the scuttling of the public sector workers' struggle. wsws.org We need to form rank-and-file committees in every workplace to unite public sector employees and mobilize all workers, in the province and across North America, in a political struggle to defend jobs, wages and working conditions for all.

WSWS (2024-01-25). Support the train drivers' strike in Germany! wsws.org The strike by train drivers in Germany must become the launchpad for a broad mobilisation of the entire working class. A mass movement against the shift to the right by all the establishment parties, social cuts and war, and growing resistance among workers, shows there is a strong basis for this.

WSWS (2024-01-25). United Auto Workers backs reelection of warmonger Biden. wsws.org With its endorsement, the UAW bureaucracy is backing a war criminal who is overseeing Israel's genocide in Gaza and a rapid expansion of American imperialism's wars of global conquest.

WSWS (2024-01-25). Public meeting: Oppose the Sri Lankan government's witch hunt against electricity workers. wsws.org The Wickremesinghe government and CEB management witch hunt is a direct attack on the fundamental democratic rights of the entire working class.

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-24). Health workers rally against Israel's assault on Gazan colleagues. greenleft.org.au

Left Voice Staff (2024-01-24). Argentines Strike Against Far Right President's Attacks and Austerity Plans. truthout.org Unions and workers organizations, the feminist movement, social and political organizations, the student movement, and neighborhood organizations across Argentina will participate in a national strike on Wednesday, January 24. Solidarity actions are being staged in dozens of cities across the world. Left Voice spoke with Myriam Bregman and Christian Castillo, two leaders of the revolutionary… |

Liam Crisan (2024-01-24). Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement Turns Forty. fpif.org

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.

The Independent (2024-01-24). Health workers justify charging C-section fees. independent.co.ug Mayuge, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Health workers at Mayuge health center IV have confessed to charging expectant mothers C-section fees over inadequate government supplies to the facility. They charge between 250,000-300,000 Shillings for C-section to mothers in need of this services as a means of reducing maternal mortality. The money is used to largely purchase …

WSWS (2024-01-24). Zionists using Australian medical regulator's complaint process to silence doctors opposing Gaza genocide. wsws.org Pro-Zionist bullies are stepping up their attempts to silence health workers determined to expose Israel's mass murder of Palestinians and the destruction of all health facilities and other essential services in Gaza.

Zoe Alexandra (2024-01-24). Not one step back: National general strike in Argentina against Milei's attacks on workers. peoplesdispatch.org On January 24, across Argentina, millions of workers are participating in a national general strike against the anti-workers laws pushed forward by far-right libertarian president, Javier Milei. | Since he was inaugurated on December 10, 2023, Milei has worked quickly to draft legislation which threatens the hard-fought for rights of the Argentine people. | In response, Argentina's trade unions, social movements, and human rights organizations have been on the streets to reject these measures, and called for a national general strike for January 24. For the last several weeks, hundreds of trade unions, neighborho…

Stewart Lawrence (2024-01-25). Behind the Immigration Crisis: No Visas for Unskilled Workers. counterpunch.org The current high-pitched ideological battle over undocumented immigration at the US-Mexico border overlooks a deeper problem: the failure of the legal immigration system to provide enough visas for the large number of unskilled workers seeking jobs in the low-skill sectors of the US economy. The jobs are clearly there, which is why so many workers

A Guest Author (2024-01-25). Workers World hails South Africa's solidarity with Palestine. workers.org Free Palestine rally in Washington, DC, Jan. 13, 2024 A statue of Nelson Mandela, erected by the Palestinian people, stands in Ramallah, on the occupied West Bank, in recognition of his support for their struggle, as leader of the African National Congress. In 1990, after Manela's release from prison, he . . . |

Betsey Piette (2024-01-25). Show your support for Ant Smith. workers.org Smith speaking during a march for police abolition in Philadelphia, June 28, 2016. Philadelphia Since 2015, Anthony (Ant) Smith has been a prominent organizer of the Black Lives Matter movement in Philadelphia, helping to organize the Racial Economic and Legal Justice (REAL Justice) coalition. He has led countless marches against . . . |

Joe Piette (2024-01-25). Kamau Becktemba — °Presente! workers.org Kamau Becktemba, at support protest for Mumia Abu-Jamal. Philadelphia Kamau Becktemba passed away Jan. 13 after a long illness. A well-known Black activist, Becktemba was present for decades at most events defending Mumia Abu-Jamal in Philadelphia. His vehicle was covered with Black Power and political prisoner placards and stickers and . . . |

Staff (2024-01-25). Palestinian Economist Raja Khalidi on Israel's "Economic Warfare" on Gaza and the West Bank. democracynow.org Among the consequences of Israel's war on Gaza is the destruction of the local economy. Even before the latest Israeli assault, daily life and commerce in Gaza were crumbling as a result of a 15-year siege on the territory enforced by Israel and Egypt. Meanwhile, Israel is withholding millions in taxes collected on behalf of Palestinians, leaving the Palestinian Authority unable to distribute wages to many public sector employees, while more than 150,000 Palestinian workers from the West Bank are now unable to work inside Israel due to new restrictions imposed after October 7. We go to Ramallah to speak wit…

Editor (2024-01-24). This is what Leninist solidarity looks like! workers.org The International Assembly against Imperialism in Solidarity with Palestine, held Jan. 21 in New York City, exemplified the title of the old union classic, "Solidarity forever." Representatives of working-class and national liberation movements in five continents took the time to prepare written or video messages — or spoke in person . . . |

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2024-01-25). Rusia solicita reunión urgente en la ONU sobre accidente del IL-76. telesurtv.net El ministro de Exteriores ruso, Serguéi Lavrov, calificó la acción bélica como un "atentado terrorista del régimen de Kiev".

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.

John Feffer (2024-01-24). The End of Europe? fpif.org It would be funny if it weren't so potentially tragic — and consequential. No, I'm not thinking about Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign but a related development: the latest decisions from the European Union (EU) about Ukraine. | As 2023 ended, European nations failed to agree on a $54-billion package of assistance for Ukraine at a time when that country was desperately trying to stay afloat and continue its fight against Russian occupation forces. Bizarrely, the failure of that proposal coincided with a surprising EU decision to open membership talks with that beleaguered country. | In other words,…

presstv.ir (2024-01-24). EU scrambling to defuse farmers' anger as discontents rapidly grow. presstv.ir The European Union's agriculture ministers have gathered on Tuesday to discuss the mounting dissatisfaction among European farmers, as Brussels is striving to tackle this matter before the upcoming elections.

The Independent (2024-01-24). Sudan denounces EU sanctions against economic institutions as "unjust" independent.co.ug KHARTOUM, SUDAN | Xinhua | Sudan's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denounced as "unjust" the sanctions imposed by the European Union on Sudanese economic institutions. "The sanction operation, which is especially directed against (Sudan's) national institutions, will not help achieve peace," the ministry said in a statement. The ministry further said that justifying targeting the three …

WSWS (2024-01-24). Opposition grows to strike betrayal by California Faculty Association. wsws.org The cancellation of the Cal State university worker strike this week has led to an outpouring of anger and underscores the necessity for the building and strengthening of rank and file committees in opposition to the treacherous union establishment.

WSWS (2024-01-24). Biden to speak at UAW political action conference as union prepares to endorse warmongering president. wsws.org The main aim of the UAW conference is to promote the Democratic Party and Biden's election campaign.

Staff (2024-01-25). Palestine and the crisis of free speech on college campuses. therealnews.com Editor's Note: At the 10: 43 mark, Mel misspeaks when she notes that tenured faculty often have the backing of a union. To clarify, tenured faculty often have the support of a union, faculty senates, or professional organizations like the AAUP. Colleges and universities have long acted as incubators for social movements, and the movement in …

Eric A. Gordon (2024-01-24). 'This Chain' album by George Mann celebrates the radical minstrel tradition. peoplesworld.org This Chain is the latest in a veritable, uh, chain of albums released by the hard-workin', hard-travelin' George Mann, singer-songwriter bard of the veterans' homes, the senior centers, the fellow travelers, and picket lines. He still holds high the lofty banner of unions and the working stiffs, the hobos and societal rejects, those we've lost, …

ecns.cn (2024-01-24). 12.44 million new urban jobs created in 2023. ecns.cn China's employment situation has remained generally stable, with 12.44 million new urban jobs created in 2023, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said on Wednesday.

Pavel López Lazo (2024-01-24). Jamaica: Labour Ministry warns of farm work ticket scams. plenglish.com In a release, the ministry said it has been brought to its attention that persons purporting to be representatives of the ministry have been issuing forms that are referred to as farm work cards. | The ministry said members of the public, especially young persons, should note that the ministry does not issue farm work cards or forms. Additionally, it said the ministry does not charge a fee or ask persons to pay monies for placement in jobs overseas. | "No private individual or organization is authorized to recruit persons for participation in the farm work program.," said the ministry. | "Under the Employment Age…

edited by Khubaka, MIchael Harris (2024-01-25). Rosa Louise McCauley Parks – Speech 1965 – Alabama Freedom March – Selma to Montgomery. indybay.org 24th Annual, California Rosa Parks Day, continues the journey to share a more authentic life legacy of the Mother of the US Civil Rights Movement as "Patron Saint" of the Women's Political Council of Montgomery, Alabama and much more…

SAMIR (2024-01-25). Standing Together: Serving Apartheid Israel's Propaganda. bdsmovement.net

WSWS (2024-01-25). From Germany, farmers' protests erupt across France and Europe. wsws.org The decisive issue is linking these growing protests into a movement of the working class against the NATO war on Russia, the financial aristocracy and the capitalist system.

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…

Al Mayadeen, Orinoco Tribune. (2024-01-24). Palestinian Resistance Explains: There Was No Choice But October 7. popularresistance.org Operation al-Aqsa Flood was a necessary step and a normal response to confront all Israeli conspiracies against the Palestinian people and their cause; a defensive act within the framework of ridding Palestine of the Israeli occupation, reclaiming Palestinian rights, and on the path to liberation and independence like all people around the world, the Palestinian Hamas Resistance movement said. | Hamas published Sunday a memorandum entitled: "Our Narrative… Operation al-Aqsa Flood," in which the Resistance movement explained the reasons behind the October 7 operation and the motives behind it, as well as its gen…

Candice Bernd (2024-01-24). Biden's Base Revolts: Climate Activists Ramp Up Pressure Ahead of Super Tuesday. truthout.org "Trump, are you for ordinary people or are you for oil millionaires? Why are you letting my generation's future burn? Why aren't you fighting for people like me? You are taking millions and millions from the fossil fuel industry," 17-year-old Sunrise Movement activist Adah Crandall shouted at former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Laconia, New Hampshire, Monday night. |

News Desk, The Cradle. (2024-01-24). Ships Broadcasting 'No Contact' With Israel Safely Transit Red Sea. popularresistance.org Member of the Yemeni Ansarallah resistance movement's Supreme Political Council, Mohammad Ali al-Houthi, said on 21 January that dozens of commercial vessels not linked to Israel or bound for Israeli ports have been allowed to pass safely through the Red Sea."You can visit the Tanker Trackers website, which specializes in tracking ships, to know that the simplest solution for ships to pass safely while crossing the Red Sea is to announce the phrase 'We have no relation to Israel' on their automated identification system," Houthi said. | "This solution has proved its effectiveness, as 64 ships safely passed throu…

presstv.ir (2024-01-24). Hezbollah again targets Israeli airbase in response to assassinations in Lebanon, Syria. presstv.ir Hezbollah once again targets a strategic Israeli airbase in the north of the occupied territories.

presstv.ir (2024-01-24). Namibia calls on NAM to unite towards demanding an end to Israeli war on Gaza. presstv.ir Namibia calls on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to unite towards demanding an end to the Israeli regime's ongoing genocidal war on Gaza.

Samir Saul, Michel Seymour (2024-01-24). Confronting permanent war. pressenza.com At the beginning of 2024, the world finds itself at an unprecedented juncture in history. A world war is underway, but it is unlike the previous ones. It is not called a world war and might not even be perceived as one. It was not officially declared and gave rise neither to a general mobilization nor to large-scale pitched battles. It has neither a trigger date nor the prospect of a conclusion. It is a long-term, permanent, and new type of world war that the peoples of the world, popular movements and progressive currents must understand, in order to thwart it and avoid being its victims. | By Samir Saul and Mic…

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."…

Uri Weltmann, Morning Star. (2024-01-24). Standing Together: The Peace Movement Inside Israel. popularresistance.org On Thursday, January 18, more than 2,000 people marched through the streets of Tel-Aviv, calling for a ceasefire agreement that will end hostilities in Gaza, in the biggest peace demonstration inside Israel since the war began. | The march and rally were endorsed by more than 30 organisations, and organised jointly by Standing Together and Women Wage Peace. | "We are all in pain over the harsh reality we are living. The pain of the bereaved families, of those kidnapped, of the people we were uprooted and forced to leave their homes. We are all horrified when we hear about civilian casualties, including children,…

WSWS (2024-01-24). Free Palestine protests in Australia: "We need a complete system change, globally" wsws.org "This is the beginning of a movement worldwide for people to question everything that happens and be able to have a voice."

Democracy Now! (2024-01-25). Mahmood Mamdani on South Africa's Genocide Case Against Israel & Reemergence of Non-Aligned Movement. democracynow.org Extended discussion with Mahmood Mamdani, professor of government at Columbia University who specializes in the study of colonialism. He's the author of numerous books including most recently, "Neither Settler Nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities." He was previously a professor and director of the Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. | Extended discussion with Mahmood Mamdani, professor of government at Columbia University who specializes in the study of colonialism. He's the author of numerous books including most recently, "Neither Settler Nor Native: T…

The Independent (2024-01-25). Kyambogo University VC warns students against delayed return. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kyambogo University students remain absent from lectures despite the start of the new semester. This has prompted concerns among administrators about the loss of valuable time and the disruption of teaching. Even though the semester has started, the campus, typically bustling with activity, is quiet. Once filled with movements of …

Greg Chung (2024-01-25). Korean movements demand: South Korea, stop arming Israel! peoplesdispatch.org

Max Blumenthal (2024-01-25). "Our goal is to stop the genocide": The Grayzone interviews Houthi spokesman. thegrayzone.com Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti, senior political officer and spokesman for Yemen's Ansarallah movement, explains the objectives behind his movement's naval blockade of the Red Sea in this interview with The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal. Al-Bukhaiti also responds to military threats from the Biden administration and allegations that Ansarallah is controlled by Iran's IRGC. Translation by Hekmat Aboukhater…

presstv.ir (2024-01-25). Ansarullah orders US, British UN staff to leave Yemen. presstv.ir Officials from Yemen's Ansarullah movement have instructed US and British nationals working for the United Nations to leave the country within a month.

Staff (2024-01-25). Korean movements demand: South Korea, stop arming Israel! peoplesdispatch.org On January 19, 150 people protested in front of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) office in the city of Daejeon, demanding the South Korean government stop arming Israel. While Palestine may seem like a distant conflict to South Koreans, the South Korean military-industrial complex is a key pillar in the Israeli war machine. According …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-24). Houthi Spokesman: "Our Goal is to Stop the Genocide" libya360.wordpress.com The Grayzone Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti, senior political officer and spokesman for Yemen's Ansarallah movement, explains the objectives behind his movement's naval blockade of the Red Sea in this interview with The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal. Al-Bukhaiti also responds to military threats from the Biden administration and allegations that Ansarallah is controlled by Iran's IRGC. Translation by Hekmat…

presstv.ir (2024-01-25). German train drivers stage longest-ever strike, plunging economy into chaos. presstv.ir Germany's train drivers stag their longest-ever industrial action over pay and working hours, plunging the nation's market into chaos.

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.

ecns.cn (2024-01-24). Revamped animal feed formulas to reduce reliance on imports. ecns.cn Authorities are working to revamp animal feed formulas with an aim to curb the use of soybean meal, a byproduct of soybean oil extraction.

Laith Fadel (2024-01-24). El Niño heightens wildfire risk in Colombia. america.cgtn.com In Bogota, the capital of Colombia, firefighters are working to contain wildfires that started on Monday just outside the city. The El Niño weather pattern, associated with warmer-than-average surface waters in the eastern Pacific, is increasing the risk of wildfires in Colombia. Over 60 wildfires have erupted in the country this month. CGTN's Michelle Begue reports.

Liberation Staff Louisiana (2024-01-24). Five things to know about Louisiana's new far-right Gov. Jeff Landry. liberationnews.org He is a vocal white supremacist, watchdog of the police state and opponent of all working-class, marginalized and oppressed communities.

REHUNO, Red Humanista de Noticias en Salud (2024-01-24). Healthy or addictive bonds? pressenza.com For many years now, in my professional practice, which has also been enriched by my own personal work, I have been working with relationships. By Lic. Vilma Perren A long time ago, in this "looking inwards", I discovered a relationship…

Dave DeCamp (2024-01-25). Israeli Forces Flatten Gaza Border Areas to Create Militarized Zone. news.antiwar.com Israel is destroying buildings and flattening areas of Gaza on the Israeli border to create a so-called "buffer zone" that Israel will militarize, demonstrating its long-term plans to occupy the Strip. According to The Wall Street Journal, Israeli soldiers began working in November in an area in northern Gaza to create a wasteland roughly 1 …

Xinhua (2024-01-24). China calls for greater efforts to advance South-South cooperation. pressenza.com Liu Guozhong, a Special Representative of Chinese President Xi Jinping, attended the 3rd South Summit in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Sunday, where he delivered a speech calling for further South-South cooperation and reform of the global governance system. | This year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Group of 77 and, over the past six decades, the Global South has followed the correct path of equality, mutual trust, mutual benefit, solidarity and mutual assistance, said Liu, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Vice Premier of the S…

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…

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.

isabella (2024-01-23). The Child Tax Credit Changed My Life. Lawmakers Have a Chance to Bring It Back. inequality.org From childhood on, I've spent my life haunted by the ghost of poverty. A myth exists in America that financial well-being follows if we just work hard and make good choices. But it's not that simple. At some point, most of us face unforeseen obstacles — from physical or mental health challenges to lost jobs, …

Jeff Shantz (2024-01-24). Canada: Hearing reveals police racism and abuse of Indigenous land defenders. greenleft.org.au An abuse of process hearing started last week against the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), and their infamous Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG), for violence inflicted on Indigenous land defenders opposing construction of the Coastal GasLink fracked gas pipeline across unceded Wet'suwet'en territory, reports Jeff Shantz.

Andy Tamas (2024-01-24). Cracks in the Culture of Silence. indybay.org One of the more tragic elements of the culture of silence is that the dominated often internalize the oppressor — they become their own dominators, and behave toward themselves and each other much as the oppressor behaves toward them. This internalization is often created and maintained by the education system that is controlled by the elite.

Sara Flounders, Monica Moorehead (2024-01-24). Int'l assembly in NYC salutes Palestinian resistance. workers.org The International Assembly Against Imperialism in Solidarity with Palestinian Resistance was held at the historic Malcolm X & Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial & Educational Center in New York City on Jan. 21. Workers World Party, the organizer of the event, had chosen the date to honor the centennial of Russian . . . |

EcoWatch (2024-01-24). Plastic Bag Bans in U.S. Have Reduced Plastic Bag Use by Billions, Report Says. pressenza.com A new report from nonprofits Environment America, U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund and Frontier Group has found that bans on plastic bags around the U.S. have already reduced the number of bags used by billions. | By Paige Bennett | The report, "

Redacción Chile (2024-01-24). Chile hosts extraordinary meeting of Latin American and Caribbean Ministers of Education. pressenza.com The meeting will bring together the region's education ministers at ECLAC's headquarters in Santiago and will have an impact on 33 countries with approximately 125 million students, who 6.9 million teachers serve. The event aims to advance in the definition of public policies aimed at the reactivation, recovery, and transformation of education as accelerators of the education goals of the 2030 Agenda. | On 25 and 26 January 2024, the extraordinary meeting of Ministers of Education of Latin America and the Caribbean, "Education Ministerial: Santiago 2024", will be held in Santiago de Chile, with the final objectiv…

Staff (2024-01-24). Grand Mufti urges Prime Minister's intervention to rectify flaws in minority scholarships. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Network The Grand Mufti of India, Sheikh Abubakr Ahmad, has written to the Prime Minister and Minister for Minority Affairs, Smriti Irani, highlighting critical irregularities in higher education scholarships for minority communities. The Grand Mufti has called for immediate rectification of the issues affecting students, particularly the discontinuation of the Maulana Azad …

Andy Tamas (2024-01-23). Cracks in the Culture of Silence. indybay.org One of the more tragic elements of the culture of silence is that the dominated often internalize the oppressor — they become their own dominators, and behave toward themselves and each other much as the oppressor behaves toward them. This internalization is often created and maintained by the education system that is controlled by the elite.

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

Mary Triny Mena (2024-01-23). Venezuela's education system continues to suffer from pandemic effects. america.cgtn.com One of the main challenges for Latin America is to provide quality and uninterrupted education. Countries like Venezuela struggle with not only a complex economic crisis but also the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic that have left students with a setback in their learning process. January 24 is International Day of Education, and correspondent Mary Triny Mena has this report from Caracas.

Keerti Gopal (2024-01-23). A Fossil Fuel Miseducation. levernews.com

The Independent (2024-01-23). Nabbanja hands over Entebbe Botanical Gardens to UWEC. independent.co.ug Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja today oversaw the handover of the iconic Entebbe Botanical Gardens from the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) to the Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre (UWEC). This handover marks a new chapter for one of Africa's oldest Botanical Gardens, established in 1898 and a …

The Independent (2024-01-23). Nigerian president directs expansion of student-loan scheme to include skill development. independent.co.ug ABUJA, NIGERIA | Xinhua | Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has directed the management of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to expand its focus area by extending interest-free loans to local students interested in skill-development programs. Tinubu gave the directive at the State House on Monday, saying it is important for the scheme to accommodate …

Jacob Goodwin (2024-01-23). How Moral Distress is Eating Away at Teachers. progressive.org The culture wars have taken a toll on the profession, but public education is still the best hope for democracy.

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.

WSWS (2024-01-24). Emergency Online Public Meeting – Oppose the betrayal of the CFA strike! wsws.org The AWRFC-SDSU and the WSWS invites faculty, lecturers, staff and students for a discussion on mobilizing independently of the CFA, rejecting the TA, developing new rank-and-file committees across CSU, continuing the strike and expanding their struggle to all sections of the working class.

The Tricontinental (2024-01-24). Hyper-imperialism: A dangerous decadent new stage. mronline.org It has been a scant 30 years since the 'end of history' was declared by bourgeois ideologists in pantomimes of wish-fulfillment for sensing the inviolability of United States imperialism. For peoples' struggles and movements feeling the boot of imperialism on their necks, no such end was in sight.

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2024-01-24). Geopolitics is moving North Korea's way. mronline.org In less than three years, the erosion in the U.S. hegemony that began cascading with the defeat in Afghanistan in August 2021 spread to Eurasia, followed by the massive eruption in West Asia by the end of 2023.

W. T. Whitney, Jr. (2024-01-24). The terror returns: Cuba discloses latest attacks by the U.S. mronline.org When the U.S. government launched its so-called "Global War on Terror" after the al Qaeda attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, U.S.-led terror attacks against Cuba had already been ongoing for over 40 years.

Editor (2024-01-24). It's time for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. mronline.org The Paris Agreement did not mention fossil fuels. The COP28 outcome was ridden with loopholes, qualifiers and dangerous distractions.

Ann Brown (2024-01-24). 6 People Who Followed Prophet Rashad Jamal Are Missing In St Louis: 3 Things To Know. moguldom.com Six individuals, including two children, have gone missing from their homes in a St. Louis, Missouri, suburb, raising concerns among their families and local authorities. The missing individuals are believed to be followers of an online cult led by Rashad Jamal, a former rapper and self-styled new age prophet currently serving an 18-year sentence in …

Editor (2024-01-24). Western feminism and the dehumanization of Palestinian men. mronline.org The racist accusation of misogyny by Julia Hartley-Brewer against Mustafa Barghouti embodies the refusal to see Palestinian men as victims, writes Hebh Jamal.

PNW Street Medics (2024-01-24). Free Online First Aid, Health & Safety Courses. indybay.org

Editor (2024-01-23). 'Beyond catastrophic' — Red Cross says situation in Gaza is getting worse. mronline.org According to Gaza's Ministry of Health, 25,105 Palestinians have been killed, and 62,681 wounded in Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

WSWS (2024-01-23). International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees holds emergency online meeting to organize fight against mass job cuts. wsws.org The meeting brought together workers from the auto, logistics, healthcare and other industries to discuss how to organize a working class counteroffensive internationally against the attacks on jobs.

Editor (2024-01-23). Reporting on California's fast food minimum wage raise comes with side order of fear. mronline.org What's scarier than a shark attack? An increase in the minimum wage.

Avriel Epps (2024-01-23). The Child Labor Driving AI Development. progressive.org Child online safety must be redefined, and lawmakers need to start seeing children as active data laborers, writes Avriel Epps.

Lisa Chiu (2024-01-23). Internet shopping gets even more competitive with Temu, Shein. america.cgtn.com Temu is the latest Chinese shopping site to take the Internet by storm, attracting customers with a seemingly limitless range of products and low prices. The online marketplace has quickly topped app charts in many countries, including the United States, launching there in 2022 and capturing more than half the U.S. market share of its closest rival, the fast fashion giant Shein, also Chinese-owned. | With inflation still on the high side, Temu's appeal is clear — but lawmakers in Washington are expressing concern of the retailer's environmental impact and business practices. Benji Hyer reports.

Pavel López Lazo (2024-01-23). Multivitamin consumption helps slow cognitive aging, boost memory. plenglish.com The new study published online on January 18, 2024, in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, reports that daily multivitamin supplementation was beneficial for both global cognition and episodic memory. | Global cognitionTrusted Source refers to the overall status of our cognition while episodic memory deals with our recollection of past events and experiences. | The study is the third in a series of studies that are part of the COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS). | The purpose of COSMOS is to determine whether cocoa flavanols or multivitamins have the ability to reduce the risk for c…

Cira Pascual Marquina (2024-01-23). The dialectics of constituted and communal power: A conversation with àÅngel Prado. mronline.org The main spokesperson of El Maizal Commune is trying to put institutional power at the service of the commune.

Editor (2024-01-23). Chip Wars: Breaking the siege. mronline.org While the sanctions regime has hit Chinese companies, especially Huawei, hard and exposed weak links in China's chip supply chain, the last year has seen significant progress by Chinese companies.

PNW Street Medics (2024-01-23). Free Online First Aid, Health & Safety Courses. indybay.org

People's Dispatch. (2024-01-24). One Of The Largest Unions In The US Called For A Ceasefire In Gaza. popularresistance.org "Wherever violence, fear and hatred thrive, working people cannot," reads a statement by Mary Kay Henry, the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). SEIU, which boasts two million members, just joined a growing section of the US labor movement in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. SEIU is now the largest union in the country to issue such a statement. | The statement begins with condemning "the horrific attacks by Hamas on October 7th," while also condemning "the widespread attacks on innocent civilians, including the bombardment of neighborhoods, healthcare facilities, and refugee camps, by…

Adam Fishbein (2024-01-23). Record Low Union Membership Shows Need for Ambitious Reform. cepr.net Despite signs of a labor movement resurgence throughout 2023, union density continued to hover at a historic low. This is not entirely surprising. Despite another year of elevated election filings at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the current US labor regime makes it difficult to meaningfully scale union organizing, and workers must overcome significant …

Adam Fishbein (2024-01-23). Record Low Union Membership Shows Need for Ambitious Reform. cepr.net Despite signs of a labor movement resurgence throughout 2023, union density continued to hover at a historic low of 10 percent. This is not entirely surprising. Despite another year of elevated election filings at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the current US labor regime makes it difficult to meaningfully scale union organizing, and workers …

Eve Andrews, Grist. (2024-01-24). Is East Palestine Safe One Year After The Ohio Train Derailment? popularresistance.org If there hadn't been construction planned for the bridge that crosses over Leslie Run, one of the creeks that runs through the middle of East Palestine, Ohio, Rick Tsai and Randy DeHaven might not have noticed the worst contamination they'd seen in the creek in weeks. | A backhoe had hoisted a chunk of earth from the bank of the creek, leaving a pool about eight feet across and deep enough to come up to the knees of Tsai's rubber fishing waders. What it also left, in Tsai's words, was an opportunity for a sort of "geological sample" — evidence that oil and chemicals still lingered in the soil and in the cre…

The Independent (2024-01-24). Makerere sports Arena requires extra Shs2 Billion for completion. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Makerere University is seeking an extra two Billion Shillings to complete the Multipurpose Sports Arena. Vice Chancellor Professor Barnabas Nawangwe told URN that while the first and second phases of construction have been successfully executed, the project has hit a standstill due to a lack of funds for the third …

Staff (2024-01-24). Will Pran Pratishtha of Lord Ram in Ayodhya mark the end of all conflicts? muslimmirror.com By Irfan Engineer and Neha Dabhade Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his speech at Ayodhya on the occasion of the Pran Pratishtha said, "The construction of this temple of Ram Lalla is also a symbol of peace, patience, mutual harmony and coordination of Indian society. This prestige of Ram Lalla is also the prestige of …

ecns.cn (2024-01-23). New panda conservation center coming. ecns.cn Visitors are expected to see more giant pandas as the construction of the first phase of a new giant panda national conservation and research center is underway in Beijing.

The Independent (2024-01-23). Muni University health science laboratory project stalls over funds. independent.co.ug Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of a multi-purpose Health Science Laboratory Building at Muni University has stalled for nearly five years. In March 2019, the university signed a contract with Kisinga Construction Company for the second phase of the construction, with a planned completion date in 2022. However, the building has stalled at …

WSWS (2024-01-24). Workers Struggles: The Americas. wsws.org Workers in Haiti walked out to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry while 600 Hawaii nurses in Honolulu struck over staffing levels.

jamanetwork (2024-01-23). Recent Weight Loss and Cancer Diagnoses. jamanetwork.com This study compares the rates of subsequent cancer diagnoses over 12 months among health professionals in the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study with weight loss during the prior 2 years compared with those without recent weight loss.

tehrantimes.com (2024-01-25). Hamas elaborates on the October 7 operationThe report, entitled "Our narrative… Operation al-Aqsa Flood", is the first official publication by Hamas that goes into details about the October 7 attack after more than 110 days of the Israeli war on Gaza. | The section that covers the October 7 operation highlights the goals behind taking military action in addition to debunking the Israeli narrative on the day of the operation.

tehrantimes.com (2024-01-24). Hamas elaborates on the October 7 operationThe report, entitled "Our narrative… Operation al-Aqsa Flood", is the first official publication by Hamas that goes into details about the October 7 attack after more than 110 days of the Israeli war on Gaza. | | The section that covers the October 7 operation highlights the goals behind taking military action in addition to debunking the Israeli narrative on the day of the operation.

WSWS (2024-01-24). Australian government reactivates "Pacific Solution" anti-refugee regime. wsws.org The Labor government has reopened the detention camp on the tiny remote island of Nauru and also begun deporting the detainees to the countries they fled.

Luis Linares Petrov (2024-01-24). Uruguayan labor union to support Argentine workers. plenglish.com Montevideo, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) The Uruguayan union confederation PIT-CNT convened a march and rally in front of the Argentine embassy in rejection of the measures taken by Javier Milei's government, which it considers anti-popular.

Labor Video Project (2024-01-24). Eastbay CSU CFA Start Strike & All CSU Campuses Join for Living Wages & Students. indybay.org CSU East Bay CFA workers went on strike January 22, 2024 and striker spoke out at the college.

ecns.cn (2024-01-24). Regulatory ties critical to financial vigor. ecns.cn China should intensify collaborative efforts with other economies in the realm of financial regulation and policy coordination in a bid to better guard against financial risks, bolster resilience and heighten stability in the global financial system.

WSWS (2024-01-24). Australian police assault pro-Palestinian protesters at Melbourne dock. wsws.org In an operation that was undoubtedly authorised at the highest levels of the state Labor government, more than 200 police were deployed against around a hundred peaceful protesters.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-01-24). Continúan labores de extinción de incendio en Bogotá, Colombia. telesurtv.net El Alcalde Mayor de Bogotá, Carlos F. Galán, refirió que está confinado el incendio, aunque no está controlado por completo.

Labor Video Project (2024-01-23). Eastbay CSU CFA Start Strike & All CSU Campuses Join for Living Wages & Students. indybay.org CSU East Bay CFA workers went on strike January 22, 2024 and striker spoke out at the college.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-01-23). Continúan labores de extinción de incendio en Bogotá, Colombia. telesurtv.net El Alcalde Mayor de Bogotá, Carlos F. Galán, refirió que está confinado el incendio, aunque no está controlado por completo.

WSWS (2024-01-24). Zionists using Australian medical regulator's complaint process to silence doctors opposing Gaza genocide. wsws.org Pro-Zionist bullies are stepping up their attempts to silence health workers determined to expose Israel's mass murder of Palestinians and the destruction of all health facilities and other essential services in Gaza.

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-24). Health workers rally against Israel's assault on Gazan colleagues. greenleft.org.au

Editor (2024-01-24). This is what Leninist solidarity looks like! workers.org The International Assembly against Imperialism in Solidarity with Palestine, held Jan. 21 in New York City, exemplified the title of the old union classic, "Solidarity forever." Representatives of working-class and national liberation movements in five continents took the time to prepare written or video messages — or spoke in person . . . |

Zoe Alexandra (2024-01-24). Not one step back: National general strike in Argentina against Milei's attacks on workers. peoplesdispatch.org On January 24, across Argentina, millions of workers are participating in a national general strike against the anti-workers laws pushed forward by far-right libertarian president, Javier Milei. | Since he was inaugurated on December 10, 2023, Milei has worked quickly to draft legislation which threatens the hard-fought for rights of the Argentine people. | In response, Argentina's trade unions, social movements, and human rights organizations have been on the streets to reject these measures, and called for a national general strike for January 24. For the last several weeks, hundreds of trade unions, neighborho…

Princess Harmony (2024-01-24). Defend compassion clubs! Stop the persecution of the Drug Users Liberation Front! workers.org The "War on Drugs," although developed in the United States, has spread to other parts of the world. While some countries have rejected the War on Drugs model for a more progressive response to drug use, others still adhere to the regressive U.S. approach. Canada is an example of the . . . |

Martha Grevatt (2024-01-24). Palestine and the role of the global working class. workers.org Grevatt is a retired Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) worker who served on the executive boards of UAW Locals 122 and 869. This is from her talk at the International Assembly against Imperialism in Solidarity with Palestine, on Jan. 21, in New York City. Understanding imperialism is so critical at this moment, . . . |

Nadda Osman (2024-01-23). War on Gaza: Australian police attack pro-Palestine protests blockading Israeli ships. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Australian police attack pro-Palestine protests blockading Israeli ships | Police gathered on horseback and pepper sprayed, arrested and dispersed the protesters calling for a ceasefire at the Port of Melbourne
| Tue, 01/23/2024 – 13: 57 | Protesters gather at the Melbourne Port dock disrupt shipping and workers over Israel's bombardment of Gaza (Supplied/Angelita Biscotti) | Pro-…

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-23). Health workers rally against Israel's assault on Gazan colleagues. greenleft.org.au

A Guest Author (2024-01-23). Israel: the genocidal thrust of imperialism today. workers.org By Manuel Raposo The author is a Portuguese Marxist and editor of the web magazine jornalmudardevida.net, where this article was published on Jan. 15. Translation by John Catalinotto. What we have seen since October in Gaza and the West Bank is the execution of the long-standing plan nurtured by Zionist . . . |

Newsclick (2024-01-23). Anganwadi workers in Andhra Pradesh declare victory after 42-day strike. peoplesdispatch.org Terming the strike as a "grand victory," the All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers said in a statement that it "proved the strength of the working people"

WSWS (2024-01-23). Public transport workers in the Philippines face huge job losses. wsws.org The central government's modernization program, which falsely promises to improve working conditions, will force countless jeepney drivers into debt or out of work.

WSWS (2024-01-23). "Our rank-and-file committees need to spread to fight this": Opposition grows to job cuts at Ford Rouge complex. wsws.org The Rouge Electric Vehicle Center will be cut to only one shift, forcing 1,500 workers to transfer or take early retirements.

WSWS (2024-01-23). Oppose the Sri Lankan government witch hunt against electricity workers! Prepare a counter offensive! wsws.org The attack on our CEB brothers and sisters is an attack on all of us! We all face the government's brutal austerity program dictated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Ana Perdigón, Orinoco Tribune. (2024-01-23). Milei Threatens Argentina's Public Sector Workers. popularresistance.org The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, lashed out at Argentina's public sector workers, threatening to deduct their salary if they join the upcoming national strike that was called by the General Confederation of Workers (CGT) for January 24. | In a statement to the press, presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni announced that the government made the decision to deduct the working day from public sector workers who go on strike. | "The salary is a consideration and whoever does not work, it is reasonable that he/she does not get paid," Adorni said. | He further stated that in his opinion there is no reason for…

ecns.cn (2024-01-23). 11 confirmed dead, 36 remain missing in Yunnan landslide. ecns.cn The death toll from the landslide climbed to 11 on Tuesday. More than 1,000 rescue workers equipped with 45 rescue dogs and 120 vehicles are carrying out search and rescue work at the site.

Nic Koski (2024-01-23). Workers refuse to give up: Form the Common Ground Cafe Cooperative. liberationnews.org We were given less than 12 hours notice via group message that we were simply not to report to work the next day, and without any explanation. 30 people suddenly lost their jobs.

Nic Koski (2024-01-23). Workers refuse to give up: Forming the Common Ground Bakery Cafe. liberationnews.org We were given less than 12 hours notice via group message that we were simply not to report to work the next day, and without any explanation. 30 people suddenly lost their jobs.

Mark Gruenberg (2024-01-23). UAW to corporations: Guarantee retirement income or face a general strike. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—In their successful "Stand Up!" rolling strike that won big gains and givebacks last year, the Auto Workers found out Ford, GM and Stellantis—formerly FiatChrysler —had one "red line" in bargaining they would not let the union cross: A guaranteed retirement for their workers, independent of the vagaries of the stock market. In other words, …

WSWS (2024-01-24). Biden to speak at UAW political action conference as union prepares to endorse warmongering president. wsws.org The main aim of the UAW conference is to promote the Democratic Party and Biden's election campaign.

WSWS (2024-01-24). Opposition grows to strike betrayal by California Faculty Association. wsws.org The cancellation of the Cal State university worker strike this week has led to an outpouring of anger and underscores the necessity for the building and strengthening of rank and file committees in opposition to the treacherous union establishment.

The Independent (2024-01-24). Sudan denounces EU sanctions against economic institutions as "unjust" independent.co.ug KHARTOUM, SUDAN | Xinhua | Sudan's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denounced as "unjust" the sanctions imposed by the European Union on Sudanese economic institutions. "The sanction operation, which is especially directed against (Sudan's) national institutions, will not help achieve peace," the ministry said in a statement. The ministry further said that justifying targeting the three …

presstv.ir (2024-01-24). New Zealand's maritime union opposes country's Red Sea military involvement. presstv.ir New Zealand's maritime union voices its opposition to a decision by Wellington to deploy a detachment of the country's military to the Red Sea, amid rising tensions in strategic waters.

presstv.ir (2024-01-24). EU scrambling to defuse farmers' anger as discontents rapidly grow. presstv.ir The European Union's agriculture ministers have gathered on Tuesday to discuss the mounting dissatisfaction among European farmers, as Brussels is striving to tackle this matter before the upcoming elections.

Staff (2024-01-23). Headlines for January 23, 2024. democracynow.org Axios: Israel Proposes 2-Month Ceasefire in Exchange for Remaining Hostages, A Quarter of Gaza Faces Catastrophic Hunger as Unrelenting Israeli Attacks Target Schools, Hospitals, Yemenis Defiant as U.S. and U.K Launch New Joint Strikes on 8 Houthi Targets, SEIU Becomes Largest U.S. Union to Call for Gaza Ceasefire, SCOTUS Rejects Case That Sought to Silence Palestinian Advocacy Group, SCOTUS Offers New Hope to Death Row Prisoner Richard Glossip, Agrees to Hear His Appeal, SCOTUS Allows Biden Admin to Cut Down Razor Wire on Texas's Southern Border, New Hampshire Votes in Nation's First Primary of 2024,…

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2024-01-23). SEIU, nation's second largest union, demands immediate ceasefire in Gaza. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The Service Employees have become the latest and largest union to demand a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, citing the enormous suffering the Palestinians suffer. "Our call for a cease-fire is a call for peace," Service Employees President Mary Kay Henry declared. The statement, added to prior cease fire calls by ever more individual union …

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). UPDATE: Union shuts down California State University faculty and staff strike against wage cuts, casualization of jobs. wsws.org More details on the contract will emerge soon, but the CFA's supposed "highlights" already point to major concessions in favor of the California State University system.

Andy Kroll (2024-01-23). Trump Allies Plot to Take Over the European Union. tomdispatch.com It would be funny if it weren't so potentially tragic — and consequential. No, I'm not thinking about Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign but a related development: the latest decisions from the European Union (EU) about Ukraine. As 2023 ended, European nations failed to agree on a $54-billion package of assistance for Ukraine at a time when that country was desperately trying to stay afloat and continue its fight against Russian occupation forces. Bizarrely, the failure of that proposal coincided with a surprising EU decision to open membership talks with that beleaguered country. In other words, no…

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2024-01-23). Unión Europea llama solución de dos Estados para paz de Gaza. telesurtv.net Borrell indicó que la paz y la estabilidad "no se pueden construir solamente por medios militares".

ecns.cn (2024-01-24). 12.44 million new urban jobs created in 2023. ecns.cn China's employment situation has remained generally stable, with 12.44 million new urban jobs created in 2023, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security said on Wednesday.

WSWS (2024-01-23). Media giant Condé Nast announces restructuring of music publication Pitchfork. wsws.org The announcement came amid an ongoing jobs bloodbath in the US, including in the media and entertainment industries.

Uri Weltmann, Morning Star. (2024-01-24). Standing Together: The Peace Movement Inside Israel. popularresistance.org On Thursday, January 18, more than 2,000 people marched through the streets of Tel-Aviv, calling for a ceasefire agreement that will end hostilities in Gaza, in the biggest peace demonstration inside Israel since the war began. | The march and rally were endorsed by more than 30 organisations, and organised jointly by Standing Together and Women Wage Peace. | "We are all in pain over the harsh reality we are living. The pain of the bereaved families, of those kidnapped, of the people we were uprooted and forced to leave their homes. We are all horrified when we hear about civilian casualties, including children,…

presstv.ir (2024-01-24). Hezbollah again targets Israeli airbase in response to assassinations in Lebanon, Syria. presstv.ir Hezbollah once again targets a strategic Israeli airbase in the north of the occupied territories.

presstv.ir (2024-01-24). Namibia calls on NAM to unite towards demanding an end to Israeli war on Gaza. presstv.ir Namibia calls on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to unite towards demanding an end to the Israeli regime's ongoing genocidal war on Gaza.

News Desk, The Cradle. (2024-01-24). Ships Broadcasting 'No Contact' With Israel Safely Transit Red Sea. popularresistance.org Member of the Yemeni Ansarallah resistance movement's Supreme Political Council, Mohammad Ali al-Houthi, said on 21 January that dozens of commercial vessels not linked to Israel or bound for Israeli ports have been allowed to pass safely through the Red Sea."You can visit the Tanker Trackers website, which specializes in tracking ships, to know that the simplest solution for ships to pass safely while crossing the Red Sea is to announce the phrase 'We have no relation to Israel' on their automated identification system," Houthi said. | "This solution has proved its effectiveness, as 64 ships safely passed throu…

Al Mayadeen, Orinoco Tribune. (2024-01-24). Palestinian Resistance Explains: There Was No Choice But October 7. popularresistance.org Operation al-Aqsa Flood was a necessary step and a normal response to confront all Israeli conspiracies against the Palestinian people and their cause; a defensive act within the framework of ridding Palestine of the Israeli occupation, reclaiming Palestinian rights, and on the path to liberation and independence like all people around the world, the Palestinian Hamas Resistance movement said. | Hamas published Sunday a memorandum entitled: "Our Narrative… Operation al-Aqsa Flood," in which the Resistance movement explained the reasons behind the October 7 operation and the motives behind it, as well as its gen…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2024-01-24). Salvadoran movements spur to improve women's situation. plenglish.com San Salvador, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) Salvadoran movements spurred to improve women's situation, especially those over 60 years of age, who lack stable and sufficient income to meet their basic needs.

Samir Saul, Michel Seymour (2024-01-24). Confronting permanent war. pressenza.com At the beginning of 2024, the world finds itself at an unprecedented juncture in history. A world war is underway, but it is unlike the previous ones. It is not called a world war and might not even be perceived as one. It was not officially declared and gave rise neither to a general mobilization nor to large-scale pitched battles. It has neither a trigger date nor the prospect of a conclusion. It is a long-term, permanent, and new type of world war that the peoples of the world, popular movements and progressive currents must understand, in order to thwart it and avoid being its victims. | By Samir Saul and Mic…

Candice Bernd (2024-01-24). Biden's Base Revolts: Climate Activists Ramp Up Pressure Ahead of Super Tuesday. truthout.org "Trump, are you for ordinary people or are you for oil millionaires? Why are you letting my generation's future burn? Why aren't you fighting for people like me? You are taking millions and millions from the fossil fuel industry," 17-year-old Sunrise Movement activist Adah Crandall shouted at former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Laconia, New Hampshire, Monday night. |

WSWS (2024-01-24). Free Palestine protests in Australia: "We need a complete system change, globally" wsws.org "This is the beginning of a movement worldwide for people to question everything that happens and be able to have a voice."

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2024-01-23). The Four Horsemen Of Gaza's Apocalypse. popularresistance.org Joe Biden's inner circle of strategists for the Middle East — Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan and Brett McGurk — have little understanding of the Muslim world and a deep animus towards Islamic resistance movements. They see Europe, the United States and Israel as involved in a clash of civilizations between the enlightened West and a barbaric Middle East. They believe that violence can bend Palestinians and other Arabs to their will. They champion the overwhelming firepower of the U.S. and Israeli military as the key to regional stability — an illusion that fuels the flames of regional war and per…

Columbia University Apartheid Divest Coalition (2024-01-23). Columbia University Apartheid Divest coalition statement on chemical skunk attack. mondoweiss.net On January 19, a protest against the Israeli genocide in Gaza was attacked by counter-protesters using the chemical agent, known as "Skunk." The university bears full responsibility for all violence against the pro-Palestine movement on campus.

Marjorie Cohn (2024-01-23). Biden's Illegal Bombing of Yemen Intensifies the Risk of Regional War. truthout.org In response to Israel's assault on the people of Gaza in early October, Yemen's Houthi movement, Ansar Allah, began mounting attacks on commercial ships in and around the Red Sea. The Houthis said the attacks were aimed at Israeli-connected or Israel-bound ships and they would continue until there is a ceasefire in Gaza. Meanwhile, the pressure on this vital trade route is impacting the global… |

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-01-23). Israel Collapsing at All Levels, Committing Gravest Crimes Against Humanity: Palestinian Resistance. orinocotribune.com A senior member of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says the Israel is collapsing at all levels as the regime is committing the most egregious crimes against humanity. | Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas' political bureau, made the statement on Sunday as he pointed to the latest developments regarding Israel's genocidal war against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip. | "The Zionist regime is collapsing by committing the biggest crimes against humanity at the internal, social, military and political levels and, today, has been brought to international courts," Hamad said, referring to lawsuits lodged by…

Majorca Bateman-Coe (2024-01-23). Ceasefire movement steadily growing in Northeastern Jersey. peoplesworld.org JERSEY CITY, N.J.—The people of New Jersey's Hudson County and nearby areas are building a growing movement for a ceasefire in Gaza. One of the first actions, a teach-in and community healing event, was held in the earliest days of Israel's war, on Oct. 17 in North Bergen. Since then, the movement has been gathering …

Ann Brown (2024-01-23). Liberation Ventures: We Won't Fund Reparations Organizations That Support Lineage-Based Requirement. moguldom.com Liberation Ventures, an organization committed to advancing racial repair and healing, offers grants to outside organizations that promote racial repair. Its second round of grants totaled $2.2 million. This funding is directed towards supporting grassroots organizations within the Black-led reparations movement. But the organization reportedly does not support lineage-based reparations. According to the group's website, …

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-01-23). Palestinian Resistance Explains: There Was No Choice but October 7. orinocotribune.com By Al Mayadeen English — Jan 21, 2024 | The Hamas Palestinian Resistance movement explains the reasons behind Operation al-Aqsa Flood from a historical, political, and humanitarian perspective as it seeks to debunk Israeli lies about the operation. | Operation al-Aqsa Flood was a necessary step and a normal response to confront all Israeli conspiracies against the Palestinian people and their cause; a defensive act within the framework of ridding Palestine of the Israeli occupation, reclaiming Palestinian rights, and on the path to liberation and independence like all people around the world, the Palestinian…

Redacción Perú (2024-01-23). Peru] Hardcore as witness and actor behind an era: an interview with Richard Nossar and Carlos Torres Rotondo. pressenza.com Richard Nossar and Carlos Torres Rotondo, authors of " We Will Remain Until the Very End", immerse us in the vibrant Peruvian hardcore scene between 1985 and 1989. From self-management to internal social tensions, the protagonists reveal the foundations of a scene that endures, transcending time with values of solidarity and authenticity. | By Sol Pozzi-Escot | Why focus on the period 1985-1989? | RICHARD NOSSAR Why because it was the initiation period and the stage at which we approached the movement. | CARLOS TORRES ROTONDO The same. Because I lived it. However, it's not a closed period. There are still bands c…

Alasdair Baverstock (2024-01-23). See the perilous journey migrants take to get to the U.S. america.cgtn.com Continuing our look at the migrant crisis at the U.S. border with Mexico, and the dangers migrants face along their journeys, CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock reports now on one of the greatest perils: Those final steps to cross the border itself. | The Rio Grande, running from El Paso, Texas, to the Atlantic Ocean, it marks more than half of the 3,000-kilometer U.S. Mexico border. | Defended with razor wire, military tanks and a floating border wall, it is also the front line of a migration crisis that saw a record two-and-a-half million undocumented migrant encounters in fiscal year 2023. | Tragedy on the Rio Grande…

ecns.cn (2024-01-24). Revamped animal feed formulas to reduce reliance on imports. ecns.cn Authorities are working to revamp animal feed formulas with an aim to curb the use of soybean meal, a byproduct of soybean oil extraction.

Liberation Staff Louisiana (2024-01-24). 5 things to know about Louisiana's new far-right Gov. Jeff Landry. liberationnews.org He is a vocal white supremacist, watchdog of the police state and opponent of all working-class, marginalized and oppressed communities.

REHUNO, Red Humanista de Noticias en Salud (2024-01-24). Healthy or addictive bonds? pressenza.com For many years now, in my professional practice, which has also been enriched by my own personal work, I have been working with relationships. By Lic. Vilma Perren A long time ago, in this "looking inwards", I discovered a relationship…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-01-23). Cuban Tourism and Its Pending Issues. orinocotribune.com By Luz Marina Fornieles Sánchez — Jan 19, 2024 | Tourism continues to be essential to alleviating the difficulties derived from the war economy that Cuba is going through. These are times to correct distortions and reinvigorate the economic panorama. | Cuba starts on a new path for its development this year, after the government announced a series of measures with this aim last year. Now we are working on its careful implementation in 2024. We steer back into the path, and we are looking for solutions with the conviction that in the face of complexity in the current situation, we must act in order to resolve…

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.

SAM (2024-01-22). Has the USA Really Become Vastly More Unequal? inequality.org

WSWS (2024-01-22). Growing social crisis in Indonesia ahead of presidential election. wsws.org The outgoing administration of President Joko Widodo has imposed the burden of economic shocks on the working class and rural masses, with poverty, unemployment, and wealth inequality figures climbing since 2020.

Xinhua (2024-01-24). China calls for greater efforts to advance South-South cooperation. pressenza.com Liu Guozhong, a Special Representative of Chinese President Xi Jinping, attended the 3rd South Summit in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Sunday, where he delivered a speech calling for further South-South cooperation and reform of the global governance system. | This year marks the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Group of 77 and, over the past six decades, the Global South has followed the correct path of equality, mutual trust, mutual benefit, solidarity and mutual assistance, said Liu, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Vice Premier of the S…

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…

WSWS (2024-01-22). Growing social crisis in Indonesia ahead of presidential election. wsws.org The outgoing administration of President Joko Widodo has imposed the burden of economic shocks on the working class and rural masses, with poverty, unemployment, and wealth inequality figures climbing since 2020.

DikelediM (2024-01-22). Education is the most powerful weapon against poverty, says President Ramaphosa. sanews.gov.za Education is the most powerful weapon against poverty, says President Ramaphosa | As the nation commemorates three decades of democracy this year, President Cyril Ramaphosa has commended the accomplishments of the class of 2023 matriculants, saying their success bears testament to the strides taken to enhance accessibility and equality in education. | "This year marks 30 years since South Africa became a democracy with equal rights, dignity and freedoms for all. The achievements of last year's matriculants show the progress we have made not only in making education more accessible, but also in making it more equa…

nosihle (2024-01-22). Fitch SA rating maintains a stable outlook. sanews.gov.za Fitch SA rating maintains a stable outlook | Government has noted Fitch's decision to affirm South Africa's longterm foreign and local currency debt ratings at 'BB-' and maintain the stable outlook. | According to Fitch, South Africa's credit rating is constrained by low real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, high level of inequality, a high and rising government debt-to-GDP ratio, and a modest path of fiscal consolidation. Growth is hampered by power shortages and a struggling logistic sector. | "Over the medium term, government will focus on raising GDP growth by improving the provision of electricity, logis…

Andy Tamas (2024-01-23). Cracks in the Culture of Silence. indybay.org One of the more tragic elements of the culture of silence is that the dominated often internalize the oppressor — they become their own dominators, and behave toward themselves and each other much as the oppressor behaves toward them. This internalization is often created and maintained by the education system that is controlled by the elite.

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

The Independent (2024-01-23). Nabbanja hands over Entebbe Botanical Gardens to UWEC. independent.co.ug Entebbe, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja today oversaw the handover of the iconic Entebbe Botanical Gardens from the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) to the Uganda Wildlife Conservation Education Centre (UWEC). This handover marks a new chapter for one of Africa's oldest Botanical Gardens, established in 1898 and a …

The Independent (2024-01-23). Nigerian president directs expansion of student-loan scheme to include skill development. independent.co.ug ABUJA, NIGERIA | Xinhua | Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has directed the management of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to expand its focus area by extending interest-free loans to local students interested in skill-development programs. Tinubu gave the directive at the State House on Monday, saying it is important for the scheme to accommodate …

Andy Tamas (2024-01-22). Cracks in the Culture of Silence. indybay.org One of the more tragic elements of the culture of silence is that the dominated often internalize the oppressor — they become their own dominators, and behave toward themselves and each other much as the oppressor behaves toward them. This internalization is often created and maintained by the education system that is controlled by the elite.

Mary Triny Mena (2024-01-22). COVID-19 has lasting effects on Venezuela's education. america.cgtn.com One of the main challenges for Latin America is to provide quality and uninterrupted education. | Countries like Venezuela struggle with not only a complex economic crisis but also the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic that have left students with a setback in their learning process. | January 24 is International Day of Education.

Keerti Gopal (2024-01-23). A Fossil Fuel Miseducation. levernews.com

EcoWatch (2024-01-24). Plastic Bag Bans in U.S. Have Reduced Plastic Bag Use by Billions, Report Says. pressenza.com A new report from nonprofits Environment America, U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund and Frontier Group has found that bans on plastic bags around the U.S. have already reduced the number of bags used by billions. | By Paige Bennett | The report, "

Redacción Chile (2024-01-24). Chile hosts extraordinary meeting of Latin American and Caribbean Ministers of Education. pressenza.com The meeting will bring together the region's education ministers at ECLAC's headquarters in Santiago and will have an impact on 33 countries with approximately 125 million students, who 6.9 million teachers serve. The event aims to advance in the definition of public policies aimed at the reactivation, recovery, and transformation of education as accelerators of the education goals of the 2030 Agenda. | On 25 and 26 January 2024, the extraordinary meeting of Ministers of Education of Latin America and the Caribbean, "Education Ministerial: Santiago 2024", will be held in Santiago de Chile, with the final objectiv…

Jacob Goodwin (2024-01-23). How Moral Distress is Eating Away at Teachers. progressive.org The culture wars have taken a toll on the profession, but public education is still the best hope for democracy.

APR editor (2024-01-22). Rabuka stands firm on sacking decision — coalition at risk. asiapacificreport.nz By Temalesi Vono in Suva Fiji's fired Education Minister Aseri Radrodro rebuffed three letters from the Prime Minister and legal advice from the Solicitor-General that led to his sacking as a cabinet minister, Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka revealed yesterday. Rabuka also said he wrote twice to the Social Democratic Liberal Party (SODELPA) leader Viliame Gavoka…

DikelediM (2024-01-22). Zulu congratulates social grant beneficiaries for passing Grade 12. sanews.gov.za Zulu congratulates social grant beneficiaries for passing Grade 12 | Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu has praised the Grade 12 students, who benefit from Social Development services and have successfully completed the 2023 National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams. | Of the 897 775 Grade 12 learners who wrote their NSC, 543 786 full-time learners were social grant beneficiaries, with 62 out of 110 social grant beneficiaries amongst the top performing learners in different categories, as awarded by the Department of Basic Education (DBE). | According to the department, social grant beneficiaries formed the…

NEOB (2024-01-22). Team South Africa returns from tough, productive WEF annual meeting – Treasury. sanews.gov.za Team South Africa returns from tough, productive WEF annual meeting – Treasury | The South African delegation to the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting has returned back to SA, having driven home the message that the country remains a "top destination for growth and investment". | This is according to a media statement released by National Treasury on Monday. | Team South Africa's delegation was led by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana and comprised the Ministers of Trade, Industry and Competition, Ebrahim Patel; Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Dr Blade Nzimande; Communications and Digital Techno…

noemail (2024-01-22). Odisha, Rajasthan school secures top spot in pipe band girls and pipe band boys category in National competition. devdiscourse.com Odisha and Rajasthan schools secured top spots in pipe band girls and pipe band boys categories respectively in the National School Band Competition held ahead of Republic Day celebrations. The winners of the National School Band Competition, which was jointly organised by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Education at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi as part of Republic Day celebrations 2024, were announced today.

UMMID (2024-01-22). CTET January 2024 Admit Card released, How to download. ummid.com The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released on its official website ctet.nic.in the Admit Card (Hall Ticket) of the candidates who have registered for Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) to be held in the month of January 2024.

UMMID (2024-01-22). Karnataka SSLC 2024 (Final) Time Table released. ummid.com Karnataka SSLC – Secondary School Leaving Certificate 2024 exam, will start on March 25, 2024 according to the final Time Table (Datesheet) released by the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board, Bengaluru on its official website KSEAB.

UMMID (2024-01-22). MSBTE Diploma Result (Winter 2023) – How and When to Check. ummid.com The Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education (MSBTE) is set to announce on its official website msbte.org.in the Diploma and Polytechnic result of winter 2023 exams in the next few days.

Pavel López Lazo (2024-01-23). Multivitamin consumption helps slow cognitive aging, boost memory. plenglish.com The new study published online on January 18, 2024, in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, reports that daily multivitamin supplementation was beneficial for both global cognition and episodic memory. | Global cognitionTrusted Source refers to the overall status of our cognition while episodic memory deals with our recollection of past events and experiences. | The study is the third in a series of studies that are part of the COcoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study (COSMOS). | The purpose of COSMOS is to determine whether cocoa flavanols or multivitamins have the ability to reduce the risk for c…

WSWS (2024-01-23). International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees holds emergency online meeting to organize fight against mass job cuts. wsws.org The meeting brought together workers from the auto, logistics, healthcare and other industries to discuss how to organize a working class counteroffensive internationally against the attacks on jobs.

Editor (2024-01-22). Lenin and his times. mronline.org This is an extract from the introduction to Alex Snowdon's forthcoming book on Lenin, to be published by Counterfire, where he outlines the key stages of Lenin's life as a revolutionary.

Editor (2024-01-22). Missing links in textbook history: Colonialism. mronline.org Providing a useful understanding of our past has never been more difficult. Schools at all levels have been attacked for teaching (or discussing) almost anything that disturbs the status quo or makes students think.

Editor (2024-01-22). Through the "Bolivar Act" U.S. congressmen intend to tighten the blockade against Venezuela. mronline.org The U.S. political class continues to apply its economic and financial gunboat diplomacy disguised as progressive humanitarianism.

Editor (2024-01-22). Video shows aftermath of a summary execution of 15 men in a Gaza apartment. mronline.org A Palestinian family in Gaza says they witnessed the summary execution of 15 men when Israeli soldiers raided their apartment last month.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2024-01-22). U.S. planning to establish new drone bases in Ghana, Ivory Coast and Benin. mronline.org Journalist Nick Turse has shown that terrorist attacks have spiked exponentially as a result of the growing U.S. military presence in the Sahelian region.

Kim Petersen (2024-01-22). Is Geopolitics Deterministic? dissidentvoice.org In an online video interview, libertarian judge Andrew Napolitano asked University of Chicago political scientist and international relations professor John Mearsheimer to "translate" president Xi's remarks in his New Year speech. The professor answered, "There is no question that the Chinese want Taiwan back. They want to make Taiwan part of China…. There is also …

Pauline Ertel (2024-01-22). Elon Musk visits Auschwitz amid allegations of spreading antisemitism on X. middleeasteye.net Elon Musk visits Auschwitz amid allegations of spreading antisemitism on X | Just weeks after endorsing an anti-Jewish conspiracy theory online, Musk visits Auschwitz and speaks at a conference on combating antisemitism online | Mon, 01/22/2024 – 16: 26 | Elon Musk visits Auschwitz concentration camp alongside conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, Holocaust survivor Gidon Lev and Rabbi Menac…

Editor (2024-01-23). Chip Wars: Breaking the siege. mronline.org While the sanctions regime has hit Chinese companies, especially Huawei, hard and exposed weak links in China's chip supply chain, the last year has seen significant progress by Chinese companies.

PNW Street Medics (2024-01-23). Free Online First Aid, Health & Safety Courses. indybay.org

Avriel Epps (2024-01-23). The Child Labor Driving AI Development. progressive.org Child online safety must be redefined, and lawmakers need to start seeing children as active data laborers, writes Avriel Epps.

Cira Pascual Marquina (2024-01-23). The dialectics of constituted and communal power: A conversation with àÅngel Prado. mronline.org The main spokesperson of El Maizal Commune is trying to put institutional power at the service of the commune.

Editor (2024-01-23). 'Beyond catastrophic' — Red Cross says situation in Gaza is getting worse. mronline.org According to Gaza's Ministry of Health, 25,105 Palestinians have been killed, and 62,681 wounded in Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

Editor (2024-01-23). Reporting on California's fast food minimum wage raise comes with side order of fear. mronline.org What's scarier than a shark attack? An increase in the minimum wage.

UMMID (2024-01-22). Bihar 12th Intermediate Exam 2024 Admit Card Released – Download Here. ummid.com The Bihar School Examination Board (BSEB) has released online the Admit Card and Hall Ticket of the students who are appearing for February 2024 Intermediate exams of Arts, Science and Commerce streams.

Peoples Dispatch (2024-01-22). One of the largest unions in the United States just called for a ceasefire in Gaza. peoplesdispatch.org The Service Employees International Union, which boasts two million members, joined a growing section of the US labor movement in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza…

ecns.cn (2024-01-23). New panda conservation center coming. ecns.cn Visitors are expected to see more giant pandas as the construction of the first phase of a new giant panda national conservation and research center is underway in Beijing.

The Independent (2024-01-23). Muni University health science laboratory project stalls over funds. independent.co.ug Arua, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The construction of a multi-purpose Health Science Laboratory Building at Muni University has stalled for nearly five years. In March 2019, the university signed a contract with Kisinga Construction Company for the second phase of the construction, with a planned completion date in 2022. However, the building has stalled at …

Caroline Goggin, 6abc (2024-01-22). Construction to shut down part of Interstate 95 northbound in Philadelphia for 36 hours next month. whyy.org This story originally appeared on Major construction is expected to cause some traffic headaches in Philadelphia early next month. | PennDOT officials say they plan to close a stretch of I-95 North during the first weekend in February. | The closure will run from 6 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 3 to 5 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 5 between Columbus Boulevard (Exit 20) and Interstate 676 (Exit 22). | "The date for the February 3-5 weekend closure was coordinated with neighboring states, Delaw…

Mansa Musa (2024-01-22). A prison librarian's efforts to humanize the stories of incarcerated people. therealnews.com The nightmarish reality of the prison industrial complex depends on a vast array of stereotypes and tropes about incarcerated people that have proliferated through our culture. From the myth of the 'superpredator' to other racist and anti-poor constructions of the prisoner, the real stories and lives of the human beings trapped in the prison system are obscured by a veil of assumptions propagated by the institutions and interests most invested in maintaining mass incarceration. Fred Winn, a former librarian, correctional officer, and case manager at California's Soledad Prison has attempted to peel back thi…

jamanetwork (2024-01-23). Recent Weight Loss and Cancer Diagnoses. jamanetwork.com This study compares the rates of subsequent cancer diagnoses over 12 months among health professionals in the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study with weight loss during the prior 2 years compared with those without recent weight loss.

Mark Gruenberg (2024-01-22). Exclusive interviews: Pay hikes don't deter Maximus workers' unionization drive. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Small pay increases Maximus management recently doled out—including 19 cents an hour to one worker and a dollar to the other—aren't stopping the hundreds of workers at that top federal contractor from continuing their union organizing drive. After all, the two said in interviews with People's World after the group of representative workers received recognition …

infobrics (2024-01-22). India and Iran to Enhance Collaboration in BRICS and SCO. infobrics.org India and Iran have agreed to expand cooperation within the framework of BRICS and Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)…

Labor Video Project (2024-01-23). Eastbay CSU CFA Start Strike & All CSU Campuses Join for Living Wages & Students. indybay.org CSU East Bay CFA workers went on strike January 22, 2024 and striker spoke out at the college.

Ana Vraƒçar (2024-01-22). Israeli destruction of health infrastructure in Gaza places women and newborns in danger. peoplesdispatch.org All health services have been decimated by Israeli attacks, making it virtually impossible for people in need of urgent care, including women in labor, to reach hospitals and health centers…

Chris Walker (2024-01-22). Greedflation Accounts for 53 Cents of Every Dollar of Inflation in Past 6 Months. truthout.org A new report examining the causes of inflation demonstrates that corporate greed and increased CEO pay led to higher-than-necessary costs for American consumers in recent months. The report, from the progressive organization Groundwork Collaborative, found that, in the past two economic quarters alone, 53 cents out of every dollar of inflationary price increases were due to corporate profits. |

ecns.cn (2024-01-22). South Summit calls for elevated collaboration. ecns.cn Leaders from developing countries and the United Nations have called for intensified cooperation to achieve common development for the Global South and build a more just global governance system.

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-22). Concern grows over NSW Labor's secret plan for Powerhouse Museum. greenleft.org.au

WSWS (2024-01-22). Australia: Labor urges union-management deal in DP World dispute. wsws.org Labor is reluctant to directly shut down industrial action because it wants to avoid inflaming class tensions amid a growing cost-of-living crisis and mounting opposition to its agenda of austerity and war.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-01-23). Continúan labores de extinción de incendio en Bogotá, Colombia. telesurtv.net El Alcalde Mayor de Bogotá, Carlos F. Galán, refirió que está confinado el incendio, aunque no está controlado por completo.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-23). Mayo Clinic's inclusive onboarding sets new standard in lab accommodations. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Conor Peck and Brigette Baig After Conor Peck cleared the initial interview panel for a clinical laboratory technologist role in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, it didn't take long for him to catch Brigette Baig's attention. "He has a biochemistry degree, and we like chemistry people in our lab," says Baig, supervisor of the Metals Laboratory. "I called him to just give him an informal tour of the lab using…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-23). Mayo Clinic engages Cerebras to deliver potent computing power, scale AI transformation. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic, the world's No. 1 hospital and a global leader in advancing trusted generative artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare applications, has announced a multi-year strategic collaboration with Cerebras Systems to develop multimodal large language models (LLMs) to improve patient outcomes and diagnoses. The collaboration combines Mayo Clinic's expansive repository of decades of deidentified clinical data with generative AI capabilities developed by Cerebras to train models to complement physicians' expertise. The…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-22). Mayo Clinic's inclusive onboarding sets new standard in lab accommodations. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Conor Peck and Brigette Baig After Conor Peck cleared the initial interview panel for a clinical laboratory technologist role in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, it didn't take long for him to catch Brigette Baig's attention. "He has a biochemistry degree, and we like chemistry people in our lab," says Baig, supervisor of the Metals Laboratory. "I called him to just give him an informal tour of the lab using…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-22). Mayo Clinic engages Cerebras to deliver potent computing power, scale AI transformation. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic, the world's No. 1 hospital and a global leader in advancing trusted generative artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare applications, has announced a multi-year strategic collaboration with Cerebras Systems to develop multimodal large language models (LLMs) to improve patient outcomes and diagnoses. The collaboration combines Mayo Clinic's expansive repository of decades of deidentified clinical data with generative AI capabilities developed by Cerebras to train models to complement physicians' expertise. The…

teleSUR (2024-01-22). Gen. Richardson and High-Ranking US Officials Visit Ecuador. telesurenglish.net From Monday to Thursday, the Commander of the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Gen. Laura Richardson, Presidential Special Advisor for the Americas Christopher Dodd, and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Antinarcotics Affairs Christopher Landberg will hold meetings with Ecuadorian authorities. | RELATED: | The U.S. officials aim to accelerate bilateral cooperation in security and analyze collaborative approaches…

WSWS (2024-01-22). Australia: Labor urges union-management deal in DP World dispute. wsws.org Labor is reluctant to directly shut down industrial action because it wants to avoid inflaming class tensions amid a growing cost-of-living crisis and mounting opposition to its agenda of austerity and war.

Ana Perdigón, Orinoco Tribune. (2024-01-23). Milei Threatens Argentina's Public Sector Workers. popularresistance.org The president of Argentina, Javier Milei, lashed out at Argentina's public sector workers, threatening to deduct their salary if they join the upcoming national strike that was called by the General Confederation of Workers (CGT) for January 24. | In a statement to the press, presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni announced that the government made the decision to deduct the working day from public sector workers who go on strike. | "The salary is a consideration and whoever does not work, it is reasonable that he/she does not get paid," Adorni said. | He further stated that in his opinion there is no reason for…

ecns.cn (2024-01-23). 11 confirmed dead, 36 remain missing in Yunnan landslide. ecns.cn The death toll from the landslide climbed to 11 on Tuesday. More than 1,000 rescue workers equipped with 45 rescue dogs and 120 vehicles are carrying out search and rescue work at the site.

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-23). Health workers rally against Israel's assault on Gazan colleagues. greenleft.org.au

Nadda Osman (2024-01-23). War on Gaza: Australian police attack pro-Palestine protests blockading Israeli ships. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Australian police attack pro-Palestine protests blockading Israeli ships | Police gathered on horseback and pepper sprayed, arrested and dispersed the protesters calling for a ceasefire at the Port of Melbourne
| Tue, 01/23/2024 – 13: 57 | Protesters gather at the Melbourne Port dock disrupt shipping and workers over Israel's bombardment of Gaza (Supplied/Angelita Biscotti) | Pro-…

Newsclick (2024-01-23). Anganwadi workers in Andhra Pradesh declare victory after 42-day strike. peoplesdispatch.org Terming the strike as a "grand victory," the All India Federation of Anganwadi Workers and Helpers said in a statement that it "proved the strength of the working people"

Nic Koski (2024-01-23). Workers refuse to give up: Forming the Common Ground Bakery Cafe. liberationnews.org We were given less than 12 hours notice via group message that we were simply not to report to work the next day, and without any explanation. 30 people suddenly lost their jobs.

WSWS (2024-01-23). Public transport workers in the Philippines face huge job losses. wsws.org The central government's modernization program, which falsely promises to improve working conditions, will force countless jeepney drivers into debt or out of work.

WSWS (2024-01-23). "Our rank-and-file committees need to spread to fight this": Opposition grows to job cuts at Ford Rouge complex. wsws.org The Rouge Electric Vehicle Center will be cut to only one shift, forcing 1,500 workers to transfer or take early retirements.

WSWS (2024-01-23). Oppose the Sri Lankan government witch hunt against electricity workers! Prepare a counter offensive! wsws.org The attack on our CEB brothers and sisters is an attack on all of us! We all face the government's brutal austerity program dictated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Conor Smyth, Fairness, Accuracy in Reporting. (2024-01-22). Reporting On California's Fast-Food Minimum Wage Raise Comes With Fear. popularresistance.org What's scarier than a shark attack? An increase in the minimum wage. | At least that's what many corporate media outlets seem to want you to believe, given the apocalyptic tone of much of the coverage of California's recent decision to raise the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20 an hour, starting this April, a bump from the current level of $16. | While outlets like the New York Times (10/23/23), the Associated Press (9/28/23), CalMatters (12/21/23, 9/28/23) and the Sacramento Bee (9/29/23, 9/15/23, 9/11/23) have responsibly covered the policy change, highlighting the large positive effects that it will l…

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-22). Health workers rally against Israel's assault on Gazan colleagues. greenleft.org.au

Katherine Hearst (2024-01-22). War on Gaza: Women cut up tents for period products. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Women cut up tents for period products | Displaced women and girls in Gaza are unable to manage their menstrual hygiene, while new mothers endure C-sections without anaesthesia | Mon, 01/22/2024 – 13: 45 | Airport workers unload crates with aid delivered from Qatar destined for Gaza at El Arish International Airport (Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs) | Displaced women…

Michael Arria (2024-01-22). SEIU calls for ceasefire in Gaza. mondoweiss.net The Service Employees International Union, which represents almost 2 million workers, has become the largest U.S. union to back a ceasefire in Gaza.

presstv.ir (2024-01-22). 'Inhumane': UK Home Office refuses visas to children of migrant mothers. presstv.ir The UK Home Office is denying visas to the children of migrant single mothers in the health sector saying there are "no compelling reasons" to grant them, according to an investigation.

scorinoco (2024-01-22). When Arab Workers Stood Against Zionism. orinocotribune.com By Essam Elkorghli — Jan 17, 2024 | When the whole world is watching genocide taking place against a population of more than 2 million, only a few nations and entities decided to rise and challenge imperialism, Zionism, and reactionism. While reactionary regimes in the region are engulfed in fruitless discussions about the efficacy of boycotting products complicit in arming and funding the genocide, the

Sharon Zhang (2024-01-22). Sanders Unveils Bill to Tax Corporations Paying CEOs 50 Times More Than Workers. truthout.org As the U.S. wealth gap continues to reach new heights, a group of progressives and Democrats has introduced a bill that would take aim at corporations that provide their executives exorbitant compensation while paying their workers less by orders of magnitude. The bill, dubbed the Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act, would raise the corporate tax rate for companies with a CEO-to-median worker pay ratio of… |

WSWS (2024-01-22). Opposition grows to France's fascistic immigration law. wsws.org Opposition to the fascistic law is growing, including amongst sections of undocumented workers who have been abandoned by the trade union bureaucracy.

WSWS (2024-01-22). Health Workers Rank-and-File Committee in Australia defends medical practitioners targeted for opposing Gaza genocide. wsws.org "There has to be an international campaign [against the targeting of health workers], which is not just happening in Australia but internationally," a Sydney doctor told the meeting.

Nic Koski (2024-01-23). Workers refuse to give up: Form the Common Ground Cafe Cooperative. liberationnews.org We were given less than 12 hours notice via group message that we were simply not to report to work the next day, and without any explanation. 30 people suddenly lost their jobs.

ecns.cn (2024-01-22). Job situation improves for female workers. ecns.cn China's efforts to encourage women's employment have borne fruit in recent years, though women still face pressure from their families and society, which could weaken their resolve and ability to get jobs, said experts.

A Guest Author (2024-01-23). Israel: the genocidal thrust of imperialism today. workers.org By Manuel Raposo The author is a Portuguese Marxist and editor of the web magazine jornalmudardevida.net, where this article was published on Jan. 15. Translation by John Catalinotto. What we have seen since October in Gaza and the West Bank is the execution of the long-standing plan nurtured by Zionist . . . |

Mark Gruenberg (2024-01-23). UAW to corporations: Guarantee retirement income or face a general strike. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—In their successful "Stand Up!" rolling strike that won big gains and givebacks last year, the Auto Workers found out Ford, GM and Stellantis—formerly FiatChrysler —had one "red line" in bargaining they would not let the union cross: A guaranteed retirement for their workers, independent of the vagaries of the stock market. In other words, …

Victor Grossman (2024-01-23). War and profiteering hurting German workers and the national economy. peoplesworld.org BERLIN—Looking down from my window onto Berlin's broad Karl-Marx Allee boulevard a week ago Friday, I saw hundreds and hundreds of green tractors moving in two disciplined lines towards central Brandenburg Gate. Similar lines all over Germany were angrily protesting government measures, based on budgetary or ecology concerns, but which cut farm income, especially for …

a guest author (2024-01-22). Mensaje del Partido Comunista de Cuba al Centenario de la muerte de Lenin. workers.org Por el Partido Comunista de Cuba/Comité Central Enviado a la Reunión por el Centenario de la Muerte de Lenin en NYC. Estimados participantes: Extendemos un cordial saludo al Partido Mundo Obrero y a todas las organizaciones que asisten a este significativo evento, que rinde tributo a Vladimir Ilich Lenin a . . . |

A Guest Author (2024-01-22). Message from Communist Party of Cuba to Lenin Centennial. workers.org By Communist Party of Cuba, Central Committee A message to the Jan. 21, 2024, Lenin Centennial in New York City. Dear participants, We extend our cordial greetings to Workers World Party and all the organizations attending this significant event, which pays tribute to Vladimir Ilich Lenin 100 years after his . . . |

Mark Gruenberg (2024-01-22). Exclusivo: pequeñas subidas salariales no disuaden a las trabajadoras de Maximus. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Los pequeños aumentos salariales que la administración de Maximus otorgó recientemente (incluidos 19 centavos por hora a un trabajador y un dólar al otro) no impiden que los cientos de trabajadores de ese importante contratista federal continúen con su campaña de organización sindical. Después de todo, dijeron los dos en entrevistas con People's World después …

Princess Harmony (2024-01-22). Hands off the Drug User Liberation Front! workers.org On Oct. 25, 2023, the revolutionary group Drug User Liberation Front experienced severe repression from the Canadian state. This group, whose stated mission is to help drug users get a safe supply and other resources, was effectively shut down after its founding members — Eris Nyx and Jeremy Kalicum — . . . |

presstv.ir (2024-01-22). 'Inhumane': UK Home Office refuses visas to children of migrant mothers. presstv.ir The UK Home Office is denying visas to the children of migrant single mothers in the health sector saying there are "no compelling reasons" to grant them, according to an investigation.

teleSUR (2024-01-22). German Railway Workers to Strike on Wednesday. telesurenglish.net On Monday, the German Locomotive Drivers' Union (GDL) announced that train drivers will begin a six-day strike starting Wednesday amid wage negotiations. | RELATED: | Rail operator Deutsche Bahn expects massive disruptions during this strike as the planned emergency service only ensures a very limited train service. | In order to bring train drivers back to the negotiating table, Deutsche Bahn further improved it…

WSWS (2024-01-22). Opposition grows to France's fascistic immigration law. wsws.org Opposition to the fascistic law is growing, including amongst sections of undocumented workers who have been abandoned by the trade union bureaucracy.

WSWS (2024-01-22). Health Workers Rank-and-File Committee in Australia defends medical practitioners targeted for opposing Gaza genocide. wsws.org "There has to be an international campaign [against the targeting of health workers], which is not just happening in Australia but internationally," a Sydney doctor told the meeting.

SKWAWKBOX (2024-01-22). Postal workers' union slams leaked plan to cut deliveries to alternate days. skwawkbox.org Cut to 'universal service obligation' exposed in leaked Ofcom report — plan made with no input from postal workers Slamming a leaked Ofcom report on the future of Royal Mail's 'Universal Service Obligation' (USO), compiled without any input from postal workers, to deliver letters on weekdays to all UK addresses, a Communication Workers Union (CWU) …

Steve Topple (2024-01-22). CWU slams leaking of Ofcom report into Royal Mail as regulator proposes deliveries EVERY OTHER DAY. thecanary.co The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has issued a furious response to the leaking of an Ofcom report into Royal Mail. Little wonder really, when one of the regulator's reported proposals is letter deliveries every other day. However, there's more to this story than meets the eye — because it all hinges on the company's new […] | By

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2024-01-23). Unión Europea llama solución de dos Estados para paz de Gaza. telesurtv.net Borrell indicó que la paz y la estabilidad "no se pueden construir solamente por medios militares".

WSWS (2024-01-23). UPDATE: Union shuts down California State University faculty and staff strike against wage cuts, casualization of jobs. wsws.org More details on the contract will emerge soon, but the CFA's supposed "highlights" already point to major concessions in favor of the California State University system.

Dave Stieber, In These Times. (2024-01-22). Our Union Called For A Cease-Fire; It's About Our Students. popularresistance.org If you teach, your absolute worst nightmare is that something tragic happens to your students. Teachers don't just think about students when they are in front of us; we think about them throughout each day and night. They are a central part of our lives. | When a young person steps into our classroom, the first thing we do is work to connect. That's the best way students learn. When a student doesn't live up to their own potential, we take it personally. We obsess about what went wrong. | Caring about students also means deliberately caring about the world we are helping them grow into. It has never been enough t…

ecns.cn (2024-01-22). EU to hold talks on Gaza conflict. ecns.cn European Union foreign ministers will hold separate talks on Monday with their counterparts from Israel, the Palestinian Authority and several key Arab states to find solutions to the Gaza crisis and future peace in the Middle East.

MEE staff (2024-01-22). EU's top diplomat asks if Israel wants to kill all Palestinians, as it flouts two-state solution. middleeasteye.net EU's top diplomat asks if Israel wants to kill all Palestinians, as it flouts two-state solution | Israel's foreign minister responded to the European Union's calls for a Gaza ceasefire with an animated video of an artificial island | Mon, 01/22/2024 – 21: 24 | Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki (L) speaks with European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell in B…

Sharon Zhang (2024-01-22). Second Largest Union in US Calls for "Immediate" Ceasefire in Gaza. truthout.org Service Employees International Union (SEIU) called for an "immediate" ceasefire in Gaza on Monday, adding to a growing chorus of voices who are calling for a ceasefire as Israel's genocidal assault has killed over 25,000 Palestinians so far, with thousands missing under the rubble. In a statement, SEIU President Mary Kay Henry cited Israel's systematic dismantling of the infrastructure for basic… |

teleSUR- hvh, JCM (2024-01-22). Unión Europea llama solución de dos Estados para paz de Gaza. telesurtv.net Borrell indicó que la paz y la estabilidad "no se pueden construir solamente por medios militares".

WSWS (2024-01-22). Warning strikes at Ford in Saarlouis: German auto union seeks to sabotage resistance to plant closure. wsws.org The limited strikes are an integral part of the plan for the closure of the factory that the works council headed by Markus Thal and IG Metall is implementing on behalf of the company.

WSWS (2024-01-22). SAG-AFTRA voice actor members outraged at union's deal with Replica Studios. wsws.org The union is facilitating the destruction of a portion of its membership. This is the logical follow-up to the sellout contract agreed to by SAG-AFTRA after a lengthy strike last year.

WSWS (2024-01-22). Chicago Public Schools kept open without power, heat or running water during snowstorm and bitter cold. wsws.org Teachers directed their anger at Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, formerly a county commissioner and lobbyist for the Chicago Teachers Union.

WSWS (2024-01-22). 100 years since the death of Vladimir Lenin. wsws.org Lenin was a theoretical and political genius who founded the Bolshevik Party and led a revolution that not only transformed Russia and created the Soviet Union, but gave an immense impulse to all the revolutionary political struggles of the 20th century.

presstv.ir (2024-01-24). EU scrambling to defuse farmers' anger as discontents rapidly grow. presstv.ir The European Union's agriculture ministers have gathered on Tuesday to discuss the mounting dissatisfaction among European farmers, as Brussels is striving to tackle this matter before the upcoming elections.

Andy Kroll (2024-01-23). Trump Allies Plot to Take Over the European Union. tomdispatch.com It would be funny if it weren't so potentially tragic — and consequential. No, I'm not thinking about Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign but a related development: the latest decisions from the European Union (EU) about Ukraine. As 2023 ended, European nations failed to agree on a $54-billion package of assistance for Ukraine at a time when that country was desperately trying to stay afloat and continue its fight against Russian occupation forces. Bizarrely, the failure of that proposal coincided with a surprising EU decision to open membership talks with that beleaguered country. In other words, no…

Mark Gruenberg, John Wojcik (2024-01-23). SEIU, nation's second largest union, demands immediate ceasefire in Gaza. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—The Service Employees have become the latest and largest union to demand a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, citing the enormous suffering the Palestinians suffer. "Our call for a cease-fire is a call for peace," Service Employees President Mary Kay Henry declared. The statement, added to prior cease fire calls by ever more individual union …

presstv.ir (2024-01-23). EU scrambling to defuse farmers' anger as discontents rapidly grow. presstv.ir The European Union's agriculture ministers have gathered on Tuesday to discuss the mounting dissatisfaction among European farmers, as Brussels is striving to tackle this matter before the upcoming elections.

Staff (2024-01-23). Headlines for January 23, 2024. democracynow.org Axios: Israel Proposes 2-Month Ceasefire in Exchange for Remaining Hostages, A Quarter of Gaza Faces Catastrophic Hunger as Unrelenting Israeli Attacks Target Schools, Hospitals, Yemenis Defiant as U.S. and U.K Launch New Joint Strikes on 8 Houthi Targets, SEIU Becomes Largest U.S. Union to Call for Gaza Ceasefire, SCOTUS Rejects Case That Sought to Silence Palestinian Advocacy Group, SCOTUS Offers New Hope to Death Row Prisoner Richard Glossip, Agrees to Hear His Appeal, SCOTUS Allows Biden Admin to Cut Down Razor Wire on Texas's Southern Border, New Hampshire Votes in Nation's First Primary of 2024,…

teleSUR (2024-01-22). Massive March in Brussels for Gaza Ceasefire Before EU Meetings. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, nearly 9,000 people participated in a march in Brussels, demanding concrete measures from Belgium to establish an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and ensure justice for the Palestinian people. | RELATED: | As the current president of the Council of the European Union (EU), Belgium is called upon to play a central role in promoting a fair solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. | On Monday, the European Un…

WSWS (2024-01-22). Warning strikes at Ford in Saarlouis: German auto union seeks to sabotage resistance to plant closure. wsws.org The limited strikes are an integral part of the plan for the closure of the factory that the works council headed by Markus Thal and IG Metall is implementing on behalf of the company.

WSWS (2024-01-22). SAG-AFTRA voice actor members outraged at union's deal with Replica Studios. wsws.org The union is facilitating the destruction of a portion of its membership. This is the logical follow-up to the sellout contract agreed to by SAG-AFTRA after a lengthy strike last year.

WSWS (2024-01-22). Chicago Public Schools kept open without power, heat or running water during snowstorm and bitter cold. wsws.org Teachers directed their anger at Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, formerly a county commissioner and lobbyist for the Chicago Teachers Union.

WSWS (2024-01-22). 100 years since the death of Vladimir Lenin. wsws.org Lenin was a theoretical and political genius who founded the Bolshevik Party and led a revolution that not only transformed Russia and created the Soviet Union, but gave an immense impulse to all the revolutionary political struggles of the 20th century.

eng.belta.by (2024-01-22). Belarus, Russia to discuss new Union State integration plan soon. eng.belta.by There are plans to approve the main areas for the implementation of the Union State Treaty for a new three-year period and to allow the Council of Ministers to approve plans for joint work.

eng.belta.by (2024-01-22). Lukashenko to meet with State Secretary of the Union State Dmitry Mezentsev. eng.belta.by Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko will meet with State Secretary | of the Belarus-Russia Union State Dmitry Mezentsev, BelTA has learned.

eng.belta.by (2024-01-22). Belarus, Russia draft resolution on launching single media company. eng.belta.by "We have prepared a draft resolution of the Supreme State Council. It envisages the establishment of a single media company of the Union State that will take over coordination and publication of information in the printed press, on a TV channel and on a website (it will get a priority)," the state secretary said.

WSWS (2024-01-23). Media giant Condé Nast announces restructuring of music publication Pitchfork. wsws.org The announcement came amid an ongoing jobs bloodbath in the US, including in the media and entertainment industries.

WSWS (2024-01-22). Expand the California State University strike of 29,000 lecturers, faculty, counselors and coaches! Build rank-and-file committees! wsws.org This week 29,000 CSU professors, lecturers, counselors and coaches are beginning a powerful strike to demand significant wage increases and benefits in the face of skyrocketing costs of living and casualization of jobs.

teleSUR (2024-01-22). DR Congo: Felix Tshisekedi Swears in New Mandate as President. telesurenglish.net In his inauguration speech, he promised to take action, including the creation of more jobs, the protection of purchasing power for households, national security, economic diversification, and access to basic services. | This election was significant as it marked the second peaceful transfer of power in the country's history since independence in 1960. Jan. 22, 2024.

WSWS (2024-01-22). Expand the California State University strike of 29,000 lecturers, faculty, counselors and coaches! Build rank-and-file committees! wsws.org This week 29,000 CSU professors, lecturers, counselors and coaches are beginning a powerful strike to demand significant wage increases and benefits in the face of skyrocketing costs of living and casualization of jobs.

latintimes (2024-01-22). Fit At 40: The Revolutionary Apple Mac In Numbers. latintimes.com Forty years ago Steve Jobs revolutionised personal computing by launching the Apple Macintosh, the first PC with a user-friendly mouse and graphical interface that helped the machines enter the everyday lives of people for the first time.

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2024-01-23). The Four Horsemen Of Gaza's Apocalypse. popularresistance.org Joe Biden's inner circle of strategists for the Middle East — Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan and Brett McGurk — have little understanding of the Muslim world and a deep animus towards Islamic resistance movements. They see Europe, the United States and Israel as involved in a clash of civilizations between the enlightened West and a barbaric Middle East. They believe that violence can bend Palestinians and other Arabs to their will. They champion the overwhelming firepower of the U.S. and Israeli military as the key to regional stability — an illusion that fuels the flames of regional war and per…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-01-23). Palestinian Resistance Explains: There Was No Choice but October 7. orinocotribune.com By Al Mayadeen English — Jan 21, 2024 | The Hamas Palestinian Resistance movement explains the reasons behind Operation al-Aqsa Flood from a historical, political, and humanitarian perspective as it seeks to debunk Israeli lies about the operation. | Operation al-Aqsa Flood was a necessary step and a normal response to confront all Israeli conspiracies against the Palestinian people and their cause; a defensive act within the framework of ridding Palestine of the Israeli occupation, reclaiming Palestinian rights, and on the path to liberation and independence like all people around the world, the Palestinian…

Redacción Perú (2024-01-23). Peru] Hardcore as witness and actor behind an era: an interview with Richard Nossar and Carlos Torres Rotondo. pressenza.com Richard Nossar and Carlos Torres Rotondo, authors of " We Will Remain Until the Very End", immerse us in the vibrant Peruvian hardcore scene between 1985 and 1989. From self-management to internal social tensions, the protagonists reveal the foundations of a scene that endures, transcending time with values of solidarity and authenticity. | By Sol Pozzi-Escot | Why focus on the period 1985-1989? | RICHARD NOSSAR Why because it was the initiation period and the stage at which we approached the movement. | CARLOS TORRES ROTONDO The same. Because I lived it. However, it's not a closed period. There are still bands c…

Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. (2024-01-22). Sekou Odinga Has Joined The Ancestors. popularresistance.org Brother, comrade, Father, New African, Sekou Odinga took his last breath in this world on January 12, 2024, ending a life of service and sacrifice not matched by many. Brother Sekou loved our people and he loved all of the oppressed and gladly dedicated his life to the liberation of the colonized, oppressed people of the world because that is indeed what the "Black Liberation Movement" embodied. Brother Sekou understood, like all of the warriors of our people from the time we plotted at the bottom of slave ships, in the cotton fields, in Massa's house, in the urban ghettos and rural plantations, that authentic li…

Ana Perdigón (2024-01-22). Venezuela Calls on Non-Aligned Countries to Defend Right to Live in Peace. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan minister for foreign affairs, Yván Gil, called on the member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), during its summit held in Kampala, Uganda, to defend the right of peoples and nations to live in peace | During his speech this Friday, January 19, at the plenary session of the 19th NAM Summit, Minister Gil said that the bloc must take a central role in the fight against those who promote eternal war. | In addition, Minister Gil denounced the use of unilateral coercive measures, also known as sanctions, as one of the manifestations of today's neocolonialism. | Minister Gil stated that these me…

Chloe DS (2024-01-22). Socialist Alliance commits to building the Palestine solidarity movement at 18th National Conference. greenleft.org.au Members of the Socialist Alliance committed to building the Palestine movement at its 18th National Conference. Chloe DS reports.

Esha Mitra, Waging Nonviolence. (2024-01-22). Women In Pakistan Are Fighting Enforced Disappearances And Killings. popularresistance.org As hundreds took to the streets of Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, on Jan. 12, a sea of mostly female protesters continued screaming "Balochistan wants justice," even as they were met with a heavy police presence. | Meanwhile, back in the restive but beautiful southwestern province of Balochistan, thousands more swarmed the streets. Their protest against enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings in their province was just the latest mobilization for a movement that has grown exponentially over the past month. | Following the November killing of 22-year-old Balaach Mola Baksh, hundreds of women —…

In Defense of Liberation! (2024-01-22). Driving Thoughts on Revolutionary History and Contradictions Today. podcasters.spotify.com I took the time driving today as an opportunity to discuss some expanded thoughts on the relevance and significance of the passing of Sekou Odinga, Ruchelle Magee, Wadiya, Mutulu, and plenty of other revolutionary heroes and legends now ancestors, the impact of their loss on the struggle, and how we must bridge the gap between those who sacrificed so much and are still with us today, and the new generation coming into the movement. I also spoke about issues to do with capacity, unseriousness, and the level of struggle many are involved in today, including myself.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-22). Hamas Document: Why We Carried Out Al-Aqsa Flood Operation. libya360.wordpress.com Palestine Chronicle The Palestinian Resistance Movement Hamas issued a 16-page document on Sunday, entitled 'Our Narrative … Operation Al-Aqsa Flood'. The document addresses many critical questions about the context, the timing, and the events of October 7. The document (PDF) was released in both the Arabic and English languages by the Hamas Media Office. It…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-22). Why 'Non-Alignment' is an Obsolete, Costly Illusion. libya360.wordpress.com Yusuf Serunkuma 19th summit of Non-Aligned Movement A truly non-aligned movement cannot emerge if African countries are not determined to politically break or shake off the new shackles of colonial control. If 'non-alignment' were to mean anything, it would be revolution — through coups and violent struggle. Like Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso's more recent…

MEE staff (2024-01-22). Hamas says 'faults happened' in 7 October attacks in first account since start of war on Gaza. middleeasteye.net Hamas says 'faults happened' in 7 October attacks in first account since start of war on Gaza | Palestinian movement denies deliberately attacking civilians in surprise attack, and says that its conflict is 'not with Jewish people' | Mon, 01/22/2024 – 12: 31 | Abandoned and torched vehicles at the site of the 7b October attack by Palestinian militants near Kibbutz Reim in the Negev desert in southern Is…

Natalia Marques (2024-01-22). After over 100 days of protests, repression intensifies against Palestine solidarity movement in NYC. peoplesdispatch.org Demonstrators in New York City are experiencing a new wave of repression from the NYPD though protests show no signs of stopping…

presstv.ir (2024-01-22). Israeli drone strike kills Hezbollah member in southern Lebanon. presstv.ir The Lebanese media reported that Israel targeted a vehicle in Kafra village in the southern province of Nabatieh.

presstv.ir (2024-01-22). Yemen warns against any violation of its sovereignty, act of aggression. presstv.ir Yemen's Ansarullah movement warns the United States and its allies against any violation of the country's sovereignty.

presstv.ir (2024-01-22). Hezbollah fighters foil Israeli military incursion into southern Lebanon. presstv.ir Fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement thwart an Israeli military incursion into the southern part of Lebanon.

Rédaction France (2024-01-22). Conference in Paris on the pilot plan for universal basic income in Catalonia: What impact will its implementation have on mental health? pressenza.com Mental health is the foundation of individual wellbeing and the basis of a well-functioning society. This state evolves according to both personal and external factors, the socio-economic context and even climate change. The quality of urban (and rural) life therefore depends on the mental health of the people who live there. | By Angelika Gross, French Movement for a Basic Income MFRB | Isn't it time to analyse the interaction of these individual and external factors in order to better understand the aspects that favour or deteriorate the mental health of people in a given urban or rural context? | In her lectur…

Staff (2024-01-22). "American Fascism": Historian Rick Perlstein on Trump's Grip on the GOP & Chances of a Second Jan. 6. democracynow.org We look at the state of the Republican Party after Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's announcement Sunday that he has suspended his presidential campaign and endorsed Donald Trump to be the Republican Party's 2024 nominee, making it a two-person race between Trump and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. With the pivotal New Hampshire primary on Tuesday, we speak with author Rick Perlstein, a historian of the modern conservative movement, who describes Trump's iron grip on the Republican Party as "American fascism." He says regardless of how many votes Trump gets, the…

WSWS (2024-01-22). More than a million people in Germany demonstrate against the return of fascism. wsws.org The demonstrations show the depth of opposition to the return of fascism and war, but organizers are seeking to subordinate the movement to the government and parliamentary parties who are responsible for the official turn to the right.

presstv.ir (2024-01-24). Hezbollah again targets Israeli airbase in response to assassinations in Lebanon, Syria. presstv.ir Hezbollah once again targets a strategic Israeli airbase in the north of the occupied territories.

presstv.ir (2024-01-24). Namibia calls on NAM to unite towards demanding an end to Israeli war on Gaza. presstv.ir Namibia calls on the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to unite towards demanding an end to the Israeli regime's ongoing genocidal war on Gaza.

Samir Saul, Michel Seymour (2024-01-24). Confronting permanent war. pressenza.com At the beginning of 2024, the world finds itself at an unprecedented juncture in history. A world war is underway, but it is unlike the previous ones. It is not called a world war and might not even be perceived as one. It was not officially declared and gave rise neither to a general mobilization nor to large-scale pitched battles. It has neither a trigger date nor the prospect of a conclusion. It is a long-term, permanent, and new type of world war that the peoples of the world, popular movements and progressive currents must understand, in order to thwart it and avoid being its victims. | By Samir Saul and Mic…

Ann Brown (2024-01-23). Liberation Ventures: We Won't Fund Reparations Organizations That Support Lineage-Based Requirement. moguldom.com Liberation Ventures, an organization committed to advancing racial repair and healing, offers grants to outside organizations that promote racial repair. Its second round of grants totaled $2.2 million. This funding is directed towards supporting grassroots organizations within the Black-led reparations movement. But the organization reportedly does not support lineage-based reparations. According to the group's website, …

Majorca Bateman-Coe (2024-01-23). Ceasefire movement steadily growing in Northeastern Jersey. peoplesworld.org JERSEY CITY, N.J.—The people of New Jersey's Hudson County and nearby areas are building a growing movement for a ceasefire in Gaza. One of the first actions, a teach-in and community healing event, was held in the earliest days of Israel's war, on Oct. 17 in North Bergen. Since then, the movement has been gathering …

Marjorie Cohn (2024-01-23). Biden's Illegal Bombing of Yemen Intensifies the Risk of Regional War. truthout.org In response to Israel's assault on the people of Gaza in early October, Yemen's Houthi movement, Ansar Allah, began mounting attacks on commercial ships in and around the Red Sea. The Houthis said the attacks were aimed at Israeli-connected or Israel-bound ships and they would continue until there is a ceasefire in Gaza. Meanwhile, the pressure on this vital trade route is impacting the global… |

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-01-23). Israel Collapsing at All Levels, Committing Gravest Crimes Against Humanity: Palestinian Resistance. orinocotribune.com A senior member of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas says the Israel is collapsing at all levels as the regime is committing the most egregious crimes against humanity. | Ghazi Hamad, a member of Hamas' political bureau, made the statement on Sunday as he pointed to the latest developments regarding Israel's genocidal war against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip. | "The Zionist regime is collapsing by committing the biggest crimes against humanity at the internal, social, military and political levels and, today, has been brought to international courts," Hamad said, referring to lawsuits lodged by…

presstv.ir (2024-01-22). Israeli drone strike kills Hezbollah member in southern Lebanon. presstv.ir The Lebanese media reported that Israel targeted a vehicle in Kafra village in the southern province of Nabatieh.

presstv.ir (2024-01-22). Yemen warns against any violation of its sovereignty, act of aggression. presstv.ir Yemen's Ansarullah movement warns the United States and its allies against any violation of the country's sovereignty.

presstv.ir (2024-01-22). Hezbollah fighters foil Israeli military incursion into southern Lebanon. presstv.ir Fighters from the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement thwart an Israeli military incursion into the southern part of Lebanon.

Rédaction France (2024-01-22). Conference in Paris on the pilot plan for universal basic income in Catalonia: What impact will its implementation have on mental health? pressenza.com Mental health is the foundation of individual wellbeing and the basis of a well-functioning society. This state evolves according to both personal and external factors, the socio-economic context and even climate change. The quality of urban (and rural) life therefore depends on the mental health of the people who live there. | By Angelika Gross, French Movement for a Basic Income MFRB | Isn't it time to analyse the interaction of these individual and external factors in order to better understand the aspects that favour or deteriorate the mental health of people in a given urban or rural context? | In her lectur…

teleSUR (2024-01-22). G77+China Summit to Deepen South-South Cooperation: Uganda. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Foreign Affairs Minister John Mulimba said that Uganda will use the 19th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit and the Group of 77+China Summit to promote South-South cooperation and solidarity among member states. | RELATED: | These summits will provide a unique opportunity for Uganda to be at the center of global affairs as well as support and promote the interests of developing countries. | "The vision for Uganda will be a stronger and united NAM th…

The Independent (2024-01-22). UPC disassociates itself from the United Forces of Change alliance. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People's Congress (UPC) disassociated itself from the ongoing opposition political pressure group to form an alliance for change aimed at ousting the National Resistance Movement (NRM) from power come the 2026 General Elections. UPC says no single opposition political party or pressure group has written or approached UPC with …

WSWS (2024-01-22). More than a million people in Germany demonstrate against the return of fascism. wsws.org The demonstrations show the depth of opposition to the return of fascism and war, but organizers are seeking to subordinate the movement to the government and parliamentary parties who are responsible for the official turn to the right.

latintimes (2024-01-22). Colorado's Latino Community Emerges as Crucial Force Shaping the Future of Abortion Rights Legislation. latintimes.com Colorado pro-choice movement seeks to enshrine abortion rights in the state…

noemail (2024-01-22). Anti-Pakistan protest by Afghan diaspora in front of Pak embassy in Vienna. devdiscourse.com An anti-Pakistan protest was organised on Monday in front of the Pakistani Embassy in Vienna by the Afghan Cultural Association (AKIS) and Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) in Vienna. The protest was held against the illegal arrest of the head and co-founder of the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, Manzoor Ahmed Pashteen and the forced deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan.

People's Dispatch. (2024-01-22). Biden Admits Airstrikes Against Yemen Aren't Working. popularresistance.org On Friday, the US used airstrikes to destroy three missiles and launchers belonging to Ansar Allah in Yemen, in the sixth round of strikes in 10 days. Also on Friday, the US and the UK conducted two airstrikes on the Al-Jabana area in the city of Hodeidah, Yemen. | This is the latest US escalation since the US and UK began bombing Yemen last week. The Western bombing campaign comes in retaliation against Ansar Allah's actions of solidarity with Palestine. Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis, have declared that they will target all ships heading to Israel until it stops the genocide in Gaza. | US President Bide…

REHUNO, Red Humanista de Noticias en Salud (2024-01-24). Healthy or addictive bonds? pressenza.com For many years now, in my professional practice, which has also been enriched by my own personal work, I have been working with relationships. By Lic. Vilma Perren A long time ago, in this "looking inwards", I discovered a relationship…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-01-23). Cuban Tourism and Its Pending Issues. orinocotribune.com By Luz Marina Fornieles Sánchez — Jan 19, 2024 | Tourism continues to be essential to alleviating the difficulties derived from the war economy that Cuba is going through. These are times to correct distortions and reinvigorate the economic panorama. | Cuba starts on a new path for its development this year, after the government announced a series of measures with this aim last year. Now we are working on its careful implementation in 2024. We steer back into the path, and we are looking for solutions with the conviction that in the face of complexity in the current situation, we must act in order to resolve…

6abc digital staff (2024-01-22). Large sinkhole opens up in Delran, N.J. whyy.org This story originally appeared on A large sinkhole opened up in a New Jersey neighborhood Sunday. | Police say it happened around 5: 30 p.m. in a residential area near 5th Street and Leon Avenue in Delran. | Officials say a major sewer line collapsed on Leon Ave., causing a portion of the roadway to cave in. | Officials say the sinkhole is 25 x 25 feet, and 15 feet deep. | The Delran Sewer Department, Delran Public Works, and Delran First Responders are actively on the scene and working to re…

Gabisile (2024-01-22). Mashatile to welcome Duke of Edinburgh on working visit to S Africa. sanews.gov.za Mashatile to welcome Duke of Edinburgh on working visit to S Africa | Deputy President Paul Mashatile will on Tuesday welcome His Royal Highness Prince Edward, the Duke of Edinburgh, on a courtesy call at the OR Tambo Official Residence in Pretoria. | The Duke of Edinburgh is on a working visit to South Africa on 22 and 23 January 2024. | According to the Deputy President's Office, the visit follows the successful State Visit that President Cyril Ramaphosa undertook to the United Kingdom in 2022 at the invitation of King Charles III. | "The visit also indicates the strong bilateral relationship that the United…

Kristen Mosbrucker-Garza (2024-01-22). Philly nonprofit seeks to help 30,000 residents get bigger tax refunds. whyy.org From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? For the past two decades, the Philadelphia nonprofit Campaign for Working Families has helped That's not changing this year, but the nonprofit did move into a new 6,600 square-foot headquarters in the Brewerytown neighborhood near 29th and Girard. That's about a mile away from its former office on North Broad Street near Temple University's main campus. | Its CEO, Dr. Nakia Owens, to…

Mitchell Plitnick (2024-01-22). Biden's 'day after' plan for Gaza reflects ignorance and incompetence. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in In its haste to divert attention away from its complicity in what is now a legal charge against Israel of genocide in Gaza, the United States administration under Joe Biden is working hard to promote its plan for the so-called "day after." That is the day when Israel's work in Gaza is finally done, either because there is finally some global pressure to make it stop, or it…