Monthly Archives: January 2023

2023-01-30: News Headlines

infobrics (2023-01-31). Russia Offers Scholarships for 200 Indian Students. infobrics.org 20 of the scholarships are for doing MBBS…

infobrics (2023-01-31). Moscow Seeks Cooperation in Metro Projects, Waste Management, Smart Cities Development with India. infobrics.org Alexey Bondaruk, deputy head of Department of external economic and international relations, Government of Moscow, said that firms in the Russian capital city can provide consultancy in these areas…

infobrics (2023-01-31). Russia Offers Scholarships for 200 Indian Students. infobrics.org 20 of the scholarships are for doing MBBS…

infobrics (2023-01-31). Moscow Seeks Cooperation in Metro Projects, Waste Management, Smart Cities Development with India. infobrics.org Alexey Bondaruk, deputy head of Department of external economic and international relations, Government of Moscow, said that firms in the Russian capital city can provide consultancy in these areas…

Brenda Norrell (2023-01-30). Heard Museum in Phoenix Harbors O'otham and O'odham Remains. indybay.org While promoting itself as the premiere showcase of American Indian Art, the Heard Museum in Phoenix has harbored the remains of Native ancestors, and one of its board members has worked for the most protested companies in Indian country, violating human rights and sacred places. Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham elder said, "America and international collectors have a morbid pride in their exhibits of human remains and sacred items. They will never conquer the sacred essence of these people and items."

infobrics (2023-01-30). After a 14,000 Km Voyage, the First Russian Crane Arrives in India. infobrics.org The first crane of Russian origin has been delivered to India, carried by ship from Saint Petersburg in a 14,000-km voyage that lasted for more than 20 days…

infobrics (2023-01-30). BBC documentary on Gujarat riots is desperate British establishment attempt to smear Modi. infobrics.org London is frustrated that India's relationship with Russia continues to develop.

Scott Ritter (2023-01-30). Ninety Seconds to Midnight? orinocotribune.com By Scott Ritter— Jan 24, 2022 | A clear signal to the US leadership that there will be no survivors in any nuclear exchange between the US and Russia | The Russian guided missile frigate, the Admiral Gorshkov, is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, ostensibly heading toward the east coast of the United States, as part of a planned journey that began on January 4, 2023, and is expected to transit the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea. The Admiral Gorshkov is outfitted with 16 vertical launch tubes, each of which, in theory, could be armed with nuclear-capable Zircon hypersonic mis…

WSWS (2023-01-30). Indian foreign minister visits Sri Lanka to strengthen strategic ties. wsws.org New Delhi, which is a key player in Washington's preparations for war against China, is determined to undermine Beijing's influence in Sri Lanka.

_____ (2023-01-30). Turkey is Developing 21st Century Weapons. journal-neo.org Turkey remains a key element in the overall geopolitical architecture of the Middle East and the Mediterranean. On the occasion of the upcoming celebrations of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Turkish Republic, the country is demonstrating to the world the very significant capabilities of its national armed forces and its military-industrial complex …

_____ (2023-01-30). Launch Of The International People's Tribunal On US Imperialism. popularresistance.org After two years of dedication, we are excited to officially announce the launch of the International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, and Economic Coercive Measures. This project is a first-ever international effort to build systems of accountability—rooted in global cross-movement solidarity—both within and outside of the law, to challenge the violence of imperialism through sanctions. With an impressive group of internationally renowned jurists from across the world, we interrogate sanctions not from the perspective of those who enforce them, but from the perspective of t…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-30). The Rules-Based International Order and the Foggy Bottom Blues. transcend.org The four words Rules Based International Order are surrounded by controversies. I will review some controversies as a prelude to a proposal. The proposal will recommend discarding the currently dominant discourses that are, as Michel Foucault might say, the historical conditions of the possibility of RBIO discourse.

ecns.cn (2023-01-30). COVID-19 virus enters low prevalence state in China: official. ecns.cn At present, the COVID-19 virus has entered a low prevalence state in China, and the epidemic situation is getting steadier across the country, said Mi Feng,spokesperson with the National Health Commission, at a press conference on Monday.

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (2023-01-30). The plan to abolish nuclear weapons. greenleft.org.au The setting of the Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds to midnight reflects the consensus that Russia's Ukraine invasion has brought the world closer to nuclear war than at any time since the 1980s. Here is the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons plan.

Martin Edwin Andersen (2023-01-30). "Secret Wars" & vice ADM Ann E. Rondeau now before US Court of Appeals / 4th Circuit. indybay.org Guilty of more than just dishonorable common crimes & false federal statements, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency & National Defense University trivialized, justified and even participated in neo-Nazi crimes, diluted the moral awfulness of clandestine death camps, & engaged in other barbarousness & corruption, incl. the reprehensible promoting of palpable traitors & narcotics traffickers.

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-30). NATO prepares for war in Baltic region. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOMultinational Corps NortheastJanuary 28, 2023 NATO Force Integration Unit Latvia enables Allied counter-mobility On January 16-17, NATO Force Integration Unit (NFIU) Latvia hosted a counter-mobility workshop which allowed participants to build partnerships…and discuss military engineering plans specific to Latvia, including regional barrier activities of territorial forces. The workshop brought together around 40 military engineers and …

teleSUR, jm, JGN (2023-01-30). Gandhi, el defensor de la lucha pacífica y la no violencia. telesurtv.net En homenaje a la figura de Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948), cada 2 de octubre se conmemora el Día Internacional de la No Violencia.

ecns.cn (2023-01-29). (W.E. Talk) What are the symbols of cultural blending in thangka, 'Oriental Oil Painting'?>. ecns.cn Thangka, once called "Oriental Oil Painting" in the West, has been passed down on Tibet's snowy plateau for more than 1,000 years. This art form, focuses on drawing scenes within square inches. Thangka is very close to Western oil painting in its processes, with its artistic forms and techniques influenced not only by Indian and Nepalese painting styles, but also deeply by Tang Dynasty painting styles and landscape painting in the Central Plains. Liu Yang, an associate professor in Tibet University's College of Art, recently gave China News Service's East-West Quest an exclusive interview.

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-29). Dos aviones militares indios se estrellan en el centro del país. telesurtv.net El ministro de Defensa indio anunció que se puso en marcha una investigación para conocer las causas del accidente aéreo.

_____ (2023-01-29). The Dangers of Ukrainian Revanchism. strategic-culture.org By Michael Warren DAVIS | It has been almost a year since Russia launched its "special military operation" in Ukraine. For many of our friends in Eastern Europe, I'm sure it feels like a lifetime. | Still, it's easy to forget that this conflict really began in 2014, when separatists in Donetsk and Luhansk declared their independence from Kiev. (Then, as now, the separatists were backed by Moscow.) That same year, Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine. | Since Russia invaded Ukraine's core territory last year, Kiev and its allies have been adamant on one point: Whatever else happens in the course of this war, they wi…

Editor (2023-01-29). Matt Taibbi: Hamilton 68: Brief Addendum. scheerpost.com

JANET (2023-01-29). International webinar on Sam Marcy's legacy for today's struggles. iacenter.org By Monica Moorehead January 24, 2023 For over 70 years, Sam Marcy, a founding member and the late-chairperson of Workers World Party, dedicated his life to the liberation of the global multinational working class from the yoke of imperialism in all its oppressive forms. Feb. 1 will mark the 25th anniversary of his death in 1998. In recognition of this commemoration, Workers World Party will be hosting a three-hour international webinar on Sunday, Feb. 5 at 2 p.m. EST; 11 a.m. PST; and 7 p.m. GMT. The program is titled: "Global Class War: Lessons from Sam Marcy for Today's Workers Struggle." To register, go to bit…

JANET (2023-01-29). Justice for Tyre Nichols! Abolish the police! iacenter.org January 29, 2023 Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man in Memphis, Tennessee, was brutally beaten by Memphis police. Pulled over two minutes away from his house on January 7, he was beaten so severely that he succumbed to his injuries three days later. A week in advance of the bodycam footage being released by Memphis police, the five officers responsible for the killing were fired, and their names and photos were released to the public. The day before the footage was released, all officers were charged with the second-degree murder of Tyre. This response from the state was uncharacteristic compared to the standa…

Ryan Black (2023-01-29). "Tanks? No Thanks", Say Rallies Across Massachusetts, As Biden Escalates War. progressivehub.net COLE HARRISON | MASSACHUSETTS PEACE ACTION…

Staff (2023-01-29). UNE no prevé afectaciones por déficit de capacidad de generación este domingo. cubadebate.cu La UNE prevé que en el horario diurno no sea afectado el servicio. Para la hora pico, prevé una disponibilidad de 2 973 MW y una demanda máxima de 2 680 MW (reserva de 293 MW). De mantenerse las condiciones previstas, no se pronostica afectación en el servicio durante la jornada de este domingo.

Fight Back (2023-01-29). Chicago: Community Commission Stops Implementation of Gang Database. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 60 people observed the latest meeting of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA), January 26 at Olive Harvey College. The agenda included a proposed policy stopping the Chicago Police Department from creating a new gang database; selecting members for the Non-citizens Advisory Council established by the Empowering Communities for Public Safety ordinance; and setting goals for the Chicago PD, the Police Board, and the Civilian Office of Police Accountability. | A dozen Police District Council candidates were in attendance. Two, Cherli Montgomery from the 7th District and…

_____ (2023-01-29). Pakistan Moves Towards Another IMF Bailout. popularresistance.org Almost all of Pakistan awoke to darkness on the morning of Monday, January 23, as the country experienced its second major power outage in four months. Energy Minister Khurram Dastgir Khan announced that "unusual voltage and frequency fluctuation" had caused a widespread breakdown in the national grid. | The outage was caused by a disruption in the power generation units, which the government was shutting down at night when the demand for electricity was relatively lower, as an "economic measure" amid a looming energy shortage. | The fallout from the outage was dramatic—affecting not only water supply syste…

_____ (2023-01-29). Ukraine: RAND Study Sees Risks In Prolonged War. popularresistance.org RAND Corp is a government and industry financed large research institute. Founded shortly after the end of the second world war it mostly works for the Pentagon by developing policies and strategies. | In April 2019 RAND published a report about Extending Russia. | The report summary explained its purpose: | As the 2018 National Defense Strategy recognized, the United States is currently locked in a great-power competition with Russia. This report seeks to define areas where the United States can compete to its own advantage. Drawing on quantitative and qualitative data from Western and Russian sources, this repo…

Andy Kroll (2023-01-29). The Real Failure of January 6th. tomdispatch.com Americans tuning into the television news on January 8th eyed a disturbingly recognizable scene. In an "eerily familiar" moment of "déjà vu," just two years and two days after the January 6th Capitol insurrection in Washington, D.C., a mob of thousands stormed government buildings in the capital city of another country — Brazil. In Brasilia, what New York Times columnist Ross Douthat ominously labelled "the first major international imitation of our Capitol riot" seemed to be taking place. As the optics suggested, there were parallels indeed, underscoring a previously underappreciated fragility in our democ…

ecns.cn (2023-01-29). Income of Chinese people exiting poverty increases by 14.3% in 2022. ecns.cn In 2022, the per capita net income of people who have been lifted out of poverty reached 14,342 yuan (about $2,114.56), an increase of 14.3 percent year on year, which was higher than the 6.3 percent growth rate disposable income of rural residents across the country, according to National Rural Revitalization Administration"ÄÇ…

ecns.cn (2023-01-29). 2 Chinese photographers reach finals of top international competition. ecns.cn Chinese photographers Dou Luo and Li Yingping reached the finals of Glanzlichter, one of the top international nature photography competitions.

ecns.cn (2023-01-29). China's homegrown C919 makes first flight in the Year of the Rabbit. ecns.cn The world's first C919 domestic aircraft of the China Eastern Airlines, flight number MU7817 landed smoothly at Nanchang Changbei International Airport in east China's Jiangxi Province on Saturday.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-29). Alexander Mercouris: Ukraine Facing Crisis as Russian Offensive Begins. libya360.wordpress.com Alexander Mercouris REACTS to Russia's advances on Zaporizhzhia and its implications for Ukraine's deteriorating situation on the battlefield. Western Volunteer in Bakhmut Admits Ukraine is Losing. Is the Western Tank Card a Bluff?>

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-29). As Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Announce Doomsday Clock at 90 Seconds to Midnight, They Unknowingly Push the Dial Even Closer. libya360.wordpress.com Diane Perlman, PhD From left: Members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Siegfried S. Hecker, Daniel Holz, Sharon Squassoni, Mary Robinson and Elbegdorj Tsakhia stand for a photo with the 2023 Doomsday Clock in Washington, DC, on January 24. The splitting of the atom has changed everything except the way we think. Thus, we…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-29). Fascism, Populism or Ultra-Right? libya360.wordpress.com Claudio Katz Part I of the Series: Attacks and Failures of the Right in Latin America Anti-Bolsonaro Protest, Brazil The new right is very different from classical fascism, which erupted in the first half of the last century in the face of the threat of socialist revolution, in a scenario of inter-imperialist wars. That danger of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-29). Western Volunteer in Bakhmut Admits Ukraine is Losing. Is the Western Tank Card a Bluff? libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for January 29, 2023: — Russian forces continue encircling Bakhmut in the east and pushing toward Vugladar in the south; — pro-Ukrainian Western volunteers admit the bleak situation Ukraine faces overall and specifically in Bakhmut; — one volunteer admits that Wagner is better trained, better equipped, better organized…

John Rachel (2023-01-29). An Objective Look at U.S. Foreign Policy. dissidentvoice.org Events continue to unfold at a quickening pace. Facing an alarming escalation in tensions around the world, we asked Lt. Col. William Astore for his current thoughts. We focus on the realities of the international power struggle unfolding in real time, specifically addressing the role of the U.S. in the tensions and its capacity to …

Martin Edwin Andersen (2023-01-29). "Secret Wars" & vice ADM Ann E. Rondeau now before US Court of Appeals / 7th Circuit. indybay.org Guilty of more than just dishonorable common crimes & false federal statements, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency & National Defense University trivialized, justified and even participated in neo-Nazi crimes, diluted the moral awfulness of clandestine death camps, & engaged in other barbarousness & corruption, incl. the reprehensible promoting of palpable traitors & narcotics traffickers.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-29). Mayo Clinic Minute: Role for opioids. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Drug overdoses from opioids have been linked to a decreased life span, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ongoing opioid crisis has been a complicated one for more than a decade. Death rates continue to rise, despite national medical guidelines for prescribing the pain medication. Dr. Holly Geyer leads the opioid stewardship program at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. She says there is an important role for opioids in patient…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-29). Can blood donors suffer iron deficiency? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org With the constant need for blood and platelet donations, frequent, regular blood donors are crucial to having a continuous national blood supply. Across Mayo Clinic in Rochester, for example, anywhere between 50 and 70 units of red cells and between 20 and 30 units of platelets are used daily to help save lives. Watch: Dr. Justin Juskewitch discusses red blood cell donation youtu.be/yDXneutyCdc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video is available in the downloads at the end of…

SouthFront5 (2023-01-29). Ukrainians Cut Off Foreigners' Heads And Hands To Cover Up Their Numbers And Nationality (18+). southfront.org Fighters of the Wagner PMC have discovered the bodies of foreign mercenaries on the territory of Bakhmut near Vatutina Street. | | | | The Ukrainians cut off…

WSWS (2023-01-29). UK: University of Sheffield International College staff set to strike again. wsws.org Management's intransigence feeds off the UCU leadership's business friendly, corporatist approach.

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2023-01-29: News Headlines

infobrics (2023-01-30). After a 14,000 Km Voyage, the First Russian Crane Arrives in India. infobrics.org The first crane of Russian origin has been delivered to India, carried by ship from Saint Petersburg in a 14,000-km voyage that lasted for more than 20 days…

Brenda Norrell (2023-01-29). Heard Museum in Phoenix Harbors O'otham and O'odham Remains. indybay.org While promoting itself as the premiere showcase of American Indian Art, the Heard Museum in Phoenix has harbored the remains of Native ancestors, and one of its board members has worked for the most protested companies in Indian country, violating human rights and sacred places. Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham elder said, "America and international collectors have a morbid pride in their exhibits of human remains and sacred items. They will never conquer the sacred essence of these people and items."




teleSUR, SH (2023-01-29). Dos aviones militares indios se estrellan en el centro del país. telesurtv.net El ministro de Defensa indio anunció que se puso en marcha una investigación para conocer las causas del accidente aéreo.

ecns.cn (2023-01-29). Income of Chinese people exiting poverty increases by 14.3% in 2022. ecns.cn In 2022, the per capita net income of people who have been lifted out of poverty reached 14,342 yuan (about $2,114.56), an increase of 14.3 percent year on year, which was higher than the 6.3 percent growth rate disposable income of rural residents across the country, according to National Rural Revitalization Administration"ÄÇ…

teleSUR, SH (2023-01-29). Dos aviones militares indios se estrellan en el centro del país. telesurtv.net El ministro de Defensa indio anunció que se puso en marcha una investigación para conocer las causas del accidente aéreo.

ecns.cn (2023-01-29). Income of Chinese people exiting poverty increases by 14.3% in 2022. ecns.cn In 2022, the per capita net income of people who have been lifted out of poverty reached 14,342 yuan (about $2,114.56), an increase of 14.3 percent year on year, which was higher than the 6.3 percent growth rate disposable income of rural residents across the country, according to National Rural Revitalization Administration"ÄÇ…

ecns.cn (2023-01-29). China's homegrown C919 makes first flight in the Year of the Rabbit. ecns.cn The world's first C919 domestic aircraft of the China Eastern Airlines, flight number MU7817 landed smoothly at Nanchang Changbei International Airport in east China's Jiangxi Province on Saturday.

Martin Edwin Andersen (2023-01-29). "Secret Wars" & vice ADM Ann E. Rondeau now before US Court of Appeals / 7th Circuit. indybay.org Guilty of more than just dishonorable common crimes & false federal statements, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency & National Defense University trivialized, justified and even participated in neo-Nazi crimes, diluted the moral awfulness of clandestine death camps, & engaged in other barbarousness & corruption, incl. the reprehensible promoting of palpable traitors & narcotics traffickers.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-29). Mayo Clinic Minute: Role for opioids. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Drug overdoses from opioids have been linked to a decreased life span, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ongoing opioid crisis has been a complicated one for more than a decade. Death rates continue to rise, despite national medical guidelines for prescribing the pain medication. Dr. Holly Geyer leads the opioid stewardship program at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. She says there is an important role for opioids in patient…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-29). Can blood donors suffer iron deficiency? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org With the constant need for blood and platelet donations, frequent, regular blood donors are crucial to having a continuous national blood supply. Across Mayo Clinic in Rochester, for example, anywhere between 50 and 70 units of red cells and between 20 and 30 units of platelets are used daily to help save lives. Watch: Dr. Justin Juskewitch discusses red blood cell donation youtu.be/yDXneutyCdc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video is available in the downloads at the end of…

ecns.cn (2023-01-29). 2 Chinese photographers reach finals of top international competition. ecns.cn Chinese photographers Dou Luo and Li Yingping reached the finals of Glanzlichter, one of the top international nature photography competitions.

Hedelberto López Blanch (2023-01-28). El BRICS plus hace temblar a Washington. globalizacion.ca El avance económico incontenible, la unión entre sus miembros y las proyecciones de fortalecimiento hacia un mundo multipolar que ha tenido en los últimos años el BRICS (Brasil, Rusia, India, China y Sudáfrica) han puesto a temblar a la élite…

Srdan Verstovsek, Aaron T Gerds, Alessandro M Vannucchi, Haifa Kathrin Al-Ali, David Lavie, Andrew T Kuykendall, Sebastian Grosicki, Alessandra Iurlo, Yeow Tee Goh, Mihaela C Lazaroiu, Miklos Egyed, Maria Laura Fox, Donal McLornan, Andrew Perkins, Sung-Soo Yoon, Vikas Gupta, Jean-Jacques Kiladjian, Nikki Granacher, Sung-Eun Lee, Luminita Ocroteala, Francesco Passamonti, Claire N Harrison, Barbara J Klencke, Sunhee Ro, Rafe Donahue, Jun Kawashima, Ruben Mesa, on behalf of MOMENTUM Study Investigators (2023-01-28). [Articles] Momelotinib versus danazol in symptomatic patients with anaemia and myelofibrosis (MOMENTUM): results from an international, double-blind, randomised, controlled, phase 3 study. thelancet.com Treatment with momelotinib, compared with danazol, resulted in clinically significant improvements in myelofibrosis-associated symptoms, anaemia measures, and spleen response, with favourable safety. These findings support the future use of momelotinib as an effective treatment in patients with myelofibrosis, especially in those with anaemia.

Editor (2023-01-28). Far Right Supreme Court Ready to Gut Unions (Again) as Workers Die on the Job. scheerpost.com By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch One of the first dead giveaways for fascism is animosity toward trade unions. That's not to say all anti-union businesspeople are fascist, but simply that that hatred is a first step on the primrose path to a polity of utterly oppressed wage slaves and strictly limited civil rights, a step …

Editor (2023-01-28). Matt Taibbi: Move Over, Jason Blair: Meet Hamilton 68, the New King of Media Fraud. scheerpost.com The Twitter Files reveal that one of the most common news sources of the Trump era was a scam, making ordinary American political conversations look like Russian spywork.

Editor (2023-01-28). Patrick Lawrence: The Shadows Descend in Ukraine. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Two of my favorite New York Times words are "shadowy" and "murky." They are brilliantly suited to the Manichean version of our world the Times inflicts daily upon its unsuspecting readers. When The Times terms someone or some society or some chain of events shadowy or murky it …

Editor (2023-01-28). 'Sheer Brutality': Released Footage Shows Fired Memphis Cops Beating Tyre Nichols. scheerpost.com "Charging or jailing the killers is not enough," said the national director of the Working Families Party. "Justice is changing the conditions so no one dies during a traffic stop."

Editor (2023-01-28). Ukraine Expects to Get All the Western Weapons It Wants. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-01-28). War With China Could Come as Soon as 2025, Predicts 'Untethered' US General. scheerpost.com Air Force Gen. Mike Minihan struck a Dr. Strangelove pose in urging the troops under his command to be ready to fight China in two years.

SAM (2023-01-28). Ending The Ukraine War Could Mean Halting The New Cold War. progressivehub.net MEDEA BENJAMIN AND NICOLAS DAVIES | LA PROGRESSIVE…

SAM (2023-01-28). Tyre Nichols's Killing Shows Unrestrained Police Brutality. progressivehub.net JESSICA CORBETT | COMMON DREAMS…

cameron orr (2023-01-28). People's World sets $200K fund goal. cpusa.org The following is based on a report to the CPUSA National Committee by John Bachtell, president of Long View Publishing. I'm presenting this report to the CPUSA National Committee, who are avid supporters and readers of the People's World, in my capacity as President of Long View Publishing. Thanks for the opportunity. Long View has …

Sandro Vento (2023-01-28). [Correspondence] Medicine should be learned in a conducive environment. thelancet.com Richard Horton argues that an academic health science system must possess societal goals and promote social cohesion and public trust.1 Indeed, medical education should help to promote better health outcomes for vulnerable populations and disadvantaged communities. However, to this end, it is essential that students learn medicine in a conducive environment of public hospitals, community clinics, and health posts.

Arrin Hawkins (2023-01-28). Striking bus workers get hearing at Virginia King Day parade. themilitant.com LEESBURG, Va. — Striking Loudoun County bus operators, mechanics and other members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 689 marched in the annual Martin Luther King parade here Jan. 16. They formed part of a labor contingent that included the Northern Virginia AFL-CIO and members of Service Employees International Union Virginia Local 512. Some 130 transit workers walked out Jan. 11, after voting 96% to authorize a strike. | Grueling split-shift schedules and lack of time to spend with families are some of the issues strikers face. "I work from 3 a.m. to 9 a.m. and then 4: 45 p.m. to 8: 35 p.m.," bus operator M…

_____ (2023-01-28). The Paris policy is becoming increasingly unpopular in Africa. journal-neo.org Following Britain's exit from the European Union, France appeared to have certain opportunities to strengthen its position on the international stage, such as shifting the balance of power in Europe and bolstering Paris's position in the Franco-German tandem. First, while Germany remained the EU's economic leader, the Fifth Republic had more options in the political …

_____ (2023-01-28). NLG Statement In Solidarity With Atlanta Forest Defenders. popularresistance.org On Wednesday, January 18, Georgia State Patrol murdered Manuel "Tortuguita" Teran, who was camping in a public park to defend the Weelaunee Forest and stop the construction of Cop City. Over the weekend, six protesters were arrested and charged with domestic terrorism. In solidarity with the protesters, the National Lawyers Guild (NLG) calls for an end to the construction of Cop City and the ongoing police brutality against demonstrators. | NLG National joins our Atlanta and University of Georgia Chapters and comrades in mourning the devastating loss of a beloved community member. Tortuguita was a kind, passionat…

_____ (2023-01-28). U.S. Africa Leaders Summit Promises More Exploitation for Africa, Record Profits for U.S. Mining Firms. strategic-culture.org US Africa Leaders Summit promises more exploitation for Africa, record profits for US mining firms | By Jeremy LOFFREDO | Recent deals between US Secretary of State Tony Blinken and African heads of state promise eye-popping profits for US mining multinationals and fewer protections for African laborers "toiling in subhuman conditions" to drive the digital revolution. | The

Anand Naidoo (2023-01-28). The Heat: U.S. Police Beating. america.cgtn.com Police brutality and mass shootings. Deadly issues again confronting the United States. Just weeks into the New Year the U.S. is struggling with some very familiar problems that are making international headlines. There have been some 40 mass shootings so far including two within a …

Answer Coalition (2023-01-28). The International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, and Economic Coercive Measures. answercoalition.org Saturday, January 28 | 11am – 6pm, The People's Forum & Online, 320 W 37th St, New York, NY: | | After two years of dedicated organizing, we are excited to officially announce the launch of the International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, and Economic Coercive Measures. This project is a first ever int…

Clean Energy Wire (2023-01-28). Arresting Greta Thunberg: Germany's Crackdown on anti-Coal Protests is not a Good Look. juancole.com By Edgar Meza | ( CleanEnergy Wire ) The protests against the razing of the village of Làºtzerath in order to expand the brown coal mining operations of energy giant RWE are damaging Germany's image and standing in international climate negotiations, Richard Klein, researcher at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) told Table.Media. The …

Jeremy Loffredo (2023-01-28). US Africa Leaders Summit Promises More Exploitation for Africa, Record Profits for US Mining Firms. orinocotribune.com Recent deals between US Secretary of State Tony Blinken and African heads of state promise eye-popping profits for US mining multinationals and fewer protections for African laborers "toiling in subhuman conditions" to drive the digital revolution. | The

repost (2023-01-28). International docker unions in Durban To Commemorate th Year of Durban Uprising. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 members joined the th year anniversary commemoration of the 1973 Durban uprising. They plan to fight privatization of the ports globally.

Ricardo Vaz (2023-01-28). Venezuela: National Assembly Moves to Regulate NGO Activities. venezuelanalysis.com Chavista deputies cited a need for transparency and accountability from organizations with foreign funding sources.

Richard Horton (2023-01-28). [Comment] Offline: America—a codicil. thelancet.com Yes, the US will remain a dominant force in global health for the foreseeable future. But Shannon K O'Neil, in her provocative book The Globalization Myth, casts doubt on the sustainability of America's influence. First, the positive. The US is wealthy and has vastly skilled human resources to draw on. The country is a global leader in creating and defending a rules-based international order. Industries that depend on technology and discovery science thrive. Logistics are a strength. And the quality of American universities is second to none.

Staff (2023-01-28). German lawmaker condemns 'US-led proxy war against Russia' and EU's 'servile vassals'. geopoliticaleconomy.com Sevim Daƒüdelen has been a member of Germany's parliament, the Bundestag, since 2005. She is the spokeswoman for the Die Linke (Left Party) parliamentary group on the Bundestag's Committee on Foreign Affairs, a deputy member of the Defense Committee, and spokeswoman for international policy and disarmament. This is the speech she delivered at the International …

WSWS (2023-01-28). Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington D.C. makes bankrupt appeal to Biden to drop charges against Assange. wsws.org While there were important remarks from a number of journalists and whistleblowers, the tribunal was characterized by the bankrupt orientation of the "Progressive International" to the Biden administration and the Democratic Party.

WSWS (2023-01-28). White House "discussing" sending US fighter jets to Ukraine. wsws.org Asked whether the "United States is willing to consider" sending US fighter Jets to Ukraine, White House National Security Adviser Jon Finer told MSNBC Thursday that the United States will be "discussing this very carefully."

WSWS (2023-01-28). Protests erupt across Sri Lanka against IMF-dictated tax hikes. wsws.org The unions have been forced to organise these limited protests in an attempt to contain the rising anger of their members who are facing skyrocketing inflation.

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2023-01-28: News Headlines

Srdan Verstovsek, Aaron T Gerds, Alessandro M Vannucchi, Haifa Kathrin Al-Ali, David Lavie, Andrew T Kuykendall, Sebastian Grosicki, Alessandra Iurlo, Yeow Tee Goh, Mihaela C Lazaroiu, Miklos Egyed, Maria Laura Fox, Donal McLornan, Andrew Perkins, Sung-Soo Yoon, Vikas Gupta, Jean-Jacques Kiladjian, Nikki Granacher, Sung-Eun Lee, Luminita Ocroteala, Francesco Passamonti, Claire N Harrison, Barbara J Klencke, Sunhee Ro, Rafe Donahue, Jun Kawashima, Ruben Mesa, on behalf of MOMENTUM Study Investigators (2023-01-28). [Articles] Momelotinib versus danazol in symptomatic patients with anaemia and myelofibrosis (MOMENTUM): results from an international, double-blind, randomised, controlled, phase 3 study. thelancet.com Treatment with momelotinib, compared with danazol, resulted in clinically significant improvements in myelofibrosis-associated symptoms, anaemia measures, and spleen response, with favourable safety. These findings support the future use of momelotinib as an effective treatment in patients with myelofibrosis, especially in those with anaemia.

cameron orr (2023-01-28). People's World sets $200K fund goal. cpusa.org The following is based on a report to the CPUSA National Committee by John Bachtell, president of Long View Publishing. I'm presenting this report to the CPUSA National Committee, who are avid supporters and readers of the People's World, in my capacity as President of Long View Publishing. Thanks for the opportunity. Long View has …

Sandro Vento (2023-01-28). [Correspondence] Medicine should be learned in a conducive environment. thelancet.com Richard Horton argues that an academic health science system must possess societal goals and promote social cohesion and public trust.1 Indeed, medical education should help to promote better health outcomes for vulnerable populations and disadvantaged communities. However, to this end, it is essential that students learn medicine in a conducive environment of public hospitals, community clinics, and health posts.

_____ (2023-01-28). The Paris policy is becoming increasingly unpopular in Africa. journal-neo.org Following Britain's exit from the European Union, France appeared to have certain opportunities to strengthen its position on the international stage, such as shifting the balance of power in Europe and bolstering Paris's position in the Franco-German tandem. First, while Germany remained the EU's economic leader, the Fifth Republic had more options in the political …

Anand Naidoo (2023-01-28). The Heat: U.S. Police Beating. america.cgtn.com Police brutality and mass shootings. Deadly issues again confronting the United States. Just weeks into the New Year the U.S. is struggling with some very familiar problems that are making international headlines. There have been some 40 mass shootings so far including two within a …

Clean Energy Wire (2023-01-28). Arresting Greta Thunberg: Germany's Crackdown on anti-Coal Protests is not a Good Look. juancole.com By Edgar Meza | ( CleanEnergy Wire ) The protests against the razing of the village of Làºtzerath in order to expand the brown coal mining operations of energy giant RWE are damaging Germany's image and standing in international climate negotiations, Richard Klein, researcher at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) told Table.Media. The …

ecns.cn (2023-01-28). Income of Chinese people exiting poverty increases by 14.3% in 2022. ecns.cn In 2022, the per capita net income of people who have been lifted out of poverty reached 14,342 yuan (about $2,114.56), an increase of 14.3 percent year on year, which was higher than the 6.3 percent growth rate disposable income of rural residents across the country, according to National Rural Revitalization Administration"ÄÇ…

Martin Edwin Andersen (2023-01-28). "Secret Wars" & vice ADM Ann E. Rondeau now before US Court of Appeals / 7th Circuit. indybay.org Guilty of more than just dishonorable common crimes & false federal statements, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency & National Defense University trivialized, justified and even participated in neo-Nazi crimes, diluted the moral awfulness of clandestine death camps, & engaged in other barbarousness & corruption, incl. the reprehensible promoting of palpable traitors & narcotics traffickers.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-28). Mayo Clinic Minute: Role for opioids. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Drug overdoses from opioids have been linked to a decreased life span, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ongoing opioid crisis has been a complicated one for more than a decade. Death rates continue to rise, despite national medical guidelines for prescribing the pain medication. Dr. Holly Geyer leads the opioid stewardship program at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. She says there is an important role for opioids in patient…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-28). Can blood donors suffer iron deficiency? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org With the constant need for blood and platelet donations, frequent, regular blood donors are crucial to having a continuous national blood supply. Across Mayo Clinic in Rochester, for example, anywhere between 50 and 70 units of red cells and between 20 and 30 units of platelets are used daily to help save lives. Watch: Dr. Justin Juskewitch discusses red blood cell donation youtu.be/yDXneutyCdc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video is available in the downloads at the end of…

repost (2023-01-28). International docker unions in Durban To Commemorate th Year of Durban Uprising. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 members joined the th year anniversary commemoration of the 1973 Durban uprising. They plan to fight privatization of the ports globally.

Richard Horton (2023-01-28). [Comment] Offline: America—a codicil. thelancet.com Yes, the US will remain a dominant force in global health for the foreseeable future. But Shannon K O'Neil, in her provocative book The Globalization Myth, casts doubt on the sustainability of America's influence. First, the positive. The US is wealthy and has vastly skilled human resources to draw on. The country is a global leader in creating and defending a rules-based international order. Industries that depend on technology and discovery science thrive. Logistics are a strength. And the quality of American universities is second to none.

WSWS (2023-01-28). Belmarsh Tribunal in Washington D.C. makes bankrupt appeal to Biden to drop charges against Assange. wsws.org While there were important remarks from a number of journalists and whistleblowers, the tribunal was characterized by the bankrupt orientation of the "Progressive International" to the Biden administration and the Democratic Party.

WSWS (2023-01-28). White House "discussing" sending US fighter jets to Ukraine. wsws.org Asked whether the "United States is willing to consider" sending US fighter Jets to Ukraine, White House National Security Adviser Jon Finer told MSNBC Thursday that the United States will be "discussing this very carefully."

WSWS (2023-01-28). Protests erupt across Sri Lanka against IMF-dictated tax hikes. wsws.org The unions have been forced to organise these limited protests in an attempt to contain the rising anger of their members who are facing skyrocketing inflation.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-27). Indian entrepreneurs recognised as top 75 young achievers. imperial.ac.uk Two Imperial entrepreneurs have been recognised as top 75 young Indian alumni at awards to mark India's 75th anniversary of independence.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-27). Presentan vacuna nasal contra la Covid-19 en India. telesurtv.net El fármaco nasal cuenta con la aprobación de la Dirección General de Control de Medicamentos de India.

WSWS (2023-01-27). Hip hop artist Sankofa speaks out on the Fort Wayne Philharmonic strike, its implications for art and culture: "I am not a politician. I'm an independent musician." wsws.org The veteran hip hop artist, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, sat down with the WSWS to discuss the Philharmonic musicians' struggle and related issues.

WSWS (2023-01-27). Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and New Zealand. wsws.org India: Part-time public-school teachers in Kerala protest low wages; Bangladeshi research institute workers strike over unpaid wages; Australia: Queensland power maintenance workers strike for higher pay; New Zealand teachers impose work-to-rule over stalled pay talks.

infobrics (2023-01-27). Hopes for a New World Order. infobrics.org Taken together, the speeches made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at the Voice of Global South Summit in New Delhi herald a new thinking in foreign policy…

Betsey Piette (2023-01-27). Capitalist system cause of wealth inequality. workers.org In a study titled "Survival of the Richest," published Jan. 16 to coincide with the start of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Oxfam International reported that in 2020 and 2021, the wealthiest 1% of the world's population accumulated nearly two-thirds of all new wealth. In the previous decade, . . . |

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2023-01-27). "Chinese aggression" sure looks an awful lot like U.S. aggression. mronline.org Punchbowl News reports that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is planning a trip to Taiwan, which will be yet another incendiary provocation against Beijing if it occurs. The previous House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, sparked a significant escalation in hostilities with her visit last year, the consequences of which are still reverberating today.

Editor (2023-01-27). B61-12: new U.S. nuclear warheads coming to Europe. mronline.org In December, the United States is bringing new nuclear warheads to Europe. The B61-12 warhead is a more advanced warhead from the ones currently deployed in Belgium, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey.

Editor (2023-01-27). U.S. Lawfare and the destabilization of Latin America. mronline.org Brazil-based reporter and author Brian Mier outlines the strategy of lawfare and how it has been used in Latin America, particularly in the Lava Jato investigation.

Editor (2023-01-27). How the Arizona Attorney General Created a Secretive, Illegal Surveillance Program to Sweep Up Millions of Our Financial Records. scheerpost.com New records obtained by the ACLU shed light on the scope of a mass surveillance program keeping tabs on Americans' financial data.

Editor (2023-01-27). It Is 90 Seconds to Midnight. scheerpost.com This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward, largely (though not exclusively) because of the mounting dangers of the war in Ukraine. The Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been.

Editor (2023-01-27). Jane Olson: Storytelling Exposes Humanity. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-01-27). The Chris Hedges Report: Will Julian Assange Ever Be Free? scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-01-27). Ukraine's Zelensky Sends Love Letter to US Corporations, Promising 'Big Business' for Wall Street. scheerpost.com In a video address to a US corporate lobby group, Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky thanked companies like BlackRock, JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and Starlink, insisting "everyone can become a big business by" investing in Ukraine, where "we are defending freedom and property".

G. Dunkel (2023-01-27). Mass strike in France to defend pensions — Time to fight for Social Security here. workers.org Over 2 million workers in France participated in a general strike/mass mobilization on Jan. 19, denouncing plans by President Emmanuel Macron to make major changes to the pension system. There were over 200 separate marches, especially in France's small- and medium-sized cities. Another day of protest is scheduled for Jan. . . . |

Ryan Black (2023-01-27). Doomsday Clock Shows Unprecedented Danger: 90 Seconds To Midnight. progressivehub.net BULLETIN OF THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS…

Ryan Black (2023-01-27). Taking A Hard Look At Police Killings. progressivehub.net SONALI KOLHATKAR | OTHERWORDS…

SAM (2023-01-27). Biden's New Chief Of Staff Is No Friend To Working People. progressivehub.net BRANKO MARCETIC | JACOBIN…

SAM (2023-01-27). U.S. Military Aid To Ukraine Is Increasing, With No End In Sight. progressivehub.net ANATOL LIEVEN | RESPONSIBLE STATECRAFT…

Vijay Prashad (2023-01-27). It was the workers who brought us democracy, and it will be the workers who establish a deeper democracy yet: The Fourth Newsletter (2023). mronline.org Democracy has a dream-like character. It sweeps into the world, carried forward by an immense desire by humans to overcome the barriers of indignity and social suffering.

_____ (2023-01-27). CELAC 2023-Latin American Integration Includes The Voices Of The People. popularresistance.org Founded in 2011, CELAC, or the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, is a multilateral group of 33 countries from across the Western Hemisphere that excludes Canada and the United States It was created to be an alternative forum for Latin American countries. Inaugural leaders, such as Venezuela's Hugo Chávez, envisioned the group as a counterweight to the Washington-based Organization of American States (OAS), which they viewed as dominated by the United States. CELAC, unlike the OAS, allows Cuba to be a member. Its stated goals are to promote regional integration and cooperation. CELAC represents 600…

Mark Gruenberg (2023-01-27). Nurses rally nationwide for safe staffing. peoplesworld.org Carrying their long-time campaign for safe staffing at the nation's hospitals to the streets, again, thousands of members of National Nurses United staged rallies from coast to coast on Jan. 26 to dramatize the cause. Safe staffing has been a particular NNU goal for more than a decade. It's pushed safe-staffing laws through the California …

Tom Conway (2023-01-27). Why union workers are a first line of defense to protect Social Security. nationofchange.org Is the Republican plan to move the goalposts on those already paying into Social Security going to force younger Americans to work themselves into the grave?>

americanthinker (2023-01-27). Where The U.S. and Israel Make Common Cause. americanthinker.com The American military establishment has not allowed debate over Israel's domestic politics interfere with its national security mission.

americanthinker (2023-01-27). Pfizer, Project Veritas, and biosecurity. americanthinker.com When a major pharmaceutical company might be playing fast and loose with national security and biosecurity rules, what could possibly go wrong?>

Anonymous103 (2023-01-27). Estonia Is Weighting Supplying Ukraine With German-Made Cluster Artillery Shells. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Estonia is considering including 155 mm cluster artillery among its military aid to Ukraine, the country's Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur told the national TV and radio broadcaster Estonia has a stockpile of DM632 155 mm cluster shells, which were made by Germany's Rheinmetall. The shell opens up with the help of an explosive charge at a h…

ecns.cn (2023-01-27). China-made trains enter service in Istanbul's new metro line. ecns.cn A new metro line connecting central Istanbul and the city's new international airport officially opened to the public on Sunday, featuring China-made automated driverless trains that could run up to 120 kilometers per hour.

ecns.cn (2023-01-27). China's natural gas output up 6.5% in December 2022. ecns.cn China's natural gas output logged steady growth in December 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-27). Imperial's I-X to work with RAF for enhanced defence and security in UK. imperial.ac.uk Imperial and the Royal Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office are to collaborate to tackle national defence and security challenges.

Jessica Corbett (2023-01-27). Georgia's GOP Gov. Signs Order to Prep National Guard for Police Brutality Protests. commondreams.org

| Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday signed an | The order follows protests in Atlanta after 26-year-old forest defender Manuel "Tortuguita" Teran was |

Media Lens (2023-01-27). Collapsing Britain and the Climate Crisis. dissidentvoice.org People in power get nervous when the population's trust in national institutions plummets. It has often been a precursor of significant social unrest, even revolutions. This is an underlying reason why UK prime minister Rishi Sunak proclaimed, in the face of mounting pressure over the tax affairs of Nadhim Zahawi, chairman of the Conservative Party …

Staff (2023-01-27). Headlines for January 27, 2023. democracynow.org Five Fired Memphis Police Officers Arrested for Murder of Tyre Nichols, Georgia Gov. Declares State of Emergency, Calls Up National Guard Amid "Cop City" Protests, Haitian Police Blockade Port-au-Prince Streets After Gangs Kill 14 Officers, Israel Bombs Gaza Strip One Day After Israeli Forces Kill 9 in West Bank Raid, Democratic Lawmakers Slam Biden for Mass Expulsion of Migrants at U.S. Border, NYT: Bill Barr Pushed Trump-Russia Investigator to Use False Russian Intelligence Claims, Chevron to Buy Back $75 Billion in Own Stock After Posting Record Profits in 2022, Dutch Police Arrest Climate Activist…

Staff (2023-01-27). 'Our Future Is Public': Santiago Declaration Envisions End of Neoliberalism Death Spiral. commondreams.org An international coalition made up of more than 200 trade unions and progressive advocacy groups on Thursday published the Santiago Declaration, a manifesto for "a complete overhaul of our global economic system." The undeniably anti-neoliberal document proclaiming that "our future is public" is the product of a meeting held in Chile—the "laboratory of neoliberalism" where …

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2023-01-27: News Headlines

Srdan Verstovsek, Aaron T Gerds, Alessandro M Vannucchi, Haifa Kathrin Al-Ali, David Lavie, Andrew T Kuykendall, Sebastian Grosicki, Alessandra Iurlo, Yeow Tee Goh, Mihaela C Lazaroiu, Miklos Egyed, Maria Laura Fox, Donal McLornan, Andrew Perkins, Sung-Soo Yoon, Vikas Gupta, Jean-Jacques Kiladjian, Nikki Granacher, Sung-Eun Lee, Luminita Ocroteala, Francesco Passamonti, Claire N Harrison, Barbara J Klencke, Sunhee Ro, Rafe Donahue, Jun Kawashima, Ruben Mesa, on behalf of MOMENTUM Study Investigators (2023-01-28). [Articles] Momelotinib versus danazol in symptomatic patients with anaemia and myelofibrosis (MOMENTUM): results from an international, double-blind, randomised, controlled, phase 3 study. thelancet.com Treatment with momelotinib, compared with danazol, resulted in clinically significant improvements in myelofibrosis-associated symptoms, anaemia measures, and spleen response, with favourable safety. These findings support the future use of momelotinib as an effective treatment in patients with myelofibrosis, especially in those with anaemia.

Sandro Vento (2023-01-28). [Correspondence] Medicine should be learned in a conducive environment. thelancet.com Richard Horton argues that an academic health science system must possess societal goals and promote social cohesion and public trust.1 Indeed, medical education should help to promote better health outcomes for vulnerable populations and disadvantaged communities. However, to this end, it is essential that students learn medicine in a conducive environment of public hospitals, community clinics, and health posts.

Richard Horton (2023-01-28). [Comment] Offline: America—a codicil. thelancet.com Yes, the US will remain a dominant force in global health for the foreseeable future. But Shannon K O'Neil, in her provocative book The Globalization Myth, casts doubt on the sustainability of America's influence. First, the positive. The US is wealthy and has vastly skilled human resources to draw on. The country is a global leader in creating and defending a rules-based international order. Industries that depend on technology and discovery science thrive. Logistics are a strength. And the quality of American universities is second to none.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-27). Presentan vacuna nasal contra la Covid-19 en India. telesurtv.net El fármaco nasal cuenta con la aprobación de la Dirección General de Control de Medicamentos de India.

WSWS (2023-01-27). Hip hop artist Sankofa speaks out on the Fort Wayne Philharmonic strike, its implications for art and culture: "I am not a politician. I'm an independent musician." wsws.org The veteran hip hop artist, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, sat down with the WSWS to discuss the Philharmonic musicians' struggle and related issues.

infobrics (2023-01-27). Hopes for a New World Order. infobrics.org Taken together, the speeches made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at the Voice of Global South Summit in New Delhi herald a new thinking in foreign policy…

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2023-01-27). "Chinese aggression" sure looks an awful lot like U.S. aggression. mronline.org Punchbowl News reports that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is planning a trip to Taiwan, which will be yet another incendiary provocation against Beijing if it occurs. The previous House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, sparked a significant escalation in hostilities with her visit last year, the consequences of which are still reverberating today.

Editor (2023-01-27). U.S. Lawfare and the destabilization of Latin America. mronline.org Brazil-based reporter and author Brian Mier outlines the strategy of lawfare and how it has been used in Latin America, particularly in the Lava Jato investigation.

Editor (2023-01-27). How the Arizona Attorney General Created a Secretive, Illegal Surveillance Program to Sweep Up Millions of Our Financial Records. scheerpost.com New records obtained by the ACLU shed light on the scope of a mass surveillance program keeping tabs on Americans' financial data.

Editor (2023-01-27). It Is 90 Seconds to Midnight. scheerpost.com This year, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moves the hands of the Doomsday Clock forward, largely (though not exclusively) because of the mounting dangers of the war in Ukraine. The Clock now stands at 90 seconds to midnight—the closest to global catastrophe it has ever been.

Editor (2023-01-27). Jane Olson: Storytelling Exposes Humanity. scheerpost.com

JANET (2023-01-27). Brazil's Lula moves against Bolsonaro collaborators. iacenter.org By John Catalinotto January 25, 2023 Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro's forces attempted a coup Jan. 8 in Brasilia and failed — the failure put Brazil's ultraright on the defensive. Their attack on the Legislature, the Presidential Palace and the Supreme Court shocked a large section of the population, arousing more anger than fear. Brazilian Workers Confederation condemns coup attempt. Jan. 10, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Credit: CTBRS Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro's forces attempted a coup Jan. 8 in Brasilia and failed — the failure put Brazil's ultraright on the defensive. Their a…

JANET (2023-01-27). Over 90 protests say NO to U.S./NATO wars. iacenter.org By Martha Grevatt January 25, 2023 Over 90 coordinated antiwar actions took place Jan. 13-22, honoring Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the week of his birthday. "As Martin Luther King Jr. so correctly reminded us, the U.S. is 'the greatest purveyor of violence in the world,'" stated the United National Antiwar Coalition in its call to action, citing a quote King made April 4, 1967 — exactly one year before his assassination. UNAC states: "Since WWII, the U.S. has initiated more than 60 military interventions in foreign countries. "The U.S./NATO proxy war in Ukraine, whose origins reside in the 2014 U.S.-…

_____ (2023-01-27). CELAC 2023-Latin American Integration Includes The Voices Of The People. popularresistance.org Founded in 2011, CELAC, or the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, is a multilateral group of 33 countries from across the Western Hemisphere that excludes Canada and the United States It was created to be an alternative forum for Latin American countries. Inaugural leaders, such as Venezuela's Hugo Chávez, envisioned the group as a counterweight to the Washington-based Organization of American States (OAS), which they viewed as dominated by the United States. CELAC, unlike the OAS, allows Cuba to be a member. Its stated goals are to promote regional integration and cooperation. CELAC represents 600…

americanthinker (2023-01-27). Where The U.S. and Israel Make Common Cause. americanthinker.com The American military establishment has not allowed debate over Israel's domestic politics interfere with its national security mission.

ecns.cn (2023-01-27). China-made trains enter service in Istanbul's new metro line. ecns.cn A new metro line connecting central Istanbul and the city's new international airport officially opened to the public on Sunday, featuring China-made automated driverless trains that could run up to 120 kilometers per hour.

ecns.cn (2023-01-27). China's natural gas output up 6.5% in December 2022. ecns.cn China's natural gas output logged steady growth in December 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.

Jessica Corbett (2023-01-27). Georgia's GOP Gov. Signs Order to Prep National Guard for Police Brutality Protests. commondreams.org

| Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday signed an | The order follows protests in Atlanta after 26-year-old forest defender Manuel "Tortuguita" Teran was |

Media Lens (2023-01-27). Collapsing Britain and the Climate Crisis. dissidentvoice.org People in power get nervous when the population's trust in national institutions plummets. It has often been a precursor of significant social unrest, even revolutions. This is an underlying reason why UK prime minister Rishi Sunak proclaimed, in the face of mounting pressure over the tax affairs of Nadhim Zahawi, chairman of the Conservative Party …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-27). Mayo Clinic Minute: Role for opioids. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Drug overdoses from opioids have been linked to a decreased life span, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ongoing opioid crisis has been a complicated one for more than a decade. Death rates continue to rise, despite national medical guidelines for prescribing the pain medication. Dr. Holly Geyer leads the opioid stewardship program at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. She says there is an important role for opioids in patient…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-27). Can blood donors suffer iron deficiency? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org With the constant need for blood and platelet donations, frequent, regular blood donors are crucial to having a continuous national blood supply. Across Mayo Clinic in Rochester, for example, anywhere between 50 and 70 units of red cells and between 20 and 30 units of platelets are used daily to help save lives. Watch: Dr. Justin Juskewitch discusses red blood cell donation youtu.be/yDXneutyCdc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video is available in the downloads at the end of…

repost (2023-01-27). International docker unions in Durban To Commemorate th Year of Durban Uprising. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 members joined the th year anniversary commemoration of the 1973 Durban uprising. They plan to fight privatization of the ports globally.

Staff (2023-01-27). Headlines for January 27, 2023. democracynow.org Five Fired Memphis Police Officers Arrested for Murder of Tyre Nichols, Georgia Gov. Declares State of Emergency, Calls Up National Guard Amid "Cop City" Protests, Haitian Police Blockade Port-au-Prince Streets After Gangs Kill 14 Officers, Israel Bombs Gaza Strip One Day After Israeli Forces Kill 9 in West Bank Raid, Democratic Lawmakers Slam Biden for Mass Expulsion of Migrants at U.S. Border, NYT: Bill Barr Pushed Trump-Russia Investigator to Use False Russian Intelligence Claims, Chevron to Buy Back $75 Billion in Own Stock After Posting Record Profits in 2022, Dutch Police Arrest Climate Activist…

infobrics (2023-01-26). India Top Buyer of Russian Crude, Private Refiners Lead. infobrics.org According to energy intelligence firm, Vortexa, Indian refiners cumulatively imported around 1.3 million barrels per day (mbpd) of crude oil during January 1-15, 2023. Private refiners accounted for 60 per cent of the imports in the same period…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-26). NATO: 90 Seconds to Midnight? libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter The Russian guided missile frigate, the Admiral Gorshkov, is in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, ostensibly heading toward the east coast of the United States, part of a planned journey which began on 4 January 2023 and is expected to transit the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, as well as the Mediterranean Sea….

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-26). NATO to hold unprecedented/unparalleled strategic talks with India. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com MintJanuary 26, 2023 India, Nato to hold strategic talks; focus on regional security, China New Delhi is set to host a rare strategic dialogue with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) focused on regional security issues in a development with potential global ramifications. The dialogue is expected to be held in early March, said people …

Staff (2023-01-26). Sudáfrica trasladará más de 100 guepardos a India para reintroducir la especie. cubadebate.cu Sudáfrica anunció el jueves que llegó a un acuerdo para trasladar más de 100 guepardos a India, en el marco de un ambicioso proyecto para reintroducir estos felinos en ese país. India albergaba antes a los guepardos asiáticos, una subespecie declarada extinguida en 1952, debido a la escasez de lugares propicios para su vida y porque eran perseguidos por cazadores.

Staff (2023-01-26). Amnesty Says India and Egypt Must End 'Unrelenting Assault on Human Rights'. commondreams.org As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi as the chief guest at his nation's 74th Republic Day celebrations, Amnesty International on Thursday led calls for both right-wing leaders to "address the ongoing human rights and impunity crises" in their respective countries. Meeting ahead of events commemorating the adoption of India's …

WSWS (2023-01-26). Sri Lankan plantation trade union leader elevated into cabinet. wsws.org On the same day Jeevan Thondaman became a member of cabinet, the Ceylon Workers Congress announced a local electoral seat-sharing pact in the Wickremesinghe's United National Party.

Editor (2023-01-26). Honoring Dr. King's legacy: Speak out against racism, poverty and World War III. mronline.org A standing-room-only crowd packed St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Harlem, New York, for a "speak out to stop racism, poverty and World War III." The event honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy on the weekend of the King Day holiday.

Editor (2023-01-26). Short video on the U.S. military and climate disaster. mronline.org Ireland has to stop collaborating with the U.S. military/industrial complex by allowing U.S. troops and in Shannon Airport (3 million and rising so far).

Editor (2023-01-26). Caitlin Johnstone: US Constantly Provoking China. scheerpost.com The way the U.S. has been positioning its war machinery around China would have sparked a third world war had the roles been reversed. Nonetheless, talk inside the U.S. empire is all about Chinese "aggression."

Editor (2023-01-26). 'Israel Is an Apartheid State,' But Keep the US Aid Flowing—Rothkopf. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-01-26). Movement to Stop Atlanta's 'Cop City' Calls for Support After Police Kill Forest Defender. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-01-26). Patrick Lawrence: Biden's Secret Stash. scheerpost.com If this president didn't know he was in possession of classified documents, in some cases for more than a decade, he simply is not qualified to hold any public office allowing him such access.

Editor (2023-01-26). Transition to EVs Must Be Paired With Bold Investments in Mass Transit: Study. scheerpost.com "We can either electrify the status quo to reach zero emissions, or the energy transition can be used as an opportunity to rethink our cities and the transportation sector," says lead author of new report.

Editor (2023-01-26). When Good Refugees Turn Bad. scheerpost.com By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch When the first Russian forces began entering Ukrainian territory in February 2022, the instant reaction from Europe, the UK, Canada and Australia, was one of open commitment to Ukraine's refugees. The relentless human trains heading westwards were initially embraced by Poles, whose history with Ukraine is, at best, tense and …

Gloria Rubac (2023-01-26). Honor MLK ‚àí Abolish the death penalty. workers.org Death row families are activists for their loved ones. Vicky Reyes; Yancy Balderas, mother and spouse of prisoner Juan Balderas; and Vickie Curry, spouse of George Curry. WW PHOTO: Gloria Rubac Houston Activists with the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement participated in the Martin Luther King Jr. Parade Jan. 16, . . . |

Margaret Kimberley (2023-01-26). Cop City kills before it opens. mronline.org What could possibly go wrong with a $90 million, 85-acre police training ground that the community doesn't want? Someone could be killed, and that happened before Atlanta's awful Cop City project has even been built.

Olujimi Alade (2023-01-26). What's behind involuntary commitment? — a WW commentary. workers.org Eric Adams, a man who prides himself on bringing some "swagger" back to the New York City mayoral office, has seemingly made good on his promise. Near the end of November, Mayor Adams announced a plan to involuntarily commit homeless people to mental institutions. This is just another step in . . . |

Ryan Black (2023-01-26). Progressive Democrats Welcome A Primary Challenge To Biden In 2024. progressivehub.net MARCY WINOGRAD | LA PROGRESSIVE…

SAM (2023-01-26). Centrist Democrats Are Using Dark Money To Defeat Progressives. progressivehub.net AKELA LACY | THE INTERCEPT…

SAM (2023-01-26). Left-Wing Israelis Are Already Protesting The Rightist Government. progressivehub.net BEN REIFF | +972 MAGAZINE…

Fight Back (2023-01-26). Faculty strike at U of Illinois-Chicago ends with win. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On January 22, the United Faculty Union of the University of Illinois at Chicago ended a four-day strike, winning major improvements for the 1500 full time, tenured and non-tenured faculty represented by the union. The strike has brought more than 300 days of negotiations to a close. | The stated goals of the strike centered around a few key points in the negotiations, chief among them, increased starting pay for faculty across the board, and stronger mental health support for students and faculty. | Despite publicly and repeatedly claiming that it didn't have the money to pay for these improvemen…

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-26). NATO warships near Serbia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92January 24, 2023 NATO ships near Serbia: What is it about? They spoke up The ships of NATO member states, the US "James E. Williams" and the Turkish "Barbados", will sail into the Port of Bar [Montenegro] today, the Ministry of Defense announced. The statement said that the goal of the visit is "strengthening defense …

Fight Back (2023-01-26). District Council candidates prepare to create turning point in the fight against police tyranny. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – 200 people filled up the main hall of the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters on January 22 for a political forum in preparation for the local police District Council elections. There were over 50 District Council candidates in attendance, and other participants included alderpersons, union leaders and community organizers. Over 40 people of various ages, genders, and nationalities spoke at the forum, and they were all united behind the need to use the February 28 elections to create a base of power from which the working and oppressed people of Chicago can hold the police accountable. | "These cand…

_____ (2023-01-26). Study Throws New Light On Unfair Practices By Global Fashion Brands. popularresistance.org A study published this month found that popular international fashion brands with factories in Bangladesh were involved in multiple "unfair practices," such as paying suppliers below the cost of production, which had an impact on workers and their livelihoods. | The study conducted by Aberdeen University and advocacy group Transform Trade, titled 'Impact of Global Clothing Retailers' Unfair Practices on Bangladeshi Suppliers During COVID-19,' was based on the survey of 1,000 Bangladeshi factories that manufacture garments for international fashion firms. It found that these factories were facing rising costs for…

_____ (2023-01-26). Ukraine's Zelensky Sends Love Letter To US Corporations. popularresistance.org Ukraine's Western-backed leader Volodymyr Zelensky sent a love letter to US companies, thanking "such giants of the international financial and investment world as BlackRock, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs" for buying up his country's assets. | "Everyone can become a big business by working with Ukraine", he enticed, claiming that the reconstruction of his nation "will be the largest economic project of our time in Europe". | Zelensky likewise praised the Starlink company of billionaire Elon Musk for its technological support, and he called for more Western weapons shipments, including Patriot missiles and Abram tan…

Alon Milwicki (2023-01-26). International Holocaust Remembrance Day: When is 'never again' going to start? splcenter.org

americanthinker (2023-01-26). America's Future is Bleak When Only 27% of the Younger Generations are Proud to be American. americanthinker.com As recently as 2004, 91% of Americans were extremely or very proud to be American and the United States ranked first in the world in national pride.

americanthinker (2023-01-26). Team Biden stonewalling Senate Committee on seeing secret docs Biden purloined, and even Dems outraged. americanthinker.com Let's cut to the chase: Did Joe Biden remove classified documents from the National Archives that would incriminate him in the influence peddling racket he and his family were running? These documents would answer the question.

Ann Brown (2023-01-26). Re-Examining Dr. Antwi Akom's Scholarship On Elijah Muhammad's Winning Formula For Black Achievement. moguldom.com Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad was committed to nation-building for the Black community until his death in 1975. His economic blueprint and execution of the plans were, for a period, very successful. The NOI counted among its many assets a bank, an international fish business, farms, bakery stores, restaurants, and many other retail establishments. …

Anonymous669 (2023-01-26). 'International Resistance' Targets Another U.S. Supply Convoy In Iraq. southfront.org File image. | Early on January 26, a convoy moving logistic supplies for the United States-led coalition was targeted with an explosive device as it was passing near the town of al-Yusufiyah to the south of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, | The so-called International Resistance claimed responsibility for the attack a few hours later. In a statement, the shadowy group said that the convoy was "damaged." No casualties were reported as a result of the attack."By the grace of God Almighty and your prayers for you…

auorinoco (2023-01-26). Perú: Boluarte Militarizes Puno Region. orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, January 25, the Peruvian government sent troops into the department of Puno after announcing a decree prohibiting freedom of movement in the region. This curfew measure is added to the declaration of a state of emergency imposed on January 15 due to the escalation of social unrest in Puno, as well as in the regions of Lima, Callao, and Cusco, as reported by Telesur. | These measures follow one of the most violent days in the center of Lima, hours after the de facto president, Dina Boluarte, asked the protesters for a national truce in order to start a dialogue. The curfew, which extends for 10 day…

Brett Wilkins (2023-01-26). Biden restores vital protections for Alaska's Tongass National Forest gutted by Trump. nationofchange.org "As our nation's largest national forest and the largest intact temperate rainforest in the world, the Tongass National Forest is key to conserving biodiversity and addressing the climate crisis."

Brittani Banks (2023-01-26). The U.S. Foreign Policy Establishment Proves in Ukraine That It Forgot the Lessons of Vietnam. independentmediainstitute.org Friday, January 27th, marks years since the signing of the Paris Peace Accords by representatives from the United States, North and South Vietnam effectively ending American participation in the Vietnamese civil conflict. What the Georgetown University international relations scholar Charles Kuphan calls an "isolationist impulse" made a "significant comeback in response to the Vietnam …

Eden Clark (2023-01-26). Victory, certified: NLRB rules in favor of Amazon Labor Union. liberationnews.org On January 11, the National Labor Relations Board ruled against Amazon's attempt to overturn the historic union victory of the Amazon Labor Union at JFK8 in Staten Island in New York City.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-26). CELAC Social is Born with the Leading Role of Organisations from the Region. libya360.wordpress.com Ursula Asta and Leila Bitar The first meeting of Celac Social was held under the slogan: "Latin American and Caribbean integration to stop the new Condor plan in the region". This is a space that brings together social, political, trade union, indigenous and human rights organisations in the framework of the 7th Summit of the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-26). Colombian President Petro's Davos Proposal and What it Reveals. libya360.wordpress.com Eder Peña The Colombian president went to present his concern about the global environmental crisis to those who are generating it On January 17, Colombian President Gustavo Petro participated in the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, which brought together heads of state and world leaders, and presented Colombia's proposals to address the climate…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-26). How Much Should the West Pay Africans as Reparations? libya360.wordpress.com Richard Oduor Oduku There have been countless attempts over the past 30 years to arrive at a ballpark figure for reparations. However, history shows that Africans should focus more on how the question of "how much?" is framed. What can be paid is largely dependent on who Africans ask for reparations, where they ask, and…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-26). Political Earthquake in Argentina: Judicial Meddling and Political Uncertainty. libya360.wordpress.com Juan Martin Gonzalez Cabañas Recent events in Argentina and Latin America reveal that the traditional players and forces have lost the strategic political initiative, and are in permanent pursuit of readjusting the political map of the region in their favour, writes Argentine political scientist Juan Martin Gonzalez Cabañas. In the context of yet another chapter of judicial meddling in the regional politics of Ibero-America, a new political…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-26). The Kiev Purge: Turmoil in the Capital. libya360.wordpress.com Petr Lavrenin On January 23, in the course of his customary evening video address, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky announced major personnel changes in his government. The decision is linked both to his wish to demonstrate anti-corruption measures to the West and a rise in domestic political conflicts. The resignations affected not only representatives of the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-26). The West Has a Moral Obligation to Pay Reparations. libya360.wordpress.com Richard Oduor Oduku Calls for former colonial masters to pay reparations for their role in the enslavement of millions of Africans and the colonial exploitation of African lands has gained momentum in recent years. More than any other justification, there is a moral rationale for colonial and imperial powers to right the wrongs of the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-26). US to Send M1 Abrams to Ukraine. US-Backed Terror Targets Myanmar's Upcoming Elections. libya360.wordpress.com Update for January 25, 2023: West pledges main battle tanks to Ukraine Western media reports resignation of several high-level Ukrainian officials; The US and Germany have pledged the M1 Abrams and Leopard 2 main battle tanks; Western military experts explain that Western main battle tanks require large logistical support, years of training…

Jake Johnson (2023-01-26). GOP Tax Plan Slammed by Critics as Glimpse Into Party's Economic Priorities. truthout.org A House GOP proposal to repeal all federal income taxes — including levies on corporations and the rich — and replace them with a whopping 30% national sales tax is drawing increasingly vocal backlash from economists, tax policy experts, and Democratic lawmakers who say the plan is yet another Republican ploy to reward the wealthy at everyone else's expense Unveiled earlier this month by Rep. |

Jake Johnson (2023-01-26). GOP Tax Plan Denounced as 'One of the Most Regressive Proposals in a Generation'. commondreams.org

| A House GOP proposal to repeal all federal income taxes—including levies on corporations and the rich—and replace them with a whopping 30% national sales tax is drawing increasingly vocal backlash from economists, tax policy experts, and Democratic lawmakers who say the plan is yet another Republican ploy to reward the wealthy at everyone else's expense | Unveiled |

Julia Conley (2023-01-26). At Least 9, Including Elderly Woman, Killed by Israeli Forces in Refugee Camp 'Massacre'. commondreams.org

An elderly woman was among at least nine Palestinian people killed in an early morning raid at a refugee camp in Jenin in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, in what President Mahmoud Abbas denounced as "a massacre from the Israeli occupation government, in the shadow of international silence."The woman died of a gunshot wound in her neck, Middle East Eye (MEE)

Newswire Editor (2023-01-26). Irresponsible Greed Drives Facebook to Restore Trump's Account. commondreams.org Facebook has once again missed the opportunity to be the adult in the room when it comes to checking the clear and present danger that Donald Trump poses to the nation on social media. Instead, the company and its founder Mark Zuckerberg decided to try to plunge headlong into a race to the bottom with Elon Musk and Twitter, irrespective of the threat to public safety and national security.Donald Trump continues to pose a very real threat to public safety and to our democracy, but Facebook has once again chosen corporate profit over its responsibility to the very people that enrich the platform and its founder.

People's Voice (2023-01-26). Unions for workers or unions for bosses? The WFTU vs. the ITUC. peoplesworld.org As 2022 drew to a close, working people around the world received end-of-year messages from the two main international trade union federations, the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC). The content of the messages was wildly different from one another, revealing the starkly contrasting approaches to union leadership …

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2023-01-26). CovertAction Bulletin: What's Assange Charged With? Telling the Truth! covertactionmagazine.com On Jan 20, the Belmarsh Tribunal packed a room at the National Press Club in Washington, DC as thousands also watched online. Co-host Chris Garaffa was there to cover this historic event for CovertAction.

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-26). France Commits to 40% Increase in Military Spending, Nuclear Weapon Modernization. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com France Commits to 40% Increase in Military Spending, Nuclear Weapon ModernizationAndy Corbley French President Emmanuel Macron announced recently his administration would increase France's national defense spending 40% over the next 6 years, saying "there is no longer a peace dividend," referring to the common refrain following the end of the Cold War. FULL STORY…

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-26). U.S. ambassador balks at addressing Serbian concerns. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92January 25, 2023 U.S. Ambassador to Kosovo refused to answer questions Ambassador of the United States of America at the so-called Kosovo Jeffrey Hovenier refused to answer journalists' questions about the latest events in Kosovo. This happened after the opening of the international conference on cyber security in Pristina. "No. I have many things to …

Staff (2023-01-26). Headlines for January 26, 2023. democracynow.org Israeli Forces Kill 9 Palestinians, Including Elderly Woman, in Raid on Jenin, Russia Fires Cruise Missiles Across Ukraine After Biden Agrees to Send M1 Tanks, Peruvian Lawmakers Move to Impeach Dina Boluarte as Protesters Reject "National Truce", Suspect in Half Moon Bay Mass Shooting Charged with 7 Murders, Denied Bail, Vice President Harris Visits Memorial for Monterey Park Shooting Victims, Schools Superintendent Fired over Missed Warnings After 6-Year-Old Shoots Teacher, Kevin McCarthy Denies Committee Assignments to Democratic Reps. Schiff, Swalwell, "Heinous, Reckless and Inhumane":…

Staff (2023-01-26). "20 Days in Mariupol": Meet the Ukrainian Filmmaker Who Risked His Life Documenting Russian Siege. democracynow.org Ukrainian Associated Press journalist Mstyslav Chernov joins us for an in-depth interview about how he and others risked their lives to document the Russian invasion. He is the director of the new documentary, "20 Days in Mariupol," which has just premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. It tells the story of how Chernov and his colleagues documented the first three weeks of Russia's siege of the strategic eastern port city of Mariupol, even after many international journalists had fled. "The whole city spiraled down into complete chaos. People were in shock, in panic. They didn't kn…

Staff (2023-01-26). Venezuela's Parliament to Launch Public Consultation for Financing Law of NGOs (+US FARA). orinocotribune.com This Tuesday, January 24, Venezuela's National Assembly approved on first discussion the initiation of public consultation and debate of each one of the articles of the Bill for the Oversight, Updating and Financing of NGOs and related organizations. | This was announced by the president of parliament, Jorge Rodríguez, through a message via social media, in which he stated that the purpose of non-governmental organizations must be oriented to the service towards different sectors of the population. "We approved in first discussion the Bill for the Oversight, Updating and Financing of NGOs and related organization…

Staff (2023-01-26). As Housing Crisis Deepens, Corporate Landlords Applaud 'Weak' Biden Renter Protections. commondreams.org Economic justice advocates on Thursday said that to determine the strength of the Biden administration's new nonbinding push for renter protections from the federal and state governments and private sector, one needs to look only at the elated response from corporate landlords. The Revolving Door Project (RDP) pointed to comments from the National Apartment Association …

WSWS (2023-01-26). IBM, 3M and hospitals join job cutting drive in US. wsws.org International Business Machines announced Wednesday it would eliminate 3,900 positions, or 1.5 percent of its global workforce, joining the growing list of corporations announcing major job cuts.

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infobrics (2023-01-26). India Top Buyer of Russian Crude, Private Refiners Lead. infobrics.org According to energy intelligence firm, Vortexa, Indian refiners cumulatively imported around 1.3 million barrels per day (mbpd) of crude oil during January 1-15, 2023. Private refiners accounted for 60 per cent of the imports in the same period…

WSWS (2023-01-26). Sri Lankan plantation trade union leader elevated into cabinet. wsws.org On the same day Jeevan Thondaman became a member of cabinet, the Ceylon Workers Congress announced a local electoral seat-sharing pact in the Wickremesinghe's United National Party.

Gloria Rubac (2023-01-26). Honor MLK ‚àí Abolish the death penalty. workers.org Death row families are activists for their loved ones. Vicky Reyes; Yancy Balderas, mother and spouse of prisoner Juan Balderas; and Vickie Curry, spouse of George Curry. WW PHOTO: Gloria Rubac Houston Activists with the Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement participated in the Martin Luther King Jr. Parade Jan. 16, . . . |

John Catalinotto (2023-01-26). Brazil's Lula moves against Bolsonaro collaborators. workers.org Brazilian Workers Confederation condemns coup attempt. Jan. 10, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Credit: CTBRS Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro's forces attempted a coup Jan. 8 in Brasilia and failed — the failure put Brazil's ultraright on the defensive. Their attack on the Legislature, the Presidential Palace and the Supreme . . . |

Martha Grevatt (2023-01-26). Over 90 protests say NO to U.S./NATO wars. workers.org Over 90 coordinated antiwar actions took place Jan. 13-22, honoring Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. during the week of his birthday. "As Martin Luther King Jr. so correctly reminded us, the U.S. is 'the greatest purveyor of violence in the world,'" stated the United National Antiwar Coalition in its call . . . |

Fight Back (2023-01-26). Faculty strike at U of Illinois-Chicago ends with win. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – On January 22, the United Faculty Union of the University of Illinois at Chicago ended a four-day strike, winning major improvements for the 1500 full time, tenured and non-tenured faculty represented by the union. The strike has brought more than 300 days of negotiations to a close. | The stated goals of the strike centered around a few key points in the negotiations, chief among them, increased starting pay for faculty across the board, and stronger mental health support for students and faculty. | Despite publicly and repeatedly claiming that it didn't have the money to pay for these improvemen…

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-26). NATO warships near Serbia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com B92January 24, 2023 NATO ships near Serbia: What is it about? They spoke up The ships of NATO member states, the US "James E. Williams" and the Turkish "Barbados", will sail into the Port of Bar [Montenegro] today, the Ministry of Defense announced. The statement said that the goal of the visit is "strengthening defense …

Rachel Hu, Chris Garaffa (2023-01-26). CovertAction Bulletin: What's Assange Charged With? Telling the Truth! covertactionmagazine.com On Jan 20, the Belmarsh Tribunal packed a room at the National Press Club in Washington, DC as thousands also watched online. Co-host Chris Garaffa was there to cover this historic event for CovertAction.

repost (2023-01-26). International docker unions in Durban To Commemorate th Year of Durban Uprising. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 members joined the th year anniversary commemoration of the 1973 Durban uprising. They plan to fight privatization of the ports globally.

WSWS (2023-01-26). IBM, 3M and hospitals join job cutting drive in US. wsws.org International Business Machines announced Wednesday it would eliminate 3,900 positions, or 1.5 percent of its global workforce, joining the growing list of corporations announcing major job cuts.

Bruce C.T. Wright (2023-01-25). 'Scandal-Free' Obama Gave All Classified Documents To National Archives, Rep Says. newsone.com Source: NurPhoto / Getty | Amid continued damning revelations about presidents and vice presidents who have recently been found to be in possession of It was reported on Tuesday that a number of classified documents have been discovered at the Indiana home of former Vice President

infobrics (2023-01-25). India, Russia Explore Coop in Biotech, AI & Quantum Tech & Oceanography. infobrics.org Russian and Indian scientists, representatives of universities and relevant ministries took part in the 12th meeting of the Russian-Indian Working Group on Science and Technology…

infobrics (2023-01-25). Brazil Seeks to Shift Its BRICS Presidency to 2025. infobrics.org Brazil has asked its partners in BRICS to delay its presidency in the group that also includes Russia, India, China and South Africa from 2024 to 2025, Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said…

Cira Pascual Marquina (2023-01-25). 'News from Nowhere' — building communal life in Venezuela. mronline.org Chris Gilbert and Cira Pascual Marquina look at the Venezuelan communes as a key force in an extended process of national liberation and social emancipation.

Dianne Mathiowetz (2023-01-25). The killing of Forest Defender Tortuguita in Atlanta. workers.org Atlanta, Georgia Public outrage, resistance and sadness at the senseless killing of a Forest Defender — 26-year-old Manuel Teran, known as Tortuguita (Little Turtle) — continues daily since their death on the morning of Jan. 18. Manuel Teran, known as Tortuguita, a Forest Defender murdered by Georgia State Troopers. The . . . |

Editor (2023-01-25). Book Review: 'No Equal Justice: The Legacy of Civil Rights Icon George W. Crockett'. mronline.org David Gespass has been on the editorial board of the National Lawyers Guild Review for over twenty-years including several years as Editor in Chief. He is a past president of the National Lawyers Guild. David is doing his best to retire from the active practice of law with only moderate success.

Editor (2023-01-25). Red Traces, Part 1: Cave paintings and primitive communism. mronline.org Sean Ledwith begins a new monthly series that explores how the Marxist tradition seeks to explain the cultural peaks of human history.

Editor (2023-01-25). Debt, Overcrowding, or Death: America's Very Broken Healthcare System. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-01-25). Missing Links: The Legacy of Textbook History. scheerpost.com By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost It took almost 10 years of teaching before I finally grasped the extent to which secondary American history textbooks fostered misunderstanding and confusion. The depth of the problem became apparent following class discussions of a 12-page reading assignment on the "Origins of the Cold War." When I made …

Editor (2023-01-25). Scott Ritter: The Nightmare of NATO Equipment Being Sent to Ukraine. scheerpost.com The West's recent approval of more military assistance for Kiev risks nuclear nightmare, fails Ukrainian expectations and rebukes the World War II history enshrined in a prominent Soviet war memorial in Berlin.

Editor (2023-01-25). US Funds 'Independent Journalism' in Cuba to Spread Propaganda, Ex-Spy Admits. scheerpost.com Former CIA analyst Fulton Armstrong told The Guardian that, in Cuba, "a lot of the so-called independent journalists are indirectly funded by the US". They spread anti-government disinformation with the support of the NED.

Editor (2023-01-25). Let the ruling classes tremble! workers.org The working class of France has a long and significant history in the struggle between labor and capital, including the revolutions of 1848 that engulfed several European countries. It was in the context of these revolutions that Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote the Communist Manifesto — then and now, . . . |

G. Dunkel (2023-01-25). France: Millions strike to defend pensions. workers.org With a tremendous jolt to the government's attempt to raise the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years, over 2 million people stopped work Jan. 19 and came out into the streets. They were heeding a Jan. 10 call from a coalition of all the major unions in France. . . . |

G. Dunkel (2023-01-25). Millions protest and strike in France to reject pension cuts. workers.org With a tremendous jolt to the government's attempt to raise the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years, over 2 million people stopped work Jan. 19 and came out into the streets. They were heeding a Jan. 10 call from a coalition of all the major unions in France. . . . |

JANET (2023-01-25). Jan 28: International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism. iacenter.org The International People's Tribunal on US Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, and Economic Coercive Measures Saturday, January 28 | 11am — 6pm The People's Forum & Online 320 W 37th St, New York, NY RSVP here to attend or tune in online After two years of dedicated organizing, we are excited to officially announce the launch of the International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, and Economic Coercive Measures. This project is a first ever international effort to build systems of accountability—rooted in global cross-movement solidarity—both within and outside of the…

Monica Moorehead (2023-01-25). International webinar on Sam Marcy's legacy for today's struggles. workers.org For over 70 years, Sam Marcy, a founding member and the late-chairperson of Workers World Party, dedicated his life to the liberation of the global multinational working class from the yoke of imperialism in all its oppressive forms. Feb. 1 will mark the 25th anniversary of his death in 1998. . . . |

Ryan Black (2023-01-25). A Zero Emissions Future Without The Mining Boom. progressivehub.net BLANCA BEGERT AND LYLLA YOUNES | GRIST…

Ryan Black (2023-01-25). Ellsberg: Losing 1st Amendment Reverses War Of Independence. progressivehub.net DANIEL ELLSBERG | SCHEERPOST…

Sam Pizzigati (2023-01-25). The Clearest Case for Taxing Billionaires Yet. otherwords.org

SAM (2023-01-25). Apple Spent A Record Amount To Block Antitrust Legislation In 2022. progressivehub.net DAVID MOORE AND DONALD SHAW | SLUDGE…

SAM (2023-01-25). Ron DeSantis Wants To Censor Florida Public Universities' Curricula. progressivehub.net ALEXANDRA MARTINEZ | PRISM…

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-01-25). Taking a Hard Look at Police Killings. otherwords.org Last year was the deadliest on record for police killings in the United States. According to a And that's likely an understatement. | According to

The Tricontinental (2023-01-25). Dossier No. 60: The 1973 Durban strikes: Building popular democratic power in South Africa. mronline.org The 1973 Durban strikes were part of a wider political ferment in the city in the late 1960s and early 1970s, when it became a generative site of political experimentation and innovation.

americanthinker (2023-01-25). Antagonizing the Scapegoats. americanthinker.com Media activists operate shamelessly and with abundant self-satisfaction because they fail to recognize the role they should play in preserving a representative republic.

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-25). Ukraine: Germany spearheads delivery of 90 tanks from NATO allies, partners. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineJanuary 25, 2023 German authorities, their allies intend to transfer almost 90 tanks to Ukraine — Scholz The German authorities are aiming to transfer two tank battalions with Leopard 2 to Ukraine, but they will do it not alone, and together with partners, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has said. "Our goal is to transfer tanks …

unitedEditor (2023-01-25). ISIS, the US Army and Rasmus Paludan. uwidata.com In Sweden, a person named Rasmus Paludan burned the Holy Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm under police surveillance. The Swedish government described the incident as a manifestation of freedom of expression. The goal: Clash of civilizations In many parts of the Middle East, especially in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has set …

_____ (2023-01-25). South Korea: Intelligence Agency Raids Top Union Confederation. popularresistance.org South Korea's intelligence agency raided the offices of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, the country's largest organization of independent unions, and an affiliate on January 18. | The high-profile raid, over alleged ties between four former and current union officers and North Korean agents, has raised fears that the conservative government is reverting to dictatorship-era methods of attacking labor by conflating organizing with threats to national security. | The moves come at the same time as the conservative government, led by president Yoon Suk-yeol, seeks to lift restrictions on long working hours…

_____ (2023-01-25). The Machiavellians: James Burnham's Fascist Italian Defenders of Freedom. strategic-culture.org In our attempts at understanding such people who view themselves as the natural 'ruling elite', it is important that we never take a literal approach in our attempts to understand their desires and thus their motives. | "[James] Burnham…the real intellectual founder of the neoconservative movement and the original proselytizer, in America, of the theory of 'totalitarianism'." | — Christopher Hitchens, For the Sake of Argument: Essay and Minority Reports | [The following is the second installment from one of the chapters from my book "The Empire on Which the Black Sun Never Set: The Birth of International…

Adriaan Alsema (2023-01-25). Panama arrests US citizen suspected in Colombia of murdering fiancé. colombiareports.com Panama's National Police on Tuesday detained a US citizen who is suspected of murdering his fiancé in Colombia's capital Bogota. Wisconsin native John Poulos was detained on Panama's international airport…

americanthinker (2023-01-25). Do You Trust the Integrity of Our Elections? If Not, Here Are the Steps We Must Take. americanthinker.com A CPA with a new book out outlines some steps to take at the national, and state, levels.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-25). Ukraine, The Corruption Discovered Is Nothing But The Zelensky's Method. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Piero Messina | What unites Sierra Leone, Zambia and Ukraine? The corruption. Now it will be a big problem for President Zelensky to convince Western partners to continue economic support for his proxy war. The scandal that led to the arrests of top government leaders in Kiev was hardly unexpected. After all, his trusted men have acted with the same method that has distinguished the Ukrainian president for years. | Let's see the international data. According to Transparency Internation…

ecns.cn (2023-01-25). Expanding railway network makes China's Spring Festival travel easier. ecns.cn From 2012 to 2022, China's railway expanded from 98,000 km to 155,000 km, in which high-speed railway rose from 9,000 km to 42,000 km, a world record length, according to the National Railway Administration.

ecns.cn (2023-01-25). China's spending on R&D hits 3 trln yuan in 2022. ecns.cn China's total expenditure on research and development (R&D) amounted to nearly 3.09 trillion yuan (about 456 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, up 10.4 percent year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

ecns.cn (2023-01-25). China-made trains enter service in Istanbul's new metro line. ecns.cn A new metro line connecting central Istanbul and the city's new international airport officially opened to the public on Sunday, featuring China-made automated driverless trains that could run up to 120 kilometers per hour.

ecns.cn (2023-01-25). China's natural gas output up 6.5% in December 2022. ecns.cn China's natural gas output logged steady growth in December 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.

Editor at Global Grind (2023-01-25). 'Lift Every Voice And Sing': Sheryl Lee Ralph To Perform Black National Anthem At Super Bowl LVII. newsone.com Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph is slated to sing the Black national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," before Super Bowl LVII.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-25). Amilcar Cabral and the South Africans. libya360.wordpress.com Phethani Madzivhandila Amilcar Cabral's influence stretched far beyond the Portuguese colonies, profoundly influencing the political struggle in South Africa, past and present. In 2021, the South African government was provided with funding of around ‚Ǩ700 million (ZAR13 billion), from the German government to decommission its coal-based power stations in order to transition to green energy….

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-25). Dead on Arrival: The West's B3W Initiative to Rival China's BRI. libya360.wordpress.com F.M. Shakil While Washington is focused on establishing rival 'global' projects to Beijing's Belt and Road Initiative, most of these drive profits and benefits right back to the United States. The plan for a large infrastructure project by the US and G7 to compete with China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) appears to have died a…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-25). Empire by Invitation: Pax Africana or Pax Americana? libya360.wordpress.com Samar Al-Bulushi Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, left, and U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, attend a welcoming ceremony before talks at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 15, 2022. AT A WIDELY anticipated summit hosted by the Biden administration in Washington, D.C., last month, African leaders called for more support from the U.S. government…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-25). The Ramstein Effect: The Nightmare of NATO Equipment Being Sent to Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter Soviet War Memorial, Tiergarten, West Berlin. (Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons) On Tuesday the White House decided that it would send about 30 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, which was seen as political cover for Germany, which decided to ship 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Kiev. Early on the morning of May…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-25). The Ukrainian Solidarity Network: The Highest Stage of White Western Social Imperialism. libya360.wordpress.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-25). US Lawfare and the Destabilization of Latin America. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Mier Brazil-based reporter and author Brian Mier outlines the strategy of lawfare and how it has been used in Latin America, particularly in the Lava Jato investigation. "Lawfare is the use of the law as a weapon of war, and it is the newest characteristic of 21st Century Combat," — Colonel Charles Dunlap Lawfare…

Jake Johnson (2023-01-25). 'This is a national emergency': Dems push for assault weapons ban amid string of massacres. nationofchange.org "Every time you vote for a lawmaker who opposes gun safety, you're voting for policies that make it more likely your loved one will be slaughtered."

Joseph Winters (2023-01-25). Biden administration reveals roadmap for a greener, more equitable transportation sector. peoplesworld.org Cars, trucks, planes, trains, and ships make up the U.S.'s biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions — about one-third of the nation's total. Now, the Biden administration is laying out a strategy to clean up the transportation sector while also making it more convenient and just. Four federal agencies unveiled a "national blueprint for transportation …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-25). Mayo Clinic Minute: Role for opioids. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Drug overdoses from opioids have been linked to a decreased life span, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ongoing opioid crisis has been a complicated one for more than a decade. Death rates continue to rise, despite national medical guidelines for prescribing the pain medication. Dr. Holly Geyer leads the opioid stewardship program at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. She says there is an important role for opioids in patient…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-25). Can blood donors suffer iron deficiency? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org With the constant need for blood and platelet donations, frequent, regular blood donors are crucial to having a continuous national blood supply. Across Mayo Clinic in Rochester, for example, anywhere between 50 and 70 units of red cells and between 20 and 30 units of platelets are used daily to help save lives. Watch: Dr. Justin Juskewitch discusses red blood cell donation youtu.be/yDXneutyCdc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video is available in the downloads at the end of…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-25). Peruvian diaspora condemns violence of defacto government. peoplesdispatch.org Peruvian diaspora in the US rallied outside the United Nations General Assembly building in New York City to condemn the human rights violations carried out by the government of Dina Boluarte. Solidarity protests have been held in cities across the world to raise awareness about the situation in Peru and to call on international organizations to take action.

repost (2023-01-25). International docker unions in Durban To Commemorate 50th Year of Durban Uprising. indybay.org ILWU Local 10 members joined the 50th year anniversary commemoration of the 1973 Durban uprising. They plan to fight privatization of the ports globally.

scorinoco (2023-01-25). Venezuela's National Assembly Approves Law for Financial Transparency of NGOs in First Discussion. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, January 24, Venezuelan National Assembly Deputy Diosdado Cabello presented the Bill for the Oversight, Updating and Financing of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Related Organizations before the plenary. The bill was approved in the first discussion by a clear majority. | Cabello highlighted that this law will allow for oversight and regulation of the financing and performance of NGOs. "This will help us to bring order to a sector where there is definitely no order," he said. | pic.twitter.com/Elcmp1FkIG | — PSUV (@PartidoPSUV) Staff (2023-01-25). As Germany & U.S. Agree on Tanks for Ukraine, German MP Accuses U.S. of Pushing Berlin into Proxy War. democracynow.org After weeks of pressure from international allies, Germany has announced it will send 14 German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine and allow other NATO countries to send more German tanks to help Kyiv in its fight against Russia. The announcement came after the United States agreed to also send a shipment of M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine. For more, we speak with lawmaker Sevim Daƒüdelen, a member of the Left Party in the German parliament who says the majority of the German public wants more diplomatic efforts to end the conflict. "It concerns me a lot that many so-called progressives in the Unit…

Staff (2023-01-25). NEC Updates: Initial Discovery, Bellwethers, & Defense Strategy With Sara Papantonio. trofire.com Mass Tort News LegalCast: Levin Papantonio Rafferty Associate attorney Sara Papantonio serves as point for the firm's involvement in mass tort litigation for Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) contamination in baby formula. Sara graduated from Stetson University College of Law in 2020 and served as a member of the Stetson Trial team, ranked #1 nationally. Sara earned …

Staff (2023-01-25). Biden administration restores the "Roadless Rule," protecting our largest National Forest. commondreams.org In response to the Biden administration's announcement to reinstate "Roadless Rule" protections, Amy Moas, Ph.D., Greenpeace USA Senior Climate Campaigner, said: "Today, the U.S. Forest Service rescued the nation's largest national forest, Alaska's Tongass, from new and catastrophic surges of clearcut logging. The reinstatement of this popular 2001 conservation measure that conserves old growth is …

Staff (2023-01-25). U.S. Forest Service restores critical protections to Tongass National Forest. commondreams.org In a win for Southeast Alaska communities, wildlife, and the climate, the U.S. Forest Service reinstated Roadless Rule protections across the Tongass rainforest in Southeast Alaska. Tribal leaders, recreational small-business owners, commercial fishing operators, and conservationists cheered the agency's restoration of this critical safeguard. The move restores federal protection — from industrial logging and damaging …

Staff (2023-01-25). The War Profiteers Overseeing US Pentagon Spending. commondreams.org Earlier this month, the House and Senate Armed Services Committees named eight commissioners who will review President Joe Biden's National Defense Strategy and provide recommendations for its implementation. But the Commission on the National Defense Strategy, which is tasked with "examin[ing] the assumptions, objectives, defense investments, force posture and structure, operational concepts, and military risks …

unitedEditor (2023-01-25). Some highlights from Davos 2023. uwidata.com The 53rd meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), also known as the Davos Summit, was held on January 16-20. With the slogan "Cooperation in a Fragmented World", more than 2,700 people attended the Forum from 30 countries, including heads of state or government, as well as representatives of international organizations and the business …

WSWS (2023-01-25). Sri Lankan SEP to contest local government elections. wsws.org The SEP is the only party in Sri Lanka that fights for the unified mobilisation of the working class on an international socialist perspective and against the communal divisions whipped up by the ruling elites.

WSWS (2023-01-25). Sri Lankan SEP to run candidates in local government elections. wsws.org The SEP is the only party in Sri Lanka that fights for the unified mobilisation of the working class on an international socialist perspective and against the communal divisions whipped up by the ruling elites.

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infobrics (2023-01-25). India, Russia Explore Coop in Biotech, AI & Quantum Tech & Oceanography. infobrics.org Russian and Indian scientists, representatives of universities and relevant ministries took part in the 12th meeting of the Russian-Indian Working Group on Science and Technology…

infobrics (2023-01-25). Brazil Seeks to Shift Its BRICS Presidency to 2025. infobrics.org Brazil has asked its partners in BRICS to delay its presidency in the group that also includes Russia, India, China and South Africa from 2024 to 2025, Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said…

Dianne Mathiowetz (2023-01-25). The killing of Forest Defender Tortuguita in Atlanta. workers.org Atlanta, Georgia Public outrage, resistance and sadness at the senseless killing of a Forest Defender — 26-year-old Manuel Teran, known as Tortuguita (Little Turtle) — continues daily since his death on the morning of Jan. 18. Manuel Teran, known as Tortuguita, a Forest Defender murdered by Georgia State Troopers. The . . . |

Editor (2023-01-25). Let the ruling classes tremble! workers.org The working class of France has a long and significant history in the struggle between labor and capital, including the revolutions of 1848 that engulfed several European countries. It was in the context of these revolutions that Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels wrote the Communist Manifesto — then and now, . . . |

G. Dunkel (2023-01-25). Millions protest and strike in France to reject pension cuts. workers.org With a tremendous jolt to the government's attempt to raise the legal retirement age from 62 to 64 years, over 2 million people stopped work Jan. 19 and came out into the streets. They were heeding a Jan. 10 call from a coalition of all the major unions in France. . . . |

Monica Moorehead (2023-01-25). International webinar on Sam Marcy's legacy for today's struggles. workers.org For over 70 years, Sam Marcy, a founding member and the late-chairperson of Workers World Party, dedicated his life to the liberation of the global multinational working class from the yoke of imperialism in all its oppressive forms. Feb. 1 will mark the 25th anniversary of his death in 1998. . . . |

Anonymous103 (2023-01-25). Ukraine, The Corruption Discovered Is Nothing But The Zelensky's Method. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Written by Piero Messina | What unites Sierra Leone, Zambia and Ukraine? The corruption. Now it will be a big problem for President Zelensky to convince Western partners to continue economic support for his proxy war. The scandal that led to the arrests of top government leaders in Kiev was hardly unexpected. After all, his trusted men have acted with the same method that has distinguished the Ukrainian president for years. | Let's see the international data. According to Transparency Internation…

ecns.cn (2023-01-25). Expanding railway network makes China's Spring Festival travel easier. ecns.cn From 2012 to 2022, China's railway expanded from 98,000 km to 155,000 km, in which high-speed railway rose from 9,000 km to 42,000 km, a world record length, according to the National Railway Administration.

ecns.cn (2023-01-25). China's spending on R&D hits 3 trln yuan in 2022. ecns.cn China's total expenditure on research and development (R&D) amounted to nearly 3.09 trillion yuan (about 456 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, up 10.4 percent year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

ecns.cn (2023-01-25). China-made trains enter service in Istanbul's new metro line. ecns.cn A new metro line connecting central Istanbul and the city's new international airport officially opened to the public on Sunday, featuring China-made automated driverless trains that could run up to 120 kilometers per hour.

ecns.cn (2023-01-25). China's natural gas output up 6.5% in December 2022. ecns.cn China's natural gas output logged steady growth in December 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-25). Mayo Clinic Minute: Role for opioids. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Drug overdoses from opioids have been linked to a decreased life span, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ongoing opioid crisis has been a complicated one for more than a decade. Death rates continue to rise, despite national medical guidelines for prescribing the pain medication. Dr. Holly Geyer leads the opioid stewardship program at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. She says there is an important role for opioids in patient…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-25). Can blood donors suffer iron deficiency? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org With the constant need for blood and platelet donations, frequent, regular blood donors are crucial to having a continuous national blood supply. Across Mayo Clinic in Rochester, for example, anywhere between 50 and 70 units of red cells and between 20 and 30 units of platelets are used daily to help save lives. Watch: Dr. Justin Juskewitch discusses red blood cell donation youtu.be/yDXneutyCdc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video is available in the downloads at the end of…

WSWS (2023-01-25). Sri Lankan SEP to contest local government elections. wsws.org The SEP is the only party in Sri Lanka that fights for the unified mobilisation of the working class on an international socialist perspective and against the communal divisions whipped up by the ruling elites.

_____ (2023-01-24). St. Louis Fed Breaks All Statistical Rules With Misleading Graph. popularresistance.org In an attempt to grossly exaggerate China's defense spending, and simultaneously downplay the US military budget, the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis published a jaw-droppingly deceptive graph. | If a student presented this in a statistics 101 class, the teacher would likely give them an F. But because it involves Washington's public enemy number one, Beijing, the US regional reserve bank was awarded a Golden Star for exemplary service in the New Cold War. | The St. Louis Fed listed the world's top six countries by military expenditures, but used two separate axes: the spending of China, Russia, Britain, India,…

_____ (2023-01-24). The Missing Story In The Global Firepower Ranking. popularresistance.org The Global Firepower ranking was published on January 6. The annual report classifies the world's strongest militaries based on over 60 factors, including size, spending and technological advancements. | The report, which placed the United States military on top, followed by Russia, China, India and the UK, raised more questions than answers, with some accusing GFP, the organization that compiled the report, of being biased, sloppy and highly politicized. | For example, while Russia maintained its former position as the second strongest military in the world, Ukraine jumped by seven spots, to occupy the 15th posi…

infobrics (2023-01-24). India-Russia Trade May Increase Despite Global Trade to Face Stagnant Decade. infobrics.org Russia's trade with China and India will increase by USD 110 billion, "including USD 90 billion with China alone," according to Boston Consulting Group…

infobrics (2023-01-24). India Hopeful of Rupee Trade with Russia After Imports Surge. infobrics.org India is hopeful of a rupee trade with Russia, a trade ministry official said, as government data showed a near 400% jump in Russian merchandise imports from April-December compared with a year ago…

Tanupriya Singh (2023-01-24). Who is responsible for Ghana's debt crisis? peoplesdispatch.org Ghana has approached the G20 to restructure its external debts, the majority of which are held by private lenders. The process is necessary to unlock a $3 billion IMF bailout that will see severe austerity measures imposed on the Ghanaian people…

Editor (2023-01-24). Ukraine's Corruption Comes Home To Roost. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-01-24). 'This Is a National Emergency': Dems Push for Assault Weapons Ban Amid String of Massacres. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-01-24). Did Washington Boost Another South American Coup? scheerpost.com By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch The U.S. tyranny of monopoly capital has long preferred to deal with fascist governments abroad, specifically in the Global South. American oligarchs' foreign fascist sycophants are so much more malleable than democratic representatives; they don't even have to be told what to do because they know. It's in their DNA. …

Editor (2023-01-24). Germany: Ukraine Losing Hundreds of Soldiers Everyday. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-01-24). Climate Change Will Supersede Everything. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-01-24). Patrick Lawrence: Investigate This, Jim Jordan. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Somewhere between the first and second times I heard someone say "weaponize," this term and its derivatives—"weaponizing," "weaponization," and so on—began to repel me. It was the crudity of it, or the way it served as an accusatory dismissal, like "conspiracy theory." Assert that someone has weaponized a …

Danny O'Brien (2023-01-24). In Cuba, housing is a right! workers.org Portland, Oregon I work at a congregate shelter for people experiencing homelessness in Portland, Oregon, where the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development considers 5,228 people homeless. Of those, 3,057 are unsheltered in Multnomah County alone. My experience in working there has shown me that there is limited cooperation . . . |

Editor (2023-01-24). Actions and rallies in solidarity with fight against 'Cop City' grows over weekend. mronline.org Sunday marked the fourth straight day of vigils, protests, and rallies in solidarity with the struggle in Atlanta, following the police murder of Tortuguita, with more scheduled throughout the coming week.

Lyn Neeley, Toni Arenstein (2023-01-24). A pesar del bloqueo/ El sistema sanitario cubano es extraordinario. workers.org El día que la 51 ™ Brigada Venceremos partió hacia Cuba, el 27 de diciembre de 2022, unas 262 personas murieron en Estados Unidos a causa del COVID-19. De los 11 millones de habitantes de Cuba, sólo 30 dieron positivo por COVID-19 ese mismo día. Destacados científicos del laboratorio farmacéutico cubano . . . |

Lyn Neeley (2023-01-24). Oregon nurses fight for a decent contract. workers.org In Portland, Oregon, nurses and community supporters rallied Jan. 20 in front of Providence Hospital corporate headquarters. Thousands of nurses in three Providence hospitals have been working since fall 2022 without a contract that would ensure basic safety standards and incorporate their union's common-sense proposals. Portland, Oregon nurses rally for . . . |

Otis Grotewohl (2023-01-24). Britain sends Kosovo puppet troops to Malvinas NATO base. workers.org Jan. 21 — While NATO prolongs the proxy war against Russia that it provoked 11 months ago as it extended eastward, the imperialist military alliance is also expanding its role in South America. A Jan. 19 article in the German daily newspaper junge Welt reported, "On Friday [Jan. 13], Kosovo . . . |

Staff (2023-01-24). UNE prevé afectaciones en el servicio eléctrico durante el día y la noche este martes. cubadebate.cu Para este martes, la Unión Eléctrica prevé afectaciones en el servicio durante el horario diurno, con una máxima afectación de 450 MW. Para el pico nocturno, estima una disponibilidad de 2 289 MW y una demanda máxima de 2 800 MW, para un déficit de 511 MW y afectación de 581 MW.

Editor (2023-01-24). Stepping out of the pandemic, Chinese style. mronline.org On January 6, 2023, China's National Health Commission (NHC) and National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine issued China's 10th edition of its diagnosis and treatment protocol for novel coronavirus infection.

K.J. Noh (2023-01-24). The republic of prosecution: South Korea's national security state unleashes attacks on labor and peace activists. mronline.org Progressive South Korean citizens have been watching with impending dread the deepening threats of political repression since the former prosecutor Yoon Suk Yeol assumed the South Korean presidency. On Wednesday, January 18, the Yoon administration took off its gloves.

Editor (2023-01-24). Antiwar marchers honor MLK, say 'NO' to NATO proxy war in Ukraine. mronline.org On Jan. 14, a large crowd gathered in Times Square in New York City to honor the true legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and demand an end to the brutal U.S.-NATO proxy war being waged in Ukraine.

Editor (2023-01-24). 'Climate Justice in So-Called Canada'. mronline.org Indigenous rights and sovereignty must be at the centre of our collective efforts to rescue a habitable planet.

Ryan Black (2023-01-24). Vigils For Tortuguita: Land Defenders Erupt In Solidarity. progressivehub.net ALEXANDRIA SHANER | Z NETWORK…

SAM (2023-01-24). Biden's FCC Nominee Is Being Held Up By Big Telecom. progressivehub.net JULIE HOLLAR | FAIR…

SAM (2023-01-24). The Cuba Blockade Harms Sick Patients In Both Countries. progressivehub.net NATALIA MARQUES | LA PROGRESSIVE…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-24). Mayo Clinic Minute: Weight loss and willpower. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org What does it take to make meaningful, lasting lifestyle changes? Some may argue it takes a fair amount of willpower to develop new habits, but a person can't rely on willpower alone. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Donald Hensrud, a Mayo Clinic physician specializing in nutrition and editor of "The Mayo Clinic Diet," offers strategies that can help people achieve their weight loss goals. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/oxLwLnvU6vA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 10)…

The Associated Press (2023-01-24). Study: Puerto Rico Should Go Solar to Meet Clean Energy Goal. latinorebels.com A U.S. government study has determined that with little room on the island for large-scale solar farms or wind generators, Puerto Rico should aim to reach its clean-energy goals by installing solar panels on all suitable rooftops, along with airports, brownfields, and industrial areas.

jamanetwork (2023-01-24). Improvements in Adverse Event Rates Among Hospitalized Patients—Reply. jamanetwork.com In Reply "The goal is zero harms" has resonated throughout patient safety. Two decades after To Err Is Human, health care continues to face recurrences of a multitude of preventable adverse events. No guideline, policy, or public health intervention has been able to eliminate adverse events.

Staff (2023-01-24). Crisis in Peru Is What Happens When Popular Aspirations Ripped Away. commondreams.org With all eyes on the fight for democratic government in Brazil, with its obvious parallels to events in the United States, it's easy to miss another equally alarming struggle in the region. Peru has been shaken by protests and violence since the Peruvian Congress removed President Pedro Castillo from office on December 7 following his …

_____ (2023-01-24). National Guard Seeks To Double Size Of Its Largest Training Site. popularresistance.org Michigan – Nestled near the headwaters of the Au Sable River in Northern Lower Michigan, in lands forcibly taken from the Odawa and Ojibwa, the Michigan Army National Guard (MIANG) currently operates the largest National Guard training site in the country, Camp Grayling. At 230 square miles, it could fit Detroit (139 sq. miles), Lansing (37 sq. miles), and Grand Rapids (45 sq. miles) safely within its footprint. In addition to the Army and National Guard, the area is used by police departments, prisons, private military contractors, and foreign military units. | In January of 2022, the National Guard proposed exp…

Staff (2023-01-24). A message from Palestinian prisoners to internationalists in the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa'adat and All Palestinian Prisoners. samidoun.net Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network received this message from Palestinian prisoners in occupation jails to all of those who have participated in the international events and actions during the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa'adat and All Palestinian Prisoners, 14-24 January 2023. The message was read aloud during the mass demonstration in Gaza, organized …

_____ (2023-01-24). Palestine under the yoke of Netanyahu's "new" government. journal-neo.org The visit of Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem has caused an uproar among Palestinians and in Arab and international circles. Even within Israel itself, it led to resentment because of the serious consequences the visit would have on stability in the Palestinian territories. Especially after …

_____ (2023-01-24). Building A Global People's Movement To End US Imperialism. popularresistance.org Following a two-year organizing effort, the International People's Tribunal on US Imperialism will launch in New York City on January 28. The People's Tribunal will focus on US sanctions, blockades and coercive measures and how they impact people in the targeted countries. Clearing the FOG speaks with Helyeh Doutaghi, a co-chair of the Tribunal, a doctoral student at Carleton University in Ottawa, and an anti-imperialist activist, about why this is an opportune time to build a global movement focused on the United States, how the Tribunal will be structured and how the testimony will be used to hold the US accoun…

_____ (2023-01-24). Iran's Unrest Triggers Explosion of Fake News. strategic-culture.org Some of the most incendiary accusations made against Iran's government by corporate media, celebrity influencers and Western leaders in the past months are little more than fabrications. And most remain uncorrected. | By Setareh SADEQI and Christopher WEAVER | Protests in Iran that ostensibly began as a reaction to the death of a woman in police custody in September 2022 have prompted unprecedented international opposition to its government, not only from the usual Western, Israeli and Saudi suspects, but from celebrity social media influencers with no previous record of commenting on Iranian affairs. | Iran is n…

americanthinker (2023-01-24). Iowa Legislature passes historic school reform providing same amount of state funding for private school scholarships as to government schools. americanthinker.com A giant step toward true school choice. Naturally, the national media are ignoring it.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-24). In Video: Three Soldiers Killed In Crash Of Mi-171 Helicopter In Northern Algeria. southfront.org

Anonymous103 (2023-01-24). Poland Claims Germany Will Face International Isolation If It Does Not Send Tanks To Ukraine. southfront.org Illustrative ImageUS continues to pressure Berlin to change policy on weapons delivery. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | Germany contends with increasing pressure and scrutiny from its so-called European Union and NATO allies to deliver Leopard tanks to Ukraine. However, a fake narrative is also being constructed that Berlin is an international pariah, so-much-so, that it could even face international isolation for not sending the tanks."Germany will be in…

Chris Garaffa (2023-01-24). Tribunal in Washington Calls on President Biden to End Prosecution of Julian Assange and to Defend Rights of Journalists and Whistleblowers. covertactionmagazine.com Nearly 13 years after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange released the video Collateral Murder exposing the brutal and intentional killing of Iraqi civilians and two Reuters journalists, over 1 people packed the same room in the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. for the Belmarsh Tribunal. January 20th's sitting was the third of the Tribunal, following …

Colectivo Kausachun (2023-01-24). Solidarity Action with the People of Perú. indybay.org Action in support of the National March to take place in all the regions of Perú. The People demands to stop the repression, the resignation of the president Dina Boluarte, new general elections in 2023 and a Referendum for a new Constituent Assembly. Tuesday, January 24 in front of the Peruvian Consulate, 870 Market St. Flood Building, San Francisco.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-24). Zelensky Cites Military Aid as 'Big Business' Opportunity for American Companies. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday cited US military aid as an example of the "big business" opportunities American corporations can find in his country. Zelensky said in a video address to a meeting of the National Association of State Chambers in Boca Raton, Florida, that rebuilding Ukraine will provide major economic opportunities. "It is …

ecns.cn (2023-01-24). Selected outbound tours given go-ahead. ecns.cn The National Health Commission announced on Dec 26 that China would scrap the quarantine requirement for international arrivals starting on Jan 8, as it downgraded management of COVID-19 from Class A to Class B.

ecns.cn (2023-01-24). Movie box office ready to soar over holiday. ecns.cn Recently, Deep Seawas nominated to be screened at the 73rd Berlin International FilmFestival's Generation Kplus, a competitive program that screens state-of-the-art international cinema.This is the first such price decline in seven years, said Chen Jin, an analyst with Beacon.

Fight Back (2023-01-24). New year, same wars – MLK day of action in Minneapolis. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On January 22, the Minnesota Peace Action Coalition, a coalition of anti-war groups in Minnesota, rallied in Mayday Plaza as part of the United National Antiwar Coalition's national call for Martin Luther King Jr. week of actions against U.S. wars to mark his birthday. On the theme of "New Year, Same Wars," the protest drew a crowd of 70 protesters, eager to hear from activist leaders across the Twin Cities representing the voices of those impacted by U.S. imperialism and endless militarism. | People lined the sidewalks, facing traffic and holding signs expressing the crowd's sentiment…

Guest Contributor (2023-01-24). Good enough for jazz: how well does the government need to understand its Paris Agreement obligations? A case of emissions and omissions. ukhumanrightsblog.com In R (Friends of the Earth Ltd) v Secretary of State for International Trade/UK Export Finance (UKEF) [2023] EWCA Civ 14, the Court of Appeal considered the implications of the Paris Agreement on climate change for governmental decision-making in relation to investing in a liquified natural gas project in Mozambique (the "Project"). Sir Geoffrey Vos MR, with …

Joe Sims (2023-01-24). U.S. Communists: Threat to democracy requires a united fightback. peoplesworld.org Editor's note: The following keynote address to the CPUSA National Committee was presented by CPUSA co-chair Joe Sims on January 14th. It's been edited to reflect discussion that took place after the report was delivered. It lays out the latest analysis by the Communist Party USA of the political situation in our country, particularly the …

Johanna Kichton (2023-01-24). Homes Guarantee Campaign Demands White House Regulate Rent and Bust Rental Market Consolidation. peoplesaction.org 281 Organizations Share Essential Components Needed for Tenant Protections Policy with the White House Contact: Johanna Kichton, press@peoplesaction.org, 202.660.0605 WASHINGTON, D.C. — People's Action's Homes Guarantee campaign today released a set of essential actions the White House must take to regulate rent and address the consolidation of the rental market by corporate landlords. 281 national …

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2023-01-24). Child Trafficking Has Become Big Business in America. dissidentvoice.org "Children are being targeted and sold for sex in America every day." — John Ryan, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children It takes a special kind of evil to prostitute and traffick a child for sex, and yet this evil walks among us every minute of every day. Consider this: every two minutes, a …

Lee Camp (2023-01-24). Making Politicians Uncomfortable, with Anti-War Activist Medea Benjamin. mintpressnews.com Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK, discusses her book on the Ukraine conflict, the dangers of escalating military spending, peaceful negotiations, and international cooperation in preventing nuclear war and promoting peace.

Sharon Zhang (2023-01-24). The RNC Is Already Warning Its Nominee Will Boycott 2024 Presidential Debate. truthout.org Ahead of the 2024 presidential election, the chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) reiterated that the RNC won't let the GOP nominee participate in events organized by a nonpartisan organization that has held presidential debates since 1988. "Don't waste your time," RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel told networks that are applying to become 2024 debate hosts. She reminded them that the RNC has… |

William I. Robinson (2023-01-24). Davos 2023 Showed Us a Ruling Class Incapable of Resolving Global Crises. truthout.org The transnational corporate and political elite were back in Davos, Switzerland, from January 16-20 for their annual conclave amid the most severe crisis of global capitalism since the founding of the World Economic Forum half a century ago. In earlier years, participants in the exclusive gathering jet-setted into the Swiss resort town exuding confidence in the hegemony of global capitalism. |

WSWS (2023-01-24). Portuguese teachers mount nationwide strike. wsws.org A rising tide of class struggles is underway in Portugal and internationally, three years into the COVID-19 pandemic and as NATO wages war on Russia in Ukraine.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-24). CELAC: Bolivia Condemns Right-Wing Attacks Against Democracy. libya360.wordpress.com Bolivia's President Luis Arce has called on the region to condemn the coup attempts that threaten Latin America in his speech at the VII Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in Buenos Aires. "We request that this Latin American and Caribbean movement become a single voice to condemn, in the strongest and…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-24). China in the Year of the Rabbit. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar The New Silk Roads, or BRI, as well as the integration efforts of BRICS+, the SCO and the EAEU will be on the forefront of Chinese policy. Liu He studied economics at Renmin University in China and got a Master's from Harvard. Since 2018, he's one of China's Vice Premiers — along with…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-24). Lula at CELAC: Brazil Shares a "Common Destiny" with Latin American and Caribbean Countries. libya360.wordpress.com Brasil de Fato Lula speaks at the CELAC United by a common colonial past, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean should join forces, said President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) during the 7th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC). The meeting held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-24). Morocco to Become a Huge U.S. Military Base to Counter Russia in Africa. libya360.wordpress.com Martin Jay Nouasseur Air Base (IATA: EVX, ICAO: LFOE) near Casablanca in Morocco, was a United States Air Force base from 1951 to 1963. There may be questions about whether Russia is winning the war in Ukraine, but there is no doubt it is winning the global war against the West. And it's starting in…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-24). President Maduro Reaffirms that No Threat Will Stop the Progressive Wave in Latin America and the Caribbean. libya360.wordpress.com Nohemi Trejo Regarding the VII Summit of Heads, Heads and Representatives of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States ( CELAC ), the President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro Moros, He reiterated that " there will be no threat or aggression that can stop the progressive wave…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-24). Russia in Africa: The Multipolar World is Becoming More Consolidated. libya360.wordpress.com Yoselina Guevara L. Supporters of interim Malian President Assimi GoàØta wave Russian flags during a pro-junta and pro-Russia rally in Bamako, Mali, on May 13. Nearly nine thousand kilometers separate Russia from the African continent; but despite the distances, Moscow's presence in Africa is becoming stronger and stronger in contrast to the weakening and growing…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-24). The U.S. Empire's Ukraine Miscalculation Could Bring Revolution. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea In The Myth of Capitalism, Michael Parenti said: No ruling class rules nakedly…they take strenuous efforts to justify their rule. I tell students when they say, 'Oh they don't care what we think. They ignore us', and all that, and I say, 'Oh no, no. That's the only thing they care about you. The…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-24). Ukraine War's First Anniversary and Beyond. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR Russian T-90M Proryv (Breakthrough) main battle tank in action on the Donbass front lines recently The first anniversary of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine falls on February 24. The Russian strategy of attrition war has not yet produced the desired political outcome but has been a success nonetheless. The delusional "westernist"…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-24). US Objectives in Latin America According to SOUTHCOM: Lithium, Sweet Crude, Fresh Water. libya360.wordpress.com Laura Richardson spoke at an event of the Atlantic Council -a think tank with close ties to NATO- where she listed the reasons why the United States has its eyes on the rest of the continent. "Why is Latin America important?". That was the rhetorical question posed by Laura Richardson, head of the U.S. Southern…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-24). Why President Maduro Canceled His Attendance at the VII CELAC Summit. libya360.wordpress.com Ernesto Cazal Argentine sovereignty is injured and its State will not provide security guarantees even to high-level politicians, both national and international ( Photo: Hannibal Hanschke / Reuters ) For many it has been a total surprise that President Nicolás Maduro has not traveled to Buenos Aires to participate in the VII CELAC Summit. It…

jamanetwork (2023-01-24). Updated Demographics and Health Stats for Older Adults Released. jamanetwork.com The Administration for Community Living (ACL), through its Administration on Aging, released updated demographics for the US population aged 65 years or older. Data were sourced from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the National Center for Health Statistics, and the US Census Bureau.

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infobrics (2023-01-25). India, Russia Explore Coop in Biotech, AI & Quantum Tech & Oceanography. infobrics.org Russian and Indian scientists, representatives of universities and relevant ministries took part in the 12th meeting of the Russian-Indian Working Group on Science and Technology…

infobrics (2023-01-25). Brazil Seeks to Shift Its BRICS Presidency to 2025. infobrics.org Brazil has asked its partners in BRICS to delay its presidency in the group that also includes Russia, India, China and South Africa from 2024 to 2025, Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said…

infobrics (2023-01-24). India-Russia Trade May Increase Despite Global Trade to Face Stagnant Decade. infobrics.org Russia's trade with China and India will increase by USD 110 billion, "including USD 90 billion with China alone," according to Boston Consulting Group…

infobrics (2023-01-24). India Hopeful of Rupee Trade with Russia After Imports Surge. infobrics.org India is hopeful of a rupee trade with Russia, a trade ministry official said, as government data showed a near 400% jump in Russian merchandise imports from April-December compared with a year ago…

Danny O'Brien (2023-01-24). In Cuba, housing is a right! workers.org Portland, Oregon I work at a congregate shelter for people experiencing homelessness in Portland, Oregon, where the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development considers 5,228 people homeless. Of those, 3,057 are unsheltered in Multnomah County alone. My experience in working there has shown me that there is limited cooperation . . . |

Editor (2023-01-24). Actions and rallies in solidarity with fight against 'Cop City' grows over weekend. mronline.org Sunday marked the fourth straight day of vigils, protests, and rallies in solidarity with the struggle in Atlanta, following the police murder of Tortuguita, with more scheduled throughout the coming week.

Lyn Neeley, Toni Arenstein (2023-01-24). A pesar del bloqueo/ El sistema sanitario cubano es extraordinario. workers.org El día que la 51 ™ Brigada Venceremos partió hacia Cuba, el 27 de diciembre de 2022, unas 262 personas murieron en Estados Unidos a causa del COVID-19. De los 11 millones de habitantes de Cuba, sólo 30 dieron positivo por COVID-19 ese mismo día. Destacados científicos del laboratorio farmacéutico cubano . . . |

Lyn Neeley (2023-01-24). Oregon nurses fight for a decent contract. workers.org In Portland, Oregon, nurses and community supporters rallied Jan. 20 in front of Providence Hospital corporate headquarters. Thousands of nurses in three Providence hospitals have been working since fall 2022 without a contract that would ensure basic safety standards and incorporate their union's common-sense proposals. Portland, Oregon nurses rally for . . . |

Otis Grotewohl (2023-01-24). Britain sends Kosovo puppet troops to Malvinas NATO base. workers.org Jan. 21 — While NATO prolongs the proxy war against Russia that it provoked 11 months ago as it extended eastward, the imperialist military alliance is also expanding its role in South America. A Jan. 19 article in the German daily newspaper junge Welt reported, "On Friday [Jan. 13], Kosovo . . . |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-24). Mayo Clinic Minute: Weight loss and willpower. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org What does it take to make meaningful, lasting lifestyle changes? Some may argue it takes a fair amount of willpower to develop new habits, but a person can't rely on willpower alone. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Donald Hensrud, a Mayo Clinic physician specializing in nutrition and editor of "The Mayo Clinic Diet," offers strategies that can help people achieve their weight loss goals. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/oxLwLnvU6vA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 10)…

_____ (2023-01-24). Palestine under the yoke of Netanyahu's "new" government. journal-neo.org The visit of Israel's far-right national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem has caused an uproar among Palestinians and in Arab and international circles. Even within Israel itself, it led to resentment because of the serious consequences the visit would have on stability in the Palestinian territories. Especially after …

_____ (2023-01-24). Building A Global People's Movement To End US Imperialism. popularresistance.org Following a two-year organizing effort, the International People's Tribunal on US Imperialism will launch in New York City on January 28. The People's Tribunal will focus on US sanctions, blockades and coercive measures and how they impact people in the targeted countries. Clearing the FOG speaks with Helyeh Doutaghi, a co-chair of the Tribunal, a doctoral student at Carleton University in Ottawa, and an anti-imperialist activist, about why this is an opportune time to build a global movement focused on the United States, how the Tribunal will be structured and how the testimony will be used to hold the US accoun…

Chris Garaffa (2023-01-24). Tribunal in Washington Calls on President Biden to End Prosecution of Julian Assange and to Defend Rights of Journalists and Whistleblowers. covertactionmagazine.com Nearly 13 years after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange released the video Collateral Murder exposing the brutal and intentional killing of Iraqi civilians and two Reuters journalists, over 1 people packed the same room in the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. for the Belmarsh Tribunal. January 20th's sitting was the third of the Tribunal, following …

Colectivo Kausachun (2023-01-24). Solidarity Action with the People of Perú. indybay.org Action in support of the National March to take place in all the regions of Perú. The People demands to stop the repression, the resignation of the president Dina Boluarte, new general elections in 2023 and a Referendum for a new Constituent Assembly. Tuesday, January 24 in front of the Peruvian Consulate, 870 Market St. Flood Building, San Francisco.

ecns.cn (2023-01-24). China's natural gas output up 6.5% in December 2022. ecns.cn China's natural gas output logged steady growth in December 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed.

ecns.cn (2023-01-24). Selected outbound tours given go-ahead. ecns.cn The National Health Commission announced on Dec 26 that China would scrap the quarantine requirement for international arrivals starting on Jan 8, as it downgraded management of COVID-19 from Class A to Class B.

ecns.cn (2023-01-24). Movie box office ready to soar over holiday. ecns.cn Recently, Deep Seawas nominated to be screened at the 73rd Berlin International FilmFestival's Generation Kplus, a competitive program that screens state-of-the-art international cinema.This is the first such price decline in seven years, said Chen Jin, an analyst with Beacon.

ecns.cn (2023-01-24). Expanding railway network makes China's Spring Festival travel easier. ecns.cn From 2012 to 2022, China's railway expanded from 98,000 km to 155,000 km, in which high-speed railway rose from 9,000 km to 42,000 km, a world record length, according to the National Railway Administration.

ecns.cn (2023-01-24). China's spending on R&D hits 3 trln yuan in 2022. ecns.cn China's total expenditure on research and development (R&D) amounted to nearly 3.09 trillion yuan (about 456 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, up 10.4 percent year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

ecns.cn (2023-01-24). China-made trains enter service in Istanbul's new metro line. ecns.cn A new metro line connecting central Istanbul and the city's new international airport officially opened to the public on Sunday, featuring China-made automated driverless trains that could run up to 120 kilometers per hour.

infobrics (2023-01-24). Poland claims Germany will face international isolation if it does not send tanks to Ukraine. infobrics.org US continues to pressure Berlin to change policy on weapons delivery.

John W. Whitehead, Nisha Whitehead (2023-01-24). Child Trafficking Has Become Big Business in America. dissidentvoice.org "Children are being targeted and sold for sex in America every day." — John Ryan, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children It takes a special kind of evil to prostitute and traffick a child for sex, and yet this evil walks among us every minute of every day. Consider this: every two minutes, a …

Lee Camp (2023-01-24). Making Politicians Uncomfortable, with Anti-War Activist Medea Benjamin. mintpressnews.com Medea Benjamin, co-founder of CODEPINK, discusses her book on the Ukraine conflict, the dangers of escalating military spending, peaceful negotiations, and international cooperation in preventing nuclear war and promoting peace.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-24). Mayo Clinic Minute: Role for opioids. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Drug overdoses from opioids have been linked to a decreased life span, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ongoing opioid crisis has been a complicated one for more than a decade. Death rates continue to rise, despite national medical guidelines for prescribing the pain medication. Dr. Holly Geyer leads the opioid stewardship program at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. She says there is an important role for opioids in patient…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-24). Can blood donors suffer iron deficiency? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org With the constant need for blood and platelet donations, frequent, regular blood donors are crucial to having a continuous national blood supply. Across Mayo Clinic in Rochester, for example, anywhere between 50 and 70 units of red cells and between 20 and 30 units of platelets are used daily to help save lives. Watch: Dr. Justin Juskewitch discusses red blood cell donation youtu.be/yDXneutyCdc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video is available in the downloads at the end of…

WSWS (2023-01-24). Portuguese teachers mount nationwide strike. wsws.org A rising tide of class struggles is underway in Portugal and internationally, three years into the COVID-19 pandemic and as NATO wages war on Russia in Ukraine.

Editor (2023-01-23). Shocking inequality: Richest 21 Indian billionaires have more wealth than 70 crore Indians. mronline.org Under the Modi government, India's ruling classes have joined the ruling classes of the rest of the world in intensifying exploitation and earning super profits.

Editor (2023-01-23). Shocking inequality: Richest 21 Indian billionaires have more wealth than 700,000,000 Indians. mronline.org Under the Modi government, India's ruling classes have joined the ruling classes of the rest of the world in intensifying exploitation and earning super profits.

infobrics (2023-01-23). Why Trade Settlement in Indian Rupee Is Important for Russia?>. infobrics.org Russia using Indian rupee trade mechanism will increase the volumes of products that New Delhi supplies to Moscow…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-23). Daily Round-Up | Third Belmarsh Tribunal held in Washington DC and more. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode of the Daily Roundup, we take a look at testimonies from the third Belmarsh Tribunal held in Washington DC, the intensifying tussle for power between the government and the judiciary in Israel and why wrestlers in India are protesting against the sport's governing body in that country.

Ramzy Baroud (2023-01-23). Missing story about power: Strong militaries equal weak societies. peoplesworld.org The Global Firepower ranking was published on January 6. The annual report classifies the world's strongest militaries based on over 60 factors, including size, spending and technological advancements. The report, which placed the United States military on top, followed by Russia, China, India and the UK, raised more questions than answers, with some accusing GFP, …

Tanupriya Singh (2023-01-23). $10 billion in aid has been promised to Pakistan's flood survivors but many questions remain. peoplesdispatch.org Pakistan received nearly $10 billion in funding pledges for post-flood recovery at a conference in Geneva this month, but 90% of this money will be in the form of loans, at a time when Pakistan is already facing a severe debt crisis and worsening socio-economic conditions…

Prof. Anatol Lieven (2023-01-23). Germans Remain Adamantly Opposed to Sending Any Leopard Tanks to Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Cira Pascual Marquina (2023-01-23). The 'old-yet-new': Past and present intermingle at the Hugo Chávez and Alí Primera communes. mronline.org Communards from two rural communes in Yaracuy tell their story of a common struggle for the land.

Don Sutherland (2023-01-23). Australia's profit story: How workers experience productivity. mronline.org If we really want to reverse wage stagnation our unions must use productivity improvement as bargaining power, even withdrawing it, rather than problem-solving it in elite tripartite consultations. Here's why.

Editor (2023-01-23). FBI wants to put me on trial for fighting for Black freedom: Instead put the colonizer State on trial! mronline.org There are strong indications that in early 2023, I, Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party, founder of the Uhuru ("Freedom") Movement, will be indicted, along with other Uhuru leaders and members, by the federal government of the United States.

Editor (2023-01-23). The lawsuit that could freeze speech against billionaires. mronline.org A gas mogul's case against Beto O'Rourke could deter candidates from ever talking about money in politics.

Editor (2023-01-23). Chris Hedges: The Plague of Social Isolation. scheerpost.com The rupture of social bonds and loss of community, caused by the decades-long assault on the poor and working class and the ravages of the pandemic, have resulted in a dangerous social isolation.

Editor (2023-01-23). Daniel Ellsberg: Losing 1st Amendment Reverses War of Independence. scheerpost.com

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-23). Over 100 countries condemn Israel's punitive measures against Palestinians following UNGA vote. mronline.org Following the UNGA resolution, Israel announced withholding of USD 39 million of Palestinian money, which is likely to cause further suffering and impact basic services delivery in the occupied territories.

Ryan Black (2023-01-23). 'Global Catastrophe' Coming If West Keeps Arming Ukraine. progressivehub.net KENNY STANCIL | COMMON DREAMS…

SAM (2023-01-23). Union Membership Is At Its Lowest Point In Decades. progressivehub.net C.M. LEWIS | IN THESE TIMES…

SAM (2023-01-23). Will Congress Shore Up The Surveillance State Again? progressivehub.net DANIEL BOGUSLAW | THE INTERCEPT…

Staff (2023-01-23). Unión Eléctrica pronostica una afectación de 464 MW en el horario pico. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica pronostica que en el horario diurno no se afectará el servicio por déficit de capacidad, mientras que, de mantenerse las condiciones previstas, se proyecta una afectación de 464 MW en el pico nocturno. En el día de ayer se afectó el servicio por déficit de capacidad desde las 17: 40 horas hasta las 20: 26 (02: 46 minutos).

infobrics (2023-01-23). South Korea increasingly aligned with US Indo-Pacific goals, discussing nuclearization. infobrics.org With an American green light for a nuclear option, the updated THAAD and now an embrace of the Indo-Pacific concept, Seoul is in a confrontation course with Beijing.

_____ (2023-01-23). Erdoƒüan — "Europe's Sick Man"?… journal-neo.org As the date of the Turkish presidential elections approaches, the contours of outside interference in Turkish society become clearer. In the first month of 2023, John Bolton, former national security adviser to US President Donald Trump, said that if incumbent Turkish President Recep Erdoƒüan remains in power, the question of suspending Turkey's membership in NATO …

_____ (2023-01-23). Syria and US War Crimes: The Reckoning Is Coming. journal-neo.org In an article published here in November 2018, I referred to the statement of the UK representative of a UN organisation named the International, Impartial, Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011. I …

Ali Abunimah (2023-01-23). EU says it's anti-Semitic to call Israel an apartheid state. electronicintifada.net Foreign policy chief Josep Borrell dismisses Amnesty International's findings.

americanthinker (2023-01-23). Why is Iran in such an upheaval? And what is the likely endgame? americanthinker.com Four months of uprisings are strengthening national resolve for a regime change in Iran.

Anonymous103 (2023-01-23). Military Overview: Battle For Maryinka (Video 18+). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The town of Maryinka located on the western outskirts of the Donetsk city agglomeration remains one of the bloodiest battlefields in the Donbass. The town became one of the main strongholds of the Armed Forces of Ukraine since the Ukrainian military aggression against the population of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. | Ukrainian nationalists have been holding control of Maryinka for all eight years. From their military positions in the area, Ukrainian servicemen have been shelling civilia…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-23). The Evidence on Whether the Anti-Russian Sanctions Are Succeeding. southfront.org Illustrative ImageThe evidence on whether the anti-Russian sanctions are succeeding: highlights from Putin's year-in-review's 'meeting on economic issues' and evidence confirming this in the international exchange-rate data | Written by Given that The West's sanctions against Russia are intended to harm Russia's economy, Russia's President Vladimir Putin's January 17th…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-23). Free Julian Assange: The Belmarsh Tribunal at the National Press Club Washington DC. transcend.org 21 Jan 2023 РChaired by Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!) and Srećko Horvat (philosopher co-founder of DiEM25), the Tribunal included testimony from Julian's father John Shipton.

Baylor Spears (2023-01-23). Protesters Rally for Women's March on Roe's Fiftieth Anniversary. progressive.org The 'Bigger Than Roe' march in Madison, Wisconsin, served as the flagship action for this year's annual Women's March with other sister marches taking place across the country.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-23). US Expands Training of Taiwanese Military with National Guard. globalresearch.ca

Frank Breslin (2023-01-23). Christian Nationalism vs. the Separation of Church and State. commondreams.org

We have a long tradition in Am ≠erica of Separation of Church and State that prohi ≠bits government's promotion of religion on the one hand, and interference with its free exercise on the other. In their refusal to establish a state church or to favor one religion over another, the Founding Fathers didn't think that religion was bad but that there was something amiss in human nature, a certain tendency, a will to power and a lust for domination, that always bore watching.It was a virus that lay dormant until its host came to power, whereupon that person or group became suddenly rabid with a mania t…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-23). A Bolivian Hell on Earth: Balkanization in the Name of God. libya360.wordpress.com Rafael Bautista S. If hell is a Christian invention, its own history which is the history of the West is proof of it, shedding as much blood as possible "in the name of love". But the religion of Hebrew-Semitic origin (not Western), which announced the "good news" to the poor, that we are…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-23). Ethiopia: Wars by Contagion. libya360.wordpress.com Guadi Calvo Oromia is the largest region of the country, with the majority ethnicity of the 110 million Ethiopians and whose language, Oromo, is the fourth most spoken on the continent. | Oromo Liberation Army | Twitter The war situation in Ethiopia was thought to be resolved after the laborious peace agreements signed in Pretoria…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-23). Russian Gains, US Gears Up for Crimea Escalation, US Proxies Strike China/Pakistan in Train Bombing. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian-Ukrainian conflict for January 23, 2023 + Pakistan train bombing as part of US proxy war on China. Russian forces are reportedly advancing in Zaporozhye while Ukraine continues losing ground around Bakhmut; Russian pushes in Zaporozhye could be (1) recon in force, (2) extending existing security zone ahead of actual Russian…

Jeremy Loffredo (2023-01-23). US Africa Leaders Summit promises more exploitation for Africa, record profits for US mining firms. thegrayzone.com Recent deals between US Secretary of State Tony Blinken and African heads of state promise eye-popping profits for US mining multinationals and fewer protections for African laborers "toiling in subhuman conditions" to drive the digital revolution. The US Africa Leaders Summit held this December in Washington DC provided a platform for the Biden administration to advance its agenda across the African continent. With topics ranging from COVID-19 to climate change to "closing the digital divide," to "strengthening democracy," Washington's agenda …

Middle East Monitor (2023-01-23). Netanyahu's claim of Jewish exclusivity in Palestine must be challenged. juancole.com By Iqbal Jassat | ( Middle East Monitor ) The defiant declaration by Benjamin Netanyahu that he is going to press ahead and complete Israel's colonial project in Palestine must be challenged by the world. Regardless of international law and conventions, his government is going to continue to defy them. Knowing full well …

Newswire Editor (2023-01-23). New GOP Majority Aims to Give Away Public Lands & Further Enable Big Oil's Price Gouging. commondreams.org This week, the U.S. House of Representatives takes up legislation pushed by the new MAGA majority that would hamstring the executive branch from counteracting industry price gouging by restricting the President's ability to release oil from the strategic reserves to lower prices, while at the same time making it easier to hand over control of public lands to Big Oil companies. The Strategic Production Response Act, H.R. 21, limits releases of the national reserve to severe interruptions of energy supply that require the government to open more public land and waterways to drilling. The legislation would also a…

Rania Khalek (2023-01-23). Nickel & Dimed: How Restaurant Lobbyists Scam Workers to Keep Wages Low. thealtworld.com Restaurant workers are being put into food safety courses where the fees then fund the industry's anti-worker lobbying against minimum wage increases. The National Restaurant Association has raised millions over the years through its ownership of ServSafe, the de facto food-safety training course for the industry. | Teo Reyes, Chief Program Officer at ROC United, breaks down the ServSafe scam and the National Restaurant Associations' decades-long fight to prevent minimum wage and subminimum wage increases.

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-23). Nigeria, Gulf of Guinea: U.S., NATO allies launch 32-nation naval exercise. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa / U.S. Sixth FleetJanuary 23, 2023 Exercise Obangame Express 2023 kicks off in Lagos, Nigeria Obangame Express (OE23), the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western and Central Africa, kicked off its 12th year with 32 participating nations, Jan. 23, 2023. The exercise, hosted in Lagos, Nigeria, will feature both …

rqorinoco (2023-01-23). Outrage Mounts After Korean Confederation of Trade Unions Is Raided by Intelligence and Police. orinocotribune.com In a major escalation of the ongoing anti-trade union persecution in South Korea, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) was raided by the National Intelligence Service on charges of violating a Cold War-era national security law | On Wednesday, January 18, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), one of the largest workers' organizations in South Korea, was raided by the intelligence and the police as the government escalated its persecution of trade unions and progressive groups in the country. Multiple raids were conducted at the offices of the KCTU and its affiliates by the National Intellig…

Staff (2023-01-23). Headlines for January 23, 2023. democracynow.org Suspected Gunman in Killing of 10 at L.A. County Dance Studio Found Dead , Germany Will "Not Stand in the Way" of Shipments of Battle Tanks to Ukraine, Over 200 Arrested as Peruvian Police Violently Raid University in Lima, Rights Groups Decry "Politically Motivated" Charges Against El Salvador Water Defenders , 100,000 March in Tel Aviv to Protest Far-Right Israeli Government , National Grid Failure Leaves 220 Million Without Power Across Pakistan, Canada to Pay $3 Billion to Settle Lawsuit over Residential School Abuses, Burkina Faso's Military Rulers Order French Troops to Depart,…

WSWS (2023-01-23). Google lays off 12,000 workers as tech jobs bloodbath intensifies. wsws.org The announcement by Google that it is laying off 12,000 workers is the latest in the intensifying jobs bloodbath in the technology sector internationally and the spearhead of a drive by the financial elite to impose the inflation crisis on the backs of the working class.

WSWS (2023-01-23). Stop the sellout of the University of Illinois Chicago faculty strike! Expand the fight for free public education! wsws.org The International Youth and Students for Social Equality at UIC stands in complete solidarity with the professors as they fight for a decent standard of living and to defend public access to a high quality education.

WSWS (2023-01-23). Support the UIC faculty strike! Take up the fight for free public education! wsws.org The International Youth and Students for Social Equality at UIC stands in complete solidarity with the professors as they fight for a decent standard of living and to defend public access to a high quality education.

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2023-01-23: News Headlines

infobrics (2023-01-24). India-Russia Trade May Increase Despite Global Trade to Face Stagnant Decade. infobrics.org Russia's trade with China and India will increase by USD 110 billion, "including USD 90 billion with China alone," according to Boston Consulting Group…

infobrics (2023-01-24). India Hopeful of Rupee Trade with Russia After Imports Surge. infobrics.org India is hopeful of a rupee trade with Russia, a trade ministry official said, as government data showed a near 400% jump in Russian merchandise imports from April-December compared with a year ago…

Editor (2023-01-23). Shocking inequality: Richest 21 Indian billionaires have more wealth than 70 crore Indians. mronline.org Under the Modi government, India's ruling classes have joined the ruling classes of the rest of the world in intensifying exploitation and earning super profits.

infobrics (2023-01-23). Why Trade Settlement in Indian Rupee Is Important for Russia?>. infobrics.org Russia using Indian rupee trade mechanism will increase the volumes of products that New Delhi supplies to Moscow…

Ramzy Baroud (2023-01-23). Missing story about power: Strong militaries equal weak societies. peoplesworld.org The Global Firepower ranking was published on January 6. The annual report classifies the world's strongest militaries based on over 60 factors, including size, spending and technological advancements. The report, which placed the United States military on top, followed by Russia, China, India and the UK, raised more questions than answers, with some accusing GFP, …

Editor (2023-01-23). Shocking inequality: Richest 21 Indian billionaires have more wealth than 700,000,000 Indians. mronline.org Under the Modi government, India's ruling classes have joined the ruling classes of the rest of the world in intensifying exploitation and earning super profits.

Prof. Anatol Lieven (2023-01-23). Germans Remain Adamantly Opposed to Sending Any Leopard Tanks to Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Editor (2023-01-23). Chris Hedges: The Plague of Social Isolation. scheerpost.com The rupture of social bonds and loss of community, caused by the decades-long assault on the poor and working class and the ravages of the pandemic, have resulted in a dangerous social isolation.

Staff (2023-01-23). Unión Eléctrica pronostica una afectación de 464 MW en el horario pico. cubadebate.cu La Unión Eléctrica pronostica que en el horario diurno no se afectará el servicio por déficit de capacidad, mientras que, de mantenerse las condiciones previstas, se proyecta una afectación de 464 MW en el pico nocturno. En el día de ayer se afectó el servicio por déficit de capacidad desde las 17: 40 horas hasta las 20: 26 (02: 46 minutos).

Editor (2023-01-23). The lawsuit that could freeze speech against billionaires. mronline.org A gas mogul's case against Beto O'Rourke could deter candidates from ever talking about money in politics.

Don Sutherland (2023-01-23). Australia's profit story: How workers experience productivity. mronline.org If we really want to reverse wage stagnation our unions must use productivity improvement as bargaining power, even withdrawing it, rather than problem-solving it in elite tripartite consultations. Here's why.

Cira Pascual Marquina (2023-01-23). The 'old-yet-new': Past and present intermingle at the Hugo Chávez and Alí Primera communes. mronline.org Communards from two rural communes in Yaracuy tell their story of a common struggle for the land.

Editor (2023-01-23). FBI wants to put me on trial for fighting for Black freedom: Instead put the colonizer State on trial! mronline.org There are strong indications that in early 2023, I, Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party, founder of the Uhuru ("Freedom") Movement, will be indicted, along with other Uhuru leaders and members, by the federal government of the United States.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-23). Over 100 countries condemn Israel's punitive measures against Palestinians following UNGA vote. mronline.org Following the UNGA resolution, Israel announced withholding of USD 39 million of Palestinian money, which is likely to cause further suffering and impact basic services delivery in the occupied territories.

infobrics (2023-01-23). South Korea increasingly aligned with US Indo-Pacific goals, discussing nuclearization. infobrics.org With an American green light for a nuclear option, the updated THAAD and now an embrace of the Indo-Pacific concept, Seoul is in a confrontation course with Beijing.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: Weight loss and willpower. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org What does it take to make meaningful, lasting lifestyle changes? Some may argue it takes a fair amount of willpower to develop new habits, but a person can't rely on willpower alone. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Donald Hensrud, a Mayo Clinic physician specializing in nutrition and editor of "The Mayo Clinic Diet," offers strategies that can help people achieve their weight loss goals. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/oxLwLnvU6vA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 10)…

_____ (2023-01-23). Syria and US War Crimes: The Reckoning Is Coming. journal-neo.org In an article published here in November 2018, I referred to the statement of the UK representative of a UN organisation named the International, Impartial, Independent Mechanism to Assist in the Investigation and Prosecution of Persons Responsible for the Most Serious Crimes under International Law Committed in the Syrian Arab Republic since March 2011. I …

americanthinker (2023-01-23). Why is Iran in such an upheaval? And what is the likely endgame? americanthinker.com Four months of uprisings are strengthening national resolve for a regime change in Iran.

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-23). Free Julian Assange: The Belmarsh Tribunal at the National Press Club Washington DC. transcend.org 21 Jan 2023 РChaired by Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!) and Srećko Horvat (philosopher co-founder of DiEM25), the Tribunal included testimony from Julian's father John Shipton.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-23). US Expands Training of Taiwanese Military with National Guard. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-01-23). Selected outbound tours given go-ahead. ecns.cn The National Health Commission announced on Dec 26 that China would scrap the quarantine requirement for international arrivals starting on Jan 8, as it downgraded management of COVID-19 from Class A to Class B.

ecns.cn (2023-01-23). Movie box office ready to soar over holiday. ecns.cn Recently, Deep Seawas nominated to be screened at the 73rd Berlin International FilmFestival's Generation Kplus, a competitive program that screens state-of-the-art international cinema.This is the first such price decline in seven years, said Chen Jin, an analyst with Beacon.

ecns.cn (2023-01-23). Expanding railway network makes China's Spring Festival travel easier. ecns.cn From 2012 to 2022, China's railway expanded from 98,000 km to 155,000 km, in which high-speed railway rose from 9,000 km to 42,000 km, a world record length, according to the National Railway Administration.

ecns.cn (2023-01-23). China's spending on R&D hits 3 trln yuan in 2022. ecns.cn China's total expenditure on research and development (R&D) amounted to nearly 3.09 trillion yuan (about 456 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, up 10.4 percent year on year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

Middle East Monitor (2023-01-23). Netanyahu's claim of Jewish exclusivity in Palestine must be challenged. juancole.com By Iqbal Jassat | ( Middle East Monitor ) The defiant declaration by Benjamin Netanyahu that he is going to press ahead and complete Israel's colonial project in Palestine must be challenged by the world. Regardless of international law and conventions, his government is going to continue to defy them. Knowing full well …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-23). Mayo Clinic Minute: Role for opioids. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Drug overdoses from opioids have been linked to a decreased life span, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ongoing opioid crisis has been a complicated one for more than a decade. Death rates continue to rise, despite national medical guidelines for prescribing the pain medication. Dr. Holly Geyer leads the opioid stewardship program at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. She says there is an important role for opioids in patient…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-23). Can blood donors suffer iron deficiency? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org With the constant need for blood and platelet donations, frequent, regular blood donors are crucial to having a continuous national blood supply. Across Mayo Clinic in Rochester, for example, anywhere between 50 and 70 units of red cells and between 20 and 30 units of platelets are used daily to help save lives. Watch: Dr. Justin Juskewitch discusses red blood cell donation youtu.be/yDXneutyCdc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video is available in the downloads at the end of…

rqorinoco (2023-01-23). Outrage Mounts After Korean Confederation of Trade Unions Is Raided by Intelligence and Police. orinocotribune.com In a major escalation of the ongoing anti-trade union persecution in South Korea, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) was raided by the National Intelligence Service on charges of violating a Cold War-era national security law | On Wednesday, January 18, the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU), one of the largest workers' organizations in South Korea, was raided by the intelligence and the police as the government escalated its persecution of trade unions and progressive groups in the country. Multiple raids were conducted at the offices of the KCTU and its affiliates by the National Intellig…

WSWS (2023-01-23). Google lays off 12,000 workers as tech jobs bloodbath intensifies. wsws.org The announcement by Google that it is laying off 12,000 workers is the latest in the intensifying jobs bloodbath in the technology sector internationally and the spearhead of a drive by the financial elite to impose the inflation crisis on the backs of the working class.

WSWS (2023-01-23). Stop the sellout of the University of Illinois Chicago faculty strike! Expand the fight for free public education! wsws.org The International Youth and Students for Social Equality at UIC stands in complete solidarity with the professors as they fight for a decent standard of living and to defend public access to a high quality education.

WSWS (2023-01-23). Support the UIC faculty strike! Take up the fight for free public education! wsws.org The International Youth and Students for Social Equality at UIC stands in complete solidarity with the professors as they fight for a decent standard of living and to defend public access to a high quality education.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-23). A Bolivian Hell on Earth: Balkanization in the Name of God. libya360.wordpress.com Rafael Bautista S. If hell is a Christian invention, its own history which is the history of the West is proof of it, shedding as much blood as possible "in the name of love". But the religion of Hebrew-Semitic origin (not Western), which announced the "good news" to the poor, that we are…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-23). Ethiopia: Wars by Contagion. libya360.wordpress.com Guadi Calvo Oromia is the largest region of the country, with the majority ethnicity of the 110 million Ethiopians and whose language, Oromo, is the fourth most spoken on the continent. | Oromo Liberation Army | Twitter The war situation in Ethiopia was thought to be resolved after the laborious peace agreements signed in Pretoria…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-23). Russian Gains, US Gears Up for Crimea Escalation, US Proxies Strike China/Pakistan in Train Bombing. libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian-Ukrainian conflict for January 23, 2023 + Pakistan train bombing as part of US proxy war on China. Russian forces are reportedly advancing in Zaporozhye while Ukraine continues losing ground around Bakhmut; Russian pushes in Zaporozhye could be (1) recon in force, (2) extending existing security zone ahead of actual Russian…

_____ (2023-01-23). Erdoƒüan — "Europe's Sick Man"?… journal-neo.org As the date of the Turkish presidential elections approaches, the contours of outside interference in Turkish society become clearer. In the first month of 2023, John Bolton, former national security adviser to US President Donald Trump, said that if incumbent Turkish President Recep Erdoƒüan remains in power, the question of suspending Turkey's membership in NATO …

Jeremy Loffredo (2023-01-23). US Africa Leaders Summit promises more exploitation for Africa, record profits for US mining firms. thegrayzone.com Recent deals between US Secretary of State Tony Blinken and African heads of state promise eye-popping profits for US mining multinationals and fewer protections for African laborers "toiling in subhuman conditions" to drive the digital revolution. The US Africa Leaders Summit held this December in Washington DC provided a platform for the Biden administration to advance its agenda across the African continent. With topics ranging from COVID-19 to climate change to "closing the digital divide," to "strengthening democracy," Washington's agenda …

Ali Abunimah (2023-01-23). EU says it's anti-Semitic to call Israel an apartheid state. electronicintifada.net Foreign policy chief Josep Borrell dismisses Amnesty International's findings.

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-23). Nigeria, Gulf of Guinea: U.S., NATO allies launch 32-nation naval exercise. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa / U.S. Sixth FleetJanuary 23, 2023 Exercise Obangame Express 2023 kicks off in Lagos, Nigeria Obangame Express (OE23), the largest multinational maritime exercise in Western and Central Africa, kicked off its 12th year with 32 participating nations, Jan. 23, 2023. The exercise, hosted in Lagos, Nigeria, will feature both …

Staff (2023-01-23). Headlines for January 23, 2023. democracynow.org Suspected Gunman in Killing of 10 at L.A. County Dance Studio Found Dead , Germany Will "Not Stand in the Way" of Shipments of Battle Tanks to Ukraine, Over 200 Arrested as Peruvian Police Violently Raid University in Lima, Rights Groups Decry "Politically Motivated" Charges Against El Salvador Water Defenders , 100,000 March in Tel Aviv to Protest Far-Right Israeli Government , National Grid Failure Leaves 220 Million Without Power Across Pakistan, Canada to Pay $3 Billion to Settle Lawsuit over Residential School Abuses, Burkina Faso's Military Rulers Order French Troops to Depart,…

_____ (2023-01-22). Ballots Out In UAW Presidential Run-Off. popularresistance.org The election pits challenger Shawn Fain, an electrician from Kokomo, Indiana, and an international rep, against incumbent president Ray Curry. The 400,000-member union represents workers at the Big Three auto plants, auto parts factories, and other sectors including heavy equipment manufacturing and higher education. | Curry picked up 38.2 percent in the first round of voting late last year, to Fain's 37.6 percent. Three other candidates split the rest. Since no candidate received a majority, the election went to a run-off. Fain's Members United slate notes that 62 percent of voters picked candidates other than t…

_____ (2023-01-22). Multipolar Economic Order. popularresistance.org The international economic system had been dominated for decades by the United States, but this financial architecture is rapidly fracturing with the creation of new institutions in the Global South. | The BRICS bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa is working "to develop a fairer system of monetary exchange", to challenge the "dominance of the dollar", South Africa's foreign minister has revealed. | Saudi Arabia publicly confirmed that it is considering selling its oil in other currencies. China's President Xi Jinping said Beijing will buy energy from the Persian Gulf states in its own currency,…

Surangya (2023-01-22). Challenges for India's women's movement today. peoplesdispatch.org We bring you a ground report from the recent national conference of the All India Democratic Women's Association which discussed the path ahead for the women's movement in the country…

Uniting for Peace, GAMIP (2023-01-22). Wednesday 2/8: Establishing Ministries / Departments for Peace – GAMIP India Chapter. indybay.org Online event – 8 February 2023, 14: 30 – 17: 00 (UK Time) | Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/3482765417?pwd=dXI1WXJRUS9TbHowWVhVNDVMRlR5QT09

Editor (2023-01-22). Beyond the 'Border Crisis'. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-01-22). Is SCOTUS on the Verge of Dismantling Labor and the Administrative State in One Blow? scheerpost.com By Nancy Snyder / CounterPunch On Tuesday, January 10, the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the matter of Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union 174. If Glacier Northwest prevails, the Supreme Court ruling will make it far easier for alleged labor disputes that result in damage to company property, to …

Ryan Black (2023-01-22). Joe Biden's Disturbing Hypocrisy On Julian Assange. progressivehub.net BEN COHEN | SALON…

WSWS (2023-01-22). Firefighters exposed to toxins at Grenfell Tower fire diagnosed with incurable cancers. wsws.org The suffering and illness of a significant number of the Grenfell firefighters makes even more the filthy moves by the authorities and Grenfell Inquiry to scapegoat them for the disaster.

Staff (2023-01-22). US Veterans Sail Historic Peace Boat to Cuba, Demand End of US Blockade. commondreams.org The Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat, crewed by US veterans and friends, has successfully completed an historic voyage to Cuba. The 34-foot wooden ketch, which in 1958 was sailed toward the Marshall Islands to interfere with US nuclear testing, is owned by Veterans For Peace, and carries out an important part of its mission, "to end …

_____ (2023-01-22). Climate Activists And Water Protectors Honor Pipeline Resister Joye Braun. popularresistance.org There was still snow on the ground on April 1, 2016, when Joye Braun set up the lodge that would serve as her temporary home for almost a year. It was on land near the convergence of the Cannonball and Missouri Rivers, at the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Braun's structure was the first erected in the famous Sacred Stone Camp — the original encampment at Standing Rock established to protest construction of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. She remained an important presence throughout the duration of the protests, serving as a key leader and an inspiration to thousands of people who came to joi…

_____ (2023-01-22). Peruvian Police Intervene At San Marcos University In Lima. popularresistance.org The Peruvian National Police (PNP) entered this Saturday the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in Lima, where Peruvians from different regions who came to Lima to demonstrate against the regime of Dina Boluarte are staying. | Elements of the police violently entered and subdued student and social leaders who had organized for the university campus to host the caravans of indigenous communities that arrived in the capital for the massive protests against the Peruvian government. | They have also arrested several people, have thrown them to the ground and are stealing donations and their belongings, accordin…

_____ (2023-01-22). Why I'm Not Running Again For City Council. popularresistance.org This is now the tenth year I've had the honor to serve as an elected representative of Seattle's working people. | Workers in Seattle, through getting organized alongside my socialist City Council office, and my organization, Socialist Alternative, have won historic victories, from the $15/hour minimum wage to the Amazon Tax to landmark renters' rights. | These victories have set a powerful example that has had a national and even international impact. | In our four election victories and in every struggle, we've had to overcome the combined might of big business, the corporate media, and the political establishm…

Anonymous669 (2023-01-22). Iraqi 'Resistance' Claims Two C-RAM Systems Were Destroyed In Recent Attack On U.S. Convoy. southfront.org The Counter-Rocket, Artillery, Missile gun fires flares during a weapons test at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Jan. 31, 2010. The C-RAM has the ability to fire up to 4, 0 rounds per minute to protect the base against incoming projectiles. Taken on 31 January 2010 by Senior Airman Brittany Bateman, U.S. Air Force. | On January 21, an Iraqi group known as the International Resistance claimed that it destroyed two Counter Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar (C-RAM) systems during a recent att…

ecns.cn (2023-01-22). Xi unanimously elected NPC deputy. ecns.cn Xi Jinping was elected on Thursday as a deputy to the 14th National People's Congress by a unanimous vote at the first session of the 14th Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-22). Brazil and Argentina to Advance Discussions on South American Currency. libya360.wordpress.com Alberto Fernandez and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva are preparing to relaunch the strategic alliance between Argentina and Brazil this week in Buenos Aires. The two will meet for the first presidential meeting between Brazil and Argentina in more than three years. Immediately after, the VII Summit of CELAC will take place in the same…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-22). Europe: Enemies Within, Enemies Without. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. BHADRAKUMAR France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as they arrive to attend a ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the Elysee Treaty, Sorbonne university's Grand Amphitheatre, Paris, Jan. 22, 2023 The internal balances of the European Union are significantly transforming as a consequence of the US' proxy war with…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-22). Lies Liberals Tell to Obscure Operation Z's Anti-Fascist Nature, & Discourage Anti-Imperialist Struggle. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea When almost two-thirds of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck because of the inflation that the Ukraine war has accelerated, the U.S. empire can only continue its proxy war by carrying out an unprecedented amount of psyops. The war machine's narrative managers have had to innovate, or else the social base for their Eurasian destabilization…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-22). Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso. libya360.wordpress.com Ian Beddowes We do not know yet how good or bad the coup governments of Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso will be. But one thing for sure, they have weakened the parasitic hold of France and the USA on a large part of Africa and we must support them at this time. At the recent…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-22). Ukraine: Russian Army Activates Southern Front as Winter Offensive Begins. libya360.wordpress.com Moon of Alabama The long expected Russian offensive in Ukraine has begun. The Ukrainian army, egged on by its U.S. controllers, had put most of its resource into the static defense of the Bakhmut (Artyomovsk) — Soledar sector of the eastern front. An insane number of Ukrainian brigades, though many partially depleted, were concentrated on…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-22). Why Africa Remains Behind in the World: Amilcar Cabral Revisited. libya360.wordpress.com Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza "This alternative — to betray the revolution or to commit suicide as a class — constitutes the dilemma of the petty bourgeoisie in the general framework of the national liberation struggle." An obstinate fact that prevails in our epoch is how Africa seemingly remains perpetually behind in all facets of existence. Prosperity…

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-01-22). Newly Declassified Documents Reveal that President George W. Bush Authorized Shootdown of Hijacked Airplanes on 9/11—But Only After Three Planes Had Already Crashed. covertactionmagazine.com Bush's delayed actions point to failure of government response. 9/11 families are at the forefront in pressing for a new congressional investigation which could help unravel many mysteries about deadly terrorist attacks. Newly released documents from the National Archives detail how President George W. Bush authorized the shootdown of hijacked airplanes at 10: 00 a.m. EDT …

Kenny Stancil (2023-01-22). Peet's Coffee Baristas Unionize First Cafe With Help from Starbucks Workers. truthout.org In a win for workplace democracy, employees at a Peet's Coffee & Tea located in Davis, California formed the chain's first unionized shop in the United States on Friday. Workers at the café voted 14-1 to join Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1021. "We will not be the last," tweeted Peet's Workers United (PWU), which organized the winning unionization campaign. |

Kenny Stancil (2023-01-22). White House Refuses to Shield Endangered Right Whales From Lethal Vessel Strikes. truthout.org The Biden administration on Friday denied an emergency petition aimed at protecting critically endangered North Atlantic right whales from being struck and killed by ships in their calving grounds off the southeastern coast of the United States. Conservation groups in November asked the National Marine Fisheries Service to establish a rule that mirrors the agency's yet-to-be-finalized proposal to… |

mforinoco (2023-01-22). The IMF's Ironic Take on the Looming World Recession. orinocotribune.com By Prabhat Patanik — Jan 16, 2023 | The admission that the US labor market's resilience greatly determines the recovery of the world economy fundamentally runs counter to the IMF's own neoliberal agenda. | International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Kristalina Georgieva has now openly admitted that the year 2023 will witness the slowing down of the world economy to a point where as much as one-third of the world will see an actual contraction in gross domestic product. This is because all three major economic powers in the world—the US, the European Union, and China—will witness slowd…

Staff (2023-01-22). Special Meeting of Colombia Government and ELN in Caracas Ends, Peace Talks to Continue in Mexico. orinocotribune.com On Saturday, January 21, the special meeting held between the government of Colombian President Gustavo Petro and the Colombian insurgent group National Liberation Army (ELN) at the Aquiles Nazoa Cultural House in Caracas, Venezuela, came to an end. The two delegations announced that the second round of the peace talks will begin on February 13, in Mexico. | The meeting was held during January 17-21 in the Venezuelan capital. During the meeting, the two sides welcomed the formation of the Colombian Humanitarian Caravan, a body comprising representatives of the Petro government and the ELN, that listened to the ne…

Staff (2023-01-22). Venezuela and Colombia Build Comprehensive Cooperation Framework (+Investments Protection). orinocotribune.com On Friday, January 20, Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodríguez met with the minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia, Germán Umaña Mendoza, for advancing in the construction of a comprehensive cooperation framework, as well as in the reestablishment of full diplomatic, political and commercial relations. | Venezuela's Minister for Productive Agriculture and Land Wilmar Castro Soteldo; Deputy Minister for Foreign Trade and Investment Promotion Johan àÅlvarez; and the superintendent of the National Integrated Customs and Tax Administration Service (SENIAT), José David Cabello were present at t…

Staff (2023-01-22). Baristas Form First Unionized Peet's Coffee in US With Help From Starbucks Workers. commondreams.org In a win for workplace democracy, employees at a Peet's Coffee & Tea located in Davis, California formed the chain's first unionized shop in the United States on Friday. Workers at the café voted 14-1 to join Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1021. "We will not be the last," tweeted Peet's Workers United (PWU), …

Theresa Kofler (2023-01-22). Greta Thunberg's Arrest Demonstrates Why Energy Charter Treaty Must Be Abolished. truthout.org Greta Thunberg made international headlines this week when she and other climate activists were briefly detained by police at a protest against the expansion of a coal mine in Germany. Thunberg was among the thousands of protesters who arrived to denounce the expansion of the huge Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine by German energy company RWE. The extraction of lignite (also known as brown coal… |

Victor Castellanos (2023-01-22). Peru: Police Violently Evict Protesters from San Marcos University. orinocotribune.com On Saturday, January 21, the Peruvian National Police entered San Marcos University in Lima, the capital of Peru, and violently expelled protesters who had been staying in university premises over the last few days. Peruvians from different regions who traveled to Lima to join the national strike against de facto President Dina Boluarte had been staying in university buildings at the invitation of the students, as has been customary for years during several protests that have taken place in the Peruvian capital throughout political crises that have been persisting since the beginning of the century. However, this…

teleSUR, rzr, SH (2023-01-22). Accidente de transito deja al menos siete muertos en Sri Lanka. telesurtv.net Al momento del accidente, el autobús escolar transportaba a estudiantes de un colegio de Colombo, capital del país.

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2023-01-18: News Headlines

infobrics (2023-01-19). Eurasia and the Emerging Western Clash. infobrics.org The creation of the EAEU led to the 'four freedoms' of freedom of movement of goods, services, capital, and labor between member states. Unlike the European Union, the EAEU has no transnational political structure and pursues economic rather than political goals…

Editor (2023-01-18). The NDP and the Right to Strike. mronline.org Ontario Premier Doug Ford recently found himself in hot water for removing the right to strike from educational workers, imposing terms and conditions of employment on them, and using the Notwithstanding Clause to bar them from asserting their constitutional rights.

Editor (2023-01-18). Ellen Brown: Solving the Debt Crisis the American Way. scheerpost.com By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost On Friday, Jan. 13, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wrote to Congress that the U.S. government will hit its borrowing limit on Jan. 19, forcing the new Congress into negotiations over the debt limit much sooner than expected. She said she will use accounting maneuvers she called "extraordinary measures" …

Editor (2023-01-18). Black NFL coaches face increased injustice. workers.org At the beginning of the 2022 season, there were only three Black head coaches in the NFL, whose players are an estimated 60% African American. Following the end of the regular season Jan. 9, now the number is down to just two. That's because the Houston Texans fired Lovie Smith, . . . |

John Catalinotto (2023-01-18). Editorial/Detener el golpe fascista en Brasil. workers.org Apenas una semana después de la toma de posesión del recién elegido y ex presidente de Brasil, Luis Ignacio 'Lula' da Silva, una turba pro fascista intentó el 8 de enero de 2023 provocar un golpe militar contra su gobierno, atacando edificios clave del gobierno en Brasilia, la capital. En . . . |

oliviaalperstein (2023-01-18). New Institute for Policy Studies Report Finds That an Annual Wealth Tax on the World's Richest Could Raise $1.7 Trillion Globally. ips-dc.org The report includes country-by-country data on wealth inequality and the revenue possibilities of national wealth taxes.

oliviaalperstein (2023-01-18). Report: "Extreme Wealth: The growing number of people with extreme wealth and what an annual wealth tax could raise" ips-dc.org

Toni Arenstein, Lyn Neeley (2023-01-18). Despite the blockade/ Cuba's health care system is extraordinary. workers.org The day the 51st Venceremos Brigade left for Cuba, Dec. 27, 2022, some 262 people in the U.S. died of COVID-19. Out of Cuba's 11 million people, only 30 tested positive for COVID-19 that same day. Leading scientists at Cuban pharmaceutical laboratory speak to Venceremos Brigade delegation. (Mairead Skehan Gillis) . . . |

Workers World staff (2023-01-18). Week of antiwar protests launched MLK Day weekend. workers.org Jan. 16, 2023 — The antiwar actions scheduled Jan. 13-23, in at least 50 U.S. cities, come as another escalation is threatened in the U.S.-NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine. Seventh Avenue, New York City, Jan. 14, 2023. (John Catalinotto) Reflecting NATO's escalation, the Danish newspaper, The Worker, reported . . . |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-18). New year, new goals, new edition of 'The Mayo Clinic Diet'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Each new year brings new hope and many weight loss goals that often go unrealized. "The foundation of any weight loss program, whether it involves different types of programs, medications, procedures ≠ ≠— it does get down to lifestyle and diet and physical activity. The way people go about this sometimes isn't productive. Just starving and trying to exercise for a couple of hours a day usually doesn't work well," says Dr. Donald Hensrud, an internal…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-18). Mayo Clinic Minute: Weight loss and willpower. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org What does it take to make meaningful, lasting lifestyle changes? Some may argue it takes a fair amount of willpower to develop new habits, but a person can't rely on willpower alone. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Donald Hensrud, a Mayo Clinic physician specializing in nutrition and editor of "The Mayo Clinic Diet," offers strategies that can help people achieve their weight loss goals. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/oxLwLnvU6vA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 10)…

ecns.cn (2023-01-18). PIF urges Japan to delay discharge of Fukushima nuclear-contaminated wastewater. ecns.cn The Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) on Wednesday urged Japan to delay its discharge of wastewater contaminated by the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean.

Binoy Kampmark (2023-01-18). Aiding Myanmar's Military Regime. dissidentvoice.org International relations remains the sum game of vast hypocrisies, a patchwork of compromises and the compromised. Every moral condemnation of a regime's conduct is bound to be shown up as an exercise in double standards, often implicating the accusers. In the case of the military regime in Myanmar, double standards are not only modish but …

_____ (2023-01-18). US escalates military tension with China. journal-neo.org Tensions between the US and China, which have reached an intense level in recent decades, especially under Donald Trump, have continued to escalate with the arrival of the Joe Biden administration in the White House. At the same time, despite deep contradictions between Republicans and Democrats on most political and international issues (in recent years), …

ecns.cn (2023-01-18). Int'l, regional flights resume at Daxing airport. ecns.cn Beijing Daxing International Airport began resuming international and regional flights on Tuesday following the optimization of immigration, aviation and customs policies earlier this month.

ecns.cn (2023-01-18). Charity sale promotes unity, rural growth. ecns.cn The opening of an annual major international charity sale in Beijing on Tuesday attracted senior Chinese diplomats, including Foreign Minister Qin Gang, and dignitaries from foreign diplomatic missions based in the country.

ecns.cn (2023-01-18). Survey: MNCs bullish on China market. ecns.cn China will remain a strategic priority market for multinational corporations as its steady progress in opening-up, dynamic domestic market and innovation strength are able to create long-term financial returns.

ecns.cn (2023-01-18). China urges U.S. to stop plundering Syrian oil resources: FM. ecns.cn China urges the United States to give the Syrian people and the international community a full account of its oil theft, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-18). Villagers perform dragon dance to greet Spring Festival. ecns.cn Villagers perform dragon dance on a glass walkway to greet the upcoming Spring Festival at Shiniuzhai National Geological Park, central China's Hunan Province, Jan. 17, 2023.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-18). Imperial-CNRS-Lille project to 'fast-track' treatments for metabolic diseases. imperial.ac.uk Imperial, France's National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the University of Lille are setting up a major project into metabolic diseases.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-18). Consumer Health: Do you know the symptoms of glaucoma? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating this group of eye conditions. About 3 million people in the U.S. have glaucoma, and it's the second-leading cause of blindness worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, often due to abnormally high pressure in your eye. Elevated eye pressure is due to a buildup of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-18). Consumer Health: What do you know about blood donation? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is National Blood Donor Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about blood types and the need for blood donation. Nearly 16 million blood components are transfused each year in the U.S., according to the American Red Cross. Daily needs include 29,000 units of red blood cells, 5,000 units of platelets and 6,500 units of plasma. People need a blood transfusion for many reasons. Some may need blood during surgery. Others depend on it after an…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-18). Celebrating international relationships, past, present and future. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It was 100 years ago that Dr. Charles Mayo visited France and met with famed physicist Marie Curie, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize. That meeting helped to set the stage for her research collaboration with Mayo and the relationship between Mayo and France that continues today. Celebrating those past, present and future relationships was the reason for a news conference held at Mayo Clinic on Friday, Jan. 6. Ambassador of France to…

Staff (2023-01-18). Jorge Rodríguez: No Reason to Continue Mexico Talks With People Who Do Not Keep Their Word. orinocotribune.com On Tuesday, January 17, the head of the government delegation to the Mexico Talks and president of Venezuela's National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez, urged the nation's far-right opposition to comply with the agreements signed in Mexico last September. | During his speech at the session in the National Assembly, Rodríguez said that the opposition, by refusing to comply with the agreements in had entered into, is eroding the government's good faith in pursuing dialogue. | "If there is something I believe in, it is in the pledged word," said Rodríguez. "Those representatives of the Venezuelan right who signed a social…

WSWS (2023-01-18). "I want them to keep on fighting!": University of Illinois faculty begin strike with widespread student support. wsws.org The walkout by hundreds of UIC faculty is part of a growing movement of the working class internationally against an escalating cost-of-living crisis and massive social inequality.

WSWS (2023-01-18). University of California UAW members denounce voter suppression in UC contract vote and national officers election. wsws.org UC workers speak about the role of the UAW imposing sellout contracts, and share their thoughts on Will Lehman's campaign for UAW president.

ecns.cn (2023-01-18). Daily inbound, outbound trips to triple year-on-year during Spring Festival. ecns.cn The average daily number of inbound and outbound trips during the 2023 Spring Festival will triple year-on-year to 600,000, accounting for 32.7 percent of that of 2019, said the National Immigration Administration (NIA) on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-18). AIIB vows efforts to tackle global challenges, expand cooperation. ecns.cn The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will deepen international cooperation to tackle global challenges and promote sustainable development, said the multilateral development bank as Monday marked its seventh anniversary.

ecns.cn (2023-01-18). Australia's Qantas flight lands safely after mayday call. ecns.cn A flight of Australia's national carrier, Qantas, safely landed at Sydney's Kingsford Smith Airport on Wednesday after issuing a mayday call en route earlier.

ecns.cn (2023-01-18). Prices of newly added 121 drugs in China's medical insurance system drop 60.1%. ecns.cn China has renewed catalog of drugs covered by its national medical insurance system, and the prices of the 121 newly added drugs have dropped 60.1 percent on average, according to the National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) on Wednesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-18). People perform dragon and lion dances to welcome the Spring Festival. ecns.cn Villagers performed dragon and lion dances on Tuesday on the top of the Shiniuzhai National Geological Park in Pingjiang County, central China's Hunan Province.

WSWS (2023-01-18). "I want them to keep on fighting!": University of Illinois Chicago faculty begin strike with widespread student support. wsws.org The walkout by hundreds of UIC faculty is part of a growing movement of the working class internationally against an escalating cost-of-living crisis and massive social inequality.

WSWS (2023-01-18). Police attack protest by Sri Lankan students against state repression. wsws.org In the struggle to defend their democratic and social rights, students need to turn towards the working class, the only social force that can lead that political struggle.

_____ (2023-01-17). The relaunched US-India Trade Policy Forum. journal-neo.org During an official visit to the US from January 9-11 by an Indian delegation, headed by Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal, a scheduled meeting of the US-India Trade Policy Forum (TPF) was held in Washington DC. It is also sometimes referred to as "Strategic Dialogue" since, within the framework of this …

infobrics (2023-01-17). Russian Ship with Rooppur Power Plant Materials Docks at Indian Port. infobrics.org After initially being deterred from anchoring at Mongla due to US sanctions on the ship, the Russian ship carrying materials for Bangladesh's Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project ultimately received India's permission to dock at the Haldia port in West Bengal…

infobrics (2023-01-17). India's OVL Retakes 20% Stake in Sakhalin-1. infobrics.org OVL acquired a 20% stake in the project in July 2001…

WSWS (2023-01-17). Hundreds protest against Sri Lankan president's visit to Jaffna. wsws.org About 400 university students and Tamil families of the "disappeared" defied police and other state forces to protest Wickremesinghe's visit to Jaffna last Sunday.

admin_ips (2023-01-17). REPORT: New Mexico at a Crossroads: False Solutions or a Just Transition? ips-dc.org | New Mexico at a Crossroads: False Solutions or Just Transition?: | Ennedith Lopez | Basav Sen | Taneya Garcia | Emily Li | Alyssa Garza: | Introduction: : | As the fight to transition off fossil fuels and into clean, renewable energy gains momentum, communities and their advocates face several challenges. | These include a fossil fuel industry still lobbying to hold back renewables, promote dirty energy, or else peddling false, "greenwashed" solutions that allow it to continue profiting from pollution. They include the challenge of cleaning up the harmful health and environmental le…

admin_ips (2023-01-17). REPORT: New Mexico at a Crossroads: Just Transition or False Solutions? ips-dc.org | New Mexico at a Crossroads: False Solutions or Just Transition?: | Ennedith Lopez | Basav Sen | Taneya Garcia | Emily Li | Alyssa Garza: | Introduction: : | As the fight to transition off fossil fuels and into clean, renewable energy gains momentum, communities and their advocates face several challenges. | These include a fossil fuel industry still lobbying to hold back renewables, promote dirty energy, or else peddling false, "greenwashed" solutions that allow it to continue profiting from pollution. They include the challenge of cleaning up the harmful health and environmental le…

Betsey Piette (2023-01-17). Thousands protest latest Israeli repression. workers.org Since Jan. 7, thousands of Palestinian and Israeli protesters have taken to the streets in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and cities in occupied Palestine. The actions are in response to a series of repressive measures imposed since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right extremist government took office in December. People waving . . . |

Editor (2023-01-17). Abortion Bans Don't Prosecute Pregnant People. That May Be About to Change. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-01-17). Record Police Killings in 2022 Show Need to Continue Organizing for Abolition. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-01-17). What Price Is 'Defense?': America's Costly, Dysfunctional Approach to Security Is Making Us Ever Less Safe. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-01-17). Why California's Climate Change and Housing Crises Hit Women Hardest. scheerpost.com

Harry Magdoff (2023-01-17). End of Cold War Illusions. mronline.org In this reprint of the February 1994 "Notes from the Editors," former MR editors Harry Magdoff and Paul M. Sweezy ask: "The United States could not have won a more decisive victory in the Cold War. Why, then, does it continue to act as though the Cold War is still on?"

jamanetwork (2023-01-17). TRANSFORM-HF—Can We Close the Loop on Diuretics in Heart Failure? jamanetwork.com Fluid overload is the cardinal manifestation of heart failure, and prior to the 20th century, treatment options were limited to purgatives, bloodletting, leeching, or lancing. It was not until 1920 that the concept of a diuretic was first appreciated, when physicians observed increased urination in patients given mercury as a remedy for syphilis. The 1950s and 1960s ushered in safe and effective diuretic therapy. Chlorothiazide, the first orally active diuretic, was approved for use in the United States in 1958, and furosemide, the first loop diuretic, in 1964.

Luiz Marques (2023-01-17). The framework convention on climate is dead. Now what? mronline.org The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change went into effect in March 1994. Yet, of the twenty-seven meetings that the UNFCCC has held to date, the most recent one, in Sharm-el-Sheik, Egypt, was the most inconsequential.

oliviaalperstein (2023-01-17). New Institute for Policy Studies Report Exposes Stark Choice in New Mexico between Just Transition and False Solutions. ips-dc.org The report features insights from New Mexican researchers and community leaders on how community-led energy solutions would benefit the state.

Stephanie Hedgecoke (2023-01-17). Battle of Stronghold 1873: Indigenous Modoc people resisted. workers.org The U.S. Army was defeated by the Modoc Nation in the Battle of Stronghold 150 years ago on Jan. 17, 1873. The battle took place in the volcanic lava beds of their homelands in today's northern California. The Modoc Nation's original homeland spanned 5,000 square miles across today's northern California . . . |

Victor Grossman (2023-01-17). Blunders — Splits — War. mronline.org Today the Linke is tragically split, on both political approaches and personalities…. [M]ost worrisome is the split about the present war. Some in the Left downplay the role of NATO, call for total condemnation of Russian imperialism and total military support for the Ukraine, in agreement with most media positions.

_____ (2023-01-17). Martin Luther King Day Special Encore Program: Restructuring The Edifice That Produces Poverty. popularresistance.org In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, Clearing the FOG brought back an interview from ten years ago with Cheri Honkala of the Poor People's Economic and Human Rights Campaign and Robert Pollin of the Political Economy Research Institute. The program is centered on Dr. King's speech before the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in August 1967, "Where Do We Go From Here?" The guests, along with co-host Kevin Zeese discuss the current economic challenges and efforts to bring transformation at the local and national levels. That conversation is relevant today as we continue to face multiple c…

_____ (2023-01-17). More Austerity In 2023 Will Fuel Protests. popularresistance.org This week world leaders meet in Davos to discuss cooperation to address multiple crises, from COVID-19 and escalating inflation to slowing economic growth, debt distress and climate shocks. | Only three months earlier, finance ministers had gathered in Washington DC for the same reason. The mood was grim. The need for ambitious actions could not be greater; however, there were no agreements, evidencing the fragility of multilateralism and international cooperation. | Worse, policy makers -advised by the International Monetary Fund- are resorting to old, failed and regressive policies, such as austerity (now calle…

_____ (2023-01-17). Report: Major Corporations Are Complicit In Israel's Water Apartheid. popularresistance.org In December, the Palestinian human rights organization, Al-Haq, released a report accusing major corporations of maintaining Israel's water apartheid on Palestinians living in the occupied territories. | According to Al-Haq, businesses are instrumental in helping Israel restrict water access to Palestinians and destroy Palestinian water infrastructure. Additionally, foreign companies profit from Israel's system of water discrimination. | Al-Haq's paper named both Israeli and international companies as: | Complicit in the violation of the Palestinian right to self-determination and permanent sovereignty over natur…

_____ (2023-01-17). Russell Banks, John Brown And The American Soul. popularresistance.org The deep malaise that defines American society — the rage, despair and widespread feelings of betrayal and loss — is rarely captured and almost never explained in the pages of newspapers or on screens. To grasp what has happened to the United States, the savage economic and emotional cost of deindustrialization; the destruction of our democratic institutions; the Neolithic violence that sees us beset with almost daily mass shootings in malls, offices, schools and movie theaters; the rise of the militarized state; and the consolidation of national wealth by a tiny cabal of corrupt bankers and corporati…

Associated Press (2023-01-17). Study: Two-thirds of glaciers on track to disappear by 2100. peoplesworld.org The world's glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists thought, with two-thirds of them projected to melt out of existence by the end of the century at current climate change trends, according to a new study. But if the world can limit future warming to just a few more tenths of a degree and fulfill international …

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). COVID-19 has peaked among Chinese populace, figures show. ecns.cn While the number of COVID-19 patients needing intensive care has "reached a plateau", the number seeking treatment at fever clinics is dropping nationally, both national and local data show.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's online retail sales up 4 pct in 2022. ecns.cn China's online retail sales expanded 4 percent year on year in 2022 to near 13.8 trillion yuan (about 2 trillion U.S. dollars), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). 12.06 million new jobs created in China last year, 1 million more than target. ecns.cn Last year, 12.06 million new jobs were created in urban areas in China, surpassing the target of 11 million, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). Beijing further opens air travel. ecns.cn Beijing Daxing International Airport on Tuesday resumed the operation of international passenger flights after China continuously optimized COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control policies.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's natural population growth rate drops 0.60‰ in 2022: official data. ecns.cn China's population decreased in 2022, with the natural population growth rate dropping 0.60 thousandths, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). Encouraging fertility a basic strategy to counter negative population growth: expert. ecns.cn China's population in 2022 fell by 850,000 from 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday, the first drop since the early 1960s.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's industrial output up 3.6 pct in 2022. ecns.cn China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 3.6 percent year on year in 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's fixed-asset investment up 5.1 pct in 2022. ecns.cn China's fixed-asset investment went up 5.1 percent in 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's GDP hits 121.0207 trln yuan in 2022. ecns.cn China's gross domestic product (GDP) hit 121.0207 yuan (about 17.95 trillion U.S. dollars) as it posted a 3-percent year-on-year expansion in 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's GDP up 3% in 2022. ecns.cn China's GDP growth reached 3 percent year-on-year in 2022, indicating that the Chinese economy has made new headway despite multiple headwinds, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's resident nominal disposable income up 5 pct in 2022. ecns.cn China's per capita disposable income stood at 36,883 yuan (about 5,487 U.S. dollars) in 2022, up 5 percent year on year in nominal terms, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). Beijing Daxing airport officially resumes outbound overseas flight services on Tuesday. ecns.cn Beijing Daxing International Airport, the second air hub in the capital city, resumed its first outbound overseas flight services Tuesday morning after a nearly three-year pandemic induced suspension.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). Masterpieces from London's National Gallery on show in Shanghai. ecns.cn A total of 52 painting pieces by renowned European artists, such as Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Constable, Monet, and Van Gogh, will be exhibited in Shanghai until May 7.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). Beijing Daxing airport resumes international passenger flights. ecns.cn China Southern Airlines flight CZ309 from Beijing to Hong Kong took off at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, marking the official resumption of international and regional passenger flights at Beijing Daxing International Airport.

Fight Back (2023-01-17). In-depth look at the Virginia transit worker strike. fightbacknews.org Alexandria, VA – Transit workers employed by the French multinational rail and transit company Keolis took strike action on January 1, in Loudoun County, Virginia. The ATU Local 689 members had no choice but to take this drastic action in view of company stonewalling at the negotiations table, and in view of the shameful labor relations practices of Keolis. Like many union fights, there are many details and episodes that go unrecorded and unreported (although

Florence CGTN (2023-01-17). Volunteers help improve community on MLK Day. america.cgtn.com Many Americans had Monday off in honor of Martin Luther King Jr., the civil rights leader who fought for equality through nonviolent resistance. MLK Day is the only federal holiday designated as a National Day of Service. And volunteers across the country heeded the …

Global Research News (2023-01-17). Selected Articles: "Orders to Kill" Dr. Martin Luther King: The Government that Honors MLK with a National Holiday Killed Him. globalresearch.ca By Very few Americans are aware of the truth behind the assassination of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-17). CIA Arrives in Libya to Manipulate Elections. libya360.wordpress.com Steven Sahiounie William Burns, CIA director, arrived in Libya on January 12 and met with Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibe in Tripoli, and others. The meeting marked the highest-ranked US official to visit Libya since President Joe Biden took office. Dbeibe's government began in February 2021 and was tasked with holding elections under the auspices of the…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-17). Europe's Gas Emergency: A Continent Hostage to Seller Prices. libya360.wordpress.com Mohamad Hasan Sweidan Europe's reliance on Russian gas imports has been upended by sanctions against Moscow. With few options for practical alternatives, the continent will remain energy-dependent and financially-vulnerable regardless of who it imports from. The 2022 outbreak of war between Russia and Ukraine revealed the importance of energy security in bolstering Moscow's geopolitical power in…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-17). Peruvian Movements Organize Caravan to Lima to Intensify Protests. libya360.wordpress.com Tanya Wadhwa A march against the Dina Boluarte government and Congress in Lima on Saturday. Photo: OjoPúblico / Renato Pajuelo Indigenous and peasant leaders have called for a 'March from the Four Corners' to Lima to intensify ongoing protests against the coup and the de facto government of Dina Boluarte Thousands of people from Peru's…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-17). Protests in Somaliland Call for Reunification with Somalia. libya360.wordpress.com Pavan Kulkarni A protest in Taleex on January 15. Photo: Khaatumo Media Office Even as the US and UK are increasingly legitimizing secessionist rule in Somaliland, whose sovereignty has no international recognition, a unionist movement seeking a united Somalia threatens to unravel the self-declared republic Protests against secessionist rule are spreading across the Sool region…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-17). US and NATO Do Not Want Peace in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Viktor Medvedchuk Listening to many Western politicians, it seems completely impossible to understand the essence of the current conflict in Ukraine, and the mechanisms which led us here. Take US President Biden: He denies that American troops are directly involved in the conflict but at the same time he consistently emphasizes his country's multi-billion dollar weapons supplies….

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-17). Venezuela's Seed Law Should Be a Global Model. libya360.wordpress.com Owen Schalk A farm worker holds bell peppers during a harvest in Cubiro, Venezuela. For peasant farmers, the battle over seed rights is critical to their livelihoods Seeds are an often-overlooked political battleground in industrialized countries like those of North America and Europe, but for peasant farmers in the Global South, the battle over seed…

jamanetwork (2023-01-17). Radiotherapy Alone vs Radiotherapy With Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy and Survival of Patients With Low-Risk Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. jamanetwork.com To the Editor The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines currently recommend that concurrent chemoradiotherapy be the primary treatment for patients with T1-2N1M0, T3N0M0, and T2N0M0 NPC with high-risk features. A recent study reported that patients with low-risk stage II and T3N0M0 cancer who received IMRT alone had the same oncologic outcomes but better long-term quality of life than those who received concurrent chemoradiotherapy. We have 3 concerns about the definition of the truly low-risk NPC.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-01-17). Itamar Ben Gvir Just Banned the Palestinian Flag. orinocotribune.com The new Israeli Minister of National Security banned the display of the colors of the Palestinian flag in public spaces. It is the latest Israeli attempt to erase Palestinian identity. | On Monday, January 9, the Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, banned the display of the Palestinian flag in all public spaces. | This order is one in a recent string of escalating attacks on Palestinians by the newly formed ultra-rightwing Israeli government. | The Israeli minister

Pavan Kulkarni (2023-01-17). Protests in breakaway Somaliland call for reunification with Somalia. peoplesdispatch.org Even as the US and UK are increasingly legitimizing secessionist rule in Somaliland, whose sovereignty has no international recognition, a unionist movement seeking a united Somalia threatens to unravel the self-declared republic…

Staff (2023-01-17). Venezuela Fine-Tunes Details for 2023 Caribbean Series. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan vice presidency office reported that the government is fine-tuning details for the upcoming inauguration of the Gran Caracas 2023 Caribbean Series. The 65th edition of the Caribbean baseball tournament is scheduled to take place from February 2 to 10 in Venezuela. | Through a message on social media, the vice presidency office explained that a meeting was held on Saturday, January 14, between Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and officials from the national executive, including Minister for Sport Mervin Maldonado, Minister for Communication and Information Freddy àëáñez, Minister for Public Works…

This Week in Fascism (2023-01-17). This Week in Fascism #133: Communities Continue to Mobilize Against Anti-LGBTQ Attacks as New Fascist Formations Emerge. itsgoingdown.org Welcome fellow antifascists! Since our last column, much has happened. After Elon Musk took over Twitter and quickly moved to align with the far-Right by removing anarchist and antifascist accounts, we wanted to bring back this column and use it as a vehicle to promote antifascist theory, action, and research. Today there's much to celebrate…

WIlliam Astore (2023-01-17). Imperial dominance disguised as democratic deterrence. nationofchange.org The Pentagon's national defense strategy drives record military spending.

WSWS (2023-01-17). National Health Service nurses take second round of national strike action across England. wsws.org Nurses have already been joined by thousands of ambulance workers fighting the same pay cut, with one day national stoppages in December and this month.

WSWS (2023-01-17). National Education Union members vote for strike action in England and Wales. wsws.org The vote expresses a determination to by educators to overturn the decades-long suppression of wages and decimation of the education sector.

Shenali D Waduge (2023-01-17). Sri Lanka Trapped into Debt and IMF Sponsored Poverty. globalresearch.ca

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2023-01-17: News Headlines

_____ (2023-01-17). The relaunched US-India Trade Policy Forum. journal-neo.org During an official visit to the US from January 9-11 by an Indian delegation, headed by Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Shri Piyush Goyal, a scheduled meeting of the US-India Trade Policy Forum (TPF) was held in Washington DC. It is also sometimes referred to as "Strategic Dialogue" since, within the framework of this …

infobrics (2023-01-17). Russian Ship with Rooppur Power Plant Materials Docks at Indian Port. infobrics.org After initially being deterred from anchoring at Mongla due to US sanctions on the ship, the Russian ship carrying materials for Bangladesh's Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant project ultimately received India's permission to dock at the Haldia port in West Bengal…

infobrics (2023-01-17). India's OVL Retakes 20% Stake in Sakhalin-1. infobrics.org OVL acquired a 20% stake in the project in July 2001…

WSWS (2023-01-17). Hundreds protest against Sri Lankan president's visit to Jaffna. wsws.org About 400 university students and Tamil families of the "disappeared" defied police and other state forces to protest Wickremesinghe's visit to Jaffna last Sunday.

admin_ips (2023-01-17). REPORT: New Mexico at a Crossroads: Just Transition or False Solutions? ips-dc.org | New Mexico at a Crossroads: False Solutions or Just Transition?: | Ennedith Lopez | Basav Sen | Taneya Garcia | Emily Li | Alyssa Garza: | Introduction: : | As the fight to transition off fossil fuels and into clean, renewable energy gains momentum, communities and their advocates face several challenges. | These include a fossil fuel industry still lobbying to hold back renewables, promote dirty energy, or else peddling false, "greenwashed" solutions that allow it to continue profiting from pollution. They include the challenge of cleaning up the harmful health and environmental le…

Betsey Piette (2023-01-17). Thousands protest latest Israeli repression. workers.org Since Jan. 7, thousands of Palestinian and Israeli protesters have taken to the streets in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and cities in occupied Palestine. The actions are in response to a series of repressive measures imposed since Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's far-right extremist government took office in December. People waving . . . |

Harry Magdoff (2023-01-17). End of Cold War Illusions. mronline.org In this reprint of the February 1994 "Notes from the Editors," former MR editors Harry Magdoff and Paul M. Sweezy ask: "The United States could not have won a more decisive victory in the Cold War. Why, then, does it continue to act as though the Cold War is still on?"

jamanetwork (2023-01-17). TRANSFORM-HF—Can We Close the Loop on Diuretics in Heart Failure? jamanetwork.com Fluid overload is the cardinal manifestation of heart failure, and prior to the 20th century, treatment options were limited to purgatives, bloodletting, leeching, or lancing. It was not until 1920 that the concept of a diuretic was first appreciated, when physicians observed increased urination in patients given mercury as a remedy for syphilis. The 1950s and 1960s ushered in safe and effective diuretic therapy. Chlorothiazide, the first orally active diuretic, was approved for use in the United States in 1958, and furosemide, the first loop diuretic, in 1964.

Luiz Marques (2023-01-17). The framework convention on climate is dead. Now what? mronline.org As is well known, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), open to national adherence in the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) or Earth Summit (1992), entered into force in March 1994.

oliviaalperstein (2023-01-17). New Institute for Policy Studies Report Exposes Stark Choice in New Mexico between Just Transition and False Solutions. ips-dc.org The report features insights from New Mexican researchers and community leaders on how community-led energy solutions would benefit the state.

Stephanie Hedgecoke (2023-01-17). Battle of Stronghold 1873: Indigenous Modoc people resisted. workers.org The U.S. Army was defeated by the Modoc Nation in the Battle of Stronghold 150 years ago on Jan. 17, 1873. The battle took place in the volcanic lava beds of their homelands in today's northern California. The Modoc Nation's original homeland spanned 5,000 square miles across today's northern California . . . |

Victor Grossman (2023-01-17). Blunders — Splits — War. mronline.org Today the Linke is tragically split, on both political approaches and personalities…. [M]ost worrisome is the split about the present war. Some in the Left downplay the role of NATO, call for total condemnation of Russian imperialism and total military support for the Ukraine, in agreement with most media positions.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-17). New year, new goals, new edition of 'The Mayo Clinic Diet'. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Each new year brings new hope and many weight loss goals that often go unrealized. "The foundation of any weight loss program, whether it involves different types of programs, medications, procedures ≠ ≠— it does get down to lifestyle and diet and physical activity. The way people go about this sometimes isn't productive. Just starving and trying to exercise for a couple of hours a day usually doesn't work well," says Dr. Donald Hensrud, an internal…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-17). Mayo Clinic Minute: Weight loss and willpower. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org What does it take to make meaningful, lasting lifestyle changes? Some may argue it takes a fair amount of willpower to develop new habits, but a person can't rely on willpower alone. In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Donald Hensrud, a Mayo Clinic physician specializing in nutrition and editor of "The Mayo Clinic Diet," offers strategies that can help people achieve their weight loss goals. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/oxLwLnvU6vA Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 10)…

_____ (2023-01-17). Martin Luther King Day Special Encore Program: Restructuring The Edifice That Produces Poverty. popularresistance.org In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, Clearing the FOG brought back an interview from ten years ago with Cheri Honkala of the Poor People's Economic and Human Rights Campaign and Robert Pollin of the Political Economy Research Institute. The program is centered on Dr. King's speech before the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in August 1967, "Where Do We Go From Here?" The guests, along with co-host Kevin Zeese discuss the current economic challenges and efforts to bring transformation at the local and national levels. That conversation is relevant today as we continue to face multiple c…

Associated Press (2023-01-17). Study: Two-thirds of glaciers on track to disappear by 2100. peoplesworld.org The world's glaciers are shrinking and disappearing faster than scientists thought, with two-thirds of them projected to melt out of existence by the end of the century at current climate change trends, according to a new study. But if the world can limit future warming to just a few more tenths of a degree and fulfill international …

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). COVID-19 has peaked among Chinese populace, figures show. ecns.cn While the number of COVID-19 patients needing intensive care has "reached a plateau", the number seeking treatment at fever clinics is dropping nationally, both national and local data show.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's online retail sales up 4 pct in 2022. ecns.cn China's online retail sales expanded 4 percent year on year in 2022 to near 13.8 trillion yuan (about 2 trillion U.S. dollars), the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). 12.06 million new jobs created in China last year, 1 million more than target. ecns.cn Last year, 12.06 million new jobs were created in urban areas in China, surpassing the target of 11 million, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). Beijing further opens air travel. ecns.cn Beijing Daxing International Airport on Tuesday resumed the operation of international passenger flights after China continuously optimized COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control policies.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's natural population growth rate drops 0.60‰ in 2022: official data. ecns.cn China's population decreased in 2022, with the natural population growth rate dropping 0.60 thousandths, data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). Encouraging fertility a basic strategy to counter negative population growth: expert. ecns.cn China's population in 2022 fell by 850,000 from 2021, the National Bureau of Statistics said Tuesday, the first drop since the early 1960s.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's industrial output up 3.6 pct in 2022. ecns.cn China's value-added industrial output, an important economic indicator, went up 3.6 percent year on year in 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's fixed-asset investment up 5.1 pct in 2022. ecns.cn China's fixed-asset investment went up 5.1 percent in 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's GDP hits 121.0207 trln yuan in 2022. ecns.cn China's gross domestic product (GDP) hit 121.0207 yuan (about 17.95 trillion U.S. dollars) as it posted a 3-percent year-on-year expansion in 2022, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's GDP up 3% in 2022. ecns.cn China's GDP growth reached 3 percent year-on-year in 2022, indicating that the Chinese economy has made new headway despite multiple headwinds, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). China's resident nominal disposable income up 5 pct in 2022. ecns.cn China's per capita disposable income stood at 36,883 yuan (about 5,487 U.S. dollars) in 2022, up 5 percent year on year in nominal terms, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). Beijing Daxing airport officially resumes outbound overseas flight services on Tuesday. ecns.cn Beijing Daxing International Airport, the second air hub in the capital city, resumed its first outbound overseas flight services Tuesday morning after a nearly three-year pandemic induced suspension.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). Masterpieces from London's National Gallery on show in Shanghai. ecns.cn A total of 52 painting pieces by renowned European artists, such as Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Constable, Monet, and Van Gogh, will be exhibited in Shanghai until May 7.

ecns.cn (2023-01-17). Beijing Daxing airport resumes international passenger flights. ecns.cn China Southern Airlines flight CZ309 from Beijing to Hong Kong took off at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, marking the official resumption of international and regional passenger flights at Beijing Daxing International Airport.

Fight Back (2023-01-17). In-depth look at the Virginia transit worker strike. fightbacknews.org Alexandria, VA – Transit workers employed by the French multinational rail and transit company Keolis took strike action on January 1, in Loudoun County, Virginia. The ATU Local 689 members had no choice but to take this drastic action in view of company stonewalling at the negotiations table, and in view of the shameful labor relations practices of Keolis. Like many union fights, there are many details and episodes that go unrecorded and unreported (although

Global Research News (2023-01-17). Selected Articles: "Orders to Kill" Dr. Martin Luther King: The Government that Honors MLK with a National Holiday Killed Him. globalresearch.ca By Very few Americans are aware of the truth behind the assassination of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-17). The Trouble with Western Tanks in Ukraine. libya360.wordpress.com Brian Berletic Western nations have begun pledging a variety of Western armored vehicles to Ukraine including infantry fighting vehicles and even main battle tanks. Until now, the majority of armored vehicles sent to Ukraine had been Soviet-era weapons Ukrainian forces were familiar with both in terms of operating and repairing them. However, following Ukraine's Kherson…

jamanetwork (2023-01-17). Radiotherapy Alone vs Radiotherapy With Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy and Survival of Patients With Low-Risk Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma. jamanetwork.com To the Editor The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) guidelines currently recommend that concurrent chemoradiotherapy be the primary treatment for patients with T1-2N1M0, T3N0M0, and T2N0M0 NPC with high-risk features. A recent study reported that patients with low-risk stage II and T3N0M0 cancer who received IMRT alone had the same oncologic outcomes but better long-term quality of life than those who received concurrent chemoradiotherapy. We have 3 concerns about the definition of the truly low-risk NPC.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-17). Consumer Health: Do you know the symptoms of glaucoma? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating this group of eye conditions. About 3 million people in the U.S. have glaucoma, and it's the second-leading cause of blindness worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, often due to abnormally high pressure in your eye. Elevated eye pressure is due to a buildup of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-17). Consumer Health: What do you know about blood donation? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is National Blood Donor Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about blood types and the need for blood donation. Nearly 16 million blood components are transfused each year in the U.S., according to the American Red Cross. Daily needs include 29,000 units of red blood cells, 5,000 units of platelets and 6,500 units of plasma. People need a blood transfusion for many reasons. Some may need blood during surgery. Others depend on it after an…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-17). Celebrating international relationships, past, present and future. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org It was 100 years ago that Dr. Charles Mayo visited France and met with famed physicist Marie Curie, the first woman to receive the Nobel Prize. That meeting helped to set the stage for her research collaboration with Mayo and the relationship between Mayo and France that continues today. Celebrating those past, present and future relationships was the reason for a news conference held at Mayo Clinic on Friday, Jan. 6. Ambassador of France to…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-01-17). Itamar Ben Gvir Just Banned the Palestinian Flag. orinocotribune.com The new Israeli Minister of National Security banned the display of the colors of the Palestinian flag in public spaces. It is the latest Israeli attempt to erase Palestinian identity. | On Monday, January 9, the Israeli Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, banned the display of the Palestinian flag in all public spaces. | This order is one in a recent string of escalating attacks on Palestinians by the newly formed ultra-rightwing Israeli government. | The Israeli minister

Staff (2023-01-17). Venezuela Fine-Tunes Details for 2023 Caribbean Series. orinocotribune.com The Venezuelan vice presidency office reported that the government is fine-tuning details for the upcoming inauguration of the Gran Caracas 2023 Caribbean Series. The 65th edition of the Caribbean baseball tournament is scheduled to take place from February 2 to 10 in Venezuela. | Through a message on social media, the vice presidency office explained that a meeting was held on Saturday, January 14, between Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and officials from the national executive, including Minister for Sport Mervin Maldonado, Minister for Communication and Information Freddy àëáñez, Minister for Public Works…

WIlliam Astore (2023-01-17). Imperial dominance disguised as democratic deterrence. nationofchange.org The Pentagon's national defense strategy drives record military spending.

WSWS (2023-01-17). National Health Service nurses take second round of national strike action across England. wsws.org Nurses have already been joined by thousands of ambulance workers fighting the same pay cut, with one day national stoppages in December and this month.

WSWS (2023-01-17). National Education Union members vote for strike action in England and Wales. wsws.org The vote expresses a determination to by educators to overturn the decades-long suppression of wages and decimation of the education sector.

WSWS (2023-01-16). Local government elections announced in Sri Lanka amid intense political crisis. wsws.org The deeply unpopular Wickremesinghe government is desperately attempting to postpone local government elections scheduled to be held in March.

Editor (2023-01-16). Capitalism's court jester: Slavoj Žižek. mronline.org One of the most prominent intellectuals in the contemporary world was named to the list of the "Top 100 Global Thinkers" in Foreign Policy magazine in 2012. He shares this distinction with the likes of Dick Cheney, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Benjamin Netanyahu, and former Mossad director Meir Dagan.

Editor (2023-01-16). How the Supreme Court could severely limit workers' right to strike. mronline.org A case the Supreme Court heard on Tuesday could make unions and workers liable for any damages their company incurred during a strike, dealing a blow to organized labor.

Editor (2023-01-16). Listen to Barack Obama's chilling description of U.S. involvement in the gigantic 1965 Indonesia massacre. mronline.org This week, Indonesian President Joko Widodo acknowledged the "staggering mass slaughter" that took place 57 years ago.

Editor (2023-01-16). The World Split Apart 2.0: Part 2. mronline.org A series of international organizations—a network of networks—created by Russia and China form the pillars upon which an alternative to the Western-dominated world order are being built. There is already an institutional split between the West and the rest evidencing the pre-schism bifurcation among great powers: the G7 and G20.

Editor (2023-01-16). 21 years later, Guantánamo is still open — and we are still protesting to shut it down. scheerpost.com Witness Against Torture continues to serve as a visible reminder to a forgetful U.S. public that Guantánamo is still a crime and an affront to humanity.

Editor (2023-01-16). Chris Hedges: Russell Banks, John Brown and the American Soul. scheerpost.com There are few contemporary novelists who have explored the dark undercurrents of American society with more insight and pathos than Russell Banks, who died earlier this month.

Editor (2023-01-16). The 11 Most Anti-Capitalist Quotes from Martin Luther King Jr. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-01-16). The Supreme Court Is About to Eviscerate the Right to Strike. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-01-16). Veterans Understand Martin Luther King Jr's Powerful Demand for Peace. scheerpost.com

JANET (2023-01-16). UNAC Speaks at anti-war rally Jan 14, Times Square: Video. iacenter.org

oliviaalperstein (2023-01-16). Dynasty-Building Trusts: How the Getty and Walton Families Use Trusts To Dodge Taxes. ips-dc.org The more we learn from courageous whistleblowers like Marlena Sonn, the more outrage and pressure will build to reform trust law and eliminate the games that the Waltons and the Gettys are playing.

oliviaalperstein (2023-01-16). MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Authors of Report on "Billionaire Enabler States" Available for Comment on The New Yorker Exposé on Allegations of Getty Family Trusts' Tax Dodging. ips-dc.org "Nevada has helped make it possible for super-wealthy families like the Gettys to dodge taxes owed to other states like California."

Prabhat Patnaik (2023-01-16). The impending world recession. mronline.org The IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva has now openly admitted that the year 2023 will witness the slowing down of the world economy to a point where as much as one-third of it will see an actual contraction in gross domestic product.

repost (2023-01-16). Democrat Barbara Lee Wants Millions of Gov Funds For Billionaire Fisher's A's Stadium. indybay.org Democratic Party politician Congresswomen Barbara Lee is supporting spending $182 million of US DOT funds for GAP A's billionaire owner John Fisher's stadium project. While thousands are homeless in Oakland, she wants to spend millions on Fisher's privately owned stadium project.

americanthinker (2023-01-16). We're All Chicagoans Now. americanthinker.com Chicago is perhaps the most solidly Democrat city in America. And as goes Chicago, apparently, so goes the nation.

Norman Solomon, Jeff Cohen (2023-01-16). The Myth of the "Moderate Republican" — and Why It's So Dangerous. indybay.org Moving the right-goal posts…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-16). Seeing Is Believing: What the Data Reveal about Deaths Following COVID Vaccine Rollouts around the World. transcend.org 9 Jan 2023 – Why would so many countries big and small, rich and poor, in different parts of the world, some with congested cities, some sparsely populated, cold weather or hot weather, tropical or desert, high altitude or low altitude, small islands or landlocked — why would they all see increases in COVID-19 deaths after mass vaccination?>

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-16). US to Boost Aid to Micronesia in Exchange for More Military Access. news.antiwar.com The US and the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) are nearing a deal that would give more economic aid to the Pacific nation in exchange for more US military access to the islands, FSM President David Panuelo said on Friday. The deal will be an extension of an agreement the US has with several Pacific …

ecns.cn (2023-01-16). 6.3-magnitude quake hits Izu Islands, Japan region: USGS. ecns.cn An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 jolted Izu Islands, Japan, at 04: 49: 52 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

_____ (2023-01-16). House Republican Rules Package Designed To Enable Skewed Priorities. popularresistance.org The House Republican majority recently adopted a rules package to guide that chamber's legislative action that would put up steep barriers to investments in critical national needs while paving the way for ever more tax cuts, inevitably tilted toward the wealthy and profitable corporations. That isn't an agenda that will expand opportunity or support broadly shared economic growth. | Proponents describe the rules as "restoring fiscal sanity," but they just reflect an ideology that ignores reams of evidence showing that the tax cuts of recent decades haven't meaningfully boosted economic growth. The large tax cuts…

_____ (2023-01-16). Lula: The Coup And The Importance Of Popular Mobilization. popularresistance.org The attempted fascist Bolsonarist coup d'état of January 8 in Brasilia is not a merely local event. Everything indicates that it had international sponsorship. It is far from being a spontaneous revolt, as there are countless facts that demonstrate a high degree of organization, coordination and financing prior to the assault and vandalizing of the main institutions representing the three branches of state power in Brazil, no less than the Congress, the Planalto Palace and the headquarters of the Federal Supreme Court. This relationship with the support of an international organization behind the coup attempt and…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-16). New Evidence Of Torture Of Russian POWs By Ukrainians Emerged. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Several days ago, another video confirmed torture of Russian soldiers by Ukrainians was widely spread online. However, it was widely ignored by Ukrainian media and international MSM. Unidentified Ukrainians called mothers of two Russian prisoners of war (POW), threatening to kill their childs. Ukrainians demanded a large ransom for Russian soldiers. The Russian soldiers were tortured during the call. | On January 14, Russian High Commissioner for Human Rights Tatiana Moskalkova published video o…

Armed Forces Press (2023-01-16). The US Department of Defense Controlled COVID 'Vaccines' from the Start Under A National Security Program. Lied the Entire Time — Were Never 'Safe and Effective'. globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-01-16). HK will prosper from national rejuvenation. ecns.cn Newly appointed liaison office head Zheng Yanxiong spelled out in his New Year speech on Sunday a success formula for Hong Kong to achieve greater prosperity.

ecns.cn (2023-01-16). High-speed rail surge showcases nation's abilities. ecns.cn In the decade since it opened, the world's longest high-speed railway line, running 2,298 kilometers, has recorded 1.69 billion passenger trips, according to China State Railway Group, the national railway operator.

ecns.cn (2023-01-16). All 72 dead in plane crash in Nepal. ecns.cn A Yeti Airlines ATR 72 crashed on the bank of the Seti River while landing at Pokhara International Airport in Nepal. A total of 68 passengers and four crew members were on board the crashed aircraft.

ecns.cn (2023-01-16). China's C919 continues verification flight to Qingdao. ecns.cn Flight MU7811 departed from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport on Sunday as a part of the 100-hour aircraft validation flight process.

ecns.cn (2023-01-16). China's C919 jetliner lands in Qingdao as part of verification flight process. ecns.cn A C919 large passenger aircraft, China's first homegrown large jetliner, landed at Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport in east China's Shandong Province on Sunday.

Edward Curtin (2023-01-16). "Orders to Kill" Dr. Martin Luther King: The Government that Honors MLK with a National Holiday Killed Him. globalresearch.ca Few people, in a massive act of self-deception, have chosen to question the official explanation, choosing, rather, to embrace a mythic fabrication intended to sugarcoat the bitter fruit that has resulted from the murder of the one man capable of leading a mass movement for revolutionary change in the US.

Fight Back (2023-01-16). New Yorkers say no to NATO. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Around 300 people braved the first snow of the season on Saturday, January 14 to gather in Times Square outside of the U.S. Army recruiting office and say no to NATO and U.S. militarism. The rally was called by the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition and United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) as part of a weekend of action in honor of the legacy of Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. | The event featured a series of powerful speakers who demanded money for healthcare, education, housing and the environment instead of U.S. imperialism. | John Parker of the Socialist Unity Party spoke t…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-16). As West Sends More Armor to Ukraine, Why "Turning the Tide" is Still Fantasy. libya360.wordpress.com Update on the conflict in Ukraine for January 16, 2023. Russian forces are consolidating control over and around Soledar to the north of Bakhmut; Russian forces are also apparently preparing a much larger encirclement of Bakhmut itself; The United Kingdom, in addition to sending 14 Challenger 2 main battle tanks has claimed…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-16). Omali Yeshitela: "The FBI Wants to Put Me on Trial for Fighting for Black Freedom" libya360.wordpress.com Omali Yeshitela Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party There are strong indications that in early 2023, I, Omali Yeshitela, Chairman of the African People's Socialist Party (APSP), founder of the Uhuru ("Freedom") Movement, will be indicted, along with other Uhuru leaders and members, by the federal government of the United States. Using the bogus and…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-16). Operation Belladonna: CIA Involvement in Ukranian Nationalism. libya360.wordpress.com Red Street Media Collective OPERATION BELLADONNA NOTE: To decode CIA Terms & Cryptonyms, use a Research Aid. If we analyze publicly available declassified documents from the Central Intelligence Agency, we can learn quite a bit about the United States and its role in the historical development of Ukrainian Nationalism. To view the February 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict, in isolation,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-16). The Chinese View of the World: Is a Non-Zero-Sum Game Possible? libya360.wordpress.com Ivan Timofeev The People's Republic of China has appointed a new foreign minister. Qin Gang, a career diplomat who went through all the key stages of the PRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, has become the head of the Foreign Ministry. His predecessor Wang Yi was appointed head of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-16). The Psychology of Veridos: A Study of Moral Heroism of the 5% or Less. libya360.wordpress.com Editorial Comment: While the author's focus is primarily on the response and resistance to the mainstream and government covid narrative and agenda, the broader application of her findings are most fascinating. There have been extensive studies of pathological human behaviour, political ponerology, herd mentality, hive mind, mass formation and mass psychosis, but few have examinied…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-16). These Latin American Leaders Will Be at Davos. libya360.wordpress.com The World Economic Forum Annual Meeting opens on Monday at its Switzerland headquarters. The week-long event, dominated by European and NATO leaders alongside the financial elite and representatives of transnational capital, will feature some Latin America-themed sessions and leaders. Not all Latin American heads of state are welcomed in Davos, namely the main leaders of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-16). Unrest Spreads Across Peru After Massacre of Civilians. libya360.wordpress.com Abayomi Azikiwe Peru Military Massacres Civilians In Juliaca Calls for the prosecution of coup-President Dina Boluarte while unprovoked killings of dozens in the south of the South American state continues Since the ouster by the parliament of former leftwing President Pedro Castillo in December, demonstrations demanding his release from detention and the reversal of the…

Lawrence Wittner (2023-01-16). Stepping Back from the a Nuclear Brink. dissidentvoice.org The development and the deployment of nuclear weapons are usually based on the assumption that they enhance national security. But, in fact, as this powerful study of nuclear policy convincingly demonstrates, nuclear weapons move nations toward the brink of destruction. The basis for this conclusion is…

Nicholas Powers (2023-01-16). Following in MLK's Footsteps Means Resisting Christian Nationalism. truthout.org Martin Luther King Jr. yanked the burnt Ku Klux Klan Christian cross from his front lawn as his child looked on. It was 1960. Many Black families in Atlanta woke to charred crosses left as a warning to civil rights activists. Sixty-one years later, a Christian nationalist group called Jericho's Road stoked the January 6 insurrection with prayer vigils and marches. A right-wing mob waving flags… |

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-16). Maternal solicitude: Condoleezza Rice demands morganatic offspring Saakashvili be released. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rice was National Security Adviser at the time of Saakashvili's 2003 "Rose Revolution" in Georgia and Secretary of State shortly afterward. In the latter capacity she visited Georgia shortly before and immediately after the Saakashvili regime invaded South Ossetia on August 8, 2008, triggering a five-day war with Russia. On the day of the second …

Staff (2023-01-16). Vuelta a la Patria Program: More Than 2 Venezuelans Return From Peru. orinocotribune.com This Friday, January 13, 251 Venezuelans arrived at the Simón Bolívar de Maiquetía International Airport in La Guaira, on a flight from Peru via the state airline Conviasa, thanks to the Vuelta a la Patria program that brings vulnerable migrants back to their homeland, free of charge. | Accordingly, the Foreign Affairs Vice-minister for Latin America and the Caribbean Rander Peña, who received the returnees at the airport, stressed that President Nicolás Maduro, in his annual message to the nation before the National Assembly (AN), spoke of six lines of work for the current year. In the second line, about the exp…

Staff (2023-01-16). Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa'adat launches with global events and actions: Over 210 organizations endorse the campaign. samidoun.net With the support of over 215 organizations from more than 30 countries, the Week of Action to Free Ahmad Sa'adat and All Palestinian Prisoners launched on Saturday, 14 January 2023. Marking the 21st anniversary of the imprisonment of Sa'adat, a prominent Palestinian national leader and the General Secretary of the Popular Front for the Liberation …

WSWS (2023-01-16). Chinese National Health Commission discloses 60,000 deaths since abandoning Zero COVID. wsws.org As late as January 12, health authorities had confirmed that a mere 37 people had died from the virus, a figure known to be completely erroneous.

WSWS (2023-01-16). Biden and the secrets of the national security state. wsws.org The real victims of "national security" secrets are the American people, who are denied knowledge of the crimes committed by the American government.

WSWS (2023-01-16). Crisis in Britain's emergency care threatens patient safety and costs lives. wsws.org The deliberate destruction of the National Health Service by the Tory government is leading to needless suffering and death…

WSWS (2023-01-16). Sri Lankan plantation workers support Australian Pampas workers' fight against wage-cutting agreement. wsws.org Sri Lankan plantation workers urge Pampas workers to take matters into their own hands and form their own rank-and-file committee, independent of the trade union apparatus.

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