ecns.cn (2024-01-10). Xi, Maldivian leader elevate relations. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping and Maldivian President Mohamed Muizzu announced the elevation of bilateral ties to a comprehensive strategic partnership on Wednesday, with both nations pledging further cooperation on the building of the Belt and Road, the digital economy and green development.

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). FTA between China, New Zealand now in full implementation: Chinese Embassy. ecns.cn All dairy products exported from New Zealand to China are now able to enter China duty-free and quota-free, reflecting China's fulfillment of its commitments of tariff elimination under the China-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

ecns.cn (2024-01-11). WEF highlights misinformation threat. ecns.cn The spread of misinformation and disinformation driven by artificial intelligence is the biggest short-term risk for the global economy this year, while environmental risks dominate the threats in the long-term, according to a new report.

ecns.cn (2024-01-11). FTA between China, New Zealand now in full implementation: Chinese Embassy. ecns.cn All dairy products exported from New Zealand to China are now able to enter China duty-free and quota-free, reflecting China's fulfillment of its commitments of tariff elimination under the China-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

ecns.cn (2024-01-11). Premier Li Qiang to attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024, visit Switzerland and Ireland. ecns.cn Premier Li Qiang of the State Council will attend the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024 and pay an official visit to Switzerland and Ireland from January 14 to 17: Chinese Foreign Ministry.

Gabisile (2024-01-11). SA remains committed to creating a conducive environment for business. sanews.gov.za SA remains committed to creating a conducive environment for business | South Africa remains open for business and dedicated to creating a conducive environment for it to strive, says Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana. | The Minister made the remarks on Thursday during an engagement with members of the media ahead of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland. | "We remain steadfast in carrying out structural reforms to support and accelerate economic recovery. As government, we remain resolved to deal with the energy and logistics challenges that are adversely impacting our economy," he…

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). Hong Kong expected to return to global Top 5 in new IPOs in 2024: report. ecns.cn Hong Kong's IPO market is expected to rebound in 2024, allowing the city to reclaim its position as one of the top five global IPO sites, a report by accounting firm KPMG said.

Steve Lalla (2024-01-10). Guyanese Are Becoming Poorer Despite Living in World's Fastest Growing Economy. orinocotribune.com Caracas ( "Guyana…

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-01-10). Venezuelan FM thanked Cuba for its unwavering solidarity. plenglish.com "Together we will win!", the top diplomat stated last night on his X account. | The text of the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs responded to the message of his counterpart from the Caribbean island, Bruno Rodríguez, who rejected the U.S. attempts to strip the Venezuelan people and State of the Citgo company. | We reiterate our invariable solidarity with sister Venezuela and "demand the total lifting of the unilateral coercive measures that harm the normal functioning of its economy," Rodriguez said on the social network. | The Bolivarian government yesterday rejected the decision of the Supreme Court of J…

Aram Aharonian (2024-01-10). Without the help of "the forces of heaven", Milei faces a harsh reality check. pressenza.com Surrounded by the expectations, not only of Argentina but of half the world, the ultra-right Javier Milei started 2024 with a series of setbacks and, despite the promoted intentions of the self-styled "forces of heaven" to remove the state from its role as a regulator of the economy, they were met with obstacles in the two remaining powers, Judicial and Legislative, and in political and social sectors. | Faced with this scenario, Milei, who lacks a political structure in Congress and believes that the masses will follow him, ordered his main advisors to prepare a call for a vote to consult society on whether or n…

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). China ready to push foreign trade to higher level: minister. ecns.cn China has the capability and confidence to make new progress in promoting the development of trade at a higher level, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao said on Tuesday.

latintimes (2024-01-10). New US Labor Rule May Help Gig Workers Qualify As Employees. latintimes.com A rule issued Tuesday by the US Labor Department making it tougher for companies to classify workers as "independent contractors" could take a toll on the gig economy — and is likely to face challenges.

Honduras Solidarity Network, Popular Resistance. (2024-01-11). Delegation To Honduras Launches Campaign To Indict The US, Canada. popularresistance.org Members of a ten-day US/Canada delegation hosted by the Cross Border Network of Kansas City and the Honduras Solidarity Network of North America have investigated how their two nations prioritize protecting the political, economic, and military interests of their governments and corporations over the rights and interests of the Honduran people. The delegation visited communities affected by mining and land grabbing, met with labor movement activists, and spoke with US, Canadian and Honduran officials and found that the continuing poverty, inequality, and dispossession of the Honduran people result from the crimes…

latintimes (2024-01-11). Latino Financial Empowerment Surpasses National Average as More Latinos Report Economic Progress. latintimes.com

Dedrick Asante-Muhammad, Chuck Collins (2024-01-10). MLK Would Have Been 95 This Year. Let's Make His Dream a Reality. otherwords.org King's lifetime saw substantial economic progress for Black Americans, but in our century progress has slowed to a crawl. Here's how we get it back on track.

Frank Barat (2024-01-10). Israel's genocide in Gaza exposes the racism of the international system | Witnessing Palestine. mondoweiss.net Francesca Albanese and Susan Abulhawa discuss the role Israel's genocidal war on Gaza plays in the global systems of diplomacy, economics, and culture.

Sharon Zhang (2024-01-10). In 41 States, Richest 1 Percent Pay Lowest Tax Rate of Any Group. truthout.org The richest 1 percent are benefiting greatly from highly regressive state and local tax codes across the U.S., with tax laws strongly favoring concentrating more wealth in the hands of the rich in the vast majority of states, a new report reveals. According to a report on state and local tax codes by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), the vast majority of state tax and local… |

Staff (2024-01-10). La IA puede alimentar la desinformación y agravar la crisis económica, según un reporte. cubadebate.cu La información falsa y engañosa potenciada por inteligencia artificial de última tecnología, que amenaza con erosionar la democracia y polarizar la sociedad, es el mayor riesgo inmediato para la economía global, indicó el Foro Económico Mundial en un reporte el miércoles.

Akkanut Wantanasombut, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2024-01-10). Creating A Support System For Platform Cooperatives In Thailand. popularresistance.org Since its first proposal in 2014, Platform Cooperativism has evolved into a global movement as an alternative to Platform Capitalism. The concept has been adopted in over 546 known projects across 50 countries. The establishment of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium (PCC), serving as a knowledge hub for the global community, marked a significant milestone. PCC fosters inspiration, knowledge, outcomes, and impacts—I am a testament to this, considering myself a small yet integral piece of the evidence. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I enrolled in the online course 'Platform Co-op Now!'

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-01-10). Díaz-Canel urges to be informed about economic measures in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel urged the population to keep informed about the government measures recently approved to face the economic problems the country is experiencing.

April Lanuza (2024-01-10). Report warns AI poses risk for election disruption. america.cgtn.com Election disruption from artificial intelligence poses the biggest risk this year, that's according to a report released on Wednesday by the World Economic Forum. | The NGO's 'Global Risks Report' says that AI-derived misinformation and disinformation could disrupt elections, as half of the world's adult population heads to the polls in 2024. | Despite the benefits innovation can bring, the paper urges leaders to focus on cooperation and building guardrails against the technology.

Fredy Lizarrague, Left Voice. (2024-01-10). Argentina: Building The General Strike Against The Milei Government. popularresistance.org Since taking office last month, Javier Milei, the new far-right president of Argentina, has announced a series of economic proposals and attacks on basic democratic rights that, if implemented, will devastate the working class. In response, labor unions and the Left have called for a general strike on January 24. The Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas (PTS), the sister organization of Left Voice in Argentina, is calling for the working class to take the general strike into its own hands to defeat these proposals and the entire neolibertarian regime. | Among the new proposals are changes to more than 300 laws…

Granma, Resumen English. (2024-01-10). With The Integration Of Countries, Lies A Solution To Migration. popularresistance.org Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador criticized U.S. legislators for refusing to approve resources for the development of Latin America and, instead, focusing on a communication campaign to blame the Mexican administration for not stopping the migratory flow to the north. | From the National Palace, the President reiterated, that people have reasons to emigrate from their communities, towns and countries, essentially due to economic difficulties. | In his speech, he called for the suspension of the economic and commercial blockade of Cuba and the beginning of a bilateral dialogue, the removal of Cuba fro…

Oraily Madruga Rios (2024-01-10). Panama's minister announces average minimum pay raise. plenglish.com Panama City, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Panama's Labor and Labor Development Minister Doris Zapata announced on Wednesday an average minimum pay raise in the country, taking into account several economic variables.

Pressenza IPA (2024-01-10). Tunisia: expulsions and arrests of sub-Saharan migrants. pressenza.com Human rights and migrants' rights organisations and collectives have raised an accusatory alert against the Tunisian government and claim that there is a repressive campaign "to satisfy European blackmail and guarantee a constant flow of financial and logistical support". | According to information shared by the Forum for Economic and Social Rights in Tunisia, the borders with Libya and Algeria, as well as in the vicinity of Sfax, one of the most populated cities in Algeria and an obligatory passage for those heading towards the Mediterranean, the repression of migrants is much more serious: violence of all kinds…

WSWS (2024-01-10). German Greens on the war offensive in the Middle East. wsws.org The current trips to the Middle East by Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Economics Minister Robert Habeck underline that German imperialism is playing a key role in Israel's genocide in Gaza and the preparations for a wider war against Iran. And the former pacifists of the Greens are among the most aggressive warmongers.

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). China's GDP projected to increase 5.3% in 2024. ecns.cn China's economic growth is projected to reach 5.3 percent in 2024, Xinhua Finance reported on Tuesday citing a report by Chinese Academy of Sciences.

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). China-Europe Railway Express trips up 6% in 2023. ecns.cn The number of China-Europe Railway Express services operated in 2023 reached 17,000, up 6 percent year-on-year. The rise in freight train trips reflects deepening economic and trade cooperation between China and partner countries.

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). Fujian eyes enhanced cross-Strait biz ties. ecns.cn China has unveiled a package of policy steps to support building its coastal Fujian province, located opposite Taiwan, into a pilot zone for advancing cross-Strait economic integration.

ecns.cn (2024-01-11). Private brands spur sales of retail stores. ecns.cn Chinese supermarkets, warehouse club chains and convenience stores are increasingly relying on their own store brands to better serve consumers seeking value and affordability.

NEO (2024-01-11). Government welcomes Rooibos tariff reduction decision. sanews.gov.za Government welcomes Rooibos tariff reduction decision | Government has welcomed the decision by the People's Republic of China to substantially reduce tariff rates on imports of South African Rooibos tea. | "China, the world's largest tea-market, previously had tariffs ranging from 15% to 30% on rooibos tea. This has now been reduced to 6%," said the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) in a statement. | The move is with effect from 1 January 2024. | It added that Rooibos tea is a unique South African tea that has gained a strong foothold in global markets with hundreds of millions of rands of ann…

latintimes (2024-01-10). Asian Markets Drop Again As Traders Prepare For CPI, Earnings. latintimes.com Asian markets on Wednesday resumed the losses that have characterised the year so far, following a tepid lead from Wall Street as traders prepare for the release of key inflation data and start of earnings season.

Ann Brown (2024-01-11). Strong December Jobs Report Shows Second Lowest Black Unemployment Rate On Record. moguldom.com The latest jobs report released by the Department of Labor reveals positive news, particularly for Black Americans, as the unemployment rate for Black Americans dropped significantly in December 2023. While the overall jobless rate held at 3.7 percent, the Black unemployment rate reached 5.2 percent, marking a decline from 5.8 percent in November. Black men …

Ann Brown (2024-01-11). Strong December Jobs Report Shows Second Lowest Black Unemployment Rate On Record. moguldom.com The latest jobs report released by the Department of Labor brings positive news, particularly for Black Americans, as the unemployment rate for this demographic dropped significantly in December 2023. While the overall jobless rate held at 3.7 percent, the Black unemployment rate reached 5.2 percent, marking a decline from 5.8 percent in November. Black men …

Alex S. Vitale, Truthout. (2024-01-10). An Open Border Could Benefit Us All. popularresistance.org Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed two bills into law designed to further harden the southern border. SB 3 provides $1.5 billion for additional wall building and to support more state law enforcement targeting of low-income immigrant neighborhoods, like Houston's Colony Ridge. SB 4 gives local police the power to engage in immigration enforcement, including arresting people for not having the right citizenship papers and deporting people into Mexico, regardless of their country of origin. | The bills, which Abbott signed into law on December 18, represent a dangerous and almost certainly unconstitutional expa…

Ruth Milka (2024-01-10). Wealth over fairness: Shocking report unveils tax favoritism for the rich in 41 US states. nationofchange.org According to the report, in 41 out of 50 states, the wealthiest 1 percent are subjected to lower tax rates compared to other income groups.

Gabisile (2024-01-11). Nxesi brings services closer to Bushbuckridge communities. sanews.gov.za Nxesi brings services closer to Bushbuckridge communities | The Department of Employment and Labour has officially launched its 'Taking Services Closer to the People' campaign this week, focusing on the communities in the Bushbuckridge areas of Casteel, Shatale, and Hluvukani. | The campaign, according to the department, seeks to shorten the travel by community members from remote locations to departmental offices to access the services the department provides. | The campaign is held year-round in all provinces to ensure accessibility. | Employment and Labour Minister, Thulas Nxesi, who led the drive on Wednesda…

Mr Chips (2024-01-10). Keir Starmer's Claims About Labour's Private Schools Tax Hike Don't Add Up. dailysceptic.org Keir Starmer has claimed Labour's policy of slapping 20% VAT on private schooling will raise £1.7bn in tax revenue. But no evidence supports that claim because it fails to allow for pupils leaving for the state sector.

WSWS (2024-01-10). Oppose BMA's planned sellout of UK junior doctors' fight: For a joint struggle across the NHS. wsws.org A new axis of struggle is required to unify the fight with doctors and health workers across the NHS against the Tories and their de facto Labour allies.

Ann Brown (2024-01-11). Howard Professor And 1619 Author Nikole Hannah-Jones Wins Emmy With Oprah-Lead Group. moguldom.com Journalist and Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the groundbreaking yet controversial 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones, recently took home an Emmy at the 75th Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Her six-part docuseries, an extension of the New York Times Magazine article series, earned the Emmy for Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Series. The collaboration involved executive producers Oprah Winfrey, …

Centre for Civil, Political Rights (2024-01-11). Namibia: CCPR Centre and IPPR strengthen Civil Society's role on UN human rights mechanisms. reliefweb.int Country: Namibia | Source: Centre for Civil and Political Rights | CSOs from Namibia ready to engage with the Human Rights Committee in March 2024 | Windhoek, Namibia – In a collaborative effort between the Centre for Civil and Political Rights and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), a two-day workshop unfolded in Windhoek, Namibia on 13rd and 14th December 2023. This workshop brought together 15 participants from various NGOs including at least 50% women human rights defenders. It aimed at deepening the understanding of civil society organizations on the Treaty-based Human Rights mechanisms, with…

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-11). Concern grows over NSW Labor's secret plan for Powerhouse Museum. greenleft.org.au

infobrics (2024-01-11). Russia Still Wants to Collaborate with China on Long-Range Aircraft Program. infobrics.org Russia hopes to leverage its strengths to provide crucial components for the C929 project…

People's Dispatch. (2024-01-11). How Workers Of An Italian Factory Are Creating History. popularresistance.org The fight against plant closures, offshoring, mass layoffs, and persecution has been an almost a daily affair for the working class in Europe over the past two decades. COVID-19 and the escalating cost of living crisis further pushed workers to the brink. | Over these years ridden with scorching attacks of global finance capital marked with austerity and 'slave' labor, grassroots mobilization and solidarity were two major pillars of working-class organization and resistance. | It is in this context that the fightback by the workers of the former GKN factory in Campi Bisenzio near Florence in Italy against layoffs…

Staff (2024-01-11). Fallece en Pinar del Río destacado neurocirujano Iván Arenas. cubadebate.cu Con profundo dolor conocimos este martes el fallecimiento del destacado profesor, Iván Francisco Arenas Rodríguez, especialista de Segundo Grado en Neurocirugía y considerado el padre de la especialidad, en Pinar del Río. Por más de 40 años consagró su vida a esa labor, siendo formador de generaciones de neurocirujanos en la provincia vueltabajera.

UN Development Programme (2024-01-11). Solar power brings renewable energy to hospitals in Yemen [EN/AR]. reliefweb.int Country: Yemen | Source: UN Development Programme |

John Feffer (2024-01-10). Labor and Green Colonialism in the Global South. fpif.org Making a transition away from fossil fuels is going to require a lot of work. But there's a real concern that it will also require a lot fewer workers. | All of the workers in fossil fuel industries, for instance, are acutely aware that their jobs are at risk, if not immediately then at some point in the future. Along with automation, the energy transition also threatens to reduce the ranks of those in sectors dependent on fossil fuel, like plastics, steel, and petrochemicals. And unions are particularly concerned that unionized jobs in these sectors will be replaced with lower-paid non-union positions if they ar…

Staff (2024-01-10). 2024-01-10: News Headlines. south-america.positiveuniverse.com • admin | Wed, 10 Jan 2024 23:10:16 +0000 | | Staff (2024-01-10). Miguel Barnet: Premio Patrimonio por la Obra de Toda la Vida. cubadebate.cu Más allá de la labor que ha hecho por nuestro Patrimonio desde la Fundación Fernando Ortiz, desde la colección La Fuente Viva, desde la UNESCO, desde el Comité Internacional La Ruta del Esclavo, más allá del respaldo que ha dado al […] | | Staff (2024-01-10).
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Energia per i Diritti Umani (2024-01-10). Sixth Humanist Forum took place in Senegal. pressenza.com On 6 January 2024, in Pikine, Senegal, the sixth Humanist Forum was successfully held, attracting the participation of 180 guests distributed in 10 work groups, each focusing on a specific theme. | The forum, promoted by Energie pour le droits de l'Homme Senegal, benefited from the active collaboration of numerous organizations, including the Keur Marietou Humanist Women's Network, Boza Fii, SOS Village des Enfants Senegal (Pikine headquarters), the Humanist Association Ndiadiane, JIG-Jam of Sossop, the Association of Mothers of Students of Pikine, Fonk Senegal, the Sports and Cultural Association (ASC) "Dioubo"

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-10). Concern grows over NSW Labor's secret plan for Powerhouse Museum. greenleft.org.au

Pressenza IPA (2024-01-10). January 2024: International news agency Pressenza celebrates financial independence. pressenza.com As of January 1st, 2024, the international news agency Pressenza has launched its annual month-long financial campaign. | As is well known, the organization is an open space for grassroots expression and information, operating with a nonviolent perspective and creating mutual alliances with media and social movements, participating in a wide network of international collaboration. | The aim is to disseminate local proposals for change throughout the world, giving priority to issues of Humanism, Peace, Nonviolence, Human Rights, Disarmament, and Diversity, offering a different perspective to the bleak panorama of…

Shannon Ikebe, Labor Notes. (2024-01-10). Québec Workers Conduct Largest Strike Ever. popularresistance.org One of the largest strikes in North American history happened this winter and the struggle is ongoing. In Québec, 420,000 public sector workers in health care and education, united in a "Common Front" (Front Commun) of four major union federations, spent seven days on strike December 8-14. This followed half-day and three-day work stoppages in November. | In addition to the Common Front, 66,500 workers in one of the teachers unions—la Féderation Autonome d'Enseignement (FAE)—were on strike for more than a month and more than 80,000 workers with a nurses union, la Fédération Interprofessionelle de la S…

Staff (2024-01-10). Miguel Barnet: Premio Patrimonio por la Obra de Toda la Vida. cubadebate.cu Más allá de la labor que ha hecho por nuestro Patrimonio desde la Fundación Fernando Ortiz, desde la colección La Fuente Viva, desde la UNESCO, desde el Comité Internacional La Ruta del Esclavo, más allá del respaldo que ha dado al Museo del Castillo San Severino, al Proyecto Timbalaye y a todas las iniciativas destinadas a la salvaguarda del patrimonio material e inmaterial de la nación, hay que decir que toda la obra de Miguel, absolutamente toda, ha estado encaminada a salvar y a promover la memoria histórica y cultural de Cuba.

noemail (2024-01-10). Far-right party denies backing deportation of 'unassimilated' Germans. devdiscourse.com The far-right opposition party Alternative for Germany said on Wednesday it had no plans to pursue deportation of "unassimilated" immigrants with passports if it wins power, after investigative portal Correctiv said that was aired at a meeting. Correctiv said Roland Hartwig, personal assistant to AfD leader Alice Weidel, and Ulrich Siegmund, party leader in Saxony Anhalt state, met neo-Nazi influencers and wealthy businessmen late last year in a hotel near Berlin.

The Independent (2024-01-10). Farmers demand stable sugarcane prices. independent.co.ug Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers under the umbrella of Busoga Sugarcane Growers Cooperative Union are demanding stable sugarcane prices, as a way of averting a possible crisis within the industry. While addressing journalists in Jinja on Tuesday, the farmers observed that price stability will improve the viability of the sugar industry within hosting communities …

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). Travel boom lifts tourism sector shares. ecns.cn Tourism industry stocks have outperformed the broader A-share market, as more tourists flock to winter hot spots like "ice city" Harbin in Heilongjiang province, signaling that the recovery in consumption has had a positive effect on the capital market.

Pepe Escobar (2024-01-10). BRICS member South Africa takes Zionism to court. thealtworld.com Pretoria's genocide case against Israel is crucial, not just to stop Tel Aviv's carnage in Gaza, but to plant the first flag of mutipolarism in the globe's courtrooms: this is the first case of many that will seek to halt western impunity and restore international law as envisioned in the UN Charter. | Nothing less than the full concept of international law will be on trial this week in The Hague. The whole world is watching. | It took an African nation, not an Arab or Muslim nation, but significantly a BRICS member, to try to break the iron chains deployed by Zionism via fear, financial might, and non-stop threa…

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). More cities add IVF to health insurance coverage to relieve childbirth pressure. ecns.cn A number of Chinese cities recently ramped up their efforts for the reimbursement of medical bills for fertility services to relieve childbearing parents' financial pressure.

ecns.cn (2024-01-11). More cities add IVF to health insurance coverage to relieve childbirth pressure. ecns.cn A number of Chinese cities recently ramped up their efforts for the reimbursement of medical bills for fertility services to relieve childbearing parents' financial pressure.

Gabisile (2024-01-11). NSFAS Board Chair Ernest Khosa takes leave of absence. sanews.gov.za NSFAS Board Chair Ernest Khosa takes leave of absence | The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) announced on Wednesday that its board chairperson, Ernest Khosa, has voluntarily tabled a notice of 30 days leave of absence. | This is after the NSFAS Board held a special meeting to discuss the financial aid scheme's state of readiness for the beginning of the 2024 academic year. | The leave of absence, according to the NSFAS, will enable the board to deal with all the allegations against him as contained in the recordings distributed by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA). | The OUTA is accusing both…

latintimes (2024-01-11). Amazon Cuts Hundreds Of Jobs At Twitch, Prime Video And MGM. latintimes.com Amazon's gamer streaming unit Twitch on Wednesday announced that it was laying off 500 staff, reportedly one third of the company, as it struggles financially despite strong popularity among players.

latintimes (2024-01-11). Spot Bitcoin ETFs Approved: Which Are the Major Companies Behind this Financial Product?>. latintimes.com SEC officials announced the approval of 11 Spot Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)…

Mike Spies (2024-01-11). NRA Plotted to Hide Expenses of Former CEO Wayne LaPierre, Investigation Reveals. truthout.org At a meeting in June 2009, the treasurer of the National Rifle Association worked out a plan to conceal luxury expenses involving its chief executive, Wayne LaPierre, according to audio of the meeting obtained by The Trace and ProPublica. The recording was unknown to New York's attorney general, who is pursuing the NRA and LaPierre over a range of alleged financial misdeeds. It shows, in real time… |

noemail (2024-01-11). Soccer-Dier joins Bayern Munich after a decade at Tottenham. devdiscourse.com Tottenham Hotspur defender Eric Dier has joined Bayern Munich on loan to the end of the season, both clubs said on Thursday. Financial details of the deal were not disclosed by either club but British media reported that Bayern paid Spurs 3.5 million euros ($3.84 million) for the 29-year-old England international.

Ann Brown (2024-01-10). What Is Lifestyle Creep And Lifestyle Inflation? 5 Things To Know About Avoiding This Seductive Financial Trap. moguldom.com When it comes to personal finance, the seductive allure of lifestyle creep and its close companion, lifestyle inflation, poses a significant threat to individuals striving for financial security. Recent reports suggest that nearly half of $100,000 earners are living paycheck-to-paycheck, with lifestyle creep playing a pivotal role. When people start to earn more money, they …

The Independent (2024-01-11). Patricia Nshemereirwe is new Chief Operating Officer, Absa Bank Uganda. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Absa Bank Uganda has announced the appointment of Patricia Nshemereirwe as its Chief Operating Officer. Nshemereirwe is a seasoned financial services professional with 20 years of experience in the banking and financial services industry. She brings significant experience to her new role, taking leadership and oversight responsibility over the …

The Independent (2024-01-10). Audit report: Public debt growing at higher rate than GDP. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda's Public debt is growing at a higher rate than the Gross Domestic Product —GDP, according to the latest Auditor General's report for financial year ended 30th June 2023. The audit report was on Tuesday presented to the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among by the Auditor General John Muwanga. The …

The Independent (2024-01-10). Govt to spend Sh23 trillion on debt repayment in 2024/5. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | PWATCH-UG| The Ministry of Finance has revealed that the Government will spend up to UGX 24.9 trillion on servicing Uganda's public debt. This comes months after the Bank of Uganda reported that Uganda's public debt as of August 2023 stood at UGX 88.807 trillion. The August debt figures do not include the …

The Independent (2024-01-10). John Muwanga: Millions of COVID-19 vaccines expire at NMS. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 5.6 million COVID-19 vaccines, worth 28.15 billion Shillings have expired at the National Medical Stores (NMS). The expired vaccines are out of a total of 12.59 million vaccines in store, according to the latest audit report for the financial year ended June 30, 2023, presented to Speaker of …

noemail (2024-01-10). Ukraine under no pressure from allies to stop fighting – Zelenskiy. devdiscourse.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday Kyiv was under no pressure from allies to stop fighting Russia as he began a tour of Baltic states intended to shore up support for the war effort. On his trip to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, Zelenskiy hopes to stop war fatigue among Ukraine's Western allies, secure more financial and military aid, and discuss Kyiv's bids to join NATO and the European Union.

latintimes (2024-01-11). Latino Priorities: Inflation and Immigration Top List for U.S. Government Focus. latintimes.com

Prabhat Patnaik (2024-01-11). Upsurge of neo-fascism and 'dollarisation'. mronline.org Neo-fascist rulers like Javier Milei propose to control inflation not by curbing capital flight, but by launching a massive attack on the working class.

Aram Aharonian (2024-01-10). Argentina: More inflation, Milei's gift for the Three Wise Men. pressenza.com Three Kings Day has passed, the day children wait all year to receive a present. But in this year 2024 too many Argentine children were left without presents: in the last 30 days sales in toy shops and related stores fell by 12%. This was double the drop suffered a few days earlier, at Christmas. | Games and toys account for more than 80% of gifts for children under 6 years old. In the chains, where 70% of the toys are imported, the average purchase was 16 dollars… in other words, cheap toys, to meet the Three Wise Men at the time of the elitist libertarian chainsaws. | No longer surprising. 24 hours after the…

WSWS (2024-01-10). West Australian union sells out public sector nurses and midwives. wsws.org Under the deal, health workers will receive a nominal annual pay increase of just 3 percent, far below the current inflation rate of 5.4 percent.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2024-01-11). Day 96 roundtable: Can the ICJ stop Israel's genocide? electronicintifada.net "Hope is disappearing," says Gaza-born novelist Ahmed Masoud.

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2024-01-11). Palestinian American's family members ignored by Biden administration. electronicintifada.net Exorbitant bribes are common last resort for many trying to evacuate from Gaza.

Lindsay Koshgarian (2024-01-11). Budget Deal Ensures Bombs Will Keep Dropping While Fewer Human Needs Are Met. truthout.org Every year, Democrats in Congress use an implicit threat to keep fiscal extremists in the Republican Party from gutting the safety net: cuts to the military budget. And every year, they back off that threat. The resolution, every time, is a growing military budget. This year, congressional leadership in the House and Senate have negotiated a budget with domestic spending — everything from public… |

Pavel López Lazo (2024-01-10). USA: House conservatives in revolt against Johnson ¥s spending deal. plenglish.com Washington, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) A band of House conservatives tanked a procedural vote Wednesday in a rebellion against the spending deal Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) struck with Democrats, which members of the right flank have sharply criticized.

latintimes (2024-01-10). SEC Approves Bitcoin ETFs, Giving a Push to Crypto Investments. latintimes.com In recent years, the SEC rejected proposals for Bitcoin spot ETFs on concerns about potential market manipulation…

The Canary (2024-01-10). Over half of Americans have not even started saving for their retirement, as a crisis looms. thecanary.co Amid reports that the average American will need to save $1.9m in order to retire comfortably, the finance and investment experts at

Pavel López Lazo (2024-01-10). Cuba thanks China for two new donations. plenglish.com On X, Cuba ¥s Foreign Trade and Investment Ministry (MINCEX) informed that the official ceremony was held on Wednesday at the MINCEX's headquarters. | Both nations, according to press, inked the exchange of notes of the "Digital Television Phase IV" project and the act of delivery and reception of the "Sustainability of carpentry productions, real estate for high-impact programs in the Cuban population" project. | According to MINCEX, "both donations are expressions of solidarity and friendship of the Chinese Government, Party and people towards Cuba". | At the same time, they reaffirmed "the willingness to c…

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). Nansha set to play key role in GBA prosperity. ecns.cn China is betting on a slew of incentives to help build Nansha district in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, into a strategic hub for technological innovation and advanced industries, making it an attractive destination for international talent and investments"ÄÇ…

latintimes (2024-01-10). Democratic Committee Announces Investment of Tens of Millions to Engage With Latino Voters. latintimes.com The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is set to invest $35 to also increase its appeal with Black, Asian American and Pacific Islander voters…

Sam Knight (2024-01-10). How Kroger's Merger Push Leads Back To Alleged Human Trafficker. levernews.com

Amy Goodman (2024-01-10). Profit over safety: Boeing supplier ignored safety warnings before jet door blowout, The Lever reports. nationofchange.org Warnings went unheeded, and the employees were told to falsify records, according to a new investigation by The Lever on a federal complaint filed by workers at Spirit.

WSWS (2024-01-10). The earthquake in Japan highlights crimes of the Turkish ruling class. wsws.org Despite the warnings of scientists, the ruling class and its political representatives have taken no significant measures against earthquakes; public safety and infrastructure have been completely subordinated to the capitalist profit system.

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). Chinese carriers cut losses in 2023, aim for return to profit this year. ecns.cn The Chinese aviation industry's performance improved in 2023, with losses falling amid rising demand, and the sector aims to get back into the black this year.

Katya Schwenk (2024-01-10). How Boeing Bought Washington. levernews.com The manufacturers of the door plug that blew out of a jetliner last week have used their deep pockets and connections in Washington, D.C. to reduce safety regulations, pressure federal officials, and boost production after two previous crashes and other safety incidents, records show. The campaign donations, lobbying money, and regulatory waivers underscore critics' assertions that Boeing and its long-time parts supplier, Spirit AeroSystems, have used their political influence in both parties to endanger air passengers. | Read the full story for free.: | Sign up for a free subscription to The Lever to…

Ian Angus (2024-01-10). Paul Burkett, rest in power. mronline.org In memory of Paul Burkett, Marxist scholar and jazz musician, 1956-2024.

Maurizio Guerrero (2024-01-10). ICE May Get Its Largest Budget Ever, Signaling Surveillance Capitalism's Triumph. truthout.org Aided by electronic monitoring and data mining companies that extract, aggregate, and sell personal information from tens of thousands of private and public digital databases without the consent of individuals, the Biden administration is expanding the surveillance of immigrants to unprecedented levels — stifling dissent and political organizing and sowing fear among non-citizens and civil rights… |

Richard D. Wolff (2024-01-11). What Is to Be Done? counterpunch.org

ecns.cn (2024-01-11). China holds majority of world's 'lighthouse factories'. ecns.cn China has the highest number of "lighthouse factories"- manufacturers that show leadership in using Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies, the Securities Times reported on Thursday.

Staff (2024-01-11). Artemisa silencia el Latino en Liga Élite del Béisbol: Cerrada pizarra de 2×1 ante Industriales. cubadebate.cu Artemisa logró hoy su tercer triunfo en la semifinal de la II Liga Élite del Béisbol Cubano, con cerrada pizarra de 2×1 ante Industriales en el Estadio Latinoamericano. El partido llegó al noveno inning 1×0 favorable a los anfitriones, pero los Cazadores artemiseños marcaron empate y ventaja por intermedio del jardinero Dennis Laza y el inicialista José Antonio Jiménez.

Zane McNeill (2024-01-10). Study Calls for Halt in New Factory Farms, Citing "Enormous" Human Health Risks. truthout.org A new study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science argues that there should be a moratorium on building or expanding poultry and pig farms because of the high risk of zoonotic disease. While the study focused specifically on the U.K., the findings concern pig and poultry farming globally. "The disease risks to humans from industrialized intensive animal farming, and especially mixed swine… |

Tina Renier (2024-01-10). The Representation of Women and Ethnic Minorities in Politics. globalresearch.ca

Tom Mannion (2024-01-11). New Hampshire: We won't send our soldiers to unauthorized wars. responsiblestatecraft.org

From Eastern Europe to East Asia to across the Middle East, the United States is currently positioned on multiple tripwires that could pull our country into a new war the American people do not want. In 2024, it'll be more important than ever that Washington adheres to sound American principles, the most fundamental of which is the consent of the governed.The United States Constitution is clear and concise: "The Congress shall have Power…To declare War." That authority does not belong to the president (no matter their party), or the generals, or some unelected committee of unknown, faceless bureaucrats…

Gerardo Szalkowicz (2024-01-11). Ecuador in crisis: five points to understand a country broken by neoliberalism. peoplesdispatch.org Some clues to unravel how in a few years Ecuador went from being a peaceful country to becoming a territory governed by organized crime.

Michelle Pini (2024-01-11). Food, fuel and news: A neoliberal nightmare. independentaustralia.net

Staff (2024-01-11). Violence in Ecuador Is Result of Deliberate Dismantling of the State. orinocotribune.com The systematic violence which has immersed Ecuador is the product of a process of deliberate destructuring of the rule of law derived from policies implemented by the last three neoliberal governments, warned Jorge Paladines, an academic at the Central University of Ecuador and a professor of law and political science, in an interview with Sputnik. | That, today, Ecuador is in a situation of internal armed conflict, that the country has been plunged into a state of emergency, and that a live television program was interrupted by armed men, is not the result of spontaneity or chance. | On the contrary: the securit…

Judith Deutsch (2024-01-11). The Gaza Crisis: A Modest Proposal for Immediate Relief. socialistproject.ca This modest proposal is not a satire after Jonathan Swift's 18th century satirical essay "

WSWS (2024-01-11). Interview with New York City educator at Yemeni-American demonstration for Palestine. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site spoke to a New York City public school educator at a protest against Israeli/US genocide against Gaza and military operations in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in the "Little Yemen" neighborhood in the Bronx.

thecommunists (2024-01-11). Huda Ammori: Why I risked prison to shut Elbit down. thecommunists.org This article is reproduced from Declassified UK, with thanks. The video above shows footage of Palestine Action's successful campaign to close down Elbit's central London HQ. ***** During Israel's intensified genocide of the Palestinian people, I was sitting in the dock of a court facing 11 charges for disrupting the production of weapons used to …

thecommunists (2024-01-11). Jury unanimously acquits Palestine Action's Balfour 2 who defaced statue. thecommunists.org Two Palestine Action activists, Gamze Sanli and Sally Woodward, were acquitted unanimously by a jury in Southwark crown court in December 2023, having been charged with criminal damage against a memorial after they doused the House of Commons' Arthur Balfour statue in red last year. To mark the 105th anniversary of Balfour's signing of his …

thecommunists (2024-01-10). Free the Elbit Seven! No cooperation with Israeli war crimes! thecommunists.org Download this leaflet as a pdf. In May 2022, nine members of Palestine Action occupied the Bristol headquarters of the international arms manufacturer Elbit Systems in protest against British complicity with Israeli war crimes. The trial of seven of those activists is now taking place at Bristol crown court, where they are pleading not guilty …

thecommunists (2024-01-10). Ronnie Kasrils on South Africa parallels and the Palestinian liberation struggle. thecommunists.org The following article, a reply to a scurrilous attack by western security-aligned commentator Greg Mills in South Africa's Daily Maverick, is reproduced from Politics Web, with thanks. The author is a communist and was a founding commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He later served as a …

ecns.cn (2024-01-11). Senior CPC official holds talks with former U.S. officials, business representatives. ecns.cn Liu Jianchao, head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met former U.S. officials and representatives from the finance and business community in New York on Tuesday.

Michael Fox, The Real News Network. (2024-01-11). Guatemala's 'Silent Holocaust' Under The Shadow. popularresistance.org In the third episode of Under the Shadow, host Michael Fox visits a memorial for the disappeared on the outskirts of the Guatemalan town of San Juan Comalapa. Then, he walks back in time to the 1980s, into the country's genocide of Indigenous peoples—and the overwhelming support for the violence that came from the United States and then-President Ronald Reagan in the name of fighting the so-called "communist threat." | Between 1962-1996, 200,000 Guatemalans were killed and 45,000 were forcibly disappeared. For the majority of families, the whereabouts of those lost loved ones are still unknown, even decades…

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-01-10). Díaz-Canel commemorates Julio Antonio Mella's murder in Mexico. plenglish.com Havana, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel commemorated the 95th anniversary of the murder, in Mexico, of student and communist leader Julio Antonio Mella, an act perpetrated by hitmen of dictator Gerardo Machado (1925-1933).

latintimes (2024-01-10). New US Labor Rule May Help Gig Workers Qualify As Employees. latintimes.com A rule issued Tuesday by the US Labor Department making it tougher for companies to classify workers as "independent contractors" could take a toll on the gig economy — and is likely to face challenges.

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-01-10). Venezuelan FM thanked Cuba for its unwavering solidarity. plenglish.com "Together we will win!", the top diplomat stated last night on his X account. | The text of the Venezuelan Minister of Foreign Affairs responded to the message of his counterpart from the Caribbean island, Bruno Rodríguez, who rejected the U.S. attempts to strip the Venezuelan people and State of the Citgo company. | We reiterate our invariable solidarity with sister Venezuela and "demand the total lifting of the unilateral coercive measures that harm the normal functioning of its economy," Rodriguez said on the social network. | The Bolivarian government yesterday rejected the decision of the Supreme Court of J…

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). China ready to push foreign trade to higher level: minister. ecns.cn China has the capability and confidence to make new progress in promoting the development of trade at a higher level, Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao said on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). Hong Kong expected to return to global Top 5 in new IPOs in 2024: report. ecns.cn Hong Kong's IPO market is expected to rebound in 2024, allowing the city to reclaim its position as one of the top five global IPO sites, a report by accounting firm KPMG said.

Frank Barat (2024-01-10). Israel's genocide in Gaza exposes the racism of the international system | Witnessing Palestine. mondoweiss.net Francesca Albanese and Susan Abulhawa discuss the role Israel's genocidal war on Gaza plays in the global systems of diplomacy, economics, and culture.

Fredy Lizarrague, Left Voice. (2024-01-10). Argentina: Building The General Strike Against The Milei Government. popularresistance.org Since taking office last month, Javier Milei, the new far-right president of Argentina, has announced a series of economic proposals and attacks on basic democratic rights that, if implemented, will devastate the working class. In response, labor unions and the Left have called for a general strike on January 24. The Partido de los Trabajadores Socialistas (PTS), the sister organization of Left Voice in Argentina, is calling for the working class to take the general strike into its own hands to defeat these proposals and the entire neolibertarian regime. | Among the new proposals are changes to more than 300 laws…

Akkanut Wantanasombut, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2024-01-10). Creating A Support System For Platform Cooperatives In Thailand. popularresistance.org Since its first proposal in 2014, Platform Cooperativism has evolved into a global movement as an alternative to Platform Capitalism. The concept has been adopted in over 546 known projects across 50 countries. The establishment of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium (PCC), serving as a knowledge hub for the global community, marked a significant milestone. PCC fosters inspiration, knowledge, outcomes, and impacts—I am a testament to this, considering myself a small yet integral piece of the evidence. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I enrolled in the online course 'Platform Co-op Now!'

Granma, Resumen English. (2024-01-10). With The Integration Of Countries, Lies A Solution To Migration. popularresistance.org Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador criticized U.S. legislators for refusing to approve resources for the development of Latin America and, instead, focusing on a communication campaign to blame the Mexican administration for not stopping the migratory flow to the north. | From the National Palace, the President reiterated, that people have reasons to emigrate from their communities, towns and countries, essentially due to economic difficulties. | In his speech, he called for the suspension of the economic and commercial blockade of Cuba and the beginning of a bilateral dialogue, the removal of Cuba fro…

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). China's GDP projected to increase 5.3% in 2024. ecns.cn China's economic growth is projected to reach 5.3 percent in 2024, Xinhua Finance reported on Tuesday citing a report by Chinese Academy of Sciences.

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). Fujian eyes enhanced cross-Strait biz ties. ecns.cn China has unveiled a package of policy steps to support building its coastal Fujian province, located opposite Taiwan, into a pilot zone for advancing cross-Strait economic integration.

Sharon Zhang (2024-01-10). In 41 States, Richest 1 Percent Pay Lowest Tax Rate of Any Group. truthout.org The richest 1 percent are benefiting greatly from highly regressive state and local tax codes across the U.S., with tax laws strongly favoring concentrating more wealth in the hands of the rich in the vast majority of states, a new report reveals. According to a report on state and local tax codes by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), the vast majority of state tax and local… |

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). China-Europe Railway Express trips up 6% in 2023. ecns.cn The number of China-Europe Railway Express services operated in 2023 reached 17,000, up 6 percent year-on-year. The rise in freight train trips reflects deepening economic and trade cooperation between China and partner countries.

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-01-10). Díaz-Canel urges to be informed about economic measures in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel urged the population to keep informed about the government measures recently approved to face the economic problems the country is experiencing.

latintimes (2024-01-10). Asian Markets Drop Again As Traders Prepare For CPI, Earnings. latintimes.com Asian markets on Wednesday resumed the losses that have characterised the year so far, following a tepid lead from Wall Street as traders prepare for the release of key inflation data and start of earnings season.

Alex S. Vitale, Truthout. (2024-01-10). An Open Border Could Benefit Us All. popularresistance.org Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed two bills into law designed to further harden the southern border. SB 3 provides $1.5 billion for additional wall building and to support more state law enforcement targeting of low-income immigrant neighborhoods, like Houston's Colony Ridge. SB 4 gives local police the power to engage in immigration enforcement, including arresting people for not having the right citizenship papers and deporting people into Mexico, regardless of their country of origin. | The bills, which Abbott signed into law on December 18, represent a dangerous and almost certainly unconstitutional expa…

Ruth Milka (2024-01-10). Wealth over fairness: Shocking report unveils tax favoritism for the rich in 41 US states. nationofchange.org According to the report, in 41 out of 50 states, the wealthiest 1 percent are subjected to lower tax rates compared to other income groups.

John Feffer (2024-01-10). Labor and Green Colonialism in the Global South. fpif.org Making a transition away from fossil fuels is going to require a lot of work. But there's a real concern that it will also require a lot fewer workers. | All of the workers in fossil fuel industries, for instance, are acutely aware that their jobs are at risk, if not immediately then at some point in the future. Along with automation, the energy transition also threatens to reduce the ranks of those in sectors dependent on fossil fuel, like plastics, steel, and petrochemicals. And unions are particularly concerned that unionized jobs in these sectors will be replaced with lower-paid non-union positions if they ar…

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-10). Québec Workers Conduct Largest Strike Ever. labornotes.org

Shannon Ikebe, Labor Notes. (2024-01-10). Québec Workers Conduct Largest Strike Ever. popularresistance.org One of the largest strikes in North American history happened this winter and the struggle is ongoing. In Québec, 420,000 public sector workers in health care and education, united in a "Common Front" (Front Commun) of four major union federations, spent seven days on strike December 8-14. This followed half-day and three-day work stoppages in November. | In addition to the Common Front, 66,500 workers in one of the teachers unions—la Féderation Autonome d'Enseignement (FAE)—were on strike for more than a month and more than 80,000 workers with a nurses union, la Fédération Interprofessionelle de la S…

Energia per i Diritti Umani (2024-01-10). Sixth Humanist Forum took place in Senegal. pressenza.com On 6 January 2024, in Pikine, Senegal, the sixth Humanist Forum was successfully held, attracting the participation of 180 guests distributed in 10 work groups, each focusing on a specific theme. | The forum, promoted by Energie pour le droits de l'Homme Senegal, benefited from the active collaboration of numerous organizations, including the Keur Marietou Humanist Women's Network, Boza Fii, SOS Village des Enfants Senegal (Pikine headquarters), the Humanist Association Ndiadiane, JIG-Jam of Sossop, the Association of Mothers of Students of Pikine, Fonk Senegal, the Sports and Cultural Association (ASC) "Dioubo"

Pressenza IPA (2024-01-10). January 2024: International news agency Pressenza celebrates financial independence. pressenza.com As of January 1st, 2024, the international news agency Pressenza has launched its annual month-long financial campaign. | As is well known, the organization is an open space for grassroots expression and information, operating with a nonviolent perspective and creating mutual alliances with media and social movements, participating in a wide network of international collaboration. | The aim is to disseminate local proposals for change throughout the world, giving priority to issues of Humanism, Peace, Nonviolence, Human Rights, Disarmament, and Diversity, offering a different perspective to the bleak panorama of…

Staff (2024-01-10). Miguel Barnet: Premio Patrimonio por la Obra de Toda la Vida. cubadebate.cu Más allá de la labor que ha hecho por nuestro Patrimonio desde la Fundación Fernando Ortiz, desde la colección La Fuente Viva, desde la UNESCO, desde el Comité Internacional La Ruta del Esclavo, más allá del respaldo que ha dado al Museo del Castillo San Severino, al Proyecto Timbalaye y a todas las iniciativas destinadas a la salvaguarda del patrimonio material e inmaterial de la nación, hay que decir que toda la obra de Miguel, absolutamente toda, ha estado encaminada a salvar y a promover la memoria histórica y cultural de Cuba.

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-10). Concern grows over NSW Labor's secret plan for Powerhouse Museum. greenleft.org.au

Labor Video Project (2024-01-10). UC's War on People's Park, The Defense & Destruction of People's Park with Harvey Smith. indybay.org The attack and destruction of People's Park is part of the privatization developers drive by the UC Regents, management and City and State government and Harvey Smith of the People's Park Historic District Advocacy Group speaks about this in the interview…

noemail (2024-01-10). Far-right party denies backing deportation of 'unassimilated' Germans. devdiscourse.com The far-right opposition party Alternative for Germany said on Wednesday it had no plans to pursue deportation of "unassimilated" immigrants with passports if it wins power, after investigative portal Correctiv said that was aired at a meeting. Correctiv said Roland Hartwig, personal assistant to AfD leader Alice Weidel, and Ulrich Siegmund, party leader in Saxony Anhalt state, met neo-Nazi influencers and wealthy businessmen late last year in a hotel near Berlin.

The Independent (2024-01-10). Farmers demand stable sugarcane prices. independent.co.ug Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Farmers under the umbrella of Busoga Sugarcane Growers Cooperative Union are demanding stable sugarcane prices, as a way of averting a possible crisis within the industry. While addressing journalists in Jinja on Tuesday, the farmers observed that price stability will improve the viability of the sugar industry within hosting communities …

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). Travel boom lifts tourism sector shares. ecns.cn Tourism industry stocks have outperformed the broader A-share market, as more tourists flock to winter hot spots like "ice city" Harbin in Heilongjiang province, signaling that the recovery in consumption has had a positive effect on the capital market.

Pepe Escobar (2024-01-10). BRICS member South Africa takes Zionism to court. thealtworld.com Pretoria's genocide case against Israel is crucial, not just to stop Tel Aviv's carnage in Gaza, but to plant the first flag of mutipolarism in the globe's courtrooms: this is the first case of many that will seek to halt western impunity and restore international law as envisioned in the UN Charter. | Nothing less than the full concept of international law will be on trial this week in The Hague. The whole world is watching. | It took an African nation, not an Arab or Muslim nation, but significantly a BRICS member, to try to break the iron chains deployed by Zionism via fear, financial might, and non-stop threa…

Federico Fuentes, Patrick Bond (2024-01-10). US imperial dominance, BRICS sub-imperialism and unequal ecological exchange. cadtm.org Patrick Bond is a Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg, as well as a political economist, political ecologist and scholar of social mobilisation. He is the author of BRICS: An Anti-Capitalist Critique and Extreme Uneven Development: Financial Volatility, Deep Capitalist Crisis and Super-Exploitation in South Africa and the World. In this interview with Federico Fuentes for LINKS International Journal of Socialist Renewal, Bond discusses modern-day (…) | – | / |

noemail (2024-01-10). Ukraine under no pressure from allies to stop fighting – Zelenskiy. devdiscourse.com Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday Kyiv was under no pressure from allies to stop fighting Russia as he began a tour of Baltic states intended to shore up support for the war effort. On his trip to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia, Zelenskiy hopes to stop war fatigue among Ukraine's Western allies, secure more financial and military aid, and discuss Kyiv's bids to join NATO and the European Union.

The Independent (2024-01-10). John Muwanga: Millions of COVID-19 vaccines expire at NMS. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least 5.6 million COVID-19 vaccines, worth 28.15 billion Shillings have expired at the National Medical Stores (NMS). The expired vaccines are out of a total of 12.59 million vaccines in store, according to the latest audit report for the financial year ended June 30, 2023, presented to Speaker of …

The Independent (2024-01-10). Govt to spend Sh23 trillion on debt repayment in 2024/5. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | PWATCH-UG| The Ministry of Finance has revealed that the Government will spend up to UGX 24.9 trillion on servicing Uganda's public debt. This comes months after the Bank of Uganda reported that Uganda's public debt as of August 2023 stood at UGX 88.807 trillion. The August debt figures do not include the …

The Independent (2024-01-10). Audit report: Public debt growing at higher rate than GDP. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda's Public debt is growing at a higher rate than the Gross Domestic Product —GDP, according to the latest Auditor General's report for financial year ended 30th June 2023. The audit report was on Tuesday presented to the Speaker of Parliament, Anita Among by the Auditor General John Muwanga. The …

WSWS (2024-01-10). West Australian union sells out public sector nurses and midwives. wsws.org Under the deal, health workers will receive a nominal annual pay increase of just 3 percent, far below the current inflation rate of 5.4 percent.

Aram Aharonian (2024-01-10). Argentina: More inflation, Milei's gift for the Three Wise Men. pressenza.com Three Kings Day has passed, the day children wait all year to receive a present. But in this year 2024 too many Argentine children were left without presents: in the last 30 days sales in toy shops and related stores fell by 12%. This was double the drop suffered a few days earlier, at Christmas. | Games and toys account for more than 80% of gifts for children under 6 years old. In the chains, where 70% of the toys are imported, the average purchase was 16 dollars… in other words, cheap toys, to meet the Three Wise Men at the time of the elitist libertarian chainsaws. | No longer surprising. 24 hours after the…

The Canary (2024-01-10). Over half of Americans have not even started saving for their retirement, as a crisis looms. thecanary.co Amid reports that the average American will need to save $1.9m in order to retire comfortably, the finance and investment experts at

latintimes (2024-01-10). Democratic Committee Announces Investment of Tens of Millions to Engage With Latino Voters. latintimes.com The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is set to invest $35 to also increase its appeal with Black, Asian American and Pacific Islander voters…

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). Nansha set to play key role in GBA prosperity. ecns.cn China is betting on a slew of incentives to help build Nansha district in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, into a strategic hub for technological innovation and advanced industries, making it an attractive destination for international talent and investments"…

Amy Goodman (2024-01-10). Profit over safety: Boeing supplier ignored safety warnings before jet door blowout, The Lever reports. nationofchange.org Warnings went unheeded, and the employees were told to falsify records, according to a new investigation by The Lever on a federal complaint filed by workers at Spirit.

Sam Knight (2024-01-10). How Kroger's Merger Push Leads Back To Alleged Human Trafficker. levernews.com

ecns.cn (2024-01-10). Chinese carriers cut losses in 2023, aim for return to profit this year. ecns.cn The Chinese aviation industry's performance improved in 2023, with losses falling amid rising demand, and the sector aims to get back into the black this year.

Ian Angus (2024-01-10). Paul Burkett, rest in power. mronline.org In memory of Paul Burkett, Marxist scholar and jazz musician, 1956-2024.

Maurizio Guerrero (2024-01-10). ICE May Get Its Largest Budget Ever, Signaling Surveillance Capitalism's Triumph. truthout.org Aided by electronic monitoring and data mining companies that extract, aggregate, and sell personal information from tens of thousands of private and public digital databases without the consent of individuals, the Biden administration is expanding the surveillance of immigrants to unprecedented levels — stifling dissent and political organizing and sowing fear among non-citizens and civil rights… |

ATTAC (2024-01-10). 28th session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 28) No to green colonialism, no to the false solutions of green capitalism, no to green normalization, Yes to the sovereignty of peoples over their territories. cadtm.org

Tina Renier (2024-01-10). The Representation of Women and Ethnic Minorities in Politics. globalresearch.ca

Zane McNeill (2024-01-10). Study Calls for Halt in New Factory Farms, Citing "Enormous" Human Health Risks. truthout.org A new study published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science argues that there should be a moratorium on building or expanding poultry and pig farms because of the high risk of zoonotic disease. While the study focused specifically on the U.K., the findings concern pig and poultry farming globally. "The disease risks to humans from industrialized intensive animal farming, and especially mixed swine… |

thecommunists (2024-01-10). Free the Elbit Seven! No cooperation with Israeli war crimes! thecommunists.org Download this leaflet as a pdf. In May 2022, nine members of Palestine Action occupied the Bristol headquarters of the international arms manufacturer Elbit Systems in protest against British complicity with Israeli war crimes. The trial of seven of those activists is now taking place at Bristol crown court, where they are pleading not guilty …

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-01-10). Díaz-Canel commemorates Julio Antonio Mella's murder in Mexico. plenglish.com Havana, Jan 10 (Prensa Latina) Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel commemorated the 95th anniversary of the murder, in Mexico, of student and communist leader Julio Antonio Mella, an act perpetrated by hitmen of dictator Gerardo Machado (1925-1933).

thecommunists (2024-01-10). Ronnie Kasrils on South Africa parallels and the Palestinian liberation struggle. thecommunists.org The following article, a reply to a scurrilous attack by western security-aligned commentator Greg Mills in South Africa's Daily Maverick, is reproduced from Politics Web, with thanks. The author is a communist and was a founding commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He later served as a …

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). PBOC sets goals to support economic growth, development. ecns.cn China's central bank will work to sustain buoyant financing activity while expanding financial opening-up this year as part of its efforts to effectively support economic growth and high-quality development.

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). New guidelines aim to boost affordable rental housing. ecns.cn China unveiled a guideline on Friday to strengthen financial support for the rental housing market in a bid to effectively boost the supply of affordable and commercial rental housing.

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). Data guideline set to boost high-quality development. ecns.cn China's latest push to expand the application scenarios of data elements and give full play to the multiplier effect of data is expected to foster new growth drivers as well as bolster its high-quality economic development, experts said.

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). Nation to tackle population aging. ecns.cn The State Council, China's cabinet, is currently engaged in extensive research and development of policies aimed at nurturing the silver economy and improving the well-being of its senior citizens.

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). Molly Show: 'Ice City' Harbin offers cozy getaway for tourists. ecns.cn To let visitors experience the generosity of Northeast China, locals slice the frozen pears and plate them beautifully, and add sugar to bean curd jelly to cater to their taste.

ecns.cn (2024-01-08). Xizang aims for steady economic growth this year. ecns.cn The Xizang autonomous region is expected to witness high-quality development and steady economic growth this year, said Yan Jinhai, chairman of the regional government, on Sunday.

Dmitri Kovalevich, Orinoco Tribune. (2024-01-07). Ukraine: 2023 Was A Year Of Disappointment. popularresistance.org For Ukraine, the year 2023 was far from comforting, notwithstanding the efforts by the country's government and heavily-censored media to uplift the spirits of the population with promises of economic improvement and military victories in the new year. | The news at the end of the year makes clear, even to optimists, that everything promised by the West and by the Ukrainian authorities during the past two years has been mere words. The sole purpose of all the year-end, optimistic statements and promises is to induce Ukrainians to continue to suffer conditions of war and economic upheaval… for the interests of t…

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). China remains an important engine driving world economic growth: spokesperson. ecns.cn China will remain an important engine driving world economic growth in 2024. In a world battling economic uncertainties, China is a source of certainty and positive energy…

Paul Craig Roberts (2024-01-07). The "Public Sector" Has Long Been Privatized. thealtworld.com American liberals see the public sector as where government does good for citizens, and they see the private sector as the place citizens are ripped off by greedy capitalists who must be endlessly regulated in order to protect the public. This liberal view amounts to total delusion. | For many years I have pointed out that the public sector has been privatized and is much more private than the private sector because it is not regulated. There used to be a field of economics called public finance which was entirely an illusion. | Conservatives have long opposed big government because of its threat to liberty. The…

Alina Ramos Martin (2024-01-07). Tourism to Cuba grew 34% in 2023. plenglish.com In his Facebook profile, the analyst explained that 2,436,097 international visitors were reported, a figure that represents some 822,892 more visitors than in 2022, with an increase in all markets except for the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. | Perello said that 70,9% of international visitors correspond to five main segments: Canadians, Cubans living abroad, Americans, Russians and Spaniards. | Regarding Cubans living abroad, the expert noted that 320,193 come from the United States. | According to the researcher, Cuba as a tourist destination lagged behind its Caribbean competitors in reaching the 2019 a…

Tanupriya Singh, People's Dispatch. (2024-01-08). Construction Workers Reject Labor Export Deal To Israel As 'Sinister Ploy'. popularresistance.org Over the past few weeks, at least two states in India, governed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have issued notices for the recruitment of construction workers to be sent to Israel. | Reports emerged towards the end of last year that Israel was seeking to hire up to 100,000 workers from India to replace Palestinian workers in its construction sector. After the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation began on October 7, Israel revoked the work permits given to all Palestinian workers from Gaza, where unemployment and poverty rates are rampant due to the ongoing 17-year-long siege imposed by the Zionist occupation.

Paul Burkett (2024-01-08). Marx's Vision of Sustainable Human Development. mronline.org With global capitalism's worsening poverty and environmental crises, sustainable human development comes to the fore as the primary question that must be engaged by all twenty-first century socialists in core and periphery alike. It is in this human developmental connection, I will argue, that Marx's vision of communism or socialism (two terms that he used interchangeably) can be most helpful.

Rick Baum (2024-01-08). In 2023: The Ludicrous Amount of Wealth of the U.S. Wealthiest Shot Up. counterpunch.org In 2023, we learned from the government that poverty and homelessness both increased in 2022. In 2023, there is also evidence of a massive surge in the already enormous wealth held by the wealthiest among us. On the last day of the year, one can read in the Guardian an article with the headline "Smiles

Guest Blogger (2024-01-07). Climate Change Weekly #492: Climate Goals Undermining Global Poverty Reduction. wattsupwiththat.com Efforts to rapidly restrict the use of fossil fuels is hampering the #1 goal of poverty reduction in Africa and is restricting Africa's efforts to develop and utilize its own oil and gas resources (goal #7), as funds previously used for development are being redirected to CO2 mitigation (goal #13).

scorinoco (2024-01-07). President-Elect of Guatemala Promises Radical Changes. orinocotribune.com By Alejandra García and Bill Hackwell — Jan 4, 2024 | Guatemala's president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo de León, will take office on January 14 with high expectations for radical change. It remains to be seen if his ambitious plan will succeed, but for the time being, any of his decisions will be a step forward in a country where 44% of the population of 17 million is Mayan and where more than 50% of the population lives in conditions of extreme poverty. | In statements to foreign press, Arévalo stated that his first action upon assuming power will be to revoke "irresponsible" and "absurd" decrees of the outgoin…

Alex S. Vitale (2024-01-08). An Open Border Could Benefit Us All. Instead, Both Parties Want to Build a Wall. truthout.org Texas Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed two bills into law designed to further harden the southern border. SB 3 provides $1.5 billion for additional wall building and to support more state law enforcement targeting of low-income immigrant neighborhoods, like Houston's Colony Ridge. SB 4 gives local police the power to engage in immigration enforcement, including arresting people for not having the… |

WSWS (2024-01-07). Thousands protest in London against Gaza genocide, as police step up repression. wsws.org There were 11 protests in London, including one in Camden which marched to the constituency offices of Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer and Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, both supporters of Israeli genocide.

Garrett Brown, Against the Current. (2024-01-08). Talking Socialism On The Job. popularresistance.org With a new generation of socialist activists entering the workforce to build unions and the socialist movement, experiences from 45 years ago may provide lessons about what works and what does not work when talking socialism on the job. | I joined the Young Socialist Alliance in 1971 and the Socialist Workers Party in 1973, resigning from the party in December 1983. I was a student activist in California, Massachusetts, and Illinois, before becoming the labor reporter for The Daily Calumet newspaper in southeast Chicago in 1976. | While a journalist at The Daily Calumet I covered the United Steel Workers of Ameri…

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-08). Union Reformers Made Labor History in 2023. They're Just Getting Started. inthesetimes.com

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2024-01-08). Suspenden huelga en metro de Londres por avances en negociación. telesurtv.net Los sindicatos exigen un aumento salarial superior al 5 por ciento, prestaciones de viaje y una mejor clasificación laboral.

Labor Video Project (2024-01-08). UC's War on People's Park, The Defense & Destruction of People's Park with Harvey Smith. indybay.org The attack and destruction of People's Park is part of the privatization developers drive by the UC Regents, management and City and State government and Harvey Smith of the People's Park Historic District Advocacy Group speaks about this in the interview…

Chris Bohner, Labor Notes. (2024-01-07). Direct Elections For Labor Leaders Make For More Militant Unions. popularresistance.org The labor movement is rightfully celebrating recent contract victories by the United Auto Workers, Teamsters, SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America, which together cover nearly 650,000 workers. An essential thread uniting the campaigns is that the top union officers were all directly elected by the members, a basic democratic right denied to many union members in the United States. As other unions seek to learn lessons from these historic contract fights, a key takeaway is that a vibrant democratic process—"one member, one vote"—is crucial to a revitalized labor movement.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2024-01-07). Suspenden huelga en metro de Londres por avances en negociación. telesurtv.net Los sindicatos exigen un aumento salarial superior al 5 por ciento, prestaciones de viaje y una mejor clasificación laboral.

The Independent (2024-01-08). Butime optimistic Commonwealth Speakers will become Uganda's ambassadors. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Minister of Tourism Tom Butime has urged members of the just-ended Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth to be ambassadors of what Uganda offers to the world. The minister was addressing speakers at the Entebbe-based Uganda Wildlife Education and Conservation Centre (UWECC) where they had …

The Independent (2024-01-08). Uganda hands over to India, Among calls for conflict free world. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Speaker of the Parliament of Uganda, Anita Among, has called on her counterparts in the Commonwealth to take the lead in delivering a peaceful, conflict free world. She was speaking at the closure of the 27th Conference of Speakers and Presiding Officers of the Commonwealth (CSPOC) at the Munyonyo …

ecns.cn (2024-01-08). Annual anti-graft blockbuster premieres. ecns.cn In the first weekend of 2024, state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) started to air an annual anti-corruption documentary revealing shocking details which go beyond financial corruption.

ceasefire (2024-01-07). Canada must end potential genocide complicity by suspending arms exports to Israel. ceasefire.ca South Africa justifies its standing to bring the case on the basis of its obligation to prevent genocide.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-01-08). China 'Actively Involved' in Iraq's Reconstruction. orinocotribune.com Chinese investment has sparked the rise of many significant infrastructure projects in Iraq | Beijing is fully committed to "friendly" ties with Baghdad and "actively participates" in Iraq's reconstruction, a Chinese official told Kurdish news outlet "China and Iraq share friendly relations; as a sincere friend China actively participates in Iraq and the reconstruction of the country," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told Rudaw at a press briefing in Beijing. | He added that the Chinese…

David Cronin (2024-01-07). Firms profiting from Gaza genocide take part in London weapons fair. electronicintifada.net Sponsors have made equipment used in Israel's war.

ecns.cn (2024-01-08). Rules tightened to better guard ozone layer. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Qiang has signed an amendment to a regulation overseeing ozone-depleting substances, as the country strives to implement the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.

midwesternmarx (2024-01-08). Genocide in Gaza By: John J. Mearsheimer. midwesternmarx.com I am writing to flag a truly important document that should be widely circulated and read carefully by anyone interested in the ongoing Gaza War.Specifically, I am referring to the 84-page "application" that South Africa filed with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on 29 December 2023, accusing Israel of committing genocide against the Palestinians in Gaza.1 It maintains that Israel's actions since the war began on 7 October 2023 "are intended to bring …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-08). SUCCESS OF FAR-RIGHT PARTIES HIGHLIGHTS THE DEAD END OF SOCIAL DEMOCRACY By: MLToday. midwesternmarx.com The far-right, anti-immigrant party Alternative for Germany (AfD) surged in the Bavaria's state election in October, coming third with just under 2 million votes and gaining 10 seats in the state legislature. This follows a trend of electoral success for AfD, which is now polling at around 20 percent across all of Germany.Interestingly, the far right enjoys large support in the formerly socialist east German states where until recently the working class largely supported the democra …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-08). "OUR CAPACITY TO RESIST AND WIN IS BASED ON SOCIALISM" By: MLToday. midwesternmarx.com Compatriots: We arrive at the 65th anniversary of the triumph of our socialist Revolution. Many have been the challenges we have had to face to reach this point; but it has been worth it, the work of the Revolution and its social achievements, even in the midst of difficulties, corroborate this.For Fidel has been the first thought of Cubans in this historic commemoration, especially here, in the heroic city of Santiago de Cuba that treasures his immortal remains, and also for all those who …

WSWS (2024-01-08). Mass layoffs begin in California as corporations retaliate against new state minimum wage laws. wsws.org Companies have begun laying off workers in response to California legislation raising the minimum wage for fast food and healthcare workers.

WSWS (2024-01-08). Mass layoffs begin in California as corporations retalitate against new state minimum wage laws. wsws.org Companies have begun laying off workers in response to California legislation raising the minimum wage for fast food and healthcare workers.

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-08). Hezbollah Wages More Attacks on Israeli Occupation Sites near Lebanon Border. english.almanar.com.lb In support of the Palestinian people and resistance in Gaza and in light of the Israeli aggression on the various South Lebanon villages, the Islamic Resistance continued striking the Zionist occupation sites near Lebanon border. Hezbollah military media issued consecutive statements to illustrate the attacks and their outcomes. The first statement mentioned that the Islamic …

ATTAC (2024-01-08). 28th session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 28) No to green colonialism, no to the false solutions of green capitalism, no to green normalization, Yes to the sovereignty of peoples over their territories. cadtm.org

ATTAC (2024-01-07). 28th session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 28) No to green colonialism, no to the false solutions of green capitalism, no to green normalization, Yes to the sovereignty of peoples over their territories. cadtm.org

ecns.cn (2024-01-08). Key sectors to remain targets of nation's anti-graft efforts. ecns.cn Sectors with a high concentration of power, funds and resources will continue to be the focal point of anti-corruption efforts, even as significant progress has been made in effectively curbing industrial and systemic corruption risks in the past year, experts said.

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). Changsha residents line up to purchase stamps marking the Year of the Dragon. ecns.cn During an interview with China News Network, Rana Mitter, ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School, expressed his hope of 2024.

George Yancy (2024-01-07). How Can Philosophy Speak to a World in Crisis? The Answer May Lie in Our Bodies. truthout.org The body is precarious. That is, as embodied people, we are all precarious, interdependent, fragile, vulnerable. As much as neoliberalism would like us to believe otherwise, we are not totally independent and asocial. My body is aging as I write this sentence. Indeed, none of us are impervious to growing old. In doing so, we will need to confront the adverse conditions that come with aging: loss… |

Erica Frankenberg, Scheer Post. (2024-01-07). 70 Years After Brown Vs. Board Of Ed, Public Schools Still Deeply Segregated. popularresistance.org Brown vs. Board of Education, the pivotal Supreme Court decision that made school segregation unconstitutional, turns 70 years old on May 17, 2024. | At the time of the 1954 ruling, 17 U.S. states had laws permitting or requiring racially segregated schools. The Brown decision declared that segregation in public schools was "inherently unequal." This was, in part, because the court argued that access to equitable, nonsegregated education played a critical role in creating informed citizens — a paramount concern for the political establishment amid the Cold War. With Brown, the justices overturned decades of…

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-08). Talking Socialism On The Job. popularresistance.org

WSWS (2024-01-07). Protests in Britain against Israel's destruction of Gaza: "All the people that have died can't be in vain. This needs to be a catalyst for change" wsws.org Reporting teams from the World Socialist Web Site spoke with people protesting Israel's war on Gaza at demonstrations on Saturday in Manchester and Leeds. These were part of around 50 protests across Britain.

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). Two senior officials expelled from CPC. ecns.cn Two former senior officials from China's State-owned enterprises have been expelled from the Communist Party of China for serious violations of discipline and the law, according to China's anti-graft watchdog.

thecommunists (2024-01-07). Who wants war with Iran? thecommunists.org John Bolton, erstwhile US national security advisor (and neocon blowhard for all seasons, in or out of office) wrote an article in the Telegraph newspaper shortly after Christmas. The article lambasted the inaction of the Biden administration over attacks on Israel-affiliated shipping, accusing it of "ignoring the reality of who is calling the shots in …

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). Molly Show: 'Ice City' Harbin offers cozy getaway for tourists. ecns.cn To let visitors experience the generosity of Northeast China, locals slice the frozen pears and plate them beautifully, and add sugar to bean curd jelly to cater to their taste.

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). PBOC sets goals to support economic growth, development. ecns.cn China's central bank will work to sustain buoyant financing activity while expanding financial opening-up this year as part of its efforts to effectively support economic growth and high-quality development.

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). New guidelines aim to boost affordable rental housing. ecns.cn China unveiled a guideline on Friday to strengthen financial support for the rental housing market in a bid to effectively boost the supply of affordable and commercial rental housing.

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). Data guideline set to boost high-quality development. ecns.cn China's latest push to expand the application scenarios of data elements and give full play to the multiplier effect of data is expected to foster new growth drivers as well as bolster its high-quality economic development, experts said.

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). Nation to tackle population aging. ecns.cn The State Council, China's cabinet, is currently engaged in extensive research and development of policies aimed at nurturing the silver economy and improving the well-being of its senior citizens.

Dmitri Kovalevich, Orinoco Tribune. (2024-01-07). Ukraine: 2023 Was A Year Of Disappointment. popularresistance.org For Ukraine, the year 2023 was far from comforting, notwithstanding the efforts by the country's government and heavily-censored media to uplift the spirits of the population with promises of economic improvement and military victories in the new year. | The news at the end of the year makes clear, even to optimists, that everything promised by the West and by the Ukrainian authorities during the past two years has been mere words. The sole purpose of all the year-end, optimistic statements and promises is to induce Ukrainians to continue to suffer conditions of war and economic upheaval… for the interests of t…

Paul Craig Roberts (2024-01-07). The "Public Sector" Has Long Been Privatized. thealtworld.com American liberals see the public sector as where government does good for citizens, and they see the private sector as the place citizens are ripped off by greedy capitalists who must be endlessly regulated in order to protect the public. This liberal view amounts to total delusion. | For many years I have pointed out that the public sector has been privatized and is much more private than the private sector because it is not regulated. There used to be a field of economics called public finance which was entirely an illusion. | Conservatives have long opposed big government because of its threat to liberty. The…

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). China remains an important engine driving world economic growth: spokesperson. ecns.cn China will remain an important engine driving world economic growth in 2024. In a world battling economic uncertainties, China is a source of certainty and positive energy…

scorinoco (2024-01-07). President-Elect of Guatemala Promises Radical Changes. orinocotribune.com By Alejandra García and Bill Hackwell — Jan 4, 2024 | Guatemala's president-elect, Bernardo Arévalo de León, will take office on January 14 with high expectations for radical change. It remains to be seen if his ambitious plan will succeed, but for the time being, any of his decisions will be a step forward in a country where 44% of the population of 17 million is Mayan and where more than 50% of the population lives in conditions of extreme poverty. | In statements to foreign press, Arévalo stated that his first action upon assuming power will be to revoke "irresponsible" and "absurd" decrees of the outgoin…

Guest Blogger (2024-01-07). Climate Change Weekly #492: Climate Goals Undermining Global Poverty Reduction. wattsupwiththat.com Efforts to rapidly restrict the use of fossil fuels is hampering the #1 goal of poverty reduction in Africa and is restricting Africa's efforts to develop and utilize its own oil and gas resources (goal #7), as funds previously used for development are being redirected to CO2 mitigation (goal #13).

Chris Bohner, Labor Notes. (2024-01-07). Direct Elections For Labor Leaders Make For More Militant Unions. popularresistance.org The labor movement is rightfully celebrating recent contract victories by the United Auto Workers, Teamsters, SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America, which together cover nearly 650,000 workers. An essential thread uniting the campaigns is that the top union officers were all directly elected by the members, a basic democratic right denied to many union members in the United States. As other unions seek to learn lessons from these historic contract fights, a key takeaway is that a vibrant democratic process—"one member, one vote"—is crucial to a revitalized labor movement.

ceasefire (2024-01-07). Canada must end potential genocide complicity by suspending arms exports to Israel. ceasefire.ca South Africa justifies its standing to bring the case on the basis of its obligation to prevent genocide.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-07). Mayo Clinic Minute: Why do people get sick with viruses in the winter? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and influenza surge in the colder months. And it's not just because people are spending more time indoors. Dr. Matthew Binnicker, director of the Clinical Microbiology Molecular Lab and co-director of the Clinical Virology Lab at Mayo Clinic, explains what other factors promote virus spread in the winter. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/EmTS3jtdPTw Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 10) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please courtesy: "Mayo Clinic News…

David Cronin (2024-01-07). Firms profiting from Gaza genocide take part in London weapons fair. electronicintifada.net Sponsors have made equipment used in Israel's war.

ATTAC (2024-01-07). 28th session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 28) No to green colonialism, no to the false solutions of green capitalism, no to green normalization, Yes to the sovereignty of peoples over their territories. cadtm.org

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). Changsha residents line up to purchase stamps marking the Year of the Dragon. ecns.cn During an interview with China News Network, Rana Mitter, ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School, expressed his hope of 2024.

George Yancy (2024-01-07). How Can Philosophy Speak to a World in Crisis? The Answer May Lie in Our Bodies. truthout.org The body is precarious. That is, as embodied people, we are all precarious, interdependent, fragile, vulnerable. As much as neoliberalism would like us to believe otherwise, we are not totally independent and asocial. My body is aging as I write this sentence. Indeed, none of us are impervious to growing old. In doing so, we will need to confront the adverse conditions that come with aging: loss… |

Erica Frankenberg, Scheer Post. (2024-01-07). 70 Years After Brown Vs. Board Of Ed, Public Schools Still Deeply Segregated. popularresistance.org Brown vs. Board of Education, the pivotal Supreme Court decision that made school segregation unconstitutional, turns 70 years old on May 17, 2024. | At the time of the 1954 ruling, 17 U.S. states had laws permitting or requiring racially segregated schools. The Brown decision declared that segregation in public schools was "inherently unequal." This was, in part, because the court argued that access to equitable, nonsegregated education played a critical role in creating informed citizens — a paramount concern for the political establishment amid the Cold War. With Brown, the justices overturned decades of…

thecommunists (2024-01-07). Who wants war with Iran? thecommunists.org John Bolton, erstwhile US national security advisor (and neocon blowhard for all seasons, in or out of office) wrote an article in the Telegraph newspaper shortly after Christmas. The article lambasted the inaction of the Biden administration over attacks on Israel-affiliated shipping, accusing it of "ignoring the reality of who is calling the shots in …

ecns.cn (2024-01-07). Two senior officials expelled from CPC. ecns.cn Two former senior officials from China's State-owned enterprises have been expelled from the Communist Party of China for serious violations of discipline and the law, according to China's anti-graft watchdog.

latintimes (2024-01-05). US Private Sector Hiring Up More Than Expected In December. latintimes.com The US private sector added more jobs than anticipated in December, payroll firm ADP said Thursday, signaling a strong labor market could continue to support the economy despite higher interest rates.

William M. LeoGrande, The Nation. (2024-01-05). Cuba's Humanitarian Crisis. popularresistance.org Nine years ago, on December 17, 2014, jubilation swept the through the city of Havana when Presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro announced that they would normalize US-Cuban relations, after 55 years of hostility. Church bells rang, cars honked their horns, and people hugged each other in the streets. Today, the mood in the city is one of desperation. The economy is spiraling downward, and US policy is exacerbating the growing humanitarian crisis. | President Donald Trump's tough economic sanctions drastically reduced Cuba's foreign exchange earnings, and President Joe Biden has left most of those sanctions in…

noemail (2024-01-05). India's GDP to grow by 7.3 pc in 2023-24: Govt estimates. devdiscourse.com The Indian economy is estimated to grow by 7.3 per cent in the 2023-24 fiscal against 7.2 per cent a year ago, mainly due to good show by mining and quarrying, manufacturing and certain segments of services sectors.

ecns.cn (2024-01-04). Harbin's tourism boom fuels stock market surge. ecns.cn Harbin in Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has experienced a recent boom in its tourism sector, boosting listed companies related to the tourism sector.

Ramzy Baroud, MintPress News. (2024-01-05). Rage Over Gaza: Washington Will Pay For Its Support Of Israel. popularresistance.org A famous quote by Franz Kafka says, "Every thing you love is very likely to be lost, but in the end, love will return in a different way." | The same principle, I believe, applies to any other powerful feeling, including resentment, hate, anger, even rage. | American officials should know this well as they continue to support Israel with billions of dollars of military and economic aid and anything and everything that would allow Israel to continue with its genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza. | The Arabs, the Muslims — in fact, the whole world — are watching, listening, reading, and are getting angr…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2024-01-05). In Ukraine, 2023 Was a Year of Disappointment: Ever-Present Corruption, Military Failure and Flight From the Country. orinocotribune.com By Dmitri Kovalevich — Jan 1, 2024 | Dmitri Kovalevich is the special correspondent in Ukraine for Al Mayadeen English. He writes a monthly situation report as well as occasional special reports. This is his situation report at the end of 2023. | For Ukraine, the year 2023 was far from comforting, notwithstanding the efforts by the country's government and heavily-censored media to uplift the spirits of the population with promises of economic improvement and military victories in the new year. | The news at the end of the year makes clear, even to optimists, that everything promised by the West and by the U…

ecns.cn (2024-01-05). China remains an important engine driving world economic growth: spokesperson. ecns.cn China will remain an important engine driving world economic growth in 2024. In a world battling economic uncertainties, China is a source of certainty and positive energy…

Peter Handel (2024-01-05). These Are the Essential Stories Corporate Media Refused to Cover in 2023. truthout.org Every year for almost five decades, Project Censored — one of the most respected anti-censorship and media literacy advocacy organizations in the U.S. — has published a State of the Free Press yearbook. The annual volume collects the 25 most underreported stories of the past year and exposes how economic and political forces manipulate our media landscape to their benefit. State of the Free Press… |

midwesternmarx (2024-01-05). An education policy for colonizing minds By: Prabhat Patnaik. midwesternmarx.com IMPERIALIST hegemony over the third world is exercised not just through arms and economic might but also through the hegemony of ideas, by making the victims see the world the way imperialism wants them to see it. A pre-requisite for freedom in the third world therefore is to shake off this colonisation of the mind, and to seek truth beyond the distortions of imperialism. The anti-colonial struggle was aware of this; in fact the struggle begins with the dawning of this awareness. And sinc …

ecns.cn (2024-01-04). Economic upswing expected. ecns.cn Despite the persistent challenges posed by a slump in the property sector and its impact on domestic demand, experts said they expect a notable economic upswing in China in 2024, fueled by a gradual recovery in services consumption and investment.

Gregory Elich (2024-01-05). Migration as Economic Imperialism. counterpunch.org Numbering an estimated 169 million, [1] international migrant laborers are generally regarded in mainstream economic circles as playing a substantial role in poverty alleviation and economic development in their home countries. This is accomplished, it is asserted, through remittances sent home by migrants, reaching an estimated $647 billion arriving in low- and moderate-income countries in 2022, a

W. T. Whitney (2024-01-05). Cuba's Government Analyzes and Responds to Economic Woes. counterpunch.org "Our joy is immense … We don't deceive ourselves thinking that everything ahead will be easy, when perhaps everything is going to be more difficult." That was Fidel Castro, hours after the victory of Cuba's Revolution. Difficulties were center stage 65 years later, at a plenary session of the Central Committee of Cuba's Communist Party

latintimes (2024-01-05). Markets Swing Ahead Of US Jobs As Rate Cut Hopes Fade. latintimes.com Asian stocks fluctuated on Friday after a bigger-than-expected rise in US private-sector jobs poured cold water on hopes for an interest rate cut in the next few months.

Alexandra Jacobo (2024-01-05). $8.5 trillion untaxed: The urgent call for a billionaire income tax. nationofchange.org Recent analysis reveals that America's wealthiest hold $8.5 trillion in untaxed assets, spotlighting the critical need for tax reform to address growing wealth inequality.

Staff (2024-01-05). Starmer's office is set to see another protest over Israel — with 100 others happening across the UK too. thecanary.co On Saturday 6 January, protests will take place across the UK regarding Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza. However, at two locations there is a different focus — with one calling for solidarity with activists facing trial, and another calling on Labour leader Keir Starmer to effectively fix up. UK protests over Israel's genocide number 100 …

Brasil de Fato (2024-01-05). Argentine courts grant union's request and suspend Milei's labor reform. peoplesdispatch.org The Argentine judiciary has granted a request from the National Confederation of Labor (CGT), the country's main trade union center, and suspended the effects of the labor reform provided for in the "decree" launched by the government of ultra-right Javier Milei last December. The court decision published on January 3 is a precautionary one, i.e. it suspends the measure. | The decision was taken by the National Chamber of Labor Appeals, the first instance in the Argentine judiciary for appeals on labor issues. The court argued that there was no proven need or urgency to make the decision without consulting the Ar…

latintimes (2024-01-05). SpaceX Sues To Stop US Hearing Over Fired Workers. latintimes.com SpaceX on Thursday went to court to try to derail a US National Labor Relations Board hearing over complaints by workers who say they were fired for criticizing chief executive Elon Musk.

latintimes (2024-01-05). Navajo Object To Depositing Human Remains On Moon. latintimes.com The United States will soon launch its first spacecraft to attempt a soft lunar landing since the Apollo era, in a historic collaboration with the private sector — but not everyone is celebrating.

WSWS (2024-01-05). CNN Business names UAW President Shawn Fain "labor leader of the year" after sellout at Big Three. wsws.org Fain is being honored for services he has rendered to the American ruling class and the Biden administration.

WSWS (2024-01-05). Culinary Workers Union hosts Democratic Party rally featuring VP Harris in Las Vegas. wsws.org Vice President Harris and Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su were welcomed at the Culinary Union Headquarters this week to bolster the lackluster casino agreements and deflect from the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

teleSUR, JDO (2024-01-05). Congreso de Guatemala reanuda labores antes de cambio de legislatura. telesurtv.net La décima legislatura tomará posesión el próximo 14 de enero, mediante sesión solemne en el hemiciclo parlamentario.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2024-01-05). Trabajadores aeroportuarios españoles continúan en huelga. telesurtv.net El sindicato UGT convocó el paro para denunciar las "extenuantes jornadas" como consecuencia de la intensa rotación del personal.

Labor Video Project (2024-01-05). People's Park Fortress Berkeley As UC, Newsom, Berkeley Pols & Police Blockade Park. indybay.org In a secret operation of hundreds of UC, State police and Berkeley police dozens of shipping containers were brought into surround People's Park so that the building plan can proceed. They blockaded streets and arrested some protesters while destroying the park.

Stanley Kwabla Arku (2024-01-05). Ghana's mineral wealth: A blessing or a curse? Examining the lithium mining lease agreement. peoplesdispatch.org In October, the Ghanaian government signed a lithium mining agreement with an Australian company and it has been widely rejected by broad sectors of society…

nosihle (2024-01-05). Tourism department thanks local travellers. sanews.gov.za Tourism department thanks local travellers | The Department of Tourism has thanked South Africans who have supported local establishments and boosted the tourism sector during the recent holiday period. | With the decrease in the fuel price that came into effect on 3 January 2024, the department has encouraged citizens to take a last-minute January break to mentally prepare for the year, while reducing stress and supporting physical, mental and emotional wellbeing. | "Our country has a wealth of diverse tourism and cultural offerings nestled in our small dorpies, townships and villages. This part of the domestic…

The Independent (2024-01-05). Museveni rallies speakers against politics of identity. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has urged Speakers of Commonwealth countries to emphasize politics of interest for prosperity. Speaking at a Luncheon he organized for Speakers and Presiding Officers of Commonwealth countries at Speke Resort Munyonyo, the President said the huge population of Africa has for a long time been mismanaged …

Peoples Health Dispatch (2024-01-05). Baby formula prices and production practices impact availability. peoplesdispatch.org Persistent issues in baby formula production and pricing continue to impact families. As prices rise, carers are struggling to feed infants in many parts of the Global North…

ecns.cn (2024-01-04). Year of Dragon commemorative coins, banknotes in high demand. ecns.cn Pre-orders for commemorative coins and banknotes for the Year of the Dragon kicked off on Wednesday. Almost all of these were snatched up immediately, with some already selling for higher prices on second-hand trading platforms.

Dean Baker (2024-01-05). Government-Granted Patent Monopolies are Not the Free Market. counterpunch.org It is amazing how ideology can be so thick that it prevents even highly educated people from thinking clearly. We saw this fact on display in a Washington Post piece on prescription drug prices by its columnist Bina Venkataraman. Venkataraman points out that we are seeing great advances in developing new drugs and treatments, but

noemail (2024-01-05). MoU signed between Indian Railways and CII to promote green initiatives. devdiscourse.com The Indian Railways (IR) has signed an MoU with the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) to reduce energy and water consumption, lowering GHG emissions. IR and CII have renewed their MoU for a third consecutive term. The MoU was signed and exchanged on January 4, 2024, between Railway Board Principal Executive Director/ME (EnHM & Project), Shailendra Singh, and CII Deputy Director General, Seema Arora, in the presence of Railway Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Jaya Varma Sinha, Board Members, and other senior officers.

UMMID (2024-01-05). UAE passport is Arton Capitol's most Powerful Passport. ummid.com The UAE Passport is the most powerful passport in the world, according to Global Passport Power Rank 2024 released by global citizenship financial advisory firm Arton Capitol Tuesday January 02, 2024.

latintimes (2024-01-05). Premier League Transfer Window: What Do Big Clubs Need. latintimes.com The Premier League transfer window is open, with clubs in the English top flight set to flex their financial muscles.

Will Jones (2024-01-05). It's Time to Start Paying People to Take Vaccines, Says Oxford Academic Writing in Financial Times. dailysceptic.org It's time to start paying people to take vaccines to boost take-up. That's according to Dr. Raymond Duch, an Oxford academic writing in the Financial Times. This is the lesson he's taken from the Covid pandemic, apparently.

Jeffrey St. Clair (2024-01-05). Roaming Charges: Let the (Far) Right Ones In. counterpunch.org I shed no tears for Harvard, an institution that has inflicted untold misery and bloodshed on the world. For all I care, it could become the target of a hostile takeover by financial pirates trained in its own classrooms, access to which they gained through legacy admissions. This is, of course, pretty much what happened, at least in the mind of one of the homegrown Visigoths who breached its ivy-tangled walls in search of the university president's head.

Gà∂kàßenur Bay (2024-01-05). Engaging China: A New Vision for a Western Global Debt Restructuring. counterpunch.org In the ever-evolving sphere of global finance, China's approach to debt relief and restructuring marks a clear departure from Western norms and introduces a nuanced strategy that deserves a closer examination. Western nations frequently express concerns over China's hesitance to engage in multilateral frameworks like the G20 Common Framework. This criticism may stem more from a misunderstanding than from China's actual disinterest. Assertions of China's financial dealings being opaque and a "barrier" to multilateral mechanisms often fail to acknowledge China's rise as the main creditor to developing nations. Its…

David Rosen (2024-01-05). Revenge of the Repressed in 2024. counterpunch.org 2004 may well be a fateful year. Unlike, for example, 1929 and 2008 which witnessed major financial crises or even 1963 which saw the assassination of a president, the coming new year may witness the revenge of the repressed, the Christian right's "culture war" victory over a half-century of secular life. The new year may

Nora Barrows-Friedman (2024-01-05). Israel strikes "safe zone" in southern Gaza. electronicintifada.net One million Palestinians have fled to Rafah.

Nicole Santa Cruz (2024-01-05). Utah Bills Itself as "Family-Friendly" Even as Lawmakers Have Long Neglected Child Care. truthout.org For nearly a year, Melanie Call struggled to balance working from home full time with caring for her new baby. Her job as a project manager for a Salt Lake City health care staffing agency required spending hours in video meetings. If her son was awake, she would turn off her camera. When he woke from a nap while she was already occupied in a meeting, she would feel her guilt grow as she heard him… |

Rhoda Wilson (2024-01-05). Palantir hires PR company to attack UK not-for-profit online because it's exposing them. expose-news.com Leaked emails reveal that the tech giant Palantir has hired public relations company Topham Guerin to pay influencers to attack Good Law Project on social media — but the source of the …

Democracy Now! (2024-01-05). Global minimum tax of 15% for multinational companies comes into force. pressenza.com Many major multinational companies must pay a global minimum tax of at least 15% on corporate profits for the first time. The historic tax reforms went into effect on Monday, nearly three years after 140 countries agreed to a new tax system, which is expected to increase tax revenues by $220 billion a year. | The United States is not currently participating in the reform despite having endorsed the agreement in 2021. | Countries that have implemented the 15% tax since 1 January include the UK, Australia, South Korea, Japan and Canada, as well as the European Union and countries known as tax havens, such as Irelan…

Ruth Milka (2024-01-05). Congressional stock trading: Ethical dilemmas and the push for reform. nationofchange.org Unveiling the profitable pursuits of Congress: a deep dive into lawmakers' stock market triumphs and the ethical quandaries they pose.

ecns.cn (2024-01-04). Xinjiang issues revised regulations on religious affairs. ecns.cn Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region on Thursday issued revised regulations on religious affairs management, adding in a number of new clauses and a new chapter regarding the management of religious schools.

midwesternmarx (2024-01-05). We Are Entirely Too Close To Another Major War In The Middle East By: Caitlin Johnstone. midwesternmarx.com The US and its allies have published a joint statement warning Yemen's Houthis to cease the attacks they've been making on commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The Houthis, officially known as Ansarallah, have successfully slashed Israeli port activity by an extremely massive margin with their maritime tactics in response to Israel's ongoing massacre in Gaza.The statement asserts that the Yemeni attacks "are a direct threat to the freedom of navigation that serves as th …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-05). John Pilger (1939-2023) By: K.J. Noh. midwesternmarx.com A bright star in the firmament of justice has gone out. One of the greatest journalists of our era has passed away.John Pilger was always on the side of the oppressed. He denounced Imperialism and all its violent predations—war, genocide, exploitation—as well as its endless lies and propaganda. Till his death, he fought tirelessly for the freedom of Julian Assange, and his last article was a call to solidarity.John gave voice to the invisible and the …

cameron orr (2024-01-05). Dashiell Hammett: from Pinkerton spy to proletarian writer. cpusa.org Note from the author: I first wrote this tribute to Dashiell Hammett for Political Affairs in 2013. Today, literally thousands of books are being banned from school and public libraries by right-wing vigilante groups and Republican-dominated state governments. Pen America, which catalogs such bans, found 3,362 instances of individual book bannings this year, affecting 1,557 unique titles in 33 states, a 33% increase over last year. Today, works dealing in any way with the history of Black Americans and racism, women's liberation and sexism, and especially LGBTQ equality have joined Marxism and Communism as tar…

Jeff Mackler (2024-01-05). Capitalism's Deepening Crisis and the Coming Fightback. counterpunch.org We are horrified to daily witness the monstrous deeds of a crisis-ridden world capitalism that knows no way out other than by inflicting new waves of catastrophe on the world's people. Today's US-backed and orchestrated Zionist genocide of the Palestinian people is but one more glaring example. But a broader assessment is essential. President Biden

Brenda Norrell (2024-01-05). Warrior Klee Benally Never Surrendered: A Life of Revolutionary Love: 'Regain Your Power'. indybay.org Our hearts are broken by the sudden passing of our friend Klee Benally. Reflecting on Klee's life, we remember the words of Che Guevara that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love. Klee never surrendered, he never surrendered to capitalism, the media, or the forces of conformity that sought to change who he was.

teleSUR, lfb, YSM (2024-01-05). Presidente de Bolivia: hay que pensar en cambiar el ciclo agropecuario. telesurtv.net Arce recalcó que "no hay industrialización" sino hay agua, por lo que se hace imprescindible garantizar este recurso básico.

latintimes (2024-01-05). SEC To Start Notifying Spot Bitcoin ETF Issuers Of Approval On Friday: Report. latintimes.com The SEC is possibly nearing the approval of spot Bitcoin ETF applications based on the latest development this week.

ecns.cn (2024-01-05). Changsha residents line up to purchase stamps marking the Year of the Dragon. ecns.cn During an interview with China News Network, Rana Mitter, ST Lee Chair in US-Asia Relations at the Harvard Kennedy School, expressed his hope of 2024.

UMMID (2024-01-05). 'Blatant support to Israel': Sandeep Pandey on why he returned Magsaysay Award, US degrees. ummid.com Sandeep Pandey, a renowned Social Activist and General Secretary of the Socialist Party in India, announced on January 1, 2024, his decision to return the Magsaysay Award and the degrees he received in the US, to protest the US role in Israel's attack on Gaza.

WSWS (2024-01-05). The working class, the fight against capitalist barbarism and the building of the World Party of Socialist Revolution , (Part Three). wsws.org Just as genocide is being openly adopted as an instrument of policy and mass death has been normalized in the ruling class response to the pandemic, fascistic and authoritarian movements are again part of the mainstream political landscape throughout the world.

thecommunists (2024-01-05). Benjamin Zephaniah — lifelong champion of the oppressed. thecommunists.org One of Britain's most important and impactful cultural workers breathed his last breath on 7 December 2023, having been diagnosed with a brain tumour eight weeks previously. Benjamin Zephaniah was widely known as a poet, author and actor, but also as a tireless and courageous campaigner for justice. He never hesitated to speak his mind; …

ecns.cn (2024-01-04). Top Party leadership hears series of annual work reports. ecns.cn A key meeting underlined on Thursday the need to uphold the Communist Party of China's overall leadership and focus on the most important political issue of advancing Chinese modernization as this year is a crucial year for fulfilling the goals and tasks of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25).

Julia Conley (2024-01-04). Hundreds of Protesters Demanding Ceasefire Shut Down California Capitol. truthout.org Hundreds of Jewish progressives in California on Wednesday led the latest mass protest to reject "business as usual" amid Israel's U.S.-backed slaughter of Palestinian civilians, shutting down the first day of the 2024 legislative session at the state Capitol in Sacramento to demand an immediate, permanent cease-fire in Gaza. As residents of the state with the largest economy in the U.S. |

ecns.cn (2024-01-04). Caixin services PMI reaches 52.9 in December. ecns.cn The Caixin services purchasing managers' index (PMI), a private gauge of the country's service sector, rose to 52.9 in December, increasing 1.4 percentage points over the previous month and hitting the highest level in the past five months.

nosihle (2024-01-04). City of Cape Town events generate almost R4bn for economy. sanews.gov.za City of Cape Town events generate almost R4bn for economy | The year 2023 was a prolific year for the City of Cape Town as it hosted more than 1 200 events, which contributed nearly R4 billion to the economy and created job opportunities for its citizens. | From hosting Africa's first Netball World Cup, the ICC Women's T20 World Cup, the first Formula E race in sub-Saharan Africa, the Loeries Creative Week, the return of Tweede Nuwe Jaar Minstrel Street Parade and many more — the year proved to be a success for the city's sports, arts and culture sectors. | "Research studies on three key events hosted in the cit…

ecns.cn (2024-01-04). China's finance ministry to increase fiscal spending to boost real economy. ecns.cn Chinese financial authorities vowed to strengthen policy support and funding to boost the real economy's revival and improve people's livelihood.

Zane McNeill (2024-01-04). Birth Rates Increased in First Six Months of 2023 Because of Abortions Bans. truthout.org New research published by the IZA Institute of Labor Economics found that states with abortion bans saw an increase in births in the first half of 2023, as compared to states where abortion remains legal. "Our primary analysis indicates that in the first six months of 2023, births rose by an average of 2.3 percent in states enforcing total abortion bans compared to a control group of states where… |

Owen Schalk (2024-01-04). As French embassy closes in Niger, West Africa charts a new course. mronline.org Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger are charting a new course—one of increased economic and security sovereignty.

NEO (2024-01-04). Memorial service held for the late Dr Ngema. sanews.gov.za Memorial service held for the late Dr Ngema | A memorial service reflecting on the life of the late legendary playwright, Dr Mbongeni Ngema, was held at the Playhouse Theatre in Durban on Wednesday. | KwaZulu-Natal Premier Nomusa Dube-Ncube, who attended the service, highlighted Ngema's contributions to the region and the world. The MEC for Economic Development, Tourism, and Environmental Affairs in KwaZulu-Natal, Siboniso Duma, underscored Ngema's influence on economic development, tourism and environmental affairs, saying his work had a "multidimensional impact" on many of his work. | Ngema was killed in a car…

Adriaan Alsema (2024-01-04). Colombia raises minimum wage by 12%. colombiareports.com Colombia's Labor Ministry raised the country's minimum wage by 12% to $335 (COP1.3 million). The wage hike affects the monthly income of some 2.5 million workers and is more than…

teleSUR (2024-01-04). Argentine Judges Temporarily Suspend Milei's Labor Reform. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the National Appeals Chamber of Labor temporarily suspended the labor reform included in the decree of necessity and urgency (DNU) signed by Argentine President Javier Milei on December 20. | RELATED: | Judges Andrea Garcia Vior and Alejandro Sudera issued a precautionary measure requested by the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) which nullifies the changes in labor matters that had come into effect on…

WSWS (2024-01-04). The Deschenes Commission: a state cover-up of Canada's role in providing refuge to Nazi war criminals. wsws.org The Deschenes Commission was given a remit framed to ensure it would produce a whitewash. Ottawa would not tolerate the disruption of the close political relations it had developed over decades with the Nazis' Ukrainian far-right collaborators.

Editor (2024-01-04). In 2023, Organized Labor Became Core to the Climate Movement. scheerpost.com

teleSUR, lfb, JCM (2024-01-04). Justicia argentina suspende reformas laborales impulsadas por Milei. telesurtv.net El presidente argentino ha señalado, que de ser rechazada su iniciativa por el Parlamento, este convocará a una consulta popular, con el objetivo de demostrar al poder legislativo el amplio apoyo que tiene su proyecto.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2024-01-04). CGT reafirma paro contra reforma laboral de Milei en Argentina. telesurtv.net La Central de Trabajadores de la Argentina (CTA) expresó su intención de mantener su jornada de lucha propuesta para el 24 de enero.

Steve Early (2024-01-04). New Vermont AFL-CIO President Is A Labor Reformer & DSA Member. counterpunch.org Editor's Note: Unlike some local and national unions, AFL-CIO central labor bodies rarely have contested leadership elections, with opposing slates running on platforms offering alternative strategies for reviving the labor movement. In Vermont, there have been two such contests in the last four years, both resulting in a mandate for change. In 2019, a group

Labor Video Project (2024-01-04). Plutonium & Fighting for Justice & Accountability for Residents & Workers at Hunters Point. indybay.org The continuing cancers and epidemic of disease in Hunters Point shipyard and Treasure Island has been happening for decades despite protests of the community and workers about the dangers. Now Dr. Ahimsa Sumchai has discovered that there is plutonium in the bodies of residents. This is a direct correlation between their cancers and the radioactive toxins that are only produced by nuclear fission. Politicians including Newsom, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Willie Brown and many others have been involved in covering up this criminality resulting in sickness and death at these radioactive dump sites.

Jake Johnson (2024-01-04). US's Wealthiest Collectively Held $8.5 Trillion in Untaxed Assets in 2022. truthout.org An analysis released Wednesday shows that in 2022, the wealthiest people in the United States collectively held a "staggering" $8.5 trillion in wealth that is not — and might never be — subject to taxation. Examining recently released data Federal Reserve data for 2022, Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF) found that the roughly 64,000 U.S. households with at least $100 million in wealth — less than 0. |

The Independent (2024-01-04). Museveni slams West for imposing selfish beliefs on foreign territories. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has criticized attempts by Western powers to impose their beliefs on people in foreign territories. The President made the remarks on Thursday while addressing over 33 delegates attending the Commonwealth Speakers and Presiding Officers Conference — CSPOC 2024 at the Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala. "Stop manipulation …

noemail (2024-01-04). Gujarat Health Minister helps 21-year-old blood cancer patient airlift to Telangana. devdiscourse.com A 21-year-old youth battling blood cancer was airlifted from Ahmedabad to Telangana with the help of Gujarat health minister Rushikesh Patel. The youth was studying in Gujarat's Rashtriya Raksha Shakti University and sought help due to his financial inability to return to his home in Telangana.

UMMID (2024-01-04). UAE passport is Arton Capitol's most Powerful Passport. ummid.com The UAE Passport is the most powerful passport in the world, according to Global Passport Power Rank 2024 released by global citizenship financial advisory firm Arton Capitol Tuesday January 02, 2024.

Frank Cappello (2024-01-04). How The 2008 Financial Crisis Led To 'The Squad'. levernews.com

Editor (2024-01-04). Jan 4, 2024. sitrepworld.info Palà§stinalied — German crusader song The Madness of Threat Inflation, And the Insanity of Wanting to Rule the World, by Bill Astore Disasters, War, and More Global Trends, by Simplicius The Thinker Can't Do, Won't Do!But striking poses is fun and easy, by Aurelien The Multipolar World & Refusing the Zero Sum Game (Mel K and Matt Ehret, Video) 2024: The Year Global Government Takes Shape, by Kit Knightly They Think We Are Stupid, Volume 4, by Aaron Kheriaty, MD US Admonishes Israeli Officials For Saying The Quiet Part Out Loud, by Caitlin Johnstone Greenwald: Israeli Massacres Cont…

Rhoda Wilson (2024-01-04). UK care home worker who was fired for not being vaccinated wins unfair dismissal case. expose-news.com In mid-December, the Workers of England Union ("WEU") announced that an assistant in an English care home won his unfair dismissal case in an employment tribunal for refusing to get a covid …

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-04). Serving Justice: The Fight to Eliminate the Tipped Minimum Wage. progressive.org

Brenda Norrell (2024-01-04). Warrior Klee Benally Never Surrendered: A Life of Revolutionary Love: 'Regain Your Power'. indybay.org Our hearts are broken by the sudden passing of our friend Klee Benally. Reflecting on Klee's life, we remember the words of Che Guevara that the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love. Klee never surrendered, he never surrendered to capitalism, the media, or the forces of conformity that sought to change who he was.

UMMID (2024-01-04). 'Blatant support to Israel': Sandeep Pandey on why he returned Magsaysay Award, US degrees. ummid.com Sandeep Pandey, a renowned Social Activist and General Secretary of the Socialist Party in India, announced on January 1, 2024, his decision to return the Magsaysay Award and the degrees he received in the US, to protest the US role in Israel's attack on Gaza.

https: (2024-01-04). Writers Against the War on Gaza. socialistproject.ca/feed/ WAWOG hopes to provide ongoing infrastructure for cultural organizing in response to the war.

WSWS (2024-01-04). The working class, the fight against capitalist barbarism and the building of the World Party of Socialist Revolution , (Part Two). wsws.org Just as the ruling elites have normalized genocide and nuclear war, they have deliberately normalized ongoing mass death and human suffering through the unhindered spread of COVID-19.

WSWS (2024-01-04). UPS rings in the new year with hundreds of job cuts across the US. wsws.org Based on press reports and on information provided to the World Socialist Web Site, the layoffs appear to be concentrated among part-time warehouse workers, especially those working daytime sort shifts.

Suds, Snacks,, Socialism Forum Committee (2024-01-04). Saturday 1/6: The Conflict in the Middle East: NOT according to the New York Times. indybay.org The Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Ave. | Berkeley, CA 94705…

Walden Bello (2024-01-04). Fascism 101: Why We Need To Spell It Out. indybay.org We need to have a transformative vision that can compete with that of the far right, one based on genuine equality and genuine democratic empowerment that goes beyond the now discredited liberal democracy. Some call this vision socialism. Others would prefer another term, but the important thing is its message of radical, real equality beyond class, gender, and race.

thecommunists (2024-01-04). NHS: Murder by a thousand cuts. thecommunists.org As the NHS is gradually dismembered in the interests of privatisation, the rate of avoidable deaths in Britain is soaring. The Office for National Statistics has highlighted the fact that in the UK some extra 55,000 people a year are dying prematurely of preventable diseases — ie, more than 1,000 every week. The effect is …

ecns.cn (2024-01-03). Ice, snow economy ignites Harbin. ecns.cn During the three-day New Year holiday, Harbin, situated in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, has emerged as a trending city online, drawing in a considerable influx of tourists.

Scott Ferguson (2024-01-03). Criticism LTD w/ Matt Seybold. mronline.org Matt Seybold joins Rob Hawkes and Scott Ferguson to discuss the political economy of literary criticism from past to present, amateur to professional. Seybold is Associate Professor of American Literature at Elmira College and Resident Scholar at the Center for Mark Twain Studies. In addition to writing and teaching in the field of literature & economics, Seybold produces and hosts The American Vandal podcast, an ever-growing collection of conversations and presentations about literature, humor, and history in America that is inspired by Mark Twain's life and legacy.

ecns.cn (2024-01-01). Five countries formally join BRICS. ecns.cn The BRICS memberships of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Iran and Ethiopia officially took effect on Monday.

ecns.cn (2024-01-02). Five countries formally join BRICS. ecns.cn The BRICS memberships of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, Iran and Ethiopia officially took effect on Monday.

Pavel López Lazo (2024-01-02). Eurozone economy shrinks Dec 2023 for 18 straight month. plenglish.com London, Jan 2 (Prensa Latina) Manufacturing activity in the Eurozone downgraded in December 2023 for 18th consecutive month, as indicated on Tuesday by the final Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI).

Staff (2024-01-02). Venezuela's Economy Grew 4.5% in 2023 as Forecast by ECLAC. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, confirmed that the Venezuelan economy grew by 4.5% as forecast by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC). | "The Central Bank has not provided the figures yet, although they tell me that ECLAC's expectation of 4.5% has been met. There have been 10 consecutive quarters of growth despite the blockade, and with our own investment," President Maduro said during an In the interview, publi…

Global Research News (2024-01-03). Selected Articles: The Economic Incentive: Blocking Israel's Supply Chain. globalresearch.ca By The Israel-Gaza conflict is invigorating a global protest movement against the state of Israel which is seeing various manifestations. From an economic standpoint, Israel can …

Binoy Kampmark (2024-01-03). Blocking Israel's Supply Chain. counterpunch.org If demography is destiny, as Auguste Comte tells us, then economics must be current, pinching reality. The Israel-Gaza conflict is invigorating a global protest movement against the state of Israel which is seeing various manifestations. From an economic standpoint, Israel can be seen as vulnerable in terms of global supply lines, potentially at the mercy of sanctions

ecns.cn (2024-01-03). Stable growth to be focus of policy support. ecns.cn China is expected to step up policy support for micro, small and medium-sized enterprises and advanced manufacturing in a more precise manner, while also paying more attention to prevent industry regulatory measures from constraining economic vitality, experts said.

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2024-01-03). The Economic Incentive: Blocking Israel's Supply Chain. globalresearch.ca

Afroféminas (2024-01-03). Latin American feminisms and transfeminisms: "We are here". pressenza.com Latin American feminisms and transfeminisms are characterised by their heterogeneity, as they have been shaped by each country's different political, economic, social, and cultural realities. Although there are certain common elements in most of our countries, such as the fight against gender violence, the defence of the right to abortion, and equal pay, each has had its trajectory in the development of the feminist movement. | Latin America and the Caribbean is a region undergoing profound transformations in the context of a global crisis and the entry into the digital phase of the capitalist system. It is also…

midwesternmarx (2024-01-03). Forge ahead with reform and opening-up By: Ken Hammond. midwesternmarx.com In December 1978 the leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) made a momentous decision to open a new program of economic development. Over the first three decades of the People's Republic of China, a foundation for a modern socialist system had been built, but this had been an arduous process, with advances and retreats, successes and failures, and much contention about how best to pursue the goals of enhancing production in industry and agriculture and of improving the mat …

Binoy Kampmark (2024-01-02). The Economic Incentive: Blocking Israel's Supply Chain. dissidentvoice.org If demography is destiny, as Auguste Comte tells us, then economics must be current, pinching reality. The Israel-Gaza conflict is invigorating a global protest movement against the state of Israel which is seeing various manifestations. From an economic standpoint, Israel can be seen as vulnerable in terms of global supply lines, potentially at the mercy …

Orinoco Tribune. (2024-01-02). Argentina's Largest Trade Union Announces General Strike. popularresistance.org The General Confederation of Labor (CGT), Argentina's largest labor union, has called for a general strike and a march to the Congress on January 24, 2024 to protest against President Javier Milei's Decree of Necessity and Urgency and the "Omnibus Bill" that grants absolute powers to the far-right president to govern for two years bypassing the Congress. | On Thursday, December 28, the CGT, which is the common platform for the largest labor unions of Argentina, announced the general strike against Milei's neoliberal policies which "intend to drown the country in economic and political instability."

Annalisa Pensiero (2024-01-02). Machi Betiana's return to the rewe. pressenza.com The Mapuche people need to live in their territory to exist. This is how it is for the Lof Lafken Winkul Mapu. However, and despite being an enshrined right, according to National Parks, judges and prosecutors functional to economic power, this is not viable. | The talks held with the Argentine government to resolve the conflict have turned out to be a farce. In the last one, on 1 June 2023, the recognition of the rewe as sacred territory was achieved, and the return of the machi and her closest collaborators was agreed. After six months of waiting for the agreement to be formalised in writing, on 5 December, Bet…

jamanetwork (2024-01-02). Optimizing Interventions for Early Childhood. jamanetwork.com Early childhood is a critical period for development. The estimated costs of children not reaching their full developmental potential during this period are high and persist throughout life, including lower economic productivity and poorer health. Attaining full developmental potential has been recognized as the right of every child, and investing in early childhood development is key to breaking intergenerational cycles of poverty, increasing human capital, and improving population health and well-being. Yet the most recent estimates indicate that about 43% of children younger than 5 years in low- and middle-inc…

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-02). Reimagining Economics Education. popularresistance.org

Jose Eloy Richards Richards (2024-01-02). Congratulations to Cuba in France on anniversary of the Revolution. plenglish.com Paris, Jan 2 (Prensa Latina) The French association Cuba Linda today congratulated the people and the government of the island on the 65th anniversary of the Revolution and reiterated its condemnation of the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade.

Jose Eloy Richards Richards (2024-01-02). Indian students highlight Cuba ¥s bravery facing imperialism. plenglish.com New Delhi, Jan 2 (Prensa Latina) The secretary general of the Students Federation of India (SFI), Mayukh Biswas, today stressed the bravery of the Cuban people for their resistance against the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States.

Earl Bousquet (2024-01-02). Cuba, Guyana, Venezuela Start 2024 Celebrating New Beginnings! telesurenglish.net The 24th Year of Century 21 blasted-off with Cuba, Guyana and Venezuela all celebrating new beginnings after an eventful 2023 in the three Caribbean and South American nations. | RELATED: | Cuba observed the 65th Anniversary of its 1959 Revolution, Guyana celebrated continuing unprecedented exponential economic growth and Venezuela reported a tenth consecutive quarter of economic grow…

Editor (2024-01-03). Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women. scheerpost.com

Ann Brown (2024-01-02). Why Even Americans Making More Than $100,000 Live Paycheck To Paycheck. moguldom.com If it feels like your hard-earned paycheck vanishes as soon as it hits your bank account, you're not alone. A LendingClub report from September 2023 reveals that over 60 percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck, including a surprising number of those with six-figure incomes. More than half of Americans earning over $100,000 a …

ecns.cn (2024-01-02). New food security law to boost farmers' incomes. ecns.cn China's top legislature has adopted a food security law that aims to ensure grain supply, and stipulates measures to increase the income of crop farmers.

jamanetwork (2024-01-02). Impact of Integrated Interventions on Childhood Neurodevelopment. jamanetwork.com This randomized trial assesses interventions that span preconception through early childhood compared with usual care on neurodevelopment among children at age 24 months in low- and middle-income neighborhoods in India.

WSWS (2024-01-02). UK: Starmer outlines Labour's militarist agenda, including use of nuclear weapons. wsws.org UK Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer and his Shadow Defence Secretary John Healey ended the year with a trip to NATO's Tapa base in Estonia.

WSWS (2024-01-03). Homelessness crisis in Australia exposes Labor-Greens housing deal. wsws.org Soaring rents and home mortgage repayments are producing homelessness on a scale described by charities as the worst on record.

teleSUR, MS (2024-01-03). Enfrentamiento en Ciudad de México deja dos muertos y siete heridos. telesurtv.net El intercambio de disparos se produjo cuando los agentes de la policía se encontraban en labores de investigación.

Barbara G. Ellis (2024-01-02). Yemen's Houthis Become Today's Red Sea Version of the 'Barbary Pirates'. counterpunch.org When my husband and I were producing the pro-West Beirut (Lebanon) Daily Star, one of Yemen's tyrannical kings was ruling from an elaborate barber's chair. Its few exports were chiefly coffee, cotton, and hides, but also postage stamps for international collectors. One of its most infamous imports we interviewed was California's outspoken and dramatic ex-patriot

ecns.cn (2024-01-02). China and neighbors set to strengthen relations. ecns.cn The year 2023 witnessed fruitful outcomes of collaboration between China and its neighboring countries, experts said, predicting such cooperation will continue to deepen comprehensively in 2024.

John Wojcik (2024-01-02). Workers made history in 2023, but it's make or break in 2024. peoplesworld.org There is no question that 2023 was a year of record-setting victories for U.S. workers and their unions, with unprecedented numbers winning drives to unionize their workplaces and huge increases in public support for labor unions and for the right of workers to unionize. It is reasonable to expect that these victories will continue in …

teleSUR, SH (2024-01-02). Elevan a 24 los muertos por sismo de magnitud 7.6 en Japón. telesurtv.net El primer ministro japonés advirtió que las labores de búsqueda se han dificultado debido a que se ha complicado el acceso de vehículos a las zonas afectadas por el sismo.

Kazmyn Ramos, Scheer Post. (2024-01-03). In The World's Wealthiest Country, Housing Should Be A Human Right. popularresistance.org Too many of us have to depend on sheer good luck to make it — especially when it comes to putting a roof over our heads. | We grow up hearing that hard work alone will lift us above the hardships we're born into. But many of us also watched as our parents worked two and three jobs, relied on extended family to watch us, and still struggled to afford stable housing. Far too many of us are living that same struggle ourselves. | It's not that we aren't resourceful. My grandmother, who barely scraped by with factory work and countless odd jobs, pulled together with neighbors who supported each other through a m…

The Independent (2024-01-03). FULL SPEECH: Museveni on corruption, wealth creation and ADF. independent.co.ug 1Ô∏è‚É£ Promoting wealth creation in every home 2Ô∏è‚É£ Combating corruption 3Ô∏è‚É£ Embracing regional integration 4Ô∏è‚É£ Addressing the threat of terrorists from Congo Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Full end of year speech by President Yoweri Museveni December 31, 2023. **** Fellow Ugandans, I congratulate you for finishing the year 2023 and I wish you …

Editor (2024-01-02). In the World's Wealthiest Country, Housing Should Be a Human Right and a Community Builder. scheerpost.com

jamanetwork (2024-01-02). Spending on Dual Over-the-Counter and Prescription Drugs in Medicare Part D. jamanetwork.com This study compares Medicare and patient spending for dual over-the-counter and prescription drugs with their over-the-counter cash prices.

ecns.cn (2024-01-02). Experts urge monetary policy easing. ecns.cn China may need to further ease its monetary policy early this year as domestic demand remains insufficient while low inflation and a stabilizing renminbi have offered more scope for policy adjustments, experts said on Monday…

The Independent (2024-01-02). Livingstone Mbabazi takes over at Vipers. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Vipers Sports Club has appointed former Arua Hill SC head Coach Charles Livingstone Mbabazi as their new Head Coach on a two-year employment contract. The Kitende-based club announced on Monday, barely two weeks since they parted ways with Brazilian Coach Leonard Martins Neiva "Vipers Sports Club is delighted to …

Patricia Harrity (2024-01-02). War, What is it Good For? — The Profits of the Military Industrial Complex. expose-news.com The business of war is booming due to the geopolitical tensions engineered in the last few years and global military spending rose to an all-time high of over $2.2 trillion last year …

WSWS (2024-01-03). Earliest known example of a human-built wood structure, dating to nearly a half-million years ago, discovered in Africa. wsws.org This discovery significantly pushes back the known evidence of wooden architecture and the investment by humans in permanent structures suggesting relatively more settled occupation at certain locations.

Jose Eloy Richards Richards (2024-01-02). China inaugurates world's largest high altitude wind farm. plenglish.com Based on Xinhua news agency, it is a project in the autonomous region of Xizang, southwest, which has 25 wind turbines capable of providing approximately 200 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity per year. | According to CHN Energy Investment Group, this saves about 60,000 tons of standard coal and will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 160,000 tons. | The project, built at an average altitude of 4,650 meters above sea level, was completed in about 260 days with an investment of 640 million yuan (about US$90.36 million). | In CHN Energy Investment's view, the operation of the farm will play a crucial role…

The Independent (2024-01-02). Oil and gas take a lion's share of FDI into Uganda. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The value of foreign direct Investments (FDI) into Uganda grew by almost 80 percent in 2022, the bulk of the money going into oil and gas and related activities, this is according to the latest joint government report. The survey conducted by the Bank of Uganda, Uganda Investment Authority, and …

Brenda Norrell (2024-01-03). Parallel Massacres: From the Zapatistas to Wounded Knee and Gaza. indybay.org Parallel Massacres: From the Zapatistas to Wounded Knee and Gaza — Censored News Most Censored 2023. The weapons flow and its tentacles in Indian country; the violations of the sacred; and the silencing of voices for Palestine at universities in the United States were among the most censored issues in 2023. The war crimes and genocide in Palestine with U.S. funds and weapons would not be possible without the complicity of the U.S. media, which has gone from lazy chair plagiarizing to becoming a government organ serving war profiteers.

WSWS (2024-01-03). Earthquake strikes central Japan leaving dozens dead. wsws.org While it is not possible to prevent natural disasters, the damage that results is compounded by the subordination of public safety to the capitalist profit system.

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-02). Health Workers in the UK Shut Down the Headquarters of a Gaza War Profiteer. portside.org

Brenda Norrell (2024-01-02). Parallel Massacres: From the Zapatistas to Wounded Knee and Gaza. indybay.org Parallel Massacres: From the Zapatistas to Wounded Knee and Gaza — Censored News Most Censored 2023. The weapons flow and its tentacles in Indian country; the violations of the sacred; and the silencing of voices for Palestine at universities in the United States were among the most censored issues in 2023. The war crimes and genocide in Palestine with U.S. funds and weapons would not be possible without the complicity of the U.S. media, which has gone from lazy chair plagiarizing to becoming a government organ serving war profiteers.

Taj Ali, Portside. (2024-01-02). Health Workers Shut Down Headquarters Of A Gaza War Profiteer. popularresistance.org Last week, hundreds of UK health workers shut down the central London headquarters of US tech giant and spy firm Palantir to disrupt its business. Their mass picket aims to blockade entry to and exit from the building in protest against National Health Service (NHS) England awarding a £330 million contract to Palantir, a company that professes to be keeping the Israeli government "armed and ahead" in its ongoing bombardment of Gaza, including Israel's systematic targeting of health care facilities, health workers, and patients. | Palantir specializes in artificial intelligence—powered military and sur…

John Pilger (2024-01-02). Silencing the Lambs. How Propaganda Works. John Pilger, His Legacy Will Live. globalresearch.ca "Today, the most profitable wars have their own brand. They are called 'forever wars': Afghanistan, Palestine, Iraq, Libya, Yemen and now Ukraine. All are based on a pack of lies." John Pilger…

Alexandra Jacobo (2024-01-02). Fossil fuel giants' record payouts amid deepening climate crisis. nationofchange.org The world's five largest oil companies, BP, Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and TotalEnergies, reported record profits and approved major new fossil fuel projects.

Jerry Long (2024-01-02). Of Earth and Money. counterpunch.org The earth cares nothing for profit. It has no table on which it plans budgets or places military options. It simply exists as a home for species. Providing air and water and light and ground without hidden fees or added service charges. The stock market, on the other hand, cares exclusively for profit. But no

Ben Felder, In These Times. (2024-01-03). Deregulation Is Turning Oklahoma Into A Factory Farm Sacrifice Zone. popularresistance.org As Barbara Dozhier prepared a ham before the arrival of her great-grandchildren and the rest of her family last Christmas Eve, she prayed for a weather forecast with wind out of the south. A breeze in the opposite direction meant her home four miles outside the east Oklahoma town of Kansas would be overcome with the stench of chicken litter. | Ever since a six-building poultry farm opened across the street in 2018‚Äâ—‚Äâwhere 336,000 birds are raised at a time‚Äâ—‚Äâfamily gatherings at the Dozhier home have been forced inside. | "Som…

ecns.cn (2024-01-02). China launches first regulation of phosphorus pollution in Poyang Lake. ecns.cn East China's Jiangxi Province has introduced a regulation to prevent and control total phosphorus pollution in Poyang Lake, which took effect starting from Monday.

midwesternmarx (2024-01-03). Israel's Genocide Betrays the Holocaust By: Chris Hedges. midwesternmarx.com Never Again and Again and Again – by Mr. Fish Israel's lebensraum master plan for Gaza, borrowed from the Nazi's depopulation of Jewish ghettos, is clear. Destroy infrastructure, medical facilities and sanitation, including access to clean water. Block shipments of food and fuel. Unleash indiscriminate industrial violence to kill and wound hundreds a day. Let starvation — the U.N. estimates that more than half a million people are already starvi …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-03). I Don't Care What Religion The Genocidal Child Murderers Are By: Caitlin Johnstone. midwesternmarx.com Unfuckingbelievable. It is un fucking believable that it's 2024 and the US-sponsored incineration of Gaza is still going on. They're just looking us dead in the eye and doing the worst things humans could possibly do, right in front of us. Against all laws. Against all opposition.‚ùñThe other day Tony Blinken posted an astonishingly obnoxious tweet fretting about how "This has been an extraordinarily dangerous year for press around the world," as though his own administ …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-03). The Death of Israel By: Chris Hedges. midwesternmarx.com Birth of a New Nation – by Mr. Fish​Settler colonial states have a terminal shelf life. Israel is no exception. Israel will appear triumphant after it finishes its genocidal campaign in Gaza and the West Bank. Backed by the United States, it will achieve its demented goal. Its murderous rampages and genocidal violence will exterminate or ethnically cleanse Palestinians. Its dream of a state exclusively for Jews, with any Palestinians who remain stripped of basic righ …

midwesternmarx (2024-01-03). Russia is on a path to becoming socialist again. In anticipation of this, we must unite the globe's anti-imperialist forces By: Rainer Shea. midwesternmarx.com The way that we interpret Russia's special military operation, and the events surrounding it, is going to determine how we wage the class struggle throughout…

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-02). Hezbollah wages an aerial attack on the headquarters of Israeli military Command 91 in Eliet (Northeastern Safed) with a combat drone which hit its target accurately: statement. english.almanar.com.lb

jamanetwork (2024-01-02). The Margins Matter. jamanetwork.com In this narrative medicine essay, an internist illustrates how working class patients juggle their health care needs‚àíwhether to eat, pay rent, or lose wages—before illness or pain propels them to see a clinician.

WSWS (2024-01-03). For a European movement against capitalism and war. wsws.org Millions of people around the world are taking to the streets to protest against the genocide in Gaza and the threat of world war. The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei, in close cooperation with its comrades in France, the UK, Turkey, Ukraine and Russia, is participating in the European elections to give voice to this opposition and develop it into a powerful movement against the root cause of war, capitalism.

WSWS (2024-01-03). Australian protests against Gaza genocide: "Governments are trying to suppress the opposition" wsws.org "People are waking up to the inequity of capitalism, which is at the root of a lot of problems in the world."

Henry Giroux (2024-01-02). The Politics of Emergency Time and the Emerging Threat of Fascism. counterpunch.org The underbelly of contemporary violence is colonialism, the politics of disposability, religious fundamentalism, neoliberalism, and raw militarism. Violence seems to have engulfed the earth like a blinding sandstorm. Children are being killed en mass in Gaza, homelessness is increasingly spreading among youth in many countries, inequality exists at staggering levels, and a culture for justice has been replaced by a global culture of war. Gangster capitalism is waging a war on the working class, women's reproductive rights, gay rights, people of color, and democracy itself–brazenly wrapping itself in the discours…

Editor (2024-01-02). Jan 2, 2024. sitrepworld.info Platoon Soundtrack — Adagio for Strings The Great Clarification, by James Howard Kunstler US Foreign Policy Is a Scam Built on Corruption, by Jeffrey D. Sachs Is It Over Yet? Dissecting capitalism, by Michael Hudson, Radhika Desai (Transcript) The War Party Tantrum, by Matt Taibbi Tributes Pour in For John Pilger — Consortium News The End of Free Speech? by John Leake The China Convergence: Yes, the West is becoming more like China, by N.S. Lyons Happy Days Are Here Again? by Bill Astore 1984/2024 — the hidden hope in Orwell's warning, by Paul Cudenec Newyear's resolution: "be…

Government of the Philippines (2024-01-02). Philippines: DSWD DROMIC Report #11 on the Effects of Shear Line and Tropical Storm "Kabayan" as of 31 December 2023, 6PM. reliefweb.int Country: Philippines | Source: Government of the Philippines |

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2024-01-02). Israel's Genocide Betrays The Holocaust. popularresistance.org Israel's lebensraum master plan for Gaza, borrowed from the Nazi's depopulation of Jewish ghettos, is clear. Destroy infrastructure, medical facilities and sanitation, including access to clean water. Block shipments of food and fuel. Unleash indiscriminate industrial violence to kill and wound hundreds a day. Let starvation — the U.N. estimates that more than half a million people are already starving — and epidemics of infectious diseases, along with the daily massacres and the displacement of Palestinians from their homes, turn Gaza into a mortuary. The Palestinians are being forced to choose betwe…

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-03). Housing activists organise national day of action for public housing, rent controls. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2024-01-02). Housing activists organise national day of action for public housing, rent controls. greenleft.org.au

Tina Renier (2024-01-02). Development Studies: Ideological Crisis, No Coherent Stance against the Dominant Neoliberal Paradigm. Tina Renier. globalresearch.ca

A Guest Author (2024-01-03). Bangladesh solidarity rally with Palestine. workers.org By the Socialist Party of Bangladesh On Dec. 29, a solidarity rally and march was held in Bangladesh with the slogan "Genocide, Free Palestine." The event occurred at Shahbagh Square in Dhaka. It was organized by the "Palestine Solidarity Committee, Bangladesh" Chapter, constituting communist, socialist, left progressive political parties, organizations, . . . |

WSWS (2024-01-03). The working class, the fight against capitalist barbarism, and the building of the World Party of Socialist Revolution , (Part One). wsws.org The New Year opens against the backdrop of a massive escalation of imperialist violence throughout the world. Genocide and nuclear war are being normalized.

Peoples Dispatch (2024-01-02). Massive march for Palestine disrupts NYC on New Years Eve. peoplesdispatch.org Thousands marched down Manhattan on New Year's Eve, on one of the largest celebrations in the city, in solidarity with Palestine. The march was organized by the Palestinian Youth Movement, the People's Forum, the ANSWER Coalition, No Tech for Apartheid, the Party for Socialism and Liberation and around a dozen other organizations in the #ShutItDown4Palestine coalition. Protesters demanded an end to Israel's genocide and siege against Gaza, an immediate ceasefire, and an end to all US funding of Israel. | Participants such as PSL Presidential Candidate Claudia de la Cruz, told Peoples Dispatch why they were partic…

Pavel López Lazo (2024-01-02). Caravan of Freedom is being re-launched in Cuba. plenglish.com Santiago de Cuba, Jan 2 (Prensa Latina) In front of the first Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, the Caravan of Freedom left Santiago de Cuba province for Havana, 65 years after the event.

Nancy Phillips (2024-01-02). Communist Abraham Lincoln Brigade volunteer Paul Wendorf's letters published in Spain. peoplesworld.org The letters of Paul Wendorf, a member of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, have been translated and published in Spain by Salamanca University Press as Vida y lucha de otro norteamericano en las trincheras de España. [At the site where Wendorf's letters are posted—see below—Nancy Phillips writes: "Paul Wendorf was my mother's first cousin and my …

Ben Norton (2023-12-31). Most important stories of 2023: Gaza, Ukraine, China, BRICS, dedollarization, bank crises, inflation. geopoliticaleconomy.com These were the most important geopolitical and economic issues of 2023, including the wars in Gaza and Ukraine, US-China tensions, BRICS expansion, growing de-dollarization, inflation crisis, crypto fraud, bank crashes, European de-industrialization, and more.

The Independent (2023-12-31). Ongoing conflict ravages Sudan's economy, society in 2023. independent.co.ug KHARTOUM, SUDAN | Xinhua | As the Sudanese people expected to see an end to the years-long instability in 2023 to avoid an economic collapse in the country, Sudan slid into a deadly military conflict in April that has been ongoing till now. HEAVY TOLL ON CIVILIANS On April 15, residents of the capital …

Gus Speth, Resilience. (2023-12-31). Opening A New Path On Climate And The Future. popularresistance.org Of the many climate struggles going on today, the great one, played out in hundreds of arenas around the world, is the struggle to rein in and then halt the buildup of greenhouse gases. Gaining ever-more attention is the struggle to adapt to the climate impacts already upon us. But there is a new struggle that needs to be joined now: the struggle to learn from our mistakes — the Big Mistake of climate catastrophe. What is it about our society, our economy, our politics, and our culture that has let this giant failing happen? What is it that has led us to this tragedy? | There are a set of readily available…

ecns.cn (2023-12-31). Xi: China's economy weathers storm to be more resilient, dynamic. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Sunday said the year 2023 has seen China's economy weather the storm and become "more resilient and dynamic than before."

Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. (2023-12-30). World's Economic Centre Of Gravity Is Returning To Asia. popularresistance.org In October 2023, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published its annual Trade and Development Report. Nothing in the report came as a major surprise. The growth of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) continues to decline with no sign of a rebound. Following a modest post-pandemic recovery of 6.1% in 2021, economic growth in 2023 fell to 2.4%, below pre-pandemic levels, and is projected to remain at 2.5% in 2024. The global economy, UNCTAD says, is 'flying at "stall speed"', with all conventional indicators showing that most of the world is experiencing a recession.

ecns.cn (2023-12-30). China to further strengthen implementation of monetary policy: PBOC. ecns.cn China will step up implementation of the existing monetary policies in efforts to promote development while maintaining stability, the People's Bank of China (PBOC) said in a statement released on Thursday after the latest quarterly meeting of its monetary policy committee.

The Independent (2023-12-30). European economy struggles amid recession fears, geopolitical chaos. independent.co.ug FRANKFURT, GERMANY | Xinhua | As German companies are getting increasingly dissatisfied with their status quo, their scepticism over business prospects for the first half of 2024 has grown. The Ifo Business Climate Index, which measures entrepreneurs' sentiments about the current business situation and their expectations for the next six months, slipped to 86.4 points …

The Independent (2023-12-30). High inflation persists as Nigeria enters New Year. independent.co.ug ABUJA, NIGERIA | Xinhua | Nigeria, Africa's largest economy, enters the New Year amid internal and external difficulties challenging its "Renewed Hope," with President Bola Tinubu vowing to tame stubborn inflation. The country is battling its highest inflation rates in nearly two decades. The latest data, from the National Bureau of Statistics, put November's headline …

Juan M. Garcia (2023-12-31). Cuba and China in the dynamics of a multi-sector alliance. plenglish.com Beijing (Prensa Latina) China and Cuba have reinvigorated their economic-commercial relations, strengthened mutual political trust with high-level meetings and signed several agreements during a fruitful year for their ties.

ecns.cn (2023-12-31). Xi: China to consolidate, strengthen momentum of economic recovery. ecns.cn China will consolidate and strengthen the momentum of economic recovery, and work to achieve steady and long-term economic development, Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday while delivering his 2024 New Year message.

Juan M. Garcia (2023-12-31). Xi Jinping predicts economic revitalization and development in China. plenglish.com Beijing, Dec 31 (Prensa Latina) President Xi Jinping on Sunday reviewed China's achievements and challenges in 2023, and predicted a coming year of greater economic revitalization with a new development paradigm.

ecns.cn (2023-12-31). Data applications key to driving economic growth. ecns.cn China plans to expand the application scenarios for data in 12 key fields, including smart manufacturing, modern agriculture, trade circulation, transportation and financial services.

ecns.cn (2023-12-31). Xi hails steady recovery amid challenges. ecns.cn China has successfully achieved the main targets for economic and social development in 2023, with the estimated total economic output set to exceed 126 trillion yuan ($18 trillion), President Xi Jinping said on Friday.

Vijay Prashad (2023-12-30). The World's Economic Centre of Gravity Is Returning to Asia. dissidentvoice.org Han Youngsoo (Republic of Korea), Seoul, Korea 1956—1963. In October 2023, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) published its annual Trade and Development Report. Nothing in the report came as a major surprise. The growth of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP) continues to decline with no sign of a rebound. Following …

Staff (2023-12-30). India-UAE ties transcend to multilateral level in 2023. muslimmirror.com Dubai : The already strong India-UAE ties transcended to a truly multilateral level in 2023 with the announcement of the strategically important India-Middle East Economic Corridor and the expansion of the BRICS grouping to include the key Gulf nation. The bilateral ties have witnessed qualitative and quantitative progress with Prime Minister Narendra Modi giving top …

Staff (2023-12-30). India-UAE ties transcend to multilateral level in 2023. muslimmirror.com Dubai : The already strong India-UAE ties transcended to a truly multilateral level in 2023 with the announcement of the strategically important India-Middle East Economic Corridor and the expansion of the BRICS grouping to include the key Gulf nation. The bilateral ties have witnessed qualitative and quantitative progress with Prime Minister Narendra Modi giving top …

News Desk, The Cradle. (2023-12-30). US Sanctions Yemeni Money Network Over Pro-Palestine Action. popularresistance.org The US Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on 28 December imposed unilateral economic sanctions on one individual and two currency exchange houses in Yemen, accusing them of "facilitating" the flow of funds for the Ansarallah resistance movement. | "Today's action underscores our resolve to restrict the illicit flow of funds to [Ansarallah], who continue to conduct dangerous attacks on international shipping and risk further destabilizing the region," said Brian Nelson, the US Treasury under-secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence. | The sanctions targeted Nabil Ali Ahmed [mda…

krish-rad_ind (2023-12-30). World's Economic Centre Of Gravity Is Returning To Asia. popularresistance.org

Jacob Nordangard (2023-12-30). World Economic Forum's "Young Global Leaders" Revealed. globalresearch.ca For several decades, this program has nurtured compliant leaders acting as WEF agents in governments around the world. The consequences are far-reaching and may turn out to be devastating for humanity.

ecns.cn (2023-12-30). Data applications key to driving economic growth. ecns.cn China plans to expand the application scenarios for data in 12 key fields, including smart manufacturing, modern agriculture, trade circulation, transportation and financial services.

ecns.cn (2023-12-30). Xi hails steady recovery amid challenges. ecns.cn China has successfully achieved the main targets for economic and social development in 2023, with the estimated total economic output set to exceed 126 trillion yuan ($18 trillion), President Xi Jinping said on Friday.

John Mueller (2023-12-30). Remember when Japan was going to take over the world? responsiblestatecraft.org

The most important security issue for the United States, the contest/competition/rivalry with China, may soon fade away.The plausibility of this proposition is enhanced if we take as a parallel not the rivalry with the USSR during the Cold War, but the one that smoked through the 1980s and early 1990s when Japan appeared to be becoming "Number One." The rather benign ending of that rivalry may have something to say about what will happen as China slides into what many suggest will be a lengthy period of slow growth or even stagnation.In both cases, the perceived threats have been primarily economic.<...

Eugene Puryear, Liberation News. (2023-12-31). Crisis In The Democratic Republic Of Congo. popularresistance.org Since 1996, at least 6 million people have been killed in successive conflicts in the eastern portion of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The same conflicts are largely responsible for the 6.9 million internally displaced people in the DRC today, one of the world's largest populations of IDPs. Successive waves of violence have unfolded against a backdrop of a desperate struggle for the $24 trillion of mineral wealth embedded in Congolese soil. Despite immense wealth, nearly 60 million people — 64% of the country — live on less than $2.15 a day. One in six people living in extreme poverty in Sub-Sahar…

Desinformémonos (2023-12-30). Mexico: more than 8,000 people advance towards Oaxaca in migrant caravan. pressenza.com The more than 8,000 Central and South American migrants who make up the migrant caravan known as the "Exodus of Poverty" continued their journey early this morning from the municipality of Escuintla to Mapastepec, in Chiapas, to reach the state of Oaxaca. | On the fourth day of their journey, the thousands of men, women, and children from Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Venezuela, and Cuba advanced along the coastal highway of Chiapas to head north. | According to Luis Rey García Villagrán, an activist with the Human Rights Centre for Human Dignification, nine out of ten migrants in the caravan want to s…

People's Dispatch. (2023-12-31). Greeks Protest Docking Of US Warship. popularresistance.org On Thursday, December 28, anti-imperialists in Greece protested the docking of the US Navy's aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford at the Souda Port in Chania. The mobilization, called by the Peace Committee and labor unions in Chania, saw participation from activists of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE), the Greek Committee for International Détente and Peace (EEDYE), the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE), and All Workers Militant Front (PAME), among others. | Activists held a banner that read "There is no place here for murderers! US and NATO soldiers are not welcome!" The aircraft carrier docked at the port on Dece…

Juan M. Garcia (2023-12-31). Doctor Mercedes Blanco, a Cuban physician in Guatemala. plenglish.com Guatemala (Prensa Latina) Dr. Mercedes Blanco's story in the northeastern department of Alta Verapaz shows the work during 2023, and before, of the anonymous heroes of Cuba's collaboration in Guatemala.

Sebastiana Romero (2023-12-31). Uruguay a la vanguardia en el uso de energías renovables. radiohc.cu Montevideo, 31 dic (RHC) Uruguay sigue marcando hoy pauta en el uso de energías renovables, según un registro elaborado por la Administración del Mercado Eléctrico (ADME).

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-12-31). Mayo Clinic hits milestone of 1 million YouTube subscribers. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The channel's success is driven by the collaboration of teams from Mayo Clinic's Center for Digital Health, Marketing, IT and Communications, along with staff members across Mayo Clinic who share their expertise to help others. ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic's YouTube channel recently surpassed 1 million subscribers. Mayo Clinic started its YouTube channel in 2006, before the streaming platform became a household name. Over the past 17 years, the channel has grown steadily, delivering Mayo…

teleSUR, JGN (2023-12-31). Presidente Maduro recuerda entrada en vigencia de Constitución venezolana. telesurtv.net El 2 de febrero de 1999, cuando asumió la presidencia, Chávez incluyó en su juramento de Ley su intención de elaborar una nueva Carta Magna.

Labor Video Project (2023-12-31). Travis AFB 14 Get Out of Jail After Protest at Largest Military Air Base in the US. indybay.org At a protest to stop the shipment of weapons from Travis AFB to Israel, 14 people were arrested and charged with unlawful assembly. After being released they talk about what happened and why they decided to take this action.

People's Dispatch. (2023-12-30). Beyond A Ceasefire: Palestinian Youth Movement's Demands For Liberation. popularresistance.org The entire Palestine solidarity movement in North America has united behind the demand of a ceasefire in Gaza. For the first time in years, organizations of the working class such as labor unions have been united against the status quo of Western foreign policy and taken an unprecedented stance against Israeli violence. | At the same time, important sectors in the movement have been trying to push the demands even further. The Palestinian Youth Movement, a major international formation of Palestinian youth with significant presence across North America, has been working to push the movement beyond dreaming of an…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-12-30). Nicaragua greets the people of the world for the new year. plenglish.com Managua, Dec 30 (Prensa Latina) Nicaragua today conveyed a New Year's greeting to the people, governments, social, labor and cultural movements of the world and urged them to continue the fight against injustice.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-12-30). Mayo Clinic hits milestone of 1 million YouTube subscribers. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The channel's success is driven by the collaboration of teams from Mayo Clinic's Center for Digital Health, Marketing, IT and Communications, along with staff members across Mayo Clinic who share their expertise to help others. ROCHESTER, Minn. — Mayo Clinic's YouTube channel recently surpassed 1 million subscribers. Mayo Clinic started its YouTube channel in 2006, before the streaming platform became a household name. Over the past 17 years, the channel has grown steadily, delivering Mayo…

Labor Video Project (2023-12-30). Travis AFB Protest to Stop US Arms to Israel STOP the Genocide. indybay.org An action of over 150 people took place on 12/28/23 to shutdown Travis AFB which is the largest US transfer base for US military weapons in the United States. It sends weapons to Israel, Ukraine and to Okinawa and the 800 bases around the world.

Labor Video Project (2023-12-30). Fascism, Civil War, Argentina, Melei & The Class Struggle With Ricardo Ortiz. indybay.org WorKWeek looks at the rise of Javier Melei in Argentina, the rise of fascism and the growing class struggle and possible massive general strikes to bring down the government.

Labor Video Project (2023-12-30). Travis AFB 14 Get Out of Jail After Protest at Largest Military Air Base in the US. indybay.org At a protest to stop the shipment of weapons from Travis AFB to Israel, 14 people were arrested and charged with unlawful assembly. After being released they talk about what happened and why they decided to take this action.

Kelli Duncan, Next City. (2023-12-30). Black Investors Take Back Legal Tool To Restore Chicago's Affordable Housing. popularresistance.org It was early 2020 when Jay Davis realized his family was going to lose his childhood home, a red brick house in Rosemoor on the South Side of Chicago that had been in his family for generations. | Davis' great-uncle had been living there, and as his dementia worsened the one-story house began to deteriorate. When he died, he left it to his son who had serious health issues and could not maintain the home, Davis said. | Davis, 41, wanted to keep the house from becoming another vacant lot on the South Side. He understood the significance of homeownership as a tool for building generational wealth that has been deni…

The Independent (2023-12-30). The futility of waste management. independent.co.ug COMMENT | SARAH NEWMAN | When the world leaders gathered in Dubai for the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28), the United Arab Emirates unveiled the world's highest-capacity waste-to-energy (WTE) facility. The plant is designed to process two million metric tons of municipal waste annually, producing enough electricity to power 120,000 households per year by incinerating …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-12-31). German farmers come out in force to protest new law which increases fuel prices. expose-news.com German farmers are enraged at proposed cuts to diesel subsidies cuts and taxes that directly impact their livelihoods. They say these could cost them up to ‚Ǩ1 billion. Farmers from across Germany …

Rhoda Wilson (2023-12-31). German farmers come out in force to protest new law which increases fuel prices. expose-news.com German farmers are enraged at proposed cuts to diesel subsidies and tax exemptions that directly impact their livelihoods. They say these could cost them up to ‚Ǩ1 billion. Farmers from across Germany …

The Independent (2023-12-30). Luwero: Water prices skyrocket after a one week water crisis. independent.co.ug Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Water prices in Luwero Town Council have skyrocketed. The increase in the water price is a result of the water crisis that hit the area one week ago, which has triggered a significant challenge for residents and businesses alike, as they struggle to find water for various purposes. With the …

The Independent (2023-12-30). Christmas in the West gets less Christmassy amid dogged inflation, rising insecurity. independent.co.ug BEIJING | Xinhua | Another Christmas has come and gone, replete with families and friends exchanging gifts beside a crackling hearth, sharing stories under a Christmas tree and enjoying traditional holiday meals. Others weren't so fortunate, receiving church handouts, curling up in a subway station to avoid the cold or grieving the loss of beloved …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-12-31). Mayo Clinic makes transformative $22 million investment in local communities. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Twenty-one nonprofits will receive support to help those in need ROCHESTER, Minn. ‚Äï Mayo Clinic cares for its patients, communities and each other, and Mayo's Bold. Forward. strategy supports this care through work to Cure, Connect, and Transform healthcare for all. As this strategy successfully unfolds, this year Mayo Clinic is able to invest an additional $22 million in community organizations addressing pressing needs related to housing, food insecurity, access to healthcare, and safe places…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-12-30). Mayo Clinic makes transformative $22 million investment in local communities. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Twenty-one nonprofits will receive support to help those in need ROCHESTER, Minn. ‚Äï Mayo Clinic cares for its patients, communities and each other, and Mayo's Bold. Forward. strategy supports this care through work to Cure, Connect, and Transform healthcare for all. As this strategy successfully unfolds, this year Mayo Clinic is able to invest an additional $22 million in community organizations addressing pressing needs related to housing, food insecurity, access to healthcare, and safe places…

The Independent (2023-12-30). UAE's post-oil ambitions steer a multibillion-dollar push into African freight. independent.co.ug Sheikdom ramps up multi-billion dollar investment in Africa's freight industry, positioning itself as a logistics and trade behemoth in a post-fossil-fuel era. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | United Arab Emirates-based companies and funds are doubling down on a foray into Africa's freight and logistics scene. Earlier this year, Emirati maritime giant, DP World, inked …

Staff (2023-12-30). The pharmaceutical landscape in occupied Palestine. peoplesdispatch.org Teva Pharmaceuticals, based in Israel and recognized as one of the largest producer of generic medications globally, manufactures various essential drugs, including versions of mixed amphetamine salts (usually marketed under the trade name Adderall), fluoxetine, ibuprofen, among others. In 2022, the company achieved a gross profit of USD 6,973 million US dollars. As one of …

Yves Engler (2023-12-30). Why are Canadian Taxpayers Subsidizing Israel's Military? dissidentvoice.org Critics say Israel is an army with a country, but it is the apartheid state's supporters who confirm it. Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University has once again launched an initiative to promote the Israeli military even though it violates charity regulations and risks the group's special tax status. In a recent end of year …

WSWS (2023-12-30). Oppose the unions' attempt to short-circuit the Quebec public sector workers' struggle! wsws.org If rank-and-file workers do not organize to defeat this betrayal, public sector workers will suffer a further deterioration in their wages and working conditions, and the right-wing populist Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government will accelerate its privatization plans.

Editor (2023-12-31). Dec 31, 2023. sitrepworld.info "Katyusha" — Soviet Army Song (Female Choir) 2024: Coming USA Political Dysfunction, by Karl Sanchez "Listen to what he says," by Patrick Armstrong Michael Hudson: Neoliberalism, Industrial Capitalism, and the Rise of Debt |- Robinson's Podcast Trickery, Humiliation, Death — and the Timeless Hunger for 'Honour and Glory,' by Alastair Crooke No, Biden Is Not Being Played by Netanyahu. U.S. Imperialist Policy Is the Systematic Problem, by Finian Cunningham The Great Taking: How the Banksters Plan to Steal Everything From Everyone, by Joseph Mercola Democrats Facing Election Wip…

Peter Handel (2023-12-30). We Must Reckon With the Most Dangerous System of Extinction Humans Ever Created. truthout.org Capitalism is killing us. That's the unequivocal message of a new book, Dying for Capitalism: How Big Money Fuels Extinction and What We Can Do About It by Charles Derber and Suren Moodliar. The authors draw critical links between capitalism, militarism and environmental destruction to show how nothing short of radical change is required to shift the deadly course humanity as a whole is now on. |

The Independent (2023-12-31). Xinhua's top 10 world news events in 2023. independent.co.ug BEIJING | Xinhua | The following are the top 10 world news events in the year 2023 selected by Xinhua in a chronological order: 1. Generative AI accelerates industrial transformation The number of monthly active users of ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, reached 100 million in January. Generative AI represented by ChatGPT is developing …

Tesla Workers Solidarity Network (2023-12-31). Saturday 1/13: Solidarity Rally At Tesla Fremont: Support Swedish Strikers. indybay.org Tesla Fremont Assembly Plant | Industrial Drive & Fremont Blvd | Fremont, CA…

Tesla Workers Solidarity Network (2023-12-30). Saturday 1/13: Solidarity Rally At Tesla Fremont: Support Swedish Strikers. indybay.org Tesla Fremont Assembly Plant | Industrial Drive & Fremont Blvd | Fremont, CA…

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-31). Housing activists organise national day of action for public housing, rent controls. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-30). Housing activists organise national day of action for public housing, rent controls. greenleft.org.au

Andreas Malm (2023-12-31). On Palestinian and Other Resistance In Times of Catastrophe. socialistproject.ca A lecture from Andreas Malm on the situation in Gaza. | Hosted by Teach Ins for Palestine, and Stockholm Academics for Palestine. | Recorded in Stockholm, 7th December 2023. | Andreas Malm is a Swedish author and an associate professor of human ecology at Lund University. He is on the editorial board of the academic journal Historical Materialism. He has been active in the Palestinian solidarity movement for many years, including living in the Occupied Territories for extended periods. He is the author of:

WSWS (2023-12-30). Sri Lankan workers condemn pro-government thug attack on SEP members. wsws.org Workers' action committees in Sri Lanka have sent protest letters condemning the violent attack by Podujana Pragathishili Sevaka Sangamaya trade union officials on two Socialist Equality Party members.

WSWS (2023-12-30). "When I think of the party in America, I think of Helen" wsws.org We are publishing here the tribute to Helen Halyard written by Laura Tiernan, a member of the National Committee of the Socialist Equality Party in Britain and writer for the World Socialist Web Site.

ecns.cn (2023-12-31). Xi meets Chinese diplomatic envoys to foreign countries. ecns.cn Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Chinese president, and chairman of the Central Military Commission, met with Chinese diplomatic envoys attending the annual work conference for overseas envoys to foreign countries in 2023 at the Great Hall of the People on Dec 29. Xi delivered an important speech.

thecommunists (2023-12-30). Israeli far right's plans for expulsion and expansion. thecommunists.org Reproduced from Le Monde Diplomatique, with thanks. ***** It's often said that wars are easier to start than finish. Israel's war in Gaza is already proving to be a particularly telling demonstration of this. Hamas's operation Al-Aqsa Flood of 7 October has given Israel's far right, which dominates the government Benjamin Netanyahu formed in late …

ecns.cn (2023-12-27). Industrial firms see profit growth for 4th straight month. ecns.cn Aided by a policy boost, China's economy is showing more signs of improvement, as official data on Wednesday revealed that profits at China's industrial firms grew for the fourth consecutive month in November.

infobrics (2023-12-27). China, Saudi Drive BRICS' Push to Erase Dollar in Global Economy. infobrics.org The global financial landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation, with the BRICS alliance — Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa — at the forefront of a daring initiative to challenge the supremacy of the US dollar…

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-12-27). Chilean banks make a negative balance of the national economy. plenglish.com Santiago de Chile, Dec 27 (Prensa Latina) Chile's economy has remained stagnant for a decade and currently its growth is the lowest in the region, the Association of Banks and Financial Institutions (Abif) stated today.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-12-27). Cuba urged to correct distortions and re-boost the economy. plenglish.com Havana, Dec 27 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Prime Minister, Manuel Marrero, reiterated that the implementation of the measures recently announced in the National Assembly is necessary to update the Government's work systems, local media published today.

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-12-28). We can either have billionaires or democracy. Not both. indybay.org Political debate on wealth redistribution is a fight for fairness | Call it socialism – as the wealthy GOP does – or call it progressive taxation or economic justice. It doesn't matter; the nation's fiscal conservatives will demonize any idea of redistributing wealth and try to stoke unfounded fears of creeping communism no matter what specific language we use around fairness.

MEE staff (2023-12-27). Israel-Palestine war: Israel trumpets Intel's $25bn investment as it pounds Gaza. middleeasteye.net Israel-Palestine war: Israel trumpets Intel's $25bn investment as it pounds Gaza | Intel's decision to plow ahead with investment in chip plant comes as the war on Gaza takes an economic toll on Israel | Wed, 12/27/2023 – 19: 28 | A visitor interacts with a display by Intel at a technology exhibit at the Peres Centre for Peace and Innovation in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on 3 September 2019 (A…

Jomo Kwame Sundaram (2023-12-27). World Bank enables private capture of profits, public resources. mronline.org The World Bank insists private finance is needed for economic recovery and the Sustainable Development Goals but does little to ensure profit-hungry commercial finance serves the public interest.

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-12-27). We can either have billionaires or democracy. Not both. indybay.org Political debate on wealth redistribution is a fight for fairness | Call it socialism – as the wealthy GOP does – or call it progressive taxation or economic justice. It doesn't matter; the nation's fiscal conservatives will demonize any idea of redistributing wealth and try to stoke unfounded fears of creeping communism no matter what specific language we use around fairness.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-12-27). Caricom aims to deepen trade and economic integration. plenglish.com Georgetown, Dec 27 (Prensa Latina) The Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) will continue to diligently manage the regional bloc's priorities of deepening economic integration and trade, an authority asserted in statements released today.

Joel Richards (2023-12-27). Argentina's trade unions march in capital. america.cgtn.com Argentina's powerful trade unions marched on Wednesday December 26 in protest at the Javier Milei government's plans to usher in sweeping economic reforms by presidential decree. | Joel Richards reports from Buenos Aires.

ecns.cn (2023-12-27). New high-speed railway routes start operations. ecns.cn Three new high-speed train routes became operational on Tuesday, promoting social and economic development, improving the quality of people's lives and showcasing China's expertise in building high-speed railways in varied and difficult terrain, according to the operator.

The Independent (2023-12-27). EU-China cooperation vital in face of global challenges, economist says. independent.co.ug BRATISLAVA | Xinhua | Europe and China have common interests in several areas, such as climate, trade and technology, and the cooperation between the European Union (EU) and China is vital, a Slovakian economic expert told Xinhua in a recent interview. Juraj Sipko, former head of the Institute of Economic Research at the Slovak Academy …

Staff (2023-12-27). 'Is Ram Mandir real issue? Talk about inflation, employment…': Congress. muslimmirror.com New Delhi : As the country is preparing for the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda has raised a question, stating, "Is Ram Mandir the real issue or unemployment and inflation?" "I have no problem with any religion. It is okay to go visit the temple once in a …

Staff (2023-12-27). 'Is Ram Mandir real issue? Talk about inflation, employment…': Congress. muslimmirror.com New Delhi : As the country is preparing for the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, senior Congress leader Sam Pitroda has raised a question, stating, "Is Ram Mandir the real issue or unemployment and inflation?" "I have no problem with any religion. It is okay to go visit the temple once in a …

Labor Video Project (2023-12-28). Fascism, Civil War, Argentina, Melei & The Class Struggle With Ricardo Ortiz. indybay.org WorKWeek looks at the rise of Javier Melei in Argentina, the rise of fascism and the growing class struggle and possible massive general strikes to bring down the government.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-12-27). How The Hell Did We Get Here? caitlinjohnstone.com.au We could have been so much more. We have the ability to create a healthy and harmonious world and collaborate to give everyone on earth everything they need, and instead we're killing the biosphere while arguing about whether or not it's anti-semitic to oppose an active genocide.We could have peace on earth and move from competition-based systems to collaboration-based ones to maximize our creative and innovative potential and spend our existence explori…

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-12-27). Cuba and China open ophthalmologic hospital. plenglish.com Hefei, China, Dec 27 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of Cuba and China on Wednesday opened here the new venue of an ophthalmologic hospital with specialists from both countries, as part of a collaboration of more than 10 years.

Labor Video Project (2023-12-27). Fascism, Civil War, Argentina, Melei & The Class Struggle With Ricardo Ortiz. indybay.org WorKWeek looks at the rise of Javier Melei in Argentina, the rise of fascism and the growing class struggle and possible massive general strikes to bring down the government.

Editor (2023-12-27). Big Contract Battles Ahead for Unions in 2024. scheerpost.com By Dan DiMaggio / Labor Notes Major contract fights in 2023 at UPS, the Big 3 automakers, and Hollywood studios set the tone for next year's contract campaigns. Impressive gains and increased transparency got members of other unions asking, "Why can't my union be like that?" The bar will be high. Many of the contracts …

WSWS (2023-12-27). Prime Healthcare victimizes 7 workers as struggle by Southern California healthcare workers against understaffing continues. wsws.org Management fired 7 workers, including the entire SEIU-UHW bargaining team, as the union launched another limited Unfair Labor Practice strike.

teleSUR odr (2023-12-27). Rusia afirma que 30 países pretenden establecer lazos con el Brics. telesurtv.net El canciller ruso señaló que la pretensión es resultado de la labor que el Brics ha desempeñado.

teleSUR, lfb, JCM (2023-12-27). Investigan muerte de 5 personas a causa de un naufragio en Ecuador. telesurtv.net Inicialmente se pensó que había un fallecido, pero durante las labores de rescate se encontraron cuatro víctimas más, tres mujeres y un adolescente.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-12-27). Reportan al menos siete muertos por lluvias en Sudáfrica. telesurtv.net Las labores de búsqueda y rescate continúan en un contexto difícil por las lluvias que continúan sobre el territorio.

Staff (2023-12-27). Who Funds Canary Mission? James Bamford on Group That Doxxes Students & Profs for Palestine Activism. democracynow.org Longtime investigative journalist James Bamford's latest piece for The Nation looks at Canary Mission, a shadowy pro-Israel group that publishes the photos and personal details of students who take part in Palestinian advocacy on U.S. colleges, branding them antisemites and often damaging their career prospects. Bamford explains how this operation has direct links to the Israeli government, and that wealthy Americans who fund this effort could be breaking the law by acting as agents of a foreign power. "The purpose is to blacklist and dox students, professors, and largely anybody who disagrees with Is…

WSWS (2023-12-27). UN report finds Sri Lanka's social inequality among the worst in Asia. wsws.org United Nations Development Program (UNDP) revealed that Sri Lanka was one of the top five countries in the Asia-Pacific region in terms of wealth inequality.

ecns.cn (2023-12-27). Used goods proving to be trendy commodities. ecns.cn An increasing number of young consumers attach greater attention to low-carbon, sustainable consumption, with higher acceptance of used merchandise.

People's Dispatch. (2023-12-27). Activists Declare: No Christmas During Genocide! popularresistance.org Thousands marched through New York City's busiest shopping district on December 23, to demand an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. The march called for by the #ShutItDown4Palestine coalition stated that there can be no holiday celebrations as usual while Israel carries out a genocide in Gaza, with complete political and financial backing of the United States. | Organizers from the Palestinian Youth Movement, the ANSWER Coalition, the People's Forum, and more condemned the ongoing atrocities and the role of US officials in perpetuating them. | Watch Peoples Dispatch's report from the streets!

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-27). Ukrainian Government Workers Will Face Salary and Pension Delays If US and EU Don't Approve More Aid. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said Wednesday that Ukrainian government workers could face delays in the payment of their salaries or pensions if the US and the EU do not approve new aid packages soon. "The support of partners is extremely critical," Svyrydenko said, according to Financial Times. "We need it urgently." The US …

Ann Brown (2023-12-27). Who Will Defend Us? 3 Black American Leaders And Organizations Who Are Financially Compromised By Wells Fargo. moguldom.com Wells Fargo, one of the largest financial institutions in the U.S., has recently made headlines with its multimillion-dollar grants and partnerships to promote racial equity and support minority communities. However, a deeper examination reveals a complex relationship between Wells Fargo and some prominent Black American leaders and organizations. While Wells Fargo's financial support may appear …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-12-27). Craig Mokhiber: UN Officials Abdicate Responsibilities Regarding the Gaza Genocide. libya360.wordpress.com Nora Barrows-Friedman, Asa Winstanley, Ali Abunimah and Jon Elmer of The Electronic Intifada were joined by international human rights lawyer Craig Mokhiber. Daniel Machover: "States Must Invoke the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice" Why is the UN Genocide Office Silent About Gaza? Why the World Court, Not the ICC, is the Right…

ecns.cn (2023-12-27). Japan's move sparks concerns in region. ecns.cn Japan's approval of hefty increases in the defense spending bill and the official security assistance budget for the upcoming fiscal year is a departure from its postwar military and diplomatic policies, threatening the safety and stability of the Asia-Pacific region.

Binoy Kampmark (2023-12-27). A Growing Butcher's Bill: Israel's War Spending. dissidentvoice.org The Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron is worried. He is keeping an eye on the ballooning costs of his country's war against Gaza and the Palestinians. Initially, the Netanyahu government promised to increase its defence budget by NIS 20 billion (US$5.48 billion) per annum in the aftermath of the war. But a document from …

Dave DeCamp (2023-12-27). US Announces $250 Million Arms Package for Ukraine. news.antiwar.com The Biden administration announced a new $250 million weapons package for Ukraine that the White House said will be the last until Congress approves new spending for the proxy war. The arms package uses the Presidential Drawdown Authority, which allows the US to ship weapons straight from US military stockpiles. The Pentagon still has over …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2023-12-27). Israel's War Spending: The Ballooning Costs of Israel's Genocidal War against Palestine. globalresearch.ca

presstv.ir (2023-12-27). Leader: West pursues no logic in issue of women, only pursues profit, pleasure from them. presstv.ir Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the West follows no logic in the issue of women and merely seeks profit and pleasure from them.

presstv.ir (2023-12-28). Iran: Nothing new in nuclear work, all activities in line with rules. presstv.ir Iran's atomic chief says the country's nuclear activities are in line with international regulations.

Staff (2023-12-27). Sirajuddin Qureshi's defiance: ED, CBI charges and age limit challenges at IICC. muslimmirror.com By Syed Zubair Ahmad Sirajuddin Qureshi's stubbornness to retain the presidency of the India Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC) until his final moments seems to disregard all norms and regulations. Despite crossing the age of 75, Qureshi adamantly refuses to relinquish his position, leading him to navigate a labyrinth of legal battles without respite. The crux …

Staff (2023-12-27). Sirajuddin Qureshi's defiance: ED, CBI charges and age limit challenges at IICC. muslimmirror.com By Syed Zubair Ahmad Sirajuddin Qureshi's stubbornness to retain the presidency of the India Islamic Cultural Centre (IICC) until his final moments seems to disregard all norms and regulations. Despite crossing the age of 75, Qureshi adamantly refuses to relinquish his position, leading him to navigate a labyrinth of legal battles without respite. The crux …

Alan Kanner (2023-12-27). Trump Crosses the Lines. counterpunch.org On Veteran's Day, November 11, 2023, Donald Trump crossed the line. In his Claremont, New Hampshire speech, he said: "We pledge to you that we will root out the communists, Marxists, fascists and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country that lie and steal and cheat on elections."

a guest author (2023-12-27). Las causas de la invasión norteamericana a Panamá (1989). workers.org Las causas de la invasión norteamericana a Panamá (1989) Por Olmedo Beluche El autor es un sociólogo marxista panameño. (Tomado del libro: "Diez años de luchas políticas y sociales en Panamá. 1980-1990") Manifestación en Panamá, 20 de diciembre de 2021. El presidente de Estados Unidos, George Bush (padre), justificó la . . . |

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-12-27). Lula's government increases minimum wage in Brazil. plenglish.com Brasilia, Dec 27 (Prensa Latina) The Government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will increase the minimum wage in Brazil by 6.8 percent as of January 1, which represents an increase to 1,412 reais (292.2 dollars ).

Brett Wilkins (2023-12-27). Teen Who Refused to Enlist Over Israel's "Revenge Campaign" Jailed for 30 Days. truthout.org A young Israeli man was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days behind bars for refusing to enlist in the Israel Defense Forces as it wages a genocidal assault on Gaza, a war the teen condemned as "a revenge campaign… not only against Hamas, but against all Palestinian people." Tal Mitnick, an 18-year-old from Tel Aviv, entered the Tel Hashomer enlistment center with other members of the Mesarvot Network — a… |

ecns.cn (2023-12-27). China to step up research on future-orientated technologies. ecns.cn China's top industry regulator said on Wednesday that it will step up the research on future-oriented technologies, such as artificial intelligence, and push forward new industrialization.

Common Dreams (2023-12-27). US Foreign Policy Is a Scam Built on Corruption. pressenza.com The $1.5 trillion in military outlays each year is the scam that keeps on giving—to the military-industrial complex and the Washington insiders—even as it impoverishes and endangers America and the world. | By Jeffrey D. Sachs | On the surface, US foreign policy seems to be utterly irrational. The US gets into one disastrous war after another — Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Ukraine, and Gaza. In recent days, the US stands globally isolated in its support of Israel's genocidal actions against the Palestinians, voting against a UN General Assembly resolution for a Gaza ceasefire backed by 153 c…

Lee Camp, Break Through News. (2023-12-27). How Israel Buys Support From Celebrities. popularresistance.org Why have so many celebrities, politicians, and influencers come out to strongly support Israel? The two word answer: the "Israel lobby." But it's much deeper than that. | Comedian Lee Camp reveals the gruesome and often hidden details of how the Israel Support Industrial Complex's sausage is made.

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-28). Housing activists organise national day of action for public housing, rent controls. greenleft.org.au

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-27). Housing activists organise national day of action for public housing, rent controls. greenleft.org.au

Emir Sader (2023-12-27). The Future of Brazil. orinocotribune.com By Emir Sader — Dec 26, 2023 | It was a better year for us in Brazil. Definitely. First of all, because we had the first year of a new Lula government, leaving the Bolsonaro years behind. When the latter was no longer an option, Bolsonaro was defeated, although not necessarily Bolsonarism. The ideological and political struggle to consolidate democracy and advance anti-neoliberalism continues. | This year allowed the Brazilian government to resume the prioritization of social policies. Specifically, the rescuing of traditional programs, starting with Bolsa Familia, followed by others and adding new programs…

WSWS (2023-12-27). "Helen was convinced the international socialist programme of our world party would resonate with the working class" wsws.org We are publishing here the tribute to Helen Halyard written by Ulrich Rippert, the former national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party of Germany (Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei) and founding member in 1971 of its predecessor, the League of Socialist Workers (Bund Sozialistischer Arbeiter).

ecns.cn (2023-12-27). CPC Central Committee holds symposium commemorating 130th anniversary of Mao's birth. ecns.cn The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Tuesday morning held a symposium at the Great Hall of the People to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the birth of Comrade Mao Zedong.

infobrics (2023-12-26). Why Expansion of BRICS Is So Profound for the Global Economy. infobrics.org The enlarged grouping accounts for almost 37% of world's GDP if one uses the purchasing power parity measurement method, while the G7 represents just 30%…

latintimes (2023-12-26). Top Latin Times Stories in 2023: Politics and Immigration for U.S. Latinos. latintimes.com 2023 has been a year of milestones and challenges for Latinos in the U.S.

Mike Whitney (2023-12-26). Yemen's Houthis Have "Biden by the Shorthairs". Disruption of the Most Important Maritime Trading Routes. Potential Shock to the Global Economy. globalresearch.ca

Ret Admiral Cem Gàºrdeniz (2023-12-26). Disruption in Maritime Trade Routes from the Black Sea to the Red Sea Triggers Crisis of the World Economy. Escalation, from Israel-Palestine War into Iran-US War? globalresearch.ca

ecns.cn (2023-12-26). Robert Kuhn: China addresses challenges to bolster economyÔΩúMy Memory of China. ecns.cn "I wish all my Chinese friends a Happy New Year," Robert Kuhn, chairman of the Kuhn Foundation, smiled and said in both English and Chinese before he shared his memory of China in 2023 during an inclusive interview with China News Network.

ecns.cn (2023-12-26). China raises 2024 import quota for Australian wool. ecns.cn China on Monday announced the 2024 import quotas for zero-tariff wool products from New Zealand and Australia, with a 5 percent rise in Australia's quota, in line with the terms of their bilateral free trade agreement (FTA).

The Independent (2023-12-26). Kenya's economy grows 5 percent in 2023 despite challenges. independent.co.ug NAIROBI, KENYA | Xinhua | Kenya's economy grew 5 percent in 2023, up from 4.8 percent in 2022 despite continued challenges, the World Bank said in a report released recentlyy. According to the World Bank's 28th edition of Kenya Economic Update (KEU), the improved growth was buoyed by a strong rebound in the agriculture sector …

ecns.cn (2023-12-26). Increasing yield per unit: China sets overall grain production targets for 2024. ecns.cn China has established overall targets for its 2024 grain production, aiming to stabilize food grain, maize and soybean production, expand rapeseed planting area, and increase yield per unit area, as announced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

ecns.cn (2023-12-26). China starts zero-tariff treatment for 6 least-developed African countries. ecns.cn The zero-tariff treatment China had granted for six least-developed African countries officially took effect on Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-12-26). Robert Kuhn: China addresses challenges to boost its economyÔΩúMy Memory of China. ecns.cn Looking back at the year 2023, Dr. Robert Kuhn, Chairman of the Kuhn Foundation, told China News network that he focuses on how China dealt with its complex economy, seeking to bolster the economy in the short term in ways that benefit, not sacrifice the economy in the long term.

David McCall (2023-12-26). How Biden's Economy Puts Money in Workers' Pockets. counterpunch.org Libbi Urban's co-workers broke into applause at the union hall last year when they learned that their new contract with Cleveland-Cliffs not only increased wages by a whopping 20 percent but provided greater work-life balance and even enabled them to retire earlier than planned. They'd spent years fighting for some of the improvements. But this time, they

themedialine.org (2023-12-26). Arab League Hails Yemen Agreement as Positive Step Toward Lasting PeaceYemen has been mired in a brutal civil war since 2014, pitting the Houthis against the internationally-recognized government. In 2015, a Saudi Arabia-led coalition intervened to support the Yemeni government, further intensifying the conflict. The Yemeni Presidential Leadership Council and the Houthi group have committed to a nationwide cease-fire, lifting economic restrictions, and engaging in preparations for inclusive UN-led political negotiations.

The Independent (2023-12-26). Egypt continues to act as mediator in resolving crises, conflicts in 2023 despite economic challenges. independent.co.ug CAIRO | Xinhua | Despite the multiple economic challenges it faced in 2023, Egypt continued to play an active peacemaking role in maintaining security and stability in the Middle East. Surrounded by crises and conflicts in its neighboring countries and regions, including Libya, Sudan and the Gaza Strip, Egypt acted as a major mediator in …

Brian Berletic (2023-12-26). Thailand's Kra Land Bridge (Might) Reshape Asia. thealtworld.com Thailand's government has put together a serious proposal to build a land bridge across the Thai Kra Isthmus connecting ports on either side, providing an alternative for maritime shipping transiting the Malacca Strait, saving several days of travel in the process. | The project, if completed, would transform Asia's economic and even security architecture. The land bridge, along with the still-under-construction Thai-Chinese high-speed railway, would solidify Thailand's role as a regional logistics hub connecting the Indian Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, and also moving freight and people from across Southeast Asi…

ecns.cn (2023-12-26). EU, U.S. support for Ukraine tends to fade. ecns.cn The United States and the European Union have both failed recently to pass the aid package for Ukraine due to internal divisions, and 2024 is certain to be tougher for Ukraine, which is already in a dire economic situation, analysts said.

Adam Fishbein (2023-12-26). In Memory of Robert Solow. cepr.net We were honored to have Robert Solow as a member of our Advisory Board at the Center for Economic and Policy Research for more than a decade. Professor Solow was a brilliant economist, who broke ground in many areas of the discipline. While he was a great mathematician, he always viewed economics as a way …

ecns.cn (2023-12-26). Plan to spur HK, Macao investors. ecns.cn A three-year action plan released on Monday by the mainland's top economic regulator signaled a potential relaxation or removal of eligibility criteria, shareholding ratios and industry access restrictions for Hong Kong and Macao investors, emphasizing increased openness in the financial sector.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-12-26). Cuba reiterates priority relations with the Eurasian Economic Union. plenglish.com Havana, Dec 26 (Prensa Latina) The president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, reiterated that for Cuba it is of utmost importance to expand ties with all member nations of the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU).

ecns.cn (2023-12-26). New high-speed railway to boost development in Fujian's western region. ecns.cn The China State Railway Group, the national railway operator, announced on Monday that a new high-speed railway is set to open in East China's Fujian province on Tuesday, aiming to enhance social and economic development in the western part of the province.

latintimes (2023-12-26). President Milei's Economic Deregulation: Argentina Opens Doors to Bitcoin Contracts. latintimes.com Experts explained to The Latin Times what the announcement means. "It's not a step in terms of regulation just yet"

noemail (2023-12-26). GLOBAL MARKETS-Global stocks edge up, dollar holds near 5-month low. devdiscourse.com Global stocks crept higher on Tuesday and the dollar lingered near a five-month low as investors held fast to bets that cooling U.S. inflation will lead the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates next year. Oil prices jumped over 3% earlier in the session to the highest in almost a month, as Middle East strife continues and investor hope possible rate cuts will boost global economic growth and fuel demand.

Sonali Kolhatkar (2023-12-26). We can either have billionaires or democracy. Not both. indybay.org Political debate on wealth redistribution is a fight for fairness | Call it socialism – as the wealthy GOP does – or call it progressive taxation or economic justice. It doesn't matter; the nation's fiscal conservatives will demonize any idea of redistributing wealth and try to stoke unfounded fears of creeping communism no matter what specific language we use around fairness.

presstv.ir (2023-12-26). Iran, Eurasian Economic Union sign free trade agreement. presstv.ir Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union sign a major agreement to engage in free trade.

Alexandra Jacobo (2023-12-26). Iowa declines federal summer food aid, sparking backlash. nationofchange.org Critics argue that the state's stance implies mistrust in low-income families' ability to make healthy food choices for their children, which they consider demeaning and counterproductive.

noemail (2023-12-26). Construction worker killed, another injured as lift malfunctions in Delhi's Narela. devdiscourse.com A labourer was killed and another suffered injuries in outer Delhi's Narela area after a lift of an under-construction building malfunctioned, police said on Tuesday.

Democracy Now! (2023-12-26). Democracy Now! 2023-12-26 Tuesday. democracynow.org Headlines for December 26, 2023; "Christ in the Rubble": Watch Palestinian Pastor Deliver Powerful Christmas Sermon from Bethlehem; Christmas in Palestine: Bethlehem Reverend Slams West for Praising Prince of Peace & Beating Drums of War; Labor Demands a Ceasefire: UAW, Electrical & Postal Workers Call for Israel's Assault on Gaza to End | Headlines for December 26, 2023; "Christ in the Rubble": Watch Palestinian Pastor Deliver Powerful Christmas Sermon from Bethlehem; Christmas in Palestine: Bethlehem Reverend Slams West for Praising Prince of Peace & Beating Drums of War; Labor Deman…

Democracy Now! (2023-12-26). Labor & Palestine: Jeff Schuhrke & Bill Fletcher on How U.S. Unions Are Responding to War in Gaza. democracynow.org Part 2 of our conversation with longtime trade unionist Bill Fletcher and labor historian Jeff Schuhrke about union calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, the 2024 election and more. | Part 2 of our conversation with longtime trade unionist Bill Fletcher and labor historian Jeff Schuhrke about union calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, the 2024 election and more.

Democracy Now! (2023-12-26). Labor & Palestine: Jeff Schuhrke & Bill Fletcher on How U.S. Unions Are Responding to War in Gaza. democracynow.org Part 2 of our conversation with longtime trade unionist Bill Fletcher and labor historian Jeff Schuhrke about union calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, the 2024 election and more. | Part 2 of our conversation with longtime trade unionist Bill Fletcher and labor historian Jeff Schuhrke about union calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, the 2024 election and more.

Democracy Now! (2023-12-26). Democracy Now! 2023-12-26 Tuesday. democracynow.org Headlines for December 26, 2023; "Christ in the Rubble": Watch Palestinian Pastor Deliver Powerful Christmas Sermon from Bethlehem; Christmas in Palestine: Bethlehem Reverend Slams West for Praising Prince of Peace & Beating Drums of War; Labor Demands a Ceasefire: UAW, Electrical & Postal Workers Call for Israel's Assault on Gaza to End | Headlines for December 26, 2023; "Christ in the Rubble": Watch Palestinian Pastor Deliver Powerful Christmas Sermon from Bethlehem; Christmas in Palestine: Bethlehem Reverend Slams West for Praising Prince of Peace & Beating Drums of War; Labor Deman…

Staff (2023-12-26). Labor Demands a Ceasefire: UAW, Electrical & Postal Workers Call for Israel's Assault on Gaza to End. democracynow.org Unions across the United States have begun to shift from a long history of supporting Israel to condemning the Israeli occupation of Palestine amid growing calls for a ceasefire in Gaza, where Israel's 80-day assault has killed over 20,000 people. As ceasefire demands from teachers to Starbucks workers are published across the country and a major march led in part by union organizers in New York called on members of Congress to stop taking campaign cash from pro-Israel lobbyists, Democracy Now! speaks with longtime trade unionist Bill Fletcher and labor historian Jeff Schuhrke about the United States labor…

jamanetwork (2023-12-26). Approaches Decreased EHR Time for Primary Care Clinicians. jamanetwork.com Factors such as team collaboration on orders and the presence of a clinic pharmacy technician to help with medication refills might reduce the amount of time primary care practice (PCP) clinicians spend on the electronic health record (EHR) during and after typical work hours, according to 2021 data from 307 US physicians from 31 primary care clinics at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital. The research appeared in JAMA Network Open.

jamanetwork (2023-12-26). Changes to Nonauthor Collaborator Names. jamanetwork.com The Original Investigation titled "Effect of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor and Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Initiation on Organ Support—Free Days in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial," published on April 11, 2023, has been updated to fix the spelling of names in a supplement (Alessandro Belletti, Alessandra Bonaccorso, Claudia Costantino, Ashlish Dawda, Pierre-Yves Egreteau, Nasir Khoso, Sven Laudi, Juan Martin-Lazaro, Jack Richecoeur, L. Roebers, Giovanna Russelli, Patrica Thompson, and Harald Verheij are the correct spellings. L. Roebers was missing from original a…

jamanetwork (2023-12-26). Revisions to Nonauthor Collaborator Names. jamanetwork.com The Original Investigation titled "Intravenous Vitamin C for Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19: Two Harmonized Randomized Clinical Trials," published on November 14, 2023, has been updated to fix the spelling of names in a supplement (Alessandro Belletti, Alessandra Bonaccorso, Claudia Costantino, Ashlish Dawda, Pierre-Yves Egreteau, Nasir Khoso, Sven Laudi, Juan Martin-Lazaro, Jack Richecoeur, L. Roebers, Giovanna Russelli, Patrica Thompson, and Harald Verheij are the correct spellings). This article was corrected online.

The Independent (2023-12-26). Africa's rich biodiversity offers a wealth of carbon offset projects for Gulf investors. independent.co.ug Africa's carbon credit market is experiencing a significant surge in investor interest, thanks to a surge in fresh investment from the Gulf. But more regulation, stricter auditing and greater transparency is required, according to industry insiders. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Africa is a prime target for new multimillion-dollar carbon offset projects as companies …

UMMID (2023-12-26). Owning home still a dream for majority in United States. ummid.com Owning a home is still a dream for majority of the families in the United States this even as prices have gone down, a latest survey result released Thursday December 21, 2023 showed.

Ann Brown (2023-12-26). Nigerian Tech Executive Busted By SEC Over Fake Accounting, Short Seller Research Pointed Feds To Target. moguldom.com The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has unleashed charges of "massive fraud" against Nigerian tech executive Dozy Mmobuosi and three affiliated companies, alleging a widespread scheme to inflate financial metrics with the intent of deceiving investors. The SEC claims that these entities fabricated their financial statements and those of their Nigerian counterparts, Tingo Mobile …

ecns.cn (2023-12-26). Company Law draft revision to bolster confidence. ecns.cn A draft revision to the Company Law has been put before Chinese lawmakers for a fourth reading on Monday, which officials and experts said comes amid China's ongoing efforts to enhance its business environment and bolster investment confidence.

American Friends Service Committee (2023-12-26). "Shrouded in Secrecy": The Companies Profiting from Israel's 2023 Attack on Gaza. globalresearch.ca

Ann Brown (2023-12-26). This Entrepreneur Did His Homework On Airport Restaurants. Next Came The Profits. moguldom.com Randy Hazelton, CEO of H&H Hospitality, is a testament to the power of learning from past failures. His journey from bankruptcy to building a thriving business in the competitive world of airport restaurants is a story of determination and strategic thinking. Hazelton did his homework and turned his airport restaurant venture into a multi-million-dollar success. …

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-12-26). Uruguay to hold plebiscites. plenglish.com That year could be the highest in terms of number of plebiscites (five). Out of them, the one assured is seeking to approve police night raids, for which the ruling National Party obtained the necessary signatures in Parliament. | The main argument in defense of the said plebiscite is that regulations are needed to further address insecurity, particularly drug trafficking. | There are four other initiatives whose proponents are fighting to present it in the 2024 elections: the social security reform law, for which the PIT-CNT union center is collecting signatures; the restructuring of debts owed to individuals,…

Chris Walker (2023-12-26). 22 States to Ring In New Year With Minimum Wage Increases. truthout.org Nearly two dozen states and several municipalities across the U.S. are set to increase their minimum wage levels for workers in the new year. Sixty-five jurisdictions in total, including 22 states, will see minimum wage increases starting on that date. A majority of those jurisdictions will see their rates go up to or higher than $15 per hour. Three other states, as well as 22 other localities… |

jamanetwork (2023-12-26). Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation and Psychological Distress. jamanetwork.com To the Editor A recent study examined the effects of atrial fibrillation catheter ablation on mental health. This is a clinically relevant area of research, and the results are certainly interesting, although there is a question, in our opinion, regarding the nature of the observed associations. Treatment for depression is notorious for placebo effects, and it appears such effects may be due to activation of certain neurotransmitting pathways by the "idea" of active treatment. Research has shown that placebo-induced activation of the Œº-opioid system is implicated in the formation of placebo antidepres…

roape.net (2023-12-26). Africa's role in Palestinian liberation. roape.net Calling for African support for Palestine against Israel's military-industrial complex.

marketing (2023-12-26). Casualties In Israeli Aggression On Gaza Reaches Over 20,600 Martyrs #MENAFN #Bitcoin #LatestNews #BreakingNews. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Peninsula) QNA Gaza: The number of casualties of the ongoing Israeli occupation's aggression against the Gaza Strip since October 7 has risen to 20,674 martyrs and 54,536 wounded. | In …

marketing (2023-12-26). Five Bodies Found In Apartment Near Paris: Prosecutors #MENAFN #Bitcoin #LatestNews #BreakingNews. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Peninsula) AFP Bobigny, France: Five dead bodies were found on Christmas Day in an apartment in the town of Meaux to the east of Paris, the local prosecutor told AFP, adding that a …

marketing (2023-12-26). Amendment To Law On Electricity To Be Discussed At Azerbaijani Parliament #MENAFN #Bitcoin #LatestNews #BreakingNews. menafn.com (MENAFN – AzerNews) Abbas Ganbay Read more From January 1 next year, the operation of electrical | installations with a capacity of more than 200 kW in Azerbaijan | will be carried out based on a …

marketing (2023-12-26). Netflix Documentary With Costa Rican Nature Wins Emmy #MENAFN #Bitcoin #LatestNews #BreakingNews. menafn.com (MENAFN – Costa Rica News) ocref&&(Object(document,"referrer",{get: function(){return litespeed_docref}}),sessionStorage("litespeed_docref")); Netflix Documentary with Costa Rican Nature Wins Emmy ? …

marketing (2023-12-26). Ayahuasca Or Psilocybin, Which Is The Right One For You? #MENAFN #Bitcoin #LatestNews #BreakingNews. menafn.com (MENAFN – Costa Rica News) ocref&&(Object(document,"referrer",{get: function(){return litespeed_docref}}),sessionStorage("litespeed_docref")); Ayahuasca or Psilocybin, Which is the Right One for You? …

marketing (2023-12-26). Colonialism Led To The Extinction Of Indigenous Shaggy Dogs In Canada #MENAFN #Bitcoin #LatestNews #BreakingNews. menafn.com (MENAFN – Costa Rica News) ocref&&(Object(document,"referrer",{get: function(){return litespeed_docref}}),sessionStorage("litespeed_docref")); Colonialism Led to the Extinction of Indigenous Shaggy …

marketing (2023-12-26). Central Bank Of Azerbaijan Releases Report On Currency Rates #MENAFN #Bitcoin #LatestNews #BreakingNews. menafn.com (MENAFN – AzerNews) Asim Aliyev Read more According to the official rate of the Central Bank of | Azerbaijan, the US dollar exchange rate remained unchanged at the | level of AZN 1.7, Azernews …

greenleft.org.au (2023-12-26). Housing activists organise national day of action for public housing, rent controls. greenleft.org.au

Rhoda Wilson (2023-12-26). Matthew Ehret: Without numerous anti-Semitic fascists, Zionism would not have been possible. expose-news.com Imperial socialism has always been at the heart of 20th-century fascism, writes Matthew Ehret. Without the force of numerous anti-Semitic fascists throughout the last two centuries, Zionism would have never been possible. …

thecommunists (2023-12-26). Comrade Ranjeet talks to Press TV about his arrest and the fight against zionism. thecommunists.org Following his recent arrest, along with three other party comrades, for the 'racially aggravated crime' of offering for sale a book that tells the truth about the history of zionism, Comrade Ranjeet Brar talks to Press TV. Western governments and media like to tell us that they are the upholders of freedom of speech. But …