(2023-02-01). 250-meter-high 'super swing' makes debut in SW China's Chongqing. ecns.cn A scenic spot has built a huge swing on the edge of a 250-meter-high crystal corridor in southwest China's Chongqing municipality.
(2023-02-01). China's homemade oral COVID-19 drug SIM0417 to enter market in 2 weeks. ecns.cn China's homemade oral COVID-19 drug SIM0417, or Xiannuoxin, is expected to enter the market in two weeks, said its developer.
(2023-02-01). More than 30 Chinese cities lower mortgage rates for first-time home buyers. ecns.cn Many cities in China have lowered mortgage rates to below four percent for first-time home buyers.
(2023-02-01). Huawei opens 2nd store in Saudi Arabia. ecns.cn Chinese tech giant Huawei on Tuesday opened a new store in Jeddah, the Red Sea port city in Saudi Arabia.
(2023-02-01). Chinese referees to officiate FIFA Club World Cup opener. ecns.cn FIFA announced on Tuesday that Chinese match officials Ma Ning, Zhou Fei, Zhang Cheng and Fu Ming would officiate the opening match of the FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco.
(2023-02-01). Banks improve as economy recovers. ecns.cn The financial results of listed banks in China will improve steadily this year as the overall economy improves and banks make greater efforts to grant credit, experts said.
(2023-02-01). 250-meter-high 'super swing' makes debut in SW China's Chongqing. ecns.cn A scenic spot has built a huge swing on the edge of a 250-meter-high crystal corridor in southwest China's Chongqing municipality.
(2023-02-01). China's homemade oral COVID-19 drug SIM0417 to enter market in 2 weeks. ecns.cn China's homemade oral COVID-19 drug SIM0417, or Xiannuoxin, is expected to enter the market in two weeks, said its developer.
(2023-02-01). More than 30 Chinese cities lower mortgage rates for first-time home buyers. ecns.cn Many cities in China have lowered mortgage rates to below four percent for first-time home buyers.
(2023-02-01). Huawei opens 2nd store in Saudi Arabia. ecns.cn Chinese tech giant Huawei on Tuesday opened a new store in Jeddah, the Red Sea port city in Saudi Arabia.
(2023-02-01). Chinese referees to officiate FIFA Club World Cup opener. ecns.cn FIFA announced on Tuesday that Chinese match officials Ma Ning, Zhou Fei, Zhang Cheng and Fu Ming would officiate the opening match of the FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco.
(2023-02-01). Banks improve as economy recovers. ecns.cn The financial results of listed banks in China will improve steadily this year as the overall economy improves and banks make greater efforts to grant credit, experts said.
(2023-02-01). Grain corruption to be weeded out. ecns.cn Efforts to uproot corruption in the grain industry should be continuously strengthened so as to better serve and safeguard the country's food safety, China's top anti-graft agency said.
(2023-02-01). Boeing delivers its last 747 jet. ecns.cn Boeing on Tuesday delivered its last built "Queen of the Skies" — the 747 jumbo jet that helped change air travel forever more than a half-century ago.It contributed to what happened in the late 1970s with the deregulation of air travel," he said.
(2023-02-01). China starts 2023 with high quality development. ecns.cn China made progress in high-quality economic development at the start of 2023 with prosperity in various industries all over the country.
(2023-02-01). HK to lure back visitors with global publicity campaign. ecns.cn Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said on Tuesday that he is confident of a full boundary reopening with the Chinese mainland "very soon", as the city gears up to make a comeback by launching a major global publicity campaign.
(2023-02-01). Wild flamingos winter in North China's Yuncheng. ecns.cn With the improvement of ecological environment, wild flamingos fly to the salt lake to overwinter in Yuncheng every year.
(2023-02-01). Airfare prices from China to SE Asia slashed after Spring Festival. ecns.cn Airfare prices from China to Southeast Asia have decreased about 30 percent after the Spring Festival, according to data released Tuesday by Chinese online travel platform Qunar.
(2023-02-01). Winding Yellow River Light Array illuminates ancient city in Gansu. ecns.cn The light array, the largest in China, originates from the legends in the Chinese novel "The Creation of the Gods."
(2023-02-01). Pink trumpet flowers bloom in Guangzhou. ecns.cn Pink trumpet flowers bloomed in Guangzhou, South China's Guangdong Province.
(2023-02-01). CH.1.1 variant won't trigger another infection wave nationwide in short term: China CDC. ecns.cn Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC) on Tuesday said that the new Omicron variant CH.1.1 won't cause another infection wave nationwide in the short term.
(2023-02-01). Employment, prices key to stable growth. ecns.cn China has pledged more efforts to rein in unemployment among young people this year and ease inflation, in a broader move by central authorities to strengthen social safety nets for the vulnerable.
(2023-02-01). Caution sounded on EU's Green Deal. ecns.cn Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo (R) is pictured ahead of a meeting between the Climate Coalition (Klimaatcoalitie Coalition Climat) association for urgent climate action to discuss a Green New Deal for the country on December 5, 2022.
(2023-02-01). Exit from bloc takes toll on overseas students. ecns.cn The number of students from the European Union studying in the United Kingdom has fallen by half since Brexit, newly published figures from the Higher Education Statistics Agency, or HESA, have revealed.
(2023-02-01). Nation plays crucial role in global fight against COVID-19. ecns.cn For Li Jun, vice-president of the Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Chinese Medicine, fighting COVID-19 was a war on two fronts.
(2023-02-01). Turning ruins into recreation areas. ecns.cn "I believe that the park's addition to the list will improve protection, leading to the possibility of applying to become a world cultural heritage site.""ÄÄ"ÄÄThe creation of archaeological parks has drawn hordes of tourists.
(2023-02-01). Old Summer Palace archaeologists' efforts connecting with public. ecns.cn Beijing's Yuanmingyuan Park is determined to play a positive role in the passing down of traditional culture and to meet the growing need for public cultural offerings.
(2023-02-01). Xi encourages young people to forge ties. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping, in a recent letter to students of a Hungarian-Chinese bilingual school in Budapest, Hungary, encouraged teenagers in the Central European country to understand China better and become envoys to carry forward and enhance the friendship between the two nations.
(2023-02-01). Chinese premier stresses enhancing role of finance in stabilizing macroeconomy. ecns.cn Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has stressed enhancing the role of finance in stabilizing the macroeconomy and improving financial services to keep the economy performing within a reasonable range.
(2023-02-01). China-Gulf states free trade pact high on agenda. ecns.cn Foreign Minister Qin Gang called for a China-Gulf free trade zone to be established as soon as possible in a telephone conversation with his Saudi Arabian counterpart Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud.
(2023-02-01). Colombia preparing tropical paradise for tourism after 0 years of chaos. colombiareports.com 
Colombia's government is trying to promote responsible tourism on the "Rosario Islands" national park after 0 years of colonial and illegal occupation. The country's National Parks authority is carefully trying…
(2023-02-01). The Heat: Israeli-Palestinian Tensions. america.cgtn.com 
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken calls for calm in meetings with Israeli and Palestinian leaders following a month of bloody violence. Months of violence exploded in recent days with an Israeli military raid in the West Bank and attacks by Palestinians in Jerusalem, leaving …
(2023-02-01). Sunday 2/5: Confronting capitalism's crises with bold, revolutionary leadership. indybay.org New Valencia hall, 747 Polk St., San Francisco (@ Ellis Street)…
(2023-02-01). Heard Museum in Phoenix Harbors O'otham and O'odham Remains. indybay.org While promoting itself as the premiere showcase of American Indian Art, the Heard Museum in Phoenix has harbored the remains of Native ancestors, and one of its board members has worked for the most protested companies in Indian country, violating human rights and sacred places. Ofelia Rivas, Tohono O'odham elder said, "America and international collectors have a morbid pride in their exhibits of human remains and sacred items. They will never conquer the sacred essence of these people and items."
(2023-02-01). Democracies against Autocracies. indybay.org "We are striving for close transatlantic coordination in China policy and are seeking cooperation with like-minded countries in order to reduce strategic dependencies. Indeed, relations with China must be 'shaped in the dimensions of partnership, competition and system rivalry'."
(2023-02-01). Wednesday 2/1: Black History Month and "the land question" indybay.org On line in video conference: meet.google.com/rhc-srqc-cpc…
(2023-02-01). Georgia is in a State of Emergency??? An Atlanta resident's response. workers.org 
In the afternoon of Jan. 26, Governor Brian Kemp declared a "state of emergency" in Georgia, to run through Feb. 9. Banner strung outside Weelaunee Forest. People might ask, what is this dire emergency affecting the people of Georgia? Could it be the dismal news that last year 1,333,100 people . . . |
(2023-02-01). Christians Can Afford To Be More Like Jesus. realprogressives.org It is time for Christians to act on their ability to do more for the hungry, houseless, and sick.
(2023-02-01). Against Trotskyism: Trotsky vs. Lenin. fightbacknews.org The Trotskyites always paint Trotsky as the true inheritor of the revolutionary legacy of Lenin. This is pure opportunism. They see the tremendous respect and admiration for Lenin that is held by working and oppressed people all over the world and seek to gain some of that respectability simply by association. They say Trotsky was Lenin's true heir and comrade-in-arms, and that Stalin and the USSR betrayed Leninism. | But this is nonsense. The fact remains that Trotsky was never truly a Leninist, and between the theories of Trotsky and those of Lenin there are great differences. In fact, there were sharp disagree…
(2023-02-01). Chicagoans brave cold to demand #Justice4Tyre. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL — 300 Chicagoans braced against the cold night, January 30, to protest the brutal police slayings of Tyre Nichols, Keenan Anderson and Manuel "Tortuguita" Teron. The eight-degree weather did not deter the crowd as they clustered together to stand in solidarity with protests that have broken out across the country in the wake of the release of the video footage that depicted multiple officers beating Nichols to death. | Frank Chapman, field organizer of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (CAARPR), made it clear that there is an answer to the people's cries for justice. "
(2023-02-01). Drivers License for All bill passes Minnesota House as hundreds rally. fightbacknews.org Saint Paul, MN – Hundreds of immigrants and supporters rallied in the State Capitol for five hours outside the House of Representatives chamber January 30. They were demanding the House pass House File 4, the Drivers License for All bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to get a drivers license in Minnesota again, as they were able to before 2003 when then-Governor Pawlenty took away that right. | Inside the House chamber, Representatives debated the bill, as Republicans threw up a flurry of amendments to try to weaken or derail the bill. All hostile amendments were defeated. When the final vote came, HF…
(2023-02-01). Milwaukee shows solidarity with Tyre Nichols. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – Despite the Milwaukee snowstorm, 150 people showed up to march in solidarity with Tyre Nichols and all victims of police crimes. The Milwaukee Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression (MAARPR) put the call to action for Sunday, January 29, and was quickly joined by the Justice for Brieon Green Coalition, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Students for Democratic Society, Reproductive Justice Action – Milwaukee (RJA-M), the Milwaukee Anti-war Committee, and Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO). | The crowd gathered at Dontre Hamilton (Red Arrow) Park, which over the years has become an…
(2023-02-01). Minneapolis climate justice rally engages community to fight environmental racism. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN — On January 29, 70 activists, community members and supporters held a rally and healing circle in response to the Minneapolis city council's recent vote in favor of continuing their legacy of environmental racism in the city of Minneapolis. The East Phillips Neighborhood Institute and the Climate Justice Committee organized the rally. | The city council voted on Thursday, January 26 to demolish a former industrial site, the Roof Depot building, against the demands of the community. The building is currently trapping arsenic below the soil and keeping it out of the lungs of East Phillips, a…
(2023-02-01). Release National Democratic Front of the Philippines retirees Saluta et al! fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Communist Party of the Philippines. | We condemn the Philippine National Police (PNP) for the unlawful and baseless arrest of retired National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP) consultant, Ruben Abenir Saluta, 75 years old, literary writer and newspaperman, together with wife Presentacion Saluta and a female companion identified as Yvonne Losaria, last night in Doña Soledad, Barangay Labangal, General Santos City. | Saluta, who is frail and suffering from hypertension, as well as from chronic pulmonary disease, has long retired from…
(2023-02-01). Wednesday 2/1: Learn about Free Tax Prep Help, Flood & Disaster Tax Rules, Low-Income Credits & more. indybay.org Online via Zoom (FREE) | Workshop is for both individuals and businesses…
(2023-02-01). Wednesday 2/1: Información sobre la ayuda GRATUITA para la preparación de impuestos y mas. indybay.org En línea usando Zoom (GRATIS)…
(2023-02-01). There is nothing to fear from China. indybay.org Non-interference in the affairs of other states and emphasis on what united them for mutual benefit were thus an important element of Chinese notions of cooperation from very early on, just as in Chinese philosophy existence presupposes coexistence. Individual rationality was supplemented in China early on by relational rationality.
(2023-02-01). Idaho State Police Sgt. Mike Kish Gives Clearly False Testimony. indybay.org Audio from Ada County Idaho Trial in Judge Dean's court for case number CR01-22-20001.
(2023-02-01). Ultra-processed foods may be linked to increased risk of cancer. imperial.ac.uk Higher consumption of ultra-processed foods may be linked to an increased risk of developing and dying from cancer, an Imperial-led study suggests.
(2023-02-01). India, Russia May Explore to Create Energy Alliance: Former Envoy. infobrics.org India and Russia can explore energy alliance in the back drop of their burgeoning energy ties that includes trade and investments, suggested DB Venkatesh Varma, India's former envoy to Moscow…
(2023-02-01). Components Ready for Fifth Kudankulam Unit. infobrics.org Major equipment for India's Kudankulam 5 is complete at the factory of the Russian supplier, Atommash…
(2023-02-01). The Importance of Sisi's Visit to India to Build Economic Blocs for Egypt with the BRICS Group. infobrics.org Recently, the Egyptian desire to be part of the BRICS group, which is an economic alliance that includes Brazil, Russia, India and China, and was established in 2006, and South Africa joined it later in 2010…
(2023-02-01). Qatari-European relations damaged by Qatargate, aggravating EU energy crisis. infobrics.org Due to Europe's largely self-imposed energy crisis, the continent badly needs gas from Gulf states such as Qatar.
(2023-02-01). Qatari-European relations damaged by Qatargate, potentially aggravating EU energy crisis. infobrics.org Due to Europe's largely self-imposed energy crisis, the continent badly needs gas from Gulf states such as Qatar.
(2023-02-01). China Appears Poised to Achieve through Cooperation in the 21st Century what Japan Sought to Achieve through Coercion in the 20th. covertactionmagazine.com U.S. elites have predictably reacted with hysteria to China's rise and could go so far as to provoke a world war to try to salvage their Southeast Asia empire—as the Roosevelt administration did with Japan on the eve of Pearl Harbor. From 1991 to 2021 China achieved ten-fold growth in incomes and labor productivity, and …
(2023-02-01). U.S., German imperialism send tanks to attack Russia. workers.org 
Jan. 30 — By sending tanks to the Kiev regime in Ukraine, Washington and its NATO cronies have once again escalated the war they have been waging against Russia for the past nine years. Some of the 250 people who rallied Jan. 30, before the German embassy in Vienna, Austria . . . |
(2023-02-01). US Sec. of State Blinken Offers some Anesthesia while Palestinians are Operated on by Far-Right Israeli Gov't. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment)  ; US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Tuesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank, and offered condolences on the "innocent Palestinians" killed by Israeli security forces or squatters on Palestinian land in the last year  ;though he did not specify a number and did not name a …
(2023-02-01). 2023 California Rosa Parks Day – Transit Equity Day. indybay.org Honoring the lifetime of service of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks, we align with the movement for affordable, accessible public transportation – for everyone.
(2023-02-01). Friday 2/10: Empowering People of Color Open Mic. indybay.org La Peña Cultural Center (3105 Shattuck Ave, Berkeley, 94705)…
(2023-02-01). March and Rally in Oakland: Justice for Tyre Nichols. indybay.org APTP held a rally and march on Sunday, January 29 to stand in solidarity with the family of Tyre Nichols and to demand an end to police doing traffic enforcement in every US city.
(2023-02-01). Records reveal Xianmin Guan of Fremont as slumlord owner of mass murder mushroom farms. indybay.org California Terra Garden Inc., Incorporation Papers:…
(2023-02-01). PPP loans to California Terra Garden Inc., mass murder mushroom farm. indybay.org Mass Murder At Half Moon Bay Mushroom Farm Allegedly Over $100.00 -…
(2023-02-01). 'A new Freedom Now Movement'. workers.org 
Mumia Abu-Jamal's commentaries are recorded by prisonradio.org/. Workers.org first printed this commentary on Feb. 3, 2022. Since the article appeared, the peoples' movement won the release of Sundiata Acoli and Dr. Mutulu Shakur. Mumia Abu-Jamal The great Caribbean revolutionary Franz Fanon wrote in his now-classic work, "The Wretched of the . . . |
(2023-02-01). Sunday 2/19: Black History Month: Radical writers pose bold strategies for a revived freedom struggle. indybay.org New Valencia Hall, 747 Polk St. (at Ellis Street) San Francisco | Wheelchair accessible | Seven blocks from Civic Center BART, on or near Muni lines #5, 19, 27, 31, 38, 49…
(2023-02-01). Biden Wielding DNC to Guard Against Progressive Challenge. indybay.org To the victor goes the right to spoil…
(2023-02-01). Corruption: Supreme Court Justices party at $25,000-a-head Soirees with Corporations that have cases before the Court. juancole.com 
By Jim Hightower |  ; ( Otherwords.org)  ; As many of its own members privately admit, Congress has become a pay-to-play lawmaking casino — closed to commoners, but offering full-service access to corporate powers. But there's another government entity that's even more aloof from workaday people: the Supreme Court. And it has become a handmaiden …
(2023-02-01). On Pacifica's CRD: Hands Off Uhuru; Unionists Call for Freedom for Mumia; Florida New Coll. indybay.org On Pacifica's CRD: Hands Off Uhuru; Unionists Call for Freedom for Mumia; Florida New College under Attack; Somali Democracy…
(2023-02-01). Thursday 3/2: World Premiere of 'Sojourner ZY: An Asian American Science Fiction Fantasy'. indybay.org Presidio Theatre on the Main Post | 99 Moraga Avenue | San Francisco, CA 94129…
(2023-02-01). Rosa Luxemburgo y el ecosocialismo… indybay.org Rosa Luxemburgo y el ecosocialismo: | un amor correspondido…
(2023-02-01). Colombia: Asamblea de Liberación de la Madre Tierra en conversa con Raúl Zibechi. indybay.org Colombia_Cauca: Asamblea de Liberación de la Madre Tierra en conversa con Raúl Zibechi…
(2023-02-01). Saturday 2/4: Giant Used Book Sale to Benefit Putting Revolution on the Map in 2023. indybay.org Revolution Books 2444 Durant Avenue, Berkeley, California…
(2023-02-01). Sunday 2/5: Big Used Bk Sale to Benefit Putting Revolution on the Map in 2023. indybay.org Revolution books | 2444 Durant Avenue Berkeley…
(2023-02-01). Nieves Riovalles: "La actuación es vincularse con el ser humano y entender sus pasiones" (+ Fotos y Video). cubadebate.cu Nieves Riovalles Tocabens siempre ha vivido en libertad. Quiso bailar, y bailó; quiso actuar, y actuó. Abre la puerta de su casa para una entrevista que cree que durará poco menos de una hora. Teme por esas preguntas reiterativas, porque, al fin y al cabo, su vida es la misma y de un cuestionario al otro no la puede cambiar. Brinda café ‚îÄcostumbre de los cubanos‚îÄ, nos sentamos en el sofá y empezamos a platicar por casi dos horas.
(2023-02-01). Biden y Lula se reunirán en la Casa Blanca el 10 de febrero. cubadebate.cu Joe Biden recibirá a su homólogo brasileño Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva el 10 de febrero, anunció la Casa Blanca. De acuerdo con la secretaria de Prensa Karine Jean-Pierre, los mandatarios hablarán sobre cómo los dos países pueden seguir trabajando juntos para promover la inclusión, y sobre el cambio climático, migración, desarrollo económico y asuntos de seguridad.
(2023-02-01). Congreso peruano no logra consenso para debatir el adelanto de las elecciones (+ Video). cubadebate.cu El Congreso de Perú postergó por tercera vez este martes un debate clave para adelantar las elecciones generales en 2023, en un intento de apaciguar las protestas contra la presidenta del país, que acumulan 58 muertos en dos meses de manifestaciones. La nueva cita de los legisladores se fijó para este miércoles antes del mediodía.
(2023-02-01). Las 3 del día: Lo que fue noticia este 31 de enero (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu Saludos a todos los seguidores del podcast "Las 3 del día". Este martes 31 de enero de 2023 le damos un repaso a lo que acontece en Cuba y el resto del mundo. | -Santiago de Cuba da un último adiós a la poetisa Teresa Melo | -Develan en China sobre conmemorativo por la visita de Díaz-Canel a ese país | -Francia de nuevo en las calles contra la reforma de pensiones…
(2023-02-01). Conozca los tres trabajos que desaparecerán por la inteligencia artificial. cubadebate.cu Todo hace pensar que la Inteligencia Artificial (IA) llegó para reconfigurar e incluso hacer desaparecer —o modificar drásticamente— los empleos tal cual los conocemos. Según se difundió, afectaría directamente a tres actividades. "IA está reemplazando a los trabajadores profesionales, y no creo que nadie pueda detener eso", analizó un experto.
(2023-02-01). El "hada robótica" que podría usarse para polinizar. cubadebate.cu Investigadores de la Universidad de Tampere han desarrollado el primer robot volador pasivo dotado de músculo artificial, con la idea final de utilizarlo en el futuro para la polinización artificial. La pérdida de polinizadores, como las abejas, es un enorme reto para la biodiversidad mundial y afecta a la humanidad al causar problemas en la producción de alimentos.
(2023-02-01). øQué pasa con la conexión?: Etecsa responde. cubadebate.cu Desde hace dos meses, usuarios de Cubadebate refieren en sus comentarios problemas con la conectividad. Entre los señalamientos más comunes están las bajas velocidades durante la navegación por datos móviles y la interrupción de los servicios de voz y datos en determinados momentos del día. øQué está pasando?
(2023-02-01). Registran nueva masacre en Antioquia, Colombia. telesurtv.net En menos de dos días se han registrado dos masacres, con lo cual suman 12 en lo que va del primer mes del año.
(2023-02-01). Renuncia premier del Consejo de Transición en Haití. telesurtv.net La renuncia de Steven Benoit se da en medio de un clima de inseguridad, represión policial y anuncio de cambios en el cuerpo policial.
(2023-02-01). Papa Francisco llega a la República Democrática del Congo. telesurtv.net Inicia así su 40° viaje apostólico al exterior y su quinto viaje a África desde que asumió la jefatura del Estado del Vaticano.
(2023-02-01). Presidente palestino se reúne con secretario de Estado de EE.UU. telesurtv.net Abbas denunció la falta de esfuerzos globales para desmantelar la ocupación y poner fin al régimen de asentamientos.
(2023-02-01). Profesores británicos convocan huelga por mejoras salariales. telesurtv.net Alrededor de 300,000 docentes se unirán al paro por el que 23.400 escuelas se verán obligadas a cerrar.
(2023-02-01). øQué debes saber sobre la Serie del Caribe 2023?>. telesurtv.net En esta ocasión participarán los equipos representantes de Venezuela, Colombia, México, Panamá, Puerto Rico, República Dominicana, Cuba y Curazao.
(2023-02-01). Reportan tiroteo en centro comercial de Nebraska, EE.UU. telesurtv.net El hombre armado abrió fuego contra la tienda y las autoridades locales, estatales y federales acudieron de inmediato al lugar de la escena.
(2023-02-01). Nueva jornada de protestas en Lima contra Gobierno de Perú. telesurtv.net Esta marcha se realiza tras la violenta represión policial y militar que asesinó a más de medio centenar de ciudadanos y dejó a cientos de heridos en las protestas nacionales.
(2023-02-01). Rusia confirma que recibió mensaje de EE.UU. sobre Ucrania. telesurtv.net El ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Rusia, Sergei Lavrov, indicó que en el mensaje, Estados Unidos pide a Moscú abandonar operación especial en Ucrania.
(2023-02-01). Movilización en Francia: lucha por derechos captada en imágenes. telesurtv.net El proyecto de reforma de pensiones se debatirá el 6 de febrero por la Asamblea Nacional de Francia.
(2023-02-01). El 76% de estadounidenses está insatisfecho con situación del país. telesurtv.net El sondeo tuvo lugar del 2 al 22 de enero y mostró que el cinco por ciento de los adultos estadounidenses están muy satisfechos.
(2023-02-01). Tasa de desempleo en Colombia llega al 11,2 % en 2022. telesurtv.net La tasa de ocupación fue 56,5 por ciento, lo que indica un aumento de 3,4 puntos porcentuales respecto a 2021.
(2023-02-01). Venezuela recuerda el legado del general Ezequiel Zamora. telesurtv.net El ideal y pensamiento de Ezequiel Zamora fue una de las banderas del líder de la Revolución Bolivariana, Hugo Chávez al llegar a la presidencia de Venezuela.
(2023-02-01). Arriba a Venezuela primera dama de Colombia para afianzar lazos. telesurtv.net La primera dama de Colombia sostuvo un encuentro con la primera combatiente de Venezuela en el Palacio de Miraflores, sede del Gobierno.
(2023-02-01). Realizan nuevas movilizaciones para exigir renuncia de la presidenta peruana. telesurtv.net Los manifestantes llevan imágenes de las víctimas reportadas como consecuencia de la fuerte represión de las fuerzas de seguridad.
(2023-02-01). Presidente Maduro llama a profundizar la revolución judicial. telesurtv.net El jefe de Estado llamó a profundizar la revolución judicial para que la justicia llegue al pueblo venezolano.
(2023-02-01). Colegio Médico dominicano insta a marchar contra aseguradoras. telesurtv.net Las demandas contra las aseguradoras se desarrollan desde el 2022 y ha traído como consecuencia la suspensión de los servicios a los afiliados de las ARS.
(2023-02-01). Accidente de tránsito deja siete muertos en Brasil. telesurtv.net El accidente ocurrió sobre las 01H (hora local) de la madrugada en la carretera BR-277.
(2023-02-01). Brasil reporta alza del 14 por ciento en incendios forestales en 2022. telesurtv.net La Amazonía fue la región más afectada en Brasil con la pérdida de 7.9 millones de hectáreas a causa de incendios forestales.
(2023-02-01). Incendio afecta 300 hectáreas del Parque Cayambe Coca en Ecuador. telesurtv.net El incendio inició el domingo 29 de enero y ha afectado al menos 300 hectáreas.
(2023-02-01). Confirman fecha de reunión Lula da Silva y Joe Biden en EE.UU. telesurtv.net Lula da Silva y Joe Biden conversarán sobre "el apoyo inquebrantable de EE.UU. a la democracia de Brasil".
(2023-02-01). Corte ecuatoriana declara la inocencia del informático Ola Bini. telesurtv.net El informático sueco Ola Bini señaló que el fallo de la corte ayuda a hacer de Ecuador un país más seguro en hacer o desarrollar ciberseguridad.
(2023-02-01). Incendio deja al menos 14 muertos en este de India. telesurtv.net La policía local indicó que entre las víctimas fatales del incendio se encuentran diez mujeres y al menos tres menores de edad.
(2023-02-01). Rusia toma control de la localidad de Blagadatnoye en Donetsk. telesurtv.net La aviación, las tropas de misiles y artillería del Grupo Sur apoyaron a los destacamentos de asalto en Donetsk.
(2023-02-01). Tàºrkiye no ratificará adhesión de Suecia y Finlandia a la OTAN. telesurtv.net El alto diplomático turco afirmó que "en circunstancias actuales, no se puede hablar sobre la aprobación del documento".
(2023-02-01). Saturday 3/4: The Poetry Center At SF State Presents A Special Reading With Renowned Poet Ed Roberson. indybay.org 3rd Floor Edward McRoskey Loft | 1687 Market Street | SF, CA 94103…
(2023-02-01). Wednesday 3/15: The Common Goodness of People and A Father Escaping Nazi Germany – Two Authors Read. indybay.org The Green Arcade | 1680 Market Street | SF, CA 94102…
(2023-02-01). Thursday 2/2: Speak Out! Stop The Discharges At Laguna Honda Hospital! Discharges = Deaths. indybay.org Laguna Honda Hospital | 375 Laguna Honda Blvd. | In Front of Laguna Honda Hospital Entrance | in front of Murals Across From Muni Forrest Hill Station…
(2023-02-01). Can the Military-Industrial Complex Be Tamed? Cutting the Pentagon Budget in Half Would Finally Force the Generals to Think. juancole.com 
By William J. Astore |  ; ( Tomdispatch.com )  ; My name is Bill Astore and I'm a card-carrying member of the military-industrial complex (MIC). Sure, I hung up my military uniform for the last time in 2005. Since 2007, I've been writing articles for TomDispatch focused largely on critiquing that same MIC and America's …
(2023-02-01). Millions of workers in France march against pension cuts, Macron and war. wsws.org Rail and transit workers, energy and refinery workers and public servants went on strike and protested in France on Tuesday, as strikes spread to Britain, Belgium, Finland, Spain and across Europe.
(2023-02-01). After Congress imposes rail contract, BNSF announces plans to contract out locomotive maintenance. wsws.org As far as management, Congress and the corrupt union apparatus are concerned, the contract is only "binding" upon workers, while the railroads are free to flaunt it whenever convenient.
(2023-02-01). As lockout at WestRock paper mill in Alabama enters fifth month, company holds job fair to keep mill running with scab labor. wsws.org The workers once again rejected the company's "last, best, and final offer" on January 4. In response, the company ramped up its efforts to break the workers' resistance by holding a job fair in Phenix City, Alabama, 26 miles north of Cottonton.
(2023-02-01). Australian Gold Coast and Tweed Coast bus workers strike again over pay and conditions. wsws.org After years of very low wages, ever-tightening schedules that leave no time for turnaround breaks, and a lack of safety, lunch and toilet facilities, Kinetic workers struck yesterday for the second time in a month.
(2023-02-01). Workers, youth denounce war at protest in southern France against pension cuts. wsws.org Opposition among the millions who marched yesterday was not limited to pension cuts but extended as well to the Macron government and the NATO war on Russia in Ukraine.
(2023-02-01). "Everyone should be on the ballot": Stellantis workers in Kokomo, Indiana, denounce fraudulent UAW run-off election. wsws.org Supporters of UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman are touring factories in Indiana and other states to inform workers about Lehman's protest against the disenfranchisement of UAW members.
(2023-02-01). Top US general predicts war with China by 2025. wsws.org While his internal memo starkly sets out Washington's agenda for war, Air Force General Michael Minihan is not an isolated maverick within the US military.
(2023-02-01). Despite Biden's lies, the COVID emergency continues. wsws.org The Biden administration's plan to end COVID-19 emergency declarations is wholly unscientific and will have vast consequences for the American and international working class.
(2023-02-01). No record of Australian Labor government's diplomacy to US about Assange. wsws.org The latest revelation demonstrates that while occasionally making vague statements about Assange's plight, Labor is continuing the more than ten-year record of Australian governments collaborating in his persecution.
(2023-02-01). Peace activist sentenced for criticizing German war policy in Ukraine. wsws.org The Berlin-Tiergarten District Court has sentenced peace activist Heinrich Bàºcker for a speech he gave on the anniversary of Nazi Germany's invasion on the Soviet Union.
(2023-02-01). How the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on American theaters. wsws.org The most recent Theatre Facts survey covers the state of the field in 2020-2021. That is to say, it provides a glimpse of the conditions produced by the COVID-19 pandemic, both short- and long-term.
(2023-02-01). NATO sends over 120 battle tanks to Ukraine in "first wave" wsws.org Twelve NATO countries have pledged to send between 120 and 140 modern main battle tanks to Ukraine, in what Ukrainian Defense Minister Dmytro Kuleba said was the "first wave" of tank deliveries, with more to come.
(2023-02-01). Memphis police reveal 2 more cops suspended in Tyre Nichols killing. wsws.org The Memphis Fire Department also announced the firing of three workers, including two emergency medical technicians, for failing to properly assess Nichols' condition after arriving on the scene.
(2023-02-01). Facing bankruptcy, Pakistan government unleashes brutal IMF austerity on flood-devastated population. wsws.org Pakistan, the world's fifth most populous country, with more than 230 million inhabitants, is teetering on the brink of financial default.
(2023-02-01). City of Atlanta and DeKalb County Announce 'Agreement' Amidst Growing Opposition to Cop City. unicornriot.ninja
(2023-01-31). In the face of censorship, Indian students organize screenings of BBC documentary on PM Modi. peoplesdispatch.org A recent BBC documentary on Indian PM Narendra Modi, which has been censored by the government, is being screened by students' organizations in various parts of the country…
(2023-01-31). Hacktivists leak 178,000 documents from Colombia's military. colombiareports.com Hacktivist group Guacamaya leaked 178,000 documents from Colombia's military command as part of an operation against "Repressive Forces" in Latin America. The leak of documents from Colombia's military command comes…
(2023-01-31). BuzzFeed's AI-Produced Content Experiment Is a Glimpse Into a Bleak Future. truthout.org The internet media company BuzzFeed, which produces short articles, quizzes and lists such as "18 Ridiculously Cosy Clothes From Amazon That Have Been Getting Us Through The January Blues" was struggling. After going public in December 2021 with a $1.5 billion valuation, the company's stock dropped precipitously, losing 80 percent of its value by the end of 2022. But on January 26, 2023… |
(2023-01-31). What If the Strategy Is to Leave Russia Holding a Gas Bag? journal-neo.org 
America is on the ropes. As a citizen of the United States, someone whose family helped shape a great nation, it is a tragedy beyond comprehension. But it is real, I assure you. For decades now, those who watched closely took in the incremental devolution of the republic. Then, with the resignation speech of President …
(2023-01-31). What is covered by the "pictures of the Russian train"? journal-neo.org 
We recently wrote about the ways the United States' allegations of North Korean munitions shipments to Russia had created a new standard of proof. However, it appears that the US side is not content with having hit rock bottom once again. On January 20, 2023 National Security Council Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby raised new …
(2023-01-31). High Schoolers Have Spent A Decade Fighting Baltimore's Toxic Legacy. popularresistance.org There was a time in the last century when we, quite foolishly, believed incineration to be a superior means of waste disposal than landfills. And, for decades, many of America's most disadvantaged have been paying for those decisions with with their lifespans. South Baltimore's Curtis Bay neighborhood, for example, is home to two medical waste incinerators and an open-air coal mine. It's ranked in the 95th percentile for hazardous waste and boasts among the highest rates of asthma and lung disease in the entire country. | The city's largest trash incinerator is the Wheelabrator—BRESCO, which burns through 2…
(2023-01-31). It's Not About Phenotype; It's About The Interests Being Served. popularresistance.org Well, they have done it to us again. What for most White Americans is a simple inconvenience, a traffic stop, became for an African American another series of frames from a horror movie. Instead of being pulled over, given a ticket and sent on his way; Tyre Nichols was pulled out of his car by the police, sadistically beaten and sent to the hospital to die. | The villain or beast from this real-life horror was not Dracula or Frankenstein. The spawns of Satan that beat Tyre Nichols are not made-up characters from the minds of Bram Stoker or Mary Shelley. This villainous threat to the African American community is…
(2023-01-31). Nicaragua Is Run By Women With A Distinctive Type Of Feminism. popularresistance.org As the Sandinista Revolution is finally able to make its platform a reality, Nicaragua has made significant achievements in healthcare, education, housing, renewable energy and food sovereignty, to name a few. One achievement that is starting to get more attention is the gain in equality for women. The Global Gender Gap Report for 2022 ranked Nicaragua 7th in the world for gender parity. Clearing the FOG spoke with Jill Clark-Gollub, who recently returned from a delegation to Nicaragua that focused on conditions for women. She describes the country as "run by women" who connect their feminism to the struggles aga…
(2023-01-31). Nicaragua Is Run By Women With A Revolutionary Feminism. popularresistance.org As the Sandinista Revolution is finally able to make its platform a reality, Nicaragua has made significant achievements in healthcare, education, housing, renewable energy and food sovereignty, to name a few. One achievement that is starting to get more attention is the gain in equality for women. The Global Gender Gap Report for 2022 ranked Nicaragua 7th in the world for gender parity. Clearing the FOG spoke with Jill Clark-Gollub, who recently returned from a delegation to Nicaragua that focused on conditions for women. She describes the country as "run by women" who connect their feminism to the struggles aga…
(2023-01-31). Stop US Interference: Interview With The Labour Party Of Taiwan. popularresistance.org The Labour Party of Taiwan was founded in March 1989 by three groups of people. First, the veteran political prisoners of the martial law period in Taiwan who persisted in their struggle while they were imprisoned for a long time. Second, a collection of progressive intellectuals who were united by the well-known magazine "China Tide" (§èÊΩÆ) in the 1970s and the equally prominent publication "The Human World" (‰∫∫Èñì) in the 1980s, including Chen Ying-zhen (Èô≥Êò Áúü), Su Qing-li (Ë&ograv…
(2023-01-31). Temple's Undergrads Are Taking On The University Bosses. popularresistance.org Coast to coast, the biggest labor struggles happening today are happening at universities. We've seen it with grad workers at the University of California and adjuncts at The New School in New York. | That movement has spread to Temple University in Philadelphia, too, where I teach. Just a few weeks ago, graduate workers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. But it's not just grad workers who are organizing. | Last semester, Temple undergrads formed the Temple University Undergraduate Workers Organizing Committee, or TUUWOC. And TUUWOC is moving aggressively to unionize the thousands of undergrad workers. T…
(2023-01-31). The Good Work In Urban-Rural. popularresistance.org A new course in Sweden poses the question, "what will a self-sufficient Hà§llefors Municipality taste like in 2030?" | Students on the course act like talent scouts. They search for unrealised food-growing potential across the region — people, unused land, forgotten traditions. | An example could be a farmer who's started to grow heritage wheat, but cannot find customers. Or a school teacher who wants to connect his students with a working farm. | A student might spot an abandoned field near her home and and explore new ways to grow food there. Another might develop snacks to sell to a mountain bike bu…
(2023-01-31). Union From The Start (You Don't Have To Wait). popularresistance.org Win a union election, and it's a long road to a signed contract. Lose a union election, and workers may think the fight is over. | But win, lose, or not even close to an election, workers at all kinds of workplaces can fight for their unions and win demands here and now. It's a strategy called "pre-majority" unionism, and the Emergency Workplace Organizing Committee (EWOC) is here to help navigate it. | Where an election or contract victory doesn't seem possible for years to come, workers are often ignored by existing unions that don't have the resources to support them. But their continued organizing is key, we…
(2023-01-31). Pfizer's Happy Bath in the Brussels Swamp. strategic-culture.org An apocryphal quote attributed to Henry Kissinger has him asking in jest, "Who do I call if I want to call Europe?" The great diplomat may have struggled to find the Continent's locus of ultimate power, but Pfizer apparently had no such trouble. The pharma giant knew exactly whom in Brussels to call—or text message, to be more precise—to get a Covid vaccine deal going. That person was European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
(2023-01-31). The Global South Rising (Up). strategic-culture.org Davos annual meeting comes across as rather outdated and obsolete with its now heavily tarnished global image all the more so. | While geopolitics is threatening to deal a heavy blow and most probably demolish the world created in the cauldrons of Davos, as has the
(2023-01-31). Trials and Tribulations of the Collective West. strategic-culture.org Sit back, relax and enjoy a race to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. The only question is who will get there first: the EU, NATO, or both. | One may be excused to imagine all sorts of amusement games unrolling at the HQ of the Russian General Staff as The Empire and NATO go literally bonkers. What crazy stunt will they come up with next — short of WWIII? | Here is a
(2023-01-31). Ukraine: The War That Went Wrong. strategic-culture.org NATO support for the war in Ukraine, designed to degrade the Russian military and drive Vladimir Putin from power, is not going according to plan. The new sophisticated military hardware won't help. | By Chris HEDGES | Empires in terminal decline leap from one military fiasco to the next. The war in Ukraine, another bungled attempt to reassert U.S. global hegemony, fits this pattern. The danger is that the more dire things look, the more the U.S. will escalate the conflict, potentially provoking open confrontation with Russia. If Russia carries out retaliatory attacks on supply and training bases in neighboring N…
(2023-01-31). The West Is Running Both Out of Time and Excuses in Ukraine. strategic-culture.org The latest media gimmick — tanks — will only place NATO on a higher elevation to fall from, that is of course if the tanks themselves even arrive in Ukraine and are not sold on the black market | The latest media gimmick — tanks — will only place NATO on a higher elevation to fall from, that is of course if the tanks themselves even arrive in Ukraine and are not sold on the black market | Remarkably it was Zelensky's own request for tanks from the West, in particular the Leopard II tank made in Germany, which caused a media stir in January. Initially, Germany hesitated as the spineless Sch…
(2023-01-31). Colombia's State sentenced for exterminating political party. colombiareports.com 
Colombia's State is responsible for the extermination of the leftist Patriotic Union (UP) party that began in 1984, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (ICHR) ruled Monday after a 28-year…
(2023-01-31). Is Donald Trump Worth The Fight? americanthinker.com The Democrats rolled him in 2020 with Covid and George Floyd, and it's not clear, in 2022, that Trump has learned his lesson or can distinguish friend from enemy.
(2023-01-31). Taking on the Would-be Destroyers of America. americanthinker.com The destroyers had to take a functioning country with the world's largest middle class and tank it. Not only that, but to tank it with the acquiescence of a significant portion of the population and make it appear noble…
(2023-01-31). The Case against Trump 2024. americanthinker.com Donald Trump accomplished some great things by winning in 2016. Here's why we can't expect him to get the chance to do it again.
(2023-01-31). Throwing Responsibility under the Racial Injustice Bus. americanthinker.com Whether or not the Chapel Hill School Superintendent is guilty of plagiarism is not the issue: that she is even questioned is an act of racial injustice.
(2023-01-31). Ukraine and the Unlearned Lesson of History. americanthinker.com Defeating Russia, no matter how much it costs, is the only way to prevent a hot WW3, and without military and economic aid from the West and especially from the United States, this is impossible…
(2023-01-31). U.K. Government spied on citizens over Covid views: 'Too Orwellian. Too horrible'. americanthinker.com Covert military spying on citizens, assembling dossiers on those who dissented from Covid orthodoxy.
(2023-01-31). California's fake water crisis. americanthinker.com The first step to solving a crisis is the desire to solve it.
(2023-01-31). Is Matt Gaetz going wobbly? americanthinker.com I hope that Gaetz will abandon these theatrics and focus on the MAGA agenda. The stakes are simply too high for frivolities!
(2023-01-31). Net Zero won't be as pleasant as greenies think. americanthinker.com Modern humans are not immune to the threat of extinction, but it will not come from today's habitable atmosphere.
(2023-01-31). No good reason for a Ukrainian missile crisis. americanthinker.com Why are we poking the Russian bear?>
(2023-01-31). The biggest, most ignored demographic in electoral politics. americanthinker.com If you want to win an election, these are the people to prioritize.
(2023-01-31). The root of our problems as a nation. americanthinker.com Ours is not a political problem, nor a philosophical exercise. It's worse.
(2023-01-31). What's going on at the northern border? americanthinker.com It seems that the U.S. does not have borders anymore.
(2023-01-31). Chile  ; øUna derecha política liberal a años del golpe de Estado? globalizacion.ca Este 2023 será un año bastante especial para Chile, no solo porque nuevamente se votará una propuesta constitucional por el pueblo chileno el próximo 17 de diciembre, sino que será también dentro del marco de los años del golpe…
(2023-01-31). Can the Military-Industrial Complex Be Tamed? tomdispatch.com My name is Bill Astore and I'm a card-carrying member of the military-industrial complex (MIC). Sure, I hung up my military uniform for the last time in 2005. Since 2007, I've been writing articles for TomDispatch focused largely on critiquing that same MIC and America's permanent war economy. I've written against this country's wasteful and unwise wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, its costly and disastrous weapons systems, and its undemocratic embrace of warriors and militarism. Nevertheless, I remain a lieutenant colonel, if a retired one. I still have my military ID card, if only to get on bases, and I still tend…
(2023-01-31). CELAC and the Peruvian Rebellion. orinocotribune.com By àÅngel Guerra Cabrera  ; Jan 25, 2023 | Regarding the vigorous Peruvian rebellion, I believe it is essential to underline the decisive role of the peoples and their political and social struggles in the gestation and advancement of progressive governments. In the same way, this progress was indispensable in generating a network of regional and sub-regional organizations, among them CELAC, which sought the unity and integration of Latin America and the Caribbean. The emergence of Hugo Chávez, the first cycle of progressive governments, and the aforementioned network during the transition from the 20th…
(2023-01-31). Head Of Ukrainian Military Intelligence Confirms Kiev Regime Is Terrorist One. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | In his interview published by The Washington Post on January 30, the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, admitted the responsibility of the Kiev regime for the terrorist attacks on the Russian territory. | The "young and brave Ukrainian" who is serving as the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine tried his best to assure the interviewer that Ukrainian intelligence keeps Russia in awe; but in fact,…
(2023-01-31). More Airstrikes Reported In Syria Near Iraq Border  ; Report. southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | Unverified reports say 11 people have been killed in a series of suspected Israeli airstrikes that started Sunday evening | Originally published by Unverified reports have said that two more airstrikes were launched in eastern Syria on Monday near the Iraqi border following a strike in the area that was reported on Sunday night. Israel is suspected of being behind the attacks since…
(2023-01-31). More Than 90 People Killed In Suicide Attack In Pakistani Mosque. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image | On the morning of January 30, an explosion thundered in a mosque in the Pakistani city of Peshawar. So far, the number of casualties has reached 92 people. More than 200 people were injured in the explosion. | It was reported that the bomb was triggered by a suicide bomber. Siddique Khan, a police official, said the attacker blew himself up while among the worshippers. Al Jazeera reported, citing a policeman who survived the attack, that the explosion took place seconds after the prayers star…
(2023-01-31). Wagner VS CNN, Bloomberg "Investigators" southfront.org 
Illustrative Image | After the "secrets" of the Wagner Group were revealed amid its activities in Ukraine, press service of the Wagner Group began sharing the correspondence with the media. The requests of journalists are often addressed to head of the PMC YEvgeny Prigozhin, who personally responds to their question. It should be noted that Mr Prigozhin responds both to Russian and foreign journalists. | On January 30, Wagner sources shared the following request from Bloomberg: Hello- | I am an editor at Bloomberg New…
(2023-01-31). Locations Of US Carrier Strike Groups — January 31, 2023. southfront.org 
This is the newest update of the 'U.S. Carrier Strike Groups Locations Map' exclusive series showing the approximate locations of U.S. Carrier Strike Groups. SouthFront: Analysis & Intelligence tracks locations of U.S. aircraft carriers using the available open-source information. No classified information was used in production of the map. | click to see the full-size image | Carrier strike group (CSG) is an operational formation of the United States Navy. It is centered on an aircraft carrier and a carrier air w…
(2023-01-31). Sunday 1/29: Emergency March and Rally: Justice for Tyre Nichols in Oakland. indybay.org Oscar Grant Plaza (14th & Broadway) | Oakland…
(2023-01-31). La Guerra Fría 2.0, insistencia retrógrada de que todo se repite. globalizacion.ca Segunda Guerra Fría o Guerra Fría 2.0 no son títulos de una película de ficción (aún) sino términos utilizados por analistas sin mayor imaginación que insisten en que la historia se repite, como paralelismo a la Guerra Fría entre 1945…
(2023-01-31). Cancer patient dies after Israel blocks treatment. electronicintifada.net Israel's travel restrictions affect all facets of life … and death.
(2023-01-31). Sunday 1/29: San Jose: Vigil for the Mass Shooting Victims in Half Moon Bay, Oakland & Monterey Park. indybay.org San Jose City Hall | 200 E Santa Clara St, | San Jose, CA 95113…
(2023-01-31). Panel: Solidarity with Ukraine from the Global South. therealnews.com 
TRNN board member Bill Fletcher Jr. convenes Ukrainian historian and social activist Studio/Post-Production: Cameron Granadino |
| Transcript: | The following is a rushed transcript and may contain errors. An upd…
(2023-01-31). Hardly anyone is thinking logically about the risk of nuclear war. mronline.org 
The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has moved its symbolic Doomsday Clock to ninety seconds to midnight, the closest it has ever been set since its founding after the second world war. Chief among their reasons for doing so is the increasingly dangerous war in Ukraine.
(2023-01-31). Collective Punishment Against Palestinians Is a War Crime. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-31). Running a Charter School for Profit Should Be Illegal. progressive.org The charter industry downplays the prevalence of charter schools being run for profit because the mission of for-profit companies is to maximize profits, not education.
(2023-01-31). 99 percent of U.S. coal plants cost more to run than to replace with renewables, study determines. peoplesworld.org 
It would be cheaper to build new renewable energy capacity than it is to continue operating nearly every existing coal plant in the U.S., a new report from Energy Innovation finds. Of the country's remaining 210 coal-fired power plants, more than 99% cost more to run than it would cost to replace them with new renewable energy, …
(2023-01-31). Perú: Una nueva correlación de fuerzas contra Dina. globalizacion.ca En los últimos días, la presidente golpista, Dina Boluarte, dijo, "…llamo a una tregua nacional para entablar una mesa de diálogo y fijar una agenda común por cada región…". A continuación, señaló que, "Puno, no es el Perú", cuestión que…
(2023-01-31). Bolton's Big Error on China and North Korea. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-31). More Airstrikes Reported in Syria Near Iraq Border. news.antiwar.com Unverified reports have said that two more airstrikes were launched in eastern Syria on Monday near the Iraqi border following a strike in the area that was reported on Sunday night. Israel is suspected of being behind the attacks since it has previously launched similar airstrikes in the region. According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory …
(2023-01-31). New RAND Report Says a Long War in Ukraine Is Against US Interests. news.antiwar.com The RAND Corporation issued a new report that warns against a "protracted conflict" in Ukraine and says a prolonged war is against US interests, breaking from the view of many hawks in Washington that the US should support the fight against Russia for the long term. RAND is funded directly by the US military and …
(2023-01-31). 2023 Could be 'The Year' the FTC Takes on Big Tech. progressive.org With a Democratic shift, the Federal Trade Commission is finally in a position to tackle the Internet monopolies it helped create.
(2023-01-31). Dispatch from war-torn Europe: A pared-down Vienna Christmas-New Year. peoplesworld.org 
VIENNA — It's hardly the ruined, devastated postwar rubble that was the backdrop of the most famous film shot in Vienna, The Third Man. But in more subtle ways Europe in general, and Austria's capital city in particular, is showing signs of deterioration. After two years of a COVID lockdown, and now with the price …
(2023-01-31). Why Are the Electrocardiogram (EKG) of Pilots No Longer Normal? globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-31). 57 Top Scientists and Doctors Release Shocking Study on COVID Vaccines and Demand Immediate Stop to All Vaccinations. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-31). The COVID Pandemic and the mRNA Vaccine: What Is the Truth? Dr. Russell L. Blaylock. globalresearch.ca The COVID-19 pandemic is one of the most manipulated infectious disease events in history. Official lies in an unending stream led by government bureaucracies, medical associations, medical boards, the media, and UN agencies.
(2023-01-31). China logs increasing online retail sales of agricultural products in 2022. ecns.cn Online sales of China's farm produce rose 9.2 percent year on year to 531.38 billion yuan (about 78.58 billion U.S. dollars) in 2022, data from the Ministry of Commerce showed on Monday.
(2023-01-31). China's January box office soars to record high. ecns.cn Driven by the robust ticket sales of the Spring Festival holiday movies, China's January box office totaled approximately 10 billion yuan (1.48 billion U.S. dollars) as of Tuesday afternoon, a record high for the month.
(2023-01-31). At least 17 killed, 70 wounded in mosque blast in Pakistan's Peshawar. ecns.cn At least 17 people were killed and 70 others wounded after a powerful blast hit a mosque in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city on Monday, police and hospital officials said.
(2023-01-31). WHO keeps guard up on coronavirus. ecns.cn Three years to the day after the World Health Organization sounded the highest level of global alert over COVID-19, it said on Monday that the pandemic remains an international emergency.
(2023-01-31). Chinese FM holds phone talks with Saudi counterpart. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Monday held phone talks with his Saudi counterpart Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud.
(2023-01-31). Chinese, Dutch FMs talk over phone. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Monday talked over phone with Dutch Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra.
(2023-01-31). Chinese FM holds phone talks with Argentine counterpart. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang on Monday held a phone conversation with his Argentine counterpart Santiago Cafiero.
(2023-01-31). UN chief condemns suicide bombing at Peshawar mosque in Pakistan. ecns.cn UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned Monday's suicide bombing at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, that left dozens of people dead, said his spokesman.
(2023-01-31). U.S. cannot demand cooperation from China while interfering in its internal affairs: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday at a regular press briefing that the U.S."We are firmly against those sanctions and urge the United States to reflect on its inadequate counternarcotics efforts instead of deflecting the blame," Mao said.
(2023-01-31). Chairing ASEAN, Indonesia pushes for more concrete cooperation: FM. ecns.cn As the 2023 ASEAN chair, Indonesia has aimed to push for more concrete and inclusive cooperation among countries in the region, said Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi on Monday.
(2023-01-31). China's manufacturing PMI rises to 50.1 in January. ecns.cn The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector rose to 50.1 in January from 47.0 in December 2022, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday.
(2023-01-31). China's tax, fee income stands at 31.7 trillion yuan. ecns.cn China's tax, fee income in 2022 stood at 31.7 trillion yuan(about $4.69 trillion), among which the tax income registered 16.1 trillion yuan (without the deduction of export tax rebates) and social insurance premium 7.4 trillion, according to the State Tax Administration on Tuesday.
(2023-01-31). IMF projects China's economic growth to reach 5.2 pct in 2023. ecns.cn The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday projected China's economy will grow by 5.2 percent in 2023, 0.8 percentage points higher than October 2022 forecast, according to a newly released update to its World Economic Outlook report.
(2023-01-31). China's PMI for manufacture returns to expansion territory in January. ecns.cn The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector stood at 50.1 in January, 3.1 higher than last month, returning to expansion territory for the first time since September 2022, according to data jointly released by the China Federation of Logistics & Purchasing and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on Tuesday.
(2023-01-31). China's services activity warms up in January. ecns.cn China's services activity logged a strong recovery in January thanks to a robust consumer market during the week-long Spring Festival holiday.
(2023-01-31). Despite COVID-19 pandemic, China remains important engine for global growth. ecns.cn As the seven-day Spring Festival holiday ended on Friday, millions of Chinese packed into train stations, airports and bus terminals with large wheeled suitcases and bags stuffed with food and gifts. For many of them who had relived the travel rush and returned home from family reunion, a brand-new day of work was waiting ahead.
(2023-01-31). 'The Wandering Earth II' kindles sci-fi enthusiasm among audiences. ecns.cn The sci-fi blockbuster "The Wandering Earth II" has not only raked in a whopping box office, but also aroused much attention on science and technologies that appeared in the movie, including space elevators, quantum computers, and nuclear fusions.
(2023-01-31). China expresses concern over reports of Huawei export curbs. ecns.cn China is concerned about media reports the United States has stopped approving licenses for US companies to export products to Chinese tech company Huawei, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
(2023-01-31). China condemns mosque attack in Pakistan. ecns.cn China is deeply shocked by and strongly condemns a deadly attack at a mosque in Pakistan's northwest Peshawar city, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said Tuesday.
(2023-01-31). Chinese national killed in gunmen attack in Ethiopia. ecns.cn One Chinese national has been shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Ethiopia's Oromia region, the Chinese Embassy in Ethiopia confirmed on Tuesday.
(2023-01-31). Mortgage loan rates frequently adjusted for first-home buyers in China. ecns.cn As China established a dynamic mortgage rate adjustment mechanism on mortgage rates for first-time home buyers, more and more cities cuts the interest rates of housing loans after the spring festival.
(2023-01-31). COVID-19 virus enters low prevalence state in China: official. ecns.cn At present, the COVID-19 virus has entered a low prevalence state in China, and the epidemic situation is getting steadier across the country, said Mi Feng,spokesperson with the National Health Commission, at a press conference on Monday.
(2023-01-31). First electric-poweredlight rail line in West Africa undertaken by Chinese enterprise opens. ecns.cn The opening ceremony of the first phase of the Lagos light rail blue line, undertaken by Chinese enterprise, was held in Nigeria, marking the first electrification light rail built in West Africa and one more project benefiting people's livelihood since the Belt and Road Initiative put forward 10 years ago.
(2023-01-31). Chinese tax authorities uncover six tax evasion cases by entertainers, online influencers in 2022. ecns.cn The State Taxation Administration of China on Tuesday said it has revealed six cases of tax evasion cases by entertainers and online influencers in 2022.
(2023-01-31). IMF upgrades 2023 global growth forecast to 2.9%. ecns.cn The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday projected the global economy to grow by 2.9 percent in 2023, up 0.2 percentage points from the previous forecast in October, according to the latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) report.
(2023-01-31). Biden says "no" to sending fighter jets to Ukraine. ecns.cn U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday that he won't approve sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.
(2023-01-31). 63 killed, over 157 injured in suicide blast in Pakistan's Peshawar. ecns.cn The death toll from the suicide blast that ripped through a mosque on Monday afternoon in Pakistan's northwest provincial capital of Peshawar rose to 63, an official said.
(2023-01-31). Xi encourages Hungarian youths to learn more about China, become envoys of friendship. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping encouraged Hungarian youths to learn more about China and become envoys of the China-Hungary friendship in a recent reply letter.
(2023-01-31). Tourists enjoy boat rides in Pingshan canyon in C China's Hubei. ecns.cn Tourists enjoy boat rides in the Pingshan canyon, a tourist attraction famous for its limpid water, in Hefeng County, central China's Hubei Province, Jan. 30, 2023.
(2023-01-31). Green comet C/2022 E3 to approach Earth this week. ecns.cn Photo shows the C/2022 E3 comet with a distinctive green hue, Jan. 21, 2023. (Photo/Agencies)…
(2023-01-31). World sees a jubilant and vibrant China during this year's Spring Festival. ecns.cn
(2023-01-31). China denounces U.S. claim of support for Russia on Ukraine issues. ecns.cn
(2023-01-31). U.S. cannot demand cooperation from China while interfering in its internal affairs: FM. ecns.cn
(2023-01-31). SOUTHERN GIRLS: Theater Review. mronline.org 
Would Florida's Fascistic Governor Ban This Play and Burn the Script?>
(2023-01-31). France Strikes Against Macron's Neoliberal Pension Reform Plans. scheerpost.com 
(2023-01-31). Havana Declaration Outlines Vision for Building Just World Economy. scheerpost.com 
(2023-01-31). Ralph Nader: Drug Price Showdown Time for Chairman Bernie Sanders. scheerpost.com 
By Ralph Nader It is showdown time. Senator Bernie Sanders, new chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee versus Big Pharma. The self-described "democratic socialist" from a safe seat in Vermont has long been a Big Pharma nemesis. He has issued detailed critiques of what others have called a "Pay or Die" …
(2023-01-31). Brasil: La herencia maldita de Bolsonaro. globalizacion.ca Hace como unos cuarenta y tantos años, y refiriéndose a un determinado presidente de Estados Unidos, que no me acuerdo quién era, Eduardo Galeano dijo que se trataba de un rey Midas al revés. | Acorde a la mitología griega, Midas,…
(2023-01-31). Global Planned Financial Tsunami Has Just Begun. globalresearch.ca Green Energy mandates are driving this inflation crisis: global shortages of fertilizers, soaring prices of natural gas, grain supply losses, coupled with the global snowballing of defaults, bankruptcies, amid a soaring inflation.
(2023-01-31). Colossal Financial Pyramid: BlackRock and The WEF "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-31). La propaganda en guerra con los números. globalizacion.ca Una vez más, el Foro de Davos de este año reunió a los poderosos rodeados de los que aún creen serlo. Las diferentes recetas económicas ante escenarios decididamente distintos no llegaron y, como era de esperar, la cumbre del establishment…
(2023-01-31). Minneapolis city council majority votes for environmental racism. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – Over 100 protesters rallied at a Minneapolis City Council meeting on Thursday, January 26, where the city council members voted 7 to 6 to demolish the Roof Depot building. Protesters, called to action by East Phillips Neighborhood Institute and Climate Justice Committee, demanded a "no" vote on the demolition of the building, as it is currently trapping an arsenic plume underground, keeping it out of the air of the East Phillips neighborhood of Minneapolis. | The city has no publicly stated remediation plan for managing any arsenic release by demolition. This would render previous efforts by the…
(2023-01-31). Denver demands justice for Tyre Nichols, Jordan Waddy and all victims of police crimes. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – A small but strong crowd gathered in the freezing snow on January 29 to protest the brutal murder of Tyre Nichols by Memphis, Tennessee police. Activists and community members at the Colorado State Capitol building chanted "Black lives matter" and "No justice, no peace!" as snow fell steadily throughout the early afternoon and wind chill felt well below zero. This did not deter folks from standing in solidarity with the people of Memphis, the family of Tyre Nichols, and other victims of police brutality. | "We still have a fire burning within us," remarked Jonce Palmer, chair of the Denver-Aurora Co…
(2023-01-31). Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine condemns planned visit of US Secretary of State Blinken. fightbacknews.org In a January 29 statement, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) warned that the January 30 visit of U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will be detrimental to Palestinian interests. Blinken is set to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. | The PFLP states that the visit will be used to promote an anti-Palestinian "two state solution" and that the U.S. government bears responsibility for the massacres being carried out by the Israeli occupation.
(2023-01-31). Corrupción y fracaso de enfoque y acción de la DEA en el combate a las drogas. globalizacion.ca La DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency) la agencia antidrogas que despliega Estados Unidos en el mundo, es uno de tantos modos de intervención en Latinoamérica y el Caribe, con la excusa de una tarea explícita: combatir el narcotráfico mediante métodos menos…
(2023-01-31). Selected Articles: Colossal Financial Pyramid: BlackRock and the WEF "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca 
By A virtually unregulated investment firm today exercises more political and financial influence than the Federal Reserve and most governments on this planet. The …
(2023-01-31). The C-17A Has Been Cleared to Transport B61-12 Nuclear Bomb to Europe. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-31). College students face food insecurity. america.cgtn.com Food insecurity on college campuses has been called a silent epidemic. Estimates are that close to one-third of students attending U.S. colleges and universities lack consistent access to healthy food. Some steps are being taken to address the problem. CGTN's Hendrik Sybrandy reports.
(2023-01-31). La gestión de áreas protegidas es prioridad latinoamericana para 2023. globalizacion.ca La deforestación, junto con los incendios, reduce los bosques de la región, expande la frontera agrícola, reduce el hábitat de los pueblos indígenas y de las especies animales de vida silvestre, destruye fuentes de agua y lleva más enfermedades a…
(2023-01-31). Maker Challenge 2022: A look back at a year of youth innovation. imperial.ac.uk
(2023-01-31). Russia Offers Scholarships for 200 Indian Students. infobrics.org 20 of the scholarships are for doing MBBS…
(2023-01-31). Russian Railways Plans to Increase Container Traffic to China. infobrics.org Russian Railways has plans to negotiate an increase in the number of container trains via Zabaikalsk with Chinese partners to ten ones per day…
(2023-01-31). Moscow Seeks Cooperation in Metro Projects, Waste Management, Smart Cities Development with India. infobrics.org Alexey Bondaruk, deputy head of Department of external economic and international relations, Government of Moscow, said that firms in the Russian capital city can provide consultancy in these areas…
(2023-01-31). Plan to blockade Russian shipping in Baltic Sea breaks international law and could provoke war. infobrics.org Estonia's plan to install St. Petersburg-targeting missiles will spectacularly backfire.
(2023-01-31). Pentagon's prediction of 'inevitable' conflict with China in 2025 shows war is America's primary 'export commodity'. infobrics.org
(2023-01-31). Isfahan incident may have been foreign provocation. infobrics.org Israel and Azerbaijan could be involved in the drone attacks against Iran.
(2023-01-31). Benjamin Case on "Street Rebellions: Beyond Violence and Non-Violence" itsgoingdown.org On this episode of the It's Going Down podcast, we speak with Benjamin Case, organizer and author of the new book, Street Rebellions: Beyond Violence and Non-Violence. During our discussion, Case speaks on conversations with participants from a variety of contemporary movements about how many are leaving behind rigid ideologies such as pacifism, and imagining…
(2023-01-31). Historical Crimes against First Nations: Residential Schools and the Trudeau Government. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-31). 'War Is Clearly Back on the Agenda': US Says Israel Was Behind the Drone Attack on Iran. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-31). Sanders backs renewed push for ban on Dark Money in democratic primaries. nationofchange.org "If Democrats really believe in democracy and campaign finance reform, we must ban super PACs in primaries," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
(2023-01-31). There are 200,000 ways you can support People's World. peoplesworld.org 
Dear readers and supporters, People's World has an enormous challenge ahead of it—to raise $200,000 from readers and supporters in 2023, including $125,000 during the Fund Drive, which runs from Feb. 1 to May 1. This is an absolute must-do! The goal is larger than past years because production costs, like everything else, have risen …
(2023-01-31). Why the western media is afraid of Julian Assange. mronline.org 
The shared desire of the security services and the corporate media is to disappear Assange in the hope that his revolutionary model of journalism is abandoned or forgotten for good.
(2023-01-31). Solidaridad con el pueblo palestino. globalizacion.ca En el Día Internacional en Solidaridad con el Pueblo Palestino, hace mucho tiempo, en este país, parece estarse dando una distopà¨a, que es una "utopía perversa donde la realidad transcurre en términos opuestos a los de una sociedad ideal". | Por…
(2023-01-31). Sec. of State Blinken's Happy Talk Middle East Tour meets Meat Grinder of Rising Israeli Fascism. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment)  ; The actually existing Middle East is not cooperating with the Washington representation of it. To hear Secretary of State Antony Blinken speak, you would think that a two-state solution to the Israeli Occupation of the Palestinians is still possible. It is not. You would think there was a "peace process." …
(2023-01-31). We do not want our colonial chains loosened. We want to shatter them! bdsmovement.net 
(2023-01-31). Royal Commission of Inquiry: Investigating War Crimes in the Hawaiian Islands. covertactionmagazine.com The Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) was established by Proclamation of the Hawaiian Kingdom Council of Regency on June 17, 2019, yet there has been no coverage in either the mainstream media or the alternative media. Most people are simply not aware that the Hawaiian Islands have been under a prolonged and illegal occupation by …
(2023-01-31). Donna Nelson: 'Veronica should not have been locked up!'. greenleft.org.au Donna Nelson, the mother of Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman Veronica Nelson, has spoken out about the failures of the system and called for changes to the bail laws. Kerry Smith reports.
(2023-01-31). It's Time for the Scientific Community to Admit We Were Wrong About COVID and It Cost Lives. Newsweek Op-ed. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-31). [Articles] Ultra-processed food consumption, cancer risk and cancer mortality: a large-scale prospective analysis within the UK Biobank. thelancet.com Our UK-based cohort study suggests that higher UPF consumption may be linked to an increased burden and mortality for overall and certain site-specific cancers especially ovarian cancer in women.
(2023-01-31). From The Count to María Corina: How Many Candidates Does Opposition Have? orinocotribune.com 
While the parallel government of Venezuela succeeded in enriching a few of its participants, the Venezuelan opposition finds itself more fragmented than ever. Many of its members even consider that "it is at its worst moment," according to the opposition leader Felipe Mujica. | The greatest trouble for these factions, from the liberals to the most extremist, is that the presidential elections are very close on the horizon, and the selection of a candidate presents a daunting task. According to a simple poll, the opposition seems mired in a swap of at least 40 competing pre-candidates. | The list is long | These…
(2023-01-31). Cubans fired up for Jazz Plaza Festival. america.cgtn.com The Cuban cities of Havana and Santiago de Cuba turned into Meccas of Jazz for a week as renowned musicians from across the island and abroad brought the best of their repertoires to the International Jazz Plaza Festival. The annual event is a highlight …
(2023-01-31). Russia's gas union eyes Pakistan, India. mronline.org 
Pakistan's acute energy crisis is the immediate backdrop against which Foreign Minister Bilawal Zardari's forthcoming talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow today need to be understood.
(2023-01-31). United States: Memphis police indicted for murder following 'modern-day lynching'. greenleft.org.au Malik Miah asks what this latest cop killing says about policing and why abolition is the only answer.
(2023-01-31). CEPR Sanctions Watch, January 2023. cepr.net 
In this Sanctions Watch, covering January 2023: freezing temperatures and sanctions-fueled crisis kill 100+ in Afghanistan; 160 lawyers call to remove Cuba from "State Sponsor of Terror" list; US, UK, and EU impose new sanctions on Iran as protests subside; former top DOD expert calls for new approach and sanctions relief for North Korea; US …
(2023-01-31). Preview: What to Expect in the January Jobs Report. cepr.net The Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its Employment Situation report for January 2023 on Friday, February 3 at 8: 30 a.m. (ET). Most of the data going into the new year suggest that the economy and the labor market are still looking very healthy. The big question in the January report will be whether the labor …
(2023-01-31). Progressive groups launch ad campaign vs Republican Social Security, Medicare cut plans. peoplesworld.org 
WASHINGTON—A coalition of progressive groups, led by More Perfect Union and Social Security Works, launched an online petition and ad campaign against the House's ruling Republicans' plans to force Social Security and Medicare cuts on millions of seniors. The Jan. 30 announcement urges constituents to call or e-mail their lawmakers, regardless of party, to sign …
(2023-01-31). Workers, unions, leaders win drive for Mother Jones statue in Chicago. peoplesworld.org 
CHICAGO—Famed labor organizer and hell-raiser Mary Harris "Mother" Jones is coming back—as a memorial statue of her—to a prominent place in a city where she raised a lot of hell: Chicago. And when her statue is erected, after appropriate artistic approvals later this year, it'll be at an iconic site in the Windy City not …
(2023-01-31). The next-generation of eco-materials. america.cgtn.com Over the past few years, some of the biggest trends in tech have been AI, cryptocurrency and augmented reality. But there's a new sector gaining traction that has more to do with building the physical world around us. CGTN's Mark Niu takes us to …
(2023-01-31). U.K. Police Investigation: They Knew of the Harms Covid Vaccines Were Causing in June and September 2021. Mark Sexton. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-31). "Secret Wars" & vice ADM Ann E. Rondeau now before US Court of Appeals / 4th Circuit. indybay.org Guilty of more than just dishonorable common crimes & false federal statements, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency & National Defense University trivialized, justified and even participated in neo-Nazi crimes, diluted the moral awfulness of clandestine death camps, & engaged in other barbarousness & corruption, incl. the reprehensible promoting of palpable traitors & narcotics traffickers.
(2023-01-31). Mass. Prisoners Could Choose Between Freedom And Their Organs. levernews.com 
Massachusetts Democrats have a bold new proposal for prisoners: donate your organs or bone marrow, and get as little as a couple of months off of your sentence. The legislation, which has attracted five cosponsors in the state House, raises major bioethical concerns for the
(2023-01-31). Minnesota House passes Bill mandating Move to Carbon-Free Electricity by 2040. juancole.com By Michelle Griffith |  ; ( The Minnesota Reformer )  ; The Minnesota House passed a bill late Thursday that would force Minnesota utilities to move to entirely carbon-free electricity by 2040, after hours of debate that sometimes strayed far off topic. House Republicans sought to derail the bill and score points with over 30 …
(2023-01-31). Estados Unidos  ; No es sólo brutalidad policial sino la normalización del odio contra afrodescendientes. globalizacion.ca ´Cuando mi esposo y yo llegamos al hospital y vi a mi hijo, ya estaba muerto. Lo habían hecho papilla. Tenía moretones por todas partes. Su cabeza estaba hinchada como una sandía ª, dijo entre lágrimas RowVaughn Wells, la madre de…
(2023-01-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: What are eye floaters? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Spots, flashes of light or darkness on any side of your vision could be a sign of eye floaters. Most often noticeable when looking at a plain, bright background, such as a blue sky or a white wall, eye floaters are a symptom of age, according to Dr. Amir Khan, a Mayo Clinic ophthalmologist. And they can lead to a sight-threatening condition that requires immediate attention. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/-C5TdVUTR-Y Journalists: Broadcast-quality video…
(2023-01-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: Relationship between food, disease stronger than you may think. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The phrase "you are what you eat" is commonly used in conversations about health and the connection between food and the body. Eating an unhealthy diet can have serious consequences and can increase someone's risk of dying from heart disease, stroke and Type 2 diabetes.In this Mayo Clinic Minute, Dr. Stephen Kopecky, a preventive cardiologist at Mayo Clinic, discusses the relationship between food and disease. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/aNmXH5WIzb0 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 13) is in…
(2023-01-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: Eczema occurs in people of all ages. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Have you heard that eczema is only a childhood skin condition? That's actually a big misconception. Atopic dermatitis, or eczema, is common in kids, but it also happens to adults. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/lqy7lfH7pRc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 13) is in the downloads at the end of…
(2023-01-31). Consumer Health: Why your child's weight matters. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Healthy Weight Week will be observed Jan. 15—21, so this is a good time for a reminder of the connection between weight and health during childhood. The prevalence of obesity in adults in the U.S. increased from 30.5% to 41.9% from 1999—2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The prevalence of severe obesity increased from 4.7% to 9.2% in the same time frame. And the rate of childhood obesity is a serious…
(2023-01-31). Consumer Health: What happens if your thyroid is too active or not active enough? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is Thyroid Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more how important it is that your thyroid functions properly. The thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland at the base of your neck. It produces hormones that regulate your heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and weight. When your thyroid isn't functioning properly, whether it's too active or not active enough, all these functions are affected. Hyperthyroidism Hyperthyroidism, or overactive thyroid, occurs when your…
(2023-01-31). Consumer Health: Cervical cancer and HPV — what's the connection? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the connection between HPV and cervical cancer. Approximately 13,000 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed each year in the U.S., and 4,000 women die of the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hispanic women have the highest rates of developing cervical cancer, while African American women are at greatest risk of dying from this cancer. Early-stage cervical cancer generally produces…
(2023-01-31). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Boost your brain with boredom. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Even though my kids got many gifts during the holidays, they complained about how bored they were at home. I can't and don't want to constantly entertain them. I remember being bored as a child and the need to find ways to occupy my time. Do you have tips for managing boredom in kids? ANSWER: You are certainly not alone when you heard, "Mom, Dad, I'm bored!" during the holiday break. It's not the…
(2023-01-31). Science Saturday: Removal of both ovaries in younger women associated with increased risk of Parkinson's. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Surgical removal of both ovaries is associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism in women younger than 43, Mayo Clinic researchers report in JAMA Network Open. Using health record data from the Rochester Epidemiology Project, the study included 2,750 women who had undergone surgery to remove both ovaries, a procedure called bilateral oophorectomy, and 2,749 who had not. The reasons for the surgery were either a benign (noncancerous) condition — such as endometriosis, cyst, or other reason —…
(2023-01-31). Science Saturday: Engineering tissue to strengthen underdeveloped hearts. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Could cells taken from a small patch of skin become heart muscle and repair a rare congenital heart defect? It's a scientific question that Timothy Nelson, M.D., Ph.D., and collaborators hope to answer for those born with an underdeveloped left heart chamber — a rare, complex condition known as hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). Discovering the first cell-based therapy to rebuild heart tissue for HLHS has been a decade-long research passion for Dr. Nelson, who is the director…
(2023-01-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: Heart health and dangers of shoveling snow. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Shoveling and digging out after a heavy snowfall can be a good workout for most people; but for those with heart disease, shoveling is best left for others to do. Dr. Sharonne N. Hayes, a Mayo Clinic cardiologist says she encourages exercising but the combination of cold weather and strenuous exercise puts extra strain on your heart, and can trigger a heart attack. Watch: Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/L7Gxv-YC8Qg Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 08) is in the…
(2023-01-31). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Hole in heart treatment options. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I recently was hospitalized for something unrelated, but during my treatment, I was given a transesophageal echocardiogram that recorded a hole in my heart. The care team at the hospital where I was being treated said there are no ways to close or repair the hole. Is that true? Or should I seek a second opinion? ANSWER: Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defect, affecting approximately 1 in every 100 or more…
(2023-01-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: Is tinnitus causing that ringing in your ear? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Have you ever experienced a constant ringing in your ears that you can't pinpoint the cause? It might be tinnitus ('tin-nƒ≠-tus) — the sensation of hearing a sound when no external sound is present. In most cases, tinnitus can be managed, but for some, it's a chronic condition that can affect sleep and everyday function. Fortunately, there are options to reduce its effects. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/iUdi361LMz4 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 03) is…
(2023-01-31). Menopause symptoms: Mayo Clinic expert outlines hormone and nonhormonal therapies. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org SCOTTSDALE, Arizona — Menopause, the end of menstrual cycles, can produce symptoms such as hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia and mood changes. Women do not need to suffer in silence: Many treatment options are available. Jewel Kling, M.D., chair of the Division of Women's Health at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona, describes hormonal and nonhormonal therapies. "We sometimes hear the question, 'Do I need to treat hot flashes or night sweats?' and the answer for…
(2023-01-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: The need for blood donations is now. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org While the holiday season is a time of giving, that's not usually the case when it comes to giving blood. Dr. Justin Juskewitch, associate medical director of the Blood Donor Center at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, says the center experiences a shortage of blood donations every year after the winter holidays. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/p8SiEpReuT0 Journalists: Broadcast-quality video (1: 07) is in the downloads at the end of this post. Please "Courtesy: Mayo…
(2023-01-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: Role for opioids. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Drug overdoses from opioids have been linked to a decreased life span, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ongoing opioid crisis has been a complicated one for more than a decade. Death rates continue to rise, despite national medical guidelines for prescribing the pain medication. Dr. Holly Geyer leads the opioid stewardship program at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. She says there is an important role for opioids in patient…
(2023-01-31). 10 weight training tips for beginners. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Years ago, weightlifting was thought to be reserved solely for bodybuilders and athletes. However, there has been significant research on the medical benefits of lifting weights. Everyone benefits from stronger bones and muscles. Plan to incorporate weight training into your routine, regardless of your age, ability or fitness level. Weight training is a type of strength training that uses weights for resistance. This could be weight machines or free weights, like dumbbells or barbells, at…
(2023-01-31). Mayo Clinic researchers link ovarian cancer to bacteria colonization in microbiome. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — A specific colonization of microbes in the reproductive tract is commonly found in women with ovarian cancer, according to a new study from Mayo Clinic's Center for Individualized Medicine. The discovery, published in Scientific Reports, strengthens evidence that the bacterial component of the microbiome — a community of microorganisms that also consists of viruses, yeasts and fungi — is an important indicator for early detection, diagnosis and prognosis of ovarian cancer. Abigail…
(2023-01-31). Mayo Clinic Q and A: Understanding ear infections. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My 4-year-old daughter already has had three ear infections this winter. When she isn't feeling well, our entire family is miserable. The pediatrician says she may continue to get more infections and it is just her body. Why do some kids get ear infections so easily? And is there anything I can do to prevent the infections and help her feel better faster? ANSWER: Our ears — home to the smallest bones in the…
(2023-01-31). Can blood donors suffer iron deficiency? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org With the constant need for blood and platelet donations, frequent, regular blood donors are crucial to having a continuous national blood supply. Across Mayo Clinic in Rochester, for example, anywhere between 50 and 70 units of red cells and between 20 and 30 units of platelets are used daily to help save lives. Watch: Dr. Justin Juskewitch discusses red blood cell donation youtu.be/yDXneutyCdc Journalists: Broadcast-quality video is available in the downloads at the end of…
(2023-01-31). Mayo Clinic researchers identify women with twice the risk of cancer in both breasts. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org ROCHESTER, Minn. — Women with cancer in one breast may be at higher risk of developing cancer in the opposite breast if they are carriers of specific genetic changes that predispose them to develop breast cancer, according to a study led by the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. The findings, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, will help personalize approaches to breast cancer screening and risk factors, study authors say. The study used data…
(2023-01-31). Mayo Clinic Hospitals named America's Best Hospitals by Healthgrades. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Healthgrades, an independent health ratings company, ranked the performance of nearly 4,500 hospitals in overall clinical excellence. Mayo Clinic hospitals in Arizona, Florida, Rochester, Eau Claire and Mankato were named among America's Best Hospitals. Mayo Clinic hospitals in Arizona, Florida and Rochester were named among America's 50 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades, an independent health care ratings company. In addition, Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato, Minnesota, was included in the 100 Best list and Mayo…
(2023-01-31). Chinese TV hoping to woo Western audiences. america.cgtn.com China wants to become a global powerhouse on Western television and streaming platforms. Twenty Chinese companies showcased the best of their catalogs at one of the largest content trade shows in the Americas in Miami recently. See how was it was received. CGTN's Nitza …
(2023-01-31). Larry's Double Whammy Today. smoothiex12.blogspot.com
(2023-01-31). 20,000 Docs Obtained by Russia Expose US Biowarfare Program in Ukraine. orinocotribune.com 
(2023-01-31). Raided by the FBI for Being Socialist, With Omali Yeshitela. orinocotribune.com Today, "Behind The Headlines" host Lee Camp speaks to Omali Yeshitela, a man raided by the FBI for the crime of being a black socialist. Together, the two discuss the revolutionary black liberation movement, U.S. imperialism, racism, and the corruption of the two-party system. | In August of last year, the FBI raided the offices of the African People's Socialist Party ( | Yeshitela helped found the APSP in 1972, at a time when the Black…
(2023-01-31). Is the end of the COVID emergency near? america.cgtn.com COVID-19 remains a global health emergency but is reaching an inflection point. That's the World Health Organization's latest coronavirus assessment. The WHO thinks it will be ready to declare that health emergency over by the end of year as the world moves to treat …
(2023-01-31). Scientists create biodegradable plastic using solar energy. nationofchange.org The team's success in using solar energy to synthesize fumaric acid shows promise in using artificial photosynthesis in the future.
(2023-01-31). Daily Round-Up | Protests in US over Tyre Nichols' killing and other stories. peoplesdispatch.org In today's episode, we bring you stories of the intensifying protests in the US and Peru, Israel's plan to arm residents of illegal settlements, and elections in Tunisia…
(2023-01-31). Progressives in Ireland protest austerity and xenophobic attacks on refugees. peoplesdispatch.org A mounting cost-of-living crisis in Ireland has been used by far-right groups to fan the flames of xenophobia. Progressives have called out the government's policies as the real reason…
(2023-01-31). Protesters across the United States rage against the police killing of Tyre Nichols. peoplesdispatch.org Protests intensified over the weekend after the release of video footage of the police officers beating up Tyre Nichols. The city of Memphis was forced to disband the Scorpion Unit to which the officers belonged, a key demand of the protesters…
(2023-01-31). Joe Biden Says "Our work is far from over!" globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-31). Video releases of the murder of Tyre Nichols by murderous cops. indybay.org George Floyd Memorial:…
(2023-01-31). "Preemptive Nuclear War": The Historic Battle for Peace and Democracy. A Third World War Threatens the Future of Humanity. globalresearch.ca US nuclear doctrine consists in portraying nuclear weapons as a means of "self defense" rather than a "weapon of mass destruction". There are powerful financial interests behind Joe Biden's $1.3 trillion nuclear weapons program initiated under Obama.
(2023-01-31). Why Does Humanity Still Tolerate the Tragedy of Wars in the 21st Century? The Big Picture. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-31). Friday 1/27: Emergency Action: Justice for Tyre Nichols in San Francisco. indybay.org Powell and Market | San Francisco…
(2023-01-31). Palestinians Are Not Liars. dissidentvoice.org 
On January 19, during one of its raids in the Occupied West Bank, the Israeli military arrested a Palestinian journalist, Abdul Muhsen Shalaldeh, near the town of Al-Khalil (Hebron). This is just the latest of a staggering number of violations against Palestinian journalists, and against freedom of expression. A few days earlier, the head of …
(2023-01-31). Arab Masses Emphatically Put Palestinian Cause first, Dividing from some of their Ruling Elites. juancole.com 
( Middle East Monitor )  ; The latest Arab Opinion Index 2022 is yet more proof that Arab societies are diverse in every possible way, from their assessment of their economic situation and living conditions to their take on immigration, state institutions and democracy. With one single exception: Palestine. 76 per cent of all respondents …
(2023-01-31). Palestinians Are Not Liars: Confronting the Violence of Media Delegitimization. mintpressnews.com 55 journalists have been killed and hundreds more injured or detained by Israel since 2000. Yet for many Palestinian, the physical harm they face pales in comparison to the constant delegitimization of their work by in the media.
(2023-01-31). The Real Disinformation Was the 'Russia Disinformation' Hoax. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-31). Friday 1/27: Emergency Protest for Tyre Nichols! Murdered by Memphis police! indybay.org Oscar Grant Plaza, Oakland…
(2023-01-31). Iran summons Ukrainian chargé d'affaires over drone attack. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Mehr News AgencyJanuary 30, 2023 Iran asks Ukraine to clarify its stance on Isfahan incident Related items: Four brothers target Iran: "Perhaps the button has already been pushed" Four brothers target Armenia Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson has called on Ukraine to shed light on its recent stances on a drone attack on one of its …
(2023-01-31). NATO recruits South Korea for war against Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Yonhap News AgencyJanuary 30, 2023 Yoon meets with NATO chief, promises to help Ukrainian people President Yoon Suk Yeol met with the chief of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Monday and promised to provide continued support for the Ukrainian people in their war against Russia, his office said. Yoon met with NATO Secretary …
(2023-01-31). 324 Tanks, Now NATO Readies Warplanes and Entire Domestic Economies for Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com 324 Tanks, Now NATO Readies Warplanes and Entire Domestic Economies for Ukraine Andy Corbley FULL ARTICLE MILAN, Italy. January 30th, 2023. High-ranking officials of both NATO and the Russian Federation have now admitted the two entities are at war, the former saying it outright, the latter saying NATO countries with supply lines of weapons to …
(2023-01-31). France, NATO enhanced partner Australia to send 1,000s of artillery shells to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com AzertagJanuary 31, 2023 France and Australia will send thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine France and Australia will jointly send thousands of 155 mm artillery shells to Ukraine. AZERTAC reports with reference to Anadolu Agency that French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna, Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Defense Minister Richard Marles …
(2023-01-31). More on Azerbaijan as base for actions against Iran. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Tehran TimesJanuary 30, 2023 Israeli regime scrambles to entrap Azerbaijan After opening its embassy in Baku, Israel has scrambled to influence Azerbaijan to sever ties with its neighboring country, the Islamic Republic of Iran. *** It is worth saying that [Israel] made attempts to mar relations between Iran and the Persian Gulf states at first. …
(2023-01-31). NATO can coordinate transfer of F-16s from Poland to Ukraine: Zelensky advisor. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioJanuary 31, 2023 Ukraine says Poland could provide it with F-16 fighter jets A senior Ukrainian presidential aide has said that Poland is willing to supply Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets in a move coordinated with NATO allies, according to news outlets. Andriy Yermak, who is the most senior adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, …
(2023-01-31). Stoltenberg: "No NATO partner is closer or more capable than Japan" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOJanuary 31, 2023 Secretary General in Tokyo: No NATO partner is closer or more capable than Japan NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo on Tuesday (31 January 2023) for talks on shared security challenges and NATO's deepening partnership with Japan. "No NATO partner is closer or more …
(2023-01-31). Turkey supports — infinite — NATO expansion in principle. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Daily SabahJanuary 31, 2023 Tàºrkiye supports NATO enlargement in principle: Kalƒ±n Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalƒ±n said that Tàºrkiye supports NATO enlargement in principle but told Sweden and Finland from day one that Ankara would not leave provocations unanswered. Speaking in a live interview on Tuesday, Kalƒ±n said some provocative incidents that took place in Sweden …
(2023-01-31). U.S. delivers over 60 Bradley fighting vehicles to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioJanuary 31, 2023 US sends over 60 Bradley fighting vehicles to Ukraine The US Army's Transportation Command has announced a shipment of more than 60 Bradley fighting vehicles to Ukraine. "U.S. Transportation Command is delivering the first shipment of Bradley Fighting Vehicles to Ukraine as part of the United States' $2.85 billion military aid …
(2023-01-31). Ukraine: 140 tanks from NATO Quad "first wave" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineJanuary 31, 2023 AFU to receive up to 140 units of modern tanks in first wave of contributions — Kuleba In the first wave of contributions from partners, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive from 120 to 140 units of modern tanks of Western models, said Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba. …
(2023-01-31). Video: NATO incorporates Asia-Pacific contra Russia, China, for "rules-based int'l order" antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOJanuary 31, 20203 Video: NATO's cooperation with Indo-Pacific partners What happens around the world has an impact on the security of the Euro-Atlantic area. As we face a new era of strategic competition, with Russia and China deepening their partnership and challenging global stability, NATO is strengthening its ties with partner countries around the globe …
(2023-01-31). French workers walk out as Macron government raises retirement age and cuts pensions. peoplesworld.org 
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has insisted that government plans to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64 are "no longer negotiable," even as unions prepare for a mass walkout this week. Her remarks in a radio interview on Sunday further angered trade unions and the parliamentary opposition. Unions plan to hold new mass …
(2023-01-31). Union Busting Restaurant Owners Fear Worker Uprising. progressivehub.net JULIA ROCK | THE LEVER…
(2023-01-31). øQuién está detrás del intento de golpe de Estado contra la democracia brasileña? globalizacion.ca El 8 de enero de 2023 varios miles de partidarios del expresidente Jair Bolsonaro irrumpieron en las tres principales instituciones democráticas de Brasil. El Congreso, el Tribunal Supremo Federal y el Palacio Presidencial en la Plaza de los Tres Poderes…
(2023-01-31). Must larceny always overpower honesty?Ôøº. nationofchange.org In deeply unequal societies, the thieving always thrive.
(2023-01-31). Politicians Decry Cop Killings, But Protect The Police At All Costs. progressivehub.net JACK MIRKINSON | DISCOURSE BLOG…
(2023-01-31). The GOP Is Coming For Medicare And Social Security. progressivehub.net JAKE JOHNSON | COMMON DREAMS…
(2023-01-31). Carbon Dioxide removal behind Paris Agreement target. peoplesdispatch.org Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR), also known as negative carbon dioxide emission, removes the gas from the atmosphere. CDR According to a report, more than 2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide is removed from the atmosphere annually. However, this is not enough to meet the aims of the Paris Agreement of limiting global warming below 2 degrees Celsius than pre-industrial levels. This is even…
(2023-01-31). Anger in Ohio builds following release of man who murdered 13-year-old Sinzae Reed. peoplesworld.org 
COLUMBUS, Ohio—"I wish I could see him, smell him, hold him again." The heartbreak of Megan Reed, mother of 13-year-old Sinzae Reed, moved and angered an entire community as she spoke at a recent event to bring attention to the injustice surrounding her son's murder. Zay, as he was called by his family, loved music …
(2023-01-31). How I Tried to Prevent the 2003 US Invasion of Iraq, and Why I Failed. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-31). The Heat: U.S. Police Brutality. america.cgtn.com 
Outrage and protests in the U.S., after a brutal police beating results in the death of yet another Black man. The U.S. is again confronted with an all too familiar issue police brutality. People took to the streets over the weekend after violent camera footage …
(2023-01-31). 1,300 social justice groups demand Atlanta mayor resign over Tortuguita's death. therealnews.com 
(2023-01-31). Why Is Victoria Nuland Coming to Sri Lanka, Second Time in a Year? At the Forefront of US Incursions. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-31). Taking a Hard Look at Police Killings. juancole.com 
By Sonali Kolhatkar |  ; ( Otherwords.org )  ; Last year was the deadliest on record for police killings in the United States. According to a Washington Post database, law enforcement officers shot and killed 1,096 people in 2022. And that's likely an understatement. According to Abdul Nasser Rad, a research director at Campaign Zero, …
(2023-01-31). Heroic Mortal Fight of Russians Against US Soldiers Near Kharkiv, Ukraine, Sept 2022 (Videos 18+). southfront.org 
During the September offensive by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) in the Kharkiv direction, a Russian IFV (BMP-2, Infantry Fighting Vehicle ) was filmed being driven away. It was blocked by an advance group of the Ukrainian Armed Forces filled with US (British Commonwealth) fighters. | Here we can see how the Russian IFV ( BMP-2) crew fought their last heroic battle, being surrounded by the enemy. |
(2023-01-31). Envíanos la foto de tu jardín. cubadebate.cu La Tira de los Lectores esta semana estará dedicada a los jardines, esos espacios verdes que demandan nuestra atención y cuidado. Envíanos fotos de tu jardín al correo comentacubadebate@gmail.com y las publicaremos este domingo en nuestro sitio web y redes sociales.
(2023-01-31). Un tándem de inventiva y creación. cubadebate.cu "Cuando pararon el central a nosotros se nos espabiló la mente, porque estábamos preparados para este salto de creatividad, lo que faltaba el momento de poner en práctica toda la potencialidad del colectivo; siento regocijo con esas soluciones que hemos dado, vengo para el taller motivado y con deseos de ser útil", sentenció el tornero Mario Izquierdo Dorta.
(2023-01-31). Desde hoy el "cometa verde" puede verse en el cielo. cubadebate.cu Durante los próximos días se podrá observar desde la Tierra, por primera vez en 50 000 años, el cometa C/2022 E3 (ZTF), también conocido como "El cometa verde". Para verlo en vivo es posible hacerlo con el uso de unos prismáticos, telescopio o a simple vista(en menor medida). El mejor momento será en el horario entre la medianoche y justo antes del amanecer.
(2023-01-31). Agricultores llega a Venezuela para disputar la Serie del Caribe. cubadebate.cu El equipo de Agricultores, que representará a Cuba en la edición 65 de la Serie del Caribe, arribó en la tarde de este martes al aeropuerto internacional de Maiquetía, en el estado de La Guaira, una de las sedes del evento que se celebrará desde el 2 hasta el 10 de febrero. Los dirigidos por Carlos Martí fueron recibidos por el embajador cubano en Venezuela.
(2023-01-31). Atletismo cubano en Europa: Luis Zayas debuta con un segundo lugar en República Checa. cubadebate.cu El saltador de altura cubano Luis Enrique Zayas inició su temporada con el segundo lugar en el meeting internacional de la ciudad checa de Nehvizdy, uno de los tres torneos que tiene pactados en ese país. La siguiente aparición de representantes criollos debe acontecer el próximo 4 de febrero.
(2023-01-31). øCómo marcha el proceso comercialización de productos por la Corporación Cimex? cubadebate.cu Sobre el tema de la distribución de productos en las cadenas de tiendas y la organización de las mismas para comercializar los módulos, dice Natacha, una usuaria de Cubadebate que hay "mucha tela por donde cortar". Para seguir aclarando las dudas de la población sobre este complejo tema, Cubadebate entrevistó a directivos de la Corporación CIMEX.
(2023-01-31). Cuba será sede del Primer Encuentro Internacional de Publicaciones de Izquierda. cubadebate.cu El Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC) dio a conocer hoy que del 10 al 12 de febrero próximos tendrá lugar en La Habana el primer Encuentro Internacional de Publicaciones Teóricas de Partidos y Movimientos de Izquierda. El evento abordará temas como el imperialismo, el socialismo, la juventud, la solidaridad, la unidad de izquierda y el legado de Fidel Castro.
(2023-01-31). Develan en China sobre conmemorativo por la visita de Díaz-Canel a ese país. cubadebate.cu Autoridades de Cuba y China develaron hoy en Beijing un sobre en tributo a la visita que el presidente de la isla Miguel Díaz-Canel realizó al país asiático en noviembre de 2022, como parte de su gira internacional. El sobre lo confeccionó la Oficina de Correos Temáticos de la Amistad Internacional del museo de Jintai.
(2023-01-31). El Ministerio de Economía y Planificación aprobó hoy 111 nuevos actores económicos (+ PDF). cubadebate.cu El Ministerio de Economía y Planificación aprobó hoy 111 nuevos actores económicos, integrados por 110 mipymes privadas y una mipyme estatal. Se espera que estos actores generen nuevos puestos de trabajo en la economía nacional.
(2023-01-31). Falleció Teresa Melo, destacada poetisa cubana. cubadebate.cu La poetisa e intelectual cubana Teresa Melo falleció en la noche de este lunes, informan usuarios en redes sociales. Teresa Melo Rodríguez (Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, 21 de octubre 1961). Poeta y editora. Una de las voces líricas primordiales de la década de los ochenta. Fue editora y directora de Ediciones Santiago. Graduada de Filosofía por la Universidad de La Habana.
(2023-01-31). Minsap informa sobre colaborador cubano secuestrado en Haití. cubadebate.cu El 23 de enero de 2023, fue secuestrado en Puerto Príncipe, Haití, por parte de una de las bandas que operan al margen de la ley en ese país, el colaborador de la Brigada Médica Cubana Alejandro Aguilera Milanés. De manera inmediata y con la debida discreción, indispensable en situaciones de esta índole, se iniciaron las gestiones con las autoridades haitianas .
(2023-01-31). NASA capta el rostro de un "oso" en Marte. cubadebate.cu Los científicos a cargo de HiRISE (Experimento Científico de Imágenes de Alta Resolución, por sus siglas en inglés) procesaron las imágenes de la potente cámara que circula alrededor de Marte desde 2006 y publicaron la foto que registra el rostro de un osito. " øUn oso en Marte?", preguntó la cuenta de Twitter del experimento, seguido de la explicación.
(2023-01-31). Pedagogía 2023: Valoran retos de la formación de maestros en América Latina y el Caribe. cubadebate.cu Docentes de la región latinoamericana y caribeña señalaron hoy entre los desafíos de la formación de maestros el incremento de su reconocimiento social y la calidad de la educación, durante el Encuentro de Rectores y Directores de Instituciones de Formación de Docentes, que sesiona como parte del programa de Pedagogía 2023 en el Palacio de las Convenciones.
(2023-01-31). Renuncia primer ministro de la oposición del Consejo de Transición en Haití. cubadebate.cu Steven Benoit, elegido por la oposición haitiana, en el llamado Consejo Nacional de Transición (CMT) como su primer ministro, decidió renunciar el martes. En su carta de renuncia señaló que el 30 de enero se cumplió el primer aniversario de su elección e instó al primer ministro Ariel Henry a seguir su ejemplo para sacar al país de la crisis.
(2023-01-31). Rodríguez Parrilla agradece donativo de alimentos de Argelia. cubadebate.cu Este lunes el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores de Cuba, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, agradeció al pueblo y gobierno de Argelia por el envío de un donativo de alimentos. El canciller cubano señaló que este gesto, liderado por el presidente Abdelmadjid Tebboune, confirma los históricos lazos de hermandad, solidaridad y apoyo mutuo entre ambas naciones.
(2023-01-31). Santiago de Cuba da un último adiós a la poetisa Teresa Melo. cubadebate.cu Ofrendas florales de Miguel Díaz-Canel, primer secretario del Comité Central del Partido Comunista de Cuba (PCC) y presidente de la República, y del Ministerio de Cultura acompañan hoy las honras fúnebres de la destacada poetisa Teresa Melo, fallecida este lunes en su natal Santiago de Cuba.
(2023-01-31). José Martí y Fidel Castro ante el desafío de la Roma Americana. cubadebate.cu Sin duda, Fidel Castro ha sido el más aventajado discípulo de las ideas y la praxis revolucionaria de José Martí. No fue pura coincidencia histórica, sino que el líder de la Revolución Cubana asumió el ideario martiano de manera consciente y entregada. Así lo ratificó en 1985 en sus conversaciones con Frei Betto: "Yo, antes de ser comunista utópico o marxista, soy martiano".
(2023-01-31). Headlines for January 31, 2023. democracynow.org Antony Blinken Meets Palestinian Leaders After Reiterating "Ironclad" U.S. Support for Israel, Taliban Offshoot Claims Responsibility for Bombing of Pakistani Police Compound, Amnesty: Iranian Protesters Were Denied Fair Trials and Tortured Before Their Executions, White House Will End COVID-19 Emergency Declarations in May, Memphis Fire Department Terminates 3 Who Responded to Tyre Nichols' Violent Arrest, Family Calls for Federal Civil Rights Probe into Newark Police Killing of Carl Dorsey, New Zealand Prime Minister Blames Climate Change for Record Flooding, Missing Mexican Environmentalists&…
(2023-01-31). Asylum Seekers Refuse to Leave Manhattan Hotel, Citing Inhumane Conditions at Brooklyn Shelter. democracynow.org 
In New York, asylum seekers are continuing to protest outside a Manhattan hotel where they'd been living for weeks, after city officials suddenly evicted them over the weekend to move them to a remote camp in Brooklyn with a thousand cots and no heat. We hear from migrants and activists fighting the eviction.
(2023-01-31). "Elite" Police Units Face More Scrutiny as Memphis SCORPION Unit Disbanded over Tyre Nichols Death. democracynow.org 
Memphis police have revealed a sixth and a seventh officer have been placed on administrative leave in addition to the five fired officers over the death of Tyre Nichols, after Nichols was brutally beaten at a traffic stop. On Saturday, Memphis disbanded the police unit responsible for the killing, known as SCORPION, which stood for "Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhood." We look more closely at these so-called special police units in cities nationwide that operate with little oversight with investigative reporter Radley Balko, author of "Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Mili…
(2023-01-31). Marxist Economist Richard Wolff on How the Debt Ceiling Benefits the Rich & Powerful. democracynow.org 
As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden prepare for their first face-to-face meeting this week to discuss raising the debt ceiling, we speak with Marxist economist Richard Wolff about why the limit on the federal government's borrowing lets politicians avoid making hard choices about taxing the wealthy. House Republicans are pushing for major spending cuts as part of any deal to raise the federal government's $31.4 trillion borrowing limit. "It's 99% theatrics," says Wolff, professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor in the Gradu…
(2023-01-31). Rikers Jail Whistleblower Decries Collapse of LGBTQ+ Unit Meant to Protect Trans Detainees. democracynow.org 
We look at a new investigation into the collapse of an LGBTQ+ unit at the massive Rikers Island jail in New York City that was meant to help protect incarcerated trans women, stranding many in male units where they have been harassed and raped. The changes at Rikers came after Mayor Eric Adams appointed a new jails commissioner who pushed out leaders supportive of the unit and shelved a draft policy directive aimed at getting more trans and gender-nonconforming detainees into gender-aligned housing. Data shows trans women jailed in men's facilities are many times more likely to be sexually assaulted than ot…
(2023-01-31). Human Rights Expert Aldred de Zayas Demands End to Sanctions Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com This Saturday, January 28, Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, a lawyer specializing in international law and United Nations (UN) Human Rights expert, demanded through a post on Twitter the lifting of illegal sanctions imposed on Venezuela by the United States. | Ina tweet, de Zayas wrote: | "Unilateral coercive measures are not a legitimate tool of foreign policy — but a grave violation of the UN Charter by the US, UK, Canada and EU — and a crime against humanity." | "The US and EU have no right to call their unilateral coercive measures 'sanctions.' They are arbitrary geopolitical measures. The US has zero mor…
(2023-01-31). Human Rights Expert Aldref de Zayas Demands End to Sanctions Against Venezuela. orinocotribune.com This Saturday, January 28, Alfred-Maurice de Zayas, a lawyer specializing in international law and United Nations (UN) Human Rights expert, demanded through a post on Twitter the lifting of illegal sanctions imposed on Venezuela by the United States. | Ina tweet, de Zayas wrote: | "Unilateral coercive measures are not a legitimate tool of foreign policy — but a grave violation of the UN Charter by the US, UK, Canada and EU — and a crime against humanity." | "The US and EU have no right to call their unilateral coercive measures 'sanctions.' They are arbitrary geopolitical measures. The US has zero mor…
(2023-01-31). Over 30 Spanish Organizations Express Solidarity with Diplomat Alex Saab (+Statement). orinocotribune.com In a statement released on Monday, January 30, over 30 organizations that make up the Movement of Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution in Madrid raised their voices to demand the release of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab and all the political prisoners of imperialism. | Here is the full unofficial translation of the statement: | The organizations of the Movement of Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution strongly condemn the double kidnapping suffered by the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, detained in Cape Verde and also illegally deported to the United States following instructions from the US government. <...
(2023-01-31). Russia Condemns Failed Israeli Drone Attack Against Military Complex in Iran. orinocotribune.com
(2023-01-31). 11 February, Brussels: From the River to the Sea  ; Visions of Palestinian Liberation. samidoun.net 
Saturday, 11 February 7 pm DK Rue de Danemark 70B Brussels, Belgium Info: www.instagram.com/p/CoDgSCHjUgU/?hl=en Please join Samidoun Brussels for an evening of discussion and strategy toward the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea. The total liberation of all of Palestine is a central unifying point to rally around, from the uprooting of …
(2023-01-31). 4 February, Online: Zimbabwe country hearing, International People's Tribunal on US Imperialism. samidoun.net 
Saturday, 4 February 10: 30 AM EST (7: 30 AM PST, 4: 30 PM central Europe, 5: 30 PM Palestine Register: bit.ly/zimbabwehearing Join the International People's Tribunal on US Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, Coercive Economic Measures for a hearing on the effects and impacts of these policies and practices on the people of Zimbabwe. We will hear testimony and reports …
(2023-01-31). Free Alex Saab, political prisoner of capitalism and imperialism. samidoun.net 
In a statement released on Monday, January 30, over 30 organizations that make up the Movement of Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution in Madrid raised their voices to demand the release of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab and all the political prisoners of imperialism. Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network is a signatory of this statement. This …
(2023-01-31). #FreePalestinianStudents: Student election candidates in Toulouse join the call for prisoners' liberation. samidoun.net 
From 30 January to 1 February, student elections are taking place at the University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès in France. These elections are for the central council of representatives of workers and students at the university, and election lists vie for the support of students with a range of political, social and local initiatives and …
(2023-01-31). Vicious repression and burning resistance: Palestinian prisoners' uprising confronts escalating attacks. samidoun.net 
There is a high state of tension and escalating action within the occupation prisons, as the Palestinian prisoners' movement is rising up to confront attacks by repressive Israeli occupation forces. In the past several days — particularly since the Jenin massacre and the Palestinian resistance operation in Jerusalem that came in response — occupation forces …
(2023-01-31). Video: International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades, Coercive Economic Measures launches in New York. samidoun.net On Saturday, 28 January, the International People's Tribunal on U.S. Imperialism: Sanctions, Blockades and Coercive Economic Measures launched with a half-day event in New York City. The event featured a wide array of speakers addressing the upcoming tribunal, including: Nina Farnia, Co-chair of the Tribunal Steering Committee & Professor of Law, Albany Law School Niloufer …
(2023-01-31). DOJ Finally Launches Investigation Into Abbott's DEADLY Infant Formula. trofire.com
(2023-01-31). Check out Venezuela's flying restaurant. america.cgtn.com After years of recession, some parts of the Venezuelan economy are witnessing a mini-boom with entrepreneurs seeing new opportunities. For example, in the capital Caracas, new restaurants are using some unusual marketing tactics. CGTN's Stephen Gibbs reports.
(2023-01-31). Canciller de Cuba sostiene encuentro con su par de Panamá. telesurtv.net El titular de Exteriores de Cuba destacó el interés de ambas naciones en fortalecer sus vínculos en medio del actual contexto internacional.
(2023-01-31). Nueva masacre deja cuatro asesinados en Medellín, Colombia. telesurtv.net En 2022, la Oficina de ONU Derechos Humanos en Colombia verificó 83 casos de masacres y 112 homicidios de defensores de DD.HH.
(2023-01-31). Ecuador devuelve a Perú miles de bombas lacrimógenas. telesurtv.net Quito justificó la acción con el argumento de que se trata de una devolución ya que el Perú le había dado en calidad de préstamo un lote de municiones para enfrentar las protestas en ese país.
(2023-01-31). Bolivia activa emergencia sanitaria por brote de gripe aviar. telesurtv.net No obstante, los avicultores de Cochabamba piden tranquilidad ante brote de gripe aviar y garantizan huevo y carne de pollo de calidad y certificados.
(2023-01-31). Presidenta de Honduras anuncia iniciativa de reforma tributaria. telesurtv.net Xiomara Castro dijo que hay avances en el manejo de las finanzas estatales y resaltó las medidas de política fiscal y monetaria que se han implementado durante su gestión.
(2023-01-31). Trabajadores franceses protestan contra reforma de pensiones. telesurtv.net Diversos gremios acataron la huelga luego de que dos semanas antes casi dos millones de personas salieran a las calles.
(2023-01-31). Economía de República Dominicana crece un 4,9 % en 2022. telesurtv.net El sector de los servicios fue el que más incremento generó a la economía dominicana en 2022, representando el 60 por ciento del total.
(2023-01-31). Reportan diez heridos tras tiroteo en Florida, EE.UU. telesurtv.net El jefe de Policía local, Sam Taylor, detalló que del total de lesionados hay dos hombres de entre 20 y 35 años que se encuentran en estado crítico.
(2023-01-31). Rusia obtiene actas de programa de armas biológicas de EEUU en Ucrania. telesurtv.net Según Kiríllov, los hallazgos confirman el objetivo del Pentágono de desarrollar componentes de armas de este tipo para probarlos en población ucraniana.
(2023-01-31). Intervención gubernamental concluye en Distrito Federal, Brasil. telesurtv.net El Gobierno intervino la capital brasileña, tras la intentona de golpe de Estado, protagoniza sin efectos por partidarios de expresidente ultraderechista Jair Bolsonaro.
(2023-01-31). Multinacional Philips despide a 6.000 empleados. telesurtv.net La mitad de los recortes de empleos se realizarán este año, dijo la compañía, y agregó que la otra mitad se realizará para 2025.
(2023-01-31). Región de Puno se moviliza para exigir renuncia de la presidenta de Perú. telesurtv.net Un total de 2.000 policías de la Unidad de Servicios Especiales fueron enviados a las regiones Ica y Puno para reforzar las acciones de desbloqueo de carreteras.
(2023-01-31). Rusia rechaza haber amenazado al expremier britanico Boris Johnson. telesurtv.net El portavoz del Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov, aseguró que "no hubo amenazas" de misiles en la conversación que mantuvieron ambos líderes.
(2023-01-31). Al menos ochos muertos deja tiroteo en el sur de Sudáfrica. telesurtv.net La policía dijo que todavía estaban tratando de encontrar a los culpables, que atacaron una casa en la ciudad de Gqeberha en la provincia de Cabo Oriental.
(2023-01-31). Ataque contra un autobús deja 15 agentes de seguridad heridos en Siria. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Comunicación de Siria refirió que las investigaciones continúan para identificar a los terroristas.
(2023-01-31). Sindicatos de controladores aéreos realizan huelga en España. telesurtv.net Los gremios corroboraron que el paro de 24 horas se realizará todos los lunes hasta el 27 de febrero.
(2023-01-31). Volcán Cotopaxi emana columna de gases y ceniza en Ecuador. telesurtv.net "En horas de la mañana se han observado emisiones continuas de ceniza con alturas hasta 2. 0 metros sobre el nivel del cráter", reportó el Instituto Geofísico.
(2023-01-31). Corte IDH condena a Colombia por exterminio de Unión Patriótica. telesurtv.net La Corte declaró que el Estado es responsable por las violaciones de DD.HH. en perjuicio de más de 6.000 víctimas integrantes y militantes de UP.
(2023-01-31). Familiar de víctima reportada en Lima: mi hermano fue asesinado. telesurtv.net Elizabeth Santisteban expresó que están buscando justicia para su hermano "porque definitivamente no fue una muerte fortuita".
(2023-01-31). Continúan las movilizaciones en Perú para exigir renuncia de Dina Boluarte. telesurtv.net Un reporte de la Defensoría del Pueblo registró movilizaciones en provincias como Yungay, Huaraz, Carhuaz, Abancay, Andahuaylas, Cusco, Angaraes, entre otras.
(2023-01-31). Ataques terroristas dejan casi 30 muertos en Burkina Faso. telesurtv.net Burkina Faso ha sido objeto desde abril de 2015 de ataques terroristas, cometidos por grupos vinculados tanto a Al Qaeda como al autodenominado Estado Islámico.
(2023-01-31). Aumentan a 100 los fallecidos por atentado en Pakistán. telesurtv.net Más de 220 heridos fueron evacuados hacia el Hospital Lady Reading.
(2023-01-31). Agentes policiales de Haití denuncian asesinatos de colegas. telesurtv.net Funcionarios policiales amenazaron al gobierno con ausentarse de sus puestos si no son cumplidas sus demandas.
(2023-01-31). Brasil reafirma su neutralidad en conflicto entre Rusia-Ucrania. telesurtv.net Lula da Silva destacó que Brasil no quiere tener ninguna participación, aunque sea de manera indirecta, en el conflicto armado entre Rusia y Ucrania.
(2023-01-31). Familia de siete miembros fallece en un incendio en Guatemala. telesurtv.net El siniestro se declaró en horas de la madrugada del lunes en la comunidad Sibinal, a 300 kilómetros al noroeste de Ciudad de Guatemala.
(2023-01-31). Uruguay exhibe bajos índices de nuevos casos de Covid-19. telesurtv.net El Ministerio de Salud de Uruguay anunció que a partir del próximo martes comenzará una nueva campaña de vacunación contra el coronavirus a nivel nacional.
(2023-01-31). Gobierno colombiano presenta balance del cese al fuego. telesurtv.net El ministro del Interior de Colombia afirmó que las masacres se han reducido en un por ciento en los primeros 30 días del 2023.
(2023-01-31). Congreso peruano aplaza votación sobre adelanto de elecciones. telesurtv.net La propuesta de adelantar las elecciones busca poner fin a las movilizaciones en varias regiones del país en reclamo a la renuncia de la presidenta Baluarte.
(2023-01-31). Convocan a nueva marcha nacional contra Dina Boluarte en Perú. telesurtv.net Además de la capital peruana, se esperan movilizaciones en otras regiones del país que se encuentran en huelga desde principios de enero.
(2023-01-31). Leones del Caracas ganan campeonato del béisbol venezolano. telesurtv.net Los Leones de Caracas se ganó el derecho de representar a Venezuela en la Serie del Caribe 2023, en la cual serán los anfitriones entre el 2 y el 10 de febrero.
(2023-01-31). Al menos cinco muertos deja accidente de autobús en Brasil. telesurtv.net Más de 30 personas viajaban en el micro, de los cuales 23 fueron trasladados al Hospital São Salvador de Além Paraíba.
(2023-01-31). Minera Las Bambas cesará actividades ante protestas en Perú. telesurtv.net "Si la situación no cambia, la mina no podrá continuar la producción de cobre a partir del 1 de febrero", informó MMG.
(2023-01-31). Premier palestino denuncia a Israel ante aumento de violencia. telesurtv.net El líder palestino afirmó que las decisiones de Israel "reflejan la profundidad de la crisis del Gobierno de ocupación".
(2023-01-31). OPS alerta sobre enfermedades tropicales desatentidas. telesurtv.net Las Enfermedades Tropicales Desatendidas alcanzan un grupo de 20 afecciones que están muy extendidas en las regiones más pobres del mundo.
(2023-01-31). Britain: Biggest strike in decades planned for February 1. greenleft.org.au Half a million trade unionists are gearing up for a national day of strike action on February 1, across England, Scotland and Wales, writes Terry Conway.
(2023-01-31). Peru Congress Agrees to Debate Measure on Earlier Elections. latinorebels.com Pressed by Peru's embattled president to take action in response to weeks of deadly protests, Congress narrowly agreed on Monday to reconsider a proposal to move the 2026 national elections up to this October.
(2023-01-31). Fear And Loathing Among The Union Busters. levernews.com 
(2023-01-31). Never Again Is Now Global — A Five-Part Documentary Series. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-31). La elite de Davos a la deriva frente a la ´policrisis ª del capitalismo global. globalizacion.ca La élite política y corporativa transnacional estuvo de regreso en Davos del 16 al 20 de enero para su cónclave anual en medio de la crisis más severa del capitalismo global desde la fundación del Foro Económico Mundial (FEM) hace…
(2023-01-31). Lessons of the Montgomery, Alabama teachers' fight against COVID deaths in 2020. wsws.org Independently of the Alabama Education Association, Montgomery teachers waged a courageous struggle to save lives. The lessons of this struggle remain of critical significance as teachers face a fourth year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2023-01-31). GM Flint workers speak out on UAW voter suppression, plant conditions. wsws.org GM Flint workers contrasted the UAW bureaucracy's silence on its own election with their energetic promotion of the Democrats in the federal midterm elections.
(2023-01-31). South Korean intelligence officials raid headquarters of union confederation. wsws.org The raid demonstrates that the government of right-wing President Yoon Suk-yeol is preparing new assaults on the social and democratic rights of the working class as social tensions intensify.
(2023-01-31). Sri Lanka: SEP's local government election campaign wins support in Colombo outer-suburb. wsws.org Last week residents of Meethotamulla, a low-income working-class area, vehemently denounced successive governments, angrily explaining how they were attempting to deal with the social disaster they now confronted.
(2023-01-31). UK: A socialist strategy to defeat the anti-strike laws. wsws.org The trade unions have not organised a single day of strike action against the greatest threat to workers' democratic rights ever mounted, urging workers to rely instead on a future Starmer-led Labour government.
(2023-01-31). Firefighters in UK vote massively to strike, FBU leadership delays action. wsws.org The result shows the intense anger built up among firefighters over years of declining pay and conditions, declining numbers of firefighters and staff, closed fire stations and degraded services.
(2023-01-31). After propping up Canada's Liberal government for years, the NDP's Singh accuses Trudeau of "waging war" against workers. wsws.org Singh neglected to mention a "trifle"—His NDP, with the full-throated backing of the trade unions, has been propping up the minority Liberal government for years and since March 2022 has been in a formal governmental alliance with them.
(2023-01-31). Democratic Socialists of America falsely tout New York State 2022 electoral victories as boon for socialist politics. wsws.org The Democratic Socialists of America are exploiting the results of the New York State 2022 elections to build their brand of pro-imperialist and corporate-friendly "socialism."
(2023-01-31). UAW prepares betrayal of HarperCollins strike by entering mediation. wsws.org As it has done many times, the union will use mediation as an excuse for accepting an agreement that workers would otherwise reject.
(2023-01-31). Australian Labor government responds to social crisis in Alice Springs with law-and-order measures. wsws.org Albanese responded to a viscous right-wing campaign against Aboriginal youth by pledging a major increase in police funding, while doing nothing to address a massive social crisis.
(2023-01-31). Auschwitz commemoration dominated by war propaganda, right-wing historical falsification. wsws.org The unprecedented promotion of war propaganda and the deliberate minimization of the crimes of Nazism at the Auschwitz commemoration are inseparable from the renewed explosion of imperialist militarism now underway in Europe.
(2023-01-31). Blinken in Israel: Planning for war with an ally in crisis. wsws.org Washington is concerned that mounting political instability, both in the occupied territories and within Israel itself, is weakening the main US military bastion in the Middle East.
(2023-01-31). Turkey to hold elections in May amid deepening political, social crisis. wsws.org Elections are to be held on May 14, while the bourgeois opposition parties have accepted President Erdoğan's candidacy despite its unconstitutionality.
(2023-01-31). TV and radio workers strike against corruption and for secure jobs at German broadcaster RBB. wsws.org Hundreds of workers—full-time, freelance and trainees—at broadcaster Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) went on a day-long strike on Friday.
(2023-01-31). Abbott Labs under federal criminal investigation at Sturgis, Michigan baby formula factory. wsws.org Anonymous sources have told corporate news media that the US Department of Justice is investigating Abbott Laboratories in connection with its baby formula manufacturing facility in Sturgis, Michigan, which was shut down in February 2022 for bacterial contamination.
(2023-01-31). Unprecedented flooding in Auckland, New Zealand. wsws.org Four people have died in the ongoing floods and there is widespread anger over the failure of the Auckland Council to provide sufficient early warnings and other assistance to residents.
(2023-01-31). Concern and anger in China over ending of zero-COVID policy. wsws.org Comments on social media in China after the government's sudden lifting of COVID restrictions leading to rapidly escalating infections and deaths indicate the widespread concern and hostility among working people to the change.
(2023-01-31). London bus drivers urge united action as Unite tries to close down Abellio strike. wsws.org Drivers from Go Ahead and Metroline spoke out as Unite officials stepped up efforts to end the Abellio strike, due to resume February 1 for three days.
(2023-01-31). Race, class and the police killing of Tyre Nichols. wsws.org In the aftermath of the release of the video showing the horrendous beating of Tyre Nichols by at least five black Memphis cops, the American media and Democratic political establishment have contorted themselves trying to present the killing as an expression of "systemic racism" in order to mystify the class character of police violence and divide the working class.
(2023-01-31). On the death of German writer Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929—2022). wsws.org The intellectual life, literary and political history of Germany after 1945 cannot be imagined without the poet and writer Hans Magnus Enzensberger.
(2023-01-31). UK's University and College Union bureaucracy puts below inflation pay deal to a ballot. wsws.org The UCU union bureaucracy is seeking to wear workers' resistance down in order to impose a below-inflation deal.
(2023-01-31). UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman responds to Monitor's request for more information about election protest. wsws.org There was a systematic effort by the entrenched bureaucracy across the board to cling to power by suppressing the vote, which resulted in an election that had such low turnout that it was not meaningful in any fundamental democratic sense.
(2023-01-31). A tale of two elections: US political establishment calls Tunisian election (11 percent turnout) an "illegitimate sham" but praises UAW election (9 percent turnout) as "historic and democratic" wsws.org You don't need a degree in political science to see the difference in how the corporate media and political establishment treated two elections that took place in December 2022.
(2023-01-31). NYE Misdemeanor Riot Charges Taken to Trial. unicornriot.ninja
(2023-01-31). Sky-High Gas Prices Handed Exxon a Record $6 Million in Profit Per Hour in 2022. truthout.org Riding on the wave of sky-high gas prices and industry-wide price hikes, oil giant Exxon was handed the highest profits ever reported by a western oil company in 2022, its latest financial report reveals. The company reported on Tuesday that it made a net profit of $55.7 billion in 2022, roughly 2.5 times its 2021 profits of $23.6 billion. This represents $6.3 million in profits per hour on… |
(2023-01-31). Manhattan DA Impanels Grand Jury Over Trump's Payments to Stormy Daniels. truthout.org On Monday, the Manhattan District Attorney's office began presenting evidence to a grand jury regarding hush money payments made by the Trump Organization to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. The grand jury was recently established, and will advise District Attorney Alvin Bragg over whether Trump or other individuals involved in the payments should be charged for falsifying business records in… |
(2023-01-31). Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs Eulogizes Racist Former State Lawmaker. truthout.org Far right Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Arizona) issued a press release over the weekend celebrating the life of a racist former lawmaker who had been pushed to resign from politics after he suggested that women should only be granted public benefits if they were sterilized beforehand. Biggs appeared on the House floor last week to speak about the life of former state Sen. Russell Pearce… |
(2023-01-31). 78 Percent of George Santos's Constituents Want Him to Resign, Poll Finds. truthout.org New polling on embattled Rep. George Santos, who represents the 3rd Congressional District of New York, finds that the vast majority of his constituents now want him to resign, as the Republican tells party leaders that he is temporarily stepping back from his committee assignments. According to polling by Newsday/Siena College released on Tuesday, a whopping 78 percent of Santos's constituents… |
(2023-01-31). A Victory for Abolitionists: ICE-Run Immigration Prison Shuts Down Today. truthout.org Today, advocates across the U.S. are celebrating the end of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) contract with Berks County in Pennsylvania, marking the long-fought closure of the embattled Berks immigration prison (officially known as Berks County Residential Center). Berks is the fifth immigration prison contract to end under the Biden administration, signaling the growing consensus… |
(2023-01-31). The Debt Ceiling Benefits the Rich and Powerful, Says Economist Richard Wolff. truthout.org As House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden prepare for their first face-to-face meeting this week to discuss raising the debt ceiling, we speak with Marxist economist Richard Wolff about why the limit on the federal government's borrowing lets politicians avoid making hard choices about taxing the wealthy. House Republicans are pushing for major spending cuts as part of any deal to raise… |
(2023-01-31). Miami's Mayor Went All In on Cryptocurrency. His Constituents Suffered. truthout.org In 2021, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said that Sam Bankman-Fried, the now disgraced former head of FTX, embodied the "ethos of Miami." Suarez was inadvertently right. Miami is a sunny place for shady people and Bankman-Fried's shameless grift does indeed embody the corruption that is so commonplace in the city — a place where con artists, corrupt politicians, drug traffickers, money launderers… |
(2023-01-31). GOP Oversight Chair Plans to Investigate Biden's Docs Case But Not Trump's. truthout.org Over the past several months, it's come to light that both Donald Trump and President Joe Biden have improperly kept classified White House documents in their possession — but House Oversight Committee chair Rep. James Comer (R-Kentucky) has indicated that he's only planning to investigate Biden, despite a majority of the American public believing that Trump's actions were illegal. On Sunday… |
(2023-01-31). Medieval inquisition returns to Europe as historical truth-tellers are put on trial. thecommunists.org The following article is reproduced from Italian Marxist website Marx21.it with thanks. ***** On 31 October 2022, Tomá≈° Hàºbner, single judge of the Prague 7 district court, sentenced Josef Skála, a well-known Marxist intellectual and former vice-president of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM), together with Vladimír Kapal, and Juraj Václavík, to eight …
(2023-01-31). The COVID Pandemic and the mRNA Vaccine: What Is the Truth? thealtworld.com
(2023-01-31). Dos percepciones‚Äé diferentes de la guerra ‚Äéde Ucrania. thealtworld.com Occidente y Rusia tienen percepciones totalmente diferentes del conflicto en ‚ÄéUcrania. Es realmente un caso digno de estudio. Y no son los intereses materiales de ‚Äélos antagonistas los que determinan esa diferencia en la percepción del conflicto sino ‚Äéconcepciones muy diferentes de lo que es el Hombre y formas diferentes de ver ‚Äéla Vida. Uno de los bandos estima que el "enemigo" pretende restaurar el imperio ‚Äézarista o la Unión Soviética mientras que, para los demás, ese bando cree ser la ‚Äéencar…
(2023-01-31). Two perceptions of the war in Ukraine. thealtworld.com The military intervention in Ukraine is not at all interpreted in the same way in the West and in Russia. It is a school case. This difference of representation does not come from antagonistic material interests, but from different conceptions of what makes Man and what is Life. For some, the enemy is trying to restore the grandeur of the Tsarist Empire or the Soviet Union, while for others, he imagines himself to be the embodiment of Good. | The conflict between the advocates of "a world based on rules" and those who advocate a return to "a world based on international law" continues. It began with the Russian m…
(2023-01-31). Deux perceptions de la guerre en Ukraine. thealtworld.com L'intervention militaire en Ukraine n'est pas du tout interprétée de la même manière en Occident et en Russie. C'est un cas d'école. Cette différence de représentation ne provient pas d'intérêts matériels antagonistes, mais de conceptions différentes de ce qui fait l'Homme et de ce qu'est la Vie. Pour les uns, l'ennemi tenterait de restaurer la grandeur de l'Empire tsariste ou de l'Union soviétique, tandis que pour les autres, il s'imaginerait incarner le Bien. | Le conflit opposant les partisans d' ´ un monde fondé sur des règles ª à ceux qui préconisent un retour à ´ un monde fondé sur le Droit…