Monthly Archives: January 2024

2024-01-25: News Headlines

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-24). Argentina: Shock Therapy, Resistance, and the Role of the Left. libya360.wordpress.com Juan Cruz Ferre The inauguration of libertarian President Javier Milei on December 10, 2023. (Presidency of Armenia / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED) Just over a month after President Javier Milei took office in Argentina, his economic policy is a textbook case of shock therapy. The plan laid out by Finance Minister Luis…

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

WSWS (2024-01-25). LFI's response to new French government exposes its bankruptcy. wsws.org The admission that the Socialist Party gave birth to "horrors" such as the fascistic Attal-Macron regime highlights the bankruptcy of La France Insoumise (LFI), whose leaders emerged from the PS and still defend the counter-revolutionary negotiations of trade union bureaucracies with it.

Hassan Diab Support Committee (2024-01-25). Six Years On, Hassan Diab Recounts His Release from a French Prison in January 2018. dissidentvoice.org Dr. Hassan Diab was wrongfully extradited from Canada to France in 2014, for alleged involvement in a bombing outside a Paris synagogue in 1980. He spent more than three years in a French prison before investigative judges determined that there was no evidence linking him to the crime, and ordered his immediate and unconditional release. …

MEE staff (2024-01-25). Turkey's Erdogan signs off on Sweden's membership to Nato. middleeasteye.net

MEE staff (2024-01-25). US envoy sees rapid F-16 sale to Turkey after Erdogan approves Sweden-Nato bid. middleeasteye.net

Larry Johnson (2024-01-25). U.S. Prepping to Abandon Bases in Eastern Syria and Turn To China. sonar21.com The leaks have started and that almost always is a great indicator about an impending shift in U.S. foreign policy. In this case it concerns Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey. The United States has been engaged in a decade long military adventure in Syria. It started out in 2014 as an ostensible mission by special ops forces to find, fix and finish ISIS (that is military speak for killing the "terrorists"), but it evolved into an insurgent support operation to assist the Kurds in their battles against Syria and Turkey. Oh yeah. Almost forgot. The U.S. military personnel primary mission was to protect the Conoco…

presstv.ir (2024-01-25). Public panic in Sweden over war with Russia as Turkey ratifies Stockholm's bid to join NATO. presstv.ir Turkey signs off on Sweden joining NATO, as public panic rises in Stockholm over a war with Russia.

presstv.ir (2024-01-25). Iran says making efforts for rapprochement between Syria, Turkey. presstv.ir A senior Iranian diplomat says the Islamic Republic is making efforts for potential rapprochement between Turkey and Syria.

WSWS (2024-01-25). Turkey backs Sweden's NATO membership amid escalating war against Russia. wsws.org By approving Sweden's membership of NATO, the Turkish political establishment has paved the way for this imperialist alliance, which fully back the Israeli genocide in Gaza, to escalate the war against Russia.

Muhammed Shabeer (2024-01-24). Turkish communists protest NATO expansion as parliament votes to lift veto on Sweden's entry. peoplesdispatch.org Various communist groups in Turkey have reiterated their demand for Turkey's exit from NATO and the closure of all NATO bases in the country…

The Independent (2024-01-24). Turkish parliament approves Sweden's NATO bid. independent.co.ug ANKARA, TURKEY | Xinhua | Turkish lawmakers on Tuesday approved a long-delayed bill on Sweden's bid to become the 32nd member of NATO. The Turkish parliament voted on the bill after a debate in the Grand National Assembly. A total of 346 lawmakers participated in the voting, with 287 votes in favor, 55 against, and …

presstv.ir (2024-01-25). Biden calls on Congress to approve sale of F-16 jets to Turkey 'without delay'. presstv.ir The US president has urged Congress to swiftly approve the sale of F-16 jets to Turkey once Ankara okays Sweden's NATO bid.

Justice, Accountability for Palestine, Popular Resistance. (2024-01-24). Palestinian-Led Initiative Warns European Officials Of Intention To Prosecute Over Complicity With Israel. popularresistance.org The Justice and Accountability for Palestine Initiative has issued a stark warning to European public officials of the Austrian, French, German and Dutch governments that they could be individually liable for their role in aiding and abetting Israeli war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of Genocide through their involvement in providing military, economic, and political support to Israel. Sustaining such assistance implicates European public officials in the perpetration of war crimes and crimes against humanity as well as failure to prevent the crime of genocide. This may render officials criminally…

presstv.ir (2024-01-25). Farmers rally in front of the European parliament in Brussels. presstv.ir

Rhoda Wilson (2024-01-25). Scottish farmers' protest: "Farmers are getting pushed to the limit — We've had enough" expose-news.com In the Scottish countryside, the rallying cry "It's happening" echoes as farmers join the wave of protests happening across Europe. Their grievances are diverse, but the common thread is dissatisfaction with the …

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

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

Pavel López Lazo (2024-01-24). WHO warns of alarming rise of measles cases in Europe. plenglish.com There were 42,200 measles cases across 41 member states in the WHO European Region in 2023, WHO confirmed, up from 941 cases reported in all of 2022. | The rise in cases has accelerated in recent months, and the upward trend is expected to continue if urgent measures are not taken across to prevent further spread. | "Vaccination is the only way to protect children from this potentially dangerous disease. Urgent vaccination efforts are needed to halt transmission and prevent further spread," explained Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, WHO Regional Director for Europe. | Measles is a highly contagious, serious airborne dise…

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

Staff (2024-01-24). President Maduro: US & Europe Are Complicit in Genocide Against Palestinians. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, said that the United States and Europe "are the biggest accomplices of the genocide against the Palestinian people." He made this comment in his TV program Con Maduro+ on Monday, January 22, when commenting on the murder of 25,000 people in Gaza by the Israeli occupation army. | In this regard, Maduro stated that the largest genocide is currently being committed against Palestinians while international media is trying to generate a narrative against Palestinians in the minds of the people of the world. | President Maduro also questioned the complicity of the US and Euro…

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

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-25). Red Sea tensions push Qatar to postpone LNG shipments to Europe. new.thecradle.co

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-25). Palestinian-Led Initiative Warns European Officials Of Intention To Prosecute Over Complicity With Israel. popularresistance.org

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

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

Pawe…´ Wargan (2024-01-24). Germany backs Netanyahu for the same reason it created Hitler. electronicintifada.net Gaza is a dress rehearsal for violence that threatens workers and the oppressed everywhere.

Victor Grossman (2024-01-24). Protest Sorrow Anger Split. counterpunch.org Looking down from my window onto Berlin's broad Karl-Marx Allee boulevard a week ago Friday, I saw hundreds and hundreds of green tractors moving in two disciplined lines towards central Brandenburg Gate. Similar lines all over Germany were angrily protesting government measures, based on budgetary or ecology concerns, but which cut farm income, especially for

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-25). Germany backs Netanyahu for the same reason it created Hitler. electronicintifada.net

Staff (2024-01-25). Partners in Genocide: Will Biden's Gaza Complicity Cost Him the Election? youtube.com On The Freedom Side LIVE, Thursday, 1/25 at 3pm ET/12pm PT, Eugene and Rania are joined by special guests: Sevim Dagdelen — In Germany, 10 MPs have quit the Left Party (Die Linke) due to its increasingly pro-war stance and established a new party called the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW). Defined by a pro-peace policy, …

Vijay Prashad (2024-01-25). The Entry of a New German Left Party Shakes up the Country. counterpunch.org In October 2023, 10 members of the German parliament (Bundestag) left Die Linke (the Left) and declared their intention to form their own party. With their departure, Die Linke's parliamentary group fell to 28 out of the 736 members of the Bundestag, compared to the 78 members of the far-right Alliance for Germany (AfD). One

Peoples Dispatch (2024-01-25). Greek students hit the streets for another round of protests against private universities. peoplesdispatch.org Students, teachers, and progressive groups are protesting a bill that permits private universities to operate in Greece. They say it will be detrimental to the interests of students from disadvantaged backgrounds, and downgrade the value of degrees in government institutions…

Staff (2024-01-25). Greek students hit the streets for another round of protests against private universities. peoplesdispatch.org For the third consecutive week, Greek student and youth groups and other progressive sections hit the streets, denouncing the conservative New Democracy (ND) government's bid to open private universities. On Thursday, January 25, massive protest rallies were held in more than 40 cities, including Athens. Tens of thousands of students from coordination committees, and members …

presstv.ir (2024-01-24). Drone footage shows molten lava burning houses in Iceland. presstv.ir Drone footage showed fiery lava flows setting houses on fire in Grindavik, Iceland, after a volcano erupted for the second time in less than a month.

presstv.ir (2024-01-25). Police clash with pro-Palestinian protesters in Italy's Vicenza. presstv.ir Italian police used a water cannon to disperse pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the Italian northern city of Vicenza.

presstv.ir (2024-01-24). Police clash with pro-Palestinian protesters in Italy's Vicenza. presstv.ir Italian police used a water cannon to disperse pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the Italian northern city of Vicenza.

Rhoda Wilson (2024-01-25). Dutch Queen Máxima's popularity dwindles as she markets Digital IDs and CBDCs. expose-news.com The once hugely popular Queen Máxima of the Netherlands is falling into disgrace with the Dutch public. Since October 2022, she has been making the rounds in international conferences and meetings to …

MEE staff (2024-01-24). American oil trader sues UAE and its president over public relations 'smear campaign'. middleeasteye.net American oil trader sues UAE and its president over public relations 'smear campaign' | Hazim Nada is seeking $2.77bn in damages, accusing the UAE of damaging his reputation and falsely linking him to terrorism | Wed, 01/24/2024 – 21: 03 | UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan attending a meeting with Russia's president in Abu Dhabi, on 6 December 2023 (Sergei Savostyanov/AFP) | A lawsuit was filed…

ecns.cn (2024-01-25). China's Zheng Qinwen secures her first Grand Slam semifinal appearance. ecns.cn China's top women's ace Zheng Qinwen secured her career-first Grand Slam semifinal berth in Melbourne on Wednesday after beating Russia's Anna Kalinskaya 2-1 in a quarterfinal clash at the Australian Open.

Editor (2024-01-25). Learning from Lenin today. mronline.org One hundred years since Lenin's death, Nigerian socialist Abiodun Olamosu describes of the revolutionary on his own political development. As the preeminent organiser of the Russian revolution, Lenin helped to determine the course of Olamosu's life in Nigeria. Olamosu explores the development of Lenin's work and legacy. He regards Stalin's rise to power, and the Soviet Union, as an abomination to the body of ideas of Marxism and socialist internationalism.

Marina Wheeler QC (2024-01-25). Financial Sanction and Free Speech in the High Court. ukhumanrightsblog.com Background Graham Phillips, the Claimant, is a British national and video blogger who posts content from the Donbass dressed in Russian military fatigues. He says he is a journalist who provides a "counterbalance" to widespread western misunderstanding of the true situation in Ukraine but the Administrative Court disagrees. On 12 January 2024, it handed down …

presstv.ir (2024-01-25). Iran, Russia security chiefs assert anti-terror fight will continue. presstv.ir The top Iranian and Russian security officials call for the expansion of bilateral relations in different fields, among them the anti-terror fight.

Abiodun Olamosu, Black Agenda Report. (2024-01-24). Learning From Lenin Today. popularresistance.org Not long after I joined the socialist movement as a student at the Polytechnic of Ibadan in 1980, I was introduced to Marxist literature at the Progressive and Socialist Bookshop which was the sole depot of many left-wing publishers from UK, USSR and China that included Zed Books. By the time I entered university as a mature student, I had already worked as a full-time revolutionary assisting Ola Oni, a foremost Marxist revolutionary and scholar at the University of Ibadan where he lectured. He also owned the bookshop. | My generation were inspired by the history of Russia, the only country that achieved a succes…

Dave DeCamp (2024-01-24). Russia Says Ukraine Shot Down Plane Carrying Ukrainian POWs. news.antiwar.com Russia said on Wednesday that Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian military transport plane over Russia's Belgorod Oblast, killing all 74 people onboard, including 65 Ukrainian prisoners of war. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement that its forces registered two anti-aircraft missiles fired from Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast, which borders Belgorod, that hit the …

infobrics (2024-01-24). Achievements and Potential of Economic Cooperation Between India and Russia. infobrics.org India today is the fastest-growing economy in the world, with a strong outlook of 7-8 per cent growth rates for the coming decade. Russia, despite having become the most sanctioned economy in the world, has shown uncommon resilience and returned to positive GDP growth…

infobrics (2024-01-24). BRICS+ Expansion Causes Turmoil for Western Countries. infobrics.org At the dawn of this year, five more countries became full members of BRICS, a transnational association which until then consisted of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and thus became BRICS+ (BRICS Plus), totalling 10 countries…

infobrics (2024-01-24). CIA's openly declared spy war on Russia not going so well. infobrics.org Somewhat schizophrenically, the CIA calls for Russians to "end betrayal" by actually committing it, all for "family values" and "the future of Russia", which is quite strange given the fact that Washington DC ideologues are obsessed with every anti-family idea in the book. The so-called "woke" extremist, ultra-liberal ideology is at an all-time high in the US, while solid evidence suggests that the troubled Biden administration is even involved in the massive child trafficking in Ukraine and elsewhere. So much for America's "focus on family values".

John Mecklin, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. (2024-01-24). A Moment Of Historic Danger: It Is Still 90 Seconds To Midnight. popularresistance.org Ominous trends continue to point the world toward global catastrophe. The war in Ukraine and the widespread and growing reliance on nuclear weapons increase the risk of nuclear escalation. China, Russia, and the United States are all spending huge sums to expand or modernize their nuclear arsenals, adding to the ever-present danger of nuclear war through mistake or miscalculation. | In 2023, Earth experienced its hottest year on record, and massive floods, wildfires, and other climate-related disasters affected millions of people around the world. Meanwhile, rapid and worrisome developments in the life sciences a…

Luis Linares Petrov (2024-01-24). Russian Central Electoral Commission invited international observers. plenglish.com Moscow, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) The Central Electoral Commission of Russia (CCE) sent invitations to similar entities from some 95 countries to participate as observers in the presidential elections, announced the president of the organization, Ella Pamfilova.

Mark Curtis, Consortium News. (2024-01-24). The United Kingdom's New Security Pact With Ukraine. popularresistance.org A new agreement signed by U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelensky on 12 January provides U.K. "security commitments" to Ukraine in the event of "new aggression" by Moscow. | It states: | "In the event of future Russian armed attack against Ukraine, at the request of either of the Participants, the Participants will consult within 24 hours to determine measures needed to counter or deter the aggression." | It then says the U.K. "undertakes" to "provide Ukraine with swift and sustained security assistance, modern military equipment across all domains as necessary." | Strikingly, th…

Mikaela Nhondo Erskog, Popular Resistance. (2024-01-24). The Center Of Gravity Is Tilting To The South. popularresistance.org When the countries of the Global North, led by the United States, demanded that the countries of the Global South adopt the North Atlantic Treaty Organization position on the war in Ukraine (namely to isolate Russia), they refused, accusing the West of double standards. Numerous leaders have since pointed to the Global North's weakening credibility, signaling a new mood in the Global South. | These changes are shaped, on the one hand, by the Global North's loss of economic power alongside its increasing militarization and, on the other, by the Global South's growing political demand for sovereignty and economic d…

Patrick Lawrence, Consortium News. (2024-01-24). Russia's Turn From The West. popularresistance.org Sergei Lavrov, Russia's steady, able, intellectually quick foreign minister, last week held one of those wide-ranging press conferences he and his boss favor. Lavrov's remarks are subtly delivered but of a significance we must not miss. | Tass published a useful summary of them on Jan. 18. | Here are a few of Lavrov's pithier remarks. The first of these appeared under the subhead, "On friends of Russia." I take the liberty of minorly cleaning up the English translation: | "Relations between Russia and China currently experience the best period of their centuries-long history. | Their relations are firmer, more re…

Pavel López Lazo (2024-01-24). Russia asks UNSC to act after plane downing. plenglish.com United Nations, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) The Russian delegation on Wednesday has called for an emergency UN Security Council (UNSC) session to discuss the downing of a Russian plane carrying captured Ukrainian soldiers, The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

RT (2024-01-24). Belgorod Plane Attack: Kiev Deliberately Shot Down Plane Carrying Its POWs, Moscow Says. dissidentvoice.org Kiev's forces knowingly downed a Russian plane carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war that crashed on Wednesday, killing all on board, in order to pin the attack on Moscow, the Defense Ministry has said, adding that Kiev had once again shown its "true colors". In a statement following the incident, the ministry revealed that a Russian IL-76 cargo plane had crashed in …

Staff (2024-01-24). "The Military-Industrial Complex: An Unseen Beneficiary of War. muslimmirror.com By Hadiqa Maryam Abbasi Today, the world is grappling with horrible wars, whether it's the Russia-Ukraine, the Israel-Palestine war, or any other conflict. Innocent civilians are the ultimate victims of dumb bombs, bunker busters, artillery shells, mortars, and pellet guns. But, who is the winner in these destructive war episodes? The states? The people? No. …

The Independent (2024-01-24). Egyptian, Russian presidents lay foundation for new unit of nuclear plant. independent.co.ug CAIRO, EGYPT | Xinhua | Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday virtually participated in the foundation-laying ceremony of a new unit of the El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant. "Today, they are writing a new bright chapter in history by fulfilling the long-held aspiration of all Egyptians of owning a peaceful …

Timothy Alexander Guzman (2024-01-24). Japan's Growing Militarism: The Drums of War in Support of the American Empire. globalresearch.ca It seems that Japan is making strategic decisions to join their US and NATO allies in preparation for a global war against their long-time adversaries, China, North Korea, and Russia. The latest deal Tokyo made with Washington for the purchase …

WSWS (2024-01-24). The Indian ruling class and imperialist powers embrace Modi as he erects a Hindu supremacist state. wsws.org The imperialist powers' embrace of the Hindu supremacist and pogromist Modi is at one with their full-throttle support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right government as it mounts its genocidal assault on Gaza and their alliance with the fascist disciples of Stepan Bandera in waging war against Russia in Ukraine.

WSWS (2024-01-24). Kiev kills 27 civilians in artillery attack in East Ukraine as it plots geographic expansion of war into Russia. wsws.org The Zelensky government is doubling down its increasing attacks on civilians in Russian-controlled territories as it embraces a far-right ideology as state policy.

F. William Engdahl (2024-01-25). How Blackrock Investment Fund Triggered the Global Energy Crisis. globalresearch.ca The energy crisis is a long-planned strategy of western corporate capital to dismantle industrial economies in the name of a dystopian Green Agenda. That has its roots well before February 2022, when Russia launched its military action in Ukraine.

infobrics (2024-01-25). Is Il-76MD shootdown part of Kiev regime's internal power struggle?>. infobrics.org There are many questions regarding the incident, particularly as the Kiev regime forces initially bragged about downing the large Russian transport aircraft. However, this soon gave way to silence, as the Neo-Nazi junta is refusing to take responsibility for the downing, as it would be "too inconvenient" having to explain the death of over 60 Ukrainian POWs, particularly to their families who were eager to see them after months or perhaps even years. On the other hand, the incident might be a part of the rapidly escalating internal power struggle in Kiev, particularly between the regime and the military.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-25). How Yemen's 'Asabiyya' is Reshaping Geopolitics. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar The Arabic word Asabiyya, or 'moral strength,' is a soundbite in the west, but taken very seriously by the globe's new contenders China, Russia, and Iran. It is Yemen, however, that is mainstreaming the idea, by sacrificing everything for the world's collective morality in a bid to end the genocide in Gaza. When…

Kevin Gosztola (2024-01-25). Sixty Years Of 'Dr. Strangelove': A Nuclear War Planner On The Nightmare Comedy. thedissenter.org The following was originally published at The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists kept the Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight for 2024, signaling that the world remains closer than ever before to catastrophe. China, Russia, and the United States, the three largest nuclear powers, have essentially allowed agreements for arms control to collapse and are fueling a 21st century arms race to modernize their nuclear arsenals. | Since 1947, the group of scientific and technological experts has gauged global threats th…

Brian Berletic (2024-01-24). Why Russia is Winning the Drone War in Ukraine. thealtworld.com Ukraine is losing the drone war. This isn't a claim made by the Russian Ministry of Defense or by Russian state media, but rather the headline of The article titled, "Ukraine is Losing the Drone War — How Kyiv…

presstv.ir (2024-01-25). Thousands protest alleged fraud in Serbia vote. presstv.ir Thousands of people rally in the Serbian capital of Belgrade to protest alleged fraud.

presstv.ir (2024-01-24). Thousands protest alleged fraud in Serbia vote. presstv.ir Thousands of people rally in the Serbian capital of Belgrade to protest alleged fraud.

Jenny Ricks, Portside. (2024-01-24). Davos Elites Talk About Rebuilding Trust; People Talk Of System Change. popularresistance.org With war threatening to escalate in the Middle East, as well as crises in Ecuador and many other parts of the world, most people are not even aware that the annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland is rolling around again this week. In the context of sharpening inequalities, and perilous global politics, what relevance does this gathering have outside the elite bubble? | The Forum's annual Global Risks Report itself posits misinformation, societal polarization, extreme weather conditions, conflict, and rising cost of living among the key risks to the global economy this year. What the WEF has failed to d…

Brian Berletic (2024-01-25). Ukraine conflict reality hits Collective West w/ Brian Berletic (Live). thealtworld.com

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-25). Ukraine in 2024: Offering Up the Personal Data and Lives of its Citizens to Western Powers. libya360.wordpress.com Dmitri Kovalevich In January, Ukraine was again shaken by large-scale corruption scandals, primarily related to the Defense Ministry. Against this background, Volodymyr Zelensky stepped up his pleas to Western countries to send more money and more weapons to his beleaguered regime in Kiev. Back at the end of 2023, Zelensky demanded that Ukrainian journalists keep…

presstv.ir (2024-01-24). Yemen asserts no lull in anti-Israel strikes after US, UK launch pro-Tel Aviv attacks. presstv.ir The United States and the United Kingdom carry out a new round of strikes on several targets across Yemen as the country's forces continues to target vessels linked to Israel in the Red Sea.

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2024-01-24: News Headlines

infobrics (2024-01-23). What Will Armenia Membership in BRICS Bring. infobrics.org : Experts regularly state that Armenia should become more active in order to participate in both regional- and global-scale international integration projects. The chairman of the Armenian Fortress Party, Amram Petrosyan, who is particularly sure that Yerevan should be represented in such prospective world organizations as, for example, BRICS, is also of this opinion…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-23). Francesca Albanese: "ICJ Case Opens a New Era Between the Global North and South" libya360.wordpress.com Alba Nabulsi Bethlehem Municipality employees raise a South African flag as a sign of appreciation for their lawsuit against Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, January 16, 2024. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90) Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese discusses South Africa's charge of genocide in Gaza and the power struggle…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2024-01-23). Francesca Albanese: "ICJ Case Opens a New Era Between the Global North and South" libya360.wordpress.com Alba Nabulsi Bethlehem Municipality employees raise a South African flag as a sign of appreciation for their lawsuit against Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, January 16, 2024. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)

infobrics (2024-01-23). Dying Dollar? How the Role of the US Currency Is Becoming More Limited. infobrics.org Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, the 20th president of France and a finance minister in the 1960s, called the dollar's reserve status an 'exorbitant privilege' for the US. Current global geopolitical and economic shifts could now see this exorbitant privilege challenged…

presstv.ir (2024-01-24). Public panic in Sweden over war with Russia as Turkey ratifies Stockholm's bid to join NATO. presstv.ir Turkey signs off on Sweden joining NATO, as public panic rises in Stockholm over a war with Russia.

presstv.ir (2024-01-24). Iran's Raeisi departs for Turkey to meet counterpart, sign key documents. presstv.ir Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi has left Tehran for the Turkish capital of Ankara to attend a meeting aimed at the expansion of bilateral relations between the two neighboring countries.

Dave DeCamp (2024-01-23). Turkish Parliament Approves Sweden's NATO Membership. news.antiwar.com Turkey's parliament ratified Sweden's NATO bid on Tuesday, bringing Stockholm one step closer to joining the military alliance. Turkey's General Assembly voted 287-55 to approve Sweden's NATO bid about a year and a half after Stockholm submitted its application. Hungary is the final NATO country that needs to approve Sweden's membership. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor …

Ragip Soylu (2024-01-23). Turkey ratifies Sweden's Nato membership after months of blocking accession. middleeasteye.net Turkey ratifies Sweden's Nato membership after months of blocking accession | Sweden now only needs Hungary's approval to become a full member of military alliance | Tue, 01/23/2024 – 12: 29 | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson shake hands next to Nato Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg on the eve of the Nato summit, Vilnius, Lithuania, 10 July 2023 (…

presstv.ir (2024-01-23). Iran president due in Turkey Wednesday to discuss bilateral cooperation. presstv.ir The Iranian president will travel to Turkey on Wednesday on an official visit to discuss ways to improve relations.

Ragip Soylu (2024-01-23). Turkey: Corpses missing body parts that washed ashore coast likely Syrian. middleeasteye.net Turkey: Corpses missing body parts that washed ashore coast likely Syrian | Ankara says bodies may have belonged to people who drowned in a boat that disappeared in Mediterranean in December | Tue, 01/23/2024 – 11: 33 | A photo of the beach at Kaleici marina in Antalya (File/AFP) | When a number of human body parts started washing ashore last week on the pristine beaches of Antalya, in Turkey's so…

The Independent (2024-01-23). Iran's president to visit Turkey Wednesday. independent.co.ug TEHRAN | Xinhua | Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi will leave for Ankara on an official visit Wednesday at the invitation of his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Iran's official news agency IRNA reported on Monday. A high-ranking political and economic delegation would accompany Raisi during his first trip to Türkiye, the report said. The two …

  • aljazeera.com (2024-01-23). Why has Belgium vowed to back the ICJ's verdict on Gaza 'genocide'?Unlike other European nations, Belgium says it will support the international court's rulings on South Africa's case.
  • Ivana Periƒá (2024-01-23). Trade Unions Block Arms Exports to Israel. socialistproject.ca Around the world, trade unions and workers are refusing to participate in the production and transportation of arms intended for Israel. Particularly notable are the actions of port workers' unions, who have demonstrated in line with their tradition that the struggle for workers' rights is inseparable from the fight for human rights, equality, and freedom. On the other hand, almost all unions in Croatia have remained silent on the call for solidarity from their Palestinian colleagues and international union centers. | Since October 7th, more than 25,000 people have lost their lives due to the warfare in Gaza a…

    Valeriy Krylko (2024-01-23). Latest Wonder Weapon Being Provided to Ukraine Unlikely to Turn the Tide in War. covertactionmagazine.com But It Will Widen the Conflict and Represents Another Escalation Directed Against Russia On January 6, Denmark announced that it would be transferring 19 American-made F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine in the second quarter of 2024. Last August, the Biden administration approved sending F-16s—which are made by Lockheed Martin—to Ukraine from Denmark and the Netherlands. …

  • bbc.com (2024-01-24). Russian jet crashes carrying Ukrainian PoWsA Russian Ilyushin-76 military transport plane has crashed in the southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine. | | Russia's ministry of defence said 65 captured Ukrainian military were on the plane heading to Belgorod region for a prisoner exchange.
  • The Independent (2024-01-24). Sudan denounces EU sanctions against economic institutions as "unjust" independent.co.ug KHARTOUM, SUDAN | Xinhua | Sudan's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday denounced as "unjust" the sanctions imposed by the European Union on Sudanese economic institutions. "The sanction operation, which is especially directed against (Sudan's) national institutions, will not help achieve peace," the ministry said in a statement. The ministry further said that justifying targeting the three …

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

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

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

    Lawrence Davidson (2024-01-23). The Historical Roots of Israel's Purge and Purify Strategy. counterpunch.org The Historical Incentive To Purge In the 16th century, the Catholic Church claimed to be the one true form of Christianity. Centered in Rome, it had ideologically created a largely unified Europe—in accordance with the belief that for a state to be stable, the citizens must follow the same religion (or ideology). And indeed, the

    ecns.cn (2024-01-23). In Numbers: Two major railway ports in Xinjiang handle over 70,000 China-Europe freight trains. ecns.cn

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

    teleSUR, JCM (2024-01-23). Cancilleres de la Unión Europea valoran incursión en el Mar Rojo. telesurtv.net Son tres los países que están actuando como protagonistas en la organización de la misión: Alemania, Italia y Francia.

    Victor Grossman (2024-01-24). Protest Sorrow Anger Split. counterpunch.org Looking down from my window onto Berlin's broad Karl-Marx Allee boulevard a week ago Friday, I saw hundreds and hundreds of green tractors moving in two disciplined lines towards central Brandenburg Gate. Similar lines all over Germany were angrily protesting government measures, based on budgetary or ecology concerns, but which cut farm income, especially for

    Muhammed Shabeer (2024-01-23). Protests erupt in Germany after exposure of far-right conspiracy to deport migrants en masse. peoplesdispatch.org In the wake of revelations about a far-right conspiracy in Germany to expel migrants and "non-assimilated citizens", progressive sections in Germany have launched militant anti-far-right demonstrations across the country, raising the banner "Together Against the Right," in defense of democracy and against fascism. | From January 19 to January 22, more than 1.4 million people, including leftists, trade unionists, youth-students groups, and various other anti-fascist groups hit the streets in more than a hundred cities across Germany, protesting the xenophobic maneuvers and political schemings of far-right groups,…

    WSWS (2024-01-23). The mass mobilisation against the far-right Alternative for Germany and the fight against fascism. wsws.org The mass protests against the fascist Alternative for Germany (AfD) are part of an international movement against the right-wing politics of the ruling class and show the enormous opposition to anti-refugee propaganda, war and inequality. It is important to develop this into a conscious movement of the working class against the government and capitalism.

    presstv.ir (2024-01-24). Drone footage shows molten lava burning houses in Iceland. presstv.ir Drone footage showed fiery lava flows setting houses on fire in Grindavik, Iceland, after a volcano erupted for the second time in less than a month.

    presstv.ir (2024-01-23). Drone footage shows molten lava burning houses in Iceland. presstv.ir Drone footage showed fiery lava flows setting houses on fire in Grindavik, Iceland, after a volcano erupted for the second time in less than a month.

    presstv.ir (2024-01-24). Police clash with pro-Palestinian protesters in Italy's Vicenza. presstv.ir Italian police used a water cannon to disperse pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the Italian northern city of Vicenza.

    presstv.ir (2024-01-23). Police clash with pro-Palestinian protesters in Italy's Vicenza. presstv.ir Italian police used a water cannon to disperse pro-Palestinian demonstrators in the Italian northern city of Vicenza.

    Alexandria Schaner (2024-01-23). The Green Mafia. dissidentvoice.org Rivers turn green to denounce the failure of COP28. Banners: The government speaks, the earth sinks. | XR Italia — 9 Dec 2023 Rome, Venice, Milan, Turin, Bologna, & Bari, Italy In a dimly lit room at the back of a little independent bookstore, two dangerous radicals, members of the notorious Green Mafia, plot against …

    aa.com.tr (2024-01-23). ƒ∞talya Sàºper Kupasƒ±'nƒ± Inter kazandƒ±. aa.com.tr ƒ∞talya Sàºper Kupa finalinde Napoli'yi 1-0 yenen Inter, ≈üampiyon oldu.

    Pressenza New York (2024-01-23). Serbia's Vuƒçiƒá Speaks Loudly But Carries A Small Stick. pressenza.com A couple of months ago, in an interview with Al Jazeera, Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti claimed that the September attack on Kosovo police by Serbian gunmen in northern Kosovo was planned by Serbian President Aleksandar Vuƒçiƒá in an effort "to destabilize" Kosovo in the hopes of starting a war. Such a statement does not serve the public's interest well or produce political or strategic gains for him. Not only that, Serbia's President Vuƒçiƒá has nothing to gain by waging a war against Kosovo; he stands only to be humiliated by NATO, which is committed to Kosov…

    Oraily Madruga Rios (2024-01-23). Polish President pardons former minister convicted of corruption. plenglish.com Warsaw, Jan 23 (Prensa Latina) Poland's President Andrzej Duda pardoned again on Tuesday the former Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski and former Deputy Interior Minister Maciej Wasik arrested at the beginning of January for power abuse.

  • koreajoongangdaily.joins.com (2024-01-24). Russia blames West for Ukraine war at UN Security CouncilRussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov blamed his country's ongoing aggression on Ukraine on the United States' continued arms support to Ukraine during the UN Security Council meeting in New York on Monday.
  • WSWS (2024-01-24). The Indian ruling class and imperialist powers embrace Modi as he erects a Hindu supremacist state. wsws.org The imperialist powers' embrace of the Hindu supremacist and pogromist Modi is at one with their full-throttle support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right government as it mounts its genocidal assault on Gaza and their alliance with the fascist disciples of Stepan Bandera in waging war against Russia in Ukraine.

    infobrics (2024-01-24). CIA's openly declared spy war on Russia not going so well. infobrics.org Somewhat schizophrenically, the CIA calls for Russians to "end betrayal" by actually committing it, all for "family values" and "the future of Russia", which is quite strange given the fact that Washington DC ideologues are obsessed with every anti-family idea in the book. The so-called "woke" extremist, ultra-liberal ideology is at an all-time high in the US, while solid evidence suggests that the troubled Biden administration is even involved in the massive child trafficking in Ukraine and elsewhere. So much for America's "focus on family values".

    infobrics (2024-01-24). BRICS+ Expansion Causes Turmoil for Western Countries. infobrics.org At the dawn of this year, five more countries became full members of BRICS, a transnational association which until then consisted of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and thus became BRICS+ (BRICS Plus), totalling 10 countries…

    infobrics (2024-01-24). Achievements and Potential of Economic Cooperation Between India and Russia. infobrics.org India today is the fastest-growing economy in the world, with a strong outlook of 7-8 per cent growth rates for the coming decade. Russia, despite having become the most sanctioned economy in the world, has shown uncommon resilience and returned to positive GDP growth…

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

    Staff (2024-01-24). "The Military-Industrial Complex: An Unseen Beneficiary of War. muslimmirror.com By Hadiqa Maryam Abbasi Today, the world is grappling with horrible wars, whether it's the Russia-Ukraine, the Israel-Palestine war, or any other conflict. Innocent civilians are the ultimate victims of dumb bombs, bunker busters, artillery shells, mortars, and pellet guns. But, who is the winner in these destructive war episodes? The states? The people? No. …

    WSWS (2024-01-24). Kiev kills 27 civilians in artillery attack in East Ukraine as it plots geographic expansion of war into Russia. wsws.org The Zelensky government is doubling down its increasing attacks on civilians in Russian-controlled territories as it embraces a far-right ideology as state policy.

    Luis Linares Petrov (2024-01-24). Russian Central Electoral Commission invited international observers. plenglish.com Moscow, Jan 24 (Prensa Latina) The Central Electoral Commission of Russia (CCE) sent invitations to similar entities from some 95 countries to participate as observers in the presidential elections, announced the president of the organization, Ella Pamfilova.

    infobrics (2024-01-23). India-Russia Ties Can Be a Paradigm for Countries Seeking to Befriend India. infobrics.org The five-day visit of External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar to the Russian Federation from 25-29 December 2023 has caused quite a stir both in India and Russia and abroad as many angry opinion pieces in Western media show. Why has this visit caused this stir; what was the visit meant to convey; was it meant to reboot bilateral relations or is there an inevitability to Indo-Russiam ties?>

    infobrics (2024-01-23). American Neo-Nazis "refocus" on American issues and away from Ukraine. infobrics.org Russia's success in Ukraine is breaking global Nazi morale.

    infobrics (2024-01-23). Kiev neo-Nazi regime continues to openly practice terrorism against Russian civilians. infobrics.org Recent attack in Donetsk's public market makes clear the terrorist nature of the Kiev regime.

    infobrics (2024-01-23). French mercenaries obliterated in Kharkov, bad omen for NATO personnel in Ukraine. infobrics.org The mercenaries were stationed in the eastern city of Kharkov and their mission was most likely to coordinate and direct long-range strikes on Russian territory.

    infobrics (2024-01-23). Achievements and Potential of Economic Cooperation Between India and Russia. infobrics.org India today is the fastest-growing economy in the world, with a strong outlook of 7-8 per cent growth rates for the coming decade. Russia, despite having become the most sanctioned economy in the world, has shown uncommon resilience and returned to positive GDP growth…

    infobrics (2024-01-23). BRICS+ Expansion Causes Turmoil for Western Countries. infobrics.org At the dawn of this year, five more countries became full members of BRICS, a transnational association which until then consisted of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and thus became BRICS+ (BRICS Plus), totalling 10 countries…

    Andrew Korybko (2024-01-23). Kiev's Implied Territorial Claims To Russia's Border Regions Are Totally Bogus. thealtworld.com It's actually Russians that have always lived in modern-day Ukraine's border regions, not Ukrainians that have always lived in Russia's like Zelensky implied. | Zelensky signed a

    Editor (2024-01-23). Patrick Lawrence: Russia's Turn From the West. scheerpost.com

    presstv.ir (2024-01-24). Thousands protest alleged fraud in Serbia vote. presstv.ir Thousands of people rally in the Serbian capital of Belgrade to protest alleged fraud.

    presstv.ir (2024-01-23). Thousands protest alleged fraud in Serbia vote. presstv.ir Thousands of people rally in the Serbian capital of Belgrade to protest alleged fraud.

    Jacques Baud (2024-01-23). The Military Situation In The Ukraine. Jacques Baud. globalresearch.ca

    Mark Curtis (2024-01-23). U.K. Agrees to Come to Ukraine's Future Defence. Bonanza for British Weapons Industry. IMF Shock Treatment for Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

    Kate Horgan (2024-01-23). Warnings: the Holocaust, US Global Relations, and our Endangered Democracy. projectcensored.org Mickey's guests for the hour are philosophers Leonard Grob and John K. Roth, coauthors of the 2023 book, Warnings: The Holocaust, Ukraine, and Endangered American Democracy. They outline what is…

    presstv.ir (2024-01-24). Yemen asserts no lull in anti-Israel strikes after US, UK launch pro-Tel Aviv attacks. presstv.ir The United States and the United Kingdom carry out a new round of strikes on several targets across Yemen as the country's forces continues to target vessels linked to Israel in the Red Sea.

    Larry Johnson (2024-01-23). When It Comes to Killing Civilians in War, Israel is Not an Outlier. sonar21.com I realize the title of this piece may set some folks' teeth on edge. I am not suggesting that Israel's heartless, indiscriminate slaughter of Palestinians is not serious. I share the South African view that it is an act of genocide. It is consequential. | But if we look back objectively at the past 100 years of warfare, we must admit that the United States and the United Kingdom also have a shameful record of targeting civilians. Israel's excuses itself by blaming it on the fog of war and accusing Hamas of using human shields. This is the go to explanation the U.S. has used in the past. | I started thinking…

    The Canary. (2024-01-23). Palestine Action Disrupts Israel's Arms Trade In The United Kingdom. popularresistance.org First, Palestine Action targeted logistics companies belonging to Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) and Palletline on 17 January, as part of a widespread direct action campaign against Israel's biggest weapons manufacturer, Elbit Systems, and the companies which facilitate their weapons manufacturing in Britain and their arms exports to Israel. | K+N's Milton Keynes branch and their subsidiary in London, Nacaro cargo insurance, were targeted overnight. At the company's Milton Keynes industrial site, which specialises in road transportation, activists sprayed the entire front of the building in blood-red paint and shattered wind…

    presstv.ir (2024-01-23). Yemen asserts no lull in anti-Israel strikes after US, UK launch pro-Tel Aviv attacks. presstv.ir The United States and the United Kingdom carry out a new round of strikes on several targets across Yemen as the country's forces continues to target vessels linked to Israel in the Red Sea.

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