(2022-01-07). British Warship Collided With Russian 'Hunter-Killer' Submarine, Claims UK Defence Ministry. sputniknews.com The "collision" news comes amid ongoing claims by Western media outlets and officials that Russia is preparing "an invasion" of Ukraine, allegations that Moscow rejects as unsubstantiated.
(2022-01-07). 'We're Going to Look for Them': Cabello Calls for 'Thief' Guaidó's Imprisonment. orinocotribune.com Venezuela's second most significant Chavista leader called for former opposition deputy Juan Guaidó and his allies to be imprisoned, and promised that justice will punish the "thieves and murderers." | "We are going to look for them…" said Cabello. "Here I have the list of the first, to whom surprises are going to come." The PSUV vice president made the comments this Wednesday, January 5, on his weekly television program Con el Mazo Dando. | Cabello did not mention Guaidó by name, but showed posters of his face, in addition to those of Freddy Guevara, Miguel Pizarro, and Stalin González, among other opposition…
(2022-01-07). Traders Say Crypto Billionaire Pioneer Arthur Hayes Sent Prices Lower After Blog Post Warning. moguldom.com Some crypto traders are crediting a Jan. 6 blog post that warned of a bear market with sending prices lower after BitMEX co-founder and former CEO, Arthur Hayes, wrote that "the only way the crypto markets would move up is if the Fed publicly turned on the taps." The U.S. Federal Reserve has signaled its …
(2022-01-07). Legendary, Trailblazing Actor Sidney Poitier, Who Broke Hollywood's Color Barrier, Dies at 94. moguldom.com Legendary artist Sir Sidney Poitier, a trailblazing actor and generous humanitarian, died on Jan. 6, 2021. He was 94. His death was confirmed by Clint Watson, the press secretary for Bahamian Prime Minister Hon. Philip Davis. The first Black man to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, Poitier made history by breaking the color …
(2022-01-07). Headlines for January 7, 2022. democracynow.org On Jan. 6 Anniversary, Biden Warns of Trump's "Dagger at the Throat of Democracy", Supreme Court to Weigh Vaccine Mandates as U.S. Coronavirus Cases Hit Record High, WHO Warns Omicron Is Overwhelming Hospitals and Killing People, Not "Mild", As Omicron Shatters Pandemic Records, Brazil's Bolsonaro Blasts Child Vaccinations, Kazakh President Orders Troops to Shoot Without Warning as Protest Death Toll Mounts, 3 Eritrean Refugees, Including 2 Children, Killed by Airstrike in Ethiopia's Tigray, Israelis Kill Two Palestinians in West Bank; Far-Right Protesters Attack Palestinian Reporter, Two Journalists Murdered in…
(2022-01-07). DHS Reportedly Warns US Law Enforcement of Extremist Calls Online on Jan. 6 Riot Anniversary. sputniknews.com In light of the one year anniversary of the attack on the US Capitol building, the news is shedding light on how federal law enforcement agencies are striving to detect real-life threats from extremism online.
(2022-01-07). Armed Terrorist Arrested by Venezuelan Authorities at Colombia Border. orinocotribune.com 
This Thursday, January 6, Venezuelan authorities reported the arrest of a terrorist drug trafficker from Colombian paramilitary and seizure of weapons and explosives from him near the border with Colombia. | Through Twitter, the Operational Strategic Commander of the Bolivarian National Armed Force (CEOFANB) of Venezuela, Domingo Hernández Lárez, announced that the Venezuelan Army captured an armed member of a Colombian Drug Trafficking Terrorist groups (TANCOL), as labeled by Venezuelan security agencies. | La
(2022-01-07). Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group supports right-wing Republican politicians. indybay.org Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group supports right-wing extremist Republican politicians including Marsha Blackburn who supported the attack on the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021.
(2022-01-07). Biden Warns of "Dagger at the Throat of America"; Fascism Expert Says Trump's Personality Cult Growing. democracynow.org 
President Joe Biden warned about the looming threat of autocracy during his speech marking the first anniversary of the January 6 Capitol attack on Thursday and denounced his predecessor Donald Trump for inciting the rioters. In a statement responding to Biden's speech, Trump continued to falsely claim the 2020 election was rigged. To discuss further, we are joined by historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat, an expert on the psychology of authoritarianism, who says Trump has grown his "personality cult" since his election loss and converted the GOP into "a far-right authoritarian party which has enshrined violence as part of th…
(2022-01-07). The U.S. Directed Rebellion In Kazakhstan May Well Strengthen Russia. popularresistance.org RAND lists economical, geopolitical, ideological and informational as well as military measures the U.S. should take to weaken Russia. Since the report came out the first four of the six 'geopolitical measures' listed in chapter 4 of the report have been implemented. The U.S. delivered lethal weapons to Ukraine, it increased its support for 'rebels' in Syria. It attempted a regime change in Belarus and instigated a war between Azerbaijan and Armenia. The U.S. is now implementing measure 5 which aims to 'reduce Russia's influence in Central Asia'.
(2022-01-07). Kazakh president authorizes use of lethal force against protesters 'without warning'. rt.com 
The head of state rules out any negotiations with those he calls "terrorists" | Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced on Friday that he has given permission for law enforcement agents to use lethal force to quell the unrest that has engulfed the country since the new year. | "I have given an order to the law enforcement and military to shoot to kill without warning," Tokayev announced on Friday. | The president has rejected the idea of resolving the ongoing crisis through negotiations. "It's nonsense. What kind of talks can one have with criminals and murderers?" he insisted. | Kazakhstan is facing…
(2022-01-07). Minsk: Can't give Kazakhstan away, like Ukraine, to U.S., NATO; situation resembles 2005 "Tulip Revolution" in neighboring Kyrgyzstan, post-election Belarus in 2020. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Lukashenko shares details of his night talks on Kazakhstan, decision to deploy peacekeepers Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko shared the details of his overnight talks on the situation in Kazakhstan and the decision to deploy the peacekeeping forces in that country…. "You know what is happening in Kazakhstan. We are very concerned about the pre-planned nature …
(2022-01-07). There is no Nobel Prize in economics. mronline.org 
Let's debunk a myth. There is no "Nobel Prize in Economics". On Nov 27, 1895, when Alfred Nobel signed his will, he left five prizes in alphabetical order to: chemistry, literature, peace, physics, and physiology or medicine. The Nobel Prize in Economics is declared after the Panchapandavas above.
(2022-01-07). Chinese FM elaborates on initiative of peaceful development in Horn of Africa. ecns.cn China stands ready to propose the "Initiative of Peaceful Development in the Horn of Africa" to support regional countries in addressing security, development and governance challenges.
(2022-01-07). Using Pressure To Settle Grievances. popularresistance.org What ultimately settles grievances? More often than not, it hinges on the union's ability to pressure management to settle. When managers look at the steward and the grievant across the table at a grievance meeting, they must clearly understand that they are dealing with more than just two people. They are dealing with the entire union. Management must also go to the grievance meeting feeling some immediacy, so they don't drag the grievance out through all the steps.
(2022-01-07). Frederick Douglass and American Empire in Haiti. orinocotribune.com By Peter James Hudson — Dec 23, 2021 | At the age of seventy-one, Frederick Douglass was appointed ambassador to the Republic of Haiti by the administration of U.S. president Benjamin Harrison. Douglass had helped stump for Harrison during the 1888 presidential elections and the position was something of a reward for the elderly abolitionist. However, Douglass's short time in…
(2022-01-07). Louisiana Governor Pardons Homer Plessy Posthumously For Challenging Jim Crow Segregation. moguldom.com Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has posthumously pardoned Homer Plessy more than 100 years after the Black shoemaker and activist was arrested in 1892 for refusing to leave a whites-only train car, defying Jim Crow segregation. Plessy was found guilty of violating the state's Separate Car Act of 1890, which made it legal to segregate …
(2022-01-07). EU admits teaming up with Israeli police enables mass surveillance. electronicintifada.net Force based in East Jerusalem awarded at least 10 science grants.
(2022-01-07). Intersectionality, and what it might lack. anchor.fm In this episode I try to give an analysis of liberal intersectionality from a Marxist perspective. I tried to go over the ways in which intersectionality avoids revolutionary politics and a unity and solidarity based on class struggle. We need an end to the Capitalist and imperialist system now, we do not need a slow transitionary period towards another form of oppression. We need the liberation of all oppressed people now! Go organize!
(2022-01-07). Unemployment Falls to 3.9 Percent; Wage Growth Remains Strong. cepr.net The 3.9 percent December unemployment rate is better than all but five months in the 1990s boom. | The unemployment rate fell another 0.3 percentage points in December, bringing the unemployment rate down to 3.9 percent. This is lower than all but five months in the late 1990s boom and the period between May 2018 and the pandemic. | At the same time, the establishment survey showed a weaker than expected increase in 199,000 jobs; although the prior two months figures were revised upward by a total of 141,000. With the upward revisions, the average growth for the last three months was 365,000. | Overall employment…
(2022-01-07). Is Biden Risking War by Pushing Taiwan Independence? — Larry Wilkerson. dissidentvoice.org With Biden increasingly treating Taiwan as an independent country, is he provoking a military response from China that could go nuclear? Larry Wilkerson joins Paul Jay on theAnalysis.news.
(2022-01-07). Norwegian Vaccine Researcher Says Pandemic 'Over for Most', Health Authorities Beg to Differ. sputniknews.com According to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, the novel Omicron strain only causes around a third or half as serious a disease as the previously dominant Delta strain. At the same time, Omicron is seen as more infectious than predecessors and may result in a significant wave, encumbering the health service, the authorities have warned.
(2022-01-07). Poland admits buying Israeli Pegasus spyware. rt.com 
The leader of the ruling Law and Justice party says it's a good thing that his country obtained the high-tech surveillance software | Poland's most powerful lawmaker has admitted that his country purchased spyware from the controversial Israeli NSO Group. He denied it was being used to target politicians, however, claiming it was used by the secret services. | Speaking to the weekly right-wing magazine Sieci, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, the leader of Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, said that it was a positive thing that Polish security services were using powerful snooping software. | "It would be bad if…
(2022-01-07). Turkey boasts of massive increase in arms, being one of world's top three military drone producers. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Erdogan: "We Are One Of The Top Three Countries In The Production Of UAVs, UCAVs And Fighting UAVs" Speaking at the opening ceremony of the National Fighter Jet Production Facility, President Erdogan said: "We are among the 10 countries that can design, build and operate their own warships. And we are now one of the …
(2022-01-07). China reiterates implementation of 'double reduction' policy. ecns.cn The Chinese education authority has stressed banning irregular off-campus tutoring activities featuring curriculum subjects and warned against excessive homework amid the upcoming winter vacation.
(2022-01-07). China dedicated to delivering splendid Winter Olympics: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China will do its best to deliver a splendid, exceptional and extraordinary Winter Olympics for the world, making all participants feel spring-like warmth and injecting more solidarity, confidence and strength into the world, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Thursday.
(2022-01-07). Sweden Talks NATO With Finland as Supreme Commander Slams Russian Security Proposals. sputniknews.com While formally retaining their decades-old non-alignment, both Finland and Sweden have been inching closer toward NATO through joint drills and training activities, military acquisitions from the US and its partners, and participation in overseas missions. The countries' political life is also permeated with a strong pro-NATO sentiment.
(2022-01-07). Kazakh President Tokayev Orders to Open Fire on Terrorists Without Any Warning. sputniknews.com According to Kazakh authorities, several National Guard officers were killed, and over 200 were wounded amid mass riots that hit the country over the week.
(2022-01-07). The way forward for University Michigan faculty and students in the fight against the pandemic. wsws.org The reopening of the campus to in-person learning at the University of Michigan comes in the face of skyrocketing local infections and hospitalizations from the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
(2022-01-07). Capriles Questions the 'Leadership' of the Opposition in Venezuela. orinocotribune.com By admitting that the current opposition "leadership" is not a real alternative in Venezuela's political arena, the far-right spokesman Henrique Capriles Radonski reacted this Wednesday, January 5, after the announced extension of the self-appointed "interim government" of Guaidó and the begining of the second term of the legitimate National Assembly, chaired by Jorge Rodríguez. | In this sense, Capriles, who is a staunch opponent of the Bolivarian Revolution, also strongly criticizes the illegal actions of his former partners (Leopoldo López, Julio Borges and Guaidó). For this reason, he mentioned socio-economic…
(2022-01-07). Educating for the Future: How the Che Guevara Commune Confronts the Crisis (Part III). libya360.wordpress.com Cira Pascual Marquina and Chris Gilbert A revolutionary project in the Venezuelan Andes works to promote critical consciousness. The Che Guevara Commune lies on the fertile hillsides that rise up from the shores of Lake Maracaibo in western Venezuela. Historically this has been a cocoa-growing region but in more recent years coffee, sugar cane, and…
(2022-01-07). Gobierno de Venezuela culpa a la extrema derecha por ataque a sistema eléctrico. telesurtv.net El ministro apuntó que junto a los organismos de seguridad del Estado realizan tareas para dar con los responsables del atentado.
(2022-01-07). 2022: Tiempos decisivos para Brasil y Colombia. globalizacion.ca El siglo XXI es el siglo de América Latina. En su primera década surgieron los únicos gobiernos antineoliberales del mundo, en Venezuela, Brasil, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia y Ecuador. En la segunda, la derecha recuperó la iniciativa, sin aliento, porque no…
(2022-01-07). Cierran campaña candidatos a gobernador de Barinas, Venezuela. telesurtv.net La campaña inició el pasado 22 de diciembre y finaliza este 6 de enero a la medianoche, de acuerdo con el CNE.
(2022-01-06). 'We're ashamed of nothing,' Republican congressman says of Jan 6. riot. rt.com 
Rep. Matt Gaetz is planning a press conference and a peaceful walk from the White House to the Capitol | During a fiery appearance on Steve Bannon's podcast, Florida's Rep. Matt Gaetz said he and his colleagues are not "ashamed" of their efforts on January 6 last year, despite the ultimate storming of the US Capitol. | Speaking about his press conference marking the one-year anniversary of the Capitol riot, Gaetz said he's "proud" of the work Republicans did a year ago. | "We're ashamed of nothing. We're proud of the work we did on January 6th to make legitimate arguments about election integrity," he said. Ga…
(2022-01-06). Norway switches to fifth-generation warplanes in mission 100 miles closer to Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Norway swaps in its F-35s for NATO quick-reaction mission in the High North Norway has designated its F-35 aircraft for a NATO quick-reaction alert mission in the High North, ending a 42-year run of the country's F-16s for that job, the government announced Jan. 6. The Lockheed Martin-made jets are held at Evenes Air Base …
(2022-01-06). BOMBSHELL: India's Role in the US Proxy war on Myanmar (and on China). newatlas.report January 6, 2022 (The New Atlas) — Just as India had in the past aided US foreign policy objectives against China through hosting violent militant groups targeting Tibet, India is once again hosting militants, this time targeting China's BRI partner, Myanmar in Southeast Asia. Reuters admits that armed militants and their weapons are staged inside …
(2022-01-06). BOMBSHELL: India's Role in the US Proxy war on Myanmar (and on China). newatlas.report January 6, 2022 (The New Atlas) — Just as India had in the past aided US foreign policy objectives against China through hosting violent militant groups targeting Tibet, India is once again hosting militants, this time targeting China's BRI partner, Myanmar in Southeast Asia. Reuters admits that armed militants and their weapons are staged inside …
(2022-01-06). Russian-Led Security Bloc Sending Peacekeepers To Kazakhstan. popularresistance.org The Russian-led Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) announced Wednesday that it is sending peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan after the country's president requested help to deal with massive protests. | The CSTO is a six-member military alliance made up of six former Soviet states. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, the CSTO's current chair, announced the deployment and said the peacekeepers would be sent to Kazakhstan "for a limited period with the aim of stabilization and normalization of the situation in this country." Pashinyan didn't specify how many peacekeepers were being deployed.
(2022-01-06). Watch CSTO Peacekeepers From Russia Heading to Kazakhstan After Violent Riots in Almaty. sputniknews.com Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev previously reached out to his fellow heads of the CSTO member states, requesting their help in overcoming the "terrorist threat".
(2022-01-06). Kazakhstan's president seeks CSTO assistance following violent protests. peoplesdispatch.org The Collective Security Treaty Organization has reportedly agreed to temporarily deploy peacekeeping forces following the protests continuing after the main demands of those on the streets were met…
(2022-01-06). What is the CSTO and Why Are Its Peacekeeping Forces Being Sent to Kazakhstan? sputniknews.com The Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) decided on Thursday to send its peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan amid raging protests in the Central Asian nation.
(2022-01-06). CSTO Sends Peacekeepers to Kazakhstan to Stabilise Situation After Violent Riots. sputniknews.com The situation in Kazakhstan deteriorated on Wednesday when rioters in Almaty stormed the mayor's office and the old presidential residence and attacked police forces.
(2022-01-06). In solidarity with Ethiopia and its people. plusnews.ug 
By Moses Khisa There is no doubt Ethiopia is in a made place. War is bad business. I am filing this column from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa. I first arrived here eight years ago as a young PhD candidate trying to research and write a comparative doctoral project. Soon, I became deeply attached to this …
(2022-01-06). US war lobby fuels conflict in Russia, Ukraine, and Syria: ex-Pentagon advisor. thegrayzone.com Col. Doug Macgregor, an ex-Pentagon advisor, on how the US war lobby fuels conflict from Ukraine to Syria. Washington, DC, he says, is "occupied territory. It's occupied by corporations, by lobbies." Douglas Macgregor, a retired US Army Colonel and former Pentagon senior advisor, analyzes the US-Russia standoff in Ukraine; the aftermath of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan; Trump's failure to act on 2016 campaign anti-interventionist rhetoric, only to surround himself with neocons; and the ongoing, overlooked US military occupation of …
(2022-01-06). Vienna talks positive, forward-moving: Iran top negotiator. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) — Iranian chief negotiator Bagheri Kani says the Vienna talks are "positive and forward-moving."
(2022-01-06). Reminder from Tolstoy on war and historians. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Of 153 years ago. From the second epilogue to War and Peace. Leo Tolstoy: Selections on war. Instead of the former divinely appointed aims of the Jewish, Greek, or Roman nations, which ancient historians regarded as representing the progress of humanity, modern history has postulated its own aims — the welfare of the French, German, …
(2022-01-06). Prosecutor Sought Enbridge Funding To Prosecute Water Protectors. popularresistance.org The Center for Protest Law & Litigation has obtained documents through our ongoing investigation showing that Jonathan Frieden, the lead prosecutor in Hubbard County, Minnesota, who is seeking to jail hundreds of peaceful Line 3 water protectors, sought Enbridge pipeline corporation's money to fund his prosecutions.
(2022-01-06). Sir Tony Blair: Bloody Knight of the Realm. dissidentvoice.org Awards and honours bestowed by States or private committees, republican or monarchical, are bound to be corrupted by considerations of hypocrisy, racketeering and general, chummy disposition. From the Nobel Peace Prize to the range of eccentric and esoteric orders bestowed each year in Britain by Her Majesty, diddling and manipulating is never far behind. You …
(2022-01-06). Young Dolph Fan Detectives Likely Solved Murder In November, Police Now Searching For Rapper 'Straight Drop'. moguldom.com The Memphis police have issued an arrest warrant for a suspect in the fatal shooting of hip-hop artist Young Dolph but it seems fan detectives might have solved the murder months ago. The 36-year-old Young Dolph, born Adolph Robert Thornton, Jr., was shot on Nov. 17, 2021, at Makeda's Homemade Butter Cookies in Memphis. The …