(2023-01-05). France Says It Pledged AMX-10 RC 'Light Tanks' to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday pledged to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Paris will provide Kyiv with AMX-10 RC armored combat vehicles as Ukraine has been seeking Western-made tanks. A French official said that the AMX-10 RC vehicles will be the "first time that Western-made armored vehicles are being delivered in support of the …
(2023-01-05). Japan's Kishida Vows Stronger Alliance With US Amid Military Buildup. news.antiwar.com Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday vowed to expand Tokyo's alliance with the US under his new controversial military spending plan that breaks from the country's post-World War II pacifism. Kishida made the comments when previewing an upcoming visit to Washington DC, where he will meet with President Biden on January 13. "We will show …
(2023-01-05). US Sending Delegation to Taiwan for Trade Talks in Move Sure to Anger China. news.antiwar.com The US is sending a delegation to Taiwan next week for trade talks with Taipei, the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) said on Wednesday, in a move sure to anger Beijing. The US and Taiwan agreed to hold formal trade talks last year, and the first round was held in New York in …
(2023-01-05). Sudan Military-Civilian Pact Omits Key Justice Reforms, including an End to Impunity (HRW). juancole.com Human Rights Watch (Nairobi) Sudan's political actors and international partners should ensure that progress on human rights and accountability for serious human rights violations are central to any new transition, Human Rights Watch said today. This includes an end to the violent crackdown against peaceful protesters, releasing arbitrarily detained protesters, and taking concrete …
(2023-01-05). China, Philippines to ensure stability. ecns.cn China and the Philippines have agreed to expand their contributions to regional peace and stability and bring more benefits to the people of both countries.
(2023-01-05). Managing burnout as organizers and cultivating radical community care. peoplesworld.org 
Activist burnout has become more prevalent since the 2020 George Floyd uprisings. A lot has changed since then, though, as we're no longer maintaining daily marches, rallies, and demonstrations. We are no longer facing off riot cops in intersections that once felt like warzones. We don't have to maneuver as quickly as we did that …
(2023-01-05). Targeting China, the U.S. brings its New Cold War to Africa. peoplesworld.org 
The United States government held the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit in mid-December, prompted in large part by its fears about Chinese and Russian influence on the African continent. Rather than routine diplomacy, Washington's approach in the summit was guided by its broader New Cold War agenda, in which a growing focus has been to disrupt relations …
(2023-01-05). Selected Articles: The Disastrous Events of the Year 2022 Will Plague Us for as Long as We Exist. globalresearch.ca 
By The unprecedented raid on President Trump's home revealed the Gestapo State that has replaced American …
(2023-01-05). Sanders, Warren, and Others Raise Alarm Over Rise of Medical Credit Cards. truthout.org A group of progressive senators raised alarm this week over a pernicious outgrowth of the United States' for-profit healthcare system: medical credit cards. In a letter to the chief executives of Wells Fargo and Synchrony Financial — two large issuers of medical credit cards — Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.)… |
(2023-01-05). US and South Korea hold talks on "nuclear sharing" wsws.org Despite Biden's denial, a senior US official confirmed that the two countries were discussing enhanced information sharing, joint planning, as well as training, and a simulation exercise for nuclear warfare "in the not-too-distant future."
(2023-01-05). Rock Attack Hit Syria's Greater Idlib Just Day After Russian Warning Of False-Flag Plot (Photos). southfront.org 
File image. | A heavy rocket attack targeted the northwestern Syrian region of Greater Idlib just a day after a Russian warning of a false-flag plot by al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). | A salvo of heavy rockets hit the outskirts of the towns of al-Fu'ah and Kafriya in the eastern countryside of Idlib on January 5. The two towns, which were once strongholds of government supporters in Idlib, are now populated by refugees and foreign jihadists. | Five people were allegedly wounded in the rocket at…
(2023-01-05). CNN Recruits Washington's Worst Warmonger The Instant He Leaves Congress. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article: | CNN has shattered the speed of light in its haste to recruit former representative Adam Kinzinger to its punditry lineup the millisecond he left congress. | Kinzinger, who prior to being
(2023-01-05). What to expect from the war in Ukraine in 2023? unitedworldint.com Interview by Gà∂kalp Erba≈ü Russia broke NATO's containment strategy with its military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022. For Russia, 2022 was a year of struggle against the Atlantic camp. The widespread belief was that its economy would collapse and its army defeated. Russia, whose currency valued against the US and NATO powers and …
(2023-01-05). Brazil: Defenders Return Embassy to Venezuelan Authorities. orinocotribune.com 
This Monday, January 2, the president of the National Assembly of Venezuela, deputy Jorge Rodríguez, received the keys to the headquarters of the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Brazil from the hands of local social movements that, for more than three years, had protected the residence from attempts of aggression, siege, and attacks by fascism. Rodríguez, accompanied by the new Venezuelan ambassador to Brazil, Manuel Vicente Vadell, as well as the staff that works at the diplomatic headquarters, received the keys to the residence from Joà£o Pedro Stedile, Brazilian social leader. | In 201…
(2023-01-04). NATO Chief Says Some Members Want to Raise Military Spending Levels. news.antiwar.com NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday that some alliance members would like to push others to increase military spending by setting a minimum target of 2% of a country's gross domestic product. "Some allies are strongly in favor of turning the 2% goal into a minimum target," Stoltenberg told the German news agency DPA. NATO's …
(2023-01-04). China, Philippines Vow to Handle Maritime Disputes Through Consultations. news.antiwar.com Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Wednesday, and the two leaders agreed to handle maritime disputes in a "friendly" manner through consultations. Tensions have been high between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea as vessels from the two nations occasionally have stand-offs near disputed …
(2023-01-04). Rockets Hit Base Housing US Troops in Eastern Syria. news.antiwar.com US Central Command (CENTCOM) on Wednesday said two rockets were fired at a base in eastern Syria housing US troops earlier in the day and reported there were no casualties in the incident. The attack took place at Mission Support Site Conoco, a US base next to the Conoco gas fields in eastern Syria's Deir …
(2023-01-04). US Says It Opposes Countries Normalizing With Assad After Syria-Turkey Talks. news.antiwar.com The State Department on Tuesday said that the US opposes other countries normalizing with the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad following high-level talks between Syria and Turkey. The defense ministers of Syria and Turkey met in Moscow at the end of December, marking the first time Ankara and Damascus held talks at that level …
(2023-01-04). Despite confusion over bilateral ceasefire with the ELN, search for peace in Colombia continues. peoplesdispatch.org The announcement of a non-agreed upon bilateral ceasefire between the Colombian government and the ELN stirred up mistrust and confusion as the country continues to search for total peace…
(2023-01-04). Jewish Voice for Peace condemns the Israeli government's latest violent escalation. commondreams.org In its first five days in office, Benjamin Netanyahu's new far-right Israeli government is behaving exactly as promised: accelerating its violent attacks on Palestinians and committing grave violations of human rights and international law. Since the new government took office, the Israeli army has killed three Palestinians, including two teenage boys. In the past two …
(2023-01-04). The Hope of a Pan-African-Owned and Controlled Electric Car Project is Buried for Generations to Come. scheerpost.com 
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research The United States government held the US-Africa Leaders Summit in mid-December, prompted in large part by its fears about Chinese and Russian influence on the African continent. Rather than routine diplomacy, Washington's approach in the summit was guided by its broader New Cold War agenda, in …
(2023-01-04). Germany's president and chancellor beat the drum for Ukraine war and invoke national unity. wsws.org Both President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Chancellor Olaf Scholz advocated continuing the Ukraine war until Russia's complete defeat, even if this entailed enormous social and economic costs and the risk of nuclear war.
(2023-01-04). 101st Airborne Still Deployed in Romania Simulating War with Russia. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-04). Utopias and Dystopias as Places of Mental Retreat and Cooperation with China. indybay.org Joe Biden and his foreign policy team are in many ways still entrenched in the Cold War era, and his administration has generally taken a far more antagonistic stance toward China than Obama. It is not surprising, then, that the progress Kerry made with his Chinese interlocutors in Glasgow largely fizzled out as tensions over Taiwan grew more intense.
(2023-01-04). Manufacturing confidence bounces back. ecns.cn Business confidence in factory output going forward strengthened in China to a 10-month high upon expectations of waning COVID-19 disruptions even as a rise in infections dented manufacturing activity in December, a private survey said on Tuesday.
(2023-01-04). No war against China: contact your MP or Senator. greenleft.org.au The Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition is asking you to help its short campaign, January 9—13, to oppose the federal government's preparations for war against China. Denis Doherty and Hannah Middleton report.
(2023-01-04). Workers should never forget how much power they have. peoplesworld.org 
You remember the headlines: "Biden asks Congress to avert rail strike, warning of dire economic impact," (Reuters); "Congressional Leaders Say They Will Act to Prevent Rail Strike…" — "Democratic and Republican leaders prepared to intercede as President Biden warned the prospect of a December strike put the U.S. economy 'at risk.'" (The New York Times). It was only little …
(2023-01-04). Ancient sculpture remnants reunited at Sanxingdui Ruins. ecns.cn A bronze figure at the famed Sanxingdui Ruins site was successfully matched with another animal bronzeware with the help of a three-dimensional (3D) model, the Sichuan Provincial Cultural Relics and Archeology Research Institute confirmed Monday.
(2023-01-04). Book review and response: 'People Love Dead Jews'. peoplesworld.org 
Dara Horn gave People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present an intentionally provocative title, and it worked. Her latest book won the National Jewish Book Award, the New York Times Notable Book of 2021, Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year, Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year, ALA Notable Book, Natan …
(2023-01-04). NIH's All of Us Research Program returns health-related DNA results to participants. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org The National Institutes of Health's (NIH) All of Us Research Program has begun returning personalized health-related DNA results to more than 155,000 participants. The reports detail whether participants have an increased risk for specific health conditions and how their bodies might process certain medications. The All of Us Research Program collects participants' blood, urine, and saliva samples. These biosamples are stored and managed for research at a specialized All of Us Research Program biobank at Mayo Clinic. "It is rewarding for us at the…
(2023-01-04). Southwest's Meltdown: Stock Buybacks, High Exec Pay, and Neglected Software Upgrades. juancole.com () Inequality.org) For America's rich and powerful, the new year is beginning in a most inauspicious fashion. Millions of Americans are once again fuming at the greed and grasping of our deepest pockets. That fuming — from would-be passengers of Southwest Airlines and their families — filled airports throughout this past holiday week. For …
(2023-01-04). Top Japanese Physician-Scientist Gives Dire Warning About COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines: 'Scientifically Misconceived'. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-04). üìΩÔ∏è WATCH NOW: Pete Buttigieg Was Warned About Southwest's Flight Issues. levernews.com
(2023-01-04). British-Run Spy Tech Powers Ukraine Proxy War, Putting Civilians At Risk. popularresistance.org On December 6th, The Grayzone revealed how British military and intelligence agencies were deploying technology created by shadowy private intelligence firm Anomaly 6 to illegally spy on citizens across the globe. | The company's technology effectively transforms every individual on Earth into a potential target for surveillance and/or asset recruitment by monitoring the movements of their smartphone. Anomaly 6 embeds tracking software in popular applications, then slices through layers of theoretically anonymous data to uncover a wealth of sensitive information about a device's owner. | Anomaly 6's services are…
(2023-01-04). Management Rights: A Pitfall When Negotiating Your First Contract. popularresistance.org Over the past year, impressive numbers of workers, especially in the retail and service sectors, have begun the process of organizing a union. Workers at Starbucks, Chipotle, Trader Joe's, Amazon, and other establishments have won union elections. | Many of these unions are now negotiating for their first contracts—always a difficult task. Employers can drag out the process for months or years. And employers may seek contract language that grievously weakens the union, now and for years to come. This article focuses on management rights. Future articles will discuss other pitfalls. | First, a warning: Some…
(2023-01-04). The First US Onslaught To 'Weaken' Post-Cold War Russia. popularresistance.org The first post-cold war assault on Russia by the West began in the early 1990s well before the expansion of NATO. It took the form of a U.S.-induced economic depression in Russia that was deeper and more disastrous than the Great Depression that devastated the U.S. in the 1930s. And it came at a time when Russians were naively talking of a "Common European Home" and a common European security structure that would include Russia. The magnitude of this economic catastrophe was spelled out tersely in a recent essay by Paul Krugman who wondered whether many Americans are aware of the enormous disaster it was for Russ…
(2023-01-04). Workers At Howard Brown Health Unionized — Now They're On Strike. popularresistance.org Chicago, Illinois – Recently unionized employees at Howard Brown Health, a nonprofit Chicago health clinic that caters particularly to LGBTQ people, went out on strike Tuesday. Management is also threatening to lay off 15 percent of their workforce, citing "financial concerns." | On December 30, the sixty employees‚Äâ—‚Äâwho had previously been told they would be laid off Tuesday‚Äâ—‚Äâarrived at work to discover that they had been locked out of their emails and other work software, including at least one therapist who says that they…
(2023-01-04). Biggest Contracts Expiring in 2023. strategic-culture.org By Dan DIMAGGIO | Negotiations will take place in 2023 for some of the biggest contracts in the labor movement, including at UPS and the Big Three automakers. | Workers are hoping to take advantage of a tight labor market to reverse years of concessions and win big raises to help cope with inflation. New leaders in the Teamsters, and potentially the Auto Workers (UAW), have promised to put up a more aggressive fight. | UPS | The Teamsters contract covering 340,000 package car drivers and warehouse workers at UPS expires July 31. New Teamsters President Sean O'Brien has promised the union will be ready for the fir…
(2023-01-04). Retired Congressman Fred Upton Being Considered for House Speakership. truthout.org As the question of who will become the next Speaker of the House remains in flux, some lawmakers are reportedly discussing the possibility of the GOP putting forward a "coalition" candidate — someone that a significant portion of Republicans and Democrats can agree on. Republicans currently have 222 seats in the House of Representatives, and need only 218 votes to pick the next speaker. However… |
(2023-01-04). Wealthy Mother In Potential Barbados Plantation Case Warned Actor Son Not To Use Last Name Due To Potential For Reparations Claims. moguldom.com British actor Benedict Cumberbatch of "Doctor Strange" fame was warned by his mother not to use his real name professionally because he may one day be subject to reparations claims for his ancestors' slaveholding history in Barbados. According to a report by The Daily Telegraph, Cumberbatch's mother, actress Wanda Ventham, "encouraged him not to use his real name …
(2023-01-04). Can NATO and the Pentagon find a diplomatic off-ramp from the Ukraine war? nationofchange.org The precarious fine line the United States and NATO are walking in Ukraine, caught between their commitment to an open-ended, ever-escalating war and the existential danger of nuclear war that it may lead to.
(2023-01-04). 101st Airborne troops train for war in Crimea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish RadioJanuary 3, 2023 US soldiers train in Romania, close to border with Ukraine: NYT In southeastern Romania, the US Army's 101st Airborne Division troops are deployed near where Moscow is stockpiling munitions in the occupied Crimea peninsula, The New York Times said. The division's troops are also deployed in the north of the country, …
(2023-01-04). Germany's Green FM: Send more weapons for war in Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleJanuary 4, 2023 Ukraine updates: Baerbock urges more weapons to Kyiv German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Wednesday said Russian President Vladimir Putin had nothing on his mind but to destroy the neighboring country of Ukraine. *** She said Putin's stance was the reason why it was "important to keep up the delivery of …
(2023-01-04). World BEYOND War and a Better Way Forward (Cooper UNion). davidswanson.org
(2023-01-04). The EU-Anglosphere Climate War. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-04). Towards multipolarity: The geopolitics of non-US air-combat systems. journal-neo.org 
The world is changing from a US-led unipolar world to a non-US-led multipolar world. Its sources are multiple and geographically diverse. The change is tied not just to the rise of Russia and China as two powers capable of challenging the US dominance, but also to the fact that many powerful states, otherwise traditionally tied …
(2023-01-04). New Videos Shows Secretive Israeli Drone Over Palestinians Gaza Strip. southfront.org 
File image. | On January 3, a secretive small drone of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) was spotted flying over the Palestinian Gaza Strip. | A local photographer released footage of the fixed-wing drone which is powered by five electric engines. Four of the engines are directed downward, most likely for vertical takeoff and landing, and a larger one directed backward that appears to be main propellant. | Hezbollah shot down a drone of this unidentified Israeli type over Lebanon's South governorate on September 30 o…
(2023-01-04). Marx, the 'Metabolic Rift' and Capitalism's Assault on Nature. socialistproject.ca 
In recent years millions of young and working-class people have engaged in protests against the climate and ecological crisis as devastating wildfires, heat waves, droughts, hurricanes and floods have increased in regularity and intensity around the world. "System change, not climate change!" has become the main slogan, reflecting a sense that we need a fundamental transformation of society to avoid catastrophe. | It is no surprise that this has emerged alongside a renewed interest in the ideas of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, and their critique of capitalism. They argued that capitalism was based on exploit…
(2023-01-04). Netanyahu Ushers in the Most Anti-Palestinian Government in Israel's History. truthout.org Benjamin Netanyahu has been sworn in for his sixth term as prime minister of Israel. While his prior tenures resulted in the commission of war crimes against the Palestinian people, Netanyahu's new regime promises to be the most right-wing and religiously conservative in Israel's history. Netanyahu won reelection despite facing criminal charges for bribery, fraud and breach of trust. |
(2023-01-04). Over 3,000 Yemenis were killed or injured in 2022, says report. peoplesdispatch.org According to the report of Eye for Humanity, in the last seven years of the Yemen war, bombings carried out by the Saudi-led coalition have killed 17,734 people and injured close to 30,000. According to its data, at least 4,017 deaths were of children…
(2023-01-04). For Palestinians, 2022 Was a Year of Renewed Tragedy and New Hope. mintpressnews.com Thanks largely to the violence meted out by the Israeli government, 2022 was likely the most violent year for the West Bank since 2005. Yet a new hope lies on the horizon in the form of a slew of new, well-disciplined Palestinian resistance groups.
(2023-01-04). The lieutenant of the oppressed West Asian. thealtworld.com General Qassem Soleimani is the savior warrior who has brought radical takfiris and imperialists to their knees. | At the onset of 2020, the brutal decision was taken in the White House to assassinate the commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps, Lieutenant Qassim Soleimani, along with the deputy head of Iraq's Popular Mobilisation Forces, Abo Mahdi Al-Muhandis. The appalling crime has, indeed, punched the Axis of Resistance in the face, and the blowback will be painful. | The Zionists and the Americans' wish was to thwart the escalation of the Axis of Resistance's strength and capabiliti…
(2023-01-04). As US Moves On From Pandemic, Demand for Covid Vaccines Wanes in Global South. commondreams.org 
Four months after U.S. President Joe Biden said in a television interview that "the pandemic is over," global immunization experts are warning that "pandemic fatigue" may be contributing to declining demand for Covid-19 vaccines in developing countries, even as vaccination rates in the Global South are far below the World Health Organization's target. As The …
(2023-01-04). Warnock Hails Start of Medicare's $35 Insulin Copay Cap That 'Will Save Lives'. commondreams.org 
A provision capping Medicare recipients' insulin copayments at $35 a month took effect on the first day of the new year, a change that Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock applauded Tuesday as a crucial victory that lawmakers must work to extend to all people who need the lifesaving medicine. "If you need insulin, you really need …
(2023-01-04). Human Rights Organizations Warn About the Looming Danger of Apartheid and Ethnic Cleansing in the Dominican Republic. towardfreedom.org
(2023-01-04). Venezuela and Colombia Celebrate Opening of Border Bridge. orinocotribune.com 
(2023-01-04). Venezuela: Strongly Positive 2022 Balance Sheet. orinocotribune.com By Francisco Dominguez Jan 1, 2022 | With house 4,400,000 handed over This means 3,105,552 houses were built between 2015-2022, double the amount built in the preceding 1999-2015 period in half the number of years. The latter period…
(2023-01-04). Venezuela da pasos para normalizar relaciones con EE.UU. y la Unión Europea. globalizacion.ca El gobierno de Venezuela está preparado para avanzar en el proceso de normalización de las relaciones políticas y diplomáticas con Estados Unidos, dijo el presidente Nicolás Maduro, quien lamentó que desde Washington continúen las políticas de agresión contra su país,…
(2023-01-04). Crucero europeo Amadea llega a puerto en Margarita, Venezuela. telesurtv.net El ministro de Transporte Ramón Velásquez Araguayán resaltó que esto es un hito más realizado por el país y Gobierno de la nación latinoamericana luego de 15 años.
(2023-01-04). Venezuela recupera embajada en Brasil. telesurtv.net Movimientos sociales de Brasil realizaron un acto en la capital de esa nación para devolver a Venezuela su embajada.
(2023-01-04). Facing the Failure of Our Cruel Venezuela Policy. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-04). Maduro: Venezuela Produces 94% of Its Own Food in 2022 After Importing 80% for Over 100 Years. orinocotribune.com "Venezuela is experiencing the first stage of a long recovery cycle," said President Maduro. | In highlighting Venezuela's economic recovery in 2022, President Nicolás Maduro noted that for more than 100 years, Venezuela imported "practically 80, 85% of everything that was consumed, today it produces 94% of the food that goes to Venezuelan homes." | During an interview with Spanish journalist Ignacio Ramonet, reporting on the beginning of the new year, Maduro highlighted the efforts of the people and the government to confront the over 900 unilateral coercive measures levied by the United States Government and it…
