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2023-01-08: News Headlines

infobrics (2023-01-09). Russia-India Trade to Break Record in 2022. infobrics.org Russian and Indian relations are developing as the world tries to isolate Moscow in light of the Ukraine war…

_____ (2023-01-08). CNN Recruits Washington's Worst Warmonger the Instant He Leaves Congress. strategic-culture.org By Caitlin JOHNSTONE | Kinzinger, who prior to being Nobody in congress lobbied as aggressively to start World War Three as Kinzinger…

ecns.cn (2023-01-08). EU urged to view response fairly. ecns.cn The Foreign Ministry urged the European Union on Friday to view China's pandemic response in an objective and fair manner, saying that it will take corresponding measures based on the principle of reciprocity in response to unreasonable measures taken by some countries toward travelers from China.

Kevin Keating (2023-01-08). San Francisco's leading neo-con Alice Cooper impersonator, the former Steve Schwartz! indybay.org This cheerleader for United States foreign policy crimes on three continents changes personas more frequently than most yuppies change their socks!

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Consumer Health: Do you know the symptoms of glaucoma? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn more about treating this group of eye conditions. About 3 million people in the U.S. have glaucoma, and it's the second-leading cause of blindness worldwide, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, often due to abnormally high pressure in your eye. Elevated eye pressure is due to a buildup of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Science Saturday: Aspiring to deliver new cures for complex conditions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic is building toward a future when biologics can cure cancer, kidney disease and diabetes. Mayo marks 2022 as a year of significant strides in accelerating science to make and deliver regenerative biotherapeutics. The goal is to offer new options, based on rigorous research in cell and gene therapies, for disorders with few available treatments. The Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics has a new strategy of advancing regenerative discoveries toward early-stage clinical trials and industry…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). What is cardiac arrest? A Mayo Clinic heart expert explains. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cardiac arrest, or sudden cardiac arrest as it is more formally known, is a medical emergency. It happens when an event, usually an electrical disturbance, quickly and unexpectedly causes your heart to stop working. It's not the same as a heart attack and is called sudden because it seems to happen without warning. Dr. Christopher DeSimone, a Mayo cardiac electrophysiologist specializing in abnormal cardiac rhythm, answers questions about cardiac arrest, the differences between cardiac arrest…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-08). Healthy Weight Awareness Month. Mayo Clinic innovations can help you lose weight, keep it off. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org MEDIA ADVISORY: Mayo Clinic experts available to talk about obesity epidemic in America and innovations in weight loss procedures January is Healthy Weight Awareness Month — and a time when many consider a fresh start with healthier eating and exercise habits. Consider these stats on obesity in America, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Forty-one percent of Americans are considered obese. And by 2030, an estimated 50% of Americans will be obese….

Steve Lalla (2023-01-08). Blows Against the Empire—2022 In Memoriam. orinocotribune.com By Steve Lalla Jan 6, 2023 | Throughout 2022, monopoly capitalism, with the US at its core, continued to erode from within and buckle under pressure exerted by sovereign states and peoples' movements alike. Relentless blows reigned down on the empire. These were some of the most memorable: | January 30: Prior to the Winter Olympics in Beijing, the leaders of China and Russia meet, the first visit between Xi Jinping and any world leader in over two years. A Russia—China joint statement heralded the dawning of a "new era," warned against "the negative impact of the United States' Indo-Pacific strategy o…

Edward Curtin (2023-01-08). Is a Happy New Year Possible? dissidentvoice.org Albert Camus and Edward Curtin, Sr. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy. — Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus Really? Or was he joking? Whenever January rolls around and a new year begins with its implied ending, I think of my father and Albert …

Fight Back (2023-01-08). Venezuela economy surges, U.S. sanction policy crumbling. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL- 2022 was a banner year for the Venezuelan economy. The Venezuelan Central Bank recorded a 19% growth rate, while the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America put it at 12%. While inflation of food and gas prices ate at workers' income in the U.S. and much of the world this past year, Venezuela inflation was low compared with previous years. This is due to booms in both food and oil sectors in Venezuela owing to the ability of the Bolivarian Revolution to overcome U.S. sanctions. | Oil industry recovery | PDVSA oil started flowing to the U.S. and EU again after March, when the Biden…

Staff (2023-01-08). Colombia's President Petro Meets President Maduro for Second Time in Miraflores (+ELN). orinocotribune.com On Saturday, January 7, the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, received Colombian President Gustavo Petro at Miraflores Palace, where the two presidents held a meeting. After it ended, President Maduro announced that there is a clear path for joint work and cooperation between the two nations on different issues that will continue to yield positive results for both countries. | President Maduro wrote on his social media accounts that the meeting he had with his Colombian counterpart was exhaustive and very fruitful. | "With the President of the Republic of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, we had a broad and very fru…

teleSUR, JCM, JDO (2023-01-08). Presidentes de Venezuela y Colombia se reúnen en Caracas. telesurtv.net Revisan exhaustivamente temas de la relación bilateral. Adoptan acuerdos para fomentar el desarrollo y la complementariedad entre ambas naciones.

Jason Ditz (2023-01-07). Venezuelan Embassy in US Closes as Opposition Crumbles. news.antiwar.com

WSWS (2023-01-07). Australian students and youth: "We need an anti-war movement because otherwise we won't have a future" wsws.org "There's been no greater time for the building of an anti-war movement. Capitalism has no answer to the needs of the population. All it has is austerity policies."

Anonymous103 (2023-01-07). Why The "Greatest Threat To World Peace" Needs To Be Isolated, And Abandoned By Europe. southfront.org Written by Eric Zuesse In different eras of history, different nations have posed the greatest threat to world peace. Back in…

Kathy Kelly (2023-01-07). Peace Activists Take on the Pentagon's Corporate "Merchants of Death" truthout.org Days after a U.S. warplane bombed a Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, killing forty-two people, twenty-four of them patients, the international president of MSF, Dr. Joanne Liu walked through the wreckage and prepared to deliver condolences to family members of those who had been killed. A brief video, taped in October, 2015… |

_____ (2023-01-07). Viewpoint: What Message Does A 'Vote No' Campaign Send? popularresistance.org In December, the contract bargaining team for Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2865 brought back a tentative agreement with the University of California and presented it to its membership of teaching assistants, graders and tutors for ratification. A lively "vote no" campaign arose. | A vote no campaign sends a very public message. Does it tell the boss that the union is divided, and therefore weak, or does it warn the boss that members are ready to fight for more? What does it say about the union and the union leadership?

WSWS (2023-01-07). Macron's sending tanks to Ukraine marks escalation of France's role in war on Russia. wsws.org Crossing his own 'red line' laid down against tank deliveries to Ukraine in March last year, Macron is starting 2023 by massively ramping up French involvement in the NATO war effort against Russia in Ukraine.

CodePink (2023-01-07). Friday 1/13: Media: Stop Cheerleading for War! indybay.org San Francisco Chronicle Bldg., 901 Mission St @ 5th, San Francisco…

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2023-01-07). "In der Politik passiert nichts zufà§llig. Wenn es passiert, kann man darauf wetten, dass es so geplant war." globalresearch.ca Alle Artikel von Global Research kà∂nnen in 51 Sprachen gelesen werden, indem Sie die Schaltflà§che Website àºbersetzen unterhalb des Namens des Autors aktivieren. | Um den tà§glichen Newsletter von Global Research (ausgewà§hlte Artikel) zu erhalten, Folgen Sie …

Electronic Frontier Foundation (2023-01-07). Red State Plans to Investigate Abortion Seekers and Trans Youth Require Sanctuary States to Lock Down Data. juancole.com By Adam Schwartz | ( Electronic Frontier Foundation ) In the wake of this year's Supreme Court decision in Dobbs overruling Roe v. Wade, sheriffs and bounty hunters in anti-abortion states will try to investigate and punish abortion seekers based on their internet browsing, private messaging, and phone app location data. We can …

Jenny Pierson (2023-01-07). Which Government Does the United States Recognize in Venezuela? independentmediainstitute.org On January 3, 2023, Shaun Tandon of Agence France-Presse asked U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price about Venezuela. In late December, the Venezuelan opposition after a fractious debate decided to dissolve the "interim government" led by Juan Guaidó. From 2019 onward, the U.S. government recognized Guaidó as the "interim president of Venezuela." With the end …

Prof. Claudia von Werlhof (2023-01-07). Global WAR-NING! Geoengineering Is Wrecking Our Planet and Humanity. globalresearch.ca World leaders are meeting in Glasgow at COP-26. All eyes are now on "the imminent dangers of CO2 and greenhouse gas emissions". The "climate emergency" is a timely instrument of propaganda used to distract people from questioning "the real crisis", namely the Covid-19 "plandemic".

Anna Greenwood, Alex Mold, Heather Wardle (2023-01-07). [Perspectives] Unhealthy histories: sports and addictive sponsorship. thelancet.com Professional sport has been criticised for its role as a vehicle to market addictive products or services. Despite the harmful health effects on society, football audiences are inured to seeing sponsors of such products not only on pitch-side hoardings and shirts, but also embedded in television rights, competition names, prematch build-up, corporate hospitality, and social media. Tobacco's successful movement into sports sponsorship established the template on which other addictive sponsors, notably the alcohol and gambling industries, built their strategies.

_____ (2023-01-07). Ukraine: Parliament, Army Leadership Celebrate Fascist Mass Murderer. popularresistance.org On January 1, 2023, hours after the Ukrainian armed forces engaged in an airstrike on a Russian military base that led to the death of at least 89 Russian soldiers—most of them raw recruits—the Ukrainian parliament, army leadership and local officials celebrated the 114th anniversary of Stepan Bandera, the figurehead of Ukrainian fascism. | Bandera advocated the establishment of an "ethnically pure" Ukrainian state in alliance first with German and then with US imperialism. He personally participated in multiple targeted political assassinations of Polish politicians in the 1930s. During World War II,…

_____ (2023-01-07). What Message Does A 'Vote No' Campaign Send? popularresistance.org In December, the contract bargaining team for Auto Workers (UAW) Local 2865 brought back a tentative agreement with the University of California and presented it to its membership of teaching assistants, graders and tutors for ratification. A lively "vote no" campaign arose. | A vote no campaign sends a very public message. Does it tell the boss that the union is divided, and therefore weak, or does it warn the boss that members are ready to fight for more? What does it say about the union and the union leadership? When members vote on ratification of a contract, the main issue is trust—whether in the conte…

_____ (2023-01-07). Goodbye 2022 (and Beyond!). strategic-culture.org By Peter VAN BUREN | Nobody is going to miss 2022. With the won't-die pandemic, inflation at home and economic troubles abroad, plus the war in Ukraine, it has not been a happy 12 months. Nevertheless, with the year 2022 behind us, it is time for some housecleaning. Here are four memes we really should bury and not have to hear about again. | The internet changed everything/The internet promotes democracy globally. Nope, it turns out the internet was a big grift and we were allowed to play with its full potential only for a few years until the big guys wanted it back for their own. Though the grift of free speech…

_____ (2023-01-07). Ukraine Parliament Cheers Nazi Collaborator. strategic-culture.org Even neighboring Poland, a staunch ally of Kiev in the ongoing war with Russia, has criticized the Verkhovna Rada's Jan. 1 celebration of the birthday of Stepan Bandera. | By Peoples DISPATCH | Ukraine's support for neo-Nazi groups and its attempts to officially recognize pro-Nazi legions and Nazi collaborators from World War II have been steadfastly criticized by communists and other anti-fascist groups in the region. | Kiev's supporters in Europe and North America have, until now, maintained a complicit silence about these maneuvers. However, the latest gesture by the Ukrainian parliament — cheering on th…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-07). Military Situation In Syria On January 7, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On January 7, Russia reported that Idlib militants violated the ceasefire regime in Greater Idlib 5 times: 3 in Idlib province, 2 in Latakia province; | On January 7, Russian forces reportedly handed over their headquarters in the city of Al-Mayadin to the SAA 17th Division; | On January 7, two SAA servicemen were reportedly killed in ISIS attack in Jaidin; | On January 7, an SAA vehicle was targeted by an IED attack near Samlin in northern Daraa. | MORE…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-07). Raytheon Signs $208 Million Deal With Romania For Coastal Anti-Ship Missiles. southfront.org Illustrative Image | Eastern European countries have been steadily ramping up their defense readiness in wake of Russia's Feb.24 invasion of Ukraine. For Western defense firms, this means a continued bonanza of contracts even beyond arms requests and deliveries sent directly to Kiev. | On Friday a new Raytheon deal with NATO-member Romania has been announced, valued at over $208 million. "Raytheon Missiles & Defense [of] Tucson, Arizona, was awarded a $208,736,138 firm-fixed-price contract for the Naval Strike Missile…

Anonymous669 (2023-01-07). Egypt To Get 12 CH-47F Chinook Helicopters From U.S. In $426 Million Deal. southfront.org A CH-47D Chinook helicopter in the distance breaks away from formation with its replacement, the CH-47F, in its last flight out of Fort Hood, Texas, June 10, 2008. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) | On January 3, Boeing announced that it had been awarded a contract by the United States Army to produce CH-47F Chinooks helicopters for the Egyptian Air Force (EAF) under a $426 million deal. | In a statement, the aerospace giant said that the deal allow Egypt to replace its fleet of ageing CH-…

Gerald E. Scorse (2023-01-07). IRS Winks at $ Billion Tax Giveaway to the Rich. dissidentvoice.org President Biden's landmark Inflation Reduction Act earmarks $80 billion over the next ten years for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). According to the Treasury, most of the money will be going toward increased enforcement—specifically, stopping rich Americans from cheating on their taxes. Yet the same agency has strangely signed off on a huge tax loophole …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-07). "Stop US Interference": Interview with the Labour Party of Taiwan. libya360.wordpress.com No Cold War No Cold War is pleased to publish the following interview of Wu Rong-yuan, Chairperson of the Labour Party of Taiwan, conducted by Wim De Ceukelaire. The interview has been edited for clarity. In 1949, when the Communist Party of China established the People's Republic on the mainland of the country, Chiang Kai-shek,…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-07). Why the HIMARS is So Difficult to Target. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter Just seconds after the stroke of midnight on December 31, in the early moments of 2023, a US-made M-142 HIMARS (highly mobile artillery rocket system), operated by the Ukrainian armed forces, fired off a pod of six Guided Multiple Rocket Launch System (GMLRS), each with a 200-pound unitary high-explosive warhead that is guided…

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-07). Ukraine: NATO Quad provides armored combat vehicles tested in Iraq, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Africa wars. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleJanuary 7, 2023 What type of armoured vehicles are being sent to Ukraine? After months of wavering, Germany and the US want to supply Kyiv with armored infantry fighting vehicles. France made a start with the promise of armored reconnaissance vehicles. Which models will be sent? German Marder infantry fighting vehicles Germany has announced …

WSWS (2023-01-07). Macron's sending of tanks to Ukraine marks escalation of France's role in war on Russia. wsws.org Crossing his own 'red line' laid down against tank deliveries to Ukraine in March last year, Macron is starting 2023 by massively ramping up French involvement in the NATO war effort against Russia in Ukraine.

Staff (2023-01-07). Presidente de Colombia se reunirá este sábado con Maduro en Caracas. cubadebate.cu El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, viajará este sábado a Caracas, donde mantendrá una reunión extraordinaria con su homólogo venezolano, Nicolás Maduro.El encuentro tendrá lugar sobre las 13: 00 (hora de Venezuela). Tras encontrarse con Maduro, el mandatario colombiano realizará una visita de Estado a Chile, donde se reunirá con su homólogo Gabriel Boric.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-07). Presidente de Venezuela recibe a colega de Colombia en Caracas. telesurtv.net El avión oficial del primer presidente colombiano de izquierdas aterrizó poco antes de las 14H00 locales (18H00 GMT), según informó su embajador en la capital venezolana.

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2023-01-07: News Headlines

WSWS (2023-01-07). Australian students and youth: "We need an anti-war movement because otherwise we won't have a future" wsws.org "There's been no greater time for the building of an anti-war movement. Capitalism has no answer to the needs of the population. All it has is austerity policies."

Anna Greenwood, Alex Mold, Heather Wardle (2023-01-07). [Perspectives] Unhealthy histories: sports and addictive sponsorship. thelancet.com Professional sport has been criticised for its role as a vehicle to market addictive products or services. Despite the harmful health effects on society, football audiences are inured to seeing sponsors of such products not only on pitch-side hoardings and shirts, but also embedded in television rights, competition names, prematch build-up, corporate hospitality, and social media. Tobacco's successful movement into sports sponsorship established the template on which other addictive sponsors, notably the alcohol and gambling industries, built their strategies.

CodePink (2023-01-07). Friday 1/13: Media: Stop Cheerleading for War! indybay.org San Francisco Chronicle Bldg., 901 Mission St @ 5th, San Francisco…

Dr. Rudolf Hà§nsel (2023-01-07). "In der Politik passiert nichts zufà§llig. Wenn es passiert, kann man darauf wetten, dass es so geplant war." globalresearch.ca Alle Artikel von Global Research kà∂nnen in 51 Sprachen gelesen werden, indem Sie die Schaltflà§che Website àºbersetzen unterhalb des Namens des Autors aktivieren. | Um den tà§glichen Newsletter von Global Research (ausgewà§hlte Artikel) zu erhalten, Folgen Sie …

Electronic Frontier Foundation (2023-01-07). Red State Plans to Investigate Abortion Seekers and Trans Youth Require Sanctuary States to Lock Down Data. juancole.com By Adam Schwartz | ( Electronic Frontier Foundation ) In the wake of this year's Supreme Court decision in Dobbs overruling Roe v. Wade, sheriffs and bounty hunters in anti-abortion states will try to investigate and punish abortion seekers based on their internet browsing, private messaging, and phone app location data. We can …

WSWS (2023-01-07). Macron's sending tanks to Ukraine marks escalation of France's role in war on Russia. wsws.org Crossing his own 'red line' laid down against tank deliveries to Ukraine in March last year, Macron is starting 2023 by massively ramping up French involvement in the NATO war effort against Russia in Ukraine.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-06). US Dismisses Putin's Christmas Ceasefire as 'Cynical Ploy'. news.antiwar.com The State Department on Thursday rejected Russian President Vladimir Putin's order for a unilateral ceasefire in Ukraine for Orthodox Christmas, which is celebrated on January 7, as a "cynical ploy." Putin ordered the ceasefire to take effect at noon on Friday and last through Saturday after a request from Patriarch Kirill, the head of the …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-06). US-Saudi Tensions Ease as Military Cooperation Against Iran Grows. news.antiwar.com Tensions between the US and Saudi Arabia have eased as the two countries are stepping up military cooperation against Iran, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing US and Saudi officials. The officials said that the Biden administration has dropped its threats to retaliate against Saudi Arabia over OPEC+ oil production cuts that were …

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-01-06). The Trillion Dollar Silencer. covertactionmagazine.com The military's deep penetration into all aspects of American life has hampered the development of a strong anti-war movement—at a time when it is desperately needed. Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets across the U.S. in the last few years to decry police brutality, to oppose the Supreme Court's decision to …

Editor (2023-01-06). Declassified intelligence files expose inconvenient truths of Bosnian war. mronline.org A trove of intelligence files sent by Canadian peacekeepers expose CIA black ops, illegal weapon shipments, imported jihadist fighters, potential false flags, and stage-managed atrocities.

Staff (2023-01-06). Five Things to Do for Peace in the Days Ahead. davidswanson.org

_____ (2023-01-06). Veterans For Peace Golden Rule In Havana, Cuba. popularresistance.org Thank you to the many Cuban people who have welcomed us to their beautiful country. Thank you to ICAP for hosting our press conference. And thank you to the members of the media who are here today to listen to our message of peace, love and solidarity. | We are a diverse group of people from the United States and Hawai'i. We are from the US states of California, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, Minnesota, New York and Rhode Island. And several of us are from the island nation of Hawai'i. We are the crew and supporters of the historic anti-nuclear sailboat Golden Rule. Many of us are members of Veterans For Peace,…

_____ (2023-01-06). Kiev Snubs Christmas Truce… No Peace or Goodwill From NATO and Its Frankenstein Monster. strategic-culture.org The United States and its NATO allies do not want any chance of diplomacy and peace breaking out. | Russia's unilateral truce for the Orthodox Christmas this weekend was rejected out of hand as "cynical propaganda" by the United States, European Union, NATO and the NeoNazi regime in Kiev that they support. Who are the real cynics here? | While Moscow declared on Thursday arrangements for a temporary respite in the conflict, the U.S. and its NATO allies were on the same day announcing plans for a further escalation with the new supply of tanks and more missiles to the Kiev regime. | Reports Friday also indicate th…

_____ (2023-01-06). Socialism Is Not a Utopian Ideal, but an Achievable Necessity. popularresistance.org In May 2021, the executive director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, and the UN high representative for disarmament affairs, Izumi Nakamitsu, wrote an article urging governments to cut excessive military spending in favour of increasing spending on social and economic development. Their wise words were not heard at all. To cut money for war and to increase money for social development, they wrote, is 'not a utopian ideal, but an achievable necessity'. That phrase — not a utopian ideal, but an achievable necessity — is essential. It describes the project of socialism almost perfectly. | Our institu…

WSWS (2023-01-06). Washington makes Ukraine war new flashpoint in its confrontation with Iran. wsws.org There is a real and growing danger that the US-NATO drive to militarily defeat and subjugate Russia will help trigger a major Mideast war, or the expansion of the current war to the Middle East.

Dieter Funke, Michael Klare (2023-01-06). 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.

WSWS (2023-01-06). Australia purchasing sophisticated HIMARS and naval strike missiles. wsws.org Boosting Australia's military capacities is a key component of the US-led military build-up throughout the Indo-Pacific to prepare for an aggressive war against China.

Omali Yeshitela (2023-01-06). Omali Yeshitela: 'I was attacked by the FBI for fighting for black power'. greenleft.org.au African People's Socialist Party chairperson Omali Yeshitela discusses the FBI raid on his home and the continuing US government war on the movement for Black liberation and reparations.

Editor (2023-01-06). Dr. Warren Hern: Humans Are a Metastasizing Cancer Terminating Life on the Planet. scheerpost.com Physician and anthropology scholar Dr. Warren Hern delves into some of the most upsetting aspects of human behavior as a fatal threat to all life on earth in the near future.

imperial.ac.uk (2023-01-06). Imperial recognises seven outstanding graduates with Alumni Awards. imperial.ac.uk Meet the 2023 winners: Shaping the net-zero journey, changing our understanding of how our planet works, and defining the technologies of tomorrow.

John Catalinotto (2023-01-06). 2022: Year of the working class in the USA. workers.org This article was published Jan. 1, 2023, on the sites of La Pluma and Tlaxcala. The working class in the United States burst into action in 2022. Warehouse workers at Amazon, baristas at Starbucks, prisoners, coal miners, nurses, teachers, graduate students and more organized and resisted capital. Many went on . . . |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-06). 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…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-06). Daily Round-up | Thousands of Palestinians under threat of displacement in West Bank village & more. peoplesdispatch.org In this episode, we look at stories of evictions in Palestine and India, a report on casualties in the Yemen war, and the conviction of a leader of the Bolivian coup…

Ryan Fatica (2023-01-06). SWAT Teams Attack Atlanta Forest Encampments, Activists Charged with 'Terrorism' in Movement to Stop Cop City Police Training Facility. towardfreedom.org

Tom Engelhardt (2023-01-06). Why the Arctic turning into a Lukewarm Puddle should be a bigger Headline than a bit of Inflation. juancole.com ( Tomdispatch.com ) Let me start 2023 with a glance back at a December news moment that caught my eye. To do so, however, I have to offer a bit of explanation. First, the obvious: I'm an old guy and, though I spend significant parts of any day scrolling through endless websites covering aspects …

unitedEditor (2023-01-06). First official steps after 11 years between Syria and Tàºrkiye; Assassination of a nationalist politician; New Year messages from politicians. uwidata.com At the turn of the New Year, Tàºrkiye's agenda remains intense. Turkish and Syrian officials met in Moscow to overcome the ongoing political dispute between the two countries since the start of the civil war in Syria. The busy agenda in Tàºrkiye continued as we entered the new year. In a central location of the …

WSWS (2023-01-06). Opposition to union bureaucracy, class war monetary policies to fuel growth of US class struggle in 2023. wsws.org This year, at least 1.6 million workers in the United States have contracts due to expire, including workers in key industries.

WSWS (2023-01-06). Sri Lankan Health Workers' Action Committee initiates fight against "paying wards" in government hospitals. wsws.org The HWAC is calling on health employees to fight for the mobilisation of workers to defeat the government's paying ward plan, which is aimed at wiping out Sri Lanka's public health system, a fundamental gain won by the working class.

Anonymous669 (2023-01-06). SDF Concludes Anti-ISIS Operation In Northeastern Syria. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Hawar News Agency. | On January 6, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) concluded a large-scale operation against ISIS cells in the northeastern Syrian governorate of al-Hasakah. | The Kurdish-led group launched operation, codenamed Al-Jazeera Thunderbolt, on

Albert Bender (2023-01-06). Water Protector and intrepid warrior Joye Braun passes on. peoplesworld.org A dauntless advocate of Indigenous justice walked on with the passing of indomitable Water Protector and fearless Warrior Joye Braun. Joye was the National Pipeline organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network (IEN). She was a member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and passed away on Nov. 13. Joye was only 53 …

Brandon Jourdan (2023-01-06). Belgian trade unions strike over soaring energy prices and inflation from Ukraine war. therealnews.com Belgium's largest unions took to the streets of Brussels on Dec. 16th to demand higher wages, a cap on energy prices, and more bargaining power. This strike came on the wave of other labor actions in Belgium, including a national strike and a three-day rail strike. Organizers say that workers' real wages are being diminished by runaway inflation driven by rapid increases in the costs of energy due to the war in Ukraine. | Director, Camera, Editing: Brandon Jourdan |
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Dan McKnight (2023-01-06). Will the War Party Wield the Speaker's Gavel? globalresearch.ca

Dean Baker (2023-01-06). Wage Growth Slows as Unemployment Falls Back to Half-Century Low. truthout.org The December employment report showed a very strong labor market but much less evidence of inflationary pressures than in prior months. The unemployment rate fell back to 3.5 percent, its half-century low. The U-6 measure of labor market slack fell to 6.5 percent, its lowest level on record. At the same time, wage growth moderated. There was a sharp downward revision to the November data. With 0.3… |

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-06). Gordon M. Hahn: ´ The West Has Been Reckless with Vladimir Putin ª. libya360.wordpress.com Mohsen Abdelmoumen Mohsen Abdelmoumen: You are an expert in geostrategy, what is your view on the current conflict in Ukraine? Gordon M. Hahn: The war in Ukraine is best called the Russian-NATO Ukrainian war. It is a war over whether or not NATO will be allowed to expand to Ukraine and elsewhere along Russia's borders, but mostly…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-06). Nuclear Ukraine: Amid 'Concerns'Over Alleged Russian Threat, the World Overlooks the Real Danger. libya360.wordpress.com Olga Sukharevskaya Last year, Western media and high-ranking politicians actively discussed the possibility of Russian troops using atomic weapons in Ukraine. There has even been speculation on the likelihood of a nuclear war breaking out. However, it could be said that the risk is probably a lot higher on the other side of the barricades….

Jonathan Cook (2023-01-06). Is Ben-Gvir Preparing a Holy War Against the Palestinians? Jonathan Cook. globalresearch.ca

Katherine Yon Ebright (2023-01-06). Secret War: How the U.S. Uses Partnerships and Proxy Forces to Wage War Under the Radar. globalresearch.ca

Kenny Stancil (2023-01-06). Oxford study warns extreme heat and drought to hit 90% of world population. nationofchange.org The life-threatening impacts of the global climate emergency have only continued to reverberate in 2023.

manager (2023-01-06). Latin America's Pink Partnership. cepr.net The American Prospect See article on original site Last summer, Senate Foreign Relations Committee member Ted Cruz (R-TX) issued a warning from the Senate floor. "Already," Cruz said, "nine governments across South America, Central America, and the Caribbean are controlled by socialists." Since then, Gustavo Petro has formed the first left-wing government in the history of …

Medea Benjamin, Nicholas J.S. Davies (2023-01-06). Can NATO and the Pentagon Find a Diplomatic Off-Ramp From the Ukraine War? juancole.com ( Code Pink) NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, known for his staunch support for Ukraine, recently revealed his greatest fear for this winter to a TV interviewer in his native Norway: that the fighting in Ukraine could spin out of control and become a major war between NATO and Russia. "If things go wrong," …

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-06). Epochal shift: 1,000 German soldiers ask not to be sent to war. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Deutsche WelleJanuary 6, 2023 Spike in German troop numbers asking not to be sent to war It's fewer than 1,000 troops, but nevertheless, the number of German Bundeswehr soldiers who asked to be exempted from serving in war zones rose markedly in 2022. This option dates back to the era of national service. Almost 1,000 …

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-06). Poland to deploy first of 2 U.S. battle tanks to Ukrainian, Russian borders. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Polish Press AgencyJanuary 4, 2023 Poland's MoD approves contract for 116 Abrams tanks Mariusz Blaszczak, the defence minister, on Wednesday signed a contract for the delivery of 116 US-made M1A1 Abrams tanks. At a ceremony held at the 1st Warsaw Armoured Brigade Blaszczak said that "the tanks will be shipped here, to Wesola (district of …

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-06). Raytheon sells long-range missiles to Romania for war in Black Sea. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense PostJanuary 6, 2023 Raytheon Secures $208M Naval Strike Missile Contract From Romania Raytheon Missiles & Defense has received a $208-million contract to supply Naval Strike Missiles (NSMs) to the armed forces of Romania. *** The amount of mobile coastal anti-ship missile batteries to be delivered to the NATO member wasn't disclosed. However, the US …

Staff (2023-01-06). Unemployment Falls Back to Half-Century Low, but Wage Growth Slows. cepr.net The pandemic increase in the length of the average workweek has been completely reversed. | The December employment report showed a very strong labor market but much less evidence of inflationary pressures than in prior months. The unemployment rate fell back to 3.5 percent, its half-century low. The U-6 measure of labor market slack fell to 6.5 percent, its lowest level on record. | At the same time, wage growth moderated. There was a sharp downward revision to the November data. With 0.3 percent growth in the average hourly wage reported for December, the annualized rate over the last three months is just 4.1 p…

Stella Calloni (2023-01-06). Counterinsurgency War: US Bioresearch Labs, Bases and Troops in Peru. orinocotribune.com By Stella Calloni Dec 31, 2022 | Peru has been experiencing a dramatic crisis since December 7, 2022. This crisis was caused by the illegal dismissal of President Pedro Castillo, imposed by the parliament under the control of the Peruvian ultra-right wing, which ordered his arrest the day of the president's message to the nation. He was condemned to 18 months in prison a week later by the Permanent Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court, which provoked a popular uprising in several regions, repressed by the police from the first moments and later by the army when the coup perpetrators imposed a state of emer…

_____ (2023-01-06). Brazil: Defenders Return Embassy to Venezuelan Authorities. popularresistance.org 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.

Staff (2023-01-06). Spanish Far-Right Vox Deputy Expelled from Bolivia for Interference in Camacho Case (+Chile & Venezuela). orinocotribune.com This Wednesday, January 4, the Spanish deputy of the Vox party, Víctor González, was expelled from Bolivia for three years, accused of "disturbing public order and inciting confrontation between citizens by committing acts of interference" and breaking into police stations in the department of Santa Cruz, as reported by the Bolivian government. | Bolivian vice minister for foreign affairs, Freddy Mamani, stated that González and his Chilean colleague, Luis Fernando Sánchez, made "politics in Bolivia" by "interfering in internal affairs" through questioning the judicial process followed against governor of Santa C…

scorinoco (2023-01-06). Venezuela's National Assembly Elects Board of Directors for 2023-2024 Term. orinocotribune.com On Thursday, January 5, the National Assembly (AN) of Venezuela, in its first plenary session of the year, ratified Deputy Jorge Rodríguez as the president of the National Assembly for the 2023-2024 parliamentary term. | Deputy Pedro Infante was elected as the first vice president, and Deputy América Pérez as the second vice president, both from the ruling coalition, Bloque de la Patria. | Bloque de la Patria's nominations of Rosalba Gil as the secretary and María Alejandra Hernández as the deputy secretary of the AN for the 2023-2024 term were also passed with a clear majority. | The inauguration of the presiden…

Staff (2023-01-06). Asamblea Nacional venezolana ratifica a Jorge Rodríguez como su presidente. cubadebate.cu Este jueves, la Asamblea Nacional de Venezuela ratificó como presidente de su junta directiva al diputado Jorge Rodríguez. Con la elección de la nueva junta inició formalmente el periodo de sesiones ordinarias de la Asamblea correspondiente a 2023. En su discurso, Rodríguez destacó que durante los últimos dos años los logros en materia legislativa fueron importantes.

Staff (2023-01-06). Presidente venezolano designa nuevo canciller. cubadebate.cu El presidente venezolano, Nicolás Maduro, anunció este viernes en Twitter que Yván Gil Pinto reemplazará a Carlos Faría como canciller. Gil Pinto se desempeñaba como viceministro para Europa en la Cancillería, y previamente había sido designado como encargado de Negocios de Venezuela ante la Unión Europea.

teleSUR (2023-01-06). Venezuela: President Maduro Appoints Tellechea as PDVSA Leader. telesurenglish.net On Friday, Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro appointed Pedro Tellechea as the new president of the state-owned Petroleum of Venezuela (PDVSA). | RELATED: | "With his great experience as the head of Petrochemical of Venezuela (PEQUIVEN), Tellechea will boost the national oil industry. All our recognition to former PDVSA President Asdrubal Chavez, who will soon have new responsibilities," Maduro tweeted. | In Se…

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