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2023-01-27: News Headlines

Unicorn Riot (2023-01-27). Elderly Woman Among at Least 9 Palestinians Killed During Raid on Jenin. unicornriot.ninja

Staff (2023-01-27). Romania: NATO fighter jets prepare for war in Black Sea region. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandJanuary 27, 2023 Allied Air Forces work together in Air Defence drills over Romania France, Italy, Romania, Spain, Tàºrkiye and the US operated within Romanian Airspace carrying out air maneuvers against simulated adversarial Air Defence systems take downs…. Allied Air Command directed a dynamic training operation between the French MAMBA system supported by …

Unicorn Riot (2023-01-27). Elderly Woman Among at Least 9 Palestinians Killed During Raid on Jenin. unicornriot.ninja

Staff (2023-01-27). Romania: NATO fighter jets prepare for war in Black Sea region. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Air CommandJanuary 27, 2023 Allied Air Forces work together in Air Defence drills over Romania France, Italy, Romania, Spain, Tàºrkiye and the US operated within Romanian Airspace carrying out air maneuvers against simulated adversarial Air Defence systems take downs…. Allied Air Command directed a dynamic training operation between the French MAMBA system supported by …

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2023-01-27). "Chinese aggression" sure looks an awful lot like U.S. aggression. mronline.org Punchbowl News reports that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is planning a trip to Taiwan, which will be yet another incendiary provocation against Beijing if it occurs. The previous House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, sparked a significant escalation in hostilities with her visit last year, the consequences of which are still reverberating today.

Oakland Asian Cultural Center (2023-01-27). Friday 2/17: My Boyfriend Apocalypse: Chapbook Reading and Writing Workshop with antmen pimentel mendoz. indybay.org Oakland Asian Cultural Center…

WSWS (2023-01-27). Hip hop artist Sankofa speaks out on the Fort Wayne Philharmonic strike, its implications for art and culture: "I am not a politician. I'm an independent musician." wsws.org The veteran hip hop artist, based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, sat down with the WSWS to discuss the Philharmonic musicians' struggle and related issues.

Fight Back (2023-01-27). Tyre Nichols brutally murdered by Memphis police. fightbacknews.org Memphis, TN. – On January 10, 29-year-old Tyre Nichols died in the hospital after sustaining injuries from five Memphis police officers. Nichols was found to have died due to extensive bleeding. Nichols was reportedly pepper sprayed, tazed and then beaten after being restrained. The family's attorney, Antonio Romanucci, made comments to the press emphasizing the extreme brutality of the murder. | There have already been protests in Memphis held by friends and family of Tyre Nichols, where they shouted the common phrase, "Say no more. Release the video!" demanding footage of the murder of Nichols. | In news i…

WSWS (2023-01-27). Greece drops charges against Syrian swimmer Sara Mardini for helping refugees. wsws.org It is a devastating climbdown for EU-backed Greek authorities, who under the pseudo-left Syriza government tried to criminalize Mardini for helping refugees.

Amiad Horowitz (2023-01-27). years after Paris Peace Accords, Vietnam remembers victory over U.S. imperialism. peoplesworld.org Jan. 27th marks the th anniversary of the signing of the Paris Peace Accords, the agreement which ended the American War in Vietnam, or as it is known in the United States, the Vietnam War. From 1955 to 1973, the United States waged one of the harshest wars in modern history against the Vietnamese people, …

____ (2023-01-27). Up to 80 pct of Cambodian people celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year: PM. ecns.cn Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said here on Monday that the Chinese Lunar New Year has gained great popularity in the kingdom, estimating that up to 80 percent of the population observe it.

____ (2023-01-27). Laos looks to tourism to drive economic recovery. ecns.cn The Lao government considers tourism as its top priority in revitalizing the economy and the country is preparing to welcome an influx of foreign visitors in 2023, a senior official has said.

Staff (2023-01-27). Embestidas y fracasos de la derecha en América Latina. cubadebate.cu Tres importantes reveses afrontaron últimamente los derechistas de la región. El fracasado golpe en Brasil fue antecedido por una fallida asonada en Bolivia y por el naufragio de las conspiraciones en Venezuela.Estas derrotas no anulan la continuada embestida de las formaciones reaccionarias. Han logrado instalarse en Argentina, replantean su acción en Colombia, retoman el legado pinochetista en Chile, despuntan en México y participan de la feroz represión desatada en Perú.

teleSUR, odr, YSM (2023-01-27). Presentan vacuna nasal contra la Covid-19 en India. telesurtv.net El fármaco nasal cuenta con la aprobación de la Dirección General de Control de Medicamentos de India.

Staff (2023-01-26). Massacre in Jenin: Resistance continues amid occupation killing of at least 9 Palestinians. samidoun.net This morning, occupation forces carried out a massacre in Jenin amid widespread Palestinian resistance. Occupation forces killed nine Palestinian martyrs, including a 61-year-old woman, and they were denied medical attention due to the presence of both occupation snipers and tear gas/targetting of hospitals and makeshift clinics. Occupation forces rampaged through the streets, targeting Palestinian civilian …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-26). US to Send M1 Abrams to Ukraine. US-Backed Terror Targets Myanmar's Upcoming Elections. libya360.wordpress.com Update for January 25, 2023: West pledges main battle tanks to Ukraine Western media reports resignation of several high-level Ukrainian officials; The US and Germany have pledged the M1 Abrams and Leopard 2 main battle tanks; Western military experts explain that Western main battle tanks require large logistical support, years of training…

Brittani Banks (2023-01-26). The U.S. Foreign Policy Establishment Proves in Ukraine That It Forgot the Lessons of Vietnam. independentmediainstitute.org Friday, January 27th, marks years since the signing of the Paris Peace Accords by representatives from the United States, North and South Vietnam effectively ending American participation in the Vietnamese civil conflict. What the Georgetown University international relations scholar Charles Kuphan calls an "isolationist impulse" made a "significant comeback in response to the Vietnam …

Staff (2023-01-26). Fighting tomorrow's wars today: NATO defense chiefs discuss Ukraine, Kosovo, Iraq with global partners. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com NATOAllied Command TransformationJanuary 24, 2023 NATO Chiefs of Defence Meet in Brussels On 18 and 19 January 2023, the NATO Military Committee, joined by invitees Finland and Sweden, met in Chiefs of Defence format in Brussels. The Chiefs of Defence discussed the strengthening of the Defence and Deterrence posture of the Alliance by increasing readiness, …

Staff (2023-01-26). Great friends and partners: Turkey delivers more combat drones to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Interfax-UkraineJanuary 26, 2023 Baykar transfers two more Bayraktar TB2 drones to Ukraine The Turkish company Baykar has transferred two more Bayraktar TB2 drones to Ukraine on a free basis, the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine has reported. "Today [January 25] we received two more Bayraktar TB2 drones from our great friends …

_____ (2023-01-26). Study Throws New Light On Unfair Practices By Global Fashion Brands. popularresistance.org A study published this month found that popular international fashion brands with factories in Bangladesh were involved in multiple "unfair practices," such as paying suppliers below the cost of production, which had an impact on workers and their livelihoods. | The study conducted by Aberdeen University and advocacy group Transform Trade, titled 'Impact of Global Clothing Retailers' Unfair Practices on Bangladeshi Suppliers During COVID-19,' was based on the survey of 1,000 Bangladeshi factories that manufacture garments for international fashion firms. It found that these factories were facing rising costs for…

Anonymous669 (2023-01-26). Several People Wounded In Drone Attack On Government-Held Town In Syria's Hama. southfront.org On January 26, several people were wounded when a drone attacked the outskirts of the town of Qatrat al-Rihan in the northwestern countryside of Syria's Hama. | The target of the drone attack was reportedly a position of the Syrian Arab Army (SAA). It is still unclear if any of the wounded are service members. | This was the second such attack in less than a week. On January 23, a drone attacked the town of al-Suqaylabiyah, some 25 kilometers to the southeast of Qatrat al-Rihan, without causing any l…

Staff (2023-01-26). Amnesty Says India and Egypt Must End 'Unrelenting Assault on Human Rights'. commondreams.org As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi as the chief guest at his nation's 74th Republic Day celebrations, Amnesty International on Thursday led calls for both right-wing leaders to "address the ongoing human rights and impunity crises" in their respective countries. Meeting ahead of events commemorating the adoption of India's …

Xiaolu Sun (2023-01-26). Asian American population on the rise in Long Island City. america.cgtn.com Long Island City in the borough of Queens is the fastest growing Asian neighborhood in New York. A large number of migrants to Long Island City are recent graduates and Chinese students. Find out more.

Lucine Kasbarian (2023-01-26). The Armenian Cause: Silence Is Violence. indybay.org Social justice slogans that evidently don't apply to the Armenian Cause.

Steven Sahiounie (2023-01-26). Mossad and CIA Are Training Christian Extremist Militia in Lebanon. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2023-01-26). Military Situation In Iraq On January 26, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Juan Cole (2023-01-26). McCarthy's Vendetta against Rep. Ilhan Omar Recalls Congress's Refusal to seat first African-American Elected to House in 1869. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is making an attempt to keep Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) from taking her seat on the Foreign Affairs Committee. Omar is the only African Muslim woman in the House, and it is hard not to conclude that she is being targeted on racial and …

SouthFront5 (2023-01-26). Indonesia To Use Central Bank Digital Currency In Metaverse. southfront.org Indonesia is taking a big step forward in the world of digital currencies by introducing a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) to its citizens. This CBDC, which is scheduled to be launched later this year, will be used in the decentralized Metaverse platform. This is a huge milestone for Indonesia and the world as it marks the first-ever country to use a central bank digital currency in a blockchain-based virtual world. In this blog post, we will explore the implications of this move and what it could mean for…

Prof. Joseph H. Chung (2023-01-26). North Korea and the "General Theory of Juche"(主體:주체): Seven Questions. globalresearch.ca

Jake Johnson (2023-01-26). 4 + Climate Groups to UN: 'No COP Overseen by a Fossil Fuel Executive' Can Be Legitimate. commondreams.org

Anonymous669 (2023-01-26). 'International Resistance' Targets Another U.S. Supply Convoy In Iraq. southfront.org Early on January 26, a convoy moving logistic supplies for the United States-led coalition was targeted with an explosive device as it was passing near the town of al-Yusufiyah to the south of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, | The so-called International Resistance claimed responsibility for the attack a few hours later. In a statement, the shadowy group said that the convoy was "damaged." No casualties were reported as a result of the attack."By the grace of God Almighty and your prayers for you…

Natalia Marques (2023-01-26). Atlanta fights against $90 million dollar "urban warfare" corporate-backed police training facility. peoplesdispatch.org On June 7, 2021, then Atlanta city councilwoman Joyce Sheperd introduced a city ordinance to lease 381 acres of public land to the Atlanta Police Foundation for a police training facility, then budgeted at $80.6 million dollars. "To her surprise," writes the activist group Defend the Atlanta Forest, this ordinance was met with massive public opposition. | Leading up to a meeting on June 16, 2021 of Atlanta city council's finance executive committee, Atlanta residents called in 3 hours and 41 minutes of public comments in the form of pre-recorded messages. Most comments were in opposition to the project. Protester…

WSWS (2023-01-26). Sri Lankan plantation trade union leader elevated into cabinet. wsws.org On the same day Jeevan Thondaman became a member of cabinet, the Ceylon Workers Congress announced a local electoral seat-sharing pact in the Wickremesinghe's United National Party.

_____ (2023-01-26). 'Chinese Aggression' Sure Looks an Awful Lot Like U.S. Aggression. strategic-culture.org Punchbowl News reports that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is planning a trip to Taiwan, which will be yet another incendiary provocation against Beijing if it occurs. The previous House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, sparked a significant escalation in hostilities with her visit last year, the consequences of which are still reverberating today.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-26). Controversy over Beirut blasts probe escalates. peoplesdispatch.org The investigation into the August 2020 blasts, which killed over 200 people and injured thousands, has become a point of contention after controversial judge Tarek Bitar said he was resuming proceedings. Lebanon's Chief Prosecutor Ghassan Oweidat has filed charges against Bitar…

_____ (2023-01-26). Egyptian Economic Crisis Has Hit Syrian-Owned Businesses. strategic-culture.org

Staff (2023-01-26). Presentan equipo Cuba al V Clásico Mundial de Béisbol (+ Infografía). cubadebate.cu En una transmisión de la Televisión Cubana, autoridades de la Federación Cubana de Béisbol presentaron este miércoles el equipo Cuba al V Clásico Mundial de Béisbol, que se celebrará en cuatro ciudades de Asia y América del 8 al 21 de marzo de 2023.

Staff (2023-01-26). Sudáfrica trasladará más de 100 guepardos a India para reintroducir la especie. cubadebate.cu Sudáfrica anunció el jueves que llegó a un acuerdo para trasladar más de 100 guepardos a India, en el marco de un ambicioso proyecto para reintroducir estos felinos en ese país. India albergaba antes a los guepardos asiáticos, una subespecie declarada extinguida en 1952, debido a la escasez de lugares propicios para su vida y porque eran perseguidos por cazadores.

Staff (2023-01-25). Headlines for January 25, 2023. democracynow.org Germany and U.S. to Send Heavy Tanks to Ukraine, Talks on Swedish and Finnish Bid to Join NATO Delayed Amid Tensions with Turkey, U.K. Says 200 Asylum-Seeking Children Are Now Missing, New Zealand Swears In Chris Hipkins as New Prime Minister, Judge Resumes Probe into 2020 Beirut Blast, Reportedly Charges Ex-PM Hassan Diab with Homicide, U.N. Condemns Assassination of Eswatini Activist, Opposition Politician Thulani Maseko, Prominent Cameroonian Journalist Martinez Zogo Found Murdered, Florida Rejects New African American Studies Course; Manatee County Teachers Cover Books After New Ban, Classified Documents Foun…

Staff (2023-01-25). Finnish arms to Turkey in NATO quid pro quo, tanks to Ukraine next. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense PostJanuary 25, 2023 Finland Approves Military Sales to Turkey Amid NATO Row Finland's defense ministry said Wednesday the country had issued the first commercial export license for military material to Turkey since 2019 — a key demand for Ankara to approve Helsinki's NATO bid. Riikka Pitkanen, special adviser at the ministry, told AFP that …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-25). Report: Turkey Postpones NATO Talks With Sweden, Finland After Quran Burning. news.antiwar.com Turkey has postponed planned talks with Sweden and Finland on their potential NATO bids following a Quran-burning protest in Sweden that took place in front of the Turkish embassy, the Turkish broadcaster TRT World reported Tuesday. The report cited anonymous Turkish diplomatic sources who said the meeting was set to take place in Brussels next …

Kit Klarenberg (2023-01-25). Leaked Files: How Britain Trains Jordan to Spy on Its Citizens. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-01-25). South Korea: Intelligence Agency Raids Top Union Confederation. popularresistance.org South Korea's intelligence agency raided the offices of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, the country's largest organization of independent unions, and an affiliate on January 18. | The high-profile raid, over alleged ties between four former and current union officers and North Korean agents, has raised fears that the conservative government is reverting to dictatorship-era methods of attacking labor by conflating organizing with threats to national security. | The moves come at the same time as the conservative government, led by president Yoon Suk-yeol, seeks to lift restrictions on long working hours…

Anonymous669 (2023-01-25). HTS-Linked Ahrar Al-Sham Commander Killed In Mysterious Drone Strike In Syria's Aleppo. southfront.org Saddam al-Musa, aka "Abu Uday Aulan". Via Twitter. | On January 25, a drone strike killed a senior commander of the Ahrar al-Sham Movement who is close to al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). | The commander, Saddam al-Musa, was reportedly targeted by an unidentified combat drone near his house in the Turkish-occupied town of al-Hadath, which is located in the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo. | Al-Musa was the commander of Ahrar al-Sham's Eastern Sector, which is allied to HTS. The com…

WSWS (2023-01-25). Sri Lankan SEP to contest local government elections. wsws.org The SEP is the only party in Sri Lanka that fights for the unified mobilisation of the working class on an international socialist perspective and against the communal divisions whipped up by the ruling elites.

_____ (2023-01-25). Yet another chronicle of the Taiwan situation. journal-neo.org The penultimate chronicle of events accompanying the development of the Taiwan problem, discussed more or less regularly in the NEO, described the state of the initial reaction of politicians, both in Taiwan itself and among leading players in the world, to the rather unexpected results of local authorities elections on the island in late November. …

Dee Knight (2023-01-25). Protests on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Raise Hopes For Revitalization of Antiwar Movement. covertactionmagazine.com Demonstrators in 50 cities invoke King's legacy in denouncing U.S. war machine It has been a year of nearly unprecedented war hysteria—remarkable in a country that has been gripped in continuous war hysteria for generations. The memories of mainstream media publishing major exposures of U.S. war crimes—like the 1969 My Lai massacre in Vietnam and …

Christopher Black (2023-01-25). Syria and US War Crimes: The Reckoning Is Coming. globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-01-25). Nepal ready to welcome Chinese tourists: official. ecns.cn Nepal is ready to welcome Chinese tourists back as a popular destination, a Nepali official said.

_____ (2023-01-25). The Great Eurasian Merger. strategic-culture.org Eurasia is a sleeping giant that, once it finally wakes up, will be able to dictate its own rules to the US and its allies. | The world is not only tired, but exhausted, at the very end of its civilizational vitality, and all this is a consequence of almost eighty years of American global terror and hegemony. The US has arbitrarily and arrogantly granted itself a right that it perceives as sacred and inalienable, which is the freedom to intervene politically, economically, and militarily anywhere on the planet that it clearly considers its possession. In this American worldview, all other nations are merely a mea…

Bruce C.T. Wright (2023-01-25). 'Scandal-Free' Obama Gave All Classified Documents To National Archives, Rep Says. newsone.com Source: NurPhoto / Getty | Amid continued damning revelations about presidents and vice presidents who have recently been found to be in possession of It was reported on Tuesday that a number of classified documents have been discovered at the Indiana home of former Vice President

unitedEditor (2023-01-25). ISIS, the US Army and Rasmus Paludan. uwidata.com In Sweden, a person named Rasmus Paludan burned the Holy Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm under police surveillance. The Swedish government described the incident as a manifestation of freedom of expression. The goal: Clash of civilizations In many parts of the Middle East, especially in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has set …

Fight Back (2023-01-25). Charges dropped against organizers who confronted Philippines President Marco, Jr. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Charges against the Makibeki NYC 3 have or will be dismissed, defeating legal attacks that came after the protests against the president of the Philippines this past fall. | That's when pro-democracy organizers held a week of demonstrations against Philippines President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., who was visiting the United Nations. Marcos' father, Ferdinand Marcos Sr., declared martial law in the Philippines 50 years ago, and reigned over a 20-year dictatorship. Now his son, Marcos Jr., is presiding over a period of rampant human rights abuses, including arbitrary arrests and detention of p…

Muhammad Azizul Islam (2023-01-25). Impact of Global Clothing Retailers' Unfair Practices on Bangladeshi Suppliers During COVID-19. globalresearch.ca

Zaher Mousa (2023-01-25). The US Holds Iraq Hostage with the Dollar. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous669 (2023-01-25). SDF Launches 'Revenge Campaign In Syria's Raqqa (Video). southfront.org

WSWS (2023-01-25). Sri Lankan SEP to run candidates in local government elections. wsws.org The SEP is the only party in Sri Lanka that fights for the unified mobilisation of the working class on an international socialist perspective and against the communal divisions whipped up by the ruling elites.

_____ (2023-01-25). To what extent will relations between Sweden and Turkey escalate? journal-neo.org The warnings by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan uttered during a meeting with the youth in Mugla on January 15 that relations between Turkey and Sweden could worsen if Stockholm did not take action against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are becoming prophetic. As is known, in the summer of 2022, Turkey, Sweden and Finland …

Staff (2023-01-25). El comentario del presidente de Cuba sobre el "Dibu" Martínez y la final del Mundial. cubadebate.cu El fútbol es, sin duda, una de las pasiones que une a todos los países de América Latina. Esto hizo que en la cumbre de la Celac, que se llevó a cabo este martes en Argentina, no se pasara por alto, en algún que otro comentario informal entre mandatarios regionales, la consagración de la Selección Argentina en el Mundial de Qatar 2022.

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2023-01-26: News Headlines

WSWS (2023-01-26). Sri Lankan plantation trade union leader elevated into cabinet. wsws.org On the same day Jeevan Thondaman became a member of cabinet, the Ceylon Workers Congress announced a local electoral seat-sharing pact in the Wickremesinghe's United National Party.

Staff (2023-01-26). Presentan equipo Cuba al V Clásico Mundial de Béisbol (+ Infografía). cubadebate.cu En una transmisión de la Televisión Cubana, autoridades de la Federación Cubana de Béisbol presentaron este miércoles el equipo Cuba al V Clásico Mundial de Béisbol, que se celebrará en cuatro ciudades de Asia y América del 8 al 21 de marzo de 2023.




Staff (2023-01-25). Finnish arms to Turkey in NATO quid pro quo, tanks to Ukraine next. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Defense PostJanuary 25, 2023 Finland Approves Military Sales to Turkey Amid NATO Row Finland's defense ministry said Wednesday the country had issued the first commercial export license for military material to Turkey since 2019 a key demand for Ankara to approve Helsinki's NATO bid. Riikka Pitkanen, special adviser at the ministry, told AFP that …

Staff (2023-01-25). Headlines for January 25, 2023. democracynow.org Germany and U.S. to Send Heavy Tanks to Ukraine, Talks on Swedish and Finnish Bid to Join NATO Delayed Amid Tensions with Turkey, U.K. Says 200 Asylum-Seeking Children Are Now Missing, New Zealand Swears In Chris Hipkins as New Prime Minister, Judge Resumes Probe into 2020 Beirut Blast, Reportedly Charges Ex-PM Hassan Diab with Homicide, U.N. Condemns Assassination of Eswatini Activist, Opposition Politician Thulani Maseko, Prominent Cameroonian Journalist Martinez Zogo Found Murdered, Florida Rejects New African American Studies Course; Manatee County Teachers Cover Books After New Ban, Classified Documents Foun…




Dave DeCamp (2023-01-25). Report: Turkey Postpones NATO Talks With Sweden, Finland After Quran Burning. news.antiwar.com Turkey has postponed planned talks with Sweden and Finland on their potential NATO bids following a Quran-burning protest in Sweden that took place in front of the Turkish embassy, the Turkish broadcaster TRT World reported Tuesday. The report cited anonymous Turkish diplomatic sources who said the meeting was set to take place in Brussels next …

Kit Klarenberg (2023-01-25). Leaked Files: How Britain Trains Jordan to Spy on Its Citizens. globalresearch.ca




_____ (2023-01-25). South Korea: Intelligence Agency Raids Top Union Confederation. popularresistance.org South Korea's intelligence agency raided the offices of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, the country's largest organization of independent unions, and an affiliate on January 18. | The high-profile raid, over alleged ties between four former and current union officers and North Korean agents, has raised fears that the conservative government is reverting to dictatorship-era methods of attacking labor by conflating organizing with threats to national security. | The moves come at the same time as the conservative government, led by president Yoon Suk-yeol, seeks to lift restrictions on long working hours…

unitedEditor (2023-01-25). ISIS, the US Army and Rasmus Paludan. uwidata.com In Sweden, a person named Rasmus Paludan burned the Holy Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm under police surveillance. The Swedish government described the incident as a manifestation of freedom of expression. The goal: Clash of civilizations In many parts of the Middle East, especially in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has set …

_____ (2023-01-25). South Korea: Intelligence Agency Raids Top Union Confederation. popularresistance.org South Korea's intelligence agency raided the offices of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, the country's largest organization of independent unions, and an affiliate on January 18. | The high-profile raid, over alleged ties between four former and current union officers and North Korean agents, has raised fears that the conservative government is reverting to dictatorship-era methods of attacking labor by conflating organizing with threats to national security. | The moves come at the same time as the conservative government, led by president Yoon Suk-yeol, seeks to lift restrictions on long working hours…

unitedEditor (2023-01-25). ISIS, the US Army and Rasmus Paludan. uwidata.com In Sweden, a person named Rasmus Paludan burned the Holy Quran in front of the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm under police surveillance. The Swedish government described the incident as a manifestation of freedom of expression. The goal: Clash of civilizations In many parts of the Middle East, especially in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has set …

WSWS (2023-01-25). Sri Lankan SEP to contest local government elections. wsws.org The SEP is the only party in Sri Lanka that fights for the unified mobilisation of the working class on an international socialist perspective and against the communal divisions whipped up by the ruling elites.

_____ (2023-01-25). Yet another chronicle of the Taiwan situation. journal-neo.org The penultimate chronicle of events accompanying the development of the Taiwan problem, discussed more or less regularly in the NEO, described the state of the initial reaction of politicians, both in Taiwan itself and among leading players in the world, to the rather unexpected results of local authorities elections on the island in late November. …

Dee Knight (2023-01-25). Protests on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Raise Hopes For Revitalization of Antiwar Movement. covertactionmagazine.com Demonstrators in cities invoke King's legacy in denouncing U.S. war machine It has been a year of nearly unprecedented war hysteria—remarkable in a country that has been gripped in continuous war hysteria for generations. The memories of mainstream media publishing major exposures of U.S. war crimes—like the 1969 My Lai massacre in Vietnam and …

WSWS (2023-01-25). Sri Lankan SEP to run candidates in local government elections. wsws.org The SEP is the only party in Sri Lanka that fights for the unified mobilisation of the working class on an international socialist perspective and against the communal divisions whipped up by the ruling elites.

Bruce C.T. Wright (2023-01-25). 'Scandal-Free' Obama Gave All Classified Documents To National Archives, Rep Says. newsone.com Source: NurPhoto / Getty | Amid continued damning revelations about presidents and vice presidents who have recently been found to be in possession of It was reported on Tuesday that a number of classified documents have been discovered at the Indiana home of former Vice President

____ (2023-01-25). Up to 80 pct of Cambodian people celebrate Chinese Lunar New Year: PM. ecns.cn Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said here on Monday that the Chinese Lunar New Year has gained great popularity in the kingdom, estimating that up to 80 percent of the population observe it.

Zaher Mousa (2023-01-25). The US Holds Iraq Hostage with the Dollar. globalresearch.ca

Fight Back (2023-01-25). Charges dropped against organizers who confronted Philippines President Marco, Jr. fightbacknews.org New York, NY – Charges against the Makibeki NYC 3 have or will be dismissed, defeating legal attacks that came after the protests against the president of the Philippines this past fall. | That's when pro-democracy organizers held a week of demonstrations against Philippines President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos, Jr., who was visiting the United Nations. Marcos' father, Ferdinand Marcos Sr., declared martial law in the Philippines years ago, and reigned over a 20-year dictatorship. Now his son, Marcos Jr., is presiding over a period of rampant human rights abuses, including arbitrary arrests and detention of po…

____ (2023-01-25). Nepal ready to welcome Chinese tourists: official. ecns.cn Nepal is ready to welcome Chinese tourists back as a popular destination, a Nepali official said.

Muhammad Azizul Islam (2023-01-25). Impact of Global Clothing Retailers' Unfair Practices on Bangladeshi Suppliers During COVID-19. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-01-25). To what extent will relations between Sweden and Turkey escalate? journal-neo.org The warnings by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan uttered during a meeting with the youth in Mugla on January 15 that relations between Turkey and Sweden could worsen if Stockholm did not take action against the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) are becoming prophetic. As is known, in the summer of 2022, Turkey, Sweden and Finland …

_____ (2023-01-25). The Great Eurasian Merger. strategic-culture.org Eurasia is a sleeping giant that, once it finally wakes up, will be able to dictate its own rules to the US and its allies. | The world is not only tired, but exhausted, at the very end of its civilizational vitality, and all this is a consequence of almost eighty years of American global terror and hegemony. The US has arbitrarily and arrogantly granted itself a right that it perceives as sacred and inalienable, which is the freedom to intervene politically, economically, and militarily anywhere on the planet that it clearly considers its possession. In this American worldview, all other nations are merely a mea…

Staff (2023-01-25). El comentario del presidente de Cuba sobre el "Dibu" Martínez y la final del Mundial. cubadebate.cu El fútbol es, sin duda, una de las pasiones que une a todos los países de América Latina. Esto hizo que en la cumbre de la Celac, que se llevó a cabo este martes en Argentina, no se pasara por alto, en algún que otro comentario informal entre mandatarios regionales, la consagración de la Selección Argentina en el Mundial de Qatar 2022.

Fabiano Maisonnave, Diane Jeantet (2023-01-24). Brazil's new president works to reverse Amazon deforestation. peoplesworld.org RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Shaking a traditional rattle, Brazil's incoming head of Indigenous affairs recently walked through every corner of the agency's headquarters — even its coffee room — as she invoked help from ancestors during a ritual cleansing. The ritual carried extra meaning for Joenia Wapichana, Brazil's first Indigenous woman to command the …

Anonymous103 (2023-01-24). Beyond Vietnam to Ukraine. southfront.org

infobrics (2023-01-24). Saudi Arabia Joining BRICS: A Strategic Game Changer. infobrics.org In the book, BRICS and Global Governance, emerging markets and developing countries are increasingly playing a defining role in those trends, particularly in the growing cooperation among emerging markets and developing countries in the form of south—south cooperation…

Juan Cole (2023-01-24). Turkey's President Erdogan Says Swedish NATO Application out of Question after Qur'an burning in Stockholm. juancole.com Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday that Sweden can forget about membership in the 30-member North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Erdogan is demanding that Sweden cooperate with Turkey in repressing Kurdish activist expatriates in Sweden, all of whom he views as terrorists. He also says he is furious about the …

_____ (2023-01-24). How Britain Trains Jordan to Spy on Its Citizens. strategic-culture.org The British government covertly trained Jordanian security services in techniques known as "digital media exploitation" which has been used to monitor, manipulate, and disrupt dissent in the kingdom. | By Kit KLARENBERG | Leaked documents reviewed by The Cradle reveal that Britain secretly trained Jordanian security services in techniques used by the notorious UK security and cyber agency GCHQ, which provides signals intelligence to the British government and its armed forces.spi | Over three intensive, week-long, Foreign Office-funded training sessions conducted between June 2019 and March 2020, members of the P…

_____ (2023-01-24). Japan Reenlists As Washington's Spear-Carrier. popularresistance.org It is always the same when Japanese premiers travel to Washington to summit at the White House. Nothing seems to happen and nobody pays much attention even when important things happen, when we should all pay attention, and, when we do pay passing attention, we usually get it wrong. In January 1960, when Premier Nobusuke Kishi visited Washington, President Eisenhower blessed the war criminal and signed a security treaty the Japanese public vigorously opposed. That week Newsweek marked Kishi down as "that friendly, savvy Japanese salesman." | Kishi proved a salesman, all right. Three years later he used armed poli…

Anonymous103 (2023-01-24). Military Situation In Iraq On January 24, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Tashkil al-Warithin group claims responsibility for the drone attack on Tanf base. | MORE ON THE TOPIC: : |

Steven Sahiounie (2023-01-24). Egyptian Economic Crisis Has Hit Syrian-Owned Businesses. globalresearch.ca

WSWS (2023-01-24). South Korean government lifts indoor mask mandate while COVID-19 continues to run rampant. wsws.org The removal of masks indoors will only facilitate a new wave of COVID-19 across the country as dangerous new variants spread.

Staff (2023-01-24). Black Sea: U.S. deploys airborne, mountain troops to Romania. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Stars and StripesJanuary 23, 2023 Soldiers from 101st Airborne, 10th Mountain divisions expected to deploy to Romania Army units are gearing up for a potential deployment to Europe…in the Black Sea region. Elements from the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and the 10th Mountain Division headquarters are preparing for the mission, the Army …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-24). Study throws new light on exploitation of workers in Bangladesh by global fashion brands. peoplesdispatch.org After surveying 1,000 garment factories, the study found that popular fashion brands such as H&M, Zara, and GAP were exploiting workers by engaging in "unfair practices"

Editor at Global Grind (2023-01-24). Monterey Park Shooting: How To 'Stop Asian Hate'. newsone.com Source: FREDERIC J. BROWN / Getty | Several Asian American communities gathered for cultural Lunar New Year celebrations over the weekend, but most people didn't expect it to be the last for their family members. A new massacre killed 10 people at a Los Angeles-area ballroom dance club, casting fear throughout Asian communities. The rise in racial attacks continues, and the only beacon of hope we can offer is the ongoing phrase to

Soh Sook Hwa (2023-01-24). Video: Malaysian socialist on the new government, climate change and ecosocialism. greenleft.org.au Malaysian socialist Soh Sook Hwa spoke to Isaac Nellist about Malaysian politics and building a political alternative.

K.J. Noh (2023-01-24). The republic of prosecution: South Korea's national security state unleashes attacks on labor and peace activists. mronline.org Progressive South Korean citizens have been watching with impending dread the deepening threats of political repression since the former prosecutor Yoon Suk Yeol assumed the South Korean presidency. On Wednesday, January 18, the Yoon administration took off its gloves.

Editor (2023-01-24). Patrick Lawrence: Investigate This, Jim Jordan. scheerpost.com By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Somewhere between the first and second times I heard someone say "weaponize," this term and its derivatives—"weaponizing," "weaponization," and so on—began to repel me. It was the crudity of it, or the way it served as an accusatory dismissal, like "conspiracy theory." Assert that someone has weaponized a …

Zack Linly (2023-01-24). Texas Store Clerks Attack Elderly Black Woman Over $ Bill In A Crash Course On White Privilege. newsone.com White store clerks in Austin County, Texas, attacked 65-year-old Betty Smith for finding a $ bill on the floor. Protesters are calling for the store to be boycotted and the arresting officers to be held accountable.

jamanetwork (2023-01-24). Poetry and Medicine and New Poetry Commentaries in JAMA. jamanetwork.com "I find that I cannot exist without poetry" proclaimed John Keats, the beloved English Romantic poet who many forget was trained as a physician. Keats practiced medicine for only 7 years before abandoning the profession. The medicine of his day, in early 19th-century London, faced dire challenges we might recognize as not unlike those of our times: long work hours, inadequate resources, harmful superstition and widespread misinformation, rampant and frequently fatal infectious disease. Keats himself would eventually succumb to tuberculosis as a young man aged only 25. Surely such onerous work conditions contribut…

____ (2023-01-24). CCTV Spring Festival Gala captures audiences. ecns.cn The annual CCTV Spring Festival Gala offered people a unique and warm cultural feast on Saturday.For example, Japanese video platform Niconico has reported on the gala for the eighth time consecutively, attracting 124,000 people, and 93 percent of them praised the show.

Staff (2023-01-24). As Asian Americans Reel After Mass Shootings in California, Will Congress Take Any Action on Guns? democracynow.org As California is reeling after three mass shootings over the past three days, we go to Oakland to speak with Connie Wun, co-founder of the AAPI Women Lead organization and a researcher on race and gender violence, and look at the state of gun control with Nick Suplina, managing director for law and policy at Everytown for Gun Safety.

Dan Williams (2023-01-24). Monterey Park community calls for gun control. america.cgtn.com After the Monterey Park shooting that left eleven people dead, many of the residents in the predominantly Asian community are calling for stricter gun laws to be introduced across the country.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-01-24). Study throws new light on unfair practices by global fashion brands in Bangladesh. peoplesdispatch.org After surveying 1,000 garment factories, the study found that popular fashion brands such as H&M, Zara, and GAP were engaging in "unfair practices," which affected workers and their livelihoods…

Chris Garaffa (2023-01-24). Tribunal in Washington Calls on President Biden to End Prosecution of Julian Assange and to Defend Rights of Journalists and Whistleblowers. covertactionmagazine.com Nearly 13 years after WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange released the video Collateral Murder exposing the brutal and intentional killing of Iraqi civilians and two Reuters journalists, over 1 people packed the same room in the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. for the Belmarsh Tribunal. January 20th's sitting was the third of the Tribunal, following …

teleSUR, JCM (2023-01-24). Pakistán sufre un apagón masivo por una falla técnica. telesurtv.net De acuerdo con el ministro de Energía, Khurrum Dastagir, no se trata de una crisis grave, y que el Ministerio ya ha empezado a restablecer algunas estaciones de la red.

Staff (2023-01-24). Díaz-Canel a tiktoker argentino: Ante la verdadera naturaleza del Imperio, seguir defendiendo los postulados martianos (+ Video). cubadebate.cu En encuentro con el tiktoker Bruno Lonatti, el presidente cubano abordó recientes declaraciones de la jefa del Comando Sur sobre América Latina. "Tenemos que aprender, discerniendo bien dónde están la verdadera naturaleza y el verdadero interés del Imperio (… ) Martí nos convocó a mantener unidas a nuestras naciones, concepto que es tan universal como Nuestra América".

Staff (2023-01-24). Chapeando: La ausencia de Maduro y el video del Comando Sur (+ Podcast). cubadebate.cu En esta Cumbre, que transcurre a puertas cerradas, después del discurso de inauguración de los anfitriones, se está dirimiendo la capacidad de Nuestra América de salvar a CELAC del boicot yanqui y levantarla sobre las cenizas de la OEA moribunda.

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