(2021-01-06). Army Ground Forces gain uinque achievments in drone sector. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) — The commander of Iranian Army Ground Forces said the body has gained great and unique achievements in manufacturing drones.
(2021-01-06). Environmental Capitalism and Climate Change Wars: Australia in 2000. counterpunch.org The Australian was convinced. "Australia could have avoided two decades of climate change wars had the Howard government pushed ahead with its majority view of an emissions trading scheme (ETS), newly released documents reveal." Historian Chris Wallace is not as unequivocal in this assertion, but nonetheless observes in The Conversation that "a working consensus among
(2021-01-06). It wasn't 2020, it was the ruling class trying to kill you. mronline.org 
Reflections on COVID-19, capitalism, empire, and the worst year ever from the Hood Communist editorial staff.
(2021-01-06). Syria deplores US support to Israeli mass destruct. weapons. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) — Syria has condemned the attempt by the US administration to protect the Israeli regime's arsenal of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.
(2021-01-06). US adventurism caused Ukrainian plane crash. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) — IRGC in a statement on Wednesday said the Urkarnian flight PS752 tragedy was the result of adventure-seeking terrorism of the US.
(2021-01-05). IRIAF to announce good news of Iranian drones progress soon. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) — The Commander of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) said there will be good news about the development of Iran's knowledge of drones in the near future.
(2021-01-05). Who to Believe about Venezuela's Election? US Meddling. globalresearch.ca In early December I travelled to Venezuela to be an election observer at their national assembly election. I was part of a group of eight persons from Canada and US organized by CodePink. There were about two hundred international observers …
(2021-01-05). Polarization, Then A Crash: Michael Hudson On The Rentier Economy. popularresistance.org I'm delighted to have Michael Hudson join us today. He'll be discussing how under a neoliberal shift from industrial to finance capitalism, today's most pressing economic conflict is not simply between labor and employers. It's a conflict in which rentier interests have the upper hand over labor, industry and government together. This is the political economy in which the COVID-19 economic shock is playing out with dire consequences. Michael Hudson is a research professor of economics at the University of Missouri – Kansas City and a research associate at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. Michael Huds…
(2021-01-05). The environment movement we have, and the one we need. mronline.org 
The ecological crisis—the disasters of earth, water, air and fire that are afflicting the global environment and the human society that depends on it—is a crisis of capitalism's making. Karl Marx famously described capital as coming into the world "dripping from head to foot, from every pore, with blood and dirt".
(2021-01-05). Woman, Child Killed After Fall From Tennessee Interstate Overpass. laprensalatina.com MADISON COUNTY, TN (WKRN) — A 26-year-old Memphis woman and a child are dead after falling from an interstate overpass in Madison County early Monday morning. The Madison County Sheriff's Office said deputies responded just after midnight to a crash at the Shell Station on Law Road, just south of exit 93 on Interstate 40 …
(2021-01-05). Israelis, Saudis plotting for creating crisis in region. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) — Deputy Commander of IRGC Quds Force said that Zionist regime and Saudi Arabia are plotting to create crisis in the region in order to take revenge on Iran.
(2021-01-05). Syria: 'Identified gaps, inconsistencies' raise questions over elimination of chemical weapons. news.un.org "Identified gaps, inconsistencies and discrepancies" that remain unresolved, have brought into question the true extent of the elimination of chemical weapons during Syria's bloody conflict, the UN disarmament chief told the Security Council in her briefing on Tuesday.
(2021-01-04). Army to hold large-scale drone exercise. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) — The first joint and large drone combat exercise of the Army with the participation of hundreds of operational drones of the different sections of the force will be held in Semnan for two days.
(2021-01-04). The political lessons of the pandemic and the fight for socialism in 2021. wsws.org The pandemic is a "trigger event" that manifests in a highly concentrated form the contradictions of the global capitalist system and is unleashing long-suppressed forces of social transformation.
(2021-01-04). COVID-19: The Emergence of the Pandemic Industrial Complex. globalresearch.ca : | If official numbers are to be believed, the United States is one of the worst hit countries in terms of COVID-19 infections and deaths. According to the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), at the time of writing, …
(2021-01-04). Singapore's GDP posts worst-ever contraction of 5.8 percent. laprensalatina.com Bangkok, Jan 4 (efe-epa).- Singapore's gross domestic product (GDP) shrank by 5.8 percent during 2020, its worst contraction since independence from Malaysia in 1965, weighed down by the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is the fourth straight quarter of decline of the GDP of the city-state, whose economy is in recession. The last …
(2021-01-04). The Political Lessons Of The Pandemic. popularresistance.org 1. As the New Year begins, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to sweep across the globe. This is a world crisis of vast historical significance. The pandemic is a "trigger event" that manifests in a highly concentrated form the contradictions of the world capitalist system and is unleashing long-suppressed forces of social transformation. | 2. The pandemic cannot be described as merely a medical crisis. In the course of the past year, the thoroughly reactionary character of world capitalism has been exposed. The interaction of the drive for profit regardless of social cost, the lust of the oligarchs for obscene leve…
(2021-01-04). Selected Articles: The Emergence of the Pandemic Industrial Complex. globalresearch.ca 
By This sit down interview with Catherine Austin Fitts covers the spectrum of the current situation we find ourselves in. It was conducted as …
(2021-01-04). 2020: Annus Horribilis, The Worst Is Yet to Come? Poverty, Unemployment, Despair. globalresearch.ca
(2021-01-04). American Imperialism: Crash Course U.S. History #28. mronline.org 
John Green teaches us about Imperialism.
(2021-01-04). Netanyahu reacts to resumption of 20% enrichment by Iran. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) — In his latest baseless claim, Zionists' Netanyahu said Iran's resumption of 20 percent uranium enrichment is aimed at developing nuclear weapons.
(2021-01-04). KRG rep. says Gen. Soleimani helped Kurdistan to fight ISIL. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 04 (MNA) — Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) representative in Tehran says that martyr. Gen. Qassem Soleimani helped Iraqi Kurdistan by sending weapons and military advisers to defeat ISIL.