Daily Archives: January 7, 2022

2022-01-07: News Headlines

Robert Sanchez (2022-01-07). LA mobilizations demand justice for Valentina Orellana-Peralta and Daniel Elena Lopez. liberationnews.org On Jan 2., brought together by outrage and the necessity for action, a press conference was organized by the Coalition for Community Control over the Police (CCCOP), Project Islamic H.O.P.E, Party for Socialism and Liberation and other community activists in front of the Los Angeles Police Department Headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles.

Rosa Astra, Benjamin Zinevich (2022-01-07). Yes, there really were only two COVID deaths in mainland China in 2021. Here's how they did it. liberationnews.org To someone who lives under U.S. capitalism, a medical system that can successfully curb a pandemic like COVID-19 may seem like fantasy. What did the people, government, and Communist Party of China do to accomplish this incredible result?>

WSWS (2022-01-07). Historical falsification and the struggle for socialism. wsws.org In this work, Soviet historian and sociologist Vadim Rogovin (1937—1998) explodes the myth, shared by both anti-communists and Stalinists alike, that Stalinism evolved naturally and seamlessly out of Bolshevism.

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-07). Three killed, injured in chopper crash in Russia: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 07 (MNA) — One person was killed and two more were injured after a helicopter crash-landed late on Thursday night near a residential area in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan.

Party for Socialism, Liberation (2022-01-06). Assault on the Capitol: 24 questions and answers. liberationnews.org The Jan. 6 attack on Congress by a fascist-led mob was a pivotal moment in U.S. politics…

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-06). Norway switches to fifth-generation warplanes in mission 100 miles closer to Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Norway swaps in its F-35s for NATO quick-reaction mission in the High North Norway has designated its F-35 aircraft for a NATO quick-reaction alert mission in the High North, ending a 42-year run of the country's F-16s for that job, the government announced Jan. 6. The Lockheed Martin-made jets are held at Evenes Air Base …

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-01-06). "Capitalist Democracy": What is it? And it's connections to Fascism. anchor.fm In this episode I discuss some of the ongoing struggles facing people here in the United States, on the anniversary of the January 6 attempt to take over Congress, and overthrow the election, and how they connect to the history of capitalism's connection to fascism, and the use of democracy as a tool by the state of capitalist dictatorship to misconstrue and misinformed the masses into believing this democracy is for them.

New Atlas (2022-01-06). BOMBSHELL: India's Role in the US Proxy war on Myanmar (and on China). newatlas.report January 6, 2022 (The New Atlas) — Just as India had in the past aided US foreign policy objectives against China through hosting violent militant groups targeting Tibet, India is once again hosting militants, this time targeting China's BRI partner, Myanmar in Southeast Asia. Reuters admits that armed militants and their weapons are staged inside …

Editor (2022-01-06). Selling Out Democracy for Political Influence. scheerpost.com Boeing donated $190,000 to the "Sedition Caucus," according to Accountable.US. (Image by Accountable.US) | By Kyle Herrig / One year ago, the foundation of our democracy was jeopardized in a full-blown coup attempt by seditionists egged on by former president Donald Trump. People died. | Confederate flags were waved inside the Capitol. People with zip ties and weapons were ready to do harm or even kill members of Congress and the vice president. These were right-wing extremists who had the encouragement, and even…

Rick Rozoff (2022-01-06). Latvia to deliver military vehicles, weapons to Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Latvia to send vehicles, weapons to Ukraine Latvia's defense minister Artiks Pabriks claimed that his government is going to allocate military vehicles and weaponry for Ukraine. "…including weapons and vehicles. We will do this. We urge our allies in Europe to do the same.., Pabriks said…. According to the head of the Latvian Defense Ministry, …

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-01-06). Zionists main obstacles to annihilation of chemical weapons. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 06 (MNA) — An Iranian envoy to the United Nations said that the United States and the Zionist regime are the main obstacles to the total elimination of chemical weapons worldwide.

Ernst Wolff (2022-01-06). Uncovering the Corona Narrative: Was Everything Carefully Planned? Analysis by Ernst Wolff. globalresearch.ca ‚Å£‚Å£Superb explanation of one big reason the world went corona psychotic. Lecture by Ernst Wolff, renowned German economist and journalist. His focus is the on the global financial and monetary system, especially the role of the IMF, the World Bank, …

Ray Lvey Uyeda (2022-01-06). Climate justice through divestment. nationofchange.org n recent years, a growing movement to achieve climate justice has connected the root cause of climate change not just with greenhouse gases but also with a more entrenched, insidious foe: capitalism. The United States supports a system that allows a few corporations and people to earn money off climate degradation, mainly through the extraction …

Prabhat Patnaik (2022-01-06). Yet another contradiction of capitalism. mronline.org In the United States there are still four million persons who remain unemployed compared to before the pandemic; and yet the Biden administration's attempt to stimulate the economy has already run into a crisis with the re-emergence of inflation not just in that country but elsewhere in the capitalist world as well.

Party for Socialism & Liberation (2022-01-06). Tuesday 1/4: Press Conference: Stop the Mayor's War on the Tenderloin! indybay.org SF City Hall. Tune into the livestream via @PSLBayArea on Twitter…

Princess Harmony (2022-01-06). Queer people and the U.S. Communist movement, 1950-1969. workers.org The Compton's Cafeteria rebellion, San Francisco, 1966. Communists the world over fight for the liberation of the working class and the oppressed. From the very start, scientific socialism has also fought for the liberation of women from sexist and misogynistic worldviews and actions, ranging from the right to equal treatment . . . |

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2022-01-06). The 2020-22 Worldwide Corona Crisis: Destroying Civil Society, Engineered Economic Depression, Global Coup d'État and the "Great Reset" globalresearch.ca We are at the crossroads of one of the most serious crises in modern history. We are living history, yet our understanding of the flow of events since January 2020 has been blurred. Worldwide, people have been misled both by their governments and the media.

Emir Sader (2022-01-06). Lula's Standing Rose in 2021 while Bolsonaro and the Third Way Ran out of Steam. orinocotribune.com By Emir Sader — Dec 29, 2021 | The first characteristic of Brazil in 2021 was the reversal of optimism regarding economic reactivation and favorable economic projections for 2022. On the contrary, throughout the year the economic recession took root, to the point that the Central Bank of Brazil had to substantially raise interest rates. | Unemployment remained at the high levels of the previous year, but what increased greatly was the number of precarious workers. Today we can say that the vast majority of Brazilians who earn some kind of income do not do so with a formal contract. That is, they have no job…

Andrew Emett (2022-01-06). Body cam video shows Houston police killing pedestrian during pursuit. nationofchange.org The Houston Police Department recently released body cam footage of an officer driving onto the sidewalk during a vehicle pursuit and fatally striking an innocent 62-year-old man. According to HPD crash investigators, the officer was "traveling at an unsafe speed" and "performed a faulty evasive action." Around 5: 40 p.m. on December 4, 2021, Michael Wayne …

Staff (2022-01-06). F-35 jets grounded after crash-landing. rt.com Seoul has halted all operations involving the problem-prone US-made fighter jet after a serious malfunction resulted in a belly landing | South Korea's whole fleet of F-35 fighters has been grounded as its military investigates the cause of a landing gear glitch that forced a pilot to perform a risky crash-landing in the latest failure to plague the US-made craft. | An ill-fated training flight earlier this week has prompted a probe into what may have caused the malfunction, which affected a number of systems in addition to the plane's landing gear, South Korean defense officials said on Wednesday. | "With the…

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