(2022-01-12). Ecosocialist Bookshelf, January. greenleft.org.au Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus presents seven new books for red-greens and green-reds to start the new year.
(2022-01-12). A New Year's appeal from the World Socialist Web Site. wsws.org The fight against COVID is a fight against capitalism! Support the World Socialist Web Site! Unite the working class! Take up the fight for World Socialism in 2022!
(2022-01-12). Virginia legal aid groups drop lawsuit against unemployment agency despite massive backlog of unresolved claims. wsws.org The dropping of the lawsuit comes as the Democratic Party statewide and nationally seeks to accustom the population to an unending pandemic in which nearly 900,000 Americans have lost their lives and over 500,000 people contract COVID-19 daily.
(2022-01-11). Descubriendo la narrativa alrededor del coronavirus: øSe planeó todo cuidadosamente? Análisis de Ernst Wolff. globalizacion.ca 
‚Å£‚Å£Explicación magnífica de una gran razón por la que el mundo se volvió psicótico corona. Conferencia de Ernst Wolff, reconocido economista y periodista alemán. Su enfoque está en el sistema financiero y monetario global, especialmente el papel del FMI, el…
(2022-01-11). Descubriendo la narrativa alrededor del coronavirus: øSe planeó todo cuidadosamente? Análisis de Ernst Wolff. globalizacion.ca ‚Å£‚Å£Explicación magnífica de una gran razón por la que el mundo se volvió psicótico corona. Conferencia de Ernst Wolff, reconocido economista y periodista alemán. Su enfoque está en el sistema financiero y monetario global, especialmente el papel del FMI, el…
(2022-01-11). Pope should know poverty, not pets, keeps people from having kids under capitalism. peoplesworld.org 
As a pet companion, who often feels like I occupy my cat's apartment and not my own, I was disappointed at the Pope's recent scolding of couples opting for pets over having children or having only one child. It was a missed opportunity the Pope did not seize. "Today…we see a form of selfishness," Pope …
(2022-01-11). U.S. Capitalism Surrenders to COVID. liberationnews.org 
Brian Becker, Esther Iverem, Nicole Roussell and Walter Smolarek discuss how the Biden administration is surrendering to the COVID pandemic — urging the public to "learn to live with" the deadly disease…
(2022-01-11). Winter of death: Two deadly housing fires in less than a week expose the reality of American capitalism. wsws.org New York City and Philadelphia saw their deadliest housing fires in decades amid a climate of official indifference to death as the COVID-19 pandemic has been allowed to rage out of control.
(2022-01-11). COVID, capitalism, and collapse: A roundtable discussion with NYC nurses and teachers. mronline.org 
Labor journalist and NewsGuild organizer Chris Brooks sat down with a group of New York City nurses and teachers to talk about how the institutions they work for are collapsing and what labor activists can do about it.
(2022-01-11). Bolivia Achieves Record Levels of Economic and Social Growth in 2021. orinocotribune.com 
By Tanya Wadhwa — Jan 8, 2022 | Under the rule of President Luis Arce and vice president David Choquehuanca of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party, Bolivia recovered from the economic losses suffered during the coup regime of Jeanine àÅñez. | After suffering deep economic setbacks during the de-facto rule of coup-installed president Jeanine àÅñez, Bolivia's economy not only recovered but achieved new levels of economic and social growth in 2021. Under the rule of President Luis Arce and vice president David Choquehuanca of the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) party, the country's exports g…
(2022-01-11). There Really Were Only Two COVID Deaths In Mainland China In 2021. popularresistance.org As the Omicron variant causes record levels of infection in the United States, the end of the pandemic seems as far away as ever. But far from preparing a robust response to defeat the virus, the Biden administration is preparing to surrender and encourage the public to "learn to live with" COVID indefinitely. | When the Party for Socialism and Liberation pointed out the fact that China has in fact succeeded at virtually eliminating deaths from the virus, we were attacked by far-right pundits like Ben Shapiro — who took the position that such a feat is essentially impossible and asserted that China's achiev…
(2022-01-11). Taiwanese F-16 fighter jet vanishes. rt.com 
Search and rescue operation is underway | An F-16V fighter jet, the most advanced aircraft in the Taiwanese Air Force fleet, has gone missing, with witnesses claiming that they saw the aircraft crash into the sea. A search and rescue operation is ongoing. | The plane went missing from Air Force radars on Tuesday afternoon, shortly after taking off from Chiayi Air Base in the south of the island. The government's Rescue Command Centre said eyewitnesses had told them they saw the plane crash into the sea. | President Tsai Ing-wen demanded that no efforts should be spared in the search and rescue operation and re…
(2022-01-11). South Korean Air Force pilot killed in F-5 crash: report. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 11 (MNA) — A South Korean Air Force pilot was killed in a F-5 fighter jet crash on Tuesday (Jan 11), officials said, a week after the country grounded its fleet of F-35s.
(2022-01-11). Republicans Only Extend Unemployment When It Protects Anti-Vaxxers. truthout.org 
U.S. politics these days is all too often an Alice-through-the-looking-glass absurdity. | Over the last few weeks, at least
(2022-01-11). Elbit Forced To Sell Factory After Sustained Direct Action Campaign. popularresistance.org After 18 months of sustained direct action taken at the Elbit Ferranti site in Oldham, Greater Manchester, with 36 people arrested, Elbit have now sold Ferranti technologies, with its continued operation in Oldham appearing unfeasible. Activists have occupied, blockaded, smashed, disrupted, and protested regularly at the site, ultimately succeeding in ending the factory's production of specialist military technologies for Israel's fleet of combat drones. | In November 2021, anonymous sources revealed to Palestine Action that mass redundancy notices had been issued to staff working at the factory, and that premise…
(2022-01-11). Living in Epoch-Defining Times: Food, Agriculture and the New World Order. dissidentvoice.org Farmerless farms manned by driverless machines, monitored by drones and doused with chemicals to produce commodity crops from patented genetically engineered seeds for industrial 'biomatter' to be processed and constituted into something resembling food. Data platforms, private equity firms, e-commerce giants and AI-controlled farming systems. This is the future that big agritech and agribusiness envisage: a …
(2022-01-11). Argentina warns of legal action after documents reveal Britain shipped nukes to Falkland Islands during 1982 conflict. mronline.org 
ARGENTINA warned that it may take action after leaked documents revealed that Britain shipped 31 nuclear weapons to the Falklands during the 1982 conflict.