(2022-12-25). Why We Need The Solidarity Economy. popularresistance.org We are living in a time of multiple crises. The climate emergency seriously threatens the continued survival of humanity, exacerbating injustice, exploitation, poverty and vulnerability. And the global cost of living crisis is driving more and more people into precarity. Although these crises are often portrayed as novel and contemporary rather than cumulative consequences of centuries-old destructive systems, those that have been at the frontlines of marginalization caused by the current world order, rooted in colonization and capitalism, have always known, to quote the Zapatistas, that this house has been on fi…
(2022-12-25). U.S. deep freeze leaves hundreds of thousands without power. tribune.com.pk 
An arctic blast that gripped much of the United States on Saturday left more than 700,000 without power, at least 16 dead from weather-related car crashes and thousands stranded due to flight cancellations. | Plummeting temperatures were expected to bring the coldest Christmas Eve on record, and energy systems across the country were strained by rising demand for heat and storm-related damage to transmission lines. | The latest outage numbers are a sharp drop from the 1.8 million U.S. homes and businesses left without power as of early Saturday morning, according to tracking site Poweroutage.us. | Many electri…
(2022-12-25). Iran says Western claims show 'effectiveness' of its drones. tribune.com.pk 
Iran's top general has said that Western claims its drones are being used by Russia against Ukraine show the 'effectiveness' of Tehran's unmanned aerial vehicles, Iranian media reported Sunday. | Kyiv and its Western allies have accused Russia of using Iranian-made drones to carry out attacks against Ukraine in the months-long conflict, causing significant damage to civilian and energy infrastructure. | In response, Western nations have sanctioned a number of Iranian firms and military generals, including the chief of the staff of Iran's armed forces, Major General Mohammad Bagheri. | Tehran had repeatedly den…
(2022-12-25). Fusion Energy: The Nuclear Weapons Connection. popularresistance.org In 1980, in my book Cover Up: What You Are Not Supposed to Know About Nuclear Power published that year, I wrote: "What about fusion? This has been held out by the nuclear establishment as a somewhat cleaner form of nuclear power—as the hydrogen bomb, a fusion device, is somewhat cleaner in fall-out than an atomic bomb. Somewhat." | "Fusion is theoretically supposed to get its power from fusing nuclei together," I continued. "This would be the opposite of fission, which blasts the nuclei apart. But to start the process, extremely high temperatures are required—100 million degrees Centigrade, more than…
(2022-12-25). Kiev Is Desperate For Weapons And Equipment. southfront.org 
ILLUSTRATIVE IMAGE | With a 10-month military conflict ongoing, Kiev is becoming more desperate for supplies of weapons and equipment, as well as money. During Zelensky's trip to Washington in late December 2022, the U.S. Congress approved another financial tranche for Ukraine. The European Union does not intend to stand aside either, providing Kiev with a large-scale financial aid of 18 billion euros, which Ukraine will start to receive from the beginning of 2023. | Back in the middle of this year, Western injec…