2023-01-27: News Headlines

Labor Video Project (2023-01-27). South Africa Power Outages, The ANC & Capitalism With Weizemann Hamilton. indybay.org The power outages in South Africa threaten the lives, jobs and future of South Africa. Weizmann Hamilton was one of the founders of the ANC and is now a leader of the Marxist Workers Party talks about the causes of this energy crisis, the role of the ANC, Imperialism and capitalism. T…

Suds, snacks,, socialism forum committee (2023-01-27). Saturday 2/4: Haiti: Past, Present, and Future. indybay.org Starry Plough Pub | 3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94705…

Codepink (2023-01-27). Statement on the Killing of Tortuguita by Atlanta Police. dissidentvoice.org On January 18th, Tortuguita, a brave and beloved Weelaunee Forest Defender, was killed by Atlanta Police. As people of conscience, as breathers of air, as anti-imperialists, as feminists, pacifists, activists — we condemn this state-sanctioned murder. Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, AKA Tortuguita, is the victim of an expanding and increasingly militarized machine of state violence, …

Agustín Velloso (2023-01-27). Imperialist Democracy: Apical Nazism. dissidentvoice.org News of January 26, 2023, from InfoDefenseEspañol channel: Bundestag deputy Petr Bistron to Olaf Scholz about the transfer of tanks to Ukraine: You have just said goodbye to the fundamental provisions of Germany's post-war foreign policy, Germany's special responsibility towards the world. The slogan 'Never again' meant the refusal to supply weapons to conflict zones. …

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-27). Kremlin Says NATO's 'Direct Involvement' in Ukraine War Is 'Growing'. news.antiwar.com The Kremlin said Thursday that the US and NATO's "direct involvement" in the war in Ukraine is "growing" as the Western powers are pledging to send tanks and other equipment. "There have been repeated statements from the European capitals and from Washington that the sending of various weapons systems, including tanks, to Ukraine by no …

Jason Ditz (2023-01-27). IAEA Chief Falsely Claims Iran Could Fuel 'Several Nuclear Weapons'. news.antiwar.com

Allen Forrest (2023-01-26). The Purpose of the 99%-ers. dissidentvoice.org The function that the moneyed class have determined for the rank and file within their system of capitalism.

Dana Sanchez (2023-01-26). Used Car Prices See Biggest Plunge Since Great Recession, More To Go. moguldom.com Used car prices have been on a wild ride and it's not over yet. Pandemic-related supply chain issues that drained inventory in the new car market helped drive the biggest annual used car price gains on record — up 45 percent in the 12 months ending in June 2021, according to the Consumer Price Index. …

Dean Baker (2023-01-26). After Fourth Quarter GDP, Economy Looks Solid Unless Fed Derails Economy. cepr.net While the media keep touting the prospects for a recession, it is difficult to see why there would be one in the immediate future. Just to start with the basic picture, growth in the fourth quarter was a very solid 2.9 percent, following a slighter stronger 3.1 percent in the third quarter. This is very …

Dean Baker (2023-01-26). After Fourth Quarter GDP, Economy Looks Solid Unless Fed Derails It. cepr.net While the media keep touting the prospects for a recession, it is difficult to see why there would be one in the immediate future. To start with the basic picture, growth in the fourth quarter was a very solid 2.9 percent, following a slightly stronger 3.1 percent in the third quarter. This is very far …

Kenny Stancil (2023-01-26). New Research Details Promise of Converting From 'War Economy to a Green Economy'. commondreams.org

A pair of reports published Thursday show that many workers employed in the U.S. military-industrial complex support shifting manufacturing resources from military to civilian use—a conversion seen as vital to the fight against the climate emergency.Moving "from a war economy to a green economy" can help avert the worst consequences of the climate crisis, noted the Costs of War project at Brown University's Watson Institute, publisher of the new research."Ever-higher military spending is contributing to climate catastrophe, and U.S. lawmakers need a better understanding of alternative economic choi…

Newswire Editor (2023-01-26). From a War Economy to a Green Economy. commondreams.org

Staff (2023-01-26). CODEPINK's Statement on the Killing of Tortuguita by Atlanta Police. commondreams.org On January 18th, Tortuguita, a brave and beloved Weelaunee Forest Defender, was killed by Atlanta Police. As people of conscience, as breathers of air, as anti-imperialists, as feminists, pacifists, activists — we condemn this state-sanctioned murder. Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, AKA Tortuguita, is the victim of an expanding and increasingly militarized machine of state violence, …

Anonymous669 (2023-01-26). Several People Wounded In Drone Attack On Government-Held Town In Syria's Hama. southfront.org File image. | 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…

Rick Rozoff (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 …

Rick Rozoff (2023-01-26). In historic visit by president, Israel tells NATO to confront Iran. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Agence France-PresseJanuary 26, 2023 Israel Urges NATO To Confront Iran Threat Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Thursday urged the NATO military alliance to toughen its approach to Iran, as Tehran supplies drones to Russia for its war on Ukraine. "The crisis there goes beyond the boundaries of Ukraine, with the Iranian threat now at Europe's …

SouthFront5 (2023-01-26). Ukraine Command And Coordination Architecture In Bakhmut. southfront.org This article uses the data provided by the Russian Telegram channels Rybar. | Al Jazeera has released a report from the Ukrainian-controlled town of Bakhmut (Artemivsk). Correspondent Omar al-Hajj describes how Ukrainian units are trying to allegedly "ensure the safety of the town's residents, assessing the situation as critical". | The last part of the video showed a rather interesting scene, Al Jazeera cameramen filmed the process of the situation room center collecting and analysing data from all drones operating over frontline in real time. | Three men from the Scala Independent Reconnaissance Battalion ar…

Editor (2023-01-26). Short video on the U.S. military and climate disaster. mronline.org Ireland has to stop collaborating with the U.S. military/industrial complex by allowing U.S. troops and in Shannon Airport (3 million and rising so far).

Michael G. Roskin (2023-01-26). Mike Pompeo, seeking White House, runs interference for the Saudis, Trashing murdered Journalist Khashoggi. juancole.com Nashville &#1 ; (Special to Informed Comment) &#1 ; Mike Pompeo asserts that murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Kashoggi was no mild critic of the Saudi regime but a dangerous radical trying to subvert it. This, I suspect, has been the Saudi line fed to Washington since Kashoggi's 2018 dismemberment at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. Trump …

_____ (2023-01-26). Ukraine's Zelensky Sends Love Letter To US Corporations. popularresistance.org Ukraine's Western-backed leader Volodymyr Zelensky sent a love letter to US companies, thanking "such giants of the international financial and investment world as BlackRock, JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs" for buying up his country's assets. | "Everyone can become a big business by working with Ukraine", he enticed, claiming that the reconstruction of his nation "will be the largest economic project of our time in Europe". | Zelensky likewise praised the Starlink company of billionaire Elon Musk for its technological support, and he called for more Western weapons shipments, including Patriot missiles and Abram tan…

auorinoco (2023-01-26). Presidents of Mexico and Colombia Criticize Arms Shipments to Ukraine. orinocotribune.com On Wednesday, January 25, the president of México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), referred to the German government's decision to send more weapons to Ukraine as "lamentable." Germany has given in to pressure manufactured by the media, opined AMLO. | The Mexican president said that the German government decided to send tanks to Ukraine against the will of the majority of the Germans. He stressed that Germany did not intend to "get too involved" in the Ukraine—Russia war, but instead has given in to the media's power to influence and subdue governments. | Conferencia de prensa matutina, desde Palacio Na…

Ben Norton (2023-01-26). German foreign minister: 'We are fighting a war against Russia'. geopoliticaleconomy.com "We are fighting a war against Russia", Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock told the Council of Europe. "We can fight this war only together" she said, calling to send tanks and more weapons to Ukraine.

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-26). Ukraine Expects to Get All the Western Weapons It Wants. news.antiwar.com Shortly after President Biden announced Ukraine would be getting the Western-made tanks it sought, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was demanding fighter jets and longer-range missiles. Ukrainian officials have been lobbying for months to receive F-15 or F-16 fighter jets from the US and Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACAMS), munitions with a range of up to …

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