(2023-01-12). China sales lift Airbus over Boeing. ecns.cn Boeing reported a big jump in airplane orders for 2022, but lags Airbus for the fourth consecutive year, mainly due to a soured US-China relationship that has led Chinese airlines to abandon Boeing and turn to Airbus.
(2023-01-12). Joining the War Club: Australia's HIMARS Purchase. dissidentvoice.org Another needless, fatuous endeavour; another irresponsible drain on the public purse; another expression that the military-industrial complex Down Under is thriving in all its insidious stupidity. But Australia's purchase of HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System) batteries from the United States can be put down to loneliness — or the feeling of being left out. …
(2023-01-12). Pakistan's Decision to Send Weapons to Ukraine Damages Relations with Russia. globalresearch.ca
(2023-01-12). The Waltz of the Bloody Clowns. covertactionmagazine.com Arms trafficking by Ukrainian gangs has made it possible to diversify stocks placed on the market at unbeatable prices in the countries of the European Union. Through an unprecedented outpouring of solidarity (especially with regard to the management of the health crisis), Europe has sent massive arms to Ukraine. Weapons that will undoubtedly end up …
(2023-01-12). Denver police officer indicted by grand jury after police shooting injures. fightbacknews.org Denver, CO – On January 4, Denver police officer Brandon Ramos was indicted by a grand jury for his actions on July 17, 2022. Ramos and two other officers, Megan Lieberson and Kenneth Rowland, fired their weapons into a crowd of people in an attempt to kill Jordan Waddy, a 21-year-old Black man, who held his hands in the air after throwing away his weapon. Waddy and six other people were injured in the mass shooting. | While Lieberson and Rowland will not see charges from the grand jury, Ramos was charged with two counts of second degree assault (reckless); three counts of third degree assault (knowing/reckless);…
(2023-01-12). Why is Georgia reluctant to send weapons to Kiev?>. infobrics.org Urging Georgia to provide the "Buk" SAM is a clear indicator of NATO's and Kiev's desperation. However, Tbilisi has been very reluctant to further antagonize Russia, as it realizes that it cannot count on the political West to come to its aid if Moscow decides to retaliate.
(2023-01-12). Weapons Contractors Kill 11,000 Children While Reading Fairy Tales. mintpressnews.com BAE Systems doesn't want us to only think of them as serial murderers. According to their PR department, they are also interested in reading fairy tales to children.
(2023-01-11). Climate change, capitalism threaten food security for millions in Texas. liberationnews.org 
At the heart of the issue is capitalist big agriculture.
(2023-01-11). Venezuela: Rentier Capitalism and the Project for Change (Part 1). orinocotribune.com By Carlos Dàºrich  ; Jan 9, 2023 | The Bolivarian process went through various phases in its almost three decades of existence. Part one of a historical analysis of the evolution of the dynamics of the class struggle in Chavista Venezuela. | "To historically articulate that past does not mean to know it 'as it truly was.' It means taking possession of a memory as it flashes at the moment of danger." | Walter Benjamin, Thesis VI, Theses on the philosophy of history. | The emergence of rentier capitalism | Every revolutionary movement, paraphrasing Marx, has to draw tactics and strategies for struggle from…
(2023-01-11). An assessment of 100 Years of the USSR. uwidata.com The USSR's most important contribution to humanity The most important contribution of the Soviet Union to humanity is that for the first time the Scientific Socialist theory was put into practice in a country, proving in practice that socialism can be constructed. The USSR became the most important model of the ideal of an equal, …
(2023-01-11). U.S. consumers getting buried under credit card debt. america.cgtn.com With inflation still three times higher than the Federal Reserve's target rate, a potential recession looming, and a central bank bent on cooling a hot labor market — 2023 is poised to deliver a bumpy ride for consumers carrying credit card debt.
(2023-01-11). The Eurozone is heading into a recession. uwidata.com Today we are publishing the third speech held on UWI's webinar on "Europe's Energy Crisis and the Prospects of Turkish-Russian Cooperation". The previous presentations are embedded into the text below. Title and subtitles were set by UWI. By Michael Roberts, Economist and labor activist, United Kingdom The current political position is quite clear from the …
(2023-01-11). 5 killed, 13 injured in Guangzhou car crash. ecns.cn A car accelerated and hit pedestrians in South China's Guangzhou city at around 17: 25 on Wednesday.
(2023-01-11). üéß LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Will UPS Workers Go On Strike? levernews.com In this week's episode of Lever Time Premium, our extended weekly podcast for supporting subscribers, Producer Frank, Andrew Perez, and Julia Rock discuss the "One Thing" that's been most on their mind recently. This week, they discuss the potential UPS strike, how to hold a "liberal intervention," and Larry Summers' call for more unemployment while literally on vacation (34: 36).In addition: Last October, grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons announced they planned to merge and become one of the largest grocery monopolies in the country. To learn what's at stake, David Sirota is joined by journalist Moe Tkacik, w…
(2023-01-11). Russian Lancet Drones Wipe Out More Ukrainian Howitzers, Rocket Launchers (Videos). southfront.org 
Lancet-3, screen grab from Russia-24 report. | On January 9, 10 and 11, Russian sources shared several videos documenting recent strikes with Lancet loitering munitions on Ukrainian equipment in the special military operation zone. | The strikes targeted the following equipment: | A Polish-made Krab self-propelled 155 mm howitzer; | An American-made M777 towed 155 mm howitzer; | A Soviet-made 2S1 Gvozdika self-propelled 122 mm howitzer; | A Soviet-made 2S3 Akatsiya self-propelled 152 mm howitzer; | A…
(2023-01-11). Bangladeshi community in Cambridge demands "justice for Arif Sayed Faisal!" workers.org Cambridge, Massachusetts On a sunny afternoon of Jan. 4, a Cambridge cop, accompanied by others also armed with lethal and nonlethal weapons, gunned down and killed 20-year-old Arif Sayed Faisal. By all accounts, after receiving a 911 call about a person in distress and hurting themself, police followed and directly . . . |