Monthly Archives: January 2024

2024-01-10: News Headlines

Maurizio Guerrero (2024-01-10). ICE May Get Its Largest Budget Ever, Signaling Surveillance Capitalism's Triumph. truthout.org Aided by electronic monitoring and data mining companies that extract, aggregate, and sell personal information from tens of thousands of private and public digital databases without the consent of individuals, the Biden administration is expanding the surveillance of immigrants to unprecedented levels — stifling dissent and political organizing and sowing fear among non-citizens and civil rights… |

Akkanut Wantanasombut, Grassroots Economic Organizing. (2024-01-10). Creating A Support System For Platform Cooperatives In Thailand. popularresistance.org Since its first proposal in 2014, Platform Cooperativism has evolved into a global movement as an alternative to Platform Capitalism. The concept has been adopted in over 546 known projects across 50 countries. The establishment of the Platform Cooperativism Consortium (PCC), serving as a knowledge hub for the global community, marked a significant milestone. PCC fosters inspiration, knowledge, outcomes, and impacts—I am a testament to this, considering myself a small yet integral piece of the evidence. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I enrolled in the online course 'Platform Co-op Now!'

ATTAC (2024-01-10). 28th session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 28) No to green colonialism, no to the false solutions of green capitalism, no to green normalization, Yes to the sovereignty of peoples over their territories. cadtm.org

latintimes (2024-01-10). Japan Tightens Air Traffic Control Protocols After Crash. latintimes.com Japan has tightened its air traffic control protocols after a fiery collision at Tokyo's main airport in which five people died but hundreds escaped to safety, the government said Wednesday.

Amy Goodman (2024-01-10). Profit over safety: Boeing supplier ignored safety warnings before jet door blowout, The Lever reports. nationofchange.org Warnings went unheeded, and the employees were told to falsify records, according to a new investigation by The Lever on a federal complaint filed by workers at Spirit.

latintimes (2024-01-10). Boeing CEO: Alaska Airlines Incident 'Our Mistake,' Vows Transparency. latintimes.com Boeing Chief Executive Dave Calhoun took responsibility on Tuesday for a near-catastrophic Alaska Airlines incident last week, vowing "complete transparency" as the aviation giant tries to pivot from its latest crisis.

Editor (2024-01-10). After Another Incident, Boeing Whistleblower Warns Against Corporation's Requests for 'Safety Exemptions'. scheerpost.com

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2024-01-10). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 96: Israel to face genocide charges at ICJ, battles rage on in northern Gaza. mondoweiss.net Hamas rejects Blinken's visit to Ramallah, saying there are "no differences between Israel and the Americans," as U.S. and UK naval forces shoot down 21 Yemeni drones over the Red Sea. Meanwhile, Corbyn is set to join South Africa's ICJ delegation.

MEE staff (2024-01-10). Yemen's Houthis step up attacks in Red Sea as Israeli bombardment kills more journalists. middleeasteye.net Yemen's Houthis step up attacks in Red Sea as Israeli bombardment kills more journalists | British naval vessel was involved in shooting down drones and missiles fired by the Yemeni group, which is targeting ships heading to Israel | Wed, 01/10/2024 – 13: 45 | A photo released by the UK Ministry of Defence taken from the bridge of the HMS Diamond as missiles were launched in the Red Sea (Royal Navy) | T…

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-10). Yemeni Armed Forces Respond to US Attack on Navy, Strike Ship Providing 'Israel' with Support. english.almanar.com.lb The Yemeni Armed Forces announced Wednesday in a statement carrying out a joint military operation with a large number of ballistic and naval missiles and drones targeting an American ship that was providing support to the Zionist entity. With the help of Allah Almighty, the naval forces, missile force, and the drone air force of …

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-10). Yemeni Armed Forces attack a US ship providing 'Israel' with support with drones and ballistic as well as anti-ship missiles: statement. english.almanar.com.lb

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-10). Hezbollah fighters strike Israeli occupation site of Al-Marj with appropriate weapons, hitting it directly: statement. english.almanar.com.lb

latintimes (2024-01-10). N. Korea's Kim Brands Seoul 'Principal Enemy' On Weapons Factory Tour. latintimes.com North Korea's Kim Jong Un branded South Korea his country's "principal enemy" and warned he would not hesitate to annihilate it as he toured major weapons factories, state media said Wednesday.

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2024-01-08: News Headlines

Paul Burkett (2024-01-08). Marx's Vision of Sustainable Human Development. mronline.org With global capitalism's worsening poverty and environmental crises, sustainable human development comes to the fore as the primary question that must be engaged by all twenty-first century socialists in core and periphery alike. It is in this human developmental connection, I will argue, that Marx's vision of communism or socialism (two terms that he used interchangeably) can be most helpful.

ATTAC (2024-01-08). 28th session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 28) No to green colonialism, no to the false solutions of green capitalism, no to green normalization, Yes to the sovereignty of peoples over their territories. cadtm.org

ATTAC (2024-01-07). 28th session of the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 28) No to green colonialism, no to the false solutions of green capitalism, no to green normalization, Yes to the sovereignty of peoples over their territories. cadtm.org

Garrett Brown, Against the Current. (2024-01-08). Talking Socialism On The Job. popularresistance.org With a new generation of socialist activists entering the workforce to build unions and the socialist movement, experiences from 45 years ago may provide lessons about what works and what does not work when talking socialism on the job. | I joined the Young Socialist Alliance in 1971 and the Socialist Workers Party in 1973, resigning from the party in December 1983. I was a student activist in California, Massachusetts, and Illinois, before becoming the labor reporter for The Daily Calumet newspaper in southeast Chicago in 1976. | While a journalist at The Daily Calumet I covered the United Steel Workers of Ameri…

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-08). Talking Socialism On The Job. popularresistance.org

midwesternmarx (2024-01-08). "OUR CAPACITY TO RESIST AND WIN IS BASED ON SOCIALISM" By: MLToday. midwesternmarx.com Compatriots: We arrive at the 65th anniversary of the triumph of our socialist Revolution. Many have been the challenges we have had to face to reach this point; but it has been worth it, the work of the Revolution and its social achievements, even in the midst of difficulties, corroborate this.For Fidel has been the first thought of Cubans in this historic commemoration, especially here, in the heroic city of Santiago de Cuba that treasures his immortal remains, and also for all those who …

Democracy Now! (2024-01-08). Democracy Now! 2024-01-08 Monday. democracynow.org Headlines for January 08, 2024; "Huge Miscalculation": Biden's Refusal to Push for Gaza Ceasefire Could Drag U.S. into Middle East War; Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate: Israel Is Targeting Media in Gaza to Hide Its Atrocities from the World; "Wake-Up Call": Mother of Boeing Crash Victim & Boeing Whistleblower on Latest MAX Jet Disaster | Headlines for January 08, 2024; "Huge Miscalculation": Biden's Refusal to Push for Gaza Ceasefire Could Drag U.S. into Middle East War; Palestinian Journalists' Syndicate: Israel Is Targeting Media in Gaza to Hide Its A…

Tanupriya Singh, People's Dispatch. (2024-01-08). Construction Workers Reject Labor Export Deal To Israel As 'Sinister Ploy'. popularresistance.org Over the past few weeks, at least two states in India, governed by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), have issued notices for the recruitment of construction workers to be sent to Israel. | Reports emerged towards the end of last year that Israel was seeking to hire up to 100,000 workers from India to replace Palestinian workers in its construction sector. After the Al-Aqsa Flood Operation began on October 7, Israel revoked the work permits given to all Palestinian workers from Gaza, where unemployment and poverty rates are rampant due to the ongoing 17-year-long siege imposed by the Zionist occupation.

Florence CGTN (2024-01-07). Boeing under renewed scrutiny. america.cgtn.com The fallout for Boeing tied to its 737 Max-9 jetliners continues after a mid-flight blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight last week. Luckily no one was injured in the mid-air fiasco, but the U.S. airline manufacturer is coming under renewed scrutiny as the National Transportation Safety Board conducts an investigation.

teleSUR, JDO (2024-01-07). Ordenan inmovilizar aviones Boeing tras incidente en EE.UU. telesurtv.net EE.UU. detiene temporalmente 171 aparatos Boeing 737 MAX 9 luego de que uno de ellos perdió una ventanilla y parte del fuselaje en pleno vuelo.

Melissa Garriga, Consortium News. (2024-01-08). US Citizens Push Embassies To Back South Africa's Genocide Charge. popularresistance.org Peace activists across the United States have embarked on a campaign to mobilize global support for South Africa's charge of genocide against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). | The campaign, spearheaded by CODEPINK, World Beyond War and RootsAction, aims to rally nations to submit a Declaration of Intervention supporting South Africa's case at the ICJ. | The focus is on holding Israel accountable for alleged genocide in Gaza and putting an end to the tragic suffering of an imprisoned population. Delegations from major cities engaged with U.N. missions, embassies, and consulates from around the…

Melissa Garriga (2024-01-08). Coalition of "Grassroots Diplomats" Take the Lead on International Solidarity with South Africa in the Absence of Diplomacy and Accountability from U.S. Officials. counterpunch.org Peace activists across the country have embarked on a campaign to mobilize global support for South Africa's charge of genocide against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). The campaign, spearheaded by CODEPINK, World Beyond War, and RootsAction, aims to rally nations to submit a "Declaration of Intervention" supporting South Africa's case at the

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-08). Fighters of Iraq's Islamic Resistance have attacked the occupied Al-Rumeilan base in Syria using drones: statement. english.almanar.com.lb

teleSUR, lfb, JDO (2024-01-07). FF.AA. rusas derriban un helicóptero y 29 drones ucranianos. telesurtv.net En las últimas 24 horas, las tropas rusas repelieron seis ataques de las fuerzas militares de Ucrania en las direcciones de Kupyansky y Donetsk.

WSWS (2024-01-08). UK protesters demonstrate at weapons factories and demand "Stop Arming Genocide" wsws.org For the past months, in the absence of any opposition by the trade unions, demonstrations and protests have been taking place across Britain aimed at preventing the exports of weaponry and weapon parts to Israel which are being used in its genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza.

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-08). Hezbollah fighters strike the Israeli occupation site of Ruwaisat Al-Alam and gatherings of Zionist soldiers in Shtoula and the vicinity of Jal Al-Aalam site with rocketry and appropriate weapons, inflicting confirmed casualties: statements. english.almanar.com.lb

David Cronin (2024-01-07). Firms profiting from Gaza genocide take part in London weapons fair. electronicintifada.net Sponsors have made equipment used in Israel's war.

english.almanar.com.lb (2024-01-07). Hezbollah Targets Israeli Sites amid Hostile Attacks on Residential Areas. english.almanar.com.lb The Islamic Resistance fighters on Sunday launched a series of targeted strikes on Israeli sites, inflicting significant losses on the Israeli forces, as confirmed in successive statements throughout the day. At 1: 45 pm, a gathering of enemy soldiers in the south of Al-Manara faced the wrath of the Islamic Resistance's missile weapons, resulting in a …

Attack on Berkeley's Historic Site (2024-01-07). Police Draw Weapons in Raid on People's Park. indybay.org Police stormed Peoples' Park in Berkeley CA at midnight January 4 in order to force everyone out. | Photos courtesy dress wedding @therealdresswedding IG.

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