(2022-12-29). øQué Brasil recibirá Lula da Silva de Jair Bolsonaro?>. telesurtv.net Durante el mandato de Jair Bolsonaro, Brasil registro un aumento en los niveles de pobreza, desigualdad social, violencia armada y deforestación.
(2022-12-29). Saturday 1/14: Strike Debt Bay Area Book Group: Less Is More. indybay.org Online: Email strike.debt.bay.area@gmail.com a few days beforehand for the the online invite.
(2022-12-29). Astonishment. The Beginning and End of Theology. indybay.org Debt relief is absolutely essential. Making persons morally liable who are materially in debt is a mistake. Condemning the helpless and broken is completely wrong. They urgently need help. Forgiveness of material debts and moral offenses is one and the same for Jesus. Human existence is crucial.
(2022-12-29). Australian central bank rate rises target working-class households. wsws.org Internal documents from the Reserve Bank of Australia show that the economic and cost-of-living crisis will intensify in 2023, with a deliberate policy to inflict the suffering primarily on workers and their families.
(2022-12-29). Santa Cruz Homeless Death List for 2023: Follow-Up. indybay.org Two public ceremonies were held December 21st where the names of the unhoused dead for the year (some of them) were read. My response was the attached flyer, reprinted in the Serf City Times, suggesting some obvious but likely to be ignored remedies to ward off the 2023 deaths list. Also attached is the Homeless Persons Health Project/County report.
(2022-12-29). Judge Donna Ryu condemns City of San Francisco's attacks on the homeless encampments. indybay.org Protest Against Attacks On San Francisco Homeless Encampments:…
(2022-12-29). Workers in South Korea continue to struggle for equality January 15. answercoalition.org In 13 regions through the Republic of Korea (South Korea), workers at the 2021 People's Congress rededicated their commitment to struggling for economic and social justice in the country. The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) is preparing for significant demonstrations in Seoul January 15, which are being organized around the slogan, "Let's overthrow inequality through general unity with the people!" The KCTU is the largest umbrella organization of trade unions in the south. | The upcoming action follows the October 20 general strike, the November 17 peasant demonstrations, and the December 2 poor pe…
(2022-12-28). Tax Broke: The inside story of how Baltimore's inclusionary housing bill got hollowed out, and how activists hope to fix it. therealnews.com 
"Tax Broke" is a TRNN investigative project focused on the use of tax break and subsidies stimulate growth in a city that continues to lose population and struggle with poverty. The centerpiece of the project is an hour-long documentary. However, as information comes to light about the cost, fairness, and political economy which fuels this system, TRNN will publish updates in the form of print pieces and podcasts. | ACLU of Maryland housing attorney Barbara Samuels joins this podcast to explain why Baltimore is critical to the growth of affordable housing and what has to happen to make it work as City Counc…
(2022-12-28). Sri Lanka's Neoliberal Nightmare, Widespread Famine Triggered by Covid-19 Lockdown and an Unpayable External Debt. globalresearch.ca
(2022-12-28). U.S. 'justice' system trashes diplomatic immunity & rules against Alex Saab, defense working on appeal. mronline.org 
On Friday, December 23, U.S. Federal Judge Robert Scola of the Southern District of Florida ruled that the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab does not have the right to diplomatic immunity, as the U.S. government does not recognize the government of President Nicolás Maduro.
(2022-12-28). UN Security Council reiterates call for women's equal participation in Afghanistan. ecns.cn The UN Security Council on Tuesday reiterated its call for full participation of women and girls in Afghan society, expressing concern about the Taliban's ban on women studying and working.
(2022-12-28). Indigenous Elders Evicted And Banished From Colony Without Trial. popularresistance.org Winnemucca Indian Colony, Paiute and Shoshone lands, Nevada – The Winnemucca Indian Colony is an Indian Colony created by the 1916 executive order of Woodrow Wilson and an act of 1928 Congress for homeless Paiute and Shoshone Indians to live and work nearby the developing railroad and town in far northwest Nevada. While the history of the Colony is complex, it is undisputed that Residents engaged in self-governance of their homelands until the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) and others asserted involvement in the group's affairs. The community has suffered from years of litigious disputes, harassment, and violence…
(2022-12-28). Germany could become 'bankrupt state' due to energy spending. mronline.org 
Germany is fearing its own demise at its own hands as the measures it takes to combat the ongoing energy crisis are causing its reserves to falter.
(2022-12-28). About One-Third Of The Food Americans Buy Is Wasted. popularresistance.org You saw it at Thanksgiving, and you'll likely see it at your next holiday feast: piles of unwanted food — unfinished second helpings, underwhelming kitchen experiments and the like — all dressed up with no place to go, except the back of the refrigerator. With luck, hungry relatives will discover some of it before the inevitable green mold renders it inedible. | U.S. consumers waste a lot of food year-round — about one-third of all purchased food. That's equivalent to 1,250 calories per person per day, or US$1,500 worth of groceries for a four-person household each year, an estimate that doesn't…