ecns.cn (2024-01-24). Nation's efforts on human rights praised at UN. ecns.cn Representatives of various countries on Tuesday lavished praise on the human rights development and progress made by China and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region over the years, saying China's efforts have protected human rights and bridged the poverty gap.

Editor (2024-01-25). How Wealthy Corporations Use Investment Agreements to Extract Millions From Developing Countries. scheerpost.com

ecns.cn (2024-01-24). Chinese mini-dramas turn hot overseas. ecns.cn A poor female worker reluctantly agrees to an intimate relationship with a wealthy farm owner in Africa, but their initially forced interactions soon blossom into an unexpected romance.

thecommunists (2024-01-25). Joti Brar and Garland Nixon: Parasitic imperialism, episode 1. thecommunists.org Joti Brar, vice-chair of the CPGB-ML, in an introductory discussion on the nature of imperialism, discusses with Garland Nixon the origins of monopoly in the womb of capitalism. They talk about how this huge concentration of wealth into a few massive fortunes, which is accompanied by the immiseration of the vast masses of the world's …

Ann Brown (2024-01-25). Wife Explains Why Trade School Is Better Than College And Debt: 7 Things To Know. moguldom.com In a world where a college degree has long been considered the traditional pathway to success, a rising number of individuals are challenging this narrative by choosing trade schools over college. One woman, in particular, took to social media to share her perspective on why trade school can be a better option than pursuing a …

ecns.cn (2024-01-24). China further opens up financial market with 10 foreign firms approved for underwriting. ecns.cn NAFMII said on Tuesday that 10 more foreign-funded institutions have been approved as lead underwriters or underwriters of debt financing instruments for non-financial enterprises, in a major step for financial opening.

Ann Brown (2024-01-25). Wife Explains Why Trade School Is Better Than College And Debt: 7 Things To Know. moguldom.com In a world where a college degree has long been considered the traditional pathway to success, many individuals challenge this narrative by choosing trade schools over college. One woman, in particular, took to social media to share her perspective on why trade school can be a better option than pursuing a college degree, sparking a broader …

CADTM International (2024-01-25). CADTM International supports the general strike in Argentina on 24 January 2024 and the popular uprising against debt. cadtm.org

Eric Toussaint (2024-01-25). Early conflicts between the UN and the World Bank/IMF tandem. cadtm.org In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by democratic institutions serving an ecological, feminist and anti-racist bifurcation. To mark these 80 years, we are republishing a series of articles every Wednesday until July, looking in detail at the history and damage caused by these (…) | – | / |

Eric Toussaint (2024-01-25). The WB assists those in power in a witch-hunting context. cadtm.org In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by democratic institutions serving an ecological, feminist and anti-racist bifurcation. To mark these 80 years, we are republishing a series of articles every Wednesday until July, looking in detail at the history and damage caused by these (…) | – | / |

CADTM International (2024-01-24). CADTM International supports the general strike in Argentina on 24 January 2024 and the popular uprising against debt. cadtm.org

Eric Toussaint (2024-01-24). Early conflicts between the UN and the World Bank/IMF tandem. cadtm.org In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by democratic institutions serving an ecological, feminist and anti-racist bifurcation. To mark these 80 years, we are republishing a series of articles every Wednesday until July, looking in detail at the history and damage caused by these (…) | – | / |

Eric Toussaint (2024-01-24). The WB assists those in power in a witch-hunting context. cadtm.org In July 2024, the World Bank and the IMF will be 80 years old. 80 years of financial neo-colonialism and the imposition of austerity policies in the name of debt repayment. 80 years is enough! The Bretton Woods institutions must be abolished and replaced by democratic institutions serving an ecological, feminist and anti-racist bifurcation. To mark these 80 years, we are republishing a series of articles every Wednesday until July, looking in detail at the history and damage caused by these (…) | – | / |

presstv.ir (2024-01-25). German train drivers stage longest-ever strike, plunging economy into chaos. presstv.ir Germany's train drivers stag their longest-ever industrial action over pay and working hours, plunging the nation's market into chaos.

ecns.cn (2024-01-24). Revamped animal feed formulas to reduce reliance on imports. ecns.cn Authorities are working to revamp animal feed formulas with an aim to curb the use of soybean meal, a byproduct of soybean oil extraction.

Laith Fadel (2024-01-24). El Niño heightens wildfire risk in Colombia. america.cgtn.com In Bogota, the capital of Colombia, firefighters are working to contain wildfires that started on Monday just outside the city. The El Niño weather pattern, associated with warmer-than-average surface waters in the eastern Pacific, is increasing the risk of wildfires in Colombia. Over 60 wildfires have erupted in the country this month. CGTN's Michelle Begue reports.

Liberation Staff Louisiana (2024-01-24). Five things to know about Louisiana's new far-right Gov. Jeff Landry. liberationnews.org He is a vocal white supremacist, watchdog of the police state and opponent of all working-class, marginalized and oppressed communities.

People's Dispatch. (2024-01-24). One Of The Largest Unions In The US Called For A Ceasefire In Gaza. popularresistance.org "Wherever violence, fear and hatred thrive, working people cannot," reads a statement by Mary Kay Henry, the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). SEIU, which boasts two million members, just joined a growing section of the US labor movement in calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. SEIU is now the largest union in the country to issue such a statement. | The statement begins with condemning "the horrific attacks by Hamas on October 7th," while also condemning "the widespread attacks on innocent civilians, including the bombardment of neighborhoods, healthcare facilities, and refugee camps, by…

REHUNO, Red Humanista de Noticias en Salud (2024-01-24). Healthy or addictive bonds? pressenza.com For many years now, in my professional practice, which has also been enriched by my own personal work, I have been working with relationships. By Lic. Vilma Perren A long time ago, in this "looking inwards", I discovered a relationship…

WSWS (2024-01-24). Emergency Online Public Meeting – Oppose the betrayal of the CFA strike! wsws.org The AWRFC-SDSU and the WSWS invites faculty, lecturers, staff and students for a discussion on mobilizing independently of the CFA, rejecting the TA, developing new rank-and-file committees across CSU, continuing the strike and expanding their struggle to all sections of the working class.

Dave DeCamp (2024-01-25). Israeli Forces Flatten Gaza Border Areas to Create Militarized Zone. news.antiwar.com Israel is destroying buildings and flattening areas of Gaza on the Israeli border to create a so-called "buffer zone" that Israel will militarize, demonstrating its long-term plans to occupy the Strip. According to The Wall Street Journal, Israeli soldiers began working in November in an area in northern Gaza to create a wasteland roughly 1 …

presstv.ir (2024-01-25). Ansarullah orders US, British UN staff to leave Yemen. presstv.ir Officials from Yemen's Ansarullah movement have instructed US and British nationals working for the United Nations to leave the country within a month.

WSWS (2024-01-25). Vote "No" to Quebec unions' sellout deals as first step in preventing the scuttling of the public sector workers' struggle. wsws.org We need to form rank-and-file committees in every workplace to unite public sector employees and mobilize all workers, in the province and across North America, in a political struggle to defend jobs, wages and working conditions for all.

WSWS (2024-01-25). Support the train drivers' strike in Germany! wsws.org The strike by train drivers in Germany must become the launchpad for a broad mobilisation of the entire working class. A mass movement against the shift to the right by all the establishment parties, social cuts and war, and growing resistance among workers, shows there is a strong basis for this.

WSWS (2024-01-25). US presidential election heads toward Trump-Biden contest. wsws.org The choice between the Republican fascist and the Democratic warmonger and enabler of genocide in Gaza is no choice at all. The alternative must come from the working class.

WSWS (2024-01-25). From Germany, farmers' protests erupt across France and Europe. wsws.org The decisive issue is linking these growing protests into a movement of the working class against the NATO war on Russia, the financial aristocracy and the capitalist system.

WSWS (2024-01-25). Public meeting: Oppose the Sri Lankan government's witch hunt against electricity workers. wsws.org The Wickremesinghe government and CEB management witch hunt is a direct attack on the fundamental democratic rights of the entire working class.

Editor (2024-01-24). This is what Leninist solidarity looks like! workers.org The International Assembly against Imperialism in Solidarity with Palestine, held Jan. 21 in New York City, exemplified the title of the old union classic, "Solidarity forever." Representatives of working-class and national liberation movements in five continents took the time to prepare written or video messages — or spoke in person . . . |

Eric A. Gordon (2024-01-24). 'This Chain' album by George Mann celebrates the radical minstrel tradition. peoplesworld.org This Chain is the latest in a veritable, uh, chain of albums released by the hard-workin', hard-travelin' George Mann, singer-songwriter bard of the veterans' homes, the senior centers, the fellow travelers, and picket lines. He still holds high the lofty banner of unions and the working stiffs, the hobos and societal rejects, those we've lost, …

Liberation Staff Louisiana (2024-01-24). 5 things to know about Louisiana's new far-right Gov. Jeff Landry. liberationnews.org He is a vocal white supremacist, watchdog of the police state and opponent of all working-class, marginalized and oppressed communities.

Martha Grevatt (2024-01-24). Palestine and the role of the global working class. workers.org Grevatt is a retired Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) worker who served on the executive boards of UAW Locals 122 and 869. This is from her message to the International Assembly against Imperialism in Solidarity with Palestine, on Jan. 21, in New York City. Understanding imperialism is so critical at this moment, . . . |

Martha Grevatt (2024-01-24). Palestine and the role of the global working class. workers.org Grevatt is a retired Stellantis (formerly Chrysler) worker who served on the executive boards of UAW Locals 122 and 869. This is from her talk at the International Assembly against Imperialism in Solidarity with Palestine, on Jan. 21, in New York City. Understanding imperialism is so critical at this moment, . . . |

Ann Brown (2024-01-24). Is Joe Biden Pushing Spirit Airlines Into Bankruptcy Filing By Blocking Merger? moguldom.com On Jan. 16, a federal judge dealt a significant blow to the potential JetBlue-Spirit Airlines merger on supporting the Biden administration and preventing the $3.8 billion deal from moving forward. Almost immediately after the rule, Spirit shares dropped significantly. Spirit Airlines plummeted about 22 percent, CNBC reported. Some observers say Spirit may be on the …

WSWS (2024-01-25). LFI's response to new French government exposes its bankruptcy. wsws.org The admission that the Socialist Party gave birth to "horrors" such as the fascistic Attal-Macron regime highlights the bankruptcy of La France Insoumise (LFI), whose leaders emerged from the PS and still defend the counter-revolutionary negotiations of trade union bureaucracies with it.

Editor (2024-01-25). Gaza's Economy Has Been Erased. Famine and Black Markets Are All That Remain. scheerpost.com

mforinoco (2024-01-25). Argentina: Milei's Blitzkrieg and the Unconstitutional Plan. orinocotribune.com By Maria Fernanda de la Quintana — Jan 23, 2024 | The rush to violate the Argentine Constitution and constitutional guarantees is part of a deliberately executed plan to carry out the biggest plundering of resources transfer while implementing a model of famine. | Article 29 clearly states; "The Congress may not grant the national Executive, nor the provincial Legislatures to the provincial governors, extraordinary powers, nor the sum of public power, nor grant them submissions or supremacy by which the life, honor or fortunes of the Argentine people are at the mercy of any government or person. Acts of this…

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2024-01-24). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 110: Israeli forces encircle Khan Younis as Gazans risk famine. mondoweiss.net As Netanyahu attempts to prolong war on Gaza, Israeli forces and tanks bomb Khan Younis and lay siege around the city's major hospitals. Meanwhile, Gazans are turning to animal fodder for food as starvation sets in.

Peter Koenig (2024-01-24). Depopulation and the mRNA Vaccine. globalresearch.ca In the Global South, despair, without shelter, no food — often leading to suicide and if not to death by famine. However, those few billionaires on top, who pretend soon be ruling the One World Order, increased their combined fortune in just a few months by some 200 billion dollars.

Tareq S. Hajjaj (2024-01-24). Gaza's economy has been erased. Famine and black markets are all that remain. mondoweiss.net Even in areas like Rafah, where the Israeli ground invasion has not reached, Gaza's society has been decimated. Its economy no longer exists and basic goods can only be found on the black market where they cost ten times their prewar price.

krish-rad_ind (2024-01-24). 'Operation Al-Aqsa Flood' Day 110: Israeli forces encircle Khan Younis as Gazans risk famine. mondoweiss.net

Ruth Milka (2024-01-24). Economic inequality exposed: The Roosevelt reports unmask the fallacy of corporate tax cuts. nationofchange.org "Reforming corporate tax policies is crucial for building a more equitable economy."

isabella (2024-01-24). Ranting Billionaire Makes Unwitting Case for Charity Reform. inequality.org

Liam Crisan (2024-01-24). Rural Inequality vs. Grassroots Land Reform: Brazil's Landless Workers' Movement Turns Forty. inequality.org

Mustafa Abu Sneineh (2024-01-24). Some Palestinians in Gaza Turn to Animal Fodder for Food as Starvation Sets In. truthout.org This figure was confirmed by Gaza's Ministry of Health. Some rights groups put the death toll number closer to 32,000 when accounting for those presumed dead. ** This figure is released by the Israeli military. Starvation and hunger are spreading among half a million Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, as they facing rainy, cold weather and insufficient food due to the ongoing Israeli aggression… |

presstv.ir (2024-01-24). Over half a million Palestinians face 'catastrophic hunger' in Gaza: UN. presstv.ir The UN experts have already said Israel was using food as a weapon against Palestinians in Gaza.

Abby Zimet (2024-01-24). Gaza Horrors: Ironclad Support For Starving, Blinding, Shattering Children. globalresearch.ca Harrowingly, confoundingly, Gaza's horrors grow. Israel kills 250 people a day, attacks hospitals, bombs survivors in tents, blocks over 75% of humanitarian aid from reaching a place where "every single person is hungry," a quarter are starving, most are cold, …