Candace Baker (2024-01-31). Lawmakers Must Fully Fund the WIC Program. otherwords.org When my grandmother was raising my cousins and me, she taught us to work hard and go after what we wanted. I didn't know it at the time, but we were in poverty. | Scared of judgment and bureaucracy, my grandmother refused to apply for assistance programs. But that meant she had to work several jobs, day and night, bringing us with her because she couldn't afford child care. We barely got by — and enjoyed no time together outside of work and school. | We thought that's how everyone lived. Your grandma works around the clock and still can't make ends meet. That's life, right? But as I got older, I saw that ot…

CGIAR (2024-01-31). World: Ecosystem Assessment of Food, Land, and Water Actors in the Humanitarian, Development, and Peace Nexus (December 2023). reliefweb.int Countries: Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Jordan, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, World, Yemen, Zimbabwe | Sources: CGIAR, International Water Management Institute | Please refer to the attached file. | Hangyul Song, Clara Sarangé, Anne Oderoh, Hauke Dahl, and Inga Jacobs-Mata | Executive Summary | 1.5 billion people live in fragility and conflict-affected settings (FCAS) and they face an increased risk of food insecurity and poverty trap. A systems approach in collaboration with innovators in FCAS is needed to produce practical and inclusive solutions that can…

albawaba (2024-02-01). Mark Zuckerberg's wealth soars making him 5th richest person globally. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The fortune of Meta's CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, saw a significant increase in 2023, with an addition of $84 billion. This propelled him to become the fifth richest person in the world, with a total net worth of $139.1 billion, according to Forbes' real-time billionaire list.Despite the challenges of the past year, this surge, estimated at around $9.6 million per hour or nearly $230.6 million per day, reflects the recovery of Meta's stock, approaching its all-time high. This reinforces investors' confidence in the company's long-term vision, transforming Facebook into more than just a social media platform.

Independent Media Institute (2024-02-01). How Media Companies Can Meet Their Climate Commitments—and How Readers Can Help. pressenza.com A few simple strategies for recipe curation can help newsgroups achieve their own climate goals. | By Laura Lee Cascada | The global shift toward plant-forward diets, particularly in wealthy countries, is consistently Given the significant influence media wields in shaping cultural norms, news outlets have a unique opportunity to promote plant-based eating, mainly through the recipes they offer their audiences. Through several simple behavioral nudges, news out…

CADTM International (2024-02-01). CADTM International supports the general strike in Argentina on 24 January 2024 and the popular uprising against debt. cadtm.org

Eric Toussaint, Maxime Perriot (2024-02-01). Is there a debt crisis in the South and what is recommended by the CADTM? cadtm.org Maxime Perriot: In an article published in December 2023 you claimed in the wake of a World Bank report that "developing countries" were trapped in a new debt crisis, yet the Financial Times and other sources point out that in the first two weeks of 2024 several so-called developing countries managed to easily refinance their debt. What is actually the situation?
| The three developing countries that managed to sell sovereign bonds all produce oil and gas
| Éric Toussaint: The three countries (…) | – |

Eric Toussaint (2024-02-01). 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 (2024-02-01). SUNFED versus World Bank. 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 (2024-02-01). 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 (…) | – | / |

Ann Brown (2024-01-31). Atlanta School Halts Plans To Give Kids Only Cheese Sandwiches If Cafeteria Bill Isn't Paid. moguldom.com In a swift flip-flop, City Schools of Decatur has announced the reversal of its controversial decision to serve cheese sandwiches to students with unpaid lunch debts. The school policy change, which was set to take effect on Feb. 1st, sparked widespread concern among parents and the community. Decatur is about 17 miles northeast from Atlanta. …

CADTM International (2024-01-31). CADTM International supports the general strike in Argentina on 24 January 2024 and the popular uprising against debt. cadtm.org

Eric Toussaint, Maxime Perriot (2024-01-31). Is there a debt crisis in the South and what is recommended by the CADTM? cadtm.org Maxime Perriot: In an article published in December 2023 you claimed in the wake of a World Bank report that "developing countries" were trapped in a new debt crisis, yet the Financial Times and other sources point out that in the first two weeks of 2024 several so-called developing countries managed to easily refinance their debt. What is actually the situation?
| The three developing countries that managed to sell sovereign bonds all produce oil and gas
| Éric Toussaint: The three countries (…) | – |

Eric Toussaint (2024-01-31). 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 (2024-01-31). 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 (…) | – | / |

Evaggelos Vallianatos (2024-01-31). The Beast Behind the Classical Mask: The German Occupation of Greece, 1941-1944. counterpunch.org Prologue Greek economists and Greek government documents show that German atrocities and violence in World War II occupied Greece exceed 1 trillion dollars.[1] Yet try searching the Internet about the German debt to Greece and you ger the Greek debt to the Germany dominated European Union and America's International Monetary Fund. The entire historical experience

Germán Gorraiz López (2024-01-31). Is Germany heading for a Dexit? pressenza.com After the consummation of Brexit, Germany's hypothetical exit from the Euro would bring about the end of the Eurozone and the gestation of a new European economic cartography that would mean a return to watertight economic compartments. | The "debt brake" doctrine: | According to Joel Kotkin in Forbes magazine, for decades "the countries of the North (Germany, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland, and the United Kingdom) have compensated for very low fertility rates and declining domestic demand with the arrival of immigrants and the creation of highly productive export-oriented economies". T…

Sharon Zhang (2024-01-31). Tlaib: Meta's Taxes Would Drop From 25 Percent to -2 Percent Under New Tax Bill. truthout.org Progressive Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Michigan) has announced that she is opposed to the bipartisan tax bill currently moving through Congress that would hand major tax cuts to corporations and the rich while giving marginal benefits to working families via a partial revival of the expanded child tax credit. Leaders in Congress are working on a bill that would revive the pandemic-spurred child tax… |

thecommunists (2024-01-31). Serbian communists denounce west-backed post-election violence. thecommunists.org Our party congratulates the New Communist Party of Yugoslavia (NKPJ) and the Union of Communist Youth of Yugoslavia (SKOJ) on their recent success in Serbian elections. Despite discriminatory laws which aim to prevent real working-class representatives from electoral participation, the NKPJ was able to participate by including seven candidates on the Russian party's list. This …

UN Children's Fund (2024-01-31). Lebanon: UNICEF and the Beirut Governorate in partnership with the Government of the Netherlands commit to empower and protect street and working children in Beirut [EN/AR]. reliefweb.int Countries: Lebanon, Netherlands | Source: UN Children's Fund | Please refer to the attached file. | 31 January 2024 — Lebanon's unrelenting and overlapping crises are forcing a growing number of families to send their children to work in a desperate effort to survive the socio-economic crisis engulfing the country. Following the increase in the number of street and working children in Beirut, UNICEF, the Beirut municipality, public institutions and civil society organizations are collaborating through a local action plan to empower and protect street and working children through standardized and compl…

Zane McNeill (2024-01-31). University of Michigan Faculty Call for College to Divest From Israeli Companies. truthout.org The University of Michigan (U-M) Faculty Senate Assembly passed a measure this week calling on university leadership to divest from companies that invest in Israel's genocide in Gaza. "Congratulations to all of the hardworking faculty members at the University of Michigan who made this historic victory possible," National Students for Justice for Palestine (SJP) said on social media. |

Fran Quigley, Scheer Post. (2024-02-01). Our Housing Crisis Is Literally Killing People. popularresistance.org Last week, my students and I worked with several unhoused persons who had been recently living in dangerous, unhealthy apartments or homes in our community of Indianapolis. One, a young mother of a toddler with another baby soon on the way, had just left a home where eight people across three generations were living. The house had no central heat, so space heaters were the only source of warmth during a month when the temperature dipped below zero for several days. Those heaters and everything else electrical in the house were linked to a complex web of extension cords connected to a solitary working outlet.

WSWS (2024-02-01). EMERGENCY ONLINE MEETING: Organize the rank and file to fight the job cuts at UPS! Unite with autoworkers, tech workers and the whole working class against layoffs! wsws.org The purpose of Sunday's meeting is to discuss the situation and lay the groundwork for a fight against the layoffs by the rank and file.

Abdullah F., Cyn Huang, Marsha Niemeijer, Convergence. (2024-01-31). How We Move Forward Together: The Rank And File Project. popularresistance.org Most major advances toward a more equal and just society come about because organized working people use their power to disrupt capitalist profits. And we think that's the only force that can ultimately end capitalist exploitation and establish a truly democratic society. For that reason, many on the Left see labor unions as essential to making radical change. But unions today are often top-down and undemocratic in structure, weak, defensive and even conservative in their politics. The labor movement lacks a coherent, organized left-wing leadership that could help re-found the movement on a democratic, class-stru…

Dania Akkad (2024-01-31). War on Gaza: Israel 'most likely' dropped 1,000 pound bomb on UK doctors in Gaza. middleeasteye.net War on Gaza: Israel 'most likely' dropped 1,000 pound bomb on UK doctors in Gaza | UN investigation reveals new details of air strike as US and UK medical organisations ask why Israel targeted protected site housing staff | Wed, 01/31/2024 – 15: 52 | Medics treat Palestinians at Nasser Hospital where MAP and IRC's emergency medical team were working before the 18 January attack (Mahmud Hams/AFP)…

Editor (2024-01-31). Our Housing Crisis Is Literally Killing People. scheerpost.com

Jeremy Appel, Alberta Native News. (2024-01-31). Press Freedom Advocates Demand Police Drop Charges Against Journalist. popularresistance.org Press freedom advocates joined together on Jan. 29 to call for the dropping of criminal charges against Indigenous journalist Brandi Morin, who was arrested while covering Edmonton police's raid on an inner city homeless tent encampment. | Morin, a former Alberta Native News contributor, was charged with obstructing a peace officer on Jan. 10 while filming the Edmonton Police Service (EPS) and City of Edmonton's final raid of an eight-encampment sweep on assignment for the online news outlet Ricochet. If convicted, Morin could face up to two years in prison. Morin was arrested while filming the dismantling of the…

Beverly Law — William Moomaw (2024-02-01). Old Forests are Critically Important for Slowing Climate Change and Merit Immediate Protection From Logging. counterpunch.org Forests are an essential part of Earth's operating system. They reduce the buildup of heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from fossil fuel combustion, deforestation and land degradation by 30% each year. This slows global temperature increases and the resulting changes to the climate. In the U.S., forests take up 12% of the nation's greenhouse

isabella (2024-01-31). Koch Industries and the Attack on Regulation. inequality.org

US Agency for International Development (2024-01-31). Madagascar: Humanitarian Snapshot – USAID/BHA in Southern Africa, Fiscal Year (FY) 2023. reliefweb.int Countries: Angola, Botswana, Comoros, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe | Source: US Agency for International Development | Please refer to the attached file. | REGIONAL PROFILE | Countries in Southern Africa continue to face conflict-induced displacement, food insecurity, the spread of disease, and numerous climatic shocks—including drought, floods, and tropical cyclones—that generate widespread humanitarian needs. In FY 2023, USAID's Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (USAID/BHA) provided more than $201 million to…

CARE International (2024-01-31). oPt: People in Gaza suffer "slow death" even when surviving the bombs. reliefweb.int Country: occupied Palestinian territory | Source: CARE International | Almost four months after the October 7th attacks and the devastating conflict in Gaza, CARE warns that over two million Palestinians are at risk of dying of hunger and preventable diseases. Over 80% of the population is displaced, with many setting up makeshift shelters from salvaged material unable to protect children, pregnant women, and the elderly from current nighttime temperatures as low as 5 degrees, rain, and wind. | "People share small rooms or tents with dozens of others, and pregnant women lie on the cold floor without a mattress…

WSWS (2024-02-01). Washington resumes imperialist sanctions after Venezuelan government disqualifies US-backed candidate. wsws.org Biden's actions continue the regime of imperialist piracy and sanctions launched under Obama and vastly intensified under Trump with the aim of subjugating Venezuelans through hunger, illness and mass suffering.