(2024-12-31). Pacific leaders remember Jimmy Carter's 'pivotal role' for CNMI. asiapacificreport.nz By Mark Rabago, RNZ Pacific Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas correspondent The Governor of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas has paid tribute to former US President Jimmy Carter who died yesterday. "Carter played a pivotal role in the historic establishment of the CNMI as a Commonwealth in political union with the United States," Governor…
(2024-12-31). Debt cancellation in the land of Canaan in the first millennium BC. cadtm.org The year 2025 is considered by Christians to be a jubilee year under the banner of debt cancellation. To mark the occasion, the CADTM is republishing a series of articles on debt cancellation, the struggles for debt cancellation and the role of debt in political, social and geostrategic conflicts throughout history.
| Social justice, in particular in regard to the cancellation of debts that keep the poor enslaved to the rich, is a leitmotif in the history of ancient Israel.
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(2024-12-31). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org
(2024-12-31). Indian workers replace Palestinians in Israel's building sector. newarab.com 
Wearing a safety belt, helmet and work boots, Raju Nishad navigates the scaffolding, hammering blocks that will form part of a building in a new neighbourhood in central Israel's town of Beer Yaakov. | While he and other Indians working alongside him do not look out of place on the expansive construction site, they are relative newcomers to Israel's building industry. | They are part of an Israeli government effort to fill a void left by tens of thousands of Palestinian construction workers barred from entering Israel since 7 October 2023. | Israel's latest wars with its regional neighbours and global accusati…
(2024-12-31). The right-wing legacy of Jimmy Carter. wsws.org The media eulogies of the former president, who died Sunday, are silent on his initiation of a frontal assault on the working class and, above all, his effort to smash the 1977-78 coal miners' strike by invoking the Taft-Hartley Law.
(2024-12-31). Homelessness in U.S. has doubled under Biden. mronline.org 
The number of homeless people living in shelters or on the streets topped 770,000 this year, according to the annual report by the Department of Housing and Urban Development released Friday, a rise of 18 percent over 2023.
(2024-12-31). Homelessness in US has doubled under Biden. indybay.org The number of homeless people living in shelters or on the streets topped 770,000 this year, according to the annual report by the Department of Housing and Urban Development released Friday, a rise of 18 percent over 2023. That is more homeless people than the population of Seattle, Detroit, Boston or Atlanta. Homeless Americans outnumber the inhabitants of Washington DC, the capital city of the richest country in the world.
(2024-12-31). Homeless Memorial 2024 Takeaways. indybay.org As tradition dictates, folks had options to go to two Homeless Memorials ⚪ one on December 20th at the Portuguese Hall run by Housing Matters, the second at the Clock under rainy skies organized by Santa Cruz Food Not Bombs.
(2024-12-30). Palestinians are souring on Hamas — and they want an end to the war. haaretz.com There's the bad news — apocalyptic destruction in Gaza, rampant poverty, utter despair about the Palestinian Authority — and there's more bad news: Over half of Palestinians still back the October 7 attack. But recent polls show that's not the whole story…
(2024-12-30). Billionaire Wealth Soared in 2024. So Did Child Hunger. truthout.org An analysis published Monday by the humanitarian group Save the Children estimates that roughly 35 kids across the globe were born into hunger every minute in 2024 — a year in which the world's billionaires saw their combined wealth surge to a record high. At least 18.2 million children were born into hunger this year, according to the new analysis, as war and climate-fueled extreme weather… |
(2024-12-30). Jimmy Carter: the False Savoir. counterpunch.org 
A pious Sunday school teacher confessing to lust in his heart but swearing never to lie, he came to Washington to reestablish public faith in government just when popular disgust at monstrous U.S. crimes in Indochina had reached unprecedented heights. The big business agenda during his term in office (1977-1981) was to roll back the welfare state, break the power of unions, fan the flames of the Cold War to increase military spending, engineer tax breaks for wealthy corporate interests, and repeal government regulation of business. While portraying himself as a peanut-farming populist, Carter delivered the goods…
(2024-12-30). Higher Education Must Champion Democracy, Not Surrender To Fascism. popularresistance.org For decades, neoliberalism has systematically attacked the welfare state, undermined public institutions and weakened the foundations of collective well-being. Shrouded in the alluring language of liberty, it transforms market principles into a dominant creed, insisting that every facet of life conform to the imperatives of profit and economic efficiency. | But in reality, neoliberalism consolidates wealth in the hands of a financial elite, celebrates ruthless individualism, promotes staggering levels of inequality, perpetuates systemic injustices like racism and militarism, and commodifies everything, leaving no…
(2024-12-30). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org
(2024-12-30). BBC Exposé: Israeli Lobby and Government Collaborate in Free Speech Crackdown. mintpressnews.com 
Israeli lobbyists, organizations, and former intelligence operatives are actively working behind the scenes to suppress free speech, stifle debate at academic institutions, ban advocacy groups, and curtail the right to assembly. This coordinated effort has intensified during the ongoing Gaza war, with substantial complicity from Western governments and major social media platforms. | On December 17, the BBC published an
(2024-12-30). Israeli army radio: The arrest of a settler from Petah Tikva, linked to Iran, marks the 13th case of Israeli spies working for Iran for financial gain. english.almanar.com.lb
(2024-12-30). The Empire Burns The Middle East While US Homelessness Surges. caitlinjohnstone.com.au The US empire is up to its elbows in the middle east working frenetically to manipulate what happens there, while in the United States itself homelessness has taken another record-shattering leap forward.
(2024-12-30). Taliban leader bans windows overlooking women's areas. newarab.com 
The According to a statement released late Saturday by the Taliban government spokesman, new buildings should not have windows through which it is possible to see "the courtyard, kitchen, neighbour's well and other places usually used by women". | "Seeing women working in kitchens, in courtyards or collecting water from we…
(2024-12-30). Assessing popular music in 2024. wsws.org In a year of historic crises and growing working class opposition, popular music in 2024 remained largely removed from the burning issues shaping global reality, with some notable exceptions.
(2024-12-30). Homelessness in US has doubled under Biden. wsws.org The latest report shows an 18 percent rise in 2024, with only a trickle of federal aid compared to the hundreds of billions wasted on war.
(2024-12-30). Homelessness in US has doubled under Biden. indybay.org The number of homeless people living in shelters or on the streets topped 770,000 this year, according to the annual report by the Department of Housing and Urban Development released Friday, a rise of 18 percent over 2023. That is more homeless people than the population of Seattle, Detroit, Boston or Atlanta. Homeless Americans outnumber the inhabitants of Washington DC, the capital city of the richest country in the world.
(2024-12-30). Sudan government rejects UN-backed famine declaration. newarab.com 
The Sudanese government strongly rejected on Sunday a report backed by the United Nations which determined that famine had The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) review, which UN agencies use, follows repeated warnings from the IPC said last week that…
(2024-12-30). 10 inequality victories in 2024. nationofchange.org Our year-end review of 10 of the most inspiring inequality wins, from union drives to fair taxes to consumer protection.