(2025-01-07). DWP staff bonuses topped £11 MILLION — just as it plunged countless people into poverty. thecanary.co The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has come under fire once again. This time, it's around it giving civil servants bonuses of up to £14,000. However, the right-wing corporate media framing of the story isn't quite right — because it was disabled people who suffered at the expense of civil servants. It wasn't a […] | By
(2025-01-07). Cubanos marchan contra el bloqueo estadounidense y la guerra híbrida. peoplesworld.org 
Cientos de miles de cubanos marcharon el 20 de diciembre por el emblemático Malecón de La Habana frente al Estrecho de la Florida. (Vea fotos y video aquí.) El presidente Miguel Díaz-Canel y el expresidente Raúl Castro encabezaron una protesta masiva contra los crecientes esfuerzos de Estados Unidos para empobrecer a los cubanos y derrocar …
(2025-01-07). 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.
| The Deuteronomic (…) | – | / |
(2025-01-07). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org
(2025-01-07). Luwero stuck with sh740 million debt for road works after Ramathan Ggoobi declines to pay. independent.co.ug 
Luwero, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Authorities in Luwero District are grappling with a sh740 million debt related to road works after the Ministry of Finance, Planning, and Economic Development rejected their request to settle the amount. The debt dates back to 2014, when the district contracted Busenvi Enterprises Limited for sh522 million to construct …
(2025-01-07). Western Cape invites youth to apply for YearBeyond Programme. sanews.gov.za Western Cape invites youth to apply for YearBeyond Programme | The Western Cape Cultural Affairs and Sport Department has invited unemployed youth to apply for the YearBeyond Programme to gain valuable working experience while also giving back to their communities. | YearBeyond is a youth in service partnership between government, the National Youth Development Agency (NYDA), donors and non-governmental organisations. | Initiated in the Western Cape, the national programme provides unemployed youth, aged 18 to 25, with meaningful work experience and a pathway to further studies or work, while at the same time en…
(2025-01-07). McDonald's boss in meltdown as 1 in 2 outlets face legal action. leftfootforward.org The CEO of McDonald's, Alistair Macrow, was forced to face the music as MPs grilled him on harassment allegations brought forward by over 700 workers at the fast food chain. | Liam Byrne MP, the chair of the select committee, asked Macrow: "Has McDonald's basically become a predator's paradise?". | Macrow said the fast-food giant's new approach to harassment is 'working', despite 700 workers filing legal claims over abuse at work. | According to Macrow, the company has strengthened its standards and adopted a "robust and industry-leading" approach to tackling harassment. In addition, he described McDonald's as…
(2025-01-07). Police Recovers 31 Stolen Vehicle Number Plates. plusnews.ug 
At least 31 motor vehicle number plates have been recovered in various parts of Kampala after the arrest of a suspected serial thief. The Directorate of Crime Intelligence (DCI) working with police in Kajjansi arrested Brian Mumbere following several complaints from drivers and car owners. Mumbere led police to areas of Zana, Bunamwaya, and Ngobe, …
(2025-01-07). The US is Manufacturing Doubt about Gaza's Famine. libya360.wordpress.com Bryce Greene Palestinians struggling with hunger wait in line to receive meals distributed by charities in Khan Younis, on January 1 , 2025. (Photo: Abdullah Abu Al-Khair/APA Images) On December 23rd, the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSN), a project funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) released a report warning of a "famine scenario"…
(2025-01-07). Sudan War: Prioritize Ending Conflict in New Year. plusnews.ug 
Sudan's war, by dint of sheer numbers displaced and hungry, is the world's most devastating. Some 12 million Sudanese — more than a third of the pre-war population — have fled their homes. More than half face acute food shortages, with parts of the Darfur region suffering famine. UN officials describe rates of sexual violence …
(2025-01-07). US accuses Russia of funding both sides of Sudan's war. newarab.com 
The United States accused Russia at the United Nations on Monday of funding the two warring parties in Sudan, an apparent step up from Washington's previous assertion that Moscow was playing both sides of the conflict to advance its political objectives. | The war erupted in April 2023 amid a power struggle between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) ahead of a planned transition to civilian rule, triggering the world's largest displacement and hunger crisis. | In November Russia vetoed a UN Security Council draft resolution that called on the warring parties to immediatel…
(2025-01-06). Archaeologists unearth unknown early Christian settlement and monastery in Israel. haaretz.com Newly found early Byzantine settlement and monastery by Kiryat Gat in southern Israel had been wealthy, archaeologists deduce, based on imports and the upscale church…
(2025-01-06). Environmental and Climate Debt: Who is Responsible? counterpunch.org 
The concepts of climate debt and ecological debt are central to successfully achieving the ecological bifurcation. The ecological debt owed by States — and in particular the wealthiest States and major corporations — of the North to the populations of the Global South must be recognized. That recognition must take the form of cancellation of
(2025-01-06). The business case for saving coral reefs. grist.org 
Days after hurricanes Irma and Maria tore through Puerto Rico in 2017, Ernesto Diaz formed a team to survey what the Category 5 storms had done to his home. Touring coastal areas, Diaz, then an assistant secretary with the commonwealth's Department of Natural & Environmental Resources, saw rooftops poking out from floodwaters, forests stripped bare, and windows and doors floating by. As a marine scientist who knew the shoreline ecosystems intimately, he also noticed something that intrigued him: Communities near coral reefs sustained less damage. | That became the genesis of a first-of-its kind project when, i…
(2025-01-06). 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.
| The Deuteronomic (…) | – | / |
(2025-01-06). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org
(2025-01-06). US Statistics from 2024 that are both shocking and horrifying. expose-news.com American author Michael Snyder sums up statistics from 2024 that are shocking. From the size of America's national debt and the total of Americans' household debt, to falling sperm counts and how …
(2025-01-06). Gaza child psychotherapist forcibly disappeared by Israeli army. newarab.com 
A child psychotherapist working for a Scottish charity in Mohammad al-Sharif and his family were moving to a "safer" area towards the west of the city when they were stopped by Israeli forces at a checkpoint, The National reported. | Al-Sharif became separated from his family when Israeli forces split up the men from the women and children. Al-Sharif'
(2025-01-06). Unions Get Bigger In Texas. popularresistance.org Texas has long ranked at the top of the list for the best states to run a business and the worst for quality of life and working conditions. Almost one out of every five Texans does not have health insurance. We are the only state in the country that allows private-sector employers to opt out of providing workers' compensation. Despite having a $33 billion surplus to put toward improving life for all Texans, our state lawmakers instead chose to spend the most recent regular legislative session attacking workers' rights, immigrants, public schools, transgender people, voting access, and higher education.
(2025-01-06). Revising NYT History on Democrats Losing the Working Class. cepr.net The New York Times had a lengthy piece giving a story on how the Democrats lost the support of working-class voters over the last three decades. The essence of the argument is that working-class voters were angered by Democrats' support of "free trade" and the bailouts of the financial industry in the financial crisis. While …
(2025-01-06). 2024: Workers Organized, Bosses Grew Nervous. popularresistance.org If in the 19th century Marx and Engels could prematurely proclaim that Communist revolution was a "spectre haunting Europe," in 2024 the business class of North America and its compliant mainstream press were growing increasingly nervous about a different but related spectre, a working class that was showing signs of increased and well organized militance. | Strikes were more common and workers, still remembering the hypocritical Covid-era praise for them as heroes and…
(2025-01-06). 2025: Working-class solidarity will determine the struggle. workers.org 
By A.A. Ware The new year on the Gregorian calendar has just begun, and many can feel a building crescendo of new, old and further abuses from the ruling class. Some on the left are approaching 2025 with trepidation due to Project 2025, a manifesto by the Heritage Foundation for . . . |
(2025-01-06). University of Sydney seeks to ban anti-genocide protests and all political dissent. wsws.org Management at the University of Sydney, historically a centre of political opposition to war and inequality, is moving to prohibit any form of political opposition on campus, particularly to the Israeli genocide in Gaza.
(2025-01-06). Inequality Weekly 2024. inequality.org
(2025-01-06). Heard About Buy-Borrow-Die? Meet Buy-Hold for Decades-Sell. inequality.org