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2025-01-20: News Headlines

Staff (2025-01-20). "Infinite Hope": Angela Davis Speaks at 2025 Peace Ball Ahead of Trump Inauguration. democracynow.org With the U.S. political establishment gathered in Washington for the second inauguration of Donald Trump, the iconic venue Busboys and Poets on Sunday hosted the Peace Ball, an event held around presidential inaugurations since 2009 and featuring voices of resistance to war, racism, poverty and more. This year's Peace Ball featured author Angela Davis, who spoke of the power of "infinite hope" to fight against injustice. "I want us all to generate the kind of collective hope that will usher us into a better future," said Davis. We air highlights from the event.

Jake Johnson (2025-01-20). World's Billionaires Saw Fortunes Rise by $2 Trillion in 2024. truthout.org An Oxfam report published Monday shows that the combined wealth of the world's billionaires surged three times faster in 2024 than the previous year, rising by $2 trillion as efforts to combat global poverty remained stagnant. The findings come hours before the U.S. is set to inaugurate President-elect Donald Trump, a billionaire whose campaign for a second White House term was backed by the… |

aljazeera (2025-01-20). Oxfam says billionaires' wealth soared in 2024, with 4 'minted' every week. aljazeera.com Group's report comes as the world's political and financial elite prepare for an annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland.

Ana Luisa Brown (2025-01-20). Billionaires get richer at the expense of poor people. plenglish.com Davos, Switzerland, Jan 20 (Prensa Latina) Oxfam International said today that the wealth of billionaires grew three times faster in 2024 to the detriment of the poor people.

Richard D. Wolff (2025-01-20). United States in 2025: Social problems denied via rhetorics of refusal. nationofchange.org The gross inequality of wealth and income in the United States and the global exposure of billionaires' power over government.

Arnaud Natal, Isabelle Guérin, Sébastien Michiels, Timothée Narring (2025-01-20). The Urgent Need to Better Measure Household Debt. cadtm.org

Christoph Sorg (2025-01-20). CADTM and the experience of the Greek Truth Committee on Public Debt. cadtm.org

Elsadig Elsheikh (2025-01-20). Sudan: Debt, Maldevelopment, and the Challenge of Stability. cadtm.org At the time of writing, Sudan remains at a dangerous crossroads. It can either be a state ruled by its diverse citizens' desire for the rule of law, equitable and sustainable development, democratization, and justice for all, or it can fragment into "bantustans" along regional and ethnic cleavages. For most of its independent political history, Sudan has been torn between two visions and forces. The colonized political elite lacked the imagination to build a nation beyond coloniality, while (…) | – | / |

Michael Hudson (2025-01-20). Democracy and Debt: Has the Link been Broken? 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.
| Debt Slavery — Why It Destroyed Rome, Why It Will Destroy Us Unless It's Stopped
| Book V of Aristotle's Politics describes the eternal transition of oligarchies making themselves (…) | – |

Abdaljawad Omar, Mondoweiss. (2025-01-20). Gaza Ceasefire Reveals Israel's Fragility. popularresistance.org The Qatari Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a pivotal announcement on Wednesday evening, confirmed that Israel and the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) have finalized a deal designed to halt Israel's genocidal and destructive war in the Gaza Strip for at least 42 days. This accord is essentially a reworking of the previously proposed ceasefire arrangement in May by the Biden administration, when Hamas declared its acceptance of the ceasefire agreement, while Israel reneged on it and continued with the war. It turned out Israel wanted time to both bring out more destruction in Gaza, more death, and use its mix o…

newarab (2025-01-20). UN races to feed one million Gazans after truce. newarab.com The UN's World Food Programme said Sunday it was moving full throttle to get food to as many Gazans as possible after border crossings reopened as part of a long-awaited ceasefire deal. | "We're trying to reach a million people within the shortest possible time," the WFP's Deputy Executive Director Carl Skau told AFP, as the Rome-based UN agency's trucks began rolling into the strip. | "We're moving in with wheat flour, ready to eat meals, and we will be working all fronts trying to restock the bakeries," Skau said, adding the agency would attempt to provide nutritional supplements to the most malnourished.

WSWS (2025-01-20). Coalition negotiations in Austria: Right-wing government to implement drastic austerity measures. wsws.org The far-right Austrian Freedom Party (FPàñ) and the conservative People's Party (àñVP), currently negotiating a coalition government in the Alpine state, are planning massive attacks on the working class and on migrants.

Hardeep Matharu (2025-01-20). Trump's Return: Keeping the Subtle Flame of Integrity Lit. bylinetimes.com While picking up a Golden Globe for his hit Netflix series Baby Reindeer, its writer and creator Richard Gadd told the assembled Hollywood audience that a number of people had asked him why he thought the show had been such a success. In it, Gadd plays a version of himself, Donny, a failing comedian working in a Camden pub, trying to make sense of being sexually abused by a man he admires in the industry, and becoming the subject of vulnerable stalker Martha — who he comes to both need and loathe. | Gadd said he felt "people have been crying out for something that kind of spoke to the painful inconsis…

Salinas (2025-01-20). Born in Battle: The Salinas Homeless Union. indybay.org Nine years ago today, on the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 2016, the Monterey County/Salinas Homeless Union was formed out of a battle to defend the residents of that city's largest encampment.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2025-01-20). American electric vehicle startup Canoo Inc. files for bankruptcy. plenglish.com This firm was a supplier to the US Department of Defense, Walmart and NASA, among other organizations and companies. | The battery electric vehicle (BEV) firm Canoo Inc. announced it will file for Chapter Seven of the United States Bankruptcy Code to declare bankruptcy, according to a statement published by the company. | The company dealt with rapid cash burn and difficulties in raising additional funds amid uncertain demand for its cargo vans, inspired by microbuses. | The BEV manufacturer said that, despite successful deliveries to organizations such as NASA, the US Department of Defense, the United States Pos…

newarab (2025-01-20). Ex prison mate of jailed Alaa Abdel Fattah starts hunger strike. newarab.com An Australian journalist, who was once jailed for 400 days in Alaa Abdel Fattah, a software developer and blogger who rose to prominence as an activist in the 2011 Arab Spring, was

Arnaud Natal, Isabelle Guérin, Sébastien Michiels, Timothée Narring (2025-01-19). The Urgent Need to Better Measure Household Debt. cadtm.org

Christoph Sorg (2025-01-19). CADTM and the experience of the Greek Truth Committee on Public Debt. cadtm.org

Michael Hudson (2025-01-19). Democracy and Debt: Has the Link been Broken? 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.
| Debt Slavery — Why It Destroyed Rome, Why It Will Destroy Us Unless It's Stopped
| Book V of Aristotle's Politics describes the eternal transition of oligarchies making themselves (…) | – |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2025-01-19). Mayo Clinic Minute: Molecular breast imaging for supplemental breast screening. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you are one of the millions of women identified as having dense breasts, your healthcare team may recommend supplemental or additional screening to check your breasts for cancer. Dr. Kristin Robinson, a breast radiologist at Mayo Clinic, says there are several options when it comes to these screening tests. She recommends working closely with your healthcare team to determine what is the best supplemental screening available and right for you. One option is molecular…

Nicholas Powers (2025-01-19). MLK's Legacy Is One of Class Struggle. To Fight Trump, We Must Carry His Torch. truthout.org This Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Donald Trump will be sworn into office. Working in concert, Trump, the Republican-led House and Senate, and the right-wing Supreme Court threaten to dismantle King's legacy. If they do, the most vulnerable people in the United States, Black folks in particular, will be attacked. The blueprint for this assault is Project 2025. The symbolism of Trump being… |

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2025-01-16: News Headlines

Human Rights Watch (2025-01-16). Egypt: Repression, Rising Poverty in Sisi's Second Decade. hrw.org Click to expand Image | A man walks past an exchange office in Cairo, Egypt, March 6, 2024. | © 2024 AP Photo/Amr Nabil. | (Beirut) — The government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Egypt entered its second decade with wholesale repression, systematically detaining and punishing peaceful critics and activists, Human Rights Watch said today in its World Report 2025. Egypt's severe economic crisis had devastating effects on people's access to economic, social, and cultural rights while authorities thrived on a lack of accountability and public scrutiny.For the 546-page world report, in its 35th ed…

Staff (2025-01-16). Desigualdad y pobreza laboral persisten en el mundo, según la Organización Internacional del Trabajo. cubadebate.cu Alrededor de 240 millones de trabajadores en el planeta han sido afectados desde el 2015 por formas extremas de pobreza laboral, indicó un informe reciente de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo (OIT). De acuerdo con la fuente, a escala global las peores manifestaciones tendieron a disminuir en tiempos recientes, pero persisten en los países de ingreso bajo.

aljazeera (2025-01-16). Biden takes aim at oligarchs and extreme wealth in farewell address. aljazeera.com US President Joe Biden said 'powerful forces' threatened to undo his climate policies as Trump prepares to take office.

Isabelle Ponet (2025-01-16). 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 (…) | – | / |

Arnaud Natal, Isabelle Guérin, Sébastien Michiels, Timothée Narring (2025-01-16). The Urgent Need to Better Measure Household Debt. cadtm.org

Christoph Sorg (2025-01-16). CADTM and the experience of the Greek Truth Committee on Public Debt. cadtm.org

Jean Andreau (2025-01-16). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org

Michael Hudson (2025-01-16). Democracy and Debt: Has the Link been Broken? 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.
| Debt Slavery — Why It Destroyed Rome, Why It Will Destroy Us Unless It's Stopped
| Book V of Aristotle's Politics describes the eternal transition of oligarchies making themselves (…) | – |

Pressenza New York (2025-01-16). 2025 Nuclear-Free Future Awards laureates announced. pressenza.com The 2025 Nuclear-Free Future Awards will this year honor individuals from Brazil, Germany, India, Navajo country, the United States and Zimbabwe for their achievements in working for a nuclear-free world. | The Award laureates are chosen by an international jury of their peers and are offered in three categories: Resistance, Education and Solution. The 2025 laureates are: S.P. Udayakumar (India) for Resistance; Márcia Gomes de Oliveira and Norbert Suchanek (Brazil / Germany) for Education; and Edwick Madzimure (Zimbabwe) for Solution.Honorary Lifetime Achievement awards will be given to teacher, author and…

newarab (2025-01-16). How one family is preserving Cairo's last bookbinding atelier. newarab.com In the alleyway behind "My grandfather Abdelzaher Ibrahim started working here for…

newarab (2025-01-16). How one family is preserving Cairo's last bookbinding atelier. newarab.com Al Azhar mosque, at the back of a Mamluk building filled with jewel-coloured books, Yasser Abdelzaher touches the lettering stamp heating on the open fire, his fingertips monitoring the temperature. Once hot enough, he weaves a ribbon of gold leaf, deftly embossing it onto the spine of a leather book. This is how it has been done for generations in the last traditional bookbinder workshop in Cairo. | "My grandfather Abdelzaher Ibrahim started working here for a man called Hag Ali Hegab in 1936," Yasser Abdelzaher tells | Today the atelier remains a family operation run by The Independent (2025-01-16). Chinese netizens welcome influx of 'TikTok refugees'. independent.co.ug BEIJING | Xinhua | Chinese internet users on a popular social networking platform have noticed a sudden influx of foreign newcomers who claim to have migrated from TikTok due to concerns about a potential ban by the U.S. government within the week. On Xiaohongshu, a Chinese platform with combined features of Instagram and Pinterest, hashtags …

Martin Hacthoun (2025-01-16). Climate Just Cities: A Global South Perspective. plenglish.com New Delhi._ This article strives to capture concerns that have emerged from ActionAid Association's decades long work with deprived urban communities in India and beyond. The work started through engagement with the urban homeless, and the need to provide adequate shelter, and evolved to engage with people dependent on the informal economy.

Pablo Rafael Fuentes (2025-01-15). Festival de Cine de Gibara a pocos días de cerrar inscripciones. radiohc.cu La Habana, 15 ene (RHC) El plazo de admisión de las obras para participar en el 19 Festival Internacional del Cine Pobre de Gibara vencerá el 31 de enero, advirtieron hoy sus organizadores.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2025-01-15). Trump ambitious for Greenland's riches. plenglish.com London, Jan 15 (Prensa Latina) The BBC World media outlet of the United Kingdom noted today the wealth of Greenland, a topic in vogue due to the aspirations of the new US president, Donald Trump, to take over that territory.

UMMID (2025-01-15). GST is of the rich, by the rich and for the rich: TS Singhdeo. ummid.com India's GST (Goods and Services Tax), system is disproportionately benefiting the wealthy while burdening the middle and lower-income groups, says TS Singhdeo, former Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh.

UMMID (2025-01-15). GST is of the rich, by the rich and for the rich: TS Singhdeo. ummid.com India's GST (Goods and Services Tax), system is disproportionately benefiting the wealthy while burdening the middle and lower-income groups, says TS Singhdeo, former Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh.

The Canary (2025-01-15). Trump's 15 billionaire fossil fuel friends have got $2.5bn richer ALREADY this YEAR. thecanary.co A new report has revealed the total wealth accumulation of US fossil fuel billionaires increased by 15% since the spring before the 2024 US presidential election (April 2024) to Donald Trump's inauguration (January 20 2025). Published by the Climate Accountability Research Project (CARP), the report is the first in a new research series tracking the […] | By

Isabelle Ponet (2025-01-15). 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 (…) | – | / |

Arnaud Natal, Isabelle Guérin, Sébastien Michiels, Timothée Narring (2025-01-15). The Urgent Need to Better Measure Household Debt. cadtm.org

Christoph Sorg (2025-01-15). CADTM and the experience of the Greek Truth Committee on Public Debt. cadtm.org

Jean Andreau (2025-01-15). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org

Michael Hudson (2025-01-15). Democracy and Debt: Has the Link been Broken? 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.
| Debt Slavery — Why It Destroyed Rome, Why It Will Destroy Us Unless It's Stopped
| Book V of Aristotle's Politics describes the eternal transition of oligarchies making themselves (…) | – |

tvbrics (2025-01-15). South Africa hosts technical G20 Framework Working Group meeting under its Presidency. tvbrics.com This meeting is the first of four FWG sessions planned for 2025…

aljazeera (2025-01-15). Australia warns of 'strongest possible action' if citizen killed in Ukraine. aljazeera.com Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says gov't working to verify report that volunteer fight was killed by Russian forces.

cameron orr (2025-01-15). Will there be war with China? cpusa.org Will there be a war with China? People are asking this question as there is a high level of tension near Taiwan and in the South China (East) Sea. U.S. imperialism pushes an aggressive posture with air and naval exercises and continues to arm Taiwan, in violation of previous agreements. Such a war would be a huge disaster for the working class. | Following up on the 2011 pivot to Asia, U.S. imperialism is creating new anti-China military alliances like AUKUS (which includes Australia, the U.K. and the U.S.), and is expanding its strategic military presence in the Pacific region, such as enlarging the naval bas…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2025-01-15). Prison population grew in Uruguay. plenglish.com On December 31 there were 16,118 persons behind bars, a five percent increase in recent months. | The rate of prisoners is 460 per 100,000 inhabitants, one of the highest in the region. | There are 14,719 men, 1,344 women, 21 trans men, and 34 trans women in the prison system. | The report indicates a three percent increase in the male population and a 17 percent increase in the female population. | At the same time, the Ministry of the Interior has 2,280 vacancies under construction. | Next week a new meeting will be held by Judge Blanca Riero to review the progress of the Working Group against prison overcrowdi…

Lynda Carson (2025-01-15). Trump's HUD pick Scott Turner is chair of right-wing Center For Education Opportunity. indybay.org If Scott Turner, A Trump Loyalist, Becomes The Next HUD Secretary, Millions Of HUD Subsidized Households Will Be Placed At Risk Of Homelessness!

Chris Mills Rodrigo (2025-01-15). Fossil Fuel "Oil-Garchs" Reap Billions in Payback for Trump Support. inequality.org

editor (2025-01-15). Voters spoilt for choice: Peter Albanese or Anthony Dutton. onlineopinion.com.au Regardless of the 2025 election, voters get duopoly dinner: environmental and energy sellout, regressive education, unfair taxation, mega migration, housing hunger games.

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2025-01-13: News Headlines

David Rovics (2025-01-13). The Coming Fires. counterpunch.org LA completely embodies the concept of the endless American suburb, where people have historically gone to buy their little patch of paradise, or their big patch of paradise, depending on how wealthy they may be. But now paradise has burned, again. And whether you're one of the estimated 70,000 people in Los Angeles County living on the streets (some of whom may be staying warm in the winter with propane heaters in their tents), or a movie star in a mansion with a nice, safe, fireplace, we're all equal under the Santa Anna winds, just as prone to the errant cigarette butt as everyone else, just as strong as the we…

Isabelle Ponet (2025-01-13). 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 (…) | – | / |

Arnaud Natal, Isabelle Guérin, Sébastien Michiels, Timothée Narring (2025-01-13). The Urgent Need to Better Measure Household Debt. cadtm.org

Christoph Sorg (2025-01-13). CADTM and the experience of the Greek Truth Committee on Public Debt. cadtm.org

Jean Andreau (2025-01-13). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org

Michael Hudson (2025-01-13). Democracy and Debt: Has the Link been Broken? 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.
| Debt Slavery — Why It Destroyed Rome, Why It Will Destroy Us Unless It's Stopped
| Book V of Aristotle's Politics describes the eternal transition of oligarchies making themselves (…) | – |

WSWS (2025-01-13). Bronx apartment building fire exemplifies the crisis in working class housing. wsws.org The fire drove approximately 200 working class residents into the frigid street in the middle of the night from a building owned by a landlord once rated as the "worst" in the city.

Staff (2025-01-13). One in six UK workers skipping meals as cost of living crisis deepens under Labour. thecanary.co A survey from the Trade Union Congress (TUC) has found that more than one in six UK adults working full time or part time have had to skip meals to make ends meet. The figures come as workers have undergone the largest squeeze in real term pay since Napoleonic times. Real wage growth fell from …

WSWS (2025-01-13). Labour in crisis and Reform UK gaining ground—build the Socialist Equality Party! wsws.org With the class struggle suppressed and Labour in power, opportunity has been given to the far-right to scapegoat migrants for the deep social grievances of the working class.

aljazeera (2025-01-13). UK's Starmer touts plan to 'turbocharge' living standards with AI. aljazeera.com British Prime Minister says AI has the potential to 'transform the lives of working people'.

Nick Licata (2025-01-13). Are the Republicans Now the Working-Class Party? counterpunch.org Conservatives claim that Donald Trump's electoral victories show that his Republican Party, not the Democrats, now represents the working class. Sen. Josh Hawley tweeted on election night 2020, "We are a working-class party now. That's the future." Although unions only represent 10% of the working-class labor force, since 1980, Democrats have not dipped below 51%. However, as

Abdullah Jallow (2025-01-13). 3] Reflections on some statements of Al-Allamah Ubaid al-Jabiri. salaficentre.com In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. The Shaikh, may Allah have mercy upon him, stated about Imam Muhammad Ibn Abdil Wahhab, may Allah have mercy upon him: He, may Allah have mercy upon him, was very clever, strong in discernment, hardworking in knowledge and sought after it, brave in …

aljazeera (2025-01-13). The short shelf life of corporate DEI. aljazeera.com 'Wokeism' is out, bigotry is in. Meanwhile, inequality continues unabated.

WSWS (2025-01-13). Australian Labor government's school funding model entrenches underfunding and inequality. wsws.org With private schools continuing to enjoy lavish government funding, the Australian school system remains among the world's most socially polarised and unequal.

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead (2025-01-12). Anti-poverty charities urge government to do more to address rising child poverty. leftfootforward.org 4.3 million children live in poverty in the UK, Labour has promised to reduce child poverty and has introduced a new taskforce responsible for 'developing an ambitious strategy to reduce child poverty.' | But anti-poverty and children's charities are urging for more to be done. | The Resolution Foundation is calling on the government to provide greater support to fulfil its promise of reducing child poverty. The charity p…

The Independent (2025-01-12). Leaders endorse strategy for Africa's agri-food systems. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Head of State and government from Africa have endorsed a new strategy aimed at improving the agri-food systems in the continent. The UN Food and Agricultural Organization hold that Africa holds the key to moving towards a world free from hunger and poverty. It states that It is in …

UMMID (2025-01-12). GST is of the rich, by the rich and for the rich: TS Singhdeo. ummid.com India's GST (Goods and Services Tax), system is disproportionately benefiting the wealthy while burdening the middle and lower-income groups, says TS Singhdeo, former Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh.

Isabelle Ponet (2025-01-12). 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 (…) | – | / |

Arnaud Natal, Isabelle Guérin, Sébastien Michiels, Timothée Narring (2025-01-12). The Urgent Need to Better Measure Household Debt. cadtm.org

Christoph Sorg (2025-01-12). CADTM and the experience of the Greek Truth Committee on Public Debt. cadtm.org

Jean Andreau (2025-01-12). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org

Michael Hudson (2025-01-12). Democracy and Debt: Has the Link been Broken? 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.
| Debt Slavery — Why It Destroyed Rome, Why It Will Destroy Us Unless It's Stopped
| Book V of Aristotle's Politics describes the eternal transition of oligarchies making themselves (…) | – |

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2025-01-12). Mayo Clinic Minute: You're pregnant. Now what? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you are planning a pregnancy or just found out you are pregnant, you likely have many questions. Dr. Summer Allen, a family physician at Mayo Clinic who provides prenatal care and deliveries, says accessing prenatal care can look different for patients. She says a good start is working with your primary care clinician. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/0fH_4sqPAvI Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of…

The Sirius Report (2025-01-12). UK Goes to China with a Begging Bowl as Bond Markets Are in Free Fall. thesiriusreport.com We assess why UK officials are visiting China and why this may cause antagonism with the US who made similar previous visits which failed to achieve their objectives.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2025-01-12). The culprit behind many broken New Year's resolutions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert offers strategies for identifying, neutralizing a common barrier to success LONDON — There is a common culprit behind many broken New Year's resolutions and other unrealized goals, and it can influence your thoughts and actions without your awareness, says Safia Debar, M.B.B.S., a general practitioner and resiliency expert at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London. If you are having difficulty achieving goals to exercise more, eat nutritious meals and take other steps…

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2025-01-11: News Headlines

WSWS (2025-01-11). The Los Angeles fires: What must be done. wsws.org The Socialist Equality Party insists that one principle—human need—must in all circumstances take precedence over the wealth and profits of the super-rich.

Staff (2025-01-11). President Chaos Presiding Over Hell on Earth. defenddemocracy.press Donald Trump is guaranteed to make this not only the hottest planet around but a planet of billionaires living in a new golden age (both of their wealth and of a world in flames) By Tom Engelhardt Jan 06, 2025 Honestly, as 2025 begins, isn't it finally time to reimagine American history? So, what do …

Isabelle Ponet (2025-01-11). 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 (…) | – | / |

Arnaud Natal, Isabelle Guérin, Sébastien Michiels, Timothée Narring (2025-01-11). The Urgent Need to Better Measure Household Debt. cadtm.org

Christoph Sorg (2025-01-11). CADTM and the experience of the Greek Truth Committee on Public Debt. cadtm.org

Jean Andreau (2025-01-11). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org

Michael Hudson (2025-01-11). Democracy and Debt: Has the Link been Broken? 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.
| Debt Slavery — Why It Destroyed Rome, Why It Will Destroy Us Unless It's Stopped
| Book V of Aristotle's Politics describes the eternal transition of oligarchies making themselves (…) | – |

The Black Alliance for Peace. (2025-01-11). LA Fires: The Santa Ana Blowback of Capitalist Climate Change Neglect. popularresistance.org The incendiary cataclysms in Los Angeles, California remind us that the root cause of the climate crisis exacerbating the fires spreading throughout that city and surrounding areas is fossil fuel production emblematic of runaway capitalism fueled by white "supremacy" ideology, patriarchy, and colonization. And while it's easy to focus solely on the fires, it's important to note that the associated smoke will be the main culprit in the loss of life due to environmental racism that has assaulted the public health of Black, Brown, Indigenous and all poor and working class people in Los Angeles and throughout the cou…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2025-01-11). India reaffirms ties with Cuba and Global South. plenglish.com Havana, Jan 11 (Prensa Latina) India reaffirmed its bonds of friendship and cooperation with Cuba on the 65th anniversary of bilateral relations, and ratified its commitment to working with Cuba and the Global South nations.

Brett Wilkins (2025-01-11). Oregon Healthcare Workers Launch Largest Medical Strike in State History. truthout.org Thousands of Oregon medical caregivers at Providence hospitals launched what organizers are calling the largest healthcare strike in state history Friday as they fight for improved patient care, fair wages, and better working conditions in their new contract. Around 5,000 nurses, doctors, midwives, and other healthcare professionals began their indefinite strike at 6: 00 am local time Friday… |

JANET (2025-01-11). 2025: Working-class solidarity will determine the struggle. iacenter.org By A.A. Ware January 6, 2025 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 the returning Trump administration. Project 2025 is a racist, misogynistic, transphobic and anti-worker agenda that promises mass arrests of immigrant and transgender workers. With intentions of intensifying legal harassment and repression against the entire left, it also promises to increase the militancy of the ruling cl…

WSWS (2025-01-11). International working class unity, not the USW's support for tariffs and nationalist warmongering, can defend our jobs at National Steel Car! wsws.org We know workers at National Steel car are going through a rough time right now. These massive layoffs, affecting some 1,200 workers or approximately three-quarters of our workforce, are happening at the worst possible time and are obviously causing a lot of stress.

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2025-01-11). Mayo Clinic Minute: You're pregnant. Now what? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org If you are planning a pregnancy or just found out you are pregnant, you likely have many questions. Dr. Summer Allen, a family physician at Mayo Clinic who provides prenatal care and deliveries, says accessing prenatal care can look different for patients. She says a good start is working with your primary care clinician. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/0fH_4sqPAvI Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 00) is in the downloads at the end of…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2025-01-11). The culprit behind many broken New Year's resolutions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert offers strategies for identifying, neutralizing a common barrier to success LONDON — There is a common culprit behind many broken New Year's resolutions and other unrealized goals, and it can influence your thoughts and actions without your awareness, says Safia Debar, M.B.B.S., a general practitioner and resiliency expert at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London. If you are having difficulty achieving goals to exercise more, eat nutritious meals and take other steps…

Michael Arria, Mondoweiss. (2025-01-11). Blinken's Disturbing Exit Interview. popularresistance.org Biden's time in office is coming to an end, but not before a parting gift for Israel. | The State Department recently announced that it would notify Congress about another massive arms deal, this one worth $8 billion. It includes medium-range air-to-air missiles, Hellfire missiles, 500-pound bombs, and more. | The announcement comes amid a deluge of dire news out of Gaza. Flood. Famine. Extreme cold. Israel killed more than 234 Palestinians during the first 4 days of 2025. Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International recently published reports saying Israel is committing genocide.

Mike Ludwig (2025-01-10). Meta's Allowance of Hate Speech Is Another Side Effect of Big Tech Monopoly. truthout.org The latest "free speech" proclamation from a Big Tech billionaire has caused both alarm and a collective eyeroll. Digital rights activists say the debate over freedom of speech and content moderation has devolved into a partisan food fight without challenging the virtual monopolies that a few wealthy companies hold over our data and online experience. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's announced on… |

Jake Johnson (2025-01-10). World's Richest 1 Percent Have Already Surpassed Their Carbon Budget for 2025. truthout.org An Oxfam analysis published Friday shows that the richest 1% of the global population has already blown through its global carbon budget for 2025 — just 10 days into the New Year. The figures, which arrive amid catastrophic fires in Los Angeles that may turn out to be the costliest in U.S. history, highlight the disproportionate role of the ultra-wealthy in fueling a climate emergency that is… |

newarab (2025-01-10). UK face probe into handling of allegations against Harrods owner. newarab.com British police watchdogs will investigate whether the London force bungled its handling of The Independent Office for Police Conduct said Wednesday that it will oversee a probe by the Metropolitan Police Directorate of Professional Standards into whether opportunities were missed to bring the wealthy businessman to justice. | "There is widespread public concern around this case, with a significant number of allegatio…

Isabelle Ponet (2025-01-10). 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 (…) | – | / |

Arnaud Natal, Isabelle Guérin, Sébastien Michiels, Timothée Narring (2025-01-10). The Urgent Need to Better Measure Household Debt. cadtm.org

Christoph Sorg (2025-01-10). CADTM and the experience of the Greek Truth Committee on Public Debt. cadtm.org

Jean Andreau (2025-01-10). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org

Michael Hudson (2025-01-10). Democracy and Debt: Has the Link been Broken? 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.
| Debt Slavery — Why It Destroyed Rome, Why It Will Destroy Us Unless It's Stopped
| Book V of Aristotle's Politics describes the eternal transition of oligarchies making themselves (…) | – |

Andrew Johnson (2025-01-10). Housing crisis significantly worse in 2024. workers.org Capitalism, and class societies generally, have always been defined by poor housing conditions for the working classes. Contrary to popular myth, homelessness is not the result of individual failures or particular party governance, but rather an inbuilt inequity in the distribution of resources that permeates all class societies, which is . . . |

WSWS (2025-01-10). Demonstrations across Australia oppose attack on Gaza Hospital, demand release of health workers. wsws.org In Brisbane, Dr Zewlan Moor said she was speaking as a socialist, condemned the complicity of the Australian government in the genocide and called for an independent movement of the working class to fight it.

newarab (2025-01-10). US House passes bill sanctioning ICC to protect Israel. newarab.com The US House of Representatives have voted for the second time to sanction individuals working for the The Republican-led bipartisan

WSWS (2025-01-10). As US experiences 10th COVID-19 wave, Portland, Oregon nurses poised to launch largest strike in state history. wsws.org The workers' primary demands include safer staffing levels, livable wages, tangible improvements in working conditions, and reliable, affordable healthcare.

presstv.ir (2025-01-10). Trump says 'setting up' meeting with Putin over Ukraine war. presstv.ir US President-elect Donald Trump says he is working to set up a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

WSWS (2025-01-10). The Los Angeles fire disaster and the necessity of socialist planning. wsws.org The fires raging out of control in Los Angeles underscore how the socialist transformation of society by the international working class is not only possible but urgently necessary.

Basit Mahmood (2025-01-10). 'A champion of the working class': Tributes pour in as Mick Lynch announces retirement. leftfootforward.org Tributes have poured in for Mick Lynch after the trade unionist announced his retirement from the RMT. | The union announced that 'RMT general secretary Michael Lynch has made the decision to retire at the age of 63 after serving the union in many capacities. He was elected general secretary in 2021.' | Lynch said that he was incredibly proud to have served the union both as a rank-and-file member and an elected officer. | He said: "It has been a privilege to serve this union for over 30 years in all capacities, but now it is time for change. | "This union has been through a lot of struggles in recent years, a…

GABIK (2025-01-10). North West on high alert amid heavy rains. sanews.gov.za North West on high alert amid heavy rains | The North West Provincial Disaster Management Centre (PMDC), working together with Municipal Disaster Centres, remains on high alert for incidents of disaster across the province. | This follows heavy rainfall that affected many parts of the province and damaged infrastructure and properties. | North West MEC for Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs, Gaoage Oageng Molapisi, said the disaster management teams are on the ground conducting a needs and impact assessment. | The province experienced heavy rainfall in the past few days and largely…

SAM (2025-01-10). Of the Plutocrats, By the Plutocrats, and For the Plutocrats. inequality.org

newarab (2025-01-10). Israel kills 70 people in Gaza as hunger crisis worsens. newarab.com The According to the Palestinian ministry of health, the death toll from Thursday included wome…

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WSWS (2025-01-09). Vanuatu left reeling after deadly December earthquake. wsws.org The earthquake has exposed the consequences of the mass poverty and lack of basic infrastructure endemic throughout the Pacific Islands.

newarab (2025-01-09). UK face probe into handling of allegations against Harrods owner. newarab.com British police watchdogs will investigate whether the London force bungled its handling of The Independent Office for Police Conduct said Wednesday that it will oversee a probe by the Metropolitan Police Directorate of Professional Standards into whether opportunities were missed to bring the wealthy businessman to justice. | "There is widespread public concern around this case, with a significant number of allegatio…

Isabelle Ponet (2025-01-09). 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 (…) | – | / |

Christoph Sorg (2025-01-09). CADTM and the experience of the Greek Truth Committee on Public Debt. cadtm.org

Jean Andreau (2025-01-09). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org

Michael Hudson (2025-01-09). Democracy and Debt: Has the Link been Broken? 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.
| Debt Slavery — Why It Destroyed Rome, Why It Will Destroy Us Unless It's Stopped
| Book V of Aristotle's Politics describes the eternal transition of oligarchies making themselves (…) | – |

WSWS (2025-01-09). SPD interior minister threatens thousands of Syrians with deportation from Germany. wsws.org The threats of deportations directed against refugees and migrants are aimed at the working class as a whole.

WSWS (2025-01-09). Jimmy Carter and the 1977-78 coal miners strike. wsws.org The 111-day walkout by coal miners, which began on December 6, 1977, was a major strategic experience for the American and international working class.

Tim Huber (2025-01-09). From humility to penitence. anabaptistworld.org During the U.S. Civil War in 1862, President Lincoln began working with state governors to conscript young men for the Union army. In response, Swiss Mennonite leaders from Bluffton and Pandora, Ohio, sent a letter to Gov. David Tod appealing for an exemption from military service for their young men.

Eileen Kinch (2025-01-09). God is our refuge. anabaptistworld.org God is our refuge. We will not fear though painful changes come to earth and sea, though oceans rise and funnel clouds cut swaths through homes like reapers through a field. We will not fear though hardships come—though communities rip apart and nations dissolve into chaos, though inequality abounds on street corners and the homeless …

Abdullah Jallow (2025-01-09). Reflections from some statements of Al-Allamah Rabee Bin Hadi Al-Mad'khali [44 of 80]. salaficentre.com In The Name of Allah, The Most Merciful, The Bestower of Mercy. By Allah! The Ummah will not be removed from its problems, humiliation and the degradation they are living in except through returning to the Book of Allah, the Sunnah of the Messenger and the understanding of the pious predecessors, (when dealing) with the …

Lily Geismer (2025-01-09). A New Suburban Politics. dissentmagazine.org A more capacious suburban politics—beyond the myth of the white, affluent enclave—is fundamental to addressing the problems of racial segregation and economic inequality that shape American life.

Chuck Collins (2025-01-08). Billionaire Round-Up, 2024. counterpunch.org At the close of 2024 there were 813 billionaires in the United States with a combined total wealth of $6.72 trillion, according to an analysis of the Forbes wealth data. The total number of billionaires has remained constant since the outlet published its 38th annual World's Billionaire List on April 2, 2024. But the combined

Abayomi Azikiwe (2025-01-08). Africa in Review 2024: Continental Development and the Imperatives of Unification. globalresearch.ca Over the last several years there has been a reemergence of the African debt crisis which served as a major impediment to the qualitative growth and development of the continent since the 1950s and 1960s. | After spending four centuries under …

Isabelle Ponet (2025-01-08). 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 (…) | – | / |

Jean Andreau (2025-01-08). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org

Michael Hudson (2025-01-08). Democracy and Debt: Has the Link been Broken? 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.
| Debt Slavery — Why It Destroyed Rome, Why It Will Destroy Us Unless It's Stopped
| Book V of Aristotle's Politics describes the eternal transition of oligarchies making themselves (…) | – |

aljazeera (2025-01-08). US bans medical debt from credit reports as Biden nears exit. aljazeera.com Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says change will strike $49bn in medical debt from credit reports.

Dean Baker (2025-01-08). Revising NYT History on Democrats Losing the Working Class. counterpunch.org 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

newarab (2025-01-08). Gaza ministry says fuel stock has run out in hospitals. newarab.com Gaza's ministry of health announced on Wednesday that fuel stocks have run out in healthcare facilities and warned that in a matter of hours hospital generators will completely stop working, urging for international organisations to take immediate action. | The ministry added the fuel shortage is "directly endangering" the lives of patients, particularly in the Al-Aqsa Hospital, the Gaza European Hospital and the Nasser Medical Complex. | The UN agency UNRWA said Gaza hospitals had become "death traps" and reiterated that the increased attacks coupled with cold weather in Gaza is worsening already dire conditi…

Staff (2025-01-08). "Outrageous": Rep. Jim McGovern Slams Trump's Rhetoric on Taking Panama, Greenland & Canada. democracynow.org At a news conference Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump renewed his threats against Gaza, Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal as he continues to push an agenda of extreme U.S. imperialism. Democratic Congressmember Jim McGovern calls Trump's comments "outrageous," "ridiculous" and, ultimately, a distraction from his planned abandonment of social services. We also discuss social networking behemoth Meta's announcement that it is ending its fact-checking program, in what's being seen as a capitulation to Trump and conservative media disinformation campaigns, and how P…

Alina Ramos Martin (2025-01-08). Spanish universities validate intermittent fasting. plenglish.com This conclusion, released today, was reached by the research carried out by the Universities of Granada (UGR) and the Public University of Navarra, together with the Biomedical Research Networking Center (Ciber). | According to sources from the Center of High Studies in Granada, not eating anything from 5 p.m. until 9 a.m. the next day, helps to improve the regulation of glycemia and reduce subcutaneous abdominal fat. | The analysis published in the journal Nature Medicine indicates that in Spain, the prevalence of overweight and obesity reaches 70% in men and 50% in women. | It is associated with multiple metab…

newarab (2025-01-08). UK soldiers tell inquiry of Afghan civilian killings concerns. newarab.com Soldiers who were part of British special forces working in Afghanistan have told a public inquiry of their concerns that Afghans who posed no threat had been murdered in raids against suspected Taliban insurgents, including some aged under 16. | The independent inquiry was ordered by Britain's defence ministry (MoD) after a BBC TV documentary reported that soldiers from the elite Special Air Service (SAS) had killed 54 people in suspicious circumstances during the war in Afghanistan more than a decade ago. | The investigation is examining a number of night-time raids called deliberate detention operations car…

newarab (2025-01-08). Italian journalist Sala freed from Iran prison and flying home. newarab.com Italian journalist Sala, 29, had been working under a regular journalistic visa but was detained in Tehran on Dec. 19 and held in solitary confinement in the Iranian capital's notorious Evin prison. | Sala was seized three days after Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini was arrested in Mi…

cameron orr (2025-01-08). Wall Street v. Main Street: the single family home takeover. cpusa.org Soaring rents and home prices across the country are fueling the housing instability that forces working families into the streets. Wall Street's increasing penetration into the single-family home market is at the core of the upheaval. | It all began in 2007, when a large number of "adjustable-rate mortgages" (or "ARMs"), also known as subprime mortgages, reached the date at which their loan rates were due to be reset. These "ARMS" had previously allowed millions of families to buy homes. But when they hit the reset date, the interest rates greatly increased, and a large swath of the population was suddenly un…

Staff (2025-01-08). 11 Men Freed After 20+ Years of "Extreme Deprivation." Will Biden Close Guantánamo for Good? democracynow.org Eleven Yemeni men imprisoned without charge or trial at the Guantánamo Bay detention center for more than two decades have just been released to Oman to restart their lives. This latest transfer brings the total number of men detained at Guantánamo down to 15. Civil rights lawyers Ramzi Kassem and Pardiss Kebriaei, who have each represented many Guantánamo detainees, including some of the men just released, say closing the notorious detention center "has always been a question of political will," and that the Biden administration must take action to free the remaining prisoners and "end of the s…

newarab (2025-01-08). Mother of jailed UK-Egyptian activist reaches 100th day of hunger strike. newarab.com The mother of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah reached the 100th day of her hunger strike protesting her son's continued imprisonment on Tuesday, according to her family. | Laila Soueif, a 68-year-old mathematics professor, has called on the UK government to do more to secure the release of her son, a longtime dissident who has spent much of the last decade behind bars. | "Unfortunately the government seems to be waiting for me to be hospitalised before they act decisively to secure my son's freedom," she said in a statement. | Her family said Soueif has survived on "nothing but black coffee, herbal…

The Independent (2025-01-08). CAADP Kampala Summit to rethink hunger response, refugee feeding. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Kampala Summit, scheduled for January 9—11, 2025, will focus on sustainable solutions to the challenge of refugee feeding and the ongoing hunger issues across the continent. The summit will address these pressing concerns through agricultural transformation strategies outlined in the Kampala Declaration, which …

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2025-01-08: News Headlines

Chuck Collins (2025-01-08). Billionaire Round-Up, 2024. counterpunch.org At the close of 2024 there were 813 billionaires in the United States with a combined total wealth of $6.72 trillion, according to an analysis of the Forbes wealth data. The total number of billionaires has remained constant since the outlet published its 38th annual World's Billionaire List on April 2, 2024. But the combined

Abayomi Azikiwe (2025-01-08). Africa in Review 2024: Continental Development and the Imperatives of Unification. globalresearch.ca Over the last several years there has been a reemergence of the African debt crisis which served as a major impediment to the qualitative growth and development of the continent since the 1950s and 1960s. | After spending four centuries under …

Isabelle Ponet (2025-01-08). 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 (…) | – | / |

Jean Andreau (2025-01-08). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org

Michael Hudson (2025-01-08). Democracy and Debt: Has the Link been Broken? 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.
| Debt Slavery — Why It Destroyed Rome, Why It Will Destroy Us Unless It's Stopped
| Book V of Aristotle's Politics describes the eternal transition of oligarchies making themselves (…) | – |

aljazeera (2025-01-08). US bans medical debt from credit reports as Biden nears exit. aljazeera.com Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says change will strike $49bn in medical debt from credit reports.

Dean Baker (2025-01-08). Revising NYT History on Democrats Losing the Working Class. counterpunch.org 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

newarab (2025-01-08). Gaza ministry says fuel stock has run out in hospitals. newarab.com Gaza's ministry of health announced on Wednesday that fuel stocks have run out in healthcare facilities and warned that in a matter of hours hospital generators will completely stop working, urging for international organisations to take immediate action. | The ministry added the fuel shortage is "directly endangering" the lives of patients, particularly in the Al-Aqsa Hospital, the Gaza European Hospital and the Nasser Medical Complex. | The UN agency UNRWA said Gaza hospitals had become "death traps" and reiterated that the increased attacks coupled with cold weather in Gaza is worsening already dire conditi…

Staff (2025-01-08). "Outrageous": Rep. Jim McGovern Slams Trump's Rhetoric on Taking Panama, Greenland & Canada. democracynow.org At a news conference Tuesday, President-elect Donald Trump renewed his threats against Gaza, Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal as he continues to push an agenda of extreme U.S. imperialism. Democratic Congressmember Jim McGovern calls Trump's comments "outrageous," "ridiculous" and, ultimately, a distraction from his planned abandonment of social services. We also discuss social networking behemoth Meta's announcement that it is ending its fact-checking program, in what's being seen as a capitulation to Trump and conservative media disinformation campaigns, and how P…

Alina Ramos Martin (2025-01-08). Spanish universities validate intermittent fasting. plenglish.com This conclusion, released today, was reached by the research carried out by the Universities of Granada (UGR) and the Public University of Navarra, together with the Biomedical Research Networking Center (Ciber). | According to sources from the Center of High Studies in Granada, not eating anything from 5 p.m. until 9 a.m. the next day, helps to improve the regulation of glycemia and reduce subcutaneous abdominal fat. | The analysis published in the journal Nature Medicine indicates that in Spain, the prevalence of overweight and obesity reaches 70% in men and 50% in women. | It is associated with multiple metab…

newarab (2025-01-08). UK soldiers tell inquiry of Afghan civilian killings concerns. newarab.com Soldiers who were part of British special forces working in Afghanistan have told a public inquiry of their concerns that Afghans who posed no threat had been murdered in raids against suspected Taliban insurgents, including some aged under 16. | The independent inquiry was ordered by Britain's defence ministry (MoD) after a BBC TV documentary reported that soldiers from the elite Special Air Service (SAS) had killed 54 people in suspicious circumstances during the war in Afghanistan more than a decade ago. | The investigation is examining a number of night-time raids called deliberate detention operations car…

newarab (2025-01-08). Italian journalist Sala freed from Iran prison and flying home. newarab.com Italian journalist Sala, 29, had been working under a regular journalistic visa but was detained in Tehran on Dec. 19 and held in solitary confinement in the Iranian capital's notorious Evin prison. | Sala was seized three days after Iranian businessman Mohammad Abedini was arrested in Mi…

cameron orr (2025-01-08). Wall Street v. Main Street: the single family home takeover. cpusa.org Soaring rents and home prices across the country are fueling the housing instability that forces working families into the streets. Wall Street's increasing penetration into the single-family home market is at the core of the upheaval. | It all began in 2007, when a large number of "adjustable-rate mortgages" (or "ARMs"), also known as subprime mortgages, reached the date at which their loan rates were due to be reset. These "ARMS" had previously allowed millions of families to buy homes. But when they hit the reset date, the interest rates greatly increased, and a large swath of the population was suddenly un…

Staff (2025-01-08). 11 Men Freed After 20+ Years of "Extreme Deprivation." Will Biden Close Guantánamo for Good? democracynow.org Eleven Yemeni men imprisoned without charge or trial at the Guantánamo Bay detention center for more than two decades have just been released to Oman to restart their lives. This latest transfer brings the total number of men detained at Guantánamo down to 15. Civil rights lawyers Ramzi Kassem and Pardiss Kebriaei, who have each represented many Guantánamo detainees, including some of the men just released, say closing the notorious detention center "has always been a question of political will," and that the Biden administration must take action to free the remaining prisoners and "end of the s…

newarab (2025-01-08). Mother of jailed UK-Egyptian activist reaches 100th day of hunger strike. newarab.com The mother of British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah reached the 100th day of her hunger strike protesting her son's continued imprisonment on Tuesday, according to her family. | Laila Soueif, a 68-year-old mathematics professor, has called on the UK government to do more to secure the release of her son, a longtime dissident who has spent much of the last decade behind bars. | "Unfortunately the government seems to be waiting for me to be hospitalised before they act decisively to secure my son's freedom," she said in a statement. | Her family said Soueif has survived on "nothing but black coffee, herbal…

The Independent (2025-01-08). CAADP Kampala Summit to rethink hunger response, refugee feeding. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Kampala Summit, scheduled for January 9—11, 2025, will focus on sustainable solutions to the challenge of refugee feeding and the ongoing hunger issues across the continent. The summit will address these pressing concerns through agricultural transformation strategies outlined in the Kampala Declaration, which …

Steve Topple (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

W. T. Whitney Jr. (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 …

Isabelle Ponet (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 (…) | – | / |

Jean Andreau (2025-01-07). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org

The Independent (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 …

GABIK (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…

Olivia Barber (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…

Our Reporter (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, …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (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"…

Plus News (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 …

newarab (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…

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Steve Topple (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

W. T. Whitney Jr. (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 …

Isabelle Ponet (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 (…) | – | / |

Jean Andreau (2025-01-07). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org

The Independent (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 …

GABIK (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…

Olivia Barber (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…

Our Reporter (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, …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (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"…

Plus News (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 …

newarab (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…

Ruth Schuster (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…

Maxime Perriot — Éric Toussaint (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

Saqib Rahim (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…

Isabelle Ponet (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 (…) | – | / |

Jean Andreau (2025-01-06). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org

Rhoda Wilson (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 …

newarab (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'

Emily Markwiese, Progressive. (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.

Adam Fishbein (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 …

Tom Sandborn, Rabble. (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…

A Guest Author (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 . . . |

WSWS (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.

Chris Mills Rodrigo (2025-01-06). Inequality Weekly 2024. inequality.org

SAM (2025-01-06). Heard About Buy-Borrow-Die? Meet Buy-Hold for Decades-Sell. inequality.org

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Ruth Schuster (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…

Maxime Perriot — Éric Toussaint (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

Saqib Rahim (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…

Isabelle Ponet (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 (…) | – | / |

Jean Andreau (2025-01-06). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org

Rhoda Wilson (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 …

newarab (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'

Emily Markwiese, Progressive. (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.

Adam Fishbein (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 …

Tom Sandborn, Rabble. (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…

A Guest Author (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 . . . |

WSWS (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.

Chris Mills Rodrigo (2025-01-06). Inequality Weekly 2024. inequality.org

SAM (2025-01-06). Heard About Buy-Borrow-Die? Meet Buy-Hold for Decades-Sell. inequality.org

Isabelle Ponet (2025-01-05). 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 (…) | – | / |

Ben Norton, Geopolitical Economy. (2025-01-05). Goals Behind Trump's Tariffs. popularresistance.org Donald Trump cited billionaire egghead venture capitalist Marc Andreessen to advocate for high tariffs. Trump argued that tariffs will magically replace the income tax and pay off US public debt (which is more than 120% of GDP). This is utterly false, and mathematically absurd. | For Trump, tariffs are just another convenient excuse to cut taxes on the rich — which will in fact increase the US deficit, and therefore public debt. | Thanks to Trump's tax cuts during his first term, the richest billionaire families in the US paid a lower effective tax rate than the bottom half of households in the country.

Jean Andreau (2025-01-05). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org

newarab (2025-01-05). UNRWA denies reports that it will stop working after Israeli ban. newarab.com The On Thursday, The New York Times | The article quotes Louise Wateridge, a senior UNRWA official…

newarab (2025-01-05). 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'

Rhoda Wilson (2025-01-05). Tommy Robinson speaks out from prison. expose-news.com The establishment hates Tommy Robinson. Why? Because he is a working-class lad standing up for the working class and the "elites" don't like it. Despite corporate media's demonisation of him, he has …

Kungu Al-Mahadi Adam (2025-01-05). Uganda to Host the AU Summit on Agriculture Development. plusnews.ug For three working days, 9th —11th January 2025, in the Speke Resort Conference Centre in Uganda's capital, Kampala, the African Union Commission (AUC) will host the Extraordinary Summit on…

Dissident Voice Communications (2025-01-05). Angie Tibbs, Rest in Peace. dissidentvoice.org Life is ephemeral. We all know that, but the end can sneak up on any of us. This is aside from the people living in war zones who face such realization each day as they cling to life. This concern for the plight of others, especially the constant humiliation, deprivation, and killing that the Palestinians …

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2025-01-05). The culprit behind many broken New Year's resolutions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert offers strategies for identifying, neutralizing a common barrier to success LONDON — There is a common culprit behind many broken New Year's resolutions and other unrealized goals, and it can influence your thoughts and actions without your awareness, says Safia Debar, M.B.B.S., a general practitioner and resiliency expert at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London. If you are having difficulty achieving goals to exercise more, eat nutritious meals and take other steps…

SAM (2025-01-05). What Would Surprise America's Rich in 2025? Not Getting Richer. inequality.org

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Ben Norton (2025-01-04). Goals behind Trump's tariffs: cut taxes on rich & escalate new cold war on China. geopoliticaleconomy.com Donald Trump's tariffs will not reduce US public debt. The federal deficit will keep growing, but they will be an excuse to further cut taxes on the rich and to ratchet up the new cold war on China.

Editor (2025-01-04). How the wealthy engineered white supremacy: The Wilmington Massacre of 1898. mronline.org The Wilmington, North Carolina, massacre of 1898, also called a coup, was not a spontaneous eruption of white supremacist violence, but instead came from the top leadership of the Democratic Party and was backed by the rich.

Isabelle Ponet (2025-01-04). 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 (…) | – | / |

Jean Andreau (2025-01-04). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org

newarab (2025-01-04). UNRWA denies reports that it will stop working after Israeli ban. newarab.com The On Thursday, The New York Times | The article quotes Louise Wateridge, a senior UNRWA official…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2025-01-04). The culprit behind many broken New Year's resolutions. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Mayo Clinic Healthcare expert offers strategies for identifying, neutralizing a common barrier to success LONDON — There is a common culprit behind many broken New Year's resolutions and other unrealized goals, and it can influence your thoughts and actions without your awareness, says Safia Debar, M.B.B.S., a general practitioner and resiliency expert at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London. If you are having difficulty achieving goals to exercise more, eat nutritious meals and take other steps…

Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead (2025-01-04). Experts warn of rising election turnout inequality. leftfootforward.org A healthy democracy relies on people participating in elections. Yet in the UK, voter turnout is falling. In 2024, just over half (52 percent) of UK adults voted in the general election, the lowest since the vote was extended to all adults over 21 in 1928. | The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) has analysed election turnout across different demographics and identified some alarming trends. | According to the think-tank's research, the gap in voter turnout between those with and without university degrees increased by 11 percent during the 2024 general election, double that of 2019. | Similarly, the…

Esraa Abo Qamar (2025-01-04). 'Do You Hear Our Cries?' — Struggle for Survival in a Gaza Winter. indybay.org As winter grips Gaza, families face not only freezing cold and hunger, but the deep isolation of a world that turns its back.

WSWS (2025-01-03). Holiday season highlights deepening inequality in New Zealand. wsws.org In 2024 New Zealand's financial and political elite vastly increased their wealth while the level of need for many people over Christmas was the worst it has ever been.

WSWS (2025-01-03). Socialism against oligarchy, fascism and war. wsws.org Underlying the interlinked crises of the capitalist system is an oligarchy that subordinates all of society to profit and the accumulation of personal wealth. The fight against the oligarchy is by its very nature a revolutionary task.

WSWS (2025-01-03). Socialism against oligarchy, fascism and war. wsws.org Underlying these interlinked crises of the capitalist system is an oligarchy that subordinates all of society to profit and the accumulation of personal wealth. The fight against the oligarchy is by its very nature a revolutionary task.

Prem Sikka (2025-01-03). How our democracy has been hijacked by corporations and wealthy elites. leftfootforward.org Prem Sikka is an Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex and the University of Sheffield, a Labour member of the House of Lords, and Contributing Editor at Left Foot Forward. | 'Free and fair elections' is the slogan of liberal democracies. But when did we have free and fair elections? | The slogan obfuscates the power of corporations and wealthy elites in shaping public choices. People merely rubber-stamp the policies already decided by political elites and their financial backers. Some crumbs are occasionally thrown to the masses but the rich and corporations always win because they contr…

Isabelle Ponet (2025-01-03). 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 (…) | – | / |

Jean Andreau (2025-01-03). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org

newarab (2025-01-03). Qatar Airways to resume flights to Damascus starting 7 January. newarab.com The airline will operate three weekly flights from its hub in Qatar Airways said it "is working closely with relevant authorities to ensure that all necessary safety, security, and operational standards are met ahead of the relaunch." | The airline's Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Bad…

Alasdair Baverstock (2025-01-03). New Orleans works to recover after deadly attack. america.cgtn.com The city of New Orleans is working to recover following a deadly truck attack on New Year's Day — and its residents are attempting to get back to some sense of normalcy. | CGTN's Alasdair Baverstock has more from New Orleans.

DikelediM (2025-01-03). Water and Sanitation updates on progress to deliver water to Hammanskraal residents. sanews.gov.za Water and Sanitation updates on progress to deliver water to Hammanskraal residents | The Department of Water and Sanitation, the Gauteng Provincial Government, the City of Tshwane and Magalies Water are continuing to work together to address the water situation in Hammanskraal. | The department said this in a joint statement to update the public on progress to date to deliver water to the residents of Hammanskraal. | "The progress being made is a testament to the importance of effective cooperation between various spheres of government, working together to resolve service delivery challenges," the department s…

Ismael Parra (2025-01-03). Working Families Party celebrates last year's California wins, opens 2025 struggles. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES — The mood was victorious and festive. And the proof was in the animated conversations and smiling faces. Working Families Party (WFP) held their Los Angeles region end-of-year holiday celebration party just west of downtown Los Angeles on Friday, Dec. 13. Friday the 13th, a supposedly bad luck day, was nothing of the …

Chloe Atkinson, Counter Punch. (2025-01-03). The Homelessness Crisis Is About To Get A Lot Worse. popularresistance.org With just weeks to go before Donald Trump waltzes back into the White House, America has an additional problem on its hands. | The homelessness rate has surged, rising by 18% in 2024 compared to last year. | According to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's annual assessment report, more than 770,000 people were experiencing homelessness on a single night in January. Nearly 150,000 children experienced homelessness on a single night in 2024, a whopping 33% increase from 2023. | The number of homeless older Americans also rose, with more than 140,000 people over the age of 55 going unhoused in the U.S…

Editor (2025-01-03). What I Learned Reporting in Cities That Take Belongings From Homeless People. scheerpost.com

Marilyn Bechtel (2025-01-03). Protesters demand an end to sweeps of unhoused encampments. peoplesworld.org OAKLAND, Calif.—As City Councilmembers prepared to start their final meeting of 2024, protesters gathered outside City Hall on the afternoon of Dec. 17, erecting tents and a speaker's platform in the plaza and demanding that sweeps to remove homeless encampments be ended and unhoused people be provided with permanent, deeply-affordable housing and needed services. They …

Editor (2025-01-03). Luigi Mangione and the morality of killing. mronline.org Kieran Allen delves into the establishment spectacle of condemnation surrounding Luigi Mangione, who has gained folk hero status after allegedly assassinating Brian Thompson, the CEO of United Health Care. Allen explores the morally bankrupt world of private health insurance, where companies like United Health Care prioritize profit over people's lives on a daily basis, leading to thousands of preventable deaths.

Staff (2025-01-03). Headlines for January 3, 2025. democracynow.org "How to Hide a Genocide": Al-Haq Report Shows How Israel Hides Behind "Safe Zones", Doha Ceasefire Talks Set to Resume as UNSC Takes Up Israeli Attacks on Gaza Hospitals, 3,500 Children in Gaza Could Die of Malnutrition as Hunger Grips Besieged Territory, Texas Veteran Who Killed 15 People on Bourbon Street Previously Planned to Harm Family, Driver of Cybertruck That Exploded Outside Trump Hotel ID'd as U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger, Fate of House Speaker Mike Johnson Uncertain as 119th Congress Is Sworn In, Biden Awards Presidential Citizens Medal to Republican Ex-Rep. Liz Che…

Staff (2025-01-03). Headlines for January 3, 2025. democracynow.org "How to Hide a Genocide": Al Haq Report Shows How Israel Hides Behind "Safe Zones", Doha Ceasefire Talks Set to Resume as UNSC Takes Up Israeli Attacks on Gaza Hospitals, 3,500 Children in Gaza Could Die of Malnutrition as Hunger Grips Besieged Territory, Texas Veteran Who Killed 15 People on Bourbon Street Previously Planned to Harm Family, Driver of Cybertruck That Exploded Outside Trump Hotel ID'd as U.S. Army Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger, Fate of House Speaker Mike Johnson Uncertain as 119th Congress Is Sworn In, Biden Awards Presidential Citizens Medal to Republican Ex-Rep. Liz Che…

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2024-12-31: News Headlines

APR editor (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…

Isabelle Ponet (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.
| The Deuteronomic (…) | – | / |

Jean Andreau (2024-12-31). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org

newarab (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…

WSWS (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.

Editor (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.

Patrick Martin (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.

Robert Norse (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.

Dahlia Scheindlin (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…

Jake Johnson (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… |

Michael K. Smith (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…

Henry A. Giroux, Truthout. (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…

Jean Andreau (2024-12-30). Personal endebtment and debt forgivness in the Roman empire. cadtm.org

Robert Inlakesh (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

english.almanar.com.lb (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

Caitlin Johnstone (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.

newarab (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…

WSWS (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.

WSWS (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.

Patrick Martin (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.

newarab (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…

Sarah Anderson (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.

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