Trump's Apartheid Israel Plan, Bernie Sanders, the Coronavirus & more -- The Week in News, Opinion and Videos January 26 - February 2

This week's list of articles, news items, opinion pieces and videos that I see as a must if you are looking for a roundup that should be of interest to The Left Chapter readers.

This list covers the week of  January 26 - February 2.


The round-up of international links, videos and photos are presented in sections related to topic/region listed alphabetically except for links related to Trump's absurd and outrageous "peace plan" for Israel which are at the start along with the Featured Article post.

Featured Article:

HOW THE ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYER WHO WON A MASSIVE JUDGMENT AGAINST CHEVRON LOST EVERYTHING

LAST AUGUST, DURING the second-hottest year on record, while the fires in the Amazon rainforest were raging, the ice sheet in Greenland was melting, and Greta Thunberg was being greeted by adoring crowds across the U.S., something else happened that was of great relevance to the climate movement: An attorney who has been battling Chevron for more than a decade over environmental devastation in South America was put on house arrest.

Trump's Apartheid Israel Plan:

- Palestinian Authority cuts ties with Israel and U.S.

- Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ is so absurd and banal, it’s impossible to take it seriously

- The ‘Deal of the Century’ is Apartheid

- Trump’s ‘peace plan’ for Israel and the Palestinians is neither

- Mehdi Hasan: Trump’s Middle East Plan Is a Policy of Apartheid & Settler Colonialism

- All that's missing from Trump's 'overly good' Middle East plan is Palestinians

- PROGRESSIVE JEWISH GROUPS DISMISS TRUMP'S MIDDLE EAST PEACE PLAN AS 'UTTERLY BANKRUPT' AND A 'SHAM'

- Denouncing Trump Plan as 'Unacceptable,' Sanders Declares It Is Time to 'End the Israeli Occupation'

- God put Trump in White House, says US ambassador to Israel

- 'This photo marked the moment my life ended': Documenting death in Gaza

- Benjamin Netanyahu indicted in corruption cases

Bernie Sanders:

- It Should Be Easy to Defeat Trump, But Corporate Democrats Look Ready and Willing to Blow It

- Bernie Sanders Is Trying to Save Minor League Baseball — and Get Its Players a Raise

- The Bernie Blackout Is Real, and These Screenshots Prove It

- 57 Climate Scientists Object After Biden Falsely Claims "Not a Single Solitary Scientist" Thinks Sanders' Green New Deal Can Work

Bolivia:

- Bolivia's Coup-Born Regime Arrests Socialist Political Refugees

- Interim Bolivian president Añez calls Indigenous citizens “savages”

- Bolivia's MAS Party Remains Ahead In Voting Intentions: Poll

Brazil:

- Brazilian Indigenous Tribes to Sue Bolsonaro Over Crude Remarks

Canada:

- Free Public Transit in Canada?

- Take Action Now – thank Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante and tell her not to back down!

- Jewish Group Applauds Montreal City Council for Abandoning Controversial Definition of Antisemitism

- Canada Post employees protest in Montreal after 2 years without collective agreement

- Study shows cutting corporate taxes costs thousands of Canadian jobs

- Desmond Cole wants to dispel Canada's "magical thinking" on race

- Anniversary of Quebec City mosque shooting a chance to have a tough talk about hate, organizers say

- ‘Cynical ploy’: Trudeau government flip-flops, now plans to fight child welfare class-action

- Defence lawyers call for mass pardon of non-violent Indigenous inmates after watchdog report

- After the apology, Indigenous groups seek firm commitments from Quebec government

Chile:

- Beaten, mutilated and forced to undress: Inside Chile’s brutal police crackdown against protesters

- Communists propose snap elections in Chile

- Uprising in Chile is legacy of dashed hopes and bitter defeat

Colombia:

- Colombia: Ex-FARC Member and Peace Deal Signatory Assassinated

- Colombia is systematically killing off its black citizens

Co-op Refinery Strike:

- No deal reached: Unifor restores blockade around Regina’s Co-op Refinery

- Dance Parties, Personal Growth, and Police: Three Days with Locked Out Regina Oil Workers

- The Saskatchewan NDP wants to consult with business before committing to banning replacement workers because of course it does

Coronavirus:

- How Chinese Socialism is Defeating the Coronavirus Outbreak

- China’s coronavirus response shows what’s possible when people come before profits

- Vietnam declares novel coronavirus epidemic

- Outbreaks of xenophobia in west as coronavirus spreads

- Coronavirus: What's racism got to do with it?

- Online claims that Chinese scientists stole virus from Winnipeg lab have 'no factual basis'

- Building solidarity and friendship with China: notes on a trip to the People’s Republic

Europe:

- Hundreds of refugee women protest against the horrific conditions in Moria camp, Lesbos

- 'We're setting a clear stop sign': Berlin passes five-year rent freeze law

- Portugal set to curb tax breaks for wealthy foreigners

- How the Italian left defied the far right in Emilia-Romagna

- Turkish government accused of blocking aid to victims of last week's earthquake

- Kurdish leaders celebrate Belgian court's ruling that the PKK is not a terrorist organisation

France:

Battle scenes from France of firefighters fighting back against violent police repression at a protest for better working conditions.



- French police clash with firefighters during Paris protest

- The Robin Hoods of France: Electrical Workers Cut Electricity to Sell-Out Union, Reconnect for Country’s Poor

- Leftist Lawmakers to Present Censure Motion Against Macron

Ideas:

- Charles Murray Is Never Going Away

India:

January 26 -- India’s Republic Day-- witnessed massive demonstrations across the country rejecting the divisive Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC). In the south Indian state of Kerala, more than 7 million people from all walks of life participated in a 620-km-long statewide human chain.




Iraq:

- Iraqi Communist Party demands early elections and end to bloodshed

- Iraq protesters unconvinced after Mohammed Allawi named PM

Mali:

- Protesters in Mali Demand the Departure of French Troops

Mexico:

- Activists Decry Femicides After Another Woman Is Killed In Juárez, Mexico

- Mexico: defender of monarch butterflies found dead two weeks after he vanished

Porn & Prostitution:

- Daphne Bramham: Allowing paroled murderers to visit brothels isn't just stupid, it's illegal and deadly

- The misogyny of the so-called “rough sex” defence

Sports:

- Problem with ‘Arrowhead Chop’ isn’t political correctness. It’s about human dignity

United Kingdom:

- Scottish politicians vote to back a second independence referendum

- Rebecca Long-Bailey on aspiration and going “further” left

- ‘Historic victory’ for United Voices of the World as over 1,000 hospital workers brought back in-house

- Northern rail franchise to be renationalised

- Disabled man starved to death after DWP stopped his benefits

- Gypsies and travellers under continual attack

United States:

“FTP” protest against police begins in New York City. The activists demand the abolition of subway fares and police in public transportation.




- A Cancer Patient Stole Groceries Worth $109.63. She Was Sentenced to 10 Months.

- Mississippi: 13th inmate dies in less than a month amid crisis in prison system

- Absolutely Horrific': Trump Preparing to Roll Back Restrictions on US Military Use of Landmines

- US Dropped Record Number of Bombs on Afghanistan in 2019

- Ukraine to investigate Biden over role in stopping corruption probe into his son

- Why does Joe Biden keep losing his cool with voters?

- Klobuchar Called On To Suspend Campaign As Questions Swirl Around Myon Burrell Case

- The Vile Message Democrats Are Sending With Impeachment

Venezuela:

- Haiti Joins US-Backed Lima Group Against Venezuela

- Venezuela's Supreme Court Rejects Attempted Takeover of Telesur

Wet’suwet’en:

- Canada’s Battle Against First Nations Shows Slide Toward Authoritarianism

- Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs among those calling for civilian review of RCMP actions

- RCMP to stand down as Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs and province start de-escalation talks

- Wet’suwet’en construct additional lodge ahead of police roadblock at 27 kilometre

- Indigenous activists file complaint, allege Victoria police caused 'multiple' injuries at protest

- Hundreds of students walk out of classes in Metro Vancouver in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs

- IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE WET’SUWET’EN HEREDITARY CHIEFS

Women's Rights / Feminism:

- American Law Does Not Take Rape Seriously

- Angels’ in Hell: The Culture of Misogyny Inside Victoria’s Secret

Iran Crisis, Guaidó Farce, Wet'suwet'en & more -- The Week in News, Opinion and Videos January 5 - 12

This week's list of articles, news items, opinion pieces and videos that I see as a must if you are looking for a roundup that should be of interest to The Left Chapter readers.

This list covers the week of  January 5 - 12.


The round-up links, videos and photos are presented in sections related to topic/region listed alphabetically except for links and videos related to the ongoing Iran crisis and the fallout from it which are at the start along with the Featured Article" post.

Featured Article:

America’s Dangerous Iran Obsession

"The US, seemingly with no awareness of its recent history with Iran, and led by an emotionally unbalanced president who believes he may commit murder and get away with it, is still acting out a 40-year-old psychological trauma. As usual, it's others who are most at risk."

Iran Crisis:




- Soleimani was in Iraq to ease regional tensions; then Trump said ‘Kill him’

- Trump backs away from further military confrontation with Iran

- We're Staying, US Tells Iraq After Being Asked to Leave

- US dismisses Iraq request to work on a troop withdrawal plan

- Trump says he'll sanction Iraq if US troops forced to leave

- Canada, allies begin withdrawing troops from Iraq amid U.S.-Iran standoff

- Esper contradicts Trump claim Iran planned attacks on four US embassies

- Questions pile up about Trump’s claim that Soleimani was going to ‘blow up’ a U.S. embassy

- Iranians Have Learned to Fear U.S. Wrath — and Canada’s Complicity

- Iran Rejects New Sanctions Imposed by the US

- Iran admits unintentionally shooting down Ukrainian airliner

- Iran deploys riot police as backlash against government grows

- Iran protests reveal cracks in clerical regime's support

- Iraqi Communists say their country should not be battleground for U.S.-Iran war

- Joint Statement of the Communist Party of Britain, the Tudeh Party of Iran, and the Communist Party USA

- “THIS IS THE ROAD TO ARMAGEDDON – WE MUST REVERSE COURSE!”

- Noam Chomsky: US Is a Rogue State and Suleimani’s Assassination Confirms It

- Corbyn to speak at No War in Iran demo

- Instagram says it's removing posts supporting Soleimani to comply with US sanctions

- Republicans Attack Democrats for Saying Qassim Suleimani Was Assassinated, and Reporters Play Along

- Meet the Corporate War Profiteers Making a Killing on Trump's Attacks on Iran

- Border stops for people of Iranian descent spark outrage

Asia:

- Chairman Dahal urges all communist parties to be united in time (Nepal)

- Activists demand overturning of death sentence to Pakistani professor

Australian Bushfires:

(See more photos on Facebook)

- Australian government report predicted severe wildfires 11 years ago

- Enormous 'Megafire' In Australia Engulfs 1.5 Million Acres

- Eyewitness: East Gippsland burns

- Former Australian Coal Executive Calls For Clean Energy Amid 'Existential Threat' Of Climate Change

- Number Of Animals Feared Dead In Australia’s Wildfires Soars To Over 1 Billion

Bolivia:

- Bolivia: Socialists Lead Polls, Coup Plotters Frightened

- Bolivia: Coup Govt. Tries to Convince Europe There Was No Coup

- Bolivia: Right-Wing Discredits Possible Socialist Candidate

- Morales Slams De Facto Bolivian Gov't for Meddling in Venezuela

Canada:

- Indigenous grandfather and 12-year-old handcuffed in front of Vancouver bank after trying to open an account

- Twitter users erupt in wake of BMO apology for mistreatment of Indigenous girl and her grandfather

- Vancouver police chief defends handcuffing of Indigenous man and granddaughter

- LOCKED OUT WORKERS AT FEDERATED CO-OP FIGHTING FOR FAIR SHARE

- Corporate Tax Freedom Day: Today Corporate Canada Stops Paying Taxes and Starts Hoarding Money For Itself

- Canadian Workers Get Fewer Paid Vacation Days Than Nearly Any Other Country in the Industrialized World

Climate Emergency:

- Giant Chinese paddlefish declared extinct after surviving 150 million years

- The Limits of Capitalism

- Brazil to Go Through With Mining on Tribal Lands

Colombia:

- Colombia: A Woman Is the First Social Leader Killed This Year

- Colombia: Two Indigenous Leaders Were Killed in Cauca Valley

Cuba:

- Cuba among 35 countries worldwide with the lowest infant mortality rates: 5

- US Seeks to Affect Cuba's Revenue by Banning Charter Flights

French Strikes:

- New year, same struggle: French strikes move into second month

- Macron Scraps Proposal to Raise Retirement Age in France

- Teachers, nurses and public-sector workers join pension strikes across France

Haiti:

- Remembering the Haiti earthquake, 10 years on

- AT THE POINT OF NO RETURN? HAITI’S 18-MONTH POPULAR INSURRECTION CONTINUES

India:

All India General strike/ Braving the chilly and rainy weather, hundreds of workers hit the streets in New Delhi to join general strike against far-right Indian govt’s neoliberal and anti-worker policies.



- Stunning display of strength rocks India as a fifth of the population goes on strike

- Congratulations for Historic All India Strike

- Workers Strike Against Modi Government

- NOT MODI’S INDIA ANYMORE

Ideas / History:

- Race and capitalism: A response to the NYT 1619 Project

Israel / Palestine:

- American TV show Jeopardy says Bethlehem is in Israel, not Palestine

- Embracing Palestine: How to Combat Israel’s Misuse of “Antisemitism”

- We “slaughtered” Jeremy Corbyn, says Israel lobbyist

- The continuing ordeal of Ahmad Zahran

South Africa:

- SACP will continue to ally with ANC if it embraces 'communist values' 

United Kingdom:

- Black Britons Know Why Meghan Markle Wants Out

- Chris Williamson asks BBC's Nick Robinson to apologise over tweet

- Support grows for Long Bailey after Lavery pulls back from Labour leadership race

- Labour leadership: Rebecca Long-Bailey vows to abolish House of Lords

United States:

- Raising The Minimum Wage By $1 May Prevent Thousands Of Suicides, Study Shows

- Trump Administration Proposes Major Changes To Bedrock Environmental Law

- Deceased GOP Strategist's Daughter Makes Files Public That Republicans Wanted Sealed

- US Plans to Send Mexican Asylum Seekers to Guatemala

Venezuela:



- Venezuela: Guaido Replaced as Parliament Head in Disputed Vote

- For Western Press, the Only Coup in Venezuela Is Against Guaidó

- Juan Guaidó, the political joke of Venezuela

- Venezuela Urges the US to Abide by International Law

Wet'suwet'en:

- UN racism committee calls for halt to Site C, Trans Mountain and LNG pipeline

- One Year after RCMP Raid, Tensions Rise as Wet’suwet’en Evict Pipeline Company

- RCMP poised to enforce injunction order against Coastal GasLink protesters in B.C.

- ‘The World Is Watching’: Wet’suwet’en Chiefs Call for Government-to-Government Talks

- Protesters across Canada support Wet'suwet'en anti-pipeline camps

- Hundreds gather in front of Toronto banks to protest pipeline

- UVic students walk out in solidarity with Wet’suwet’en First Nation

- Canada, the RCMP, and Human Rights Obligations to the Wet'suwet'en Nation

- INDIGENOUS PEOPLES WANT THEIR #LANDBACK

- Open Letter to Jagmeet Singh regarding Trans Mountain, Site C and Coastal GasLink

French Strikes, Climate Emergency, Venezuela, Cuba & more -- The Week in News, Opinion and Videos December 22 - 29

This week's list of articles, news items, opinion pieces and videos that I see as a must if you are looking for a roundup that should be of interest to The Left Chapter readers.

This list covers the week of  December 22 - 29.


We have changed the format of the round-up so that the links, videos and photos are presented in sections related to topic/region listed alphabetically.

Argentina:

- Argentina Defies the Americas' Crisis of Democracy

- “Water is worth more than gold”: Mendoza, Argentina rejects advance of extractive industry

- Argentina Suspends Amend to Mining Law Allowing Toxic Chemicals

Arts:

- “We’re Not Organizing the Poor, We’re the Poor Organizing”

- The Daily Show’s Rally to Restore Sanity Predicted a Decade of Liberal Futility

- Kelly Fraser, Juno-nominated Inuk singer-songwriter, dead at 26

- Hallmark movies are fascist propaganda

Bolivia:

The sister of Omar Calles, who was gunned down by the Añez regime's security forces, has strong words for her brother's killers as we stood by the shrine to the 11 victims a month after the massacre in Sacaba.



- Bolivian Free Territory of Chapare Ousted the Coup Regime, Braces for Bloody Re-invasion

- ‘I’ll be back’: Ousted leader Morales says his party will win elections, plans return to Bolivia

Canada:

- Accept Zaman's apology and fight the real anti-Semites

- Rana Zaman addresses accusations of antisemitism at rally in downtown Halifax

- 'We're everywhere now': Meet the homeless in Canada's largest city

- Calgarians gather to honour 123 people who died on city streets over past year

- Canada has a racism problem and the fact so many Canadians think we don't is a part of it

- Black man's arrest was unlawful and racially motivated, Quebec's police ethics committee rules

Chile:

- Chile: 6 Military Police Detained for Sexual Abuse in Protests

- Fernandez Questions International Silence Over Chilean Protests

- Chile Needs a Political Revolution

Climate Emergency:

- Moscow resorts to fake snow in warmest December since 1886

- RECORD HIT FOR MOST ICE TO MELT IN ANTARCTICA IN ONE DAY, DATA SUGGESTS: "WE ARE IN A CLIMATE EMERGENCY"

- Mozambique Is Racing To Adapt To Climate Change. The Weather Is Winning

- Nearly 500 million animals killed in Australian bushfires, experts fear

- Nearly four months of intense bush fires, Australian PM offers only an apology

- Cattle have stopped breeding, koalas die of thirst: A vet's hellish diary of climate change

- NSW poised to privatise state forests to raise $1bn for infrastructure projects

Colombia:

- Violence in Colombia Continues As Social Leader Assassinated

- Six social leaders assassinated in past week in Colombia

- Colombia Holds National Strike, Concert & Marches in Medellin

Cuba:

- United we have won! United we will win! -- Excerpts from Díaz-Canel's speech to the people of Cuba, December 21, 2019

- Cuba's New Prime Minister: Manuel Marrero Cruz

- Cuba to spend over half of its budget to social programs in 2020

- Estimates indicate that the Cuban economy did not decline in 2019, another victory over the U.S. blockade

Europe:

- Agreement on US Bases Embroiling Greece in Regional Conflicts, Greek Communist Party Charges

- KKE: The People Will Annul any Bill Attempting to Ban Demonstrations

- Turkish Communists hold gatherings in Istanbul and Izmir

- Child Labor Behind Chocolate Ferrero Rocher: UK Rights Group

French Strikes:

Thousands of Yellow Vest protesters take to the streets of Paris as they join the nation-wide strike against Macron's neoliberal pension reforms.



- French strikes enter 23rd day, beating 1995 record

- Striking French rail workers clash with riot police in Paris

Ideas:

- Sports Teams Should Be Owned by the Public

- When W. E. B. Du Bois Went to the Masses

India:

Recently, the far-right Indian government passed a controversial citizenship law, Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Progressive sections in India have called this law as divisive and fascist. More than 20 people have been killed in past in police violence in past one week, as protests against CAA intensifies across India. Protests against CAA and police brutality were also held in many countries across the world. We take a look at these global protests in solidarity with the struggle in India against attempts by the government to "divide the country on the basis of religion".




- India: Hundreds of Women Camp Against the Citizenship Law

- Left parties announce 7-day nationwide protests from Jan 1 against CAA, NRC, NPR

Israel / Palestine:

- Endorse the call for an international week of action to support the Great March of Return and Breaking the Siege

- Shin Bet Claimed She Was Behind Israeli Teen's Murder. Her Indictment Says Otherwise

Middle East:

- Iraq’s parliament yields to protesters’ demand, approves new electoral law

South America:

- McDonald's Franchise Violated Safety Laws: Peruvian Watchdog

- Lula To Fight Neoliberalism to Restore Democracy in Brazil

United Kingdom:

- Britain First says 5,000 of its members have joined Tories

- The class war election

- Propaganda and the Defeat of Jeremy Corbyn

- Labour's future lies in more radicalism, not less

- Trade unions 'snubbed' in Labour defeat review led by Ed Miliband

At Christmas the scale of injustice and inequality is in plain sight, but so is the generosity and solidarity of our communities.



United States:

- Gov. Cuomo Calls New York Hanukkah Attack 'Act Of Domestic Terrorism'

- NYPD Investigating 9th Anti-Semitic Attack Reported This Week

- JEWISH GROUPS CALL RUDY GUILIANI AN ANTI-SEMITE AFTER FORMER MAYOR CLAIMS HE'S 'MORE OF A JEW' THAN HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR GEORGE SOROS

- In Nearly Every U.S. Metro Area, New Data Show Opportunity Lags For Kids Of Color

- ‘We are sending more foster kids to prison than college’

- Navy Seal pardoned of war crimes by Trump described by colleagues as 'freaking evil'

- The Green Party Is Not the Democrats’ Problem

- US Congress Committee to Investigate Death of Detained Migrants

- The Impeachment's Moral Hypocrisy

- A Man Died After Police Slammed His Head Into His Own Car Because They Thought He'd Stolen it

American Police State: This woman was strapped down and tased by police after being arrested for having her dog off a leash and smoking




Venezuela:

In Commune: The Pancha Vásquez Commune




- Venezuela: Social Program Meets Goal, Delivers 3 Million Homes

- The Vanguard of Chavismo Has a Woman’s Face: A Chronicle of Their Resistance in 2019

- Maduro: Armed Forces, Commitment and Loyalty

- Pro-Coup Venezuelan Soldiers Who Fled to the US Now Locked Up in ICE Detention Center

- Venezuelan Diplomat Demands EU Abandon Regime Change Policy

- The US Approves Bill That May Legislate Hybrid Warfare on Venezuela

Women's Rights:

- Mexico: Zapatista Meeting of Women Who Fight Starts in Chiapas

Indian Protests, RCMP & Wet'suwet'en, Sanders Smeared, Bolivia & more -- The Week in News, Opinion and Videos December 15 - 22

This week's list of articles, news items, opinion pieces and videos that I see as a must if you are looking for a roundup that should be of interest to The Left Chapter readers.

This list covers the week of  December 15 - 22.

We have changed the format of the round-up so that the links, videos and photos are presented in sections related to topic.




Bolivia:

"The unity of the people will always be the defeat of the empire."


Watch this exclusive interview with ousted and exiled president Evo Morales speaking on the coup, the role of capitalism and imperialism in Latin America and the future of the struggle.



- 'Fascists, Racists Plotted the Lithium Coup in Bolivia' Morales

- Morales Announced Party Candidates Until End of Month

- Coup Leaders in Bolivia Issue Arrest Warrant for Evo Morales

- Argentinian Govt: "We Will Not Hand Over" Evo Morales

Chile:

Tens of thousands of feminists took to the streets of Santiago to protest for women's rights and against gender-based violence.

They marched on the Presidential Palace as well as the Chilean Museum of Memory and Human Rights where they performed the viral "Rapist In Your Way" flashmob.



- 'They Did it on Purpose': Protester Crushed Between Police Jeeps Latest Victim of Months-Long Chilean Crackdown on Dissent

- NO MORE REPRESSION! SOLIDARITY WITH POPULAR STRUGGLES IN CHILE

- Controversy in Chile over use of toxic substances by police officers

- Chilean President's Disapproval Rating Jumps to 79 Percent

Colombia:

- Colombian Gov't Responsible for Crimes Committed by ESMAD

- Colombia: Protests Against Tax Reform and Police Repression

- National protest in Colombia against Duque’s tax reform

South & Central America:

- TIME MAGAZINE WON’T SAY IT, BUT MADURO IS THE MAN OF THE YEAR

- UN Accepts Credentials of Venezuela's Legitimate Government

- Brazil: The Bolsonaro Clan Is Investigated for Money Laundering

- Every McDonald's in Peru closes amid protests at death of two workers

Climate Emergency:

- 'Everything is Burning': Australian Inferno Continues, Choking Off Access to Cities Across Country and

- Australia breaks its own heat record twice in one week as country burns

- As heatwave bakes Australia on land, an unprecedented marine heatwave causes fish kills in the ocean

- B.C.'s clear-cut forests are 'dead zones,' emitting more greenhouse gases than fossil fuels, report finds

- As Alaska permafrost melts, roads sink, bridges tilt and greenhouse gases escape

RCMP & Wet'suwet'en:

- Canada police prepared to shoot Indigenous activists, documents show

- Gidimt'en spokesperson Sleydo', a.k.a. Molly Wickham, accuses RCMP of acting as mercenaries for industry

Canada:

- Higher TTC fares, more fake cops and a cancelled LRT -- Ontario's politicians ring in the holiday with a boot to the face for transit users

- Ontario cancels Hamilton LRT in chaotic announcement; mayor calls it a 'betrayal'

- The case for free public transit in Toronto

- Caring in Crisis: Ontario’s Long-Term Care PSW Shortage

- The Ford Fallout: “You’re seeing innocent people plead guilty to avoid navigating the courts”

- The Ford Fallout: “I was scraping by on $1,406 a month. Now that’s been cut to $823”

- The Ford Fallout: “I have to tell rape victims to come back in 11 months”

- Parents burst into tears as Ford gov't delays new autism program by another year

- Coalition of unions launch challenge to public sector wages cap

- Canadian workers aren't entitled to bathroom breaks, lawyer says

- 'You're not welcome here': Winnipeg couple told they 'look like' thieves, asked to leave Winnipeg craft store

- Bible Hill woman subjected to racist remarks wants businesses to do more

- Most cases of extremist conduct in Canadian military don't end in discipline, says document

- 'This is a tough week': GM to end automotive production in Oshawa

- Nationalize General Motors

- Toronto mass shooting victims sue gun maker Smith & Wesson in $150m lawsuit

- Canada has a secret program that grants visas to war criminals, terrorists, security threats

- Trans Mountain oil pipeline faces latest legal challenge in Canada court

United States:

- Sanders Calls Out 'Deficit Hawks' in Both Parties Who Support $738 Billion Pentagon Budget But Claim US Can't Afford Medicare for All

- Sanders surges ahead of Iowa caucuses

- Barack Obama is going after old men. His real target is Bernie Sanders

- Alan Dershowitz Has Wasted His Life Doing Terrible Things

- Impeachment is a Ruling-Class Spectacle

- ‘It is beyond cruel’: Ice refuses to reunite girl with the only family she has left

- Outraged Response Forces US Border Patrol to Allow 19-Year-Old Mother to Stay With Sick Newborn

- Vigil honors 275 homeless and poor people who died in SF this year

- This Story on Cellphone Tracking 'Is the Most Important Article You Should Read Today. Period.'

- Hundreds of ‘pink slime’ local news outlets are distributing algorithmic stories and conservative talking points

- Report: WA Republican Rep. Matt Shea Participated in Domestic Terrorism

- Ryan Matthews spent 5 years on death row for a crime he didn't commit. He was exonerated and just graduated college

- Black Drivers And Pedestrians Most Likely Traffic Stop Targets In Ohio's Biggest Cities

- New Jersey Governor Signs Bills Restoring Voting Rights To More Than 80,000 People

- Anthony Clark Is a Socialist Running for Congress with the Spirit of Fred Hampton at His Back

- Warren Backs Down on Medicare for All, Now Says It’s a ‘Choice’

- Mainstream media sees a puzzling obstacle to Pete Buttigieg's rise: The voters

- Possible mass grave from 1921 massacre found: "It was hell on earth"

- Extremist cops: how US law enforcement is failing to police itself

- Supreme court won't revive homeless camping ban

Censoring of Palestinian Voices and of Those Opposed to Israeli Apartheid:

- Trump Elevates an Anti-Semitic Slur Into Law

- Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission rescinds Rana Zaman's rights award

- Confronting The Censorship Of The Palestinian Struggle

- SAIA Demands That Herut Canada And The JDL Be Permanently Banned From York University

- Accusing Bernie Sanders of antisemitism? That's a new low

- Of Course They’re Accusing Bernie Sanders Of Anti-Semitism - Because He Supports Palestinians

- Bernie supporters: talk about Palestine, or succumb to the smears

Israel / Palestine:

- Gaza 2020: How easy it is for the world to delete Palestinian pain

- 'I Said, Get Up, Mother. Then I Realized She Was Dead': Survivors of Israel's Gaza Strike Speak Out

- Israel set to be investigated for war crimes in Palestinian Territories, ICC announces

- Canada again votes at UN to back Palestinian self-determination

UK Election Aftermath:

- Letter to Jeremy Corbyn from Ken Loach, Brian Eno and others

- Labour must remember that the ‘traditional working class’ includes minorities too

- Why so surprised? The British electoral process has always been fixed

- Communist Party blames Labour's 'Stop Brexit' stance for election defeat

- Corbyn’s Defeat Has Slain the Left’s Last Illusion

- Media smear cost Labour the election, McDonnell is right to point that out

- 2017 - 2019: what changed?

United Kingdom:

- Racism 'prevalent' in the armed forces, ombudsman warns

France: 

- French Executives Found Responsible for 35 Employees' Deaths by Suicide

- Macron ‘ready to make concessions’ as pension strikes continue to paralyse France

- France on strike: Power cuts, schools shut, no Eiffel Tower

Cuba:

- The Cuban economy has advanced without neoliberal prescriptions

- Cuba Denounces New OAS Attack Against Medical Collaboration

- Diaz-Canel commends Cuba's economic results despite tensions

Indian Protests:

Indian student protesters against the Modi-government singing a Bengali version of the famous anti-fascist song Bella Ciao in the streets of Kolkata.



- India: largest protests in decades signal Modi may have gone too far

- Indian citizenship law: six killed in deadliest day of protests over new bill

- Communist Party of India launches padayatra in Puducherry

- Anti-CAA Protests : Left Parties’ Joint Nationwide Demonstration Today; Protesters Stop Train In Bihar

- Mass Protests Spread in India After Citizenship Law Passes

- 'Night of horrors': Inside the Indian university stormed by police

Middle-East:

- Lebanese communists denounce technocratic stitch-up behind new PM

Africa:

- Algerians continue mass mobilizations, reject offers of talks

- South African Communist Party looks at rebuilding alliance with ANC

- Apple and Google named in US lawsuit over Congolese child cobalt mining deaths