Wet'suwet'en, Bolivian Election, the Weinstein Verdict & more -- The Week in News and Opinion February 23 - March 1

This week's list of articles, news items and opinion pieces 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  February 23 - March 1.

The round-up of international left news is presented in sections related to topic/region listed alphabetically except for the Featured Article post and a large section Wet'suwet'en Solidarity Actions & News at the start.


Featured Article:

Bolivia dismissed its October elections as fraudulent. Our research found no reason to suspect fraud.

"The media has largely reported the allegations of fraud as fact. And many commentators have justified the coup as a response to electoral fraud by MAS-IPSP. However, as specialists in election integrity, we find that the statistical evidence does not support the claim of fraud in Bolivia’s October election."

Wet'suwet'en Solidarity and News:

- Wet'suwet'en chiefs, ministers reach proposed arrangement in pipeline dispute

- Blockades Aren’t the Crisis. It’s the Crumbling Legitimacy of Canada’s Democracy

- Indigenous civil rights blockades should be met with a new diplomacy, not violence

- Canada Lays Bare the Lie it Calls “Reconciliation”

- 'Reconciliation is dead and it was never really alive': Jesse Wente

- Politicians and Columnists Still Don’t Seem to Get the Wet’suwet’en Crisis, so Let’s Review

- Statement on the Arrest of Documentary Filmmaker Melissa Cox

- Andrew Scheer and Peter MacKay’s throwback to civil-rights-era racial stereotypes

- OPP gave intelligence, identities of Tyendinaga Mohawks to CN Rail without legal challenge

- Blair says RCMP best left to patrol Wet'suwet'en territory, not Kahnawake peacekeepers

- Wet’suwet’en Isn’t Just About a Pipeline, but Keeping Indigenous Women Safe

- London Coastal GasLink protest blocking downtown roads, CP rail, disperses before rush hour

- An Open Letter to “Angry Settlers”

- OPP dismantles Tyendinaga blockade, some demonstrators taken into custody

Kahnawake reinforces barricades after CP injunction granted:


- Kahnawake says it doesn’t recognize injunction issued against Mohawk land defenders

- Quebec premier's claim that protesters have AK-47s at blockade 'reckless,' says Mohawk Council of Kahnawake

- Arrests, travel disruptions as Wet'suwet'en solidarity protests spread across Canada

- 'Urban green left zealots': Kenney announces new law meant to curb rail blockades

- RCMP Pensions Are Invested in Controversial Gas Pipeline Owner

- Indigenous youth group gets death threat over Wet'suwet'en support

- Rise in anti-Indigenous racism and violence seen in wake of Wet'suwet'en protests

- Sticker shock: Decals of train driving through protesters is just a joke, Alberta man says

“Run them over with the train." | Canada’s indigenous peoples read out racist social media posts written about them:




Australia:

- Woolworths wage theft blows out to $315m

- Australian Labor Is Becoming the Party for Coal

Bangladesh:

- Indian citizenship act against humanity: Manoj Bhattacharya

- Parties demand withdrawal of decisions

Bolivia:

- Argentina's Fernandez Defends Evo Morales' Presidential Victory

- Bolivia: Ex-Leader of Indigenous Women Federation Detained

Canada:

- Canada squanders over $1 billion preparing to build ships -- No more bankrolling bloated corporate boondoggles!

- 4 Tweets tell the tale of another week in the life of the NDP

- Manitoba chiefs exploring Cuban offer to send doctors to First Nations communities

- Canada mining firm accused of slavery abroad can be sued at home, supreme court rules

- Support Ontario midwives in their fight for pay equity

- Teachers change kids' lives: An Open Letter to Doug Ford, Premier of Ontario, and Stephen Lecce, Minister of Education

- Foodora couriers win right to join a union in an ‘historic precedent’ for gig economy workers

- Teck’s Oilsands Mine: The Case Kept Getting Worse and Worse

- Oil politicians only care about fantasy jobs, not real jobs

- Thousands join budget-cut protest outside Alberta legislature

- Disgusting Sticker Of Greta Thunberg Linked To Alberta Oil Shocks Canadians

- Nova Scotia budget leaves poorest worse off, says human rights lawyer

- WITHER THE FIGHT AGAINST USMCA?

- Green Party of Canada leadership hopeful promising $20 per hour minimum wage

- What ever happened to dental therapy in Canada?

Central and South America:

- Sure, But Venezuela is the Narco State...

- Costa Rica: Jehry Rivera Dies While Defending Indigenous Lands

- Costa Rican Indigenous Denounce Govt Inaction Regarding Murders

- Brazilian communists: ‘we can win a life worth living’

- Argentina set to become first major Latin American country to legalise abortion

Climate Emergency:

Greta Thunberg addresses thousands in Bristol:




- New cars producing more carbon dioxide than older models

Colombia:

Heavy clashes between students and police are ongoing in Colombia where students are rising up against neoliberal education policies, ahead of the next planned general strike on March 25, called for by unions and student organisations:



Coronavirus:

- Millions of uninsured Americans like me are a coronavirus timebomb

- An Outrage': HHS Chief Azar Refuses to Vow Coronavirus Vaccine Will Be Affordable for All, Not Just the Rich

- Chinese are not a virus; racism is

Cuba:

- U.S. Blockade Hinders Organ Transplant Process in Cuba

- Western Union stops all money transfers from Canada to Cuba

- The socialist state enterprise is key to the country’s prosperity

- Russia and Cuba sign largest contract in recent history and Putin accepts Diaz-Canel’s invitation to visit Cuba

Democratic Primaries:

- Pete Buttigieg to pull out of Democratic race for White House

- Biden wins South Carolina, aims for Super Tuesday momentum

- Sanders joins Rev. Barber at New Poor People’s Campaign

- 'Watershed Moment': Joining Warren and Sanders, Centrist Democrats Klobuchar and Buttigieg Agree to #SkipAIPAC

- 'In Chile, In Guatemala, In Iran': Sanders Applauded for Highlighting US Record of Overthrowing Governments Around the World

- As a Corporate Tool, Buttigieg Is Now a Hammer to Bash Sanders

- 'The People Versus the Oligarch': Bloomberg Planning All-Out Media Assault on Sanders Ahead of Super Tuesday

- AIPAC goes to war against Bernie Sanders

Europe:

- Right wing violence in Germany is met by determined resistance

- Hysteria over Sinn Féin entering government is about power, not the past

Feminism / Women's Issues:

- The greatest human rights violation on the planet is the harm men do to women

France:

- French government to force through pension changes, bypassing parliament

- France: Macron stokes up Islamophobia to deflect from the movement to defend pensions

- France – state violence: when does democracy cease to exist?

Greece:

Protesters in Greece attacked a military camp where riot police are stationed to resist government plans to build what many have described as inhumane migrant detention camps:



Ideas / History:

- A Jewish Communist’s Revolution Against Fascism

India:

- What Happened in Delhi Was a Pogrom

- “Dead Bodies Everywhere”: Hindu Nationalist Violence Rocks Delhi as Trump Visits Modi in 
India

- Indian communists launch emergency appeal after anti-Muslim pogroms

- Widespread protests planned in Kolkata during Shah's visit

- Will fight politically, legally sedition case against Kanhaiya Kumar: CPI

- Indian Communists: Trump’s economic demands leave country vulnerable to U.S. corporations

Israel / Palestine:

- Canada says Palestine not a state, ICC can’t investigate Israeli war crimes

- In Classic Occupier Fashion, Israel Has Hit Rock Bottom. And Now It’s Too Late

- Only in apartheid Israel can an app offer option not to be picked up by Arab cab drivers  

- Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian, Drag His Body With Bulldozer

Pakistan:

- Marble quarry accident highlights ongoing slaughter in Pakistan mines

United Kingdom:

- UK would be three years into Corbyn-led government if not for ‘disgraceful behaviour’ of Labour MPs, claims Richard Burgon

- Len McCluskey: Why I’m backing Rebecca Long-Bailey for leader

- 'Judge me fairly': man who starved to death's plea to welfare officials

United States:

- Afghanistan's Taliban, US sign agreement aimed at ending war

- Afghan peace deal hits snag over prisoner releases

- Will America’s curiosity about socialism outlive today’s socialist moment?

- A Racist Voter ID Law Targeting Native Americans Just Lost its Punch

- Graduate Student Strikes Are Spreading in California

- U.S. Drops Charge Against Scott Warren, Who Aided Migrants Crossing Desert

- Starbucks Union Organizer Fired For ‘Drinking Water’ On The Job

- Supreme Court rules Mexican parents can't sue Border Patrol agent who killed their son

Weinstein Verdict:

- 'A new day': Harvey Weinstein convicted, led away in cuffs

- ‘Finally’: Ashley Judd and Other Weinstein Accusers Respond to Verdict

- ‘Thank you’: Six brave women did the hard work of holding Harvey Weinstein accountable

- The Harvey Weinstein Verdict Is a Watershed — and a Warning

Bernie Sanders Wins Nevada, Wet'suwet'en, Ontario Protests & more -- The Week in News and Opinion February 16 - 23

This week's list of articles, news items and opinion pieces 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  February 16 - 23.

The round-up of international left news is presented in sections related to topic/region listed alphabetically except for the Featured Article post and a large sections related to the Bernie Sanders Nevada win and  Wet'suwet'en Solidarity Actions & News at the start.

Featured Article:

Stop using the ‘rule of law’ as a weapon against Indigenous peoples

"Until Canadians and our governments start seeing the rule of law through the lens of colonialism and recognize the lopsided, inequitable and hypocritical ways in which it has been deployed, there will be no justice for Indigenous peoples and no peace for Canadian’s colonial institutions."

Bernie Sanders Wins Nevada & Other Primary News:

- Bernie Sanders Won Nevada. In 10 Days, He Could Make It Very Hard For Anyone To Catch Up.

- After the Nevada Blowout, It’s Bernie’s Party Now

- MSNBC in 'Full-Blown Freakout' Mode as Bernie Sanders Cements Status as Democratic Frontrunner

- Members Of Nevada's Largest Union Defied Their Leadership To Support Bernie Sanders

- Sanders Doubles Down, Blasts Israeli Government as ‘Right-wing and Racist’

- Bernie Sanders calls Saudi Arabia's rulers 'murderous thugs'

- Twitter suspends 70 accounts posting identical pro-Bloomberg content

- Bloomberg Has Already Spent $450 Million On Ads Since Launching His Campaign

- BLOOMBERG TO PAY HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE $2,500 A MONTH TO PRAISE HIM ON THEIR PERSONAL SOCIAL MEDIA FEEDS: REPORT

- Bloomberg quietly plotting brokered convention strategy

- Bloomberg is the Equal Evil

Wet'suwet'en Solidarity News & Developments

Breaking: RCMP close outpost on Wet'suwet'en territory while continuing patrols

Since RCMP violently invaded our territories, police have been monitoring and patrolling Unist'ot'en land 24 hours a day. RCMP continue to deploy from a police detachment on Gidimt'en territory that was built against the will of our Hereditary Chiefs.

The Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs, Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs and B.C. Civil Liberties Association say the exclusion zone implemented by the RCMP was unlawful. This response is authored by the RCMP Civilian Review and Complaints Commission.




- B.C. environmental agency puts portion of Coastal Gaslink pipeline on hold

- Trudeau says rail barricades 'need to come down now,' rules out sending in soldiers to restore rail service

- Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs will maintain blockades despite headway in B.C.

- 'We're not going to talk with a gun pointed at our heads' | Chief Woos

- The rule of law is ‘racist’ says Mohawk law professor Beverly Jacobs

- The breathtaking hypocrisy of the howls for “rule of law”

- Former treaty negotiator accuses B.C. government of 'picking their Indians' in Wet'suwet'en conflict

- 'Shame on them': Dene National Chief condemns police use of force on Wet'suwet'en territory

- Liberals postponing planned tabling of UNDRIP bill because of blockade crisis, says Mohawk chief

- Regina protesters tell Andrew Scheer to check his privilege in latest Wet’suwet’en rally

- Check your white male privilege Andrew Scheer

- Partial rail blockade in support of Wet'suwet'en Hereditary Chiefs erected in Saskatoon

- Rally held downtown in support of Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs (Toronto)

- Secwépemc Sacred Fire joins nationwide protests with rail blockade near Chase

- Protest outside B.C. premier's home amid Wet'suwet'en dispute leads to 3 arrests

- Indigenous Rail Blockades Could Become Flashpoint For Far-Right Activity

- Indigenous Peoples Report Racism Surge as Wet'suwet'en Rail Blockades Grow

- Conservative Leadership Candidate Peter MacKay Endorses Vigilante Justice To Deal With Protesters

- Who will be on the hook if the largest private-sector investment project in Canadian history hits the rocks?

- FROM RCMP RAIDS TO NATO WARS: CAPITALIST CRISIS AND OIL

- Petition: Statement of Solidarity for Wet’suet’en & Unifor & Condemnation of Police Suppression

- Petition: Open Letter in Solidarity with Wet'suwet'en Land Defense

An estimated 8,000 -10,000 people just SHUT DOWN and occupied major intersections of downtown Toronto along Bloor street in solidarity with Wet'suwet'en land defenders and water protectors!

Algeria:

- International trade union federations seek ILO intervention to stop persecution of Algerian activists

Bangladesh:

- Bangladesh' shipbreaking yards continue to claim lives

Bolivia:

- Morales' Candidacy in Peril as Electoral Body Ponders Ineligibility

Canada:

- NDP BUDGET FALLS FAR SHORT OF PEOPLE’S NEEDS (BC)

- Trudeau promotes mining exploitation in Africa

- Cabin seized by Sask. govt 'integral' to trapper's way of life, First Nations leaders say, urging its return

- Online petition calling for inquiry into Colten Boushie shooting gets thousands of signatures

- Court documents allege premier, others knew of plan for 'unconquered people' argument (Nova Scotia)

- Supporters cheer N.S. mom charged in rough arrest, as plea date set over

- As the TTC scolds riders for fare evasion, other cities experiment with a novel concept — free fares

Central, South America and Caribbean:

- US Prevents Medical Supplies From Reaching Cuba

- Brazil Court Rules in Favor of Fired Petrobras Workers on Strike

- IMF: Argentinian Debt 'Unsustainable', Economic Crisis Deepens

- Protests Continue in Dominican Republic

- Correa Returns To Ecuador To Register His Candidacy

- Mexican Radio Journalist Murdered in Ciudad Juárez

Chile:

- Chile: Chief of Police to Be Questioned Over 30 Lawsuits

- Chile: 3,765 Injured,10,000 Detained Protesters Since October

Climate Emergency:

- “NET ZERO” ISN’T ZERO ENOUGH

- Yukon First Nations declare climate emergency

Colombia:

- Colombia: 46 Social Leaders, 10 Ex-FARC Members Killed in 2020

- Violence Persists in Colombia: Another Ex-FARC Member Murdered

- Colombia's Communist Party reiterates struggle commitment

Coronavirus:

- World is approaching coronavirus tipping point, experts say

Europe:

- Italian dock workers refuse to resupply Saudi ‘weapons’ ship

- Communist Party of Greece Leader Koutsoumbas: ND Will Pay for the Demolition of the Social Security System

- Why Syriza’s Defeat Still Haunts the Left

France:

Thousands upon thousands of people have taken to the streets of Paris and other French cities as part of another nationwide strike against Macron's neoliberal pension reforms.



Germany:

- Far-right AfD faces exit from Hamburg parliament after election flop

- 9 killed in suspected far-right attack in Germany

- German far-right party AfD accused of fuelling hate after Hanau attack

- 'Who is there to protect us?' Far-right murders in Hanau spark anger and fear

- On Hanau’s streets, shocked migrants fear causes of the attack run deep

Ideas / History:

- W.E.B. Du Bois exposed capitalist and colonialist roots of white supremacy

New Zealand:

- New Communist Party of Aotearoa seeks to blaze a new trail in New Zealand

Ontario:

- Thousands gather in Niagara Falls to protest Ontario PC government

- Ontario PC party apologizes after security guard blocks CBC's Mike Crawley during live TV report

- Security company says guard who blocked CBC News camera was 'instructed by the PC party'

- 'We're all in it for the kids': Education unions lead thousands in job action at Queen's Park

- Ford government's claim of spending '$1.2B more' on education doesn't add up

- 'It's not just teachers': The forgotten workers in Ontario's school strikes

- Developer With Links to Fake Parents’ Group Lobbied Ford Government Following Anti-Teacher Attack Ads

- Layoffs Loom As Ontario PCs Test Privatizing Job-Search Services

- Canada steps into 'Ring of Fire' debate with Ontario Premier Doug Ford

Porn and Prostitution:

- The Ugly Truth Behind Pornhub's 'Year In Review'

Spain:

- Spain bans layoffs over sickness in first step to roll back labor reform

United Kingdom:

- UK to close door to non-English speakers and unskilled workers

- Patel admits her new immigration rules would have excluded her own parents from coming to Britain

- Jewish Chronicle to pay damages over anti-Semitism libel

- The new socialism of fools

- Over 600 workers in Amazon's warehouses have suffered serious injuries, union finds

- No socialist should vote for Keir Starmer

United States:

- Greyhound to stop allowing immigration checks on buses

- Federal Judge Finds US in Contempt for Deporting Minors

- Target Warehouse Workers Rally To Become First Location In U.S. To Unionize

- Walmart Workers Demand Fair Pay And Hours At Protest In NY

- JAMAL TRULOVE: THE ENDURING TRAUMA OF STOP-AND-FRISK

- What is the 'boogaloo?' How online calls for a violent uprising are hitting the mainstream

Venezuela:

- Venezuelan Heroism Defeated Last Year's Invasion: Maduro

- US War Criminal Elliott Abrams Goes After teleSUR As Part of Regime Change Plot

- Maduro Announces Measures to Defend Venezuela’s Oil Industry

- Spanish Parliament Rejects Juan Guaido as Venezuelan President

- 'Bolivarian Shield 2020' Successfully Completed In Venezuela

- Mistrial is Another Blow to US Coup in Venezuela

Wet’suwet’en, Iran, Bernie Sanders & more -- The Week in News, Opinion and Videos January 12 - 19

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 12 - 19.


The round-up links, videos and photos are presented in sections related to topic/region listed alphabetically except for links and videos related to situation in Wet’suwet’en which are at the start along with the Featured Article post.

Featured Article:

- Paul Krugman in Imperial Fantasy Land

"You’ve heard this song before, and I’ll spare you the purple prose. Before Trump, America stood for a rules-based international order. And while we accidentally bumbled our way into killing millions of Vietnamese and Koreans, conquered Haiti and Puerto Rico, toppled (at one point or another) most of the governments in South America, occupied the Philippines, waged genocidal wars against Native Americans and fought for decades in the heart of the Islamic world, we are, and have always been, the good guys. At least until a febrile real estate conman with a short attention span and nasty temper fumbled his way into the White House and stopped mouthing the comforting pieties that we all expect from a president."

Wet’suwet’en:

- Horgan says ‘rule of law applies,’ Coastal GasLink will proceed despite protests

"Fuck the RCMP
John Horgan is committing genocide against indigenous people.
#reconciliation? #UNDRIP? 🇨🇦?
Colonialists speak from two faces,

...and they both lie."

- The Colonizer Always Comes Out

- Horgan’s Pipeline Push Betrays His Reconciliation Promise

- Horgan, Trudeau and Singh show once more "progressive" rhetoric about reconciliation is a sham

- BC Civil Liberties enters Coastal GasLink fray

- Canada's long history of criminalizing Indigenous resistance

- ‘Show some respect’: Horgan criticized for LNG plant visit that skips Indigenous leaders

- Grand Chief Stewart Phillip & Peter McCartney: Canada must stop violating Indigenous human rights for megaprojects

- Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs seek UN's help after Premier John Horgan says Coastal GasLink pipeline will be built

- ‘Rule of law’ isn’t only B.C., Canadian law: Bellegarde

- Horgan Won’t Meet Wet’suwet’en on Northern Tour

- ‘A colossal waste’: BC Hydro report hints at cost overruns at Site C dam

- COPS AND CORPORATIONS OUT OF WET’SUWET’EN TRADITIONAL TERRITORY

Africa:

- African Centre: 2,500+ detained in Sudan oppression campaign a year ago

- Libya: Before and After Muammar Gaddafi

- Socialist Party of Zambia presidential candidate Dr. Fred M’membe calls for a clear and radical socialist program

- WE’RE ON A TIME BOMB…M’membe worries about housing, water, sanitation as population grows

Bolivia:

- The Coup in Bolivia: Lessons for our Movement

- Bolivia's Movement to Socialism Party Forms Presidential Plan

- Bolivia's Anti-Imperialist Army School Renamed After Che's Assassins

- Bolivia: 400 Doctors Trained in Cuba and Venezuela to be Fired

- 'No Time Extension to Coup-Born Regime' Bolivian Workers Warn

- Bolivia: Senate Approves Constitutional Guarantee Law

Brazil:

- Brazil's Peoples: Bolsonaro Means Genocide, Ethnocide, Ecocide

- Brazil’s far-right government backed terror plot against Venezuela, top newspaper reveals

- Brazil's culture minister fired after echoing Goebbels

Canada:

- Quebec Green Party leader to join federal leadership race as an 'eco-socialist' candidate

- Federal Infrastructure Bank Says It Sees ‘Potential’ to Privatize Local Water Systems Across Canada

- 'I did not kill her': Justice officials withheld report signalling no homicide while Alberta man sat in prison

- B.C. appoints special prosecutor to probe Crown conduct in decade-old child murder case

- Halifax woman says she was racially profiled by Wal-Mart employees who wrongfully accused her of theft, then beaten by police

- Protesters rally at Walmart in support of Santina Rao

- Doug Ford Wants Education in Ontario To Be More Like Education in ‘Alabama’. Here’s Why That’s a Bad Idea.

- Angry Parent Featured in Toronto Sun Article Criticizing Teachers Has Ties to Doug Ford’s Education Minister

- Doug Ford’s Education Minister Can’t Explain How His Own Education Reforms Benefit Kids During Trainwreck Interview

- Secret Document Exposes Doug Ford’s Plan To Replace Human Teachers With Cheap Computers

- 'I'm appalled': Lawyers alarmed as Ottawa gives more powers to U.S. border officers at Canadian airports

- 'My Parkdale is gone': how gentrification reached the one place that seemed immune

- Sask. child poverty numbers second-highest in Canada: report

- RACISM A REALITY IN CANADA

China:

- My Trip to China Exposed the Shameful Lies Peddled by the American Empire

- Xi urges all parties to work toward socialist goals

- The Green New Deal and China’s Green Revolution

Climate Emergency:

- 'Our Planet Is Seriously Burning and the Adults Keep Letting Us Down': Ninth Circuit Throws Out Youth Climate Case

- 'You Have Not Seen Anything Yet,' Thunberg Warns Ahead of Davos

- Scientists: Ocean Warming at the Rate of Five A-Bombs per Second

- Ocean temperatures hit record high as rate of heating accelerates

- No one will be untouched by a warming planet, scientists say

- UN draft plan sets 2030 target to avert Earth's sixth mass extinction

- Australia Fire Smoke Will Complete a Full Circuit of Earth, NASA Says

- Australia fires are harbinger of planet’s future, say scientists

- 'It's heart-wrenching': 80% of Blue Mountains and 50% of Gondwana rainforests burn in bushfires

Europe:

- “Sweden Does Not Constitute an Example of ‘Welfarism’ or the Success of Social Democracy”

- Neo-Nazis on course to win second place in Slovakia election next month

- Danish trade unions demand hike in minimum wages

- Spain’s First Communist Minister Since 1939 Was Just Sworn In Today

- Greece’s Communist Party’s (KKE) Koutsoumbas: We are in the Midst of Serious Developments

- Turkey's Peoples’ Democratic Party vows to block government's sickening child rape bill

- People Before Profit offer ‘radical alternative’ to Fianna Fail and Fine Gael

France:

- PROTESTS CONTINUE IN FRANCE AGAINST PENSION REFORM

- Macron Evacuated From Parisian Theater Due to Protests

- Pension reform rout, top-priority for French communists

- The yellow vests and the erosion of trade union strength

Germany:

- The bombs of the last war and preparations for the next rattle Germany

- German government to continue military operations in the Middle East

- German crackdown on Palestine defenders prompts UN warning

Ideas:

- Capitalism deserves zero credit for making the world a better place

- A Communist Designed Your Kitchen

- How Soviet books brought literacy and socialist culture to the Third World

Iran:

- Barr and Pompeo shift justification for Iran strike from 'imminent' threat to deterrence

- Pompeo says killing of Suleimani is part of 'bigger strategy' to deter US foes

- Trump: Doesn't Really Matter If Soleimani Posed Imminent Threat

- On Iran, Canada toes the imperial line

- PayPal accused of attacks on free speech after blocking donations to independent media over Iran

- Facebook admits censoring posts supporting slain Iranian General Qassem Soleimani

- Facebook’s Soleimani Ban Flies in Face of First Amendment

- Communist and workers' parties issue joint statement on criminal attack of US in Middle East

- Khamenei regime has no authority to rule Iran, says Tudeh Party

Israel / Palestine:

- Matteo Salvini Vows to Recognize Jerusalem as Israeli Capital

- Palestinians Benefit From China-Funded Desalination Plants

- Activists make unprecedented attempt to cut Gaza fence in protest of 13-year Israeli siege

- Israeli warplanes pummel Gaza

- Released Palestinian political prisoner details alleged torture by Israeli forces

- Abby Martin Blocked From Speaking at Georgia Southern for Refusing to Sign Pro-Israel Loyalty Oath

- Why is Jagmeet Singh ignoring progressive voices on Palestine?

- Israel Breaches Law, Transfers 34 Palestinian Minors From Prisons

Korea:

- For the dismissed workers of the 2009 Ssangyong motors strike, the struggle continues

Middle East:

- Over 330 People Wounded in Lebanon After Clashes in Beirut

- Saudi Arabia executed record number of people in 2019, human rights group says

- Sadr Calls for a "Million-Man March" Against US Troops in Iraq

- Refuting Pompeo claim, Iraq sticks to demand that U.S. troops get out

- Syrian-Kurdish politician was executed by Turkey-backed forces, new evidence suggest

South and Central America;

- 15 community leaders assassinated in Colombia in 2020

- Chile: President faces lowest approval rate amid protests

- Guatemalan organizations denounce political persecution of Indigenous leader Daniel Pascual

Sports:

- John Carlos Responds to the New Olympics Ban on Political Protest

United Kingdom:

- 5,000 people died before being repaid over benefits error

- Left wing? You may be on police extremism list

- Momentum confirms it's backing Long Bailey for the Labour leadership

- Boris Johnson's pick to help lead Grenfell inquiry linked to cladding firm

- BBC chiefs deny propaganda role as papers reveal links to intelligence services

- British Jewish Board of Deputies launches 10 Plagues against Palestine solidarity

- Socialist Jews challenge Labour leadership candidates for supporting BoD's 10-point pledges

United States:

- Hijacking the Struggles of Others, Elizabeth Warren Style

- 'CNN Is Truly a Terrible Influence on This Country': Democratic Debate Moderators Pilloried for Centrist Talking Points and Anti-Sanders Bias

- AT THE IOWA DEBATE, BERNIE SANDERS’S MOST VOCIFEROUS OPPONENT WAS CNN

- CNN’s Sanders Hit Piece Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test

- The Silicon Valley Economy Is Here. And It’s a Nightmare.

- Virginia Declares State of Emergency After Armed Militias Threaten to Storm the Capitol

- This Conspiracy Theory Is Firing Up Pro-Gun Activists Right Before Their Huge Rally

- The FBI Has Begun Arresting Members of a Notorious Nazi Terror Cell

- FBI arrests reveal shocking details in case against former Canadian reservist Patrik Mathews

- Why Manhattan’s Skyscrapers Are Empty

- Police Said They Wouldn’t Be “Confrontational.” Then They Came in Riot Gear to Arrest Homeless Moms.

- Sprawling Homeless Camps — Modern 'Hoovervilles' — Vex California

- “Capitalism Won’t Save Black People”

- Missouri bill proposes 'parental library review boards' that could land librarians in jail

- Kshama Sawant’s inauguration a battle cry to ‘Tax Amazon’

- The Members of Congress Who Profit From War

- US listed climate activist group as ‘extremists’ alongside mass killers

Venezuela:

- In Venezuela, reactionary Guaidó humiliated by assembly defeat

- Venezuela, China Have Signed More Than 500 Bilateral Agreements

- ‘Latin America in Constant Siege from US’: Venezuela’s FM

- “The Dream of my Fifth Olympics Fades Away”: Canada Denies Visa to Venezuelan Fencer (Sanctions)

- Venezuela explains to France that Juan Guaido presides over nothing

- Juan Guaido Wants to Silence teleSUR by Taking Over TV Signal

- Cuban President Condemns Guaido's Threats Against teleSUR