(2022-01-10). Behind the protests in Kazakhstan. greenleft.org.au What's behind the protests in Kazakhstan? Aynur Kurmanov, a leader of Socialist Movement of Kazakhstan, discussed the situation in this interview.
(2022-01-10). NYC Enacts Law Allowing Over 800,000 Immigrants to Vote in Local Elections. scheerpost.com 
Electoral workers wait inside a school in Manhattan during early voting in the New York City mayoral election on October 23, 2021. (Photo: Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images) | By Jessica Corbett / A New York City law granting more than 800,000 lawful permanent residents the right to vote in local elections took effect Sunday after the recently elected mayor, Democrat Eric Adams, declined to veto it. | The New York City Council had voted 33-14—with two abstentions…
(2022-01-10). Kazakhstan crisis attempt to copy 2014 Ukrainian 'Maidan' — Putin. rt.com 
Troops from a number of former Soviet republics have been deployed in the wake of mass protests | Violent and bloody clashes in Kazakhstan are a form of aggression leveled against the country, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said, claiming the same tactics used in Ukraine in 2014 were deployed to coordinate protests. | Speaking as part of a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) on Monday, Putin said that the mutual defense pact's troops were working to secure the Central Asian nation after armed groups captured a number of key facilities and effectively took control of its largest…
(2022-01-10). Breaking Point: Ed Yong Says Omicron Is Straining Hospitals & Schools Amid Vaccine Mandate Pushback. democracynow.org 
The Omicron variant's transmission rate is exponentially higher than Delta, leaving healthcare workers across the U.S. in dire straits. Waves of doctors, nurses and other health professionals are unionizing, and some have quit the profession over exploitative conditions. The staffing shortage has added on to the strains of increasing hospitalizations due to COVID-19, limited availability of necessary equipment and lack of federal support for preventative measures such as paid medical leave. "This is the cost of two years spent pushing prematurely for a return to normal," says Ed Yong, Pulitzer Prize-winning repor…
(2022-01-10). Headlines for January 10, 2022. democracynow.org Bronx Building Blaze Kills 19 People, Including 9 Children, Injures Dozens, Judge Sentences Men Who Murdered Ahmaud Arbery to Life in Prison, 25% of U.S. Hospitals Face Critical Staff Shortages; Chicago Schools Remain Closed Amid Omicron Surge, Airstrike Kills 56 Displaced People in Tigray as Region's Humanitarian Situation Worsens, Military Court Sentences Aung San Suu Kyi to 4 More Years in Prison, Fire in Cox's Bazar Destroys Homes of 5,000 Rohingya Refugees, Reprisal Attacks in Nigeria's Zamfara State Kill 200 Civilians, Tennis Star Novak Djokovic Released from Immigration Detention as Australian Visa Reinsta…
(2022-01-10). CSTO Peacekeepers to Leave Kazakhstan at First Request, Once Situation Stabilizes, Ministry Says. sputniknews.com NUR-SULTAN (Sputnik) – The peacekeeping contingent of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) sent to Kazakhstan to help protect vital facilities amid mass riots will leave the country once the situation stabilizes, the Kazakh Foreign Ministry informs.
(2022-01-10). 'Maidan Methods' Have Been Used in Kazakhstan, Putin Says, as Country Faced Threat to Its Statehood. sputniknews.com Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, addressing a meeting of heads of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), said that the main goal of the terrorists was undermining constitutional order, the seizure of power and an attempted coup, as he spoke of the wave of protests that swept across Kazakhstan earlier in January.
(2022-01-10). Kazakhstan crisis 'attempted coup' — President. rt.com 
Tokayev thanks Russia for assistance in dealing with worst incident "in the history of the country" | Last week's unrest throughout Kazakhstan was an attempted coup that had been planned in advance, and was not simply a spontaneous protest against rising fuel prices, the country's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev claimed on Monday. | Speaking to an online meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), made up of six former Soviet republics, Tokayev also stated that constitutional order had been restored. | "Kazakhstan has experienced the worst crisis in the history of its 30-year independence,"
(2022-01-10). Kazakhstan Has Weathered an Attempted Coup D'Etat, President Tokayev Says at CSTO Summit. sputniknews.com Speaking at an extraordinary session of the CSTO Collective Security Council, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said on Monday that the recent unrest in the Central Asian country had been prepared for a long time.
(2022-01-10). Degrowth is about global justice. zcomm.org Green parties sometimes think that the battle is to get the working class on board. This illustrates a real problem: the working class is not on board because green policies don't speak to them…
(2022-01-10). India to Administer 'Precautionary Dose' to Frontline Workers, Senior Citizens as COVID Cases Rise. sputniknews.com As of now, India has administered 1.51 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses to people, of whom 627 million have been fully vaccinated. In his address to the nation on 25 December, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the need for booster doses for healthcare and frontline workers and people aged above 60 with comorbidities.
(2022-01-10). Cruise ship doctor exposes shipboard conditions amid Omicron crisis. wsws.org The World Socialist Web Site has closely followed the crisis facing thousands of cruise ship workers and passengers across the world in the wake of the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
(2022-01-10). US autoworkers call for shutdown of production as Omicron spreads. wsws.org In response to the publication of a letter on workplace conditions by a temporary worker, autoworkers have flooded the WSWS with comments denouncing conditions in their own factories.
(2022-01-10). The Revolution Against Low-Wage Work. zcomm.org Workers used the additional resources of the past year to demand better pay and conditions…
(2022-01-10). New £10m centre to explore links between organisms and their microbiomes. imperial.ac.uk The £10m Leverhulme Centre for the Holobiont aims to create a green revolution in agriculture, rescue threatened species, and restore habitats.
(2022-01-10). Rusia afirma que no hará concesiones en reunión con EE.UU. telesurtv.net Una delegación oficial rusa llegó a Ginebra para negociaciones bilaterales con Estados Unidos sobre garantías de seguridad.
(2022-01-10). Blinken on CNN: Unrelenting bellicosity, full-court offensive for control of former Soviet territory. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Based on the transcript of Secretary of State Antony Blinken's interview with Jake Tapper on CNN's State of the Union show on January 9, below, as posted on the State Department website. Much of what has been excised is standard diplomatic verbiage along the lines of we'd prefer a diplomatic solution but….We'd like to think …
(2022-01-10). Widespread Discontent Drove Labor's Advances in the Private Sector in 2021. zcomm.org The resurgence of the U.S. union remains nascent, but it's apparent that — however tentatively — working-class power is beginning to find its footing once again…
(2022-01-10). Tuesday 1/25: Reframing the Constitution: The Continuing Struggle to Realize a More Perfect Union. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-10). Three Imperial "rising stars" secure €4.5 million of ERC funding. imperial.ac.uk Three Imperial researchers have been awarded European Research Council Starting Grants worth collectively more than €4.5 million.
(2022-01-10). Bennett Warns Israel Won't Be Bound by Any Iran Nuclear Deal, Will 'Reserve Freedom of Action'. sputniknews.com Tehran, other signatories of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action Iran nuclear deal, and the United States have been negotiating on bringing the agreement back online. Israel has repeatedly threatened to carry out strikes against the Islamic Republic targeting its nuclear programme, either unilaterally or in coordination with Washington.
(2022-01-10). Holmes verdict: In the US, it is fine to lie to consumers, but not investors. peoplesdispatch.org Hyper-capitalism has systematically weakened regulations to help capital at the cost of consumers. The verdict on Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos simply illustrates the growing post-90s disregard for consumers…
(2022-01-10). Job market stumbles to end 2021. fightbacknews.org San José, CA – On Friday, January 7 the U.S. Department of Labor released its last report on the 2021 job market. There were only 199,000 new jobs created, less than half of what economists and the business media expected. Most types of jobs showed slower growth, and there were 10,000 jobs lost by local governments. Despite strong job growth in 2021, there were still 3.6 million fewer jobs in December as compared to February 2020, right before the last recession began. | The official unemployment dropped 0.3% to 3.9%. Normally this would be getting close to full employment, which has only happened five times in t…
(2022-01-10). New Zealand government to reopen schools despite Omicron threat. wsws.org With the Omicron variant of COVID-19 threatening, the Labour-led government is ignoring the advice of scientific experts and preparing to fully re-open schools.
(2022-01-10). WATCH: Arrests at massive anti-lockdown protest. rt.com 
Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the Belgian capital of Brussels to protest the government's Covid-19 restrictions | A massive crowd flooded the streets of the Belgian capital, with demonstrators calling for "freedom" and demanding that authorities abolish the Covid-19 health pass required to enter various venues. | The large-scale protest, which was joined by thousands of people, was organized by an umbrella group, "Samen Voor Vrijheid" ('Together for Freedom'). The crowd, chanting "Liberty!" and "Freedom!" and holding placards denouncing what they called the government's "vaccine dictatorship…
(2022-01-09). Ukraine: What Does It Have To Do With Black Folks? popularresistance.org The worldview of liberals usually ends at the borders of the U.S. settler-state until they are mobilized by the oligarchy to provide ideological cover for the latest imperialist intrigue. This is as true for the liberal Black "misleadership" class as it is for Euro-American liberals. | But U.S.-centrism and class collaboration are not just maladies of the liberal class. Self-identified radicals or leftists from all backgrounds also suffer from this affliction, resulting in a very thin social base for anti-imperialism in the U.S., and even throughout Western Europe. | So, Ukraine, Russia, and NATO feel like a worl…
(2022-01-09). Columbia University Student Workers Triumph in Campaign for First Union Contract. truthout.org 
In the late hours of January 6, after more than two months Contract wins include significant raises for workers, bringing annual compensation for those on 9-month appointments to just over $40,000 and raising the minimum wage for hourly wor…
(2022-01-09). Kazakhstan security summit set for Monday. rt.com 
The Russian-led CSTO security bloc earlier deployed peacekeepers to the Central Asian country | Leaders from the member states of the CSTO Security Council, which unites Russia and five former Soviet nations, will hold a virtual conference on the turbulent situation in Kazakhstan on Monday, the Kremlin has confirmed. | The date of the online talks between the leaders of Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan was first announced by the office of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, who currently chairs the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). | Later on Sunday, it was co…
(2022-01-09). Putin to take part in CSTO Collective Security Council meeting on January 10 – Kremlin. tass.com The meeting will discuss the situation in the Republic of Kazakhstan and measures to normalize it…
(2022-01-09). Updates: East versus West in battle for Kazakhstan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Anti-Bellum: John Bolton's nightmare: 2,500 CSTO troops in Kazakhstan leads to restoration of Russian Empire, Soviet Union rising from its ashes Global Times: Rioting deescalates in Kazakhstan amid Russia-US wrangling: US smears Russian presence for fear of fading influence in Central Asia: expert TASS: Color revolution with help of gunmen and looters; Russian envoy to …
(2022-01-09). The Worse the Better — How Twitter Views Kazakhstan. strategic-culture.org 
By Paul ROBINSON | Various commentators have suggested that I write something about recent events in Kazakhstan. I've been loath to do so since my knowledge of the country is very limited, but there are some interesting things to say about what others have been writing on the topic, particularly concerning how it all relates to Russia. Notably, a certain part of the online commentariat has been keen to express indignation that Russia has "invaded" Kazakhstan to suppress a "democratic revolution". | The rapid spread of violence in Kazakhstan generated hopes in some circles that the mob would topple the "regime" an…
(2022-01-09). John Bolton's nightmare: 2,500 CSTO troops in Kazakhstan lead to restoration of Russian Empire, Soviet Union rising from its ashes. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The Wall Street Journal's Sunday edition of January 9 features an opinion piece by John Bolton, the former U.S. national security advisor and ambassador to the United Nations (under the Donald Trump and George W. Bush administrations, respectively) with the characteristically less-than-nuanced title of Is the Crisis in Kazakhstan the Rebirth of the Soviet Union? …
(2022-01-09). Automation & (no) Future for Humanity. zcomm.org Capitalism's frequent crisis, outsourcing, off-shoring, and the persistence of automation will continue to force many workers out of manufacturing (first) and the service industry (soon)…
(2022-01-09). CDC's Revised Quarantine Guidelines Worry Overburdened Health Care Workers. truthout.org 
This story was originally published at When Cherriese Thompson heard the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's decision last week to cut quarantine time down from 10 days to five days, she was upset. At a time when hospitalizations were surging and isolation and quarantine procedures were already tricky for people to understand,…
(2022-01-09). Unionized ski patrollers in Utah fight back against corporate greed. liberationnews.org 
Ski patrol workers in Park City, Utah are currently voting to authorize a strike amidst their struggle for fair wages.
(2022-01-09). San Diego nurses, supporters mobilize for universal healthcare. liberationnews.org 
The California Nurses Association and National Nurses United organized a statewide day of action in support of single-payer healthcare legislation, Assembly Bill 1400 on Jan. 8. They were joined in San Diego by dozens of nurses, community members and organizations such as the Democratic Socialists of America San Diego, Activist San Diego, the Party for Socialism and Liberation and the San Diego Peace and Freedom Party.
(2022-01-09). When Revolutionary Moments Arise Again — and They Will — What Will We Do? truthout.org 
The world is in a prolonged period of global unrest. Since the financial crisis of 2008, every region of the planet has experienced Yet decades of social movement struggle haven't produced a break from capitalist…
(2022-01-09). US Public School Teachers Fight For COVID Safety. popularresistance.org In New York City, around 200 public school teachers and community members rallied outside the Barclays Center on January 5 to demand safety measures as the COVID-19 positivity rate skyrockets. Organized by the MORE (Movement of Rank and File Educators) caucus of the NYC teacher's union United Federation of Teachers (UFT), protestors demanded KN95 or N95 masks for all students, faculty and staff, weekly testing of all staff and students, repair or replacement of ventilation systems, excused student absences due to COVID surges and remote-learning options. | "All of my students know that I'm here right now," said A…
(2022-01-09). Labor unions, environmentalists, and Indigenous people unite to defeat mining interests in Argentina. canadiandimension.com 
Protesters march against recent amendments to the provincial mining law in the Province of Chubut, Argentina, December 2021. Photo courtesy Mining Watch Canada. | The people of the southern Argentinian province of Chubut are celebrating more than just the holidays this December. After a fierce struggle against a recently enacted zoning law that would have opened the province up to large-scale silver, copper, and lead mining by multinational corporations like Canadian Pan American Silver, the governor was ultimately forced to backtrack. The law in question, which was approved on December 15, was repealed la…
(2022-01-09). Lack of Left-Wing Culture, Weakness of Progressivism in Latin America. zcomm.org When are we going to be able to disarm the neoliberal cultural framework? When we have an attractive, alternative, left-wing pop culture, with new axes for organizing daily life.
(2022-01-09). Russia says it will never make concessions under pressure. rt.com 
Moscow "disappointed" with lack of understanding from West ahead of upcoming security talks | Russia harbors no illusions and does not expect "swift progress" from this week's security talks with the US and NATO, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has said, adding that the collective West does not understand Moscow. | "We have realistic expectations," he told Interfax, on Sunday, adding that it would be "naïve" to believe the negotiations would lead to visible — not to mention "swift" — progress. | "There is a good chance that … we will face the US and NATO's unwillingness to understand wh…
(2022-01-09). Saudi Arabia Reportedly Asks Neighbours for Munitions Pending US Approval of Patriot Sales. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Saudi Arabia has asked neighbours for loans of interceptor missiles as it struggles to fend off Houthi strikes, pending US approval of Patriot missile sales, media said Sunday.
(2022-01-09). Magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes off Papua New Guinea. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 09 (MNA) — A magnitude 6.0 earthquake hit New Britain Region, Papua New Guinea on Sunday, according to the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).
(2022-01-09). Former Trump UN Envoy Feels 'Honoured' After Getting Added to Iran's Terror Listing. sputniknews.com The Islamic Republic sanctioned 51 senior former and current US officials on Saturday over their suspected role in the 2020 drone strike assassination of Qasem Soleimani — Iran's top anti-terror commander, as well as "the glorification of terrorism" generally.
(2022-01-09). Lee Camp: The Dark Secret History of Capitalism. scheerpost.com In this history lesson Camp takes you back to the feudal system, to the creation of corporations and currency, to the modern system that's destroying the lives of the poor today. The ruling class don't even try to hide the inhumanity that keeps the system running anymore now that it has become almost impossible to ignore. This leaves it up to popular movements to end the capitalist system and create something new. | Click
(2022-01-09). Building Bridges from Pierre Janet to Lev Vygotsky: Transitions to Communist Psychology. dissidentvoice.org 
Orientation In his time, the late 19th to mid-20th century, Pierre Janet was considered a great psychologist and rival to Freud. But in Yankeedom he is barely known today. I bring him up in this article, not only because his ideas are worthy of being known, but because in many ways his was a precursor …
(2022-01-09). The U.S. Makes a Mockery of Treaties and International Law. libya360.wordpress.com K.J. Noh The United States claims it is operating under a "rules-based order"—but the term is not the same international law recognized by the rest of the world. Rather, it is camouflage behind which American exceptionalism flourishes. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other members of the Biden Cabinet are fond of proclaiming the "rules-based international…