(2022-01-14). Headlines for January 14, 2022. democracynow.org Voting Rights Bills Appear Doomed in Senate as Sinema & Manchin Oppose Filibuster Change, Supreme Court Strikes Down Vaccination-or-Test Mandate for 84 Million U.S. Workers, White House Orders Another Half-Billion Coronavirus Tests for U.S. Residents, New York Mayor Considering Virtual Learning Option as COVID-19 Cases Surge in Classrooms, Head of Oath Keepers Among 11 Charged with Seditious Conspiracy over Jan. 6 Insurrection, RNC May Try to Block Future Candidates from Presidential Debates, U.N. Calls for Urgent Funding to Avert Millions of Deaths in Afghanistan, Specter of War Remains After Talks Fail to Resol…
(2022-01-14). ALBA-TCP Rejects New Illegal Sanctions Imposed on Nicaragua by US & EU. orinocotribune.com The member countries of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America-Peoples Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) strongly condemned the new aggression of the United States government and its European allies against the people and institutions of Nicaragua. | Through an official statement, the nations of the ALBA-TCP regional bloc responded to the recent announcement of fresh unilateral coercive measures by the US and the EU council. Like other acts of economic warfare waged against Nicaragua by the US, EU, and other allies, including Canada, these aggressive measures are not corroborated by United Nations decisions,…
(2022-01-14). Turkey Draws Closer to the US and Europe. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. Bhadrakumar A US Navy destroyer crosses the Bosphorus to enter the Black Sea, as tensions simmer around Ukraine. (File photo) Being a "swing state" may have tactical advantages but when life gets tough and the tough gets going, there could be consequences. Turkey once faced such a moment of truth a hundred years ago. It faces…
(2022-01-14). Kazakhstan Chaos: An Opportunity, But for Who? journal-neo.org 
Kazakhstan has suffered severe nationwide violence allegedly prompted by fuel price concerns. However, it quickly became clear that it was instead actually foreign-sponsored destabilization which was, at best, using legitimate public concerns as cover for attempted regime change. A Russian-led deployment of Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) forces has helped stabilize the Central Asia nation, …
(2022-01-14). CSTO is a True Defender of the Interests that Regional Players Share. journal-neo.org 
The recent developments in Kazakhstan and the role of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) in assisting that country's authorities in establishing order and security have particularly brought into sharp focus the importance of this regional interstate organization. The CSTO was established in 2002 on the basis of the Collective Security Treaty of May 15, …
(2022-01-14). Head of Russia-led bloc reveals details of Kazakhstan mission. rt.com 
The arrival of the allied peacekeeping force had a "sobering effect" in Kazakhstan, the official believes | As the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) wraps up its peacekeeping mission in Kazakhstan, the top official of the Russia-led military bloc talked about the course of the deployment and its results with RT. | Kazakhstan faced a rocky start to the new year, as a wave of violent unrest broke out on the back of protests triggered by a sharp hike in fuel prices. As the initially peaceful protest devolved into violence and rioting in a matter of days, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev reached…
(2022-01-14). The Rule of Law Must Finally Evolve Into the Rule of Justice. libya360.wordpress.com Alfred de Zayas Democracy in the twenty-first century requires that the rule of law cease being the rule of power, of might makes right, geopolitics and economics. The rule of law must incorporate human dignity into the equation and enable people power, self-determination and referenda. The rule of law must evolve into the rule of…
(2022-01-14). Denver area King Soopers strike part of growing wave of opposition in the working class. wsws.org Workers are not just fighting King Soopers and its parent company Kroger, but also the United Food and Commercial Workers union.
(2022-01-14). Striking àáimsata≈ü workers appeal for support against Turkish police repression. wsws.org The wildcat strike of àáimsata≈ü metalworkers is part of a working class movement developing globally against rising costs of living and deadly pandemic policies.
(2022-01-14). How Capital Weaponizes the Social Ills it Creates. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea In The Peasant War in Germany, Friedrich Engels wrote: The lumpenproletariat, this scum of the decaying elements of all classes, which establishes headquarters in all the big cities, is the worst of all possible allies. It is an absolutely venal, an absolutely brazen crew. If the French workers, in the course of the Revolution,…
(2022-01-14). Starbucks union push comes to Ohio. workers.org 
Cleveland Early in the morning of Jan. 10, another group of Starbucks workers — called "partners" — filed for a union representation election with the National Labor Relations Board. A solid majority of the 20 employees at the West 6th store in downtown Cleveland signed cards to be represented by . . . |
(2022-01-14). More than 8,000 Kroger grocery workers strike in Colorado. nationofchange.org On the heels of a new report showing significant financial insecurity, including homelessness, among workers at Kroger grocery stores, more than 8,000 of the chain's employees in Colorado went on strike Wednesday to demand fair wages and better healthcare benefits. Amid a recent wave of successful strikes at companies including John Deere and Kellogg's, the …
(2022-01-14). Colectivo workers deliver petition to owners: Stop delaying certification of union victory. liberationnews.org 
"I think management, the bosses are always going to oppose it but literally everybody else is on our side."
(2022-01-14). Enslavement, prisons — and the vote. workers.org 
Martin Luther King Day statement Prisoners Solidarity Committee of Workers World Party What does voting mean to an incarcerated person? As we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday in 2022, we consider this question within the context of the struggle for the right to self-determination for the most oppressed . . . |
(2022-01-14). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org School students in Italy in COVID safety strike demand return to remote learning and free tests and masks; protests in major cities in Lebanon and teachers strike as currency continues to fall; hundreds of striking South African Clover Foods dairy workers out for eight weeks protest wage cuts, retrenchments and restructuring…
(2022-01-14). Australian trade unions demand free COVID testing for all as cases surge. peoplesdispatch.org Australia has added around a million new cases in the past two weeks, making it one of the biggest Omicron-driven surges in the world. Meanwhile, the Scott Morrison government is relaxing quarantine norms for close contact workers, a step that has been roundly criticized by unions…
(2022-01-14). Price surge slashes workers' living standards. wsws.org Seven percent inflation in 2021 resulted in a real wage reduction of an average 2.4 percent for US workers.
(2022-01-14). Wednesday 1/19: Socially Responsible Investing: Funding Retirement that Benefits Worker, Nature & Society. indybay.org Online webinar…
(2022-01-14). Australian governments forcing COVID-exposed workers to stay on the job, pressing ahead with school reopenings. wsws.org Amid mass workplace transmission of the virus, Australia's governments have decreed that workers can be forced to stay on the job, even if they live with someone who has a confirmed infection.
(2022-01-14). Wednesday 1/19: Care is Essential Telephone Town Hall w/ National Domestic Workers Alliance & SEIU. indybay.org
(2022-01-14). Hawaiians, U.S. military dependents protest Navy fuel pollution. workers.org 
By Anne Kealohapau'ole Jan. 9 — Protesters angered by the water crisis persevere at rallies at the Hawai'i Department of Health, the State Capitol in Honolulu and in front of the headquarters of the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, all on the island of O'ahu. Native Hawaiians, local community . . . |
(2022-01-14). Mass infections among New York City transit workers raises prospect of further deaths. wsws.org The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) revealed that during the first week of 2022, roughly 20 percent of subway operators and conductors and about 25 percent of bus drivers were out sick.
(2022-01-14). Worksop B&Q warehouse workers enter fourth week of all-out pay strike. wsws.org Unite's calls for "reasonable" and "acceptable" offers is the language of evasion and submission. A demand is associated with a fight to protect living standards against the enrichment of the companies, or it is nothing.
(2022-01-14). Sri Lankan migrant workers support Global Inquest into COVID-19 Pandemic. wsws.org Sri Lankan migrant workers explain difficulties they faced due to the criminal response of the ruling elite to the pandemic in both the Middle East and Sri Lanka.
(2022-01-14). Michael Là∂wy: 'Revolutions'. mronline.org 
'Revolutions' is a major contribution to our understanding of the principal social movements which shape our modern world.
(2022-01-14). How Education International is pushing teachers' unions into the 4th Industrial Revolution. mronline.org 
Why have teachers' unions been pushing ed-tech that is driving schools into the 4IR? Look no further than Education International, a global federation tied to UNESCO & the WEF that dominates most teachers' unions in the U.S. and beyond.
(2022-01-14). The Missing Chapter in Malcolm X's Biography They Hid From You. libya360.wordpress.com Takudzwa Hillary Chiwanza When Malcolm X was assassinated in 1965, the revolutionary flames of Black nationalism he had ignited could not be dimmed. If anything, the name 'Malcolm X' is indelibly engraved in the hearts of millions of not only in the United States but in the rest of the world. But here was a…
(2022-01-14). The Jakarta Method: The Project to Preserve Capitalism Through Terror. libya360.wordpress.com Rainer Shea Late-stage capitalism began when capitalism ceased to be a revolutionary force, and started being a reactionary one. By the middle of the 19th century, when the bourgeoisie had overthrown feudalism throughout most of the globe, their new system became a force for regression, something that still existed not because of progress but despite…
(2022-01-14). CCSF Chancellor & Bd of Trustees Choose Layoffs & Union Busting Says AFT 2121. indybay.org AFT 2121 is charging the San Francisco City College Chancellor and Board of Trustees with union busting for improperly laying off 67 SEIU staff members.
(2022-01-14). Labor leader promises strategic maritime fleet as part of Australia's preparations for war. wsws.org Albanese's union-backed plan has nothing to do with the provision of decent jobs and working conditions for merchant marine seafarers.
(2022-01-14). Students, educators and parents angered over Chicago Teachers Union deal to reopen schools. wsws.org As Chicago students prepare walkouts, opposition is growing to the CTU's deal to reopen schools in the midst of the deadly Omicron surge.
(2022-01-14). PSL solidarity statement with the people of Sudan and Sudanese Communist Party. liberationnews.org 
The Party for Socialism and Liberation offers its heartfelt solidarity to the millions taking to the streets to oppose Sudan's coup regime in the face of beatings, arrests and bullets…
(2022-01-14). US Supreme Court strikes down Biden large employer vaccine mandate. wsws.org The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to block the Biden administration's policy that would force companies with more than 100 employees to require their staff to be vaccinated or wear masks daily and be tested weekly at their own expense.
(2022-01-14). French teachers strike vs. COVID-19 policies. wsws.org Italian students are to walk out Friday, joining the rising international movement against the government refusal to fight the pandemic.
(2022-01-14). 6.7-magnitude quake strikes Indonesia: media. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 14 (MNA) — A 6.7-magnitude earthquake hit Indonesia with strong tremors felt in the country's capital Jakarta on Friday, but there was no tsunami alert issued, the media have reported.
(2022-01-14). NATO strike force ready for "rapid demonstration of force" in Article 5 activation. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Rapid Reaction Corps France Assumes Full Responsibility As NATO Response Force Land Command Rapid Reaction Corps France assumes responsibility as NATO Response Force (NRF) Land Component for all of 2022. The Rapid Reaction Corps France (RRC-FRA) took over the land responsibility of the NRF22 from NATO Rapid Deployable Corps Turkey (NRDC-TUR), who had the mission …
(2022-01-14). Wednesday 1/19: Enough Is Enough! No Public Funded Stadium In Port Of Oakland For Billionaire A's Owner. indybay.org Oakland City Hall | Oscar Grant Plaza…
(2022-01-14). Jason E Smith: 'Smart Machines and Service Work: Automation in an Age of Stagnation'. mronline.org 
Smith begins with Friedrich Pollock's definition of automation as a 'technique of industrial production [in which] the machines are "controlled" by machines', and shows that this trend of automation, while increasing labor productivity in the industrial and manufacturing sector, is also the reason for a lack of automation in the service sector.
(2022-01-14). Pdte. de Venezuela destaca labor de AN durante el 2021. telesurtv.net El mandatario venezolano reiteró que "cada ley debe estar acompañada de un plan de acción".
(2022-01-14). The Venceremos Brigade Continues US Solidarity with Cuba. libya360.wordpress.com Siempre Con Cuba Members of the National Coordinating Committee of the Venceremos Brigade with a representative from the Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) Members of the national coordinating committee of the Venceremos Brigade, made up of US citizens in solidarity with Cuba, affirmed the continuity of the project begun in 1969 and confirmed…
(2022-01-14). Xinjiang airports resume int'l cargo operations. ecns.cn Airports in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have resumed their international cargo operations as part of efforts to stabilize global industrial and supply chains.
(2022-01-14). Colombia: "In Arauca We Have Suffered Every Form of War" libya360.wordpress.com Colombia Informa Colombia's Arauca department is one of the most heavily militarized in the country, in addition to being home to several transnational oil extraction projects. Photo: Colombia Informa Amid an escalation in the armed conflict in the border region of Arauca, social leader and human rights defender Sonia López discusses the broader context of…
(2022-01-14). Tuesday 1/25: Dollar for Dollar NOW: From Pay Equity to Paid Leave – The Push for Economic Justice. indybay.org Online webinar…
(2022-01-14). Are Western Wealthy Countries Determined to Starve the People of Afghanistan? independentmediainstitute.org On January 11, 2022, the United Nations (UN) Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths appealed to the international community to help raise $4.4 billion for Afghanistan in humanitarian aid, calling this effort, "the largest ever appeal for a single country for humanitarian assistance." This amount is required "in the hope of shoring up collapsing basic services …
(2022-01-14). Dr. Cheryl Grills Appointed to National Reparations Commission. indybay.org On the ground, in the streets of Sacramento County, seat of the Capitol of the Great State of California, "Racism" declared a Public Health Crisis by Sacramento County Supervisors. Slavery in California cloaked, authentic California History by people of African Descent distorted, discredited and being destroyed as Dr. Carter G. Woodson suggested in his seminal work, "Mis-Education of the Negro" – oftern it is darkest before the dawn.
(2022-01-13). Headlines for January 13, 2022. democracynow.org WHO: Confirmed Coronavirus Infections Surge to 15 Million in a Week, French Teachers Strike as COVID-19 Cases Overwhelm Schools, British PM Boris Johnson Faces Calls to Resign for Defying Lockdown to Attend Cocktail Party, Biden Deploys Military Teams to Hospitals Overwhelmed by COVID-19 Patients, GOP House Leader Kevin McCarthy Won't Cooperate with "Illegitimate" January 6 Committee, Confronted over Lies About 2020 Election, Donald Trump Cuts Short NPR Interview , Biden Meets with Senate Democrats as Push to Pass Voting Rights Legislation Intensifies , Ohio's Top Court Rejects GOP's Gerrymandered Voting Maps, Is…
(2022-01-13). Saudi-led coalition targets civilian infrastructure in Houthi-controlled areas in Yemen. peoplesdispatch.org According to the Houthis, the Saudi Arabia-led coalition forces carried out airstrikes on Sa'dah city's Talmous water station on Tuesday, causing significant damage to the tanks that provide water to over 135,000 civilians…
(2022-01-13). A Programme for a Future Society That We Will Build in the Present. dissidentvoice.org 
Chittaprosad, Indian Workers Read, n.d. In October 2021, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) released a report that received barely any attention: the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index 2021, notably subtitled Unmasking disparities by ethnicity, caste, and gender. 'Multidimensional poverty' is a much more precise measurement of poverty than the international poverty line of $1.90 per …
(2022-01-13). A thousand words: lamb invited to wolves' banquet. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Nothing to worry about, Russia has hypersonic missiles….Even if NATO members collectively outspend it 20-1 in annual defense expenditures. NATO-Russia Council meets in Brussels The NATO-Russia Council, which brings together all 30 NATO Allies and Russia, met in Brussels on Wednesday (12 January 2022) to discuss the situation in and around Ukraine, and the implications …
(2022-01-13). Putin draws the line for colour revolutions. mronline.org 
This must be a rare page in American diplomatic history that a US Secretary of State has been literally off his rocker. Antony Blinken's outbursts on the events in Kazakhstan were not only boorish but also illogical.