(2022-01-06). Biden's Four Biggest Mideast Challenges in 2022Ôøº. scheerpost.com 
Al-Aqsa Mosque last May. [Screenshot / YouTube] | By Juan Cole | President Biden faces severe challenges this year, but in my view the for-profit news often either focuses on the wrong ones or misinterprets the nature of the obstacles. | Here are some of the major challenges: | 1. Iran While many foreign policy hawks and inside-the-beltway pundits see the Iranian civilian nuclear enrichment program as a major challenge, and while it is an important issue, there are other troubling dimensions of the US-Iran relatio…
(2022-01-06). Yet another contradiction of capitalism. mronline.org 
In the United States there are still four million persons who remain unemployed compared to before the pandemic; and yet the Biden administration's attempt to stimulate the economy has already run into a crisis with the re-emergence of inflation not just in that country but elsewhere in the capitalist world as well.
(2022-01-06). Biden aumentó exponencialmente el presupuesto militar. globalizacion.ca Joe Biden acaba de aprobar un presupuesto militar multimillonario, el más alto desde la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Este presupuesto es un 5% más alto que el destinado bajo la presidencia de Trump, y le otorga a los militares 24 mil…
(2022-01-06). Omicron surge pushing the US health care system over a precipice. wsws.org Hospitalizations for COVID-19 are rapidly accelerating across the United States, inundating health systems one after the other. However, Biden and his administration have made clear they will not impose meaningful restrictions to stem the tide of a growing catastrophe.
(2022-01-06). Libya: Tough Elections During Tough Times. journal-neo.org 
Presidential elections should have been held in Libya on December 24, but now, in a country torn apart by war, acrid feud, and institutional divisions, few believe that the vote will take place at all. The High National Electoral Commission (HNEC), the body overseeing the vote, stated with great regret that it was unable to …
(2022-01-06). One year since the fascist coup attempt of January 6. wsws.org Today marks the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump's attempt to reverse the 2020 election, overturn the Constitution and establish a dictatorship.
(2022-01-06). A Recall Referendum in Venezuela will be a Failure if Attempted. orinocotribune.com By Nino Pagliccia — Jan 3, 2022 | The year 2021 has just come to the end and as tradition has it, at least in some parts of the world, many do a review of events of the year and many others more constructively start working on the so-called personal resolutions and more hopefully that the new year may bring the best for our fellow world dwellers. | Author Roger Harris offers a 2021 political
(2022-01-06). Sir Tony Blair: Bloody Knight of the Realm. dissidentvoice.org Awards and honours bestowed by States or private committees, republican or monarchical, are bound to be corrupted by considerations of hypocrisy, racketeering and general, chummy disposition. From the Nobel Peace Prize to the range of eccentric and esoteric orders bestowed each year in Britain by Her Majesty, diddling and manipulating is never far behind. You …
(2022-01-05). As Iran Honors Qassem Soleimani, Raisi Demands Trump Be Put On Trial. popularresistance.org Thousands of Iranians took to the streets on Monday, January 3 to observe the second anniversary of the assassination of major general Qassem Soleimani. The largest procession was taken out in his hometown in Kerman. Iranian president Ebrahim Raisi also addressed the nation on the occasion and demanded a fair trial of former US president Donald Trump and his associates for the assassination. | Calling the assassination a terrorist act which had implications on international peace and security, Iranian ambassador to the UN Security Council, Majid Takht-Ravanchi wrote a letter to the chair of the council asking it…
(2022-01-05). We Dance into the New Year Banging our Hammers and Swinging our Sickles. orinocotribune.com 
By Vijay Prashad — Dec 30, 2021 | Bittersweet is the passage of this year. There have been some immense victories and some catastrophic defeats, the most terrible being the failure of the Global North countries to adopt a democratic attitude towards confronting the COVID-19 pandemic and creating equitable access to key resources, from life-saving medical equipment to vaccines. Tragically, by the end of this pandemic, we will have learnt the Greek alphabet from the
(2022-01-05). Occupy Biden Demonstrates How To Hold Politicians Accountable. popularresistance.org During the 2020 presidential campaigns, it was common for people who planned to vote for Joe Biden to say that they recognized he was a corporate-friendly candidate but that we just needed to elect him and then he could be pressured to act in the interests of the people. Well, unlike the marches after President Trump was elected, that mass pressure on Biden has not materialized. Now, a coalition of smaller climate justice groups (not the Big Greens) has just completed a weeklong occupation of land close to the President's home with two demands: that he declare a climate emergency and that he stop any new fossil f…
(2022-01-05). In Search of Shallow Doctrines: Joe Biden and Trumpism Shorn. dissidentvoice.org The US presidential doctrine is an odd creature. Usually summoned up by security wonks and satellite personnel who revolve around the President, these eventually assume the name of the person holding office. They are given the force of a Papal bull and treated by the priest pundits as binding, coherent and sound. Much of this …
(2022-01-05). What's Good for the Goose. sputniknews.com Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) recently suggested that there were "multiple grounds" to impeach US President Joe Biden, primarily as lawmakers had previously impeached Trump twice. The US senator characterized a potential article of impeachment against Biden as the latter's "utter lawlessness" in combating the influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border.
(2022-01-05). Joe Biden gives address to nation about Omicron variant. america.cgtn.com 
The U.S. reports over 1 million new daily Covid cases as omicron surges on Monday. White House is not going to order any lockdowns or stay at home mandates anytime soon. And, Biden wants schools to remain open. See the latest.
(2022-01-05). GOP controlled House could try to impeach Biden. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 05 (MNA) —A top Republican senator said that "there's a chance" Republicans will impeach Joe Biden if they win the House majority in this year's midterm elections.
(2022-01-05). US President Joe Biden Gets Mocked Online After Mistakenly Saying It's 2020. sputniknews.com Confusing former British Prime Minister Theresa May with Margaret Thatcher, telling a paraplegic to stand up, and calling his election rival Donald Trump by the wrong name twice — it seems that if people were awarded trophies for making gaffes, Joe Biden would be crowned the all-time champion.
(2022-01-05). Biden administration backs reopening of schools after Chicago teachers vote to reject in-person learning. wsws.org The courageous action by educators to stop mass infection received the support of 73 percent of teachers voting on Tuesday evening. It is part of a growing movement of educators throughout the country to demand the shutdown of schools as the COVID-19 pandemic surges out of control.
(2022-01-05). Jayapal to Biden: 'Grab a Pen' and Cancel Student Debt for All. zcomm.org "Give the people want they want, need, and deserve," says chair of Congressional Progressive Caucus.
(2022-01-05). Capitalist Bonanza: Share Buybacks Reached Record High In 2021. popularresistance.org The coronavirus pandemic continued to wreak havoc in 2021, with the Omicron and Delta variants, supply chain disruptions, and inflation battering the global working class. In the United States, companies continued to put profits before worker well-being while the Biden administration refused to provide relief like continuing the child tax credit. Amid much bad news for workers last year emerged a key victor: wealthy shareholders. | Share buybacks hit a record high last year. Companies in the S&P 500 — a market index which tracks the stock prices of 500 leading U.S. companies — repurchased shares…
(2022-01-05). Mayor Of South Fulton, Khalid Kamau Moves Into Camelot Apartments As Promised. moguldom.com A new mayor in Georgia vowed during his election campaign to be for the people, and now he's walking the walk. Using lowercase letters in his name per Yoruba tradition, khalid kamau was sworn in on Jan. 4 as mayor of South Fulton. The city of South Fulton is part of the Atlanta metro area …
(2022-01-05). Starbucks union drive erupts across the country. workers.org 
Buffalo, N.Y. The spark that started in this city last August, when Starbucks workers announced their intent to unionize, has turned into a wildfire of righteous working-class ambition, with new locations across the country filing for union elections. Stores in Mesa, Arizona; Boston; Seattle; Knoxville, Tennessee; Chicago; and Bloomfield, Colorado, . . . |
(2022-01-05). Southern Libya Emerges as a Third Force: Meeting in Sebha Demands Free and Fair Elections Including All Candidates. libya360.wordpress.com The political and social forces in southern Libya (the Fezzan region) are unifying their position to appear as a third force in the political scene that has a position which must be taken into consideration in both the general political scene and the course of the electoral process. The Forum for Uniting the Speech of…
(2022-01-05). Thursday 1/13: Recall Reform Proposed for San Francisco. indybay.org Zoom How to Join the HANC | Meeting. Please join us on Thursday, January | 13, at 7: 00 pm. Aaron Peskin | will discuss a ballot measure to | reform the recall process. (We | are not discussing the specific | upcoming recall elections.) | • To join the meeting, copy this | link: zoom.us/j/97001985 | 280?pwd=Nkx2UVFPSTRVWG | VXUVZEbFRkb0xwQT09 | • Or, with the Zoom app: | Meeting ID: 970 0198 5280 | Passcode: 333544 | • Zoom also provides telephone | numbers. These are not toll free | numbers. Check with your | phone company before you | incur charges.
(2022-01-05). Headlines for January 5, 2022. democracynow.org Chicago Cancels Classes After Union Vote to Move to Remote Learning, CDC Keeps in Place New Rule About 5-Day Isolation, Amid Surge, Delhi to Enforce Weekend Curfew as Hong Kong Bans Flights from U.S., U.K., Jan. 6 Committee Seeks to Question Fox's Sean Hannity over Insurrection, "Do You Realize You Are Describing a Coup?" Ex-Trump Official Defends Plan to Overturn Election, Report: 650,000 Messages Posted on Facebook Attacking Election Results Before Jan. 6, Manchin Says Changing Filibuster Rules to Pass Voting Rights Is "Heavy Lift", Canada Reaches $31 Billion Settlement with First Nations over Child Welfare Abu…
(2022-01-05). "American Insurrection": How Far-Right Extremists Moved from Fringe to Mainstream After Jan. 6 Attack. democracynow.org 
Thursday marks one year since a violent mob of thousands of far-right and white supremacist Trump supporters descended on the U.S. Capitol, disrupting Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 presidential election and resulting in five deaths and hundreds of injuries. We look at where these movements are one year later, with the updated investigative documentary "American Insurrection" by Frontline in collaboration with ProPublica and Berkeley Journalism's Investigative Reporting Program. Director Rick Rowley explains how the far-right social movements have grown since the insurrection and says "the locus…
(2022-01-05). Chile: Election of Constitutional Assembly President is Delayed. telesurenglish.net Chile's Constitutional Convention will restart the election of its new president on Wednesday after over-18-hour-lasting voting that ended without any candidate obtaining 78 votes needed to replace current President Elisa Loncon, whose six-month term of office ended on Jan. 4. | RELATED: | Besides being related to the lack of agreement between the lawmakers, the delay in the paraliamentary decision process is du…
(2022-01-05). Columnist Will Bunch: Trump Came Much Closer to Pulling Off a January 6 Coup Than People Realize. democracynow.org 
The January 6 insurrection resulted in criminal charges for over 700 rioters, and the FBI has since called it an act of domestic terrorism. Philadelphia Inquirer national columnist Will Bunch says there is growing evidence that links Trump and his inner circle to the Capitol attack. He argues understanding what was happening behind the scenes at the Pentagon, which has operational control over the National Guard in D.C., can help explain Trump's botched attempt to overturn the 2020 election and the insurrection that followed. "I think they fully believed that they would be able to call out the National Guard," sa…
(2022-01-05). Harris Staffer Quits To Become Executive Director At Congressional Black Caucus. moguldom.com Vice President Kamala Harris is losing another staff member as part of an exodus that some reports attribute to turmoil and bullying in her office. Vincent Evans, Harris' deputy director of public engagement and intergovernmental affairs, has quit to become the executive director of the Congressional Black Caucus, the Los Angeles Times reported. Evans is the latest …
(2022-01-05). Selling Out Democracy for Political Influence. otherwords.org One year ago, the foundation of our democracy was jeopardized in a full-blown coup attempt by seditionists egged on by former president Donald Trump. People died. | Confederate flags were waved inside the Capitol. People with zip ties and weapons were ready to do harm or even kill members of Congress and the vice president. These were right-wing extremists who had the encouragement, and even help, from Trump allies in Congress. | When the dust settled, many corporations rightly spoke out and pledged to halt contributions to lawmakers whose rhetoric and actions played a part in the insurrection — including t…
(2022-01-05). In OtherWords: January 5, 2022. otherwords.org The coup attempt of January 6 was a brief, bizarre, and terrifying moment that exposed the fragility of American democracy. This week in OtherWords, we look at the shape of things a year later. | For a moment, it looked like there was a silver lining to the violence. As even Republicans condemned the Capitol riot — and the White House for instigating it — it looked briefly like the violence, conspiracy theories, and brazen contempt for democracy that had long marked the underbelly of the Trumpist movement had at last been permanently discredited. | Well, it wasn't to be. A year out, writes John Fef…
(2022-01-05). January 6 Showed Why D.C. Deserves Statehood. otherwords.org At around noon on January 6, 2021, a friend in Virginia Beach sent me a private message: "If you need a place to stay, our living room isn't much, but at least it's not in D.C." More than two dozen similar messages poured in throughout the day from generous friends in the area. | The phone call from my mom was more direct: Were my partner and I safe, and did we have a plan in case things went south at the Capitol? | The insurrection instigated by Donald Trump has become a kind of political north star in the year that's passed since. An entire ecosystem of post-mortem analyses has grown up around the day. | Expert…
(2022-01-05). Jan. 6 Panel Requests Sean Hannity's Cooperation in Probe, Releases Details of Explosive Texts. sputniknews.com The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol has requested Sean Hannity's cooperation regarding his knowledge of US President Donald Trump and his legal team's thinking in the months before and after the 6 January Capitol attack, it was revealed Tuesday.
(2022-01-05). Three Policemen File Suits Against Trump Ahead of Capitol Riot Anniversary. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – Three law enforcement officers have filed two lawsuits against former US President Donald Trump over injuries caused during the breach of the US Capitol complex on 6 January 2021, according to court documents.
(2022-01-05). Our New Year's Resolution for 2022: To Rise Up and Fight Back. zcomm.org Corporate greed and class warfare are crushing working people. No one is going to save us — we need to rise up together…
(2022-01-05). Andrés Arauz on CDBCs and Sovereignty. cepr.net Interview with Andres on Bitcoin, the broader world of crypto & NFTs, how to think about digital and monetary sovereignties together, the geopolitics of the global payment systems, China's efforts to control FinTech, the situation in El Salvador, and the possible ways to democratize central banking.
(2022-01-05). Thursday 1/6: Sonoma: January 6th Day of Remembrance & Action Vigil for Democracy & Voting Rights. indybay.org SONOMA: Sonoma Plaza, 453 1st St E, Sonoma, CA 95476 | Wear a mask and please be vaccinated/boosted. Follow all COVID safety guidelines, especially w/ omicron variant: www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Omicron-Variant-Fact-Sheet.aspx…
(2022-01-05). Thursday 1/6: The Insurrection One Year Later: The Threats to American Democracy w/ ProPublica. indybay.org Online event…
(2022-01-05). Thursday 1/6: Santa Rosa: January 6th Day of Remembrance & Action Vigil for Democracy & Voting Rights. indybay.org SANTA ROSA: Courthouse Square, Fourth Street & Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 | Please wear a mask and be vaccinated/boosted. Follow all COVID safety guidelines, especially w/ omicron variant: www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Omicron-Variant-Fact-Sheet.aspx…
(2022-01-05). Thursday 1/6: Half Moon Bay: January 6th Day of Remembrance & Action Vigil for Democracy & Voter Rights. indybay.org HALF MOON BAY: Sidewalk intersection at Hwy 92 and Main Street, Half Moon Bay 94019 | Please wear a mask and be vaccinated/boosted. Follow all COVID safety guidelines, especially w/ omicron variant: www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Omicron-Variant-Fact-Sheet.aspx…
(2022-01-05). Saturday 1/15: Virtual Rally to Defend Truth, Democracy & Voting Rights w/ CFM & Women's March. indybay.org Virtual rally via livestream – join from anywhere…
(2022-01-05). S. Korean president emphasizes inter-Korean talks after DPRK test-firing missile. ecns.cn South Korean President Moon Jae-in emphasized the importance of talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Wednesday after Pyongyang's suspected missile test-firing earlier in the day.
(2022-01-05). House Select Committee plans open televised hearings on January 6 attack. wsws.org Democratic and Republican leaders discussed the evidence being amassed in appearances on television Sunday.
(2022-01-05). Thursday 1/6: Sacramento: Jan. 6th In-Person Sidewalk Vigil for Democracy & Voting Rights. indybay.org SACRAMENTO: Sidewalk intersection of 16th Street & J Street, Sacramento 95814 | Please wear a mask and be vaccinated/boosted. Follow all COVID safety guidelines, especially w/ omicron variant: www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/CID/DCDC/Pages/COVID-19/Omicron-Variant-Fact-Sheet.aspx…
(2022-01-05). Democrats Doing Utmost to Exploit US Capitol Breach for Political Gain, Ex-FBI Agent Says. sputniknews.com WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Democratic Party and the mainstream media are trying their hardest to take full political advantage of the 6 January assault on the US Capitol, former FBI Special Agent and whistleblower Coleen Rowley told Sputnik.
(2022-01-05). CRD Workers' Struggles in Southern Africa Pacifica's Covid Race & Democracy. indybay.org Pacifica's Covid, Race and Democracy covers the growing working class struggles in South Africa from Namibia to South Africa.
(2022-01-05). Wednesday 1/5: 2022 Dr. George Washington Carver Day. indybay.org Veterans Memorial Plaza – Farmers Market | Department of Veterans Affairs | 10535 Hospital Way | Mather, CA 95655…
(2022-01-05). Peru Prosecutor's Office Launches Corruption Probe Against President Castillo – Reports. sputniknews.com MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Peruvian Prosecutor General Zoraida Avalos began preliminary investigation against President Pedro Castillo on suspicion of corruption, Peru's newspaper La Republica reported on Tuesday.
(2022-01-05). Shanghai aunties make hand-knit bouquets for Olympics award ceremony. ecns.cn Shanghai aunties are making hand-knit bouquets at the Yangpu Women %26 Children Activity Center for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics medal ceremony.