(2024-01-04). AOC silent as Biden prepares bipartisan deal with Republicans to eviscerate right to asylum. wsws.org In order to secure $60 billion more for Washington's proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, New York Rep. Ocasio-Cortez and the DSA are silent on Biden's moves to abrogate the right to asylum and ramp up deportations.
(2024-01-04). Headlines for January 4, 2024. democracynow.org Iran Mourns as Death Toll from Kerman Explosions Reaches 84, Hezbollah's Nasrallah Vows Revenge After Killing of Hamas Official in Beirut, Israel Kills More Palestinians in Attacks on Civilian Homes, Strikes Jabaliya Water Collection Site, Education Dept. Official Resigns in Protest, Saying Biden Ignoring His Staff, Public Opinion on Gaza, Activists in California Shut Down State Capitol to Demand Ceasefire in Gaza, U.S. and Allies Threaten Military Action Against Houthis for Red Sea Attacks, Ukraine and Russia Exchange 500 Prisoners as Both Parties Intensify Attacks, DOJ Sues Texas over New Migration Law as…
(2024-01-04). 'I Cannot be Quietly Complicit': Biden Official Resigns Over Gaza Assault. globalresearch.ca
(2024-01-04). Biden Appointee Resigns Over Administration's Response to Gaza Assault. truthout.org An Education Department official who volunteered for President Joe Biden's 2020 campaign announced his resignation Wednesday over the administration's support for Israel's "indiscriminate violence" against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, the latest sign of growing dissent within the U.S. government. "It should go without saying that all violence against innocent people is horrific," Tariq Habash… |
(2024-01-04). Biden's selective humanity. electronicintifada.net Opportunistic electioneering and deep-seated bias informs the US and the West's attitudes to Palestine.
(2024-01-04). Biden's selective humanity. electronicintifada.net
(2024-01-04). Understanding the latest US restrictions on chip exports to China. peoplesdispatch.org On November 17, another measure from the Biden administration to further limit exports of advanced semiconductors and the machines to manufacture them to China, came into force. | According to the US government, the new rules aim to eliminate ways to circumvent previous restrictions and will prevent, for example, the export of advanced artificial intelligence chips to China. | In response to the announcement, made in October, the US Semiconductor Industry Association questioned the move, stating that "overly broad, unilateral controls risk harming the US semiconductor ecosystem without advancing national security…
(2024-01-04). Understanding the latest US restrictions on chip exports to China. peoplesdispatch.org On November 17, another measure from the Biden administration to further limit exports of advanced semiconductors and the machines to manufacture them to China, came into force. According to the US government, the new rules aim to eliminate ways to circumvent previous restrictions and will prevent, for example, the export of advanced artificial intelligence chips …
(2024-01-04). Can Russia Be Defeated? Nina Khrushcheva on Why "the West Must Face Reality in Ukraine" democracynow.org 
As Ukraine and Russia complete an exchange of nearly 500 prisoners amid ongoing hostilities, American news outlets are reporting that Russian President Vladimir Putin may be open to ceasefire talks behind the scenes. But in Moscow, "That's not how we see it," says Nina Khrushcheva, a professor of international affairs at the New School and the great-granddaughter of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. "Putin has been quite clear from the beginning that Russia is going to achieve all its goals," and, despite international sanctions, the majority sentiment in Russia is that even c…
(2024-01-04). Over 200 Service Members Demand Biden's Military Leadership be Court-martialed and Fired for Forced 'Experimentation' on Troops with COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate. globalresearch.ca
(2024-01-04). FACTBOX-Who are the candidates running in the 2024 US presidential election? devdiscourse.com Six Republican candidates are jostling to be their party's presidential nominee for the 2024 general election, while President Joe Biden is the Democratic Party's presumptive nominee, and several third-party hopefuls have joined the fray.
(2024-01-04). Pressley, Warren Urge Biden to Reverse "Vindictive" Trump Sanctions Against Cuba. truthout.org A group of congressional Democrats from Massachusetts is urging the Biden administration to reverse a Donald Trump-era decision to place Cuba on the list of governments that support supposed terrorism. In a letter sent to President Joe Biden last month and made public this week, the lawmakers spoke out against Cuba's designation on the State Sponsor of Terrorism (SSOT) list, a move that Trump made… |
(2024-01-04). A New Year's Resolution Worth Keeping. strategic-culture.su 
By Ron PAUL | ‚ùóÔ∏èJoin us on , , and . | Contact us: | In the closing days of 2023, the Biden Administration…
(2024-01-04). House Report Reveals Trump Received $8M in Foreign Payments as President. truthout.org House Republicans have spent the last year desperately trying to impeach President Joe Biden over claims, for which they have produced zero evidence, that Biden has received payments from foreign governments while not in office. A new bombshell analysis reveals, however, that it is Donald Trump who has actually personally received payments from foreign governments — to the tune of millions of… |
(2024-01-04). Texas federal appeals court upholds state ban on abortions over Biden administration's emergency provision. wsws.org A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled on Tuesday that federal emergency-care guidelines do not permit doctors to perform abortions in Texas even when a pregnancy threatens a woman's life.
(2024-01-04). Dos casos en la Corte podrían ser el clavo final en el ataúd de Bibi. strategic-culture.su Deshacerse de Netanyahu y tumbar a su crecientemente frágil coalición es una atractiva estrategia para Biden, opina Martin Jay. | àönete a nosotros en , y . | Escríbenos: | Gestos recientes de la Cor…
(2024-01-04). Beyond the Election: Overcoming Bangladesh's Political Deadlock. reliefweb.int Country: Bangladesh | Source: International Crisis Group | 
(2024-01-04). 2024 Year to See Elections in 70 Countries, Results to Have Global Impact. ummid.com 2024 will be a historic election year, when democracy will undergo a major test with elections in approximately 70 countries including the United States, India, Mexico and South Africa.
(2024-01-04). First giant panda cub born in Russia named Katyusha. ecns.cn The panda cub born in August 2023 was named Katyusha on Wednesday after selection among votes in a name contest in Russia.
(2024-01-04). Bangladesh Elections 2024: Voters' question, what is the use of voting in 'one-sided' elections? muslimmirror.com By Muhammad Shoaib On coming Sunday -7th January, the twelfth national parliament election of Bangladesh is going to be held. But voters question: What is the benefit of voting in 'one-sided' elections? We spoke with voters across the country, and many mentioned that the victory of the ruling Awami League is assured due to the …
(2024-01-04). Early Contests Could Disrupt the Narrative That Trump Is the Inevitable Nominee. truthout.org The first primaries and caucuses of the presidential election season are now just weeks away, and polls continue to show that Donald Trump is hugely outpolling his GOP rivals. In fact, his leads are so constant, and across so many states, that much of the mainstream media assume his nomination to be a fait accompli, and are focusing not on the early contests in Iowa, New Hampshire… |
(2024-01-04). Bangladesh Elections 2024: Voters' question, what is the use of voting in 'one-sided' elections? muslimmirror.com By Muhammad Shoaib On coming Sunday -7th January, the twelfth national parliament election of Bangladesh is going to be held. But voters question: What is the benefit of voting in 'one-sided' elections? We spoke with voters across the country, and many mentioned that the victory of the ruling Awami League is assured due to the …
(2024-01-04). Smears a common trick of Taiwan DPP, says Chinese mainland spokesman. ecns.cn A Chinese mainland spokesman said on Thursday that attacking and smearing the mainland is a common trick used by the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan's elections.
(2024-01-04). A New Anti-War Movement Emerges in America. counterpunch.org 
Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza since Hamas' October 7th attack has produced the most significant antiwar campaigning since the election of Barack Obama in 2008. For the first time in nearly two decades, we have the beginnings of an antiwar movement in the United States with thousands pro-Palestinian demonstrators regularly appearing on the streets of major U.S.
(2024-01-04). A New Anti-War Movement Emerges in America. counterpunch.org Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza since Hamas' October 7th attack has produced the most significant antiwar campaigning since the election of Barack Obama in 2008. For the first time in nearly two decades, we have the beginnings of an antiwar movement in the United States with thousands pro-Palestinian demonstrators regularly appearing on the streets of major U.S. cities.
(2024-01-04). New Vermont AFL-CIO President Is A Labor Reformer & DSA Member. counterpunch.org 
Editor's Note: Unlike some local and national unions, AFL-CIO central labor bodies rarely have contested leadership elections, with opposing slates running on platforms offering alternative strategies for reviving the labor movement. In Vermont, there have been two such contests in the last four years, both resulting in a mandate for change. In 2019, a group
(2024-01-04). Plutonium & Fighting for Justice & Accountability for Residents & Workers at Hunters Point. indybay.org The continuing cancers and epidemic of disease in Hunters Point shipyard and Treasure Island has been happening for decades despite protests of the community and workers about the dangers. Now Dr. Ahimsa Sumchai has discovered that there is plutonium in the bodies of residents. This is a direct correlation between their cancers and the radioactive toxins that are only produced by nuclear fission. Politicians including Newsom, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Willie Brown and many others have been involved in covering up this criminality resulting in sickness and death at these radioactive dump sites.
(2024-01-04). Trump asks U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate Colorado ruling over his ballot eligibility. independent.co.ug 
WASHINGTON | Xinhua | Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate a recent ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court, which removed him from the state's 2024 presidential primary ballot. Two weeks ago, the Colorado Supreme Court ruled that Trump, who is the 2024 Republican frontrunner, isn't an eligible presidential …
(2024-01-04). Epstein Files: Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Stephen Hawking, David Copperfield and Michael Jackson Named in Unsealed Documents. dailysceptic.org Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Stephen Hawking, David Copperfield, Michael Jackson and Alan Dershowitz have been named in relation to a lawsuit filed against Jeffrey Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell.
(2024-01-04). Demócratas de Massachusetts piden sacar a Cuba de la lista de terroristas. cubadebate.cu "Fue una acción vengativa tomada por la Administración Trump en enero de 2021 cuando dejó el cargo, y la política ya debería haber cambiado. De hecho, Cuba y Estados Unidos tienen un acuerdo de cooperación bilateral en contraterrorismo en funcionamiento", escribieron los miembros, encabezados por los representantes demócratas Jim McGovern y Ayanna Pressley.
(2024-01-04). Fidel hace 65 años: "No vamos a prometer nada, vamos a hacer" (+ Fotos y Video). cubadebate.cu El 4 de enero de 1959 como parte del recorrido de la Caravana de la Libertad, Fidel Castro llega aproximadamente a las diez de la mañana a Camagàºey procedente de Oriente por la Carretera Central. En la noche le habla al pueblo camagàºeyano reunido en la Plaza de la Caridad.
democracynow.org (2024-01-04). Hezbollah's Nasrallah Vows Revenge After Killing of Hamas Official in Beirut
The bombing in Iran came just a day after a top Hamas official, Saleh al-Arouri, was assassinated outside of Beirut, Lebanon, in a suspected Israeli strike. His funeral is being held today in Beirut.
(2024-01-04). Bomb scares force evacuation of multiple state capitols amid MAGA death threats in Colorado and Maine. wsws.org What remains of American democracy is collapsing, its institutions and conventions having been rotted out by staggering levels of social inequality and the turn by the entire ruling class to a state policy of genocide, as in Gaza, and global war.
(2024-01-04). Senate Democrats Warn Auto Makers to Not Interfere With Sweeping UAW Union Drive. truthout.org A group of 33 Senate Democrats is pressuring over a dozen major auto manufacturers not to interfere with their workers' union campaigns as the United Auto Workers undertake a historic drive to unionize at every non-unionized automaker in the U.S. On Wednesday, lawmakers sent a letter to the CEOs of 13 non-unionized auto manufacturers with U.S. plants, urging them to agree to neutrality agreements… |
(2024-01-04). Deadly Bombing in Iran Could Exacerbate "Shadow War" with U.S. & Israel: Historian Arash Azizi. democracynow.org 
Twin explosions in the Iranian province of Kerman killed dozens and injured hundreds Wednesday at a memorial for top Revolutionary Guards general Qassem Soleimani, who was assassinated in a U.S. drone strike four years ago in Iraq. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack, but Iran has placed blame on Israel and the U.S, while U.S. officials and regional experts have suggested ISIS as the culprit. Our guest, Iranian historian Arash Azizi, discusses the potential sources of the attack, the scale of the tragedy — which occurred on Mother's Day in Iran and may count among its victims civilian…
(2024-01-04). Democracy Now! 2024-01-04 Thursday. democracynow.org Headlines for January 04, 2024; Deadly Bombing in Iran Could Exacerbate "Shadow War" with U.S. & Israel: Historian Arash Azizi; Can Russia Be Defeated? Nina Khrushcheva on Why "the West Must Face Reality in Ukraine"; AMC Theater Tosses Bishop William Barber for Bringing Disability Chair to See "The Color Purple" | Headlines for January 04, 2024; Deadly Bombing in Iran Could Exacerbate "Shadow War" with U.S. & Israel: Historian Arash Azizi; Can Russia Be Defeated? Nina Khrushcheva on Why "the West Must Face Reality in Ukraine"; AMC Theater Tosses Bishop Wil…
(2024-01-04). Democracy Now! 2024-01-04 Thursday. democracynow.org Headlines for January 04, 2024; Deadly Bombing in Iran Kills Dozens as Tensions Rise Across the Middle East; Can Russia Be Defeated? Nina Khrushcheva on Why "the West Must Face Reality in Ukraine"; AMC Theater Tosses Bishop William Barber for Bringing Disability Chair to See "The Color Purple" | Headlines for January 04, 2024; Deadly Bombing in Iran Kills Dozens as Tensions Rise Across the Middle East; Can Russia Be Defeated? Nina Khrushcheva on Why "the West Must Face Reality in Ukraine"; AMC Theater Tosses Bishop William Barber for Bringing Disability Chair to See "The Co…
(2024-01-04). AMC Theater Tosses Bishop William Barber for Bringing Disability Chair to See "The Color Purple" democracynow.org 
Civil rights leader Bishop William Barber joins us to discuss his calls for more awareness and justice for disabled people after he was kicked out of a Greenville, North Carolina, AMC movie theater last week when he went to see The Color Purple with his 90-year-old mother. Barber was threatened with trespassing and police forcibly removed him from the theater when the manager refused to allow him to use a specialized chair he carries to assist with an arthritic condition. "There was no attempt to accommodate," Barber says of the theater's discrimination on the basis of disability and the danger…
(2024-01-04). Fascism 101: Why We Need To Spell It Out. indybay.org We need to have a transformative vision that can compete with that of the far right, one based on genuine equality and genuine democratic empowerment that goes beyond the now discredited liberal democracy. Some call this vision socialism. Others would prefer another term, but the important thing is its message of radical, real equality beyond class, gender, and race.
(2024-01-04). Sunday 2/4: 24th Annual Rosa Parks Day Celebration – Island Empire – San Bernardino, California. indybay.org Rosa Parks Memorial Building – Courtyard | San Bernardino, California…
(2024-01-04). On white supremacy and Zionism: a reflection on Claudine Gay's tenure as president of Harvard University. mondoweiss.net 
Anti-Black racism and Zionism are two cornerstones of Harvard's flawed foundation. We should mourn Claudine Gay's tenure at Harvard because she was both a victim and an agent of white supremacy.
(2024-01-04). How The 2008 Financial Crisis Led To 'The Squad'. levernews.com