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Communist Party of the Philippines: Corruption, injustice, abuses drive Filipino youth to revolution
Over the past week or two, the US-Marcos regime has mounted a frenzied media and social media campaign to intimidate and threaten the Filipino youth, who, more and more are growing disenchanted amid deep and widespread social ills, and are being drawn to question the rotten ruling system and seek radical and revolutionary ways to end corruption, injustice and abuses by those in power. This campaign to intimidate and threaten the Filipino youth is part of Marcos’ arsenal of fascist tactics to maintain his grip on power and preserve the ruling system, by suppressing the youth’s and people’s aspirations for change. This blatant assault against the youth is spearheaded by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the NTF-Elcac, and their mercenary hacks behind the Marcos government’s propaganda machinery. They have mobilized funds to activate and coordinate their social media troll army to drown out posts critical of the Marcos government in a deluge of spam comments, and throw their weight around to push their narrative in the press and public discourse. The Marcos psyops campaign heightened after a student researcher from the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, 22-year old Jerlyn Rose Doydora, died on January 1 in Abra de Ilog, Mindoro Occidental, amid relentless aerial bombing and strafing by the AFP, following an armed encounter. Another youth, 24-year old Chantal Anicoche, was taken into custody by the fascist soldiers, and illegally detained for a week, before being surfaced amid public outcry. Three Mangyan children were reportedly killed in the aerial bombing which was carried out in the proximity of mountain communities.
https://philippinerevolution.nu/statements/corruption-injustice-abuses-drive-filipino-youth-to-revolution/

The Imperialist Attack on Venezuela, the Crisis of Chavismo, and the Prospect of a Continental Anti-imperialist Struggle
We denounce those who celebrated Trump’s attack, seeing it as a liberation. Regrettably, many Venezuelan migrants believe Trump will liberate us. That is why we are on the front line of the anti-imperialist struggle against the neocolonial offensive, and we call for mobilization toPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Unions and students seek Columbia University board reforms after Trump deal
The decision comes after more than two years of what they say is disenfranchisement over the way Columbia's board of trustees has handled several issues, including permitting the police to target the student body multiple times while they were protesting against Israel’s war on Gaza and capitulating to the Trump administration’s demands over alleged violations of federal anti-discrimination laws.
https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/union-students-seek-reform-columbia-university-board-trump-deal

House Republicans vote to lift 20-year ban on mining near pristine Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Congressional Republicans moved closer Wednesday to lifting a 20-year ban on mining near Minnesota’s Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, pushing a resolution to end the moratorium through the House despite environmentalists’ warnings that it could devastate a premier destination for campers, kayakers and canoeists. The resolution now goes to the Senate, and approval there would send it to President Donald Trump for his signature.
https://apnews.com/article/boundary-waters-mining-moratorium-congress-f30b8dc9575e64b4b9e957b86409577d

‘They’re Getting Nervous,’ Says Platner After GOP Drops $42 Million on Maine’s Susan Collins
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) boasted that the $42 million investment, most of which will go to an advertising blitz to help the vulnerable five-term senator cling to her seat in November, was the largest the GOP’s Senate Leadership Fund had ever spent in Maine.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/collins-gop-spending-platner-nervous

Prosecutors barred from reviewing material seized from Washington Post reporter
Natanson, who has closely reported on the ways the Trump administration has reshaped the federal government, had two laptops, two phones, a Garmin watch and other devices seized last week as Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

What lies ahead in 2026?
As 2026 gets underway, British capitalism is entering another year in its long-running decline and disarray. This isn’t just a rough patch. Economic weakness, institutional decay, and social malaise are converging. Together they point to a system that has reached its limits. As the management committee of this broken system, the Starmer government is hated. But the anger goes deeper than just the government. The authority of Britain’s major institutions has collapsed. The police, the monarchy, the BBC, the courts, Parliament itself – none command any real respect. What’s striking is that the distrust comes from the left and right. The right sees ‘two-tier policing’ and a biased media; the left sees repression and corruption. All see the economic crisis and falling living standards. And increasing numbers draw the conclusion that these institutions are not neutral, competent, or legitimate. Westminster’s two-party system is now finished. Historically, Britain’s electoral system produced stable governments by rotating power between two large parties that could both, when push came to shove, be trusted to defend the interests of British capitalism. That arrangement is now breaking down.
https://communist.red/what-lies-ahead-in-2026/

“Bolivia Is Not for Sale”
“Fuerza, fuerza, fuerza! Fuerza, compañeros!” bellowed a man in a miner’s helmet into a megaphone. Marching through the sun-drenched streets in the haze of noisy firecrackers, thousands of miners, workers, peasants, civil society associations, and indigenous organizations in Bolivia descended on the city of La Paz earlier this month in the biggest social mobilization in at least five years. Beyond the city, road blockades led by union locals brought transport to a near standstill across the country. In the streets, the mantra was “Bolivia no se vende” (Bolivia is not for sale). The mass protests against the executive decree of newly elected Rodrigo Paz’s conservative government lasted nearly a month. While presented as the elimination of the fuel subsidy, which keeps gasoline prices artificially low, Decree 5503 would have also privatized key natural resources and implemented a wide range of austerity measures. The impressive display of workers’ might, combined with an effective negotiation strategy by the traPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

US justice department subpoenas Minnesota Democrats accused of impeding ICE efforts
A copy of a subpoena to the office of the Minneapolis mayor, Jacob Frey, obtained by the Guardian, requests guidance and policies related to immigration enforcement in Minnesota since last year. It also requests communication regarding those policies with other state agencies, as well as documents related to “hindering, doxxing, identifying, or surveilling immigration officers”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/20/minnesota-democrats-subpoenas-justice-department

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and US Sen. Bernie Sanders rally with nurses on ninth day of strike
The democratic socialists, speaking to a boisterous crowd of nurses in front of Mount Sinai West on the Upper West Side, called on hospital executives to return to the negotiating table to resolve the contract impasse that prompted some 15,000 nurses to walk off the job last week.
https://apnews.com/article/nursing-strike-new-york-bernie-sanders-mayor-mamdani-c6a23222b6275c553e78d033994a5a79

‘It Has to Stop’: Minnesota Police Chief Says Off-Duty Cops Racially Profiled by ICE
“In Brooklyn Park, one particular officer who shared her story with me was stopped as she passed ICE going down the roadway,” Bruley continued. “They demanded her paperwork, [but] she is a US citizen, and clearly would not have any paperwork. When she became concerned about the rhetoric and the way she was being treated she pulled out her phone in an attempt to record the incident. The phone was knocked out of her hands.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/ice-racial-profiling

ICE arrests elderly, underdressed Hmong-American man inside his St. Paul home over mistaken identity, family says
The family of the man taken from the home, Chongly Scott Thao, says it was a case of mistaken identity. In an online fundraiser, they say ICE agents broke down the door, entered with weapons drawnPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

BONUS - I Want My M(amdani)TV (Chapo Trap House)
Over the holiday, Will and Chris caught up with Donald Borenstein, Andrew Epstein and Debbie Saslaw of the Mamdani media team to discuss how their video and online strategy helped win the campaign’s stunning victory. We look at their team’s success as the result of years of NYC organizing, how the candidate’s principles and policy informed the media strategy, the right and wrong lessons on political communication from their campaign, and the bizarre outsider art of Adams & Cuomo’s video output. PLUS: production, editing, color grading & gear talk for all you A/V heads.
https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/bonus-i-want-my-mamdanitv

CP of Greece, Mass event at the Athens University of Economics and Business: Solidarity is our weapon–The people of Venezuela will win!
Following the mobilizations that unfolded from the very first moment of the imperialist intervention in Venezuela, members and friends of the Communist Youth of Greece (KNE) from universities in Athens gathered on Thursday, 15 January, at the Athens University of Economics and Business for an event in solidarity with the people of Venezuela and, more broadly, with the struggles of the peoples worlwide. At the opening of the event, KNE members formed the slogan “Solidarity with the people of Venezuela” using pickets inside the packed amphitheatre where the event was held, while chanting slogans in solidarity with the struggles of the peoples. The event was attended by Themis Gionis, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Greece (KKE).
https://www.solidnet.org/article/CP-of-Greece-Mass-event-at-the-Athens-University-of-Economics-and-Business-Solidarity-is-our-weaponThe-people-of-Venezuela-will-win/

Toronto Is Segregating Dissent
The mainstream media and political response to these incursions into a Jewish neighborhood was swift, framing synagogues as being targeted. This account omitted two critical facts: first, that protests targeted secular commercial rPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Judge refuses to block new DHS policy limiting Congress members’ access to ICE facilities
Cobb said she wasn’t ruling on whether the new policy passes legal muster. Rather, she said, plaintiffs’ attorneys representing several Democratic members of Congress used the wrong “procedural vehicle” to challenge it. The judge also concluded that the Jan. 8 policy is a new agency action that isn’t subject to her prior order in the plaintiffs’ favor.
https://apnews.com/article/minneapolis-shooting-congress-visit-ice-5eb6749b18d59ed8c47b5eeab9784432

Nearly all Epstein files still unreleased a month after Congress deadline
One month after this deadline mandated by Congress’s Epstein Files Transparency Act, however, Trump’s justice department has not complied with this law, prompting questions about when – and whether – authorities will ever release investigative documents about the late sex offender.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/jeffrey-epstein-files-unreleased-trump-doj

DOJ says won’t investigate ICE agent’s fatal shooting of Renee Good
Speaking to Fox News on Sunday night, Blanche said the civil rights unit of the Justice Department would not bow to pressure to investigate the shooting death of Minneapolis resident and mother Good, 37, earlier this month. “We don’t just go out and investigate every time an officer is forced to defend himself against somebody,” said Blanche. “We investigate when it’s appropriate to investigate.” “So, no, we are not investigating. And if there comes a time when we need to, we will, but it’s not now,” Blanche added.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/19/doj-says-wont-investigate-ice-agents-fatal-shooting-of-renee-good
https://archive.ph/Gn9ix

DOJ vows to press charges after activists disrupt church where Minnesota ICE official is a pastor
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How many “bad apples”? – Serial rapist ex-police officer sentenced to life
“Bastard Dave” is the lighthearted nickname given to former armed police officer David Carrick by the colleagues who knew him best. This convicted sex offender, who was charged with 71 sexual offences in 2023, has recently received his 37th life sentence – this time, for the molestation of a 12-year-old girl in 1989. David Carrick is now known to have victimised 14 women across several decades. His harrowing crimes include 24 counts of rape, multiple cases of sustained violent physical and mental abuse, and threatening his victims with work-issued weaponry. Crown Prosecution Service Chief Prosecutor Jaswant Narwal stated during Carrick’s trial in 2023 that “the scale of the degradation Carrick subjected his victims to is unlike anything I have encountered in my 34 years with the Crown Prosecution Service”. Notably, Carrick made repeated use of his role in the police to enact this violence against women undisturbed. His distinct technique was to lure in his victims by reassuring them they were safe with him due to his position as a police officer.
https://communist.red/how-many-bad-apples-serial-rapist-ex-police-officer-sentenced-to-life/

Rare Interview With Iran Protester and Crackdown Eyewitness
At Drop Site, our mission is to bring you journalism directly from the ground, handing the mic and the notebook to those who are living through what we are reporting. Covering the uprising and its suppression in Iran has presented a unique challenge. The clear involvement of outside forces, backed by the U.S. and Israel, make distinguishing authentic domestic grievances from foreign-backed, regime-change efforts difficult. The U.S. is openly soliciting intel on the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and offering “rewards and relocation.” Meanwhile, the Iranian government enforced a lengthy and near-complete internet blackout just as the protests reached their zenith at the end of last week. Flights to and from Iran were canceled en masse last week, as the country prepared for another round of U.S. airstrikes. Those attacks may still be in the offing, but have yet to materialize. Now, flights have resumed, and one protestor, who had spent the last month in Iran, and has partiPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Anti-ICE demonstrators chase off outnumbered far-right activists at Minneapolis rally
Santos Jesus Flores and Antonio Ascon Frometa, two detainees at Camp East Montana who both have criminal convictions, said in phone interviews with The Washington Post this week that they witnessed Lunas Campos engaged in a struggle with guards before his death. Flores claimed he saw guards choking Lunas Campos to death.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/duelling-rallies-planned-minneapolis-ice-keeps-area-edge-2026-01-17/
https://archive.ph/bphiD

NTSB report reveals Boeing knew of fatal defect in UPS plane that killed 14 in Louisville
A report released Wednesday by the National Transportation Safety Board reveals that Boeing was aware of a structural defect in the engine mounting system that caused a UPS cargo plane to crash in Louisville, Kentucky, in November 2025, killing 14 people. The company had documented four previous failures of the same component on three different aircraft but concluded the defect would not create a safety hazard.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/17/tvxk-j17.html

Thousands of Greenlanders march against Trump’s takeover threat
Thousands of Greenlanders carefully marched across snow and ice to take a stand against Donald Trump on Saturday. They held signs of protest, waved their national flag and chanted “Greenland is not for sale” in the face of increasing threats of an American takeover.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/17/thousands-of-greenlanders-march-in-protest-of-donald-trumps-threats-of-us-control
https://archive.ph/FaNbX

Anti-ICE demonstrators chase off outnumbered far-right activists at Minneapolis rally
Santos Jesus Flores and Antonio Ascon Frometa, two detainees at Camp East Montana who both have criminal convictions, said in phone interviews with The Washington Post this week that they witnessed Lunas Campos engaged in a struggle with guards before his death. Flores claimed he saw guards choking Lunas Campos to death.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/duelling-rallies-planned-minneapolis-ice-keeps-area-edge-2026-01-17/
https://archive.ph/bphiD

Musk seeks up to $134 billion from OpenAI and Microsoft
"Without Elon Musk, there'd be no OpenAI. He provided the bulk of the seed funding, lent his reputation, and taught them all he knows about scaling a business. A pre-eminent expert quantified the value of that," Musk's lead trial lawyer Steven Molo said in a statement to Reuters. OpenAI in a statement called it an "unserious demand" by Musk and part of what it said was his "harassment campaign" against OpenAI.
https://www.reuters.com/business/musk-seeks-up-134-billion-openai-microsoft-wrongful-gains-2026-01-17/
https://archive.ph/ZDoJV

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link for Thailand halts multiple major construction projects after fatal accidents
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/thailand-orders-15-day-construction-suspension-14-projects-involving-firm-2026-01-16/

Inside the forces driving Iran’s nationwide protests interview with MOHAMMAD OMIDVAR
MOHAMMAD OMIDVAR, a senior figure in the Tudeh Party of Iran, tells the Morning Star that mass protests are rooted in poverty, corruption and neoliberal rule and warns against monarchist revival and US-engineered regime change
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/inside-forces-driving-irans-nationwide-protests

Why Keir Starmer Went to Bat for Israeli Football Hooligans
Three months ago, the West Midlands police force decided to exclude fans of the Israeli football club Maccabi Tel Aviv from attending a match against Aston Villa in Birmingham, Britain’s second-largest city. They justified the move on the grounds that a violent element within the club’s support base posed a threat to public safety. The British political establishment has responded with a protracted frenzy of hysteria and bad faith, culminating in a successful push by the Labour home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, to oust the chief constable of the West Midlands police, Craig Guildford. Mahmood also wants to bring local police forces under Home Office control — a move that will hand Nigel Farage’s hard-right Reform party a vital tool if it manages to form a government in the coming years. When the controversy first erupted back in October, Jonathan Liew of the Guardian observed that it was “a fascinating case study into the instincts of our political and media class,” betraying their tolerant or downright sympathetic attitude toward the virulent racism expressed by Maccabi Tel Aviv fans. The development of the saga since then has been even more instructive.
https://jacobin.com/2026/01/starmer-israeli-football-maccabi-palestine

Greenland Doesn’t Belong to Denmark Either
As soon as Donald Trump had finished kidnapping the president of Venezuela, he once again set his sights on Greenland. Trump advisor and fascist ghoul Stephen Miller said on TV that the island should “obviously … be part of the United States.” Channeling Hitler, Miller continued: “We live in a world, in the real world … that is governed by strength, that is governed by force,Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

Trump pardons former Puerto Rico governor Vazquez
U.S. President Donald Trump has pardoned Puerto Rico's former Governor Wanda Vazquez Garced, who was previously indicted in a federal corruption case, according to the Justice Department. The Justice Department’s Office of the Pardon Attorney updated its list of clemency grants by Trump to include a pardon for Vazquez that was dated Thursday. A White House official on Friday confirmed Trump would pardon her.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/trump-pardon-former-puerto-rico-governor-vazquez-2026-01-16/

Trump administration delays plan to withhold wages for student loan borrowers in default
The Education Department announced Friday involuntary collections on federal student loans will remain on hold as the agency finalizes new repayment plans. The shift reverses course on earlier plans to restart wage garnishments this month after a pandemic-era pause. Nicholas Kent, the department’s higher education chief, said the agency is “committed to helping student and parent borrowers resume regular, on-time repayment, with more clear and affordable options.”
https://apnews.com/article/student-loans-debt-wage-garnishment-de1f286a8264cb5b2c0aad939e29c2e2

‘Grow a F*cking Spine’: Critics Fume as Newsom Backtracks on ICE ‘Terrorism’ in Ben Shapiro Interview
Amid unprecedented backlash against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, California Gov. Gavin Newsom—considered a leading contender for the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination—is being accused of giving the increasingly violent agency a pass after an interview with right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro in which he softened his criticism of ICE.
https://www.commondreams.org/gavin-newsom-shapiro-ice

Trump housing plan to allow 401(k) money for down payments, adviser says
"We're going to allow people to take money out of their 401(k)s and use that for down payment," he told Fox Business Network in an interview, adPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Ex-president sentenced to 5 years in prison in first martial law-linked ruling
Judges at the Seoul Central District Court convicted Yoon on charges including infringement of ministers’ constitutional right to deliberate on the imposition of martial law, aggravated obstruction of the execution of a lawful warrant and the fabrication and destruction of official documents.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20260116/ex-president-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-in-first-martial-law-linked-ruling
https://archive.ph/EKDDw

Court declares missing activist James Jazmines victim of enforced disappearance
The Court of Appeals (CA) has granted the privilege of writs of amparo and habeas data in favor of missing activist James Jazmines, also declaring him a victim of enforced disappearance. In a decision made public on Wednesday, January 14, the CA 12th division granted the petition of Jazmines’ wife, Corazon, and gave them the privileges of the protective writs.
https://www.rappler.com/philippines/court-appeals-decision-writ-amparo-habeas-data-james-jazmines/
https://archive.ph/ahF6u

Rightwing leaders endorse Viktor Orbán in Hungarian election campaign video
Other leaders featured in the video include Herbert Kickl, the leader of Austria’s Freedom party (FPÖ); the Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš; as well as the presidents of Serbia and Argentina, Aleksandar Vučić and Javier Milei. Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, also makes an appearance, saying that “security cannot be taken for granted, it must be won” and describing Orbán as someone who has the qualities needed to protect his country.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/16/rightwing-leaders-endorse-viktor-orban-video-election

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Prisons, probation, and crime: Britain’s state machinery at breaking point
When he became Prime Minister in 2019, Boris Johnson promised more police, more prison spaces, longer sentencing, and better prison security. Similar promises were made by Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss before they took the helm. Not wishing to be outflanked by his friends on the other side of the house, Starmer put ‘law and order’ at the heart of his election campaign, praising the methods of Thatcher. He – laughably – promised to restore public confidence in the police. However, at the same time as making these big (and expensive!) promises, these same parties have continuously made cuts to the services they would need to do this. They can promise all they want, but the state’s institutions are too overburdened and underfunded – its staff too overstretched and demoralised – to carry out any of these law and order pledges.
https://communist.red/prisons-probation-and-crime-britains-state-machinery-at-breaking-point/

No War but Class War: Revolutionary Defeatism in the Russo-Ukrainian Conflict
The war between Russia and Ukraine is often presented as a clear-cut narrative of imperial aggression versus national defence. In mainstream discourse, Russia is portrayed as the sole aggressor, with Ukraine as a victim bravely defending its sovereignty. However, this oversimplified framing serves the interests of Western imperialism, NATO expansionism, and global capitalist powers, while conveniently ignoring the complexities of the conflict—particularly the long-standing tensions in the Donbas region. From an anarcho-communist perspective, the story is not about good versus evil states but about imperialism, nationalism, and the manipulation of working-class people by ruling elites. A more nuanced analysis recognises that the seeds of this war were planted long before the 2022 invasion, especially in the political and military developments following the 2014 Maidan uprising and the subsequent conflict in Donbas. Acknowledging that Ukraine played a role in escalating this conflict—particularly through its actions in Donbas—does not justify Russian imperialism. Instead, anarchists must reject both Russian and Ukrainian state violence, embracing revolutionary defeatism. In this warPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

US appeals court reverses decision that freed Mahmoud Khalil from ICE detention
A 2-1 panel of the Philadelphia-based third US circuit court of appeals ordered the dismissal of a lawsuit Khalil filed challenging his detention after finding that federal immigration law stripped the lower court of jurisdiction over his claims. Khalil’s legal battle has been unfolding in two different courts. While an immigration court was considering his potential removal from the US, his lawyers simultaneously challenged the legality of his detention in federal court, arguing that it violated his constitutional rights. Thursday’s decision finds that the district court judge who ordered his release lacked the proper authority to consider Khalil’s release petition, concluding that the judge did not have subject-matter jurisdiction over the case.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/15/appeals-court-mahmoud-khalil-columbia-activist

2nd federal officer shooting in Minneapolis prompts protests, calls for calm
The Department of Homeland Security said a federal law enforcement officer shot a person in Minneapolis on Wednesday evening, saying the latter fled a traffic stop and then – along with two other people – began attacking the officer. "Fearing for his life and safety as he was being ambushed by three individuals, the officer fired defensive shots to defend his life," DHS said in a statement on social media. "The initial subject was hit in the leg."
https://abcnews.go.com/US/2nd-federal-officer-shooting-minneapolis-prompts-protests-calls/story?id=129234818

Pregnancy prosecutions are on the rise
At least 412 pregnant women were charged with child abuse, neglect or other crimes related to pregnancy or pregnancy loss in the two years after the Supreme Court overturned the national right to abortion, the advocacy group Pregnancy Justice found. That's compared with an average of about 85 cases annually in the 16 years leading up to the June 2022 decision, though cases ranged from 29 to 158 per year over that period. The Dobbs ruling immediately gavPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

From the Ashes of the Arab Spring
On January 14, 2011, Tunisian dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was forced to resign, after four weeks of revolt in the north African country. It was a first major scalp for the wave of upheaval known as the Arab Spring — a democratic upsurge across the region, which, however, also ended in many defeats. In an interview for the Swiss website marx21.ch, scholar Gilbert Achcar reflects on the legacy of those years and the prospects of a resurgent revolutionary process today. The interview was conducted before the most recent uprising in Iran.
https://jacobin.com/2026/01/arab-spring-uprisings-civil-war

The Political Economy of the Current Uprising in Iran
With hundreds of protesters killed within days in Iran, amid a blackout imposed by a state that blocks any flow of information, parts of the international Left have rushed to pronounce judgments in a mode of immediacy that ignores history and misreads the situation. This article addresses one such claim: that Iran “is not capitalist,” has not undergone neoliberalization, and that sanctions alone explain its economic crisis—a statement that would bewilder any Iranian worker, but circulates unhindered among leftists in the imperial core. This text does not address two other determinants of the conjuncture: the reactionary political hegemony over the uprising and the role of imperialist intervention—both targets of other uninformed assessments in recent days. Denying massacres and neoliberal austerity does not serve the cause of anti-imperialism in the long term, even if realpolitik and geopolitical considerations push some toward immediate discursive interventions in the current situation. Statism is not internationalist solidarity. Nor does the immediate embrace of the situation as “revolutionary,” coupled with the dismissal of imperialism and fascism, serve the cause of revolution. Iran, Angola, Ecuador, Bolivia in 2025. Angola in 2023. Kazakhstan and Jordan in 2022. Iran, Lebanon, Ecuador, and Zimbabwe in 2019. France, India, and South Africa in 2018. Mexico in 2017. Sudan in 2013. Nigeria in 2012. Bolivia in 2010. The United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Spain, and Russia in 2008. Iran in 2007. Yemen in 2005. This is an incomplete list of countries where, over the past two decPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

US Senate kills resolution that would have limited Trump action in Venezuela
Senators Josh Hawley of Missouri and Todd Young of Indiana, who had joined three other Republicans to advance the resolution alongside Democrats last week, flipped after they said they received assurances from the Trump administration. With Hawley and Young’s votes, the Senate was split 50-50 on the resolution. JD Vance cast the tie-breaking vote. Republican senators Rand Paul, Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins cast their votes for the war powers resolution alongside Democrats.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/14/us-senate-trump-military-action-venezuela

Hegseth Announces Grok Access to Classified Pentagon Networks
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok will be integrated into Pentagon networks, including classified systems, as part of a broader initiative to incorporate AI technology across the military.
https://www.newsweek.com/hegseth-announces-grok-access-to-classified-pentagon-networks-11349020
https://archive.ph/3ZVNw

Trump administration restores federal funding for family planning after ACLU lawsuit
Last year, the American Civil Liberties Union sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services after federal officials alerted 16 organizations, including Planned Parenthood affiliates, that the department was pausing $27.5 million to investigate whether they’re complying with the law.
https://apnews.com/article/family-planning-trump-grants-134884db0bfd42da72601f4a77e1677e

Trump flips off Michigan auto worker who criticized handling of Epstein case
Donald Trump raised his middle finger and appeared to direct profanity toward a Michigan auto plant worker who criticized the U.S. president's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein controversy during a visit on TuePost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Tudeh Party of Iran, Iran on the Brink of Potentially Devastating Transformations: The Urgent Need for Immediate Action to Save the Country from Dictatorship
It must be stated clearly once again that the outbreak of the current protest uprising and its expansion over the past 15 days are rooted directly in the rapid spread of poverty, inequality, and blatant injustice, as well as corruption and the wealth accumulation of a small minority as a result of the government’s economic policies over the past three decades—not in demands for the return of monarchy or the restoration of royal rule. Moreover, alongside the heroic struggle of hundreds of thousands of people against despotism and class oppression, it is evident that certain organized elements and groups, through acts of sabotage and violence, are attempting to pave the way for direct intervention by the United States and its allies in the course of the current protests. In this way, the catastrophic consequences of the ruling theocratic regime’s domestic policies, combined with the devastating impact of U.S. sanctions on people’s lives and livelihoods, have placed the country today in an extremely difficult situation. Imperialist media outlets, once again relying on their vast resources and capabilities, have launched propaganda campaigns and disseminated fabricated narratives aimed at restoring the monarchy. They are attempting to ride the wave of the people’s legitimate protests and divert the anti-dictatorship movement from its true path. On the one hand, these media provide an excuse for regime leaders to label the people’s protest uprising as the work of the United States and Israel; on the other hand, by exaggerating monarchist currents, they seek to create obstacles in the process of building unity and practical coordination among progressive and national forces.
https://www.solidnet.org/article/Tudeh-Party-of-Iran-Iran-on-the-Brink-of-Potentially-Devastating-Transformations-The-Urgent-Need-for-Immediate-Action-to-Save-the-Country-from-Dictatorship/

TKP-ML IB: We salute the struggle of the Iranian people!
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6 Federal Prosecutors Resign as Trump DOJ Pushes for Investigation Into Renee Good’s Wife
A top prosecutor in the US attorney’s office in Minnesota who for years oversaw a major fraud investigation in the state was among six federal prosecutors who resigned Tuesday as the Trump administration demanded they investigate Becca Good, the widow of the Minneapolis resident who was killed by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent last week.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/minnesota-fraud-investigation

EPA proposes limiting power of states and tribes to block major projects over water concerns
The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday proposed limiting states’ and Native American tribes’ power to wield the Clean Water Act to block major projects like natural gas pipelines, advancing the Trump administration’s goal of accelerating the construction of new fossil fuel infrastructure and data centers.
https://apnews.com/article/water-trump-epa-section-401-data-centers-42716f21a37cadf624e2d7dee05fa3c3

Cold weather and data centres drive up US greenhouse gas emissions
Last year homes burned more gas for heating while the use of coal surged by 13% to meet rising electricity demands, the data finds. Although solar power also shot up last year, overall, greenhouse gas emissions went up by 2.4% after two years of decreases, outpacing the level of economic growth, according to estimates from the Rhodium Group. The authors say the policies of the Trump administration didn't "meaningfully impact" the rise in emissions but they expect this to change in the coming years.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9r3832j47o

LA Protester Permanently Blinded After DHS Agent Unloads ‘Nonlethal’ Round Into His Face
A young protester in Santa Ana is permanently blind in one eye after being hit in the face at close range by a “nonlethal” round fired by a Department of Homeland Security agent last week amid nationwide protests against an immigration agent’s killinPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Puerto Rico announces compulsory visits to assess conditions in housing projects
The announcement comes a week after neighbors in the U.S. territory’s biggest public housing project denounced alleged subhuman conditions of an apartment where a mother and her two children were living. The investigation is ongoing, with authorities noting the family has fled.
https://apnews.com/article/puerto-rico-public-housing-compulsory-visits-3d24d7c4891f539fd04de99f6e968e2d

US Supreme Court conservatives lean toward allowing transgender sports bans
The justices heard more than three hours of arguments in appeals by Idaho and West Virginia of decisions by lower courts siding with transgender students who challenged the bans in the two states as violating the U.S. Constitution and a federal anti-discrimination law. Twenty-five other states have similar laws on the books.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-hears-challenge-transgender-sports-bans-2026-01-13/

Congressional progressives vow to block DHS funding without reforms
The declaration by the Democratic-aligned Congressional Progressive caucus comes as the Senate and House of Representatives race to meet an end-of-the-month deadline to approve a series of funding bills or risk a partial government shutdown. The debate over DHS funding has been rocked by last week’s fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent after the Trump administration ordered a surge of federal officers into the city amid its push for mass deportations.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/13/dhs-funding-congress-progressives

Tudeh Party of Iran, Long live the dynamic, encompassing, and heroic uprising of the Iranian people against the dictatorship of Ali Khamenei
The popular protest uprising, which began with protests and strikes in Tehran's bazaar, has rapidly spread over the past 13 days to dozens of cities and towns across the country and now poses a major challenge to the ruling dictatorship. Contrary to the claims of the ruling dictator, this popular protest movement is not a creation of US imperialism or the genocidal Israeli regime, but rather the direct result of the disastrous economic policies of the ruling grand-capitalist system, and the widespread corruption, insecurity, and sweeping oppression imposed upon the nation by the leaders of the regime and their collaborators. Throughout Iran's contemporary history - including during the more than half-century rule of the Pahlavi monarchy [1925 - 1979] - we have borne witness to countless other examples of such oppression, corruption, plunder, as well as the eventual fate of the regimes responsible.
https://www.solidnet.org/article/Tudeh-Party-of-Iran-Long-live-the-dynamic-encompassing-and-heroic-uprising-of-the-Iranian-people-against-the-dictatorship-of-Ali-Khamenei/

Under Imperialism, there is no “International Law”
The widespread claim that recent imperialist bluntness, epitomized by the Trump doctrine, has “destroyed international law” rests on a false premise: that such a law ever existed as a binding, neutral framework above imperialism. From a Marxist-Leninist standpoint, this belief is not an error of detail but a fundamental ideological illusion. Imperialism has never been restrained by international law. On the contrary, what is called “international law” has always been a secondary product of imperialist relations, tolerated only insofar as it served monopoly interests and discarded whenever it ceased to do so. The present moment, marked by open treaty violations, contempt for institutions, and unapologetic coercion, does not signal a descent into barbarism. It signals the collapse of the ideological form through which barbarism was previously administered. Any serious discussion must begin with the MarxistPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Thousands of nurses go on strike in New York City
Almost 15,000 nurses walked off the job in New York City, demanding better working conditions, marking the largest nurses’ strike in the city’s history as contract negotiations failed to gain traction. Workers walked off the job early on Monday morning across three private hospital systems in the largest city in the US, Mount Sinai, Montefiore and NewYork-Presbyterian.
https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/1/12/thousands-of-nurses-go-on-strike-in-new-york-city
https://archive.ph/Rq4Bf

Minnesota and the Twin Cities sue the federal government to stop the immigration crackdown
Minnesota and its two largest cities sued the Trump administration Monday to try to stop an immigration enforcement surge that led to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by a federal officer and evoked outrage and protests across the country. The state, joined by Minneapolis and St. Paul, said the Department of Homeland Security is violating the First Amendment and other constitutional protections. The lawsuit seeks a temporary restraining order to halt the enforcement action or limit the operation.
https://apnews.com/article/minneapolis-renee-good-immigration-sweeps-6ae64be5a0d6a718b658a938fb56e567

Peter Thiel makes $3m donation to fight California’s proposed billionaire tax
The ballot proposal, called 2026 Billionaire Tax Act, is still in the beginning stages of gathering the 900,000 signatures needed for it to go to voters in November. If voted into law, it would levy a one-time, 5% tax on anyone in the state worth more than $1bn and grant a five-year period for payment. Thiel would owe the state roughly $1.3bn based on his current net worth.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/12/peter-thiel-donation-california-billionaire-tax

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The Communist Party of Turkey on the bloodbath in Syria's Aleppo: "This is what you created, it's yours!"
"The imperialist program implemented in Syria through the interventions of the United States first and foremost, along with the United Kingdom, Israel, and Turkey, has brought the country to the brink of a new phase of destruction and catastrophe. The advance of jihadist forces, particularly HTS, has targeted Kurdish neighborhoods and civilian settlements in Aleppo, further deepening the humanitarian crisis unfolding across the country. We have repeatedly stated that it is neither possible nor intended that the jihadist HTS regime — utterly devoid of legitimacy — should establish real sovereignty over the country. Al Jolani, who was installed by imperialist powers in the aftermath of the counter-revolution, has no right to decide how any community living in Syria should live, nor to intervene in their lives or speak on their behalf. For this reason, HTS’s intervention in Kurdish neighborhoods in Aleppo is illegitimate and unacceptable. Nevertheless, those who hypocritically beat the drums of war while deliberately ignoring Jolani’s identity and the jihadist–collaborationist line he represents are also, indirectly, lending support to the imperialist trap into which Turkey is being gradually drawn.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/01/the-communist-party-of-turkey-on-the-bloodbath-in-syrias-aleppo-this-is-what-you-created-its-yours.html

The Iranian uprising is at a very crucial stage
According to informed sources, demonstrations have spread to 150 cities and 600 towns across all 31 provinces of Iran during the past twelve days, including the western provinces of Ilam, Kermanshah and Lorestan. Several towns, along with the city of Abadan, are reported to be no longer under government control and are now in the hands of the people. The protest that began on 27 December was triggered by the sharp decline in the national currency. This development made it harder for the government to address the concerns raised by citizens and protesters. In addition, the government announced the end of a subsidised exchange rate for importers, a decision that has already caused grocery prices to rise sharply. LPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

ICE Out For Good" protests rally nationwide
Events organized by groups including Indivisible, 50501, the Disappeared in America Campaign, Voto Latino and the American Civil Liberties Union, are aimed at humanizing victims and demanding accountability and transparency from federal law enforcement.
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/10/ice-protests-rally-photos
https://archive.ph/YHjWU

Trump declares national emergency to shield Venezuelan oil cash
The order defines "Foreign Government Deposit Funds" as Venezuelan government funds in designated Treasury accounts that come from the sale of natural resources or diluents. Any "attachment, judgment, decree, lien, execution, garnishment, or other judicial process" against those funds is "prohibited, and shall be deemed null and void," unless specifically licensed, Trump said in the order.
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/10/trump-venezuela-oil-national-emergency
https://archive.ph/IDVDN

Federal judge blocks White House freeze of childcare subsidies in Democratic states
The states of California, Colorado, Illinois, Minnesota and New York argued that a policy announced on Tuesday to freeze billions of dollars in funds for three grant programs was having an immediate impact on them and creating “operational chaos”. In court filings and a hearing earlier on Friday, the states contended that the government did not have a legal reason for withholding the money from them.
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jan/10/federal-judge-blocks-white-house-freeze-childcare-subsidies-democratic-states

US Voters and DNC Fight Trump DOJ Efforts to Seize Sensitive Voter Data
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America’s neglect of Puerto Rico’s education system is at a breaking point
Imagine teaching in a classroom where rain pours through the ceiling, books are outdated and you have to buy your own supplies because you’d have to wait at least two months to get it from the central office. This is not a dystopian movie, but instead the reality for communities in the United States’ seventh-largest public education system: Puerto Rico. What would normally be considered unfathomable in any of the 50 states is the reality for over 240,000 public school students throughout the archipelago. I worked for the U.S. Department of Education, and after four years working in Puerto Rico, visiting dozens of schools and meeting with hundreds of students and teachers, I sadly realized what many of the island’s educational leaders long told me — that the federal government doesn’t care about Puerto Rico’s education system. For too long, the conversation about the Puerto Rico education system’s struggles has ignored a fundamental truth: U.S. government policies have systematically discriminated against Puerto Rican students. This reality is not incidental — it is a result of deliberate choices that Congress has made that define Puerto Rico’s relationship with the United States.
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/5678643-puerto-rico-education-crisis/
https://archive.ph/yu2ns

A Palestinian Family Tale Made Epic in All That’s Left of You
Writer-director and actor Cherien Dabis’s All That’s Left of You is an epic for the ages that follows a single Palestinian family from their 1948 expulsion from what is now Israel, to living in a West Bank refugee camp in the 1970s, to the Intifada in 1988, all the way to 2022. In doing so, Dabis has given the much-maligned and vilified Palestinians a human face by telling their side of a story that has long been dominated by the Israeli narrative. Portraying Hanan, the female lead, Dabis convincingly ages over the film’s time span from a woman in her thirties to an elder in the twilight of her life. As the world-weary Hanan takes stock of the years, she reflects the hardships and enduring humanity of her besieged people. As Dabis reveals in this interview, the final scenPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Trump ramps up Greenland threats and says US will intervene ‘whether they like it or not’
Donald Trump has doubled down on his threats to acquire Greenland, saying the US is “going to do something [there] whether they like it or not”. Speaking at a meeting with oil and gas executives at the White House, the US president justified his comments by saying: “If we don’t do it, Russia or China will take over Greenland. And we’re not going to have Russia or China as a neighbor.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/09/trump-greenland-threats-white-house

USPS worker fell into coma, was denied workers’ comp and fired after inhaling dust at Georgia distribution facility
A USPS worker in Duluth, Georgia, has now contacted the rank-and-file committee about a horrific ongoing experience at the North Metro Processing & Distribution Center. She says she suffered serious health issues while working during a construction project at her facility. After falling into a coma due to breathing dust and other particles, she was denied workers’ compensation. Management ignored her physician’s restrictions and then fired her.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/01/09/jmiv-j09.html

Footage From Phone of ICE Agent Who Shot and Killed Renee Good Released
As Ross continues circling the car and captures its license plate, Good’s wife, Becca Good, approaches him and tells him that “we don’t change our license plates every morning, just so you know.” Becca Good also asks Ross if he was “going to come at us,” and then recommends that he “go get yourself some lunch, big boy.” Shortly after this, other immigration officers begin moving aggressively toward Good’s car, instructing her to exit the vehicle.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/renee-good-shooting-video

Senators claim UnitedHealth is withholding internal documents from inquiry
The veteran lawmakers, both members of the powerful Senate finance committee, launched their inquiry last summer following a Guardian investigatPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Ep 999 - Nazis, Pedophiles, Drunks, Rapists & Thieves (1/5/26) (Chapo Trap House)
We return from break to talk about the horrific kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro and the continuing moral depravity of the gangster state called America. We speculate on what this act of imperial aggression means for the rest of the world, the hilarious snubbing of the Venezuelan opposition, the predictably inept response from the Democratic party, and the hope that someone, somewhere, can stop the Fourth Reich’s plans. Finally, we read a recent Wall Street Journal piece on Trump’s aging and addiction to aspirin.
https://soundcloud.com/chapo-trap-house/999-nazis-pedophiles-drunks-rapists-thieves-1526

Squid Game really happened in Sarajevo
In January 2025, Italian writer Ezio Gavazzeni reopened a horrific cold case by filing a complaint with the Milan public prosecutor’s office. It concerned wealthy individuals who went to Bosnia during the siege of Sarajevo and paid large amounts of money to be allowed to shoot at innocent civilians. Just for ‘fun’. This subject is not entirely novel. There were a few testimonies already in the 1990s, but they were never dug into seriously and were often considered unverified war rumours. But this ‘urban legend’ turned out to be true. Reckless, sadistic bourgeois – reminiscent of the masked oligarchs in the Korean TV series Squid Game – did indeed participate in this atrocious pastime. Gavazzeni has based his investigation on the work of Slovenian director Miran Zupanič, who authored the 2022 documentary Sarajevo Safari produced by Al Jazeera Balkans. Al Jazeera subsequently shut down its Balkans division, but the purpose the Qatari media outlet had in screening this film was to denounce the plight of Muslim Bosniaks. It is only due to this intervention from outside of Europe that this story has once again come under the spotlight. This horror, which speaks amply of the rotten heart of the European ruling elite from which these ‘tourists’ mostly came, could have easily passed quietly into obscurity, had it been left to that same elite.
https://marxist.com/squid-game-really-happened-in-sarajevo.htm

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US judge dismisses lawsuit by Palestinian Americans trapped in Gaza
The judge said she was ill-equipped to address how to coordinate an evacuation with neighboring countries, how to shepherd evacuees through dangerous "red zones," which people are eligible for evacuations, and how the nonexistent U.S. diplomatic presence in Gaza would complicate the process.
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/01/us-judge-dismisses-lawsuit-palestinian-americans-trapped-gaza

Inside Canary Mission’s Secret Web of Unlisted Sites
BlackNest is just one of the names of several unlisted websites and content management systems used by Canary Mission, whose doxxing operation is run out of Israel and used by the highest levels of the Trump administration. The information on these unlisted websites—including dozens of names of workers and contracted vendors,internal communications about meetings and quarterly plans, and even strategic planning documents—demonstrates how the operation evolved over time.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/canary-mission-blacknest-doxxing-israel-potestors-united-states?hide_intro_popup=true

US protester arrested after TV interview says she was targeted due to Venezuela trip
Plichta, who recently co-founded local group Grand Rapids Opponents of War, which helped organize Saturday’s protest, had visited the Venezuelan capital of Caracas just last month, amid the Trump administration’s blockade. She was a part of a delegation to the International People’s Assembly for Sovereignty and Peace of Our Americas. Activists from dozens of groups planned to attend. But after Trump ordered that Venezuelan airspace be “closed in its entirety” on 29 November, many canceled their trips. Plichta still attended, visiting communes and meeting with activists there, and claims she even spoke with Maduro.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/08/venezuela-protester-arrested

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Venezuela – Class struggle against imperialism and the myth of national independence
The attacks of the US army in Venezuela are an expression of imperialism, but how can we respond to them? Understandably, the reaction of many people is to rally for ‘national independence’. From a working class perspective and the perspective of international emancipation, the battle cry for ‘sovereignty’ is a dangerous myth. The situation in Venezuela is part of a global panorama of block confrontation and as international workers we have to find ways not to get crushed in the middle.
https://www.angryworkers.org/2026/01/04/venezuela-class-struggle-against-imperialism-and-the-myth-of-national-independence/

Iran: An Uprising Besieged from Within and Without
Starting on December 28, 2025, a new wave of protest broke out across Iran, triggered by economic distress and escalating to call for the toppling of the government. This is at least the fifth such movement in a decade, drawing on previous waves of labor unrest and feminist resistance. Yet within this uprising, the grassroots movement contends with reactionary monarchists, largely based outside Iran, who seek to win the backing of the United States and Israel to seize power. This comes in the midst of a tumultuous geopolitical situation. The Israeli government has intensified the bombing of Gaza and Lebanon and the seizure of land in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria; it is preparing to construct a settlement that will cut the West Bank in half in order to make a Palestinian state impossible. The United States has just kidnapped the president of Venezuela and his wife in order to seize Venezuelan oil, signaling a readiness to go to great lengths to dominate people both inside and outside its borders. In the fall of 2024, protesters in Nepal and elsewhere demonstrated that it is still possible for social movements to overthrow governments. A successful revolution in Iran could set off a wave of change around the world. But if such a revolution were hijacked by reactionary forces, it could set movements for liberation back another generation or more. The stakes are high. We owe it to grassroots movements in Iran to learn about them and support them, both because they are confrontPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

US will control Venezuela oil sales 'indefinitely', official says
While White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the two sides had struck a deal, Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA said in a statement that negotiations over oil sales were ongoing within the framework that exists between the two countries. "This process is based on similar rules to those in force with international companies," it said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgn7p7g79wo

Trump proposes massive increase in 2027 defense spending to $1.5T, citing ‘dangerous times’
The 2026 military budget is set at $901 billion. Trump in recent days has also called for taking over the Danish territory of Greenland for national security reasons and has suggested he’s open to carrying out military operations in Colombia. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has ominously warned that longtime adversary Cuba “is in trouble.”
https://apnews.com/article/trump-defense-spending-3bbea1ccc679ee8a388386d60e651fd7

What we know so far about the fatal ICE shooting of a Minneapolis woman
The footage shows multiple officers near an SUV stopped in the middle of the road. One officer demands the driver exit the vehicle and grabs the car handle. The SUV reverses, then begins to drive forward, which is when a different officer near the front of the car pulls his weapon and fires into the vehicle. Three gunshots are heard, as the firing officer backs away from the SUV. Moments later, the vehicle crashes.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/07/nx-s1-5670289/ice-minneapolis-shooting-immigration-crackdown

Inside the Senate's last-gasp effort to solve the health care crisis
The bipartisan plan would reinstate the ACA enhanced subsides for two years and extend open enrollment into March, Moreno said, walking through policies that he says have "decent consensus." It will likely include income caps at 700% of the poverty line, replace $0 premium plans with $5 premiums and allow individuals to choose whethePost too long. Click here to view the full text.

CP of Venezuela, Joint Statement by Communist and Workers’ Parties: Down with the Imperialist boot in Venezuela and Latin America!
The operation included the illegal and violent arrest, transfer, and imprisonment in the USA of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, an unacceptable and reprehensible act that violates every concept of international law, effectively rendering it meaningless. Consequently, we demand his immediate release. This attack is not an isolated incident, but rather the culmination of years of sanctions, threats, blockades, and destabilization efforts. The real objective was never the defence of human rights, nor the supposed fight against drug trafficking, nor the rhetoric of “democracy”, all of which serve merely as pretexts. The true aim has been the direct imposition of the geopolitical and economic interests of US imperialism in Venezuela and the region, within the context of the struggle among capitalist powers for control over energy resources, strategic raw materials, trade routes, and markets.
https://www.solidnet.org/article/CP-of-Venezuela-Joint-Statement-by-Communist-and-Workers-Parties-Down-with-the-Imperialist-boot-in-Venezuela-and-Latin-America/

What’s Next for Venezuela and What Can You Do About It?
In this article, I examine the motivations for Trump’s attack in the context of a new cold war with China, the immediate prospects for Venezuela, and the need for a strong anti-imperialist movement in the United States. The forceful removal of Maduro should be interpreted as the first step in implementing Trump’s National Security Strategy, which calls for a regroupment of military forces to the Western Hemisphere, at the same time pointing to a renewed push for domination in the region, as well as a recognition of its limits as world hegemon. A more aggressive policy toward Latin America will face resistance from within the United States and from the region’s social movements, labor, and left organizations.
https://www.leftvoice.org/whats-next-for-venezuela-and-what-can-you-do-about-it/

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Trump says Venezuela will turn over 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to US
A senior administration official, speaking under condition of anonymity, told CNN that the oil has already been produced and put in barrels. The majority of it is currently on boats and will now go to US facilities in the Gulf to be refined. Although 30 to 50 million barrels of oil sounds like a lot, the United States consumed just over 20 million barrels of oil per day over the past month.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/06/business/venezuela-turning-over-oil-trump
https://archive.ph/4Uex8

Trump to huddle with U.S. oil executives Friday on Venezuela
Convincing the industry could be a heavy lift amid uncertainty about legal and fiscal regimes, security, as well as modest prices and opportunities elsewhere. Friday's meeting is expected to include representatives from Chevron, Exxon and ConocoPhillips, the Wall Street Journal reports. The companies have said little to nothing publicly about any potential plans for Venezuela.
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/07/trump-oil-executives-venezuela
https://archive.ph/tZic7

US builds case to retain measles elimination status as infections mount
U.S. officials are building a case that ongoing measles outbreaks in South Carolina and other states are unrelated to last year's major outbreak in Texas, as it tries to retain its status of having eliminated the disease after recording the highest number of confirmed infections in three decades. To be considered measles-free by the World Health Organization, a country must have no locally transmitted cases of the same strain for 12 months or longer.
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-builds-case-retain-measles-elimination-status-infections-mount-2026-01-06/

600,000 Venezuelans face U.S. deportation aftePost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Turkey’s Brazil-Style Lawfare Means Harder Authoritarianism
On December 17, a court struck down the protest bans imposed after the arrest of Istanbul mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu back in March. Weeks earlier, prosecutors had finalized an indictment meant to keep İmamoğlu, the leading opposition figure, jailed indefinitely. Together they show a system under strain, making parallel use of repression and legal tactics to entrench its control. Turkey is now a frontline case of lawfare: the weaponized use of the judiciary to political ends. If the jailing of Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva revealed the damage that lawfare can do to the democratic process, Turkey shows how far it can go in hardening authoritarian rule. Left unchecked, it will not remain an exception but set a precedent for attacks on democracy elsewhere. The Lula blueprint is now being reproduced against İmamoğlu, the center-left challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, in a harsher authoritarian setting. In today’s Turkey, lawfare has expanded beyond a way of managing the opposition into a means of recalibrating the state itself. İmamoğlu is the presidential nominee for the Republican People’s Party (CHP), which after the 2024 local elections overtook Erdoğan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) for the first time in decades. Throughout 2025, national polls placed İmamoğlu ahead of Erdoğan, making his party one of the largest center-left forces across Europe and the Middle East. The severity of the shift from electoral competition to criminal prosecution is visible even outside the courtroom. Authorities have banned the display of İmamoğlu’s posters and the circulation of campaign materials, treating his visibility as a security risk.
https://jacobin.com/2026/01/turkey-brazil-lawfare-authoritarianism-imamoglu

U.S. intervention in Venezuela: A link in the chain of rivalries for primacy in the global imperialist system
The U.S. intervention in Venezuela constitutes the culmination of a months-long escalation of U.S. aggression against the country and, more broadly, across the entire “theatre” of Latin and Central America. The intensifying U.S.–China rivalry for primacy within the international imperialist system, the strategic importance of Latin America as a trade corridor and repositorPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Meet Paul Singer, the Billionaire Trump Megadonor Set to Make a Killing on Venezuela Oil
While he declined to tell members of Congress, Trump has said he tipped off oil executives before the illegal attack. At a press conference following the attack, he said the US would have “our very large United States oil companies” go into Venezuela, which he said the US will “run” indefinitely, and “start making money” for the United States.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/paul-singer-venezuela

Corporation for Public Broadcasting is officially shutting down months after GOP funding cuts
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting — which helped fund NPR, PBS and many local radio and TV stations — is officially shutting down, months after Congress passed spending cuts that stripped it of more than $1 billion in funding. CPB's board of directors voted to dissolve the private, nonprofit corporation after 58 years of service, the organization announced in a news release Monday.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/corporation-public-broadcasting-officially-shutting-months-gop-funding-rcna252443

New tool allows Californians to request data brokers delete personal details
Californians can now use a government website to request that certain companies stop selling their personal information online. The Drop website, which stands for Delete Request and Opt-Out Platform, launched on New Year’s Day as part of a state law aimed at enhancing data privacy. The Drop tool sends a mass deletion request to 500 data brokers, the term for companies which collect and sell personal information gleaned from public records, phone data, online web browsing and a host of other activities. The
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/05/trump-colombia-invasion-petro

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz drops reelection bid
Democrats have won every statewide office in Minnesota since 2006, and most political forecasts continPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

URGENT! US launches military strikes in Caracas: Statement by the Communist Party of Venezuela
URGENT Statement by the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV): The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Venezuela (elected by the 16th National Congress, November 2022) denounces before the country and the international community that, since the early hours of January 3, the city of Caracas and other areas of the central region of the country have been subjected to bombardments carried out by military forces of the United States of America.
https://www.idcommunism.com/2026/01/urgent-us-launches-military-strikes-in-caracas-statement-by-communist-party-of-venezuela.html

Trump Brags About Imperialist War in Venezuela and the New “Monroe Doctrine”
We have to fight back. Already, working people across Venezuela are rising up against the United States’ imperialist offensive. Here in the United States, it is urgent that the working class fight against this neocolonialist offensive, and say, “not in our name.” Unions, social movements, and the Left must mobilize together against imperialism; but it must do so independent of Maduro’s government that has undermined, with authoritarianism and austerity, the capacity of the Venezuelan working class to resist the current imperialist offensive. This is evident in the thousands of political prisoners from the Left and working-class sectors in Venezuela who should be on the front lines in the fight against U.S. imperialism. Maduro has been responsible for negotiating with imperialist powers to ease sanctions, but always within the confines of economic subordination, while blocking the working class from building itself as an active class with real power.
https://www.leftvoice.org/donald-trump-imperialism-nicolas-maduro-venezuela-new-monroe-doctrine/

The Fake Antiwar Right Goes to War
When George W. Bush invaded Iraq in 2003, many things were the same as they are now. Then, too, the regime being toppled was accused oPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Protesters rally in Times Square after US strikes Venezuela
An emergency anti-war protest kicked off in New York City on Saturday after the U.S. hit Venezuela with a “large-scale strike” and captured President Nicolás Maduro and his wife. Hundreds of people showed up at the 2 p.m. protest near 43rd Street and Broadway in Times Square. The crowd was carrying signs and chanting. The poster for the rally says, “No war on Venezuela! Stop the bombings!”
https://pix11.com/news/local-news/anti-war-protest-planned-in-times-square-after-us-strikes-venezuela/

'No War on Venezuela' protests pop up around WA
At least three "emergency protests" were planned for Saturday across Washington. People are expected to gather in Seattle, Olympia, and Spokane this afternoon. The protests come after the United States conducted early morning air strikes on Venezuela. In addition to hitting military targets, U.S. forces took President Maduro into federal custody.
https://www.fox13seattle.com/news/no-war-venezuela-protests-wa

Unnamed Source in Viral Minnesota Somali Fraud Video Is Right-Wing Lobbyist Who Called Muslims “Demons”
In his video alleging fraud at Somali-owned day care centers in Minneapolis, right-wing YouTuber Nick Shirley was led around the city by a purported whistleblower called only “David.” Shirley — and outlets like Fox News that credulously picked up the influencer’s video — credited “David” by first name only.
https://theintercept.com/2026/01/03/minnesota-fraud-video-somalis-nick-shirley-source/
https://archive.ph/VAS3B

Big Tech’s fast-expanding plans for data centers are running into stiff community opposition
Communities across the United States are reading about — and learning from — each other’s battles against data center proposals that are fast multiplying in number and size to meet steep demand as developers branch out in search ofPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

In Iran, the turmoil continues: Steve Bishop member of the executive Committee for the Defence of the Iranian People’s Rights
Protesters have pointed out the bitter irony that while they are asked to “take a war formation” and endure austerity, the budget for ideological military wings has reportedly seen massive increases. One representative from Dehloran recently asked President Pezeshkian in parliament if he could “hear the crushing sound of the people’s footsteps.” The demands of protesters have not been confined to the issues of wages and the economy but have become increasingly political, demanding regime change, with protests echoing to chants of “death to the dictator,” aimed at Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The regime’s response has been the familiar mix of threats and force. Judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei has warned of harsh punishments for “hoarding foreign currency,” while police have fired tear gas to disperse the biggest crowds seen since the protests following the death in custody of Mahsa Amini in September 2022. Hundreds of people were killed, more than 20,000 arrested, and several executed in connection with those demonstrations. The situation in Iran is being watched closely by both Israel and the United States, as the threat of further action against the regime from both looms. US President Donald Trump has recently threatened military action if Iran rebuilds its nuclear or missile programmes, warning he will “knock the hell out of them.” For the Iranian people 2026 sees yet more uncertainty, arising from the internal pressures of a collapsing economy and the external pressures of both international sanctions and the threat of further military intervention.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/iran-turmoil-continues

Demonstrations and protests continue in Iran
There are no exact figures, and no one knows how many people have been killed or injured, arrested, or kidnapped. What is clear, however, is that the people have gone beyond demonstrations and protests, and the movement has turned into an uprising. Likewise, their everyday demands about the rising cost of basic necessities have shifted into political demands, reflected in slogans such as “Down with the regime,” “Out, out, dictators,” “Women, life, freedom,” and many others. MePost too long. Click here to view the full text.

A new California law gives the state more power over workplaces. Trump is suing to block it
A federal judge on Dec. 26 granted the NLRB’s request for a preliminary injunction to keep the law from taking effect, meaning California cannot implement most of its provisions. In addition, the NLRB now has a quorum after the Senate confirmed two of President Trump’s nominees to the board.
https://calmatters.org/economy/2026/01/california-labor-law-under-fire/

DHS pauses immigration applications for an additional 20 countries
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, in a memo released Thursday, said it would pause the review of all pending applications for visas, green cards, citizenship or asylum from immigrants from the additional countries. The memo also outlines plans to re-review applications of immigrants from these countries as far back as 2021.
https://www.npr.org/2026/01/02/g-s1-104284/dhs-pause-immigration-applications-20-countries

Prominent Jan. 6 defendants plan to march to Capitol to mark 5 years since attack
The event is billed as a memorial march honoring Ashli Babbitt and four others who died on or after Jan. 6. Babbitt, a supporter of President Trump's, was shot and killed by a U.S. Capitol Police officer while a mob attempted to breach the Speaker's Lobby outside the House chamber nearly five years ago. Brian Sicknick, a U.S. Capitol Police officer who died after suffering two strokes after he defended the Capitol during the assault, is also set to be honored.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/january-6-capitol-march-5-years/

Judge dismisses Louisville police reform proposal with the US Department of Justice
New DOJ leadership accused the Biden Justice Department of using flawed legal theories to judge police departments and pursuing costly and burdensome consent decrees. The consent decrees with Louisville and Minneapolis were approved by the Justice Department in the final weeks of the Biden administration, but tPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

(Granma )Six days that shook the nation
That cold morning, when some 2,000 delegates representing all sectors of society filled the Karl Marx Theater, marked a turning point in the history of the Revolution. It is said that many of them were wearing suits and ties for the first time, and that, for this reason, there were those who made jokes before the curtains rose and the First Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) began. Sixteen years after the triumph over tyranny, and ten years after the formation of the first Central Committee, the grand party event began with an extensive report presented by Fidel, with a historical analysis of the Revolution, in which it was clear that the generation that had finally realized the dream of a free homeland was the heir and continuator of a legacy of more than a century of struggle. "Cuba was Spain's last colony in Latin America, and today it is the first socialist country in this hemisphere," the Commander-in-Chief began proudly, and after a thorough recounting of the wars for independence and the long road traveled, he commented that "when the United States realized that the Revolution would not retreat or bow to its pressure, it began a series of economic aggressions, while recruiting mercenaries and training them for acts of sabotage and military actions."
https://en.granma.cu/cuba/2025-12-17/six-days-that-shook-the-nation

Labour must not reverse Brexit
A DANGEROUS tendency is emerging in the labour movement to reopen the Brexit question. Several government figures have started to criticise the impact on the economy of Britain leaving the European Union. Health Secretary Wes Streeting, the government’s leading Blairite, has raised the possibility of Britain re-entering the EU’s customs union, a move which would subordinate trade policy to Brussels and subject much economic activity to EU regulations. TUC general secretary Paul Nowak spoke in similar terms shortly before Christmas. So far, Keir Starmer has not embraced the customs union proposal. However, the arguments he advances are purely pragmatic – that rejoining would mean Britain having to renounce the trade deals signed in its own right, most notably with the USA. However, that is a thin argument since the Trump administration has either not ratified, not Post too long. Click here to view the full text.

Trump administration reportedly freezes all childcare payments to all states
Originally, O’Neill and Adams’s message was interpreted as an announcement that HHS would stop childcare funding in Minnesota, not all 50 states. However, the Associated Press reported late on Wednesday that the freeze would apply to every state, and that all states would need to provide more documentation about their childcare programs before receiving federal money. The department did not immediately reply to a Guardian request for comment to clarify the nature of the freeze, but HHS spokesperson Andrew Nixon told ABC News: “It’s the onus of the state to make sure that these funds, these federal dollars, taxpayer dollars, are being used for legitimate purposes.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/31/trump-administration-childcare-funding-freeze

Trump ally Boebert decries Colorado water bill veto
Trump cited cost concerns in a statement on his veto of the bill on the decades-long plan to ensure safe drinking water is provided to communities in Colorado's eastern plains, where the groundwater is high in salt and where radioactivity has been detected in wells. "My Administration is committed to preventing American taxpayers from funding expensive and unreliable policies," Trump said. "Ending the massive cost of taxpayer handouts and restoring fiscal sanity is vital to economic growth and the fiscal health of the Nation."
https://www.axios.com/2026/01/01/trump-colorado-water-lauren-boebert
https://archive.ph/K4kxs

US federal employees file complaint against ban on gender-affirming care
The complaint, filed Thursday on the employees’ behalf by the Human Rights Campaign, is in response to an August announcement from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that it would no longer cover “chemical and surgical modification of an individual’s sex traits through medical interventions” in health insurance programs for federal employees and US Postal Service workers.
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Statement of the Tudeh Party of Iran: Widespread popular protests are a renewed beginning for challenging religious–capitalist despotism and for liberating the homeland from deprivation, poverty, corruption, and the anti-people rule of the Islamic Republic!
Dear compatriots,
The political system ruling our homeland—namely the absolute guardianship of Ali Khamenei—is irreformable. Relying on extensive military and security structures, this government has openly and violently violated the people’s rights and authority to determine their own destiny. Without moving beyond this regime of religious despotism and big-capital rule, there can be no hope for improving current conditions, easing economic pressures, reducing poverty and deprivation, resolving electricity and water shortages, or ending the violent and bloody wave of repression against freedoms and democratic rights. This dictatorship has not only dragged Iran and its society to the brink of collapse and destruction, but has also exposed the country to the serious and repeated danger of foreign intervention and the replacement of the current despotism with another decayed form of tyranny—one dominated by servants of U.S. imperialism and the genocidal Israeli government. The experience of popular protests over the past decade—especially the January 2018 protests, the November 2019 protests, and the great “Woman, Life, Freedom” uprising in autumn 2022—demonstrates that without efforts to organize a general and nationwide strike and halt the daily functioning of the Islamic Republic, it is impossible to create the objective and effective conditions for moving beyond it.
https://www.tudehpartyiran.org/en/2025/12/30/statement-of-the-tudeh-party-of-iran-widespread-popular-protests-are-a-renewed-beginning-for-challenging-religious-capitalist-despotism-and-for-liberating-the-homeland-from-deprivation-pover/

Outputs and outcomes of the last several months. New Year's summary of the social war in Ukraine 2025
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Georgia judge tosses landmark racketeering charges against ‘Cop City’ protesters
Fulton County Judge Kevin Farmer said in the order that Republican Attorney General Chris Carr didn’t have the authority to secure the 2023 indictments under Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations law, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Farmer said he needed permission from Gov. Brian Kemp. Carr’s office said in a statement that they plan to appeal.
https://apnews.com/article/atlanta-cop-city-racketeering-charges-tossed-d72ff2df1c4b25b3d99f7260716e60aa

US audits immigration cases of Somali American for possible denaturalisation
The US Department of Health and Human Services separately said on Tuesday it has frozen all child care payments to Minnesota. It said that going forward, all payments from the department's Administration for Children and Families nationwide "will require a justification and a receipt or photo evidence before we send money to a state."
https://www.newarab.com/news/us-audits-somali-americans-possible-denaturalisation

As Trump Claims He’s Slashing Costs, Big Pharma Jacks Up Prices on 350 Drugs
Citing data from healthcare research firm 3 Axis Advisors, Reuters wrote that at least 350 branded medications are set for price hikes next year, including “vaccines against COVID, RSV, and shingles,” as well as the “blockbuster cancer treatment Ibrance.” The total projected number of drugs seeing price increases next year is significantly higher than in 2025, when 3 Axis Advisors estimated that pharmaceutical companies raised prices on 250 medications.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-drug-price-increases

Court allows White House to end Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood in 22 states
The order from the three-judge panel of the Boston-based first US circuit court of appeals puts on hold an injunction issued by US district judge Indira Talwani. Talwani’s injunction had blocked the TrumPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Bolivian police fire tear gas and rubber bullets at striking workers
The Bolivian Workers Centre (COB) union bloc is planning to intensify protests in the coming week, following a unity agreement between miners, peasants, factory workers and teachers that was signed on Sunday. Coalfield women’s group Conacmin has also vowed to join the strike.
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/bolivian-police-fire-tear-gas-and-rubber-bullets-striking-workers

Cepeda says “State intelligence agencies” behind smear campaign
In June, the Senator and attorney Miguel Angel del Rio provided prosecutors with evidence suggesting that US intelligence officials were conspiring with people close to former President Alvaro Uribe to link them to drug trafficking guerrillas. W Radio later published evidence which suggested that Uribe’s former fixer, Diego Cadena, had tried to recruit a low-level drug trafficker and federal agents to fabricate evidence against Cepeda and the prominent attorney.
https://colombiareports.com/cepeda-says-state-intelligence-agencies-behind-smear-campaign/

Cuba Authorizes U.S. Company to Send Remittances
The Company, headed by businessman Carlos Trujillo, also offers product shipments to Cuba. Before Cubamax, the state-owned firm Orbit managed foreign currency, but it was sanctioned by Washington. Remittances, along with tourism and professional services, constituted a vital income for the Cuban economy until the COVID-19 pandemic. Between 2005 and 2020, remittances represented approximately 6% of Cuba’s gross domestic product (GDP).
https://www.telesurenglish.net/cuba-authorizes-u-s-company-to-send-remittances/

US military carries out 30th strike on alleged drug boat
The strike, which was announced by U.S. Southern Command on social media, has brought the total number of known boat strikes to 30 and the number of people killed at least 107 since early September, according to numberPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

Epstein and Leviathan: How the Financier Opened Doors to Netanyahu and Ehud Barak Amid Israel's Offshore Gas Fight
On December 17, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced a $35 billion deal to sell natural gas to Egypt in what officials describe as the largest energy export agreement in Israel’s history. The natural gas will be produced from Leviathan, a massive field west of Haifa. “On this day,” Netanyahu wrote in a statement that day, the third day of Hanukkah, “we’ve brought another jug of oil to the nation of Israel. But this time, the flame will burn not just for eight days, but for decades to come.” The gas export permit for Egypt came after months of delays and behind-the-scenes disputes between Tel Aviv, Cairo, and Washington. The decision is expected to reinforce the Camp David peace framework between Egypt and Israel—an arrangement strained by the Gaza genocide—while cementing Israel’s emergence as a major natural gas supplier in the eastern Mediterranean and beyond.
https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/epstein-leviathan-jpmorgan-gas-deals-netanyahu-ehud-barak

Spontaneous strikes at Arcelor Dunkirk and steel worker riots in Genoa – And in the UK?
We translated this article by comrades from France, as we think that it has international relevance. The global steel industry is at the centre of trade wars and, related to this, the process of militarisation. With the downturn of the automobile industry we see a global overproduction of steel. The US and the EU react by putting up tariffs, which squeezes the steel industry in the UK. In reaction to the blackmail from steel companies, the Labour government promises further subsidies with their £2.5 billion ‘steel fund’. In times of general preparation for larger wars, steel production becomes a national security asset. When the Chinese steel manufacturer Jingye announced the closure of the blast furnaces at the Scunthorpe site in April 2025, the UK government stepped in and semi-nationalised the plant. As you can read in the article below, nationalisation has little to offer for the workers on the ground. Given this global picture it is not a coincidence that things are kicking off elsewhere. In November and December 2025, steel workers in Genoa occupied squares, blockaded motorwaPost too long. Click here to view the full text.

US pledges $2bn in new UN model for delivery of humanitarian assistance
The US and UN will sign 17 memorandums of understanding with individual countries identified by the US as priority countries, officials from the state department and UN said in Geneva. But some areas that are priorities for the UN, including Yemen, Afghanistan and Gaza, will not be receiving US funding under the new mechanism, UN aid chief Tom Fletcher said, adding that the UN will seek support from other donors to find funding for those.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/29/us-pledge-un-model-humanitarian-assistance

A look at how Trump-era work requirements could impact people who receive public benefits
Previously, adults older than 54, as well as parents with children under age 18, at home were exempted from SNAP’s 80-hours monthly work requirement. Now, adults up to age 64 and parents of children between the age of 14 and 17 have to prove they’re working, volunteering or job training if they are on SNAP for more than three months. … HUD in July also proposed a rule change that would allow public housing authorities across the country to institute work requirements, as well as time limits. In a leaked draft of that rule change, HUD spells out how housing authorities can choose to opt in and voluntarily implement work requirements of up to 40 hours a week for people getting rental assistance, including adult tenants in public housing and Section 8 voucher-holders.
https://apnews.com/article/snap-medicaid-hud-work-requirements-trump-big-beautiful-bill-05c560dc624acd69d9da5c5631721c29

Case dropped against TikTok streamer who was shot by US immigration agents
The government had charged Parias with assault, saying that he used his car as a “weapon” to ram against two law enforcement vehicles. But in video footage leading up to Parias’ shooting, reviewed by the LA Times, Parias’ car did not appear to be moving. The footage shows him asking officers why he is being detained, and an officer threatening to shoot Parias if he doesn’t get out.
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