2022-01-03: News Headlines

Staff (2022-01-03). Headlines for January 3, 2022. democracynow.org Omicron-Driven Surge Causes Travel Disruptions, Sets Records for Infections, Child Hospitalizations, Climate-Fueled Colorado Wildfire Razes 1,000 Homes; Two People Still Missing, Ghislaine Maxwell Found Guilty in Federal Sex Trafficking Trial as Attention Turns to Prince Andrew, Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok Resigns as More Protesters Killed in Anti-Coup Demonstrations, Hong Kong Independent Media Outlet Citizen News Shutters Amid Crackdown on Press Freedom, Germany Shuts Down Half of Six Remaining Nuclear Power Plants, As Jan. 6 Anniversary Looms, Rep. Liz Cheney Says Trump's Inner Circle Tried to Get H…

Peoples Dispatch (2022-01-03). Workers of Clover, South Africa's largest dairy company, set to intensify resistance. peoplesdispatch.org Peoples Dispatch spoke to John Appolis, general secretary of the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa (Giwusa), about the ongoing indefinite strike by workers at the Israeli-owned dairy giant Clover…

teleSUR, JCM (2022-01-03). Reportan un detenido tras incendio en el parlamento sudafricano. telesurtv.net Los bomberos llegaron al edificio unos minutos después de recibir la llamada inicial a las 06: 12 hora local (04: 12 GMT) del domingo.

WorkWeek (2022-01-03). WorkWeek:Homeless/Journalist Attacked, South Africa Clover Strike & UAW Columbia Grads. indybay.org WorkWeek covers the attack on Sausalito Homeless & Journalist Jeremy Porje, Next we cover the South African GIWUSA Clover Workers Strike & UAW Columbia Graduate Students Strike. We also program the SF Mime Troupe's "Red Carol"

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-03). Ignacio Ramonet's Complete Interview with Nicolás Maduro. libya360.wordpress.com Ignacio Ramonet "Neoliberalism is exhausted and new leaderships will surprise the world". The year 2020 has been relatively clement to Venezuela, although it has been so frightening for the whole world. Sure, the blockades and attacks from abroad have not ceased, and have even, at times, intensified. But the Bolivarian revolution, which has just turned…

sputniknews (2022-01-03). Israel Registers First 'Flurona' Case, Rare Double Infection of COVID and Seasonal Flu. sputniknews.com In December, the Israeli government approved banning all non-essential travel to Belgium, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Morocco, Portugal, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United States to prevent the spread of the Omicron coronavirus strain.

teleSUR- lvm (2022-01-03). Primer ministro de Sudán renuncia en medio del golpe militar. telesurtv.net "Debemos renunciar a la violencia y la división, y creer en la victoria para construir un nuevo Sudán", señaló Abdalá Hamdok.

Marzieh Rahmani (2022-01-03). Sudan' prime minister Hamdok resigns amid political deadlock. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 03 (MNA) — Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned amid political deadlock and widespread protests following a military coup that derailed the country's fragile transition to democracy.

In Defense of Liberation! (2022-01-02). *BONUS* Reflections going into 2022. anchor.fm I am driving, going through my stream of consciousness and trying to engage with a few ideas I've been thinking about all day. Go subscribe to and become a Patreon of Bands of Turtle Island, Red Nation Podcast AND Red Media and please donate to some indigenous organizations and liberation funds in Borikén, Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Get organized, go help people find food and shelter, read some theory and then go apply that shit!!

sputniknews (2022-01-02). South African Opposition Allege Cover-Up of Graft Probe Findings Behind Parliament Fire. sputniknews.com JOHANNESBURG (Sputnik) – A South African opposition leader has implicated the ruling African National Congress in a fire at the national houses of parliament that erupted two days before the planned release of a damning report on a probe into government corruption.

Open Democracy (2022-01-02). Fighting repression in the Land of the Free: an Arab-American feminist Perspective. juancole.com By Nadine Suleiman Naber | — ( OpenDemocracy) — For decades, US and European governments, as well as corporate media, have been condemning authoritarian repression and violence against women in the Global South — from Africa, to the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific Islands and Latin America. And tragically, these same voices have too frequently …

sputniknews (2022-01-02). Man Arrested Over South Africa Parliament Fire Due in Court Tuesday. sputniknews.com A massive fire erupted at the parliamentary precinct in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2022-01-02). Using and Abusing Djibouti: How the US Transformed a Tiny African State into a Hub of Imperial Aggression. libya360.wordpress.com TJ COLES U.S. Army Mountain Warfare School instructors with the Vermont Army National Guard travelled to Djibouti to teach a five-day Joint Expeditionary Mountain Warfare Course to service members from France's 5th Overseas Interarms Regiment (5e RIAOM) at the Arta Range Complex, Dec. 12-16, 2021 (US Army photo)"> From Djibouti, the US trains proxies…

Staff (2022-01-02). 'What an embarrassment': Premier League star mocked for ridiculous dive. rt.com Aston Villa's Trezeguet produced an outrageous dive at Brentford in the Premier League on Sunday, earning widespread criticism after clutching his face and collapsing to the floor despite barely being touched | Egypt international Trezeguet has been branded an "embarrassment" for a horrific dive in the Premier League. | Midfielder Trezeguet made his first Premier League appearance of an injury-plagued season at Brentford, where Steven Gerrard's side were attempting to hit back after losing 3-1 to Chelsea on December 26. | Striker Danny Ings opened the scoring for the Villans on 16 minutes, only for Yoane Wissa…

ANSWER Coalition (2022-01-02). Monday 1/3: SF Rally + Press Conference to Support Normalization of U.S. – Cuba Relations. indybay.org Federal Building, 7th + Mission St., San Francisco…

Morteza Ahmadi Al Hashem (2022-01-02). Six Somalian police killed, wounded in attack by Al-Shabaab. en.mehrnews.com TEHRAN, Jan. 02 (MNA) — Three Somalian policemen were killed and three others were injured in the wake of attack by Al-Shabaab terrorist group in a police station in Mogadishu, capital of Somali, on Sunday.

IGD Worldwide (2022-01-02). Sudan: Anarchists against the Military Dictatorship. itsgoingdown.org syndicated from Crimethinc. On Thursday December 30, in Sudan, during nationwide demonstrations against the military dictatorship that seized power on October 25, state forces repeatedly used live rounds against protesters, killing at least four people and wounding many more. Security forces have killed scores of demonstrators since the coup of October 25. Nevertheless, a powerful movement…

IGD Worldwide (2022-01-02). Sudan: Anarchists against the Military Dictatorship. itsgoingdown.org syndicated from Crimethinc. On Thursday December 30, in Sudan, during nationwide demonstrations against the military dictatorship that seized power on October 25, state forces repeatedly used live rounds against protesters, killing at least four people and wounding many more. Security forces have killed scores of demonstrators since the coup of October 25. Nevertheless, a powerful movement…

MEE, agencies (2022-01-02). Sudan's PM Hamdok resigns amid deadly crackdown on anti-coup protesters. middleeasteye.net Sudan's PM Hamdok resigns amid deadly crackdown on anti-coup protesters | Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok announces his resignation in a televised speech hours after two more protesters were killed | Sun, 01/02/2022 – 20: 57 | Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok resigned from office on 2 January 2022 (AFP/File photo) | Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has resigned from offi…

sputniknews (2022-01-02). Two Killed in Anti-Military Protest in Sudan, Doctors Say. sputniknews.com MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Two protesters demonstrating against Sudan's military takeover in Omdurman, the twin city of the capital Khartoum, were killed by live fire on Sunday, doctors said in a statement.

MEE, agencies (2022-01-02). Sudan security deploys to block anti-coup rallies, two protesters reported killed. middleeasteye.net Sudan security deploys to block anti-coup rallies, two protesters reported killed | The internet and phone lines have also been severely restricted as protesters against the military rule of Abdel Fattah al-Burhan say 2022 will be 'year of continuation of the resistance' | Sun, 01/02/2022 – 10: 30 | A Sudanese man carries a placard during a rally to mark three years since the start of mass…

sputniknews (2022-01-02). Sudanese PM Hamdok Resigns Months After Ouster, Deal With Military Junta. sputniknews.com In November 2021, ousted Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok regained power via an agreement with the coup leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, a former chairman of the Sovereignty Council of Sudan. Despite the power agreement, deadly protests and widespread criticism of Hamdok's government have yet to die down.

Staff (2022-01-02). Sudan PM resigns amid protests marred by deadly violence. rt.com The civilian leader stepped down shortly after several people were reported to have been killed in pro-democracy protests | Sudanese PM Abdalla Hamdok announced his resignation, suggesting "another man or woman" should lead the country through a transition to civilian rule just over a month after he struck a power-sharing deal with the military. | "I decided to give back the responsibility and announce my resignation as prime minister, and give a chance to another man or woman of this noble country to … help it pass through what's left of the transitional period to a civilian democratic country," the outgoin…

MEE, agencies (2022-01-02). Tunisia: Calls to release Ennahda deputy head mount amid reports of his hospitalisation. middleeasteye.net Tunisia: Calls to release Ennahda deputy head mount amid reports of his hospitalisation | Noureddine Bhiri, who was arrested on Friday, has reportedly been taken to hospital as Ennahda officials accuse authorities of withholding critical medication | Sun, 01/02/2022 – 20: 03 | Noureddine Bhiri was arrested by plain-clothes security forces and taken to an unknown destination on 31 December…

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