Kerry Smith (2023-01-31). Donna Nelson: 'Veronica should not have been locked up!'. greenleft.org.au Donna Nelson, the mother of Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman Veronica Nelson, has spoken out about the failures of the system and called for changes to the bail laws. Kerry Smith reports.

Malik Miah (2023-01-31). United States: Memphis police indicted for murder following 'modern-day lynching'. greenleft.org.au Malik Miah asks what this latest cop killing says about policing and why abolition is the only answer.

Terry Conway (2023-01-31). Britain: Biggest strike in decades planned for February 1. greenleft.org.au Half a million trade unionists are gearing up for a national day of strike action on February 1, across England, Scotland and Wales, writes Terry Conway.

Alex Salmon (2023-01-30). Ned Kelly and the brutal story of capital punishment in Australia. greenleft.org.au Michael Adams new book, Hanging Ned Kelly: Elijah Upjohn, the hangmen and the underbelly of colonial Australia, exposes how executioners were forced to do the colonial ruling classes' dirty work. Alex Salmon reviews.

Federico Fuentes (2023-01-30). Peru: Amid nationwide rebellion, why hasn't Boluarte resigned? greenleft.org.au Jorge Escalante discusses the protest movement, the nature of the Boluarte coup government and what it might take to bring it down.

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (2023-01-30). The plan to abolish nuclear weapons. greenleft.org.au The setting of the Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds to midnight reflects the consensus that Russia's Ukraine invasion has brought the world closer to nuclear war than at any time since the 1980s. Here is the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons plan.

Kerry Smith (2023-01-30). Mother and daughter stop logging in Yarratt Forest. greenleft.org.au Two women have taken action to stop logging in Yarratt Forest, north of Taree, by suspending themselves from trees with ropes. Kerry Smith reports.

Mat Ward (2023-01-30). 10 new albums that aim to change the world in 2023. greenleft.org.au Mat Ward looks back at January's political news and the best new music that related to it.

Paul Gregoire (2023-01-30). Scientists set Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight. greenleft.org.au The Doomsday Clock has crept the closest it is ever been as the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the minute hand to 90 seconds to midnight. Paul Gregoire reports.

_____ (2023-01-30). China's New Foreign Minister Tours Africa. journal-neo.org On January 9 of this year, Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang began an eight-day trip to the African continent, having been appointed to…

Fight Back (2023-01-30). Los Angles: Riot police deployed against protest for Tyre Nichols. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – Hundreds of people marched and rallied January 27 demanding justice for Tyre Nichols, who was killed by five Memphis cops. Additionally, protesters demanded justice for LAPD victim Keenan Anderson, an African American teacher who was tazed to death, and for Manuel Esteban Paez Terán, an environmental activist assassinated by Georgia state troopers. Protesters condemned racist police terror with a banner that read "Stop Cop City" displayed on barricades in front of the police headquarters. A march ensued around the block with everyone chanting "No justice no peace!" and "Justice for Tyre!" | In l…

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-30). Burkina Faso Ejects French Troops. transcend.org On 18 Jan 2023, the government of Burkina Faso made a decision to ask the French military to depart from the country. France entered the Sahel region in 2013. The ejection of France does not mean that there will be no NATO countries in the region. Both the US and UK have a large footprint from Morocco to Niger.

_____ (2023-01-29). The Truth and Lies About Ukraine: Lessons for Africa. journal-neo.org Following the second ever US-Africa summit in Washington (the first was in 2014), the White House launched a massive offensive against African states, attempting to force them to either abandon cooperation with Russia entirely or reshape it in ways that benefit US businesses. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen embarked on an 11-day tour of African …

Antonio C.S. Rosa (2023-01-30). Burkina Faso Ejects French Troops. transcend.org On 18 Jan 2023, the government of Burkina Faso made a decision to ask the French military to depart from the country. France entered the Sahel region in 2013. The ejection of France does not mean that there will be no NATO countries in the region. Both the US and UK have a large footprint from Morocco to Niger.

_____ (2023-01-29). The Truth and Lies About Ukraine: Lessons for Africa. journal-neo.org Following the second ever US-Africa summit in Washington (the first was in 2014), the White House launched a massive offensive against African states, attempting to force them to either abandon cooperation with Russia entirely or reshape it in ways that benefit US businesses. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen embarked on an 11-day tour of African …

_____ (2023-01-29). Amilcar Cabral And The South Africans. popularresistance.org In 2021, the South African government was provided with funding of around ‚Ǩ700 million (ZAR13 billion), from the German government to decommission its coal-based power stations in order to transition to green energy. True to their hypocritical nature, the Germans quickly reverted back to coal-fired plants when Russian president Vladimir Putin stopped supplying Russian gas to the rest of Europe. This dynamic is terribly familiar to countries of the global south. The Guinea-Bissauan revolutionary, Amilcar Cabral, already said in 1971: "Imperialism—as you know better than myself—is the…

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2023-01-29). Revival of Russia-African Relations: Sergey Lavrov to Choose Between Illusions and Reality for Africa. globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-01-29). Consumer Health: Cervical cancer and HPV — what's the connection? newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org January is Cervical Health Awareness Month, which makes this a good time to learn about the connection between HPV and cervical cancer. Approximately 13,000 new cases of cervical cancer are diagnosed each year in the U.S., and 4,000 women die of the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Hispanic women have the highest rates of developing cervical cancer, while African American women are at greatest risk of dying from this cancer. Early-stage cervical cancer generally produces…

Manlio Dinucci (2023-01-29). Italy-Algeria: The Extraordinary "Mined Bridge", Useful for Energy Supply to Europe? globalresearch.ca

americanthinker (2023-01-29). Cameroonian reporter is shut down by Biden's White House — for asking tough questions. americanthinker.com A reporter doing his job now gets the silent treatment from the Biden White House.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-29). Alexander Mercouris: Ukraine Facing Crisis as Russian Offensive Begins. libya360.wordpress.com Alexander Mercouris REACTS to Russia's advances on Zaporizhzhia and its implications for Ukraine's deteriorating situation on the battlefield. Western Volunteer in Bakhmut Admits Ukraine is Losing. Is the Western Tank Card a Bluff?>

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-29). As Bulletin of Atomic Scientists Announce Doomsday Clock at 90 Seconds to Midnight, They Unknowingly Push the Dial Even Closer. libya360.wordpress.com Diane Perlman, PhD From left: Members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Siegfried S. Hecker, Daniel Holz, Sharon Squassoni, Mary Robinson and Elbegdorj Tsakhia stand for a photo with the 2023 Doomsday Clock in Washington, DC, on January 24. The splitting of the atom has changed everything except the way we think. Thus, we…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-29). Fascism, Populism or Ultra-Right? libya360.wordpress.com Claudio Katz Part I of the Series: Attacks and Failures of the Right in Latin America Anti-Bolsonaro Protest, Brazil The new right is very different from classical fascism, which erupted in the first half of the last century in the face of the threat of socialist revolution, in a scenario of inter-imperialist wars. That danger of…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-01-29). Western Volunteer in Bakhmut Admits Ukraine is Losing. Is the Western Tank Card a Bluff? libya360.wordpress.com Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for January 29, 2023: — Russian forces continue encircling Bakhmut in the east and pushing toward Vugladar in the south; — pro-Ukrainian Western volunteers admit the bleak situation Ukraine faces overall and specifically in Bakhmut; — one volunteer admits that Wagner is better trained, better equipped, better organized…

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-01-29). Is the Criminalization of Heterosexuality on the Agenda or Just the Denial of Equal Rights? thealtworld.com The normalization of sexual perversity is advancing across all fronts. Just as it has become hate speech to call a homosexual a queer instead of a proud gay, we are approaching the inability to call a pedophile a pedophile. The correct and safe name for a pedophile is "minor-attracted person." | First you take the sting out of the name. Then you normalize the perversity by scolding people for being "judgmental." | Consequently, today marriage is no longer between a man and a woman. It can be between two men or between two women, and before much longer between an adult and a child and a woman and a dog. Anything e…