2024-01-26: News Headlines

Editor (2024-01-26). High School Journalists are Fighting Back Against Censorship. scheerpost.com

Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies (2024-01-26). Biden Must Choose Between a Ceasefire in Gaza and a Regional War. counterpunch.org In the topsy-turvy world of corporate media reporting on U.S. foreign policy, we have been led to believe that U.S. air strikes on Yemen, Iraq and Syria are legitimate and responsible efforts to contain the expanding war over Israel's genocide in Gaza, while the actions of the Houthi government in Yemen, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and

Caitlin Johnstone (2024-01-26). Gaza Is Exposing Western Liberals For The Frauds They Are. orinocotribune.com By Caitlin Johnstone — Jan 24, 2024 | The entire western liberal worldview is currently balanced on the ability to psychologically compartmentalize away from the mass atrocities in Gaza and what western governments are doing to perpetuate them. | Everything that mainstream liberals claim to oppose is on full display in Israel's actions in Gaza. Racism. Fascism. Tyranny. Injustice. Genocide. Yet they must necessarily avoid throwing themselves into opposing these things there at all cost, because it would mean acknowledging that their own political allegiances are inseparably interwoven with them. | <...

El Ciudadano (2024-01-26). Deputy Tomás Hirsch: "For years we have been denouncing the gross corruption scandals in the 3 richest municipalities in Chile". pressenza.com He has requested that the Comptroller General's Office, the Internal Revenue Service, the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Subdere be informed of the list of open cases and/or investigations in this area. | By Absalón Opazo | Deputy Tomás Hirsch (Acción Humanista) referred to the recent corruption scandals in the municipalities of Las Condes, Vitacura, and Lo Barnechea, asking the Comptroller, the Internal Revenue Service, the Public Prosecutor's Office, and the Subdere, regarding the list of cases and/or open investigations in this matter."For years we have been denouncing the gross corruption scandals in the…

Ron Jacobs (2024-01-26). Incarceration as Fascism, Incarceration as Imperialism. counterpunch.org Incarceration is about controlling. Not just those who commit criminal acts, but also those who society has no economic use for. If there are no laws existing to lock up this latter demographic, the facts tell us that the ruling classes will create new laws and intensify enforcement of existing statutes. An almost perfect example

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