1. The conquest of Syria by the Al Qaeda-linked Hayat Tahrir al-Sham militia has triggered rapturous celebrations by an international milieu of pseudo-leftists: the nearly 14-year US-NATO war in Syria was not a democratic revolution

 2. President-elect Trump picks nominees for top US State Department positions from a fascistic cesspool:

None... is an opponent of the agency they will serve or of the so-called “Deep State.” On the contrary, they represent the integration of the military-intelligence apparatus and Trump’s fascist entourage

3. California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (taking the state of Georgia's lead) promote tax breaks to spur economic activity that will help corporate behemoths, hurt workers in the entertainment industries, and rob California taxpayers

4. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) suspends humanitarian aid to starving Gazans due to Israeli forces allowing criminal gangs to rob truck convoys

5. Just part of the cost of doing business: OSHA fines Stellantis a little over $16,000 for the August death of one of its autoworkers at their Toledo, Ohio Jeep plant

6. Mobis, a Jeep parts-supplier in Toledo, Ohio invites laid-off workers back to work for half their previous pay

7. In preparation for a third world war, ministers from Australia and New Zealand sign a mutual defense statement modeled after their past WWI alliance

8. South Korea’s Democratic Party resubmits a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol who failed to carry out a coup last week. If approved, a new presidential election must take place

9. Without taking a vote, ruling and opposition parliament members in Sri Lanka unanimously approve an interim budget to impose austerity measures demanded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

10. More evidence of capitalist-induced climate change: the Franklin wildfire in Malibu, California continues to spread threatening homes, businesses, and natural habitats

11. Disturbing questions raised: a convicted Australian policeman, who provoked international outrage after killing an elderly woman with a taser, is still free on bail

12. Why has Australia’s main university union, the National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) prevented any organized struggle against programs-gutting and layoffs at Western Sydney University?

13. A leading member of the Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee writes to demand that striking Canada Post workers insist that all contract negotiations be made public

14. 500 nurses at Clara Maass Medical Center in Belleville, New Jersey (not unlike workers at Amazon’s JFK8 fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York) are still exploited despite having voted to join a union more than two years ago

15. Belfast, Northern Ireland: in sharp contrast to how anti-immigrant thugs have been treated indifferently, tactical police are deployed against anti-genocide demonstrators during a visit by Hillary Clinton

16. Parents and teachers speak out against seven "devastating" charter school closures in Chicago

17. Free Ukrainian socialist and anti-war activist, Bogdan Syrotiuk!