1. In a distinct echo of Trump’s lashing out at “the enemy within," the unpopular South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol tries to impose martial law

2. With public education in the United States in crisis (tens of thousands of teachers and staff being laid off, schools closing by the scores, and vital programs being axed), Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, and Becky Pringle, president of the National Education Association downplay the fascist character of the incoming Trump administration

3. The fall of Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government in France will not be enough to resolve the serious problems workers face in France

4. Violent dawn raids and arrests of seven people in north London accused of supporting the Kurdistan Workers Party have sparked a furious response

5. The US and NATO-backed war for regime change in Syria, which has led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands, the displacement of millions and the destruction of the the country's infrastructure, has been revived with major help from Turkey

6. Weeks of horse trading between establishment election winners and one or more third parties are expected to take place to sort out the low-turnout elections just held in Ireland

7. The IG Metall automakers' union in Germany initiates dead-end one-day strikes at nine Volkswagen plants

8. The University of Michigan threatens a legacy student group with a two-to-four-year suspension for being pro-Palestinian

9. A senior Trump transition team member's question to Rolling Stone Magazine: “How much should we invade Mexico?”

10. An intriguing film from Morocco, The Mother of All Lies, includes memorable scenes that recall brutal crackdowns on bread riots in Casablanca in 1981

11. Due to funding cuts and stringent new rules limiting foreign students in Australia, over 2,000 university jobs will disappear there

12. As part of a so-called “Network of the Future” plan, UPS plans to lay off hundreds in Oklahoma and California

13. Kicking and punching, Sri Lankan police attack a peaceful protest of teachers in the Colombo suburbs

14. In opposition to government austerity measures, 36,000 nurses, healthcare assistants and midwives in New Zealand public hospitals strike for eight hours

15. Incoming US president Trump's tariff threats are an expression of the crisis of US imperialism and foretell the possibility of world war

16. Barbara Slaughter, David North and Eric London expose Aidan Beatty's slanderous allegations at an Institute of Historical Research seminar

And here is an audio recording of their response

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