1. In a perspective, the World Socialist Web Site Editorial Board describes what Donald Trump's return to power, the culmination of an extended process of political reaction, will mean to the working class

2. Donald Trump and his fascist political base seize upon the acts of violence in New Orleans and Las Vegas to whip up an atmosphere of hysteria and promote attacks on immigrants and “the enemy within"-- despite the fact that the acts of violence were perpetrated by long-time military veterans of wars he supported and even commanded

3. A statistical report shows that there were only 13 days in 2024 in which police in the United States did not kill someone-- with only 31 percent of police killings having begun with an alleged violent crime taking place

4. Esentia Health workers in Deer River, Minnesota, members of the SEIU, have been  fighting for a significant wage increase and better working conditions since September 30, 2023

5. The best feature of a new biopic of Bob Dylan, A Complete Unknown, is its music

6. Evidence emerges that the Australian Albanese Labor government is responsible for ongoing punitive and illegal cutoffs of welfare payments to impoverished recipients, especially jobless workers

7. The Australian government's approval of expanding four coal mine projects contradicts claims of it being committed to addressing climate change

8. Workers scramble from an explosion at a Tyson Foods poultry plant in Georgia; a 61-year old woman, seeking work there, is killed where she slept in her truck outside

9. Non-violent protesters in the United Kingdom, cruelly and vindictively treated, spend Christmas holidays in prison

10. Secrecy surrounds the details of a planned "counter-inauguration" in Venezuela for the Washington-sponsored exile, Edmundo González; US President Biden is likely to deepen sanctions against Venezuela before Trump takes office

11. New Zealand's second recession within 18 months: many people have lacked adequate food over the holidays

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