1. America's fascist president declares war on the world's population

2. Donald Trump begins his second term by signing a raft of executive orders aimed at restricting immigration and democratic rights

3. Why were widely-held protest demonstrations against the incoming US Republican Trump administration so sparsely attended?

4. To assuage widespread fear:  California Democrats approve $50 million in state funding for immigrant services ahead of anticipated mass deportations

5. Biden pardons undercut claims by him and the Democratic Party as a whole that American democracy has been vindicated by the “peaceful transfer of power”

6. The prison system in the US state of Missouri has averaged 10 or more inmate deaths a month over the past four years

7. Israeli prosecutor Moran Gaz admits to finding no evidence of any rapes or sexual assaults committed by Hamas against Israelis on October 7, 2023

8. A new Oxfam report: monopolies are escalating extreme wealth and inequality worldwide

9. The German armed forces announces a new homeland security division

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10. Protesters in the UK have genuine grievances but many protest organizers lack a sound political perspective

11. Evacuation shelters, intended to offer safety to Los Angeles wildfire victims, have instead turned into breeding grounds for viral infections

12. The political lessons of the 1975 Canberra Coup in Australia and what it reveals about the machinations of ruling circles are more important than ever today as the capitalist class turns increasingly to authoritarian and fascistic forms of rule, spearheaded by the Trump White House

13. Like its counterparts internationally, the Australian Labor government is practically falling over itself to align with the new Trump administration and to normalize its fascistic agenda

14. 18,000 struggling Teamsters union members who work for the Costco store chain prepare to strike in February

15. Rules against student gatherings is the latest of the anti-democratic twists and turns at Peradeniya University in Sri Lanka

16. A fictional television film Bach—A Christmas Miracle draws a large audience in Germany

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