Jan 27, 2025

1. It has only been eighty years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp

2. President Trump sends a brutal message to Latin American leaders by swiftly retaliating against Colombia after it refused to admit migrants deported from the US

3. An international war crime: US President Trump openly calls for the cleansing of Arabs from Gaza

4. Under the guise of arresting criminals and “potential” threats to public safety and national security, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) begins “targeted operations” against immigrants in Chicago

5.  Taiwan's ruling class is overjoyed by Trump’s return to the White House

6. New York City’s top Democrat who faces corruption charges, Mayor Eric Adams, skips two Martin Luther King Jr. holiday events to attend Trump's US presidential inauguration

7. Royal Post mail delivery workers in the UK express their concerns about exploitative privatization plans moving forward

8. Reporters from the World Socialist Web Site listen to what many people in Newark, New Jersey have to say about the recent raids on immigrants in the area

9. The US Senate confirms fascist Pete Hegseth to be the powerful Secretary of Defense

10. The director of Hard Truths, describes his film as a personal and exploratory film that delves into family dynamics, mental health, and isolation

11. Four weeks before Germany’s federal elections, the establishment parties are only interested in one thing: agitating against refugees and migrants

12. The 2025 World Report of Human Rights Watch describes how Australian state and territory governments violate human rights and mistreat children within their criminal justice systems

Here is a link to the report which reports on many countries

13. Swiss police arrest and detain Ali Abunimah, the Palestinian-American executive director of the Chicago-based Electronic Intifada, who has been regularly and falsely accused of antisemitism

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