(2024-01-25). Professors Slam Columbia's Response to Chemical Skunk Attack on Students at Pro-Palestine Protest. democracynow.org 
Students at Columbia University in New York held an "emergency protest" Wednesday over the school's response to an attack on members of Columbia University Apartheid Divest at a rally on campus last Friday. Police in New York are investigating the attack on pro-Palestinian students, who say they were sprayed with a foul-smelling chemical. Eight students were reportedly hospitalized, complaining of burning eyes, headaches, nausea and other symptoms. Organizers allege the attack was carried out by two students who are former members of the Israeli military, using a chemical weapon known as "…
(2024-01-25). Headlines for January 25, 2024. democracynow.org Gaza Deaths Mount Amid Mass Displacement as Israel Continues to Attack Schools, Hospitals, Aid Sites, U.K. Foreign Sec. David Cameron Urges Netanyahu to Agree to "Pause" in Gaza Assault, ICJ to Announce Interim Ruling Friday on South Africa's Genocide Case Against Israel, Israelis Continue Protests to Demand Gov't Prioritize Release of Hostages, U.S. Mercenaries Share Details of Taking Part in UAE's Targeted Killing Campaign in Yemen, U.S. Forces Strike Somalia for First Time in 2024, Killing 3, UAW Endorses Joe Biden for 2024 Despite President's Refusal to Call for Gaza Ceasef…
(2024-01-25). "Our goal is to stop the genocide": The Grayzone interviews Houthi spokesman. thegrayzone.com Mohammed Al-Bukhaiti, senior political officer and spokesman for Yemen's Ansarallah movement, explains the objectives behind his movement's naval blockade of the Red Sea in this interview with The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal. Al-Bukhaiti also responds to military threats from the Biden administration and allegations that Ansarallah is controlled by Iran's IRGC. Translation by Hekmat Aboukhater…
(2024-01-25). US and Israel face fresh attacks from Iraqi and Yemeni resistance over the war in Gaza. peoplesdispatch.org US bases in Iraq and Syria have been hit with over 150 attacks since October 7 in response to its military and political backing of Israel's genocide in Gaza, prompting talks of their withdrawal…
(2024-01-25). How Yemen's 'Asabiyya' is Reshaping Geopolitics. libya360.wordpress.com Pepe Escobar The Arabic word Asabiyya, or 'moral strength,' is a soundbite in the west, but taken very seriously by the globe's new contenders China, Russia, and Iran. It is Yemen, however, that is mainstreaming the idea, by sacrificing everything for the world's collective morality in a bid to end the genocide in Gaza. When…
(2024-01-25). United Auto Workers backs reelection of warmonger Biden. wsws.org With its endorsement, the UAW bureaucracy is backing a war criminal who is overseeing Israel's genocide in Gaza and a rapid expansion of American imperialism's wars of global conquest.
(2024-01-25). US presidential election heads toward Trump-Biden contest. wsws.org The choice between the Republican fascist and the Democratic warmonger and enabler of genocide in Gaza is no choice at all. The alternative must come from the working class.
(2024-01-25). Britain condemned for launching 'largest raid so far on Yemen'. mronline.org 'The violent repercussions of Israel's war on Gaza are spreading across the Middle East, threatening a much wider conflict,' Stop the War says.
(2024-01-25). Biden's Illegal Bombing of Yemen Intensifies the Risk of Regional War. scheerpost.com 
(2024-01-25). Iranian press review: IRGC faces backlash over Pakistan air strikes. middleeasteye.net 
Iranian press review: IRGC faces backlash over Pakistan air strikes | Meanwhile, there is anger over the execution of an anti-government protester and the rise in herbal medicine stores adds to health crisis | Thu, 01/25/2024 – 10: 38 | A man in a shop in Peshawar watches a news channel after Pakistan's foreign ministry said the country conducted strikes inside Iran targeting sep…
(2024-01-25). Korean movements demand: South Korea, stop arming Israel! peoplesdispatch.org 
On January 19, 150 people protested in front of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) office in the city of Daejeon, demanding the South Korean government stop arming Israel. While Palestine may seem like a distant conflict to South Koreans, the South Korean military-industrial complex is a key pillar in the Israeli war machine. According …
(2024-01-25). Activists petition court to stop MPs from serving as Ministers. independent.co.ug 
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Human Rights Activists have petitioned the Constitutional Court seeking an order for the Members of Parliament who are also Ministers to vacate their offices. Lawyer Michael Aboneka alongside a non for non-profit organization Walezi Wa Katiba Foundation argues that the current arrangement, where MPS get appointed as Ministers, is …
(2024-01-25). U.S. Prepping to Abandon Bases in Eastern Syria and Turn To China. sonar21.com 
The leaks have started and that almost always is a great indicator about an impending shift in U.S. foreign policy. In this case it concerns Syria, Iraq, Iran and Turkey. The United States has been engaged in a decade long military adventure in Syria. It started out in 2014 as an ostensible mission by special ops forces to find, fix and finish ISIS (that is military speak for killing the "terrorists"), but it evolved into an insurgent support operation to assist the Kurds in their battles against Syria and Turkey. Oh yeah. Almost forgot. The U.S. military personnel primary mission was to protect the Conoco…
(2024-01-25). Biden's Base Revolts: Climate Activists Ramp Up Pressure Ahead of Super Tuesday. truthout.org
(2024-01-25). Iran: Rouhani's ban from key assembly unveils power struggle among political elite. middleeasteye.net 
Iran: Rouhani's ban from key assembly unveils power struggle among political elite | The ex-president and other prominent moderates are disqualified from running for body that elects supreme leader | Thu, 01/25/2024 – 11: 52 | Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (R) and then-President Hassan Rouhani at a mourning ceremony in Tehran for top general Qassem Soleimani, 9 Jan…
(2024-01-25). President Maduro: Goal of Far-Right Was My Assassination (+Bolivarian Fury). orinocotribune.com 
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has made a statement revealing the objective of recently unveiled plans from far-right groups seeking his assassination. "In all their plans they had a single objective: they wanted to physically eliminate me," he said, during a popular rally in support of his government and in commemoration of the 66th anniversary of the ousting of Venezuela's last dictator, Marcos Pérez Jiménez. | "If one day the fascists do me some harm, through some attack, I leave it in your hands to do what you have to do to restore justice and peace in Venezuela, and activate the Bolivarian Fury,…
(2024-01-25). Palestine Solidarity Activists Protest Henry Kissinger's Funeral Service. youtube.com 
(2024-01-25). Palestine and the crisis of free speech on college campuses. therealnews.com 
Editor's Note: At the 10: 43 mark, Mel misspeaks when she notes that tenured faculty often have the backing of a union. To clarify, tenured faculty often have the support of a union, faculty senates, or professional organizations like the AAUP. Colleges and universities have long acted as incubators for social movements, and the movement in …
(2024-01-25). Venezuela Responds to US Denial of Involvement in Recent Coup Plots (+Moral Compass). orinocotribune.com Caracas ( On Wednesday, January 24, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yván Gil described the US statement as cynical and warned that the US has lost its moral compass. | Venezuela's statement also underlined the US's lack of consistency,…
(2024-01-25). Baltimore Sun newspaper sold to right-wing media conglomerate. wsws.org The 187-year-old Maryland newspaper, which has been sold multiple times over the last four decades, returns to local ownership under the control of the conservative scion of the Sinclair broadcast empire.
(2024-01-25). US Bombs Yemen for 9th Time, Houthis Attack US Commercial Ship. news.antiwar.com
(2024-01-25). The terror returns: Cuba discloses latest attacks by the U.S. mronline.org
(2024-01-25). Congreso de EE.UU. destaca ineficacia de sanciones contra Venezuela. telesurtv.net En el reciente desarrollo de los acontecimiento sobre las tensas relaciones de Estados Unidos y Venezuela se subrayó la importancia que ha cobrado el acuerdo de Barbados.
(2024-01-25). Cuba y Tanzania expresan disposición de fortalecer cooperación. telesurtv.net El vicepresidente de Tanzania manifestó el interés de su Gobierno de considerar otras áreas de cooperación como el deporte, la cultura, el turismo, entre otras.
(2024-01-25). Presidentes de Irán y Türkiye llaman a cesar genocidio en Gaza. twitter.com "Discutimos la necesidad de poner fin a los ataques inhumanos de Israel contra Gaza", afirmó el jefe de Estado turco.
(2024-01-25). Venezuela y México firman acuerdo en materia petrolera. telesurtv.net El Memorándum se alcanza tras varios encuentros entre ambas delegaciones este mes de enero…
(2024-01-25). Venezuela rechaza declaraciones de EE.UU. sobre detenciones. telesurtv.net De acuerdo al Cancillería de Venezuela, "el Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de América ha perdido la brújula moral".
(2024-01-25). Estos son los resultados del Grupo B en el Preolímpico 2024. telesurtv.net El grupo cerró esta segunda ronda con Argentina de líder con cuatro unidades, Paraguay segundo con empate de puntos.
(2024-01-25). Climate activists call on SA gov't to dump Santos from cycling race. greenleft.org.au 
(2024-01-25). Saturday 1/27: Ceasefire Postcards to Congress. indybay.org Heyma Yemeni Coffee at 1122 University Ave in Berkeley…
(2024-01-25). Raeisi calls for UN reform, says body unable to end Gaza genocide. presstv.ir President Raeisi laments the UN has failed to prevent the brutal onslaught against Gaza.
(2024-01-25). Ansarullah orders US, British UN staff to leave Yemen. presstv.ir Officials from Yemen's Ansarullah movement have instructed US and British nationals working for the United Nations to leave the country within a month.
(2024-01-25). Activists unveil giant banner in Madrid to demand ceasefire in Gaza. presstv.ir Activists demanding ceasefire in Gaza unfurl a giant picture of a Palestinian child crying for help above the entrance to Madrid's Reina Sofia museum.
(2024-01-25). Yemen forces fire ballistic missiles at US warships in continued support for Gaza. presstv.ir Yemeni forces strike American warships in support of Palestinians in Gaza, who have come under a genocidal US-backed war by the Israeli regime.
(2024-01-25). Iran Armey highly prepared to give crushing response to threats: Cmdr. presstv.ir A senior Iranian commander says the Army's Ground Force is highly prepared to give a crushing response to any kind of threat.
(2024-01-25). Iran, Russia security chiefs assert anti-terror fight will continue. presstv.ir The top Iranian and Russian security officials call for the expansion of bilateral relations in different fields, among them the anti-terror fight.
(2024-01-25). Iran says making efforts for rapprochement between Syria, Turkey. presstv.ir A senior Iranian diplomat says the Islamic Republic is making efforts for potential rapprochement between Turkey and Syria.