(2025-01-22). Damning Report Exposes the Sheer Scale of Britain's Crumbling Public Sector Left by the Conservatives. bylinetimes.com The last Conservative Government left behind a huge and growing number of crumbling schools, hospitals and military bases, which now urgently need tens of billions of pounds worth of repairs, a new report by the Parliamentary spending watchdog reveals. | The National Audit Office's investigation, which exposes the sheer scale of problems in the public sector inherited by Keir Starmer's Government, estimates that there is now a £49 billion maintenance backlog across the UK, which grew by £9 billion under the last 10 years of consecutive Conservative governments. | However, even this figure is likel…
(2025-01-22). Tech's Rightward Drift: Researcher Becca Lewis on How Trump Captured Silicon Valley. democracynow.org 
Many Silicon Valley companies and their billionaire owners have formed "a symbiotic relationship" with Donald Trump, showering the president and his administration with money and adulation in exchange for friendly policies, according to researcher Becca Lewis. She says that while Silicon Valley has always had reactionary currents, the Biden administration's stricter regulation of the industry led to a decisive break with Democrats, who had previously benefited from Big Tech's cash and influence. "Now you see a wholehearted embrace of Trump with the hopes of deregulation," says…
(2025-01-22). CPI increases in December. sanews.gov.za CPI increases in December | Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has recorded an increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), with data showing that inflation increased in December to 3%, from 2.9% in November 2024. | "At the end of each year, Statistics South Africa calculates the average inflation rate for the year. The average inflation for 2024 was 4.4%, down from the average of 6% in 2023," Stats SA Chief Director, Patrick Kelly, said on Wednesday. | Inflation for food and non-alcoholic beverages ticked up to 2.5% from 2.3% in November. | Annual price increases for bread and cereal products was steady at 3.7%.
(2025-01-22). CovertAction Bulletin: Trump Inauguration Met With Nationwide Protests. covertactionmagazine.com Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday was met with protests around the country. As he immediately launched attacks on immigrants, the environment, LGBTQ people, labor and beyond, people took to the streets in opposition, pledging to continue organizing to defend the oppressed against the onslaught of attacks from Trump and the billionaires…
(2025-01-22). CovertAction Bulletin: Trump Inauguration Met With Nationwide Protests. covertactionmagazine.com Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday was met with protests around the country. As he immediately launched attacks on immigrants, the environment, LGBTQ people, labor and beyond, people took to the streets in opposition, pledging to continue organizing to defend the oppressed against the onslaught of attacks from Trump and the billionaires…
(2025-01-21). OPJS, Sunrise and Singhania universities' PhDs invalid: UGC. ummid.com The University Grants Commission (UGC) Thursday January 16, 2025 said Ph.D. programmes offered by OPJS, Sunrise and Singhania universities are invalid and will not be recognised for higher education or employment.
(2025-01-21). Morocco's Higher Education Stimulus. The University of Participatory Learning and Action (UPLA). globalresearch.ca Most of our world is experiencing a time of public discontent that now necessitates accomplishing a better and different driver of renewal for our cities and rural places. Let us consider a new approach, rooted in a long-held understanding of …
(2025-01-21). Vietnam hosts Francophone Parliamentary Cooperation Forum. plenglish.com In his opening remarks, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Tran Thanh Man expects the event will foster collaboration, particularly in science, technology, innovation, creativity, digital economy, and public-private partnership. | The Vietnamese Parliament organized the forum to strengthen cooperation within the Francophone community to build sustainable agriculture, ensure livelihoods for every household, and food security for every nation, he said. | Thanh Man also reviewed Vietnam's achievements in 2024, when it reached a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 7.09 percent, the economic scale exceeded 476 billio…
(2025-01-21). Letter to Reps: Vote "No" on the Crucial Communism Teaching Act! cpusa.org
(2025-01-21). Mass Deportation: a Bad Idea for the US Economy. counterpunch.org 
There were many lies about immigrants spread during the 2024 presidential campaign. It is necessary to replace the misinformation with facts to think clearly about the economic impact of immigration and deportation on the US economy — especially since Donald Trump says he intends to move forward on mass deportation. For all of the 21st century, there have been millions of unauthorized immigrants in the United States. The peak year on record was 2007, when there were 12.2 million unauthorized immigrants living here. In 2022, there were 11 million — 1.2 million fewer or about 10 percent less than in 200…
(2025-01-21). How Labor Can Fight Against Trump's Mass Deportation Agenda. popularresistance.org This is a frightening time for immigrant workers. President-elect Donald Trump ran on the slogan "mass deportations now," and has appointed a team of anti-immigrant hardliners. The leadership of the Democratic Party has lurched to the right on this issue, adopting Trump's rhetoric about "securing the border," and embracing core Republican policies. | A bill that would target undocumented people for deportations if they are merely accused—not convicted—of nonviolent crimes like shoplifting passed in the House with bipartisan support. It's moving forward in the Senate where only eight Democrats opposed…
(2025-01-21). Resist Trump and MAGA's McCarthyism 2.0! cpusa.org 
The first 100 days of the Trump administration will be full of many challenges and dangers. Not least of these will be the incoming attacks against immigrant communities, the trade union movement, abortion access, LGBTQ people, and the justice for Palestine and other movements for peace and self-determination. | An important plank in the defenses of Resistance 2.0 will be launching efforts to prevent the MAGA right from resurrecting McCarthyism from its grave. During his campaign, Trump vowed to "root out" the communists, Marxists, and the "radical left." Should such a McCarthyism 2.0 be implemented, no pro-wo…