IV588 - January 2024

THE ISRAELI OCCUPATION army is continuing more than 100 days after its outbreak to wage a genocidal war against the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip. This immediately followed the October 7th Hamas attack, which led to the death of 1,139 persons, including 695 Israeli civilians, 373 members of the security forces and 71 foreigners.
The 2.4 million inhabitants of the Gaza Strip are living under a constant Israeli bombardment of unprecedented violence. By mid-January 2024, according (…)

After just one month in office, President Milei has filed away his main campaign promise: to make the political caste pay for the economic crisis. It is indeed the workers, starting with the poorest, who are paying the price of austerity.

“On Thursday 11 January, thousands of young people took to the streets, including at least 5,000 in Athens, along with dozens of teachers and hundreds of high school students aware of the threat. ”

In its recent press release, the IMF slightly upgraded its gloomy forecast for China’s growth next year from 4.2% to 4.6%, but warned about the continuing “weakness in the property sector.” According to Bloomberg, between 2013 and 2022, the price of new homes sold in 300 Mainland Chinese cities trebled. The long boom in the property market has eventually promoted a big bubble that began to burst in 2021. Prices since then have been falling drastically, and developers are facing big difficulties paying back their loans.

“There have been very few exemplary struggles like this in recent decades, and even fewer have been successful. Not only does their action challenge the rule of capital and the market over production, but it also raises the ecological question of what sort of products we need to produce.”

With tens of thousands marching in American streets to demand a ceasefire in Gaza and an end to U.S. military support for Israel, President Joseph Biden now faces new opposition, including from within his own party in Congress over his undeclared war on the Houthi in Yemen.

A critical examination of the foreign policy of the Philippines under Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and its role in a globalized NATO which seeks to expand to the Asia-Pacific region in its imperial contest with China.

Despite a disastrous record, incumbent President Tshisekedi won the elections contested by a divided opposition, by playing on the patriotic fibre against Rwanda.

“Right from the start of Europe, the people were ignored and kept out of the decisions that would affect them. ”

“None of the urgent and heartfelt demands of diverse and broad layers of the population have so far been resolved and met. ”