Monthly Archives: January 2023

2023-01-31: News Headlines

Kerry Smith (2023-01-31). Donna Nelson: 'Veronica should not have been locked up!'. greenleft.org.au Donna Nelson, the mother of Gunditjmara, Dja Dja Wurrung, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta woman Veronica Nelson, has spoken out about the failures of the system and called for changes to the bail laws. Kerry Smith reports.

Malik Miah (2023-01-31). United States: Memphis police indicted for murder following 'modern-day lynching'. greenleft.org.au Malik Miah asks what this latest cop killing says about policing and why abolition is the only answer.

Terry Conway (2023-01-31). Britain: Biggest strike in decades planned for February 1. greenleft.org.au Half a million trade unionists are gearing up for a national day of strike action on February 1, across England, Scotland and Wales, writes Terry Conway.

Alex Salmon (2023-01-30). Ned Kelly and the brutal story of capital punishment in Australia. greenleft.org.au Michael Adams new book, Hanging Ned Kelly: Elijah Upjohn, the hangmen and the underbelly of colonial Australia, exposes how executioners were forced to do the colonial ruling classes' dirty work. Alex Salmon reviews.

Federico Fuentes (2023-01-30). Peru: Amid nationwide rebellion, why hasn't Boluarte resigned? greenleft.org.au Jorge Escalante discusses the protest movement, the nature of the Boluarte coup government and what it might take to bring it down.

International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (2023-01-30). The plan to abolish nuclear weapons. greenleft.org.au The setting of the Doomsday Clock to 90 seconds to midnight reflects the consensus that Russia's Ukraine invasion has brought the world closer to nuclear war than at any time since the 1980s. Here is the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons plan.

Kerry Smith (2023-01-30). Mother and daughter stop logging in Yarratt Forest. greenleft.org.au Two women have taken action to stop logging in Yarratt Forest, north of Taree, by suspending themselves from trees with ropes. Kerry Smith reports.

Mat Ward (2023-01-30). 10 new albums that aim to change the world in 2023. greenleft.org.au Mat Ward looks back at January's political news and the best new music that related to it.

Paul Gregoire (2023-01-30). Scientists set Doomsday Clock at 90 seconds to midnight. greenleft.org.au The Doomsday Clock has crept the closest it is ever been as the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists set the minute hand to 90 seconds to midnight. Paul Gregoire reports.

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2023-01-30: News Headlines

Dave DeCamp (2023-01-30). Reports: Airstrikes Hit Refrigerator Trucks on Syria-Iraq Border. news.antiwar.com Airstrikes targeting a convoy of trucks launched by unidentified aircraft were reported on the Syria-Iraq border on Sunday. According to The Times of Israel, Syria's Sham FM radio station and other local media reports said six refrigerator trucks were hit. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) also reported six refrigerator trucks were targeted …

WSWS (2023-01-30). Israeli drones, warplanes strike Iran and Syria. wsws.org Israel appeared to be targeting nonnuclear Iranian military activities in both countries, in strikes closely coordinated with the US government.




Anonymous767 (2023-01-29). Military Situation In Syria On January 29, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | On January 29, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no hostilities and ceasefire violations in Idlib region in the past 24 hours | On January 29, Al-Bab Police dismantled an explosive device that was planted in the car of a judge in the city | On January 29, a civilian named Ghassan Yahya al-Amarin was killed by unknown gunmen in Nawa city | On January 28, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Tufahiya area | On January 28, the IDF killed…

Anonymous767 (2023-01-29). Turkey Was Behind Drone Strike On Top Ally Of HTS In Syria's Aleppo. southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Turkey allegedly was behind the assassination of Ahrar al-Sham Movement senior commander Saddam al-Musa, who was a top ally of al-Qaeda-affiliated Haya't Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).Al-Musa, also known as "Abu Uday Aulan," was targeted by a combat drone near his house in the Turkish-occupied town of al-Hadath, which is the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo. | On January 28, Syrian opposition activists shared photos showing parts of a Turkish-made MAM-L guided bomb, which were allegedly retri…

Anonymous767 (2023-01-29). Military Situation In Syria On January 29, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | On January 29, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no hostilities and ceasefire violations in Idlib region in the past 24 hours | On January 29, Al-Bab Police dismantled an explosive device that was planted in the car of a judge in the city | On January 29, a civilian named Ghassan Yahya al-Amarin was killed by unknown gunmen in Nawa city | On January 28, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in Tufahiya area | On January 28, the IDF killed…

Anonymous767 (2023-01-29). Turkey Was Behind Drone Strike On Top Ally Of HTS In Syria's Aleppo. southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Turkey allegedly was behind the assassination of Ahrar al-Sham Movement senior commander Saddam al-Musa, who was a top ally of al-Qaeda-affiliated Haya't Tahrir al-Sham (HTS).Al-Musa, also known as "Abu Uday Aulan," was targeted by a combat drone near his house in the Turkish-occupied town of al-Hadath, which is the northern countryside of Syria's Aleppo. | On January 28, Syrian opposition activists shared photos showing parts of a Turkish-made MAM-L guided bomb, which were allegedly retri…

SouthFront5 (2023-01-29). Israeli Army Says It Foiled Infiltration Attempt From Syria, Killed Gunman. southfront.org On January 29, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it had foiled an infiltration attempt in the occupied Golan Heights from Syria's direction. | In a statement, the army said that soldiers monitoring surveillance cameras spotted the two gunmen crossing the separation line with Syria and approaching Israel's "security fence" near the settlement of Haspin. | "Soldiers were dispatched to the scene and opened fire in accordance with standard operating procedures," the IDF said, adding that one of the gunmen…

_____ (2023-01-29). Mossad and CIA Are Training Christian Extremist Militia in Lebanon. strategic-culture.org Arab leaders realize that they must not blindly follow orders by Washington to start or support wars in the Middle East which end up in failure. | Covert training camps in the Jordanian desert are currently the site of British and American trainers developing young Lebanese men, loyal to the Christian warlord,

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