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Israel - Judged by Birth, Doomed to Die: When a Gazan Child's Life Isn't Equal to That of a Jewish Child: A Palestinian woman with children walks near members of Israeli border police during an Israeli raid in Qalandiya, in the West Bank, January.… dlvr.it/TQxj2f

United States: US unions face a fight for survival under Trump: About two years ago, the US union movement appeared to be in a moment of revitalisation. The ‘Hot Labor Summer' of 2023, characterised by an unprecedented strike wave combined with a surge… dlvr.it/TQxgmM

Political régimes (United States - On Donald Trump & the U.S. Ruling Class: Bonapartism in America?: THE RISE OF Donald Trump's extreme right-wing authoritarianism, particularly during his second presidential term, has given rise to a multitude of… dlvr.it/TQwfMc

Interview: Iran on the brink?: The Iranian regime has faced down a wave of mass protest. Merchants, students, workers, and national minorities joined huge demonstrations throughout the country against economic conditions and state repression. The regime… dlvr.it/TQwfCX

State and Election: The Class Character of the Capitalist State of Bangladesh and the Basis of the Crisis of the Thirteenth National Election: To understand the deep uncertainty, suspicion, and discussions of conspiracy surrounding the thirteenth… dlvr.it/TQvblR

Theses for an Ecosocialist Critique of Artificial Intelligence: Daniel Tanuro's theses offer a systematic ecosocialist framework for understanding artificial intelligence --- not as a neutral technological advance, but as a powerful accelerant of… dlvr.it/TQvbhD

A record year! Thank you to everyone who responded to our appeal for the Asia Solidarity Fund 2026!: On November 24, we launched our fundraising campaign to contribute to ESSF's Permanent Solidarity Fund, which will enable us to start 2026 in good shape.… dlvr.it/TQvF73

Venezuela's Delcy Rodríguez assured US of cooperation before Maduro's capture: Exclusive: sources say powerful figures in the regime secretly told US and Qatari officials they would welcome Maduro's departure Diosdado Cabello, right, and Delcy and… dlvr.it/TQttYY

Released into exile, Palestinian prisoners navigate freedom on Israel's terms: Over 150 men who spent decades behind bars were deported to Egypt in the Gaza ceasefire deal, where they face a reality of ‘permanent alienation.' Mohammed Imran spent more… dlvr.it/TQtsJm

The legal fight to open Gaza to foreign press has failed. It's time to change course: As Israel's Supreme Court continues enabling the government's foreign media ban, Palestinian journalists are paying the price. Further legal efforts are futile. … dlvr.it/TQtr3z

[OPINION] (Philippines) - Pork barrel, flood control scams: Of patronage and rent extraction: “There are two separate phenomena related to corruption but are not identical to it,” writes political scientist Francis Fukuyama. “The first is the creation… dlvr.it/TQt9XD

Philippines: The politics of ‘rehabilitation' and relegitimation: Or how tainted officials leverage scandals for a comeback in the lucrative game of power and rent extraction Why do public officials tainted or implicated in corruption scandals see the… dlvr.it/TQt9L5

The cycles of corruption: How the big fish get away… and get back into the game: The spotlight is on the investigation of implicated officials and contractors, raising concerns about the potential for another cycle of corruption where the 'big fish'… dlvr.it/TQt6TT

Tragedies Perpetuated in the Philippines: In the third week of January 2026, the Philippines resembles a jigsaw puzzle of tragedies, where the jagged edges of domestic instability—maritime disasters, indigenous displacement, and dynastic corruption—are… dlvr.it/TQt6LX

Book Review (Philippines): A Guerrilla Ambassador Emerges from the Shadows: Book Review: Deeper Ground, Darker Shadows: The Making of a Mindanao Rebel by Eddie L. Quitoriano (The University of Wisconsin Press, 2025) Deeper Ground, Darker Shadows by… dlvr.it/TQt68T

United States: Criticism of Trump by Democrats, Republicans Grows as his Support Falls: During the first year of his second term, President Donald Trump had virtually absolute control over his Republican Party. No one criticized him, either because they… dlvr.it/TQsmHJ

Ex-culture minister Jack Lang quits as head of prestigious Paris institute after Epstein revelations: The former senior French government minister had been under mounting pressure after Mediapart's revelations about his family's financial and business… dlvr.it/TQsNnG

Purges and Regime Crisis in China: The dismissal of General Zhang Youxia was officially announced on January 24. This is another step in the purges that have been taking place within the Chinese army's general staff. Zhang was considered “untouchable”… dlvr.it/TQrhGs

How the Taliban returned Afghanistan to the dark ages: The publication of the Taliban's new penal code marks yet another step in their effort to drag the country back into a medieval order, this time under the guise of a seemingly legal document. This… dlvr.it/TQrGf7

Palestine Solidarity (Britain): Victory for Six Elbit activists: Dave Kellaway celebrates a victory for Elbit Palestine Action activists and discusses the political implications A victory for us to celebrate today. We publish below the official press… dlvr.it/TQrBYY