(2026-01-21). ICE Is Going on a Surveillance Shopping Spree. indybay.org U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a new budget under the current administration, and they are going on a surveillance tech shopping spree. Standing at $28.7 billion dollars for the year 2025 (nearly triple their 2024 budget) and at least another $56.25 billion over the next three years, ICE's budget would be the envy of many national militaries around the world. Indeed, this budget would put ICE as the 14th most well-funded military in the world, right between Ukraine and Israel.
(2026-01-21). US Justice Department probes Minnesota officials amid migration raids. aljazeera.com Investigation will look into whether Minnesota officials blocked federal immigration agents from carrying out duties.
(2026-01-21). Detroit Solidarity With Minneapolis January 23, 2026: Strike and Fight for Immigrant Rights! No Work. No School.NoShopping. wibailoutpeople.org 
(2026-01-21). Portugal cracks down on far-right. tribune.com.pk 
Portuguese police said on Tuesday they had detained dozens of suspected members of a group that spread neo-Nazi propaganda and committed hate crimes against immigrants. | The 37 suspects had "extensive criminal records and links to international groups that promote hate", the judicial police said in a statement, adding that 15 people had been formally charged. | The victims were mostly immigrants from Muslim-majority countries in South Asia, according to local media. | The arrival of workers from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan, has boosted Portugal's foreign-born population in recent years to around 15 per cen…
(2026-01-21). Police arrest leaders as govt employees' protest intensifies in Quetta. tribune.com.pk 
Tensions in Quetta escalated on Wednesday as police continued a crackdown on government employees on the second day of protests led by the Balochistan Grand Alliance, resulting in the arrest of several leaders and dozens of employees. | Among those arrested were Grand Alliance head Professor Abdul Quddus Kakar, Dr Muhammad Akram Wardag, Khadim Bugti, Haji Yunus Kakar, Qaim Khan Kakar, Rahmatullah Zehri, and members of the alliance's organising and core committees, along with a large number of government employees. | Clashes broke out at Manan Chowk, where protesters and police faced off in a tense standoff. A…
(2026-01-21). Protesting the Unprecedented Lethal State Violence against Protests by the Islamic Republic of Iran. juancole.com — | Letter to government of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding its violent response to the protests in the country: | Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran
| Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian
President of the Islamic Republic of Iran | Your Excel…
(2026-01-21). Green Bay, WI Residents Protest ICE Terror! wibailoutpeople.org 
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(2026-01-21). NATO moves to squash Trump's Greenland quest. workers.org 
President Donald Trump has not relented in his quest to "own Greenland" even if it means splitting up NATO. People protest against Trump's policy towards Greenland in front of the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) January 17 saw demonstrations of hundreds of people — . . . |
(2026-01-21). Support grows for general strike in Minneapolis, as Trump escalates ICE terror campaign. wsws.org On Tuesday, protests continued across the city, with growing support for a general strike on Friday, January 23, to force the removal of Trump's paramilitary forces.
(2026-01-21). Japan restarts world's biggest nuclear plant after 15-year pause. tribune.com.pk 
The world's biggest nuclear power plant was restarted on Wednesday for the first time since the 2011 Fukushima disaster, its Japanese operator said, despite persistent safety concerns among residents. | The plant was "started at 19: 02" (1002 GMT), Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) spokesman Tatsuya Matoba told AFP of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant in Niigata prefecture. | The regional governor approved the resumption last month, although public opinion remains sharply divided. | On Tuesday, a few dozen protesters — mostly elderly — braved freezing temperatures to demonstrate in the snow near the p…
(2026-01-21). Trump Wants to Hit Us with a Huge Tax Hike for His Demented Greenland Dreams. counterpunch.org 
Donald Trump is taking his demented dreams to a new level in his quest to take over Greenland. The man who whined over not getting a Nobel Prize and then followed Hitler propagandist Joseph Goebbels lead in accepting a prize awarded to someone else, has now decided he wants Greenland. Trump is now proposing to
(2026-01-21). One Year Later — Reckoning the Trump Wreck in America. indybay.org Three separate but interrelated protests took place in the nation's Capital on the first anniversary of Donald Trump's inauguration. It was not a happy occasion…
(2026-01-21). One in three Israeli toddlers is in an unlicensed creche, survey finds. haaretz.com Unlicensed facilities, like the one in Jerusalem where two babies died this week, are widespread in Haredi society, among other things due to their low cost and wide availability…
(2026-01-21). Minneapolis unity vs ICE terror. workers.org 
Minneapolitans have called a work stoppage for Jan. 23 with the theme of "ICE OUT of Minnesota/A Day of Truth and Freedom: No work, No school, No shopping." What led to this clarion call that has resonated so widely across the country? High school students at anti-ICE protest at state . . . |
(2026-01-21). Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association: Students Walk Out at Multiple Schools to Protest ICE Terror! wibailoutpeople.org 
Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association Keep ICE out of our schools and our communities! Photos from today's powerful walkout at Reagan High School protesting ICE. Students at Rufus King High School and Riverside University High School also organized walkouts today to in response to a daily stream of seeing families, communities, and loved ones ripped apart. …