(2026-01-08). EDITORIAL: Gangsters, genocide and gagging dissent. independentaustralia.net 
(2026-01-08). The USA Today: a Derangement Threatening the World. counterpunch.org 
Hong Kong. People around the world walked into 2026 carrying a fragile hope that this year would be better than 2025 and 2024, years defined by the horrific genocide in Gaza. After two years marked by genocide, the collapse of moral restraint, and the reckless shredding of international law, there was a quiet desire to believe that
(2026-01-08). Myanmar: Critical Hearings in Rohingya Genocide Case. hrw.org Click to expand Image | Rohingya walk through rice fields after fleeing across the border from Myanmar to Bangladesh near Teknaf, September 1, 2017. | © 2017 AP Photo/Bernat Armangue | (The Hague) — International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearings in the Myanmar genocide case highlight the need for justice for the ethnic Rohingya, Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK, Global Justice Center, Human Rights Watch, Refugee Women for Peace and Justice, and Women's Peace Network said today. Hearings on the merits of the case begin on January 12, 2026.In August 2017, Myanmar security forces began a sweeping campai…
(2026-01-08). Bringing Gaza Home to Middle America's Flyover Country. worldbeyondwar.org 
Our hope at trial is that our fellow citizens and neighbors will be as abhorred by what Gazans have suffered as we are and decide it's time to stand and be counted; that blocking the entrance to a Senator's office is a minimal response to a genocide. #WorldBEYONDWar…
(2026-01-08). Venezuela, More Than Palestine, Is Linchpin Of Consistent Radical Left. popularresistance.org Palestine is the moral heart of global anti-colonial politics. It exposes the brutality of settler colonialism in its most naked form: land theft, ethnic cleansing, military occupation, and white supremacist domination. For many on the left, solidarity with Palestine has become a defining ethical commitment. But while Palestine functions as a moral litmus test for individuals and organizations across the political terrain from left to right, Venezuela is a structural and political one. | Recent events in Venezuela have dramatically escalated the stakes of anti-imperialist politics in a way that cannot be ignored.
(2026-01-08). Venezuela Is the Linchpin of a Radical Left. counterpunch.org Palestine is the moral heart of global anti-colonial politics. It exposes the brutality of settler colonialism in its most naked form: land theft, ethnic cleansing, military occupation, and white supremacist domination. For many on the left, solidarity with Palestine has become a defining ethical commitment. But while Palestine functions as a moral litmus test for