Iran’s Protests are not just about Economics, they’re about an Ideological Crisis

 https://www.juancole.com/2026/01/protests-economics-ideological.html

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

this also explains from whence the Rump's MAGA nonsense stems  and why it will flicker out.

the South will not rise again 

nor will strident assertions of white supremacy and horseshit about Great Replacement

serve to snuff out the truth of the necessity and desirability of equal opportunity for all

Survival Bloc x The Community Scout Network: Neighborhood Safety and Defense - Six Part Training Series

https://files.jotform.com/jufs/thecommunityscoutnetwork%2Fform_files%2Flogo%20mock%201_seed%20dirt%20rain.697114a84c85a6.18277160.png?md5=MdB1tgGtPsSlV4E9WR5wQA&expires=1769454453 

http://survivalbloc.org/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

 (The following is an announcement of a project that Survival Block is launching in  Louisville, KY. I am a member of the local chapter . . .CA)

The Secret Weapon That Could Stop Federal Terror Operations Dead W. A. Lawrence Jan 26

 https://substack.com/app-link/post/publication_id=6198417&post_id=185854165&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTg1ODU0MTY1LCJpYXQiOjE3Njk0NDYxMDIsImV4cCI6MTc3MjAzODEwMiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTYxOTg0MTciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.a94In-refhbD7vpnoUC7FGFBuypVYehI-WWWxbAndvU

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Trump’s Neediness Is Transforming America

 https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/25/opinion/trump-greenland-venezuela-democracy.html

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Murderous U.S. Ruling Class Has Upped the Ante in Minnesota. The Stephen Miller / Kristi Noem Faction in Control

1). “Minnesota Is the Battleground In Our Fight Against Trump and MAGA's Fascism: The Trump Administration wants to crush the grassroots resistance to ICE's cruelty and violence so they can expand their terror campaign across the nation. Minnesota refuses to back down”. Jan 25, 2026, Wajahat Ali & Qasim Rashid, Esq., THE LEFT HOOK, duration of video 45:50, at < https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/minnesota-is-the-battleground-in >.

2). “The Four Paths in Front of America: We decide how it shakes out”, Jan 17, 2026, Christopher Armitage, The Existentialist Republic, at < https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/the-four-paths-in-front-of-america >.

3), “Lincoln Defied the Supreme Court. Blue States Should Too: Defying the Highest Court has substantial precedent”, Jan 25, 2026, Christopher Armitage, The Existentialist Republic,                                                                                                                   at < https://cmarmitage.substack.com/p/lincoln-defied-the-supreme-court >.

~~ recommended by desmond morista ~~

"Sickening Lies" From a Fascist Regime

 https://substack.com/app-link/post/publication_id=1085501&post_id=185740993&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=nsdhl&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjozOTk1NTAxNywicG9zdF9pZCI6MTg1NzQwOTkzLCJpYXQiOjE3NjkzNjMwMzYsImV4cCI6MTc3MTk1NTAzNiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTEwODU1MDEiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.Klka18djkqCGgjCpqF2Ex09WfOencow2NFpMN1L8oxw

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/183AC2G3RS/

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AKBJV3fm1/

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Democrats Are Fighting Back ... To Do the Bare Minimum

 https://substack.com/app-link/post/publication_id=247716&post_id=185720653&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTg1NzIwNjUzLCJpYXQiOjE3NjkzNjI2OTAsImV4cCI6MTc3MTk1NDY5MCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTI0NzcxNiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.LG38h1KeE9gyL4-Oo-mXmj54NzSCyxX0s3pgT7fE_tE

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

205. Chief Judge Schiltz and the Department of Justice

 https://www.stevevladeck.com/p/205-chief-judge-schiltz-and-the-department

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

The Imperial Boomerang ~~ Unrestrained savagery turned inward.

 ~~ recommended by Brahmafear ~~

They Executed an ICU Nurse, Staged the Evidence, Then Called Him a Terrorist

 https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=1581221&post_id=185686907&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTg1Njg2OTA3LCJpYXQiOjE3NjkzMDYyMjgsImV4cCI6MTc3MTg5ODIyOCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTE1ODEyMjEiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.NfRF14mr0hNDcBkpweE4ZSb-CS8Fu2YrJjXV2P8GQcA

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

This is the best analysis of this murder, the manufactured crisis, the implications of this crime and the way the Regime is trying to use it to provoke and escalate violence, control and removal of MORE of our rights and freedoms..  As new information becomes available, or if better analysis is published, we will update in the comments.

There Will Be a Nuremberg-Style Trial

https://wendy664.substack.com/p/there-will-be-a-nuremberg-style-trial

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Here is another article by W.A.Lawrence: 

847 Warrantless Raids on American Homes. ICE Is Just Getting Started

https://wendy664.substack.com/p/847-warrantless-raids-on-american

There has apparently been ANOTHER shooting by ICE...  No info available yet but protesters on the scene peacefully protesting the police brutality.  When the Federal government is the perpetrator of violence and crime, who is there to protect the innocent?

https://substack.com/app-link/post/publication_id=10151&post_id=185643278&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTg1NjQzMjc4LCJpYXQiOjE3NjkyNzEzODcsImV4cCI6MTc3MTg2MzM4NywiaXNzIjoicHViLTEwMTUxIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.R_qTnlsxaHhnn8amrPiXx2u_aRidt40csM0hHdVhDEM

Partyism Without the Party

 https://dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/partyism-zohran-mamdani/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

Who Gained the Most During Trump’s First Year? Billionaires and Corporations.

 https://truthout.org/articles/who-gained-the-most-during-trumps-first-year-billionaires-and-corporations/utm_source=Truthout&utm_campaign=62dccb07ec-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2026_01_21_09_31_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bbb541a1db-d4fc6a31da-650158541

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

NYC Is Testing Guaranteed Income for Homeless Youths. Here’s How It’s Going.

 https://www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/20/cash-for-care-covenant-house-city-council-homeless-youth-income-experiment/?utm_source=newsshowcase&utm_medium=gnews&utm_campaign=CDAqEAgAKgcICjC19MELMNeP2QMw4NPgAw&utm_content=rundown

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

ICE Making List of Anyone Who Films Them ~~ and ~~ White House Faked Tears to D

 https://substack.com/app-link/post/publication_id=7677&post_id=185567853&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTg1NTY3ODUzLCJpYXQiOjE3NjkxOTY4MzUsImV4cCI6MTc3MTc4ODgzNSwiaXNzIjoicHViLTc2NzciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.OBlzGNUWCPmKtZBfaBqZjKEgNMQbjvHAwT8fCXnIHQA

https://substack.com/app-link/post/publication_id=2282&post_id=185551058&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTg1NTUxMDU4LCJpYXQiOjE3NjkxODY5NDIsImV4cCI6MTc3MTc3ODk0MiwiaXNzIjoicHViLTIyODIiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.m3p29YChNZrgZVZPtGQEcnRTbaOLhVUdcRnORWvtvGs

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

In an Orwellian twist, the Organized Network of Masked Domestic Terrorists funded by taxpayers are making lists of peaceful protesters who film their crimes so they can persecute the victims as "domestic terrorists" 

and

Far Right propaganda defaming private citizen victims of their smear campaigns...

None of this is "normal" and just because we are fatigued from all the assaults, we can't normalize these abuses of power.

On this day January 23, 1870 U.S. Army Massacres Over 150 Indigenous People in Montana Territory

 https://eji.us20.list-manage.com/track/click/u=5302a55650ba8ed477e3a2953&id=83c01f6b99&e=c214e6d6a2

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Should We Disrupt Church Services A Christian Case for Protest Jemar Tisby, PhD Jan 23

 https://jemartisby.substack.com/p/should-we-disrupt-church-services/

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

This is a thoughtful discussion by Reverend Tisby about whether Church services should be disrupted to protest injustice.  He asks if you see an injustice being committed or about to be committed, what lengths would you go to protect the victim?  Would you break a law?  Would you put yourself at risk?  

He likens the protests in Minneapolis to the Civil Rights protests...  I am listening to his podcast now and think that it might break you free from Plato's cave, NB

Immigrant Songs ~~ Music Friday for Class Strugglers

 https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/01/16/immigrant-songs/

Recommended by tpx

Terrorization of America - ICE says it can Bust Down Doors without a Judge's Warrant...

https://substack.com/app-link/post/publication_id=1880323&post_id=185371446&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTg1MzcxNDQ2LCJpYXQiOjE3NjkwNDg0NjAsImV4cCI6MTc3MTY0MDQ2MCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTE4ODAzMjMiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.Y_omBKwzZZICedSCsEtohhu9OPmw-90SpfKemkfOHGs

 https://substack.com/app-link/post/publication_id=607357&post_id=185364305&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=rovhk&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NjUxMDE4NCwicG9zdF9pZCI6MTg1MzY0MzA1LCJpYXQiOjE3NjkwNDQwODAsImV4cCI6MTc3MTYzNjA4MCwiaXNzIjoicHViLTYwNzM1NyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.ZFjQynALHJ7uMwYs3UGXyifObI63r4NPJy8fJZqOGAs

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

Following are two articles on this subject.  I could not decide what to put up today.  There is a firehose of horror and it is hard to know which is the most important subject.  Stay safe guys!

The world is in water bankruptcy, UN scientists report – here’s what that means

 https://theconversation.com/the-world-is-in-water-bankruptcy-un-scientists-report-heres-what-that-means-273213?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20%20January%2021%202026%20-%203650037278&utm_content=Daily%20Newsletter%20%20January%2021%202026%20-%203650037278+CID_d2789bb07228b8bc658e47579e08ab8e&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=The%20world%20is%20in%20water%20bankruptcy%20UN%20scientists%20report%20%20heres%20what%20that%20means

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

12 ways the Trump administration dismantled civil rights law and the foundations of inclusive democracy in its first year

 https://theconversation.com/12-ways-the-trump-administration-dismantled-civil-rights-law-and-the-foundations-of-inclusive-democracy-in-its-first-year-273433/utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter%20%20January%2020%202026%20-%203648837264&utm_content=Daily%20Newsletter%20%20January%2020%202026%20-%203648837264+CID_3ced1d1173c193a0236b61e04ded4e1d&utm_source=campaign_monitor_us&utm_term=12%20ways%20the%20Trump%20administration%20dismantled%20civil%20rights%20law%20and%20the%20foundations%20of%20inclusive%20democracy%20in%20its%20first%20year

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~

This Is Power Working As Intended

 https://againstconfusion.substack.com/p/this-is-power-working-as-intended?ref=forever-wars.com

~~ recommended by newestbeginning ~~

From Murder in Minneapolis to Imperialist Adventures in Latin America: Crises are Erupting Internally and Overseas Affecting the Inceasingly Beleagured U.S. Empire

1). “The Machinery of Terror: The Trump administration is consolidating the familiar machinery of terror of all authoritarian states. We must resist now. If we wait, it will be too late”, Jan 11, 2026, Chris Hedges, The Chris Hedges Report, at < https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-machinery-of-terror?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share >.

2). “Politics Chat, January 13, 2026”, Jan 13, 2026, Heather Cox Richardson, “Politics Chat, January 13, 2026”, duration of video 39:35, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsG5DcBwpGI >.

3). “The Secret Alliance Fueling Trump”, Jan 17, 2026, Marc Elias Discusses the cave-in of most major U.S. institutions to Trumpian Fascism, Democracy Docket, duration of video 39:35, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvpdsMH0s2s >.

4). “The Killing of Renee Good by the Coward Jonathan Ross”, Jan 1mj3, 2026, Anon, Taken for Granted, duration of video 28:54, at < https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uB5GrnpD-c >.

5). “From Palestine to Minneapolis, ICE and Israel use the same violent playbook: Renee Good, like many Palestinians before her, died because authoritarian forces decided she did not deserve to live, and because the entire legal and political structure exists to ensure those agents never face meaningful consequences for murder”, Jan 9, 2026, Ahmad Ibsais, Mondoweiss, at < https://mondoweiss.net/2026/01/from-palestine-to-minneapolis-ice-and-israel-use-the-same-violent-playbook/ >.

6). Top Risks 2026, Jan 5, 2026, Anon, Eurasia Group, Ian Bremmer, Pres., Cliff Kupchan, Chmn., available at < https://www.eurasiagroup.net/issues/top-risks-2026 > (download instructions provided).

~~ recommended by desmond morista ~~

Why Trump Can't Kill the Cuban Revolution: Inside the US Economic War

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDWTgbjQ5-E

~~ recommended by collectivist action ~~

Poultry Companies Quietly Connect With Democrats on Immigrant Policy Concerns

 https://civileats.com/2026/01/14/poultry-companies-quietly-connect-with-democrats-on-immigrant-policy-concerns/

~~ recommended by emil karpo ~~