- History’s Largest Mining Operation Is About to Begin by Wil S. Hylton from The Atlantic.
- Warning: Climate change will bring major new health risks for kids by Kathleen E. Bachynski from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
- Paris climate goals may be beyond reach by Alex Kirby from Climate News Network (Note: this is a rather conservative website on the climate crisis.)
- Press Release—IT IS NOW 100 SECONDS TO MIDNIGHT by Gayle Spinazze from Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
- The Long History of Elite Rule: What Will It Take To End It? by Chuck Churchill from CounterPunch.
- World’s Super Rich Meet in Davos to Discuss the Climate Change Problem they Created by Alan Macleod from Mint Press News.
- The Troubling Decline of International Law by Craig Murray (British) from his weblog. (Note: Capitalists have long bragged about their nations' fake democracies which include the rule of law. The trouble is that this class has always made the laws, organized their court systems, appointed the judges, etc. Now it seems that this rule of law is too burdensome for the ruling classes. They now opt for outright violence or the threat of violence--fascism.)
- WikiLeaks Editor: US Is Saying First Amendment Doesn’t Apply To Foreigners In Assange Case by Caitlin Johnstone from her weblog.