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A flag for Brazilian Venetians (mainly for Talian speakers) (hexbear.net)

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Macron and his wife enjoyed a banquet at Stockholm Palace while farmers cooked sausages on open fires near Paris in protest over low pay (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Germany sees second day of large protests against far right – DW – 01/21/2024 (www.dw.com)

The weekend of protests against right-wing extremism continued in Germany, as tens of thousands took to the streets in Berlin, Cologne and Munich....

UN racism rapporteur criticises France's contested immigration bill (www.reuters.com)

A fiercely contested immigration bill violates France's constitutional commitment to equality and liberty, the U.N. special rapporteur on racism said, amid nationwide protests against the legislation that is backed by far-right lawmakers....

Germany’s last solar module factory threatens to close, blames China rather than their own uncompetitiveness (reneweconomy.com.au)

"Pushback" en mer Égée : 22 rescapés palestiniens refoulés par les gardes-côtes grecs - Contre Attaque (contre-attaque.net) French

Tata Steel to shut down Port Talbot blast furnaces, putting 3,000 jobs at risk (www.theguardian.com)

Time for diplomacy in Ukraine, Italy's defence minister says (www.reuters.com)

Beyond failing forward? The Euro at 25 (adamtooze.substack.com)

Adopting rightwing policies ‘does not help centre-left win votes’ (www.theguardian.com)

Adopting rightwing policies on issues such as immigration and the economy does not help centre-left parties win votes, according to new analysis of European electoral and polling data....

Farmers’ protests surge in Germany against cuts in subsidies and tax increases (peoplesdispatch.org)

‘Stab survival cupboards’ installed in Liverpool amid national rise in knife crime deaths (www.telegraph.co.uk)

UK Revenue & Customs applied to shut down 2,391 businesses in the year to Dec. 7 over unpaid tax debts, more than triple the attempts in the previous year. (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)

Economists warn fiscal squeeze to hit eurozone next year (www.ft.com)

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RSA launches probe into pro-Israel bash that sparked walkout (www.opendemocracy.net)

The Royal Society of Arts claims it was not made aware of the event’s ‘geopolitically sensitive’ nature

Europe’s 15-Year Slump (www.yanisvaroufakis.eu)

German government prepares huge social cuts (www.wsws.org)

Due to losses in the business of Russia: Several German companies want millions of compensations from the Federal Government (www.businessinsider.de)

The UK Met Police have announced plans to use facial recognition tech to identify shoplifters – the new boogeyman to legitimize a explosion of biometric surveillance. (www.bbc.com)

74% of Germans think Scholz failing at his job – YouGov poll (ground.news)

Poll: US Public Support for Israel Wanes as 68 Percent Call for Ceasefire | Farsnews Agency (www.farsnews.ir)

Germany headed for deeper recession, IMF says (www.dw.com)

German political leader speaks against ‘double standard’ in Gaza (www.workers.org)

Only unconditional support [for neocolonialism] can plausibly explain the U.S. veto of a humanitarian cease-fire in the U.N. Security Council. It is becoming abundantly clear that in the final analysis it is the United States that is preventing a two-state solution within the 1967 borders and a Palestinian state with East...