The opposition in Belarus plans a national strike.

*A dangerous cult now runs Britain — the worshippers at the Temple of Johnson.*

I don't think that worship is as complete and blind as what is found in the US, though.

*Brazilian wildcat miners attack police and burn indigenous homes in Amazon.*

Republicans used a filibuster to block the Senate from voting on an investigation of the January 6 Republican attack on the Capitol.

Those Republicans now endorse the obvious falsehood that there was no attack, or else it was an attack by "antifa". This is a lie about events that Americans saw less than 4 months ago.

They have, in effect, endorsed 1984-style rewriting of history. Having convinced their followers to accept this, on something very visible, I expect that they will do it over and over.

It is noteworthty that Republicans accuse Democrats of trying to deny the truth of who won the 2020 election, when in fact it is Republicans who have done that ever since November, and are still trying with irregular "audits" in Arizona and Georgia. The attack on the Capitol was specifically part of that.

This may be preparation for a bigger attack on the mechanism of US democracy in 2022 or 2024.

Will Democrats take this threat seriously?

Progressives in Congress: *Ending Poverty in the Richest Country on Earth: poverty exists because we allow it to exist.*

*We can't end poverty without attacking the interconnected injustices of systemic racism, inequality, militarism and the climate emergency.*