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We publish here an unofficial translation of an article from the newspaperof our comrades in Brazil, A Nova Democracia.

On Thursday the 13th of January, about75% of all teachers across France took to the streets to protest against the current Corona rules in schools. With so many teachers taking part in the strike, about half of all schools nationwide remained closed. Students and parents also vented their anger at the demonstrations and supported the strike.

In Dagyeniköy in the municipality of Germencik in western Turkey, mining of nitrile is to be carried out on land cultivated by peasants, for which exploratory drilling has recently been initiated by the company Mine Exploration and Testing (MTA). The mining of the highly toxic salts threatens the soil and its fertility, and thus the economy of the peasants.

This Sunday, on the occasion of the 103rd anniversary of the assassination of Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht, the founders of the Communist Party of Germany, by soldiers with orders from their political leadership in 1919, well over 2000 people gathered to commemorate these leaders - along with the great Lenin.

At the January 7th is the 17 anniversary of the murder of Oury Jallo. 2001 Oury was burn after torture in a jail of the police department of Dessau. To this day, the murderers get no judgement and are covered by the German state and his trials. A couples of reports of an international independent researching commission devices the murder of Oury Jalloh and discard the lie that Oury Jalloh has burned himself.

On Sunday 02 January, the Oxnard Revolutionary Study Group celebrated Chairman Mao's birthday at their monthly meeting at Southwinds Park in Oxnard, California. About 30 people participated in the event where Chairman Mao's document "Serving the People" was studied. Young children decorated a banner and painted fabric with the words "Long Live Mao!". Activists gave speeches explaining Maoism and calling on those present to participate in local people's struggles.

In Kazakhstan, the people's anger against the government and the country's situation of poverty and oppression flared up in recent days. Protests began earlier this week when the price cap on gas was lifted and the price doubled. This is despite the wealth of natural gas that the country has. The protests have spread to many parts of the country, but the country's largest city, Almaty, has become the centre of the fighting.

In France, the Corona virus, and in particular the Omicron variant, is spreading more and more and more hospitals and other health care facilities are reaching their limits with their staff. For this reason, the French government has now decided on anexemption from the quarantine regulations for health care workers.