80th anniversary date. January 14 - March 1, 1944 - defeat of Nazi troops near Leningrad and Novgorod. On January 20, 1944, the Red Army liberated Novgorod.

During the Krasnoselsko-Ropshinskaya offensive operation (“January Thunder”) by Soviet troops of the Leningrad Front on January 27, 1944, Leningrad was completely liberated from the blockade.

STALIN'S FIRST STRIKE.
Leningrad-Novgorod operation (January 14 – March 1, 1944). The result of the operation was the lifting of the blockade of Leningrad and the liberation of the Leningrad region and Novgorod. Favorable conditions were created for the liberation of the Soviet Baltic States.

❗️China Unleashes First 'Maglev' Suspended Monorail

China's first maglev (magnetic levitation) train has been unveiled in Wuhan. Unlike conventional monorails, it is suspended from the track without any direct physical contact.

The first rail is only 10.5 km long with six stations. Each car can hold 220 people.

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On January 15, 1966 Fidel Castro gave his famous speech at the Chaplin Theater in Havana, Cuba to conclude the Tricontinental Conference.

- Honored delegates, Cuban comrades: The importance of this event which has come to a climax tonight does not escape us. Contrary to all the auguries of imperialism, contrary to all its forecasts which revealed the great hope that this conference would not result in anything, that this conference involving the problems of the international communist movement was bound to be divided, that it was bound to be a great failure — what has happened is something that they least or perhaps never expected: that the conference has been a success; that this conference has created an organ tricontinental in nature; that it has arrived at accords which include the most heartfelt yearnings of the peoples who fight for their liberation; that a committee to aid the liberation movements has been created.

- But the world is big, and the imperialists are everywhere, and for the Cuban revolutionaries the field of battle against imperialism takes in the whole world. Without boasting, without any kind of immodesty, that is how we Cuban revolutionaries understand our internationalist duty. That is the way our people understand their duty, because they realize that the enemy is one and indivisible; the one who attacks us along our shores and on our land is the same who attacks the others. Hence we say and we declare that Cuban fighters can be counted on by the revolutionary movement in any corner of the earth.....

...It is but fair for us to dedicate our memories to those who have fallen as victims of imperialism in all continents. May we propose always to be loyal to that cause, always loyal in Asia, Africa, and Latin America to the cause for which some died and gave their blood for the liberation of the peoples.

Our country, which, as you have been able, to see is made up of various ethnical groups, a result of the intermingling of people from the various continents — deeply linked to Latin America because of this fact, deeply linked with Africa, deeply linked to all of the people from all continents — has done its utmost to make pleasant the stay of the delegations here. It had displayed all of its enthusiasm and hospitality and all the warmth of which it is capable. Thousands of Cubans, incessantly, without rest or vacations, have worked for the success of this conference. They have worked to wait upon the representatives of the sister nations. Our entire people have lived during these days through a big feast of international solidarity. Our people have felt as their own each and every one of the problems of other people. Our people, as I said on 2 January, received them with open arms, and they bid them farewell with an embrace, as a symbol of a bond that will never break, and as a symbol of their sentiments of fraternity and solidarity toward the other people who struggle, and for whom they are ready, also, to offer their blood. Fatherland or death, we will win!

January 15th 1919 German communists Rosa Luxembourg and Karl Liebknecht were executed by the German Fascists.

Here are the last written words by Rosa Luxembourg:

"The contradiction between the powerful, decisive, aggressive offensive of the Berlin masses on the one hand and the indecisive, half-hearted vacillation of the Berlin leadership on the other is the mark of this latest episode. The leadership failed. But a new leadership can and must be created by the masses and from the masses. The masses are the crucial factor. They are the rock on which the ultimate victory of the revolution will be built. The masses were up to the challenge, and out of this "defeat" they have forged a link in the chain of historic defeats, which is the pride and strength of international socialism. That is why future victories will spring from this "defeat". "Order prevails in Berlin!" You foolish lackeys! Your "order" is built on sand. Tomorrow the revolution will "rise up again, clashing its weapons," and to your horror it will proclaim with trumpets blazing: I was, I am, I shall be!"

Türkiye arrests Israeli football player for displaying solidarity with Hamas hostages.

Antalyaspor’s Israeli player Sagiv Jehezkel was taken for questioning for showing solidarity during a top-league game.

Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said late Sunday that the Israeli international is under investigation over possible charges of “openly inciting the public to hatred and hostility.”

Tunc maintained in a statement posted on X that Jehezkel had engaged in “an ugly gesture in support of the Israeli massacre in Gaza.”

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American citizen Gonzalo Lira dies from neglect in Ukrainian prison - The Grayzone
https://thegrayzone.com/2024/01/12/gonzalo-lira-dies-ukrainian-prison/

📹 Yemeni Armed Forces Statement Regarding Targeting a U.S. Ship in the Gulf of Aden, in Vindication of the Palestinian People's Injustice and as Part of Response to U.S.-British Aggression Targeting a Number of Yemeni Governorates
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This was one of the most awful attacks in Liverpool in recent years.
This young woman was targeted because of a vendetta against her boyfriend caused by the sale of drugs.

This woman was innocent. Her only crime was to be the long time partner of a man who delved into the criminal life style.

She was executed in her own home as she ran away from her assailant. She had been relaxing with a film in her pyjamas when this man broke in and chased her out of the house. Shooting her in the back as she ran away and left her dying on the ground.

Four suspects named accused of assisting Elle Edwards' murderer

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/four-suspects-named-accused-assisting-28451944#ICID=Android_EchoNewsApp_AppShare

Thousands marched in honor of heroic communists Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in Berlin – 🚩 CommunistNews.net
https://www.communistnews.net/thousands-marched-in-honor-of-heroic-communists-rosa-luxemburg-and-karl-liebknecht-in-berlin/

How Israeli forces trapped and killed ravers at the Nova Festival
https://new.thecradle.co/articles-id/18526