Western governments are working to remove any possibility of online anonymity that is aimed at advancing “censorship” and repressing what these countries see as the risk of influencing young people with political messages, WSWS wrote.
Category: TRENDS IN GEOPOLITICS – Jan 20 2026
GEN Z REVOLUTION: STUDENTS PROTEST IN SERBIA OVER GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION
Gen Z protests have spread to Serbia as thousands of students took to the streets to voice their anger toward President Aleksandar Vucic, whom they see as a curse on the country due to rampant corruption.
TOP RUSSIAN COMMANDER: UKRAINE SACRIFICING TROOPS IN FAILED WAR EFFORT
Valery Gerasimov, the head of the Russian general staff, said in an interview last week that his military is making gains on nearly all fronts in Ukraine and has seized control of another 300 square kilometers since the start of the year, and the Ukrainian leadership is hardly paying attention to the losses.
EU APPROVES FIRST WAVE OF ITS MILITARY DEFENSE INVESTMENTS WORTH €38B
The European Commission said in a statement last week that it approved the first Security Action for Europe (SAFE) investment worth €38 billion to boost the militaries for eight EU countries as part of the bloc’s ReArm Europe Plan/Readiness 2030 that will mobilize up to 800 billion euros for defense spending.
MACRON TRIES TO PLAY TOUGH GUY, SAYS COUNTRIES MUST BE FEARED
French President Emmanuel Macron said last week that, given the threats around the world, it is imperative that countries bolster their militaries and said Paris’s “rearmament is bearing fruit.”
VON DER LEYEN DREAMS OF TURNING EUROPE INTO A MILITARY ‘POWERHOUSE’
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, is doing her best to see to it that Europe becomes a “military powerhouse” in the face of what she sees as the threat of a wider war with Russia.





