Who Wins and Who Loses in the Iran Crisis?
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-15
In the latest phase of the US-Iran confrontation, who came out on top is not clear-cut; both countries made gains and losses from the crisis and some of its the results are still to come. By ordering the assassination on 3 January of general Qassem Soleimani, the head of Quds Force, the external arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, President Trump claims to…
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Facebook’s Soleimani Ban Flies in Face of First Amendment
Ari Paul | zcomm.org | 2020-01-15
If sanctions can be invoked by a social media network to take down certain content, what is next?>…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/facebooks-soleiman…
Support for Combat Troop Withdrawal Is Not Enough to Stop Endless Wars
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-15
Six Democratic presidential candidates sparred on Tuesday night in Des Moines, the last debate before the crucial Iowa caucuses. The debate, hosted by CNN and The Des Moines Register, focused heavily on foreign policy and rising tensions with Iran following the U.S. assassination of that country’s top military commander, Qassem Soleimani. As the presidential field continues to narrow, the U.S. Senate is preparing for the historic impeachment trial of President Trump, for which Senators Sanders, Warren…
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Challenge to Trump
Juan Cole | zcomm.org | 2020-01-15
Muqtada al-Sadr & Iraqi Shiite leaders Call for a Million-Man March against US Military Occupation…
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Does the US Military “Own the Weather”? “Weaponizing the Weather” as an Instrument of Modern Warfare?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
Weather-modification, according to the US Air Force document AF 2025 Final Report, “offers the war fighter a wide range of possible options to defeat or coerce an adversary”, capabilities, it says, extend to the triggering of floods, hurricanes, droughts and earthquakes…
globalresearch.ca/does-the-us-military-o…
Australia on the Chasm of Climate Catastrophe
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-15
Australia has had a series of bad governments beholden to the coal industry and to the Rupert Murdoch propaganda machine. The media empire of Murdoch controls about 60 percent of the newspapers and television stations. The Murdoch message, just like the message of Fox TV in America, is in defense of the oligarchs and against environmental protection of any kind. This propaganda is in accord with the continued use of fossil fuels and the ceaseless destruction of the natural world.
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Trump Prosecutors Make Move to Ensure that Embassy Protectors Are Convicted
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
Last April and May we were in the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC protecting it from a US coup takeover. We were in the embassy for 37 days and are now being prosecuted by the federal government for ‘interference with …
globalresearch.ca/trump-prosecutors-make…
Keeping with its Crackdown on Alternative Voices, Google Deletes Press TV from YouTube
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-15
Without warning, tech giant Google “permanently removed” Iranian government-owned media channel Press TV UK’s YouTube channel Monday night amid increasing American hostility to Iran. | “This attack on the freedom of speech of Press TV’s journalists seems to be part of an anti-Iran purge as the West sets its sights on regime change in Iran,” Press TV said. Its content, in its own words, focuses on “anti-imperialis…
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CNN, Warren’s Sexism Jibe Against Sanders Backfires as #CNNisTrash Trends on Twitter
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-15
CNN has been widely criticized for its perceived bias in moderating yesterday’s Democratic presidential debate in Iowa. With just three weeks before the first primaries, six leading candidates descended upon Des Moines last night to take part. But, as with previous debates, much of the public discussion centered on the organization, framing and bias of the organizers and moderators. | CNN asked Bernie Sanders, the most left-leaning of the candidates, if he thought he “owed voters an explanation” on how much his health plan would cost them…
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Sealed Off and Forgotten: What You Should Know About Israel’s West Bank “Firing Zones”
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-15
Throughout the 1970s, the Israeli military declared roughly 18% of the West Bank as “firing zones,” effectively wresting control from the local Palestinian population.
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European powers move toward scrapping nuclear accord with Iran
wsws.org | 2020-01-15
Berlin, London and Paris, emboldened by Tehran’s weak response to the US murder of Iranian General Qassem Suleimani, are escalating attacks against Iran.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/15/euir…
The ‘Big Squeeze’ on Sanders
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
Now, get this straight. I am not a ‘Democratic Socialist’ or a supporter of the Democratic Party. Yes, I just changed my political affiliation here in Florida so I can vote for Sanders in the upcoming Florida primary. My ‘short …
globalresearch.ca/big-squeeze-sanders/57…
‘Phase One’ of the US-Chinese Trade Deal Is Bad News for India
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
The planned signing of “phase one” of a more comprehensive US-Chinese trade deal is extremely bad news for India because its chief Asian competitor is committing to gradually open up its economy and therefore become even more attractive of an …
globalresearch.ca/phase-one-us-chinese-t…
IACHR Denounces Ecuadorian Govt. Repression In October Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-15
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) presented on Tuesday a report on its visit to Ecuador last October, when massive protests took place against the neoliberal measures promoted by President Lenin Moreno. | RELATED: | Ecuador Buys $4m Worth of Non-Lethal Weapons for Armed Forces | The IACHR report states that “the acts of protest, in…
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IACHR Denounces Ecuadorean Govt. Repression In October Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-15
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) presented on Tuesday a report on its visit to Ecuador last October, when massive protests took place against the neoliberal measures promoted by President Lenin Moreno. | RELATED: | Ecuador Buys $4m Worth of Non-Lethal Weapons for Armed Forces | The IACHR report states that “the acts of protest, in…
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Together in solidarity and towards socialism
Kathy Durkin | workers.org | 2020-01-15
The Women’s March Global, set to take place on Jan. l8, will be the fourth such international protest since 2017 after the inauguration of misogynist/bigot-in-chief Donald Trump as president. Over 100 chapters and thousands of members are mobilizing for multinational, multigendered, multigenerational protests around the U.S. and in countries around . . . | Continue reading Together in solidarity and towards socialism at Workers.org…
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France at a Crossroads
Richard Greeman | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-15
Montpellier, France. The nationwide general strike in France, now entering its record seventh week, seems to be approaching its crisis point. Despite savage police repression, about a million people are in the streets protesting President Macron’s proposed neo-liberal “reform” of France’s retirement system, established at the end of World War II and considered one of…
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Brazilian Indigenous Leaders Mobilize to Protest Amazon Mining
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-15
A four-day-long tribal meeting among the Brazilian Indigenous leaders has begun in the Amazon to protest far-right President Jair Bolsonaro’s push to open their reservations for commercial mining and agriculture. | RELATED: | Brazil to Go Through With Mining on Tribal Lands | The meeting, which is being attended by several tribal leaders, seeks to develop a contingency to combat Bolsonaro’s plan to exploit this historical region for commercial purposes. | “The riches Bolsonaro speaks of are…
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Biden Says His Vote for War Wasn’t Really a Vote for War. He’s Still Lying
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-15
I found myself tumbling through a time warp during the opening segment of Tuesday night’s debate in Iowa. I was sitting there attentively, listening to the six candidates discuss their various stances on the Iraq War … when all of a sudden, I flashed back to October 25, 2002. | I was in a car with fellow activists on the way to a massive antiwar protest in Washington D.C., when my very first cell phone burred in my pocket. I answered, and even through the poor connection I could hear the emotion…
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Iran-Iraq solidarity grows amid U.S. threats
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2020-01-15
United States policy toward both Iran and Iraq is based not on “bad advice” or howling blunders by President Donald Trump, as Democratic Party pundits claim. It is not just a “mismanaged” foreign policy. Times Square protest, Jan. 8, New York City. Washington’s miscalculations of the past two weeks have . . . | Continue reading Iran-Iraq solidarity grows amid U.S. threats at Workers.org…
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Vague Imminence: US policy, Pre-emptive Force and Qasem Soleimani
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-15
International relations is typified by its vagueness of definition and its shallowness of justification. Be it protecting citizens of a state in another, launching a pre-emptive strike to prevent what another state might do, or simply understanding the application of a treaty provision, justifications can prove uneven and at odds. The pre-emptive jerk behind the…
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Why Killing Soleimani has Further Destabilized the Middle East
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-15
On January 3rd, the United States carried out the assassination of Iran’s Quds Force commander, Qassem Soleimani, near the Baghdad International Airport. | RELATED: | Trump Signed Off on Soleimani’s Assassination in June | The U.S.’ assassination of this high-ranking Iranian military commander would create shockwaves across the Middle East, as the killing of Soleimani would see a sequence of events to follow the Trump administration’s move. | What Led to the Assassination? | A special…
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Key Takeaways From Democratic Presidential Debate in Iowa
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-15
DES MOINES, Iowa
Moqtada al-Sadr calls for million-man march against US troops in Iraq
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-15
The Iraqi parliament has already passed a resolution asking the government to initiate the process of withdrawal of foreign troops from the country, following the assassination of Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis on January 3…
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Persian Peril: The Assassination of Qasem Soleimani and the Prospect of War with Iran
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
“And after what my source had sent me on Wednesday morning…I was pretty confident that they would have to back off because the reasons were overwhelming in terms of Iranian military power… In fact there was an indirect, a direct-indirect …
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The Pentagon’s and CIA’s Power to Assassinate Americans
Jacob G. Hornberger | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
Pentagon officials are assuring Americans that the Pentagon’s recent assassination of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani will make Americans safer. There is at least one big problem with that formulation, one that, unfortunately, many Americans still don’t recognize. That problem …
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George H.W. Bush’s Complicity in the 1991 “Highway of Death” Iraq Massacre
Joyce Chediac | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
US war crimes then and now. | George H. W. Bush (1991). A “statesman” and “American hero”? What a lie! | George W. Bush declares war on Afghanistan (2001) | George W. Bush and Tony Blair wage war on Iraq (2003), | Barack Obama’s …
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An Open Letter to fellow Educators: Take a stand with Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
wsws.org | 2020-01-15
A long-time educator has submitted the following statement to the WSWS.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/15/call…
Putting the truth behind bars
Dianne Mathiowetz | workers.org | 2020-01-15
Did you know that one of the most protected rights in this country is the right of the government to lie to the people? That is the essence of the persecution being carried out right now against Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange. Manning was a U.S. Army intelligence analyst based . . . | Continue reading Putting the truth behind bars at Workers.org…
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Short of Time: Julian Assange at the Westminster Magistrates Court
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
Another slot of judicial history, another notch to be added to the woeful record of legal proceedings being undertaken against Julian Assange. The ailing WikiLeaks founder was coping as well as he could, showing the resourcefulness of the desperate …
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The prosecution of Julian Assange, the destruction of legality and the rise of the national security state
wsws.org | 2020-01-15
The political and legal attack on Assange represents a qualitative intensification of the destruction of core rights and, indeed, on legality itself as the mode of bourgeois rule.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/15/assa…
Assange’s 12-minute hearing presents a grim picture of judicial indifference
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-15
Assange’s legal team has complained of not being given enough time, by both the court and prison authorities, to discuss the evidence in the case with the defendant. A hearing on January 13 was wound up in under 12 minutes…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/15/assanges-…
Missiles, Lies and Assassinations
Kenn Orphan | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-15
“In war, truth is the first casualty.”
A Truly Antiwar Agenda Must Include Free College and Medicare for All
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-15
Last night’s debate brought home a reality for me: A truly antiwar agenda is not confined to priorities traditionally seen as “foreign policy.” It must include bold plans to address climate change, education, institutional racism and sexism, health care and immigration justice. And our movements must reflect that broad-based vision. | The recent assassination of Iran’s top Gen. Qassim Suleimani was a frightening reminder of the undemocratic and reckless approach of those who currently rule the U.S.
truthout.org/articles/a-truly-antiwar-ag…
Uncle Sam the hit man
Nellie Bailey | mronline.org | 2020-01-15
Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner, says the U.S. is living up to its reputation as an international assassin with its hit on an Iranian general on Iraqi soil. “America is more hated today than ever,” said Abu Jamal, co-author of the multi-volume book, “Murder, Incorporated.” | Source…
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Bolsonaro backs Trump in war on Iran, while Workers’ Party appeals to Brazilian military
wsws.org | 2020-01-15
Brazil’s fascistic President Jair Bolsonaro was one of the first to defend Washington’s assassination of Iranian general Qassem Suleiman.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/15/braz…
Union issues powerful ultimatum to Labour leadership candidates
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2020-01-15
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) has given a strong, direct assessment of what went wrong in the 2019 election. And now, it’s holding Labour leadership candidates’ feet to the fire with a powerful ultimatum. | Lessons are “very clear”: | In a December statement, CWU general secretary Dave Ward said of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn that: a prolonged assault from the media has assassinated the character of a man who has devoted his whole life to helping others | He added: what nobody can face away from is that we…
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Assassination of Communist leaders Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in Germany
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-15
On January 15, 1919, communist leaders, Rosa Luxemburg and Karl Liebknecht in Germany were murdered on the orders of German authorities. The assassination was an attempt to crush the growth of the German revolutionary movement that challenged the regressive state establishment.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/15/assassina…
Sanders and Warren Show Differences on Trade and Health Care in Debate
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-15
The final Democratic debate before the Iowa caucus had moments that further highlighted the distinctions between the leading candidates on issues like free public college and health care but for the most part it covered familiar ground. | However, the candidates closest in policy
CNN Moderators Fixate on Cost of Medicare for All, Ignore Price of Endless War
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-15
Democrats onstage Tuesday night at the CNN/Des Moines Register debate in Iowa were challenged repeatedly by moderators on the cost of major plans like Sen. Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for All
Bolivian FM Wants Argentina to Condemn Comments by Evo Morales
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-15
The Bolivian Foreign Ministry wants the Argentinian government to condemn the recent comments made by the democratically elected President Evo Morales about defending civilians defending themselves against the brutality of the de facto regime in La Paz. | RELATED: | Evo Morales Urges Bolivia to Restore Rule of Law | In an interview last Sunday with Reuters, Morales told the news agency that Bolivians have the right to organize and defend themselves, without the use of firearms, against the b…
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The Guardian’s concern for Cornish residents if FlyBe collapses totally misses the point
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2020-01-15
An article in the Guardian on 14 January highlighted the fears some Cornish residents have of being “isolated” if FlyBe collapses. But the article misses two crucial points. Firstly, and most importantly, there’s the fact we’re living in a climate crisis, and no-one should encourage domestic flights. Secondly, the Guardian only managed to talk to airline users to highlight these supposedly generic ‘fears’
Earth Had its Hottest Decade on Record in 2010s
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-15
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Shuttered Refinery in Philly Shows Climate Activists Cannot Ignore Labor
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-15
In the early morning hours of June 21, 2019, a catastrophic explosion tore through the Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES) oil refinery in the southwest section of Philadelphia. The training and quick thinking of refinery workers, members of United Steelworkers Local 10-1, averted certain disaster and saved millions of lives. One month later, on July 21, PES declared bankruptcy
Honduran Migrant Caravan Repressed On Guatemala Border Crossing
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-15
Hundreds of Honduran migrants that joined the caravan heading to the United States were repressed Wednesday by security forces in the town of Corinto while managing to cross the border with Guatemala. | RELATED: | Honduras: Hundreds Join Caravan Heading to the United States | According to teleSUR’s correspondent Gilda Silvestrucci, thousands of Hondurans make up this first caravan since April 2019, which includes…
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Honduras: Hundreds Join Caravan Heading to the United States
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-15
Despite the tightening of the U.S. immigration regulations, hundreds of Honduran Tuesday night left from San Pedro Sula to Guatemala in a new caravan heading towards the U.S. where they hope to apply for asylum. | RELATED: | US Plans to Send Mexican Asylum Seekers to Guatemala | Convened through social networks, migrants are joining the first Honduran pilgrimage to the North since April 2019, when about 400 people were arrested by migration authorities in the state of Chiapas, Mexico.
telesurenglish.net/news/Honduras-Hundred…
Indian Students Refuse to Give an Inch to the Far Right
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-15
A youth movement is rising across the country to confront the dangerous rhetoric and racist policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
truthdig.com/articles/indian-students-re…
EU Nations Push Iran in Last-Ditch Bid to Save Nuclear Deal
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-15
Britain, France and Germany trigger pact’s dispute mechanism, starting the clock on a process that could result in more sanctions on Iran.
truthdig.com/articles/eu-nations-push-ir…
Britain, France and Germany (E3) Trigger JCPOA Dispute Mechanism, a Hostile Action Against Iran
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
The nuclear deal dispute resolution mechanism and sanctions snapback provision can take effect if one JCPOA signatory claims another failed to meet its obligations under the deal
Iraqis to the United States: What Part of “Go Home” Don’t You Understand?
MintPress News Desk | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-15
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US workers denounce war threats against Iran
wsws.org | 2020-01-15
Three decades of disastrous wars have produced popular skepticism to the official propaganda machine and opposition to the launching of new wars.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/15/warr…
Trump exploits Iran war crisis to incite violence against political opponents
wsws.org | 2020-01-15
Following Trump’s order for the murder of Iranian General Suleimani, his denunciations of political opponents for “taking the side of terrorists” can only be interpreted as a threat of violence.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/15/pers…
The Wrong Question for Democrats to Be Asking About Trump
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-15
A loopy Iran speech has fueled speculation that he’s hopped up on Adderall. But amphetamines can’t explain the madness of his presidency.
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Unintended Consequences: Did Trump Just Give the Middle East to China and Russia?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
By the series of actions in recent months in Iraq and across the Middle East, Washington has forced a strategic shift towards China and to an extent Russia and away from the United States. If events continue on the present …
globalresearch.ca/did-trump-just-give-mi…
1983 CIA Document Reveals Plan To Destroy Syria, Foreshadows Current Crisis
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
Relevant Zero Hedge article first published and crossposted on GR in April 2017. | Prophetically foreshadowing the current crisis (and apparent action plan), leaked CIA documents from the reign of Bashar al-Assad’s father in the 1980s show a Washington Deep State …
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Germany’s Sàºddeutsche Zeitung defends murder of Suleimani
wsws.org | 2020-01-15
In reaction to the Middle East crisis, Germany’s ruling circles are enthusing about the criminal methods of Trump while pursuing their own imperialist interests more aggressively.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/15/sule…
Gone Fishing? No Fish but Plenty of Pesticides and a Public Health Crisis
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
There is mounting evidence that a healthy soil microbiome protects plants from pests and diseases. One of the greatest natural assets that humankind has is soil. But when you drench it with proprietary synthetic chemicals or continuously monocrop as part …
globalresearch.ca/gone-fishing-no-fish-p…
23 die as two migrant boats capsize in Mediterranean region
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-15
One of the boats capsized in the Ionian Sea near Paxi, Greece while the other accident took place in the Aegean Sea near Cesme in Turkey. 29 people were rescued…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/15/23-die-as…
Poland: Record Fine to Volkswagen Over “Dieselgate” Scandal
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-15
A record-high fine of 120.6 million Polish zloty (31.8 million U.S. dollars) has been imposed on automaker Volkswagen Group Poland for misleading customers about the emissions of its vehicles, the Polish Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK) said here on Wednesday. | RELATED: | 91 US Fortune 500 Companies Paid $0 in Income Tax in 2018: Report | ” Volkswagen manipulated the emissions indicators and it misled consumers by…
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Brazil: From Lula to Bolsonaro
Eric Toussaint | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
I arrived in Sao Paulo, the financial and economic capital of Brazil, on the night of 14 November 2019. The city has over 12 million inhabitants. In all the districts I visited poverty is flagrant. You see homeless people living …
globalresearch.ca/brazil-lula-bolsonaro/…
Lawsuit Challenges Trump Plan to Frack, Drill 1 Million Acres of California Public Lands, Minerals
Conservation groups sued the Trump administration today challenging the last step in the administration’s plan to allow oil drilling and fracking on more than 1 million acres of public lands and minerals in Central California. | Today’s lawsuit, filed in U.S. …
globalresearch.ca/lawsuit-challenges-tru…
Passing the Point of No Return, Is A World War Upon Us?
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
War is inevitable. More innocent people will be murdered, maimed, raped or sold into slavery. War is indescribable, a nightmare, yet those who are currently in power, the establishment or what some like to call “the elite” are on Trump’s …
globalresearch.ca/passing-point-no-retur…
Ceasefire Failure as Haftar Leaves Russia to Resume Military Operations in Libya
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin made a joint statement last week regarding the civil war raging in Libya to “declare a sustainable ceasefire, supported by the necessary measures to be taken for stabilizing the situation …
globalresearch.ca/ceasefire-failure-haft…
Dr. King Understood: U.S. Is Threat to Global Humanity
Black Alliance for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
As the U.S. engages in its annual ritual of parading out the state-sanctioned “I have a dream” Dr. King, it attempts to accomplish the amazing feat of reconciling Dr. King’s commitment to peace and principled non-violence with the normalized violence …
globalresearch.ca/dr-king-understood-u-s…
US Deterrence: Code Language for Endless “Hot Wars” against Humanity
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
Washington’s criminal class is bipartisan. | Both right wings of the US war party pose an unparalleled threat to world peace, stability, security, and humanity’s survival. | The rhetoric of each wing differs, the agenda the same, notably since the neoliberal 90s, …
globalresearch.ca/us-deterrence-code-lan…
Fidel Castro’s Message against Nuclear War: “In a Nuclear War the ‘Collateral Damage’ would be the Life of All Humanity.”
Fidel Castro Ruz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
A forceful message calling for World peace and the survival of humankind.
globalresearch.ca/video-fidel-s-message-…
Russia: Prime Minister Medvedev Resigns After Putin Speech
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-15
Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev Wednesday announced his resignation shortly after President Vladimir Putin delivered his annual State-of-the-Nation Address, in which he proposed a nationwide vote on sweeping changes in the Constitution that would shift power from the Presidency to the Chamber of Deputies. | RELATED: | Libya Talks in Russia Progress but Fail to Sign Ceasefire | Medvedev considered “correct” to present his resignation given that the constitutional amendments…
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Putin Engineers Shakeup That Could Keep Him in Power Longer
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-15
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China, Venezuela to Boost Bilateral Cooperation, Brotherhood
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-15
In response to an invitation from the Chinese government, Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza Wednesday arrived in Beijing to strengthen strategic cooperation relations and brotherhood between the Bolivarian Nation and this Asian country. | RELATED: | Venezuela Asks Electoral Body to Invite UN, EU to Observe Polls | Venezuela and China have maintained diplomatic and commercial relations for 45 years, which were strengthened since the arrival of Hugo Chavez to the Presiden…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Venezuela-…
Israel Carries Out Fresh Airstrikes Over Gaza
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-15
The Israeli Defense Forces launched fresh airstrikes over the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, as their warplanes targeted sites belonging to the Hamas Movement. | RELATED: | NGOs Urge UN to Disclose Firms Involved in Israel’s Settlements | Palestinian activists reported that Israeli warplanes targeted the northern part of the Gaza Strip, which resulted in a number of explosions. In turn, the Jerusalem Post reported that the IDF was pounding alleged Hamas targets in northern Gaza.
telesurenglish.net/news/Israel-Carries-O…
A Fine Republic, But Can We Keep It?
Thomas M. Magstadt | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-15
As Benjamin Franklyn was leaving Independence Hall on the final day of the Constitutional Convention, the story goes, a woman asked him, ‘Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” He is said to have replied without hesitation, “A republic, if you can keep it.”* A Skeptical Founder Scholars tend to focus…
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Traversed by Tensions: Quebec’s Religious Symbols Law
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-15
Fatima Ahmad, 23, an Education student at McGill University in Montreal, says that Bill 21 prevents her from working as a public school teacher in Quebec. A fourth year student, graduating in April 2020, she is already making plans to move to the United Arab Emirates or Calgary once she graduates. She is photographed wearing…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/15/traversed-by…
City Problems: A Fairly True Barcalona Story
Gala Pin | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-15
We won the elections. We won by an absolute minority and there’s some merit in that. When you win you have to do a lot of incomprehensible things and no one explains them to you, among them negotiating who’ll end up being mayor at the investiture. Since you’re the winning force (sic) you’ve got to…
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Fifty Years and Still the Unrelenting Drumbeat of War
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-15
The night was cold with a strong wind blowing in from the northwest. The nearly full waxing moon seemed to ride easily over the tops of the pine forest. A jet, with its lights still on, within minutes of taking off from the airport at Windsor Locks, Connecticut, flew westward against the departing day of…
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Hey Los Angeles: More Public Restrooms, Please!
Stephen Cooper | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-15
I have to pee. But I can hold it; thank you, God! I can hold it until I get there, and everything will be fine. It’s not like I urgently need to urinate at this very moment; in fact, it was only while exiting the freeway, navigating a rather large intestine-shaped loop, that I sensed…
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City Problems: A Fairly True Barcelona Story
Gala Pin | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-15
We won the elections. We won by an absolute minority and there’s some merit in that. When you win you have to do a lot of incomprehensible things and no one explains them to you, among them negotiating who’ll end up being mayor at the investiture. Since you’re the winning force (sic) you’ve got to…
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Trump Signs Partial Deal to Limit US Trade War Against China
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-15
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He Wednesday will sign the so-called “Phase One” of an agreement rolling back some tariffs and defusing the “Trade War” which the Republican ruler initiated in March 2018 when he imposed tariffs on Chinese products. | RELATED: | U.S. Treasury Drops China’s Currency Manipulator Label | According to what is known about this 86-page deal, which provides Trump with relief in an election year, China will buy U.S. products worth US$200 b…
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Taal Volcano Is Still Active, Tens of Thousands Evacuated
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-15
Between 80,000 and 90,000 people have been evacuated on the Philippine island of Luzon due to the eruption of the Taal volcano, which kept today Batangas province in stage-four alert. | RELATED: | New Zealand Volcano Death Toll Rises to 18 | The authorities regret that inhabitants of several nearby towns are resisting evacuation or disregarding police cordons to return to their homes, to clean the roofs, overloaded with the weight of ashes, or to feed the animals that they left behind. | Opposing…
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Middle Eastern Wars Have Always Been About Oil
Washington’s Blog | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
Relevant article selected from the GR archive, first published on GR in February 2016. | Robert Kennedy Jr. notes: | For Americans to really understand what’s going on, it’s important to review some details about this sordid but little-remembered history. …
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In Iowa Debate, Progressives Resist Efforts to Divide Them
Ruth Conniff | progressive.org | 2020-01-15
The moderators did all they could to start a fight, but Sanders and Warren refused to bite.
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Over 100 Years Ago the US Government Lied Us into World War I
Jeff Harris | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
You may think “fake news” is a fairly recent development made possible by the internet and social media. But a little over 100 years ago President Woodrow Wilson created an official fake news agency to persuade the American people to …
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The 2020 Academy Award nominations: A generally weak, if unsurprising showing
wsws.org | 2020-01-15
The nominations as a whole reflect the combination of strong commercial pressure, Hollywood liberal views and limited artistic tastes that generally dominate the Academy Awards.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/15/acad…
Why Israel’s So-Called “Occupation” of “Palestinian Territories” is a Farce
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-15
The root cause of oppression and violence that Palestinians experience is not “the occupation” of 1967 as many people claim it to be. It is something much older and seemingly more benign.
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Another Trump Official Has Been Caught Red-Handed
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-15
In 2017, Dow Chemical scored a long-sought-after victory: After a push from the U.S. government, China approved the import of the company’s genetically modified herbicide-resistant corn seeds. | A grateful Dow lobbyist emailed a senior Agriculture Department official whose support had been critical: “Thank you for your efforts in support of U.S. agriculture.” | That official, Rebeckah Adcock, was no stranger to Dow. Before joining the Trump administration, Adcock was the chief lobbyist for the herbicide industry’s trade group, of wh…
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Emphasis on U.S. Exports, Trade Secrets in China Trade Deal
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-15
WASHINGTON
More than 50,000 5G Satellites Encircling the Earth: Appeal by Astronomers, Safeguarding the Astronomical Sky (IT)
Astronomers’ Appeal | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
This is an international appeal by professional astronomers open for subscription to ask for an intervention from institutions and governments. | To sign/subscribe follow this link. | Astronomical observations from the ground can be greatly harmed by the ongoing deployment of …
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CNN Asked No Questions About Immigration at First All-White Democratic Debate
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-15
As the federal government plans to divert an additional $7.2 billion from the military budget for the construction of President Trump’s promised border wall, and tens of thousands of asylum seekers from Central America, the Caribbean and other regions are stranded throughout the U.S.-Mexico border, CNN moderators failed to question Democratic presidential candidates on border and immigration issues. We speak to Julio Ricardo Varela, co-host of the Latinx political podcast “In the Thick” and fou…
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The Secret Behind How Billionaires Make Obscene Amounts of Money
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-15
As Ray Charles wailed in a song of true-life blues: “Them that’s got is them that gets/And I ain’t got nothin’ yet.” | While the workaday majority of Americans continue to be mired in our low-wage economy, the precious few at the tippy-top soared out of sight in 2019. They started the year already wallowing in wealth. By year’s end, the 500 richest people saw their total haul increase by an average of $2.4-billion each. | Indeed, some needed bulldozers to bank their increased wealth. | M…
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Hundreds rally in Jersey City, N.J., to defend public park
Michael Kramer | workers.org | 2020-01-15
Jersey City, N.J. Jan. 11
Chile Takes a Step Towards the Approval of Same-Sex Marriage
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-15
Chile took an important step towards equal marriage on Wednesday after the Senate of the southern country took one step forward to approve legislation allowing it, a fact that LGTBI associations and much of the political spectrum described as ” historic”. | “Today’s accomplishment is due to organizations that have been demanding their rights for decades. From that first public demonstration in 1973 until the last Pride march. It was an honor to make the Senate available to equality and love,” said the President of the Upper House, opposition lawmaker, Jaime Quintana. | By 22 votes in favor, 16 against and one…
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CNN Moderators, Alarmed by Cost of Medicare for All, Ignore Price Tag of Endless War
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-15
“None of the candidates who said they support keeping troops in Iraq were asked how they were going to pay for it.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Did Giuliani Goons Plot Against US Ambassador? ‘Incredibly Disturbing’ House Impeachment Docs Raise Serious New Questions
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-15
“The new documents from Lev Parnas are chilling, and damning,” said Rep. Ted Lieu. “Is Donald Trump a thug? I don’t know. But Trump certainly used thugs to help him abuse the power of his office.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Trump deal instead of Iran nuclear deal? I agree! US president gives Twitter nod to BoJo
rt.com | 2020-01-15
Boris Johnson’s suggestion that the 2015 Iran nuclear deal be replaced with a new one
Want a free trade deal with the US? Then align with Washington not Brussels on foreign policy, former Trump aide tells BoJo
rt.com | 2020-01-15
A former aide to US President Donald Trump, Richard Goldberg, has warned British PM Boris Johnson that if the UK wants a free trade agreement with the US, then he’ll need to follow Washington and not Brussels on foreign policy. | In an interview with BBC Radio 4 on Wednesday, Iran hawk Richard Goldberg
Scotland’s Independence Project
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
On Tuesday Boris Johnson submitted a letter to Nicola Sturgeon, rejecting outright her request for powers to be transferred to the Scottish parliament to call a second referendum on independence. It read: | “The UK government will continue to uphold | …
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Video Shows TWO Missiles Bringing Down Iran 737, Second Plane Reported & Iraq And Syria Under Attack
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-15
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/14/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to Achieve Blue Nile Dam Deal This Month
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-15
Egypt, Ethiopia, and Sudan have agreed Wednesday to reconvene in Washington on Jan. 28 and 29 to finalize an agreement on a large hydropower dam on the Blue Nile that sparked a diplomatic crisis between Cairo and Addis Ababa. | RELATED: | Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan Continue Talks Over Contested Nile Dam | Ministers from the three nations will meet again to finalize the agreement with technical and legal discussions, the United States Treasury Department, which hosted the meeting, said in a stat…
telesurenglish.net/news/Egypt-Ethiopia-S…
‘It Will Remain Forever’: Lionel Messi Hails ‘Special Duel’ with ‘Nemesis’ Cristiano Ronaldo
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-15
Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo likes to emphasise that his “healthy rivalry” with Barcelona counterpart Lionel Messi during his time in La Liga made him a better player, and since then both have taken their individual battle to be the best in soccer to a whole new level.
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Bernie Sanders Won’t Play Your Game
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2020-01-15
Bernie Sanders Won’t Play Your Game…
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CNN Has It In for Bernie
Jeet Heer | thenation.com | 2020-01-15
CNN Has It In for Bernie…
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