Pakistani PM Khan accuses Modi of leading India down the path of Nazi Germany… again
rt.com | 2020-01-23
In yet another outburst against Narendra Modi’s policies, Pakistani PM Imran Khan has accused India’s govt of leading the country down the same path Nazi Germany took from a liberal democracy to a “totalitarian, racist state.” | Speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Khan expressed his “fear” that Pakistan’s nuclear-armed neighbor was following in the footsteps of Adolf Hitler. What is happening in India “bears striking resemblance to what happened in Nazi Germany. Between 1930 and 1934, Germany went from a liberal democracy to a fascist, totalitarian, racist state,” Khan…
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Modi’s ‘huge, nuclear-armed’ India heading down the path of ‘Nazi Germany’, Pakistani PM Khan says
rt.com | 2020-01-23
India’s current government is taking that country down the same path as Nazi Germany took from a liberal democracy to a “fascist, totalitarian, racist state,” Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said in an interview. | Speaking with Foreign Policy on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Khan expressed fear that Pakistan’s nuclear-armed neighbor was following in the footsteps of Adolf Hitler. | What is happening in India “bears striking resemblance to what happened in Nazi Germany. Between 1930 and 1934, Germany went from a liberal democracy to a fascist, totalitarian, racist state,”
rt.com/news/478942-pakistan-khan-nazi-in…
WHO praises China’s ‘strong action’ to quarantine 11mn in Wuhan as outbreak kills 17, with 95 critical
rt.com | 2020-01-23
The World Health Organization (WHO) has commended China’s swift response to a rapidly moving virus gripping the country, but despite a quick-climbing infection tally, the agency is reluctant to classify it a global health threat. | “What they are doing is a very, very strong measure and with full commitment,” WHO director-general Tedros Ahanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday, referring to Beijing’s shutdown of all public transportation in and out of the city of Wuhan, the viral epicenter. | As of 10am local time, all trains, buses, r…
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Brazil’s Right-Wing Gov’t Charges Journalist Glenn Greenwald with Cybercrimes
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-22
The Brazilian government of Jair Bolsonaro has charged investigative reporter Glenn Greenwald with cybercrimes– offenses he allegedly committed while reporting on the government’s own high-level corruption. Prosecutors claim that the American journalist “helped, encouraged and guided” a group of hackers to gain access to cell phone messages between top government figures, using the information to undermine the image of Brazil’s anti-co…
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro government charges journalist Glenn Greenwald with “cybercrimes”
wsws.org | 2020-01-22
The trumped-up charges against Greenwald by Bolsonaro’s fascistic government are of a piece with the global assault on free speech and democratic rights and the jailing of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/22/gree…
Bolsonaro’s Brazil Says Glenn Greenwald’s Journalism Is a Cybercrime
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-22
In Brazil, federal prosecutors have filed a criminal complaint against journalist and Intercept co-founder Glenn Greenwald in connection to a major investigation he spearheaded that exposed misconduct among federal prosecutors and a former judge. Called “The Secret Brazil Archive,” the series of pieces published in The Intercept and The Intercept Brasil used a trove of documents to offer new and damning insight into the sweeping anti-corruption campaign that brought down former President Luiz Inácio Lula…
truthout.org/video/bolsonaros-brazil-say…
Brazilian prosecutors target journalist Glenn Greenwald for ‘cybercrimes’
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-22
Glenn Greenwald is accused of being involved in the hacking of communications of senior government officials. His reports exposed the conspiracy between Brazil’s current justice minister, Sergio Moro, and the Federal Prosecutor’s Office against former president Lula…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/22/brazilian…
Charges against Glenn Greenwald are a threat to press freedom everywhere
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2020-01-22
On 21 January, Brazilian federal prosecutors charged American journalist Glenn Greenwald for “cybercrimes”. The prosecutors claim that Greenwald “helped, encouraged and guided” a group of hackers who leaked deeply embarrassing information about the Brazilian government. The move has shocked journalists and press freedom advocates worldwide. | Lava Jato: | Greenwald is co-founder of the Intercep…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/…
Witnesses testify that CIA spied on Assange and his lawyers
wsws.org | 2020-01-22
This evidence alone requires the US extradition case to be thrown out of court on the grounds of illegality.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/22/ucgl…
SEP to hold public meeting in Canada to demand freedom for Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-01-22
The Socialist Equality Party (Canada) is holding a public meeting in Montreal on Sunday, February 2 to fight for the freedom of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, oppose war, and defend democratic rights.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/22/cnas…
OPCW investigator testifies at UN that no chemical attack took place in Douma, Syria
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-22
In testimony before the United Nations Security Council, former OPCW inspection team leader and engineering expert Ian Henderson stated that…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/22/ian-henderson…
Ending Militarization Of Our Communities
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-22
From Stop The Militarization of Police Facebook page In recent weeks Popular Resistance has focused on the escalation of US militarism around the world, especially in the Middle East with the assassination of General Soleimani, US troops staying in Syria to take their oil and the US refusing to leave Iraq despite being asked to leave. …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/ending-milita…
The Saudi Hacking Scandal Is Much Bigger Than Anyone Realizes
Juan Cole | truthdig.com | 2020-01-22
The revelation that the Saudi Crown Prince is linked to the hacking of Jeff Bezos’ phone points to larger ways Trump is reshaping the globe.
truthdig.com/articles/the-saudi-hacking-…
20 points to understand the drama of the right-wing opposition in Venezuela
Joao Pedro Stedile | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-22
The honeymoon of the Venezuelan right-wing opposition is definitively over. While one year ago, the different opposition sectors rallied behind Juan Guaidó in his self-proclaimed presidential ambitions, for the past several months the sectors have been embroiled in controversies over corruption and embezzlement. This cumulated in the loss of support for Guaidó as president of the National Assembly and the election of opposition legislator Luis Parra as president of the Assembly on January 5. | What happened to bring about this conflict and what is happening in Venezuela now? Joà£o Pedro Stedile, a member of…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/22/20-points…
The “Evolving” Scotty Morrison From Marketing
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-22
In a previous CounterPunch piece I mentioned a scathing adage regarding Australian prime minister Scott Morrison, a former PR executive, making the rounds in Australian social media: you can take Scotty out of marketing, but you can’t take the marketing out of Scotty. When he became PM last May ScoMo (as he is also known)…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/22/the-evolving…
Climate Change Will Alter Sports Forever
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-22
Australian Open competitors had to fight through wildfire smoke in their qualifying rounds. Political sportswriter Dave Zirin says we’re about to see how the climate crisis will permanently change the way we play sports.
therealnews.com/stories/climate-change-s…
Australia: Thousands protest government inaction on bushfires and climate change
wsws.org | 2020-01-22
The organisers of the Melbourne demonstration provided no way forward beyond the confines of the capitalist system that has led to environmental destruction.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/22/rall…
World’s Super Rich Meet in Davos to Discuss the Climate Change Problem they Created
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-22
Research has shown that the people most responsible for a warming planet were disproportionately the same people attending the summit and an increasing number of observers see climate change, inequality and capitalism as bound together.
mintpressnews.com/worlds-super-wealthy-d…
‘Many May Not Return’: An interview with two actors
Teresa del Carmen Gonzalez | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-22
LONG BEACH, Calif.–The anti-war play Many May Not Return, by David Trujillo, touches on current political issues and global events, such as this being an election year, the recent assassination in Iraq of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani by U.S. troops, which created the black cloud of war hanging over the future. These are signs of …
peoplesworld.org/article/many-may-not-re…
A highschooler’s analysis: “The U.S. working class says hands off Iran”
Max Herschman | liberationnews.org | 2020-01-22
A version of this article was originally published January 15, 2020 at the Daily Olivian, the student newspaper of Oliver Ames High School in Easton, Massachusetts. Liberation News is republishing this piece by Max Herschman to highlight the organizing work of young people and students in this revived anti-war movement. On January 3, Donald Trump …
liberationnews.org/a-highschoolers-analy…
Trump At Davos: “The Great American Comeback”
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
The theme of Trump’s second Davos speech during his presidency was what he described at the beginning of his talk as “The Great American Comeback”, a point that he returned to time and again to emphasize the fact that he …
globalresearch.ca/trump-davos-american-c…
The People of Colombia are Cracking the Walls of War and Authoritarianism
Justin Podur | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-22
The protests that started with the national strike called by Colombia’s central union on November 21 to protest pension reforms and the broken promises of the peace accords have persisted for two months and grown into a protest against the whole establishment. And the protests have continued into the new year and show no signs…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/22/the-people-o…
Protests Continue In Colombia Against Ivan Duque’s Policies
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-22
Several clashes between demonstrators and the police took place during rallies in Bogotá and several regions of the country, in the context of a day of protest in Colombia, where isolated cases of repression were reported. | RELATED: | One More Social Leader Killed In Colombia, 21 So Far in 2020 | The most serious incident happened in Bogota, when a g…
telesurenglish.net/news/mobilizations-co…
10 protesters killed in violent crackdown by Iraqi security forces
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-22
Nearly 150 protesters were also injured in the crackdown by security forces on Monday and Tuesday. Since the beginning of the protests on October 1, 2019, more than 500 people have been killed and over 25,000 injured…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/22/10-protes…
Colombia demonstrations resume demanding dignity for the people and end to right-wing violence
Mario Murcia | liberationnews.org | 2020-01-22
Major national protests took place across Colombia January 21 within the context of the national strike movement that began on November 21.
liberationnews.org/colombia-demonstratio…
US Officials Admit Covert Tech Program Is Fueling Iran Protests
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
After major protests hit multiple cities across Iran in November following a drastic government slash in gasoline subsidies which quickly turned anti-regime, broad internet outages were reported
UK: Johnson government plans draconian new anti-terror laws
wsws.org | 2020-01-22
Patel’s announcement comes after it was revealed that dozens of left-wing and environmental protest groups are included in a counter-terrorism “guidance document.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/22/terr…
How Are Iran and the “Axis of the Resistance” Affected by the US Assassination of Soleimani?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
The US President Donald Trump assassinated the commander of the “Axis of the Resistance”, the (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps) IRGC
Busting Cold War propaganda: what China is really like
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-22
Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Danny Haiphong, a contributing editor at the Black Agenda Report, about his recent,…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/22/busting-pro-w…
Busting pro-war propaganda: what China is really like
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-22
Red Lines host Anya Parampil speaks with Danny Haiphong, a contributing editor at the Black Agenda Report, about his…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/22/busting-pro-w…
US Violated Unspoken Rule of Engagement with Iran
Prof. As’ad AbuKhalil | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Something big and unprecedented has happened in the Middle East after the assassination of one of Iran’s top commanders, Qasim Suleimani. | The U.S. has long assumed that assassinations of major figures in the Iranian “resistance-axis” in the Middle East …
globalresearch.ca/us-violated-unspoken-r…
The Obama Legacy: Reform Versus Revolution
John O’Kane | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-22
Those factions of the Democratic party which worked so hard in 2016 to sabotage Bernie Sanders’ chances for the nomination have been nervous for some time about the persistent popularity of the progressive agenda. We’ve been witnessing the blowback from this assault. The arrival of the “squad” in 2018 and Warren’s addition to the slate of candidates for the upcoming election are striking symptoms, unthinkable without the Sanders’ “revolution.”
counterpunch.org/2020/01/22/the-obama-le…
#TelltheTruthJoe Trends as Sanders Video Shows Biden Record on Social Security
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-22
After Joe Biden’s campaign Tuesday night released an online video accusing the campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders of unleashing a “barrage of negative attacks” and “not telling the truth” about the former vice president’s record on Social Security, the hashtag #TelltheTruthJoe began trending on social media and Sanders himself shot back by saying…
truthout.org/articles/tellthetruthjoe-tr…
US Style Democracy: Chronology of Bolivia’s ‘Slow Motion’ Coup
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-22
On Sunday, November 10, 2019, Bolivia’s Armed Forces Commander Williams Kaliman “recommended” President Evo Morales to present his resignation. | RELATED: | Bolivia: MAS Presidential Candidate Becomes Target of Lawfare | This was one of the last crucial moments in a coup d’etat that began long ago with the backing of the United States government and with the active participation of the Organization of American States (OAS). On that day, the Bolivian extreme right opened the door…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Style-Democra…
Evo Morales Celebrates 14th Anniversary of Cultural Revolution
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-22
The democratically elected president of Bolivia Evo Morales celebrated on Wednesday the 14th anniversary of the “Democratic and Cultural Revolution, and the Plurinational State Day,” as social movements prepare several mobilizations in Bolivian territory to request the restoration of democracy. | RELATED: | Bolivia: MAS Presidential Candidate Becomes Target of Lawfare | “We are the unstoppable force of a people that has decided never to go back. We have shown that another Bolivia…
telesurenglish.net/news/Evo-Morales-Cele…
At Davos 2020, Trump dismissive of climate change concerns
Deutsche Welle | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-22
U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed the concerns of environmental activists as “pessimism” in a speech to political and business leaders at the start of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos on Tuesday. Climate change and global warming are topping the agenda at this year’s annual meeting in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, with activists at odds with …
peoplesworld.org/article/at-davos-2020-t…
Canada: One-Third of Prison Population is Indigenous
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-22
Though Indigenous people account for only five percent of the general Canadian population, they represent more than 30 percent of the detainees in the country’s prisons, a report released Tuesday by a federal watchdog revealed. | RELATED: | Deportations of Migrant Families in US Rose by 110% in 2019 | The correctional investigator of Canada Ivan Zinger described what he called “the Indigenization of Cana…
telesurenglish.net/news/Indigenous-in-Ca…
Mexico Begins Flying, Busing Migrants Back to Honduras
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-22
CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico
Executive Power: Alan Dershowitz’s Imagination Versus the Constitution
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-22
“The Constitution,” Alan Dershowitz claims, “allocates to the president sole authority over foreign policy (short of declaring war or signing a treaty).” Dershowitz makes that claim by way of defending US president Donald Trump against conviction in the Senate on two articles of impeachment. More specifically, he disputes the Government Accountability Office’s claim that Trump…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/22/executive-po…
Andrew Johnson Was a Racist President Facing Impeachment. Sound Familiar?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-22
After a nearly 13-hour marathon session, the U.S. Senate approved by a party-line vote the rules for the impeachment trial of President Trump. This marks just the third presidential impeachment trial in U.S. history. The Senate trial comes a month after the House impeached Trump for pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political rival Joe Biden. Under the rules, each side will be given 24 hours over a three-day period for opening arguments. Senators also agreed to automatically admit evidence from t…
truthout.org/video/andrew-johnson-was-a-…
For the First Time, Majority of US Wants the Senate to Remove Trump From Office
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-22
A new CNN poll reveals for the first time that a majority of Americans want President Donald Trump to be impeached and removed from office. | The survey, which was conducted by SSRS, also reveals that 69 percent of respondents think the president’s upcoming Senate trial should feature witnesses who did not testify before the House impeachment inquiry. | Notably, this is the first prominent phone poll…
truthout.org/articles/for-the-first-time…
First the Trial, Then the Evidence? Impeachment in Wonderland
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-22
In a scene straight out of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the GOP-controlled Senate has refused to allow timely testimony from witnesses who had front row seats to Donald Trump’s abuse of power. The senators voted 53-47, strictly along party lines, to table any possible discussion of whether to allow witnesses and documentary evidence until six days of legal arguments and two days of senator questioning had occurred. That means the parties will argue the case and senators will ask questions before they eve…
truthout.org/articles/first-the-trial-th…
Trump Impeachment Trial Now on Fast Track With Rules Set
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-22
WASHINGTON
House impeachment managers make case for removal of the president
John Wojcik | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-22
Undaunted by GOP attempts to stage a sham trial the Democratic House impeachment managers used time Tuesday that Republicans had hoped would embroil them in procedural arguments to instead lay out a clear narrative of why Trump should be removed from office. They made a convincing argument that Trump is continuing today the abuses of …
peoplesworld.org/article/house-impeachme…
Senate adopts rules for quick impeachment trial of President Trump
wsws.org | 2020-01-22
The statements on the Senate floor by both the lawyers for Trump and the House impeachment managers made clear the right-wing, antidemocratic politics of both warring factions.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/22/impe…
Challenging the Flawed Premise Behind Pushing GMOs into Indian Agriculture
Colin Todhunter | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-22
A common claim is that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are essential to agriculture if we are to feed an ever-growing global population. Supporters of genetically engineered (GE) crops argue that by increasing productivity and yields, this technology will also help boost farmers’ incomes and lift many out of poverty. Although in this article it will…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/22/challenging-…
How Western Left Media Helped Legitimate US Regime Change in Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | fair.org | 2020-01-22
In Jacobin ( 2/5/19)… | It’s been a year since Juan Guaidó began his US-anointed mandate as “interim president” of Venezuela. | Following the opposition leader’s failure to secure reelection as National Assembly president this month, Washington and its corporate media stenographers have hysterically decried a “coup” (FAIR.org, 1/10/20) against the coup…
fair.org/home/how-western-left-media-hel…
Trump Downplays US Casualties from Iranian Attack
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-22
Dozens of U.S. troops were withdrawn from Iraq this week after 11 soldiers were wounded during the Iranian attack on two bases, a U.S. official told Reuters on the condition of anonymity. | RELATED: | Iraqi President Meets With Trump to Discuss US Withdrawal | According to the official that spoke to Reuters on Wednesday, the soldiers were transported from Iraq to the U.S. military bases in Germany. | Meanwhile, earlier in the day, U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters during t…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Downplays-…
Europe dispatches naval flotilla to threaten Iran, Syria
wsws.org | 2020-01-22
A French aircraft carrier and European naval flotillas will patrol strategic Middle East waters that are critical to the global oil trade.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/22/char…
Former Nuremberg War Crimes Prosecutor on the Immoral Killing of the Iranian General
Benjamin B. Ferencz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
*** | To the Editor: | Now in my hundredth year, I cannot remain silent. I entered the United States in January 1921 as a poor immigrant boy, and I have felt obliged to repay the United States for the opportunities given …
globalresearch.ca/former-nuremberg-war-c…
The Members of Congress Who Profit from War
David Moore | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Sludge produces investigative journalism on lobbying and money in politics. The American Prospect is re-publishing this article. | It was shortly after midnight in Baghdad on Friday, Jan. 3, when a missile strike ordered by President Trump killed Iranian General Qassem …
globalresearch.ca/members-congress-profi…
Iraqi President Meets With Trump to Discuss US Withdrawal
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-22
The Iraqi President, Barham Salih, met with his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump, in Davos on Wednesday to discuss a number of topics, including the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq. | RELATED: | At Least 10 Killed in Two Days of Violence Across Iraq | According to the Iraqi President’s office, Salih called on Trump to respect the demands of the Iraqi people and begin withdrawing the U.S. Armed Forces from his country. | “During the meeting, reducing foreign troops and the importa…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iraqi-President-…
Growing fears of global debt crisis
wsws.org | 2020-01-22
As the global oligarchy assembles at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, there are mounting warnings signs that global debt, fuelled by cheap money from central banks, is a ticking time bomb.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/22/debt…
Guaido’s Last Ride
Daniel McAdams | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Remember Juan Guaido? Just a year ago the Venezuelan politician, unknown even in his own country, was tapped by the US government to lead a coup against the elected government of Nicolas Maduro. In a phone call with …
globalresearch.ca/guaido-last-ride/57013…
Greece: Islanders Stage General Strike in Support of Refugees
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-22
Authorities and residents of the Greek islands of Samos, Lesbos, and Chios Wednesday held a general strike demanding Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis to implement real solutions to the overcrowding in refugee camps. | RELATED: | Greece: 1,200 More Guards To ‘Shut The Door’ On Migrants | …
telesurenglish.net/news/Greece-Islanders…
The Trump Administration Just Opened a New Immigrant Prison in Rural Michigan
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-22
From his office at the Cristo Rey Church in Lansing, Mich., Oscar Castañeda runs a campaign against a new federal immigrant prison, part of President Donald Trump’s escalation of immigration enforcement. | In May 2019, the Trump administration awarded a ten-year, $398 million contract to The GEO Group, the largest private prison corporation in the country, to reopen a shu…
truthout.org/articles/the-trump-administ…
UN Investigates Saudi Arabia ‘Hacking’ Jeff Bezos’s Phone
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-22
United Nations experts have announced that they have information that proves the “possible participation” of prince Mohammad bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, in the ‘hacking’ of the phone of Jeff Bezos, founder and executive director of Amazon, in 2018. | RELATED: | Saudi Arabia Pays the US $500 Million to Host Their Troops | In a joint statement, Agnes Callamard and David Kaye, UN representatives in charge of extrajudicial killings and for freedom of expression, respectively, demand…
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UN Investigates Saudi Arabia ‘Hacking’ Jeff Bezos’s Phone
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-22
United Nations experts have announced that they have information that proves the “possible participation” of prince Mohamed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, in the ‘hacking’ of the phone of Jeff Bezos, founder and executive director of Amazon, in 2018. | RELATED: | Saudi Arabia Pays the US $500 Million to Host Their Troops | In a joint statement, Agnes Callamard and David Kaye, UN representatives in charge of extrajudicial killings and for freedom of expression, respectively, demande…
telesurenglish.net/news/un-investigates-…
Imperialism in Africa: France steps up as U.S. threatens to withdraw
G. Dunkel | workers.org | 2020-01-22
The Hill, a newspaper that chronicles the role of Congress in backing U.S. imperialism, reported Jan. 20 that Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has likely decided to withdraw U.S. troops from former French colonies in Africa. The withdrawals “could include abandoning a recently built $110 million drone base in Niger . . . | Continue reading Imperialism in Africa: France steps up as U.S. threatens to withdraw at Workers.org…
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Video: Dozens Army Troops Killed, Injured in Idlib Clashes
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
46 Syrian service members have been killed and 77 were wounded in recent clashes with radical militants in Greater Idlib in the period from January 16 to January 19, the Russian Reconciliation Center reported. According to the report, 57 civilians …
globalresearch.ca/video-dozens-army-troo…
Tulsi Gabbard Files Defamation Suit Against Hillary Clinton
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-22
NEW YORK
OPCW Inspector Debunks Doctored Syria Report. “The Chemical Weapons Incident That Never Occurred”
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Last November, WikiLeaks published information from an OPCW whistleblower. | A member of its fact finding mission to Douma, Syria, he expressed grave “concern over intentional bias introduced to a redacted version of the report he co-authored.” | The OPCW’s so-called Fact …
globalresearch.ca/opcw-inspector-debunks…
“Roe v. Wade” Is Being Chipped Away. Will We Lose It Altogether This Year?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-22
Just four years after the Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt decision strengthened the precedent and promise of 1973’s Roe v. Wade, Louisiana’s medically unnecessary regulation, Act 620, has given the Supreme Court the opportunity to weaken or outright overturn federal protections for abor…
truthout.org/articles/roe-v-wade-is-bein…
Saudi Crown Prince Likely Used Israeli Spyware to Hack Bezos’ Phone: UN Experts
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-22
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WHO Extends Emergency Talks Over Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-22
GENEVA, Jan. 22 – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday night postponed determining whether the novel coronavirus outbreak in China constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) to Thursday. | “The decision is one I take extremely seriously and one I am only prepared to make with appropriate consideration of all the evidence,” WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. | “This is an evolving and complex situation,” he added. “Our team in China is working with local experts and officials to investigate the outbreak.” | He was sp…
telesurenglish.net/news/WHO-Extends-Emer…
Cases of New Viral Respiratory Illness Rise Sharply in China
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-22
World health agency weighs global emergency declaration as coronavirus infects more than 400 people, killing at least 17 in Wuhan outbreak.
truthdig.com/articles/cases-of-new-viral…
Death Toll Rises in China as Flu-Like Virus Global Panic
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-22
The death toll for a flu-like virus that hit China’s Hubei province has risen to 17, Chinese state televeision stated on Wednesday, citing a report from the provincial government. | RELATED: | Officials Confirm First U.S. Case Of Coronavirus From China | According to Chinese state television, the provincial government in Hubei has confirmed that the total cases of the coronavirus has risen to 444. The virus itself first emerged on Tuesday at 8 P.M. local time, as it hit the provin…
telesurenglish.net/news/Death-Toll-Rises…
The Real Megxit Deal
John Davis | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-22
In a move that reflects the time-worn pathologies of powerful aristocratic families, the House of Windsor has agreed to allow the Queen’s grandson, Harry, currently sixth in line to the throne, and his California-born wife, Meghan, to leave the family business (The Firm) and attempt to establish independent lives in Canada, a former colony which remains a member of the British Commonwealth. This represents their exile from the territorial, ceremonial, financial, and emotional heart of the royal family.
counterpunch.org/2020/01/22/the-real-meg…
“The Cops & the Klan Go Hand in Hand!”
Martin Billheimer | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-22
Back in 1979, the American Nazi Party and the KKK gunned down five members of the Communist Workers Party in Greensboro, NC. Present with the fascists were a turncoat Klansman/ COINTELPRO node named Ed Dawson and an FBI mole, Bernard Butkovich. Though these men knew that the Klan were armed and desirous of a gunfight,…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/22/the-cops-the…
Terence Hallinan: Fighter for the People and for the Legalization of Marijuana
Jonah Raskin | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-22
Terence Hallinan is dead at 83, but his spirit goes marching on in San Francisco and way beyond the city where he practiced law and served as district attorney for seven years. As the son of Reds during the Cold War and McCarthy years, I felt a natural affinity with Terence and also a sense…
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Egypt and the Destruction of Civil Liberties in America
Jacob G. Hornberger | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-22
There are lots of things wrong with the conviction and incarceration of 54-year-old Mustafa Kassem, who died last week in Egypt. Kassen was an American citizen who drove a taxi in New York City. He had two children. In 2013, the Egyptian military ousted the democratically elected president of the country, which reestablished its omnipotent…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/22/egypt-and-th…
The Media and the Military Mindset
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-22
U.S. national media have been lazy in their treatment of our military–pandering to the military itself and using retired general officers with ties to the military-industrial complex as spokesmen. The United States is largely in an arms race with itself, but the media typically ignore bloated defense spending. It is past time to reinforce Martin Luther King’s address to the Riverside Church in 1967 that linked chronic domestic poverty and military adventurism.
counterpunch.org/2020/01/22/the-media-an…
Washington Desperation Drives Nuclear Proliferation
Ulson Gunnar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
A cornered animal is a dangerous animal. For the elite in Washington, with the terminal decline of their “American Century” and the global empire it built during it, they find themselves in a most unaccommodating corner and thus have become …
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Saudi Prince Implicated in Bezos’ Phone Hack, U.N. Experts Say
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-22
An immediate inquiry is sought amid findings Mohammed bin Salman appears to have had access to Washington Post owner’s private messages.
truthdig.com/articles/saudi-prince-impli…
Clearview AI facial recognition tool being used by more than 600 US police agencies
wsws.org | 2020-01-22
The facial recognition technology company claims that its app can identify anyone within seconds by submitting a photo of them into their database of 3 billion facial photos.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/22/face…
The Uber-Rich’s Preferred Means of Fending Off the Masses
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-22
I’m guessing that being rich is a comfortable feeling
Structural Racism in Medicine Worsens the Health of Black Women and Infants
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-22
The United States has one of the most abysmal maternal health records among industrialized nations, and Black women bear a disproportionate share of the burden. | U.S. women are two to three times more likely to die than women in Canada from the start of pregnan…
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Brazil’s minister of culture fired after fascist speech plagiarizing Joseph Goebbels
wsws.org | 2020-01-22
Alvim delivered his speech flanked by a Brazilian flag and a cross and with a Wagner opera that was reportedly Hitler’s favorite playing in the background.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/22/nazi…
Democratic Party establishment wages war on Sanders
wsws.org | 2020-01-22
The public and vicious campaign by Democratic Party leaders against Sanders only underscores the political bankruptcy of his perspective of reforming this organization.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/22/pers…
Hard Evidence on Torture and Ill-Treatment Against Palestinian Detainees at Israeli Interrogation Centers
Addameer | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Since its creation, the occupying state developed and enforced laws and practices that led to both the systematic use of torture and to absolute impunity for the perpetrator of this crime. There has never been any individual or agency held …
globalresearch.ca/addameer-collects-hard…
Honouring Martin Luther King Jr
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Thirty-two years ago this month, I was arrested sitting-in and blocking the entrance of the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC. The embassy was hosting an event that evening in honour of Martin Luther King Jr. Looking back at what …
globalresearch.ca/honouring-martin-luthe…
Guantanamo: An Enduring Symbol of US Islamophobia
Maha Hilal | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Nothing hits you harder than realising you’ve been singled out for differential treatment. | This is how I felt as a Muslim American when I learned about the opening of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. It was 2002, and what would …
globalresearch.ca/guantanamo-symbol-us-i…
The Bee: “The Most Important Living Being on the Planet”
Physics and Astronomy Zone | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Important article first published by GR in September 2019 | Its sting hurts a lot, but if they were to disappear, it would hurt much more. | The Earthwatch Institute concluded in the last debate of the Royal Geographical Society of London, …
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US Foreign Interventionism and the Disappearance of Classical Liberalism
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
American governments have intervened in dozens of countries globally since 1945, either directly by military invasions, indirectly through funding of elite opposition groups and stimulation of unrest, or covertly from its special services such as the CIA. | The level of …
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Despite Limitations, Cuba’s State Budget Maintains Its Eminently Social Focus
Yudy Castro Morales | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
The planned budget for 2020 is based on principles of conservation and rationality in expenditures, and maximizing income, mobilizing all untapped potential that exists in the economy, stated Vladimir Regueiro Ale, first deputy minister of Finances and Prices, during …
globalresearch.ca/despite-limitations-cu…
Replant the American Dream. “Your USA Today is The World’s Most Hated Nation”. Why?
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Some years ago, David Ignatius wrote an article in the Washington Post titled, ‘Replant the American Dream’ (1), in which he told of travelling the world as a foreign correspondent some 35 years ago, and how he believed that as …
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Selected Articles: 50 Years of The Davos World Economic Forum
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Trump At Davos: “The Great American Comeback” | By Andrew Korybko, January 22, 2020 | The theme of Trump’s second Davos speech during his presidency was what he described at the beginning of his talk as “The Great American Comeback”, a …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-trum…
Florida man stabs & kills ‘pro-Trump’ boss, drapes American flag over his body
rt.com | 2020-01-22
A Florida construction worker outspokenly critical of President Donald Trump has been accused of killing his pro-Trump boss during a heated debate over politics, and using a brand-new Old Glory to cover the corpse. | Mason Trever Toney, 28, was arrested Monday on charges of murdering his boss William Knight, also 28, at a construction site in central Florida’s Orange County. | Knight was described as a “proud and outspoken American” who was open about his support of Trump, according to the arrest affidavit filed by sheriff’s deputies. Toney, on the other hand, had spoken in the past about his distaste for the…
rt.com/usa/478837-trump-boss-killed-flor…
Scientists find Earth’s oldest asteroid crater from 2.229 BILLION years ago which ‘may have ended an ice age’
rt.com | 2020-01-22
An innocuous crater in Yarrabubba, Western Australia has been identified as the oldest known extraterrestrial impact site on Earth, with researchers calculating that the natural structure dates back a whopping 2.229 billion years. | Researchers from Curtin University tested minerals found in rocks at the site. The zircon and monazite crystals in the rocks themselves contain tiny amounts of uranium, and by measuring the uranium’s very specifically-timed decay into lead, the team was able to calculate exactly how old the crater is. | | © NASA | The 70 kilometer (43 miles) diameter crater was actually disc…
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‘Without it we will die’: Denied expensive medication for 3yrs, Russian family fights (and wins) against rare genetic disease
rt.com | 2020-01-22
Diagnosed with a genetic disease that slowly eats away vital organs, and brushed aside by health bureaucrats, a family in Nizhny Novgorod have fought to obtain a crucial but expensive drug
Advice from Trump: US is clean & beautiful, Greta; please go and fight those trashing the Pacific Ocean
rt.com | 2020-01-22
When President Donald Trump mentioned Swedish ecological activist Greta Thunberg, everybody held their breath. However, he kept his cool, simply telling her not to focus on America’s environmental issues and focus on other places. | Some environmental enthusiasts looked forward to the World Economic Forum the way sports fans wait in anticipation for a big game. US President Donald Trump and Swedish ecological activist Greta Thunberg, two irreconcilable eco-rivals, were given the opportunity and venue to duel it out over climate change. | On Tuesday, Thunberg blamed world leaders for the “inaction” which is fue…
rt.com/news/478889-trump-greta-us-climat…
Migrant caravan shrinks at Guatemala-Mexico border amid deportations
rt.com | 2020-01-22
The number of migrants stuck at the Guatemala-Mexico border continues to dwindle as detentions chip away at what remains of the latest caravan, AP reports. | The first buses of migrants left Tecun Uman, Guatemala overnight to repatriate migrants to their countries. On Tuesday, Mexico began flying and busing hundreds of migrants who had crossed into the country back to Honduras. | Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador recognized the success of his government’s strategy on Wednesday, noting that many of the migrants had begun to voluntarily return to their countries. | US Department of Homeland Security…
rt.com/newsline/478914-migrant-caravan-g…
Senate approves Trump impeachment trial rules after grueling 12-hour session
rt.com | 2020-01-22
Senate Republicans have pushed through ground rules for President Trump’s impeachment trial, ending more than 12 hours of contentious debate with their Democratic rivals over guidelines for the proceedings. | Approved by a party-line vote of 53 to 47, the rules give House prosecutors and Trump’s legal team 24 hours each to argue their cases for and against impeachment. The opening statements are scheduled to begin on Wednesday afternoon. | After each side makes their case, senators will have 16 hours to submit questions in writing. The Senate will then consider subpoenaing witnesses or relevant documents. | Al…
rt.com/usa/478859-trump-impeachment-rule…
Trump meets Khan, reiterates unwarranted offer to ‘help’ Pakistan & India over Kashmir
rt.com | 2020-01-22
US President Donald Trump has again floated the idea that Washington could referee talks between India and Pakistan to resolve the dispute over Kashmir, but Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan didn’t appear to bite. | Trump reiterated the offer at a meeting with Khan on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Tuesday, calling the PM his “friend” and making yet another attempt to insert the US into the Kashmir row. | “We’re talking about Kashmir … if we can help, we certainly will be helping. We’ve been watching that and following it very, very closely,” Trump said. | #PrimeMiniste…
rt.com/news/478845-trump-khan-kashmir-he…
Muddle-Eastern diplomacy: White House confuses Iran and Iraq in YouTube blunder
rt.com | 2020-01-22
As President Donald Trump sat down with the world’s movers and shakers at Davos, White House staff clearly weren’t paying much attention, mistaking Iraqi President Barham Salih for his Iranian counterpart. | “President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the President of the Republic of Iran,” the title of a YouTube video published by the White House on Wednesday proclaimed. | Hell had not frozen over, however, and Trump had not secretly met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani unbeknownst to the world’s media. Instead, the video clearly showed Trump meeting with Iraqi President Barham Salih. | Ira…
rt.com/usa/478894-white-house-iran-iraq/
Can cryptocurrencies protect countries from US sanctions? RT’s Boom Bust finds out
rt.com | 2020-01-22
RT’s Boom Bust has sat in with the CEO of cryptocurrency aggregator Bitsian to discuss how nations facing tough US sanctions have been exploring cryptocurrencies in attempt to shield their economies from damage. | “These countries are looking at this as a way to avoid sanctions, but also these are countries, where their own sovereign currencies are facing huge amount of devaluation and lack of trust by their own people,” Raakhee Miller told Boom Bust. | The CEO said that countries such as Venezuela and Iran face a “flight-to-quality” so bitcoin becomes more trustworthy for people to keep their assets. Howev…
rt.com/business/478899-cryptocurrencies-…
The thin line between fashion & bad taste: Most bizarre figure skating costumes of all time (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-01-22
With the great variety of programs staged in figure skating, athletes’ scrupulously chosen outfits are an inseparable part of the image they try to portray on the ice. But sometimes their fashion choices leave fans astonished. | RT Sport recalls the most bizarre figure skating outfits which either spiced up or completely ruined their programs, making them literally unforgettable in every sense. | OKSANA DOMNINA AND MAXIM SHABALIN: ABORIGINAL COSTUMES | Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin were one of the most remarkable ice-dancing duets of Russia, with memorable routines and perfectly matched music being their f…
rt.com/sport/478918-figure-skating-bizar…
‘Obvious malicious intent’: Tulsi Gabbard hits Clinton with defamation suit over ‘Russian asset’ smear
rt.com | 2020-01-22
Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard is suing two-time White House runner-up Hillary Clinton over her claim that Gabbard was a “Russian asset,” alleging that the lie hurt not just her campaign but the entire election. | Clinton “lied about her perceived rival Tulsi Gabbard… publicly, unambiguously, and with obvious malicious intent” when she claimed Gabbard was “the favorite of the Russians,” the campaign alleges in the suit, filed on Wednesday in the federal Southern Di…
rt.com/usa/478916-tulsi-russian-asset-cl…
New Russian government: Lavrov & Shoigu remain, but PM Mishustin appoints many fresh faces
rt.com | 2020-01-22
Russia’s new Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has announced his first cabinet. It doesn’t amount to a radical overhaul, but there are new, and younger, appointees and some well-known ministers have been replaced. | Sergey Lavrov and Sergey Shoigu held on to their “big beast” positions, which suggests foreign and defense policy won’t change much. The cabinet retained 12 people from the outgoing one and replaced nine positions, bringing down the average age of ministers down to 50 years. Here are the new faces of Mishustin’s cabinet. | First Deputy Prime Minister Andrey Belousov (replaces Anton Siluanov) A Musco…
rt.com/russia/478843-new-mishustin-gover…
Chinese authorities lock down Wuhan as killer virus spreads
rt.com | 2020-01-22
Authorities in the Chinese city of Wuhan, where the 2019 novel coronavirus originated, have closed public transport networks and advised residents not to leave the city. The flu-like virus continues to spread and has killed 17 people there, with more than 500 people infected on the Chinese mainland. Local transportation networks, airports and train stations in Wuhan will be closed from 10am on Thursday morning, state media reported on Wednesday. The government has also asked citizens not to leave the city except in special circumstances. | Cases have also been confirmed in the US, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, a…
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