2020-01-21: News Headlines

The Canary (2020-01-21). Young people making climate change 'hot topic', Greta Thunberg tells Davos elite. thecanary.co Greta Thunberg was among four young climate activists to challenge the elites gathered at the World Economic Forum for not doing enough to deal with the climate emergency and warned them that time was running out.At a panel in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, the four said they hoped their generation had found its voice and can work with those in power to bring about the necessary change to limit climate change.Yet Thunberg said not enough has been done. | "We need to start listening to the science, and treat this crisis with the importance it deserves," said the 17-year-old, just as US president Donald Trump was a…

sputniknews (2020-01-21). Indian Education Minister to JNU Students: Drop Demands for Vice Chancellor's Resignation. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): Jawaharlal Nehru University, one of India's most prestigious, has been witnessing a series of protests which started with the students demanding a roll back of feed hikes and even caused a violent attack on protesting students by masked thugs, leaving over 30 students injured.

UPWA & Defend Public Education NOW! (2020-01-21). Speak-Out Against Another Charter School on Radioactive SF Treasure Island. indybay.org Room 400 | San Francisco City Hall…

Graham Peebles (2020-01-21). Education: Expanding Purpose. counterpunch.org As the world stumbles from one crisis to another it is increasingly apparent that existing systems and institutions are incapable of responding to the challenges of the time and the growing demands of the people. Creative ways of thinking free from ideology are needed, allowing for a revolution of ideas to take place and new

Wireless Radiation Education and Defense (2020-01-21). Protest 5G-Global Day of Action! indybay.org 2209 Shattuck in front of Verizon, downtown Berkeley and marching to other nearby cellphone stores and to MLK Park.

The Canary (2020-01-21). Small predators 'most at risk' when habitats are converted for human use. thecanary.co Small predators like spiders and ladybirds are the most likely to be lost when natural habitats are converted for human use, research suggests. These are creatures that play a A global study on the impact of human land use on different groups of animals found that predators, especially small invertebrates, are the most likely to suffer when natural habitats are transformed to agricultural land or towns and cities. | Also disproportionately affected were small ectotherms…

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-21). US Gov Was Found Guilty In MLK's Assassination, Virginia Update & Israeli Gov "Proof" Of Iran Nukes. thelastamericanvagabond.com 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 (1/20/19). 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 …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-01-21). Attempts to Remove Morales' Memory from Bolivia Will Likely Reinvigorate an Anti-Imperialist Struggle. globalresearch.ca Last Wednesday, the coup government of Bolivia launched a massive military operation claiming to be a pre-emptive strike against the expected violence to occur this Wednesday during Plurinational State Foundation Day celebrations that memorializes the change in the name of …

sputniknews (2020-01-21). Russian Scientists Propose Manned Base on Martian Moon to Control Robots Remotely on Red Planet. sputniknews.com Academics believe a Martian moon base would be considerably cheaper to build than a base on the planet itself, while providing for the real-time control of robots stationed on Mars' surface.

sputniknews (2020-01-21). Could it be Us? UFOs 'May be Piloted by Time-Travelling Humans', Claims Scientist. sputniknews.com While Unidentified Flying Objects, or UFOs are perceived by many as fodder for science fiction blockbusters, one scientist insists they are real, but offers a remarkable theory to prove his point.

sputniknews (2020-01-21). Indian Court Refuses to Lift Ban on Loudspeakers at Mosques in Uttar Pradesh. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): India's apex court in an order in 2000 had ruled that the "right to religious freedom is related to civil order, morality and health. No religion teaches that loudspeakers and amplifiers should be used for prayer. Even if it is done, it should not affect the rights of others."

WSWS (2020-01-21). Northam's Virginia budget: Democrat gives a pittance to workers, lion's share to wealthy. wsws.org The budget would give paltry increases in healthcare subsidies and teacher wages while doing nothing to undercut the state government's support for big business.

Manlio Dinucci (2020-01-21). Os agressores, sà£o agora os responsáveis pela "soberania" da Líbia. globalresearch.ca Na Conferência de Berlim, o Secretário de Estado dos EUA, Mike Pompeo, pediu "o fim da interferência estrangeira na Líbia, o embargo de armas e um cessar-fogo duradouro". O mesmo fizeram a Franàßa, o Reino Unido e a Itália, os …

Manlio Dinucci (2020-01-21). Gli aggressori garanti della ´sovranità ª libica. globalresearch.ca Alla Conferenza di Berlino il segretario di stato Usa Mike Pompeo ha richiesto ´la fine dell'interferenza straniera in Libia, l'embargo sulle armi e un durevole cessate il fuoco ª. Lo stesso hanno fatto Francia, Regno Unito e Italia, gli stessi paesi …

Johannes Stern (2020-01-20). The Libya Conference and "The New Scramble for Africa" globalresearch.ca A major international conference on Libya will convene in Berlin on Sunday. At the invitation of Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, heads of state and top officials of the leading imperialist powers in Europe and the US will come together to …

Edward Curtin (2020-01-20). "Orders to Kill" Dr. Martin Luther King: The Government that Honors MLK with a National Holiday Killed Him. globalresearch.ca Few people, in a massive act of self-deception, have chosen to question the official explanation, choosing, rather, to embrace a mythic fabrication intended to sugarcoat the bitter fruit that has resulted from the murder of the one man capable of leading a mass movement for revolutionary change in the US.

Paul Rogers (2020-01-20). How Mercenaries and Advisers Fight the Wars the UK Won't Own. globalresearch.ca 'Mercenary' is an evocative word, conjuring thoughts of adventure in foreign lands and elastic personal ethics, but probably not the bureaucratic calculations of British foreign policy. That is a tribute to the success of governments in keeping their use of …

James ONeill (2020-01-20). More to the Flight 752 Tragedy than First Appearances Suggest. globalresearch.ca On 3 January 2020 a drone, believed to be operated by the United States, fired a missile upon a convoy of cars departing Baghdad airport, killing at least nine persons. Amongst the victims was Major General Qassem Solemani, a …

Andrew Korybko (2020-01-20). General Haftar Still Holds All the Cards After Berlin's Libya Summit. globalresearch.ca Berlin's Libya summit ended without any real changes to the status quo despite all relevant foreign parties to that country's civil war superficially agreeing to some key points such as the need to abide by the arms embargo and commit …

Dan Carden (2020-01-20). Africa: For-profit Investments Are Not 'Development'. globalresearch.ca This week's

Jack Dalton (2020-01-20). Israel and Bedouins Face Off in the Negev Desert. globalresearch.ca Mohammad Danfiri stands at the edge of his Bedouin family's sheep enclosure in the Negev Desert, looking out at a pair of cell phone towers at the top of a nearby hill. They are situated in an open spot between …

William deBuys (2020-01-20). Making America Great Again in a New Wild West. globalresearch.ca A new Wild West has taken root not far from Tombstone, Arizona, known to many for its faux-historical reenactments of the old West. We're talking about a long, skinny territory — a geographic gerrymander — that stretches east across New …

Great Game India (2020-01-20). How an "International Shadowy Group" Is Influencing India's Food Policy. globalresearch.ca International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), an American nonprofit with an innocuous sounding name has been quietly infiltrating Indian government's health and nutrition bodies influencing India's food policy on behalf of the chemical industry. | New Food Packaging Labeling Rules | Last year …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-20). Trump's Legal Team Responds to Dems Impeachment Scam. globalresearch.ca There's overwhelming just cause to impeach and remove Trump from office for legitimate high crimes. | The same is true for most of his predecessors, along with most current and former congressional members. | The Constitution's Article II, Section 4 states "(t)he …

Tom Clifford (2020-01-20). Is 2020 China's Year of Economic and Political Milestone? globalresearch.ca Just as one New Year's festivities end, another begins. China is set to celebrate the Year of the Rat on January 25. Folklore says it's a good year for business and fertility. But it also marks an economic and …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-01-20). Diminishing Returns: Calculated Misery in Air Travel. globalresearch.ca If there comes a point when people will decide not to fly, the issue may well be less to do with any moral or ethical issue with climate change than the fact that commercial flights have become atrocious. They are …

F. William Engdahl (2020-01-20). The Mad Geopolitics of Israel's EastMed Gas Pipeline. globalresearch.ca At just a time when the world holds its collective breath over risk of a World War over the US assassination of Iran's leading general and other provocations, Israel has chosen to sign a natural gas pipeline deal with Greece …

Carl Herman (2020-01-20). Martin Luther King Day 2020: Memphis, Tenn. Court Decision, U.S. "Government Agencies" Found Guilty in Martin Luther King's Assassination. globalresearch.ca After four weeks of testimony and over 70 witnesses in a civil trial in Memphis, Tennessee, twelve jurors reached a unanimous verdict on December 8, 1999 that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated as a result of a conspiracy.

The Global Research Team (2020-01-20). Support Independent Media: Global Research Needs Your Help. globalresearch.ca At Global Research we have always sought out ways to make the articles we publish accessible to as many people as possible. We want the information on our website to circulate freely which is why we don't use paywalls, you …

Larry Romanoff (2020-01-20). My God and My Glock — The Theology of Guns in America. globalresearch.ca The Glock is a series of semi-automatic pistols designed Austrian manufacturer Glock Ges.m.b.H. | *** | According to Americans, God is a really pro-gun dude. In fact, one pastor of a New Bethel Christian Church gave a sermon where he announced that …

Katrina Manson (2020-01-20). US Boosts Funding of Tech Companies to Help Anti-Tehran Protests. globalresearch.ca US government-funded technology companies have recorded an increase in the use of circumvention software in Iran in recent weeks after boosting efforts to help Iranian anti-regime protesters thwart internet censorship and use secure mobile messaging. | The outreach is part of …

Greg Guma (2020-01-20). How Perception Management Has Wrecked Reality. globalresearch.ca In The Secret Man, Bob Woodward's book about his Watergate source Deep Throat, he notes, "Washington politics and secrets are an entire world of doubt." And that was before Trump and cyberwar. | Even though Woodward knew the identity of his …

Mark Harris (2020-01-20). Better Living Through Glyphosate? Spray Now, Ask Questions Later. counterpunch.org There's a lot of talk in the Trump era about the "war on science." But this war, such as it is, extends far beyond uninformed Republican attacks on climate change science or Donald Trump's mocking insults of Greta Thunberg, the teen climate activist nearly 60 years the old bully's junior. This war involves not only

Peoples Dispatch (2020-01-20). Protests against violence in Sri Lankan university expose government's privatization agenda. peoplesdispatch.org Students of Sri Lanka's University of Colombo are up in arms against the university management after a video circulated on social media showing a student being severely beaten up by a group inside the campus premises, on January 15. Following this attack which took place in a suburb of the capital, twelve students were arrested by the state police and presented before the Colombo Chief Magistrate. They were later released on bail. As per the Colombo National Hospital officials, the injured student has been discharged. | Protesting students claim that they are feeling intimidated by the growing number of confronta…

WSWS (2020-01-20). Ontario teachers to stage regional walkouts, as Ford government escalates threats. wsws.org While the unions are confining teachers to ineffectual one-day regional strikes, Ford and his ministers are plotting to ram through class-size increases and other cuts by outlawing all job action.

True Publica (2020-01-20). Top Government Brexit Advisor's Dire Warning About Future. globalresearch.ca After over three years of chaotic and often bad-tempered negotiations to leave the EU — part one of Britain's bitter separation becomes a reality in just two weeks. | The vast majority of the British public had no idea just how …

Global Research News (2020-01-20). Selected Articles: The Government that Honors MLK with a National Holiday Killed Him. globalresearch.ca SELECTED ARTICLE | | By The Bahraini repression of dissent in 2011-12 caused controversy around the world, but the British government — then a …

RT (2020-01-19). Gremlin in the sky: Pentagon contractor shows maiden flight of its new 'swarm' drone. rt.com Swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles overwhelming enemies' defenses with sheer numbers might soon be part of the US combat strategy. Footage of the first flight of one such drone has just been showcased by a Pentagon contractor. | A video published on YouTube by an applied science and IT company, Dynetics, shows a drone, which looks roughly like a large air-to-surface missile, being drop-launched from under the wing of a US transport Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft. | The drone designated X-61A then releases small wings and ignites its rocket engine, setting off for an autonomous flight. Media reports sugges…

teleSUR (2020-01-19). UK Universities Invested $600m in Israel Crimes: Report. telesurenglish.net British universities have invested almost US$600 million in companies involved in Israeli violations of international law, year-long research from the Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC), reported Sunday by the Middle East Eye, revealed. | RELATED: | At the end of 2019, the PSC made public a

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-19). Revealed Iran's Attack Did Cause Casualties, US/Israeli Cyberattack & Pompeo Threatens The World. thelastamericanvagabond.com 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 (1/18/19). 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 …

Jon Queally, staff writer (2020-01-19). A 2020 Reminder: 55% of US Women Between 18 and 54 Would Rather Live Under Socialism Than Capitalism. commondreams.org Not raving Marxists clamoring for state-run economy, evidence shows four in 10 Americans overall would rather live in country that provides "universal health care, tuition-free education, and a decent day's wage for a decent day's work." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

RT (2020-01-18). 'I thought it was a terrorist attack': California teachers sue Delta after plane showers school children with jet fuel. rt.com Four southern California teachers have filed a lawsuit against Delta Airlines after a Boeing 777 jettisoned its fuel over several schools near Los Angeles, drenching staff and scores of children with the volatile liquid. | Filed on Friday by attorney Gloria Allred, the suit alleges that the crew of Delta Flight 89 was negligent in dumping the fuel when and where it did, arguing the toxic substance led teachers and students to become "sick, dizzy and nauseated," producing "a lasting and severe irritation and a lasting and noxious taste and smell." | "A Delta Airlines pilot flying at a relatively low altitude an…

Shawgi Tell (2020-01-18). Charter Schools Have No Valid Claim to Public Property. dissidentvoice.org Public facilities and infrastructure are produced by the working class and people and belong to the public. They exist in order to serve the common good and to contribute to the extended reproduction of society. This collectively-produced wealth must not be handed over to competing owners of capital who are only concerned with maximizing profit …

Karamo Muchuri Sulieman (2020-01-17). Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: The continuing legacy and call to conscience. peoplesworld.org Billions of people around the world, without exaggeration, remember Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. They remember him for his academic excellence at Morehouse College where he earned his baccalaureate degree; at Crozer Theological Seminary where he earned his bachelors of divinity; and at Boston University where he earned his doctorate. He was a minister of …

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-17). Israel Bombs Gaza And Syria Killing 3 & Iran Says US Sabotage/Cyberattack Likely Behind 737 Downing. thelastamericanvagabond.com 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 (1/16/19). 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 …

Robert Hunziker (2020-01-17). The Rumbling ESAS Methane Enigma. dissidentvoice.org The northern continental shelves of Russia, inclusive of the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea and East Siberian Sea (ESAS) are some of the least researched yet most controversial subjects in climate science today. It's the one region that has the biggest potential to trigger runaway global warming because of sizeable subsea methane deposits, thereby …

Staff (2020-01-17). Headlines for January 17, 2020. democracynow.org Senate Impeachment Trial Opens as Accountability Office Says Trump Broke Law by Withholding Aid, Pentagon Contradicts Trump and Says 11 U.S. Troops Injured in Iranian Strikes, Senate Votes to Approve USMCA, Report: Six Banks Reaped $18 Billion Last Year from Trump Tax Cuts, Guatemalan Protesters Demand Outgoing President Be Arrested for Corruption, Deported Immigrant Rights Leader Jean Montrevil Sues U.S. Government, FBI Arrests 3 Suspected Neo-Nazis Ahead of Pro-Gun Rally in Richmond, Virginia, Florida Supreme Court Upholds Law Limiting Voting Rights for People with Felony Convictions, Harvard Law Students Prote…

Susan Price (2020-01-17). Iranian students call for a new revolution amid government crackdown. greenleft.org.au

Staff (2020-01-15). In First All-White Democratic Debate, CNN Didn't Ask a Single Question About Immigration. democracynow.org 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 founder of Latino Rebels. "Anyone who thinks that a wall is going to protect us, the statistics aren't there. … But that i…

Staff (2020-01-15). Democrats Debate Wealth Tax, Free Public College & Student Debt Relief as Part of New Economic Plan. democracynow.org At Tuesday's Democratic debate, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg repeated his criticism of plans for tuition-free public college and wiping out student debt, supported by both Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Activist and Truthout contributor Alexis Goldstein says the dispute highlights a philosophical split within the Democratic Party. "We essentially have a disagreement between the progressive candidates and the moderate candidates about whether or not we want to pursue a universal benefit for higher education and make it a public good, much in the way that K-12 education is treated as a public good,"