Indian Education Minister to JNU Students: Drop Demands for Vice Chancellor's Resignation
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-21
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.
sputniknews.com/india/202001211078092931-indian-education-minister-to-jnu-students-drop-demands-for-vice-chancellors-resignation/
Speak-Out Against Another Charter School on Radioactive SF Treasure Island
UPWA & Defend Public Education NOW! | indybay.org | 2020-01-21
Room 400 | San Francisco City Hall…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/18/18829846.php
Education: Expanding Purpose
Graham Peebles | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-21
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…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/21/education-expanding-purpose/
Protest 5G-Global Day of Action!
Wireless Radiation Education and Defense | indybay.org | 2020-01-21
2209 Shattuck in front of Verizon, downtown Berkeley and marching to other nearby cellphone stores and to MLK Park.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/21/18829969.php
US Gov Was Found Guilty In MLK's Assassination, Virginia Update & Israeli Gov "Proof" Of Iran Nukes
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-21
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 …
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Small predators 'most at risk' when habitats are converted for human use
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-21
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 crucial role in ecosystems. | 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…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/01/21/small-predators-most-at-risk-when-habitats-are-converted-for-human-use/
Attempts to Remove Morales' Memory from Bolivia Will Likely Reinvigorate an Anti-Imperialist Struggle
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
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 …
globalresearch.ca/attempts-remove-morales-memory-bolivia-reinvigorate-anti-imperialist-struggle/5701241
Young people making climate change 'hot topic', Greta Thunberg tells Davos elite
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-21
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…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/01/21/young-people-making-climate-change-hot-topic-greta-thunberg-tells-davos-elite/
Could it be Us? UFOs 'May be Piloted by Time-Travelling Humans', Claims Scientist
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-21
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.com/science/202001211078094008-could-it-be-us-ufos-may-be-piloted-by-time-travelling-humans-claims-scientist-/
Russian Scientists Propose Manned Base on Martian Moon to Control Robots Remotely on Red Planet
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-21
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.com/science/202001211078094327-russian-scientists-propose-manned-base-on-martian-moon-to-control-robots-remotely-on-red-planet/
Indian Court Refuses to Lift Ban on Loudspeakers at Mosques in Uttar Pradesh
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-21
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."
sputniknews.com/india/202001211078090534-indian-court-refuses-to-lift-ban-on-loudspeakers-at-mosques-in-uttar-pradesh/
Northam's Virginia budget: Democrat gives a pittance to workers, lion's share to wealthy
wsws.org | 2020-01-21
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/21/virg…
Os agressores, sà£o agora os responsáveis pela "soberania" da Líbia
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
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 …
globalresearch.ca/os-agressores-sao-agora-os-responsaveis-pela-soberania-da-libia/5701235
Gli aggressori garanti della ´sovranità ª libica
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
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 …
globalresearch.ca/gli-aggressori-garanti-della-sovranita-libica/5701232
Martin Luther King Day 2020: Memphis, Tenn. Court Decision, U.S. "Government Agencies" Found Guilty in Martin Luther King's Assassination
Carl Herman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
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.
globalresearch.ca/court-decision-u-s-government-agencies-found-guilty-in-martin-luther-kings-assassination-2/5320024
How Mercenaries and Advisers Fight the Wars the UK Won't Own
Paul Rogers | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
'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 …
globalresearch.ca/mercenaries-advisers-fight-wars-uk-wont-own/5701144
How an "International Shadowy Group" Is Influencing India's Food Policy
Great Game India | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/how-international-shadowy-group-influencing-india-food-policy/5701072
The Libya Conference and "The New Scramble for Africa"
Johannes Stern | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/libya-conference-new-scramble-africa/5701174
More to the Flight 752 Tragedy than First Appearances Suggest
James ONeill | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/more-flight-752-tragedy/5701159
Prevent programme must be abolished in order to tackle politically motivated violence, say experts
Mohamed Elmaazi | thecanary.co | 2020-01-20
Britain's controversial surveillance/counter-extremism Prevent programme has come under fire once more, this time from over 100 academics, researchers, and campaigners calling on the government to radically overhaul its approach to tackling politically motivated violence. | The Network for Police Monitoring (Netpol), sociology professor David Miller, rapper Lowkey, and criminology expert…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/01/20/prevent-programme-must-be-abolished-in-order-to-tackle-politically-motivated-violence-say-experts/
Trump's Legal Team Responds to Dems Impeachment Scam
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/trump-legal-team-responds-dems-impeachment-scam/5701045
General Haftar Still Holds All the Cards After Berlin's Libya Summit
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/general-haftar-holds-all-cards-after-berlin-libya-summit/5701125
Support Independent Media: Global Research Needs Your Help
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/support-independent-media-global-research-needs-your-help/5701207
Diminishing Returns: Calculated Misery in Air Travel
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/diminishing-returns-calculated-misery-air-travel/5701111
Africa: For-profit Investments Are Not 'Development'
Dan Carden | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
This week's UK-Africa Investment Summit will send a clear signal. The UK government's aid policy will not be driven by evidence about how to best fight global poverty, but instead by naked free market ideology and the interests of British …
globalresearch.ca/for-profit-investments-not-development/5701122
Making America Great Again in a New Wild West
William deBuys | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
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
US Boosts Funding of Tech Companies to Help Anti-Tehran Protests
Katrina Manson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/us-boosts-funding-of-tech-companies-to-help-anti-tehran-protests/5701082
How Perception Management Has Wrecked Reality
Greg Guma | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/how-perception-management-has-wrecked-reality/5701091
Is 2020 China's Year of Economic and Political Milestone?
Tom Clifford | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/2020-china-year-economic-political-milestone/5701184
The Mad Geopolitics of Israel's EastMed Gas Pipeline
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/geopolitics-israel-eastmed-gas-pipeline/5701114
As Neo-Nazis Head to Richmond, Trump Boosts Gun-rights Rally
Patrick Martin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
On the eve of a planned right-wing gun-rights rally in Richmond, Virginia, fascists and white supremacists are reportedly heading for the Virginia state capitol, hoping to create a "second Charlottesville," modeled on the neo-Nazi riot in 2017 which killed one …
globalresearch.ca/neo-nazis-head-richmond-trump-boosts-gun-rights-rally/5701141
"Orders to Kill" Dr. Martin Luther King: The Government that Honors MLK with a National Holiday Killed Him
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
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.
globalresearch.ca/orders-to-kill-martin-luther-king-the-government-that-honors-mlk-with-a-national-holiday-killed-him/5559300
The People of Colombia Are Cracking Up the Walls of War and Authoritarianism
Justin Podur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/people-colombia-cracking-up-walls-war-authoritarianism/5701116
Israel and Bedouins Face Off in the Negev Desert
Jack Dalton | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
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 …
globalresearch.ca/moved-bodies-israel-bedouins-face-off-negev/5701170
Better Living Through Glyphosate? Spray Now, Ask Questions Later
Mark Harris | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-20
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…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/20/better-living-through-glyphosate-spray-now-ask-questions-later/
Protests against violence in Sri Lankan university expose government's privatization agenda
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-20
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…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/20/protests-against-violence-in-sri-lankan-university-expose-governments-privatization-agenda/
Teaching War So That It Matters
Brian Gibbs | commondreams.org | 2020-01-20
The students walked away from the unit with a deeper sense of the wars America has been and a more nuanced understanding of World War II and Vietnam. (Photo: via EuroYankee) | …
commondreams.org/views/2020/01/20/teaching-war-so-it-matters?cd-origin=rss
Ontario teachers to stage regional walkouts, as Ford government escalates threats
wsws.org | 2020-01-20
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.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/20/ontt…
DoorDash Drivers Make an Average of $1.45 an Hour, Analysis Finds
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-20
The national minimum wage of $7.25 an hour has not changed in a decade, and there is widespread agreement that it is far below what constitutes a living wage anyway. As if the statistics on the federal minimum wage weren't dismal enough, leave it to Silicon Valley to figure out "innovative" ways to pa…
truthout.org/articles/doordash-drivers-make-an-average-of-1-45-an-hour-analysis-finds/
Poem: Winter Is Near
Stuart Munckton | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-20
poetry Climate environment Camille BarrIssue 1249 AustraliaJanuary 20, 2020The winter of humankind draws near | Science has spoken in alarm | The day may be warm, unseasonal | Land whips at our faces…
greenleft.org.au/content/poem-winter-near
Top Government Brexit Advisor's Dire Warning About Future
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
After over three years of chaotic and often bad-tempered negotiations to leave the EU
Selected Articles: The Government that Honors MLK with a National Holiday Killed Him
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
SELECTED ARTICLE | | How Mercenaries and Advisers Fight the Wars the UK Won't Own | By Paul Rogers, January 20, 2020 | The Bahraini repression of dissent in 2011-12 caused controversy around the world, but the British government
Revealed Iran's Attack Did Cause Casualties, US/Israeli Cyberattack & Pompeo Threatens The World
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-19
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 …
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UK Universities Invested $600m in Israel Crimes: Report
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-19
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: | NGOs Urge UN to Disclose Firms Involved in Israel's Settlements | At the end of 2019, the PSC made public a database listing 117, out of the United…
telesurenglish.net/news/British-Universities-Invest-in-Israeli-Crimes-Report-20200119-0011.html
Gremlin in the sky: Pentagon contractor shows maiden flight of its new 'swarm' drone
rt.com | 2020-01-19
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…
rt.com/usa/478660-pentagon-gremlins-swarm-drone-test/
A 2020 Reminder: 55% of US Women Between 18 and 54 Would Rather Live Under Socialism Than Capitalism
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-19
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… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/01/19/2020-reminder-55-us-women-between-18-and-54-would-rather-live-under-socialism?cd-origin=rss
More Tory nonsense, this time over period poverty
Steve Topple | thecanary.co | 2020-01-18
The Tory's latest grand pledge about poverty has not washed with many people. Rightly so, as its new measures to tackle period poverty fall way short of the mark. Moreover, it's really just sticking plasters on broken legs. | Another day, more lip service?: | As ITV News reported, next week the Department for Education (DfE) will roll out free sanitary product…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/01/18/more-tory-nonsense-this-time-over-period-poverty/
'I thought it was a terrorist attack': California teachers sue Delta after plane showers school children with jet fuel
rt.com | 2020-01-18
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…
rt.com/usa/478569-california-teachers-due-delta/
Charter Schools Have No Valid Claim to Public Property
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-18
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/charter-schools-have-no-valid-claim-to-public-property/
Education: Expanding Purpose
Graham Peebles | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-17
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/education-expanding-purpose/