Daily Archives: January 22, 2020

2020-01-22: News Headlines

Mark Gruenberg (2020-01-22). BLS: Union density 10.3 percent last year. AFL-CIO: Not the whole story. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Union density nationwide was 10.3% last year, an annual report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. But the AFL-CIO retorts that's not the whole story. That's because the numbers belie the activism, success in community-backed strikes, the record numbers of unionists elected to public office — from governors on down to school boards and …

RT (2020-01-22). 'Desperate liar': Bojo ignites SNP outrage after roasting Scotland's record on education & branding MP a 'rocketing pheasant'. rt.com British PM Boris Johnson provoked the wrath of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons following his damning assessment of the state of education in Scotland and directing a jibe toward their Westminster leader. | During Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, Johnson laid into the SNP and their record on education in Scotland, before seemingly taunting Ian Blackford and telling them to stop being "obsessed" with a 2nd independence referendum. | Perhaps the honorable gentleman [Ian Blackford] who is about to rise to his feet like a rocketing pheasant will explain why his party are so obsessed wit…

Max Herschman (2020-01-22). A highschooler's analysis: "The U.S. working class says hands off Iran" liberationnews.org 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 …

RT (2020-01-22). Scientists find Earth's oldest asteroid crater from 2.229 BILLION years ago which 'may have ended an ice age'. rt.com 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…

Wireless Radiation Education and Defense (2020-01-22). 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.

Physics and Astronomy Zone (2020-01-22). The Bee: "The Most Important Living Being on the Planet" globalresearch.ca 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, …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-22). Netanyahu and Gantz Vow Jordan Valley Annexation. globalresearch.ca The Jordan Valley, including the northern Dead Sea, comprise about 30% of the West Bank. | Most of the territory was designated Area C under Oslo II (1995). | The 1993 Oslo Accords gave Israel de facto control over the Occupied Territories …

Larry Romanoff (2020-01-22). Replant the American Dream. "Your USA Today is The World's Most Hated Nation". Why? globalresearch.ca 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 …

Shane Quinn (2020-01-22). US Foreign Interventionism and the Disappearance of Classical Liberalism. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Prof. As'ad AbuKhalil (2020-01-22). US Violated Unspoken Rule of Engagement with Iran. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Middle East Eye (2020-01-22). Netanyahu Drumming Up Opposition to ICC as World Leaders Descend on Israel. globalresearch.ca Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to use the influx of foreign leaders to Israel for the 75th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation to drum up support for efforts to block the International Criminal Court (ICC) from investigating war crimes, …

Yudy Castro Morales (2020-01-22). Despite Limitations, Cuba's State Budget Maintains Its Eminently Social Focus. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Maha Hilal (2020-01-22). Guantanamo: An Enduring Symbol of US Islamophobia. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-22). OPCW Inspector Debunks Doctored Syria Report. "The Chemical Weapons Incident That Never Occurred" globalresearch.ca 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 …

Johanna Ross (2020-01-22). The UK Has a Housing Crisis — and We Need Actions, Not Words to Solve It. globalresearch.ca The UK has a housing crisis. According to the National Housing Federation, 8.4 million people in England alone are living in sub-standard housing and 400,000 people are either homeless or at risk of being homeless. For one of the largest …

Ulson Gunnar (2020-01-22). Washington Desperation Drives Nuclear Proliferation. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Andrew Korybko (2020-01-22). Trump At Davos: "The Great American Comeback" globalresearch.ca 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 …

Alan Macleod (2020-01-22). World's Super Rich Meet in Davos to Discuss the Climate Change Problem they Created. mintpressnews.com 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.

Elijah J. Magnier (2020-01-22). How Are Iran and the "Axis of the Resistance" Affected by the US Assassination of Soleimani? globalresearch.ca The US President Donald Trump assassinated the commander of the "Axis of the Resistance", the (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps) IRGC — Quds Brigade Major General Qassem Soleimani at Baghdad airport with little consideration of the consequences of this targeted killing. …

Benjamin B. Ferencz (2020-01-22). Former Nuremberg War Crimes Prosecutor on the Immoral Killing of the Iranian General. globalresearch.ca *** | 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 …

South Front (2020-01-22). Video: Dozens Army Troops Killed, Injured in Idlib Clashes. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Peter Koenig (2020-01-22). The Davos World Economic Forum (WEF) Is at It Again — Celebrating 50th Anniversary. globalresearch.ca Friends, this year the WEF is celebrating its 50th Anniversary. Forty-nine (49) of the insanely pompous — and every year more — WEF events took place in Davos, Switzerland. Just one, in 2002, after 9/11, was moved to New York City, paradoxically for 'security reasons' they said — the logic of such a move was as ludicrous as the WEF itself.

Addameer (2020-01-22). Hard Evidence on Torture and Ill-Treatment Against Palestinian Detainees at Israeli Interrogation Centers. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Zero Hedge (2020-01-22). US Officials Admit Covert Tech Program Is Fueling Iran Protests. globalresearch.ca 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 — some lasting as long as a week or more nationwide — following …

James J. Zogby (2020-01-22). Honouring Martin Luther King Jr. globalresearch.ca 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 …

David Moore (2020-01-22). The Members of Congress Who Profit from War. globalresearch.ca It was shortly after midnight in Baghdad on Friday, Jan. 3, when a missile strike ordered by President Trump killed Iranian General Qassem …

Global Research News (2020-01-22). Selected Articles: 50 Years of The Davos World Economic Forum. globalresearch.ca By 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 …

RT (2020-01-22). What the halloumi? Library tweets photo of rotting slice of cheese used as 'bookmark'. rt.com Staff at the University of Liverpool Library were stunned to discover a rotting slice of processed cheese being used as a bookmark, sparking much amusement and revulsion on Twitter. | A disgusted staff member tweeted a photo of the cheese with a simple piece of advice to students: "This is not a bookmark." | This is not a bookmark. The tweet quickly racked up an un-brie-lievable amoun…

Shawgi Tell (2020-01-22). Seventeen Charter Schools Siphon $155 Million from Buffalo Public School System. dissidentvoice.org To the shock of many, the Buffalo News, Buffalo's main newspaper, recently published an article exposing serious problems with charter schools. Like Rochester's Democrat and Chronicle, the Buffalo News usually goes out of its way to provide biased reporting on charter schools, almost always presenting them in the most favorable light possible, while consistently ignoring …

RT (2020-01-21). 'I'll straight up get armed': Yet another Bernie staffer caught spouting extremist ideas, is there a problem in the campaign? rt.com A video exposing the extreme viewpoints of yet another staffer of the Bernie Sanders campaign has some questioning whether there is a growing issue inside the Vermont senator's ranks. | A video released on Tuesday by Project Veritas reveals a man identified as Martin Weissgerber, a paid field organizer for the Sanders presidential campaign in South Carolina, fantasizing about sending Republicans to "reeducation camps" and Sanders dissolving the Senate and House of Representatives should he become president. | "Do we just cease — do we just dissolve the Senate, House of Representatives, the judicial branc…

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…

RT (2020-01-21). Evidence of puberty, store of fatty goodness or construct of the patriarchy? Scientists probe why men are SO obsessed with breasts. rt.com Male preference for women's permanently swollen globular breasts is somewhat anomalous, but to date, no widely accepted evolutionary explanation has been offered. What is the latest in this titillating area of research? | Science has always been concerned with the big questions. How did we get here? How did the universe begin? What is the nature of reality? And now, the scientific method has turned its dispassionate gaze towards that eternal and pressing question: Why do men like women's breasts? | "Because they do" or "because they're nice" are not acceptable answers here. Neither, for that matter, is "b…

Carol Rose (2020-01-21). CBP Deported an Iranian Student With Valid Visa, Defying Court Order. aclu.org Last night, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) deported an Iranian student with a valid visa, despite a federal court order prohibiting his removal. | Shahab Dehghani arrived at Boston Logan Airport on Sunday, January 19 to study at Northeastern University, where he was enrolled. Customs officials detained him and questioned him for hours, abruptly revoking his student visa, which the State Department granted after a year of intense vetting. | As CBP tried to put Shahab on the next available flight, supporters and friends gathered at night in the arrivals hall at Logan to demand that CBP stop deporting…

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

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…

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.

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 …

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-21). US Officials Admit Covert Tech Program Is Fueling Iran Protests, MEK Attacks Iran Bases & OPCW Lies. 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 …

Larry Romanoff (2020-01-21). Factors Behind the Hong Kong-China Extradition Bill. globalresearch.ca The 2019 protests in Hong Kong were triggered by Carrie Lam's attempt to pass an extradition bill between Hong Kong and Mainland China. It is unclear if this were done at Beijing's request (which I believe it was) or …

Strategic Culture Foundation (2020-01-21). Libyan Peace Talks and Russian Diplomacy 101. globalresearch.ca Libya stands at a precarious watershed between a peaceful political settlement — or further civil war. But at least the two main warring factions this week entered into a process of dialogue when they attended a summit in Moscow hosted …

Mike Whitney (2020-01-21). Pompeo to Iraq: If You Kick Us Out, We Will Bury You. globalresearch.ca The Trump administration is threatening to destroy Iraq's economy by withholding a critical source of money that is controlled by the Federal Reserve. The threat is a response to the Iraqi parliament's unanimous decision to end Washington's 17 year-long military …

South Front (2020-01-21). Video: Thousands of Turkish Proxy Fighters Flood into Libya Amid Berlin Peace Talks. globalresearch.ca Turkey is increasing its military involvement in the Libyan conflict. After officially sending its military advisers and officers to support the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), Turkey set up air defense systems near Mitiga Airport. The airport hosts warplanes …

Renee Parsons (2020-01-21). The Comey-Lynch Plausible Deniability Game. globalresearch.ca As the structure and form of institutions continue to breakdown offering new perspectives and unexpected revelations, it is fitting that former FBI Director James Comey continues to be scrutinized regarding his behavior on multiple aspects of the HRC email scandal, …

Dave DeCamp (2020-01-21). Video: Author of Leaked OPCW Engineering Report on Douma Speaks at UN Security Council. globalresearch.ca The UN Security Council

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…

Hans Stehling (2020-01-21). The Many Millions from the Duchy of Cornwall Properly Belong Not to Prince Charles but to the British People. globalresearch.ca A duchy is a medieval country, territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a high-ranking nobleman hierarchically second to the king or queen in what is now a defunct European tradition. | The Duchy of Cornwall was created …

Philip A Farruggio (2020-01-21). (Burying) 'The Salt of the Earth'. globalresearch.ca The Rolling Stones created a great and meaningful song 'The Salt of the Earth' in 1968: | I wanna drink to the hard working people | Let's drink of the lowly of birth | I wanna raise my glass to the good and …

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 …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-21). Huawei's Meng Wanzhou's Politicized Extradition Hearing. globalresearch.ca On December 1, 2018, bowing to Trump regime pressure, Canadian authorities unlawfully arrested and detained Chinese telecom giant Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver on trumped up charges. | Charges against her are politically and economically motivated. | Canada operates …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-21). Knesset to Consider Netanyahu's Bid for Immunity from Prosecution. globalresearch.ca Charged with bribery, fraud, and breach of trust by attorney general Avichai Mendelblit, Netanyahu is fighting for his political life and personal freedom. | According to Mendleblit, Netanyahu "damaged the image of the public service and public trust in it …

2020-01-22: Social Media Postees

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'Desperate liar': Bojo ignites SNP outrage after roasting Scotland's record on education & branding MP a 'rocketing pheasant'
rt.com | 2020-01-22
British PM Boris Johnson provoked the wrath of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons following his damning assessment of the state of education in Scotland and directing a jibe toward their Westminster leader. | During Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, Johnson laid into the SNP and their record on education in Scotland, before seemingly taunting Ian Blackford and telling them to stop being "obsessed" with a 2nd independence referendum. | Perhaps the honorable gentleman [Ian Blackford] who is about to rise to his feet like a rocketing pheasant will explain why his party are so obsessed wit…
rt.com/uk/478915-scotland-snp-blackford-boris-liar/

'Desperate liar': Bojo ignites SNP outrage after roasting Scotland's record on education & branding MP a 'rocketing pheasant'
rt.com | 2020-01-22
British PM Boris Johnson provoked the wrath of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons following his damning assessment of the state of education in Scotland and directing a jibe toward their Westminster leader. | During Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, Johnson laid into the SNP and their record on education in Scotland, before seemingly taunting Ian Blackford and telling them to stop being "obsessed" with a 2nd independence referendum. | Perhaps the honorable gentleman [Ian Blackford] who is about to rise to his feet like a rocketing pheasant will explain why his party are so obsessed wit…
rt.com/uk/478915-scotland-snp-blackford-boris-liar/

Protest 5G-Global Day of Action!
Wireless Radiation Education and Defense | indybay.org | 2020-01-22
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

Netanyahu Drumming Up Opposition to ICC as World Leaders Descend on Israel
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to use the influx of foreign leaders to Israel for the 75th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation to drum up support for efforts to block the International Criminal Court (ICC) from investigating war crimes, …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-drumming-up-opposition-icc-world-leaders-descend-israel/5701412

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-islamophobia/5701387

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-rule-engagement-iran/5701386

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, …
globalresearch.ca/bee-most-important-living-being/5690603

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-cuba-state-budget-maintains-eminently-social-focus/5701381

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 …
globalresearch.ca/replant-american-dream/5701240

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-doctored-syria-report-the-chemical-weapons-incident-that-never-occurred/5701378

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-troops-killed-injured-idlib-clashes/5701348

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

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 …
globalresearch.ca/washington-desperation-drives-nuclear-proliferation/5701352

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/5701390

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-crimes-prosecutor-immoral-killing-iranian-general/5701394

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-profit-war/5701416

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-luther-king-jr/5701375

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-davos-discuss-climate-change-problem/264269/

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-comeback/5701403

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-evidence-torture-ill-treatment-committed-against-palestinian-detainees-israeli-interrogation-centers/5701367

Netanyahu and Gantz Vow Jordan Valley Annexation
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
The Jordan Valley, including the northern Dead Sea, comprise about 30% of the West Bank. | Most of the territory was designated Area C under Oslo II (1995). | The 1993 Oslo Accords gave Israel de facto control over the Occupied Territories …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-gantz-vow-jordan-valley-annexation/5701382

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…
rt.com/news/478913-earths-oldest-asteroid-crater-discovered/

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 …
globalresearch.ca/us-foreign-interventionism-and-the-disappearance-of-classical-liberalism/5701345

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

What the halloumi? Library tweets photo of rotting slice of cheese used as 'bookmark'
rt.com | 2020-01-22
Staff at the University of Liverpool Library were stunned to discover a rotting slice of processed cheese being used as a bookmark, sparking much amusement and revulsion on Twitter. | A disgusted staff member tweeted a photo of the cheese with a simple piece of advice to students: "This is not a bookmark." | This is not a bookmark. pic.twitter.com/oy7tqM3aJv– Uni of Liverpool Library (@LivUniLibrary) January 21, 2020 | The tweet quickly racked up an un-brie-lievable amoun…
rt.com/uk/478912-cheese-slice-bookmark-library/

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-analysis-the-u-s-working-class-says-hands-off-iran/

BLS: Union density 10.3 percent last year. AFL-CIO: Not the whole story
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-22
WASHINGTON–Union density nationwide was 10.3% last year, an annual report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. But the AFL-CIO retorts that's not the whole story. That's because the numbers belie the activism, success in community-backed strikes, the record numbers of unionists elected to public office

Seventeen Charter Schools Siphon $155 Million from Buffalo Public School System
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-22
To the shock of many, the Buffalo News, Buffalo's main newspaper, recently published an article exposing serious problems with charter schools. Like Rochester's Democrat and Chronicle, the Buffalo News usually goes out of its way to provide biased reporting on charter schools, almost always presenting them in the most favorable light possible, while consistently ignoring …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/seventeen-charter-schools-siphon-155-million-from-buffalo-public-school-system/

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-trump-davos-great-american-comeback/5701419

CBP Deported an Iranian Student With Valid Visa, Defying Court Order
Carol Rose | aclu.org | 2020-01-21
Last night, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) deported an Iranian student with a valid visa, despite a federal court order prohibiting his removal. | Shahab Dehghani arrived at Boston Logan Airport on Sunday, January 19 to study at Northeastern University, where he was enrolled. Customs officials detained him and questioned him for hours, abruptly revoking his student visa, which the State Department granted after a year of intense vetting. | As CBP tried to put Shahab on the next available flight, supporters and friends gathered at night in the arrivals hall at Logan to demand that CBP stop deporting…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/cbp-deported-an-iranian-student-with-valid-visa-defying-court-order

'I'll straight up get armed': Yet another Bernie staffer caught spouting extremist ideas, is there a problem in the campaign?
rt.com | 2020-01-21
A video exposing the extreme viewpoints of yet another staffer of the Bernie Sanders campaign has some questioning whether there is a growing issue inside the Vermont senator's ranks. | A video released on Tuesday by Project Veritas reveals a man identified as Martin Weissgerber, a paid field organizer for the Sanders presidential campaign in South Carolina, fantasizing about sending Republicans to "reeducation camps" and Sanders dissolving the Senate and House of Representatives should he become president. | "Do we just cease

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/

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/

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

Evidence of puberty, store of fatty goodness or construct of the patriarchy? Scientists probe why men are SO obsessed with breasts
rt.com | 2020-01-21
Male preference for women's permanently swollen globular breasts is somewhat anomalous, but to date, no widely accepted evolutionary explanation has been offered. What is the latest in this titillating area of research? | Science has always been concerned with the big questions. How did we get here? How did the universe begin? What is the nature of reality? And now, the scientific method has turned its dispassionate gaze towards that eternal and pressing question: Why do men like women's breasts? | "Because they do" or "because they're nice" are not acceptable answers here. Neither, for that matter, is "b…
rt.com/news/478797-men-breasts-evolutionary-biology/

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

Factors Behind the Hong Kong-China Extradition Bill
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
The 2019 protests in Hong Kong were triggered by Carrie Lam's attempt to pass an extradition bill between Hong Kong and Mainland China. It is unclear if this were done at Beijing's request (which I believe it was) or …
globalresearch.ca/factors-hong-kong-china-extradition-bill/5701266

NATO Terrorist Attacks Continue in Aleppo; Drones Hit Near Lattakia
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
NATO al Qaeda ground operatives in Syria continue their recent acceleration of terrorist atrocities against Syria. Rocket bombs have again been fired into civilian neighborhoods of Aleppo. Armed human garbage continue to prevent civilians to be escorted to safe areas …
globalresearch.ca/nato-terrorist-attacks-continue-aleppo-drones-hit-near-lattakia/5701247

Video: Thousands of Turkish Proxy Fighters Flood into Libya Amid Berlin Peace Talks
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
Turkey is increasing its military involvement in the Libyan conflict. After officially sending its military advisers and officers to support the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), Turkey set up air defense systems near Mitiga Airport. The airport hosts warplanes …
globalresearch.ca/video-thousands-turkish-proxy-fighters-flood-libya-amid-berlin-peace-talks/5701262

Huawei's Meng Wanzhou's Politicized Extradition Hearing
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
On December 1, 2018, bowing to Trump regime pressure, Canadian authorities unlawfully arrested and detained Chinese telecom giant Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver on trumped up charges. | Charges against her are politically and economically motivated. | Canada operates …
globalresearch.ca/meng-wanzhou-politicized-extradition-hearing/5701301

Pompeo to Iraq: If You Kick Us Out, We Will Bury You
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
The Trump administration is threatening to destroy Iraq's economy by withholding a critical source of money that is controlled by the Federal Reserve. The threat is a response to the Iraqi parliament's unanimous decision to end Washington's 17 year-long military …
globalresearch.ca/pompeo-iraq-if-you-kick-us-out-we-will-bury-you/5701293

Libyan Peace Talks and Russian Diplomacy 101
Strategic Culture Foundation | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
Libya stands at a precarious watershed between a peaceful political settlement

Video: Author of Leaked OPCW Engineering Report on Douma Speaks at UN Security Council
Dave DeCamp | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
The UN Security Council met in New York on Monday to discuss the investigation by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) into an alleged chemical attack that was said to have taken place in April 2018 in …
globalresearch.ca/author-leaked-opcw-engineering-report-douma-speaks-un-security-council/5701314

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/

"Greater Albania" Or Greater Dystopia? Why Did Macedonian-Albanian Leader Refuse to "Pull a Kosovo"?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
Macedonian-Albanian leader Ali Ahmeti revealed late last week that he refused to go along with the plot to partition his country, which naturally begs the question of why he didn't want to "pull a Kosovo" when powerful forces were obviously …
globalresearch.ca/why-did-macedonian-albanian-leader-refuse-pull-kosovo/5701287

Lisa Nandy MP: My Plans as the New Chair of Labour Friends of Palestine & the Middle East
Lisa Nandy | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
I visited Palestine as a new MP and I was struck by the threats facing the next generation, the ferocity of the attacks they endure and the systematic denial of their rights. I met a three-year-old child whose house was …
globalresearch.ca/lisa-nandy-plans-new-chair-labour-friends-palestine-middle-east/5701283

Moroccan Agriculture and Rural Development
Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
In recent years, Morocco has put in place the right frameworks for mobilizing rural communities to advance the nation's sustainable development goals, yet it falls woefully short when it comes to implementation. As someone who has been engaged in rural …
globalresearch.ca/moroccan-agriculture-rural-development/5701274

The Many Millions from the Duchy of Cornwall Properly Belong Not to Prince Charles but to the British People
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
A duchy is a medieval country, territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a high-ranking nobleman hierarchically second to the king or queen in what is now a defunct European tradition. | The Duchy of Cornwall was created …
globalresearch.ca/many-millions-duchy-cornwall-belong-not-prince-charles-british-people/5701252

(Burying) 'The Salt of the Earth'
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-21
The Rolling Stones created a great and meaningful song 'The Salt of the Earth' in 1968: | I wanna drink to the hard working people | Let's drink of the lowly of birth | I wanna raise my glass to the good and | …
globalresearch.ca/burying-salt-earth/5701243