(2020-02-06). Pope Francis endorses wealth redistribution, calls for an end to tax cuts for the 'richest people'. rt.com 
Pope Francis blasted the practice of tax cuts for the rich as part of a "structure of sin" and lamented the fact that "billions of dollars" end up in "tax haven accounts" instead of funding "healthcare and education." | Speaking at the seminar set up by the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences the Pope criticized "the richest people" for receiving "repeated tax cuts" in the name of "investment and development." These "tax haven accounts" impede "the possibility of the dignified and sustained development of all social agents," claims the Pope. | He added that "the poor increase around us" as poverty is rising…
(2020-02-06). Mexico Is Showing the World How to Defeat Neoliberalism. truthdig.com 
While U.S. advocates and local politicians struggle to get their first public banks chartered, Mexico's new president has begun construction on 2,700 branches of a government-owned bank to be completed in 2021, when it will be the largest bank in the country. At a Andrés Manuel López Obrador (known as AMLO)…
(2020-02-06). 'No right to privacy from the opposite sex': 13yo girl takes school trans inclusion rules to UK High Court. rt.com 
Some British schools are trying to be more accommodating to trans students at the expense of others, a 13-year-old has alleged in court documents. She says their guidelines go against girls' desire for privacy, dignity and safety. | The new Trans Inclusion Toolkit
(2020-02-06). 'All Journalists at Risk' if Assange Handed to US Jailers. globalresearch.ca All journalists will be at risk if Julian Assange is extradited to the US and jailed for publishing classified information, a packed debate at London's Frontline Club heard today. | Mr Assange faces up to 175 years behind bars if convicted …
(2020-02-06). The 'Deal of the Century': Revealed and Reviled. globalresearch.ca Last week, on January 28, US President Donald Trump officially revealed his long-awaited '"Deal of the Century": The plan for resolving the century-old Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Except for some additional details, the lengthy document did not add much to what …
(2020-02-06). NASA's Record-Setting Koch, Crewmates Safely Back From Space. truthdig.com MOSCOW — NASA astronaut Christina Koch, who spent nearly 11 months in orbit to set a record for the longest spaceflight by a woman, landed safely Thursday in Kazakhstan along with two International Space Station crewmates. | The Soyuz capsule carrying Koch, station Commander Luca Parmitano of the European Space Agency and Russian cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov, touched down southeast of Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan, at 3: 12 p.m. (0912 GMT). | Koch wrapped up a 328-day mission after her first flight into space, providing researchers the opportunity to observe the effects of long-duration spaceflight on a woman. Th…
(2020-02-06). As number of cases soars, researchers announce potential coronavirus vaccine. wsws.org Drug companies are cautioning that vaccine manufacturing is a slow, methodical process.
(2020-02-06). Let's Move the Goalposts. The US-China Confrontation. globalresearch.ca The prospect of 'moving the goalposts' is a peculiarly American strategy to ensure that America will always win. To accomplish this, one either moves the goalposts in position to receive the ball regardless of how badly-aimed it might be, or …
(2020-02-06). An American Drama: Republican Senators Sabotaged Donald Trump's Impeachment Trial. globalresearch.ca The die is cast. —History will record that Republican senators in the U.S. Senate used their majority to sabotage the impeachment trial of Donald Trump and, in so doing, de facto exonerated him of abuse of power and of obstruction …
(2020-02-06). Triumphal Divisions: Trump's State of the Union Address. globalresearch.ca In this year of the presidential elections, President Donald J. Trump shows little sign of cowering. It had been some time in coming, but here was a businessman talking to a Congress long in the pocket of business, a seemingly …
(2020-02-06). Draft UN Resolution Condemns Trump Middle East 'Peace' Plan. globalresearch.ca A draft United Nations Security Council resolution rebuked Tuesday President Donald Trump's pro-Israel Tunisia and Indonesia circulated the draft text to council members. Though it …
(2020-02-06). Artificial Intelligence (AI) and "Predictive Justice" in Our Courts. globalresearch.ca Malcolm Gladwell in his book, Talking to Strangers, wrote of the difficulty faced by a judge whether to allow bail to an accused. Gladwell, in essence, highlights that being human, there is a propensity for judges to make a …
(2020-02-06). Video: Syrian Army Advance in Idlib Province. Netanyahu and Erdogan to the Rescue of Al Qaeda. globalresearch.ca In Greater Idlib the defences of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other favorites of the foreign powers supporting 'Syrian democracy' are collapsing. | On February 5, the Syrian Army, supported by Russian airpower, took control of a number of villages in southeastern …
(2020-02-06). Russia-Belarus Relations: 'The Moment of Truth' Has Arrived. Belarus Drifting Westward? globalresearch.ca Belarusian President Lukashenko's dramatic declaration that "the moment of truth has come" for bilateral relations ahead of his meeting with his Russian counterpart on Friday raises all sorts of questions about the future of their ties, though nobody should be …
(2020-02-06). Trump's State of the Union Address: Half MAGA Rally, Half Resistance Protest, Full-on Reality TV Drama. globalresearch.ca Tuesday's
(2020-02-06). Interview: Trump's Nuclear Insecurities and Other Secrets from the Author of "The Bomb" globalresearch.ca In this interview, Bulletin contributing editor Dawn Stover speaks with Fred Kaplan about his just-published book, The Bomb: Presidents, Generals, and the Secret History of Nuclear War (Simon & Schuster). Kaplan is a national-security columnist for Slate and the author …
(2020-02-06). Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) Lawyers Question Legality of Saudi Arms Ship Due to Dock in UK. globalresearch.ca Lawyers from Leigh Day, representing Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT), have written to the Government Legal Department seeking clarification as to the licence under which a Saudi vessel will be allowed to enter and subsequently leave the UK following its …
(2020-02-06). The Shambles of English Votes for English Laws. globalresearch.ca The idea of Scotland as a valued member of a Union based on consensus is in tatters. The idea of a parliament representing the whole of the United Kingdom is no longer credible. In a week in which Westminster democracy …
(2020-02-06). Syrian Army's Offensive in Idlib Deepens Rift Between Russia and Turkey. globalresearch.ca Major strains are appearing in Russian-Turkish relations, particularly over the Syrian Army's latest offensive against Turkish-backed jihadists in Idlib and Russia's non-agreeance with Turkey's support for the Muslim Brotherhood government based in the Libyan capital of Tripoli. Last week Turkish…
(2020-02-06). America Down the Rabbit Hole. Have We Landed in The Place of Silliness and Nonsense? globalresearch.ca In Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, Alice chases the white rabbit and falls down the well into a world of silliness and nonsense. Not so for our dear Amerika and us working stiffs. The world that we have found ourselves …
(2020-02-06). SPLC sues Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School safety commission for not allowing students to voice concerns. splcenter.org Kinsey Akers had to take the PSAT but was determined to make her voice heard at a public meeting on school safety that same day.
(2020-02-06). People's Park Forum: The Displacement Plan. indybay.org UC Berkeley: MLK Jr. Student Union Ballroom (2495 Bancroft Way)…
(2020-02-06). Over 1.5 million homeless students in the US. wsws.org On the day that US President Donald Trump proclaimed a "blue-collar boom" in his State of the Union Address, the federal government reported that the number of students experiencing homelessness has hit a record high.
(2020-02-06). Staff, students and freedom of expression at Nashville art school threatened in takeover by religious university. wsws.org Watkins College of Art, long known for its artistic freedom, is being absorbed by Belmont University, where art and the teaching of art are censored.
(2020-02-06). SF Teacher & Residents Speak Out On Superfund SF Treasure Island, TIDA & Charter Schools. indybay.org At San Francisco City Hall, a Teacher & Residents discuss the Superfund SF Treasure Island site, TIDA. Charter Schools & the systemic corruption in San Francisco.
(2020-02-06). Bernie Sanders Reports Massive January Haul After Iowa Debacle. truthdig.com Sen. Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign announced Thursday that it raised a staggering $25 million in the month of January alone, by far the biggest fundraising month of the senator's campaign and a larger haul than his 2020 Democratic rivals posted in any full quarter of 2019. | The campaign said over 219,000 of the total 648,000 January donors were new, and the average donation was just over $18. Teacher was the most common profession of January donors and the most common employers were Amazon, Starbucks, Walmart, the United States Postal Service, and Target. | More than 99.9% of Sanders' donors have not max…
(2020-02-06). Elon Musk on What You Need to Get a Job at Tesla: 'Don't Care If You Graduated High School'. sputniknews.com 'Knowledge over degree' appears to be the hiring strategy of Elon Musk, who famously dropped out of Stanford after just two days to start his first company.
(2020-02-06). Death toll of assault on Iraq's Najaf protesters hits 11. yenisafak.com The death toll of assault carried out by supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr against Iraqi protesters in central Iraq province of Najaf rose to 11, said a medical source on Thursday."The majority of the dead and wounded were shot by guns and stabbed with knives," the source, who works at Al-Sadr Teaching Hospital in Najaf, told Anadolu Agency.The source added that more than 120 people were injured in the attacks.For his part, a security source in the Najaf Police Command told Anadolu Agency that "the anti-terror security forces were deployed in the middle of Najaf to contain the escalation."Al-Sadr supporte…
(2020-02-06). Selected Articles: 'All Journalists at Risk' if Assange Handed to US Jailers. globalresearch.ca 
By All journalists will be at risk if Julian Assange is extradited to the US and jailed for publishing classified information, a packed debate …
(2020-02-05). Dossier 25: People's Polyclinics: The initiative of the Telugu communist movement. mronline.org 
Under the shadow of the Charter of the United Nations (1945) and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), countries are obliged to guarantee the right to health. The 1946 Constitution of the World Health Organisation (WHO) defines health as 'a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of […] |
(2020-02-05). Selected Article: Trump Ups Nuclear Ante with 'Mini-Nukes'. globalresearch.ca 
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer" | | | If, like us, this is a …
(2020-02-05). Don't be confused by Romney jumping ship — impeachment is about sticking to party lines. rt.com 
Impeachment supporters earned two more allies in Senators Mitt Romney and Doug Jones, but this process is about sticking to partisan camps when it comes to Donald Trump, not looking for truth. | Romney is the latest conservative hero to the left as he has announced he will vote to impeach the president on one of the two counts against him, abuse of power. Trump has been accused of attempting quid pro quo with Ukraine by withholding federal aid in exchange for an investigation into Joe Biden. | After an "unbiased look at the evidence," Romney says he has no choice but to follow his "conscience." | Since Romney…
(2020-02-05). Trump Ups Nuclear Ante with 'Mini-Nukes' Deployed on Subs to "Deter Russia" globalresearch.ca The United States has added a 'low yield' nuclear weapon to its submarine arsenal in a controversial first in decades, after the Trump administration called for its deployment as part of the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review in order to "deter …
(2020-02-05). VIDEO: The "Lock Step" Simulation Scenario: "A Coronavirus-like Pandemic that Becomes Trigger for Police State Controls" globalresearch.ca By now, those following the novel coronavirus epidemic are familiar with Event 201, the pandemic
(2020-02-05). US Policy Vs. Iran: Apex Desperation. globalresearch.ca In Washington's losing battle to maintain hegemony in the Middle East at the expense of the actual people and nations that exist there — it has resorted to high-level assassinations, unilateral strikes against targets within sovereign nations against the expressed …
(2020-02-05). Trump's SOTU 'Red Meat' Speech: US Political Crisis Now Deepens. globalresearch.ca Donald Trump delivered a State of the Union speech that revealed his election 2020 strategy, designed to roil and mobilize his political base, and to declare to the Democrats that his political war with them …
(2020-02-05). Exxon's Exploitative Oil Deal in Guyana Will Deprive the Country of Up to $55 Billion. globalresearch.ca Exxon's exploitative oil deal with Guyana will cause the country to lose up to US$55 billion, according to a new Global Witness investigation based on an OpenOil analysis. | The new report, …
(2020-02-05). Honduran Women Murdered by Their Partners at Alarming Rates. telesurenglish.net Every 23 hours, a woman violently loses her life in Honduras, said on Tuesday, the director of the Violence Observatory of the National Autonomous University, Migdonia Ayestas. | RELATED: | In the first month of 2020, there were more than 31 victims, and their partners killed 55 percent, said the researcher, quoted by Proceso Digital. | Ayestas explained that the fact that their partners committed the murders shows an "and…
(2020-02-05). China's Coronavirus — How the Western Media Spin the News. globalresearch.ca Reporting from Shanghai | It is not possible to understand the situation of China's new coronavirus infections without some context. Let's place ourselves in the position of patient and physician. If you develop a headache, what is your first thought? Do …
(2020-02-05). The Democratic Party's "Civil War": Socialists vs. Centrists. Sabotaging Sanders. globalresearch.ca The shady developments surrounding the Iowa Caucus prove beyond any reasonable doubt that there's a civil war raging in the Democrat Party between socialists and centrists, one that's so fierce that it recently saw party insiders indirectly sabotaging what could …
(2020-02-05). Trump and Balfour Compared. globalresearch.ca Much has already been written about the Trump administration's release of its long-awaited plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace. I will not repeat the criticisms. Instead, I will focus on what I found to be the striking and disturbing parallels between this …
(2020-02-05). EU Rejects Trump Middle East Peace Plan, Annexation. globalresearch.ca The European Union rejected Tuesday some of the proposals outlined by U.S. President Donald Trump for the Middle East, prompting an angry response from Israel, which has actively supported the U.S. plan. | Following deliberations of the 27 members, the European …
(2020-02-05). "Defender Europe 2020" Against Russia: Cold Siege Against Kaliningrad. globalresearch.ca The announcement of the Defender-Europe 2020 gave the world, but especially Russia, a new and strange perspective on the future of international security. The drills seem to be the largest military exercises in Europe in 25 years. The countries elected …
(2020-02-05). US Deploys New Low-Yield Nuclear Submarine Warhead. globalresearch.ca The US Navy has now deployed the new W76-2 low-yield Trident submarine warhead. The first ballistic missile submarine scheduled to deploy with the new warhead was the USS Tennessee (SSBN-734), which deployed from Kings Bay Submarine Base in Georgia during …
(2020-02-05). Soldiers Attack Schoolchildren Near Bethlehem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, Wednesday, many Palestinian schoolchildren in Teqoua' town, east of Bethlehem, south of occupied Jerusalem in the West Bank. Media source said the soldiers fired many gas bombs and concussion grenades at the student while heading to school. Taiseer Abu Mfarreh, a teacher of Teqoua' Secondary School, said …
(2020-02-05). Students Shouldn't Have to Choose Between Groceries and Therapy. thenation.com Students Shouldn't Have to Choose Between Groceries and Therapy…
(2020-02-05). Unions reject 'deeply disappointing' pay offer for council workers. thecanary.co Unions representing more than one million local government workers have rejected a 2% pay offer from employers, describing it as "deeply disappointing". | Three unions submitted a claim last year for the lowest rate for council staff to be raised to £10 an hour for its members in England, Wales and the north of Ireland, and by 10% for other workers. | Officials called on employers to come up with a better offer so that talks can continue. | The settlement covers workers ranging from teaching assistants, social workers and librarians to park keepers and refuse collectors. | Unison's head of local government…
(2020-02-05). More Bad Brexit News as Main Driver of Economy Continues to Slump. globalresearch.ca There's a fundamental belief amongst many well-known economists that the bank-led financial crisis in 2008 that brought austerity then led to societal wide anger that brought us Brexit. The recovery from that crash is now well known to have been …
(2020-02-05). Waste and Failure in Cyber Charter Schools. dissidentvoice.org 
While waste, corruption, and failure have plagued the segregated and nontransparent charter school sector for decades, privately-operated-owned cyber charter schools, even by the admission of the most dogmatic supporters of charter schools, are the worst of the worst. The academic performance of cyber charter schools is consistently abysmal; they have a very high failure rate. …
(2020-02-04). Raab mix-up as he says PM launched climate summit alongside Richard Attenborough. thecanary.co 
Dominic Raab hailed Boris Johnson's launch of a key climate summit alongside Richard Attenborough — only to be reminded he had got the wrong Attenborough.The foreign secretary looked a little flustered in the Commons after being informed about the mix-up before insisting there are "so many fantastic Attenboroughs" in the country.Johnson was joined by David Attenborough at the launch of the UN COP26 summit at the Science Museum in London.The Prime Minister Boris Johnson (left) and David Attenborough (Chris J Ratcliffe/PA)Actor and Oscar-winning director Richard died in August 2014, and was the older brother o…