The World Must End the US' Illegal Economic War. Sanctions Imposed on 39 Countries
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
The United States is relying more heavily on illegal unilateral coercive measures (also known as economic sanctions) in place of war or as part of its build-up to war. In fact, economic sanctions are an act of war that kills …
globalresearch.ca/world-must-end-us-illegal-economic-war/5700594

Poverty Is the New Draft
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-14
The draft might be gone, but not everyone volunteers for the same reasons. Inconsistent access to education, healthcare, or housing means marginalized communities are systemically pushed into military service to gain those benefits–especially poor students.
therealnews.com/stories/poverty-draft-healthcare-education-students

Coordinated Stalking by Multiple Persons
Ilona Gazarova | indybay.org | 2020-01-14
Advocacy for Humankind is an organization that seeks to eradicate crimes of coordinated stalking through public awareness, education and advocacy for victims.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/13/18829729.php

Israel Provided The Intel To Kill Soleimani & A Cyberattack May Have Been Behind Iran's 737 Downing
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-14
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 (1/13/19). 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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-provided-the-intel-to-kill-soleimani-a-cyberattack-may-have-been-behind-irans-737-downing/

Trump and Congress Double Down on Demonizing Iran
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
If one seriously seeks to understand how delusional policymakers in Washington are it is only necessary to examine the responses by the president and Congress to the assassination of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani. The first response came in …
globalresearch.ca/trump-congress-double-down-demonizing-iran/5700569

Seems Increasingly Likely Trump Just Made Up the 'Imminent Threat' Posed by Soleimani
Andrea Germanos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
New reporting out Monday further erodes the White House narrative that President Donald Trump was justified in ordering the assassination of Iranian Gen. Qasem Soleimani earlier this month because Soleimani posed an "imminent" threat to American targets. | According to NBC …
globalresearch.ca/trump-just-made-up-imminent-threat-posed-soleimani/5700562

Painter of Disquiet: Félix Vallotton at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Prof. Sam Ben-Meir | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
Félix Vallotton, an artist who has been largely neglected relative to his contemporaries, such as Pierre Bonnard and Édouard Vuillard. This makes the present exhibition all the more …
globalresearch.ca/painter-disquiet-felix-vallotton-metropolitan-museum-art/5700548

Iran to Sue the US and Trump for Killing General Soleimani
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
According to Iran's Judiciary Spokesman Gholamhossein Esmayeeli, the country's ruling authorities will sue the US in international courts for Soleimani's assassination. | "This brutal act was a violation of human rights and all international rules," Esmayeeli stressed, adding: | "Martyr Soleimani | …
globalresearch.ca/iran-sue-us-trump-killing-general-soleimani/5700588

Russia's Unsuccessful Libyan Peace Summit Was a Good Start
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
Russia's Libyan peace summit in Moscow didn't succeed with its stated objective of getting the warring parties to agree to a ceasefire agreement after they failed to find any common ground with one another, but it was nevertheless a good …
globalresearch.ca/russia-unsuccessful-libyan-peace-summit-good-start/5700561

US Defense Secretary Esper Says Trump Lied to Justify Killing Soleimani
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
Mark Esper, the former US Secretary of Defense (it's a matter of time now) said that his chief Donald Trump lied to the US citizens about the justification to carry out the most heinous murder crimes against two top …
globalresearch.ca/us-defense-secretary-esper-says-trump-lied-justify-killing-soleimani/5700547

Video: How and Why Iran Shot Down Ukrainian Boeing
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
On January 10, SouthFront released a video entitled " What's Behind Boeing Crash In Iran" on the January 8 airliner crash near Tehran. This video was produced because the Iranian side released new facts and details regarding the incident….
globalresearch.ca/video-how-why-iran-shot-down-ukrainian-boeing/5700542

We 'Slaughtered' Jeremy Corbyn, Says Israel Lobbyist
Asa Winstanley | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
The lobbyist is part of CAA, one of the most active right-wing Zionist groups promoting the false notion that Britain's Labour Party became an anti-Semitic party after Jeremy Corbyn won the leadership in 2015. | *** | A prominent Israel lobbyist in …
globalresearch.ca/we-slaughtered-jeremy-corbyn-says-israel-lobbyist/5700571

164 "Peace-Keeping" Military Bases Worldwide: US Bases in Iraq Advance Its Regional Imperium
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
According to the Pentagon, US forces are in 164 (of the world's 193) countries. | They're on over 1,000 US bases of varying sizes and on others of host countries. Much information about their numbers, troop strength, and location is secret….
globalresearch.ca/us-bases-iraq-advance-regional-imperium/5700584

Argentina: Facing Another Debt Crisis
Eric Toussaint | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
Let us remember that when Macri started his mandate in December 2015 he accepted all the injunctions formulated by a New York magistrate, who had ruled in the favor of vulture funds against Argentina. This has made it possible for …
globalresearch.ca/argentina-facing-another-debt-crisis/5700601

Harry and Meghan "Exit": The Royal Family Propaganda Machine
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
Royal gossip is worth its weight in gold on the British media circuit. Buckingham Palace knows that, and seeks to control, as much as it can, the way that gold is distributed. | The recent fuss over the premature retirement, or …
globalresearch.ca/harry-meghan-exit-royal-family-propaganda-machine/5700559

Trump and Esper: No Evidence, Just a "Sneaky Feeling". Time for the Invaders to Go Home
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper told Margaret Brennan on "Face the Nation" on Sunday that he didn't see any specific evidence that Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was planning an imminent attack, which had been widely used by Trump as the …
globalresearch.ca/trump-esper-no-evidence-sneaky-feeling/5700580

BBC, Reuters Involved in UK Government Plot to Spread Cold War Propaganda, Docs Reportedly Show
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-14
Negotiations to make secret payments to Reuters were led by the Information Research Department, a shady propaganda arm of the Foreign Office which had a major impact on Western media, culture and academia in their positions on and coverage of the USSR and other communist countries before being closed down in 1977.
sputniknews.com/uk/202001141078037664-bbc-reuters-involved-in-uk-government-plot-to-spread-cold-war-propaganda-docs-reportedly-show/

Sito russo: USA responsabili dell'errore umano che ha causato l'incidente dell'aereo ucraino
Stop NATO | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
Il sito militare russo Avia.pro ha affrontato il problema dell'incidente a causa di un errore umano del Boing ucraino 737 in Iran, l'8 gennaio, pochi minuti dopo il decollo, che ha causato la morte di 179 passeggeri e membri dell'equipaggio….
globalresearch.ca/sito-russo-usa-responsabili-dellerrore-umano-che-ha-causato-lincidente-dellaereo-ucraino/5700439

Permanent War and Poverty or Widespread Truth Awareness?
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
What are we really supporting when we refuse the truth and accept the war lies and the permanent war agenda? | We are supporting al Qaeda/ISIS, Empire's proxies. We are supporting the military dictatorship of Washington-led NATO and the collapse of …
globalresearch.ca/permanent-war-poverty-widespread-truth-awareness/5700389

US to Iraq: 'Vote All You Want, We're Not Leaving!'
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
President Trump's decision earlier this month to assassinate Iran's top military general on Iraqi soil

India's Kashmiri Detainee Self-Censorship Demand Is Undemocratic
Andrew Korybko | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-01-14
asia-pacificresearch.com/india-kashmiri-detainee-self-censorship-demand-undemocratic/5629018

Macron Forced to Back Down over Pension Reform Amidst Raging Protests
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
Once again the French have shown the world now to protest, and that protesting works. President Emmanuel Macron was forced to roll back his plans for pensions reform over the weekend as demonstrators took to the streets on Saturday in …
globalresearch.ca/macron-forced-back-down-pension-reform-amidst-raging-protests/5700566

CLEAN Future Act Is 'Shameful' and 'Greenwashing,' say Climate Justice Groups
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-14
Democrats' CLEAN Future Act calls for "net zero" carbon emissions by 2050 but doesn't require a fossil fuel industry phaseout. Critics say the bill lacks ambition and ignores the short timeline for radical action dictated by climate science.
therealnews.com/columns/clean-future-act-is-shameful-and-greenwashing-say-climate-justice-groups

The Montessori Schools Set to Track Students' Every Move
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2020-01-14
At schools that were meant to foster self-paced learning in the natural world, the billionaires behind Facebook and Amazon are funding new data-seeking tech.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/the-montessori-schools-set-to-track-students-every-move-lahm-200114/

Iranian Opposition–1970s to 2020
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-14
In the mid-1970s, I did a fair amount of organizing work with Maryland members of the Iranian Student Association. Our goal was to end the rule of the US-installed Shah of Iran. Some of my work involved helping the Iranian students write their leaflets in American English. In 1976, I attended some meetings in Washington,…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/14/iranian-opposition-1970s-to-2020-2/

"Morir Soñando": Martín Espada Reads Poem About Luis Garden Acosta, Young Lord & Community Activist
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-14
Last week marked the first anniversary of the passing of Luis Garden Acosta, the founder and longtime president of the nationally known El Puente youth and community leadership program in Brooklyn. Long regarded as one of New York City's foremost human rights and Latino community activists, Garden Acosta died last January at the age of 72. A former seminarian who had been active in the Catholic antiwar movement, Garden Acosta joined the Young Lords Party in 1970 and later founded that group's Massachusetts chapter while he was still a student at Harvard Medical School. He went on to pioneer successful nonviolent…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/14/luis_gard…

Iranian Opposition: 1970s to 2020
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-14
In the mid-1970s, I did a fair amount of organizing work with Maryland members of the Iranian Student Association. Our goal was to end the rule of the US-installed Shah of Iran. Some of my work involved helping the Iranian students write their leaflets in American English. In 1976, I attended some meetings in Washington,…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/14/iranian-opposition-1970s-to-2020/

Thousands of Florida educators rally to demand increase in pay and school spending
wsws.org | 2020-01-14
Defying threats of firings and massive fines for engaging in what some officials called an illegal strike, teachers rode chartered buses and car-pooled from as far away as Miami, nearly 500 miles from the state capital.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/14/flor…

Kenyan university staff set to strike unless revised wages implemented
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-14
The University Academic Staff Union (UASU) issued a strike notice on January 9, in protest against the Kenyan government's failure to honor the wage hike agreement signed with unions representing university staff last year. They have warned that teachers will be downing tools from January 20. | With the new academic year set to start, at least 35 universities in the country will be affected by the impending strike unless the government averts it by releasing the money promised in the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) signed on October 28, 2019. The deadline for the implementation of the CBA was November 30, 2…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/14/kenyan-university-staff-set-to-strike-unless-revised-wages-implemented/

To Manage Fires, Australia Must Follow the Lead of Aboriginal Communities
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-14
Since September 2019, Australia has been ravaged by bushfires. You know the statistics: about 18 million acres burned, around 2,000 homes destroyed, and nearly 1 billion animals affected. The fires have also affected Aboriginal com…
truthout.org/articles/to-manage-fires-australia-must-follow-the-lead-of-aboriginal-communities/

Chamada à s armas, a NATO mobilizada em duas frentes
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
NATOME: Assim, o Presidente Trump, que se orgulha do seu talento para criar siglas, já baptizou o destacamento da NATO no Médio Oriente, por ele solicitado por telefone, ao Secretário Geral da Alianàßa, Stoltenberg. Este concordou imediatamente, que a NATO …
globalresearch.ca/chamada-as-armas-a-nato-mobilizada-em-duas-frentes/5700614

Was ist die wirkliche nukleare Bedrohung im Nahen Osten?
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
‚ÄûDer Iran hà§lt sich nicht an die Nuklearabkommen" (Il Tempo), ‚ÄûIran zieht sich aus den Nuklearabkommen zuràºck

Chiamata alle armi, la Nato mobilitata su due fronti
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
NATOME: cosਠil presidente Trump, che si vanta del proprio talento nel creare acronimi, ha già battezzato lo spiegamento della Nato in Medio Oriente, da lui richiesto per telefono al segretario generale dell'Alleanza Stoltenberg. Questi ha immediatamente acconsentito che la …
globalresearch.ca/chiamata-alle-armi-la-nato-mobilitata-su-due-fronti/5700608

Brazil launching new research base in Antarctica
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-14
Brazil is opening its new Antarctic research base on Tuesday, eight years after a fire destroyed the country's original station.The new modern base, which is twice the size of the old one, cost nearly $100 million and will be able to accommodate up to 64 professionals of the Brazilian Antarctic Program (PROANTAR), the local daily G1 reported.It is located at the same site of the old structure, installed in 1984, in the Keller Peninsula of King George Island and will keep its name as Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station.Brazilian researchers are on the frozen continent for more than three decades and will continue…
yenisafak.com/en/technology/brazil-launching-new-research-base-in-antarctica-3509651

Selected Articles: Iran to Sue the US and Trump for Killing General Soleimani
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-14
SELECTED ARTICLES FROM GLOBAL RESEARCH | . | | India's Kashmiri Detainee Self-Censorship Demand Is Undemocratic | By Andrew Korybko, January 14, 2020 | India's demand that thousands of Kashmiri detainees sign a bond that commits them to not to make any comments …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-iran-sue-us-trump-killing-general-soleimani/5700602

'Champion for Educators and Working Class': Largest Teachers Union in Nevada Endorses Bernie Sanders
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-14
"I thank the Clark County Education Association for their support," Sanders said in response, "and look forward to their partnership in transforming our country and defeating the most dangerous president in modern history." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/01/14/champion-educators-and-working-class-largest-teachers-union-nevada-endorses-bernie?cd-origin=rss

Democratic Debate: Will Progressives Highlight the Cost of War?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-13
Senators Sanders and Warren could have their best opportunity yet to argue that if the U.S. has trillions to pay for war abroad, it can invest in healthcare, education, and infrastructure at home.
therealnews.com/columns/democratic-debate-will-progressives-highlight-the-cost-of-war

Trump Sends a "Death Threat" to Iraq's Prime Minister
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-13
The assassination of Major General Qaseem Soleimani, who was already a national hero in Iran, has now achieved the stature of a world class martyr. Carrying a diplomatic passport on his flight into Baghdad, Soleimani was also carrying the …
globalresearch.ca/primordial-urge-slay-hero/5700401

Incendiary Extinctions: Australian Fires and the Species Effect
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-13
Cocooned as it is from the world of science scepticism, the handling of the bush fire catastrophe unfolding in Australia is going to one of the more notable (non)achievements of the Morrison government. They were warned; they were chided; they were prodded. But the measures lagged and the flames came. To a certain extent, this…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/13/incendiary-extinctions-australian-fires-and-the-species-effect/

Pensacola Naval Air Station shooting by Saudi student was act of terrorism motivated by jihadist ideology – AG Barr
rt.com | 2020-01-13
The December shooting by 21-year-old Saudi military student Mohammed Alshamrani at Naval Air Station Pensacola that killed three people was an act of terrorism, US Attorney General William Barr has confirmed. | The shooting was an "act of terror" that was "motivated by jihadist ideology," Barr told reporters on Monday at a press conference, adding that Alshamrani is believed to have acted alone. | Also on rt.com | | FBI confirms identity of Pensacola shooter, US Navy says slain sailors confronted him before demise (PHOTO) | Alshamrani visited…
rt.com/news/478162-pensacola-naval-air-station-shooting-saudi-terrorism/

Biggest strike in world history: 250 million Indian workers
Martha Grevatt | workers.org | 2020-01-13
India is the world's second-most populated country, with about 1.374 billion people. Over 928 million are "working age" (15 to 64 years old; statistics from worldometers.info) On Jan. 8, one in four people in this age group

Marx's Labor Theory of Value: Bad Science and Bad for Ecological Socialism
David S. Pena | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-12
Value and Socialist Distribution Marxists need a scientific theory of value. I do not make that statement because I think it is controversial. I make it because I am not convinced that Marx provided one. By "scientific" I mean a theory that identifies an empirically detectable and measurable property that gives value to commodities, and …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/marxs-labor-theory-of-value-bad-science-and-bad-for-ecological-socialism/

Iran Admits 'Unintentionally' Shooting Down 737, But It Seems There Might Be More To This Story
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-11
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 (1/11/19). 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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/iran-admits-unintentionally-shooting-down-737-but-it-seems-there-might-be-more-to-this-story/

Pompeo Admits No "Imminent Threat," Boeing Emails Reveal 737 Issues & 60 Afghans Killed By US Drone
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-11
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 (1/10/19). 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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/pompeo-admits-no-imminent-threat-boeing-emails-reveal-737-issues-60-afghans-killed-by-us-drone/

Incendiary Extinctions: Australian Fires and the Species Effect
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-11
Cocooned as it is from the world of science scepticism, the handling of the bush fire catastrophe unfolding in Australia is going to one of the more notable (non)achievements of the Morrison government. They were warned; they were chided; they were prodded. But the measures lagged and the flames came. To a certain extent, this …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/incendiary-extinctions-australian-fires-and-the-species-effect/

Israel Again Bombs The PMU, Rockets Fired In Iraq, 737 Misinfo & Congress Warned Not To Discuss Iran
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-10
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 (1/9/19). 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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-again-bombs-the-pmu-rockets-fired-in-iraq-737-misinfo-congress-warned-not-to-discuss-iran/

ROCKETS Fired At US In Iraq, US Contractor Was 'Counterintelligence' & US/Iran Gov Coordination?
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-09
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 (1/8/19). 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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/rockets-fired-at-us-in-iraq-us-contractor-was-counterintelligence-us-iran-gov-coordination/

Secretary-General upholds value of UN Charter for a world in turmoil
news.un.org | 2020-01-09
Amid an era of rising geopolitical tensions and declining trust between nations, the United Nations Secretary-General has encouraged countries to "come home" to a defining document of the international community: the UN Charter.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/01/1055061

Iran Attacks US in Iraq, Soleimani's Diplomatic Mission & Trump Had Marines "Kill Protesters"
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-08
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 (1/7/19). 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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/iran-attacks-us-in-iraq-soleimanis-diplomatic-mission-trump-had-marines-kill-protesters/

Tampa Bay SDS says: End endless wars!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-08
Tampa, FL – On January 4, Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a protest against U.S. military intervention in the Middle East. The event was in response to recent aggression from the Trump administration against Iran following the assassination of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani. "Shortly after we heard the news, we decided that it was important for us to organize a demonstration against a new war as quickly as possible," said Matthew Wheat of Tampa Bay SDS. | Students and community members held signs and chanted on the corner of a busy intersection in Temple Terrace, home to the Univer…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/8/tampa-bay…