Speak-Out Against Another Charter School on Radioactive SF Treasure Island
UPWA & Defend Public Education NOW! | indybay.org | 2020-01-20
Room 400 | San Francisco City Hall…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/18/18829846.php

This week in history: January 20-26
wsws.org | 2020-01-20
25 years ago: Nuclear war scare caused by Norwegian rocket On January 25, 1995, the Russian military mistook a Black Brant XII rocket–launched by a team of Norwegian and US scientists to research the northern lights over Svalbard–as an incoming Trident missile launched as a high-altitude nuclear attack by the US Navy. It was the first time a Russian leader used the nuclear briefcase in a real alert.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/20/twih…

The Roots of American Demonization of Shi'a Islam
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
The US targeted assassination, via drone strike, of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, apart from a torrent of crucial geopolitical ramifications, once again propels to center stage a quite inconvenient truth: the congenital incapacity of so-called US elites to even attempt …
globalresearch.ca/roots-american-demonization-shia-islam/5701065

The Court of Appeal of Turin Confirms the Link Between a Head Tumour and Mobile Phone Use
Equipe Phonegate | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
The Court of Appeal of Turin confirms in a full judgment published on 13 January 2020 (904/2019 of 3.12.2019 , Romeo v. INAIL) the decision of the Tribunal of Ivrea of 2017. Judge Fadda considers that the worker's acoustic neuroma …
globalresearch.ca/court-appeal-turin-confirms-link-between-head-tumour-mobile-phone-use/5701050

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

Ike Was Right
Eric Margolis | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
"In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist. Now this conjunction of an …
globalresearch.ca/ike-was-right/5701070

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

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/

'Scale of this Failure Has No Precedent': Scientists Say Hot Ocean 'Blob' Killed One Million Seabirds
Jessica Corbett | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
On the heels of new research showing that the world's oceans are rapidly warming, scientists revealed Wednesday that a huge patch of hot water in the northeast Pacific Ocean dubbed "the blob" was to blame for killing about one million …
globalresearch.ca/scale-failure-no-precedent-scientists-say-hot-ocean-blob-killed-one-million-seabirds/5701059

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

Pompeo Claims to Know Nothing, but Can We Believe Him?
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated in a Friday radio interview that he had not been previously aware that former US Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch had been under surveillance in Ukraine. "Until this story broke, the best of my recollection, I'd | …
globalresearch.ca/pompeo-claims-to-know-nothing-can-we-believe-him/5701080

In the Spirit of Martin Luther King: Revolting Children Inspire Joyous Rebellion
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
"Our problem is civil obedience," said the people's historian Howard Zinn. | I kept thinking of this issue of obedience and disobedience as I was watching the musical play Matilda, based on the book by the impish writer Roald Dahl, at …
globalresearch.ca/in-the-spirit-of-martin-luther-king-revolting-children-inspire-joyous-rebellion/5701086

Dr. Martin Luther King as an Inspiration and a Role Model
Imad Hamad | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
On Dr. Martin Luther King's day (January 20, 2020), we remember a global icon that has been an inspiration to men and women across the globe struggling for human rights for all. Despite all the serious human rights and …
globalresearch.ca/dr-martin-luther-king-inspiration-role-model/5701084

Breathing new life into colonizing the Moon? ESA to begin producing oxygen from LUNAR DUST
rt.com | 2020-01-20
The European Space Agency (ESA) has fired up its prototype oxygen plant to begin producing the element out of simulated moondust, with a view to creating a sustainable breathable air production facility on the Moon. | "Being able to acquire oxygen from resources found on the Moon would obviously be hugely useful for future lunar settlers, both for breathing and in the local production of rocket fuel," says Beth Lomax of the University of Glasgow, a researcher working on the prototype at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC). | The current prototype is set up in a lab in Noordwijk in the Net…
rt.com/news/478697-esa-making-oxygen-moon-dust/

The Truth About the Trump Economy
Joseph E. Stiglitz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-20
It is becoming conventional wisdom that US President Donald Trump will be tough to beat in November, because, whatever reservations about him voters may have, he has been good for the American economy. Nothing could be further from the truth. | …
globalresearch.ca/truth-trump-economy/5701074

Russian Held in Indian state of Himachal Pradesh with 1.26 kg of Cannabis Worth $4,000
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-20
New Delhi (Sputnik): In India, general cultivation, consumption or possession of cannabis, cocaine, and opium is prohibited under the Narcotics, Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. However, the use of cannabis is allowed for medicinal and research purposes.
sputniknews.com/india/202001201078085089-russian-held-in-indian-state-of-himachal-pradesh-with-126-kg-of-cannabis-worth-4000/

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/

Indian Technophiles, Gear Up: Over 1 Mln Jobs Opportunities To Open Up in Data Science This Year
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-20
New Delhi (Sputnik): Out of India's 1.37 billion population, over 630 million people are on the internet and more than 5 million work in the technology sector. According to data from Chinese tech company TCL, India has the highest 'new technology acceptance' rate in the world.
sputniknews.com/india/202001201078084987-indian-technophiles-gear-up-over-1-mln-jobs-opportunities-to-open-up-in-data-science-this-year/

Apple's Voice Assistant App Siri Called Israel 'Zionist Occupation State' After Wikipedia Hack
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-20
Siri, Apple's voice-controlled personal assistant, offers a seamless way to interact with one's Apple device, as the user asks questions, or issues commands for her to execute on one's behalf, hands-free.
sputniknews.com/science/202001201078086045-apples-voice-assistant-app-siri-called-israel-zionist-occupation-state-after-wikipedia-hack/

Drastic cuts to Rochester, New York schools
wsws.org | 2020-01-20
Ninety-five teachers have been laid off and 150 displaced in the Rochester City School District, due to massive over-spending, provoking immense anger among students, parents and staff.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/20/roch…

'I Attended Chandrayaan 2 Landing Despite Failure Warnings': PM Modi Shares Anecdotes With Students
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-20
New Delhi (Sputnik): The first three months of the academic calendar are rough for high-school students in India, as they gear up for "board examinations"

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…

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

Magnesium citrate taken orally alleviates pain: Research
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-20
A team of Turkish scientists have pioneered a research which proves taking magnesium citrate orally reduces pain.Dr. Nazan Uysal Harzadin, an academic at Dokuz Eylul University, said her team carried out a scientific study to trace the relationship between magnesium and muscle pain.She said their experiments proved that magnesium citrate taken orally reduces pain by regulating the balance of the immune system.The researcher said she believes that magnesium might be useful to reduce pain especially after surgery."There is some data showing that magnesium, directly injected to a vein during surgery, can control pai…
yenisafak.com/en/life/magnesium-citrate-taken-orally-alleviates-pain-research-3510051

Man gets life term for killing student in Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-20
A Turkish court sentenced university student Ceren Ozdemir's murder suspect to aggravated life imprisonment on Monday.Ozdemir, 20, a music student at Ordu University, was stabbed to death outside of her house on Dec. 3, 2019.In the second trial of the case held in the Black Sea province of Ordu, Heavy Penal Court No. 1 sentenced Ozgur Arduc to aggravated life imprisonment, based on his atrocious feelings during the crime.The defendant confessed the crime last month to prosecutors in the province.Ozdemir family's lawyer said the crime was completely enlightened.The Court determined continuation of detention of the…
yenisafak.com/en/news/man-gets-life-term-for-killing-student-in-turkey-3510046

NAFTA 1.0: Was It a "Legal Agreement"? One of Its Signatories Linked to Organized Crime. And What About NAFTA 2.0?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-19
Public opinion has its eyes riveted on USMCA, which is tagged as NAFTA 2.0. It is important at this stage to focus on the murky history of NAFTA 1.0 as well as the transition to NAFTA 2.0. | USMCA modifies the …
globalresearch.ca/nafta-1-0-was-it-a-legal-agreement-one-of-its-signatories-linked-to-organized-crime-and-what-about-nafta-2-0/5697702

Remarks on the US/China "Trade Deal"
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-19
The first thing to understand is that it is not a trade deal. It is Trump backing off his tariffs when he discovered that the tarrifs fall on US goods and American consumers, not on China. Trump is covering his …
globalresearch.ca/remarks-us-china-trade-deal/5700993

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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/revealed-irans-attack-did-cause-casualties-us-israeli-cyberattack-pompeo-threatens-the-world/

Putin's Now Purged the West from the Kremlin. Medvedev Cabinet dissolved
Tom Luongo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-19
It came as the biggest shock of the day on Wednesday. The Russian government resigned. The day before President Vladimir Putin gave his State of the Nation address and outlined a slate of constitutional changes. | That speech prompted an overhaul …
globalresearch.ca/putin-purged-west-kremlin/5700995

2019 Year in Review: From Corporate Capture of Social Media to Trump's War Agenda to Climate Change
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-19
"It just seems like people have really lost their way, severed ties with reality completely, where we're listening to some pied piper online instead of really questioning authority. questioning the power structures like we should be all along!"

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

Pompeo Says Gangland-Style Hit on Soleimani Was "Restoration of Deterrence"
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-19
America's "shadow president", Mike Pompeo, has acknowledged that the assassination of Iran's highest-ranking military general, Qassem Soleimani, was part of a broader strategy to restore "real deterrence" by eliminating presumed enemies of the United States. Pompeo's comments at …
globalresearch.ca/pompeo-says-hit-soleimani-restoration-deterrence/5700985

Video: The WHO's Vaccine Experts Inadvertently Communicate to the World that "Vaccine Hesitancy" Makes Scientific Sense
Dr. Gary G. Kohls | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-19
In this expose, the WHO vaccine experts admit that: | Vaccines can be fatal. | The design of safety studies makes it difficult to spot problems. | Safety monitoring is inadequate. | Vaccine adjuvants increase risk. | "The FDA receives 45% of its annual budget …
globalresearch.ca/world-health-organization-vaccine-experts-vaccine-hesitancy-makes-scientific-sense/5700984

France's Popular Uprising: Revolution or Frozen Conflict?
Diana Johnstone | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-19
The people are angry with their government. Where? Just about everywhere. So what makes ongoing strikes in France so special? Nothing, perhaps, except a certain expectation based on history that French uprisings can produce important changes

Trump Is the Third President to Lie About Afghan War Success
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-19
The Bush, Obama and Trump administrations all routinely lied to the American people about the success of the 18-year war in Afghanistan. They exaggerated progress and inflated statistics to create an illusion that that the war was winnable. But after …
globalresearch.ca/trump-third-president-lie-about-afghan-war-success/5700997

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/

Israeli Soldiers Invade Palestinian School West of Ramallah
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-01-19
Israeli forces raided, on Sunday, a Palestinian school and terrorized its students in the village of Deir Nizam, west of Ramallah in central occupied West Bank. According to the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA), soldiers invaded the school and ransacked classrooms, causing panic and fear among students as soldiers …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-invade-palestinian-school-west-of-ramallah/

Too Many Americans Feel Establishment Has 'Failed Them'
Julia Conley | zcomm.org | 2020-01-19
"Bernie Sanders teaches Demagoguery and Fascism 101 to a very skeptical New York Times editorial board."
zcomm.org/znetarticle/too-many-americans-feel-establishment-has-failed-them/

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/

Video: Turkish Invasion of Libya? Erdogan Sends Troops
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-18
In early 2020, Libya became one of the main hot points in the Greater Middle East with stakes raised by Turkey's decision to launch a military operation there. | On January 5, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey had sent …
globalresearch.ca/turkish-invasion-libya/5700898

Nuclear Weapons: Trump Regime Pressured E3 Countries (UK, France, Germany) to Trigger JCPOA Dispute Mechanism
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-18
Post-WW II, Washington transformed Western European countries into virtual US colonies

Ex-pharma lobbyist embedded in White House tanked drug pricing bill, while his former employer helped from the outside
Alex Kotch | nationofchange.org | 2020-01-18
Trump's top healthcare adviser, former Gilead Sciences lobbyist Joe Grogan, strenuously lobbied within the White House and on Capitol Hill against price negotiations.
nationofchange.org/2020/01/18/ex-pharma-lobbyist-embedded-in-white-house-tanked-drug-pricing-bill-while-his-former-employer-helped-from-the-outside/

'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/

Not an Inch: Indian Students Stand Against the Far Right
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
With her head bandaged and her arm in a sling, university student Aishe Ghosh went before the cameras to say that the students of the university she attends in New Delhi would move "not an inch back." The students would continue to agitate to defend Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and its union, and to fight…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/not-an-inch-iranian-students-stand-against-the-far-right/

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/

Israel Bombs Gaza And Syria Killing 3 & Iran Says US Sabotage/Cyberattack Likely Behind 737 Downing
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-17
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/16/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-bombs-gaza-and-syria-killing-3-iran-says-us-sabotage-cyberattack-likely-behind-737-downing/

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

The World Looks to Abandon the Dollar as US Sanctions Tighten Their Grip
Ryan McMaken | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-17
When the US places financial sanctions on one country, it de facto sanctions many other countries as well