'Nobody ever gets points for saying anything good about Russia': Stephen Cohen says, as Rep. Schiff spreads ignorance about Putin
rt.com | 2020-01-28
US Congress heavyweights like Adam Schiff deeply misunderstand Russia but keep on bashing Moscow because it has become "politically advantageous" in Washington, Russia researcher Stephen Cohen said. | "Being highly-critical of Russia is good politics in the United States," Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies at New York University and Princeton University, told the Grayzone's Aaron Mate in an interview, uploaded online on Monday. | Nobody ever gets any points for saying anything good about Russia
Make America Radical Again: A Conversation with Harvey J. Kaye
Daniel Falcone | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-28
Harvey J. Kaye is the Ben & Joyce Rosenberg Professor of Democracy and Justice Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, the Founding Director of the University's Center for History and Social Change, and the author of numerous books, including The British Marxist Historians, The Education of Desire (winner of the Isaac Deutscher Memorial Prize)…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/28/make-america-radical-again-a-conversation-with-harvey-j-kaye/
US Supreme Court considers ending ban on public funding for religious schools
wsws.org | 2020-01-28
On January 22, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Espinoza v. Montana Department of Revenue, a deeply reactionary case which takes aim at both the democratic principle of separation of church and state and the right to free, universal public education.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/28/espi…
The US Dropped More Munitions on Afghanistan Last Year Than Any Other Time in the Last Decade
Jared Keller | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
The U.S. military dropped more munitions on targets across Afghanistan in 2019 than during any other year stretching back to at least 2009, according to Air Force data. | According to Air Forces Central Command's airpower statistics, U.S. aircraft dropped…
globalresearch.ca/us-dropped-more-munitions-afghanistan-last-year-than-any-other-time/5702076
1982 Report Warned of Radioactive Waste Threat From Oil and Gas Wells
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-28
Back in April last year, the Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency decided it was "not necessary" to update the rules for toxic waste from oil and gas wells. Torrents of wastewater flow daily from the nation's 1.5 million active oil and gas wells and the agency's own research has warne…
truthout.org/articles/1982-report-warned-of-radioactive-waste-threat-from-oil-and-gas-wells/
Iraq to Neocons: Get the Hell Out of Our Country
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
The Trump coterie of neocons is spinning the Iraq embassy attack to fit their agenda, namely that Iran is responsible for the rocket attack when it is obvious the people of Iraq are fed-up with the US occupation, designed to …
globalresearch.ca/iraq-neocons-get-out-our-country/5702020
Follow the "Real Money" Behind the "New Green Agenda"
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
Within little more than a year everyone imaginable seems to have jumped on the bandwagon of the new green agenda of radical measures to "stop" climate change. Now the bastion of corporate economic globalization, the Swiss Davos World Economic Forum, …
globalresearch.ca/real-money-behind-new-green-agenda/5702027
Trump's EPA Is a Huge Cancer Risk
Sam Pizzigati | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
This January, President Trump claimed credit for new figures from the American Cancer Society showing "the sharpest one-year drop in cancer death rate ever recorded" between 2016 and 2017. | The society politely pointed out that the Trump administration had nothing …
globalresearch.ca/trump-epa-huge-cancer-risk/5702064
Open Letter to Canada's PM Justin Trudeau. "Interim President of Venezuela Juan Guaidó to visit Canada"
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
Re: Your announcement of January 26, 2020 "Interim President of Venezuela Juan Guaidó to visit Canada" | Dear Mr. Justin Trudeau: | I have read with great disappointment your office's announcement that you are meeting with what many Venezuelans and Canadians alike …
globalresearch.ca/open-letter-canada-pm-justin-trudeau/5702024
Video: Guns, Drugs and the CIA
Frontline | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
Two of the most persistent offensives of the Reagan presidency have been the war against communism in Central America and the war on drugs here at home. | But investigations of America's secret war in Nicaragua have revealed mounting evidence …
globalresearch.ca/video-guns-drugs-and-the-cia/5701863
The Struggle to End Imperialist Militarism in the 21st Century
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
As we enter the third decade of the present century, it is important for anti-imperialists to take stock of events over the previous ten years. | Since 2010, the role of United States imperialist militarism has been just as disruptive, destabilizing …
globalresearch.ca/struggle-end-imperialist-militarism-21st-century/5702035
France Apology after History Textbook Links CIA to 9/11
BBC | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
A French publisher has apologised after a history textbook that appeared in bookshops in recent weeks suggested the 11 September 2001 attacks were probably "orchestrated by the CIA". | The debunked conspiracy theory was apparently highlighted on social media initially by …
globalresearch.ca/france-apology-history-textbook-links-cia-911/5701808
China's Message to Donald: What Do You Want from Us?
Lin Liangduo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
Translated from Chinese for Global Research. | Enough is enough. Enough hypocrisy for this one world. | What do you want from us, anyway? What Do You Really Want from Us? | When we were the sick man of Asia, we were called …
globalresearch.ca/chinas-message-to-donald-what-do-you-want-from-us/5701954
Coronavirus Outbreak, a Global Public Health Emergency?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
In late December, the World Health Organization (WHO) noted cases of a new virus strain unseen before. | Days later, Chinese authorities confirmed a new coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan City, a contagious respiratory illness. | On Tuesday, a WHO alert cited a …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-outbreak-global-public-health-emergency/5702060
A Million Iraqis Asked Us to Leave. We Should Listen
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
You wouldn't know it from US mainstream media reporting, but on Friday an estimated million Iraqis took to the streets to protest the continued US military presence in their country. What little mainstream media coverage the protest received all reported …
globalresearch.ca/million-iraqis-asked-us-leave-we-should-listen/5702087
Can Carob Save a Nation? An Amazing Plant. The Carob Tree Lends itself to a Wide Range of Uses
Nora Martetschlà§ger | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
The carob tree has been appreciated for its various features throughout the ages. Nowadays, people are starting to rediscover this amazing plant. It is both a wild growing forest tree, and an easy to cultivate fruit tree. Because of this …
globalresearch.ca/can-carob-save-nation/5702022
Russia-Pakistan Relations. A Five-Phase Strategy. Building Afro-Eurasia
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
Russian-Pakistani relations have remarkably improved in recent years as a result of their diplomatic coordination in Afghanistan and the launch of annual joint anti-terrorist drills in 2016, with both of these trust-based developments setting the stage for finally strengthening their …
globalresearch.ca/five-phase-strategy-strengthen-russian-pakistani-trade-ties/5702095
Killing Free Speech in America
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
No group in the United States has labored so hard as the friends of Israel to destroy the First Amendment to the Constitution, which commits the government to prohibit any "abridging the freedom of speech…or the right of the …
globalresearch.ca/killing-free-speech-america/5702090
Russian economy attracts $1 BILLION in foreign investments in 2020
rt.com | 2020-01-28
Since the beginning of the year, Russian bond sales have raised more than $1 billion from foreign investors, Kommersant daily reported, citing reports by Bank of America and BCS Global Markets. | According to the reports based on Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR) data, four Russian issuers have already placed $1.6 billion worth of Eurobonds in 2020. The Finance Ministry has placed 145 billion rubles ($2.3 billion) worth of ruble-denominated OFZ federal bonds. | Last week, an unknown buyer purchased 58 billion rubles (US$932 million) worth of ruble-denominated sovereign debt, which, according to the minis…
rt.com/business/479362-russia-foreign-investors-2020/
Palestinian Rejection: End of Oslo Peace Process and the Trump-Netanyahu Apartheid "Steal of the Century"
Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
The Palestinian leadership has entirely rejected what is known of the Trump plan for Israel and Palestine, and warned that they see it as destroying the Oslo Peace accords. The Trump administration did not consult the Palestinians in drawing up …
globalresearch.ca/price-trolling-impeachment-end-oslo-peace-process-trump-netanyahu-apartheid-steal-century/5702085
"Humans Love Violence": Gandhi and the World Economic Forum
Robert J. Burrowes | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
As we approach the 72nd anniversary of the assassination of Mohandas K. Gandhi on 30 January 1948, it is worth reflecting on one simple fact that he did not realize. His efforts to teach humanity that conflict, including violent …
globalresearch.ca/humans-love-violence-gandhi-world-economic-forum/5702053
To Huawei or Not to Huawei; Boris Johnson Says Yes to Chinese 5G Provider for the UK
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
The UK security council met on Tuesday to discuss whether or not to exclude Huawei from providing Britain's 5G networks, which are to be rolled out gradually by 2022. The outcome? A compromise: Huawei is to have a limited role, …
globalresearch.ca/huawei-uk-decides-5g-provider/5702069
Video: Syria War Report, Maarat Al-numan South of Idlib Is Liberated
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
On January 27 evening, units of the Syrian Army continued their operation in southeastern Idlib. Government troops liberated Hamidiya, Bseida, Maasaran, Tal Al-Shih, Maziyan and several other villages. By this advance, the army fully besieged Maarat al-Numan from the northern, …
globalresearch.ca/video-maarat-al-numan-liberated/5702097
Remove the Livestock, Not the Wolves
Greta Anderson | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-28
Wolves are smart, family-oriented animals and science demonstrates that problems with livestock increase following wolf removals. So why does the government keep removing wolves in response to conflict with livestock and hope that solves the same problem? Right now, in the Gila National Forest, there is a wolf family that is facing a huge amount…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/28/remove-the-livestock-not-the-wolves/
Watching through your hands: The scariest horror movies of all time, as seen by science
rt.com | 2020-01-28
A new study that had people watch horror movies while their brains were being imaged has revealed what makes some horror movies so frightening
Watching through your hands: The scariest horror movies of all time, as seen by science
rt.com | 2020-01-28
A new study that had people watch horror movies while their brains were being imaged has revealed what makes some horror movies so frightening– and has attempted to rank the scariest ever made. | Any list of best movies is sure to be controversial–just ask the people who run the Oscars. But this one is brought to you by science
Carcinogens in Our Neighborhoods
Sam Pizzigati | zcomm.org | 2020-01-28
In Trump America, science is no match for 'free market' fundamentalists and CEOs chasing windfalls…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/carcinogens-in-our-neighborhoods/
Chinese Artist & Filmmaker Ai Weiwei on State Violence from Mexico to Hong Kong to Xinjiang
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-28
In 2014, 43 students from Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College disappeared after they were abducted in Iguala, Mexico. More than five years after their disappearance, the families of the students are still fighting for justice. The story is the subject of a stunning new documentary by the world-renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. The film, "Vivos," follows the families of the disappeared students in their daily lives as they grapple with the absence of their loved ones and attempt to hold the Mexican government accountable for their disappearance. We sat down with Ai Weiwei earlier this week at the Sund…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/28/ai_weiwei…
SPLC sues Alabama school district for violating students' due process rights after cell phone is mistaken for gun
splcenter.org | 2020-01-28
Andre and his friend were taking turns on a cell phone, playing a video game called Last Day on Earth: Survival
Chilean uprising the legacy of dashed hopes and bitter defeat
W. T. Whitney Jr. | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-28
Santiago high school students were the spark. Rejecting a fare hike, they jumped over subway toll barriers on October 18, 2019. Students filled the streets. Police action led to injuries and arrests. Some 1.2 million people occupied Plaza Italia in Santiago a week later. After three months, on January 18, Santiago marchers arriving from three …
peoplesworld.org/article/chilean-uprising-the-legacy-of-dashed-hopes-and-bitter-defeat/
To Cancel Student Debt, You Don't Need Congress
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-28
The 2020 Democratic primary elevated the student debt debate to the national stage and has sparked discussion at dinner tables and workplaces across the country. Americans are asking themselves and the candidates: how much student debt should we cancel, and how shall we cancel it? Sen. Bernie Sanders wants to cancel it all
Union-backed arbitrator imposes pay freezes on Alberta teachers and nurses
wsws.org | 2020-01-28
The decision means Alberta public school teachers will have been subject to wage freezes for seven of the last eight years.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/28/albe…
Union-backed arbitrator imposes pay freezes on Alberta teachers and nurses
wsws.org | 2020-01-28
The decision means Alberta public school teachers will have been subject to wage freezes for seven of the last eight years.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/28/albe…
No Coronavirus in India, All Precautions Being Taken: Health Minister
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-28
New Delhi (Sputnik): The new Coronavirus that broke out in the Chinese city of Wuhan has already left at least 106 people dead in China, according to statistics released on Tuesday. The data further reveals that about 4,500 people have contracted the virus so far, most of them living in China.
sputniknews.com/india/202001281078162107-no-coronavirus-in-india-all-precautions-being-taken-health-minister/
La politica 100 secondi a Mezzanotte
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
Mentre l'attenzione politico-mediatica era concentrata in Italia sulla campagna elettorale, la lancetta dell' ´Orologio dell'apocalisse ª
A política '100 segundos para a meia-noite'
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
Enquanto a atenàßà£o político-mediática estava concentrada na campanha eleitoral, em Itália, o ponteiro do "Relógio do Apocalipse"
Selected Articles: How Far Can Imperialism Go?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
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 …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-how-far-can-an-imperialist-go/5702109
Adani and the Purpose of Education
Peter Harrison | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-27
Recently, Survival International, the organization that campaigns with 'tribal peoples,' ran a story about the Indian conglomerate, Adani Group, setting up a Tribal Residential School for children in Bankishole, Baripada, in Mayurbhanj District in Odisha State
How Is Washington 'Liberating' Free Countries
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
There are obviously some serious linguistic issues and disagreements between the West and the rest of the world. Essential terms like "freedom", "democracy", "liberation", even "terrorism", are all mixed up and confused; they mean something absolutely different in New York, …
globalresearch.ca/how-washington-liberating-free-countries/5701937
The Troubling Decline of International Law
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
While it is true that rogue states
Why the New Silk Roads Are a "Threat" to the "US Bloc"
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
Under the cascading roar of the 24/7 news cycle cum Twitter eruptions, it's easy for most of the West, especially the US, to forget the basics about the interaction of Eurasia with its western peninsula, Europe. | Asia and Europe have …
globalresearch.ca/why-new-silk-roads-threat-us-bloc/5701858
The Unbearable Hypocrisy of US Sanctions on Iran
Daniel McAdams | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
On November 22nd of last year, the US government announced it would impose sanctions on Iran's information minister for his alleged role in limiting domestic Internet access while protests raged in that country over increases in gas prices. | At the …
globalresearch.ca/unbearable-hypocrisy-us-sanctions-iran/5701834
Rockets Strike US Embassy in Baghdad
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
Iraq is occupied US territory. | The vast majority of Iraqis and its ruling authorities want Pentagon and allied forces expelled from the country. | It's the only way for the nation to regain its sovereignty, lost to US aggression and occupation, …
globalresearch.ca/rockets-strike-us-embassy-baghdad/5701958
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the Rohingyas
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
The International Court of Justice's (ICJ) Order to the Government of the Republic of Myanmar to adopt various provisional measures to protect the Rohingya community from "physical destruction" and to prevent the commission of all acts within the scope of …
globalresearch.ca/international-court-justice-rohingyas/5701848
5 Million Cases Worldwide, 650,000 Deaths Annually: The Seasonal Flu Virus is a "Serious Concern", But the Wuhan Coronavirus Grabs the Headlines
Tom Clifford | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
The common flu virus will infect millions across the globe. It can be easily spread and will especially strike the young and the elderly. But this is not what has been described as the Wuhan virus. The common flu is …
globalresearch.ca/flu-bigger-concern-wuhan-virus-grabs-headlines/5701932
Auschwitz Was Evil but so Was Jasenovac, Yet Few Dare to Talk About It
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
The 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz is a somber event marked by deep reflection across Europe about the evils of its genocidal past, which makes it an appropriate time to remind everyone about Jasenovac, the Croatian-operated death camp …
globalresearch.ca/auschwitz-was-evil-so-was-jasenovac-yet-few-dare-talk-about-it/5701924
No, Iran Won't Have a Nuclear Bomb 'in a Matter of Months'
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
As Iran puts the final nail in its nuclear agreement with the West, hyperbolic headlines have warned that the Islamic Republic could have a nuclear weapon "within months." Politicians have said it, pundits have repeated it, and hawkish national security …
globalresearch.ca/iran-wont-have-nuclear-bomb-in-matter-months/5701952
Grenfell Tower Fire: A Conspiracy to Hide the Truth from Thousands of Current Residents of 400 Existing Buildings
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
All polymer foams produced from isocyanate chemicals are fire-accelerants that will not only spread any fire within seconds of ignition but will also emit lethal hydrogen cyanide gas that can cause death within a few minutes. | Hydrogen cyanide gas (HCN), …
globalresearch.ca/grenfell-tower-fire-conspiracy-hide-truth-1000s-current-residents-400-existing-buildings/5701817
Cuba: a Matter of Principle
Rose Miriam Elizalde | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-27
Think tanks in the United States and Cuban researchers agree on one thing: the policy of more sanctions and the extension of the U.S. blockade will not change the socialist course of Cuba. In the case of the island, punishment produces the exact opposite of weakness. It has been that way for more than 60 years…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/27/cuba-a-matter-of-principle/
Al Qaeda Terrorist Attacks Continue in Aleppo; Drones Hit Near Lattakia
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
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-2/5701873