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The Truth About Julian Assange
Nils Melzer | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
A made-up rape allegation and fabricated evidence in Sweden, pressure from the UK not to drop the case, a biased judge, detention in a maximum security prison, psychological torture

Being a Democrat–Ugh
Barbara Nimri Aziz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
Notwithstanding the impotent Senate Minority. Not those ill-fated bills championed as victories by House Democrats only to be spurned by the upper chamber; not smug, elitist party fundraisers; not funding strategists and millionaire celebrity donors; not even bumbling Iowa Democratic …
globalresearch.ca/being-democrat/5703227

'Puzzling' virus of UNKNOWN origin with genes scientists can't identify discovered in Brazil
rt.com | 2020-02-10
Scientists in Brazil have discovered a virus which appears to be almost entirely new, consisting of unrecognizable genes that have been, until now, undocumented. | The Yaravirus (Yaravirus brasiliensis), named after a water deity in Brazilian mythology and folklore, was discovered in Lake Pampulha in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte. | Also on rt.com | | –°hina unveils mobile app that DETECTS coronavirus close contact | In recent years, virologists and other researchers have discovered a variety of new viruses which challenge tradition…
rt.com/news/480495-virus-unknown-origin-brazil/

The "Low-yield" Nuclear Warhead: A Dangerous Weapon Based on Bad Strategic Thinking
Andrew Facini | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
In the unintuitive world of nuclear weapons strategy, it's often difficult to identify which decisions can serve to decrease the risk of a devastating nuclear conflict and which might instead increase it. Such complexity stems from the very foundation of …
globalresearch.ca/low-yield-nuclear-warhead-dangerous-weapon-based-bad-strategic-thinking/5703212

Chinese Slams "Racist" Reports by German Media over Coronavirus
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
"Epidemic outbreaks must not be used as an excuse for discrimination and xenophobia, and press freedom must not become a reason for creating a racist opinion in German society," said the Chinese embassy in Germany in a statement. | *** | The …
globalresearch.ca/chinese-slams-racist-reports-german-media-over-coronavirus/5703248

From Pétain to Macron, from the Resistance to the Yellow Vests…: 1944-1945, France's Fake Purge of "The Collaborators"
Dr. Jacques R. Pauwels | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
In her most recent book, La Non-épuration en France de 1943 aux années 1950 ("France's Non-Purge from 1943 to the 1950s"), historian Annie Lacroix-Riz challenges a view of the Liberation of the country in 1944-1945

NATO "Preparations" for Attack on Russia. Operation Barbarossa II: Setting the Stage for War
Christopher Black | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
I have written several times about the continuing NATO preparations for an attack on Russia, a second Operation Barbarossa, the code name for the Nazi invasion of the USSR in 1941. Circumstances prompt me to write about it again, for …
globalresearch.ca/operation-barbarossa-ii-setting-stage-war/5703197

Gas Wars in the Mediterranean
Mike Whitney | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
The unexpected alliance between Turkey and Libya is a geopolitical earthquake that changes the balance of power in the eastern Mediterranean and across the Middle East. Turkey's audacious move has enraged its rivals in the region and cleared the way …
globalresearch.ca/gas-wars-mediterranean/5703184

Brazilian Government Wants to Destroy the Culture of Native Peoples
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
Recently, Brazilian government appointed Ricardo Lopes Dias to the position of coordinator of isolated peoples at the National Indian Foundation (Fundaàßà£o Nacional do Ândio

West Virginia Legislation: The Criminalization of Peaceful Protests against Oil and Gas "Critical Infrastructure". Anti-protest Bills
Connor Gibson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
2020 HB 4615 | Introduced and referred to House Judiciary Committee on January 30, 2020 | ICNL analysis: | Would heighten the penalties for protests near oil and gas pipelines and other infrastructure. Under the bill, knowingly trespassing on property containing a | …
globalresearch.ca/west-virginia-oil-gas-critical-infrastructure-anti-protest-bills/5703279

Step to Nuclear Doomsday: US Puts Low-yield Nukes on Submarines to Counter Made-up Russian 'Strategy'
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
The US has deployed "low-yield" nuclear missiles on submarines, saying it's to discourage nuclear conflict with Russia. The move is based on a "Russian strategy" made up in Washington and will only bring mass annihilation closer. | In a statement released | …
globalresearch.ca/step-nuclear-doomsday-us-puts-low-yield-nukes-submarines-counter-made-up-russian-strategy/5703215

Climate Change and Rebellion: an interview with John Molyneux
Leo Zeilig | mronline.org | 2020-02-10
In an interview with the socialist writer and activist, John Molyneux, ROAPE's Leo Zeilig asks him about climate change, capitalism and socialist transformation. In an important initiative John has recently founded the Global Ecosocialist Network (GEN) which brings together activists and researchers from across the Global North and South. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/10/climate-change-and-rebellion-an-interview-with-john-molyneux/

Israel Charged with War Crimes and Genocide. Complete 2013 Judgment of the Kuala Lumpur Tribunal
Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
The Tribunal deplores the failure of international institutions to punish the State of Israel for its crimes and its total lack of respect of International Law and the institutions of the United Nations.
globalresearch.ca/israel-charged-with-war-crimes-and-genocide-complete-judgment-of-kl-tribunal/5359433

The Geopolitical Deployment of Biological Weapons
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
It should be apparent that the launching of bio-warfare, as with conventional warfare, is considerably eased by locating military bases, offensive weapons and delivery systems as physically close as possible to one's potential enemies. This is one reason the US …
globalresearch.ca/the-geopolitical-deployment-of-biological-weapons/5703005

9/11 Analysis: Carbon Nanotubes in World Trade Center Dust
Kevin Ryan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
At the Toronto Hearings in 2011, Professor Niels Harrit described a new discovery related to the World Trade Center (WTC) dust. That new discovery was the presence of carbon nanotubes in the residues of nanothermite ignition. The importance of these …
globalresearch.ca/carbon-nanotubes-wtc-dust/5703240

The American Empire Mistakenly Believes the Shale Oil-Gas Revolution Will Continue Until 2050 and Beyond
Dr. Leon Tressell | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
The Trump regime never tires of trumpeting the myth of American 'energy independence'. The foreign policy establishment in Washington sees America's emergence as the worlds largest oil exporter as giving a huge boost to the achievement of U.S. geo-political goals. …
globalresearch.ca/american-empire-mistakenly-believes-shale-revolution-continue-until-2050-beyond/5703191

World War III's Newest Battlefield: U.S. Troops Head for the Far North
Michael T. Klare | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
In early March, an estimated 7,500 American combat troops will travel to Norway to join thousands of soldiers from other NATO countries in a massive mock battle with imagined invading forces from Russia. In this futuristic simulated engagement

Trump Administration's EPA's New Shameful Tactic: Avoid People Poisoned by Coal Ash
Anita Desikan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
Imagine you live next to a coal-fired power plant. Near the power plant, you may have seen heavy machinery dumping loads of greyish substance into an open pit or a pond. You learn that the greyish stuff is called coal …
globalresearch.ca/epa-new-shameful-tactic-avoid-people-poisoned-coal-ash/5703199

In Oman the Old Monarch Passed Away, but the New One Will Guarantee Continuity
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
The Sultan of Oman

Russia starts training crew for India's 1st manned space mission
rt.com | 2020-02-10
Four Indian astronauts that will take part in their country's first manned space mission have begun tuition at Russia's famed Cosmonaut Training Center (CTC) after coming through a rigorous selection process at home. | The quartet, sent by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), commenced training on Monday, the center announced in a statement. Their names have yet to be revealed, but all of them are well-trained military pilots, it stated. | "All candidates served as fighter pilots in the Indian Air Force. After serious tests,…
rt.com/news/480491-indian-astronauts-start-training-russia/

Coronavirus Is Becoming a Western Excuse for Sinophobia and "China-Bashing"
Lucas Leiroz de Almeida | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
Coronavirus is, undoubtedly, one of the greatest epidemic tragedies of our times. Hundreds of dead people and thousands of ill ones are the proof of it. For any person with good faith and interested in the well-being of people, it …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-western-excuse-sinophobia/5703277

Support for NATO wanes in France, Germany & even US as alliance struggles to maintain unity
rt.com | 2020-02-10
Public support for NATO has seen a notable decline in France, Germany and the US, according to a new poll. The alliance has suffered from months of budgetary in-fighting and mud-slinging among member states. | While the Pew Research study noted that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization still enjoys general support across member states, it pointed out that several countries "have soured on the alliance." | Positive views of the transatlantic alliance fell to 52 percent in the United States last year, from 64 percent in 2018, the survey found. In France, support fell to 49 percent, from 60 percent in 2017 and…
rt.com/news/480501-nato-approval-decline-europe-us/

Hassan Diab Files Civil Claim Regarding His Extradition
Hassan Diab Support Committee | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
On Friday February 7, Hassan Diab's civil lawyer filed a statement of claim in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice regarding Hassan's extradition in 2014. At a press conference that day, Hassan stated: | "Since my release in 2018, we have | …
globalresearch.ca/hassan-diab-files-civil-claim-regarding-extradition/5703236

German Ruling Class Commemorates Liberation of Auschwitz by Planning New Wars and New Crimes
Johannes Stern | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
On Wednesday, a neo-fascist party helped form a regional government in Germany for the first time since the end of Nazi rule. | Despite the pro-business Free Democratic Party (FDP) receiving just five percent of the vote in the regional election …
globalresearch.ca/german-ruling-class-commemorates-liberation-auschwitz-planning-new-wars-new-crimes/5703234

Iowa: Where The Democrats' DNC Dreams Go to Die. Bernie, The "Trumpian Front Runner"
Brett Redmayne-Titley | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
After months of the DNC's daily water boarding of the American public with their manufactured jurisprudence know as The Impeachment, these same political wizards of electioneering have in one day, Monday, galvanized the person they most detest. This week's political …
globalresearch.ca/iowa-where-dnc-dreams-go-die/5703243

It's No Big Deal that There Are Some Limits to Russia-Israel "Cooperation" in Syria
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
Russia's condemnation of the "Israeli Air Force's" recklessness in once again hiding behind a civilian aircraft to deter anti-air fire by the Syrian Arab Army during their latest bombing operation against Damascus isn't contradictory to the principles of the unofficial …
globalresearch.ca/no-big-deal-some-limits-russian-israeli-co-op-syria/5703255

We're California Graduate Students, And We're Not Taking Poverty Wages Anymore
UC Santa Cruz Wildcat Strikers | thenation.com | 2020-02-10
We're California Graduate Students, And We're Not Taking Poverty Wages…
thenation.com/article/activism/santa-cruz-strike/

Joe Biden jokingly calls a voter 'a liar', but his poll ratings show he has nothing to laugh about
Peadar O'Cearnaigh | thecanary.co | 2020-02-10
At a Democrat primary event in New Hampshire on 9 February, a young student asked former US vice president Joe Biden why voters should believe he could win the national election. But instead of giving her a straight answer, Biden called her a "lying dog-faced pony soldier". So his response left a lot of people in the room and online quite puzzled: | t.co/yTfLtvvFBP pic.twitter.com/u8EsmYP1Xr |

Dozens of San Diego teachers receive "excess" notices as mass layoffs loom
wsws.org | 2020-02-10
Most of the excessed teachers have been told they will receive pink slips layoff notices on March 15 due to their lack of seniority in the district.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/10/teac…

2020 Oscars in Pictures
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-10
For the second year, there was no host at the ceremony. Past winners and nominees, as well as Hollywood celebrities took the stage to announce the favourites chosen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
sputniknews.com/photo/202002101078275282-2020-oscars-in-pictures/

Water Sprite: Puzzling New Virus With Unknown Genes Spotted in Brazil
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-10
Although the newly uncovered virus was found to belong to the amoeba class, 90 percent of its genes are totally absent from vast 8,500-item metagenome databases.
sputniknews.com/science/202002101078275895-water-sprite-puzzling-new-virus-with-unknown-genes-spotted-in-brazil/

NATO's image worsens sharply in France, United States, study shows
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-10
NATO's public image in the United States and France worsened sharply last year, according to a Pew Research Center study, after U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron questioned the value of the Western alliance.Positive views of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, which relies on the commitment of its allies to collective defence, fell to 52% in the United States last year, from 64% in 2018, the study released on Monday said.In France, where Macron said last year the alliance was experiencing "brain death" because of a perceived failure to help resolve world conflicts, support fell…
yenisafak.com/en/news/natos-image-worsens-sharply-in-france-united-states-study-shows-3511679

Deported to Death: US Sent 138 Salvadorans Home to be Killed
Prof. Mneesha Gellman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
At least 138 people deported from the United States to El Salvador since 2013 have been killed, according to a new report by Human Rights Watch, which investigates human rights abuses worldwide. | The 117-page report also says researchers identified at …
globalresearch.ca/deported-death-us-sent-138-salvadorans-home-killed/5703205

Menace on the Menu in Post-EU Britain
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
Environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written the report ' Bayer Crop Science rules Britain after Brexit

The Bad Blood of Brexit Coursing Through Our Veins
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
Brexit is not just tearing the union apart, it is further souring an already strained relationship with both the European Union and with America. The economy has flatlined, inward investment has collapsed and the government are now so desperate that …
globalresearch.ca/bad-blood-brexit/5703208

Selected Articles: The United States: A "Destroyer Of Nations"
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-10
Lying is a money making activity and lies are commodities. There is a profitable global market for media and public figures committed to spreading disinformation. | Needless to say, "Telling the Truth", on the other hand, Is Not a Money-Making Proposition. …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-united-states-destroyer-nations/5703264

Mexico's President AMLO Shows How It's Done
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
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 …
globalresearch.ca/mexico-president-amlo-shows-how-its-done/5703116

Three Extraordinary Australian Journalists: Burchett, Pilger and Assange
Rick Sterling | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
Australia has produced extraordinary journalists across three generations: Wilfred Burchett (deceased in 1983), John Pilger (80 years old but still active) and Julian Assange (48 years old, currently in London's Belmarsh prison). | Each of these journalists made unique contributions to …
globalresearch.ca/three-extraordinary-australian-journalists-burchett-pilger-and-assange/5703110

No New Nuclear
Radiation Free Lakeland | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
Climate activists across the world are uniting to protect the planet from continuing fossil fuel use. There is much talk of a green industrial revolution and a Green New Deal. This sounds good, but what does it mean? | Kevin Frea…
globalresearch.ca/no-new-nuclear/5703136

Bankers Shape Canadian Policy in Latin America. Juan Guaidó Fêted in Ottawa
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
What's more likely to shape Canadian policy in the Hemisphere: human rights and democracy or bankers' bottom-line? | Last week Venezuelan politician Juan Guaidó was fêted in Ottawa. The self-declared president met Canada's Prime Minister, international development minister and foreign minister. …
globalresearch.ca/bankers-shape-canadian-policy-latin-america/5703148

Rosa Luxemburg and Debt as an Imperialist Instrument
Eric Toussaint | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
In her book titled The Accumulation of Capital, [1] published in 1913, Rosa Luxemburg [2] devoted an entire chapter to international loans [3] in order to show how the great capitalist powers of the time used the credits granted by …
globalresearch.ca/rosa-luxemburg-debt-imperialist-instrument/5703113

Video: What Did Malcolm X Really Think about the Democratic Party?
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
First published by Global Research in February 2017 | "I'll have those n*ggers voting Democratic for the next 200 years" –U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson to two governors on Air Force One according to Ronald Kessler's "Inside the White House"…
globalresearch.ca/what-did-malcolm-x-really-think-about-the-democratic-party/5576198

Politics and Corruption at the World Health Organization (WHO)
Pascal Sacré | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
This article, translated from French, was written prior to Wuhan Coronavirus epidemic outbreak | *** | The WHO [OMS in French] is the World Health Organisation. 'WHO' in English

South Africa's Government's Firm Stance against "Israeli Apartheid"
BDS South Africa | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
South African civil society will be holding a pre State of the Nation (SONA) Palestine solidarity picket in support of the South African government's firm stance against Israeli Apartheid and in protest against US President Donald Trump's recent Apartheid …
globalresearch.ca/south-african-civil-society-protest-ahead-ramaphosas-upcoming-state-nation-address-sona/5703124

Glyphosate and Roundup Proven to Disrupt Gut Microbiome by Inhibiting Shikimate Pathway
GMWatch | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
First published and posted in GR in December 2019 | Fatty liver disease and death of liver tissue were also confirmed in rats fed regulatory permitted and thus presumed safe doses of the weedkiller | The primary mechanism of how glyphosate herbicides …
globalresearch.ca/glyphosate-roundup-proven-disrupt-gut-microbiome-inhibiting-shikimate-pathway/5697512

The Real Reason America Used Nuclear Weapons Against Japan. It Was Not To End the War Or Save Lives
Washington's Blog | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
Like all Americans, I was taught that the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in order to end WWII and save both American and Japanese lives. But most of the top American military officials at the time said otherwise.
globalresearch.ca/the-real-reason-america-used-nuclear-weapons-against-japan-it-was-not-to-end-the-war-or-save-lives/5308192

Video: The U.S. Attempted 2018 Coup against Nicaragua
Daniel Kovalik | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
Watch this full length documentary by Dan Kovalik | Daniel Kovalik is an American lawyer and Human Rights advocate who's followed Nicaragua's politics for the last four decades. | 20 months after what was called the "April Crisis" he goes to Nicaragua …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-u-s-attempted-2018-coup-against-nicaragua/5703166

Egypt Arrests and Tortures Human Rights Activist: Rights Group
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-09
An Egyptian researcher and activist was arrested Friday at Cairo's international airport following his arrival from Italy to Egypt's capital for a family visit, according to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR). | RELATED: | 'In Chile They Torture, Rape, Kill', Mon Laferte Says Shameless | Patrick George Zaki, 27, had been in the Italian city of Bologna since August 2019 for his postgraduate studies. | "He was taken into the custody of Egypt's National Security Inve…
telesurenglish.net/news/Egypt-Arrests-and-Tortures-Human-Rights-Activist-Rights-Group-20200209-0015.html

The United States: A "Destroyer Of Nations"
Daniel Kovalik | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
First published by Counterpunch and Global Research in October 2016 | In the aftermath of the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003

NATO Allies Hold Emergency UN Security Council Meeting to "Save Al-Qaeda" in Idlib
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-09
The NATO allies of the UNSC held another emergency meeting to wail loud crocodile tears for the terrorists occupying Idlib who are actually on the UN's terror list, and on the terror lists of the countries of the NATO tripartite …
globalresearch.ca/nato-allies-hold-emergency-unsc-meeting-save-al-qaeda-idlib/5703119

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2020-02-09: News Headlines

RT (2020-02-09). 3D printer that could cover burns with ARTIFICIAL SKIN undergoing trials (VIDEO). rt.com A device capable of 'printing' sheets of artificial skin onto burns has performed strongly in recent trials, bringing it one step closer to use in burn clinics. | The handheld 3D skin printer was developed by engineers at the University in Toronto in 2018. The innovative technology passed a major milestone earlier this month, after the team reported promising results following its latest trial of the device on pigs in the journal of 'Biofabrication'. | One researcher on the team described the sci fi-looking tool as a "duct tape dispenser" that uses artificial tissue "tape." | A video posted by the University o…

Gary Olson (2020-02-09). On Class Consciousness and the 2020 Presidential Election. dissidentvoice.org After several weeks of intensive reading and discussion on class, capitalism and socialism in my undergraduate course, The Politics of Labor, we would do following exercise: Standing before the blackboard (google it) I encouraged the students to list existing, objective and determining conditions that might prompt the American working class to seek the abolition of …

Larry Romanoff (2020-02-09). Iran Attack on Two US Bases, The "Evil Empire" Strikes Back. The Casualties? globalresearch.ca After their excessive and macabre display of delight and satisfaction, and even celebration, over the killing of Solemani, the White House was tight-lipped about Iran's almost immediate retaliatory missile attack on two US bases in Iraq, with Donald Trump soon …

Samantha Winslow (2020-02-09). Teacher Strikes Boost Fight for Racial Justice in Schools. zcomm.org L.A. teacher union activists, like their counterparts in Chicago, Seattle, St. Paul, and other cities, are making contract demands to confront segregation, underfunding, and the criminalization of the students they teach…

Yulia Gilich and Tony Boardman (2020-02-09). Santa Cruz Grad Students Extend Wildcat Strike. zcomm.org Protesting low wages in one of the most unaffordable cities in the country, graduate students at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) went on a wildcat grading strike in December and are now organizing for a full strike…

Natasha Lennard (2020-02-09). Yes, a Progressive President Could Cancel Student Debt on Day One. zcomm.org We are closer than ever to making student debt erasure happen not because of policy wonks at think tanks or Senate offices, but rather because a grassroots movement organized behind an aim and then set about figuring out how to make it a reality…

Ellen Brown (2020-02-09). Mexico's President AMLO Shows How It's Done. dissidentvoice.org 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 press conference on January 6, he said the neoliberal model had failed; private …

yenisafak (2020-02-09). Azerbaijan: 132 int'l media outlets to cover election. yenisafak.com A total of 132 international media outlets will cover the snap parliamentary election in Azerbaijan, the chairman of Central Election Commission (CEC) said on Saturday.Mazahir Panahov told a news conference in the capital Baku that some 199 representatives of 132 international media outlets from 47 countries will closely monitor the election scheduled for Sunday.He said the latest number of the candidates for the deputy post is at 1,314.Some 305 candidates are related to the political parties, while the rest are independent.He said that almost 92% of candidates have a higher education degree, while almost half of…

sputniknews (2020-02-09). Fellowship of Siberia's Baikal Rings: Cause of Puzzling Ice Circles in World's Biggest Lake Revealed. sputniknews.com There have been diverse theories attempting to crack open the mystery of the so-called "ice rings" in Russia's Lake Baikal, some of which may even reach 7 kilometres in diameter. The most popular concept, focusing on methane outbursts, was eventually disproven due to objective geological reasons.

Shawgi Tell (2020-02-09). Charter Schools Fail to Eradicate the Achievement Gap. dissidentvoice.org Numerous inequalities characterize societies in which the majority produce the wealth but only a handful own it. The so-called "achievement gap" is mainly an expression of the harsh social class divide in society that keeps growing. One of the conceited claims of charter school advocates is that privately-owned-operated non-profit and for-profit charter schools will close …

RT (2020-02-08). Irish election too close to call as 'historic' surge by left-wing nationalist Sinn Fein stuns establishment. rt.com Polls have closed in Ireland's general election and, with no party securing a strong lead, confusion abounds as voters wait to see which parties will agree to do business with each other to form a coalition. | An Ipsos MRBI exit poll published by Ireland's state broadcaster RTE at 10pm shows FG, SF and FF tied with a statistically insignificant (given a margin of error of 1.3 percent) difference of 22.4, 22.3 and 22.2 percent of the vote respectively. | A Sinn Fein surge in the run up to election day looks to have translated into votes at the ballot box, allowing party leader Mary Lou McDonald to head into pos…

teleSUR (2020-02-08). Ontario Teachers Are Strongly United to Defend Public Education. telesurenglish.net Over the last week, Canadian elementary school teachers have intensified their protest against Ontario Prime Minister Doug Ford's policies, which seek to cut the number of teachers and increase the number of students per classroom. | RELATED: | Instead, Canadian teachers demand more resources to serve students with special needs, the protection of the preschool education program, and fairer wages. | Despite having br…

Staff (2020-02-08). Government Report Finds Trump's Trade War Is Harmful to Americans' Incomes. truthout.org President Donald Trump's trade war is projected to reduce the average family's real income by $1,277, according to a new report from the The CBO, a nonpartisan congressional research arm, projected that the tariffs imposed by the Trump administration and retaliatory tariffs imposed by countries like China will reduce economic growth while increasing prices to consumers. | "Tariffs are expected to reduce the l…

WSWS (2020-02-08). Australian coronavirus travel ban blocks thousands of Chinese students. wsws.org The blanket ban by the Morrison government affects any foreign national trying to enter Australia from mainland China.

Julia Conley, staff writer (2020-02-08). 'Something Big Is Shifting': As Georgetown Announces Fossil Fuel Divestment, Students Across US Demand Their Schools Follow Suit. commondreams.org Student-led anti-fossil fuel campaigns at universities across the country pointed to Georgetown University Friday as the school's board of directors announced it would divest from fossil fuels and redouble its efforts to invest in renewable energy instead. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

C.J. Atkins (2020-02-07). Chinese national describes life inside the coronavirus quarantine zone. peoplesworld.org SINGAPORE—It's been more than two weeks since authorities in the city of Wuhan quarantined 11 million people in an attempt to contain the coronavirus outbreak spreading across China and around the world. Except for a few foreign nationals whose governments have ferried them out on charter flights, the capital of epidemic-hit Hubei province remains, essentially, …

Johanna Ross (2020-02-07). Assange's Case Represents 'Failure of Western Law' — Says UN's Nils Melzer. globalresearch.ca An interview was recently given by UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Nils Melzer, to

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-02-07). Who is Behind "Fake News"? Mainstream Media Use Fake Videos and Images. globalresearch.ca The mainstream corporate media is desperate. They want to suppress independent and alternative online media, which they categorize as "fake news". Readers on social media are warned not to go onto certain sites. Our analysis confirms that the mainstream media are routinely involved in distorting the facts and turning realities upside down.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2020-02-07). Why Nancy Pelosi is "A National Disgrace" globalresearch.ca Nancy Pelosi tears up Trump's State of the Union Address. | "I thought it was a terrible thing," said Trump. "It's illegal what she did. She broke the law." | On one thing I agree with Donald Trump: | Speaker of the House …

teleSUR (2020-02-07). Pope Francis Rejects Tax Cuts for the 'Richest People'. telesurenglish.net Pope Francis criticized the practice of tax cuts for the rich in the name of "investment and development," calling it a "structure of sin" at the seminar set up by the Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences, Thursday. | RELATED: | He lamented the fact that "billions of dollars" end up in "tax haven accounts" instead of funding "healthcare and education," something that in his own words impede "the possibility of the digni…

Jessica Corbett (2020-02-07). Trump's Final Plan to Open Treasured Public Lands in Utah Called 'Sellout' to Big Oil. globalresearch.ca The administration's new managment plans "are the latest in a series of insults… that began when Trump illegally dismantled Bears Ears and Grand Staircase at the behest of corporate interests two years ago." | *** | Tribal and conservation groups on Thursday …

Andrew Korybko (2020-02-07). Expansion of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). Tehran Wants to Build "the Golden Ring" globalresearch.ca BRI-led Eurasian integration processes are one of the defining characteristics of contemporary International Relations, and the Golden Ring could eventually become the centerpiece of these efforts if Ambassador Hosseini's W-CPEC+ proposal succeeds, especially if it's done in parallel with N-CPEC+….

John Stanton (2020-02-07). How the World Ends. Personal Reflections On "The Situation Everyone is In" globalresearch.ca I'm writing this letter to myself. I need to talk to someone, even it is only myself. I need to believe that what happened to us was real. | All that I know of the past was learned by word-of-mouth histories …

Steven Sahiounie (2020-02-07). Syria and Turkey Face War as Syrian Arab Army Poised to Take Idlib. globalresearch.ca Tensions between Damascus and Ankara have never been higher over the past nine years. Turkey's

Michael Jansen (2020-02-07). Break-up of Astana Partnership Was Inevitable. The Turkey-Russia Relation in Jeopardy? globalresearch.ca Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has ordered his forces to strike Syrian army positions in retaliation for targeting a Turkish military convoy bound for the Saraqeb in Syria's north-western Idlib province. His forces obeyed on Monday and allegedly struck a …

Larry Romanoff (2020-02-07). Biological Weapons: A Useful and Timely Factual Overview. globalresearch.ca A US Army operating manual from 1956 stated explicitly that biological and chemical warfare were an integral operating portion of US military strategy, were not restricted in any way, and that Congress had given the military "First Strike" authority on their use.

Canada Palestine Association (2020-02-07). Canada, Palestine and the 'Deal of the Century': Four Statements. globalresearch.ca Reject Trump's Plan: Exist, Resist, Return | by Canada Palestine Association | The Trump Administration has just unveiled the details of its "Deal Of The Century." This plan includes, but is not limited to: | Giving legitimacy to illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine. …

Zero Hedge (2020-02-07). Just a Little Sloppy Record-Keeping? The Pentagon's $35 Trillion 'Accounting Black Hole'. globalresearch.ca Over the past two weeks of coronavirus headlines and heightened global anxiety, along with impeachment coverage and after over the Super Bowl weekend Americans huddled in living rooms in blissful oblivion, a story which in more normal times would be …

Patrick Martin (2020-02-07). Democrats Seek to Suppress Sanders Victory in Iowa. globalresearch.ca The effort by the Democratic Party establishment to conceal or suppress reports of Senator Bernie Sanders' victory in the Iowa caucuses reached a new stage Thursday with Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez calling on the Iowa Democratic Party to …

Maurizio Vezzosi (2020-02-07). Italy and the Changing — But Not Waiting — World. globalresearch.ca Recently the French President, Mr. Emmanuel Macron, admitted that NATO should be considered cerebrally dead. Such a statement, although influenced by the search for domestic consent, certainly reflects a deep impatience with European and Atlantic limitations by French intellectuals …

Coery Eiesbnreg (2020-02-07). J31 "Fare Strike" Protest at New York's Grand Central Station. globalresearch.ca Just a few hours before the J31 Fare Strike convened at Grand Central Station, I had the opportunity to speak with Mayor de Blasio as a call-in to the Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC. I alerted the Mayor to the …

Michael Lynk (2020-02-07). Video: "The Deal of the Century", Palestine and International Law: UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk. globalresearch.ca Michael Welch's GRTV feature interview with UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in occupied Palestine, Prof. Michael Lynk. | The plan will take us backward. It violates international law. | It is an unilateral arrangement between Israel and the …

Scarlet Kim (2020-02-07). CBP Lied About Iranian-American Detentions, Leaked Memo Suggests. globalresearch.ca Last month, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Ajamu Baraka (2020-02-07). Venezuela "Embassy Protectors" Will Not be Able to Tell Jury that Coup Leader Juan Guaido Is "Not President", or Mention International Law. globalresearch.ca On February 4, Chief Judge Beryl A. Howell issued a ruling on what the jurors will be allowed to be told in the trial of the Embassy Protectors scheduled to begin on February 11. She granted most of the government's …

WSWS (2020-02-07). UK: Tory health secretary signals ditching Accident and Emergency targets as crisis in NHS worsens. wsws.org Research by the Patient Association found that 5,500 NHS patients died over the past three years due to spending so long on a trolley in overcrowded hospital A&E units.

Renee Parsons (2020-02-07). Election Politics: From Chaos to an Emerging Political Consciousness? globalresearch.ca The disintegration of Iowa's Democratic caucus before the nation's disbelieving eyes could not be a better metaphor for what some are calling the Evolutionary Shift of the Ages. In a nutshell, a shift in the nature of reality is underway …

Simon Watkins (2020-02-07). Iraq Is on the Brink of an Energy Crisis. globalresearch.ca As the deadline for the U.S. to renew its waiver on Iraq importing gas and electricity from Iran approaches later this month, the three key players in this ongoing geopolitical saga have been preparing for all possible outcomes. As always …

Asoka Bandarage (2020-02-07). Neocolonialism and Geopolitical Rivalry in Sri Lanka. globalresearch.ca Sri Lanka's historical narrative has been defined by geopolitical rivalry, external aggression and internal resistance to that aggression. The early historical era experienced successive waves of invasion from South Indian kingdoms. These were followed by European conquest and consecutive rule …

Carey Gillam (2020-02-07). It's Farmer v. Monsanto in Court Fight over Dicamba Herbicide. globalresearch.ca A showdown is underway in the Midwest as the owner of a large Missouri peach farm seeks to hold the former Monsanto Co. accountable for millions of dollars in damage to his crops—losses the farmer claims resulted from a corporate …

Eric Waddell (2020-02-07). World Conquest: The United States' Global Military Crusade (1945- ). globalresearch.ca The first period was characterized by US military intervention in Europe, the second by a concern to confine the Communist bloc and to prevent the emergence of pro-communist regimes elsewhere in the world, and the third, focused on gaining control over the former Soviet republics and the oil-rich Middle East.

Colin Todhunter (2020-02-07). Genetically Modified Bt Cotton: Cultivating Farmer Distress in India. globalresearch.ca Later this month, India's Supreme Court will hold a lengthy hearing on the commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) mustard, which would be the country's first GM food crop. The court has asked the chair of the Technical Expert Committee to …

commondreams (2020-02-07). 'Consistent With a Mass Extinction': New Study Warns Climate Chaos Driving Rapid Decline of Bumblebees. commondreams.org The rising frequency of extremely hot temperatures tied to human-caused global heating is creating "climate chaos" that drives widespread declines of bumblebees, some of the planet's most important pollinators, according to a new study published in the journal Science. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

Fight Back (2020-02-07). UW-Parkside SDS lead rally to free Chrystul Kizer, confront DA Graveley. fightbacknews.org Kenosha, WI – Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) organized a #FreeChrystul rally at UW-Parkside on February 5 that saw 40 protesters attend. The demonstrators congregated outside the building where District Attorney Mike Graveley, Chrystul Kizer's prosecutor, was teaching his first class of the spring semester, on criminal law. | The group began with chants that echoed across the campus thanks to the excellent acoustics between campus buildings. Coinciding with the start of the class period, speakers from different organizations and backgrounds shared their messages. These included Adelana Akindes, a leader…

Staff (2020-02-07). In Spite of Economic Gains, Wage Growth Is Slowing. truthout.org The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the economy added 225,000 jobs in January. With modest upward revisions to the prior two months' data, this brought the three-month average to 211,000 jobs. While the unemployment rate edged higher to 3.6 percent, the employment-to-population ratio (EPOP) rose 0.2 percentage points to 61.2 percent, a new high for the recovery. The EPOP for prime-age workers (ages 25 to 54) rose by 0.2 percentage points to 80.6 percent, also a high for the recovery. | The January data a…

Staff (2020-02-07). Human Rights Watch: 200 Salvadoran Asylum Seekers Killed, Raped or Tortured After U.S. Deportation. democracynow.org A shocking new report says at least 200 Salvadoran asylum seekers were either killed, raped or tortured after being deported from the United States back to El Salvador. Human Rights Watch found that some 138 people deported to El Salvador were murdered by gang members, police, soldiers, death squads or ex-partners between 2013 and 2019. The report says most of the victims were killed within two years after being deported, by the same perpetrators the asylum seekers had fled from. From Denver, Colorado, we speak to Clara Long, senior researcher for Human Rights Watch. And joining us from El Salvador, we speak to "

splcenter (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.

RT (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…

splcenter (2020-02-04). Alabama Charter Schools: Principles for Ensuring Equity and Access. splcenter.org …

Fight Back (2020-02-03). Kenosha, WI: Students plan rally in support of Chrystul Kizer outside DA Graveley's classroom. fightbacknews.org Kenosha, WI – As the semester approaches, members of the UW-Parkside chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) have been hard at work. Kicking off the new year, SDS is leading a rally in support of the release of Chrystul Kizer, a Milwaukee teenager accused of killing her sex trafficker, Randall Volar III. | Upon learning that Kenosha's district attorney, Michael Graveley, would be teaching a class at their campus, the students of the organization knew they had to act. | "I felt angry knowing that Graveley will be showing his face at Parkside," said Lana Akindes, a member of SDS. "He's proudly vouching f…

Martha Rosenberg (2020-02-02). Why is Animal Research So Seldom in the News? zcomm.org The animal-research industry is a vast, macabre enterprise richly supporting medical centers and individual researchers with almost no transparency or accountability…

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