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What Changed at Independent Agencies in 2019
Eleanor Eagan | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-30
As we have previously highlighted, independent federal agencies receive too little attention relative to their importance to our collective safety and prosperity. The Revolving Door Project has worked through multiple channels to shed light on these overlooked agencies and the threats that they face. We hope public education will generate pressure to safeguard the independence…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/30/what-changed-at-independent-agencies-in-2019/

Most Schools Stifle Indigenous Youth. Standing Rock Offered a Different Vision
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-30
"The camps at Standing Rock produced an environment substantially and holistically more supportive for Native youth," writes activist Sarah Sunshine Manning. In this excerpt from her essay, which is a part of the collection Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement, the actualization of self and community that sprang from the Oceti Sakowin camps speaks to how Western education fails to meet the needs of Indigenous youth. | In early August 2016, tribal nations throughout N…
truthout.org/articles/most-schools-stifle-indigenous-youth-standing-rock-offered-a-different-vision/

Biden's Flip-Flop on Free Higher Education Exposes His Hypocrisy
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-30
One key debate in the Democratic primary is the question of free public higher education. While Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren have proposed free public college for all, South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg has supported the idea for families making less than $150,000, and former Vice President Joe Biden has positioned himself as a centrist who rejects these plans and instead adopts the Obama approach of free community college. | What makes t…
truthout.org/articles/bidens-flip-flop-on-free-higher-education-exposes-his-hypocrisy/

Is Singapore About to Become a U.S. Military Hub Against China?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Singapore, a small but well-armed island nation in Southeast Asia, with 72,000 troops in the army, was approved by the United States in early January 2020 to acquire 12 F-35Bs, along with necessary equipment such as spare engines, parts, electronics, …
globalresearch.ca/singapore-about-become-u-s-military-hub-against-china/5702293

How Not to Fight Antisemitism
Independent Jewish Voices | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Executive Summary | Antisemitism is a form of racism and as such must be opposed on general anti-racist principles, in solidarity with other anti-racist struggles and in concert with the principles of human rights and equality for all. Unfortunately, both the | …
globalresearch.ca/how-not-fight-antisemitism-critique-international-holocaust-remembrance-alliance-working-definition-antisemitism-ihra-wda/5702297

What You Need to Know About Trump's Annexation Plan
Afro News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
US President Donald Trump finally unveiled his 'Middle East Peace Plan' on Tuesday, 28 January 2020, during a media conference in Washington, as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stood by his side. | The entire document, called 'Peace to …
globalresearch.ca/what-you-need-know-about-trump-annexation-plan/5702267

Video: Syria Army Develops Momentum in Idlib and Aleppo. Turkish Military Convoy Enters Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
On January 28, units of the Syrian Army, led by the 25th Special Mission Forces Division, liberated the town of Maarat al-Numan, the Wadi Al-Deif military base and nearby villages from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other al-Qaeda-linked groups. | Earlier on …
globalresearch.ca/video-syria-army-develops-momentum-idlib-aleppo/5702277

Russian Delegation Reminds US that Occupied Golan Heights Is Syrian Territory
Almasdar News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations, Vasily Nebenzia, mentioned to the authors of the "Deal of the Century" that the occupied Golan Heights is Syrian territory. | "Yesterday, Washington's vision of a settlement in the Middle East was | …
globalresearch.ca/russian-delegation-reminds-us-occupied-golan-heights-syrian-territory/5702310

Two Books for One Price: Special Offers from Global Research Publishers
Global Research | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Global Research Publishers bring you a number of special offers on two-book combined purchases. Click on a link below for more info or to order the combined book offer of your choice: | . | . | | | *SPECIAL OFFER: The Dirty War on : | …
globalresearch.ca/the-dirty-war-on-syria-the-globalization-of-war/5588394

US Sanctions Bar Iran from Accessing $5B Energy Export Revenue
Tsvetana Paraskova | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Due to the U.S. sanctions on Iran, Tehran is unable to use or transfer US$5 billion in revenues it has received from Iraq for supplying natural gas and electricity to its neighbor, an Iranian official told local media on Wednesday….
globalresearch.ca/us-sanctions-bar-iran-accessing-5b-energy-export-revenue/5702309

Trump Regime's Annexation Scheme of the Century Unveiled
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Nothing about the scheme surprised, an affront to millions of long-suffering Palestinians and international law

The FBI Has Been Lying About Seth Rich
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
A persistent American lawyer has uncovered the undeniable fact that the FBI has been continuously lying, including giving false testimony in court, in response to Freedom of Information requests for its records on Seth Rich. The FBI has …
globalresearch.ca/fbi-lying-about-seth-rich/5702287

JCPOA Nuclear Agreement Collapsing Due to Western Bad Faith
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
In spite of the Russian Foreign Ministry's best efforts, the JCPOA may very well be in the process of collapsing. On January 14th, British, French and German officials decided to trigger the agreement's Dispute Resolution Mechanism in relation to alleged …
globalresearch.ca/jcpoa-collapsing-due-western-bad-faith/5702291

"Coded Bias": New Film Looks at Fight Against Racial Bias in Facial Recognition & AI Technology
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-30
A new documentary looks at the dangers of artificial intelligence and its increasing omnipresence in daily life, as new research shows that it often reflects racist biases. Earlier this month, Cambridge, Massachusetts, became the latest major city to ban facial recognition technology, joining a growing number of cities, including San Francisco, to ban the artificial intelligence, citing flawed technology and racial and gender bias. A recent study also found that facial recognition identified African-American and Asian faces incorrectly 10 to 100 times more than white faces. The film "Coded Bias" begins with Joy B…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/30/coded_bia…

WHO Impressed by Chinese Response to Coronavirus Outbreak
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
On July 1st 1941, the Soviet Politburo created the Council for Evacuations, an emergency governing body tasked with organizing the evacuation of people, food, farm-livestock, other goods and entire factory complexes to the Urals region before they could be captured …
globalresearch.ca/who-impressed-chinese-response-coronavirus-outbreak/5702319

US Airstrikes in Afghanistan Hit Ten-year High in 2019
Niles Niemuth | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
The US Air Force reported Monday that it carried out more airstrikes in Afghanistan in 2019 than any year in the last decade. Manned and unmanned aircraft dropped 7,423 bombs, topping the previous decade high of 7,362 in 2018. | Nearly …
globalresearch.ca/us-airstrikes-afghanistan-hit-ten-year-high-2019/5702284

The Torturers and the 'Ticking Bomb': How Torture Became Routine in the Global War on Terror
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
With all the media excitement focused on the impeachment of President Donald Trump, it comes as no surprise that some recent additional insights into how the United States became a torture regime have been largely ignored. It has been …
globalresearch.ca/how-torture-became-routine-global-war-terror/5702318

Netanyahu Formally Indicted
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Hard evidence collected by Israeli AG Mendleblit proves Netanyahu guilt of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, serious civil offenses

Indian scientists develop SPACE BRICKS for future construction on the Moon
rt.com | 2020-01-30
In what could be an important leap for lunar exploration, Indian scientists claim to have produced special bricks made from a material simulating the Moon's surface, based on samples brought back by NASA missions. | The Indian Institute of Science (IIS) teamed up with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to produce what they call "space bricks." | The invention, they say, as quoted by local media, will facilitate future construction projects on the Earth's satellite, including those that require the use of resources found on-site. | Tomorrow at ISRO's Human Space Flight Symposium, will be talking abo…
rt.com/news/479545-india-space-bricks-moon/

Facial Recognition Technology and AI Are Tainted With Racial Bias
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-30
A new documentary looks at the dangers of artificial intelligence and its increasing omnipresence in daily life, as new research shows that it often reflects racist biases. Earlier this month, Cambridge, Massachusetts, became the latest major city to ban facial recognition technology, joining a growing number of cities, including San Francisco, to ban the artificial intelligence, citing flawed technology and racial and gender bias. A recent study also found that facial recognition identified African-Americ…
truthout.org/video/facial-recognition-technology-and-ai-are-tainted-with-racial-bias/

Trump's Skewed Vision Gives Israel Everything It Wants
Michael Jansen | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century", his "vision" of an Arab-Israeli peace settlement, is, as expected, a boon for Israel and a trap for the Palestinians. Everyone knew this would be the case. His deal could never have been …
globalresearch.ca/trump-skewed-vision-gives-israel-everything-wants/5702326

Impeachment and the Imperial Presidency
Donald Monaco | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Donald J. Trump is the third president in American history to face an impeachment trial in the United States Senate. He stands accused by Democratic members in the House of Representatives of abusing power and obstructing Congress. | In reality, Trump …
globalresearch.ca/impeachment-imperial-presidency/5702279

Video: Syria Army Advance on Saraqib. Liberated Areas held by Al Qaeda (Hayat Tahir al Sham)
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Idlib militants seem to be in disarray amid the developing advance of the Syrian Army. Since the liberation of Maarat al-Numan, government forces have achieved several important breakthroughs on the frontline in southeastern Idlib and southwestern Aleppo. | The army has …
globalresearch.ca/video-advance-saraqib/5702335

Boeing Reports Epic $4 Billion Revenue Miss, Announces $18.6BN in 737 MAX Costs, Cuts 787 Production; Stock Surges
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
If there ever was a "kitchen sink" quarter, Boeing just had it. | Moments ago, the ailing US aerospace giant reported Q4 earnings which prompted traders to do a double take after revenues cratered by 37% Y/Y, down from $28.3BN a …
globalresearch.ca/boeing-reports-epic-4-billion-revenue-miss-announces-18-6bn-737-max-costs-cuts-787-production-stock-surges/5702312

How the FBI Sabotaged Trump Foreign Policy
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
We now know that, before Donald Trump's inauguration on January 20, 2017, the FBI had the ouster of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, the President's National Security Adviser, in its sights. By February 13th, Flynn was out the …
globalresearch.ca/how-fbi-sabotaged-trump-foreign-policy/5702275

South Australian counsellor and educators speak on conditions in schools
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
"It is very difficult to understand the complexities of a classroom until you've been in and taught in that classroom and you've tried to manage perhaps 28 or 32 students, all with varying needs."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/sate…

UC Santa Cruz Undergrad Students Are Organizing Under the IWW
Carolyn Knight-Serrano | indybay.org | 2020-01-30
UC Santa Cruz Undergrad students are organizing a union under the IWW Industrial Union 620 fighting for better wages and the abolition of tuition.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/29/18830161.php

The Government Is Trying to Strip Student Workers of the Ability to Unionize
Arianna Demas | aclu.org | 2020-01-30
The federal government recently proposed a rule that would strip graduate student workers of their ability to organize under the National Labor Relations Act, the law that grants most private sector employees the right to engage in collective bargaining. In justifying its proposed rule, the National Labor Relations Board, a government agency, asserted that allowing graduate student a…
aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/the-government-is-trying-to-strip-student-workers-of-the-ability-to-unionize

Weingarten: Right wants states to use public dollars for religious schools
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-30
WASHINGTON

The way forward for Dutch teachers
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
Dutch teachers are mounting renewed strike action to demand funds for staff, facilities, increased pay and reduced workloads.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/teac…

US Interior Dept Grounds Drone Fleet Over Cybersecurity Fears in Chinese-Made UAVs
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-30
The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has grounded its fleet of 810 drones over fears the fleet's Chinese-made drones could leave sensitive information they handle vulnerable to hacking – a reversal of their previous vindication of the Chinese drones they use.
sputniknews.com/science/202001301078182945-us-interior-dept-grounds-drone-fleet-over-cybersecurity-fears-in-chinese-made-uavs/

Secrets of the Red Planet: Mystery of Mars' Polar Ice & Atmosphere Tackled by Scientists
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-30
The new model developed by scientists seeks to explain the peculiar nature of a layered deposit of water and ice on Mars' southern pole, which apparently contains as much CO2 as the planet's entire atmosphere.
sputniknews.com/science/202001301078179969-secrets-of-the-red-planet-mystery-of-mars-polar-ice–atmosphere-tackled-by-scientists/

Get us out of here, plead foreign students at China virus epicentre
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-30
Foreign students stuck in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicentre of a coronavurus outbreak, are launching social media campaigns, making phone calls and writing letters urging their governments to get them out as soon as possible.Governments globally are grappling with the challenge of how to get their citizens out of China's Hubei province, where 60 million residents now live under virtual lockdown.Pakistan said that quarantine regulations prevented it from flying out the more than 500 Pakistani students and their families from Wuhan. Bangladesh and India said they were putting aircraft on standby.Muhammad Rau…
yenisafak.com/en/world/get-us-out-of-here-plead-foreign-students-at-china-virus-epicentre-3510886

Man shoots at Delhi protesters, 1 student hurt
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-30
An unidentified man shot and injured a student outside India's premier Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university in the capital, New Delhi, on Thursday, local media reported. | Brandishing a pistol in full glare of Delhi police and media, the man shouted towards the protesters: "Yeh lo azadi"

Coronavirus: China allocates $4B to fight outbreak
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-30
China has allocated nearly $4 billion to contain the outbreak of coronavirus that has so far killed at least 170 people worldwide, media reports said on Thursday.As many as 4,895 medical workers and 44 chartered airplanes loaded with aid supplies, authorities in Beijing said, have so far reached Wuhan, Hubei province

Selected Articles: The WHO and China's Coronavirus Outbreak
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
WHO Impressed by Chinese Response to Coronavirus Outbreak | By Padraig McGrath, January 30, 2020 | The Chinese government's response to the coronavirus outbreak might not quite match those Herculean feats of crisis-management, but the news of the past few days …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-who-impressed-chinese-response-coronavirus-outbreak/5702341

Gaza Surf Project makes waves
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-30
international solidarity Jim McIlroyIssue 1251 Australia Palestine SydneyJanuary 30, 2020The Gaza Surf Project aims to establish a surf life saving club in Gaza to teach lifesaving and run a Nipper…
greenleft.org.au/content/gaza-surf-project-makes-waves

La politica 100 secondi a Mezzanotte
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
La lancetta dell' ´Orologio dell'apocalisse ª

US Government Represents Lawless Billionaires
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
Taliano told Press TV in an interview on Saturday that if enriching the US billionaire class "entails stealing another country's oil, then the billionaire class is fine with that." | He said that the US did not need the oil from …
globalresearch.ca/us-government-represents-lawless-billionaires/5702200

The Global System Nearing Financial and Climate Collapse: Capitalism
Frank Scott | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
'Why are there forty million poor people in America?.. when you begin to ask that question, you are raising questions about the economic system, …you begin to question the capitalistic economy."

Wuhan Expats Fed Up with Foreign Media Hype
Frank Hossack | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
Expats living in Wuhan are enraged by foreign media coverage of the 19-nCoV outbreak. Better placed and likely more informed than any journalist in a faraway land, most are full of praise for the authorities' handling of the situation. | Media …
globalresearch.ca/wuhan-expats-fed-up-foreign-media-hype/5702208

Trump, Pence & Pompeo, the Gang of Three, Claim Criminal Theft of Palestinian Land to be Lawful!
Hans Stehling | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
As the jumped-up, self-proclaimed, blonde new ruler of the world gives away half the Palestinian West Bank to the current Israeli military occupier, the world watches in amazement at the idea that this unbalanced popinjay

"Debt Against the People": Analysis and History of the Global Debt Crisis
Eric Toussaint | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
Introduction | Over the last ten years Greece has been a prime example of how a country and a people can be deprived of their liberty through clearly illegitimate debt. Since the 19th century, from Latin America to China, Haiti, …
globalresearch.ca/debt-against-people/5702229

The Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX): Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and the Russians
Joyce Nelson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
A funny thing happened on the way to the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX)…or rather, several funny things. And they all have to do with Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's fear of "foreign meddling" in Canada's pipeline politics. | You …
globalresearch.ca/jason-kenney-russians-tmx-part-1/5702041

Macron's Macro-hypocrisy on Palestine
Dr. Vacy Vlazna | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
"President Emmanuel Macron made a scene in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday when he angrily told Israeli security officers to get out of the Church of Saint Anne, which is traditionally under France's control: | "Everybody knows the rules. I | …
globalresearch.ca/macron-macro-hypocrisy-palestine/5702190

Video: Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis, The Iran-Contra Affair
Horizons | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
This was posted on Youtube in 2011. | This is the full length 90 min. version of Bill Moyer's 1987 scathing critique of the criminal subterfuge carried out by the Executive Branch of the United States Government to carry out operations …
globalresearch.ca/video-secret-government-constitution-crisis/5701860

The U.S. Is Recycling Its Big Lie About Iraq to Target Iran
Nicolas J. S. Davies | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
Sixteen years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, most Americans understand that it was an illegal war based on lies about non-existent "weapons of mass destruction." But our government is now threatening to drag us into a war on Iran …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-recycling-big-lie-about-iraq-target-iran/5702169

Don't be Surprised if Russia Tacitly Supports the Trump-Netanyahu "Deal of the Century"
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
Russia's relations with "Israel" in recent years are much deeper and more strategic than its historic ones with Palestine so it's unthinkable that Moscow won't tacitly support the so-called "deal of the century" despite expectedly voicing mild reservations about it …
globalresearch.ca/dont-be-surprised-russia-tacitly-supports-deal-century/5702231

Looking Back: I Had No Idea, Back in the 1960s, That This Would be the "Shape of the World to Come"
Eric Waddell | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
One day, long, long ago, a man was fishing on the reef, and he saw something out to sea. It appeared to be an island, but it moved. He ran to the beach shouting "An island is coming here", and …
globalresearch.ca/looking-back-i-had-no-idea-back-in-the-1960s-that-this-would-be-the-shape-of-the-world-to-come/5701885

Done Deal: How the Peace Process Sold Out the Palestinians
David Hearst | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
In November 2016, fresh off his electoral win, US President-elect Donald Trump boasted of his intention to end the Israel-Palestine conflict by striking what he called the "ultimate deal". | Calling it "the war that never ends," Trump told the Wall …
globalresearch.ca/how-peace-process-sold-out-palestinians/5702222

2020-01-29: News Headlines

RT (2020-01-29). 'I have a tiny violin somewhere': Private schools roasted online after complaining about plans to get more poor students into uni. rt.com Leading private schools in England have criticized plans to improve access to top universities for poorer students, saying it could lead to discrimination of rich kids based on "class," provoking ridicule on social media. | The Headmasters' & Headmistresses' Conference (HMC), an association that represents some of the UK's most expensive private schools, voiced concerns about proposals

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2020-01-29). Uprising in Chile is legacy of dashed hopes and bitter defeat. peoplesworld.org Santiago high school students were the spark. Rejecting a fare hike, they jumped over subway toll barriers on Oct. 18, 2019. Students filled the streets all over. Police action led to injuries and arrests. Some 1.2 million people occupied Plaza Italia in Santiago a week later. After three months, on Jan. 18, Santiago marchers arriving …

David Hearst (2020-01-29). Done Deal: How the Peace Process Sold Out the Palestinians. globalresearch.ca In November 2016, fresh off his electoral win, US President-elect Donald Trump boasted of his intention to end the Israel-Palestine conflict by striking what he called the "ultimate deal". | Calling it "the war that never ends," Trump told

Nicolas J. S. Davies (2020-01-29). The U.S. Is Recycling Its Big Lie About Iraq to Target Iran. globalresearch.ca Sixteen years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, most Americans understand that it was an illegal war based on lies about non-existent "weapons of mass destruction." But our government is now threatening to drag us into a war on Iran …

Horizons (2020-01-29). Video: Secret Government: The Constitution in Crisis, The Iran-Contra Affair. globalresearch.ca This was posted on Youtube in 2011. | This is the full length 90 min. version of Bill Moyer's 1987 scathing critique of the criminal subterfuge carried out by the Executive Branch of the United States Government to carry out operations …

Frank Scott (2020-01-29). The Global System Nearing Financial and Climate Collapse: Capitalism. globalresearch.ca 'Why are there forty million poor people in America?.. when you begin to ask that question, you are raising questions about the economic system, …you begin to question the capitalistic economy." — Martin Luther King | "I'm a human being, first …

Frank Hossack (2020-01-29). Wuhan Expats Fed Up with Foreign Media Hype. globalresearch.ca Expats living in Wuhan are enraged by foreign media coverage of the 19-nCoV outbreak. Better placed and likely more informed than any journalist in a faraway land, most are full of praise for the authorities' handling of the situation. | Media …

CJPME (2020-01-29). Trump's Farcical Mideast "Peace Deal" Ignores International Law. Green Light to Israeli Annexation of Palestine? globalresearch.ca Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is highly critical of the Mideast Peace Plan announced by US President Donald Trump today — one that CJPME considers preposterous. The plan was done without the participation of the …

South Front (2020-01-29). Video: Maarat Al-numan Is About to Fall to Syrian Army. globalresearch.ca On January 24, the Syrian military resumed its offensive against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) and its Turkish-backed allies. | Warplanes of the Syrian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out over 3 dozens of …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-01-29). Trump's Failed Bullying: Britain Accepts 5G Huawei Technology. globalresearch.ca It is strikingly bullying and bullish. US officials have been less than reserved in their threats about what Britain's proposed dealings with Huawei over admitting it to its 5G network might entail. Three Republican Senators — Tom Cotton of Arkansas, …

Joyce Nelson (2020-01-29). The Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX): Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and the Russians. globalresearch.ca A funny thing happened on the way to the Trans Mountain Expansion Project (TMX)…or rather, several funny things. And they all have to do with Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's fear of "foreign meddling" in Canada's pipeline politics. | You …

Sheena Anne Arackal (2020-01-29). The 'Deal of the Century' Is Apartheid. globalresearch.ca With great fanfare, President Trump finally unveiled his long-anticipated Middle East peace proposal. The proposal was labeled 'The Deal of the Century' because it was supposed to offer an even-handed and just solution to one of the world's most intractable …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-29). Trump Regime's Criminal "Deal of the Century": Breaking Palestine, Endorsing "Greater Israel"? globalresearch.ca US/Israeli policy is hardwired against regional peace and stability. | From what's known about Trump's deal of the century ahead of its reported Tuesday unveiling at the White House, it fulfills an Israeli wish list at the expense of fundamental Palestinian …

Andrew Korybko (2020-01-29). Don't be Surprised if Russia Tacitly Supports the Trump-Netanyahu "Deal of the Century" globalresearch.ca Russia's relations with "Israel" in recent years are much deeper and more strategic than its historic ones with Palestine so it's unthinkable that Moscow won't tacitly support the so-called "deal of the century" despite expectedly voicing mild reservations about it …

Dr. Vacy Vlazna (2020-01-29). Macron's Macro-hypocrisy on Palestine. globalresearch.ca "President Emmanuel Macron made a scene in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday when he "Everybody knows the rules. I …

Eric Toussaint (2020-01-29). "Debt Against the People": Analysis and History of the Global Debt Crisis. globalresearch.ca Introduction | Over the last ten years Greece has been a prime example of how a country and a people can be deprived of their liberty through clearly illegitimate debt. Since the 19th century, from Latin America to China, Haiti, …

Shane Quinn (2020-01-29). 75 Years Ago: Hitler Plans Operation Spring Awakening as Auschwitz Is Liberated. globalresearch.ca It is often thought that the Third Reich's final major offensive of World War II comprised the Battle of the Bulge, which was launched in mid-December 1944 against the western Allies through Belgium, France and Luxembourg, with much of the …

Mark Taliano (2020-01-29). US Government Represents Lawless Billionaires. globalresearch.ca Taliano told Press TV in an interview on Saturday that if enriching the US billionaire class "entails stealing another country's oil, then the billionaire class is fine with that." | He said that the US did not need the oil from …

Hans Stehling (2020-01-29). Trump, Pence & Pompeo, the Gang of Three, Claim Criminal Theft of Palestinian Land to be Lawful! globalresearch.ca As the jumped-up, self-proclaimed, blonde new ruler of the world gives away half the Palestinian West Bank to the current Israeli military occupier, the world watches in amazement at the idea that this unbalanced popinjay — currently facing impeachment — …

WSWS (2020-01-29). SEP presidential candidate Joseph Kishore opens 2020 campaign with address to students and supporters in Michigan. wsws.org There is a clear alternative facing the American and international working class, Kishore said at the meeting, capitalist barbarism or international socialism.

teleSUR (2020-01-29). 5,604 Russians Are Expected to Leave China Over the Next Week. telesurenglish.net The Russian Federal Agency for Tourism (Rosturizm) Wednesday announced that additional charter flights will be available for 5,604 Russian tourists to leave China before Tuesday, February 4. | RELATED: | "We decided that Russian tourists, who mostly rest on the Hainan island, can return both on schedule and in advance. To do so, tour operators have planned additional charter flights," the Rosturizm president Zarina…

sputniknews (2020-01-29). Artificial intelligence Could Trick Us into Believing We Have Found Aliens, Cautions New Study. sputniknews.com Artificial intelligence (AI) is one of the breakthrough technologies currently being used in the quest for extraterrestrial intelligence, as it simplifies the cumbersome task of sorting through huge amounts of imagery in the hopes of spotting indications of alien life.

sputniknews (2020-01-29). Ancient Stone Tools Found in Siberian Cave Turn Accepted Theories About Neanderthals on Their Head. sputniknews.com Neanderthals, a subspecies of archaic humans who roamed Eurasia before mysteriously disappearing some 40,000 years ago, remain a source of fascination among archeologists and ethnographers, since the true cause of their extinction has yet to be agreed upon.

yenisafak (2020-01-29). Turkey's 4th polar expedition to start in February. yenisafak.com Turkish research team is set to depart for 4th National Antarctic Science Expedition from Istanbul on Feb. 9, the industry and technology minister said on Wednesday."Scientists who will carry out 15 projects in various fields such as earth and marine sciences, biology, chemistry, aerospace, and social sciences, are joining the journey," Mustafa Varank said.The expedition will be carried out with Turkey's recently launched Scientific and Technological Research Council (TUBITAK) Polar Research Institute, he stated.Antarctica, the coldest continent on earth, has served as a scientific research zone since the signing…

Global Research News (2020-01-29). Selected Articles: Trump's Mideast "Steal of the Century". Breaking Palestine. globalresearch.ca By In November 2016, fresh off his electoral win, US President-elect Donald Trump boasted of his intention to end the Israel-Palestine conflict by striking …

teleSUR (2020-01-29). Brazil: Ministry Prefers 'Abstinence' Instead of Sex Education. telesurenglish.net The Brazilian Society of Pediatrics (SBP) Tuesday took a position against encouraging sexual abstinence as a method to avoid teen pregnancy, which is the policy option actively promoted by the Women, Family, and Human Rights Ministry that is currently headed by evangelical pastor Damares Alves. | RELATED: | The SBP argues that the only effective option in this matter is to offer both access to health services an…

Manlio Dinucci (2020-01-29). China, und nicht nur der Iran, wird von den USA ins Visier genommen. globalresearch.ca Die von Prà§sident Donald Trump autorisierte Ermordung des iranischen Generals Qassem Soleimani hat eine Kettenreaktion in Gang gesetzt, die sich àºber die Region des Nahen Ostens hinaus ausbreitet. Dies lag in der Absicht desjenigen, der die Entscheidung getroffen hat. Soleimani …

Staff (2020-01-28). Chinese Artist & Filmmaker Ai Weiwei on State Violence from Mexico to Hong Kong to Xinjiang. democracynow.org 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…

W. T. Whitney Jr. (2020-01-28). Chilean uprising the legacy of dashed hopes and bitter defeat. peoplesworld.org 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 …

Greta Anderson (2020-01-28). Remove the Livestock, Not the Wolves. counterpunch.org 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

Robert J. Burrowes (2020-01-28). "Humans Love Violence": Gandhi and the World Economic Forum. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Philip Giraldi (2020-01-28). Killing Free Speech in America. globalresearch.ca No group in the United States has labored so hard as the friends of Israel

Jared Keller (2020-01-28). The US Dropped More Munitions on Afghanistan Last Year Than Any Other Time in the Last Decade. globalresearch.ca 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

Sam Pizzigati (2020-01-28). Trump's EPA Is a Huge Cancer Risk. globalresearch.ca This January, President Trump The society politely pointed out that the Trump administration had nothing …

Juan Cole (2020-01-28). Palestinian Rejection: End of Oslo Peace Process and the Trump-Netanyahu Apartheid "Steal of the Century" globalresearch.ca The

Nino Pagliccia (2020-01-28). Open Letter to Canada's PM Justin Trudeau. "Interim President of Venezuela Juan Guaidó to visit Canada" globalresearch.ca 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

Lin Liangduo (2020-01-28). China's Message to Donald: What Do You Want from Us? globalresearch.ca 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 …

Andrew Korybko (2020-01-28). Russia-Pakistan Relations. A Five-Phase Strategy. Building Afro-Eurasia. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Nora Martetschlà§ger (2020-01-28). Can Carob Save a Nation? An Amazing Plant. The Carob Tree Lends itself to a Wide Range of Uses. globalresearch.ca 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 …

commondreams (2020-01-28). Utah: Tax Dollars Fund Anti-Public Lands Group, Research Released Highlighting Influence. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Peter Koenig (2020-01-28). The Coronavirus Epidemic: Chinese Resilience and Silent, Simple and Steady Resistance — A Model for Mankind. globalresearch.ca In a positive appeal to the Chinese people, last Saturday, President Xi Jinping has called on the nation's courage to defeat the deadly epidemic which has already claimed more than 80 lives and more than 2,000 infected worldwide, the vast …

Frontline (2020-01-28). Video: Guns, Drugs and the CIA. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Rep. Ron Paul (2020-01-28). A Million Iraqis Asked Us to Leave. We Should Listen. globalresearch.ca 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 …

South Front (2020-01-28). Video: Syria War Report, Maarat Al-numan South of Idlib Is Liberated. globalresearch.ca 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, …

Johanna Ross (2020-01-28). To Huawei or Not to Huawei; Boris Johnson Says Yes to Chinese 5G Provider for the UK. globalresearch.ca 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, …

BBC (2020-01-28). France Apology after History Textbook Links CIA to 9/11. globalresearch.ca 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 …

Hannah McKinnon (2020-01-28). "Grand Coalitions" With Big Oil and Gas Won't Solve the Climate Crisis. commondreams.org Its 2020 and the time is up on providing cover for Big Oil, Gas, and Coal. (Photo: Union of Concerned Scientists) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…

teleSUR (2020-01-28). UK Gives Huawei Green Light to Help Build 5G Network. telesurenglish.net The British House of Commons' Science and Technology Committee Tuesday concluded that there are no technical grounds for excluding Huawei from the U.K's 5G or other telecommunications networks. | RELATED: | Despite this decision, the Chinese company will be prohibited from providing equipment to the "sensitive parts" of the British 5G network. Among them are, for instance, military bases, nuclear plants, and other "critical" national infrastructures. | "This package…

commondreams (2020-01-28). New Bill Draft Acknowledges Transition to a Clean Energy Economy Needs to Start Now Based on Latest Science. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Jay Stanley (2020-01-28). What You Need to Know About the Coronavirus Outbreak: A Civil Liberties Perspective. aclu.org The world is watching anxiously to see what happens with the | coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China. As scientists and public health | officials in the United States learn more about the virus, and as we all see | how bad the outbreak turns out to be, it is important that public policymaking | remain firmly centered around science. | Unfortunately, our history of reactions to infectious | disease outbreaks suggests that if this outbreak becomes severe, we're likely | to see strong pressure to the contrary. In particular, we can expect three | things: | We can expect some to | panic.: | Unfortu…