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Video: Globalize Hope: New Film on the History of La Via Campesina
La Via Campesina | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
La Via Campesina is an international movement that brings together millions of peasants, landless workers, indigenous peoples and migrants

Next Generation 5G and the US-China "Cellphone War": The Arrest and Trial of Meng Wanzhou
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
The unspoken US policy objective behind the arrest of Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou on trumped up charges, consists in breaking China's technological lead in wireless telecommunications. What is at stake is a coordinated US intelligence initiative to ban China from playing a strategic role in the 5G global mobile phone network.
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-next-generation-5g-and-the-us-china-cellphone-war/5663096

'Imran Khan Good Cricketer, Poor Politician', Says Director of Biopic About Pakistani Nobel Laureate
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-23
New Delhi (Sputnik): Amjad Khan, who previously directed the 2012 film "Le Gaya Saddam", went behind the camera once again for his film "Gul Makai", a biopic on the life and struggle of the Pakistani Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai, and how she fought against all odds to make education a right for every girl in her country.
sputniknews.com/viral/202001231078113733-imran-khan-good-cricketer-poor-politician-says-director-of-biopic-on-pakistani-nobel-laureate/

Protest 5G-Global Day of Action!
Wireless Radiation Education and Defense | indybay.org | 2020-01-23
2209 Shattuck in front of Verizon, downtown Berkeley and marching to other nearby cellphone stores and to MLK Park.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/21/18829969.php

Protest 5G-Global Day of Action!
Wireless Radiation Education and Defense | indybay.org | 2020-01-23
2209 Shattuck in front of Verizon, downtown Berkeley and marching to other nearby cellphone stores and to MLK Park.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/21/18829969.php

Action Research: Acquiescing to the Awful
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-23
In a research course during a graduate program in counseling, students were given a choice between completing a traditional research project, with rigorous statistical standards, or completing what was then called "action research." I chose the latter being delinquent in mathematics. The program that a team of students designed involved visiting food pantries and soup…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/23/118723/

Venezuela Must Remain Vigilant and On Guard Against US Hybrid Warfare
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
A meme circulating on social media shows the distraught gaze of Venezuela's opposition member Juan Guaidó with a caption that says in part, "he is not a head of State, he has no army, he has no ministers, he never …
globalresearch.ca/venezuela-remain-vigilant-guard-against-us-hybrid-warfare/5701458

An Army for Hire: Trump Wants to Make Money by Renting Out American Soldiers
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
To say that there has been some strange stuff coming out of the White House lately would be an understatement. If President Donald Trump knew a bit more about history, he would understand that countries that rent out their national …
globalresearch.ca/army-hire-trump-renting-out-american-soldiers/5701511

Tusayan, Developers Begin New Push for Massive Grand Canyon Project

| globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
An Italian company has tinkered with its years-old plan to build a sprawling development on the doorstep of Grand Canyon National Park. But the mega-project would be just as dangerous to water resources, wildlife and visitors. It would also flood …
globalresearch.ca/tusayan-developers-begin-new-push-massive-grand-canyon-project/5701493

Deadly Distractions: Laying the Groundwork for the Next Civil War. "Deep State's Plot to Take Over America"
John W. Whitehead | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
" Pity the nation oh pity the people | who allow their rights to erode | and their freedoms to be washed away…" | –Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet | And so it continues. | This impeachment fiasco is merely the latest in a never-ending series …
globalresearch.ca/deadly-distractions-laying-groundwork-next-civil-war/5701452

Russian scientists create artificial 'human skin' that becomes STRONGER when stretched
rt.com | 2020-01-23
A Russian-led team of scientists has created a synthetic stand-in for human skin that overcomes many of the stumbling blocks faced in recreating living tissues by being both soft and firm and getting stronger when stretched. | The researchers from Moscow State University, along with colleagues in the United States, spent years developing the clever material, which is even capable of self-assembly. | The skin, which consists of molecular fibers which are grafted onto the long part of the molecule, is very elastic but if it is stretched, twisted or bent out of shape in other ways it gets stronger very quickly.
rt.com/news/479020-scientists-create-artificial-human-skin/

Impeach the Impeachers
Dr. T. P. Wilkinson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
Disclaimer: The author in no way implicitly or explicitly supports the pretensions of the US regime to commit overt or covert acts of aggression or interference in the internal affairs of other sovereign states by its constitutional or extra-legal institutions …
globalresearch.ca/impeach-impeachers-constitutional-eroticism/5701248

Voter, Beware: Oppo Dump Season Is Upon Us
Ross Barkan | thenation.com | 2020-01-23
Voter, Beware: Oppo Dump Season Is Upon Us…
thenation.com/article/opposition-research-bernie-warren/

The Middle East in Chaos: US, Iran, Iraq, Turkey, and Libya Conflict Analysis
Denis Korkodinov | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
Recently, the Middle East region has erupted into chaos, which at one point threatened a world war between the US and Iran. To gain unparalleled insight into the complex global political systems, I decided to reach out to Denis Korkodinov…
globalresearch.ca/us-iran-iraq-turkey-libya-conflicts-analysis/5701480

'Obvious Malicious Intent': Tulsi Gabbard Hits Clinton with Defamation Suit over 'Russian Asset' Smear
RT News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard is suing two-time White House runner-up Hillary Clinton over her claim that Gabbard was a "Russian asset," alleging that the lie hurt not just her campaign but the entire election. | Clinton "lied about her | …
globalresearch.ca/tulsi-gabbard-hits-clinton-defamation-suit-russian-asset-smear/5701468

Video: Russia's "Dead Hand" Command Missiles, Deterrent In The Event of a Crippling Nuclear Attack
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
The existing system of international relations and arms control treaties is slowly, but steadily crumbling. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is dead, with both Washington and Moscow publicly developing previously banned short-to-medium range missiles. The New START (Strategic Arms Reduction …
globalresearch.ca/video-russian-real-life-doomsday-machine/5701454

As If Bombing Is Not Enough … Poison Is the New Israeli Weapon in Gaza
Robert Inlakesh | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
We have now entered 2020, the year in which experts at the United Nations (UN) once predicted Gaza would become unlivable. But the sad reality is not only that those same experts said that Gaza was already unlivable in 2017, …
globalresearch.ca/poison-new-israeli-weapon-gaza/5701500

Action Research: Acquiescing to the Awful
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-23
In a research course during a graduate program in counseling, students were given a choice between completing a traditional research project, with rigorous statistical standards, or completing what was then called "action research." I chose the latter being delinquent in mathematics. The program that a team of students designed involved visiting food pantries and soup…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/23/118723/

An Epic Act of Resistance and Trial of Our Times. "The Venezuela Embassy Protectors Collective"
Lauren Smith | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
On February 11th, four American peace activists, known as the Embassy Protectors Collective, will be tried before the U.S. empire for "interfering with certain protective functions" of its Federal government for their occupation of the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, …
globalresearch.ca/resistance-trial-times/5701515

Trump's Katyusha Conundrum: Unguided Artillery Deployed by Iraqi Insurgents against US Occupation Forces
William Walter Kay | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
Katyushas are short-range, unguided artillery rockets typically fired in salvos from truck-mounted launch-tubes. Iraq's insurgents deploy three types. | The smallest is 107 millimetres in diameter and 1 metre long. Its 19 kilogram weight includes an 8 kg high-explosive, shrapnel-bearing warhead. …
globalresearch.ca/trump-katyusha-conundrum/5701272

Impacts of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC). Ease or Exacerbate China-India Rivalry?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
The eventual completion of the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) will either ease or exacerbate the Sino-Indo economic rivalry of the past few years depending on how New Delhi responds to Beijing's latest trans-regional integration initiative, but whatever it decides to …
globalresearch.ca/cmec-either-ease-exacerbate-sino-indo-economic-rivalry/5701529

Three Years of Monroe Doctrine by Trump: What Has Happened in Latin America?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
Against all mainstream media expectations, Donald Trump had defeated Hillary Clinton to the presidency of the United States in 2016, and it was expected that the new president would take on a more isolationist policy and withdraw his country from …
globalresearch.ca/three-years-monroe-doctrine-trump-latin-america/5701487

The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E): Monopoly Power and Disasters by the Rich 1%
Peter Phillips | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
The Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has diverted over $100 million from safety and maintenance programs to executive compensation at the same time it has caused an average of more than one fire a day for the past six …
globalresearch.ca/pge-monopoly-power-disasters-rich-1/5701460

Trump Parties in Davos While Ordinary Americans Struggle to Make Ends Meet
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
The annual Davos billionaire's ball

Immediate US Withdrawal Due to Its Violation of the Agreement
Ezequiel Adamovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
The Iraqi Parliament has decided to ask for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign forces from the country for violating the terms of their presence. The US has broken its contractual obligations to the government of Baghdad and affronted the …
globalresearch.ca/immediate-us-withdrawal-due-violation-agreement/5701503

Iraqi President Denounced for Meeting with Trump in Davos
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
On Wednesday, former Iraqi Kurdistan region prime minister/current Iraqi president Barham Salih met with Trump in Davos on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum. | He ignored warnings from internal Shia militia groups that he'd be unwelcome back home if …
globalresearch.ca/iraqi-president-denounced-meeting-trump-davos/5701483

The Trump Coup to Come
Paul Street | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
America's political authoritarianism comes in different, yet combined, mutually reinforcing forms. We have the neofascist authoritarianism of the white nationalist Republican Party, its Great Dog-Wagging God in the White House and his cultish, white-Amerikaner base. | Donald Trump may well …
globalresearch.ca/trump-coup-come/5701470

Voter, Beware: Oppo Dump Season Is Upon Us
Ross Barkan | thenation.com | 2020-01-23
Voter, Beware: Oppo Dump Season Is Upon Us…
thenation.com/article/opposition-research-bernie-warren/

The United States: A Record-Holder in Political Assassinations
Wayne Madsen | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
The crowing by Donald Trump that he "terminated" the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Quds Force, Major General Qaseem Soleimani, simply because Trump believed, mobster-style, that he had it coming, should remind the world that the United …
globalresearch.ca/united-states-record-holder-political-assassinations/5701464

Making America's Waters Burn Again. Trump's "Dirty Water Rule"
Anna Sewell | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
The Trump administration's new Dirty Water Rule seeks to strip the Clean Water Act's protections from an overwhelming number of our waterways and return our water to levels of pollution we last saw before the Clean Water Act's enactment in …
globalresearch.ca/making-america-waters-burn-again/5701482

Thailand: The Lingering Spectre of US Colour Revolutions
Joseph Thomas | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
Thailand's opposition is openly backed by powerful foreign interests, particularly those in Washington. As the opposition attempts to secure power and help serve as a vector for Western special interests, the spectre of a Western-sponsored "colour revolution" increasingly looms over …
globalresearch.ca/thailand-us-colour-revolutions/5701476

New Debt Crisis in the South
Milan Rivié | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
Public external debt in countries of the South [1] is a source of concern, notably because of its dramatic increase within the last two decades and because of parallels with the pre-crisis debt situation of Third World countries in the …
globalresearch.ca/new-debt-crisis-south/5701521

Bolivia: As Elections Near, US-Backed Interim Government Mobilizes Military, Arrests Opposition Leaders
Alan MacLeod | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
Interim President of Bolivia Jeanine Añez has ordered troops to the streets and forced opposition candidates to organize abroad for fear of arrest ahead of the country's first elections since a US-backed coup last November. | *** | Wednesday, January 22 marks …
globalresearch.ca/bolivia-elections-near-us-backed-interim-government-mobilizes-military-arrests-opposition-leaders/5701496

Foreign Policy: The Final Frontier
Tom Gallagher | indybay.org | 2020-01-23
University of San Francisco; the Getty Room at the main entrance of the Lo Schiavo Science Center, across from Kalmanovitz Hall. www.usfca.edu/sites/default/files/pdfs/u……
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/22/18830041.php

UC Unions & Students Unite Against Union Busting/Contracting Out At UC At Regents Meeting
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-01-23
AFSCME 3299 workers, UCSC grad student wildcatters and UC students spoke out and protested at the UC Regents meeting on 1/22/20 at UC Mission Bay Campus against contracting out, privatization and union busting.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/23/18830042.php

How can colleges fight Israel lobby's threats?
Nora Barrows-friedman | zcomm.org | 2020-01-23
These accusations are part of an expanding attack on students and faculty at US universities by Israel lobby groups trying to criminalize Palestine solidarity organizing by conflating criticism of Israel with anti-Jewish bigotry…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/how-can-colleges-fight-israel-lobbys-threats/

UC Unions & Students Unite Against Union Busting/Contracting Out At UC At Regents Meeting
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2020-01-23
AFSCME 3299 workers, UCSC grad student wildcatters and UC students spoke out and protested at the UC Regents meeting on 1/22/20 at UC Mission Bay Campus against contracting out, privatization and union busting.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/23/18830042.php

Trump impeachment trial starts as several unions speak out
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-23
WASHINGTON –The Republican-run Senate's impeachment trial of GOP President Donald Trump opened Jan. 21 with heated verbal jousting from lawyers

Why I Support Bernie Sanders for President
Zephyr Teachout | thenation.com | 2020-01-23
Why I Support Bernie Sanders for President…
thenation.com/article/bernie-sanders-endorsement-2020/

Putin Calls for a New System Guided by the UN Charter… But Is It Possible?
Matthew J. L. Ehret | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-23
Anyone looking with sober eyes upon today's world and the feeble economic and geopolitical underpinnings holding the system together must accept the fact that a new system WILL be created. This is not an opinion, but a fact. We are moving towards eight billion lives on this globe and the means of productive powers to …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/putin-calls-for-a-new-system-guided-by-the-un-charter-but-is-it-possible/

Turkish university showcases new technologies in London
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-23
More than 800 companies from 146 countries participated in the British Educational Training and Technology Show.The scientists showcased their technological products such as hydraulic arm, recycling filament, solar panels, and Metodbox, a digital learning platform developed with artificial intelligence."We want to be followed, not be followers anymore," Sirin Karadeniz, the rector of the university, told Anadolu Agency."We are proud to be the only university that represents Turkey in London," she added.The rector pledged to open research and development for all kinds of products in the campus."It is truly pro…
yenisafak.com/en/technology/turkish-university-showcases-new-technologies-in-london-3510321

Teen blinded | and | burnt alive by | medical | treatment | for 'exam stress'
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-23
A female high school student from Turkey's southern Antalya thought that she'd seen it all when she suffered severe panic attacks and sleep disorders due to exam anxiety – but the worst was yet to come.The 17-year-old teen, Hikmet Mina Kara, went to a psychiatrist to cope with stress and was diagnosed with "bipolar and adjustment disorder" 20 days ago.Her psychiatrist recommended a medical treatment focused on the diagnosis.After taking the drugs that have not yet been revealed, she started to develop some mysterious red and purple rashes that later turned into blisters.The family took their beloved daughter stra…
yenisafak.com/en/news/teen-blindedandburnt-alive-bymedicaltreatmentfor-exam-stress-3510315

Selected Articles: The Davos World Economic Forum (2017-2020)
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-23
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-world-economic-forum/5701541

Despite Limitations, Cuba's State Budget Maintains Its Eminently Social Focus
Yudy Castro Morales | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
The planned budget for 2020 is based on principles of conservation and rationality in expenditures, and maximizing income, mobilizing all untapped potential that exists in the economy, stated Vladimir Regueiro Ale, first deputy minister of Finances and Prices, during …
globalresearch.ca/despite-limitations-cuba-state-budget-maintains-eminently-social-focus/5701381

Video: Dozens Army Troops Killed, Injured in Idlib Clashes
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
46 Syrian service members have been killed and 77 were wounded in recent clashes with radical militants in Greater Idlib in the period from January 16 to January 19, the Russian Reconciliation Center reported. According to the report, 57 civilians …
globalresearch.ca/video-dozens-army-troops-killed-injured-idlib-clashes/5701348

Netanyahu and Gantz Vow Jordan Valley Annexation
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
The Jordan Valley, including the northern Dead Sea, comprise about 30% of the West Bank. | Most of the territory was designated Area C under Oslo II (1995). | The 1993 Oslo Accords gave Israel de facto control over the Occupied Territories …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-gantz-vow-jordan-valley-annexation/5701382

Guaido's Last Ride
Daniel McAdams | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Remember Juan Guaido? Just a year ago the Venezuelan politician, unknown even in his own country, was tapped by the US government to lead a coup against the elected government of Nicolas Maduro. In a phone call with …
globalresearch.ca/guaido-last-ride/5701390

Netanyahu Drumming Up Opposition to ICC as World Leaders Descend on Israel
Middle East Eye | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to use the influx of foreign leaders to Israel for the 75th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation to drum up support for efforts to block the International Criminal Court (ICC) from investigating war crimes, …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-drumming-up-opposition-icc-world-leaders-descend-israel/5701412

US Officials Admit Covert Tech Program Is Fueling Iran Protests
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
After major protests hit multiple cities across Iran in November following a drastic government slash in gasoline subsidies which quickly turned anti-regime, broad internet outages were reported

Washington Desperation Drives Nuclear Proliferation
Ulson Gunnar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-22
A cornered animal is a dangerous animal. For the elite in Washington, with the terminal decline of their "American Century" and the global empire it built during it, they find themselves in a most unaccommodating corner and thus have become …
globalresearch.ca/washington-desperation-drives-nuclear-proliferation/5701352

Last Process: 50 Postees: 2020-01-23 21:13 GMT (16:13 EST)

2020-01-22: News Headlines

Mark Gruenberg (2020-01-22). BLS: Union density 10.3 percent last year. AFL-CIO: Not the whole story. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Union density nationwide was 10.3% last year, an annual report by the Bureau of Labor Statistics said. But the AFL-CIO retorts that's not the whole story. That's because the numbers belie the activism, success in community-backed strikes, the record numbers of unionists elected to public office — from governors on down to school boards and …

RT (2020-01-22). 'Desperate liar': Bojo ignites SNP outrage after roasting Scotland's record on education & branding MP a 'rocketing pheasant'. rt.com British PM Boris Johnson provoked the wrath of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons following his damning assessment of the state of education in Scotland and directing a jibe toward their Westminster leader. | During Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, Johnson laid into the SNP and their record on education in Scotland, before seemingly taunting Ian Blackford and telling them to stop being "obsessed" with a 2nd independence referendum. | Perhaps the honorable gentleman [Ian Blackford] who is about to rise to his feet like a rocketing pheasant will explain why his party are so obsessed wit…

Max Herschman (2020-01-22). A highschooler's analysis: "The U.S. working class says hands off Iran" liberationnews.org A version of this article was originally published January 15, 2020 at the Daily Olivian, the student newspaper of Oliver Ames High School in Easton, Massachusetts. Liberation News is republishing this piece by Max Herschman to highlight the organizing work of young people and students in this revived anti-war movement. On January 3, Donald Trump …

RT (2020-01-22). Scientists find Earth's oldest asteroid crater from 2.229 BILLION years ago which 'may have ended an ice age'. rt.com An innocuous crater in Yarrabubba, Western Australia has been identified as the oldest known extraterrestrial impact site on Earth, with researchers calculating that the natural structure dates back a whopping 2.229 billion years. | Researchers from Curtin University tested minerals found in rocks at the site. The zircon and monazite crystals in the rocks themselves contain tiny amounts of uranium, and by measuring the uranium's very specifically-timed decay into lead, the team was able to calculate exactly how old the crater is. | | © NASA | The 70 kilometer (43 miles) diameter crater was actually disc…

Wireless Radiation Education and Defense (2020-01-22). Protest 5G-Global Day of Action! indybay.org 2209 Shattuck in front of Verizon, downtown Berkeley and marching to other nearby cellphone stores and to MLK Park.

Physics and Astronomy Zone (2020-01-22). The Bee: "The Most Important Living Being on the Planet" globalresearch.ca Important article first published by GR in September 2019 | Its sting hurts a lot, but if they were to disappear, it would hurt much more. | The Earthwatch Institute concluded in the last debate of the Royal Geographical Society of London, …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-22). Netanyahu and Gantz Vow Jordan Valley Annexation. globalresearch.ca The Jordan Valley, including the northern Dead Sea, comprise about 30% of the West Bank. | Most of the territory was designated Area C under Oslo II (1995). | The 1993 Oslo Accords gave Israel de facto control over the Occupied Territories …

Larry Romanoff (2020-01-22). Replant the American Dream. "Your USA Today is The World's Most Hated Nation". Why? globalresearch.ca Some years ago, David Ignatius wrote an article in the Washington Post titled, 'Replant the American Dream' (1), in which he told of travelling the world as a foreign correspondent some 35 years ago, and how he believed that as …

Shane Quinn (2020-01-22). US Foreign Interventionism and the Disappearance of Classical Liberalism. globalresearch.ca American governments have intervened in dozens of countries globally since 1945, either directly by military invasions, indirectly through funding of elite opposition groups and stimulation of unrest, or covertly from its special services such as the CIA. | The level of …

Prof. As'ad AbuKhalil (2020-01-22). US Violated Unspoken Rule of Engagement with Iran. globalresearch.ca Something big and unprecedented has happened in the Middle East after the assassination of one of Iran's top commanders, Qasim Suleimani. | The U.S. has long assumed that assassinations of major figures in the Iranian "resistance-axis" in the Middle East …

Middle East Eye (2020-01-22). Netanyahu Drumming Up Opposition to ICC as World Leaders Descend on Israel. globalresearch.ca Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to use the influx of foreign leaders to Israel for the 75th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation to drum up support for efforts to block the International Criminal Court (ICC) from investigating war crimes, …

Yudy Castro Morales (2020-01-22). Despite Limitations, Cuba's State Budget Maintains Its Eminently Social Focus. globalresearch.ca The planned budget for 2020 is based on principles of conservation and rationality in expenditures, and maximizing income, mobilizing all untapped potential that exists in the economy, stated Vladimir Regueiro Ale, first deputy minister of Finances and Prices, during …

Maha Hilal (2020-01-22). Guantanamo: An Enduring Symbol of US Islamophobia. globalresearch.ca Nothing hits you harder than realising you've been singled out for differential treatment. | This is how I felt as a Muslim American when I learned about the opening of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. It was 2002, and what would …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-22). OPCW Inspector Debunks Doctored Syria Report. "The Chemical Weapons Incident That Never Occurred" globalresearch.ca Last November, WikiLeaks published information from an OPCW whistleblower. | A member of its fact finding mission to Douma, Syria, he expressed grave "concern over intentional bias introduced to a redacted version of the report he co-authored." | The OPCW's so-called Fact …

Johanna Ross (2020-01-22). The UK Has a Housing Crisis — and We Need Actions, Not Words to Solve It. globalresearch.ca The UK has a housing crisis. According to the National Housing Federation, 8.4 million people in England alone are living in sub-standard housing and 400,000 people are either homeless or at risk of being homeless. For one of the largest …

Ulson Gunnar (2020-01-22). Washington Desperation Drives Nuclear Proliferation. globalresearch.ca A cornered animal is a dangerous animal. For the elite in Washington, with the terminal decline of their "American Century" and the global empire it built during it, they find themselves in a most unaccommodating corner and thus have become …

Andrew Korybko (2020-01-22). Trump At Davos: "The Great American Comeback" globalresearch.ca The theme of Trump's second Davos speech during his presidency was what he described at the beginning of his talk as "The Great American Comeback", a point that he returned to time and again to emphasize the fact that he …

Alan Macleod (2020-01-22). World's Super Rich Meet in Davos to Discuss the Climate Change Problem they Created. mintpressnews.com Research has shown that the people most responsible for a warming planet were disproportionately the same people attending the summit and an increasing number of observers see climate change, inequality and capitalism as bound together.

Elijah J. Magnier (2020-01-22). How Are Iran and the "Axis of the Resistance" Affected by the US Assassination of Soleimani? globalresearch.ca The US President Donald Trump assassinated the commander of the "Axis of the Resistance", the (Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps) IRGC — Quds Brigade Major General Qassem Soleimani at Baghdad airport with little consideration of the consequences of this targeted killing. …

Benjamin B. Ferencz (2020-01-22). Former Nuremberg War Crimes Prosecutor on the Immoral Killing of the Iranian General. globalresearch.ca *** | To the Editor: | Now in my hundredth year, I cannot remain silent. I entered the United States in January 1921 as a poor immigrant boy, and I have felt obliged to repay the United States for the opportunities given …

South Front (2020-01-22). Video: Dozens Army Troops Killed, Injured in Idlib Clashes. globalresearch.ca 46 Syrian service members have been killed and 77 were wounded in recent clashes with radical militants in Greater Idlib in the period from January 16 to January 19, the Russian Reconciliation Center reported. According to the report, 57 civilians …

Peter Koenig (2020-01-22). The Davos World Economic Forum (WEF) Is at It Again — Celebrating 50th Anniversary. globalresearch.ca Friends, this year the WEF is celebrating its 50th Anniversary. Forty-nine (49) of the insanely pompous — and every year more — WEF events took place in Davos, Switzerland. Just one, in 2002, after 9/11, was moved to New York City, paradoxically for 'security reasons' they said — the logic of such a move was as ludicrous as the WEF itself.

Addameer (2020-01-22). Hard Evidence on Torture and Ill-Treatment Against Palestinian Detainees at Israeli Interrogation Centers. globalresearch.ca Since its creation, the occupying state developed and enforced laws and practices that led to both the systematic use of torture and to absolute impunity for the perpetrator of this crime. There has never been any individual or agency held …

Zero Hedge (2020-01-22). US Officials Admit Covert Tech Program Is Fueling Iran Protests. globalresearch.ca After major protests hit multiple cities across Iran in November following a drastic government slash in gasoline subsidies which quickly turned anti-regime, broad internet outages were reported — some lasting as long as a week or more nationwide — following …

James J. Zogby (2020-01-22). Honouring Martin Luther King Jr. globalresearch.ca Thirty-two years ago this month, I was arrested sitting-in and blocking the entrance of the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC. The embassy was hosting an event that evening in honour of Martin Luther King Jr. Looking back at what …

David Moore (2020-01-22). The Members of Congress Who Profit from War. globalresearch.ca It was shortly after midnight in Baghdad on Friday, Jan. 3, when a missile strike ordered by President Trump killed Iranian General Qassem …

Global Research News (2020-01-22). Selected Articles: 50 Years of The Davos World Economic Forum. globalresearch.ca By The theme of Trump's second Davos speech during his presidency was what he described at the beginning of his talk as "The Great American Comeback", a …

RT (2020-01-22). What the halloumi? Library tweets photo of rotting slice of cheese used as 'bookmark'. rt.com Staff at the University of Liverpool Library were stunned to discover a rotting slice of processed cheese being used as a bookmark, sparking much amusement and revulsion on Twitter. | A disgusted staff member tweeted a photo of the cheese with a simple piece of advice to students: "This is not a bookmark." | This is not a bookmark. The tweet quickly racked up an un-brie-lievable amoun…

Shawgi Tell (2020-01-22). Seventeen Charter Schools Siphon $155 Million from Buffalo Public School System. dissidentvoice.org To the shock of many, the Buffalo News, Buffalo's main newspaper, recently published an article exposing serious problems with charter schools. Like Rochester's Democrat and Chronicle, the Buffalo News usually goes out of its way to provide biased reporting on charter schools, almost always presenting them in the most favorable light possible, while consistently ignoring …

RT (2020-01-21). 'I'll straight up get armed': Yet another Bernie staffer caught spouting extremist ideas, is there a problem in the campaign? rt.com A video exposing the extreme viewpoints of yet another staffer of the Bernie Sanders campaign has some questioning whether there is a growing issue inside the Vermont senator's ranks. | A video released on Tuesday by Project Veritas reveals a man identified as Martin Weissgerber, a paid field organizer for the Sanders presidential campaign in South Carolina, fantasizing about sending Republicans to "reeducation camps" and Sanders dissolving the Senate and House of Representatives should he become president. | "Do we just cease — do we just dissolve the Senate, House of Representatives, the judicial branc…

The Canary (2020-01-21). Young people making climate change 'hot topic', Greta Thunberg tells Davos elite. thecanary.co Greta Thunberg was among four young climate activists to challenge the elites gathered at the World Economic Forum for not doing enough to deal with the climate emergency and warned them that time was running out.At a panel in the Swiss ski resort of Davos, the four said they hoped their generation had found its voice and can work with those in power to bring about the necessary change to limit climate change.Yet Thunberg said not enough has been done. | "We need to start listening to the science, and treat this crisis with the importance it deserves," said the 17-year-old, just as US president Donald Trump was a…

RT (2020-01-21). Evidence of puberty, store of fatty goodness or construct of the patriarchy? Scientists probe why men are SO obsessed with breasts. rt.com Male preference for women's permanently swollen globular breasts is somewhat anomalous, but to date, no widely accepted evolutionary explanation has been offered. What is the latest in this titillating area of research? | Science has always been concerned with the big questions. How did we get here? How did the universe begin? What is the nature of reality? And now, the scientific method has turned its dispassionate gaze towards that eternal and pressing question: Why do men like women's breasts? | "Because they do" or "because they're nice" are not acceptable answers here. Neither, for that matter, is "b…

Carol Rose (2020-01-21). CBP Deported an Iranian Student With Valid Visa, Defying Court Order. aclu.org Last night, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) deported an Iranian student with a valid visa, despite a federal court order prohibiting his removal. | Shahab Dehghani arrived at Boston Logan Airport on Sunday, January 19 to study at Northeastern University, where he was enrolled. Customs officials detained him and questioned him for hours, abruptly revoking his student visa, which the State Department granted after a year of intense vetting. | As CBP tried to put Shahab on the next available flight, supporters and friends gathered at night in the arrivals hall at Logan to demand that CBP stop deporting…

Graham Peebles (2020-01-21). Education: Expanding Purpose. counterpunch.org As the world stumbles from one crisis to another it is increasingly apparent that existing systems and institutions are incapable of responding to the challenges of the time and the growing demands of the people. Creative ways of thinking free from ideology are needed, allowing for a revolution of ideas to take place and new

UPWA & Defend Public Education NOW! (2020-01-21). Speak-Out Against Another Charter School on Radioactive SF Treasure Island. indybay.org Room 400 | San Francisco City Hall…

sputniknews (2020-01-21). Indian Education Minister to JNU Students: Drop Demands for Vice Chancellor's Resignation. sputniknews.com New Delhi (Sputnik): Jawaharlal Nehru University, one of India's most prestigious, has been witnessing a series of protests which started with the students demanding a roll back of feed hikes and even caused a violent attack on protesting students by masked thugs, leaving over 30 students injured.

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-21). US Gov Was Found Guilty In MLK's Assassination, Virginia Update & Israeli Gov "Proof" Of Iran Nukes. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/20/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-21). US Officials Admit Covert Tech Program Is Fueling Iran Protests, MEK Attacks Iran Bases & OPCW Lies. thelastamericanvagabond.com Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/20/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …

Larry Romanoff (2020-01-21). Factors Behind the Hong Kong-China Extradition Bill. globalresearch.ca The 2019 protests in Hong Kong were triggered by Carrie Lam's attempt to pass an extradition bill between Hong Kong and Mainland China. It is unclear if this were done at Beijing's request (which I believe it was) or …

Strategic Culture Foundation (2020-01-21). Libyan Peace Talks and Russian Diplomacy 101. globalresearch.ca Libya stands at a precarious watershed between a peaceful political settlement — or further civil war. But at least the two main warring factions this week entered into a process of dialogue when they attended a summit in Moscow hosted …

Mike Whitney (2020-01-21). Pompeo to Iraq: If You Kick Us Out, We Will Bury You. globalresearch.ca The Trump administration is threatening to destroy Iraq's economy by withholding a critical source of money that is controlled by the Federal Reserve. The threat is a response to the Iraqi parliament's unanimous decision to end Washington's 17 year-long military …

South Front (2020-01-21). Video: Thousands of Turkish Proxy Fighters Flood into Libya Amid Berlin Peace Talks. globalresearch.ca Turkey is increasing its military involvement in the Libyan conflict. After officially sending its military advisers and officers to support the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA), Turkey set up air defense systems near Mitiga Airport. The airport hosts warplanes …

Renee Parsons (2020-01-21). The Comey-Lynch Plausible Deniability Game. globalresearch.ca As the structure and form of institutions continue to breakdown offering new perspectives and unexpected revelations, it is fitting that former FBI Director James Comey continues to be scrutinized regarding his behavior on multiple aspects of the HRC email scandal, …

Dave DeCamp (2020-01-21). Video: Author of Leaked OPCW Engineering Report on Douma Speaks at UN Security Council. globalresearch.ca The UN Security Council

The Canary (2020-01-21). Small predators 'most at risk' when habitats are converted for human use. thecanary.co Small predators like spiders and ladybirds are the most likely to be lost when natural habitats are converted for human use, research suggests. These are creatures that play a A global study on the impact of human land use on different groups of animals found that predators, especially small invertebrates, are the most likely to suffer when natural habitats are transformed to agricultural land or towns and cities. | Also disproportionately affected were small ectotherms…

Hans Stehling (2020-01-21). The Many Millions from the Duchy of Cornwall Properly Belong Not to Prince Charles but to the British People. globalresearch.ca A duchy is a medieval country, territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess, a high-ranking nobleman hierarchically second to the king or queen in what is now a defunct European tradition. | The Duchy of Cornwall was created …

Philip A Farruggio (2020-01-21). (Burying) 'The Salt of the Earth'. globalresearch.ca The Rolling Stones created a great and meaningful song 'The Salt of the Earth' in 1968: | I wanna drink to the hard working people | Let's drink of the lowly of birth | I wanna raise my glass to the good and …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-01-21). Attempts to Remove Morales' Memory from Bolivia Will Likely Reinvigorate an Anti-Imperialist Struggle. globalresearch.ca Last Wednesday, the coup government of Bolivia launched a massive military operation claiming to be a pre-emptive strike against the expected violence to occur this Wednesday during Plurinational State Foundation Day celebrations that memorializes the change in the name of …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-21). Huawei's Meng Wanzhou's Politicized Extradition Hearing. globalresearch.ca On December 1, 2018, bowing to Trump regime pressure, Canadian authorities unlawfully arrested and detained Chinese telecom giant Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver on trumped up charges. | Charges against her are politically and economically motivated. | Canada operates …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-21). Knesset to Consider Netanyahu's Bid for Immunity from Prosecution. globalresearch.ca Charged with bribery, fraud, and breach of trust by attorney general Avichai Mendelblit, Netanyahu is fighting for his political life and personal freedom. | According to Mendleblit, Netanyahu "damaged the image of the public service and public trust in it …

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