Indian Students Stand Against the Far-Right
Vijay Prashad | zcomm.org | 2020-01-16
It is hard to watch these young people speak with such confidence and with such chilling precision about their desire to hurt those with whom they did not agree…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/indian-students-stand-against-the-far-right/

France at a Crossroads
Richard Greeman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-16
The nationwide general strike in France, now entering its record seventh week, seems to be approaching its crisis point. Despite savage police repression, about a million people are in the streets protesting President Emmanuel Macron's proposed neoliberal "reform" of …
globalresearch.ca/france-crossroads/5700752

Who Targeted Ukraine Airlines Flight 752? Iran Shot It Down but There May be More to the Story
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-16
The claim that Major General Qassem Soleimani was a "terrorist" on a mission to carry out an "imminent" attack that would kill hundreds of Americans turned out to be a lie, so why should one believe anything else relating to …
globalresearch.ca/who-targeted-ukraine-airlines-flight-752-iran/5700765

Tracked, Targeted, Killed: Qassem Soleimani's Final Hours
Suadad al-Salhy | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-16
Stepping off his Cham Wings flight and onto the tarmac of Baghdad airport, Qassem Soleimani was met by a familiar face. | Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy head of the Hashd al-Shaabi Iraqi paramilitary, was a longstanding ally of the Iranian …
globalresearch.ca/qassem-soleimani-final-hours/5700762

China's ZTE wants to raise $1.7 billion to boost 5G development
rt.com | 2020-01-16
One of China's largest producers of telecom equipment, ZTE, has announced plans to raise around $1.7 billion from a private share placement to fund research and development of 5G networks. | The company will issue 381 million A-shares denominated in the Chinese yuan and traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges. It will sell them to 10 independent professional or institutional investors in China at 30.21 yuan ($4.40) per share. | The price is a little lower than the average trading price over the last three weeks. As of Thursday, ZTE stock was trading at 37.41 yuan per share in Shenzhen. | Also on rt…
rt.com/business/478404-zte-fundraising-5g-development/

History: US Spy Activities in Western and Northern China
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-16
The first CIA agent killed in action was the 37-year-old Douglas S. Mackiernan, a former code-breaker for the United States Army Air Forces, who during World War II was promoted to Major, serving as an Air Force meteorologist in …
globalresearch.ca/us-spy-activities-western-northern-china-first-cia-agent-killed-operation/5700769

Apocalypse on Pause? Asteroid That Shot Fireball in 2017 Could Destroy Life on Earth, Scientists Say
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-16
In April 2017, a shiny fireball flew over the skies of Kyoto, Japan, raising questions about its potential origin and cosmic identity. Later, it was determined that the bright intruder belonged to a near-Earth asteroid called 2003 YT1.
sputniknews.com/science/202001161078052957-apocalypse-on-pause-asteroid-that-shot-fireball-in-2017-could-destroy-life-on-earth-scientists-say/

'Negative': Audio suggests Delta flight crew told controls it WOULDN'T NEED to dump fuel before dousing school kids outside LA
rt.com | 2020-01-16
The crew of a Boeing 777 that showered schools outside Los Angeles with jet fuel on Tuesday apparently told controllers they were not going to release the toxic liquid right before they did so, newly released audio suggests. | The plot has thickened in the highly unusual mishap, which saw Delta Airlines Flight 89 dump thousands of gallons of volatile jet fuel on unsuspecting students and staff in five elementary schools and one high school outside Los Angeles on Tuesday. | An audio recording of communications between the LAX airport control tower and the pilots of the Delta flight reveals that air traffic cont…
rt.com/usa/478385-delta-fuel-school-audio/

Protests over citizenship law in India prove liberal elites only like democracy if they agree with the results
rt.com | 2020-01-16
Protests in India over a controversial citizenship amendment law have curiously exposed the duplicity of liberals when it comes to their commitment to democracy. | Left-backed student unions and Muslim groups have been up in arms over a law that they perceive to be "anti-Muslim." Backing up this protest movement, liberal Indians have revealed their cards. | For the youth to resist the charms of "revolution"

In First All-White Democratic Debate, CNN Didn't Ask a Single Question About Immigration
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-15
As the federal government plans to divert an additional $7.2 billion from the military budget for the construction of President Trump's promised border wall, and tens of thousands of asylum seekers from Central America, the Caribbean and other regions are stranded throughout the U.S.-Mexico border, CNN moderators failed to question Democratic presidential candidates on border and immigration issues. We speak to Julio Ricardo Varela, co-host of the Latinx political podcast "In the Thick" and founder of Latino Rebels. "Anyone who thinks that a wall is going to protect us, the statistics aren't there. … But that i…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/15/democrati…

A Truly Antiwar Agenda Must Include Free College and Medicare for All
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-15
Last night's debate brought home a reality for me: A truly antiwar agenda is not confined to priorities traditionally seen as "foreign policy." It must include bold plans to address climate change, education, institutional racism and sexism, health care and immigration justice. And our movements must reflect that broad-based vision. | The recent assassination of Iran's top Gen. Qassim Suleimani was a frightening reminder of the undemocratic and reckless approach of those who currently rule the U.S.
truthout.org/articles/a-truly-antiwar-agenda-must-include-free-college-and-medicare-for-all/

Short of Time: Julian Assange at the Westminster Magistrates Court
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
Another slot of judicial history, another notch to be added to the woeful record of legal proceedings being undertaken against Julian Assange. The ailing WikiLeaks founder was coping as well as he could, showing the resourcefulness of the desperate …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-westminster-magistrates-court/5700671

Does the US Military "Own the Weather"? "Weaponizing the Weather" as an Instrument of Modern Warfare?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
Weather-modification, according to the US Air Force document AF 2025 Final Report, "offers the war fighter a wide range of possible options to defeat or coerce an adversary", capabilities, it says, extend to the triggering of floods, hurricanes, droughts and earthquakes…
globalresearch.ca/does-the-us-military-own-the-weather-weaponizing-the-weather-as-an-instrument-of-modern-warfare/5608728

Not an inch: Indian students stand against the far-right
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-01-15
With her head bandaged and her arm in a sling, university student Aishe Ghosh went before the cameras to say that the students of the university she attends in New Delhi would move "not an inch back." | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/15/not-an-inch-indian-students-stand-against-the-far-right/

Democrats Debate Wealth Tax, Free Public College & Student Debt Relief as Part of New Economic Plan
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-15
At Tuesday's Democratic debate, former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg repeated his criticism of plans for tuition-free public college and wiping out student debt, supported by both Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Activist and Truthout contributor Alexis Goldstein says the dispute highlights a philosophical split within the Democratic Party. "We essentially have a disagreement between the progressive candidates and the moderate candidates about whether or not we want to pursue a universal benefit for higher education and make it a public good, much in the way that K-12 education is treated as a public good,"
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/15/democrati…

Traversed by Tensions: Quebec's Religious Symbols Law
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-15
Fatima Ahmad, 23, an Education student at McGill University in Montreal, says that Bill 21 prevents her from working as a public school teacher in Quebec. A fourth year student, graduating in April 2020, she is already making plans to move to the United Arab Emirates or Calgary once she graduates. She is photographed wearing…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/15/traversed-by-tensions-quebecs-religious-symbols-law/

Dr. King Understood: U.S. Is Threat to Global Humanity
Black Alliance for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
As the U.S. engages in its annual ritual of parading out the state-sanctioned "I have a dream" Dr. King, it attempts to accomplish the amazing feat of reconciling Dr. King's commitment to peace and principled non-violence with the normalized violence …
globalresearch.ca/dr-king-understood-u-s-threat-global-humanity/5700654

Unintended Consequences: Did Trump Just Give the Middle East to China and Russia?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
By the series of actions in recent months in Iraq and across the Middle East, Washington has forced a strategic shift towards China and to an extent Russia and away from the United States. If events continue on the present …
globalresearch.ca/did-trump-just-give-middle-east-china-russia/5700660

Britain, France and Germany (E3) Trigger JCPOA Dispute Mechanism, a Hostile Action Against Iran
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
The nuclear deal dispute resolution mechanism and sanctions snapback provision can take effect if one JCPOA signatory claims another failed to meet its obligations under the deal

'Phase One' of the US-Chinese Trade Deal Is Bad News for India
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
The planned signing of "phase one" of a more comprehensive US-Chinese trade deal is extremely bad news for India because its chief Asian competitor is committing to gradually open up its economy and therefore become even more attractive of an …
globalresearch.ca/phase-one-us-chinese-trade-deal-bad-news-india/5700665

More than 50,000 5G Satellites Encircling the Earth: Appeal by Astronomers, Safeguarding the Astronomical Sky (IT)
Astronomers' Appeal | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
This is an international appeal by professional astronomers open for subscription to ask for an intervention from institutions and governments. | To sign/subscribe follow this link. | Astronomical observations from the ground can be greatly harmed by the ongoing deployment of …
globalresearch.ca/more-than-50000-5g-satellites-encircling-the-earth-appeal-by-astronomers-safeguarding-the-astronomical-sky-it/5700687

The Human Catastrophe of War
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
The year 2020 began with news of President Trump's bold military adventure which garnered the attention of the people around the world. 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 11 Ukrainians, 10 Swedish, 4 Afghans, 3 Britons, and 3 Germans lost their lives …
globalresearch.ca/human-catastrophe-war/5700647

The 'Big Squeeze' on Sanders
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
Now, get this straight. I am not a 'Democratic Socialist' or a supporter of the Democratic Party. Yes, I just changed my political affiliation here in Florida so I can vote for Sanders in the upcoming Florida primary. My 'short …
globalresearch.ca/big-squeeze-sanders/5700673

George H.W. Bush's Complicity in the 1991 "Highway of Death" Iraq Massacre
Joyce Chediac | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
US war crimes then and now. | George H. W. Bush (1991). A "statesman" and "American hero"? What a lie! | George W. Bush declares war on Afghanistan (2001) | George W. Bush and Tony Blair wage war on Iraq (2003), | Barack Obama's …
globalresearch.ca/george-h-w-bushs-complicity-in-the-1991-highway-of-death-massacre/5661837

Gone Fishing? No Fish but Plenty of Pesticides and a Public Health Crisis
Colin Todhunter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
There is mounting evidence that a healthy soil microbiome protects plants from pests and diseases. One of the greatest natural assets that humankind has is soil. But when you drench it with proprietary synthetic chemicals or continuously monocrop as part …
globalresearch.ca/gone-fishing-no-fish-plenty-pesticides-public-health-crisis/5700649

US Deterrence: Code Language for Endless "Hot Wars" against Humanity
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
Washington's criminal class is bipartisan. | Both right wings of the US war party pose an unparalleled threat to world peace, stability, security, and humanity's survival. | The rhetoric of each wing differs, the agenda the same, notably since the neoliberal 90s, …
globalresearch.ca/us-deterrence-code-language-endless-wars-humanity/5700678

Brazil: From Lula to Bolsonaro
Eric Toussaint | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
I arrived in Sao Paulo, the financial and economic capital of Brazil, on the night of 14 November 2019. The city has over 12 million inhabitants. In all the districts I visited poverty is flagrant. You see homeless people living …
globalresearch.ca/brazil-lula-bolsonaro/5700662

Fidel Castro's Message against Nuclear War: "In a Nuclear War the 'Collateral Damage' would be the Life of All Humanity."
Fidel Castro Ruz | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
A forceful message calling for World peace and the survival of humankind.
globalresearch.ca/video-fidel-s-message-against-nuclear-war-in-a-nuclear-war-the-collateral-damage-would-be-the-life-of-all-humanity/21541

Video Shows TWO Missiles Bringing Down Iran 737, Second Plane Reported & Iraq And Syria Under Attack
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-15
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 (1/14/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/video-shows-two-missiles-bringing-down-iran-737-second-plane-reported-iraq-and-syria-under-attack/

Scotland's Independence Project
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
On Tuesday Boris Johnson submitted a letter to Nicola Sturgeon, rejecting outright her request for powers to be transferred to the Scottish parliament to call a second referendum on independence. It read: | "The UK government will continue to uphold | …
globalresearch.ca/scotland-think-like-kosovo-gain-independence/5700675

Middle Eastern Wars Have Always Been About Oil
Washington's Blog | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
Relevant article selected from the GR archive, first published on GR in February 2016. | Robert Kennedy Jr. notes: | For Americans to really understand what's going on, it's important to review some details about this sordid but little-remembered history. …
globalresearch.ca/middle-eastern-wars-have-always-been-about-oil/5510640

Persian Peril: The Assassination of Qasem Soleimani and the Prospect of War with Iran
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
"And after what my source had sent me on Wednesday morning…I was pretty confident that they would have to back off because the reasons were overwhelming in terms of Iranian military power… In fact there was an indirect, a direct-indirect …
globalresearch.ca/persian-peril-the-assassination-of-qasem-soleimani-and-the-prospect-of-war-with-iran/5700626

Ceasefire Failure as Haftar Leaves Russia to Resume Military Operations in Libya
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin made a joint statement last week regarding the civil war raging in Libya to "declare a sustainable ceasefire, supported by the necessary measures to be taken for stabilizing the situation …
globalresearch.ca/ceasefire-failure-haftar-leaves-russia-resume-military-operations-libya/5700645

Passing the Point of No Return, Is A World War Upon Us?
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-15
War is inevitable. More innocent people will be murdered, maimed, raped or sold into slavery. War is indescribable, a nightmare, yet those who are currently in power, the establishment or what some like to call "the elite" are on Trump's …
globalresearch.ca/passing-point-no-return-world-war-upon-us/5700658

Toxic chemicals stole 160 million IQ points from American kids and it's costing the US trillions of dollars – study
rt.com | 2020-01-15
Shocking new research indicates that not only do pesticides and flame retardants cause unprecedented levels of irreversible childhood brain damage, but the knock-on effects have cost the US economy trillions of dollars. | The latest research from New York University indicates that polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) were the greatest contributor to IQ loss and intellectual disability among American children, resulting in a total of 162 million IQ points lost and over 738,000 cases of intellectual disability. | Many children were likely exposed in utero

The Science of (Not) Ending Global Poverty
Aparna Gopalan | thenation.com | 2020-01-15
The 2019 Nobel Prize winners in economics represent a new strain of neoliberal thought.
thenation.com/article/nobel-poverty-economics-duflo/

Tennessee National Guard airbase briefly placed on lockdown amid reports of active shooter
rt.com | 2020-01-15
McGhee Tyson Air National Guard base in Tennessee was briefly placed on lockdown, following reports of an active shooter in the area. | The alarm was raised shortly after 11am on Wednesday, when a local student reported seeing a suspicious person who appeared to be armed. Law enforcement conducted a sweep of the base, spokesman Lt. Col. Travers Hurst told reporters. No shots were reported, yet personnel were told to shelter in place. | I'm standing outside McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base in Alcoa, TN, which was locked down after someone reported seeing a suspicious person with a rifle. NO confirmed report…
rt.com/usa/478370-tennessee-national-guard-airbase-lockdown/

Tampa students rally against aggressions towards Iran
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-15
Tampa, FL – At the University of South Florida, Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held their second rally against the President Trump's and U.S. aggression towards Iran. The protest, attended by around 20 students on campus on January 14, has come in the wake of the assassination of a high-ranking Iranian military figure, Qassem Soleimani. | Along with the threat of more U.S. troops to the region and further hostilities, Iran has been hit by U.S. economic sanctions since 2010. An SDS member told the crowd, "The sanctions have greatly limited the amount of medical resources that Iran can get. This has result…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/15/tampa-st…

Indian Students Refuse to Give an Inch to the Far Right
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-15
A youth movement is rising across the country to confront the dangerous rhetoric and racist policies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
truthdig.com/articles/indian-students-refuse-to-give-an-inch-to-the-far-right/

Top Megadonors and Corporations Have Poured Almost $2 Billion Into Politics Since Citizens United
Jessica Corbett, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-15
"This is not what democracy looks like. This is the world Citizens United made," Alan Zibel, research director of Public Citizen's Corporate Presidency Project, said Wednesday as his group released a pair of reports. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/01/15/top-megadonors-and-corporations-have-poured-almost-2-billion-politics-citizens?cd-origin=rss

Analysis of 30 Years of Single-Payer Research Shows Medicare for All Would Absolutely Save US Money
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-15
"Across the political spectrum, there is near consensus among these economists that a single-payer system would save money." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/01/15/analysis-30-years-single-payer-research-shows-medicare-all-would-absolutely-save-us?cd-origin=rss

Poverty Is the New Draft
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-14
The draft might be gone, but not everyone volunteers for the same reasons. Inconsistent access to education, healthcare, or housing means marginalized communities are systemically pushed into military service to gain those benefits–especially poor students.
therealnews.com/stories/poverty-draft-healthcare-education-students

Florida teachers rally at state capitol
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-14
Tallahassee, FL – Well over 1000 educators, school bus drivers, custodians, counselors and other public school workers, dressed in red, rallied at the Old Capitol Building in Tallahassee on January 13 to demand lawmakers invest in public schools during the 2020 state legislative session. The 60-day legislative session begins January 14 and lawmakers will have a sea of red from the previous day to take with them to deliberation. | The rally was organized by the Florida Education Association (FEA), which is the statewide union for educators, and featured support also from the national unions the American Federation…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/14/florida-…

Israel Provided The Intel To Kill Soleimani & A Cyberattack May Have Been Behind Iran's 737 Downing
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-14
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 (1/13/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-provided-the-intel-to-kill-soleimani-a-cyberattack-may-have-been-behind-irans-737-downing/

CLEAN Future Act Is 'Shameful' and 'Greenwashing,' say Climate Justice Groups
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-14
Democrats' CLEAN Future Act calls for "net zero" carbon emissions by 2050 but doesn't require a fossil fuel industry phaseout. Critics say the bill lacks ambition and ignores the short timeline for radical action dictated by climate science.
therealnews.com/columns/clean-future-act-is-shameful-and-greenwashing-say-climate-justice-groups

The Montessori Schools Set to Track Students' Every Move
Sarah Lahm | progressive.org | 2020-01-14
At schools that were meant to foster self-paced learning in the natural world, the billionaires behind Facebook and Amazon are funding new data-seeking tech.
progressive.org/public-school-shakedown/the-montessori-schools-set-to-track-students-every-move-lahm-200114/

Lebanese Focus New Wave of Protests Against Banks
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-14
Lebanese protesters took the streets of Beirut Tuesday to resume protests, rallying outside banks and demanding access to their deposits. | RELATED: | Lebanon's Hassan Diab is Named New Prime Minister | "Everything we're suffering from is because of the banks and the central bank's policies," Ali, a 21-year-old college student, said at the protest in Beirut's Hamra commercial district. "This is why there's no longer any money, and prices are rising." | After almost three weeks of relative c…
telesurenglish.net/news/Lebanese-Focus-New-Wave-of-Protests-Against-Banks-20200114-0018.html

"Morir Soñando": Martín Espada Reads Poem About Luis Garden Acosta, Young Lord & Community Activist
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-14
Last week marked the first anniversary of the passing of Luis Garden Acosta, the founder and longtime president of the nationally known El Puente youth and community leadership program in Brooklyn. Long regarded as one of New York City's foremost human rights and Latino community activists, Garden Acosta died last January at the age of 72. A former seminarian who had been active in the Catholic antiwar movement, Garden Acosta joined the Young Lords Party in 1970 and later founded that group's Massachusetts chapter while he was still a student at Harvard Medical School. He went on to pioneer successful nonviolent…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/14/luis_gard…

Democratic Debate: Will Progressives Highlight the Cost of War?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2020-01-13
Senators Sanders and Warren could have their best opportunity yet to argue that if the U.S. has trillions to pay for war abroad, it can invest in healthcare, education, and infrastructure at home.
therealnews.com/columns/democratic-debate-will-progressives-highlight-the-cost-of-war

Marx's Labor Theory of Value: Bad Science and Bad for Ecological Socialism
David S. Pena | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-12
Value and Socialist Distribution Marxists need a scientific theory of value. I do not make that statement because I think it is controversial. I make it because I am not convinced that Marx provided one. By "scientific" I mean a theory that identifies an empirically detectable and measurable property that gives value to commodities, and …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/marxs-labor-theory-of-value-bad-science-and-bad-for-ecological-socialism/