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Sri Lanka: SEP meeting in Colombo demands release of Assange and Manning
wsws.org | 2020-01-07
Afterwards, a University of Colombo student, declared: "I agree with the point made in this meeting that the fight for the freedom of Assange is so crucial for the defence of democratic rights internationally."
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Sri Lanka: SEP meeting in Colombo demands release of Assange and Manning
wsws.org | 2020-01-07
Afterwards, a University of Colombo student, declared: "I agree with the point made in this meeting that the fight for the freedom of Assange is so crucial for the defence of democratic rights internationally."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/07/meet…

America, An Empire on its Last Leg: To be Kicked Out from the Middle East?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
America's hegemonic military agenda in the Middle East has reached a dangerous threshold. | The assassination of IRGC General Soleimani ordered by the President of the United States on January 3, 2020 is tantamount to an Act of War against Iran….
globalresearch.ca/america-an-empire-on-its-last-leg-to-be-kicked-out-from-the-middle-east/5699693

Week 13 of Asarco Strike sees more RedForEd donations
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-07
Tucson, AZ — As one of the country's longest running strikes continues into week 13, educators from Arizona's RedForEd movement brought food donations to the picket line. The eight unions serving nearly 2000 workers at five Asarco copper mining operations have created a tradition at the Pima Mine: Sunday dinner. It's a beautiful display of worker solidarity and union power as striking workers and their families come eat a warm meal and enjoy their camaraderie. It is there that a van-full of non-perishable goods from Phoenix-area educators was delivered. | President of the Chandler Education Association, Ka…
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The Jawaharlal Nehru University Attack Shows Just How Fascist The 'Modi Mob' Is
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
A mob of masked thugs broke into India's premier Jawaharlal Nehru University Sunday night and beat dozens of students who were protesting against their country's contentious "Citizenship (Amendment) Act", after which the victims accused the perpetrators of being allied with …
globalresearch.ca/the-jawaharlal-nehru-university-attack-shows-just-how-fascist-the-modi-mob-is/5699912

Video: Qassem Soleimani: Martyr of Iranian Revolution
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
For the first time in the history of Iran, a red flag was raised over the Holy Dome of Jamkaran Mosque in the holy city of Qom both symbolizing blood spilled unjustly and serving as a call to avenge a …
globalresearch.ca/video-qassem-soleimani-martyr-iranian-revolution/5699862

Major U.S. Military Contractors Stand to Reap Huge Windfalls from Escalation of Conflict with Iran
Sarah Anderson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
CEOs of major U.S. military contractors stand to reap huge windfalls from the escalation of conflict with Iran. This was evident in the immediate aftermath of the U.S. assassination of a top Iranian military official last week. As soon as …
globalresearch.ca/major-u-s-military-contractors-stand-to-reap-huge-windfalls-from-escalation-of-conflict-with-iran/5699945

Astronomers detect 2nd MASSIVE neutron star collision 520 million light-years away (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-01-07
Gravitational wave astronomers, operating at the fringes of our scientific and technological capabilities, have detected a new collision between two neutron stars; just the second time in our history as a species. | Newly published research has revealed that on 25 April 2019 two neutron stars around 520 million light-years away merged into a new object named GW190425, not exactly catchy. | This event marks just the second such collision astronomers have seen; the first was detected back in August 2017, and called GW170817. Again, astrophysicists and astronomers aren't famed for their ability at coming up wi…
rt.com/news/477650-astronomers-detected-second-neutron-collision/

Don't Militarize the Heavens
Prof. Karl Grossman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
President Donald Trump has signed the National Defense Authorization Act for 2020 that establishes a Space Force as the sixth branch of the U.S. armed forces — despite the landmark Outer Space Treaty of 1967, which designated space as a …
globalresearch.ca/dont-militarize-heavens/5699873

Some Pet Products Touted as CBD Don't Have Any
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-07
Companies have unleashed hundreds of CBD pet health products accompanied by glowing customer testimonials claiming the cannabis derivative produced calmer, quieter and pain-free dogs and cats. | But some of these products are all bark and no bite. | "You'd be astounded by the analysis we've seen of products on the shelf with virtually no CBD in them," said Cornell University veterinary researcher Joseph Wakshlag, who studies therapeutic uses for the compound. "Or products with 2 milligrams per milliliter, when an effective concentration would be between 25 and 75 milligrams per milliliter. There are plenty of fol…
truthdig.com/articles/some-pet-products-touted-as-cbd-dont-have-any/

Canadian Peace Congress Condemns Imperial War Crimes
Laura Savinkoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
Dear Friends for Peace, | The Canadian Peace Congress condemns the murders of Iranian General Soleimani and others in the motorcade leaving Baghdad International Airport on January 3rd, 2020 as an act of war by the United States against Iraq and …
globalresearch.ca/canadian-peace-congress-condemns-imperial-war-crimes/5699932

Fragmentation in the "Axis of Resistance" Led to Soleimani's Death
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
It was not the US decision to fire missiles against the IRGC commander Brigadier General Qassem Soleimani that killed the Iranian officer and his companions in Baghdad. Yes, of course, the order that was given to launch missiles from the …
globalresearch.ca/fragmentation-in-the-axis-of-resistance-led-to-soleimanis-death/5699939

Trump has Placed the United States on a Collision Course with Iran
Donald Monaco | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
Donald Trump has placed the United States on a collision course with Iran. Why? To begin with, Trump it seems, has a personal animus toward Iran similar to the one that Bush Jr. had against Saddam Hussein and Iraq. Bush | …
globalresearch.ca/trump-iran/5699878

Financial N-Option Will Settle Trump's Oil War
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
The bombshell facts were delivered by caretaker Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi, during an extraordinary, historic parliamentary session in Baghdad on Sunday. | Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani had flown into Baghdad on a normal carrier flight, carrying a diplomatic passport. He …
globalresearch.ca/financial-n-option-will-settle-trumps-oil-war/5699905

Iranian Revenge Will Be A Dish Best Served Cold
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
The assassination by the United States of Qassem Suleimani, a senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general and commander of the Quds Force, an Iranian paramilitary force specializing in covert operations on foreign soil, has sent shock waves through the Middle …
globalresearch.ca/iranian-revenge-will-be-a-dish-best-served-cold/5699942

Os Acordos McCloy-Zorin, 20 de Setembro de 1961
Valerian Alexandrovich Zorin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
DECLARAàáàÉO CONJUNTA DE PRINCÂPIOS ACORDADOS PARA NEGOCIAàáàïES DE DESARMAMENTO | Os Estados Unidos e a URSS concordaram recomendar os seguintes princípios, como base para futuras negociaàßàµes multilaterais sobre desarmamento e exortaram outros Estados a cooperarem na obtenàßà£o de um acordo antecipado …
globalresearch.ca/os-acordos-mccloy-zorin-20-de-setembro-de-1961/5699436

On the Brink of War?
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
Are we on the brink of a Third World War? There are signs that demand that we ask this question. Three clusters of signs compel us to probe a question that could well determine the future of our civilisation. | One, …
globalresearch.ca/on-the-brink-of-war/5699922

Impeach Trump for Acts of War on Iraq, Iran and Elsewhere
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
Trump's legal team reportedly prepared their strategy to challenge articles of impeachment by House Dems — yet to be sent to the GOP-controlled Senate for trial. | According to Law Professor Jonathan Turley, "(b)y rushing the impeachment and forcing a vote | …
globalresearch.ca/impeach-trump-for-acts-of-war-on-iraq-iran-and-elsewhere/5699934

Putin Should Take Control of the Iranian Situation Out of Israel's Hands
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
At this time, it is up to Israel whether or not war occurs between the US and Iran. Israel very much wants this war as a means of putting Iran and Syria into chaos, thus leaving Hezbollah isolated and unsupplied….
globalresearch.ca/putin-should-take-control-iranian-situation-out-israel-hands/5699882

Homelessness and Social Dislocation Across Canada. If Housing Is a Right We Should Take It
John Clarke | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
In Toronto and across Canada, homelessness has reached proportions that no rational and just society would tolerate and it constitutes an emergency situation. The Trump Administration, seeing levels of destitution in California that are producing social dislocation, is …
globalresearch.ca/housing-right-we-should-take/5699858

"Yankee Go Home" Is Chanted in Baghdad after Parliament Asks for US Troop Expulsion
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
Iraq's parliament met on Sunday and passed a resolution asking all 5,200 US troops to be expelled. After hearing of the Iraqi decision, US President Trump refused the request, balking at the democratic process of an elected body of a …
globalresearch.ca/yankee-go-home-chanted-baghdad-parliament-asks-us-troop-expulsion/5699875

52 Stealth Fighter Jets Elephant Walk In Show Of Force Amid Threats Of War
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
With another 3,000 US troops preparing to deploy to the Middle East and six Boeing B-52 Stratofortress nuclear-capable bombers headed to a major US military base at Deigo Garcia, 52 stealth fighter jets conducted a Combat Power Exercise Monday amid …
globalresearch.ca/52-stealth-fighter-jets-elephant-walk-in-show-of-force-amid-threats-of-war/5699926

America, Where Great Literature Kicked the Bucket
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
Once in a while, people ask me: "Why did you accept the US citizenship, many years ago?" "After all," they say, "now you are one of the most vocal critics of the United States, and of the West in general."…
globalresearch.ca/america-great-literature-kicked-bucket/5699856

"Duck Soup": Donald Trump, Dancing to the Tune of the Military Industrial Empire
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
The 1933 Marx brothers film Duck Soup was meant to be a satirical look at Benito Mussolini, ruler of Italy. In the film the mythical country of Freedonia , ruled by the effervescent Rufus T. Firefly ( played by Groucho), …
globalresearch.ca/duck-soup-donald-trump-dancing-to-the-tune-of-the-military-industrial-empire/5699928

Landlocked Laos is Finally Being Unlocked
Joseph Thomas | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
At face value, the Financial Times' article, "Laos's Belt and Road project sparks questions over China ambitions," reads like a politically-motivated attack on infrastructure development in Asia. Because it is. | The article's subheading, "High-speed train line in one of …
globalresearch.ca/landlocked-laos-is-finally-being-unlocked/5699950

Trump and His Team Are Lying Their Way to War with Iran
Ryan Costello | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
President Trump ordering the killing of Qassem Soleimani is troubling on several fronts. The assassination has been treated as an act of war in Iran, uniting disparate political factions after a brutal crackdown on protesters in November. Now, U.S. forces …
globalresearch.ca/trump-team-lying-way-war-iran/5699861

US Blocks Iran's Foreign Minister From Addressing UN Security Council
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
The U.S. government's actions would constitute a clear violation of the terms of a 1947 agreement requiring Washington to allow foreign officials to enter the country to conduct U.N. business. | United States Trump administration denied Monday a visa to Iran's | …
globalresearch.ca/us-blocks-irans-foreign-minister-from-addressing-un-security-council/5699924

HBO's 'Watchmen': Who will guard the guards?
Michael Berkowitz | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-07
HBO's Watchmen is a stunning achievement for television. It is an unblinking look at American right-wing populism and racism, through the eyes of lead Black characters in a science fiction comic book superstructure, a genre in sore need of the energy, creativity and political commitment that Watchmen brings. The original Watchmen, written in the 1980s …
peoplesworld.org/article/hbos-watchmen-who-will-guard-the-guards/

Cleveland activists rally against U.S. attack on Iran
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-07
Cleveland, OH – Anti-war activists took to Market Square in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday, January 4, at noon to denounce U.S. imperialism and aggression towards Iran following the murder of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani by the Trump regime. | Chanting slogans of "1, 2, 3, 4, we don't want your racist war! 5, 6, 7, 8, stop the killings, stop the hate!" and "We are people, we want peace! U.S. out of Middle East!" around 100 protesters rallied as prepared speeches were given by representatives from the Workers World Party, Cleveland State University's Middle East and Northern Africa student group, Pe…
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Report exposes police brutality against students of India's Jamia Millia Islamia university
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-07
According to a report on the violence of December 15, the police action was intentionally "aimed at causing maximum damage to the protesters," most of whom were protesting peacefully…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/07/report-exposes-police-brutality-against-students-of-indias-jamia-millia-islamia-university/

'The People With the Least Resources Are Now Shouldering the Greatest Burden' – CounterSpin interview with Kevin Kumashiro on student debt
fair.org | 2020-01-07
Janine Jackson interviewed educator Kevin Kumashiro about student debt forgiveness for the June 28, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
fair.org/home/the-people-with-the-least-resources-are-now-shouldering-the-greatest-burden/

Teachers Unions Not the Only Ones Opposing Charter Schools
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-07
Promoters of privately-operated non-profit and for-profit charter schools that seize billions of dollars a year from public schools have long promoted the illusion that it is mainly teachers unions that are opposed to charter schools. Keeping in mind that 90% of charter schools have no teacher unions and that charter school owners-operators usually react bellicosely …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/teachers-unions-not-the-only-ones-opposing-charter-schools/

Almost 900 'excess deaths' during 2019 heatwaves, official figures show
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-07
Almost 900 "excess deaths" are thought to have occurred during the heatwaves of summer 2019, official data shows. | There were an estimated 892 excess deaths in the over-65s over summer last year, Public Health England (PHE) said. | This is the number of deaths on top of those which were expected as per standard mortality rates. | Provisional data released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) last October indicated the number of deaths had spiked on the hottest day of the summer — 25 July. | Temperatures reached 38.7C (101.66F) in Cambridge, breaking the record for the highest temperature ever record…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/01/07/almost-900-excess-deaths-during-2019-heatwaves-official-figures-show/

Eurozone's retail trade volume up in November
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-07
The eurozone retail trade volume rose 1% month-on-month in November 2019, the EU's statistical office announced on Tuesday.The figure also rose 0.6% in the EU28 in November compared to October 2019, Eurostat said.In October, the retail trade volume fell 0.3% from September in the eurozone and 0.2% in the EU28.The eurozone/euro area represents member states that use the single currency — euro — while the EU28 includes all member countries of the bloc.In the euro area, "The volume of retail trade increased by 1.4% for non-food products and by 0.7% for food, drinks and tobacco, while automotive fuels decreased by…
yenisafak.com/en/world/eurozones-retail-trade-volume-up-in-november-3509034

America, An Empire on its Last Leg: To be Kicked Out from the Middle East?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
The Iraqi parliament suspended the corrupt 2014 agreement with the Obama administration which invited the US to lead a fake counterterrorism operation directed against the Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh), made up of mercenaries who are funded, trained and recruited by US-NATO, with the support of Saudi Arabia and the UAE.
globalresearch.ca/america-an-empire-on-its-last-leg-to-be-kicked-out-from-the-middle-east/5699693

Qual é a verdadeira ameaàßa nuclear no Médio Oriente?
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
´O Irà£o nà£o respeita os acordos nucleares ª (Il Tempo), ´O Irà£o retira-se dos acordos nucleares: um passo em direcàßà£o à bomba atómica ª (Corriere della Sera), ´O Irà£o prepara bombas atómicas: adeus ao acordo sobre o nuclear …
globalresearch.ca/qual-e-a-verdadeira-ameaca-nuclear-no-medio-oriente/5699893

Qual è la vera minaccia nucleare in Medio Oriente
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
´L'Iran non rispetta gli accordi sul nucleare ª (Il Tempo), ´L'Iran si ritira dagli accordi nucleari: un passo verso la bomba atomica ª (Corriere della Sera), ´L'Iran prepara le bombe atomiche: addio all'accordo sul nucleare ª (Libero): …
globalresearch.ca/qual-e-la-vera-minaccia-nucleare-in-medio-oriente/5699887

Community Schools Are Not the Antidote to Charter Schools
John Klyczek | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-06
Democratic presidential candidates, such as Elizabeth Warren, have pledged to fix the American education system by replacing privatized charter schools with "community schools" that incorporate "socioemotional-learning (SEL)" programs. These "Democratic" community schools, which teach "social skills" and "emotional competencies," might sound like "liberal" or "leftwing" education reforms. But don't be fooled by the pathos of …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/community-schools-are-not-the-antidote-to-charter-schools/

The Gulf Monarchies Intervention in The Horn of Africa: Devastating Impact on Somalia
Dr. Bischara A. Egal | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-06
On Saturday morning December 28th, a truck bomb exploded at a busy intersection at KM 5 + security checkpoint at in Somalia's capital, killing at least 90 people including many University students on their way to Universities outside …
globalresearch.ca/khaleeji-gulf-monarchies-intervention-africa-horn-devastating-impact-somalia/5699719

Ukranian Whistleblower Reveals MH-17 Tragedy Was Orchestrated by Poroshenko and British Secret Service
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-06
Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH-17), that was shot down on July 17, 2014 in the Donbass region of Eastern Ukraine, killed all passengers onboard and was immediately blamed on pro-Russia Donbass volunteer militias fighting against henchmen of the Maidan civil …
globalresearch.ca/ukranian-whistleblower-reveals-mh-17-tragedy-orchestrated-poroshenko-british-secret-service/5699826

UK Nuclear Sub 'In Position to Strike Iran' Amid Tensions over Soleimani's Killing
Mideast Discourse | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-06
Earlier on Sunday, about 50 members of the UK's Special Air Service (SAS) were sent to Iraq to help with the potential evacuation of Britons following Friday's US drone strike which killed Qasem Soleimani, head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps …
globalresearch.ca/uk-nuclear-sub-position-strike-iran-amid-tensions-soleimani-killing/5699815

Lies, the Bethlehem Doctrine, and the Illegal Murder of Soleimani
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-06
In one of the series of blatant lies the USA has told to justify the assassination of Soleimani, Mike Pompeo said that Soleimani was killed because he was planning "Imminent attacks" on US citizens. It is a careful choice of …
globalresearch.ca/lies-bethlehem-doctrine-illegal-murder-soleimani/5699820

Ana Maria Primavesi, pioneer of agroecology in Brazil, passes away at 99 years old
Brasil de Fato | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-06
The agricultural engineer Ana Maria Primavesi, global leader in agroecology and a pioneer of the area in Brazil, died this Sunday January 5 due to heart complications. The hundred years of the researcher, born on October 3, will be celebrated in 2020. Primavesi defended the understanding of the soil as a living organism and was responsible for advances in the study of the ecological management of the soil. | The author participated in the second National Agrarian Reform Fair in 2017 in Sao Paulo, where she discussed the relationship between humans and the environment. "Without nature we will no longer exist, it i…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/06/ana-maria-primavesi-pioneer-of-agroecology-in-brazil-passes-away-at-99-years-old/

WhatsApp and fake news, or how to kill democracy
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-06
Fears and anxieties are used to create and diffuse fake news and manipulate the electorate. This is what happened at the last Brazilian election. A group of researchers studied the case in order to develop a method to deal with fake news. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/06/whatsapp-and-fake-news-or-how-to-kill-democracy/

Extrajudicial Assassinations are "Legal": American Democracy and the "Disposition Matrix"
Joseph Kishore | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-06
The assassination of IRGC General Soleimani ordered by the President of the United States on January 2, 2020 is tantamount to an Act of War against Iran. | President Donald Trump accused Soleimani of "plotting imminent and sinister attacks": "We took …
globalresearch.ca/extrajudicial-assassinations-are-legal-american-democracy-and-the-disposition-matrix/5310258

Whose Blood, Whose Hands?
S. Brian Willson | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-06
"Qasem Soleimani had the blood of Americans on his hands", so said US Representative Eliot Engel, Chair of the House Committee on Foreign Relations. A similar accusation was made by many other politicians and commentators. But these blood-drenched …
globalresearch.ca/whose-blood-whose-hands/5699757

Was Soleimani Framed by Trump? In Baghdad to Receive US Supported "De-escalation Proposal" from Saudi Arabia
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-06
On January 5, Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi reportedly provided additional details into the US assassination of the commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Qods Force, Qassem Soleimani. | According to the available data, the Iranian commander arrived in …
globalresearch.ca/iraqi-prime-minister-soleimani-arrives-baghdad-receive-de-escalation-proposal-saudi-arabia-trump-supported-initiative/5699777

What Comes Next after the US Assassination of Qassem Soleimani? The Options
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-06
The US did not plan to kill the vice commander of the Iraqi Hashd al-Shaabi brigade Abu Mahdi al-Muhandes when it assassinated Iranian Brigadier General Qassem Soleimani on Thursday at 11: 00 PM local time at Baghdad airport. Usually, when Soleimani …
globalresearch.ca/what-comes-next-us-assassination-qassem-soleimani-options/5699802

Iraqi Parliament Moves to Oust All U.S Troops from Iraq
Joaquin Flores | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-06
In an extraordinary session on Sunday, 170 Iraqi lawmakers have reportedly signed a resolution requiring the government to request the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. | Only 150 votes were needed for the draft resolution to be approved. | The session …
globalresearch.ca/iraqi-parliament-moves-oust-all-u-s-troops-iraq/5699750

Global Research: Powered by Readers
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-06
We are happy to say that we started 2020 with a big surge in readership. On the other hand, we also note that out of the 300,000+ visits to our website over the past few days, very few financial contributions …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-powered-by-readers/5699841

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2020-01-06: News Headlines

RT (2020-01-06). 'Eureka moment': Scientists discover new neural activity suggesting our brains are even more powerful than we think. rt.com Scientists have discovered a new form of brain activity related to how cells process information. The incredible find suggests our brains might be even more powerful than previously thought, according to the team. | The new research, conducted by German and Greek scientists and published in Science, centers on signals sent and received by the ends of neurons, known as 'dendrites.' The information passed by these parts of the brain is key to how the organ decides subsequent actions. | Working with slices of human brain ti…

RT (2020-01-06). Boeing looks for additional cash to stay afloat amid ongoing 737 MAX crisis — report. rt.com American aerospace giant Boeing is eyeing to raise more debt in a bid to cope with the consequences of the groundings of its once best-selling airplane, the 737 MAX, according to a Wall Street Journal report. | Apart from fundraising, which could amount up to $5 billion in extra debt, it may also have to put off some investment and planned acquisitions, as well as cut spending on research and development, the report said citing sources. | Also on rt.com | | Boeing to pay compensation to Turkish Airlines over 737 MAX grounding | The me…

Eds. (2020-01-06). WhatsApp and fake news, or how to kill democracy. mronline.org Fears and anxieties are used to create and diffuse fake news and manipulate the electorate. This is what happened at the last Brazilian election. A group of researchers studied the case in order to develop a method to deal with fake news. | Source

RT (2020-01-06). There may be far more black holes wandering space, consuming all in their path, says worrying new research. rt.com Scientists studying the underlying mechanisms which formed the universe have made a startling and terrifying discovery, which they believe indicates that there are more black holes out there than we thought — and they're moving. | The team from Montana State University targeted dwarf galaxies, which are 100 times less massive than our own Milky Way, for study as these are the smallest known to possibly host black holes. Given the size of the galaxies, it follows that their black holes would also be relatively small, though still somewhere in the region of 400,000 times the mass of our sun. | Also on rt.c…

Massoud Nayeri (2020-01-06). Assassination Is Not a Foreign Policy. globalresearch.ca …

John Ryan (2020-01-06). Censorship in Canada? Vanessa Beeley's Talks on Syria. dissidentvoice.org White Helmets Vanessa Beeley is a British journalist who was invited to Canada in the fall of 2019 to present talks in seven cities on the conflict in Syria. The sponsors of her speaking tour were several anti-war groups, including the Geopolitical Economy Research Group, the Hamilton Coalition to Stop the War, and Peace Alliance …

Staff (2020-01-06). College Presidents Aren't Who We Should Consult About Free Higher Education. truthout.org Recently, Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell reported on the negative reactions of college presidents to the idea of free public college. The context was a media dinner with a dozen college presidents, most of whom were leading non-flagship public schools, according to Rampell. | The presidents were asked if they th…

John Klyczek (2020-01-06). Community Schools Are Not the Antidote to Charter Schools. dissidentvoice.org Democratic presidential candidates, such as Elizabeth Warren, have pledged to fix the American education system by replacing privatized charter schools with "community schools" that incorporate "socioemotional-learning (SEL)" programs. These "Democratic" community schools, which teach "social skills" and "emotional competencies," might sound like "liberal" or "leftwing" education reforms. But don't be fooled by the pathos of …

Creston Davis — Ann Rutledge (2020-01-06). Education and the Breakdown of Democracy. counterpunch.org We applaud Ronald J. Daniels' Washington Post op-ed (December 31, 2019) on the shortcomings of American tertiary education. As professionals with a deep commitment to educating next-generation citizens and leaders, we concur with his critique of American education and join his call to universities to enable young people to "participate in the daily business of More

Dr. Bischara A. Egal (2020-01-06). The Gulf Monarchies Intervention in The Horn of Africa: Devastating Impact on Somalia. globalresearch.ca On Saturday morning December 28th, a truck bomb exploded at a busy intersection at KM 5 + security checkpoint at in Somalia's capital, killing at least 90 people including many University students on their way to Universities outside …

Inder Comar (2020-01-06). The United States' Assassination of Iranian Military Leader Violates International Law. globalresearch.ca The killing of Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian military commander, by the United States marks a terrible escalation between the United States and Iran, which U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo described as a "defensive action": | . | . ….

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-06). Trump's Mass Deception on Iran. globalresearch.ca Virtually all politicians lie, none in memory more repeatedly and egregiously than Trump. | It's so excessively over the top it begs the question. Is he unable to distinguish between facts and fiction or is he inherently deceptive by nature? | His …

Physicians for Social Responsibility (2020-01-06). The US Assassination of Major General Qassem Suleimani Underscores the Urgent Need to Reenter the Iran Deal. globalresearch.ca On January 2, President Trump ordered the killing of a top Iranian military commander, Major General Qassem Suleimani. This move comes in the wake of several other recent incidents that have risked sparking potential war and increased the risk …

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2020-01-06). Rescuing World War II History. globalresearch.ca The American Free Press has published a book by John Wear titled Germany's War: The Origins, Aftermath & Atrocities of World War II. The book is a compendium of WW II revisionist history. Wear pulls together work of Harry Elmer …

Paul Antonopoulos (2020-01-06). Ukranian Whistleblower Reveals MH-17 Tragedy Was Orchestrated by Poroshenko and British Secret Service. globalresearch.ca Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH-17), that was shot down on July 17, 2014 in the Donbass region of Eastern Ukraine, killed all passengers onboard and was immediately blamed on pro-Russia Donbass volunteer militias fighting against henchmen of the Maidan civil …

Mideast Discourse (2020-01-06). UK Nuclear Sub 'In Position to Strike Iran' Amid Tensions over Soleimani's Killing. globalresearch.ca Earlier on Sunday, about 50 members of the UK's Special Air Service (SAS) were sent to Iraq to help with the potential evacuation of Britons following Friday's US drone strike which killed Qasem Soleimani, head of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps …

Joaquin Flores (2020-01-06). Iraqi Parliament Moves to Oust All U.S Troops from Iraq. globalresearch.ca In an extraordinary session on Sunday, 170 Iraqi lawmakers have reportedly signed a resolution requiring the government to request the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. | Only 150 votes were needed for the draft resolution to be approved. | The session …

The Global Research Team (2020-01-06). Global Research: Powered by Readers. globalresearch.ca We are happy to say that we started 2020 with a big surge in readership. On the other hand, we also note that out of the 300,000+ visits to our website over the past few days, very few financial contributions …

Dr. Jack Rasmus (2020-01-06). Trump's Deja Vu Wartime Playbook. globalresearch.ca The past half century shows two things about how America goes to war: | First, it creates …

South Front (2020-01-06). Was Soleimani Framed by Trump? In Baghdad to Receive US Supported "De-escalation Proposal" from Saudi Arabia. globalresearch.ca On January 5, Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi reportedly provided additional details into the US assassination of the commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' Qods Force, Qassem Soleimani. | According to the available data, the Iranian commander arrived in …

Elijah J. Magnier (2020-01-06). What Comes Next after the US Assassination of Qassem Soleimani? The Options. globalresearch.ca The US did not plan to kill the vice commander of the Iraqi Hashd al-Shaabi brigade Abu Mahdi al-Muhandes when it assassinated Iranian Brigadier General Qassem Soleimani on Thursday at 11: 00 PM local time at Baghdad airport. Usually, when Soleimani …

Lucas Koerner (2020-01-06). Venezuela: Guaido Replaced as Parliament Head in Disputed Vote. globalresearch.ca Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido was handed a defeat Sunday in his bid to secure reelection as president of the country's National Assembly (AN). | With the votes of reportedly 81 of 150 lawmakers, opposition Deputy for Yaracuy State Luis Parra…

Kathy Kelly (2020-01-06). An Eyewitness to the Horrors of the US 'Forever Wars' Speaks Out. globalresearch.ca The 2003 "shock and awe" bombing of Iraq had finally stopped. From the balcony of my room in Baghdad's Al Fanar Hotel, I watched U.S. Marines moving between their jeeps, armored personnel carriers, and Humvees. They had occupied the street …

Joseph Kishore (2020-01-06). Extrajudicial Assassinations are "Legal": American Democracy and the "Disposition Matrix" globalresearch.ca The assassination of IRGC General Soleimani ordered by the President of the United States on January 2, 2020 is tantamount to an Act of War against Iran. | President Donald Trump accused Soleimani of "plotting imminent and sinister attacks": "We took …

Craig Murray (2020-01-06). Lies, the Bethlehem Doctrine, and the Illegal Murder of Soleimani. globalresearch.ca In one of the series of blatant lies the USA has told to justify the assassination of Soleimani, Mike Pompeo said that Soleimani was killed because he was planning "Imminent attacks" on US citizens. It is a careful choice of …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-06). A State of War Exists Between the US and Humanity. globalresearch.ca There's no ambiguity about what's going on globally. | Washington's geopolitical agenda is all about seeking dominance over other countries, their resources and populations worldwide — by whatever it takes to achieve its aims, notably by brute force and other hostile …

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-06). More Rockets Fired At US Embassy, US Iranians Detained & Trump Says Twitter Is "Notifying Congress" 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 (1/5/19). 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 …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2020-01-06). Disruptive Assassinations: Killing Qassem Soleimani. Trump Promises "Bombing 52 Iranian Sites" globalresearch.ca On the surface, it made not one iota of sense. The murder of a foreign military leader on his way from Baghdad airport, his diplomatic status assured by the local authorities, evidently deemed a target of irresistible richness. "General Soleimani …

Stefan Christoff (2020-01-06). On Canadian Diplomatic Complicity with the Assassination of Qasem Soleimani. globalresearch.ca Canada's official government response to the U.S. military airstrike on Iraq, that killed powerful Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani on January 3rd, basically says nothing, but also says a great deal. | "We call on all sides to exercise restraint and …

Kurt Nimmo (2020-01-06). Trump Tries Real Hard to Start a War for Israel. "He Should be Impeached Because He is a War Criminal" globalresearch.ca In my last post, I said it was time to close down this blog, mostly due to its ineffectiveness, short reach, and choir preaching. I wrote that I might as well pound sand for all the good it did. | A …

Stephen Lendman (2020-01-06). Targeted Assassination, Will Iran Seek "Strategic Revenge"? globalresearch.ca The US and Western partners are contemptuous of peace, stability, equity, justice, and the rule of law — waging war on humanity by hot and other means. | Where is the outrage in the West over the Trump regime's assassination of …

Craig Murray (2020-01-06). The Terrifying Rise of the Zombie State Narrative. globalresearch.ca The ruling Establishment has learnt a profound lesson from the debacle over Iraqi Weapons of Mass Destruction. The lesson they have learnt is not that it is wrong to attack and destroy an entire country on the basis of lies. …

True Publica (2020-01-06). Some Devastating Facts About the Australian Bushfires. asia-pacificresearch.com …

Brasil de Fato (2020-01-06). Ana Maria Primavesa, pioneer of agroecology in Brazil, passes away at 99 years old. peoplesdispatch.org The agricultural engineer Ana Maria Primavesi, global leader in agroecology and a pioneer of the area in Brazil, died this Sunday January 5 due to heart complications. The hundred years of the researcher, born on October 3, will be celebrated in 2020. Primavesi defended the understanding of the soil as a living organism and was responsible for advances in the study of the ecological management of the soil. | The author participated in the second National Agrarian Reform Fair in 2017 in Sao Paulo, where she discussed the relationship between humans and the environment. "Without nature we will no longer exist, she…

David W. Mathisen (2020-01-06). "To Initiate a War of Aggression Is Not Only an International Crime: It Is the Supreme International Crime" globalresearch.ca As a citizen of the United States, a graduate of West Point, Ranger School and other Army schools, and former officer in the Regular Army, sworn to support and defend the Constitution, I am disgusted at the despicable, immoral and …

Staff (2020-01-06). Headlines for January 6, 2020. democracynow.org Iraqi Parliament Votes to Oust U.S. Military; Trump Threatens Sanctions, In Dozens of U.S. Cities, Protesters Say No War with Iran, Elizabeth Warren Accuses Trump of Killing Soleimani to Distract from Impeachment, Al-Shabab Kills U.S. Soldier and 2 U.S. Contractors in Attack in Kenya, 17 Killed, Dozens Wounded in Airstrike in Tripoli, Libya, 14 Killed, including 7 Children, in IED Attack in Burkina Faso, Australia Deploys Military as Unprecedented Wildfires Rage, Death Toll in Jakarta Flooding & Landslides Rises to 53, Masked Men Attack Students at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India, 36 Killed in Collapse of Ho…

Manuel García, Jr. (2020-01-06). A Measure of Societal Vitality. counterpunch.org Following is my response to Robert Hunziker's article "Kill GDP to Help Save the Planet," published in Counterpunch on 2 January 2020. [1] Robert Hunziker describes why the economic statistical measure known as GDP — Gross Domestic Product — is a deeply flawed indicator of the actual economic health and societal wellbeing of the United More

Staff (2020-01-06). Trump Threatens War Crimes Against Iran. Congress Must Stop Him. truthout.org Trump has already committed the crime of aggression against Iran, and he is now threatening to commit a war crime if he carries through on his January 4 promise to target Iran's cultural sites. The United States has violated the United Nations Charter's prohibition on the use of military force. This is the time to raise our voices and demand that our congressional representatives put a halt to Trump's illegal war-…

Tracy Keeling (2020-01-06). More student protests erupt in India after 'state-sponsored' attack on a university. thecanary.co Student protests are taking place across India after an attack on a university that an opposition party has branded "state-sponsored terrorism". The protests follow weeks of unrest in India over a new citizenship law which discriminates against the 200 million Muslims in the country. At least 27 people have reportedly died during the government's crackdown on these protests. | The brutal attack on JNU students & teachers by masked thugs, that ha…

yenisafak (2020-01-06). Bogota's first female mayor: Claudia Lopez. yenisafak.com Jan. 1 was a historic day for the Colombian capital as the first time in 481 years since its founding, Bogota has a woman as mayor.On Oct. 27, 2019, Claudia Nayibe Lopez Hernandez won the elections with 1,108,541 votes. The progressive Green Alliance Party candidate defeated Carlos Fernando Galan, son of former presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galan who was killed in 1989 on orders of former drug kingpin Pablo Escobar.Lopez was born March 9, 1970 in Bogota. She is the daughter of a school teacher and a businessman. She grew up in a middle-class family surrounded by five brothers. She attended primary and second…

Global Research News (2020-01-06). Selected Articles: Assassination of Qassem Soleimani, An Act of War. globalresearch.ca Every day of 2019 we have provided you with articles that report, break down and analyze the pressing issues of our times by authors from all over the globe. We have kept access to the site free of charge so …

Janine Jackson (2020-01-05). 'We Have to Bust In and Insist That Power Be Shared in a Different Kind of Way' – Best of CounterSpin 2019. fair.org The December 27, 2019, episode of CounterSpin was the Best of CounterSpin 2019—featuring excerpts of Janine Jackson's interviews with Carey Gillam on Monsanto's manipulation of science, Arun Gupta on normalizing concentration camps, Sasha Abramsky on…

Peoples Dispatch (2020-01-05). Right-wing goons attack students, faculty at India's Jawaharlal Nehru University. peoplesdispatch.org Masked goons, allegedly members of the right-wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, beat up students of left-wing organizations and vandalized hostels on Sunday. The police refused to take any action…

Chris Garaffa (2020-01-05). Students learn in the streets: struggle wins release of Connecticut teen from ICE custody. liberationnews.org The struggle for Mario's freedom is not over, and neither is the fight for immigrant rights overall.

Bill Nicholov (2020-01-05). Upholding the History and Identity of Macedonia: Macedonian Politicians Don't Even Know "How to Play the Game" globalresearch.ca Picture it. Macedonia. 1991-present. Macedonian politicians playing soccer against [insert any country here] and — not wanting to offend their opponent — spend the entire time playing defence. Whenever they make a save, they celebrate like they're the best soccer …

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-05). Rockets Fired At US Bases, US Gov Immediately Bombs Iraq & Syria & Their False Claims Exposed. 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 (1/4/19). 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 …

Staff (2020-01-05). Activists Take on the Toxic Tampon Industry and Fight Menstruation Stigma. truthout.org Don't Let Them See You Bleed: PERIOD examines the feminist movement through the lens of period activism. We will look at aspects of women's health and social justice that are often overlooked — From period stigma to the unfair tax on feminine hygiene products and the fight to regulate and disclose ingredients in tampons and maxi pads. We'll hear from activists, researchers, and intellectuals who are challenging the attitudes and policies that negatively impact women on a daily basis. | Specia…

Andrew Korybko (2020-01-05). Russia's Unspoken Relationship With Israel and the Assassination of Maj. Gen. Soleimani. globalresearch.ca The language employed by President Putin and his government in response to Major General Soleimani's assassination is unmistakably less emotional than the eulogies that he gave after the passing of Ariel Sharon, Shimon Peres, and Bush Sr., but this …

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-04). Round Two: New US Drone Strikes Kill 6 In Iraq After Targeting Two Vehicles Carrying PMU Officials. 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 (1/3.5/19). 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 …

WSWS (2020-01-04). UAW capitulates to Harvard, shuts down grad student strike. wsws.org The shutdown of the strike is a complete capitulation by the UAW, which exploited the genuine anger of graduate student workers over their exploitation by Harvard in a nearly month-long stunt that achieved virtually nothing.

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