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Assange and Manning: The Slow Execution of the Voices of Freedom
Massoud Nayeri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning have exposed corrupt officials and criminal politicians | Assange and Manning are prisoners of conscience | How to free Assange and Manning? | Be the Voice of Assange and Manning in your community by any needs necessary. | ***…
globalresearch.ca/the-slow-execution-of-the-voices-of-freedom/5699292

Old Money and New Questions in AMLO's Mexico
Asad Ismi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
It's been nearly a year since the "leftist firebrand" Andrés Manuel López Obrrador (AMLO) took office as Mexican president, promising to end official corruption and state-linked violence, redistribute wealth to the poor and promote Indigenous rights. Shortly into his term, | …
globalresearch.ca/old-money-new-questions-amlo-mexico/5699296

Video: US Sanctions and the Caesar Act, Oil and Gas, Chemical Weapons, and the Syrian Response
Bouthaina Shaaban | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
The Caesar Act is one of the main topics discussed by the Media and Political Advisor in the Syrian Presidency Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban in a thorough must watch and learn from interview with Kamal Khalaf of Al-Mayadeen News channel. | Dr. …
globalresearch.ca/caesar-act-oil-gas-chemical-weapons-syrian-response/5699287

More US Fuel on the Middle East Fire: Trump Orders New Troop Deployment to the Region
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
Trump began 2020 with a bang by authorizing more US combat troops to the Middle East. | It's already ablaze from endless US wars of aggression on nonbelligerent states threatening no one. | The new deployment is an ominous new year's beginning, …
globalresearch.ca/more-us-fuel-middle-east-fire-new-troop-deployment-region/5699325

Policing, Facial Recognition and Targeting Privacy
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-03
The chances for those seeking a world of solitude are rapidly run out. A good case can be made that this has already happened. Aldous Huxley's Savage, made famous in Brave New World, is out of options, having lost to …
globalresearch.ca/indian-adventures-policing-facial-recognition-targeting-privacy/5699171

Today's Concentration Camps Go by Many Names, But They're Still Open
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-02
"The use of concentration camps changes the world, but going forward, the most predictable outcome of their use is a world with more camps." | Today we use a lot of euphemisms: re-education camps, internment, work camps, prison camps, camps for internally displaced people. But before world war one, these prisons were known simply as concentration camps and they started in Cuba in the 1890s to control an uprising against the Spanish colonizers. Since then, concentration camps have proliferated across the globe, and have become the…
truthout.org/audio/the-global-history-of-concentration-camps/

Trump Regime Torture and Abuse of Chelsea Manning
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
In March 2019, Manning was imprisoned for invoking her constitutional right of silence. | She courageously refused to be part of the Trump regime's effort to frame and imprison Julian Assange longterm for the "crime" of truth-telling investigative journalism the way …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-torture-abuse-chelsea-manning/5699375

Sat. Jan. 4 National Day of Action U.S. Troops Out of Iraq!
Answer Coalition | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
On Saturday, January 4 the ANSWER Coalition, CODEPINK and others are calling on people from around the United States to organize local demonstrations to demand: NO MORE U.S. TROOPS TO IRAQ OR THE MIDDLE EAST! U.S. OUT OF IRAQ NOW! …
globalresearch.ca/sat-jan-4-national-day-action-u-s-troops-out-iraq/5699273

Solidarity is not a Business
Thomas Gebauer | indybay.org | 2020-01-02
Private charity is the result of neoliberalism. Real services of general interest need global solutions… Ensuring that school buildings and education are intact is not a private responsibility, but a public one. It would be a mistake not to always insist on this public responsibility. Only in this way can human rights be realized… The global stands in relation to the local.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/01/18829379.php

Solidarity is not a Business
Thomas Gebauer | indybay.org | 2020-01-02
Private charity is the result of neoliberalism. Real services of general interest need global solutions… Ensuring that school buildings and education are intact is not a private responsibility, but a public one. It would be a mistake not to always insist on this public responsibility. Only in this way can human rights be realized… The global stands in relation to the local.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/01/18829379.php

The UN Predicted Gaza Would be "Unliveable" by 2020. Israel's Deliberate Plan to "Destroy Life" in Palestine?
Tania Hary | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
While revelers around the world are making new year's resolutions for 2020, in the Gaza Strip, a different kind of assessment is taking place as Palestinians try to determine whether, or how, they can survive the next 10 years. In …
globalresearch.ca/un-predicted-gaza-unlivable-2020/5699342

Should We Care How Many People LBJ Would Think are Poor Today?
Shawn Fremstad | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-02
In a new National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper, Richard Burkhauser and his coauthors argue that only 2.3 percent of Americans lived in poverty in 2017, if we define poverty in the way they claim "President Johnson defined it." By comparison, the OECD put the US poverty rate at 17.8 percent using the…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/02/should-we-care-how-many-people-lbj-would-think-are-poor-today/

The Decline of Democracy in the 21st Century
Prof Rodrigue Tremblay | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
"In general, unfortunately, the qualifications required to gain power and keep it have almost no connection with those required to govern with competence and impartiality." — Jean-Franàßois Revel (1924-2006), French author and philosopher. (In 'Ni Marx ni Jésus', 1970, p. …
globalresearch.ca/decline-democracy-21st-century/5699285

Africa in Review 2019, From Internal Crises and Conflict to Internationalism
Abayomi Azikiwe | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
Since mid-2018, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been stricken with another Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak largely impacting the northeastern region of the vast mineral-rich nation in Central Africa. | EVD has its origins in the DRC during the …
globalresearch.ca/africa-review-2019-part-ii-internal-crises-conflict-internationalism/5699299

Who Is Really in Control of US Foreign Policy?
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
Baron Nathan Mayer de Rothschild once said "I care not what puppet is placed on the throne of England to rule the British Empire on which the sun never sets. The man that controls Britain's money supply controls the British …
globalresearch.ca/who-really-control-us-foreign-policy/5699317

Public Rage in Baghdad over US Terror-Bombing Strikes
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
In response to last Sunday's terror-bombing strikes by Pentagon warplanes that killed over two dozen Kata'ib Hezbollah members of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces, wounding many others, Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi called what happened "a dangerous aggravation which endangers the …
globalresearch.ca/public-rage-baghdad-us-terror-bombing-strikes/5699279

Australia Burns: Fireworks, Bush Fires and Denial
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | asia-pacificresearch.com | 2020-01-02
asia-pacificresearch.com/australia-burns-fireworks-bush-fires-denial/5628978

Shutter the Gigantic US Embassy in Iraq
Adam Dick | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
This week, amid protests by people upset with United States intervention in Iraq, individuals forced their way into and damaged the US embassy compound in Baghdad. In response, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper declared on Tuesday that 750 …
globalresearch.ca/shutter-us-embassy-iraq/5699384

Should We Care How Many People LBJ Would Think are Poor Today?
Shawn Fremstad | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-02
In a new National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working paper, Richard Burkhauser and his coauthors argue that only 2.3 percent of Americans lived in poverty in 2017, if we define poverty in the way they claim "President Johnson defined it." By comparison, the OECD put the US poverty rate at 17.8 percent using the…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/02/should-we-care-how-many-people-lbj-would-think-are-poor-today/

Syria and the Politicization of Human Rights: Double Vetoes and Paralysis at the UN Security Council
Carla Stea | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
"The current situation in Syria is precisely caused by the erroneous actions of some countries. It is these countries that should really reflect on and answer the series of questions before us. If they really care about the Syrian people …
globalresearch.ca/december-20-security-council-meeting-syria-paralysis-results-two-conflicting-draft-resolutions-humanitarian-aid-vetoed-politicization-human-rights/5699303

O fascismo brasileiro é racista, nà£o nacionalista
Yuri Martins Fontes | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
A professora Marilena Chauí, em recente artigo sobre o novo movimento ultrarreacionário (que ascendeu e já dá mostras de cair), afirma que essa extrema direita neoliberal nà£o deve ser denominada "fascista", pois que pratica o enfraquecimento do Estado (conforme receita …
globalresearch.ca/o-fascismo-brasileiro-e-racista-nao-nacionalista/5699412

I'm Waiting …but in the Meantime…. What is the Future of Humanity?
Jim Miles | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
Essentially there are …
globalresearch.ca/im-waiting-but-in-the-meantime-what-is-the-future-of-humanity/5699351

Canada, Israel and the UN Security Council
Hanna Kawas | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
Canadian activists have compiled a study of Canada's 2019 voting record at the United Nations on resolutions [see list below] that document and censure Israeli violations of international law. | There was much fanfare made about Canada's orphan "yes" vote at …
globalresearch.ca/canada-israel-un-security-council/5699389

The West's Present "Misconduct" Has a Long History. America's Proclivity for War
James ONeill | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
One of the persistent themes of western political leaders is that they support the notion of "the rule of law". By this they generally mean the system of law as developed by western nations, and in the international context the …
globalresearch.ca/the-wests-present-misconduct-has-a-long-history-americas-proclivity-for-war/5699381

US Navy Chief Says Only 'Regime Change' in Iran Can Stop Country's 'Provocative Actions' in Gulf
Mideast Discourse | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
Russian and Chinese warships joined Iran's Navy and Revolutionary Guards vessels on Friday for four days' worth of maritime exercises in the Gulf of Oman and the northern Indian Ocean, simulating search and rescue, anti-piracy and shooting drills. | The US …
globalresearch.ca/us-navy-chief-says-only-regime-change-iran-stop-country-provocative-actions-gulf/5699333

Israel Demolishes Newly Built Houses of Palestinian Families on New Year's Day
Sondus Ewies | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
Israeli forces demolished two houses 0n Wednesday belonging to Palestinian families in the Silwan neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque. | After two years of construction, the al-Khalialeh families had made ready their houses to move into …
globalresearch.ca/israel-demolishes-newly-built-houses-palestinian-families-new-years-day/5699380

India's Infringement over Nepal Border Area
Ishaal Zehra | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
As Nepal prepares to fix a date for holding talks with India to resolve the border issue, the seriousness of resolve on Indian side and depth of the issue must be realized. | The history of demarcation of India-Nepal border began …
globalresearch.ca/indian-infringement-nepal-border-area/5699368

How Low Can You Go?
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
This writer has always been told, since childhood, that I was a 'funny guy'. I was, and is, able to bring humor to everyday occurrences. Having attempted at times to do 'Stand Up comedy' way back when, the thought of …
globalresearch.ca/how-low-can-you-go/5699321

Palestinians Decry ICC Prosecutor's Delay of Israeli War Crimes Investigation
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
In a significant development for Israeli accountability, Fatou Bensouda, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), seeks to launch an investigation into war crimes committed in Palestine. But she has established an unnecessary and politically suspect condition to …
globalresearch.ca/palestinians-decry-icc-prosecutors-delay-israeli-war-crimes-investigation/5699367

Iraq: America's Other "Longest War"
Thomas L. Knapp | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
As the calendar prepared to flip from 2019 to 2020, protesters stormed the US embassy in Baghdad. As I write this, the action — a response to US airstrikes in Iraq and Syria which killed at least 25 and …
globalresearch.ca/iraq-america-other-longest-war/5699343

Failure of Trump-Kim Dialogue: North Korea to Continue Developing Strategic Nuclear Weapons and Missiles
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
In remarks during Pyongyang's yearend Plenary Meeting, Kim Jong-un said his government will continue development of strategic weapons because of US hostility toward the country, adding he'll no longer be bound by an ICBM test moratorium. | Pyongyang's KCNA news agency …
globalresearch.ca/north-korea-continue-developing-strategic-nuclear-weapons-missiles/5699328

Netanyahu Seeking Immunity from Prosecution?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
According to the Times of Israel, citing a Channel 13 report, Netanyahu "has made a final decision to ask the Knesset to grant him immunity from prosecution in three corruption cases and informed Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein in writing of …
globalresearch.ca/netanyahu-seeking-immunity-prosecution/5699275

Against Lunch Shaming? Provide Universal Free School Meals to All Students
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-02
In Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, an area with a poverty rate of 13.8 percent, about 1,000 families received letters in August warning that unless their arrears were paid in full, they could be taken to Dependency Court for negligence. "The result may be your child being removed from your home and placed in foster care," threatened the missive, which was sent a month before the 2019-2020 school year began…
truthout.org/articles/against-lunch-shaming-provide-universal-free-school-meals-to-all-students/

All Students Should Receive Free School Meals
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-02
In Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, an area with a poverty rate of 13.8 percent, about 1,000 families received letters in August warning that unless their arrears were paid in full, they could be taken to Dependency Court for negligence. "The result may be your child being removed from your home and placed in foster care," threatened the missive, which was sent a month before the 2019-2020 school year began…
truthout.org/articles/against-lunch-shaming-provide-universal-free-school-meals-to-all-students/

Kill GDP to Help Save the Planet
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-02
There's a problem with America's favorite statistic: GDP. It avoids pretty much everything that's actually, truly, really good for society, including the importance of robust ecology. Still, it's the biggest measure of what's happening with the economy and used around the world, even though horribly flawed. According to some forward thinkers, Gross Domestic Product (GDP),…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/02/kill-gdp-to-help-save-the-planet/

50 bombas nucleares USA da Turquia para Aviano
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
"Cinquenta ogivas nucleares estariam prontas para mudar da base turca de Incirlik, na Anatólia, para a base USAF de Aviano, em Friuli Venezia Giulia, já que os EUA desconfiam cada vez mais da lealdade à NATO do presidente turco Erdogan": …
globalresearch.ca/50-bombas-nucleares-usa-da-turquia-para-aviano/5699435

Selected Articles: Israel's Deliberate Plan to "Destroy Life" in Palestine?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
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 …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-israel-deliberate-plan-destroy-life-palestine/5699370

Video: Military and Political Trends of 2019 that Will Shape 2020
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-02
In the year 2019 the world was marked with a number of emerging and developing crises. The threat of terrorism, conflicts in the Middle East, expanding instability in South America, never-ending military, political and humanitarian crises in Africa and Asia, …
globalresearch.ca/video-military-political-trends-2019-shape-2020/5699308

Who is Pope Francis? Jorge Mario Bergoglio and Argentina's "Dirty War"
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-01
Who was Pope Francis before he became Pope? And why was he chosen to become Pope? Jorge Maria Bergoglio, appointed "Provincial" of the Order of Jesus in Argentina was one of the main supporters –within the Catholic hierarchy– of Argentina's military dictatorship which came to power in March 1976.
globalresearch.ca/washingtons-pope-who-is-francis-i-cardinal-jorge-mario-bergoglio-and-argentinas-dirty-war/5326675

Donald Trump: "I Will Take the Oil"
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-01
"I would take away their wealth, I would take away their oil. Just take all the wealth. | You heard me. I will take the oil." | A compilation video of Donald Trump quotes about 'taking Iraqi oil' by Abizaid N. Alqassier…
globalresearch.ca/donald-trump-you-take-the-oil/5699258

US Gov Blames Iraqi Protests On Iran With No Evidence, Despite The US Bombing Of The Iraqi Military
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-01
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 (12/31/19). 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/conspiracy/us-gov-blames-iraqi-protests-on-iran-with-no-evidence-despite-the-us-bombing-of-the-iraqi-military/

Google System Could Improve Breast Cancer Detection
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-01
A series of research made by Alphabet Inc's DeepMind AI unit together with Google Health has shown the potential of artificial intelligence in the early detection of women breast cancer, according to an article published Wednesday in the journal Nature. | RELATED: | Brazil Fines Facebook US$1.6m in Cambridge Analytica Case | The study is the latest to prove the accuracy of screening for the pathology that affects one in eight females globally. Radiologists miss about 20 percent of th…
telesurenglish.net/news/google-system-could-improve-breast-cancer-detection-20200101-0010.html

Prominent national groups join Coalition to March on the DNC
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-01
Milwaukee, WI – Three national groups with large followings, the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, the International League of People's Struggle, and the Students for a Democratic Society recently endorsed the Coalition to March on the Democratic National Convention (DNC). | Ryan Hamann of the Coalition to March on the DNC said, "We are picking up new endorsements for our march in Milwaukee, the opening day of the Democratic National Convention, July 13. We are united by a people's agenda and dozens of groups are signing on." | Hamann continued, "We will lead a mass rally and march with…
fightbacknews.org/2020/1/1/prominent-national-groups-join-coalition-march-dnc

Statistic of the decade: The massive deforestation of the Amazon
Liberty Vittert | nationofchange.org | 2020-01-01
At the cost of over $2,000 per acre–and that is the cheapest I could find–it isn't cheap, totaling over $30 billion to replace what the Amazon lost this decade.
nationofchange.org/2020/01/01/statistic-of-the-decade-the-massive-deforestation-of-the-amazon/

'Ideology Trumping Science': Independent Advisory Board Says Trump EPA Is Ignoring Scientific Evidence as It Shreds Regulations
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-01
A federal panel of independent scientific experts says the EPA has flouted its guidance in its push to roll back a number of Obama-era regulations, resulting in the country's regulators dictates rules that will affect public health for millions of Americans without considering environmental science. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
commondreams.org/news/2020/01/01/ideology-trumping-science-independent-advisory-board-says-trump-epa-ignoring?cd-origin=rss

Australian teachers' defence of Julian Assange welcomed by WikiLeaks supporters
wsws.org | 2019-12-31
US comedian Jimmy Dore discussed the initiative on the December 19 edition of his "Jimmy Dore Show Podcast."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/31/dore…

Australian Labor and Liberal ministers agree on further regressive education measures
wsws.org | 2019-12-31
The Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Declaration subordinates education policy even more explicitly to the demands of the largest corporations for a trained and readily exploited workforce.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/31/educ…

Opposing Charter Schools Equals Defending the Common Good
Shawgi Tell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-12-31
There is no shortage of convoluted and bizarre "arguments" for creating and multiplying privately-operated non-profit and for-profit charter schools. The rich and their conscious and anti-conscious allies in politics, the media, think tanks, higher education, and many other spheres have spent an astonishing amount of time, energy, and money promoting and imposing privately-operated non-profit and …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/12/opposing-charter-schools-equals-defending-the-common-good/

20 Years of Vladimir Putin: His Top Domestic and Foreign Policy Successes
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-31
Vladimir Putin assumed office as Russia's Acting President 20 years ago on 31 December, 1999, after which he speedily proceeded to transform both his country and the rest of the world in the two decades since. | President Putin became his | …
globalresearch.ca/20-years-putin-top-domestic-foreign-policy-successes/5699206

What May Follow US Terror-Bombing Strikes on Iraqi Sites?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-31
What's most likely is more of the same, how the US operates under both right wings of its war party — at war on humanity at home and abroad, its killing machine making everyone unsafe everywhere. | Continued US aggression in …
globalresearch.ca/what-may-follow-us-terror-bombing-strikes-iraqi-sites/5699217

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2020-01-01: News Headlines

RT (2020-01-01). From dream to reality: Russia's 'Silicon Valley' to mark 10-year anniversary with new projects. rt.com Russia's Skolkovo innovation center, which is marking 10 years since its founding, has ambitious plans for 2020 and beyond to continue promoting technology and helping small innovative startups grow into profitable companies. | Skolkovo Technopark was built from scratch almost a decade ago to create a platform for research and innovation in key spheres such as energy, IT, space, biomedicine, and nuclear technology. Now the complex has facilities spread around 800,000 square meters and hosts around 500 startups, while there are an additional 1,500 enterprises beyond its campus. Skolkovo hosts around 50 research…

Ryan Cristián (2020-01-01). US Gov Blames Iraqi Protests On Iran With No Evidence, Despite The US Bombing Of The Iraqi Military. 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 (12/31/19). 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 …

yenisafak (2020-01-01). India announces plans for another moon mission. yenisafak.com Undeterred by problems last summer, India will aim to launch its third lunar mission by 2021, the head of the country's space agency said on Wednesday.In a news conference reported by Press Trust of India, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Kailasavadivoo Sivan said work on the country's third lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, was on and the launch may shift to next year."All activities related to the third lunar mission are going on smoothly. It will also have a lander, rover and a propulsion module like its predecessor," he added.He also said that India plans to launch at least 25 space missions in…

Staff (2019-12-31). Fossil Fuel Industry Shifts from Climate Denial to "Youthwashing" therealnews.com For decades, the fossil fuel industry funded climate change denial campaigns aimed toward young people to sow seeds of doubt on climate science. As the climate crisis has worsened, it has made a subtle shift to what critics call "youthwashing.".

WSWS (2019-12-31). Australian teachers' defence of Julian Assange welcomed by WikiLeaks supporters. wsws.org US comedian Jimmy Dore discussed the initiative on the December 19 edition of his "Jimmy Dore Show Podcast."

WSWS (2019-12-31). Australian Labor and Liberal ministers agree on further regressive education measures. wsws.org The Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Declaration subordinates education policy even more explicitly to the demands of the largest corporations for a trained and readily exploited workforce.

Andre Vltchek (2019-12-31). Police in Hong Kong Brutalized by Rioters, While Attacked by the Western Press. globalresearch.ca It is much more than what you are allowed to see. The Hong Kong police force are heroically fighting both the rioters and a complex and extremely dangerous international network which is aiming at destabilizing the People's Republic of China….

Andrew Korybko (2019-12-31). 20 Years of Vladimir Putin: His Top Domestic and Foreign Policy Successes. globalresearch.ca Vladimir Putin assumed office as Russia's Acting President 20 years ago on 31 December, 1999, after which he speedily proceeded to transform both his country and the rest of the world in the two decades since. | President Putin became his …

South Front (2019-12-31). Video: Syrian Army Prepares for Operation in Aleppo, Turkish Proxies Move to Libya. globalresearch.ca The Syrian Army is preparing for a ground operation against radical militants in western Aleppo, sources close to the Damascus government claim. According to reports, the Syrian military was preparing for this operation during the past two months. | The operation …

Prof. Ociel Alí López (2019-12-31). Crisis and Critique: Venezuela, a Paradox of Stability? globalresearch.ca For Venezuelans, the start of 2019 was perhaps the tensest moment in the past seventeen years. Unlike the political violence of 2017 and the electoral abstention drama of 2018, we faced a real scenario of foreign military intervention in Venezuela. …

Miri Wood (2019-12-31). US Uses False Flag Op to Legitimize Bombing Iraq, Syria. globalresearch.ca In warfare, the False Flag is a ruse, used to legitimize the abandonment of military rules of engagement. Its name derives from ancient cheaters in nautical warfare. The Nazi Reichstag fire and the US Gulf of Tonkin are two infamous …

John W. Whitehead (2019-12-31). Nullify Government Tyranny: In 2020, Harness the Power of Your Discontent. globalresearch.ca "The people have the power, all we have to do is awaken that power in the people. The people are unaware. They're not educated to realize that they have power. The system is so geared that everyone believes the government …

Ryan Cristián (2019-12-31). US Gov's "Iran Rocket" False Flag Falls Apart In Less Than 24hrs, As The World Sees Right Through It. 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 (12/30/19). 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 …

Julian Rose (2019-12-31). The 2020 Imperative: Freedom of Speech. Cease Being Mesmerised by Demons. globalresearch.ca We have a vast global communication network at our fingertips, a significant part of which has long since been hijacked by the purveyors of 'the daily matrix'. But another part of which still manages to operate within a spectrum that …

Stephen Lendman (2019-12-31). What May Follow US Terror-Bombing Strikes on Iraqi Sites? globalresearch.ca What's most likely is more of the same, how the US operates under both right wings of its war party — at war on humanity at home and abroad, its killing machine making everyone unsafe everywhere. | Continued US aggression in …

Shane Dixon Kavanaugh (2019-12-31). US Interfered in Elections of at Least 85 Countries Worldwide Since 1945. globalresearch.ca This article was first published by Sott.net and Global Research in December 2016. | The simmering tit-for-tat has kept the issue of election meddling burning bright in the national spotlight, fueled even further by the belief among U.S. intelligence agencies that …

Stephen Lendman (2019-12-31). US Middle East Forever Wars. globalresearch.ca Iraqis suffered from direct and indirect US aggression since Jimmy Carter's orchestrated Iran/Iraq war in the 1980s. | Eight years of bloody fighting produced stalemate. Then came GHW Bush's 1991 Gulf War on Iraq, followed by years of genocidal sanctions, Bush …

Orinoco Tribune (2019-12-31). IACHR Identified 68 Thousand Twitter Accounts Created in Support of Bolivia's de Facto Government. globalresearch.ca The Commission (an appendage of OAS) explained that since the (forced) resignation of Evo Morales, the accounts have supported hashtags such as #BoliviaLibreyDemocratica and #NoHayGolpeEnBolivia. | *** | The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) detected, as part of the campaign to …

Tony Cartalucci (2019-12-31). The Syrian War: America's "War on Terror" Exposed. globalresearch.ca Syria's Foreign Minister Walid Muallem recently described the US as using the so-called "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) as "a scarecrow" the US uses to menace targeted nations all while secretly encouraging, protecting, and helping them "move from …

Prof. Tim Anderson (2019-12-31). Syria, Washington and the Kurds. "The Rojava Dream is Dead" globalresearch.ca With the defeat of ISIS and Nusra, the exposure of the 'White Helmets' and the various Chemical Weapons stunts, and with the collapse of 'Rojava', Washington is fast running out of options in Syria. Syria is winning, but the big …

Larry Romanoff (2019-12-31). Binary People in an Analogue World. What is an "Authoritarian Environment"? China versus The West. globalresearch.ca One day in Rome, I asked the policeman, "Is it okay if I park my car here, partially blocking the emergency entrance to the hospital? I just want to go across the street for a coffee for a few minutes." …

Dr. Joel M. Moskowitz (2019-12-31). 5G Deployment and Wireless Radiation Safety: 2019 Year in Review. globalresearch.ca The three top wireless safety stories in 2019 were … | 1) widespread public opposition to the rollout of 5G; | 2) revision of national and international radio frequency radiation exposure limits, and | 3) cell phones that exceed the safety limits. | 5G …

Claire Edwards (2019-12-31). 5G Wireless Technology Is War against Humanity. globalresearch.ca This phoney war is also silent, but this time shots are being fired — in the form of laser-like beams of electromagnetic radiation (EMR) from banks of thousands of tiny antennas[1] — and almost no one in the firing line knows that they are being silently, seriously and irreparably injured.

The Global Research Team (2019-12-31). Help Global Research Make It to 2020 and Beyond. globalresearch.ca Dear Readers, | As we're sure most of you will agree, 2019 has been a tough year for a lot of people for many different reasons. Undeniably, this has been another year of crisis, characterized by the plight of war, economic …

Patrick Martin (2019-12-31). Donald Trump and America's Criminal Wars. globalresearch.ca On Friday, the New York Times published leaked videos and photos documenting US war crimes in Iraq. The material included a photo of a dozen US Special Operations soldiers posing with the corpse of a teenager they had just murdered….

James J. Zogby (2019-12-31). The Importance of Knowing Bethlehem. globalresearch.ca I have long been troubled by the way so many believing Christians in the West have either been ignorant of or turned their backs on the plight of Palestinians, both Christian and Muslim. Right-wing Evangelicals, under the sway of heretical …

Telesur (2019-12-31). Cuba Ready if US Breaks Off Diplomatic Relations: Top Official. globalresearch.ca The Cuban government is prepared for United States President Donald Trump to break off diplomatic relations, although it hopes that this will not occur, a senior Cuban diplomat said Monday. | During an annual academic conference between Cuba and the United …

South Front (2019-12-31). Video: Turkish Military Shelled Syrian Army Positions. globalresearch.ca The Turkish Army has shelled Syrian Army positions near the town of Bir Issa in northern Raqqa. Local Kurdish sources claimed that several Syrian soldiers were injured and three vehicles were destroyed in the incident that took place on December …

James A. Lucas (2019-12-31). US Has Killed More Than 20 Million People in 37 "Victim Nations" Since World War II. globalresearch.ca First published in November 2015 | GR Editor's Note | Let us put this in historical perspective: the commemoration of the War to End All Wars acknowledges that 15 million lives were lost in the course of World War I (1914-18). | The …

teleSUR (2019-12-31). Latin America: A Decade in Review. telesurenglish.net The period between 2010 and 2019 seems to be "the bittersweet decade" for the Latin American peoples. In its first part, the winds of economic development with social justice and equity were fueled by progressive governments that arose all over the continent as a result of the tenacity of workers, farmers, students, human rights defenders, gender activists, and environmental activists. | RELATED: | Venezuela's Maduro Gives Message of Peace in Address To Nation | In the middle of…

news.un (2019-12-31). FIRST PERSON: 'You can't get paid for staring out of the window' – How I proved my teacher wrong. news.un.org The International Labour Organization (ILO) is marking its centenary in 2019 and as part of the commemoration has launched a photography project called "Dignity at Work: The American Experience" to document the working life of people across the United States. UN News joined the ILO on a visit to the southern US state of Louisiana.

Staff (2019-12-31). Headlines for December 31, 2019. democracynow.org Protests Rage Outside U.S. Embassy in Iraq After U.S. Airstrikes Kill 24, Hate Crime Charges Filed Against Suspect in Hanukkah Stabbing in NY, Texas Church Shooter Had Long Criminal History, NYT: Top Officials Failed to Convince Trump to Release Withheld Ukraine Aid, Death Toll from Crackdown on Protests in India Rises to 27, Five Kashmiri Political Leaders Released from Detention, Sudanese Court Sentences 29 to Death for Killing Teacher in Anti-Protest Crackdown, Thousands Flee to the Ocean to Escape Australia Wildfires, Former Nissan Head Flees Japan to Lebanon to Escape Trial on Financial Crimes, New York Sett…

Liberty Vittert (2019-12-31). Statistic of the Decade: The Massive Deforestation of the Amazon. commondreams.org The deforested land mainly contributes to cattle raising for slaughter and sale. (Photo: Matt Zimmerman/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2019-12-31). REPORT: Over 13 Million Palestinians Worldwide by 2020. imemc.org Dr. Ola Awad, Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) President presents a brief on the status of Palestinian people at The end of 2019 as follows: More than 13 Million Palestinians in the world by the End of 2019 An increase in population of Palestinians in the world The projected …

Jonathan Lis (2019-12-31). Brexit Bill Passing Heralds Game of Winner Takes All. globalresearch.ca It was perhaps fitting that five days before Christmas, in the final parliamentary sitting of the decade, the House of Commons, flaunting a newly minted Conservative majority, saw fit to declare war on the country it professed to love. By …

Manlio Dinucci (2019-12-31). 50 bombe nucleari Usa dalla Turchia ad Aviano. globalresearch.ca ´Cinquanta testate nucleari sarebbero pronte a traslocare dalla base turca di Incirlik, in Anatolia, alla base Usaf di Aviano, in Friuli Venezia Giulia, in quanto gli Usa diffiderebbero sempre più della fedeltà alla Nato del presidente turco Erdogan ª: lo riporta …

Jessica Corbett, staff writer (2019-12-31). UN Researcher Hails ICC's Pursuit of War Crimes Probe in Palestine as 'Momentous Step' for Accountability. commondreams.org A United Nations human rights researcher on Tuesday hailed the International Criminal Court's recent decision to pursue a formal investigation of alleged war crimes in Palestinian territories occupied by Israel as a "momentous step forward in the quest for accountability." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

Futher Column, By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer (2019-12-31). Yo We Going: This Is About Shining Resiliency. commondreams.org www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …

Elise Boyle Espinosa (2019-12-31). Fighting with pens in Rojava's "war of education" zcomm.org Rojava's revolutionary education system is built around a homegrown curriculum promoting gender equality, ecology and social and cultural inclusivity.

Shawgi Tell (2019-12-31). Opposing Charter Schools Equals Defending the Common Good. dissidentvoice.org There is no shortage of convoluted and bizarre "arguments" for creating and multiplying privately-operated non-profit and for-profit charter schools. The rich and their conscious and anti-conscious allies in politics, the media, think tanks, higher education, and many other spheres have spent an astonishing amount of time, energy, and money promoting and imposing privately-operated non-profit and …

Vyshakh T (2019-12-30). Education is Resistance, Resistance is Education. peoplesdispatch.org 2019 saw students and educators become the voice of their societies time and again. From fighting for access to learning and against budget cuts to challenging the might of the state, students, educators and support staff across the world took the future into their hands.

Jennifer C. Berkshire (2019-12-30). The Democrats' School Choice Problem. thenation.com The Democrats' School Choice Problem…

Ryan Cristián (2019-12-30). US Gov Bombs Iraq & Syria Citing Baseless Claims That Iran Fired ROCKETS At US Locations. 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 (12/29/19). 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 (2019-12-29). US Military Contractors Exposed For Paying Taliban At US Gov Instruction & Iran False Flag Continues. 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 (12/28/19). 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 …

John Bellamy Foster (2019-12-28). A culture of reconciliation with nature. mronline.org Christopher Caudwell, who died at age 29 fighting with the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War, wrote: "Either the devil has come amongst us having great power, or there is a causal explanation for a disease common to economics, science, and art." That disease, he recognized, was the self-alienation of humanity under capitalism | Source

Workers World New York bureau (2019-12-28). Rally defends special education in Puerto Rico and U.S. workers.org Austerity imposed on Puerto Rico's educational system by the unelected colonialist fiscal board was the target of a street rally in New York City on Dec. 14. The rally was called by the New York chapter of the Timón Committee, which works to raise awareness of special education rights — . . . | Continue reading Rally defends special education in Puerto Rico and U.S. at Workers.org

Fight Back (2019-12-28). Top 20 Fight Back! articles of 2019: the struggle grows and spreads. fightbacknews.org There was a high tide of struggle on many fronts in 2019 – both in the U.S. and around the world. Within the U.S. there were large strikes of General Motors workers, Chicago teachers and others. There was a successful movement to defend public education from mega-charters in Los Angeles. There were mass protests nation-wide for immigrant rights and against the concentration camps at the U.S.-México border. And there were growing movements against police crimes and for community control of the police that came together to refound the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression in Chicago in November.

Ryan Cristián (2019-12-28). Potential False Flag In Iraq Kills American & New OPCW Leak Exposes Deliberate Coverup And Deception. 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 (12/27/19). 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 (2019-12-27). Israel Bombs Gaza For Xmas, Israel Threatens To Attack All Helping Iran & Saudis Bomb Yemen Market. 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 (12/26/19). 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 …

Fight Back (2019-12-27). Tallahassee gathers for vigil and speakout for FAMU student killed by sheriff. fightbacknews.org Tallahassee, FL – On December 21, over 50 members of the Tallahassee community joined with Jamee Johnson's friends and family at the Eternal Flame on Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University's (FAMU) campus to honor the life of the 22-year-old senior who had recently been killed by police. | His life was taken December 14 by the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office (JSO) Officer J. Garriga, who shot Johnson four times during a traffic stop. Police have referred to Johnson's possession of a legal concealed weapon to justify the shooting, despite acknowledging he had informed them of its presence. The family's at…

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