California Bill Would Raise Taxes on Corporations With Large CEO-Worker Pay Gaps
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-17
A bill to raise taxes on corporations with large gaps between CEO and worker pay moved forward in the California state senate Wednesday after a hearing that drew sharp lines between labor and anti-poverty supporters and corporate and Wall Street opponents. | The California proposal is similar to legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress last November by Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, Representatives Barbara Lee and Rashida Tlaib, and 18 other House members. | Under the Ca…
truthout.org/articles/california-bill-would-raise-taxes-on-corporations-with-large-ceo-worker-pay-gaps/
Migrant entries from Turkey to Europe on the rise, Frontex chief says
rt.com | 2020-01-17
The number of migrants entering Europe from Turkey rose significantly last year as people fleeing Syria and Afghanistan flooded into the country and then set out for Greece, the head of the EU\'s border agency said on Friday. | More than 82,000 migrants tried to enter Europe without authorization in 2019, an increase of 46 percent over the previous year, Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri said in Brussels. | \"This was mainly due to the situation in Syria, but also instability in Afghanistan, and changing policies towards Afghan nationals by Iranian and Pakistani authorities,\" Leggeri said. He refused to…
rt.com/newsline/478534-migrants-turkey-europe-frontex/
The climate-migration-industrial complex
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-17
Thirty years ago there were fifteen border walls around the world. Now there are seventy walls and over one billion national and international migrants. International migrants alone may even double in the next forty years due to global warming. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/17/the-climate-migration-industrial-complex/
Interpretation Crisis at the Border Leads to Deportation of Mayan-Language Speakers Seeking Refuge
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-17
As the U.S. continues to use hostile policies to stop people from seeking refuge and asylum in the United States, we look at a key problem that is preventing migrants from getting due process, and in many cases getting them deported: inadequate interpretation for indigenous asylum seekers who speak Mayan languages. Guatemala has a population of 15 million people, and at least 40% of them are indigenous. In the past year, a quarter of a million Guatemalan migrants have been apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. At least half of them are Mayan. Many speak little or no Spanish. This is the focus of a new report in…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/17/a_translation_crisis_at_the_border
At US Border, Inaccurate Mayan-Language Interpretation Can Lead to Deportation
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-17
As the U.S. continues to use hostile policies to stop people from seeking refuge and asylum in the United States, we look at a key problem that is preventing migrants from getting due process, and in many cases getting them deported: inadequate interpretation for indigenous asylum seekers who speak Mayan languages. Guatemala has a population of 15 million people, and at least 40% of them are indigenous. In the past year, a quarter of a million Guatemalan migrants have been apprehended at the U.
truthout.org/video/at-us-border-inaccurate-mayan-language-interpretation-can-lead-to-deportation/
Mexico\'s President Offers 4,000 Jobs in Attempt to Stop Caravan
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-17
Mexico\'s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) Friday reported that his government will not grant transit visas to migrants from the caravan trying to reach the United States but that there are about 4.000 jobs available. | RELATED: | \'Mexico Won\'t Let the Caravan Pass\' Guatemala\'s President Says | \"Between 2,500 and 3,000 Honduran and Salvadora…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexicos-President-Offers-4000-Jobs-in-Attempt-to-Stop-Caravan-20200117-0003.html
Julian Assange\'s battle for justice
Vyshakh T | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-17
Julian Assange\'s extradition hearing is scheduled to begin on February 25. We bring you a timeline of the major developments in the case since his arrest in April 2019.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/17/julian-assanges-battle-for-justice/
Top Brazilian paper reveals Bolsonaro government\'s terror plot against Venezuela
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-17
Brazil\'s right-wing government attempted to attack Venezuela in a plot to overthrow its elected president. The shocking terror operation has…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/17/brazil-paper-reveals-bolsonaro-terror-plot-venezuela/
Not Bernie, Us. Not Warren, Us. Their Clash Underscores the Need for Grassroots Wisdom
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-01-17
Billionaires want Sanders and Warren to clash and burn…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/16/18829794.php
Not Bernie, Us. Not Warren, Us. Their Clash Underscores the Need for Grassroots Wisdom
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
The dismal conflict that erupted this week between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren should never have happened. But now that it has, supporters must provide grassroots leadership to mitigate the dangerous mess. The argument that broke out between Warren and Sanders last weekend and escalated in recent days is already history that threatens to foreshadow…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/not-bernie-us-not-warren-us-their-clash-underscores-the-need-for-grassroots-wisdom/
Not Bernie, Us. Not Warren, Us. Their Clash Underscores the Need for Grassroots Wisdom
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
The dismal conflict that erupted this week between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren should never have happened. But now that it has, supporters must provide grassroots leadership to mitigate the dangerous mess. The argument that broke out between Warren and Sanders last weekend and escalated in recent days is already history that threatens to foreshadow…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/not-bernie-us-not-warren-us-their-clash-underscores-the-need-for-grassroots-wisdom/
Not an Inch: Indian Students Stand Against the Far Right
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
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.\" The students would continue to agitate to defend Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and its union, and to fight…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/not-an-inch-iranian-students-stand-against-the-far-right/
Not an Inch: Indian Students Stand Against the Far Right
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
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.\" The students would continue to agitate to defend Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and its union, and to fight…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/not-an-inch-iranian-students-stand-against-the-far-right/
Your arrow can pierce the sky, but ours has gone into orbit
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-01-17
On Wednesday, 15 January, China and the United States agreed to suspend their full-scale trade war. From February 2018, the United States placed tariffs on Chinese goods that entered the US market, and then China retaliated. This tit-for-tat game continued for almost two years, causing massive disruption in the global value chain. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/17/your-arrow-can-pierce-the-sky-but-ours-has-gone-into-orbit/
The bombs of the last war and preparations for the next rattle Germany
Victor Grossman | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-17
BERLIN–\"ALARM! Twelve thousand residents must immediately leave their homes! All hospital clinics must be evacuated! No exceptions! Hasten!\" Not in burning Australia nor a besieged town in Syria or Afghanistan were those words heard, but rather on Jan. 12, 2020 in the otherwise peaceful if no longer prosperous Dortmund, in Germany\'s Ruhr Valley. Once again, unexploded …
peoplesworld.org/article/the-bombs-of-the-last-war-and-preparations-for-the-next-rattle-germany/
Secular Traditions in Indian Music and Poetry
San Jose Peace & Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-01-17
San Jose Peace and Justice Center | 48 South 7th Street | San Jose, CA 95112 | Bus routes: 22, 522, 23, 523, 55, 64, 66, 68, 72, 73, 168, 181, 500, Hwy 17 Express, MST 55, LRT…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/16/18829814.php
Dr. Stephen Zunes speaks on Trump\'s Mideast Policy
Peace Action of San Mateo County | indybay.org | 2020-01-17
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo | 300 E. Santa Inez Avenue | San Mateo, CA 94401…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/15/18829770.php
Greek offer to send peacekeeping troops to Libya could spark \'indirect\' conflict between Ankara and Athens
rt.com | 2020-01-17
Greece\'s proposal to send forces to observe a fragile truce in Libya could lead to an indirect conflict between Ankara and Athens, analysts told RT, warning that the NATO allies could soon lock horns over the issue. | Nikos Dendias, the Greek foreign minister, announced that his government was willing to deploy forces to the war-torn North African nation in order to monitor the ceasefire between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA). The offer was put forward after Dendias met with LNA leader General Khalifa Haftar, who has been fighting forces loyal to Tripol…
rt.com/news/478527-greece-indirect-conflict-turkey-libya/
Trump Calls for New Iran Nuclear Deal that Renders the Country Defenseless
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-17
Last week, Trump called for a new Iran nuclear deal, claiming: | \"(W)e must all work together toward making a deal with Iran that makes the world a safer and more peaceful place (sic).\" | That\'s precisely the JCPOA\'s aim
San Francisco Labor Council Resolution: \"Support the rising anti-war and pro-peace movement\"
| workers.org | 2020-01-17
The following resolution was adopted Jan. 13 by unanimous vote of the San Francisco Labor Council. Whereas, President Trump has placed the whole world on alert and brought the United States closer to war due to the irresponsible assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani; and Whereas, President Trump has threatened . . . | Continue reading San Francisco Labor Council Resolution: \"Support the rising anti-war and pro-peace movement\" at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/01/45591/
Pompeo to join Libya conference in Berlin, Greece threatens to veto any solution after Tripoli-Ankara deal
rt.com | 2020-01-17
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will take part in this weekend\'s Libya peace conference in Germany and voice support for truce efforts, the State Department has said. | Pompeo will call for the withdrawal of all foreign forces from the war-ravaged nation, and a resumption of the UN-backed peace process, AFP quoted a US official as saying on Thursday. | On Thursday, Commander of eastern Libyan forces Khalifa Haftar paid a surprise visit to Athens, which is angered that it was not invited to Berlin and is engaged in a dispute with Turkey over energy claims involving Libya. | PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed on Thu…
rt.com/newsline/478475-pompeo-libya-haftar-greece/
Eighty-six Pakistani Islamists handed decades in prison for role in violent rallies over Christian woman\'s blasphemy acquittal
rt.com | 2020-01-17
A Pakistani court has sentenced 86 members of a radical Islamist group to 55-year prison terms each for instigating violent protests against the acquittal of a Christian woman who had been accused of insulting Islam. | The decision was announced on Thursday by the court in Rawalpindi, a city near Islamabad. A leader of the radical Tehreek-e-Labbaik party, whose members were among the defendants, said that they would appeal the ruling. | The 86 were accused of damaging public property, assault and disrupting public order, as part of their unruly protest against the acquittal of Asia Bibi. The Christian woman wa…
rt.com/news/478493-asia-bibi-conviction-islamists-pakistan/
The Women\'s March Is Back and Ready to Defeat Trump
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-17
The Women\'s March is back this year
India\'s Kerala State is \'Fortress of Secularism\', Will Not Implement Citizenship Law – Chief Vijayan
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-17
New Delhi (Sputnik): India has witnessed widespread protests in favour and against the controversial law enacted by the federal government in December to grant citizenship rights to persecuted minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, barring Muslims.
sputniknews.com/india/202001171078057105-indias-kerala-state-is-fortress-of-secularism-will-not-implement-citizenship-law-chief-vijayan/
Government Supporters Gather in Tehran After Friday Prayers – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-17
Iranians are gathering for a rally to commemorate those killed in the fatal crash of a Ukrainian Boeing that was shot down by an Iranian missile earlier in January near Tehran\'s Imam Khomeini International Airport, killing all 176 people on board. Earlier that day, Iran had carried out a missile attack on US bases in Iraq.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202001171078061129-government-supporters-protest-in-tehran-after-friday-prayers/
Trump Prosecutors Make Move to Ensure that Embassy Protectors are Convicted
Ajamu Baraka | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
As the trial approaches, the lawyers for the Trump Administration\'s prosecution of the four Venezuelan Embassy Protectors who were arrested last May are asking the court to make sure the jury is kept ignorant about the facts and circumstances surrounding the actions of the protectors. In a recently filed motion by government lawyers, state prosecutors…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/trump-prosecutors-make-move-to-ensure-that-embassy-protectors-are-convicted/
The ERA Just Got Ratified by Virginia, the Needed 38th State!
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
Here\'s a big deal that\'s bound to become a lot bigger this year. Exactly 100 years after women finally won the vote with ratification of a 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, the state legislature of Virginia on January 15 finally became the needed 38th state of the Union to ratify the proposed Equal Rights…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/the-era-just-got-ratified-by-virginia-the-needed-38th-state/
CNN is Trash
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
Why has the hash tag #CNNisTrash been popular since this week\'s presidential primary debate? There was nothing new about the corporate, militarist, anti-progressive slant of the debate \"moderation.\" What was new was the level of blatant bias so extreme that even viewers who knew nothing about the issues couldn\'t miss it, plus the amount of…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/cnn-is-trash/
CNN is Trash
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
Why has the hash tag #CNNisTrash been popular since this week\'s presidential primary debate? There was nothing new about the corporate, militarist, anti-progressive slant of the debate \"moderation.\" What was new was the level of blatant bias so extreme that even viewers who knew nothing about the issues couldn\'t miss it, plus the amount of…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/cnn-is-trash/
Sealed Off and Forgotten: What You Should Know about Israel\'s \'Firing Zones\' in the West Bank
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
A seemingly ordinary news story, published in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, on January 7, shed light on a long-forgotten, yet crucial, subject: Israel\'s so-called \"firing zones\" in the West Bank.
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/sealed-off-and-forgotten-what-you-should-know-about-israels-firing-zones-in-the-west-bank/
America\'s Long History of Meddling in Russia
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
Russia
How a Hidden Parliamentary Session Revealed Trump\'s True Motives in Iraq
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-17
The U.S. is adamant that its assassination of Qassem Soleimani and refusal to leave Iraq is about protecting Americans, but a little known Iraqi parliamentary session reveals how China increasingly strong ties to Baghdad may be shaping America\'s new Mideast strategy.
mintpressnews.com/hidden-parliamentary-session-revealed-trump-motives-iraq-china-oil/264155/
Trump\'s True Motives in Iraq: What You\'re Not Being Told
Whitney Webb | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-17
(MPN Op-Ed)
US students and youth speak out against the threat of war with Iran
wsws.org | 2020-01-17
\"We know who war benefits. It benefits the rich, and it\'s always the poor and the working class who suffer the consequences. My father fought in World War II and the Korean War and it totally destroyed him.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/17/yout-j17.html
Moustache of Discord: South Koreans Find US Ambassador\'s Facial Hair Disrespectful
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-17
Apart from his personal appearance Harry Harris has angered South Koreans with his support for Donald Trump\'s demands to increase payment for US military protection to $5 million, as the country hosts more than 28,000 American servicemen.
sputniknews.com/asia/202001171078057244-moustache-of-discord-south-koreans-find-us-ambassadors-facial-hair-disrespectful-/
NATO Terrorists Bomb Aleppo Neighborhood: 5 Murdered, 15 Injured
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-17
NATO terrorists continued their slaughter of Syrian civilians. Courtesy of mostly the US taxpayer, another residential neighborhood in Aleppo was bombed. Five persons were murdered. Fifteen persons were injured. Homes and other buildings were damaged. | The wounded were rushed to …
globalresearch.ca/nato-terrorists-bomb-aleppo-neighborhood-5-murdered-15-injured/5700901
Sanctions harm reconstruction in Syria\'s Homs province
Karin Leukefeld | workers.org | 2020-01-17
Published in Junge Welt, Dec. 16. Translation by John Catalinotto. According to Gov. Talal Barasi, about half a million people fled from Homs province, the largest in Syria, during the war. Some 2.3 million people had lived in Homs before the war, Barasi explained in an interview with Junge Welt. . . . | Continue reading Sanctions harm reconstruction in Syria\'s Homs province at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/01/45594/
Israel Bombs Gaza And Syria Killing 3 & Iran Says US Sabotage/Cyberattack Likely Behind 737 Downing
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-17
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 (1/16/19). 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-bombs-gaza-and-syria-killing-3-iran-says-us-sabotage-cyberattack-likely-behind-737-downing/
UN envoy for Syria Pedersen to visit Russia next week
rt.com | 2020-01-17
UN Secretary-General\'s special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen will visit Russia next week, acting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. | Pedersen also plans to visit Damascus, Lavrov said. \"I expect that these talks and his upcoming trips and contacts with the Syrian leadership will help us determine the further schedule of the [Syrian] Constitutional Committee,\" TASS quoted him as saying. | The minister also said that Syria should return to the Arab League after its exclusion in 2011. \"Syria needs to return to the Arab family,\" he added.
rt.com/newsline/478501-un-russia-envoy-syria/
The Australian Open Is the Tip of a Melting Iceberg
Dave Zirin | thenation.com | 2020-01-17
The Australian Open Is the Tip of a Melting Iceberg…
thenation.com/article/australian-open-fires-climate-change/
ReclaimMLK: Youth Climate Strike & Resiliency Village
Youth Vs Apocalypse | indybay.org | 2020-01-17
Oscar Grant/ Frank Ogawa Plaza | Oakland, CA 94612…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/16/18829815.php
The Rumbling Methane Enigma
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
The northern continental shelves of Russia, inclusive of the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea and East Siberian Sea (ESAS) are some of the least researched yet most controversial subjects in climate science today. It\'s the one region that has the biggest potential to trigger runaway global warming because of sizeable subsea methane deposits, thereby…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/the-rumbling-methane-enigma/
Trump\'s Border Wall Is an Environmental Disaster
William deBuys | thenation.com | 2020-01-17
Trump\'s Border Wall Is an Environmental Disaster…
thenation.com/article/trump-border-wall-climate/
While Some Battle to Save Australia\'s Ecosystems, Others Blame Gov\'t for Climate Change Denial
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-17
\"This fire season has been a devastating wake-up call for many Australians. People who may have thought climate change was a vague, distant threat are now breathing bushfire smoke and reeling from the lives lost.\"
mintpressnews.com/battle-save-australia-fire-blame-govt-climate-change-denial/264175/
The Maldives Seek Financing to Manage Climate Change Impacts
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-17
The Republic of Maldives\' Foreign Affairs Minister Abdulla Shahid Thursday indicated that his country, a small island nation located in the Indian Ocean, is struggling to find financing that will allow it to build infrastructure to mitigate the risks of sea-level rise. | RELATED: | Germany Agrees on Plan to Phase out Coal Power by 2038 | \"For the Maldives, and, for the world over, climate change can be best described as a security and human rights challenge,\" said Shahid at the Raisina…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-Maldives-Seek-Financing-to-Manage-Climate-Change-Impacts-20200117-0001.html
ReclaimMLK: Youth Climate Strike & Resiliency Village
Youth Vs Apocalypse | indybay.org | 2020-01-17
Oscar Grant/ Frank Ogawa Plaza | Oakland, CA 94612…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/16/18829815.php
Trump\'s Border Wall Is an Environmental Disaster
William deBuys | thenation.com | 2020-01-17
Trump\'s Border Wall Is an Environmental Disaster…
thenation.com/article/trump-border-wall-climate/
\'We don\'t have political problems with India\': Iran\'s Zarif urges Delhi to defy US sanctions & resume buying Iranian oil
rt.com | 2020-01-17
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on India to shirk Washington\'s \"maximum pressure\" sanctions campaign and continue sourcing its energy from the Islamic Republic, arguing it\'s in the country\'s best interest. | While on a four-day visit to India, Zarif insisted Iran could best meet New Delhi\'s oil needs, assuring that his country would keep politics out of its business dealings and remain a reliable partner. | \"For India\'s economic growth you need more and more energy and energy security, which has been an area of concern,\" Zarif said at a meeting of the Federation of Indian Export Organi…
rt.com/news/478470-iran-india-oil-us-sanctions/
Colombia: Armed Incursion to Jamundi Leaves Five Civilians Dead
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-17
Five young farmers were killed in the middle of a confrontation among illegal armed groups operating in the municipality of Jamundi, at the Cauca valley, in Colombia. | RELATED: | 17 Social Leaders Assassinated so Far This Year in Colombia | According to local media, the victims were traveling in three cars when members of those armed groups threw explosives into the vehicles destroying them. | On Thursday night, there was a clash among criminal organizations, one of which was ap…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Armed-Incursion-to-Jamundi-Leaves-Five-Civilians-Dead-20200117-0005.html
Trump\'s Space Force Is Worse Than Reagan\'s Star Wars
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-17
With a stroke of a pen, Donald Trump created an entirely new branch of the armed forces last year. It\'s the first new branch of the U.S. military since 1947. | The Space Force is not exactly a new idea. It\'s a revival of a Reagan-era initiative that had been set up to oversee missile defense, which the George W. Bush administration repurposed after 9/11 to focus on the war in Afghanistan. | Yet what Trump has put together is fundamentally different, and potentially more destabilizing, than the previous incarnation.
truthout.org/articles/trumps-space-force-is-worse-than-reagans-star-wars/