Another Five Lessons for Democrats to Defeat Trump in 2020
Alvaro Huerta | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-17
As part of my last two essays on how Democrats can beat President Donald J. Trump, click here and here, I\'ve added another five lessons. As an independent, as noted in my last essay, I\'ve consistently been critical (to the present) of Democrats and Republicans in the areas of race, class, place, immigration, etc., as…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/17/another-five-lessons-for-democrats-to-defeat-trump-in-2020/
Another Five Lessons for Democrats to Defeat Trump in 2020
Alvaro Huerta | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-17
As part of my last two essays on how Democrats can beat President Donald J. Trump, click here and here, I\'ve added another five lessons. As an independent, as noted in my last essay, I\'ve consistently been critical (to the present) of Democrats and Republicans in the areas of race, class, place, immigration, etc., as…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/17/another-five-lessons-for-democrats-to-defeat-trump-in-2020/
EU leaders agree to enforce Libya arms embargo with warships, despite fears of spike in migration
rt.com | 2020-02-17
European Union foreign ministers have agreed to launch a naval operation to enforce an arms embargo on Libya, despite warnings from within the bloc that doing so would encourage new flows of migrants to Europe. | The EU ministers agreed to the naval operation at a meeting in Brussels on Monday. Aimed at simmering down the country\'s ongoing civil war, the operation will also have an air component and the possibility of ground forces, Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio was quoted by AFP as saying. | The move was not universally welcome in Europe, and EU Foreign Affairs chief Josep Borrell had even predicted…
rt.com/news/481046-eu-naval-embargo-libya/
\'Conscience-free journalism is great career choice\': Guardian mocked over failure to mention Assange in \'press freedom\' article
rt.com | 2020-02-17
The Guardian newspaper has been mercilessly ridiculed on social media after it failed to highlight the plight of journalist Julian Assange in a piece on Amal Clooney\'s plans to \"combat media repression globally.\" | The outlet\'s diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour published an article on Monday focused on the \'Report on the Use of Targeted Sanctions to Protect Journalists,\' a document drafted by prominent human rights barrister, Amal Clooney. | Clooney, who represented the WikiLeaks co-fou…
rt.com/uk/481019-assange-guardian-press-freedom/
\'Conscience-free journalism is great career choice\': Guardian mocked over failure to mention Assange in \'press freedom\' article
rt.com | 2020-02-17
The Guardian newspaper has been mercilessly ridiculed on social media after it failed to highlight the plight of journalist Julian Assange in a piece on Amal Clooney\'s plans to \"combat media repression globally.\" | The outlet\'s diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour published an article on Monday focused on the \'Report on the Use of Targeted Sanctions to Protect Journalists,\' a document drafted by prominent human rights barrister, Amal Clooney. | Clooney, who represented the WikiLeaks co-fou…
rt.com/uk/481019-assange-guardian-press-freedom/
Extradition of Assange Would Set a Dangerous Precedent
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-17
The Trump administration is seeking extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States for trial on charges carrying 175 years in prison. On February 24, a court in the U.K. will hold a hearing to determine whether to grant Trump\'s request. The treaty between the U.S. and the U.K. prohibits extradition for a \"political offense.\" Assange was indicted for exposing U.S. war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan. That is a classic political offense. Moreover, Assange\'s extradition would violate the legal pr…
truthout.org/articles/extradition-of-assange-would-set-a-dangerous-precedent/
Australian media maintains an unconscionable blackout on the case of Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-02-17
Meetings should be convened by the staff of every media organisation and resolutions adopted opposing Assange\'s extradition and insisting that his case is accurately and honestly reported.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/17/auas-f17.html
WikiLeaks demands answers as Twitter account LOCKED ahead of Assange extradition hearing
rt.com | 2020-02-17
WikiLeaks editor-in-chief Kristinn Hrafnsson is seeking answers after the publisher\'s official account was mysteriously locked, ahead of an extradition hearing for founder Julian Assange, who faces life in a US jail (or worse). | Hrafnsson claimed the @wikileaks Twitter account had been locked \"shortly before Assange extradition hearing\" and for no apparent reason, in a post from his personal account on Monday. Lamenting he had been unable to \"reach a human at Twitter\" for answers, Hrafnsson tagged both the platform\'s tech support and CEO Jack Dorsey. | WikiLeaks twitter account has been locked, shortly before…
rt.com/news/481049-wikileaks-locked-twitter-extradition-assange/
Mistrial Is Another Blow To US Coup In Venezuela
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-17
Last week we, along with Adrienne Pine and David Paul, were unsuccessfully prosecuted by the Trump administration for our protection of the Venezuelan embassy in Washington, DC from April 10 to May 16, 2019. The jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision and so we remain innocent of the charge of interfering with the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/mistrial-is-another-blow-to-us-coup-in-venezuela/
Trump\'s Trade War with China: Imagine What Would Happen if China Decided to Impose Economic Sanctions on the USA?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
In formulating these veiled threats, the Trump administration should think twice. These measures would inevitably backlash on the U.S. economy. China is not dependent on US imports. Quite the opposite. America is an import led economy with a weak manufacturing base, heavily dependent on imports from the PRC.
globalresearch.ca/imagine-what-would-happen-if-china-decided-to-impose-economic-sanctions-on-the-usa-2/5598941
Class War Comes to the Democratic Party
Norman Solomon | truthdig.com | 2020-02-17
More than ever, Bernie Sanders is public enemy number one for power elites that thrive on economic injustice. The Bernie 2020 campaign is a direct threat to the undemocratic leverage that extremely wealthy individuals and huge corporations constantly exert on the political process. No wonder we\'re now seeing so much anti-Bernie rage from leading corporate Democrats
The Escalating Class War Against Bernie Sanders
Norman Solomon | zcomm.org | 2020-02-17
With very few exceptions, the loudest voices to be heard from mass media are coming from individuals with wealth far above the financial vicinity of average Americans…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-escalating-class-war-against-bernie-sanders/
The Escalating Class War Against Bernie Sanders
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-02-17
Corporate Democrats and corporate media on the attack…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/17/18830739.php
Gangster-climate ally? Greta gets flamed for posing with crime-glamorizing rapper (PHOTO)
rt.com | 2020-02-17
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has exposed herself to intense internet mockery after posing with a controversial Swedish rapper who purportedly spent several years in prison. | The musical artist, 1.Cuz, performed at Thunberg\'s recent \"Fridays for Future\" rally in central Stockholm. Known for always wearing a mask and keeping his real identity a secret, 1.Cuz raps about crime, drugs and his hatred of the cops. | In a recent interview with Swedish media, the rapper reportedly revealed that he had served two years in prison for a \"serious\" crime
Jeff Bezos Pledges $10 Billion to Fight Climate Change
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-17
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\'A little bit of excitement at no extra cost\': Sanders quips after TOPLESS anti-dairy protesters steal show at Nevada rally
rt.com | 2020-02-17
A group of anti-dairy activists, including topless women, upstaged Democratic race frontrunner Bernie Sanders at his own campaign rally ahead of the Nevada primaries. The senator kept his cool, laughing off the stunt, however. | Keen on capitalizing on his success in Iowa and New Hampshire, Sanders was holding a rally in Carson, Nevada on Sunday. He was barely a couple of minutes into his speech when a young woman, who could be seen lurking behind the podium during the live broadcast, rushed the stage and attempted to wrestle the microphone from the Vermont independent. | Sanders did not give in, taking a few…
rt.com/usa/480984-sanders-naked-protest-rally-dairy/
How Trump\'s \"Peace\" Plan Will Redraw Israel\'s Borders to Exclude to Non-Jews
Miko Peled | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
Trump\'s new Middle East \"Peace\" Plan will redraw Israeli borders to exclude towns with large populations of Arab citizens, an attempt, writes Miko Peled, to force them down the totem pole to a place where their rights will be even …
globalresearch.ca/how-trump-peace-plan-redraw-israel-borders-exclude-non-jews/5703828
Turkey trying to \'CONQUER\' Libya, not to bring peace, says top Tripoli govt diplomat visiting Moscow
rt.com | 2020-02-17
While Ankara claims to be supporting Libya\'s UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA), its foreign minister on Monday outright rejected the Turkish presence in Libya, blasting it as an \"aggression.\" | Commenting on the role of external players, such as Russia and Turkey, in bringing to an end the protracted Libyan civil war, minister Abdul Hadi Al-Hweij was particularly candid. | \"When we talk about peace, we don\'t have [Turkey\'s President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan in mind,\" Al-Hweij said. \"Among all the involved political figures, he\'s the farthest from a peaceful settlement.\" | Al-Hweij was speaking at the…
rt.com/news/481040-turkey-libya-gna-erdogan/
How the UN\'s Middle East Peace Plan Was Trounced by Its Own Members
Evelyn Leopold | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-17
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has delivered a dramatic condemnation of the U.S.-drafted Middle East peace plan. No country, except Israel, has approved of the proposals at any public forum. Still, several nations around the world want the Palestinians to use the plan as a means of reopening negotiations with Israel by presenting its own vision.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/17/how-the-uns-middle-east-peace-plan-was-trounced-by-its-own-members/
How the UN\'s Middle East Peace Plan Was Trounced by Its Own Members
Evelyn Leopold | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-17
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has delivered a dramatic condemnation of the U.S.-drafted Middle East peace plan. No country, except Israel, has approved of the proposals at any public forum. Still, several nations around the world want the Palestinians to use the plan as a means of reopening negotiations with Israel by presenting its own vision.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/17/how-the-uns-middle-east-peace-plan-was-trounced-by-its-own-members/
Student climate change protests across the UK
wsws.org | 2020-02-17
Manchester protester: \"When it comes to politics and elections, you vote for one side and you vote for the other side but there\'s the same puppet master pulling the strings.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/17/clim-f17.html
Should We All Be In the Streets? Let\'s Talk About Protest
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-17
Kelly Hayes talks with L.A. Kauffman, a longtime grassroots organizer and author of the book Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism, about the history of protest movements and what the current political moment demands of us. | Note: This a rush transcript and has been lightly edited for clarity. | Copy may not be in its final form. | Kelly Hayes: Welcome to Movement Memos, a Truthout podcast about things you should know if you want to change the world. I\'m your host, Kelly Hayes. This is e…
truthout.org/audio/should-we-all-be-in-the-streets-lets-talk-about-protest/
Trudeau scraps overseas trip after pipeline protesters BLOCK US-Canada bridge amid ongoing rail shutdowns (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-02-17
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau has cancelled his trip to Barbados after protests against a gas pipeline that crosses indigenous land escalated, leading to major rail disruptions and a brief stop of traffic at the US-Canada border. | The threat of transport paralyses, which has become increasingly real after protesters against British Columbia\'s Coastal GasLink pipeline briefly shut down a key border crossing between the US and Canada on Sunday afternoon, forced Trudeau to call off his visit to Barbados, where he was supposed to drum up support for Canada\'s UNSC bid on Monday. | The simmering conflict between th…
rt.com/news/480985-canada-pipeline-protest-border/
Peruvian students protest threatened shutdown of private universities
wsws.org | 2020-02-17
Thirty-nine private universities and two graduate schools failed to meet basic educational standards, threatening 166,000 students with being thrown in the street.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/17/peru-f17.html
Is U.S. Sponsored Regime Change War Coming to Georgia?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
Former Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili (October 2012
Video: Turkey Supports Al Qaeda Against Syrian Forces in Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
In Turkey, it is by now a good tradition to threaten Syria with a war every time when luckless Idlib rebels suffer another military defeat from the Syrian Army. This week was no exception. Recept Tayip Erdogan spearheaded the choir …
globalresearch.ca/video-adventures-idlib-hipsters-american-waterloo-khirbat-amu/5703772
US Undeclared War on China by Other Means
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
Both right wings of the US one-party state seek control over other nations, their resources and populations
The Middle East: Ground Zero for Possible Global War?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
The UN Charter\'s preamble explained that \"the scourge of war…twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind\"
Ceremonial Groundbreaking and Photo Opportunity for George Mark Children\'s House Restoration
Denise Lamott | indybay.org | 2020-02-17
George Mark Children\'s House (GMCH), the first freestanding pediatric palliative care center in the United States, will host a Groundbreaking Ceremony and photo opportunity with generous-hearted contractors, local politicians and civic leaders to commemorate a new Restorative Garden on Thursday, February 20.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/14/18830678.php
Global Mining Corporations Have a Friend in the New Guatemalan Government
Ellen Moore | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei is less than a month into his term and yet there are already disturbing signs that his administration will side with global mining corporations against indigenous communities fighting to protect their land and water. | The clearest …
globalresearch.ca/global-mining-corporations-have-friend-new-guatemalan-government/5703859
Kill the Culture, Destroy a Nation
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
During the Gulf War of the 1990‚Ä≤s, U.S. troops in Baghdad looted important museums, destroyed historical artifacts, some were even found outside of the museums and on the side of roads, many of ancient artifacts and pieces of artworks were …
globalresearch.ca/kill-culture-destroy-nation/5703881
Munich Security Conference 2020: Wang Yi vs. Mike Pompeo
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
The Chinese Foreign Minister and American Secretary of State shared contrasting visions of International Relations during their keynotes speeches at the Munich Security Conference over the weekend. | Mike Pompeo preached that \" the West is winning\", and by the | …
globalresearch.ca/munich-security-conference-2020-wang-yi-mike-pompeo/5703925
UN Publishes List of Companies Profiting from Israel\'s Illegal Settlements in Palestine
Brett Wilkins | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
Read the list here | After years of unexplained delays, the United Nations this week released a list of over 100 companies with ties to illegal Israeli settler colonies in the occupied West Bank of Palestine. | In a statement released on …
globalresearch.ca/un-publishes-list-companies-profiting-israel-illegal-settlements-palestine/5703821
Help Us Protect the Future of GlobalResearch.ca
The Global Research Team | 2020-02-17
Dear Readers, | We have been bringing you independent news and analysis for close to 19 years. Our intention is to continue to relentlessly promote independent voices that speak out on issues too often neglected by the corporate media. There are …
globalresearch.ca/help-us-protect-the-future-of-globalresearch-ca/5654122
China\'s Coronavirus. \"We Cannot Rule Out Man Made Origin of these Infections\"
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
Introductory Note | In earlier articles I related the opinions of biochemists and bio-warfare specialists on the circumstances justifying suspicion of a virus being created in a lab and deliberately released in a foreign country as a means of either low- …
globalresearch.ca/russian-appraisal-china-coronavirus/5703761
US Pressuring Iraq Not to Reveal Details of Soleimani Killing: MP
Iran Front Page | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
A member of Iraq\'s Fatah Alliance says the United States is putting a lot of pressure on the Iraqi government to prevent the disclosure of the results of a probe into the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi …
globalresearch.ca/us-pressuring-iraq-not-reveal-details-soleimani-killing-mp/5703918
How AIPAC Is Losing Bipartisan Support in Washington
Ali Harb | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
\"A true friend of Israel.\" These were the words Barack Obama used when describing himself to AIPAC, a day after he secured the Democratic party nomination in 2008. | Standing in front of thousands of attendees in Washington, Obama, who was …
globalresearch.ca/how-aipac-losing-bipartisan-support-washington/5703842
Syrian Forces Secure Aleppo City Completely
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
Against all odds, and in the very difficult weather conditions the SAA cleaned all of Jamiyat Zahraa western Aleppo after taking control of the Llayramon and cleaned the two cities of Hreitan and Anadan in Aleppo\'s northwestern countryside. | Hayyan, Bayanon, …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-forces-secure-aleppo-city-completely/5703885
Doing More Harm Than Good? Our Latest Report on the UK\'s Development Bank, CDC
Daniel Willis | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
Amid the recent back and forth over whether the Department for International Development will be merged into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, very little attention has been paid to the role of the UK\'s development finance institution, CDC, in UK …
globalresearch.ca/doing-more-harm-good-latest-report-uk-development-bank-cdc/5703910
A Boom Time for U.S. Sanctions
Kathy Gilsinan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
The United States, as of this writing, has 7,967 sanctions in place. | Treasury Department data show them in many sizes. There are sanctions on individual people, like the Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín \"El Chapo\" Guzman; on companies, like Cubacancun Cigars …
globalresearch.ca/boom-time-u-s-sanctions/5703872
United Airlines Pulls Boeing 737 MAX from Schedule Until September 4
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
And just like that, all those hopes and optimistic dreams that the notorious killing machine designed by clowns, supervised by monkeys known as the 737 MAX will be returning to the air around June, following recent \" hopeful\" comments by …
globalresearch.ca/united-pulls-boeing-737-max-september-4/5703832
Afghan Troops Say Taliban Are Brothers and War Is \"Not Really Our Fight.\"
Nicolas J. S. Davies | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
The world is waiting anxiously to see whether the U.S. and Afghan governments and the Taliban will agree to a one-week truce that could set the stage for a \"permanent and comprehensive\" ceasefire and the withdrawal of U.S. and other …
globalresearch.ca/afghan-troops-say-taliban-brothers-war-not-really-our-fight/5703879
Wake Up Senators! New bipartisan War Powers Act to Constrain Military Action against Iran
Eric Margolis | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
The US Senate, long the lap dog of the man who would be king, President Donald Trump, appears to have finally remembered its proper constitutional role. | Last week, the Senate voted 55/45 for a new bipartisan War Powers Act to …
globalresearch.ca/wake-up-senators-new-bipartisan-war-powers-act-to-constrain-military-action-against-iran/5703851
Video Reveals Threat of \"Wholesale Transfer and Privatization of America\'s Public Lands\" on Trump\'s Agenda, Says Watchdog Group
Andrea Germanos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
Watchdog group Western Values Project said Friday that audio it obtained of a June 2019 event at Trump\'s Interior Department provides more evidence that public lands are under threat of being privatized by the former reality star and his crew …
globalresearch.ca/video-reveals-threat-wholesale-transfer-privatization-america-public-lands-on-trumps-agenda-says-watchdog-group/5703818
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.\'s Children\'s Health Defense Submitted Historic Case Against U.S. Government for Children Injured by Wireless Technology Radiation
Children\'s Health Defense | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
CHD Chairman, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., will lead the legal team with seasoned telecommunications and administrative law attorney Scott McCollough. | Children\'s Health Defense (CHD) is leading a historic legal action against the Federal…
globalresearch.ca/children-health-defense-submitted-historic-case-against-u-s-government-wireless-harms/5703845
2.5M Pounds of Radioactive Waste Illegally Dumped in Oregon Landfill
Monica Samayoa | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
The Oregon Department of Energy has issued a notice of violation to a hazardous waste facility for accepting more than 2 million pounds of radioactive materials east of the Columbia River Gorge. | Chemical Waste Management, a subsidiary of Waste Management …
globalresearch.ca/2-5m-pounds-radioactive-waste-illegally-dumped-oregon-landfill/5703840
Coronavirus May Tip the Global Economy Into Recession?
Dr. Leon Tressell | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
As each day passes the numbers get worse for the impact of the Coronavirus. The numbers of people infected and who have died from the Coronavirus have already exceeded the Sars virus and look set to get much worse. | As …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-tip-global-economy-recession/5703809
Sanders Tells New York Times He Would Consider a Preemptive Strike Against Iran or North Korea
Jacob Crosse | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
Bernie Sanders has won the popular vote in both the New Hampshire and Iowa presidential primary contests in considerable part by presenting himself as an opponent of war. Following the criminal assassination of Iranian General Qassem Suleimani last month, Sanders …
globalresearch.ca/sanders-tells-new-york-times-he-would-consider-preemptive-strike-against-iran-north-korea/5703849
The Koch-Soros Quincy Project: A Train Wreck of Neocon and \'Humanitarian\' Interventionists
Daniel McAdams | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
Those hoping the non-interventionist cause would be given some real muscle if a couple of oligarchs who\'ve made fortunes from global interventionism team up and pump millions into Washington think tanks will be sorely disappointed by the train wreck that …
globalresearch.ca/koch-soros-quincy-project-train-wreck-neocon-humanitarian-interventionists/5703860
Intelligence Spats: Australia, Britain and Huawei
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-17
A note of fraternal tension has been registered between the United Kingdom and Australia. It began with Britain\'s decision to permit China\'s technology giant Huawei a role in the construction of the country\'s 5G network. While the decision is qualified …
globalresearch.ca/intelligence-spats-australia-britain-huawei/5703806