Anti-Trump-themed \'Immigrant Food\' restaurant owned by lobbyists for right-wing Latin American coup leaders who fueled migration crisis
Alexander Rubinstein | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-30
The shocking story of how a couple of wealthy Latin American regime-change hitmen exploited immigration rights, international food, and a…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/30/anti-trump-immigrant-food-lobbyists-coup-fueled-migration-crisis/
The Power of Mothers
Laura Carlsen | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-30
Who are we? Central American mothers! Who are we looking for? Our children! Why do we look for them? Because we love them! What do we want? JUSTICE! They hold hands and form a circle in the small church in Marín, Nuevo León. The Caravan of Central American Mothers of Missing Migrants has come to…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/30/the-power-of-mothers/
Greece plans to install \'floating fence\' to keep migrants out
rt.com | 2020-01-30
The Greek government wants to install a floating barrier in the Aegean Sea to deter migrants arriving at its islands\' shores through Turkey, officials said on Thursday. | The 2.7km long (1.68 miles) net-like barrier that Greece wants to buy will be set up in the sea off the island of Lesbos, where the overcrowded Moria camp operates, Reuters reports. | It will rise 50cm above sea level and carry light marks that will make it visible at night, according to a government document inviting vendors to submit offers. \"We will see what the result, what its effect as a deterrent will be in practice,\" Defense Minister…
rt.com/newsline/479566-greece-floating-fence-migrants/
Mexico\'s \"Progressive President\" Sends National Guard to Teargas Immigrants
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-30
More than a year after the last migrant caravan left Central America, thousands of Central Americans gathered again in Honduras and started their journey to the United States on Jan 15. Back in late 2018, 4,000 migrants made a perilous journey from San Pedro Sula, Honduras\' second-largest city, to the U.S. border at Tijuana. Desperate to leave behind a life of extreme violence and poverty, thousands of Cent…
truthout.org/articles/mexicos-progressive-president-sends-national-guard-to-teargas-immigrants/
Most Schools Stifle Indigenous Youth. Standing Rock Offered a Different Vision
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-30
\"The camps at Standing Rock produced an environment substantially and holistically more supportive for Native youth,\" writes activist Sarah Sunshine Manning. In this excerpt from her essay, which is a part of the collection Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement, the actualization of self and community that sprang from the Oceti Sakowin camps speaks to how Western education fails to meet the needs of Indigenous youth. | In early August 2016, tribal nations throughout N…
truthout.org/articles/most-schools-stifle-indigenous-youth-standing-rock-offered-a-different-vision/
Social media giants disappear popular Iranian & Venezuelan accounts
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-30
Red Lines host Anya Parampil talks with Professor Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran. Professor Marandi\'s Facebook and Instagram…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/30/social-media-giants-disappear-popular-iranian-venezuelan-accounts/
How Canada\'s corporate media smeared WikiLeaks publisher and journalist Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
Canada\'s leading media outlets have vilified Assange, while bemoaning the impact of WikiLeaks\' exposures on the global interests of American and Canadian imperialism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/caas-j30.html
Edward Snowden warns that Assange and Greenwald prosecutions mark new stage in assault on press freedom
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
The NSA whistleblower wrote: \"The most essential journalism of every era is precisely that which a government attempts to silence. These prosecutions demonstrate that they are ready to stop the presses–if they can.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/snow-j30.html
ITV documentary reveals conditions in prison holding WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
Despite going unmentioned, Assange\'s deteriorating health and the concerns of independent medical professionals about his effective solitary confinement in the health care unit hung silently over the programme.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/bel-j30.html
Gracias Chelsea Manning & Julian Assange for Exposing Bush\'s War Crimes
orion the elder | indybay.org | 2020-01-30
Fruitvale and MacArthur oakland 94602…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/30/18830211.php
Col. (ret.) Ann Wright Fundraising/Speaking on GAZA/The 2020 Freedom Flotilla
Codepink SF | indybay.org | 2020-01-30
ANSWER Meeting Room, 2969 Mission Street, San Francisco 94110 (Mission at 26th Street)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/29/18830150.php
Anti-Trump-themed \'Immigrant Food\' restaurant owned by lobbyists for right-wing Latin American coup leaders who fueled migration crisis
Alexander Rubinstein | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-30
The shocking story of how wealthy Latin American regime-change hitmen exploited immigrant rights, international food, and a pliant DC media…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/30/anti-trump-immigrant-food-lobbyists-coup-fueled-migration-crisis/
Bring It On: Why Democrats Should Take the Hunter Biden for John Bolton Trade
Alan Hirsch | commondreams.org | 2020-01-30
Protesters at the rally held signs depicting reasons for Trump to be removed. Members of the activist group Rise and Resist held an emergency demo in the main hall of Grand Central Terminal during the peak evening rush hour to demand that the Senate hold a full trial with witnesses and evidence. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-1197122176.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/01/30/bring-it-why-democrats-should-take-hunter-biden-john-bolton-trade?cd-origin=rss
Trump\'s Skewed Vision Gives Israel Everything It Wants
Michael Jansen | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Donald Trump\'s \"Deal of the Century\", his \"vision\" of an Arab-Israeli peace settlement, is, as expected, a boon for Israel and a trap for the Palestinians. Everyone knew this would be the case. His deal could never have been …
globalresearch.ca/trump-skewed-vision-gives-israel-everything-wants/5702326
Palestinian Leaders Taking Steps to Topple Trump\'s \'Peace Plan\'
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The Palestinian Authority has prepared a series of plans to topple the announced U.S. Middle East peace plan, also known as the Deal of the Century, a senior Palestinian official said Wednesday. | RELATED: | Thousands of Palestinians Protest Against Trump\'s Deal | Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki told reporters in Ramallah that one of the first steps \"is to hold a meeting for the Arab League\'s foreign ministers in Cairo on Saturday.\" | Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Palestinian-Leaders-Taking-Steps-to-Topple-Trumps-Peace-Plan-20200130-0002.html
Trump and Netanyahu Dictate Terms of Palestinian Surrender
Robert Mackey | zcomm.org | 2020-01-30
And then call It peace…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/trump-and-netanyahu-dictate-terms-of-palestinian-surrender/
What You Need to Know About Trump\'s Annexation Plan
Afro News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
US President Donald Trump finally unveiled his \'Middle East Peace Plan\' on Tuesday, 28 January 2020, during a media conference in Washington, as the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, stood by his side. | The entire document, called \'Peace to …
globalresearch.ca/what-you-need-know-about-trump-annexation-plan/5702267
Trump\'s Deal of the Century Won\'t Bring Peace…That Was the Plan
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-30
Much of Donald Trump\'s long-trailed \"deal of the century\" came as no surprise. Over the past 18 months, Israeli officials had leaked many of its details. The so-called \"Vision for Peace\" unveiled on Tuesday simply confirmed that the US government has publicly adopted the long-running consensus in Israel: that it is entitled to keep permanently the swaths of territory it seized illegally over the past half-century that deny the Palestinians any hope of a state.
counterpunch.org/2020/01/30/trumps-deal-of-the-century-wont-bring-peace-that-was-the-plan/
Trump\'s \'peace plan\' for Israel and the Palestinians is neither
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-30
GOP President Donald Trump\'s \"peace plan\" for Israel and the Palestinians, unveiled with support from the leaders of both big Jewish Israeli political parties, is \"imperialistic\" and would lead to resumed and continued military occupation of the entire West Bank for the foreseeable future, the Israeli Communist Party says. And since Trump unveiled his plan …
peoplesworld.org/article/trumps-peace-plan-for-israel-and-the-palestinians-is-neither/
Kushner \'hopes Israel waits\' on annexation steps in West Bank after Trump\'s Mideast plan announcement
rt.com | 2020-01-30
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner says Washington wants Israel to wait until after its March 2 election before making any moves toward settlement annexation in the West Bank following the announcement of a US plan for the Middle East. | Kushner is an architect of the peace proposal hailed by Israel and rejected by the Palestinians. \"Let\'s see what happens,\" President Donald Trump\'s son-in-law said when asked about the possibility that Israel would begin an annexation process as early as this weekend. \"The hope is that they\'ll wait until after the election and we\'ll work with them to try to come up with…
rt.com/newsline/479580-kushner-israel-annexation-trump/
Why is the U.S. Always at War? Is Peace Possible?
Party for Socialism and Liberation, Sonoma | indybay.org | 2020-01-30
A\'Roma Roasters Coffee and Tea | 95 5th St, Santa Rosa, California 95401…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/28/18830143.php
General strike in Gaza, protests rage against Trump\'s \'deal of the century\'
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-30
Palestinians waged a general strike in the besieged Gaza Strip Jan. 29 as protests continued to rage against the \"dismal\" Middle East peace plan announced by U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday. His so-called \"deal of the century\" has been met by global condemnation with international governments and progressives branding it as \"shameful\" and unworkable. …
peoplesworld.org/article/general-strike-in-gaza-protests-rage-against-trumps-deal-of-the-century/
What\'s New About Trump\'s Mideast \'Peace\' Plan? Only the Blunt Crudity of Its Racism
Saree Makdisi | thenation.com | 2020-01-30
What\'s New About Trump\'s Mideast \'Peace\' Plan? Only the Blunt Crudity of Its Racism…
thenation.com/article/world/israel-palestine-trump-netanyahu/
Syrian Forces Advance Inside Idlib and Aleppo Provinces
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-30
The Syrian military began a wide-scale operation inside the Idlib and Aleppo provinces this week amid collapsed peace talks between the government and opposition. | READ ALSO: | Ceasefire Deal Reached in Syria\'s Idlib: Russia | The Syrian forces, backed by Russian air power, have seized a large portion of the Idlib province after capturing the large city of Maarat Al-Numan and several towns and villages nearby. | In addition to Maarat Al-Numan, the Syrian military is also closing in on the ne…
telesurenglish.net/news/Syrian-Forces-Advance-Inside-Idlib-and-Aleppo-Provinces-20200130-0004.html
What\'s behind Israeli PM\'s unscheduled stopover in Moscow
rt.com | 2020-01-30
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited Russia after unveiling a peace proposal alongside US President Donald Trump in Washington. The \'deal of the century\' was met with skepticism and outrage around the world. | The caretaker prime minister was in Washington, DC on Tuesday alongside his chief rival, retired General Benny Gantz, as Trump unveiled his controversial \"Vision\" that included a two-state solution, Israeli control of Jerusalem and no right of return for Palestinians. | Netanyahu\'s office said he would return from Washington to Tel Aviv via Moscow, something that was previously not included…
rt.com/news/479438-israel-netanyahu-putin-russia-visit/
No War, No Sanctions on Iran
We Insist | indybay.org | 2020-01-30
January 25, 2020…a fabulous San Francisco turnout at the last in a series of emergency protests prompted by Trump\'s assassination of Iran\'s General Qasem Soleimani.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/30/18830196.php
Amazon employees defy management and publicly protest corporate policies
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
Hundreds of Amazon employees posted public criticisms of their employer and statements of support for fellow workers who have been threatened with firing for speaking out against the tech company\'s climate policies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/amzn-j30.html
How Western left media helped legitimate U.S. regime change in Venezuela
Lucas Koerner | mronline.org | 2020-01-30
It\'s been a year since Juan Guaidó began his U.S.-anointed mandate as \"interim president\" of Venezuela. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/30/how-western-left-media-helped-legitimate-u-s-regime-change-in-venezuela/
Alan Dershowitz Is Insulting Everybody\'s Intelligence
Marjorie Cohn | truthdig.com | 2020-01-30
This article originally appeared on Truthout. | Alan Dershowitz, the Harvard emeritus law professor who is serving as a hired gun for Team Trump, is arguing that even if John Bolton testifies that Trump admitted the quid pro quo with Ukraine to him, the Senate could not remove the president from office. Dershowitz has gone so far as to say that even if Trump told Bolton he was withholding the congressionally authorized military aid to Ukraine until it helped him with an investigation of the Bidens, that is s…
truthdig.com/articles/alan-dershowitz-is-insulting-everybodys-intelligence/
Is Singapore About to Become a U.S. Military Hub Against China?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Singapore, a small but well-armed island nation in Southeast Asia, with 72,000 troops in the army, was approved by the United States in early January 2020 to acquire 12 F-35Bs, along with necessary equipment such as spare engines, parts, electronics, …
globalresearch.ca/singapore-about-become-u-s-military-hub-against-china/5702293
The Torturers and the \'Ticking Bomb\': How Torture Became Routine in the Global War on Terror
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
With all the media excitement focused on the impeachment of President Donald Trump, it comes as no surprise that some recent additional insights into how the United States became a torture regime have been largely ignored. It has been …
globalresearch.ca/how-torture-became-routine-global-war-terror/5702318
Pipeline or a Pipedream
Ramzy Baroud | zcomm.org | 2020-01-30
Israel, Turkey Hydrocarbon Conflict is Brewing in the Mediterranean…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/pipeline-or-a-pipedream/
Video: Syria Army Develops Momentum in Idlib and Aleppo. Turkish Military Convoy Enters Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
On January 28, units of the Syrian Army, led by the 25th Special Mission Forces Division, liberated the town of Maarat al-Numan, the Wadi Al-Deif military base and nearby villages from Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and other al-Qaeda-linked groups. | Earlier on …
globalresearch.ca/video-syria-army-develops-momentum-idlib-aleppo/5702277
Video: Syria Army Advance on Saraqib. Liberated Areas held by Al Qaeda (Hayat Tahir al Sham)
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Idlib militants seem to be in disarray amid the developing advance of the Syrian Army. Since the liberation of Maarat al-Numan, government forces have achieved several important breakthroughs on the frontline in southeastern Idlib and southwestern Aleppo. | The army has …
globalresearch.ca/video-advance-saraqib/5702335
Trump Regime\'s Annexation Scheme of the Century Unveiled
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Nothing about the scheme surprised, an affront to millions of long-suffering Palestinians and international law
Netanyahu Formally Indicted
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Hard evidence collected by Israeli AG Mendleblit proves Netanyahu guilt of bribery, fraud and breach of trust, serious civil offenses
US Sanctions Bar Iran from Accessing $5B Energy Export Revenue
Tsvetana Paraskova | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-30
Due to the U.S. sanctions on Iran, Tehran is unable to use or transfer US$5 billion in revenues it has received from Iraq for supplying natural gas and electricity to its neighbor, an Iranian official told local media on Wednesday….
globalresearch.ca/us-sanctions-bar-iran-accessing-5b-energy-export-revenue/5702309
Iran says US decision to sanction nuclear chief is \'childish\' and shows \'despair,\' won\'t slow program down
rt.com | 2020-01-30
The US decision to sanction Iran\'s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi as part of its maximum pressure campaign against Tehran shows Washington\'s \"despair\" and won\'t slow down the country\'s civilian nuclear program, state media said. | The sanctions are a \"sign of America\'s despair\" and \"a political game played by Washington,\" Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman for Iran\'s Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) told the Fars news agency. | \"These sanctions have no value and are childish measures,\" he said, adding that they will have \"no impact\" on the country\'s civilian nuclear work which \"will continue with full force based…
rt.com/news/479619-iran-salehi-us-despair/
Bush-era Iraq war authorization voted out by US House
rt.com | 2020-01-30
The House of Representatives has voted along party lines to repeal a 2002 law authorizing the US to wage war on Iraq. The law was used by the Trump administration to justify the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani. | The House voted 236 to 166 to kill the 2002 Authorization for Military Force (AUMF) on Iraq. The law was drafted during the presidency of George W. Bush to authorize the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and has been used by subsequent administrations to continue military activity in the country
Why the U.S. might be angling for the return of a new \'strongman\' like Saddam in Iraq
M.K. Bhadrakumar | mronline.org | 2020-01-30
The departure of the former Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani is beginning to be felt in Iraq. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/30/why-the-u-s-might-be-angling-for-the-return-of-a-new-strongman-like-saddam-in-iraq/
The U.S. is recycling its big lie about Iraq to target Iran
Nicolas J. S. Davies | mronline.org | 2020-01-30
The U.S.\'s campaign against Iran has violated the most critical lessons that U.S. and UN officials claimed to have learned from the debacle in Iraq. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/30/the-u-s-is-recycling-its-big-lie-about-iraq-to-target-iran/
US House votes to block funding for military action against Iran
rt.com | 2020-01-30
The House of Representatives has voted to restrict President Donald Trump\'s ability to launch military strikes on Iran, and will debate a measure to repeal a 2002 act that gives the US broad warmaking powers in Iraq. | The first bill, which would block Trump from using federal funds to for \"unauthorized military force against Iran\" passed by a largely party-line vote of 228-175. It comes two weeks after the House passed a symbolic resolution restricting Trump\'s warmaking powers. That resolution did not go on to the Senate for approval.
rt.com/usa/479620-house-votes-block-funding-iran-strike/
The U.S. Is Recycling Its Big Lie About Iraq to Target Iran
Nicolas J.S. Davies | zcomm.org | 2020-01-30
The U.S.\'s campaign against Iran has violated the most critical lessons that U.S. and UN officials claimed to have learned from the debacle in Iraq…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-u-s-is-recycling-its-big-lie-about-iraq-to-target-iran/
US Military Announces Three New Bases in Iraq After Iraqis Demand Full Withdrawal
Alan Macleod | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-30
Less than a week after millions of Iraqis took to the streets, the U.S. announced that is planning to build three new military bases in Iraq.
theantimedia.com/us-military-announces-three-new-bases-in-iraq-after-iraqis-demand-full-withdrawal/
The Republicans Have Now Begun the Trolling Phase of the Impeachment Trial
Elie Mystal | thenation.com | 2020-01-30
The Republicans Have Now Begun the Trolling Phase of the Impeachment Trial…
thenation.com/article/politics/impeachment-dershowitz-trolling/
The Senate\'s Make Believe Trial of Donald Trump
Mitchell Zimmerman | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-30
President Trump is on trial. As in a real trial, charges have been asserted: the House alleges high crimes and misdemeanors. A judge presides: Chief Justice John Roberts sits in his fine black robe at the head of the chamber. There are prosecutors (the House impeachment managers) and defense counsel (Trump\'s \"A-team\" of lawyers). And…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/30/the-senates-make-believe-trial-of-donald-trump/
Trump\'s Impeachment Defense Is Incoherent by Design
Sonali Kolhatkar | truthdig.com | 2020-01-30
The Senate impeachment trial playing out in Washington, D.C., is a history-making event, not just because it is only the third time that the Senate has ever been asked to formally consider removing a president, but also because it showcases, in stunning terms, the hypocrisy and moral bankruptcy of the Republican Party. It would be laughable, if it weren\'t so tragic, to watch defenders of President Donald Trump tying themselves into knots in attempting to prove his innocence. They are forced to resort to constant contradictions of their own past statements–and of one another–at every turn, because ther…
truthdig.com/articles/trumps-impeachment-defense-is-incoherent-by-design/
John Bolton and the \"national security\" impeachment
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
While the Democrats embrace the war criminal John Bolton, the Republicans portray the president as essentially above the law, an elected dictator.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/pers-j30.html
Amid impeachment, Trump signs North American trade deal passed with Democratic support
wsws.org | 2020-01-30
The bipartisan support for the USMCA shows that all factions in Washington agree on an intensification of economic conflict with China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/30/usmc-j30.html
Trump Is Not Above the Law, No Matter What Dershowitz Says
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-30
President Trump\'s legal team offered an extraordinary new defense during Trump\'s impeachment trial on Wednesday. Attorney Alan Dershowitz said that a sitting president could take any action to boost his re-election chances if he felt his re-election was in the public interest. \"If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment,\" Dershowitz said. Trump was impeached by the House last month for freezin…
truthout.org/video/trump-is-not-above-the-law-no-matter-what-dershowitz-says/