Residents clash with police as Greek govt proceeds with construction of new migrant center in Lesbos (PHOTOS/VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-02-25
Greek police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of angry residents who attempted to halt the construction of a migrant detention center on the island of Lesbos. The clashes came amid growing anger over Athens\' immigration policy. | Around 500 people attempted to block the unloading of heavy machinery and police reinforcements on the island, which will house a new migrant camp. Locals set fires and brawled with riot cops as police attempted to restore order, according to local media. | | Riot police reinforcements arrive on a ferry at Lesbos, Greece, February 25, 2020. | © REUTERS/Elias Marcou | Photogra…
rt.com/news/481606-lesbos-greece-police-clash-migrants/

Julian Assange and the Imperium\'s Face: Day One of the Extradition Hearings
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
If we are to believe it, Julian Assange of WikiLeaks, the man behind showing the ugliness of power, is the one responsible for having abused it. It is a running theme in the US case against this Australian publisher, who …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-imperium-face-day-one-extradition-hearings/5704667

Hundreds protest outside Woolwich Crown Court to demand Assange\'s freedom
wsws.org | 2020-02-25
Protesters were not allowed anywhere near the building, kept behind barricades and an imposing steel fence by security and police.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/25/prot-f25.html

Rally and march in Melbourne, Australia demands freedom for Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-02-25
Many people in the city centre expressed support for the march as it passed, with some joining the demonstration.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/25/melb-f25.html

Assange extradition trial opens in London
wsws.org | 2020-02-25
Amid growing popular outrage over the railroading of Assange to a US prison, lawyers for the Department of Justice sought to reframe the charges against him.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/25/assa-f26.html

SF Demands Free Julian Assange & Goes Into UK Consulate Building Lobby
BACFJA | indybay.org | 2020-02-25
As part of world day of action to Free Julian Assange activists rallied in San Francisco and then briefly occupied the UK building lobby.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/24/18831024.php

As Assange\'s trial begins, his lawyers highlight risk of extradition with CIA spying operation\'s \'extreme measures\'
Kevin Gosztola | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-25
Assange\'s lawyers pointed to CIA surveillance by a Sheldon Adelson-backed private contractor and the Trump administration\'s public contempt for the…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/24/assanges-trial-risk-extradition-cia-spying/

Julian Assange and the Imperium\'s Face: Day One of the Extradition Hearings
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-25
If we are to believe it, Julian Assange of WikiLeaks, the man behind showing the ugliness of power, is the one responsible for having abused it. It is a running theme in the US case against this Australian publisher, who has been given the coating of common criminality hiding the obvious point: that the mission …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/julian-assange-and-the-imperiums-face-day-one-of-the-extradition-hearings/

The show trial of Julian Assange begins
wsws.org | 2020-02-25
The first day of the British court hearing yesterday to determine if WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange will be extradited to the United States left no doubt that what is taking place is a legal travesty that threatens both Assange\'s life and fundamental democratic rights.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/25/pers-f25.html

The Russiagate Racket targets the Bernie Sanders surge
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-25
With a familiar playbook of evidence-free, anonymously sourced red-baiting, the forces behind Russiagate try to stop Bernie Sanders\' primary success….
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/24/the-russiagate-racket-targets-the-bernie-sanders-surge/

The Powerful Are Going After Jane Fonda Again
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-25
The more things change, well readers get the drift here. Jane Fonda, the accomplished actor and protester, who protests right outside of the idiot-in-chief\'s door these days on the pressing issue of environmental ruin, is being tormented once again for an act of protest during the Vietnam War era. Ohio\'s secretary of state, Frank La…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/25/the-powerful-are-going-after-jane-fonda-again/

BDS protest at sheet maker Brooklinen\'s NYC store over production in Israel
Adalah-NY | indybay.org | 2020-02-25
At a protest Sunday at Brooklinen\'s new Williamsburg, Brooklyn store, New York human rights advocates called for a boycott of the online sheet and linen retailer, over their Israeli production partners\' involvement in Israel\'s apartheid rule over the Palestinian people.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/24/18831021.php

Hong Kong Is Still Waiting for Its Feminist Uprising
Jessie Lau | thenation.com | 2020-02-25
Hong Kong Is Still Waiting for Its Feminist Uprising…
thenation.com/article/world/hong-kong-feminism-protests/

Wells Fargo Hit By Climate Protest for Second Consecutive Day
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-02-25
Silicon Valley Environmental group holds \"visitation\" event at Mountain View branch.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/23/18830981.php

Stop Funding Climate Chaos! Big Banks Protest in San Anselmo
350Marin, Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club | indybay.org | 2020-02-25
Creek Park, 451 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo, California 94960…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/23/18830955.php

Protesters in Silicon Valley Tell Wells Fargo \"Quit the Dirty Energy Business\"
Die-In Inside Bank Branch | indybay.org | 2020-02-25
Demonstrators called on Big Oil\'s largest lender, Wells Fargo, to halt its financing of fossil fuels and invest instead in clean energy solutions to the climate crisis. They took their protest of Feb 21 to a branch in Mountain View, CA.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/23/18830939.php

How Are We Going to Pay for Saving Trillions of Dollars?
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-25
Enhanced Medicare for All

How Are We Going to Pay for Saving Trillions of Dollars?
David Swanson | zcomm.org | 2020-02-25
For every $1 billion now spent on militarism that is moved to education, economists tell us we\'ll produce over twice as many jobs – 138.4% more jobs to be precise…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/how-are-we-going-to-pay-for-saving-trillions-of-dollars/

The \"Liberal\" Media\'s Propaganda War on Bernie Sanders
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-25
Last week, three days before the Nevada Caucus, MSDNC\'s Stephanie Ruhle had on an old friend, former Diamond Resorts CEO Stephen Cloobeck, a major Democratic Party funder, to speak from Las Vegas. Asked about one of Ruhle\'s favorite topics, the menace of \"socialist Bernie Sanders,\" Cloobeck called Sanders \"an anarchist\" who \"would love to burn down the United States\" \" (When asked if he would support Trump if Sanders is the nominee, Cloobeck growled \"anyone but Bernie, anyone but Bernie.\"). She later gleamed while one or her many Republican guests, Jeb Bush\'s former campaign manager, called for Michael Bloomberg…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/25/the-liberal-medias-propaganda-war-on-bernie-sanders/

Three Major News Stories That Need To Be Exposed
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-25
The news is filled with stories about President Trump and his predecessors imposing sanctions on other countries, their officials, and other prominent persons. But the media rarely spells out exactly what these sanctions are, the intermediaries who enforce them, the impacts they have on innocent civilians

Sanctions and Corruption: Three Major News Stories that Need to be Exposed
Ralph Nader | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
The news is filled with stories about President Trump and his predecessors imposing sanctions on other countries, their officials, and other prominent persons. But the media rarely spells out exactly what these sanctions are, the intermediaries who enforce them, the …
globalresearch.ca/three-major-news-stories-need-exposed/5704623

No Russian 2020 Election Meddling Says US Intelligence Community Official
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
In January 2017, days before Trump\'s inauguration, the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) concluded with \"high confidence (that) Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an influence campaign in 2016 aimed at the US presidential election (sic).\" | Weeks before the US 2016 …
globalresearch.ca/no-russian-2020-election-meddling-says-us-intelligence-community-official/5704617

The Non-Intervention Principle
Sheldon Richman | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-25
Anyone old enough to think about \"America\'s\" role in the world ought to be able to walk and chew gum at the same time. For example, one ought to be able to argue firmly against U.S. intervention in other countries without feeling obliged to downplay or deny the real crimes that the tyrant du jour has committed. Unfortunately, not everyone agrees.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/25/the-non-intervention-principle/

The Democrats\' Quandary: In a Struggle Between Oligarchy and Democracy, Something Must Give
Michael Hudson | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-25
To hear the candidates debate, you would think that their fight was over who could best beat Trump. But when Trump\'s billionaire twin Mike Bloomberg throws a quarter-billion dollars into an ad campaign to bypass the candidates actually running for votes in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada, it\'s obvious that what really is at issue…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/25/the-democrats-quandary-in-a-struggle-between-oligarchy-and-democracy-something-must-give/

What If Buttigieg Said That He Doesn\'t Accept the \"Fashionable\" View That Climate Change is a Problem?
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-25
To my knowledge, he hasn\'t said anything like that, but Buttigieg did say that he doesn\'t accept the \"fashionable\" view that current deficits are not a problem. When he made this comment, many progressives denounced him for supporting deficit reducing policies that will slow growth and raise unemployment. Since most plans for deficit reduction also…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/25/what-if-buttigieg-said-that-he-doesnt-accept-the-fashionable-view-that-climate-change-is-a-problem/

Cleaning Up Trump\'s Global Mess
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-25
The next presidential election will not likely hinge on foreign policy. Americans will go to the polls in November to express their fervent support, or disgust, for Donald Trump. The candidates\' positions on the issues

The Nevada Caucus and the Desperation of Democrat Elites
Jack Rasmus | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-25
The events of the past week–beginning with the TV debates of the candidates on February 19 and culminating in the Nevada Democrat Party caucus in Nevada on February 22 this past Saturday–show a growing desperation in the ranks of the Democratic Party\'s corporate-driven leadership as the Sanders campaign has assumed a clear lead in the…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/25/the-nevada-caucus-and-the-desperation-of-democrat-elites/

The Real Meaning of Red Scare 3.0
Nicholas Levis | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-25
The US corporate media, who had such a long run as relative monopolizers of truth, have been discrediting themselves in serial fashion since 9/11. Their lapdoggery to the Bush regime backfired on them during the WMD lie operation and the resulting war of aggression. Then came their participation in the fraudulent business reporting leading up to the 2007-2009 Wall Street crash, and their big lies afterward that \"no one could have imagined.\" The next big rupture arrived in 2015-2016, their million-minutes spent on preemptive coronations of Trump as one candidate and Clinton as the other, and their responsibility f…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/25/the-real-meaning-of-red-scare-3-0/

Viral Losses: Australian Universities, Coronavirus and Greed
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-25
There are few things more richly deserved than the punishment of a profligate ruler who finds himself fending off a hungry citizenry. But such matters lie in the realm of government, elections, holding representative office. Universities, notably in Australia, are oblivious to accountability and have, over several decades, become a booming corporatocracy. Institutionally, they constitute…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/25/viral-losses-australian-universities-coronavirus-and-greed/

Gun-Toting Cops Endanger Students and Turn Schools into Prisons
John W. Whitehead | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-25
\"Every day in communities across the United States, children and adolescents spend the majority of their waking hours in schools that have increasingly come to resemble places of detention more than places of learning.\" –Investigative journalist Annette Fuentes Just when you thought the government couldn\'t get any more tone-deaf about civil liberties and the growing…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/25/gun-toting-cops-endanger-students-and-turn-the-schools-into-prisons/

What Will You Do If the Democrats Steal It from Sanders?
John Eskow | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-25
\"If Hillary gave up one of her balls and gave it to Obama, he\'d have two.\" –James Carville…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/25/what-will-you-do-if-the-democrats-steal-it-from-sanders/

David Brooks, Public Intellectual
Marshall Sahlins | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-25
David Brooks, Public Intellectual I am the very model of a public intellectual, My op-eds in the New York Times are never ineffectual, I\'m expert on all matters from political to sexual, I am the very model of a public intellectual.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/25/david-brooks-public-intellectual/

Wrong dimensions: Trump reportedly misses out on inspecting Taj Mahal graves due to his HEIGHT
rt.com | 2020-02-25
On a sightseeing tour during his first trip to India, US President Donald Trump declined to see the original grave site within the historic Taj Mahal mausoleum, with security staff apparently worried that he wouldn\'t fit inside. | \"Trump was totally amused by the beauty of Taj Mahal,\" Nitin Kumar Singh, the guide who accompanied the presidential couple on their tour of the monument, told IANS. | However, he didn\'t go to see the original graves of [Mughal ruler] Shahjahan and [his wife] Mumtaz as his security personnel felt that he might get hurt as the way to the original graves is narrow and low in height.
rt.com/news/481599-tall-trump-taj-mahal-india/

Russia seeks to ease tensions with Belarus over energy dispute
wsws.org | 2020-02-25
Russia will compensate Belarus $300 million to offset energy price hikes, as Moscow works to preserve its alliance with Minsk.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/25/bela-f25.html

Israel-Gaza ceasefire takes hold after 2 days of fighting
rt.com | 2020-02-25
A ceasefire took hold on the Israel-Gaza border on Tuesday after two days of fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, Reuters reported. The frontier fell quiet early on Tuesday, after a Palestinian official said Israel and Islamic Jihad had reached a \"reciprocal and simultaneous ceasefire\" mediated by Egypt and the UN. | Islamic Jihad had fired 80 rockets towards Israeli communities along the Gaza border since Sunday, according to an Israeli military spokeswoman. Israel reportedly attacked sites in Gaza and Syria that killed three members of the militant group. | No casualties were repo…
rt.com/newsline/481609-israel-gaza-ceasefire-egypt/

Two impoverished teenagers die working in an illegal Peruvian mine
wsws.org | 2020-02-25
The deaths of the 14- and 17-year-old brothers of gas poisoning in the mine are part of a nationwide toll from the exploitation of workers in illegal and unsafe mines.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/25/peru-f25.html

How Medical Negligence at the US Border Killed an Immigrant Father
Joe Penney | thenation.com | 2020-02-25
Nebane Abienwi fled a civil conflict in Cameroon. Once in the US, it was shoddy medical care that killed him.
thenation.com/article/world/ice-death-negligence/

Report Back from Lockdown at Chase Corporate Offices in Solidarity with Wet\'suwet\'en
It\'s Going Down | indybay.org | 2020-02-25
The following is an account from the Indigenous group who participated in the Chase corporate office lockdown in so-called San Francisco, California, in solidarity with the Wet\'suwet\'en.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/24/18831031.php

Brazilian oil workers\' unions shut down strike to \"negotiate\" with Labor Court
wsws.org | 2020-02-25
The oil workers union federations ended the three-week strike at state-owned oil giant Petrobras just as it threatened to impact Brazil\'s economy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/25/braz-f25.html

Bolivia\'s Electoral Body Disqualifies Evo Morales\' Candidacy
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
The president of the Supreme Electoral Court of Bolivia (TSE) Salvador Romero informed that the former President Evo Morales will not be able to participate in the 2020 general elections, which will be held on May 3. | During a press …
globalresearch.ca/bolivia-electoral-body-disqualifies-evo-morales-candidacy/5704626

We Need to Treat Nuclear War Like the Emergency It Is
Olivia Alperstein | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
If the current state of global affairs reminds you of an over-the-top plot by a white-cat-stroking James Bond villain, you\'re not far off. When it comes to nuclear policy, we are closer than ever to a real-life movie disaster. | During …
globalresearch.ca/we-need-treat-nuclear-war-like-emergency-it-is/5704620

The New Coronavirus Outbreak, COVID-19, Sounds Menacing and Is
Tom Clifford | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-25
Tom Clifford Reporting from Beijing | There is no room for complacency or outright fear. The new coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19, sounds menacing and is. But there\'s another viral epidemic hitting countries around the world: the flu. | COVID-19 has, since December, led …
globalresearch.ca/new-coronavirus-outbreak-covid-19-sounds-menacing/5704614

Germany: Tens of thousands take to the streets against right-wing terror
wsws.org | 2020-02-25
Many demonstrators pointed to the complicity of the security agencies and the right-wing policies of all the establishment parties, which paved the way for the neo-Nazi terror.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/25/hana-f25.html

German right-wing and far-right parties suffer defeat in Hamburg state election
wsws.org | 2020-02-25
Four days after the right-wing terrorist attack in Hanau, the Christian Democrats and Free Democrats, the parties that formed an alliance with the far-right Alternative for Germany to elect the minister president in Thuringia, lost large numbers of votes in Hamburg.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/25/hamb-f25.html

The Coronavirus Could Be the Black Swan of 2020
Sasha Abramsky | thenation.com | 2020-02-25
The Coronavirus Could Be the Black Swan of 2020…
thenation.com/article/society/coronavirus-economy-trump-election/

\'Go back to school and look at the map!\' Twitterati hammer CNN as it draws non-existent SHARED border between Germany & Italy
rt.com | 2020-02-25
CNN has failed a basic geography test, putting Germany much closer to Italy than it actually is, during a report on how the EU is combatting the novel coronavirus. Netizens showed no mercy to the network\'s online team. | News that Germany isn\'t raising the alarm due to the 2019-nCoV outbreak in Italy prompted many established media to report on it, with CNN being no exception. The broadcaster\'s actual report cited a German foreign ministry spokeswoman who said Berlin wasn\'t issuing a travel warning for Italy at the moment, but their Twitter publication wasn\'t as accurate. | Now, you have to read carefully to s…
rt.com/news/481613-cnn-germany-italy-border/

Fears grow of pandemic as coronavirus takes hold internationally
wsws.org | 2020-02-25
The 2019-nCoV virus, or COVID-19, has proven to be a much more complex pathogen than virologists have experienced in the past.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/25/viru-f25.html

For the climate: protecting the Commons and fixing Democracy
W. T. Whitney, Jr. | mronline.org | 2020-02-25
Climate change, unchecked, promises planetary disaster. All forms of life are threatened. Scientific evidence strongly suggests capitalistforms of production and consumption gave rise to climate change in the first place and have allowed the process to advance. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/24/for-the-climate-protecting-the-commons-and-fixing-democracy/

TheGreenNewCity March & Rally for Housing, Climate Justice and Animals
Direct Action Everywhere SF | indybay.org | 2020-02-25
Southwest of Golden Gate Fields, West of Gilman houseless encampment | (Golden Gate Fields horse track, 1100 Eastshore Hwy, Berkeley, CA 94710) | Marching to Berkeley City Hall, 2180 Milvia St, Berkeley, CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/23/18830954.php

Australian Government Is Burning Our Children\'s Future
Bill Spence | zcomm.org | 2020-02-25
Despite devastating fires, the Australian government is actively opposing any moves to limit climate damage…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/australian-government-is-burning-our-childrens-future/

Crackdown on Immigrants Who Use Public Benefits Takes Effect
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-24
Droves of immigrants, including citizens and legal residents, drop social services out of fear they will be kicked out of the U.S.
truthdig.com/articles/crackdown-on-immigrants-who-use-public-benefits-takes-effect/

\'Every journalist should feel a cold, icy hand running down their spine\': Assange\'s extradition case examined in new RT doc
rt.com | 2020-02-24
With Julian Assange\'s US extradition hearing getting under way in London, RTD\'s new film sheds light on why the WikiLeaks founder\'s landmark case may lay the path for future prosecution of journalists. | \"Every journalist in the United States should feel a cold, icy hand running down their spine at the charges that had been leveled against this publisher. Because they could be next,\" writer Suelette Dreyfus says about Assange whose project published leaked documents exposing possible US War crimes in Iraq and letters exposing shenanigans against Bernie Sanders in 2016 by bosses within the Democratic Party. | \"
rt.com/news/481402-assange-journalism-rt-doc/

Day 1 of Assange\'s US extradition hearing: What you need to know
rt.com | 2020-02-24
Opening arguments were made on the first day of the US extradition hearing of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, with the prosecution claiming his leaks risked lives while the defense argued that his case was politically motivated. | Monday\'s hearing lasted six hours, including breaks, and Judge Vanessa Baraitser heard arguments from James Lewis QC, representing the US government, and Edward Fitzgerald QC, representing Assange. | The journalist\'s supporters amassed outside Woolwich Crown Court, loudly chanting, holding \'free Assange\' placards and blowing vuvuzelas. Inside the courtroom, Assange sat clean-shaven…
rt.com/news/481576-assange-extradition-hearing-begins/

\'Every journalist should feel a cold, icy hand running down their spine\': Assange\'s extradition case examined in new RT doc
rt.com | 2020-02-24
With Julian Assange\'s US extradition hearing getting under way in London, RTD\'s new film sheds light on why the WikiLeaks founder\'s landmark case may lay the path for future prosecution of journalists. | \"Every journalist in the United States should feel a cold, icy hand running down their spine at the charges that had been leveled against this publisher. Because they could be next,\" writer Suelette Dreyfus says about Assange whose project published leaked documents exposing possible US War crimes in Iraq and letters exposing shenanigans against Bernie Sanders in 2016 by bosses within the Democratic Party. | \"
rt.com/news/481402-assange-journalism-rt-doc/

Assange\'s US extradition hearing begins: What\'s it all about and how did we get here?
rt.com | 2020-02-24
A London court is set to begin hearings to determine whether or not jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will be extradited to the US on charges of conspiracy where he faces life in prison. | Assange has languished in London\'s top security Belmarsh Prison since he was dragged from London\'s Ecuadorian Embassy by British police in April last year and subsequently slapped with 18 charges under the US Espionage Act, which could see him sentenced to up to 175 years in prison. | The Australian journalist and whistleblower had, for the seven years prior, been living in the London embassy, where he had sought asylu…
rt.com/news/481432-assange-extradition-hearings-begin/

Assange Extradition Hearing Opens with Scathing Condemnation by Mainstream Media
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-24
The extradition trial of Julian Assange began with the prosecution reading out a damning statement from five leading mainstream media organizations that once partnered with Wikileaks.
mintpressnews.com/assange-extradition-trail-condemnation-media/265167/

Julian Assange supporters protest outside court ahead of extradition hearing
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-24
Supporters of Julian Assange have gathered outside court as the WikiLeaks founder begins his fight against extradition to the US, where he is accused of helping to leak hundreds of thousands of classified documents.Demonstrators, including Assange\'s father John Shipton, arrived at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday, with some holding placards calling for his immediate release.Some said they had arrived as early as 6am, with signs reading: \"Don\'t shoot the messenger, free Assange\" and \"Free Julian Assange, Nobel Peace Prize nominee\". Tents were erected on nearby grass.John Shipton, the father of Julian Assange, speaks…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/02/24/julian-assange-supporters-protest-outside-court-ahead-of-extradition-hearing/

Assange\'s Trial for U.S. Extradition Begins in London
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-24
The first day of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange\'s legal battle to prevent his extradition to the United States began on Monday amid strong social protests in support of the Australian journalist. | RELATED: | Jailed Wikileaks Founder Assange\'s Health Improving: Spokesman | The case for Assange\'s extradition to the U.S. was opened at Woolwich Crown Court in southeast London as the sound of protest was heard in the distance. The slogans \"Free Julian Assange\", \"Journalism is not…
telesurenglish.net/news/assanges-trial-for-us-extradition-begins-in-london-20200224-0002.html

Palestinian flag, Yellow Vests, Anonymous masks: Wide range of protester groups join demonstration in support of Assange (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-02-24
Supporters of Julian Assange have staged quite a show outside Woolwich Court in London, throwing their artistic weight behind the embattled WikiLeaks co-founder. | Overlooked by a few policemen, dozens of protesters began amassing near the courthouse earlier on Monday, just as the judges began the closely-watched extradition hearing for Assange. | There was no shortage of conventional placards calling for Assange\'s release, but some activists showed unorthodox creativity. One protester, dressed as a biblical character, stole the show by carrying a yellowish cross, with the words \"The truth will win\" imprinted…
rt.com/news/481552-assange-protest-flags-masks/

\'History will be kind to Julian Assange, not to his corrupt accusers and Judges\' – Kim Dotcom on extradition trial
rt.com | 2020-02-24
Tech entrepreneur and activist Kim Dotcom took to Twitter on day one of the extradition hearing of journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, launching a scathing attack on both the US prosecutors and the mainstream media. | Dotcom, aka Kim Schmitz, has long advocated for freedom of the press and criticized government overreach in the digital age. He has also frequently been a vocal champion of Assange and the WikiLeaks cause. | Also on rt.com | | Assange\'s US extradition hearing begins: What\'s it all about and how did we get here? | In hi…
rt.com/news/481561-kim-dotcom-history-kind-assange/

Don\'t Extradite Assange campaign calls on Boris Johnson to intervene
wsws.org | 2020-02-24
The struggle to free Julian Assange requires an implacable struggle by the working class against the Johnson and Trump governments now conspiring to silence him forever.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/24/demo-f24.html

Australian and New Zealand demonstrations demand freedom for WikiLeaks founder and US whistleblower
wsws.org | 2020-02-24
The weekend rallies point to growing international support for Assange and Manning and a deeper political understanding and determination to fight by important layers of students, workers and youth.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/24/sepa-f24.html

Palestinian flag, Yellow Vests, Anonymous masks: Wide range of protester groups join demonstration in support of Assange (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-02-24
Supporters of Julian Assange have staged quite a show outside Woolwich Court in London, throwing their artistic weight behind the embattled WikiLeaks co-founder. | Overlooked by a few policemen, dozens of protesters began amassing near the courthouse earlier on Monday, just as the judges began the closely-watched extradition hearing for Assange. | There was no shortage of conventional placards calling for Assange\'s release, but some activists showed unorthodox creativity. One protester, dressed as a biblical character, stole the show by carrying a yellowish cross, with the words \"The truth will win\" imprinted…
rt.com/news/481552-assange-protest-flags-masks/

Socialist Equality Party (UK) holds London rally in defence of Assange and Manning
wsws.org | 2020-02-24
The meeting was attended by more than 130 workers, youth and students who came from all over the UK.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/24/lond-f24.html

\'History will be kind to Julian Assange, not to his corrupt accusers and Judges\' – Kim Dotcom on extradition trial
rt.com | 2020-02-24
Tech entrepreneur and activist Kim Dotcom took to Twitter on day one of the extradition hearing of journalist and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, launching a scathing attack on both the US prosecutors and the mainstream media. | Dotcom, aka Kim Schmitz, has long advocated for freedom of the press and criticized government overreach in the digital age. He has also frequently been a vocal champion of Assange and the WikiLeaks cause. | Also on rt.com | | Assange\'s US extradition hearing begins: What\'s it all about and how did we get here? | In hi…
rt.com/news/481561-kim-dotcom-history-kind-assange/

Chile\'s US-backed gov\'t is shooting anti-austerity protesters, blinding and maiming by the thousands
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-24
Chile has responded to anti-neoliberal protests with brutally violent repression. 10,365 people have been detained; 3765 treated for wounds in…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/24/chiles-us-backed-shooting-protesters-blinding-maiming-thousands/

As a Corporate Tool, Buttigieg Is Now a Hammer to Bash Sanders
Norman Solomon | commondreams.org | 2020-02-24
Democratic presidential candidate former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg greets supporters as he arrives at a town hall campaign event at the Denver Airport Convention Center February 22, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. Nevada held its presidential caucus earlier today. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/buttigieg_the_tool.jpg …
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Pete Buttigieg\'s Vile Turn as the Anti-Sanders Candidate
Norman Solomon | truthdig.com | 2020-02-24
Soon after his distant third-place finish in the Nevada caucuses, Pete Buttigieg sent out a mass email saying that \"Senator Sanders believes in an inflexible, ideological revolution that leaves out most Democrats, not to mention most Americans.\" The blast depicted \"the choice before us\" in stark terms: \"We can prioritize either ideological purity or inclusive victory. We can either call people names online or we can call them into our movement. We can either tighten a narrow and hardcore base or open the tent to a new, broad, big-hearted American coalition.\" | The bizarre accusations of being \"narrow\" and not \"in…
truthdig.com/articles/pete-buttigiegs-vile-turn-as-the-anti-sanders-candidate/

Palestine Blasts US Over West Bank Map Plans
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-24
Palestine on Monday said that the U.S.-Israeli team tasked with mapping the areas in the West Bank that would be annexed by Israel under the U.S. President Donald Trump\'s peace plan has no legitimacy. | RELATED: | Israeli Troops Kill Palestinian, Drag His Body With Bulldozer | Nabil Abu Rudeineh, Palestinian president\'s spokesperson, said that the new maps under the U.S. Mideast peace plan would not give legitimacy to any side, said a statement published by official Palestini…
telesurenglish.net/news/Palestine-Blasts-US-Over-West-Bank-Map-Plans-20200224-0001.html

Indian Communists: Trump\'s economic demands leave country vulnerable to U.S. corporations
Combined Sources | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-24
Indian Communists have called for huge turnout at rallies opposing President Donald Trump\'s visit to the country, which started today. Protests have taken place in Ahmedabad, Trump\'s first stop on the trip, and a giant rally was organized by the All-India Peace and Solidarity Organization in Delhi, with support from the Communist Party of India-Marxist …
peoplesworld.org/article/indian-communists-trumps-economic-demands-leave-country-vulnerable-to-u-s-corporations/

At Least 120 Families Forcibly Displaced in Colombia
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-24
At least 120 families were displaced from the countryside zones of the Ituango municipality on Sunday, in the Colombian state of Antioquia. The displacement affects the resident of zones like Torrentes, San Juanillo, las Arañas, el Cedral, and Santa Ana. | RELATED: | Colombia: Protests Called Against Murders of Ex-FARC Members | Human rights organizations denounced this situation, pointing out the presence of armed groups in the area as the main reason for the movements. These vi…
telesurenglish.net/news/forced-displacement-of-120-families-in-colombia-reported-20200224-0008.html

Tampa students rally for justice for Jamee Johnson
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-24
Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a rally at the University of South Florida calling for justice and all victims of police brutality, highlighting Jamee Johnson, a Black man who was murdered by officers in Jacksonville. At the February 19 protest, about 15 students promoted the need for community control of the police through police accountability councils. They also demonstrated for their ongoing campaign to increase Black enrollment at USF. | With chants saying, \"USF shame on you! Black lives matter too!\" the students used the rally to reach out to the student body about the wa…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/2/24/tampa-students-rally-justice-jamee-johnson

Violent Protests As Trump Arrives In India, Negotiates $3B Arms Deal With Modi
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-24
India is one of the few countries in the world where Trump has a high approval rating, but that didn\'t stop thousands from taking to the streets to protest his visit.
mintpressnews.com/violent-protests-trump-arrives-india-3b-arms-deal-modi/265148/

Brazil Carnival: A Message of Protest Against Jair Bolsonaro
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-24
This weekend saw the start of Brazil\'s Carnival, the world\'s biggest party, which this time had a marked tone of protest against the current government of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro. | RELATED: | Carnival 2019: Brazil Sambas for Lula, Marielle Franco, Against \'Neoliberal Vampires\' | Men, women, and children from the samba schools of Rio de Janeiro and other cities of the country danced to the rhythm of samba while they paid homage to indigenous peopl…
telesurenglish.net/news/brazil-carnival-a-message-of-protest-against-jair-bolsonaro-20200224-0004.html

Viña Del Mar 2020 Starts in Chile Amid Large Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-24
The Viña del Mar International Song Festival, which is held every year in this municipality of the Chilean city of Valparaiso, began this Sunday amid violent demonstrations in the surroundings of the Quinta Vergara Amphitheater, home of the most important musical event on the American continent. | RELATED: | 18 Chilean Films to Compete for the \'Golden Bear\' in Berlin | Just minutes before Viña 2020 began, with the presentation of Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin on the Quin…
telesurenglish.net/news/vina-del-mar-2020-starts-in-chile-amidst-protests-20200224-0007.html

Protesters in Silicon Valley Tell Wells Fargo \"Quit the Dirty Energy Business\"
Die-In Inside Bank Branch | indybay.org | 2020-02-24
Demonstrators called on Big Oil\'s largest lender, Wells Fargo, to halt its financing of fossil fuels and invest instead in clean energy solutions to the climate crisis. They took their protest of Feb 21 to a branch in Mountain View, CA.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/23/18830939.php

Wells Fargo Hit By Climate Protest for Second Consecutive Day
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-02-24
Silicon Valley Environmental group holds \"visitation\" event at Mountain View branch.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/23/18830981.php

Stop Funding Climate Chaos! Big Banks Protest in San Anselmo
350Marin, Sunrise Movement, Sierra Club | indybay.org | 2020-02-24
Creek Park, 451 Sir Francis Drake Blvd, San Anselmo, California 94960…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/23/18830955.php

Bloomberg Has Spent Enough to Give a Nickel to Every Person Whose Life He\'s Ever Damaged
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-24
A review of Michael Bloomberg\'s political career should not be limited, I think, to the fact that he has the debating skills of a baked potato. Nor does it matter much that he focuses his sales pitch on being a great \"manager\" but clearly can\'t manage to hire anyone to tell him he has to…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/24/bloomberg-has-spent-enough-to-give-a-nickel-to-every-person-whose-life-hes-ever-damaged/

Paul Krugman and Richard Wolff on Bernie Sanders\'s Democratic Socialism
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-24
As Bernie Sanders\'s runaway win in Nevada cements his position as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, the Democratic Party establishment and much of the mainstream media are openly expressing concern about a self-described democratic socialist leading the presidential ticket. His opponents have also attacked his ambitious agenda. Last week during the primary debate in Las Vegas, Bernie Sanders addressed misconceptions about socialism. Invoking the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Sa…
truthout.org/video/paul-krugman-and-richard-wolff-on-bernie-sanderss-democratic-socialism/

Sanders & Socialism: Debate Between Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman & Socialist Economist Richard Wolff
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-24
As Bernie Sanders\'s runaway win in Nevada cements his position as the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, the Democratic Party establishment and much of the mainstream media are openly expressing concern about a self-described democratic socialist leading the presidential ticket. His opponents have also attacked his ambitious agenda. Last week during the primary debate in Las Vegas, Bernie Sanders addressed misconceptions about socialism. Invoking the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Sanders decried what he called \"socialism for the very rich, rugged individualism for the poor.\" | For more, we host a…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/24/paul_krugman_richard_wolff_socialism_debate

There\'s Little Chance for Change in Lebanon, Except for More Suffering
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-24
The freezing Mediterranean squalls that slash across downtown Beirut and the seafront to the west may give the impression this week that Lebanon is lapsing back into its favourite pastime: forgetting history and praying for a return to the good old days. Revolution? Now that the country\'s old parliamentary sectarians have gathered to support Hassan Diab\'s deeply uninspiring government,…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/24/theres-little-chance-for-change-in-lebanon-except-for-more-suffering/

There\'s Little Chance for Change in Lebanon, Except for More Suffering
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-24
The freezing Mediterranean squalls that slash across downtown Beirut and the seafront to the west may give the impression this week that Lebanon is lapsing back into its favourite pastime: forgetting history and praying for a return to the good old days. Revolution? Now that the country\'s old parliamentary sectarians have gathered to support Hassan Diab\'s deeply uninspiring government,…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/24/theres-little-chance-for-change-in-lebanon-except-for-more-suffering/

US \"Forever War\" in Afghanistan Near Ending?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-24
Planned months in advance, the Bush/Cheney regime attacked nonbelligerent Afghanistan less than four weeks after the 9/11 attacks. | Afghanistan did not attack America on 9/11. The Taliban and bin Laden had nothing to do with what happened on a day …
globalresearch.ca/us-forever-war-afghanistan-near-ending/5704478

Russia Accused of Campaign Blaming US for Coronavirus Outbreak
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-24
Russia has been a prime US target since its 1917 revolution, relations between both countries uneasy at best from that time to now. | Propaganda by US officials and establishment media demonizes the country and its leadership, ongoing for over a …
globalresearch.ca/russia-behind-campaign-blame-us-coronavirus-outbreak/5704471

Majority of Venezuelans Against U.S. Sanctions, Poll Reveals
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-24
More than 80% of Venezuelans disagree with the sanction measures imposed on Venezuela by the U.S government, as Hinteracles pollster indicates. | RELATED: | Venezuelan Heroism Defeated Last Year\'s Invasion: Maduro | The survey, taken between January 29 to February 12, explored the opinion of Venezuelans in relation to the economic blockade imposed against the Bolivarian Republic by Washington. | To the question: \"Who was the most affected by these measures\", 84% of respondents affirme…
telesurenglish.net/news/majority-of-venezuelans-against-u.s.-sanctions-poll-reveals-20200224-0003.html

Bernie Sanders is in pole position with Nevada win. But the establishment push-back will now begin in earnest
Peter Bolton | thecanary.co | 2020-02-24
Bernie Sanders has just solidified his status as the front-runner in the contest to choose who will face Donald Trump in the presidential elections later this year. Though these are exciting times, there\'s also a rocky road ahead. Because the establishment campaign to discredit him in every way possible will now begin in earnest. | Third democratic victory in a row: | On 22 February, Sanders won the state of Nevada in the Democratic presidential primary ra…
thecanary.co/us/us-analysis/2020/02/24/bernie-sanders-is-in-pole-position-with-nevada-win-but-the-establishment-push-back-will-now-begin-in-earnest/

Geneva: Brazil Faces Accusations of Human Rights Violations
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-24
Brazil\'s government will face accusations of human rights violations at the 43rd session of the UN Human Rights Council. The South American country\'s government is under scrutiny for its violations of Indigenous rights and environmental protection. | RELATED: | Brazilian Landless Rural Workers Mov.: Our Hope Is on Lula | According to Jamil Chade, columnist of the Universo Online portal, \"it is particularly preoccupancy against the significant increase of the Amazonia burnings, after…
telesurenglish.net/news/–geneva-brazils–will-face-accusations–of-human-rights-violations-20200224-0005.html

America\'s Moral Bankruptcy Goes Beyond Trump
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-24
The impeachment of the president of the United States! Surely such a mega-historic event would reverberate for weeks or months, leaving in its wake no end of consequences, large and small. Wouldn\'t it? Shouldn\'t it? | Truth to tell, the word historic does get tossed around rather loosely these days. Just about anything that happens at the White House, for example, is deemed historic. Watch the cable news networks and you\'ll hear the term employed regularly to describe everything from Oval Office addresses to Rose Garden pronouncements to press conferences in which foreign dignitaries listen passively while their…
truthdig.com/articles/trumps-faux-christianity-is-on-full-display/

OECD sounds corporate debt warning
wsws.org | 2020-02-24
The OECD pointed to an \"unprecedented build-up of corporate bond debt\" since the financial crisis of 2008 with an increase of $2.1 trillion in 2019 alone.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/24/oecd-f24.html

Love Is Lovelier the Third Time Around, Isn\'t It?
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-24
I sure as hell hope so. I\'ve been going through a rough patch these last few years. My search for true love has been disastrous. I suppose this is not unusual, but for it to be concentrated in just a …
globalresearch.ca/love-lovelier-third-time-around-isnt-it/5704557

Chris Matthews Has Sanders Derangement Syndrome
Juan Cole | truthdig.com | 2020-02-24
This piece originally appeared on Informed Comment. | I was watching MSNBC Saturday afternoon during the voting at the Nevada caucuses. I did a little channel surfing, checking in at CNN and at the real news on Al Jazeera. But mostly I had MSNBC on. And I nearly fell off my chair when I saw Chris Matthews compare Bernie Sanders\' victory to the Nazi invasion of France. He said he had been reading about WW II, and told the anecdote of a French general calling Churchill as the war began to tell him \"it is over.\" He said Churchill as…
truthdig.com/articles/chris-matthews-has-sanders-derangement-syndrome/

Elizabeth Warren Is the First Intersectional Candidate for President
Suzanna Danuta Walters | thenation.com | 2020-02-24
Elizabeth Warren Is the First Intersectional Candidate for President…
thenation.com/article/politics/elizabeth-warren-intersectional-campaign/

Elizabeth Warren Is Running an Unapologetically Intersectional Campaign
Suzanna Danuta Walters | thenation.com | 2020-02-24
Elizabeth Warren Is Running an Unapologetically Intersectional Campaign…
thenation.com/article/politics/elizabeth-warren-intersectional-campaign/

2021 Pentagon Budget Request Hints at Russia and China as the New Focus of US Empire
Darius Shahtahmasebi | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-24
As the disastrous US wars in the Middle East begin to wind down, the Pentagon is shifting its strategy, budget and arsenal to focus on a confrontation with Russia and China, writes Darius Shahtahmasebi.
mintpressnews.com/2021-pentagon-budget-request-russia-china/265124/

US defense secretary launches simulated nuclear attack against Russia in Pentagon war game
wsws.org | 2020-02-24
The war game took place as more than 20,000 troops and 20,000 military vehicles began to arrive in Europe for the massive \"Defender 2020\" exercise targeting Russia.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/24/nuke-f24.html

Scientists to hunt tornadoes with microphones used to listen for NUKES
rt.com | 2020-02-24
Meteorologists have long-struggled to predict when and where tornadoes will strike, but now scientists testing specialized microphones used to detect illegal nuclear weapons tests believe they may have a way to track the twisters. | Tornadoes can be a scourge, wreaking havoc and misery on populations with little to no prior warning because of how incredibly difficult they are to predict and track with any high degree of accuracy. | But now, Roger Waxler of the University of Mississippi and his team at the National Center for Physical Acoustics think they have the answer: microphones that can hear infrasound, o…
rt.com/usa/481551-scientists-hunt-tornadoes-nuke-microphones/

Scientists to hunt tornadoes with microphones used to listen for NUKES
rt.com | 2020-02-24
Meteorologists have long-struggled to predict when and where tornadoes will strike, but now scientists testing specialized microphones used to detect illegal nuclear weapons tests believe they may have a way to track the twisters. | Tornadoes can be a scourge, wreaking havoc and misery on populations with little to no prior warning because of how incredibly difficult they are to predict and track with any high degree of accuracy. | But now, Roger Waxler of the University of Mississippi and his team at the National Center for Physical Acoustics think they have the answer: microphones that can hear infrasound, o…
rt.com/usa/481551-scientists-hunt-tornadoes-nuke-microphones/

Afghan Troops say Taliban are Brothers and War is \"Not Really Our Fight.\"
Nicolas J.S. Davies | zcomm.org | 2020-02-24
The U.S. government is so corrupted by powerful military-industrial interests that it clearly has no interest in learning from these studies, any more than from its own long experience of illegal and catastrophic war-making…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/afghan-troops-say-taliban-are-brothers-and-war-is-not-really-our-fight/

Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad submits resignation amid political turmoil
rt.com | 2020-02-24
Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad submitted his resignation to the country\'s king on Monday, as his party exited the ruling alliance. | 94-year-old Mahathir announced he would step down following weekend talks between several coalition members and opposition groups on forming a new government that would exclude his expected successor Anwar Ibrahim. | It\'s unclear whether Anwar will still seek to take office. The politician is due to meet the king on Monday afternoon, perhaps in an attempt to persuade him that he has enough support from lawmakers to form a government.
rt.com/newsline/481541-malaysia-prime-minister-mohamad-resigns/