\'Disgusting joke\' & mockery of the law: Julian Assange has ZERO chance of fair trial if extradited to US, Roger Waters tells RT
rt.com | 2020-02-22
Julian Assange\'s extradition to the US would sound the death knell for both investigative journalism and the rule of law, Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters told RT ahead of a march organized in support of the WikiLeaks publisher. | With his extradition proceedings set to begin Monday, Assange faces 175 years in an American prison cell under the Espionage Act for his work with WikiLeaks, which has published thousands of pages of classified government documents since its founding

New conflict of interest evidence against UK judge in charge of Assange extradition process
wsws.org | 2020-02-22
Fresh evidence has emerged that the chief magistrate overseeing the extradition trial of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has received financial benefits from organizations connected to the UK Foreign Office.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/22/judg-f22.html

Demonstration to free Julian Assange this Monday in Montreal
wsws.org | 2020-02-22
\"This case is tremendously important and holds serious implications for journalism, free speech and human rights around the world,\" demonstration organizer Elizabeth Leier told the WSWS.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/22/mont-f22.html

European legal team will seek asylum for Julian Assange in France
wsws.org | 2020-02-22
Members of imprisoned WikiLeaks journalist Julian Assange\'s legal team, together with Assange\'s father John Shipton, held a press conference on Thursday in Paris.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/22/euas-f22.html

Global Protest Call Monday 24 Feb To Demand Freedom Of Julian Assange
BayAction2FreeAssange | indybay.org | 2020-02-22
British Consulate General | 1 Sansome Street | San Francisco, CA | Along with Belmarsh Prison, London and UK embassies and consulates around the world…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/20/18830859.php

Bloomberg surrogate was PR guru for Brazil\'s Bolsonaro
Ben Norton | zcomm.org | 2020-02-22
Former Michael Bloomberg aide Arick Wierson, who is pushing the billionaire\'s 2020 presidential campaign and attacking Bernie Sanders, helped elect far-right demagogue Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/bloomberg-surrogate-was-pr-guru-for-brazils-bolsonaro/

Tens of thousands protest all over Germany against right-wing terror
wsws.org | 2020-02-22
People in over 50 cities have taken part in spontaneous vigils and demonstrations in memory of the victims of the fascist attack in Hanau.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/22/germ-f22.html

Trump Goes after the Brits
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-22
The inept course of what passes for United States Foreign Policy continues, with the Trump Administration now going after the nation\'s second oldest friend, Great Britain. With Trump having serially insulted America\'s oldest ally France last year, it should only …
globalresearch.ca/diplomatic-immunity-raf-croughton-trump-goes-after-brits/5704246

Video: Turkey\'s Sultan-in-Chief Erdogan To the Rescue of Al-Qaeda in Idlib
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-22
Tensions between the United States and Russia are growing in northeastern Syria. On February 19, a video appeared online showing how an armored vehicle of the U.S. military was pushing a vehicle of the Russian Military Police off a road. …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkish-sultan-chief-guard-al-qaeda-idlib/5704252

\"Russia AgainGate\": Phony Accusations of Russian \"2020 Election Meddling\".The Big Lie that won\'t Die
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-22
The NYT falsely warned of Russian meddling to re-elect Trump that hasn\'t occurred. | Nor does any evidence suggest it\'s coming ahead. Earlier accusations of Moscow electoral interference to help Trump defeat Hillary in 2016 were bald-faced Big Lies. | Not a …
globalresearch.ca/season-phony-accusations-russian-us-election-meddling-surface/5704274

The Latinx Vote Might Carry \'Tio Bernie\' to Victory
Natasha Hakimi Zapata | truthdig.com | 2020-02-22
The Vermont senator is winning over the nation\'s largest minority voting block, and it could make the difference in Nevada and beyond.
truthdig.com/articles/the-latinx-vote-might-carry-tio-bernie-to-victory/

Intelligence agencies intervene in US elections to link Sanders to Putin
wsws.org | 2020-02-22
On the eve of Nevada Democratic caucuses, the Washington Post reported that \"US officials\" told Sanders the Russian government was working to aid his campaign.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/22/sand-f22.html

Coronavirus cases outside China are alarming, global health officials say
wsws.org | 2020-02-22
Though new cases of Covid-19 cases appear to be declining in Hubei province in China, officials are concerned that the epidemic may be expanding into other Asian countries and continents.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/22/coro-f22.html

China could expand its solar industry by 50% in 2020
rt.com | 2020-02-22
Despite the coronavirus epidemic ripping through various sectors of the Chinese economy, including the solar industry, Beijing may still significantly boost the number of solar installations this year. | According to the China Photovoltaic Industry Association forecast, China is set to see between 35 and 45 gigawatts in new installations in 2020. If the developers manage to reach the most optimistic figure, this would mean a 50 percent surge from the 30.1 gigawatts China saw in 2019. | Also on rt.com | | Could renewables overtake coal in China?
rt.com/business/481461-china-solar-industry-coronavirus/

Trump to confront Modi on \'religious freedoms\', Kashmir, tariffs & other US \'concerns\' during India visit
rt.com | 2020-02-22
On his first visit to India next week, US President Donald Trump is expected to wade into several domestic controversies, challenging his Indian counterpart on the state of religious freedom in the country, as well as Kashmir. | Trump will raise a number of \"concerns\" with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the trip, a White House official said on Friday, singling out the \"religious freedom issue\" as \"extremely important\" to the US administration. | \"Prime Minister Modi in his first speech after winning the election last year, talked about how he would prioritize being inclusive of Indian religious min…
rt.com/news/481448-trump-india-modi-concerns/

A \"ceasefire\" in Washington\'s Afghanistan debacle
wsws.org | 2020-02-22
After 18 years of war, the killing of nearly 2,400 troops and the squandering of roughly $1 trillion, Washington is negotiating a deal it could have had with the Taliban without a shot being fired.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/22/pers-f22.html

\'Extremely concerning\': Russia\'s Olympic Committee and diplomats file complaints over police raid on biathletes in Italy
rt.com | 2020-02-22
Moscow diplomats and sporting officials have urged Italy to explain why its police barged into the rooms of Russian biathletes mere hours before a world championship event. | The Russian Embassy in Rome demanded that Italy explain the reasons behind police searches conducted in the hotel rooms of Russian athletes on Saturday. The diplomats urged local authorities to guarantee all \"necessary conditions\" for Russians to train and participate in international tournaments in the country. | Moscow\'s Olympic Committee (OKR) asked its Italian counterpart and the International Biathlon Union (IBU) to explain the situa…
rt.com/russia/481468-russian-biathletes-searches-italy/

Germany: Lenin comes to Gelsenkirchen!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-22
On March 14, the Russian revolutionary, Marxist working-class theorist and leader of the October Revolution of 1917 will come to Gelsenkirchen, Germany. 150 years after his birthday he will move permanently into Gelsenkirchen-Horst – in the form of an over two meter tall, artfully shaped cast-iron statue in front of the Horster Mitte, the federal headquarters of the Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany (MLPD). | \"This will also be the start of a nationwide movement \'Don\'t give anti-communism a chance,\'\" says Gabi Fechtner, the chairwoman of the MLPD. \"In times where monuments of the great communist th…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/2/22/germany-lenin-comes-gelsenkirchen

Italian police search surging Russian biathlete Loginov HOURS before race
rt.com | 2020-02-22
Alexander Loginov, who broke a 12-year losing streak for Russian male biathletes by winning gold at the IBU World Championships, has been subjected to a search by Italian police hours before a Saturday event. | The search warrant served by police in Rasen-Antholz in South Tyrol, Italy where the competition is taking place targets Loginov and Russian team coach Alexander Kasperovich. | –í–æ–Ç –∫–∞–∫ –ø–Ä–æ–Ö–æ–¥–∏–ª –æ–±–&…
rt.com/sport/481453-loginov-search-italy-police/

Trump mocks \'fake news\' for running \'Russian Sympathizer Bernie\' smear, but doesn\'t miss a chance to score points
rt.com | 2020-02-22
It seems Donald Trump is yet to decide whether he would rather lampoon left-wing media for adding Democrat frontrunner Bernie Sanders to Team Russia or take the opportunity to mock his potential rival in the November poll. | Just a day apart, two steaming-hot scoops landed in the US media cycle. First, the New York Times said Russia was helping Donald Trump to get reelected. Then the Washington Post claimed Russia was helping Bernie Sanders\'s campaign. All based on anonymous sources, innuendos, and other traits with which even casual followers of the \'Russiagate\' saga are all too familiar. | One of the princip…
rt.com/usa/481452-trump-mocks-russia-sanders/

Sleeping in orbit & surviving Russian winter: Rakesh Sharma, first Indian in space, recalls his training & flight
rt.com | 2020-02-22
Four Indian astronauts are now training in Russia ahead of their nation\'s first manned space mission. Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space, shared with RT his memories of braving Russian winters and going into orbit in 1984. | Sharma, a former wing commander in the Indian Air Force, became the first

\'They took our rifles as if we were dangerous criminals\': Russian biathlete Loginov on Italian police raid
rt.com | 2020-02-22
Russian biathlete Alexander Loginov, who was subjected to a search by Italian police on Saturday, said that officers broke into their hotel room early in the morning while he was sleeping and confiscated his rifle. | The unexpected search, which took place hours before the men\'s relay race at the IBU World Championship, left the team in a state of shock, with Russian biathlon managers calling the raid an act of harassment. | READ MORE: Italian police search surging Russian biathlete Loginov HOURS before race…
rt.com/sport/481464-alexander-loginov-police-raid/

Low-wage workers make case for raises to North Carolina candidates
Rebekah Barber | zcomm.org | 2020-02-22
Workers are continuing to organize in the South

Canadian PM proclaims indigenous \"barricades must now come down\"
wsws.org | 2020-02-22
The Trudeau Liberal government, acting on the demands of its big business masters, is exhorting police to dismantle the indigenous railway blockades.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/22/trud-f22.html

Apocalypse Now! Insects, Pesticide and a Public Health Crisis
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-22
In 2017, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, and UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics, Baskut Tuncak, produced a report that called for a comprehensive new global treaty to regulate and phase out the use of dangerous pesticides in farming and move towards sustainable agricultural practices. In addition to the devastating impacts …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/apocalypse-now-insects-pesticide-and-a-public-health-crisis/

\"Seeing Frida Kahlo Through Disabled People\'s Perspectives\" by Corbett O\'Toole
de Young Museum Docent Council | indybay.org | 2020-02-22
Koret Auditorium | de Young Museum | 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive (in Golden Gate Park), SF…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/20/18830874.php

Trump and the Post-Factual
Sebastian Schindler | indybay.org | 2020-02-22
Trump\'s politics is naive and skeptical, gullable and cynical. Trump\'s relation with truth is like a generalization of conspiracy theory assumptions that see manipulative-conspiratorial activities at work behind observable reality. Beward pathological narcissists who are pathological paranoids!
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/21/18830877.php

More flooding hits sodden communities as deluge continues
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-22
A third consecutive weekend of stormy weather is bringing further flooding misery to already sodden communities.With swathes of South Wales and northern and central England still trying to cope with the impact of Storm Ciara and Storm Dennis, heavy showers have brought new flooding plus warnings of more to come.The Met Office said more belts of heavy rain were due on Saturday night and again on Sunday night, accompanied by warnings of high winds and snow in Scotland. | It will be another unsettled morning, with a #wind warning in force fo…
thecanary.co/uk/2020/02/22/more-flooding-hits-sodden-communities-as-deluge-continues/

EFF Asks FTC To Scrutinize Secret Deal Saddling .ORG Registry with $360 Million in Debt
EFF & Americans for Financial Reform | indybay.org | 2020-02-22
February 21, 2020: The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) called for the disclosure of secret financing details behind the $1.1 billion .ORG sale, and has asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to scrutinize the deal. The transaction would saddle the .ORG registry with $360 million in debt.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/21/18830883.php

Resistance To Putting Billionaire Doris Fisher\'s KIPP Hunters Point Charter On TI
Repost | indybay.org | 2020-02-22
There is resistance to putting billionaire GAP owner Doris Fisher\'s KIPP Charter on Treasure Island. The SF School District wants to put her charter on radioactive contaminated Treasure Island at the closed Treasure Island Elementary School. | Doris Fisher pushed to have her school co-locate with the Malcom X Academy Public school and want to grab more of the space at the public school. This is allowed under Proposition 39 which allows charter schools to bust up public schools by taking their space. Prop 39 was written by Netflix billionaire Reed Hastings and supported by the Fisher family which owns the GAP, The…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/20/18830850.php

What Billionaires Really Love About Hard Work
Sam Pizzigati | commondreams.org | 2020-02-22
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks during a campaign event on January 30, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/mike_bloomberg.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/02/22/what-billionaires-really-love-about-hard-work?cd-origin=rss

Video: \"To stop right terror, you need to know where it comes from\"
wsws.org | 2020-02-22
Socialist Equality Party (SGP) deputy chairman, Christoph Vandreier, spoke at a vigil at the Brandenburg Gate after a right-wing terrorist killed eight people in Hanau, Germany.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/22/vand-f22.html

Attorney General Becerrra and Governor Newsom file lawsuit against Trump water plan
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2020-02-22
\"As we face the unprecedented threat of a climate emergency, now is the time to strengthen our planet\'s biodiversity, not destroy it,\" said Attorney General Becerra. \"California won\'t silently spectate as the Trump Administration adopts scientifically-challenged biological opinions that push species to extinction and harm our natural resources and waterways.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/21/18830880.php

Study Suggests Twitter Bots Amplified Climate Denial Messages
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-22
Editor\'s note: This article originally appeared on Common Dreams. A new analysis of 6.5 million tweets from the days before and after U.S. President Donald Trump announced his intention to ditch the Paris agreement in June 2017 suggests that automated Twitter bots are substantially contributing to the spread of online misinformation about the climate crisis. Brown University …
truthdig.com/articles/study-suggests-twitter-bots-amplified-climate-denial-messages/

Janitors and Guards Feature Climate and Housing in Their Strike Demands
Steve Payne | zcomm.org | 2020-02-22
\"I\'m going to vote to strike today because we all deserve good jobs, but also because we need these companies to take responsibility for what they do to the planet, and to leave a healthy planet for our children and grandchildren.\"
zcomm.org/znetarticle/janitors-and-guards-feature-climate-and-housing-in-their-strike-demands/

No Chinese takeaway: Jiangsu Suning reveal bid to sign Gareth Bale fell through over Real Madrid\'s fee demands
rt.com | 2020-02-22
Gareth Bale could have been getting ready for the start of the Chinese Super League season, but one of the division\'s top clubs revealed a bid to bring the Welshman to China was scuppered when Real Madrid demanded a transfer fee. | …
rt.com/sport/481462-no-chinese-takeaway-for-gareth-bale/

Nicaraguan President: The US Repeats Policies Against Peoples
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-22
Nicaragua\'s President Daniel Ortega inaugurated Friday the new mandate of the Army\'s Chief Julio César Avilés, during a ceremony celebrating the 86th anniversary of the death of the revolutionary leader, General Augusto Nicolás Calderón Sandino. | RELATED: | US Imperialism in Nicaragua and the Making of Sandino | The National Assembly opened the session in Niquinohomo, where Sandino was born, as a tribute to the revolutionary leader. | \"Sandino, our national hero, and with him, we walk through his heroic…
telesurenglish.net/news/Nicaraguan-President-The-US-Repeats-Policies-Against-Peoples-20200221-0017.html

Thai students to protest banning of popular opposition party
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-22
Thai students are expected to stage a protest on Saturday against a court\'s decision that dissolved the country\'s second largest opposition party, less than a year after an election to end direct military rule.The Constitutional Court on Friday disbanded the upstart Future Forward Party, which won more than 6 million votes last year and came in third, for accepting loans from its founder.The court also banned 16 party executives from politics for 10 years, including its charismatic billionaire leader Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit.The ban strengthens the position in parliament of a coalition led by Prime Minister…
yenisafak.com/en/news/thai-students-to-protest-banning-of-popular-opposition-party-3512596

Sanders puts Democratic front-runner status on the line in Nevada\'s caucuses
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-22
Bernie Sanders faces a test of his front-runner status in the Democratic White House race on Saturday in Nevada, where voters will consider an unsettled field of candidates as they search for a challenger to take on President Donald Trump.Sanders, a self-identified democratic socialist senator from Vermont, has surged to the top of opinion polls nationally and in Nevada after strong performances in the first two nominating contests in Iowa and New Hampshire earlier this month.While Sanders\' rivals will try to blunt his momentum in Nevada, they each face significant challenges of their own.Former Vice President Jo…
yenisafak.com/en/world/sanders-puts-democratic-front-runner-status-on-the-line-in-nevadas-caucuses-3512593

Despite horror stories, California cruise passengers won\'t let coronavirus spoil their fun
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-22
With a white captain\'s hat perched on his head, Calvin Ballard seemed relaxed as he waited to depart on his first-ever cruise to Mexico, unfazed by the possibility of being trapped on a ship under siege by an outbreak of coronavirus.Like many fellow vacationers streaming onto an ocean liner docked near Los Angeles, Ballard said he was well aware that passengers aboard other cruises had ended up stranded for weeks, far from home, and he vowed to take special care to stay healthy. Nonetheless, he was determined to have a good time.\"What we\'re planning on doing is washing our hands often, trying not to touch things…
yenisafak.com/en/news/despite-horror-stories-california-cruise-passengers-wont-let-coronavirus-spoil-their-fun-3512594

Iraq reports first coronavirus infection
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-22
Iraq on Saturday reported its first coronavirus case in the southern Dhi Qar province, according to a local medical source.The source said an Iraqi student tested positive for the virus after returning from the Iranian city of Qom.He said the student has been quarantined for further tests.On Saturday, the Iraqi authorities called on its nationals not to travel to neighboring Iran, where five coronavirus deaths were reported.The move came after Iraq banned Iranian citizens from entering the country through border terminals for three days.Coronavirus has spread to more than 25 other countries including the U.S., th…
yenisafak.com/en/world/iraq-reports-first-coronavirus-infection-3512582

Syrian Turkmen support Ankara\'s involvement in Idlib
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-22
Turkey is involved in Syria in order to stop deaths and displacement, speaker of the Syrian Turkmen Assembly said on Saturday.In an interview with Anadolu Agency, Muhammed Vecih Cuma said that the continuing attacks by Assad regime and its allies in Idlib, Syria, have led to the region\'s \"biggest humanitarian crisis\".He said that nearly four million people in the region were expecting help.\"One million of them are displaced from their homes and have lost their families,\" Cuma said. \"While some of them live in tents, others, unfortunately, try to survive under trees. Turkey helps them.\"Established in 2012, the Syr…
yenisafak.com/en/world/syrian-turkmen-support-ankaras-involvement-in-idlib-3512598

Aramco to win unconditional EU clearance for $69 bln SABIC deal
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-22
Saudi Aramco is set to gain unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $69 billion buy of a 70% stake in petrochemicals group Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC) , people familiar with the matter said on Friday.Aramco announced the deal to acquire the controlling stake from sovereign investor Public Investment Fund (PIF) in March last year, a move key to its diversification into refining and petrochemicals.Riyadh-headquartered SABIC, the world\'s fourth largest petrochemicals group, has operations in over 50 countries.The European Commission, which is scheduled to decide on the case by Feb. 27, declined to commen…
yenisafak.com/en/economy/aramco-to-win-unconditional-eu-clearance-for-69-bln-sabic-deal-3512587

At least six PKK/KCK suspects arrested in southern Turkey
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-22
Turkish police arrested on Saturday six PKK/KCK suspects for their links to the terrorist group, security sources said.The arrests came after prosecutors in the southern port city of Mersin issued warrants for the suspects, said the sources who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.Those arrested include members of the Peoples\' Democratic Party (HDP) such as Akdeniz district chair Feyza Kaya and Toroslar district chair Cabbar Karabeg, among others.Ankara has long accused the HDP of having links to the terrorist YPG/PKK.In its more than 30-year terror campaign against Turkey, the PKK -…
yenisafak.com/en/news/at-least-six-pkk-kck-suspects-arrested-in-southern-turkey-3512586

Lesotho PM granted medical leave from wife murder case: police
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-22
Lesotho\'s 80-year-old prime minister has been granted sick leave until Feb. 27 when he will be have to appear in court on charges of murdering his wife, the country\'s deputy police commissioner said on Saturday.Thomas Thabane was due to be charged on Friday, but he failed to appear in court and instead travelled to South Africa for what aides said was a medical appointment.Police at the time threatened to issue an arrest warrant if there was evidence that Thabane, who denies involvement in the killing, was trying to evade justice.His then-wife Lilipelo, 58, was shot dead in June 2017, two days before he took offi…
yenisafak.com/en/news/lesotho-pm-granted-medical-leave-from-wife-murder-case-police-3512595

ANALYSIS: EU aims to restrict Turkey in Mediterranean
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-22
Josep Borrell, who assumed…
yenisafak.com/en/news/analysis-eu-aims-to-restrict-turkey-in-mediterranean-3512592

Turkish father loses \'helpful\' son in Germany shooting
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-22
His father, Behcet Gultekin said he was shot dead two minutes after he met him.The father, who is suffering from cancer, has been living in Germany for 52 years.\"I go to the Frankfurt University clinic twice a week for chemotherapy. He used to take me and served as an interpreter for me […] He was very helpful and very religious,\" Behcet Gultekin said. Burak Kararti, Turkey\'s consul general in Frankfurt, told reporters after a visit to the grieving family that Turkish-origin people, as the largest foreign community in the country, often face these kinds of racist attacks. \"Terrorism has no nationality, gender,…
yenisafak.com/en/world/turkish-father-loses-helpful-son-in-germany-shooting-3512597

India says discovers fields with over 3,000 tonnes of gold ore
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-22
India, the world\'s second-biggest gold consumer, has discovered gold fields with reserves of over 3,000 tonnes in its most populous northern state, a government official said on Saturday.India mines between 2 to 3 tonnes of gold annually, relying on expensive imports to fulfil nearly all of its demand, which averaged 843 tonnes per year over the past 10 years.Its hunger for gold – used extensively in jewellery, as offerings to Gods and in lavish weddings – cost India more than $31 billion on imports last year, making the metal its second-biggest import item after crude oil.Federal and state departments have disco…
yenisafak.com/en/world/india-says-discovers-fields-with-over-3000-tonnes-of-gold-ore-3512590

Demystifying death of former Pakistani President Ziaulhaq
yenisafak.com | 2020-02-22
The crash of C-130 plane near the Pakistani city of Bahawalpur, 531 kilometers (330 miles) south of Pakistani capital Islamabad on Aug. 17, 1988, killing country\'s President and Army Chief Gen. Muhammad Ziaulhaq continues to remain shrouded in mystery. The crash also killed U.S. Ambassador Arnold Lewis Raphel and several other top Pakistani military officials. Over the past three decades, many people speculated about the sabotage, believing that explosives were hidden in a crate of mangoes loaded on the plane in Bahawalpur. But the Pakistani and the U.S. authorities have repeatedly denied and described the crash…
yenisafak.com/en/news/demystifying-death-of-former-pakistani-president-ziaulhaq-3512585

Vivienne Westwood: \'If Julian Assange Goes Down, It\'s the End of Justice\'
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-22
Protesters have been gathering in London to support WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on the eve of the first hearings into his possible extradition to the United States to be held at Woolwich Crown Court.
sputniknews.com/world/202002221078379891-vivienne-westwood-if-julian-assange-goes-down-its-the-end-of-justice/

\'Pathway to Peace\' Would Revolutionize US Foreign Policy
Ilhan Omar | zcomm.org | 2020-02-21
The seven bills would steer US foreign policy towards international norms and remove support for human rights violators. While the chances are slim that these bills will pass, they outline a progressive foreign policy.
zcomm.org/znetarticle/pathway-to-peace-would-revolutionize-us-foreign-policy/

Veteran \"Four Corners\" journalist Andrew Fowler denounces Australian government\'s refusal to defend Assange
wsws.org | 2020-02-21
\"The persecution of Assange is an attack on anyone who speaks out against the power and authority of the United States. It is a warning to every journalist: \'Pull your head in. Shut up. Don\'t question.\'\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/21/afow-f21.html

Global Protest Call Monday 24 Feb To Demand Freedom Of Julian Assange
BayAction2FreeAssange | indybay.org | 2020-02-21
British Consulate General | 1 Sansome Street | San Francisco, CA | Along with Belmarsh Prison, London and UK embassies and consulates around the world…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/20/18830859.php

UK Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell visits Julian Assange in Belmarsh Prison
wsws.org | 2020-02-21
McDonnell described the Assange case as \"one of the most important and significant political trials of this generation,\" but made clear that his party will do nothing to mobilise the immense popular support that exists for the WikiLeaks publisher.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/21/mcdd-f21.html

Standing Up for Left Literature: In India, It Can Cost You Your Life
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
On February 16, 2015, Govind and Uma Pansare went for a morning walk near their home in Pune (Maharashtra, India). Two men on a motorcycle stopped near them and asked for directions, but the Pansares could not help them; one of the men laughed, removed a gun, and shot the two. Uma Pansare was hit…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/standing-up-for-left-literature-in-india-it-can-cost-you-your-life/

You write injustice on the Earth; we will write revolution in the skies
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-02-21
\'Scientists are wrong\', the Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano said with a warm smile on his face. \'Human beings are not made of atoms; they are made of stories\'. It is why we want to sing and draw, tell each other about our lives and our hopes, talk about the wonders in our lives and the […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/21/you-write-injustice-on-the-earth-we-will-write-revolution-in-the-skies/

How dare you! Climate-sensitive snail named after Greta Thunberg
rt.com | 2020-02-21
In addition to Time magazine\'s Person of the Year and a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has received a new accolade from the scientific community, and it\'s something. | To mark all of her achievements, a team of researchers has decided to endow her with arguably the greatest honor of all: they… erm… named a snail after her. | The \'Craspedotropis gretathunbergae\' is a new species of temperature-sensitive land snail discovered by Taxon expeditions in the forests of Borneo. | \"The newly described snail belongs to the so-called caenogastropods, a group of land snai…
rt.com/news/481359-greta-thunberg-snail-borneo-reaction/

Extensive Chemical Safety Fraud Uncovered at German Testing Laboratory
Jonathan Latham | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
The case of an animal rights activist who infiltrated an independent German chemical testing laboratory has triggered the discovery of an apparently extensive chemical testing fraud. LPT Hamburg, with around 175 employees, is one of the largest contract laboratories in Germany. It is a family owned private company. It prepares regulatory studies on behalf of…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/extensive-chemical-safety-fraud-uncovered-at-german-testing-laboratory/

One Winning Way to Build the Peace Movement and One Losing Way
Richard Moser | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
Q. What cloaks the empire and turns a mighty movement into a mirage? A. Narrow partisan politics. When anti-war activism plays second-fiddle to \"follow the leader\" the chosen champion and the opposing villian loom so large that they become the main focus of attention obscuring the empire and dumbing the movement down. But, build independent…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/one-winning-way-to-build-the-peace-movement-and-one-losing-way/

Left Media and Venezuela: An exchange
Lucas Koerner | mronline.org | 2020-02-21
ucas Koerner\'s recent piece for Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting, \"How Western Left Media Helped Legitimate U.S. Regime Change in Venezuela\" (1/22/20), is a leading exemplar of a genre of leftist thought which might be termed \"shotgun leftism,\" due to its self-professed \"uncompromising\" commitment to revolutionary movements and states, and harsh \"shoot-\'em-up\" stance towards anyone […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/21/left-media-and-venezuela-an-exchange/

UN List of Firms Aiding Israel\'s Settlements was Dead on Arrival
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
Nazareth. After lengthy delays, the United Nations finally published a database last week of businesses that have been profiting from Israel\'s illegal settlement activity in the West Bank. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, announced that 112 major companies had been identified as operating in Israeli settlements in ways that violate human…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/un-list-of-firms-aiding-israels-settlements-was-dead-on-arrival/

More Real-Time Reflections from Your Friendly South Loop Marxist
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
Sunday 2/16 Monday, 2/17 Nina Simone 1968: \"Ain\'t got no class, ain\'t got no culture, ain\'t got no faith, ain\'t got no water, ain\'t got no money, ain\'t got no country…ain\'t got no God.\" Stirring the Caldron So the demented fascist oligarch Donald Trump took \"the Beast\" on a Victory Lap around the Daytona 500…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/more-real-time-reflections-from-your-friendly-south-loop-marxist/

\'The Donald Trump I know\': Abbas\' UN Speech and the Breakdown of Palestinian Politics
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
A precious moment has been squandered, as Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, had the chance to right a historical wrong, by reinstating Palestinian national priorities at the United Nations Security Council on February 11, through a political discourse that is completely independent from Washington and its allies. For a long time, Abbas has been a…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/the-donald-trump-i-know-abbas-un-speech-and-the-breakdown-of-palestinian-politics/

Bernie Should Own the Socialist Label
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
Bernie Sanders is currently the frontrunner for the Democratic presidential nomination. He and everyone else knows exactly how the Republicans will attack him if and when he becomes the nominee: old-fashioned redbaiting. China became communist in name only during the 1980s, the Soviet Union shut its doors in 1991, the Cold War is dead, and…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/bernie-should-own-the-socialist-label/

On JFK, Tulsi Gabbard Keeps Very Respectable Company
Jefferson Morley | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
On Monday night in Fairfax, Virginia, Donald Jeffries, author and talk radio host, asked Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard about a book she was seen carrying, \"JFK and the Unspeakable.\" Published in 2008, the book is a Catholic philosopher\'s meditation about the assassination of liberal president John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, one of…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/on-jfk-tulsi-gabbard-keeps-very-respectable-company/

Bloomberg Versus Bernie: The Upcoming Battle?
Gary Leupp | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
Between January 11 and April 14, 2019, Tulsi Gabbard, Kamala Harris, Marianne Williamson, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg had all announced their presidential bids. Sanders after entering the race formally on Feb. 19 was the immediate front runner. Biden entered the race on April 25, immediately replacing Bernie as the new…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/bloomberg-versus-bernie-the-upcoming-battle/

Tunisian parliament to vote on new govt next week as moderate Islamist party backs lineup
rt.com | 2020-02-21
Tunisia is set to hold a confidence vote on a new government on February 26, after more than four months of political wrangling following elections in the country, according to a parliamentary statement. | The parliament announced a date for the vote on Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh\'s government after the premier unveiled a revised cabinet lineup earlier this week. | An initial version of the list had been rejected by the Islamist-inspired party Ennahdha, which won the most seats in October\'s legislative election but fell far short of a majority in the 217-seat assembly. | The party won seven portfolios in the…
rt.com/newsline/481375-tunisia-government-confidence-parliament/

Encountering Malcolm X
Louis Proyect | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
Watching the six-part documentary \"Who Killed Malcolm X?\" on Netflix stirred up powerful memories of how important he was to my political evolution. While the documentary is focused on exploring the Nation of Islam\'s (NOI) role in his murder, it also sheds light on Malcolm\'s post-NOI political odyssey. By creating a rival movement to the…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/encountering-malcolm-x/

Shadow of war: What are the odds Turkey will start a full-scale offensive against Syria in Idlib?
rt.com | 2020-02-21
Tensions are boiling over between Ankara and Damascus as Turkey vowed to take matters into its own hands and openly intervene in Syria\'s Idlib province, where government forces are routing the Turkish-backed militants. | The troubled north-western province is the last major bastion of the militants in war-torn Syria. It saw another round of escalating violence on Thursday. Local armed groups seeking to push back the Syrian Army from the territories along the strategic highway it recently seized were counting on support from Turkish artillery, which only stood down after Russian forces in the area intervened.
rt.com/news/481323-turkey-miliary-offensive-syria-russia/

Turkey\'s Erdogan says will not withdraw from Syria\'s Idlib
rt.com | 2020-02-21
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed not to remove Turkish troops from Syria\'s Idlib region and said that his upcoming phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin will help Ankara determine its policies. | Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed not to remove Turkish troops from Syria\'s Idlib region until Damascus ends \"violence\". Exact policies will depend on the upcoming talk with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, he said. | DETAILS TO FOLLOW…
rt.com/news/481391-erdogan-not-withdraw-syria-idlib/

Fighting mounts as Washington backs Turkish attack on Syria, Russia
wsws.org | 2020-02-21
US-backed Turkish military operations targeting Syrian and Russian units in Syria could escalate into an all-out clash between Russia and the entire NATO alliance.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/21/turk-f21.html

Britain First leader Paul Golding charged under the Terrorism Act
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-21
The leader of far-right political group Britain First has been charged with an offence under the Terrorism Act after refusing to give police access to his phone. | Paul Golding was stopped at Heathrow Airport in October on his way back from a trip to the Russian Parliament in Moscow by officers from the Met\'s Counter Terrorism Command. | He refused to give the pin codes for a number of his electronic devices. | Golding was later charged with refusing to comply with a duty under Schedule 7 of the act. | In a statement, Golding said he was not a terrorist and described the charges as \"an abuse of legislation\". | Sc…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/02/21/britain-first-leader-paul-golding-charged-under-the-terrorism-act/

Kremlin: Claims of Russian backing for Trump in US election \'untrue\' & down to \'paranoia\'
rt.com | 2020-02-21
Vladimir Putin\'s spokesman says statements suggesting Russia plans to interfere in this year\'s US Presidential election \"don\'t have anything in common with the truth.\" | Dmitry Peskov slammed the idea Moscow will attempt to help President Donald Trump achieve re-election as being of \"paranoid character.\" | He was responding to US media reports which claimed US intelligence has warned politicians that Moscow is already laying the groundwork to get behind the Republican Party incumbent. | CNN, quoting its usual anonymous sources, told of a briefing where Russian readiness to use hacking, the \'weaponisation\' of s…
rt.com/russia/481381-trump-us-russia-paranoia-elections/

Another \'highly likely\'-style accusation: Moscow brushes aside \'evidence-free\' Georgia cyberattack
rt.com | 2020-02-21
The US and its allies have claimed Russia\'s military intelligence defaced Georgian websites with an image of the country\'s former president. Moscow says the accusation is not backed by any evidence and is clearly just a PR stunt. | In late October last year, Georgia suffered what was described as the largest cyberattack in its history. Over 15,000 web pages

The Soviet Century
Kerron àì Luain | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
Moshe Lewin (1921-2010) was a scholar of Russian and Soviet history. Of Jewish stock, he was born in what is now modern Lithuania. In his youth he worked on a collectivized farm and in a metallurgy factory in the Soviet state, before enlisting in the Red Army during the Second World War. Afterwards, Lewin spent…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/the-soviet-century/

Bloomberg is a Climate Change Con Man
Joshua Frank | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
It\'s an open secret in green circles that Michael Bloomberg is a climate change con man, and organizations like the Sierra Club that take hundreds of millions in donations from the former New York City mayor to fight coal, are complicit in his fraudulent scheme to coopt the climate change movement.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/bloomberg-is-a-climate-change-con-man/

Climate Restoration: Save the Arctic and the Earth (Cupertino)
Climate Reality Project Santa Clara | indybay.org | 2020-02-21
Quinlan Community Center, 10185 N. Stelling Rd., Cupertino, CA 95014…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/19/18830836.php

Pathways to Climate Smart Careers Fair for High School Students
City of San José Environmental Services | indybay.org | 2020-02-21
Fairmont Hotel San José, 170 South Market Street, San José , CA 95113…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/19/18830833.php

2020 Youth Climate Action Summit Grades 9-12 in San Jose
TTFGGSB | indybay.org | 2020-02-21
The Tech Interactive, 201 S Market St, San Jose, CA 95113…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/19/18830835.php

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos launches $10 billion climate change fund
wsws.org | 2020-02-21
In response to growing opposition within Amazon, as well as society as a whole, to the growing climate crisis and the role of super-rich billionaires in it, Bezos, the world\'s richest person, has launched a new philanthropic fund.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/21/bezo-f21.html

\'Tough year for airlines\': Global air traffic could fall for 1st time since 2003 due to coronavirus
rt.com | 2020-02-21
The International Air Transport Authority (IATA) has warned that declining travel demand amid the Covid-19 virus outbreak could cost global carriers tens of billions of dollars in lost revenue. | The IATA\'s forecast assumes that the outbreak will remain mostly in China, which means airlines in Asia will be hit the hardest and could lose nearly $28 billion in revenue this year. Carriers outside the region are likely to suffer a smaller sales hit of $1.5 billion. | What is the estimated impact of #COVID19? In a SARS-shaped scenario,…
rt.com/business/481340-global-air-traffic-fall/

\'Inappropriate\': Tokyo mayor rejects idea of moving 2020 Olympics to London amid coronavirus scare
rt.com | 2020-02-21
The mayor of Tokyo has rebuffed a British politician\'s suggestion to have London host the Olympics instead of the Japanese capital, after several planned sporting events there were disrupted by the coronavirus outbreak. | \"While the coronavirus has become a global topic, it is inappropriate to make statements on the issue in a [London] mayoral election,\" Yuriko Koike told reporters on Friday. | Koike\'s words were a rebuke aimed at Shaun Bailey, the Conservative Party\'s candidate for Mayor of London, who urged the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to \"seriously consider\" moving the 2020 Summer Olympics from…
rt.com/news/481383-japan-tokyo-mayor-olympics/

\"One must not forget\": A musical tribute in Berlin to Jewish members of the Deutsche Oper orchestra persecuted by the Nazis
wsws.org | 2020-02-21
A moving concert paid tribute to four Jewish members of the Deutsche Oper orchestra who were forced into exile or murdered after Hitler came to power in 1933.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/21/berl-f21.html

The Debate Question That Really Mattered
Kathleen Wallace | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
The last question asked during the recent Democratic debate was the one that laid reality bare. The question was basically \"are you okay with the will of the voters being subverted in order for the DNC establishment to place their own selected candidate as their nominee?\" The answers came without hesitation from all but candidate…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/the-debate-question-that-really-mattered-2/

Apocalypse Now! Insects, Pesticide and a Public Health Crisis
Colin Todhunter | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
In 2017, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Hilal Elver, and UN Special Rapporteur on Toxics, Baskut Tuncak, produced a report that called for a comprehensive new global treaty to regulate and phase out the use of dangerous pesticides in farming and move towards sustainable agricultural practices. In addition to the devastating impacts on human health,…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/apocalypse-now-insects-pesticide-and-a-public-health-crisis-2/

A Paradoxical Colonel: He Doesn\'t Know What He is Talking About, Because He Knows What He is Talking About
Stephen Reyna | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
\'Woke … a political term of African-American origin refers to a perceived awareness of issues concerning social justice and racial justice\' (Wikipedia 2010). \'Woke\' can be about matters other than social justice. This brief essay is a appraisal of David Kilcullen\'s The Accidental Guerrilla, Fighting Small Wars in the Midst of a Big One [TAG].[1]…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/a-paradoxical-colonel-he-doesnt-know-what-he-is-talking-about-because-he-knows-what-he-is-talking-about/

\'Extremists,\' Not Collaborators, Have Kept Wilderness Whole
George Wuerthner | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
Recently there have been commentaries published advocating collaboration to \"settle\" wilderness designation issues. Collaboration proponents often criticize those who are unwilling to compromise about wildlands protection as \"extremists.\" One of the most ardent and extreme wilderness advocates in Montana was a guy named Robert Marshall

A New Solar Power Deal From California
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
I met Devon Hartman a few years ago in Claremont, California, where I have been living since 2008. He is tall and lean, wearing glasses and a pointed small beard. He grew up in Kansas. And for thirty-five years, he presided over a successful architectural firm, building and renovating expensive houses with little awareness of…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/a-new-solar-power-deal-from-california/

Trump\'s Wall is Destroying the Environment We Worked to Protect
Laiken Jordahl | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
Imagine dedicating your entire life to protecting a place. Then imagine watching everything you\'ve worked to protect be bulldozed by a desperate, self-serving president. That\'s what\'s happening right now to career scientists and conservationists at Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument on Arizona\'s border with Mexico. I used to work there too. It breaks my heart.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/trumps-wall-is-destroying-the-environment-we-worked-to-protect/

A Trump Sentence Commutation Attorneys Generals Liked
Martha Rosenberg | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
The year was 2008. Hundreds of ICE officers swooped down on Agriprocessors, the nation\'s largest kosher slaughterhouse located in Postville, Iowa, in the largest single-site raid to date in U.S. history. Half of the 800 person workforce was arrested. In addition to kosher brands, Agriprocessors meat was sold as Iowa Best Beef Brand in Albertson\'s, Kroger, Shop…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/a-trump-sentence-commutation-attorneys-generals-liked/

We Can Fireproof Homes But Not Forests
Mike Garrity | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
Using wildfires as their cover, Montana\'s Republican Senator Steve Daines announced that he and California\'s Democrat Senator Diane Feinstein are introducing legislation to weaken federal environmental laws and allow more logging and thinning of our national forests. Private, for-profit timber companies have already over-cut the private forest lands in the West and now Feinstein and Daines…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/we-can-fireproof-homes-but-not-forests/

Roma: How Romans Differ From Europeans
Gaither Stewart | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
Drive across the Alps into Italy and set out southwards and you\'re surprised that the capital city on the Mediterranean is still hundreds of kilometers away. That long road ahead makes you conscious of the isolation of the ancient city called Roma. And you are right. Rome is isolated. Far away from the \"real\" Europe…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/roma-how-romans-differ-from-europeans/

Duterte Does the Right Thing for a Change
Walden Bello | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-21
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte\'s termination of a key military pact with the United States, the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA), which governed the deployment of US troops in the country, has evoked varied responses. In some liberal and progressive circles, the move provoked trepidation owing to Duterte\'s perceived closeness to Chinese President Xi Jinping. Others were…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/21/duterte-does-the-right-thing-for-a-change/

Saudis \'intercept missiles fired from Yemen\' as Pompeo tours kingdom with \'Iranian threat\' show & promotes US air defenses (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-02-21
Several ballistic missiles fired from the direction of Yemen were allegedly intercepted by Saudi Arabia\'s air defenses, as the US secretary of state travels the country talking up the \"Iranian threat\" and the might of US weapons. | The missiles are said to have been launched from the direction of Yemen\'s capital, Sanaa and reportedly targeted an oil terminal near the city of Yanbu early on Friday morning local time, though few details about the attack have been confirmed. | \"The Royal Saudi Air Defense intercepted ballistic missiles launched by the terrorist Iran-backed Houthi militia towards Saudi cities,\" th…
rt.com/news/481329-saudi-yemen-missiles-pompeo/

Brazilian Army general takes over as Bolsonaro\'s chief minister\'s government
wsws.org | 2020-02-21
The Brazilian military now holds 9 of 22 cabinet seats–including all of those with offices in the Planalto presidential palace–and has gained a presence in practically every ministry.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/21/braz-f21.html

Venezuela declares an energy emergency
rt.com | 2020-02-21
Nicolas Maduro has declared an energy emergency in Venezuela in order to protect the nations oil and ensure energy security. | \"I declare an emergency situation in the oil industry by constitutional and presidential decree in order to take urgent and necessary measures to ensure the country\'s energy security and protect the industry from imperialist aggression,\" Maduro said. | \"Clause 2 creates a plenipotentiary presidential commission for the protection, restructuring and reorganization of the national oil industry.\" | Tomando como base la actual coyuntura geopolítica de permanente agresión contra Venezuela,…
rt.com/business/481373-venezuela-declares-energy-emergency/

Week-long \'reduction in violence\' in Afghanistan to begin on Saturday
rt.com | 2020-02-21
A week-long \"reduction in violence\" between the Taliban, the US, and Afghan security forces will commence at midnight (1930 GMT), officials said on Friday, ahead of the signing of a possible deal between Washington and the insurgents. \"The reduction in violence will start from 22 February and will last for one week,\" according to Javed Faisal, Afghanistan\'s National Security Council spokesman. | Three senior Taliban leaders in Doha and Afghanistan confirmed to Reuters that they had agreed to reduce violence in Afghanistan for seven days from Friday night. | The agreement was struck during protracted negotiatio…
rt.com/newsline/481376-reduction-violence-afghanistan-taliban/

Stop the right-wing terror in Germany!
wsws.org | 2020-02-21
A right-wing extremist terrorist shot and killed nine people in the German city of Hanau on Wednesday evening.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/21/pers-f21.html

EU agrees to new military mission against Libya
wsws.org | 2020-02-21
The foreign ministers of all 27 EU countries agreed on a new military mission in Libya on Monday.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/21/liby-f21.html

Resistance To Putting Billionaire Doris Fisher\'s KIPP Hunters Point Charter On TI
Repost | indybay.org | 2020-02-21
There is resistance to putting billionaire GAP owner Doris Fisher\'s KIPP Charter on Treasure Island. The SF School District wants to put her charter on radioactive contaminated Treasure Island at the closed Treasure Island Elementary School. | Doris Fisher pushed to have her school co-locate with the Malcom X Academy Public school and want to grab more of the space at the public school. This is allowed under Proposition 39 which allows charter schools to bust up public schools by taking their space. Prop 39 was written by Netflix billionaire Reed Hastings and supported by the Fisher family which owns the GAP, The…
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