Anti-BDS laws are meant to censor & control speech, journalist Abby Martin tells RT after suing Georgia govt over cancelled talk
rt.com | 2020-02-14
Barred from speaking at a public university over her refusal to sign a pledge of allegiance to Israel, journalist Abby Martin is now suing the state of Georgia, arguing its anti-BDS legislation sets fire to the First Amendment. | Slated to give a keynote talk at a media literacy conference at Georgia Southern University later this month, Martin was asked to sign what amounts to a loyalty oath to the State of Israel, mandated under a 2016 Georgia law barring the government from hiring contractors who boycott Israeli products or associate with the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Martin t…
rt.com/usa/480806-abby-martin-georgia-bds/

Video: Syrian Army Gives Turkey \"Flick on Nose\" in Nayrab, Secures Entire Aleppo-Damascus Highway
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-14
For the first time in about 8 years of the war, Syrian government forces have established control of the entire M5 highway, which runs from the border with Jordan through Damascus, Homs and Hama to Aleppo. | During the first half …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-army-gives-turkey-flick-nose-nayrab-secures-entire-aleppo-damascus-highway/5703532

Western Anti-Chinese Propaganda Exaggerates Coronavirus Danger, Creates Panic
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-14
Now it is becoming obvious who China\'s friends are, and who her enemies are. In the West, many nations and individuals are celebrating the short-term difficulties that the Chinese nation is facing, pouring salt into the wound, while giving birth …
globalresearch.ca/western-anti-chinese-propaganda-exaggerates-coronavirus-danger-creates-panic/5703540

Video: Residents of Syrian Town Open Fire on US Armed Forces Patrol
Almasdar News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-14
A new video from the Al-Qamishli countryside was released this afternoon following a skirmish between the U.S. Armed Forces and residents of Khirbat Amo. | According to a report from the Al-Hasakah Governorate, the residents of Khirbat Amo attempted to block …
globalresearch.ca/video-moment-residents-syrian-town-open-fire-us-patrol/5703570

Traditional Indigenous and White Man\'s Conflicting Rules of Law: A Coming to Terms that Hasn\'t Been Resolved Since \"First Contact\"
Irwin Jerome | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-14
The controversy now erupting throughout Canada over the issue of the construction of the TransMountain Oil Pipeline is revealing a fundamental unresolved impasse that has existed since first contact in the New World between the opposing philosophies and rules of …
globalresearch.ca/traditional-indigenous-coming-terms-hasnt-been-resolved-since-first-contact/5703557

London Attack: West\'s Terrorists Bite the Hand that Feeds Them (Again)
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-14
The latest incident in London was so entirely preventable that it is difficult to describe it as anything less than deliberate. | In yet another headline-grabbing terror attack

Regime Change Wars Have No Basis in International Law
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-14
We\'re living in times of war psychosis. Regime Change wars have no basis in international law. They are entirely illegal, and they are all based on lies. We have seen the results, which are always catastrophic for all but certain …
globalresearch.ca/regime-change-wars-no-basis-international-law/5703545

Invisible Mega Oil Spill Beyond the Deepwater Horizon Oil Slick Satellite Footprint
Igal Berenshtein | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-14
Introduction | The Deepwater Horizon (DWH) blowout was a mega oil spill, introducing ~795 million liters of live oil into the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) with oil slicks covering an estimated area of 149,000 km2 (1). As a result, vast | …
globalresearch.ca/invisible-oil-beyond-deepwater-horizon-satellite-footprint/5703566

The Political Economy of Corruption: Corruption Kills People, Ruins the Economy, Violates Human Rights
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-14
The whole world is facing the deepening and widening corruption which challenges the very survival of the free democracy and the free market economy. | Korea has been suffering for last 70 years from the corruption culture. But owing to courageous …
globalresearch.ca/political-economy-corruption-corruption-kills-people-corruption-ruins-economy-corruption-violates-human-rights/5703558

Sanders and AOC\'s Fracking Ban Angers Centrists and Their Fossil Fuel Backers
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-13
House Democrats have finally unveiled a flurry of climate bills aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, but activists say only one proposal represents the \"gold standard\" for tackling the climate crisis: Legislation introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that would ban fracking nationwide. While none of these bills are likely to become law under President Trump, together they form the contours of a fierce debate among Democrats and environmentalists over the f…
truthout.org/articles/sanders-and-aocs-fracking-ban-angers-centrists-and-their-fossil-fuel-backers/

AOC Blasts Bloomberg Over \'Racist\' Stop and Frisk Policy
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-13
United States Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed Thursday Democratic presidential candidate and businessman Michael Bloomberg over his record as the mayor of New York City and the contentious \"stop and frisk\" policy he backed while in office. | RELATED: | Evo Morales Thanked US Senator Bernie Sanders for His Support | Ocasio-Cortez said Bloomberg is \"just a billionaire trying to cover up authoritarian and racist policy,\" if he does not take action to provide relief to…
telesurenglish.net/news/AOC-Blasts-BloombergOver-Stop-and-Frisk-Policy–20200213-0020.html

International Day Of Action To Free Julian Assange & Chelsea Manning
BACFJA | indybay.org | 2020-02-13
UK Consulate | 1 Sansome St. | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/11/18830618.php

Petition for Assange\'s freedom tabled again in Australian parliament
wsws.org | 2020-02-13
Despite the powerful public support and strongly expressed sentiments of the petition, its tabling received virtually no coverage in the corporate media.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/13/parl-f13.html

After 10 months\' silence, UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warns against extradition of Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-02-13
For the past year, Corbyn has led the suppression of any discussion over Assange\'s imprisonment in Britain and the country\'s participation in the US-led attempt to destroy him.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/13/assa-f13.html

Can the World\'s Second Superpower Rise From the Ashes of Twenty Years of War
Medea Benjamin | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-13
While our government\'s war propaganda has convinced many Americans that we are powerless to stop its catastrophic wars, it has failed to convince most Americans that we are wrong to want to.
mintpressnews.com/can-public-opinion-rise-ashes-twenty-years-of-war/264899/

Why the Buttigieg Campaign Tried to Have Me Arrested for Handing Out Information About Medicare for All
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-02-13
Trying to block information on a New Hampshire campus…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/10/18830596.php

Bolivia: An Election in the Midst of an Ongoing Coup
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-13
On May 3, 2020, the Bolivian people will go to the polls once more. They return there because President Evo Morales had been overthrown in a coup in November 2019. Morales had just won a presidential election in October for a term that would have begun in January 2020. Based on a preliminary investigation by…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/13/bolivia-an-election-in-the-midst-of-an-ongoing-coup/

Bolivia: An election in the midst of an ongoing coup
Vijay Prashad | zcomm.org | 2020-02-13
Even with the violence from the government and its fascistic paramilitaries, even with Romero at the helm of the TSE, even with USAID on the ground, and even with the shenanigans of Claver-Carone, MAS is fighting to win…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/bolivia-an-election-in-the-midst-of-an-ongoing-coup/

State-backed Alliance for Securing Democracy disinfo shop falsely smears The Grayzone as \'state-backed\'
Alexander Rubinstein | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-13
In painting critical reporting on the Iowa caucuses debacle as a Russian plot, a US-backed information warfare shop smeared The…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/13/state-backed-alliance-securing-democracy-smears-grayzone/

State-backed Alliance for Securing Democracy disinfo shop falsely smears The Grayzone as \'state-backed\'
Alexander Rubinstein | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-13
In painting critical reporting on the Iowa caucuses debacle as a Russian plot, a Western government-backed information warfare shop smeared…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/13/state-backed-alliance-securing-democracy-smears-grayzone/

State-backed Alliance for Securing Democracy disinfo shop falsely smears The Grayzone as \'state-backed\'
Alexander Rubinstein | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-13
In painting critical reporting on the Iowa caucuses debacle as a Russian plot, a Western government-backed information warfare shop smeared…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/13/state-backed-alliance-securing-democracy-smears-grayzone/

Pakistani court suspends corporal punishment for children \'in good faith for their benefit\'
rt.com | 2020-02-13
–ê court in Pakistan has suspended until further notice a penal code article that activists say allowed teachers to physically punish students. | On Thursday, the Islamabad High Court suspended Section 89 of the Pakistan Penal Court, which deals with the power parents, teachers, and legal guardians have over children. The section in question says that \"Nothing which is done in good faith for the benefit of a person under twelve years of age… is an offence by reason of any harm which it may cause.\" | The decision came as the result of a petition by famous pop singer and human rights campaigner She…
rt.com/news/480737-pakistan-corporal-punishment-case/

\'Worst idea ever!\' Plans for Greta mural on North Dakota bakery scrapped after community outcry & boycott threats on social media
rt.com | 2020-02-13
A planned mural featuring teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg in North Dakota has been tossed to the wind after news of the project stoked outrage among locals, who flooded social media with protests and threats to boycott. | The 7-foot mural was slated to be posted on an exterior wall of the Brick Oven Bakery in the city of Bismarck, however when local media outlet KFYR-TV brought the story to its Facebook page on Tuesday night, residents were immediately up in arms, with the post racking up over 1,000 comments…
rt.com/usa/480716-greta-mural-scrapped-outcry/

\'Worst idea ever!\' Plans for Greta mural on North Dakota bakery scrapped after community outcry & boycott threats on social media
rt.com | 2020-02-13
A planned mural featuring teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg in North Dakota has been tossed to the wind after news of the project stoked outrage among locals, who flooded social media with protests and threats to boycott. | The 7-foot mural was slated to be posted on an exterior wall of the Brick Oven Bakery in the city of Bismarck, however when local media outlet KFYR-TV brought the story to its Facebook page on Tuesday night, residents were immediately up in arms, with the post racking up over 1,000 comments…
rt.com/usa/480716-greta-mural-scrapped-outcry/

Colombia: Two Social Leaders Killed, Death Toll Rises to 44
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-13
The Villa Fatima\'s Community Action Board prosecutor Luis Alberto Parra and his son Jader Alberto Parra were found dead in the municipality of Puerto Guzman, Putumayo, on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Colombian Teachers Announce 2-Day Strike To Defend Right To Live | Two days earlier, a group of armed men violently entered his house and kidnapped them, as reported by Parra\'s wife who was tied at the scene. | Subsequently, the Departmental Peace Council reported on the disappearanc…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Two-Social-Leaders-Killed-Death-Toll-Rises-to-44-20200213-0003.html

Top security partner… & second biggest threat to world? Germans are increasingly unsure about role of US
rt.com | 2020-02-13
Most Germans see America, supposedly Berlin\'s biggest ally, as one of the biggest threats to world peace, right after Iran. Other nations painted as \"bogeymen\" by Western media are lagging far behind, a new poll shows. | More than 60 percent of Germans believe that Washington is \"the greatest threat to international peace,\" the latest Security Report

San Rafael Protests Senate Decision to Acquit Trump
R.R. | indybay.org | 2020-02-13
Protesting the Senate\'s decision to acquit Trump on articles of impeachment…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/12/18830629.php

The Wet\'suwet\'en Fight Against New Pipeline Spreads Across Canada
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-13
A major anti-pipeline struggle continues in Canada, where protests have broken out across the country in solidarity with Wet\'suwet\'en land defenders whose sovereign land in northern British Columbia was raided last week and over the weekend by Canadian police. Dozens were arrested in the days-long raid of unceded indigenous territories, where hereditary chiefs have been in a protracted battle to protect their land from the construction of TransCanada\'s 400-mile, $4.7 billion Coastal GasLink pipeline. The…
truthout.org/video/the-wetsuweten-fight-against-new-pipeline-spreads-across-canada/

The Wet\'suwet\'en Fight Against New Pipeline Spreads Across Canada with Blockades & Occupations
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-13
A major anti-pipeline struggle continues in Canada, where protests have broken out across the country in solidarity with Wet\'suwet\'en land defenders whose sovereign land in northern British Columbia was raided last week and over the weekend by Canadian police. Dozens were arrested in the days-long raid of unceded indigenous territories, where hereditary chiefs have been in a protracted battle to protect their land from the construction of TransCanada\'s 400-mile, $4.7 billion Coastal GasLink pipeline. The raids took place about 700 miles north of Vancouver and sparked outrage across the country. In Ontario, a Moha…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/13/wet_suwet_en_territory_pipeline_opposition

Colombian National Strike Committee Calls For New Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-13
The Colombian National Strike Committee (CNP) convoked Wednesday new protests for the next couple of months as they didn\'t reach an agreement with Ivan Duque\'s government. | RELATED: | Colombian Teachers Announce 2-Day Strike To Defend Right To Live | \"The government does not like the word negotiation,\" President of the Unitary Workers\' Union (CUT) Diogenes Orjuela said. | The Colombian executive considers that many of the requirements requested by the CNP are beyond its pow…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombian-National-Strike-Committee-Calls-For-New-Protests-20200213-0023.html

French \'Oscars\' management resigns to allow cinema a \'celebration\' after protests over Roman Polanski & accusations of elitism
rt.com | 2020-02-13
The \"collective resignation\" of the management team behind the Cesars Awards has been announced just two weeks before the ceremony, following protests over elitism and nominations given to statutory rapist Roman Polanski. | In explaining their leaving the Cesars only 15 days before the actual ceremony, the board managing the prizes for the French Academy of Arts and Technology of Cinema explained they are walking away to \"honor those who made cinema in 2019, to regain serenity and make the cinema festival a celebration.\" | A complete renewal of management is planned. The management change does not appear to ha…
rt.com/news/480797-cesars-polanski-collective-resignation/

Canada\'s Via Rail Cancels Service Nationwide
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-13
Canada\'s Via Rail has temporarily ended all passenger services nationwide. | \"Via Rail has no other option but to cancel its services, effective immediately and until further notice,\" Via Rails said via a statement on its website. | Canadian National Railway Co also stated that it has been forced to shut down its operations in Eastern Canada due to the blocking of rail lines by those protesting against a natural gas pipeline in British Columbia. | Canada\'s biggest railway said the shutdown, which would continue until the end of the blockade, may lead to temporary layoffs within its Eastern Canadian operation…
telesurenglish.net/news/Canadas-Via-Rail-Cancels-Service-Nationwide-20200213-0024.html

The Red-Baiting of Bernie Sanders Has Begun and is Already Becoming Laughable
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-13
With Bernie Sanders now having won New Hampshire (and probably Iowa, where he won the popular vote) and confirmed his position as the frontrunner for president in the Democratic Party primaries (the New York Times\' poll guru Nate Silver is giving him a better than 40% chance of gaining enough delegates by the end of…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/13/the-red-baiting-of-bernie-sanders-has-begun-and-is-already-becoming-laughable/

Is Oil Behind Washington\'s Venezuela Coup Madness?
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-13
First published in February 2019 | On January 23 2019, US Vice President Pence sent a message via Twitter that Washington recognized the 35-year-old Speaker of the Venezuela National Assembly, Juan Guaido, as the \"legitimate\" President of the troubled country, …
globalresearch.ca/is-oil-behind-washingtons-venezuela-coup-madness/5667411

Crisis in Syrian Idlib Has Firmly Put Turkey Back into NATO\'s Sphere
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-13
Syria was the very reason why relations between Turkey and the United States deteriorated as the latter openly backed the Syrian branch of the Kurdistan Workers Party, known as the People\'s Protection Units (YPG), that Ankara considers a terrorist organization. …
globalresearch.ca/crisis-syrian-idlib-put-turkey-back-nato-sphere/5703575

Crisis in Syrian Idlib Has Firmly Put Turkey Back into NATO\'s Sphere
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-13
Syria was the very reason why relations between Turkey and the United States deteriorated as the latter openly backed the Syrian branch of the Kurdistan Workers Party, known as the People\'s Protection Units (YPG), that Ankara considers a terrorist organization. …
globalresearch.ca/crisis-syrian-idlib-put-turkey-back-nato-sphere/5703575

More Lies on Iran: The White House Just Can\'t Help Itself as New Facts Emerge
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-13
Admittedly the news cycle in the United States seldom runs longer than twenty-four hours, but that should not serve as an excuse when a major story that contradicts what the Trump Administration has been claiming appears and suddenly dies. The …
globalresearch.ca/more-lies-iran-white-house-cant-help-itself-new-facts-emerge/5703584

Corporate America in Israel and Illegal Settlements
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-13
US companies operating in illegal Israeli settlements are the tip of the iceberg in bilateral economic, financial, and military relations. | According to the US Chamber of Commerce, over 2,500 US companies operate in Israel, including a virtual who\'s who of …
globalresearch.ca/corporate-america-israel-illegal-settlements/5703594

Dems Phony War Powers Resolution
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-13
US 20th and 21st century history shows Dems more hellbent for war than Republicans. | In 1916, Dem Woodrow Wilson was reelected on a pledge of: \"He Kept Us Out of War.\" | Straightaway, he began planning US involvement in Europe\'s war …
globalresearch.ca/dems-phony-war-powers-resolution/5703593

My Mom Died
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-13
It is tempting, when a parent dies, to center your remembrance of them through the lens of your relationship to them as a child. Self-centered as we are

US, Taliban Agree 7-Day Reduction in Violence in Afghanistan
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-13
United States Secretary of Defense Mark Esper announced Thursday that they\'ve secured a seven-day reduction in violence in talks with the Taliban to help seek a negotiated settlement in Afghanistan. | RELATED: | US Dropped Record Number of Bombs on Afghanistan in 2019 | \"It is our view that seven days, for now, is sufficient but in all things, our approach to this process will be conditions-based, I will say it again, conditions-based,\" Esper told reporters in Brussels, dubbing his m…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Taliban-Agree-7-Day-Reduction-in-Violence-in-Afghanistan-20200213-0019.html

US & Taliban negotiated proposal for 7-day reduction in violence, Pentagon chief Esper says
rt.com | 2020-02-13
The United States and the Taliban have negotiated a proposal for a seven-day reduction in violence, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Thursday. | \"We\'ve said all along that the best, if not only, solution in Afghanistan is a political agreement,\" Esper told reporters in Brussels. \"Progress has been made on this front and we\'ll have more to report on that soon.\" | \"It will be a continual evaluative process as we go forward

Did Amy Klobuchar Condemn an Innocent Teenager to Life in Prison?
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-13
After a surprising third-place finish in the New Hampshire primary, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is attempting to gain ground in the national polls. But Klobuchar is also facing mounting scrutiny over her record as a district attorney in Minnesota. The Minneapolis NAACP, Black Lives Matter Twin Cities and other racial justice groups recently called on Klobuchar to suspend her presidential campaign following a shocking investigation by the Associated Press. The AP report centered on the case of Myon Burre…
truthout.org/video/did-amy-klobuchar-condemn-an-innocent-teenager-to-life-in-prison/

Nevada\'s higher union density and racial diversity will shape caucus outcome
Eric A. Gordon | peoplesworld.org | 2020-02-13
In the lead-up to Feb. 22 Caucus Day in Nevada, early voting will take place Feb. 15–18. Nevada is the third state in the country to hold caucuses or a primary election, and the first Western state, after Iowa and New Hampshire. Early voting is a new feature for 2020, in 80 polling stations around …
peoplesworld.org/article/nevadas-higher-union-density-and-racial-diversity-will-shape-caucus-outcome/

Did Amy Klobuchar Send an Innocent Teenager to Life in Prison? Questions Mount over Her Record as DA
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-13
After a surprising third-place finish in the New Hampshire primary, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar is attempting to gain ground in the national polls. But Klobuchar is also facing mounting scrutiny over her record as a district attorney in Minnesota. The Minneapolis NAACP, Black Lives Matter Twin Cities and other racial justice groups recently called on Klobuchar to suspend her presidential campaign following a shocking investigation by the Associated Press. The AP report centered on the case of Myon Burrell, an African-American teenager who was sentenced to life in prison over the 2002 murder of 11-year-old Tye…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/13/amy_klobuchar_myon_burrell

The Pundits Wrote Off Bernie\'s Candidacy
Mehdi Hasan | zcomm.org | 2020-02-13
In Iowa and New Hampshire, He Proved Them Wrong…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-pundits-wrote-off-bernies-candidacy/

When CNN Introduces Bernie-Bashers Only as \'Former,\' CNN Is Lying To You
Jeff Cohen | commondreams.org | 2020-02-13
Jim Messina, former Obama campaign manager and current corporate consultant, appears on CNN following the New Hampshire Democratic primary on February 11, 2020. (Photo: Screengrab/CNN) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/cnn_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/02/13/when-cnn-introduces-bernie-bashers-only-former-cnn-lying-you?cd-origin=rss

Biden Has Raised the Most From Nevada Donors, But Sanders Leads in the Polls
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-13
Democratic presidential candidates who received the greatest amount of donations from Iowa and New Hampshire residents also finished at the top of the polls in the two early primaries. | If those results are any indication of what can be expected from the upcoming Nevada caucuses, then this time, it\'s former Vice President Joe Biden who could finally make a breakthrough in the state. | Biden has raised almo…
truthout.org/articles/biden-has-raised-the-most-from-nevada-donors-but-sanders-leads-in-the-polls/

Bolsonaro Removes Chief of Staff, Appoints Former Army General
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-13
Far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro dismissed Wednesday, his chief of staff, Onyx Lorenzoni, one of the first politicians to back his presidential bid in 2018, and the last politician in his inner Cabinet. | RELATED: | Evangelical Drug Gangs Attack Afro-Brazilian Religions | The president announced Thursday that he offered the position to Army General Walter Braga. In doing so, the head of state distances himself from political parties in his closest circle of advisors, that…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolsonaro-Removes-Chief-of-Staff-Appoints-Former-Army-General-20200213-0025.html

Russian authorities investigate after photos emerge of Boris Nemtsov murderer allegedly enjoying prison \'feast\'
rt.com | 2020-02-13
The 2015 killing of Boris Nemtsov shocked Russians, and now photographs posted online of the man who assassinated him apparently posing in front of a slap-up meal are generating considerable anger. | The images, taken in an Irkutsk penal colony, show Zaur Dadaev and a group of other men surrounded by kebabs, soups, fruits, and juices. In response, Russian prison authorities have launched an investigation to determine the conditions in which he is being held. | Grilled kebabs, apples and fruit juice. Boris Nemtsov\'s assassin, Zaur Dadayev, (back left, standing) relaxing with friends in a Russian penal colony.
rt.com/russia/480779-nemtsov-murderer-photo-prison-feast/

\'Murderer!\' Protests and fights erupt as Guaido arrives at Venezuelan airport, gets booed and DOUSED with water (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-02-12
Chaos broke out at an airport in Venezuela\'s capital Caracas, when Juan Guaido, who was declared interim president by the opposition, returned from an overseas trip. | On Tuesday, Guaido arrived at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas after completing a support-seeking tour abroad, during which he attended US President Donald Trump\'s annual State of the Union Address in Washington. | The tensions first erupted when the politician was passing immigration control. As he was talking to an immigration officer, Guaido was suddenly confronted by an angry woman who accused him of \"selling out the country.\"
rt.com/news/480638-guaido-airport-protests-fights/

Did Venezuelan coup leader Ricardo Hausmann stage fake IDB resignation to keep cushy Harvard job?
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-12
Caught in a conflict of interest with his employer at Harvard, Ricardo Hausmann publicly resigned his job as Guaido\'s Inter-American…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/12/venezuelan-coup-ricardo-hausmann-idb-resignation-harvard/

International Day Of Action To Free Julian Assange & Chelsea Manning
BACFJA | indybay.org | 2020-02-12
UK Consulate | 1 Sansome St. | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/11/18830618.php

Rank-and-file teachers in Sydney adopt resolution defending Assange and Manning
wsws.org | 2020-02-12
The resolution is the outcome of the initiative of the Committee For Public Education, acting independently of the trade union apparatus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/12/nswt-f12.html

Why the Buttigieg Campaign Tried to Have Me Arrested for Handing Out Information About Medicare for All
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-02-12
Trying to block information on a New Hampshire campus…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/10/18830596.php

Erdogan vows to strike Syrian army \'everywhere\' if Turkish soldiers attacked, while also talking Idlib de-escalation with Putin
rt.com | 2020-02-12
Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned that if Turkish soldiers are hit by Damascus forces again, the retaliation will not be limited to the Idlib area. He also discussed Syrian peace process in a phone call with Vladimir Putin. | The Turkish leader made his comments during a speech in the nation\'s parliament on Wednesday. | I announce that we will strike the [Syrian] regime forces everywhere starting from today, without being bound to Idlib and by the Sochi Memorandum, if our soldiers at the lookout posts or elsewhere suffer any harm. | The 2018 Sochi Memorandum established the de-escalation zone set up around Idlib by…
rt.com/news/480650-erdogan-syria-idlib-retaliation/

Afghan President Ghani cites \'notable progress\' in US-Taliban talks
rt.com | 2020-02-12
The US and the Taliban appeared closer on Wednesday to a breakthrough in talks over an American troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, after the country\'s President Ashraf Ghani said there had been \"notable progress\" in negotiations. | In a series of tweets late on Tuesday, Ghani said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had called him to inform him of developments in the talks in Doha, Qatar. Pompeo spoke of \"the notable progress made in the ongoing peace talks with the Taliban,\" Ghani tweeted. | \"The Secretary informed me about the Taliban\'s proposal with regards to bringing a significant and enduring reduction in…
rt.com/newsline/480641-afghan-us-taliban-progress/

Wall Street Invading Wet\'suwet\'en Territory
Joyce Nelson | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-12
The uprising across Canada in support of Wet\'suwet\'en First Nation land defenders shows no sign of stopping. As of February 11, ports, bridges, rail lines, highways and roads have been blockaded across much of the country by solidarity protesters, who have also occupied the offices of politicians and at least one bank.
counterpunch.org/2020/02/12/wall-street-invading-wetsuweten-territory/

Bernie Sanders Wins New Hampshire
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-12
Democratic Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders maintained an early lead to win in New Hampshire\'s Democratic presidential primary, where former front-runner Joe Biden trailed badly in fifth place in the second contest to find a nominee to face Trump in November. | Pete Buttigieg came in second with 24% of the vote while Amy Klobuchar went into a surprise 3rd place with nearly 20%. Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden had an almost catastrophic evening that narrows their options to remain competitive. | It\'s noteworthy that only three candidates look like they will leave the state with any of its 24 delegates, which re…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bernie-Sanders-Wins-New-Hampshire-20200211-0028.html

Sanders wins three-way contest in New Hampshire primary
wsws.org | 2020-02-12
The self-styled \"democratic socialist\" defeated two more right-wing candidates, Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/12/newh-f12.html

World Health Organization warns of global risk from coronavirus outbreak
wsws.org | 2020-02-12
Concerns have been voiced that the epidemic could spread widely, as cases among people who have never had contact with infected patients from China have now been diagnosed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/12/viru-f12.html

Trump removes restrictions on land mine use by US military
wsws.org | 2020-02-12
The move is part of the preparations by the Trump administration for aggressive war and, in particular, plans for military conflict with ground forces against the primary rivals of US imperialism, Russia and China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/12/mine-f12.html

Canada\'s military top brass joins CSIS in demanding Huawei ban
wsws.org | 2020-02-12
The media and military-security establishment have been demanding for months that the Trudeau government take an even harder anti-China line.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/12/huaw-f12.html

Forum on Coronavirus & Anti-China Racism + Iowa Caucus
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2020-02-12
2969 Mission St. near 26th St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/10/18830595.php

Chinese Formula 1 Grand Prix expected to be axed as coronavirus outbreak impacts sporting fixtures
rt.com | 2020-02-12
The F1 Grand Prix in China looks set to be indefinitely postponed after FIA chiefs are to meet to discuss…
rt.com/sport/480658-coronavirus-chinese-grand-prix/

Climate emergency: Indonesia faces catastrophic floods, disappearing islands
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-02-12
While the stark reality of the global climate emergency struck home in Australia with its worst bushfire season, its neighbour Indonesia faced catastrophic floods and islands disappearing below the rising sea. Green Left\'s Peter Boyle interviewed Yuyun Harmono, the climate change campaigner of Friends of the Earth Indonesia (Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia

Iraqis Want Iran and the US Out
Gilbert Achcar | thenation.com | 2020-02-12
Iraqis Want Iran and the US Out…
thenation.com/article/world/iran-iraq-us/

Sliding Toward Authoritarianism
Daniel Lazare | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-12
Now that Donald Trump has emerged from the impeachment fiasco bloody but unbowed, are Democrats justified in portraying his acquittal as an epic defeat for democracy? The short answer is yes

Irish Election Result Is a Victory for Nationalism
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-12
Once upon a time Gerry Adams, the leader of Ireland\'s nationalist party, Sinn Fein, could not be heard speaking on the BBC. He was branded a terrorist and his voice was dubbed. How times have changed. Now his party, …
globalresearch.ca/irish-election-result-victory-nationalism/5703419

Suspected terrorists & war criminals that Sweden cannot deport given job permits & passports, warns migration chief
rt.com | 2020-02-12
Sweden\'s top migration official has warned the country is a \'safe haven for war criminals and potential terrorists,\' as it gives passports and benefits to suspected dangerous criminals, shielded from deportation by legislation. | The northern European country is remarkably welcoming to foreigners seeking refuge, but Sweden can reject an application on security grounds. The Swedish Security Service (SÄPO) has the authority to deport a person it deems to be a threat due to suspected links to terrorism or allegations that the applicant has committed serious crimes. | But ordering the deportation of such a pe…
rt.com/news/480662-sweden-deportation-terrorists-criminals/

Mumbai raid suspect that left 150+ people killed sentenced to 5 years in Pakistan for financing terrorism
rt.com | 2020-02-12
A Pakistani court in has sentenced notorious militant commander Hafiz Saeed to prison terms in two cases of terrorism funding. The man is considered to be the mastermind of the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai. | The anti-terrorism court in Lahore on Wednesday slapped Saeed with two prison sentences of five years and six months, which he will be allowed to serve concurrently. He was also ordered to pay small fines in each case. The guilty verdict in both cases was received last Thursday, the newspaper Dawn reported. | Also on rt.com…
rt.com/news/480661-mumbai-terror-mastermind-prison/

Scott Ritter Explains Warring in Syria WMD Lies
RT | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-12
Leaked documents from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) suggest that high-level officials manipulated or ignored the findings of those actually on the ground to investigate the alleged chemical attack that killed dozens of people in Douma, Syria in 2018. Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter shares his insights. He argues that …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/scott-ritter-explains-warring-in-syria-wmd-lies/

The blockade, a weapon that causes more death than war
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-02-12
It deliberately affects defenseless civilians, such as children, the elderly and the sick. The US blockade against Cuba is the most severe and prolonged applied against any country, but it is estimated that one third of the world\'s population suffers its effects: there are more than eight thousand sanctions in 39 countries. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/12/the-blockade-a-weapon-that-causes-more-death-than-war/

What We Can Learn From the Iran/Contra Scandal
Emily Berch | thenation.com | 2020-02-12
What We Can Learn From the Iran/Contra Scandal…
thenation.com/article/politics/leon-neyfakh-interview/

Will Trump Ride Pentagon Spending to Reelection?
William Hartung | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-12
Donald Trump likes to posture as a tough guy and part of that tough-guy persona involves bragging about how much he\'s spent on the U.S. military. This tendency was on full display in a tweet he posted three days after an American drone killed Iranian Major General Qassem Suleimani in Baghdad:…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/12/will-trump-ride-pentagon-spending-to-reelection/

The Vagina Monologues: English & ASL Translation
One Billion Rising | indybay.org | 2020-02-12
Kaleidoscope Caberet | 927 Petaluma Blvd North | Petaluma, CA 94952…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/11/18830611.php

Cleveland-area officials announce plan to provide $14 million to industrial paint giant Sherwin-Williams
wsws.org | 2020-02-12
The Fortune 500 company, which marked $1.5 billion in profits in 2019, is to be given millions in public funds in order to keep an undisclosed number of jobs in northeastern Ohio.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/12/sher-f12.html

Angry and Vindicated
James J. Zogby | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-12
In January, the Israeli daily newspaper, Haaretz, ran an article, \"Secret Israeli Document Reveals Plan to Keep Arabs Off Their Lands.\" I found the piece unsettling for several reasons. | Given the headline, at first I thought the story was going …
globalresearch.ca/angry-vindicated/5703425

The Beasts and the Bombings: Reflecting on Dresden, February 1945
Brett Wilkins | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-12
The Allied destruction of Dresden wasn\'t the biggest or deadliest aerial bombardment of a German city during World War II. But it is by far the most infamous, largely due to Kurt Vonnegut\'s anti-war masterpiece Slaughterhouse-Five. February 13 marks …
globalresearch.ca/bombings-reflecting-dresden-february-1945/5703422

Israeli Blocking of Palestinian Exports to Jordan Shows Reality of Apartheid that the Kushner Plan Would Only Cement
Juan Cole | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-12
The Israeli government blockade on Palestinian agricultural exports through Jordan on Sunday illustrates the Apartheid character of Israeli rule over the Palestinians. Palestinian trucks loaded with produce were stopped by quickly-erected Israeli blast walls and forbidden to head into Jor…
globalresearch.ca/israeli-blocking-palestinian-exports-jordan-reality-apartheid/5703432

UK \'faces £16bn annual hit to economy\' without urgent action to protect nature
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-12
The UK could be taking a £16bn a year hit to its economy by 2050 without urgent action to protect nature, a report has warned.The findings are part of a global study from environmental charity WWF, which warns that the worldwide impact of declining natural assets from forests to fisheries could cost £368bn a year

The Battle for Los Cedros
Richard Ward | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-12
The last leg of the bus ride from Terminal La Ofelia, in the north of Quito, to the village of Chontal, located in Ecuador\'s northern highlands in the Intag Valley, is winding dirt road that takes you through small, cloud forest villages, sometimes overlooking precipitous drops to little silver ribbons of river far below. In spite…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/12/the-battle-for-los-cedros/

Big \'if\': Trump says he \'looks forward\' to India trip while hinting at new trade deal, despite rocky negotiations
rt.com | 2020-02-12
US President Donald Trump has suggested that Washington and New Delhi could strike a long-anticipated trade deal during his upcoming visit to India, but a new pact is far from a foregone conclusion. | \"He\'s a friend of mine, he\'s a great gentleman and I look forward to going to India. So we\'ll be going at the end of the month,\" President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday, referring to his Indian counterpart Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | Asked about the prospective trade deal in the works, Trump appeared somewhat optimistic, stating: \"They want to do something and we\'ll see… if we can make…
rt.com/news/480629-trump-india-trade-deal/

Interview with Charlotte Laws, a Warrior against Revenge Porn
Yolando Mitchell Brown | indybay.org | 2020-02-12
When TV presenter and author Charlotte Laws battled \"the most hated man on the Internet,\" she was bombarded with computer viruses and death threats. A stalker even appeared at her home.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/11/18830610.php

Mice \'squabbling\' on Tube station platform win wildlife photography award
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-12
An image of two mice fighting over crumbs on the London Underground has been crowned the winner of a prestigious wildlife photography award.Station Squabble, taken by Sam Rowley, was voted the best image from a 25-picture shortlist selected from 48,000 images submitted to the Wildlife Photographer of the Year: Lumix People\'s Choice award.The Londoner, who spent five nights lying on a Tube platform to capture the low-angle shot, said: \"I hope it shows people the unexpected drama found in the most familiar of urban environments.\"The 25 images shortlisted for the prize, which is voted for by the public, will be disp…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/02/12/mice-squabbling-on-tube-station-platform-win-wildlife-photography-award/

Recession warnings fuel political instability in Australia
wsws.org | 2020-02-12
The bushfire and coronavirus disasters have had an enormous economic and social impact.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/12/econ-f12.html

The Roots of Fascism
George Monbiot | zcomm.org | 2020-02-12
When political leaders brazenly flout the law, we are heading towards a very dark place…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-roots-of-fascism/

The ticking time bomb that could crush oil markets
rt.com | 2020-02-12
Libya\'s oil production is down to less than 200,000 bpd, and the uncertainty surrounding the outage create complications for OPEC+ as it looks to cut deeper. | Libya\'s civil war entered a dangerous new phase a few weeks ago when the Libyan National Army (LNA) and associated militias blockaded oil export terminals as a way of applying pressure on the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli. The standoff continues, and Libya\'s output has plunged to around 180,000 bpd, according to estimates from late last week. | On Sunday, Libya\'s Azzawiya Oil Refining Company said that it was ceasing refining operations…
rt.com/business/480644-oil-ticking-time-bomb/

Nessie fans, brace yourselves: Huge mysterious \'skeleton\' on Scottish beach sends online rumor mill into overdrive (PHOTO)
rt.com | 2020-02-12
Loch Ness Monster fans and conspiracy theorists may want to avert their gaze now, as a giant rotten \'carcass\' has washed ashore on a beach in Aberdeen, Scotland, fuelling widespread rumors of Nessie\'s demise. | The mysterious and gigantic remains washed ashore after Storm Ciara lashed Scotland with 90mph winds. A photo of the grisly creature\'s remains was uploaded by Fubar News on 9 February, and triggered a slew of conjecture, comedy, and conspiracy theories. | The massive vertebrae and what appear to be two protruding bones pointing upwards at one one end of the creature led many to think of Scotland\'s le…
rt.com/uk/480653-mystery-skeleton-loch-ness-monster/

World War III\'s Newest Battlefield: the Arctic
Michael T. Klare | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-12
In early March, an estimated 7,500 American combat troops will travel to Norway to join thousands of soldiers from other NATO countries in a massive mock battle with imagined invading forces from Russia. In this futuristic simulated engagement

Nicaragua Opens Special Police Station To Protect Women
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-12
Managua has a new police station specifically created to protect women from gender violence as part of the Women for Life campaign, Vice President Rosario Murillo announced Tuesday. | RELATED: | Honduran Women Murdered by Their Partners at Alarming Rates | The first of several police stations of this kind will be in responsible of the protection of 68,000 women attached to the Police, Citizen Security unit of district No. 1 of Managua, \"to file complaints for aggression, threat or…
telesurenglish.net/news/Nicaragua-Opens-Special-Police-Station-To-Protect-Women-20200211-0026.html

Lenin would be rolling in his grave, if he had one: Russian Communists back plan to put \'God\' in constitution
rt.com | 2020-02-12
It\'s not so long ago that they were known as the \"Godless Communists.\" Which means it still comes as a surprise that the party has no objection to the idea of including a reference to the man upstairs in Russia\'s constitution. | …
rt.com/russia/480666-russian-communists-god-constitution/

Hundreds of thousands denied pensions in Russia
wsws.org | 2020-02-12
The effect of Russia\'s 2018 pension reform is becoming clear, with 800,000 people who would have met the age requirement to receive funds no longer eligible.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/12/russ-f12.html

Rally At Japanese Consulate To Stop Nuclear Olympics In Japan, End Nuclear Power
No Nukes Action | indybay.org | 2020-02-12
San Francisco Japanese Consulate | 275 Battery St/near California | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/09/18830571.php

\'I\'m not one to accept donations in a race I can\'t win\': Yang quits presidential bid as polls close in New Hampshire
rt.com | 2020-02-12
Entrepreneur Andrew Yang has bowed out of the presidential race after early results suggested the Democratic candidate failed to win delegates in the New Hampshire primary. | As early results started pouring in from the New Hampshire primaries on Tuesday night, the Democratic field lost yet another hopeful as sources close to the Yang campaign confirmed that the entrepreneur-turned-politician would be ending his presidential bid. | Commenting on his decision to pull the plug on his campaign, Yang said that he does not want to continue taking money from his supporters knowing that he will not deliver victory.
rt.com/usa/480626-yang-drops-out-race/

Bernie Sanders Wins New Hampshire
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2020-02-12
Bernie Sanders Wins New Hampshire…
thenation.com/article/politics/bernie-sanders-wins-new-hampshire/

Sanders Nabs New Hampshire In a Massive Boost for His Campaign
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-12
The Vermont senator is declared the winner of the presidential Democratic primary in the Granite State less than three hours after polls closes.
truthdig.com/articles/sanders-nabs-new-hampshire-in-a-massive-boost-for-his-campaign/

Life and Death in the Predatory Universe
John R. Hall | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-12
His broken body crushed into the soil so closely resembled a tiny green human, he gave me cause to reflect upon my dirty deed. Those dying remains matched perfectly the leaves of the newly planted Valencia Orange tree, upon which he had been happily feeding, only moments before the sole of my sandal abruptly ended his …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/life-and-death-in-the-predatory-universe/

Shakespearean Veracity in \"Vera\": the Working Class Cop Show from Bloody England
Jonah Raskin | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-12
\"I\'ll be gone in a tic,\" Vera Stanhope says and means she\'ll soon scram and be out of the way. She uses words and expressions like \"me backside,\" instead of \"my backside\" and \"dodgy\" rather than \"sketchy,\" which seems to be the preferred American word to describe a lowlife character. Time and again, Vera wages…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/12/shakespearean-veracity-in-vera-the-working-class-cop-show-from-bloody-england/

Der Spiegel is Citing Andy Ngo\'s Race-Scientist Ex-Editor to Attack Me and I\'m Not Even Jewish: As the CEO of Antifa, I Must Object
Barrett Brown | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-12
Europe\'s most widely-circulated news magazine, Der Spiegel, has a new piece up entitled \"The Man Behind the Mask\" that I was curious to read since it turns out to be about me. And to judge from the sub-headline, I\'ve really let myself go: Journalist Barrett Brown supported the hacker collective Anonymous and was jailed for…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/12/so-i-have-to-deal-with-the-germans-now/