President Trump expands anti-Muslim travel ban to thirteen countries
wsws.org | 2020-02-01
Trump\'s war on immigrants is intensifying in the aftermath of the impeachment trial and in the lead up to the 2020 presidential election in November.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/01/immi-f01.html

Montreal meeting this Sunday to demand freedom for Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-02-01
The Socialist Equality Party (Canada) is holding a public meeting in Montreal this Sunday, to fight for the freedom of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, oppose war, and defend democratic rights.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/01/caas-f01.html

Assange would be held in \"darkest corner of the prison system\" if extradited to the US
wsws.org | 2020-02-01
If dispatched to the US, the WikiLeaks founder will be held in extreme isolation–conditions usually inflicted on individuals convicted of terrorism offences.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/01/assa-f01.html

Israel has played a key role in US aggression towards Iran
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-01
Before the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, Israel played a key and overlooked role in the Trump administration\'s aggression campaign against…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/01/israel-has-played-a-key-role-in-us-aggression-towards-iran/

Climate Groups Target JPMorgan Chase \"Money Pipeline\"
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-02-01
Extinction Rebellion SF Bay Area and climate activists in SF financial district demonstration…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/31/18830264.php

Egypt Detains Doctor, Parents as Girl Dies From Genital Cutting
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-01
Egypt has detained a retired doctor after the death of a 12-year-old girl on whom he performed female genital mutilation (FGM) sparked anger among women\'s rights activists. | RELATED: | \' The World Don\'t Give a Shit\' About FGM, Survivor Says | The victim\'s parents and aunt took her to a private clinic where she underwent the illegal procedure, also known as female circumcision, the public prosecutor\'s office said in a statement. | \"After she left, she suffered comp…
telesurenglish.net/news/Egypt-Detains-Doctor-Parents-as-Girl-Dies-From-Genital-Cutting-20200131-0014.html

Arab League rejects Trump\'s \'deal of the century\' at Cairo summit with Abbas
rt.com | 2020-02-01
The Arab League has shot down US President Donald Trump\'s Middle East peace plan, saying it would not lead to a just peace between Israel and Palestine. The deal has already been rejected by the Palestinian side. | League members met in Cairo on Saturday to discuss the deal, touted by Trump as the \"deal of the century,\" and a realistic roadmap to peace between Israel and Palestine. Speaking at the meeting, Palestinian President Mahmood Abbas announced he would cut all ties with the US and Israel over the plan, and would not go down in history as the person who \"sold out Jerusalem.\" | Many feared (or hoped) the…
rt.com/news/479858-arab-league-rejects-palestine-deal/

\'It\'s not about Jose vs Pep\': Mourinho preaches peace ahead of latest clash with Guardiola – but rivalry has been an explosive one
rt.com | 2020-02-01
Jose Mourinho has played down any notion of lingering hostilities with Pep Guardiola as the Portuguese prepares his Tottenham team to face Manchester City, but the past decade has seen some combustible clashes between the pair. | While Lionel Messi against Cristiano Ronaldo is seen as the defining individual rivalry of our time on the pitch, Mourinho versus Guardiola is arguably the managerial equivalent, given the frequency and intensity with which the two have crossed swords over more than a decade. | That rivalry enters a new phase as Mourinho faces off against Guardiola for the first time as Spurs boss on…
rt.com/sport/479862-mourinho-guardiola-rivalry-tottenham-man-city/

Reject the Coverup! Protest of Trump Impeachment Coverup in Napa
RejectTheCoverup | indybay.org | 2020-02-01
Veterans Park, 3rd St. and Main St., Napa, CA 94558…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/01/18830296.php

Reject the Coverup! Nationwide Protests Against the Trump Impeachment Coverup
RejectTheCoverup | indybay.org | 2020-02-01
Around the San Francisco Bay Area, throughout California, and across the USA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/01/18830291.php

Reject the Coverup! Impeachment Coverup Protest in Palo Alto
RejectTheCoverup | indybay.org | 2020-02-01
Lytton Plaza, 220 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/01/18830288.php

Reject the Coverup! Protest of Trump Impeachment Coverup in San Jose
Families Belong Together and others | indybay.org | 2020-02-01
Intersection of Stevens Creek Blvd and N. Winchester Blvd (by Santana Row and Valley Fair Mall), border of San Jose & Santa Clara in the South Bay…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/01/18830295.php

Iraqi Blocs Choose New PM-Designate After Weeks of Jockeying
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-01
BAGHDAD

Rising Numbers of US Troops in Iraq with Traumatic Brain Injuries
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-01
In retaliation for the Trump regime\'s assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani on January 3, the IRGC struck two Pentagon bases in Iraq days later. | Iranian missiles successfully penetrated US air defenses, striking targets with pinpoint accuracy

US deploys \"usable\" nuclear weapon amid continuing war threats against Iran
wsws.org | 2020-02-01
For all the talk of war with Iran having been averted, the reality is that the world remains on the knife\'s edge of a catastrophic military confrontation.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/01/pers-f01.html

Pompeo vows to name US envoy to Belarus as Lukashenko praises him for RISK to visit Minsk & scrutinize country\'s democracy
rt.com | 2020-02-01
Mike Pompeo has tried to de-ice relations with Belarus, a country sanctioned by the US over a decade ago, promising to appoint an ambassador to Minsk along with other perks for siding with Washington. | \"We are confident that together we can make real progress across every dimension of our relationship,\" Pompeo told President Alexander Lukashenko as he greeted him on Saturday. | Returning the charm offensive, the Belarusian leader said it was \"very good that you risked coming to Minsk after various misunderstandings between Belarus and the US.\" | Lukashenko, whom Western media notoriously labeled \"Europe\'s las…
rt.com/news/479853-pompeo-belarus-appoint-ambassador/

Pompeo says US can cover 100% of Belarus\' oil needs amid Minsk row with Moscow
rt.com | 2020-02-01
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has offered to cover all Belarus oil needs with American product at competitive prices. The sales pitch comes after Belarus lost access to low price crude from Russia. | The top US diplomat is visiting Minsk on Saturday to court its longtime leader, President Aleksandr Lukashenko. Belarus is currently struggling to replace Russian crude, which it had imported for years at low prices to refine and resell at a considerable premium. Pompeo seized the opportunity to offer American supplies as an alternative. | \"The United States wants to help Belarus build its own sovereign countr…
rt.com/news/479852-belarus-pompeo-oil-competitive-price/

Pompeo vows to name US envoy to Belarus as Lukashenko praises him for RISK to visit Minsk & scrutinize country\'s democracy
rt.com | 2020-02-01
Mike Pompeo has tried to de-ice relations with Belarus, a country sanctioned by the US over a decade ago, promising to appoint an ambassador to Minsk along with other perks for siding with Washington. | \"We are confident that together we can make real progress across every dimension of our relationship,\" Pompeo told President Alexander Lukashenko as he greeted him on Saturday. | Returning the charm offensive, the Belarusian leader said it was \"very good that you risked coming to Minsk after various misunderstandings between Belarus and the US.\" | Lukashenko, whom Western media notoriously labeled \"Europe\'s las…
rt.com/news/479853-pompeo-belarus-appoint-ambassador/

\'Virus control beyond standards\': China warns countries against spreading havoc as more borders shut & flights canceled worldwide
rt.com | 2020-02-01
Beijing has lashed out at countries fanning fears of the novel coronavirus

Maneuvering Hell for Our Advantage
Robert C. Koehler | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-01
When the mainstream media writes about war, even critically, the image that often comes to mind for me is an infant wrapped in plastic. That infant is naked reality, a.k.a., the present moment, suffocating and screaming for its life; the …
globalresearch.ca/maneuvering-hell-our-advantage/5702432

Sharp fall on Wall Street as coronavirus hits global markets
wsws.org | 2020-02-01
Financial analysts are warning that the virus has created a more uncertain environment than the US-China trade war and its impact could be greater than that of the SARS virus in 2002–2003.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/01/econ-f01.html

Object-lesson in ruling class privilege? Democrats ditch donor threshold for primary debates so Bloomberg can participate
rt.com | 2020-02-01
The Democratic National Committee is loosening its debate qualifying criteria, opening the door to billionaire establishment darling Michael Bloomberg and angering candidates that had been excluded from prior events. | The same DNC that has held fast to its rules while one candidate after another complained about the seemingly arbitrary means of deciding which polls would count toward a qualifying threshold has opted to discard its individual donor requirement starting with the February debate. The rule had prevented former New York Mayor and billionaire media mogul Bloomberg from joining the previous forums.
rt.com/usa/479822-bloomberg-forces-debate-criteria-dnc/

Australian wildfires burning out of control in new areas
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-01
Wildfires burned out of control near Australia\'s national capital, Canberra, and across surrounding New South Wales state on Saturday, with endangered residents warned to prepare to evacuate. | The capital region declared a state of emergency on Friday because of a fire that by Saturday covered 88,500 acres (35,800 hectares) of forest and farmland south of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory emergency services agency commissioner Georgeina Whelan said. | t.co/gkiuxXl1T0 #OrroralFire …
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/02/01/australian-wildfires-burning-out-of-control-in-new-areas/

International Women\'s Day 2020 Celebration in Hayward
City of Hayward, AAUW, and others | indybay.org | 2020-02-01
Hayward City Hall, 777 B Street, Hayward, CA 94541…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/31/18830243.php

South Korea deploys naval unit to Strait of Hormuz
wsws.org | 2020-02-01
Behind the backs of the South Korean working class, Seoul is supporting US war plans that could lead to a wider conflict with China and Russia.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/01/skor-f01.html

Maneuvering Hell for Our Advantage
Robert C. Koehler | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-01
When the mainstream media writes about war, even critically, the image that often comes to mind for me is an infant wrapped in plastic. That infant is naked reality, a.k.a., the present moment, suffocating and screaming for its life; the …
globalresearch.ca/maneuvering-hell-our-advantage/5702432

Canada\'s New Democrats plead for cooperation with Liberals, as Trudeau government lurches further right
wsws.org | 2020-02-01
Amid a resurgence of the class struggle in Canada and internationally, the NDP and their trade union allies are seeking to collaborate still more closely with the pro-austerity, pro-war Liberal government.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/01/cndp-f01.html

Media on Climate Crisis: Don\'t Organize, Mourn
Neil Demause | zcomm.org | 2020-02-01
The newfound attention to climate came with a strange disjunction: being aware of this massive threat to humanity hasn\'t translated into much concerted action to stop it…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/media-on-climate-crisis-dont-organize-mourn/

WATCH breathtaking fireball burst into life as it rains down on Russia\'s Urals
rt.com | 2020-02-01
A meteor which put on a spectacular show as it sped across Russia\'s Urals region was caught on camera lighting up the night sky as it erupted in a blaze of glory this week. | Photographer Ilya Jankowsky captured the stunning spectacle in the town of Irbit in Sverdlovsk Oblast on Thursday night. | The amateur astronomer captured footage of the impressive natural light show as a meteor shower swept across the Urals. The meteor erupted into life as it burned up while entering Earth\'s atmosphere shortly after 3am local time. | The dazzling burst of light was so bright that it was observed around 800km away in O…
rt.com/news/479851-meteor-video-russia-urals/

Israel-Palestine: Time for Russia to Step up to the Plate
Eric Walberg | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-01
Is Israel US property? In many ways, yes. Despite its willful ways, Israel is always pushing the envelope with the US. It has been getting away with murder since it was founded, abetted and funded by the US. But the US has failed, and Jared Kushner is the perfect envoy for this latest ultimatum, crafted …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/israel-palestine-time-for-russia-to-step-up-to-the-plate/

\'He\'s in our anthem, why not in constitution?\' Russian Patriarch wants GOD mentioned in state charter
rt.com | 2020-02-01
Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, says believers should pray for a constitutional amendment that would add a reference to God. He thinks the mention would be appreciated by all faiths alike. | \"Most Russian citizens believe in God. Not just the Orthodox Christians

Int\'l Community Offer Aid, Support as China Fights Virus
Xinhua | telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-01
Countries around the world are offering recognition of China\'s efforts to battle the novel coronavirus outbreak, showing confidence in the ultimate triumph over virus and pledging aid and support. | RELATED: | WHO Declares Global Emergency for Outbreak of New Coronavirus | In his call to Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered sympathies over the pain and loss inflicted on Chinese families and wished each patient a speedy recovery. | He expressed be…
telesurenglish.net/news/Intl-Community-Offer-Aid-Support-as-China-Fights-Virus-20200201-0006.html

WATCH breathtaking fireball burst into life as it rains down on Russia\'s Urals
rt.com | 2020-02-01
A meteor which put on a spectacular show as it sped across Russia\'s Urals region was caught on camera lighting up the night sky as it erupted in a blaze of glory this week. | Photographer Ilya Jankowsky captured the stunning spectacle in the town of Irbit in Sverdlovsk Oblast on Thursday night. | The amateur astronomer shot footage of the impressive natural light show as a meteor shower swept across the Urals. The meteor erupted into life as it burned up while entering the Earth\'s atmosphere shortly after 3am local time. | The dazzling burst of light was so bright that it was observed around 800km away in O…
rt.com/news/479851-meteor-video-russia-urals/

Breaking the ice: Hockey-loving new US ambassador visits Moscow game… and reveals his favorite player is RUSSIAN
rt.com | 2020-02-01
America\'s new ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, said ice hockey could help bring the two nations closer together as he visited a game in Moscow, also singing the praises of his favorite player, Russia\'s Alexander Ovechkin. | Sullivan took up his post earlier this year, and as an avid hockey fan wasted little time in arranging a visit to a game in the Russian capital. | The American diplomat was at the local derby between Moscow clubs Spartak and Dynamo on Saturday, where, suitably dressed in a Washington Capitals NHL jersey, he dropped the ceremonial first puck alongside Russian hockey legends Vyacheslav Fe…
rt.com/sport/479865-us-ambassador-sullivan-moscow-hockey/

1 dead after café roof collapses in Novosibirsk, Russia, trapping visitors
rt.com | 2020-02-01
A roof of a café came crashing down on diners in the city of Novosibirsk in southern Siberia, killing at least one woman and trapping several people under rubble. A rescue effort has been underway amid reports of dozens evacuated. | One person was confirmed dead, and four people, including a man in critical condition, were taken to hospital after the roof of a cloak-room adjacent to a cafe collapsed on Saturday night. The café was packed with diners at the time, and some 200 people managed to evacuate on their own, local emergency services said. | While the investigation into the incident is yet in its…
rt.com/russia/479873-cafe-roof-collapse-novosibirsk/

Russia stops processing Chinese work visas & scraps visa-free travel amid coronavirus epidemic
rt.com | 2020-02-01
Moscow has temporarily halted issuing work visas to Chinese citizens and suspended visa-free travel for Chinese tourist groups in response to the coronavirus epidemic in the country. | The travel restriction come into force from Sunday. Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin, who ordered them, stressed that the measures are temporary and are only meant to protect people in Russia from health risks posed by the infection

Sanders Beats Trump and Trump Throws Dynamite in the Powder Keg
savin and Friedrich Steinfeld | indybay.org | 2020-02-01
With Sander\'s election as the Democratic Party candidate, the US would have been the only country to have had a free health insurance policy since Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s… The USA and also Turkey have in fact long since left NATO and are following their own interests without taking their previous \"partners\" into consideration.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/31/18830244.php

The Real John Bolton
Melvin A. Goodman | zcomm.org | 2020-02-01
It is useful to have Bolton\'s testimony at the climactic moment in the current impeachment trial, but it should\'t blind us to his deceit and disinformation over his thirty years of opposition to U.S. international diplomacy…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/the-real-john-bolton/

How the Border Patrol\'s Unchecked Powers and Carelessness Separated a Family
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-01
Mirza had a sense of foreboding soon after she crossed into the U.S. with her two children and their father, David. A Border Patrol agent ordered the family from Honduras and the rest of their group to divide into two lines: \"Women to one side, men to the other.\" | Mirza held 19-month-old Lia and joined the women\'s line. David took their 6-year-old son Sebastian and lined up with the men. An agent told them not to worry, everyone was going to the same place. A bus took them in two trips to a c…
truthout.org/articles/how-the-border-patrols-unchecked-powers-and-carelessness-separated-a-family/

In Rural Areas, a \"Quiet Jail-Building Boom\" Is Taking Place
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-01
I live in Champaign County, the heart of the Illinois cornfields. Our somewhat liberal-minded county of 200,000 is home to the flagship campus of the University of Illinois, the \"Fighting Illini.\" But our county has another distinction: While Black people only comprise 13 percent of our population, they consistently make up 50-71 percent of those in the local jail, resulting in one of the highest racial discrepancies in the country. | For the past decade, rather than attempt to correct this gross inequity, loca…
truthout.org/articles/in-rural-areas-a-quiet-jail-building-boom-is-taking-place/

DNC Insiders Plot Return of Superdelegates to Stop Sanders at Convention
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-01
As the first contests of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary draw near and Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to rise in polling, a small group of party insiders are considering making a bid to reverse a rule change won by progressives and allow the establishment to pick a candidate. | That\'s according to reporting from Politico Friday night which claims a cadre of Democratic National Committee (DNC) insiders are plotting to return superdelegates–unelected party officials and elites–t…
truthout.org/articles/dnc-insiders-plot-return-of-superdelegates-to-stop-sanders-at-convention/

Australia\'s Marine Animals Are the Fires\' Unseen Victims
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-01
As wildfires ravage Australia\'s land and forests, so far killing an estimated one billion terrestrial animals, researchers worry marine and freshwater species will become invisible victims. | More than 17.1 million hectares of land have burned across the country, with the worst fires currently raging in New South Wales and Victoria, states in the nation\'s southeast, according to Australia\'s Department of the Environment…
truthout.org/articles/australias-marine-animals-are-the-fires-unseen-victims/

How the Border Patrol\'s Unchecked Powers and Carelessness Separated a Family
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-01
Mirza held 19-month-old Lia and joined the women\'s line. David took their 6-year-old son Sebastian and lined up with the men. An agent told them not to worry, everyone was going to the same place. A bus took them in two trips to a collection of tents and trailers where they would be processed. | They arrived a few hours apart, held separately in a large waiting area. Mirza grew more anxious as she spotted David and Sebastian across the room. She motioned for Sebastian to bring her a bottle of…
truthout.org/articles/how-the-border-patrols-unchecked-powers-and-carelessness-separated-a-family/

Did Vladimir Lenin Foresee the Information Glut? Commemorating the Birth of José Marti
Prof Susan Babbitt | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-01
At the start of the twentieth century, Vladimir Lenin was studying Hegel\'s notes on science. [i] Stalin told him not to bother, that it was more important to unify the party. Lenin replied that by the end of the century, …
globalresearch.ca/did-lenin-foresee-information-glut/5702447

The Trump Impeachment Defense. \"The Best Interest of the Country\" Concept
Robert Fantina | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-01
With the impeachment trial of U.S. President Donald Trump in full swing, a new defense was presented by Trump attorney Alan Dershowitz. | Dershowitz made an astounding defense, saying that as long as the president acted in what he thought …
globalresearch.ca/impeachment-defense/5702450

Rome Before it Became Empire: A Pax Americana or a Republic If You Can Keep It?
Cynthia Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-01
\"Fortune thus blinds the minds of men when she does not wish them to resist her power.\"

The Rise and Fall of the British Nation. The Land that Labour Built
Ann Talbot | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-01
This new edition of David Edgerton\'s book The Rise and Fall of the British Nation is timely and apposite given the unprecedented Conservative landslide in traditional Labour seats in the recent general election. Inevitably in the world of day-to-day, …
globalresearch.ca/land-labour-built/5702414

Coronavirus Has Been Declared a Global Emergency. What\'s Happening in China
Tom Clifford | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-01
Tom Clifford reporting from Beijing | The new coronavirus has been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization. | \"The main reason for this declaration is not what is happening in China but what is happening in other countries,\" said …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-declared-global-emergency/5702427

Firms responsible for covering Grenfell in flammable cladding demand immunity from prosecution
wsws.org | 2020-02-01
Evidence revealed as the second phase of the inquiry began demonstrates that the 72 people who were killed in the Grenfell fire inferno were victims of the heinous crime of social murder.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/01/gren-f01.html

Indian court AGAIN postpones hanging for 4 men convicted in 2012 gang rape & murder case that inspired Netflix series
rt.com | 2020-02-01
The execution of four Indians convicted in the heinous 2012 \'Nirbhaya\' gang-rape case has been delayed yet again at the last minute

Trump to expand travel ban, targeting immigrants from 6 more countries
rt.com | 2020-01-31
US President Donald Trump will issue an updated version of his controversial travel ban, acting Homeland Security head Chad Wolf said Friday. The existing ban will remain in place, having been okayed by the Supreme Court in 2018. | Speaking to reporters by phone, Wolf said that the updated ban will suspend immigrant visas for nationals of Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar and Nigeria. Non-immigrant visas from these countries will not be affected. | \'Diversity Visas\'

White House Curbs Immigration for 6 Nations in Election-Year Push
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-31
WASHINGTON

Workers Organization Shares Staff, Cash With Anti-Immigrant Groups
Hatewatch Staff | splcenter.org | 2020-01-31
U.S. Tech Workers, a project of the anti-immigrant group Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR), has ties to an anti-immigrant hate network and unprecedented access to the Trump administration.
splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/01/31/workers-organization-shares-staff-cash-anti-immigrant-groups

Top cleric Sistani condemns use of force to disperse Iraq protest camps, calls for elections
rt.com | 2020-01-31
Iraq\'s leading Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, has condemned the use of force to disperse protest camps across the country. | He also renewed calls for early elections to be held in a free and fair manner. | Sistani, who delivered his message through a representative at Friday prayers in the holy city of Kerbala, also \"heavily condemned\" US President Donald Trump\'s Middle East peace plan, Reuters reported. | Earlier this month, Sistani condemned the US-Iranian military confrontation taking place on Iraqi soil, saying it risked plunging the war-ravaged country and the wider Middle East into deepe…
rt.com/newsline/479714-sistani-force-iraq-us/

Gracias Chelsea Manning & Julian Assange for Exposing Bush\'s War Crimes
orion the elder | indybay.org | 2020-01-31
Fruitvale and MacArthur oakland 94602…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/30/18830211.php

Gracias Chelsea Manning & Julian Assange for Exposing Bush\'s War Crimes
orion the elder | indybay.org | 2020-01-31
Fruitvale and MacArthur oakland 94602…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/30/18830211.php

Australia: Alice Springs group condemns silence of \"Bring Assange Home\" parliamentary group
wsws.org | 2020-01-31
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/31/wilk-j31.html

Col. (ret.) Ann Wright Fundraising/Speaking on GAZA/The 2020 Freedom Flotilla
Codepink SF | indybay.org | 2020-01-31
ANSWER Meeting Room, 2969 Mission Street, San Francisco 94110 (Mission at 26th Street)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/29/18830150.php

Coronavirus Epidemic: WHO Declares a Global Public Health Crisis, Can We Trust the WHO?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
In the course of the last two weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) had already pointed to a possible Global Public Health crisis in relation to China\'s novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) categorized as a viral pneumonia. The virus outbreak is centred …
globalresearch.ca/coronavirus-epidemic-who-declares-a-global-public-health-crisis-can-we-trust-the-who/5702360

The War in Libya Will Never End
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-31
General Khalifa Haftar and his Libyan National Army (LNA) continue to partly encircle Libya\'s capital, Tripoli. Not only does the LNA threaten Tripoli, but it is within striking distance of Libya\'s third-largest city, Misrata. Both Tripoli and Misrata are in the hands of the Government of National Accord (GNA), which is backed by the United…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/31/the-war-in-libya-will-never-end/

The War in Libya Will Never End
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-31
General Khalifa Haftar and his Libyan National Army (LNA) continue to partly encircle Libya\'s capital, Tripoli. Not only does the LNA threaten Tripoli, but it is within striking distance of Libya\'s third-largest city, Misrata. Both Tripoli and Misrata are in the hands of the Government of National Accord (GNA), which is backed by the United…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/31/the-war-in-libya-will-never-end/

The war in Libya will never end
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-01-31
General Khalifa Haftar and his Libyan National Army (LNA) continue to partly encircle Libya\'s capital, Tripoli. Not only does the LNA threaten Tripoli, but it is within striking distance of Libya\'s third-largest city, Misrata. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/31/the-war-in-libya-will-never-end/

I Will Hold You in My Arms a Day After the War
Vijay Prashad | zcomm.org | 2020-01-31
There is an economic war against the planet, one that has no anti-war movement…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/i-will-hold-you-in-my-arms-a-day-after-the-war/

Blocking trains and removing coal
Sarah Freeman-Woolpert | zcomm.org | 2020-01-31
Climate activists fight to close one of New England\'s largest power plants…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/blocking-trains-and-removing-coal/

Climate activists from Africa speak out about the marginalisation of African voices
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-31
Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate and peers from other African nations have made an urgent appeal for the world to pay more attention to the continent that stands to suffer the most from climate breakdown despite contributing to it the least.The Fridays For Future movement and activist Greta Thunberg held a news conference with the activists in Sweden to spotlight the marginalisation of African voices.\"African activists are doing so much\": Nakate

Trump\'s Annexation Scheme: A Stake in the Heart of the Moribund Two-State Solution and Peace
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
Since no-peace/peace plans first surfaced in the 1970s, the US and Israel supported Palestinian self-determination in name only. | Both countries opposed the idea since Israel seized Palestinian territory not stolen in 1948. | A two-state solution was theoretically possible years earlier, …
globalresearch.ca/trump-annexation-scheme-stake-heart-moribund-two-state-solution-peace/5702445

Dead on Arrival: Dissecting Trump\'s Vision for the Future of Palestine
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-31
What used to be an idea expressed by only the most extreme right-wing Zionists, namely ridding Israel of its Palestinian citizens, is now part of a \"peace\" plan and has been given the rubber stamp of the United States government, writes Miko Peled.
mintpressnews.com/dissecting-trump-israel-palestine-mideast-peace-plan/264508/

Tehran says US sanctions on chief of nuclear energy organization was \'unwise move\'
rt.com | 2020-01-31
Iran\'s nuclear energy organization has described recent sanctions on the head of the agency by the US an \"unwise move.\" Washington announced new sanctions on Thursday against the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) and its director, Ali Akbar Salehi. The sanctions freeze any assets that Salehi has within US jurisdiction. | The organization tweeted on Friday that \"the unwise move\" by President Donald Trump to impose sanctions on Salehi and AEOI \"will not in any way interrupt [Iran\'s] peaceful nuclear activities and policies.\" | \"Such cruel sanctions will further enhance the nuclear scientist\'s motives in…
rt.com/newsline/479745-iran-us-sanctions-nuclear/

\"Balfouristans\" for Bibi: \"Apartheid\" Isn\'t an Insult, It\'s a Blueprint
Richard Eskow | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-31
The image on the left is from a map Donald Trump tweeted out with the label, \"Vision For Peace: Conceptual Map/The Future of Palestine.\" The one on the right shows the \"Bantustans\" created by apartheid-era South Africa in 1970, a move designed to pen the country\'s black citizens into impoverished \"homelands.\" Any questions? These maps…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/31/balfouristans-for-bibi-apartheid-isnt-an-insult-its-a-blueprint/

Afghanistan will need \'billions in foreign aid,\' US agency warns
rt.com | 2020-01-31
A US agency warned on Friday that Afghanistan will need vast amounts of foreign funding to keep its government afloat through 2024. International money pays for roughly 75 percent of all of Afghanistan\'s costs, while government revenue covers barely a quarter of Afghan public expenditures. | The warning comes as foreign donors become increasingly angry over the cost of corruption and the US seeks a peace deal with the Taliban to withdraw its troops from the country. The Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR), which issues reports quarterly to US Congress, monitors all US spending relating…
rt.com/newsline/479669-afghanistan-foreign-aid-us/

Massive Rejection of Trump\'s Plan in Palestine, Jordan, Yemen
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-31
Thousands of Palestinians held numerous demonstrations on the first Friday following the announcement of the so-called \"Deal of the Century\" promoted by the U.S. President Donald Trump. | RELATED: | Palestinian Leaders Taking Steps to Topple Trump\'s \'Peace Plan\' | From Gaza to the West Bank, people protested energetically against what they called \"an aparthei…
telesurenglish.net/news/Massive-Rejection-of-Trumps-Plan-in-Palestine-Jordan-Yemen-20200131-0006.html

War tensions mount between NATO powers over Libya, Mediterranean
wsws.org | 2020-01-31
The Berlin conference has set the stage not for peace, but only for stepped-up imperialist interventions to divide up the profits to be extracted from Libya and the entire region.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/31/fran-j31.html

Why is the U.S. Always at War? Is Peace Possible?
Party for Socialism and Liberation, Sonoma | indybay.org | 2020-01-31
A\'Roma Roasters Coffee and Tea | 95 5th St, Santa Rosa, California 95401…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/28/18830143.php

To Keep the Rohingya Alive
J.B. Gerald | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-31
The Contracting Parties confirm that genocide, whether committed in time of peace or in time of war, is a crime under international law which they undertake to prevent and to punish.

Palestinians around the world reject Trump\'s \'fraud of the century\'
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-31
Palestinians have responded to US President Donald Trump\'s peace plan with a resounding \"no,\" expressing their frustrations with what they have dubbed as the \"fraud of the century.\" From social media to the streets, Palestinians in the occupied territory and in the diaspora have rejected Trump\'s vision for the region, criticizing the plan for granting […] | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/31/palestinians-around-the-world-reject-trumps-fraud-of-the-century/

Trump\'s \'peace plan\' gives the go-ahead to Israel\'s biggest land grab in decades
Tom Anderson | thecanary.co | 2020-01-31
Donald Trump\'s \' plan for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict\' is catastrophic for Palestinians. One major problem is that it gives the green-light to Israeli politicians\' long-held plans to annex the Jordan Valley. | The Jordan Valley, which includes the Dead Sea region, makes up a third of the occupie…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2020/01/31/trumps-peace-plan-gives-the-go-ahead-to-israels-biggest-land-grab-in-decades/

Erdogan blasts Arab states for backing Trump\'s Middle East plan
rt.com | 2020-01-31
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blasted a number of Arab nations on Friday for backing a Middle East peace plan unveiled by the US, condemning it as \"treason.\" | \"Some Arab countries that support such a plan commit treason against Jerusalem, as well as against their own people, and more importantly against all humanity,\" Erdogan told his party\'s provincial heads in Ankara. | Erdogan, a strong advocate of Palestinian rights, singled out Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Jordan, AFP reports. \"Saudi Arabia in particular, you are silent. When will you break your silence? You look at Amman,…
rt.com/newsline/479696-erdogan-arabs-trump-palestinians/

Omar Baddar on Israel/Palestine \'Peace\' Plan, Rainey Reitman on Greenwald Persecution
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-01-31
MP3 Link This week on CounterSpin: It is strange to think that you could create a plan to shape the relationship between two entities, in consultation with one but not the other, and then not just declare it, yourself, a \"win-win,\" but also say to the unconsulted party, \"You better take it, or else.\" Yet …
fair.org/home/omar-baddar-on-israel-palestine-peace-plan-rainey-reitman-on-greenwald-persecution/

No War, No Sanctions on Iran
We Insist | indybay.org | 2020-01-31
January 25, 2020…a fabulous San Francisco turnout at the last in a series of emergency protests prompted by Trump\'s assassination of Iran\'s General Qasem Soleimani.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/30/18830196.php

Chile: One Dead and 124 Arrested During a Violent Early Morning
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-31
One dead person, 124 detainees and several wounded was the balance of the police repression to the protests that Chileans carried out in the early hours of Friday in Santiago. | RELATED: | Chilean Students Protest Controversial Exam in Santiago | On Thursday afternoon, citizens went out to protest the death of Jorge Mora, a fan of the Colo-Colo soccer team, who was hit by a Police truck last Tuesday. | His death intensified popular mobilizations against the neoliberal state, which th…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-One-Dead-and-124-Arrested-During-a-Violent-Early-Morning-20200131-0005.html

Right-Wing Business Billionaires Launch Attack on Bernie Sanders
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-31
Conservative business executives launched an ad campaign against Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders this week, attacking the democratic socialist on his plans to provide health care to all Americans and clean up the planet with a major public works program. | The wealthy manufacturing, poultry, fast food, and finance magnates, several of whom are Charles Koch allies, have recently donated millions of dollars to (CFGA), the super PAC affiliated with the right-wing political advocacy group
truthout.org/articles/right-wing-business-billionaires-launch-attack-on-bernie-sanders/

Erdogan\'s Outburst Against Russia Reveals Frustration
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
Back in November 2015, a Turkish F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Sukhoi Su-24M near the Syria–Turkey border on the allegations that the Russian warplane had violated Turkish airspace for 17 seconds

Two Wings, Four Despotisms
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-31
Republican Tyranny, Orange Menace Democracy is trumped in the United States by multiple, overlapping, interrelated and mutually reinforcing forms of despotism. The Trump administration and the Trumpified Republican Party, backed by a cult-like base, embody a creepy, neofascistic variant of the disease. The Republican White House and Senate are currently been conducting a tasteless tutorial…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/31/two-wings-four-despotisms/

Two Wings, Four Despotisms
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-31
Republican Tyranny, Orange Menace Democracy is trumped in the United States by multiple, overlapping, interrelated and mutually reinforcing forms of despotism. The Trump administration and the Trumpified Republican Party, backed by a cult-like base, embody a creepy, neofascistic variant of the disease. The Republican White House and Senate are currently conducting a tasteless tutorial in…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/31/two-wings-four-despotisms/

Pipeline or a Pipe Dream: Israel, Turkey Hydrocarbon Conflict is Brewing in the Mediterranean
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-31
Massive natural gas discoveries off the coast of Israel and Palestine are slated to make Tel Aviv a regional energy hub. Whether Israel will be able to translate positive indicators of the largely untapped gas reserves into actual economic and strategic wealth is yet to be seen. What is certain, however, is that the Middle…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/31/pipeline-or-a-pipe-dream-israel-turkey-hydrocarbon-conflict-is-brewing-in-the-mediterranean/

Pipeline or a Pipe Dream: Israel, Turkey Hydrocarbon Conflict is Brewing in the Mediterranean
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-31
Massive natural gas discoveries off the eastern coast of Israel and Palestine is slated to make Tel Aviv a regional energy hub. Whether Israel will be able to translate positive indicators of the largely untapped gas reserves into actual economic and strategic wealth is yet to be seen. What is certain, however, is that the…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/31/pipeline-or-a-pipe-dream-israel-turkey-hydrocarbon-conflict-is-brewing-in-the-mediterranean/

More Fallout from Trump\'s Annexation Scheme of the Century
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
The unacceptable scheme is further proof of a geopolitical know-nothing US president

How government and media are prepping America for a failed 2020 election
Whitney Webb | mronline.org | 2020-01-31
Russia, China and Iran are already being blamed for using tech to undermine the 2020 election. Yet, the very technologies they are allegedly using were created by a web of companies with deep ties to Israeli intelligence. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/31/how-government-and-media-are-prepping-america-for-a-failed-2020-election/

Sanders Beats Trump and Trump Throws Dynamite in the Powder Keg
savin and Friedrich Steinfeld | indybay.org | 2020-01-31
With Sander\'s election as the Democratic Party candidate, the US would have been the only country to have had a free health insurance policy since Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1930s… The USA and also Turkey have in fact long since left NATO and are following their own interests without taking their previous \"partners\" into consideration.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/31/18830244.php

China\'s Virus Response Has Been \'Breathtaking\'
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
President Xi Jinping formally told WHO head Tedros Ghebreyesus, at their meeting in Beijing earlier this week, that the coronavirus epidemic \"is a devil and we cannot allow the devil to hide.\" | Ghebreyesus for his part could not but …
globalresearch.ca/china-virus-response-breathtaking/5702416

World Health Organisation Officially Declares Coronavirus a \"Global Health Emergency\"
James Cogan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
The World Health Organisation (WHO) yesterday decided to formally declare the outbreak of 2019-nCoV, the new coronavirus first identified in the Chinese city of Wuhan, as a \"Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).\" The PHEIC classification was only established …
globalresearch.ca/world-health-organisation-officially-declares-coronavirus-global-health-emergency/5702436

China\'s Coronavirus: A Global Health Emergency is Launched. What are the Facts
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
While this coronavirus is indeed serious and is causing deaths, one wonders if the responses, especially in the West, are reaching out of control. | Canada, with a population about the same as Shanghai, has so far this flu season had …
globalresearch.ca/china-coronavirus-update/5702420

Trump and Putin Made this the Best Week Ever for Netanyahu
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-31
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin \"Bibi\" Netanyahu is coasting into his country\'s third elections on March 2 with the success of two tremendous achievements over the past week that was interestingly made possible by both American and Russian Presidents. U.S. President …
globalresearch.ca/trump-putin-made-best-week-ever-netanyahu/5702401

EPA Reapproves Glyphosate, Claims Pesticide Poses No Human Health Threat