California Bill Would Raise Taxes on Corporations With Large CEO-Worker Pay Gaps
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-17
A bill to raise taxes on corporations with large gaps between CEO and worker pay moved forward in the California state senate Wednesday after a hearing that drew sharp lines between labor and anti-poverty supporters and corporate and Wall Street opponents. | The California proposal is similar to legislation introduced in the U.S. Congress last November by Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, Representatives Barbara Lee and Rashida Tlaib, and 18 other House members. | Under the Ca…
truthout.org/articles/california-bill-would-raise-taxes-on-corporations-with-large-ceo-worker-pay-gaps/

Migrant entries from Turkey to Europe on the rise, Frontex chief says
rt.com | 2020-01-17
The number of migrants entering Europe from Turkey rose significantly last year as people fleeing Syria and Afghanistan flooded into the country and then set out for Greece, the head of the EU\'s border agency said on Friday. | More than 82,000 migrants tried to enter Europe without authorization in 2019, an increase of 46 percent over the previous year, Frontex Executive Director Fabrice Leggeri said in Brussels. | \"This was mainly due to the situation in Syria, but also instability in Afghanistan, and changing policies towards Afghan nationals by Iranian and Pakistani authorities,\" Leggeri said. He refused to…
rt.com/newsline/478534-migrants-turkey-europe-frontex/

The climate-migration-industrial complex
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-17
Thirty years ago there were fifteen border walls around the world. Now there are seventy walls and over one billion national and international migrants. International migrants alone may even double in the next forty years due to global warming. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/17/the-climate-migration-industrial-complex/

Interpretation Crisis at the Border Leads to Deportation of Mayan-Language Speakers Seeking Refuge
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-17
As the U.S. continues to use hostile policies to stop people from seeking refuge and asylum in the United States, we look at a key problem that is preventing migrants from getting due process, and in many cases getting them deported: inadequate interpretation for indigenous asylum seekers who speak Mayan languages. Guatemala has a population of 15 million people, and at least 40% of them are indigenous. In the past year, a quarter of a million Guatemalan migrants have been apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border. At least half of them are Mayan. Many speak little or no Spanish. This is the focus of a new report in…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/17/a_translation_crisis_at_the_border

At US Border, Inaccurate Mayan-Language Interpretation Can Lead to Deportation
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-17
As the U.S. continues to use hostile policies to stop people from seeking refuge and asylum in the United States, we look at a key problem that is preventing migrants from getting due process, and in many cases getting them deported: inadequate interpretation for indigenous asylum seekers who speak Mayan languages. Guatemala has a population of 15 million people, and at least 40% of them are indigenous. In the past year, a quarter of a million Guatemalan migrants have been apprehended at the U.
truthout.org/video/at-us-border-inaccurate-mayan-language-interpretation-can-lead-to-deportation/

Mexico\'s President Offers 4,000 Jobs in Attempt to Stop Caravan
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-17
Mexico\'s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) Friday reported that his government will not grant transit visas to migrants from the caravan trying to reach the United States but that there are about 4.000 jobs available. | RELATED: | \'Mexico Won\'t Let the Caravan Pass\' Guatemala\'s President Says | \"Between 2,500 and 3,000 Honduran and Salvadora…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexicos-President-Offers-4000-Jobs-in-Attempt-to-Stop-Caravan-20200117-0003.html

Julian Assange\'s battle for justice
Vyshakh T | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-17
Julian Assange\'s extradition hearing is scheduled to begin on February 25. We bring you a timeline of the major developments in the case since his arrest in April 2019.
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/17/julian-assanges-battle-for-justice/

Top Brazilian paper reveals Bolsonaro government\'s terror plot against Venezuela
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-17
Brazil\'s right-wing government attempted to attack Venezuela in a plot to overthrow its elected president. The shocking terror operation has…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/17/brazil-paper-reveals-bolsonaro-terror-plot-venezuela/

Not Bernie, Us. Not Warren, Us. Their Clash Underscores the Need for Grassroots Wisdom
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-01-17
Billionaires want Sanders and Warren to clash and burn…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/16/18829794.php

Not Bernie, Us. Not Warren, Us. Their Clash Underscores the Need for Grassroots Wisdom
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
The dismal conflict that erupted this week between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren should never have happened. But now that it has, supporters must provide grassroots leadership to mitigate the dangerous mess. The argument that broke out between Warren and Sanders last weekend and escalated in recent days is already history that threatens to foreshadow…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/not-bernie-us-not-warren-us-their-clash-underscores-the-need-for-grassroots-wisdom/

Not Bernie, Us. Not Warren, Us. Their Clash Underscores the Need for Grassroots Wisdom
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
The dismal conflict that erupted this week between Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren should never have happened. But now that it has, supporters must provide grassroots leadership to mitigate the dangerous mess. The argument that broke out between Warren and Sanders last weekend and escalated in recent days is already history that threatens to foreshadow…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/not-bernie-us-not-warren-us-their-clash-underscores-the-need-for-grassroots-wisdom/

Not an Inch: Indian Students Stand Against the Far Right
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
With her head bandaged and her arm in a sling, university student Aishe Ghosh went before the cameras to say that the students of the university she attends in New Delhi would move \"not an inch back.\" The students would continue to agitate to defend Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and its union, and to fight…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/not-an-inch-iranian-students-stand-against-the-far-right/

Not an Inch: Indian Students Stand Against the Far Right
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
With her head bandaged and her arm in a sling, university student Aishe Ghosh went before the cameras to say that the students of the university she attends in New Delhi would move \"not an inch back.\" The students would continue to agitate to defend Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and its union, and to fight…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/not-an-inch-iranian-students-stand-against-the-far-right/

Your arrow can pierce the sky, but ours has gone into orbit
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-01-17
On Wednesday, 15 January, China and the United States agreed to suspend their full-scale trade war. From February 2018, the United States placed tariffs on Chinese goods that entered the US market, and then China retaliated. This tit-for-tat game continued for almost two years, causing massive disruption in the global value chain. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/17/your-arrow-can-pierce-the-sky-but-ours-has-gone-into-orbit/

The bombs of the last war and preparations for the next rattle Germany
Victor Grossman | peoplesworld.org | 2020-01-17
BERLIN–\"ALARM! Twelve thousand residents must immediately leave their homes! All hospital clinics must be evacuated! No exceptions! Hasten!\" Not in burning Australia nor a besieged town in Syria or Afghanistan were those words heard, but rather on Jan. 12, 2020 in the otherwise peaceful if no longer prosperous Dortmund, in Germany\'s Ruhr Valley. Once again, unexploded …
peoplesworld.org/article/the-bombs-of-the-last-war-and-preparations-for-the-next-rattle-germany/

Secular Traditions in Indian Music and Poetry
San Jose Peace & Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-01-17
San Jose Peace and Justice Center | 48 South 7th Street | San Jose, CA 95112 | Bus routes: 22, 522, 23, 523, 55, 64, 66, 68, 72, 73, 168, 181, 500, Hwy 17 Express, MST 55, LRT…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/16/18829814.php

Dr. Stephen Zunes speaks on Trump\'s Mideast Policy
Peace Action of San Mateo County | indybay.org | 2020-01-17
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo | 300 E. Santa Inez Avenue | San Mateo, CA 94401…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/15/18829770.php

Greek offer to send peacekeeping troops to Libya could spark \'indirect\' conflict between Ankara and Athens
rt.com | 2020-01-17
Greece\'s proposal to send forces to observe a fragile truce in Libya could lead to an indirect conflict between Ankara and Athens, analysts told RT, warning that the NATO allies could soon lock horns over the issue. | Nikos Dendias, the Greek foreign minister, announced that his government was willing to deploy forces to the war-torn North African nation in order to monitor the ceasefire between the Libyan National Army (LNA) and the Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA). The offer was put forward after Dendias met with LNA leader General Khalifa Haftar, who has been fighting forces loyal to Tripol…
rt.com/news/478527-greece-indirect-conflict-turkey-libya/

Trump Calls for New Iran Nuclear Deal that Renders the Country Defenseless
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-17
Last week, Trump called for a new Iran nuclear deal, claiming: | \"(W)e must all work together toward making a deal with Iran that makes the world a safer and more peaceful place (sic).\" | That\'s precisely the JCPOA\'s aim

San Francisco Labor Council Resolution: \"Support the rising anti-war and pro-peace movement\"
| workers.org | 2020-01-17
The following resolution was adopted Jan. 13 by unanimous vote of the San Francisco Labor Council. Whereas, President Trump has placed the whole world on alert and brought the United States closer to war due to the irresponsible assassination of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani; and Whereas, President Trump has threatened . . . | Continue reading San Francisco Labor Council Resolution: \"Support the rising anti-war and pro-peace movement\" at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/01/45591/

Pompeo to join Libya conference in Berlin, Greece threatens to veto any solution after Tripoli-Ankara deal
rt.com | 2020-01-17
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will take part in this weekend\'s Libya peace conference in Germany and voice support for truce efforts, the State Department has said. | Pompeo will call for the withdrawal of all foreign forces from the war-ravaged nation, and a resumption of the UN-backed peace process, AFP quoted a US official as saying on Thursday. | On Thursday, Commander of eastern Libyan forces Khalifa Haftar paid a surprise visit to Athens, which is angered that it was not invited to Berlin and is engaged in a dispute with Turkey over energy claims involving Libya. | PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis vowed on Thu…
rt.com/newsline/478475-pompeo-libya-haftar-greece/

Eighty-six Pakistani Islamists handed decades in prison for role in violent rallies over Christian woman\'s blasphemy acquittal
rt.com | 2020-01-17
A Pakistani court has sentenced 86 members of a radical Islamist group to 55-year prison terms each for instigating violent protests against the acquittal of a Christian woman who had been accused of insulting Islam. | The decision was announced on Thursday by the court in Rawalpindi, a city near Islamabad. A leader of the radical Tehreek-e-Labbaik party, whose members were among the defendants, said that they would appeal the ruling. | The 86 were accused of damaging public property, assault and disrupting public order, as part of their unruly protest against the acquittal of Asia Bibi. The Christian woman wa…
rt.com/news/478493-asia-bibi-conviction-islamists-pakistan/

The Women\'s March Is Back and Ready to Defeat Trump
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-17
The Women\'s March is back this year

India\'s Kerala State is \'Fortress of Secularism\', Will Not Implement Citizenship Law – Chief Vijayan
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-17
New Delhi (Sputnik): India has witnessed widespread protests in favour and against the controversial law enacted by the federal government in December to grant citizenship rights to persecuted minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan, barring Muslims.
sputniknews.com/india/202001171078057105-indias-kerala-state-is-fortress-of-secularism-will-not-implement-citizenship-law-chief-vijayan/

Government Supporters Gather in Tehran After Friday Prayers – Video
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-17
Iranians are gathering for a rally to commemorate those killed in the fatal crash of a Ukrainian Boeing that was shot down by an Iranian missile earlier in January near Tehran\'s Imam Khomeini International Airport, killing all 176 people on board. Earlier that day, Iran had carried out a missile attack on US bases in Iraq.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202001171078061129-government-supporters-protest-in-tehran-after-friday-prayers/

Trump Prosecutors Make Move to Ensure that Embassy Protectors are Convicted
Ajamu Baraka | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
As the trial approaches, the lawyers for the Trump Administration\'s prosecution of the four Venezuelan Embassy Protectors who were arrested last May are asking the court to make sure the jury is kept ignorant about the facts and circumstances surrounding the actions of the protectors. In a recently filed motion by government lawyers, state prosecutors…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/trump-prosecutors-make-move-to-ensure-that-embassy-protectors-are-convicted/

The ERA Just Got Ratified by Virginia, the Needed 38th State!
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
Here\'s a big deal that\'s bound to become a lot bigger this year. Exactly 100 years after women finally won the vote with ratification of a 19th Amendment to the US Constitution, the state legislature of Virginia on January 15 finally became the needed 38th state of the Union to ratify the proposed Equal Rights…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/the-era-just-got-ratified-by-virginia-the-needed-38th-state/

CNN is Trash
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
Why has the hash tag #CNNisTrash been popular since this week\'s presidential primary debate? There was nothing new about the corporate, militarist, anti-progressive slant of the debate \"moderation.\" What was new was the level of blatant bias so extreme that even viewers who knew nothing about the issues couldn\'t miss it, plus the amount of…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/cnn-is-trash/

CNN is Trash
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
Why has the hash tag #CNNisTrash been popular since this week\'s presidential primary debate? There was nothing new about the corporate, militarist, anti-progressive slant of the debate \"moderation.\" What was new was the level of blatant bias so extreme that even viewers who knew nothing about the issues couldn\'t miss it, plus the amount of…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/cnn-is-trash/

Sealed Off and Forgotten: What You Should Know about Israel\'s \'Firing Zones\' in the West Bank
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
A seemingly ordinary news story, published in the Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, on January 7, shed light on a long-forgotten, yet crucial, subject: Israel\'s so-called \"firing zones\" in the West Bank.
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/sealed-off-and-forgotten-what-you-should-know-about-israels-firing-zones-in-the-west-bank/

America\'s Long History of Meddling in Russia
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
Russia

How a Hidden Parliamentary Session Revealed Trump\'s True Motives in Iraq
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-17
The U.S. is adamant that its assassination of Qassem Soleimani and refusal to leave Iraq is about protecting Americans, but a little known Iraqi parliamentary session reveals how China increasingly strong ties to Baghdad may be shaping America\'s new Mideast strategy.
mintpressnews.com/hidden-parliamentary-session-revealed-trump-motives-iraq-china-oil/264155/

Trump\'s True Motives in Iraq: What You\'re Not Being Told
Whitney Webb | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-17
(MPN Op-Ed)

US students and youth speak out against the threat of war with Iran
wsws.org | 2020-01-17
\"We know who war benefits. It benefits the rich, and it\'s always the poor and the working class who suffer the consequences. My father fought in World War II and the Korean War and it totally destroyed him.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/17/yout-j17.html

Moustache of Discord: South Koreans Find US Ambassador\'s Facial Hair Disrespectful
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-17
Apart from his personal appearance Harry Harris has angered South Koreans with his support for Donald Trump\'s demands to increase payment for US military protection to $5 million, as the country hosts more than 28,000 American servicemen.
sputniknews.com/asia/202001171078057244-moustache-of-discord-south-koreans-find-us-ambassadors-facial-hair-disrespectful-/

NATO Terrorists Bomb Aleppo Neighborhood: 5 Murdered, 15 Injured
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-17
NATO terrorists continued their slaughter of Syrian civilians. Courtesy of mostly the US taxpayer, another residential neighborhood in Aleppo was bombed. Five persons were murdered. Fifteen persons were injured. Homes and other buildings were damaged. | The wounded were rushed to …
globalresearch.ca/nato-terrorists-bomb-aleppo-neighborhood-5-murdered-15-injured/5700901

Sanctions harm reconstruction in Syria\'s Homs province
Karin Leukefeld | workers.org | 2020-01-17
Published in Junge Welt, Dec. 16. Translation by John Catalinotto. According to Gov. Talal Barasi, about half a million people fled from Homs province, the largest in Syria, during the war. Some 2.3 million people had lived in Homs before the war, Barasi explained in an interview with Junge Welt. . . . | Continue reading Sanctions harm reconstruction in Syria\'s Homs province at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/01/45594/

Israel Bombs Gaza And Syria Killing 3 & Iran Says US Sabotage/Cyberattack Likely Behind 737 Downing
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-17
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (1/16/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-bombs-gaza-and-syria-killing-3-iran-says-us-sabotage-cyberattack-likely-behind-737-downing/

UN envoy for Syria Pedersen to visit Russia next week
rt.com | 2020-01-17
UN Secretary-General\'s special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen will visit Russia next week, acting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Friday. | Pedersen also plans to visit Damascus, Lavrov said. \"I expect that these talks and his upcoming trips and contacts with the Syrian leadership will help us determine the further schedule of the [Syrian] Constitutional Committee,\" TASS quoted him as saying. | The minister also said that Syria should return to the Arab League after its exclusion in 2011. \"Syria needs to return to the Arab family,\" he added.
rt.com/newsline/478501-un-russia-envoy-syria/

The Australian Open Is the Tip of a Melting Iceberg
Dave Zirin | thenation.com | 2020-01-17
The Australian Open Is the Tip of a Melting Iceberg…
thenation.com/article/australian-open-fires-climate-change/

ReclaimMLK: Youth Climate Strike & Resiliency Village
Youth Vs Apocalypse | indybay.org | 2020-01-17
Oscar Grant/ Frank Ogawa Plaza | Oakland, CA 94612…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/16/18829815.php

The Rumbling Methane Enigma
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-17
The northern continental shelves of Russia, inclusive of the Barents Sea, Kara Sea, Laptev Sea and East Siberian Sea (ESAS) are some of the least researched yet most controversial subjects in climate science today. It\'s the one region that has the biggest potential to trigger runaway global warming because of sizeable subsea methane deposits, thereby…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/17/the-rumbling-methane-enigma/

Trump\'s Border Wall Is an Environmental Disaster
William deBuys | thenation.com | 2020-01-17
Trump\'s Border Wall Is an Environmental Disaster…
thenation.com/article/trump-border-wall-climate/

While Some Battle to Save Australia\'s Ecosystems, Others Blame Gov\'t for Climate Change Denial
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-17
\"This fire season has been a devastating wake-up call for many Australians. People who may have thought climate change was a vague, distant threat are now breathing bushfire smoke and reeling from the lives lost.\"
mintpressnews.com/battle-save-australia-fire-blame-govt-climate-change-denial/264175/

The Maldives Seek Financing to Manage Climate Change Impacts
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-17
The Republic of Maldives\' Foreign Affairs Minister Abdulla Shahid Thursday indicated that his country, a small island nation located in the Indian Ocean, is struggling to find financing that will allow it to build infrastructure to mitigate the risks of sea-level rise. | RELATED: | Germany Agrees on Plan to Phase out Coal Power by 2038 | \"For the Maldives, and, for the world over, climate change can be best described as a security and human rights challenge,\" said Shahid at the Raisina…
telesurenglish.net/news/The-Maldives-Seek-Financing-to-Manage-Climate-Change-Impacts-20200117-0001.html

ReclaimMLK: Youth Climate Strike & Resiliency Village
Youth Vs Apocalypse | indybay.org | 2020-01-17
Oscar Grant/ Frank Ogawa Plaza | Oakland, CA 94612…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/16/18829815.php

Trump\'s Border Wall Is an Environmental Disaster
William deBuys | thenation.com | 2020-01-17
Trump\'s Border Wall Is an Environmental Disaster…
thenation.com/article/trump-border-wall-climate/

\'We don\'t have political problems with India\': Iran\'s Zarif urges Delhi to defy US sanctions & resume buying Iranian oil
rt.com | 2020-01-17
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has called on India to shirk Washington\'s \"maximum pressure\" sanctions campaign and continue sourcing its energy from the Islamic Republic, arguing it\'s in the country\'s best interest. | While on a four-day visit to India, Zarif insisted Iran could best meet New Delhi\'s oil needs, assuring that his country would keep politics out of its business dealings and remain a reliable partner. | \"For India\'s economic growth you need more and more energy and energy security, which has been an area of concern,\" Zarif said at a meeting of the Federation of Indian Export Organi…
rt.com/news/478470-iran-india-oil-us-sanctions/

Colombia: Armed Incursion to Jamundi Leaves Five Civilians Dead
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-17
Five young farmers were killed in the middle of a confrontation among illegal armed groups operating in the municipality of Jamundi, at the Cauca valley, in Colombia. | RELATED: | 17 Social Leaders Assassinated so Far This Year in Colombia | According to local media, the victims were traveling in three cars when members of those armed groups threw explosives into the vehicles destroying them. | On Thursday night, there was a clash among criminal organizations, one of which was ap…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Armed-Incursion-to-Jamundi-Leaves-Five-Civilians-Dead-20200117-0005.html

Trump\'s Space Force Is Worse Than Reagan\'s Star Wars
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-17
With a stroke of a pen, Donald Trump created an entirely new branch of the armed forces last year. It\'s the first new branch of the U.S. military since 1947. | The Space Force is not exactly a new idea. It\'s a revival of a Reagan-era initiative that had been set up to oversee missile defense, which the George W. Bush administration repurposed after 9/11 to focus on the war in Afghanistan. | Yet what Trump has put together is fundamentally different, and potentially more destabilizing, than the previous incarnation.
truthout.org/articles/trumps-space-force-is-worse-than-reagans-star-wars/

Short of Time: Julian Assange at the Westminster Magistrates Court
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-16
London. Another slot of judicial history, another notch to be added to the woeful record of legal proceedings being undertaken against Julian Assange. The ailing WikiLeaks founder was coping as well as he could, showing the resourcefulness of the desperate at his Monday hearing. At the Westminster Magistrates Court, Assange faced a 12-minute process, an…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/16/short-of-time-julian-assange-at-the-westminster-magistrates-court/

Assange\'s French legal advisor Juan Branco: \"We\'ve experienced a strong shift that we now need to nurture\"
wsws.org | 2020-01-16
In comments to the WSWS this week, Branco stated: \"Citizens have their mass and geniuses like Julian Assange on their side–private interests have their economical power, cynicism and capacity to corrupt on theirs.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/16/bran-j16.html

Biden, Buttigieg and Corporate Media Are Eager for Sanders and Warren to Clash
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-16
Corporate Democrats got a jolt at the end of last week when the highly regarded Iowa Poll showed Bernie Sanders surging into first place among Iowans likely to vote in the state\'s Feb. 3 caucuses. The other big change was a steep drop for the previous Iowa frontrunner, Pete Buttigieg, who

Not Bernie, Us. Not Warren, Us
Norman Solomon | commondreams.org | 2020-01-16
Supporters of Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Bernie Sanders supporters cheer and chat outside the James Clyburns World Famous Fish Fry in Columbia, South Carolina June 21, 2019. (Photo: Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bernie_warren.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/01/16/not-bernie-us-not-warren-us?cd-origin=rss

Not Bernie, Us. Not Warren, Us
Norman Solomon | zcomm.org | 2020-01-16
Their Clash Underscores the Need for Grassroots Wisdom…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/not-bernie-us-not-warren-us/

Indian Students Stand Against the Far-Right
Vijay Prashad | zcomm.org | 2020-01-16
It is hard to watch these young people speak with such confidence and with such chilling precision about their desire to hurt those with whom they did not agree…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/indian-students-stand-against-the-far-right/

Erdogan sending Turkish troops to Libya ahead of Berlin peace talks
rt.com | 2020-01-16
Turkey is sending troops to Libya to ensure the stability of the UN-backed government in Tripoli, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced. The move comes ahead of a Berlin summit on the security situation in the country. | Ankara has already deployed forces to train troops loyal to the Government of National Accord (GNA), as part of a security cooperation agreement between the two countries. | Erdogan also said that, as part of a maritime agreement, it would no longer be possible for other states to conduct oil exploration and drilling off the coast of Libya without the approval of Ankara and Tripoli. | T…
rt.com/news/478416-turkey-sends-troops-libya-erdogan/

Dr. Stephen Zunes speaks on Trump\'s Mideast Policy
Peace Action of San Mateo County | indybay.org | 2020-01-16
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo | 300 E. Santa Inez Avenue | San Mateo, CA 94401…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/15/18829770.php

Haftar Agrees to Take Part in Berlin Conference on Libya – LNA Official
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-16
Earlier this week, the office of German chancellor Angela Merkel stated that Berlin will host Libya peace conference on Sunday and will invite members of the conflicting sides as well as representatives of 11 nations, who are trying to resolve the crisis.
sputniknews.com/world/202001161078051390-haftar-agrees-to-take-part-in-berlin-conference-on-libya—reports/

J9 Protest in San Francisco
No War on Iran | indybay.org | 2020-01-16
Hundreds gathered at One Post St. above Montgomery BART on a day of national action.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/14/18829750.php

Malians protest to demand departure of French occupation troops
wsws.org | 2020-01-16
Anger is exploding against the carnage produced by the French war in Mali and against official lies that France is waging a global war on terror.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/16/mali-j16.html

France at a Crossroads
Richard Greeman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-16
The nationwide general strike in France, now entering its record seventh week, seems to be approaching its crisis point. Despite savage police repression, about a million people are in the streets protesting President Emmanuel Macron\'s proposed neoliberal \"reform\" of …
globalresearch.ca/france-crossroads/5700752

Milwaukee meets Trump with huge protest
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-16
Milwaukee, WI

Who Targeted Ukraine Airlines Flight 752? Iran Shot It Down but There May be More to the Story
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-16
The claim that Major General Qassem Soleimani was a \"terrorist\" on a mission to carry out an \"imminent\" attack that would kill hundreds of Americans turned out to be a lie, so why should one believe anything else relating to …
globalresearch.ca/who-targeted-ukraine-airlines-flight-752-iran/5700765

German Defence Minister Confirms Reports of Trump\'s Threats to Slap EU With Higher Tariffs Over Iran
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-16
Three European signatories to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, also known as Iran nuclear deal, initiated the accord\'s dispute mechanism on 14 January thus threatening to put an end to the agreement\'s existence following the US withdrawal from it in 2018.
sputniknews.com/world/202001161078052193-german-defence-minister-confirms-reports-of-trumps-threats-to-slap-eu-with-tariffs-over-iran/

\'We Did Not Think US Would Target Another Country\'s Guest\' – Rouhani on Soleimani Assassination
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-16
Qasem Soleimani, the former head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp\'s Quds Force, was posthumously promoted to Lieutenant General. Incredibly popular amongst most Iranians, the late General was a key figure in coordinating anti-Daesh forces in Iraq and Syria.
sputniknews.com/military/202001161078046890-we-did-not-think-us-would-target-another-countrys-guest-rouhani-on-soleimani-assassination/

History: US Spy Activities in Western and Northern China
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-16
The first CIA agent killed in action was the 37-year-old Douglas S. Mackiernan, a former code-breaker for the United States Army Air Forces, who during World War II was promoted to Major, serving as an Air Force meteorologist in …
globalresearch.ca/us-spy-activities-western-northern-china-first-cia-agent-killed-operation/5700769

House Leaders March Trump Impeachment Articles to the Senate
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-16
WASHINGTON

Who\'s this guy? Jeopardy contestants fail to recognize impeachment \'hero\' Adam Schiff & Twitter ROFLs
rt.com | 2020-01-16
Rep. Adam Schiff might be leading an impeachment drive in the US, but it seems not everybody is familiar with the \'resistance\' hero. At least, his photo did not ring any bells for contestants on the latest Jeopardy episode. | Schiff, a prominent Russiagater whose fame among the anti-Trump resistance camp reached new heights amid the ongoing Ukrainegate saga, might be a household name on Capitol Hill, but the question remains: Is the same true for the rest of the country outside of the Washington political swamp? If the classic trivia game show is any indication, it is not. | Just a reminder we live in a bubble…
rt.com/usa/478389-schiff-jeopardy-impeachment-hero/

House forwards impeachment articles, triggering Senate trial of President Trump
wsws.org | 2020-01-16
The onset of the Senate trial takes place in the context of an explosive political and social crisis and internal warfare within the American state without parallel since the Civil War.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/16/impe-j16.html

Climate Crisis: We Need Radical Change Now, Not in the Future
Nick Licata | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-16
Reading Naomi Klein\'s new book, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal, is similar to watching a mega-disaster movie in a theater. Except, you can leave your fears behind when you exit the theater. Klein\'s message is that our human induced climate change is devastating our livable earth, we are stuck here, it…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/16/climate-crisis-we-need-radical-change-now-not-in-the-future/

Climate Crisis: We Need Radical Change Now, Not in the Future
Nick Licata | zcomm.org | 2020-01-16
Reading Naomi Klein\'s new book, On Fire: The (Burning) Case for a Green New Deal, is similar to watching a mega-disaster movie in a theater. Except, you can leave your fears behind when you exit the theater…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/climate-crisis-we-need-radical-change-now-not-in-the-future/

Former Colombian President àÅlvaro Uribe linked to international drug trafficking through Sinaloa Cartel
wsws.org | 2020-01-16
The charges against Uribe expose Colombia\'s \"war on drugs,\" like that of the US, as a smokescreen for government criminality and a pretext for violence against the population.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/16/urib-j16.html

The Only Way Out of Our Latest War
Robert L. Borosage | thenation.com | 2020-01-16
The Only Way Out of Our Latest War…
thenation.com/article/iran-deescalation-war-powers/

The Suleimani assassination, imperialist strategy and the crisis of the Iranian regime
wsws.org | 2020-01-16
The killing of the military leader, widely viewed as second only to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei in Iran\'s power structure, constitutes a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration\'s campaign of \"maximum pressure\" on Iran.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/16/pers-j16.html

Analyst: US \'Bid\' to Cut Iraq Military Aid Over Troop Ouster is a \'Rejection of Democratic Process\'
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-16
The Wall Street Journal earlier reported that the Trump administration was preparing to cut $250 million in military aid to Baghdad after the Iraqi parliament\'s non-binding vote to expel American troops from its soil over a 3 January US drone strike that killed Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani, triggering retaliation from Tehran a few days later.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202001161078051875-analyst-us-bid-to-cut-iraq-military-aid-over-troop-ouster-is-a-rejection-of-democratic-process/

Iranian Opposition–1970s to 2020
Ron Jacobs | zcomm.org | 2020-01-16
As residents of those nations working to return Iran back to its previous status as a client of imperialism, our task is to oppose the sanctions demanded by the United States and the war moves accompanying those sanctions…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/iranian-opposition-1970s-to-2020/

Tracked, Targeted, Killed: Qassem Soleimani\'s Final Hours
Suadad al-Salhy | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-16
Stepping off his Cham Wings flight and onto the tarmac of Baghdad airport, Qassem Soleimani was met by a familiar face. | Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy head of the Hashd al-Shaabi Iraqi paramilitary, was a longstanding ally of the Iranian …
globalresearch.ca/qassem-soleimani-final-hours/5700762

YouTube, Facebook and Twitter remove accounts and content opposing the illegal assassination of Iranian General Suleimani
wsws.org | 2020-01-16
The social media companies YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are following the orders of the Trump administration in the aftermath of the criminal assassination of Iranian General Suleimani on January 3.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/16/tube-j16.html

Russian government resigns after Putin\'s state of the nation address
wsws.org | 2020-01-16
The resignation of the widely unpopular Russian government comes amid mounting social conflict and escalating war tensions between the US and Iran which threaten to draw in the entire South Caucasus region and Russia itself.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/16/rus-j16.html

Putin Introduces Post of Deputy Chairman of Russian Security Council, Appoints Medvedev
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-16
Dmitry Medvedev, who resigned as Russia\'s prime minister a day earlier, will remain the leader of the governing party United Russia, according to secretary of the party\'s General Council Andrey Turchak.
sputniknews.com/russia/202001161078052902-putin-introduces-post-of-deputy-chairman-of-russian-security-council/

S-400 For Iraq: Will Americans Be Able to Hamper the Deal?
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-16
Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal quoted Karim Elaiwi, a member of the Iraqi parliament\'s Security and Defence Committee, as saying that Baghdad was considering purchasing Russian S-400 systems amid concerns that the US may stop supporting the country.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202001161078051792-s-400-for-iraq-will-americans-be-able-to-hamper-the-deal/

Russian Lower House Approves Mishustin\'s Nomination as Prime Minister
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-16
The entire Russian government resigned on 15 January, with ex-Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev saying this was done to enable President Vladimir Putin to implement the goals outlined in his address to the legislature.
sputniknews.com/russia/202001161078052472-russian-lower-house-approves-mishustins-nomination-as-prime-minister/

Roscosmos engineers develop plan to BLIND foreign spy satellites flying over Russian territory
rt.com | 2020-01-16
Engineers at the Russian Space Agency Roscosmos have developed a plan to block foreign orbital spy satellites from operating in the skies above Russian territory, in what could mark a new era of counterintelligence. | The engineers at the Russian Space Systems Corporation, a subsidiary of Roscosmos, propose establishing a database of all known foreign orbital spy satellites to best configure an array of ground-based jamming devices. | Once this database is compiled, the agency could then decide the best location and composition for a proposed array of ground-based radio-electronic stations which suppress and p…
rt.com/russia/478403-roscosmos-develops-countermeasures-spy-satellites/

The World as Seen by Russian Diplomats\' Wives
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-16
The Community of Russian Diplomats\' Wives was created about two years ago in Russia and today it includes about 250 wives of Russian diplomats in some 60 countries.
sputniknews.com/photo/202001161078033833-the-world-as-seen-by-russian-diplomats-wives/

1 killed, 1 injured after gunman opens fire inside magistrates\' court in Russia\'s Siberia
rt.com | 2020-01-16
One man died and a woman was seriously injured when a gunman opened fire inside a courthouse in the city of Novokuznetsk in southwestern Siberia. The suspect, who was armed with a rifle, has been apprehended. | The prosecutor\'s office in Kemerovo Region, where the magistrates\' court is located, has launched a probe into the attempted murder. | The attack unfolded at around 9: 20am local time on Thursday. The assailant was detained at the scene and taken into custody. | A male court officer suffered a gunshot wound to his stomach in the attack and died in an ambulance en route to hospital. | A woman, who was att…
rt.com/russia/478388-court-shooting-killed-novokuznetsk/

\'A Very Stable Genius\': Trump Declared Himself \'Russia Expert\' After Meeting Putin, New Book Claims
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-16
The book is based on hundreds of hours of interviews with hundreds of sources, internal memos, and even private video recordings. The authors claim that Trump initially agreed to be interviewed by them, but later declined during his tensions with the media.
sputniknews.com/us/202001161078051831-a-very-stable-genius-trump-declared-himself-russia-expert-after-meeting-putin-new-book-claims/

Russian MPs confirm Mikhail Mishustin as new prime minister after cabinet resignation
rt.com | 2020-01-16
Mikhail Mishustin has been ratified as next Prime Minister of Russia by MPs, after a cabinet resignation on Wednesday. Vladimir Putin had earlier proposed Mishustin, formerly head of the Federal Tax Service, as a candidate. | In an overwhelming vote on Thursday, 383 lawmakers supported Mishustin\'s candidacy. Not a single MP cast their vote against the Prime Minister, but 41 MPs

Ukrainian Interior Ministry Opens Investigation Into Claims of Russia Hacking Burisma – Report
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-16
On Tuesday, Democratic Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries said that the Dems would look into media reports alleging that Russian military hackers conducted cyberattacks against Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
sputniknews.com/europe/202001161078052406-ukrainian-interior-ministry-opens-investigation-into-claims-of-russia-hacking-burisma—report/

Erdogan Announces Turkey is Sending Troops to Libya
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-16
Ankara and the UN-backed Government of National Accord previously signed an agreement to deploy Turkish troops to the war-torn country. Turkey noted though that the deployment would only happen if General Haftar\'s army continues its offensive.
sputniknews.com/world/202001161078051768-erdogan-announces-turkey-is-sending-troops-to-libya/

Sanders-Warren Spat Overtakes the News Cycle
Sam Adler-Bell | zcomm.org | 2020-01-16
\"Infighting between Sanders and Warren only benefits big oil, fossil fuel billionaires, the GOP, and the moderate wing of the Democratic Party.\"
zcomm.org/znetarticle/sanders-warren-spat-overtakes-the-news-cycle/

China\'s ZTE wants to raise $1.7 billion to boost 5G development
rt.com | 2020-01-16
One of China\'s largest producers of telecom equipment, ZTE, has announced plans to raise around $1.7 billion from a private share placement to fund research and development of 5G networks. | The company will issue 381 million A-shares denominated in the Chinese yuan and traded on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges. It will sell them to 10 independent professional or institutional investors in China at 30.21 yuan ($4.40) per share. | The price is a little lower than the average trading price over the last three weeks. As of Thursday, ZTE stock was trading at 37.41 yuan per share in Shenzhen. | Also on rt…
rt.com/business/478404-zte-fundraising-5g-development/

Apocalypse on Pause? Asteroid That Shot Fireball in 2017 Could Destroy Life on Earth, Scientists Say
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-16
In April 2017, a shiny fireball flew over the skies of Kyoto, Japan, raising questions about its potential origin and cosmic identity. Later, it was determined that the bright intruder belonged to a near-Earth asteroid called 2003 YT1.
sputniknews.com/science/202001161078052957-apocalypse-on-pause-asteroid-that-shot-fireball-in-2017-could-destroy-life-on-earth-scientists-say/

German captain of refugee rescue ship \"Lifeline\" acquitted of criminal charges in Malta
wsws.org | 2020-01-16
Despite the acquittal neither Malta nor the EU have retreated from its inhumane and murderous anti-refugee policy with Valletta continuing to prevent NGO ships from entering its waters.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/16/life-j16.html

It\'s Splitsville For Bollywood Star Amit Sadh and Brazilian Model Annabel Dasilva
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-16
New Delhi (Sputnik): Bollywood actor Amit Sadh has earned praise for his performances in films like \"Kai Po Che\" (2013), \"Sarkar 3\", and very recently \"Super 30\". However, his personal life also made headlines when he announced his separation from Punjabi actress Neeru Bajwa amicably.
sputniknews.com/india/202001161078050207-its-splitsville-for-bollywood-star-amit-sadh-and-brazilian-model-annabel-dasilva/

Death by Illogic, Lies and Stupidity
Lawrence Davidson | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-16
Donald Trump continues to be under fire. He has been impeached for a gross abuse of power: attempting to blackmail the Ukrainian government into libeling his likely 2020 Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, with allegations of corruption. To induce the Ukrainians to do this, Trump ordered the withholding of military aid. This was an illegal act.
counterpunch.org/2020/01/16/death-by-illogic-lies-and-stupidity/

Egypt Rejects Turkey\'s Criticism Over Detention of Anadolu Reporters – Foreign Ministry
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-16
CAIRO (Sputnik)

Another Geithner Scandal
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-16
Tim Geithner might have left his job as Treasury Secretary seven years ago, but his legacy lives on. The Wall Street Journal reported that the financial firm Morningstar had reached a settlement with the SEC over marketing it had done for firms whose bonds it had rated. SEC rules prohibit rating agencies from doing promotional…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/16/another-geithner-scandal/

Trump Dooms the Future by Gutting the National Environmental Policy Act
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-16
The National Environmental Policy Act, better known as NEPA, has served the nation well for 50 years. But last Friday the Trump administration decided to gut the law via administrative rules changes that will allow virtually unhindered development, resource extraction and pollution. It\'s one thing for the Trump cultists to support certain policies, tariffs, sanctions and war-mongering.
counterpunch.org/2020/01/16/trump-dooms-the-future-by-gutting-the-national-environmental-policy-act/

How the President Became a Drone Operator
Allegra Harpootlian | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-16
We\'re only a few days into the new decade and it\'s somehow already a bigger dumpster fire than the last. On January 2nd, President Trump decided to order what one expert called \"the most important decapitation strike America has ever launched.\" This one took out not some nameless terrorist in a distant land or a…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/16/how-the-president-became-a-drone-operator/