Immigration and the Prison Industrial Complex
Andrew Moss | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-08
In the past year, the struggle over immigration rights continued along a broad array of fronts. There were significant setbacks, such as the implementation of the \"Remain in Mexico\" policy that made asylum nearly impossible to attain. But there were also victories, such as a federal judge\'s ruling in November that required the government to…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/08/immigration-and-the-prison-industrial-complex/

Video: Trump Calls Upon Iran: \"We Should Work Together\"
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-08
On January 8, President Trump spoke from the White House following the Iran missile attack against two US military bases in Iraq in the night of January 8. | While US and Iraqi sources said \"there were no known casualties\" (CNN) …
globalresearch.ca/video-trump-calls-upon-iran-we-should-work-together/5700023

Biden and Buttigieg Are Showing How Corporatism and \'the Madness of Militarism\' Go Together
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Marketing nonstop war…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829492.php

Is This the End of U.S. Interference in West Asia?
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-08
Major General Hossein Salami, the chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran, said on January 4 that his country would take \"strategic revenge\" against the United States for the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani. The assassination of Soleimani, Salami said, will be later seen as a \"turning point\" in U.S. interference…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/08/is-this-the-end-of-u-s-interference-in-west-asia/

Is This the End of U.S. Interference in West Asia?
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-08
Major General Hossein Salami, the chief of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran, said on January 4 that his country would take \"strategic revenge\" against the United States for the assassination of Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani. The assassination of Soleimani, Salami said, will be later seen as a \"turning point\" in U.S. interference…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/08/is-this-the-end-of-u-s-interference-in-west-asia/

Coast to coast U.S. protests demand: \"U.S. out of Iraq! No war or sanctions on Iran!\"
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2020-01-08
Just days into the new year and a new decade, on Jan. 4, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in 80 cities across 38 states to demand U.S. out of Iraq and no war or sanctions on Iran. Many activists described the massive turnout as the largest . . . | Continue reading Coast to coast U.S. protests demand: \"U.S. out of Iraq! No war or sanctions on Iran!\" at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/01/45365/

\'Cancer to Humanity\': Ex-White House Adviser on Twitter Trial for Mocking Greta \'Thunder Thighs\'
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-08
The teen eco-activist from Sweden turned 17 just several days ago yet has already managed to inspire student climate protests around the globe. She earlier scolded world leaders for \"stealing\" children\'s future and drew angry and condescending remarks from celebrities and top politicians, including Donald Trump.
sputniknews.com/viral/202001081077977871-cancer-to-humanity-ex-white-house-adviser-on-twitter-trial-for-mocking-greta-thunder-thighs/

\'No lives lost\': Trump holds fire on \'big missiles,\' talks peace after Iran\'s strikes on US bases in Iraq
rt.com | 2020-01-08
US President Donald Trump is delivering an eagerly-awaited address to America, as the country stands on the brink of war with Iran. Trump\'s speech comes hours after Iranian missiles struck two US bases in Iraq. | Speaking from the White House, Trump backed away from threatening further strikes against Iran, describing Tehran\'s stand-down as \"a good thing for all parties concerned.\" | Our missiles are big, powerful, accurate, lethal and fast…The fact that we have this great military and equipment, however, does not mean that we have to use it. | Trump did, however, vow to impose new economic sanctions on the…
rt.com/usa/477742-trump-responds-iran-strike-us-bases/

WW editorial: No war on Iran! U.S. out of Iraq!
John Catalinotto | workers.org | 2020-01-08
The gangsters in the White House and the Pentagon are responsible for the targeted assassination of a top representative of a sovereign government. The target, Qassem Soleimani of Iran, was on a peace mission that the U.S. president was aware of and had encouraged. Trump has now followed up . . . | Continue reading WW editorial: No war on Iran! U.S. out of Iraq! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/01/45362/

In What May be the Largest Strike in World History, Millions in India Protest PM Modi\'s Policies
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-08
An estimated quarter of a billion workers in India went on strike today, protesting the government of Narendra Modi\'s racist and \"anti-people,\" \"anti-worker\" policies.
mintpressnews.com/largest-strike-world-history-millions-india-protest/263999/

More Than 180 Events Planned Across US to Protest Trump\'s March to War With Iran
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-08
After Iran\'s retaliation for the killing of Gen. Qasem Soleimani intensified fears of another catastrophic Middle East war, a coalition of progressive advocacy groups Tuesday reiterated their call for massive demonstrations across the U.S. to protest President Donald Trump\'s \" military brinksmanship\" and…
truthout.org/articles/more-than-180-events-planned-across-us-to-protest-trumps-march-to-war-with-iran/

No War With Iran! Nationwide Protest (Sacramento)
MoveOn, Indivisible, Others | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Memorial Auditorium (out in front), 1515 J St, Sacramento, CA 95814…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829521.php

No War With Iran! Protest in Oakland
MoveOn, Indivisible, Others | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
The Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829518.php

No War With Iran! Protest in Walnut Creek
Contra Costa MoveOn and Indivisible ReSisters | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Corner of Civic Dr. and Ygnacio Valley Rd., Walnut Creek, CA 94596…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/08/18829540.php

No War With Iran! Protest in Pacifica
MoveOn, Indivisible, Others | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Intersection of Hwy 1 & Reina Del Mar, Pacifica, CA 94044…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829525.php

No War With Iran! Protest in Fairfield, Solono Co
MoveOn, Indivisible, Others | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Sidewalk outside of Solano County Government Center, 675 Texas Street,Fairfield, CA 94533…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829522.php

No War With Iran! Protest in Livermore
MoveOn, Indivisible, Others | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Livermore Flagpole Plaza, First Street and South Livermore Ave, Livermore, CA 94550…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/08/18829539.php

In San José, Protesters Say We\'ve Got a Moron with a War On
Text: R.R. Photos: Bernie Bob Jung | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Many interesting signs and flags from national day of action against war on Iran in San José, California. | January 4, 2020.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829493.php

No War With Iran! Nationwide Protest (San Francisco)
MoveOn, Indivisible, Others | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
One Post Street above Montgomery BART, San Francisco, CA 94104…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829516.php

No War With Iran! Protest in Fremont
Indivisible Alameda County and others | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Veterans Memorial Park (outside Fremont Courthouse), intersection of Walnut Ave. and Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont, CA 94538…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829538.php

No War With Iran! Protest in Monterey
MoveOn, Indivisible, Others | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Window On The Bay / Monterey Waterfront Park, intersection of Del Monte Ave and Camino El Estero, Monterey, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829519.php

Blowback? U.S. Assassination of Soleimani May Weaken Growing Protest Movement in Iran
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-08
Protests broke out in Iran in November in response to high fuel prices, leading to demonstrations in dozens of cities around the country. The protesters have demanded economic relief and denounced corruption. More than 1,000 people have been killed since the outbreak of the protests and a violent crackdown by security forces. The rise in tensions between Iran and the United States, triggered by the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, could weaken that protest movement, says Ali Kadivar, assistant professor of sociology and international studies at Boston College who was active in Iran\'s st…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/8/us_iran_tensions_protest_movement

No War With Iran! Nationwide Protest (Alameda)
MoveOn, Indivisible, Others | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Intersection of Park St & Central Ave, Alameda, CA 94501 | Intersection near Starbucks, Peet\'s, the Star Pizza, and the Alameda Theater…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829520.php

No War With Iran! Nationwide Protest (Santa Cruz)
Santa Cruz Indivisible | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Clock Tower, Water Street and N. Pacific Ave, Downtown Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829517.php

No War With Iran! Protest Santa Rosa
MoveOn, Indivisible, Others | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Old Court House Square, 3rd St. & Mendocino Ave and 4th St. & Santa Rosa Ave, Downtown Santa Rosa, CA 95405…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/08/18829544.php

SF: No New War on Iran! Emergency Protest
ANSWER Coalition | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Powell + Market, San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829529.php

No War With Iran! Protest Vigil in Mountain View
MoveOn, Indivisible, Others | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Gateway Park, intersection of W. El Camino Real and Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94040…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829524.php

No War With Iran! Protest in Davis
Indivisible Yolo Co., Others | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Central Park, 5th St & B St, Davis, CA 95616…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829523.php

No War With Iran! Protest in Fairfield, Solono Co
MoveOn, Indivisible, Others | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Sidewalk outside of Solano County Government Center, 675 Texas Street,Fairfield, CA 94533…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829522.php

No War With Iran! Nationwide Protest (Santa Cruz)
Santa Cruz Indivisible | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Clock Tower, Water Street and N. Pacific Ave, Downtown Santa Cruz, CA 95060…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829517.php

Blowback? U.S. Assassination of Soleimani May Weaken Growing Protest Movement in Iran
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-08
Protests broke out in Iran in November in response to high fuel prices, leading to demonstrations in dozens of cities around the country. The protesters have demanded economic relief and denounced corruption. More than 1,000 people have been killed since the outbreak of the protests and a violent crackdown by security forces. The rise in tensions between Iran and the United States, triggered by the U.S. assassination of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, could weaken that protest movement, says Ali Kadivar, assistant professor of sociology and international studies at Boston College who was active in Iran\'s st…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/8/us_iran_tensions_protest_movement

No War With Iran! Protest in San Jose
MoveOn, Indivisible, Others | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Intersection of of Stevens Creek and South Winchester Blvd., at the border of San Jose 95128 and Santa Clara 95050…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829526.php

In San José, Protesters Say We\'ve Got a Moron with a War On
Text: R.R. Photos: Bernie Bob Jung | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Many interesting signs and flags from national day of action against war on Iran in San José, California. | January 4, 2020.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829493.php

No War With Iran! Protest in San Jose
MoveOn, Indivisible, Others | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Intersection of of Stevens Creek and South Winchester Blvd., at the border of San Jose 95128 and Santa Clara 95050…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829526.php

No War With Iran! Protest in Oakland
MoveOn, Indivisible, Others | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
The Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829518.php

No War With Iran! Protest in Walnut Creek
Contra Costa MoveOn and Indivisible ReSisters | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Corner of Civic Dr. and Ygnacio Valley Rd., Walnut Creek, CA 94596…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/08/18829540.php

No War With Iran! Protest Vigil in Mountain View
MoveOn, Indivisible, Others | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Gateway Park, intersection of W. El Camino Real and Castro Street, Mountain View, CA 94040…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829524.php

No War With Iran! Protest in Sonoma
Sonoma Valley Resistance | indybay.org | 2020-01-08
Sonoma Plaza, 453 1st Street East, Sonoma, CA 95476…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/08/18829543.php

Iran Attacks US in Iraq, Soleimani\'s Diplomatic Mission & Trump Had Marines \"Kill Protesters\"
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2020-01-08
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 (1/7/19). 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/iran-attacks-us-in-iraq-soleimanis-diplomatic-mission-trump-had-marines-kill-protesters/

Protesters across New England demand: No War on Iran!
Liberation Staff | liberationnews.org | 2020-01-08
Reports from Boston, New Haven, Conn, and Manchester, NH.
liberationnews.org/protesters-across-new-england-demand-no-war-on-iran/

Nurses warn of burn-out in new strike over pay and recruitment
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-08
Thousands of \"burned out\" nurses have taken to picket lines in the north of Ireland as one-day strike action brings some health services to a standstill.An escalating row over pay and conditions in the under-pressure hospital system emptied treatment waiting rooms across the country.Politicians are trying to reach an agreement which would produce a funding boost for an NHS beset by long waiting lists for treatment and rancour over employee pay levels while struggling to fill some vacant posts.The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) protest follows a similar walkout last month over salary rates that lag behind colleagu…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2020/01/08/nurses-warn-of-burn-out-in-new-strike-over-pay-and-recruitment/

Worldwide Protests against 5G on January 25, 2020
IASEIS | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-08
Protests will take place in many countries on Saturday, January 25, 2020. This is the first Global Day of Protest against 5G. It is only the first of more to come until our voices are heard and the irradiation of | …
globalresearch.ca/worldwide-protests-against-5g-on-january-25-2020/5699989

US Jingoism Promotes Mindless Support for War with Iran
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-08
This is not an article intended to praise Qassem Suleimani, the Commander of Iran\'s military who was whacked by President Trump with several Hellfire Missiles fired from a US drone at his vehicle outside the Baghdad Airport. What I do decry, however, is the almost universal characterization of Suleimani as \"the baddest of the bad,\"
counterpunch.org/2020/01/08/us-jingoism-promotes-mindless-support-for-war-with-iran/

US Jingoism Promotes Mindless Support for War with Iran
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-08
This is not an article intended to praise Qassem Suleimani, the Commander of Iran\'s military who was whacked by President Trump with several Hellfire Missiles fired from a US drone at his vehicle outside the Baghdad Airport. What I do decry, however, is the almost universal characterization of Suleimani as \"the baddest of the bad,\"
counterpunch.org/2020/01/08/us-jingoism-promotes-mindless-support-for-war-with-iran/

Trump\'s Actions in Iraq Could Plunge the Country Into Crisis Once Again, Leaving Iran as Strong as Ever
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-08
The assassination of Qassem Soleimani has capsized Iraqi politics in the most dangerous of ways, making it possible that the country will be plunged once again into a state of permanent crisis and war from which it has escaped in the last two years. President Trump is threatening sanctions against Iraq if it expels the…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/08/trumps-actions-in-iraq-could-plunge-the-country-into-crisis-once-again-leaving-iran-as-strong-as-ever/

Justice at Last? Panic in Israel as the ICC Takes Momentous Step in the Right Direction
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-08
The high level of these ICC investigations places the legal push against Israel at a whole new level. This is uncharted territory for Israel, the United States, Palestine, the ICC and the international community as a whole.
mintpressnews.com/justice-at-last-panic-in-israel-as-the-icc-takes-momentous-step-in-the-right-direction/263973/

\"Panic\" in Israel as the ICC Takes \"Momentous Step\" in the Right Direction
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-08
At long last, Fatou Bensouda, the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has uttered the long-anticipated conclusion that \"all the statutory criteria under the Rome statute for the opening of an investigation (into alleged war crimes in the Occupied Palestinian Territories) have been met\". Bensouda\'s verdict has been in the making for a …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/panic-in-israel-as-the-icc-takes-momentous-step-in-the-right-direction/

Targeting Iraq, Iran/ U.S. threatens wider war
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2020-01-08
Jan 7–Enormous demonstrations in Iran, Iraq and region-wide are expressing anti-imperialist rage, and signaling a new day, a rebirth of mass movements that will drive the U.S. out of the region. Philadelphia, Jan. 4. A criminal U.S. act has kindled this firestorm. On Jan. 2, U.S. imperialism pushed its aggressive . . . | Continue reading Targeting Iraq, Iran/ U.S. threatens wider war at Workers.org…
workers.org/2020/01/45372/

Iran Takes 5th and Final JCPOA Rollback Step
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-08
It took years of negotiations to conclude the landmark JCPOA nuclear deal in 2015 between Iran and P5+1 countries (Russia, China, UK, France and Germany + the EU). | Adopted unanimously by Security Council Resolution 2231, the agreement became binding international …
globalresearch.ca/iran-takes-5th-final-jcpoa-rollback-step/5699824

Escalation? Iranian Missiles Strike Two US Military Bases in Iraq, \"Slap in the Face\" to the US, according to Tehran
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-08
The Trump regime\'s assassination of Iranian General Soleimani, Iraqi deputy PMU commander Muhandis, and others with them was a flagrant UN Charter breach — an act of war against both countries. | International law affirms the right of self-defense in response | …
globalresearch.ca/escalation-iranian-missiles-strike-two-us-military-bases-in-iraq-slap-in-the-face-to-the-us-according-to-tehran/5699992

Activist Faces Jail for Resisting Massachusetts Sheriff\'s Collaboration With ICE
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-07
For 30-year-old Sherrie Andre, who has family and close friends that are undocumented, the politics of immigration hits close to home. | \"I have a Southeast Asian identity and a mixed status family and Southeast Asian people are being deported at a pretty rapid rate right now,\" said Andre, a co-founder of the FANG Collective, an organization that has been working to raise public awareness of th…
truthout.org/articles/activist-faces-jail-for-resisting-massachusetts-sheriffs-collaboration-with-ice/

Ilhan Omar just pointed out one really f**ked up detail about Trump\'s war on Iran
Tracy Keeling | thecanary.co | 2020-01-07
Donald Trump effectively started a war with Iran on 3 January by assassinating one of the country\'s top generals. As would be the case with virtually any other regional power, Iran has vowed to respond. | Congresswoman Ilhan Omar took to Twitter on 6 January and pointed out one sobering, maddening, and…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/01/07/ilhan-omar-just-pointed-out-one-really-fked-up-detail-about-trumps-war-on-iran/

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez Goes to Washington: AOC shamed into un-liking antiwar journalist\'s tweet, apologizing for wrongthink
rt.com | 2020-01-07
New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez learned the hard way about the phalanx of thought-police waiting to pounce on politicians\' \'wrongthink\' when she was shamed into un-liking a tweet from an antiwar journalist. | Ocasio-Cortez (AOC, for short) stepped a little too far outside the mainstream when she clicked \'like\' on a tweet by journalist Rania Khalek about US fears of Iranian retaliation over the killing of General Qassem Soleimani. An army of blue-checks and their enforcers quickly encircled her to point out the error of her ways, gloating when she finally knuckled under and apologized. | Last ni…
rt.com/usa/477659-aoc-iran-strike-trolls-khalek/

Ms. Ocasio-Cortez Goes to Washington: AOC shamed into un-liking antiwar journalist\'s tweet, apologizing for wrongthink
rt.com | 2020-01-07
New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez learned the hard way about the phalanx of thought-police waiting to pounce on politicians\' \'wrongthink\' when she was shamed into un-liking a tweet from an antiwar journalist. | Ocasio-Cortez (AOC, for short) stepped a little too far outside the mainstream when she clicked \'like\' on a tweet by journalist Rania Khalek about US fears of Iranian retaliation over the killing of General Qassem Soleimani. An army of blue-checks and their enforcers quickly encircled her to point out the error of her ways, gloating when she finally knuckled under and apologized. | January…
rt.com/usa/477659-aoc-iran-strike-trolls-khalek/

Sri Lanka: SEP meeting in Colombo demands release of Assange and Manning
wsws.org | 2020-01-07
Afterwards, a University of Colombo student, declared: \"I agree with the point made in this meeting that the fight for the freedom of Assange is so crucial for the defence of democratic rights internationally.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/07/meet-j07.html

Sri Lanka: SEP meeting in Colombo demands release of Assange and Manning
wsws.org | 2020-01-07
Afterwards, a University of Colombo student, declared: \"I agree with the point made in this meeting that the fight for the freedom of Assange is so crucial for the defence of democratic rights internationally.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/07/meet-j07.html

GLOBAL PROTEST CALL MONDAY 24 FEB To Demand Freedom Of Julian Assange
Don\'t Extradite Assange | indybay.org | 2020-01-07
Belmarsh Prison, London and UK embassies and consulates around the world…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/06/18829479.php

Iranian and Hezbollah leaders oppose attacking civilians as Trump threatens to bomb cultural sites
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-07
Washington\'s top bogeymen, Iran\'s Ayatollah Khamenei and Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, called to protect civilians and only hit military targets. Meanwhile,…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/07/iran-hezbollah-civilians-trump-cultural-sites/

Iranian and Hezbollah leaders condemn attacking civilians as Trump threatens to bomb cultural sites
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-07
Washington\'s top bogeymen, Iran\'s Ayatollah Khamenei and Hezbollah leader Nasrallah, called to protect civilians and only hit military targets. Meanwhile,…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/07/iran-hezbollah-civilians-trump-cultural-sites/

America, An Empire on its Last Leg: To be Kicked Out from the Middle East?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
America\'s hegemonic military agenda in the Middle East has reached a dangerous threshold. | The assassination of IRGC General Soleimani ordered by the President of the United States on January 3, 2020 is tantamount to an Act of War against Iran….
globalresearch.ca/america-an-empire-on-its-last-leg-to-be-kicked-out-from-the-middle-east/5699693

Biden and Buttigieg Are Showing How Corporatism and \'the Madness of Militarism\' Go Together
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-01-07
Marketing nonstop war…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829492.php

The Democratic Party\'s Militarism Rears Its Ugly Head
Norman Solomon | truthdig.com | 2020-01-07
There\'s nothing like an illegal and utterly reckless U.S. act of war to illuminate the political character of presidential candidates. In the days since the assassination of Iran\'s top military official, two of the highest-polling Democratic contenders have displayed the kind of moral cowardice that got the United States into–and kept it in –horrific wars from Vietnam to Afghanistan and Iraq. | Eager to hedge their bets, Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg have offered merely tactical critiques of President Trump\'s decision to kill Qassim Suleimani. In sharp contrast to Elizabeth Warren and especially Bernie…
truthdig.com/articles/the-democratic-partys-militarism-rears-its-ugly-head/

Is this the end of U.S. interference in West Asia?
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-01-07
Iran\'s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif reacted strongly to U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\'s suggestion that Iraqis were \"dancing in the street\" to celebrate the assassination. On Twitter, Zarif posted pictures of the funeral procession for Soleimani and wrote, \"End of U.S. malign presence in West Asia has begun.\" | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/07/is-this-the-end-of-u-s-interference-in-west-asia/

From 9/11 Inside Job to Political Assassinations
All the Same Lie | indybay.org | 2020-01-07
From the 9/11 Inside Job, the American Reichstag Fire perpetrated by Bush on 9/11/01 to the Assassination of Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani who was delivering a peace proposal to Saudi Arabia in Iraq, the motive is the same: perpetrate war and fascism to maximize profits, the greatest profits being in oil and munitions. See thegrayzone.com/2020/01/06/soleimani-peace-mission-assassinated-trump-lie-imminent-attacks/…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/06/18829488.php

Lawrence Wilkerson on Trump\'s Iran aggression: same neocon lies, new target
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-07
As millions of Iranians mourn the US murder of Qassem Soleimani, ex-Bush administration official Col. Lawrence Wilkerson discuses the parallels…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/07/lawrence-wilkerson-on-trumps-iran-aggression-same-neocon-lies-new-target/

Cleveland activists rally against U.S. attack on Iran
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-07
Cleveland, OH – Anti-war activists took to Market Square in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday, January 4, at noon to denounce U.S. imperialism and aggression towards Iran following the murder of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani by the Trump regime. | Chanting slogans of \"1, 2, 3, 4, we don\'t want your racist war! 5, 6, 7, 8, stop the killings, stop the hate!\" and \"We are people, we want peace! U.S. out of Middle East!\" around 100 protesters rallied as prepared speeches were given by representatives from the Workers World Party, Cleveland State University\'s Middle East and Northern Africa student group, Pe…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/7/cleveland-activists-rally-against-us-attack-iran

Milwaukee: Protesters stand against act of war on Iran, say, \"Not in our name\"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-07
Milwaukee, WI – The four corners of 27th and West Oklahoma on Milwaukee\'s South Side were filled with protesters on the afternoon of January 4. Activists were gathered to stand against the U.S.\'s acts of war against Iran. It was a chilly afternoon, the wind biting into those assembled, but loud chanting intermingled with the frequent honks from motorists on the busy Milwaukee streets echoed into the area. | \"Honk for peace! Honk for peace! No more war in the Middle East!\" chanted 100 demonstrators brave enough to stand against the imperialist war machine. Everyone held banners, flags or handmade signs. | Kellie L…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/6/milwaukee-protesters-stand-against-act-war-iran-say-not-our-name

Grand Rapids, MI protest against war with Iran
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-07
Grand Rapids, MI – On January 4, about 35 people gathered at the intersection of Division and Fulton, the center point of Grand Rapids, to express their outrage and protest the assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran\'s elite Quds Force. Soleimani was killed outside Baghdad\'s airport. | Signs read: \"No war on Iran,\" \"U.S. out of Iraq and the Middle East,\" \"No war,\" \"Bad president/bad decisions\" and the iconic \"Give peace a chance.\" The crowd chanted, \"No more war\" and \"No war in Iran.\" | Organized by a small group of progressive activists, the protest attracted a diverse group of people from or…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/6/grand-rapids-mi-protest-against-war-iran

Chicago protests Trump\'s attack in Iraq
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-07
Chicago, IL – As part of the national day of protest to demand U.S. troops out of Iraq, 1000 people rallied in front of Trump Tower in Chicago. After listening to speeches by numerous local activists, people marched across the Loop, Chicago\'s central district, for several hours. One person was arrested by the Chicago Police Department, who were furious because the march disrupted traffic on the Magnificent Mile, a section of Michigan Avenue that is one of the most expensive shopping districts in the country. Later the crowd marched on Lake Shore Drive. At least one other person was arrested, but then un-arrested…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/7/chicago-protests-trump-s-attack-iraq

Invoke U.N.\'s Uniting For Peace Resolution Before Trump Embroils Us In War With Iran
Dimitri Lascaris | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-07
In the early hours of January 3, 2020, the United States military assassinated Iran\'s most powerful military commander, General Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani\'s killing, accomplished by means of a drone strike in Baghdad, was done without the authorization of the Iraqi government. It thus constitutes a grave breach of Iraqi sovereignty. It also constitutes an act of …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/invoke-u-n-s-uniting-for-peace-resolution-before-trump-embroils-us-in-war-with-iran/

Canadian Peace Congress Condemns Imperial War Crimes
Laura Savinkoff | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
Dear Friends for Peace, | The Canadian Peace Congress condemns the murders of Iranian General Soleimani and others in the motorcade leaving Baghdad International Airport on January 3rd, 2020 as an act of war by the United States against Iraq and …
globalresearch.ca/canadian-peace-congress-condemns-imperial-war-crimes/5699932

An Eyewitness to the Horrors of the US \'Forever Wars\' Speaks Out
Kathy Kelly | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-07
The 2003 \"shock and awe\" bombing of Iraq had finally stopped. From the balcony of my room in Baghdad\'s Al Fanar Hotel, I watched U.S. Marines moving between their jeeps, armored personnel carriers, and Humvees. They had occupied the street immediately in front of the small, family-owned hotel where our Iraq Peace Team had been…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/07/an-eyewitness-to-the-horrors-of-the-us-forever-wars-speaks-out/

An Eyewitness to the Horrors of the US \'Forever Wars\' Speaks Out
Kathy Kelly | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-07
The 2003 \"shock and awe\" bombing of Iraq had finally stopped. From the balcony of my room in Baghdad\'s Al Fanar Hotel, I watched U.S. Marines moving between their jeeps, armored personnel carriers, and Humvees. They had occupied the street immediately in front of the small, family-owned hotel where our Iraq Peace Team had been…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/07/an-eyewitness-to-the-horrors-of-the-us-forever-wars-speaks-out/

Take Action Now: No War With Iran
NationAction | thenation.com | 2020-01-07
Protest endless war, learn about the situation in Iran, and work towards peace at home and abroad.
thenation.com/article/take-action-now-no-war-with-iran/

Minneapolis joins with 90 U.S. cities to say \"U.S. troops out of Iraq – no war on Iran\"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-07
Minneapolis, MN – On January 4, over 700 people took to the streets of Minneapolis to denounce the Trump administration\'s moves to provoke a war with Iran and their prolonging the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Protests also took place in at least 90 cities across the United States. | The protest, called on two days\' notice in response to escalating U.S. military actions in Iraq and threats against Iran, brought out a wide range of people to speak out against the U.S. war threats. | The Minneapolis protest was initiated by Minnesota Peace Action Coalition and endorsed by a range of groups including Anti-War Committee,…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/7/minneapolis-joins-90-us-cities-say-us-troops-out-iraq-no-war-iran

Attacks on Iran, Past and Present
John Scales Avery | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-07
The assassination of General Qasem Soleimani On Friday, 3 January, 2020, progressives in the United States and all peace-loving people throughout the world were horrified to learn that Donald Tromp had added to his long list of crimes and imbicilities by ordering the assassination of General Qasem Soleimani, who is a hero in his own…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/07/attacks-on-iran-past-and-present/

Report exposes police brutality against students of India\'s Jamia Millia Islamia university
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-07
According to a report on the violence of December 15, the police action was intentionally \"aimed at causing maximum damage to the protesters,\" most of whom were protesting peacefully…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/07/report-exposes-police-brutality-against-students-of-indias-jamia-millia-islamia-university/

San Francisco: Global Day of Protest – No War on Iran!
ANSWER Coalition | indybay.org | 2020-01-07
Powell + Market Street, San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/06/18829487.php

Evidence? What evidence? Pompeo shows no proof of \'imminent\' Soleimani attacks
rt.com | 2020-01-07
The US says that Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was plotting \"imminent and sinister\" attacks against its diplomats and military personnel. But when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was pressed for evidence of this, he gave none. | Soleimani, commander of the Iranian military\'s Quds Force, was assassinated in a drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday. Before the strike, President Donald Trump implicated Iran in a fatal rocket attack on an American base in Iraq in December, and in the storming of the American embassy in Baghdad by protesters last week. Afterwards, he said that Soleimani was killed to prevent \"i…
rt.com/usa/477663-pomepo-no-evidence-soleimani/

Evidence? What evidence? Pompeo shows no proof of \'imminent\' Soleimani attacks
rt.com | 2020-01-07
The US says that Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was plotting \"imminent and sinister\" attacks against its diplomats and military personnel. But when Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was pressed for evidence of this, he gave none. | Soleimani, commander of the Iranian military\'s Quds Force, was assassinated in a drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday. Before the strike, President Donald Trump implicated Iran in a fatal rocket attack on an American base in Iraq in December, and in the storming of the American embassy in Baghdad by protesters last week. Afterwards, he said that Soleimani was killed to prevent \"i…
rt.com/usa/477663-pomepo-no-evidence-soleimani/

Trump and His Team Are Lying Their Way to War with Iran
Ryan Costello | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
President Trump ordering the killing of Qassem Soleimani is troubling on several fronts. The assassination has been treated as an act of war in Iran, uniting disparate political factions after a brutal crackdown on protesters in November. Now, U.S. forces …
globalresearch.ca/trump-team-lying-way-war-iran/5699861

In San José, Protesters Say We\'ve Got a Moron with a War On
Text: R.R. Photos: Bernie Bob Jung | indybay.org | 2020-01-07
Many interesting signs and flags from national day of action against war on Iran in San José, California. | January 4, 2020.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/07/18829493.php

Period of Calm Obscures Deepening Crisis of Democracy in Bolivia
Olivia Arigho-Stiles | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-07
La Paz, Bolivia After the coup in November in which ex-President Evo Morales was forcibly removed from power, the political situation in Bolivia has now settled into what appears to be, a period of calm. Mass protests in the street have ceased, and so have the state killings. But this superficial tranquility belies developments which…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/07/period-of-calm-obscures-deepening-crisis-of-democracy-in-bolivia/

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Attack Shows Just How Fascist The \'Modi Mob\' Is
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
A mob of masked thugs broke into India\'s premier Jawaharlal Nehru University Sunday night and beat dozens of students who were protesting against their country\'s contentious \"Citizenship (Amendment) Act\", after which the victims accused the perpetrators of being allied with …
globalresearch.ca/the-jawaharlal-nehru-university-attack-shows-just-how-fascist-the-modi-mob-is/5699912

Noam Chomsky: US Is a Rogue State and Suleimani\'s Assassination Confirms It
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-07
Trump\'s decision to assassinate one of Iran\'s most prominent and highly respected military leaders, Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, has added yet another name to the list of people killed by the U.S. — which many rightly see as the world\'s biggest rogue state. | The assassination has escalated hostilities between Tehran and Washington and created an even more explosive situation in the politically volatile Middle East. As was to be expected, Iran has vowed to retaliate on its own terms for the…
truthout.org/articles/noam-chomsky-us-is-a-rogue-state-and-suleimanis-assassination-confirms-it/

Killing Soleimani Reflects US Desperation in the Middle East
Ramzy Baroud — Romana Rubeo | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-07
By killing top Iranian military commander, Qasem Soleimani, American and Israeli leaders demonstrated the idiom \'out of the frying pan into the fire.\' US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are both politically and legally embattled — the former has just been impeached and the latter is dogged by an Attorney General…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/07/killing-soleimani-reflects-us-desperation-in-the-middle-east/

Trump is Starting a War With Iran, Whether by Accident or Design
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-07
Is this war by accident or war by design? We\'ve all said that a major war in the Middle East could start by accident. But no one thought Donald Trump would go for the jugular quite like this. To kill General Qassem Soleimani is a sword at the heart of Iran, without doubt. And on whose behalf?
counterpunch.org/2020/01/07/trump-is-starting-a-war-with-iran-whether-by-accident-or-design/

Bagdad da un mensaje de Año Nuevo: EE.UU. intensifica la agresión
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2020-01-07
Jan. 3 — La arrogancia del imperialismo estadounidense no tiene límites. Y en ninguna parte ha sido más destructivo en las últimas décadas que en los países de la zona denominados Oriente Medio. Manifestantes iraquíes asaltan embajada de Estados Unidos en Bagdad, 31 de diciembre. Se envió un mensaje humillante . . . | Continue reading Bagdad da un mensaje de Año Nuevo: EE.UU. intensifica la agresión at Workers.org…
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Video: Qassem Soleimani: Martyr of Iranian Revolution
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
For the first time in the history of Iran, a red flag was raised over the Holy Dome of Jamkaran Mosque in the holy city of Qom both symbolizing blood spilled unjustly and serving as a call to avenge a …
globalresearch.ca/video-qassem-soleimani-martyr-iranian-revolution/5699862

Impeach Trump for Acts of War on Iraq, Iran and Elsewhere
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
Trump\'s legal team reportedly prepared their strategy to challenge articles of impeachment by House Dems — yet to be sent to the GOP-controlled Senate for trial. | According to Law Professor Jonathan Turley, \"(b)y rushing the impeachment and forcing a vote | …
globalresearch.ca/impeach-trump-for-acts-of-war-on-iraq-iran-and-elsewhere/5699934

Propaganda Machine: The Military Roots of Cambridge Analytica\'s Psychological Manipulation of Voters
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-07
We continue our discussion of data harvesting, targeted advertising and voter manipulation — practices used by firms like Cambridge Analytica. The secretive data firm collapsed in May 2018 after The Observer newspaper revealed the company had harvested some 87 million Facebook profiles without the users\' knowledge or consent to sway voters to support Trump during the 2016 campaign. A new trove of internal Cambridge Analytica documents and emails are being posted on Twitter detailing the company\'s operations, including its work with President Trump\'s former national security adviser John Bolton. We speak wit…
www.democracynow.org/2020/1/7/cambridge_analytica_data_manipulation_john_bolton

Russia\'s Putin Travels to Syria to Meet With Assad
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-07
Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Syria\'s Damascus province on Tuesday to meet with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad at the headquarters of the Russian military in the capital. | RELATED: | Turkey Transfers Syrian Rebels to Libya for Tripoli Battle | According to state-owned SANA, the two presidents watched a military parade at the base before they began their official meeting in Damascus. | SANA reported that President Putin congratulated his Syrian counterpart on thei…
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Putin makes surprise visit to Syria, holds talks with Assad — Kremlin
rt.com | 2020-01-07
Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to Syria, holding talks with his counterpart, Bashar Assad, at the Russian military command center. | Putin \"rode through the streets of Damascus\" on his way to the command center, where he headed after landing at the city\'s airport, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov revealed. | The Russian president met with Assad there as the two leaders listened to reports by military officials on the conditions on the ground in various regions of the country. Russia has been assisting Syria in the fight against terrorists since 2014. | | © Syrian Preside…
rt.com/news/477648-putin-visit-syria-assad/

Putin Should Take Control of the Iranian Situation Out of Israel\'s Hands
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-07
At this time, it is up to Israel whether or not war occurs between the US and Iran. Israel very much wants this war as a means of putting Iran and Syria into chaos, thus leaving Hezbollah isolated and unsupplied….
globalresearch.ca/putin-should-take-control-iranian-situation-out-israel-hands/5699882

Transatlantic digital tax trade war looms
wsws.org | 2020-01-07
France has warned of retaliation if US imposes tariffs on exports.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/07/digi-j07.html

Here Are Some Ways Your Congress Members Can Oppose Iran War
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-07
In the wake of President Trump\'s decision to kill a powerful Iranian general and an Iraqi Shia militia leader in a drone strike on Friday, Congress has the power to stop what is arguably already a proxy war with Iran from devolving into all-out war. Indeed, lawmakers already have several options for reasserting their constitutional war powers and immediately taking action to prevent further violence, including measures to block war funding and repeal longstanding military authorizations. | Topping the list i…
truthout.org/articles/here-are-some-ways-your-congress-members-can-oppose-iran-war/

Trump\'s Trade War Is Crushing Small Business
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-07
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they\'re published. | Mike Elrod voted for Donald Trump in 2016, hoping for a break from tight government oversight that his business had endured for years, which he often found unreasonable. | \"There was a time when every day I dreaded opening the mail,\" said Elrod, who founded a small firm in South Carolina called Eccotemp that makes energy-efficient, tankless water heaters. \"The Department of Energy would put in an arbitrary rule and then…
truthdig.com/articles/trumps-trade-war-is-crushing-small-business/

Al-Asad US base in Iraq comes under attack by multiple rockets
rt.com | 2020-01-07
At least six rockets have struck the Al-Asad airbase in western Iraq, which houses US troops, and there are unconfirmed reports of up to 30 missiles. The incident comes as the US and Iran stand on the brink of open war. | …
rt.com/news/477674-alasad-airbase-rockets-iraq/

US assassination of Suleimani staggers Turkish government
wsws.org | 2020-01-07
The Turkish government took 10 hours to react to this illegal act of war carried out by its decades-long NATO ally.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/07/turk-j07.html

WATCH Elon Musk bust HOT MOVES on stage as he rejoices at launch of Tesla car in Shanghai (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-01-07
The avid entrepreneur broke into an awkward dance during a Tesla event in China, garnering cheers from local staff and igniting an avalanche of tongue-in-cheek comments on social media. | Elon Musk showcased his little-known dance talent as he rejoiced at the official launch of his company\'s Model 3 electric cars in Shanghai, right in front of the city mayor and top-tier officials. | As some song was turned on, the eccentric billionaire started to boogie away on the stage, busting out somewhat awkward dance moves. | He gave out high fives, even throwing his jacket off as the beats got more energetic. | | &co…
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