Japan to \'tighten\' departure rules after embattled Nissan\'s ex-chief Carlos Ghosn flees
rt.com | 2020-01-05
The Japanese justice minister promised to beef up departure controls after former auto titan Carlos Ghosn pulled off a daring escape from Japan, where he is charged with financial misconduct. | A frustrated Masako Mori announced on Sunday that she had instructed the nation\'s immigration services \"to coordinate with related agencies to further tighten departure procedures.\" | \"It is clear that we do not have records of the defendant Ghosn departing Japan,\" Mori said, stressing that the former chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance jumped bail and traveled from the airport in Osaka to Beirut…
rt.com/news/477517-japan-departure-rules-ghosn/

Japan to \'tighten\' departure rules after embattled Nissan\'s ex-chief Carlos Ghosn flees
rt.com | 2020-01-05
The Japanese justice minister promised to beef up departure controls after former auto titan Carlos Ghosn pulled off a daring escape from Japan, where he is charged with financial misconduct. | A frustrated Masako Mori announced on Sunday that she had instructed the nation\'s immigration services \"to coordinate with related agencies to further tighten departure procedures.\" | \"It is clear that we do not have records of the defendant Ghosn departing Japan,\" Mori said, stressing that the former chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance jumped bail and traveled from the airport in Osaka to Beirut…
rt.com/news/477517-japan-departure-rules-ghosn/

AOC Calls Trump a \'Monster\' for His Actions in Iran
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-05
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Saturday night called President Donald Trump a \"monster\" for threatening to target more than 50 Iranian sites–including some he said are \" important to Iran and the Iranian culture\"–if Tehran retaliates for the U.S. assassination of General Qasem Soleimani. | \"This is a war crime,\" Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, tweeted in response to the president\'s warning. \"Threatening to target and kill innocent families, women, and children–which is what you\'re doing by targeting cultural sites–does not make you a \'tough guy.\' It does not make you \'strategic.\' I…
truthdig.com/articles/aoc-calls-trump-a-monster-for-his-actions-in-iran/

War With Iran
Chris Hedges | commondreams.org | 2020-01-05
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks at a news conference with President Donald Trump on February 28, 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. U.S. (Photo: Tuan Mark/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_pompeo.png …
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US Out of Iraq! (San Jose)
CODEPINK.org and many others | indybay.org | 2020-01-05
200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/03/18829412.php

Activists Take on the Toxic Tampon Industry and Fight Menstruation Stigma
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-05
Don\'t Let Them See You Bleed: PERIOD examines the feminist movement through the lens of period activism. We will look at aspects of women\'s health and social justice that are often overlooked — From period stigma to the unfair tax on feminine hygiene products and the fight to regulate and disclose ingredients in tampons and maxi pads. We\'ll hear from activists, researchers, and intellectuals who are challenging the attitudes and policies that negatively impact women on a daily basis. | Specia…
truthout.org/audio/activists-take-on-the-toxic-tampon-industry-and-fight-menstruation-stigma/

Native People urge peace and friendship with Iran, demand U.S. get out of Iraq
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2020-01-05
Native Americans spoke out today, urging peace and friendship with the people of Iraq and Iran, and called out Trump for assassinations and provocations to escalate war.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/04/18829437.php

Monterey Protest: No War on Iran! U.S. Out of Iraq!
Monterey Peace & Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-01-05
Window On The Bay / Monterey Waterfront Park, Del Monte Ave, Monterey, California 93940…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/03/18829421.php

No War with Iran! (San Mateo)
San Mateo Peace Action | indybay.org | 2020-01-05
corner 3rd Ave and El Camino | 300 So El Camino Real | San Mateo, CA 94402…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/04/18829424.php

Black Alliance for Peace Declares: If You Believe in Peace, Commit to Defeating the Warmongers. No War on Iran!
Black Alliance for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-05
The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) is clear: we will not fight for the rich. We understand our objective interests as an oppressed people and will not be moved by appeals to national chauvinism meant to galvanize the poor and …
globalresearch.ca/peace-commit-defeating-warmongers-no-war-iran/5699634

The Coming Attack on Iran?
Prince Kapone | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-05
According to Article IV of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (N.P.T.), all signatory member nations possess the \"inalienable right\" to \"develop research, production and use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes without discrimination.\"[1] As a signatory nation, the Islamic Republic of …
globalresearch.ca/coming-attack-iran/5699603

Jan 4, 2020: 5,000 March for Peace in San Francisco
We Are The Many | indybay.org | 2020-01-05
With only two days\' notice and during the winter vacation, some 5,000 people managed to take over the streets of San Francisco, filling two wide blocks near Fifth and Mission, as we marched past the San Francisco Chronicle building on January 4, 2020, a clear, sunny 55 degree day for a peace march protesting Nazi Trump\'s war against Iran.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/04/18829441.php

Jan 4, 2020: 5,000 March for Peace in San Francisco
We Are The Many | indybay.org | 2020-01-05
With only two days\' notice and during the winter vacation, some 5,000 people managed to take over the streets of San Francisco, filling two wide blocks near Fifth and Mission, as we marched past the San Francisco Chronicle building on January 4, 2020, a clear, sunny 55 degree day for a peace march protesting Nazi Trump\'s war against Iran.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/04/18829441.php

No War with Iran! (San Mateo)
San Mateo Peace Action | indybay.org | 2020-01-05
corner 3rd Ave and El Camino | 300 So El Camino Real | San Mateo, CA 94402…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/04/18829424.php

Humanity Can\'t Recycle Its Way Out of Consumption Problems
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-05
This article was produced by Local Peace Economy, a project of the Independent Media Institute. | Our story begins in the 1950s. The classic promotional film shows the good American housewife, just like June Cleaver, dropping a large bowl on the kitchen floor. Miraculously, it doesn\'t break. Rather, it bounces. Plastic had found its way into the American home, and the world would nev…
truthout.org/articles/humanity-cant-recycle-its-way-out-of-consumption-problems/

Sacramento Protest: U.S. Troops Out of Iraq! No War on Iran!
ANSWER Coalition & others | indybay.org | 2020-01-05
Intersection of 9th Street and K Street, Downtown Sacramento…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/03/18829419.php

Anti-war groups march against US aggression in Iran
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-05
Anti-war protests were organized in several places in the United States on Saturday, January 4, following the assassination of the head of Iran\'s Al- Quds Force, Qassem Soleimani, in an airstrike in Iraq the previous day. The assassination has been widely condemned for bringing the entire West Asia to the brink of war. | While US politicians and media have toed the administration\'s line and defended the assassination, pushing the narrative that Soleimani was a threat to national security, progressives and anti-war organizations have spoken out against the action. | A statement released by the ANSWER Coalition (Ac…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/05/anti-war-groups-march-against-us-aggression-in-iran/

Protest in Davis: No War on Iran! U.S. Troops Out of Iraq!
Yolo Grassroots Collective | indybay.org | 2020-01-05
B Street and 5th Street, Davis, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/03/18829420.php

Protest in Davis: No War on Iran! U.S. Troops Out of Iraq!
Yolo Grassroots Collective | indybay.org | 2020-01-05
B Street and 5th Street, Davis, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/03/18829420.php

America Is Ruled by a Murderer
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-05
As most days, this morning I opened the Tao — DaoDeJing– at random, at Dao-42. In its conclusion it says \"Those who are forceful and aggressive… die a painful death — This I use as the foundation of my teaching.\"…
globalresearch.ca/america-ruled-murderer/5699661

Urgent Call For Action Against A U.S. War On Iran
Democratic Socialists of America | indybay.org | 2020-01-05
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) emphatically opposes a U.S. war with Iran. In light of the U.S.\'s act of war against Iran, putting the two nations close to the brink of war, DSA calls on all members and chapters to mobilize against yet another U.S. war in the Middle East.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/04/18829433.php

Urgent Call For Action Against A U.S. War On Iran
Democratic Socialists of America | indybay.org | 2020-01-05
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) emphatically opposes a U.S. war with Iran. In light of the U.S.\'s act of war against Iran, putting the two nations close to the brink of war, DSA calls on all members and chapters to mobilize against yet another U.S. war in the Middle East.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/04/18829433.php

Climate and the Money Trail
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-05
The very mega-billionaires behind the globalization of the world economy who have wreaked so much damage to our environment are the leading backers of the \"grassroots\" climate movement. Is it pangs of guilty conscience, or could it be a deeper agenda of the financialization of the very air we breathe and…
globalresearch.ca/climate-money-trail/5690209

Here\'s What Workers of the Global South Endure to Create Corporate Wealth
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-05
In recent decades, as U.S. corporations shipped millions of jobs overseas to save money on wages, GM, H&M, Apple and dozens of other companies established elaborate supply chains in Asia, Mexico and Latin America, where workers earn pennies per hour. These chains are geographically expansive networks organized by foreign companies to produce semi-finished goods in different places before final assembly for huge global corporations. | Abuses abound. One typical example: An Indonesian factory that…
truthout.org/articles/heres-what-workers-of-the-global-south-endure-to-create-corporate-wealth/

Counterproductive US Imperial Policies. The Risks of Global Warfare?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-05
The US under both right wings of its war party excels at brute force, not long-range strategic thinking and planning. | Pentagon terror-bombing assassinations of Iranian IRGC Quds commander General Qassem Soleimani and deputy head of Iraq\'s PMU Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis…
globalresearch.ca/counterproductive-us-imperial-policies-the-risks-of-global-warfare/5699628

UN Secretary General Guterres Fails to Condemn US Assassinations in Iraq
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-05
UN special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Agnes Callamard slammed the Trump regime\'s assassination of Iranian General Soleimani, Iraqi Deputy PMU leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, and others with them, tweeting the following: | \"The targeted killings of | …
globalresearch.ca/un-secretary-general-guterres-fails-condemn-us-assassinations-iraq/5699641

Censorship in Canada? Vanessa Beeley\'s Talks on Syria
Professor John Ryan | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-05
Vanessa Beeley is a British journalist who was invited to Canada in the fall of 2019 to present talks in seven cities on the conflict in Syria. The sponsors of her speaking tour were several anti-war groups, including the Geopolitical …
globalresearch.ca/censorship-canada-vanessa-beeleys-talks-syria/5699605

Turkish Soldiers Officially on Their Way to Libya: Erdogan
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-05
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan announced Sunday that Ankara was already deploying military units to Libya in support of the United Nations-recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli. | RELATED: | Arab League Rejects \'Foreign Interventions\' in Libya | The president confirmed that that Turkish soldiers were \"already going gradually\" to Libya and were tasked with \"coordination\" at a command center. | \"The goal of the Turkish armed forces is not to fight, but to ensure a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Turkish-Soldiers-Officially-on-Their-Way-to-Libya-Erdogan-20200105-0005.html

Turkish troops start moving toward Libya — Erdogan
rt.com | 2020-01-05
Turkey has begun deploying troops to Libya for \"coordination and stability,\" President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said, revealing that Ankara will establish an operational center in the country. | The Turkish military has already started moving \"slowly\" towards Libya, Erdogan revealed late on Sunday. The scope of Ankara\'s involvement in the years-long conflict is still unknown. | The deployment of Turkish troops was greenlighted by the country\'s parliament on Thursday. The move followed a request for military assistance by Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj who heads the UN-backed, Tripoli-based Government of…
rt.com/news/477531-turkish-troops-moving-libya/

Haftar Forces Bomb Military Academy in Tripoli: 42 Killed
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-05
An air raid on a military academy in Tripoli, attributed to forces under the command of Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, left at least 42 people dead and many more wounded. | RELATED: | Turkish Parliament Approves Bill to Deploy Military to Libya | Security sources told the Reuters News Agency on Saturday that the Libyan National Army bombarded the facility located in the Juhba area on Saturday night; this attack resutled in heavy damage to the site and its surroundings. | \"
telesurenglish.net/news/Haftar-Forces-Bomb-Military-Academy-in-Tripoli-42-Killed-20200105-0002.html

Venezuelan Opposition Rejects Juan Guaido\'s Leadership
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-05
The Venezuelan opposition stated on Sunday that they would not be seeking the reelection of the self-proclaimed president Juan Guaidó. According to their statement, the opposition is choosing to move forward without Guaido, as his corruption and failures have worsened their cause. | RELATED: | Venezuela Condemns US Military Attack in Iraq | The parliamentarians declared themselves in revolt against Guaidó for having used the presidency of the parliament as a personal project to enrich himself.
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuelan-Opposition-Rejects-Juan-Guaidos-Leadership-20200105-0003.html

France does not seek trade war with US, but can retaliate if it comes to that — finance minister
rt.com | 2020-01-05
Paris will not sit idle if Washington implements its threat to hit French goods with tariffs, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire stated as he touched on a simmering row on the taxation of US tech giants. | \"We want to avoid a trade war, but we\'re ready to respond, with our European partners, if we\'re hit with sanctions that we think are inappropriate, unfriendly and illegitimate,\" the minister said in an interview to Le Journal du Dimanche newspaper. | Also on rt.com | | United States imposes record $7.5 billion in tariffs on European goods | Last year, Fren…
rt.com/business/477510-france-us-trade-war/

IRS Crackdown on Deduction Scam Is Failing. It\'s Costing the Treasury Billions
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-05
In March 2019, the IRS added a scheme to its annual \"Dirty Dozen\" list of \"the worst of the worst tax scams.\" That same scheme was targeted, just weeks earlier, when the U.S. Department of Justice filed a fraud lawsuit against a handful of promoters allegedly responsible for generating more than $2 billion in improper tax write-offs. And the Senate Finance Committee has been investigating that very same racket, recently demanding thousands of pages of documents from six promoters. Lawmakers f…
truthout.org/articles/irs-crackdown-on-deduction-scam-is-failing-its-costing-the-treasury-billions/

\'Terrorist in a suit\': Iran\'s information minister strikes back after Trump\'s Twitter threats
rt.com | 2020-01-05
The Iranian information minister issued a toughly worded response to US President Donald Trump after he posted a threatening tweet about \"targeting\" dozens of sites across Iran. | \"Trump is a \'terrorist in a suit\'. He will learn history very soon that NOBODY can defeat \'the Great Iranian Nation & Culture,\'\" Mohammad-Javad Azari Jahromi tweeted on Sunday, while also comparing the US president to Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), Adolf Hitler and Mongolian conqueror Genghis Khan. | The minister was responding to an earlier tweet by Trump, in which he warned that the US has \"targeted 52 Iranian sites,\" incl…
rt.com/news/477506-iran-information-minister-response/

Iraq Parliament Votes to Expel U.S. Military
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-05
BEIRUT — The latest on U.S.-Iran tensions (all times local): | 4: 45 p.m. | Iraq\'s parliament has voted to expel the U.S. military from the country. | Lawmakers voted Sunday in favor of a resolution that calls for ending foreign military presence in the country. The resolution\'s main aim is to get the U.S. to withdraw some 5,000 U.S. troops present in different parts of Iraq. | The vote comes two days after a U.S. airstrike killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani inside Iraq, dramatically increasing regional tensions. | The Iraqi resolution specifically calls for ending an agreement in which Washington sent tro…
truthdig.com/articles/iraq-parliament-votes-to-expel-u-s-military/

\'Commander of Hearts\': Grieving Iranians flood streets in Ahvaz to bid farewell to General Soleimani (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-01-05
Massive crowds of mourners have gathered for a farewell procession dedicated to Quds Force commander Major General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a US drone strike in Iraq earlier this week. | The solemn procession began at 7am at the Rumi Square in Ahvaz, the capital of Iran\'s western Khuzestan Province, which borders Iraq. Hundreds of thousands of black-clad mourners have completely filled both the streets and a bridge over the Karun River to pay their last respects to the major general. | People in #Iran\'s southern Khuzestan pr…
rt.com/news/477499-soleimani-procession-ahvaz-iran/

Iraqi parliament passes resolution asking government to cancel request for assistance from US-led coalition
rt.com | 2020-01-05
Iraqi parliament has voted to have foreign troops removed from the country, heeding to a call from its caretaker prime minister. The move comes after US assassination of a top Iranian general and a commander of Iraqi militia. | The resolution, which was passed anonymously, instructs the government to cancel a request for military assistance to the US-led coalition, which was issued in response to the rise of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS). With IS supposedly defeated, Iraq will not need foreign troops to fight the jihadists and can close its airspace to coalition aircraft. | The Iraqi government must work t…
rt.com/news/477515-iraq-parliament-foreign-troops/

UK foreign secretary says Soleimani\'s job was to attack Western troops \'legitimately\' in the Middle East — like in Syria?
rt.com | 2020-01-05
British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said it was Qassem Soleimani\'s job to attack Western troops deployed \'legitimately\' across the Middle East. But who authorized the presence of those troops in Syria remains a mystery. | Raab went on the BBC to fully endorse Washington\'s justification of the targeted assassination of the commander of Iran\'s Quds Force as an act of self-defense. The Trump administration claimed the man was planning attacks on American citizens and that preemptively killing him on Iraqi soil was OK. | \"It was General Soleimani\'s job description to engage proxies, militias across not just Ira…
rt.com/uk/477511-britain-soleimani-western-troops/

Iran Summons Swiss Envoy Over Trump\'s Twitter Threats
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-05
Iran has summoned the Swiss diplomatic mission in Tehran today after a series of tweets from U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to destroy the Islamic Republic\'s cultural sites if American assets were targeted. | RELATED: | Thousands Mourn Iranian General as Quds Force Unfurls Red Flag | According to the Reuters News Agency, the Iranian government is seeking answers from the United States after Trump\'s tweets. Since the United States and Iran do not have diplomatic relation…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Summons-Swiss-Envoy-Over-Trumps-Twitter-Threats-20200105-0001.html

US-led coalition halts MOST operations, focuses on own forces\' protection in wake of Iranian general\'s killing
rt.com | 2020-01-05
The US-led coalition has announced it will put most of its operations on hold and focus on ensuring the security of its troops as tensions in the Middle East skyrocket after the death of Iran\'s top general at the hands of the US. | …
rt.com/news/477523-us-led-coalition-halt-operations/

Iran hoists blood-red \'flag of revenge\' in holy city of Qom as thousands mourn Soleimani across the region (VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2020-01-05
A blood-red flag, symbolizing the call to avenge the dead, has been hoisted atop the Jamkaran Mosque in the Iranian holy city of Qom. The rare sight comes as people mourn Qassem Soleimani and other officials killed by the US. | The hoisting ceremony was aired by Iranian state TV on Saturday. The blood-red flag, as well as a picture of the slain commander of the elite Quds Force, were carried to the roof of the one of the biggest and most important mosques for Shia Muslims. | Red flag of \'revenge\' for #Soleimani hoisted on Jamkaran…
rt.com/news/477472-iran-red-flag-revenge-soleimani/

Iraq\'s Vote to Kick Out U.S. Troops Reflects Growing Anti-Imperialist Movement
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-05
This morning, the Iraqi Parliament said it loudly and clearly: \" The Iraqi government must work to end the presence of any foreign troops on Iraqi soil and prohibit them from using its land, airspace or water for any reason.\" Yes, all foreign forces, including the U.S. and Iran. | As we\'ve all seen by now, the military escalation between the U.S. and Iran has been domin…
truthout.org/articles/iraqs-vote-to-kick-out-u-s-troops-reflects-growing-anti-imperialist-movement/

US federal library program website down after it was hacked by \'Iranian cyber security group\' (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2020-01-05
The Federal Depository Library Program (FDPL) website\'s front page briefly showed an image of President Trump being punched in the face, along with a vow to avenge the killing of a top Iranian general before it went offline. | The website run by the FDPL, a US government program set up to ensure federal government publications are available to the public free of charge, was apparently hacked by a group claiming to be from Iran on Saturday evening. | NEW: The Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP) website appears to have been hacked by an Iranian group. At the bottom of the page the \"Iran Cyber Security Grou…
rt.com/usa/477491-iran-hackers-website-library/

Enrichment based on technical needs: Iran rolls back on 2015 nuclear deal
rt.com | 2020-01-05
Tehran has removed the last constraints it agreed to impose on its nuclear program under the 2015 deal but said it is ready to return to fulfilling its obligations under the agreement if the US lifts sanctions. | Iran\'s nuclear program \"no longer faces any operating restrictions,\" a government statement cited by Iranian media said, adding that parameters of enrichment capacity, enrichment level and the amount of enriched material would from now on be determined only by the program\'s \"technical needs.\" | Tehran still vowed to continue its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and said t…
rt.com/news/477529-iran-roll-back-nuclear-deal/

Trump vs. Iran: Has the US Crossed the Escalation to War Rubicon?
Dr. Jack Rasmus | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-05
Wars occur when ideologues and/or reckless leaders in position of power are willing to engage in high risk brinksmanship in foreign policy military adventures–often as a distraction from their growing domestic problems. Their megolomania often leads them to misread the …
globalresearch.ca/trump-vs-iran-us-crossed-escalation-war-rubicon/5699619

No War On Iran (Santa Cruz)
Palestine Justice Coalition | indybay.org | 2020-01-05
Town Clock, Pacific Avenue and Water Street, Santa Cruz…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/04/18829425.php

Trump Says Tweets Serve as \'Notification\' to US Congress
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-05
United States President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday that his tweets will serve as notification to the U.S. Congress in case he decides to strike Iran. | RELATED: | Thousands Mourn Iranian General as Quds Force Unfurls Red Flag | \"These Media Posts will serve as notification to the United States Congress that should Iran strike any U.S. person or target, the United States will quickly & fully strike back, & perhaps in a disproportionate manner. Such legal notice is not required,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Says-Tweets-Serve-as-Notification-to-the-US-Congress-20200105-0010.html

Iran Announces It Abandons Nuclear Deal Limits
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-05
Iran said Sunday it is abandoning the limits contained in the 2015 nuclear deal amid escalating tensions in the region after the killing Friday in Baghdad, Iraq, of top Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani by a U.S. drone strike. | RELATED: | Donald Trump Threatens to Attack Iran\'s Cultural Sites | State television in Iran cited a statement by President H…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Announces-It-Abandons-Nuclear-Deal-After-US-Killing-20200105-0007.html

Iran could bring an \'overnight economic depression\' in retaliation to US — ex-Pentagon official tells Boom Bust
rt.com | 2020-01-05
Tehran could block a key shipping route in the Gulf region after US attack, thus causing a terrible headache to global oil markets and the world\'s economy in general, former Pentagon official Michael Maloof told RT\'s Boom Bust. | Crude prices rose on Friday — with both Brent and West Texas intermediate (WTI) gaining more than three percent — on the news of the US drone strike that killed Qassem Soleimani, the most powerful Iranian general and the commander of the Revolutionary Guards\' elite Quds Force. However, that could be only the beginning of the economic consequences of the attack, according to…
rt.com/business/477518-iran-economic-depression-us/

Soleimani assassination has opened new phase for whole Middle East region — Hezbollah leader Nasrallah
rt.com | 2020-01-05
The assassination of Qassem Soleimani has opened a new phase for the whole region, the leader of Lebanon\'s Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, has said, calling for attacks on US soldiers and military assets. | Iraqi resistance will not let a single US soldier stay in Iraq after the killing of the Iranian Quds force commander, Nasrallah said in a televised speech on Sunday. | The Hezbollah leader, however, warned against harming any American civilians, as such acts will only play into the hands of US President Donald Trump, adding that every US military asset and serviceman in the region is fair game. | \"When…
rt.com/news/477524-soleimani-killing-hezbollah-revenge/

US Immigration (ICE) Accelerates Violent Arrests of (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) DACA Holders
Danica Jorden | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-04
\"You are not from the castle. You are not from the village. You are nothing.\" Franz Kafka, \"The Castle\" | \"If there were right laws, if there were a pathway, we would stand in line…. Because this country has a broken, …
globalresearch.ca/us-immigration-ice-accelerates-violent-arrests-of-deferred-action-for-childhood-arrivals-daca-holders/5699356

Mexican president calls for Julian Assange\'s freedom
wsws.org | 2020-01-04
In response to a question from a reporter, Lopez Obrador said the WikiLeaks founder should be pardoned and his torture should be ended.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/04/amlo-j04.html

Ex-Australian foreign minister calls for release of Julian Assange to halt damage to US alliance
wsws.org | 2020-01-04
Carr\'s statement is, first of all, a symptom of the alarm within the ruling class about the mounting popular demand for the freedom of the WikiLeaks founder.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/04/assa-j04.html

US escalates war on Iran and Iraq — Discussion with Rania Khalek, Max Blumenthal, Ben Norton, Aaron Mate
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-04
The Grayzone held a live discussion of the US escalation of war on Iran and Iraq, with Trump\'s assassination of…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/03/us-war-iran-iraq-rania-khalek/

US Out of Iraq! (San Jose)
CODEPINK.org and many others | indybay.org | 2020-01-04
200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/03/18829412.php

US Out of Iraq! (San Jose)
CODEPINK.org and many others | indybay.org | 2020-01-04
200 E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95113…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/03/18829412.php

A Major Conventional War Against Iran Is an Impossibility. Crisis within the US Command Structure
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-04
What both the media and military analysts fail to acknowledge is that US CENTCOM\'s forward Middle East headquarters at the al-Udeid military base close to Doha de facto \"lies in enemy territory\". Since the May 2017 split of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Qatar has become a staunch ally of Iran…
globalresearch.ca/a-major-conventional-war-against-iran-is-an-impossibility-crisis-within-the-us-command-structure/5682514

Trump\'s march to war on Iran aided by Democrats\' weakness on sanctions, nuclear deal
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-04
The US assassination of Qasem Soleimani, a top Iranian military commander, is the culmination of three years of Trump administration…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/04/trumps-march-to-war-on-iran-aided-by-democrats-weakness-on-sanctions-nuclear-deal/

Monterey Protest: No War on Iran! U.S. Out of Iraq!
Monterey Peace & Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-01-04
Window On The Bay / Monterey Waterfront Park, Del Monte Ave, Monterey, California 93940…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/03/18829421.php

No War with Iran!
San Mateo Peace Action | indybay.org | 2020-01-04
corner 3rd Ave and El Camino | 300 So El Camino Real | San Mateo, CA 94402…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/04/18829424.php

No War with Iran! (San Mateo)
San Mateo Peace Action | indybay.org | 2020-01-04
corner 3rd Ave and El Camino | 300 So El Camino Real | San Mateo, CA 94402…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/04/18829424.php

Native People urge peace and friendship with Iran, demand U.S. get out of Iraq
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2020-01-04
Native Americans spoke out today, urging peace and friendship with the people of Iraq and Iran, and called out Trump for assassinations and provocations to escalate war.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/04/18829437.php

Monterey Protest: No War on Iran! U.S. Out of Iraq!
Monterey Peace & Justice Center | indybay.org | 2020-01-04
Window On The Bay / Monterey Waterfront Park, Del Monte Ave, Monterey, California 93940…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/03/18829421.php

Peace in Darfur seems unlikely until dissolution of militias complicit in genocide
Pavan Kulkarni | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-04
The latest bout of violence in Darfur, which is believed to have cost 48 lives, has halted peace negotiations. A sustainable peace process seems unlikely till the militias involved in mass killings are dissolved and those in power who supported them are overthrown…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/04/peace-in-darfur-seems-unlikely-until-dissolution-of-militias-complicit-in-genocide/

An Eyewitness to the Horrors of the US \"Forever Wars\" Speaks Out
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-04
This article was originally published by National Catholic Reporter. | 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 living for the past six months. Looking upward, a U.S. Mari…
truthout.org/articles/an-eyewitness-to-the-horrors-of-the-us-forever-wars-speaks-out/

Mexico City Goes Back to the Future With Plastic Bag Ban
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-04
Mexico City\'s new ban on plastic bags has inspired visions of a journey back in time even as local makers of the packaging worry they could become obsolete. | The city\'s government this week banned single-use plastic bags to complement worldwide efforts to protect the environment, sparking protests from companies that produce them. | RELATED: | Mexico Ratifies Asylum to Bolivian Refugees in Its Embassy | \"We have to take plastic out of circulation,\" said Andree Lilian Guigue, the o…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-City-Goes-Back-to-the-Future-With-Plastic-Bag-Ban-20200104-0002.html

Sacramento Protest: U.S. Troops Out of Iraq! No War on Iran!
ANSWER Coalition & others | indybay.org | 2020-01-04
Intersection of 9th Street and K Street, Downtown Sacramento…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/03/18829419.php

Thousands Take to Streets Across US to Protest Trump\'s March to War Against Iran
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-04
Thousands of people in dozens of cities across the United States on Saturday took to the streets to condemn the Trump administration\'s \" reckless acts of war\" against Iran and demand that the U.S. withdraw its troops from the Middle East. | From New York City to Chicago to Arkansas and more than 70 other locations around the U.S., demonstrators rallied against the assassina…
truthout.org/articles/thousands-take-to-streets-across-us-to-protest-trumps-march-to-war-against-iran/

Sacramento Protest: U.S. Troops Out of Iraq! No War on Iran!
ANSWER Coalition & others | indybay.org | 2020-01-04
Intersection of 9th Street and K Street, Downtown Sacramento…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/03/18829419.php

Protest in Davis: No War on Iran! U.S. Troops Out of Iraq!
Yolo Grassroots Collective | indybay.org | 2020-01-04
B Street and 5th Street, Davis, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/03/18829420.php

International Criminal Court to investigate Israeli war crimes
wsws.org | 2020-01-04
Human rights groups have told the UN Human Rights Council, which is investigating Israel\'s use of lethal fire against protestors, that no evidence exists of a single protester killed in Gaza border protests being armed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/04/isra-j04.html

Protest in Davis: No War on Iran! U.S. Troops Out of Iraq!
Yolo Grassroots Collective | indybay.org | 2020-01-04
B Street and 5th Street, Davis, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/03/18829420.php

Trump Unites Iran and Iraq… Against the United States
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2020-01-04
People gather to stage a protest against the killing of Iranian Revolutionary Guards\' Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani by a U.S. airstrike in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, after Friday prayer in Tehran, Iran on January 3, 2020. (Photo: Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/iran_2.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2020/01/04/trump-unites-iran-and-iraq-against-united-states?cd-origin=rss

Urgent Call For Action Against A U.S. War On Iran
Democratic Socialists of America | indybay.org | 2020-01-04
Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) emphatically opposes a U.S. war with Iran. In light of the U.S.\'s act of war against Iran, putting the two nations close to the brink of war, DSA calls on all members and chapters to mobilize against yet another U.S. war in the Middle East.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/04/18829433.php

An Eyewitness to the Horrors of the US \"Forever Wars\" speaks out
Kathy Kelly | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-04
Kathy Kelly and Maya Evans walk with children at the Chamin-E-Babrak refugee camp in Kabul, Afghanistan, January 2014. (Abdulhai Darya) 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. …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/an-eyewitness-to-the-horrors-of-the-us-forever-wars-speaks-out/

\'End #TrumpsWar now\', US congresswoman & presidential candidate Gabbard tweets after drone strike killed Iranian general
rt.com | 2020-01-04
US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, one of the Democratic Party contenders in the 2020 presidential race, said American armed forces must leave Iraq and Syria, instead of pushing towards war. | \"End #TrumpsWar now. Remove our troops from Iraq and Syria,\" the politician from Hawaii tweeted on Saturday. | End #TrumpsWar now. Remove our troops from Iraq and Syria.– Tulsi Gabbard üå∫ (@TulsiGabbard) January 4, 2020…
rt.com/usa/477465-gabbard-iraq-troops-comment/

Why a Shadowy Tech Firm With Ties to Israeli Intelligence Is Running Doomsday Election Simulations
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-04
A shadowy tech firm with deep ties to Israeli intelligence and newly inked contracts to protect Pentagon computers is partnering with Lockheed Martin to gain unprecedented access to the heart of America\'s democracy.
mintpressnews.com/cybereason-israel-tech-firm-doomsday-election-simulations/263886/

Members of Congress Own Up to $93 Million in Fossil Fuel Stocks
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-04
This article was produced by Sludge, an independent, ad-free investigative news site covering money in politics. Click here to support Sludge. | Climate scientists predict climate change will have catastrophic effects in the coming decades if drastic action to reverse it is not taken immediately. Some members of Congress, including Green New Deal re…
truthout.org/articles/members-of-congress-own-up-to-93-million-in-fossil-fuel-stocks/

Australia: Climate change and the bushfire crisis
wsws.org | 2020-01-04
\"Long-term climate change in Australia is an undeniable reality.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/04/clim-j04.html

CA District 13 Senate Race: Candidates Forum on Climate & Environment
Citizens Climate Lobby and others | indybay.org | 2020-01-04
Menlo-Atherton High School Theatre, 555 Middlefield Road, Atherton, CA 94027…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/04/18829429.php

Ruling class bereft of answers while catastrophic fires escalate across Australia
wsws.org | 2020-01-04
The criminal indifference of the Australian ruling elite to the threat of climate change has its parallels around the world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/04/fire-j04.html

The $20 TRILLION threat that could trigger the next financial meltdown
rt.com | 2020-01-04
A number of recent reports suggest that the financial risk from climate change could be much greater than previously anticipated, and that entire asset classes could come under fire as temperatures continue to rise. | Trillions of dollars of market value could go up in smoke due to climate change. | The damage hits the global economy in multiple ways. The first is the most obvious. Physical damage from more powerful natural disasters is on the rise. 2017 and 2018 were the costliest back-to-back years for economic losses related to natural disasters, according to risk and reinsurance firm Aon. | Also on rt.com…
rt.com/business/475559-next-financial-meltdown-trigger/

Is California\'s Climate Progress Going Up in Smoke?
Climate One | indybay.org | 2020-01-04
The Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, Taube Family Auditorium, San Francisco 94105…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/04/18829430.php

Brazilians Ask Bolsonaro Not to Comment on US Attack in Iraq
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-04
The U.S. attack in Baghdad, which has ended the life of Iranian Major General Qassem Soleimani and other Iraqi military figures, represent a new escalade of tensions between Washington and Persian Gulf nations and have caused a whole series of speculations on social networks about the consequences it will have. | RELATED: | A 1st Year to Forget: 80% Distrust Brazil\'s Bolsonaro | While the supreme leader of Iran, Ali Hoseiní Khameneí, promised revenge, the U.S. president, Donald T…
telesurenglish.net/news/brazilians-ask-bolsonaro-not-to-comment-on-us-attack-in-iraq-20200103-0019.html

Rail Strike Becomes Longest in France\'s History Since May 1968
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-04
The ongoing train strike in France in opposition to pension reforms proposed by the government has become the largest continuous period of industrial action in the history of the country\'s state rail company. | RELATED: | \'New Strikes Against Pension Reform Are Ready\', French Workers | Entering its 29th consecutive day, the current strike by SNCF workers against President Emmanuel Macron\'s bid to overhaul France\'s pensions has surpassed the previous record of 28 days, which was se…
telesurenglish.net/news/Rail-Strike-Becomes-Longest-in-Frances-History-Since-May-1968-20200103-0021.html

Australia Deploys 3,000 Reservists to Combat Bushfire Crisis
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-04
Australia deployed three thousand reservists to fight forest fires on Saturday at the southeast of the country, where 21 people have died so far. | RELATED: | Australia: Wildfires Paint the Sky Red, Create Lightning Storms | \"It is costing us a high price,\" Prime Minister Scott Morrison said and mentioned that at least 1,500 homes have been burned across the country since September. | The Australian PM also announced the deployment of the Adelaide ship to help evacuate people,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Australia-Deploys-3000-Reservists-to-Combat-Bushfire-Crisis-20200104-0006.html

\'35 Vital US Posts Are Within Reach of Iran\', Iranian Commander
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-04
Iran\'s Revolutionary Guard commander Gholamali Abuhamzeh Friday warned that his country will punish the United States anywhere within the reach of the Islamic Republic in retaliation for the murder of General Qassem Soleimani. | RELATED: | US Deploys 3,000 Troops to the Middle East as War Concern Grows | Abuhamzeh, who stressed that Tehran has identified vital U.S. goals in the Middle East for a long time, mentioned a series of possible targets for reprisals including the Gulf…
telesurenglish.net/news/35-Vital-US-Posts-Are-Within-Reach-of-Iran-Iranian-Commander-20200104-0004.html

Trump Paints Himself as Defender of Faith for Evangelicals
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-04
U.S. President Donald Trump turned a mega-church revival gathering into a campaign rally on Friday, referring to a group of evangelical supporters on issues that include claims of Democratic Party anti-Semitism, the promise to take the prayer to public schools and even dared to mention the recent assassination of an Iranian Major-General. | RELATED: | Pentagon Confirms It Killed Iran\'s Soleimani on Trump\'s Orders | Trump spoke on the outskirts of Miami at the King Jesus Internati…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Portrays-Himself-as-Defender-of-Faith-for-the-US-Evangelical-Supporters-20200104-0003.html

Spain: Electoral Authority Disqualifies Catalonia\'s President
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-04
Spain\'s Electoral Board (JEC) Friday dismissed Catalonia\'s Autonomous Government President Quim Torra from his position as a regional lawmaker. This decision implies his cessation as president since the Statute of Catalonia obliges the head of the Catalan Executive to be a lawmaker. | RELATED: | EU Parliament President Lifts Ban on Top Catalan Politicians | Approved with…
telesurenglish.net/news/Spain-Electoral-Authority-Disqualifies-Catalonias-President-20200104-0005.html

Coup regime in Bolivia incites diplomatic conflict with Mexico and Spain
Tanya Wadhwa | peoplesdispatch.org | 2020-01-04
The de-facto government in Bolivia ordered the expulsion of the Mexican ambassador to Bolivia and two Spanish diplomats from the country on December 30. The self-proclaimed president, Jeanine àÅñez, at a press conference, called the Mexican ambassador, María Teresa Mercado, the business manager of the Spanish embassy, ‚Äã‚ÄãCristina Borreguero, and the Spanish consul, àÅlvaro Fernández, \"persona non grata\" and asked them to leave the country within 72 hours. | àÅñez said that \"this group of representatives from the governments of Mexico and Spain have seriousl…
peoplesdispatch.org/2020/01/04/coup-regime-in-bolivia-incites-diplomatic-conflict-with-mexico-and-spain/

The spooks\' choice: Coup plotters and CIA agents fill Pete Buttigieg\'s list of national security endorsers
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-04
Why are so many intelligence veterans throwing their weight behind a young Indiana mayor with such a thin foreign policy resume? | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/04/the-spooks-choice-coup-plotters-and-cia-agents-fill-pete-buttigiegs-list-of-national-security-endorsers/

Russia, Ukraine reach last minute gas transit deal
wsws.org | 2020-01-04
The EU pushed for the Ukraine and Russia to accept a deal following the US announcement of sanctions against the Russian-German pipeline Nord Stream 2.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/04/ukra-f04.html

Finally got the \'Witcher\' song out of your head? This Russian folk chorus will make you sing it again (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-01-04
Netflix\'s new fantasy epic may have met with a mixed response from critics, but the song \'Toss a Coin to Your Witcher\' proved to be a real earworm, and the Russian-language version has inspired an unusual cover. | In case you\'ve missed the meme, the TV series \'The Witcher\' stars Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia, a mutant monster hunter with weird looks, a bad attitude and all the publicity problems they bring. Coming to his rescue is Joey Batey\'s Jaskier, a bard ever ready to spin Geralt\'s misadventures with a song or two. Deviating from the reality of Geralt\'s deeds, Jaskier\'s tunes convince the common folk th…
rt.com/russia/477448-witcher-song-russian-cover/

Geopolitical puzzle: What is behind Pompeo\'s visit to Kazakhstan?
rt.com | 2020-01-04
Kazakhstan is one of the stops on US State Secretary Mike Pompeo\'s whirlwind trip shortly after the New Year, with hopes that Washington can make inroads with a government in the key region between Russia, China and Afghanistan. | Washington has chosen to start 2020 by bringing its already strained relations with Iran to a whole new level of confrontation, as it ordered the killing of one of Tehran\'s top generals, Qassem Soleimani. The high-profile assassination is bound to make things difficult for the State Department. | And that\'s not to mention that it is far from being the only problem Pompeo and his staf…
rt.com/news/477028-pompeo-visit-kazakhstan-geopolitical-reasons/

Geopolitical puzzle: What is behind Pompeo\'s visit to Kazakhstan?
rt.com | 2020-01-04
Kazakhstan is one of the stops on US State Secretary Mike Pompeo\'s whirlwind trip shortly after the New Year, with hopes that Washington can make inroads with a government in the key region between Russia, China and Afghanistan. | Washington has chosen to start 2020 by bringing its already strained relations with Iran to a whole new level of confrontation, as it ordered the killing of one of Tehran\'s top generals, Qassem Soleimani. The high-profile assassination is bound to make things difficult for the State Department. | And that\'s not to mention that it is far from being the only problem Pompeo and his staf…
rt.com/news/477028-pompeo-visit-kazakhstan-geopolitical-reasons/

Holiday Appeal for Class-War Prisoners
Partisan Defense Committee | indybay.org | 2020-01-04
Oakstop, 1721 Broadway, Oakland near 19th St. BART stop…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/04/18829435.php

Sri Lankan police arrest two former government ministers
wsws.org | 2020-01-04
The Rajapakse government\'s attacks on political opponents is a warning to the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/04/sril-j04.html

20th Anniversary of Rosa Parks Day in California
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2020-01-04
We are proud to continue the work this 20th Anniversary of Rosa Parks Day in California. Her birthday celebration is a special opportunity to recognize the profound changes throughout our society and reflect upon unfinished work toward forming a more perfect union, by ensuring her courage and her activism lives on.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/02/18829397.php

Bernie Sanders Touts Antiwar Record as Trump Barrels Toward War With Iran
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-04
As Democratic presidential hopefuls scrambled to respond after President Trump ordered the assassination on Thursday of a top Iranian military commander, Sen. Bernie Sanders touted his antiwar voting record on the campaign trail and laid out a vague but bold vision for removing U.S. troops from the Middle East while redirecting overseas military spending to programs that improve life for people back home. | The United States and Iran appear to be at the brink of war, or at least a proxy war, whi…
truthout.org/articles/bernie-sanders-touts-antiwar-record-as-trump-barrels-toward-war-with-iran/

Huge stock market bubble forming with an inevitable 60% plunge, strategist warns
rt.com | 2020-01-04
The \"everything rally\" that has engulfed Wall Street is a classic asset bubble just waiting to burst sometime in 2020, CEO of AdvisorShares Noah Hamman told Yahoo Finance. | \"It will continue on for a while for as long as we see we have an indication that we could have lower rates ahead, though possibly with a pause, but with an increasing Fed balance sheet,\" he said. | The \"everything rally\" refers to assets of all kinds that have been in major rally mode. Hype has risen among investors, thanks to the US Federal Reserve\'s rate cuts throughout 2019 and the signing of a phase one trade deal between the US and C…
rt.com/business/476957-stock-market-bubble-forming/