2020-01-27: Social Media Postees

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This week in history: January 27-February 2
wsws.org | 2020-01-27
25 years ago: US emergency loan to Mexico in peso crisisOn January 31, 1995, US President Bill Clinton invoked executive power to extend a $50 billion loan to Mexico amid the ongoing peso crisis. The bailout was motivated by the need to appease Wall Street investors and avert total international financial collapse. It was also an effort to deter a potential surge in immigration due to increased austerity measures and the instability of the Mexican economy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/27/twih-j27.html

Basta Thanks Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange for Revealing Bush's War Crimes
Orion the Elder | indybay.org | 2020-01-27
MacArthur&Fruitvale…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/24/18830062.php

An interview with a "yellow vest" protester on the fight to free Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-01-27
Corinne was one of around 100 protesters who came from France to take part in Saturday's rally in support of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange outside Belmarsh prison.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/27/cori-j27.html

Canada's complicity in the persecution of Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2020-01-27
The Canadian political establishment has maintained a deafening and complicit silence on the persecution of Assange throughout the past nine years.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/27/asca-j27.html

French "Yellow Vests" rally for Julian Assange outside London's Belmarsh Prison
wsws.org | 2020-01-27
The protest testified to the global scope of the support for Assange, despite the relentless lies and slanders that have been directed against him by the corporate media.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/27/yell-j27.html

French Yellow Vests hold large solidarity demo for Julian Assange at Belmarsh prison
Mohamed Elmaazi | thecanary.co | 2020-01-27
Members of the French Yellow Vest protest movement organised a demonstration outside of Belmarsh prison in solidarity with incarcerated publisher Julian Assange on 25 January. Two coaches with a hundred people from different French cities departed from Paris at 8pm on Friday evening and arrived the next morning in Woolwich, South East London. Corinne Henry, a Yellow Vest organiser, told The Canary that the move…
thecanary.co/feature/2020/01/27/french-yellow-vests-hold-large-solidarity-demo-for-julian-assange-at-belmarsh-prison/

The Problem With Impeachment
Chris Hedges | truthdig.com | 2020-01-27
Chris Hedges is off and will return with a new column Tuesday afternoon. Below, reposted as the Senate conducts the impeachment trial of President Trump, is a Hedges column from Sept. 26, 2019. It was written in the week that Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the start of impeachment inquiries in the House, roughly three months before the lower chamber voted to impeach. | Impeaching Donald Trump would do nothing to halt the deep decay that has beset the American republic. It would not magically restore democratic institutions. It would not return us to the rule of law. It would not curb the predatory appetites of th…
truthdig.com/articles/the-problem-with-impeachment-2/

To rig primary against Bernie, DNC's Tom Perez nominates regime-change agents, Israel lobbyists, and Wall Street consultants
Kevin Gosztola | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-27
With Senator Bernie Sanders surging in the polls, DNC chair Tom Perez has put forward a cartoonishly neoliberal cast of…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/27/dnc-perez-regime-change-agents-israel-lobbyists-wall-street-rig-game-bernie/

DNC's Tom Perez nominates regime-change agents, Israel lobbyists, and Wall Street consultants to rig the game against Bernie
Kevin Gosztola | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-27
With Sen. Bernie Sanders surging in the polls, DNC chair Tom Perez has put forward a cartoonishly neoliberal cast of…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/27/dnc-perez-regime-change-agents-israel-lobbyists-wall-street-rig-game-bernie/

Yemen: Saudi Coalition Claims 'Tactical Withdrawal" After Houthi Forces Retake Key Province
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-27
Saudi forces have called their defeat in the face of the Houthi advance a "tactical withdrawal" amid scathing criticism and sarcasm by activists and media pundits.
mintpressnews.com/yemen-saudi-coalition-tactical-withdrawal-houthi-retake-nihm/264341/

Tampa says: No war with Iran and U.S. out of the Middle East!
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-27
Tampa, FL – Activists and community members came together January 25 to demand "No war with Iran and U.S. out of the Middle East." The protest took place in downtown Tampa and coincided with hundreds of protests around the United States and the world in an International Day of Action against the Trump administration's war mongering. The event was hosted by ANSWER Suncoast, Tampa Bay SDS and the Tampa Anti-War Committee. | Gareth, a member of Tampa Bay SDS, explained why they attended the protest: "We need to center the people living under these conditions and having to face these horrible atrocities carried out b…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/26/tampa-says-no-war-iran-and-us-out-middle-east

Minneapolis builds solidarity with Iraq's mass movement against U.S. occupation
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-27
Minneapolis, MN – On January 25, around 150 anti-war activists and members of working class and community groups united to protest the U.S. military in Iraq and threats of war against Iran. Part of a global day of protest, the action came two days after millions of Iraqis overcame political disunity to fill the streets of Baghdad and demand an end to 17 years of U.S. occupation. | The Minneapolis event was held in front of the K-Mart at the busy Lake Street and Nicollet Avenue intersection. Protesters chanted, gave speeches, held banners and brought their message of peace and anti-imperialist solidarity to thousa…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/26/minneapolis-builds-solidarity-iraq-s-mass-movement-against-us-occupation

Trump to Unveil Middle East Peace Plan on Tuesday
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-27
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Monday that his administration would unveil his long-delayed peace plan at noon local time on Tuesday. Trump made the remark to reporters as he greeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. | RELATED: | 'These Chains Will Be Broken': An Account of Palestinian Resistance | The peace plan, which Trump claims will be beneficial for both the Palestinians and Israelis, was rejected by the President of the Palest…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-to-Unveil-Middle-East-Peace-Plan-on-Tuesday-20200127-0004.html

Dear Global Research Readers, Your Support Is Essential
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
Dear Readers, | Our team works tirelessly day in, day out, to promote peace and a world without war. Currently, however, promoting peace is not a money making endeavour. Without financial support from our readers, we are faced with a monthly …
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French Foreign Minister Hopes US Will Have 'Good Sense' to Not Withdraw Support in Sahel
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-27
The French Foreign Ministry on 20 January said that Paris considers the swift implementation of the commitments made at the Libya conference in Berlin a priority in terms of restoring peace to the North African nation.
sputniknews.com/africa/202001271078151044-france-hopes-us-will-not-withdraw-support-in-sahel/

Forum "Why is the U.S. Always at War? Is Peace Possible?"
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2020-01-27
2969 Mission St., near 26th St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/27/18830112.php

Trump Reportedly Wants Both Netanyahu and Gantz to Work on 'Deal of the Century'
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-27
The US president earlier announced that he wants to release a peace plan for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in full sometime before Israeli PM Netanyahu's visit to Washington.
sputniknews.com/middleeast/202001271078151330-trump-reportedly-wants-both-netanyahu-and-gantz-to-work-on-deal-of-the-century/

Palestinian PM calls on world powers 'to reject' Trump's peace plan for Middle East
rt.com | 2020-01-27
The Palestinian prime minister on Monday urged world powers to reject Donald Trump's peace plan, which they said President Mahmoud Abbas had refused to discuss with his US counterpart, AFP reported. | Trump is due to unveil his proposal for Middle East peace this week in Washington, where he is scheduled to meet Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Benny Gantz. | Palestinian leaders, who have not been invited to the White House, have already rejected the US initiative. However, the details of Trump's plan, which has been in the works since 2017, are not yet public. | Palestinian PM Mohammad Shta…
rt.com/newsline/479305-palestinians-trump-peace-plan/

'Makes a lot of sense': White House to unveil 'deal of the century' Mid-East peace plan Tuesday as Trump receives Netanyahu
rt.com | 2020-01-27
US President Donald Trump has said that the White House will unveil its long-awaited and long-delayed Middle East peace plan on Tuesday. Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu is already in DC, but no Palestinian envoy is present. | Trump made the remark as he received Netanyahu, who is in Washington for the release of the plan dubbed the "deal of the century." | Trump said the plan "makes a lot of sense" for everybody and is "good for" Palestinians

The Challenge for Chile and the World
Ariel Dorfman | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-27
SANTIAGO, Chile. In October, a rise in Santiago's metro fares set off the biggest protests in Chile since the end of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. Protesters were calling out elite corruption, inequality, high prices and low wages, and specifically the pain caused by a privatized retirement system, which left many old people in grinding poverty. The essential question…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/27/the-challenge-for-chile-and-the-world/

Adani and the Purpose of Education
Peter Harrison | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-27
Recently, Survival International, the organization that campaigns with 'tribal peoples,' ran a story about the Indian conglomerate, Adani Group, setting up a Tribal Residential School for children in Bankishole, Baripada, in Mayurbhanj District in Odisha State

Chilean Students Protest Controversial Exam in Santiago
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-27
Chilean students are mobilizing to reject the PSU selection test that will be applied on Monday under strong security measures implemented by the police to avoid excesses inside the enclosures where the exam will take place. | RELATED: | Chile: Three Months of Social Unrest Under Harsh Repression | High school and university students, who have expressed their opposition to the repetitive and controversial PSU test that they claim is part of the profit and segregation system in Chil…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chilean-Students-Protest-Controversial-Exam-in-Santiago-20200127-0002.html

Indian Agency Unearths Money Trail of Group Suspected of Funding Citizenship Law Protests
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-27
New Delhi (Sputnik): Protests against a controversial citizenship law that left at least 25 people dead across India last December have been suspected of being fuelled by the radical Islamic organisation Popular Front of India (PFI).
sputniknews.com/india/202001271078151710-indian-agency-unearths-money-trail-of-group-suspected-of-funding-citizenship-law-protests/

Trump's Response to Baghdad "Anti-American" Protest: Let's Revive the ISIS "Freedom Fighters"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
ISIS and likeminded terrorist groups were made in the USA

Raging Grannies Remember Kent State at J25 No War With Iran Rally
San Mateo Protests | indybay.org | 2020-01-27
Old enough to remember, members of the Raging Grannies tuned up their voices to sing a classic anti-war song from the Vietnam war era.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/26/18830102.php

NYC demands: "No War on Iran"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-27
New York, NY – Over 200 attended a rally at Columbus Circle in New York City on January 26 to demand no war on Iran. The protest was part of a global day of action demand U.S. hands off Iran, weeks after President Trump assassinated Qasem Soleimani, an Iranian general. | The action was called by Answer Coalition and United National Antiwar Coalition, with endorsements and speakers from various organizations, including International League of People's Struggles, International Action Center, December 12th Movement, BAYAN, and many others. | Despite the rain, the crowd was passionate in calling an end to the United…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/26/nyc-demands-no-war-iran

Grand Rapids rallies against U.S. war on Iran, joins worldwide call for U.S. to leave Iraq
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-27
Grand Rapids, MI – 45 people rallied in Grand Rapids on January 25 to demand "No U.S. war on Iran! U.S. out of Iraq!" | "We are part of an international day of protest, with more than 100 protests in U.S. cities alone. People are sick of the endless wars that Trump promised to halt. The U.S. needs to leave the Middle East and let the people of those countries decide their own destiny," said Barbara Howard of the Anti-War Committee. | Howard continued, "Trump's assassination of the respected Iranian General Soleimani was outrageous. We think it is good Trump backed down quickly from a regional war. Now it is time…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/26/grand-rapids-rallies-against-us-war-iran-joins-worldwide-call-us-leave-iraq

The Unbearable Hypocrisy of US Sanctions on Iran
Daniel McAdams | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
On November 22nd of last year, the US government announced it would impose sanctions on Iran's information minister for his alleged role in limiting domestic Internet access while protests raged in that country over increases in gas prices. | At the …
globalresearch.ca/unbearable-hypocrisy-us-sanctions-iran/5701834

Trump/Pence #OutNOW: No War on Iran! No War on Women!
Curt Wechsler | indybay.org | 2020-01-27
Bring #OUTNOW into mass protests against U.S. war on Iran

Trump's disdain for wounds suffered by troops in Iraq sparks protest
wsws.org | 2020-01-27
The downplaying of the injuries laid bare the president's contempt for US military personnel, with whose lives he gambled with the Suleimani assassination.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/27/iran-j27.html

Trump's disdain for wounds suffered by troops in Iraq sparks protest
wsws.org | 2020-01-27
The downplaying of the injuries has laid bare the president's contempt for US military personnel, with whose lives he gambled by ordering the Suleimani assassination.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/27/iran-j27.html

Trump/Pence #OutNOW: No War on Iran! No War on Women!
Curt Wechsler | indybay.org | 2020-01-27
Bring #OUTNOW into mass protests against U.S. war on Iran

The Iraqi Protests "Were Anti-American". A Tale or Two of a Single Protest
Joshua Tartakovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
We live in an era of protests. Everyone feels they have to fight to change things. Unless they are comfortable in their work routine, are wealthy and indifferent, or cannot risk getting fired. | There is manipulation and mobilization of protests…
globalresearch.ca/tale-two-single-protest/5701812

Trump's Impeachment; US Election; Lebanese Protests; OPCW Douma Leaks; UK Labour Leadership Election
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-27
Join George Galloway on the new home for the Mother of All Talk Shows – this week we discuss latest on Trump's impeachment; US election; Lebanese protests; OPCW Douma Leaks; and UK Labour leadership election…
sputniknews.com/radio-moats/202001271078151124-trumps-impeachment-us-election-lebanese-protests-opcw-douma-leaks-uk-labour-leadership-election/

Everyone needs to hear this important message about the domestic extremism scandal
Emily Apple | thecanary.co | 2020-01-27
In recent weeks, counter-terrorism policing has been in the spotlight after revelations that it included a range of protest groups in counter-terror and extremism documents. | Home Office minister Brandon Lewis stated in parliament that protest groups, including Extinction Rebell…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2020/01/27/everyone-needs-to-hear-this-important-message-about-the-domestic-extremism-scandal/

Over 80 Protesters Wanted in Hong Kong Escape to Taiwan – Reports
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-27
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – More than 80 protesters whom the Hong Kong authorities suspect of participating in the unrest during anti-government protests have fled the special administrative region to Taiwan, media reported, citing police sources.
sputniknews.com/asia/202001271078148432-over-80-protesters-wanted-in-hong-kong-escape-to-taiwan/

Hong Kong hospital hit by homemade bomb day after protesters set fire to coronavirus quarantine building
rt.com | 2020-01-27
A small bomb prompted evacuation and temporarily disrupted work at a hospital in Hong Kong. Masked protesters had earlier firebombed a proposed quarantine area for possible coronavirus victims. | The explosive device was hidden in a bathroom stall inside the Caritas Medical Center and went off at around 2: 30am on Monday. About 20 patients were evacuated, after which a bomb squad examined the scene. The hospital's emergency department had to limit its work until services were fully restored later in the morning. No one was injured in the blast. | "After the explosion, there was a lot of white smoke, and a small…
rt.com/news/479268-hong-kong-hospital-bombed/

Remembering My Hero, Howard Zinn
Daniel Ellsberg | truthdig.com | 2020-01-27
The renowned historian Howard Zinn died on January 27, 2010. On the occasion of the 10 year anniversary of his passing, we are revisiting the following piece by whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg about his close friend and "the best human being [he's] ever known," originally published on January 28, 2010. | I just learned that my friend Howard Zinn died today. Earlier this morning, I was being interviewed by the Boston Phoenix, in connection with the February release of a documentary in which he is featured prominently. The interviewer asked me who m…
truthdig.com/articles/remembering-my-hero-howard-zinn/

US to Grant $35 Million to Promote Its "Fake News Bubble" in Syria and Control Local Media
Eva Bartlett | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
Although Western media has a shoddy track record of lying on Syria (and Libya, Iraq…), the US State Department will pump $35 million more into future war propaganda on Syria, under the guise of promoting honest reporting. | A US State | …
globalresearch.ca/us-grant-35-million-promote-fake-news-bubble-syria-control-local-media/5701830

NATO's Upcoming War Games Targeted Against Russia
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
Last week NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg explained why the U.S. are strengthening their military presence in Europe. The reason is unsurprisingly to pressurize and intimidate Russia, but also against China and the so-called fight against terrorism. Stoltenberg explained that …
globalresearch.ca/nato-upcoming-exercise-targeted-against-kaliningrad/5701981

Trump in Davos: US isolationism is Reaching Its Final Narcissistic Chapter
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-27
By the time Donald Trump was condemning environmentalists as the "perennial prophets of doom" in Davos, his impeachment trial was opening in Washington. But quite by chance, at that very moment, I was reading a new edition of a book by a child survivor of the 1915 Armenian Holocaust which, hauntingly and poetically, said more about America than anything Trump

Rockets Strike US Embassy in Baghdad
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
Iraq is occupied US territory. | The vast majority of Iraqis and its ruling authorities want Pentagon and allied forces expelled from the country. | It's the only way for the nation to regain its sovereignty, lost to US aggression and occupation, …
globalresearch.ca/rockets-strike-us-embassy-baghdad/5701958

Corporate Crap That Doesn't Kill Bernie
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-27
On January 19th the New York Times oddly co-endorsed Senators Elizabeth Warren and Amy Klobuchar for the Democratic presidential nomination. Two days later, the key New Hampshire primary showed Warren down four points. Bernie Sanders' surge continued. What happened? To the extent that they ever did, the editorial boards at corporate-owned media outlets no longer…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/27/corporate-crap-that-doesnt-kill-bernie/

Cuba: a Matter of Principle
Rose Miriam Elizalde | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-27
Think tanks in the United States and Cuban researchers agree on one thing: the policy of more sanctions and the extension of the U.S. blockade will not change the socialist course of Cuba. In the case of the island, punishment produces the exact opposite of weakness. It has been that way for more than 60 years…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/27/cuba-a-matter-of-principle/

Giving Cover to the Abuses of Big Ag
George Wuerthner | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-27
A recent commentary promoting agriculture by Brenden Weiner of the Gallatin Valley Land Trust was full of misinformation. Weiner suggested that "working farmlands grow our food, provide scenic open space, give wildlife a place of refuge, and are the foundation of our community and economy." He goes on to suggest that protecting farmland will preclude…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/27/giving-cover-to-the-abuses-of-big-ag/

This is Really Happening
Christopher Packham | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-27
I'm alarmed. I'm afraid. I'm sad. I'm a teacher, and it terrifies me to think of what the future will become for our children if we don't stop and act right now on the climate disaster. *** I'll be as clear as I can, and start with an analogy. The train is coming. We are…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/27/this-is-really-happening/

Can Manufacturing Workers Take Many More of Trump's Trade "Victories"?
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-27
Last week, as Donald Trump was trying to distract attention from his impeachment trial, he was holding events touting his big trade victories. The two items for celebration were the new NAFTA, dubbed by Trump as the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, and a "phase one" trade deal with China. While these deals may be useful props for…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/27/can-manufacturing-workers-take-many-more-of-trumps-trade-victories/

The Better Moral Creed
Bob Topper | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-27
Last October Attorney General Bill Barr delivered a speech at Notre Dame during which he claimed that "Judeo-Christian moral standards are the ultimate rules for human conduct" and that "the fact is that no secular creed has emerged capable of performing the role of religion." Barr, like many other Catholic and Evangelical fundamentalists, believes that…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/27/the-better-moral-creed/

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