US Supreme Court approves public charge rule directed against legal immigrants
wsws.org | 2020-01-29
The highly contested rule, which was announced last August, altered existing immigration law to allow the administration to deny visas to legal immigrants who it claims would rely on the government's assistance.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/29/publ-j29.html
The World Demands Us Out of the Middle East
Kevin Zeese, Margaret Flowers | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
The world is saying no to war with Iran and US out of the Middle East. Hundreds of protests were held in the United States and around the world on Saturday with a unified voice of "No War." These protests are in solidarity with massive protests in Iraq calling for the US to get out…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/29/the-world-demands-us-out-of-the-middle-east/
The World Demands Us Out of the Middle East
Kevin Zeese, Margaret Flowers | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
The world is saying no to war with Iran and US out of the Middle East. Hundreds of protests were held in the United States and around the world on Saturday with a unified voice of "No War." These protests are in solidarity with massive protests in Iraq calling for the US to get out…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/29/the-world-demands-us-out-of-the-middle-east/
Why the Green Party isn't the Problem
Myles Hoenig | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
I just read the open letter by Noam Chomsky, Bill Fletcher, Barbara Ehrenreich, Kathy Kelly, Ron Daniels, Leslie Cagan, Norman Solomon, Cynthia Peters, and Michael Albert calling on the Green Party not to run a candidate this year. The authors above utilize so many clichés that it's getting beyond ridiculous and frighteningly dangerous. This is…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/29/why-the-green-party-isnt-the-problem/
Trump's fake 'peace plan' is permanent apartheid for Palestine
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-29
Attorney, professor, and author Noura Erakat on Trump's "deal of the century": a call for permanent apartheid in Palestine. President…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/29/trumps-fake-peace-plan-is-permanent-apartheid-for-palestine/
Syrian Troops Capture Key Town in Rebel-Held Idlib Province
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-01-29
DAMASCUS, Syria
Iran Slams Trump's Middle East Peace Plan as 'Disgraceful'
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
Iranian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday strongly rejected the U.S. Middle East peace plan as "disgraceful." | RELATED: | Iran: Alternative Solution to the So-Called Century's Deal | In a statement released hours after U.S. President Donald Trump's announcement of the so-called Deal of the Century, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi said it is the "betrayal of the century" and is "doomed to failure." | "Palestine belongs to the Palestinians," he said. "The Zionist regime (of…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iran-Slams-Trumps-Middle-East-Peace-Plan-as-Disgraceful-20200129-0001.html
Israeli Defense Minister Wants Annexation of Occupied West Bank
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to annex over a third of the occupied West Bank shorlty after U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his so-called "Deal of the Century" plan on Middle East peace. | RELATED: | Iran Slams Trump's Middle East Peace Plan as 'Disgraceful' | "Yesterday evening, history knocked on our door and granted us a one-time opportunity to apply Israel law on all of the settlements in Judea and Samaria and the Jordan…
telesurenglish.net/news/Israeli-Defense-Minister-Wants-Annexation-of-Occupied-West-Bank-20200129-0007.html
Jeremy Corbyn slams Donald Trump's so-called 'peace plan' for Palestine
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-01-29
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn warned Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan would "lock-in illegal Israeli colonisation" and deny Palestinian people their fundamental rights. He added that Britain must tell the US they are "wrong" on the issue.Boris Johnson, meanwhile, provided encouragement to the proposal which would leave sizeable areas of the occupied West Bank in Israeli hands.Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has dismissed Trump's plan as a "conspiracy deal".Speaking at Prime Minister's Questions, Corbyn said of the US president's idea: It will annex Palestinian territory, lock-in illegal Israeli colonisation…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/01/29/jeremy-corbyn-slams-donald-trumps-so-called-peace-plan-for-palestine/
Forum "Why is the U.S. Always at War? Is Peace Possible?"
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2020-01-29
2969 Mission St., near 26th St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/27/18830112.php
Trump unveils farcical Mideast "peace plan" as Netanyahu is indicted
wsws.org | 2020-01-29
Timed to meet the immediate needs of both Trump and Netanyahu, the plan sanctions all of the policies of the Israeli right and is guaranteed to be rejected by the Palestinians.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/29/isra-j29.html
Why is the U.S. Always at War? Is Peace Possible?
Party for Socialism and Liberation, Sonoma | indybay.org | 2020-01-29
A'Roma Roasters Coffee and Tea | 95 5th St, Santa Rosa, California 95401…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/28/18830143.php
"Yet Another Declaration of War on Palestinians": Rashid Khalidi on Trump's Middle East "Peace" Plan
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-29
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced plans to annex about 30% of the occupied West Bank, after Israel was given the green light to do so by the United States. On Tuesday, President Trump
Done Deal: How the Peace Process Sold Out the Palestinians
David Hearst | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
In November 2016, fresh off his electoral win, US President-elect Donald Trump boasted of his intention to end the Israel-Palestine conflict by striking what he called the "ultimate deal". | Calling it "the war that never ends," Trump told the Wall …
globalresearch.ca/how-peace-process-sold-out-palestinians/5702222
Palestinian anger over Trump's 'deal of the century' met with Israeli tear gas & rubber bullets in West Bank
rt.com | 2020-01-29
Injuries have been reported as Palestinian protesters face Israeli security troops in the West Bank in non-stop protests after Donald Trump announced his peace plan for the region. | Scores of protesters flooded the streets in different parts of the West Bank, demonstrating against a US-proposed plan that they expect to lead to annexation of much of Palestinian land. | | A Palestinian demonstrator uses a sling to hurl back a tear gas canister fired by Israeli forces in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. ©REUTERS / Mussa Qawasma | In Bethlehem, protesters have been throwing stones at Israeli fo…
rt.com/news/479478-palestinians-protest-trump-deal/
The 'Deal of the Century' Is Apartheid
Sheena Anne Arackal | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
With great fanfare, President Trump finally unveiled his long-anticipated Middle East peace proposal. The proposal was labeled 'The Deal of the Century' because it was supposed to offer an even-handed and just solution to one of the world's most intractable …
globalresearch.ca/deal-century-apartheid/5702220
Trump's Farcical Mideast "Peace Deal" Ignores International Law. Green Light to Israeli Annexation of Palestine?
CJPME | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is highly critical of the Mideast Peace Plan announced by US President Donald Trump today
Trump Regime's Criminal "Deal of the Century": Breaking Palestine, Endorsing "Greater Israel"?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
US/Israeli policy is hardwired against regional peace and stability. | From what's known about Trump's deal of the century ahead of its reported Tuesday unveiling at the White House, it fulfills an Israeli wish list at the expense of fundamental Palestinian …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-deal-century-unrelated-equity-peace/5702055
Trump's Israel-Palestine "Peace" Plan Violates International Law
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-29
Donald Trump's long-awaited "deal of the century" between Israel and Palestine essentially gives Israel's far right coalition government everything it wanted. This Middle East "peace" deal allows Israel to annex vast stretches of the Palestinian West Bank (which has been under Israeli military occupation since 1967) into Israel, including all of the illegal Jewish-only settlements in areas colonized by Israeli settlers as well as Arab East Jerusalem and the Jordan Valley. Palestinians would be granted limit…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-israel-palestine-peace-plan-violates-international-law/
'Deal of the century': What's in Trump's peace plan for Israel and Palestine
rt.com | 2020-01-29
The proposal for peace in the Middle East unveiled by US President Donald Trump envisions the conditions under which a Palestinian state might be recognized. RT delves into the 180-page 'deal of the century' to see what's inside. | The "Vision for Peace, Prosperity and a Brighter Future" bills itself as "the best, most realistic and most achievable outcome for the parties" right from the start. It says that the 700 or so UN General Assembly resolutions and 100-plus Security Council resolutions have failed to bring peace, while the 1993 Oslo Accords left too many key issues unresolved, "including, among other i…
rt.com/news/479434-deal-middle-east-peace-trump/
Iraqi president gives MPs 3 days to name new PM amid protests
rt.com | 2020-01-29
President Barham Saleh threatened on Wednesday to unilaterally name a successor to Iraq's premier, who resigned in December, if parliament did not nominate a candidate within three days. | "If the concerned blocs are unable to resolve the nomination issue by no later than Saturday, February 1… I see an obligation to exercise my constitutional powers by tasking whomever I find most acceptable to parliament and the people," Saleh wrote in a letter, according to AFP. | PM Adel Abdul Mahdi resigned in December after two months of deadly protests against his government, but he has stayed on in a caretaker role, a…
rt.com/newsline/479510-iraq-president-parliament-pm/
Raging Grannies Remember Kent State at J25 No War With Iran Rally
San Mateo Protests | indybay.org | 2020-01-29
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
France: Riot Police Beat up Striking Firefighters as Media Looks the Other Way
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-29
The media, quick to condemn violence against protesters elsewhere in the world, largely ignored the brutal crackdown on firefighters joining months-long nationwide protests in France.
mintpressnews.com/france-riot-police-beat-striking-firefighters-media-looks-other-way/264444/
The Liberal Establishment is Already Warning Third Parties Not to Ruin the 2020 Election
Roger D. Harris | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-29
Prominent liberal personalities, including Noam Chomsky, issued an open letter imploring third parties to "remove themselves as a factor" in the 2020 presidential election to "benefit all humanity and a good part of the biosphere."
mintpressnews.com/liberal-establishment-warning-third-parties-not-to-ruin-2020-election/264460/
Pipeline or a Pipedream: Israel, Turkey Hydrocarbon Conflict is Brewing in the Mediterranean
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-29
Massive natural gas discoveries off the eastern coast of Israel and Palestine is slated to make Tel Aviv a regional energy hub. Whether Israel will be able to translate positive indicators of the largely untapped gas reserves into actual economic and strategic wealth is yet to be seen. What is certain, however, is that the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/pipeline-or-a-pipedream-israel-turkey-hydrocarbon-conflict-is-brewing-in-the-mediterranean/
Video: Maarat Al-numan Is About to Fall to Syrian Army
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
On January 24, the Syrian military resumed its offensive against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (formerly the Syrian branch of al-Qaeda) and its Turkish-backed allies. | Warplanes of the Syrian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out over 3 dozens of …
globalresearch.ca/video-maarat-al-numan-fall-syrian-army/5702016
Russian military blasts Pompeo's 'hypocritical concern' over 'attack on Idlib's innocent civilians'
rt.com | 2020-01-29
The Russian Defense Ministry says it is not surprised by the 'hypocrisy' of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo who voiced 'concern' over what he said was a "large-scale offensive against Idlib's innocent civilians" by Moscow and Damascus. | The US Department of State has never publicly supported Russia's active fight against international terrorism in Syria, the official representative of the Russian ministry Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday. The State Department "preaches and voices its concern about the alleged suffering of civilians only when terrorists suffer a crushing defeat and Syrian citizens are fina…
rt.com/newsline/479488-pompeo-civilians-idlib-russia/
RT correspondent seriously injured by blast while filming jihadists' ammo depot in Syria
rt.com | 2020-01-29
Wafa Shabrouney, a correspondent of RT Arabic, has been injured while on assignment in northwestern Syria. A shell left behind by militant fighters exploded while she and her crew were nearby. | The incident happened in Maarat al-Numan, a Syrian city located some 33km south of Idlib, the capital of the last major stronghold of jihadist forces in northwestern Syria. Shabrouney and her crew were covering the aftermath of the takeover of the city by Damascus in the last several days. | According to her cameraman, they went to an ammo depot left behind by retreating militants. A shell accidentally detonated nea…
rt.com/news/479493-rt-journalist-injured-syria/
Peter Hitchens stresses the 'vital importance' of whistleblowing about chemical weapons in Syria
Slava Zilber | thecanary.co | 2020-01-29
Journalist Peter Hitchens has been closely following developments from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons ( OPCW) regarding the alleged chemical-weapons attack in Douma, Syria back in April 2018. And he recently talked to me in detail about the c…
thecanary.co/feature/2020/01/29/peter-hitchens-stresses-the-vital-importance-of-whistleblowing-about-chemical-weapons-in-syria/
In impeachment crisis, Trump continues fascistic appeals, Democrats promote warmonger John Bolton
wsws.org | 2020-01-29
An architect of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Bolton has advocated wars for regime change in Iran, Syria, Libya, Venezuela, Cuba, Yemen and North Korea.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/29/impe-j29.html
Houthis Bombs Aramco Oil Field in New Attack on Saudi Arabia
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
The Houthis Movement announced Wednesday that their forces bombed multiple sites belonging to the Saudi government, including the Aramco oil fields in the Kingdom's Jizan province. | RELATED: | Children in War-Torn Yemen Suffer From Malnutrition | According to a statement released by the Houthis-affiliated Masirah TV, the group bombed the Aramco oil fields in Jizan, along with the municipal airports in Jizan and Abha. They also mentioned bombing the Khamis Mushait Base, which is located n…
telesurenglish.net/news/Houthis-Bombs-Aramco-Oil-Field-in-New-Attack-on-Saudi-Arabia-20200129-0005.html
Leftist Lawmakers to Present Censure Motion Against Macron
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
The Unsubmissive France (LFI) president Jean- Luc Melenchon Wednesday informed that the three leftist groups in the National Assembly reached an agreement to present a motion of censure against the French government. | RELATED: | Macron's France: Police Club Harshly at Parisian Firefighters | Socialist, Communist, and Unsubmissive lawmakers agreed to draw up a censure motion to try to avoid the approval of President Emmanuel Macron's controversial pension reform, which has awakene…
telesurenglish.net/news/Leftist-Lawmakers-to-Present-Censure-Motion-Against-Macron-20200129-0002.html
Spain: Catalonia Gets Set for Snap Regional Election
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
Catalonia's Regional Government president Quim Torra Wednesday said he planned to call a snap regional election, although he did not indicate the date, pending approval of the regional budgets for this year. | RELATED: | EU Congress Stops Recognizing Jailed Catalan MP as Lawmaker | "Once the budgets are approved in Parliament, I will announce the date of the regional elections," he said in an official announcement. | The Regional executive is currently formed by a coalition of tw…
telesurenglish.net/news/Spain-Catalonia-Gets-Set-for-Snap-Regional-Election-20200129-0010.html
Bolivia: Socialist Candidate Arce Attended Prosecutor's Office
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) presidential candidate Luis Arce Wednesday morning arrived at the Prosecutor's Office to give statements in an investigation for a case of alleged corruption at the Indigenous Peoples and Farmers' Development Fund (FONDIOC). | RELATED: | Socialist Presidential Candidate Luis Arce Arrives in Bolivia | Once the hearin…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Socialist-Candidate-Arce-Attended-Prosecutors-Office-20200129-0004.html
5,604 Russians Are Expected to Leave China Over the Next Week
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
The Russian Federal Agency for Tourism (Rosturizm) Wednesday announced that additional charter flights will be available for 5,604 Russian tourists to leave China before Tuesday, February 4. | RELATED: | US, Japan Evacuate Citizens from China Amid Coronavirus Spread | "We decided that Russian tourists, who mostly rest on the Hainan island, can return both on schedule and in advance. To do so, tour operators have planned additional charter flights," the Rosturizm president Zarina…
telesurenglish.net/news/5604-Russians-Are-Expected-to-Leave-China-Over-the-Next-Week-20200129-0006.html
US, Japan Evacuate Citizens from China Amid Coronavirus Spread
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
Japan and the United States have begun evacuating their citizens from China amid the spread of the Cononavirus in several parts of the Asian nation. At the same time, British Airways has suspended their flights to mainland China as deaths from the new virus leapt to 132 and a government economist predicted a huge hit to the economy. | RELATED: | China's Hubei Reports 840 New Confirmed Cases of Coronavirus | The Chinese authorities have pledged to slay the 'devil' Coronavirus and i…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Japan-Evacuate-Citizens-from-China-Amid-Coronavirus-Spread-20200129-0003.html
Putin Pardons US-Israeli Woman Jailed in Russia on Drug Charges
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned the U.S.-Israeli woman that was jailed in Russia for drug-related charges, the Kremlin announced on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Israeli Defense Minister Wants Annexation of Occupied West Bank | According to the Kremlin, Putin signed the presidential decree to pardon the woman, Naama Issachar of New Jersey, a move that received acknowledgement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the eve of their bilateral meeting. | The U…
telesurenglish.net/news/Putin-Pardons-US-Israeli-Woman-Jailed-in-Russia-on-Drug-Charges-20200129-0009.html
Rainfall Death Toll Rises To 63 In Southeast Brazil
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-29
The governor of the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, Romeu Zema, has declared a state of emergency in 101 of the 853 municipalities and official mourning for the more than 50 victims caused by the "unprecedented rainfall" recorded since last week. | RELATED: | Brazilian Indigenous Tribes to Sue Bolsonaro Over Crude Remarks | Brazilian authoritie…
telesurenglish.net/news/rainfall-death-toll-rises-to-63-in-southeast-brazil-20200128-0026.html
Iran is Not Responsible for US Deaths in Iraq
John Grant | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
Who exactly is responsible for US casualties in Iraq during the Iraq War? The question has been raised thanks to President Trump's decision to assassinate Iranian General Gasem Soleimani. On January 13, the New York Times published a front-page story about a lawsuit filed against Iran in federal court by US veterans and veteran families;…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/29/iran-is-not-responsible-for-us-deaths-in-iraq/
US Announces Three New Bases in Iraq After Iraqis Demand Full Withdrawal
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-29
The three sites chosen for the news bases, Erbin, Sulimania and Halabja are all extremely close to Iran, with Halabja just eight miles from its border.
mintpressnews.com/us-announces-three-new-bases-iraq-iraqis-demand-full-withdrawal/264466/
The U.S. Is Recycling Its Big Lie About Iraq to Target Iran
Nicolas J. S. Davies | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
Sixteen years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, most Americans understand that it was an illegal war based on lies about non-existent "weapons of mass destruction." But our government is now threatening to drag us into a war on Iran …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-recycling-big-lie-about-iraq-target-iran/5702169
United Airlines, British Airways & other carriers suspend flights to China in bid to halt coronavirus spread
rt.com | 2020-01-29
Major airlines across the world have suspended travel in and out of China in an attempt to stem the rapid spread of the deadly new coronavirus strain which has killed more than 130 people since the outbreak started last month. | United Airlines has cancelled 24 round trips with destinations in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong between February 1 and February 8, due to "significant decline in demand for travel to China," the company said on Tuesday. The airline had previously introduced additional health screenings for passengers flying in and out of China. Separately, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventi…
rt.com/news/479475-airlines-cancel-china-flights/
Putin tells Russia's government to 'be prepared' as new coronavirus goes global
rt.com | 2020-01-29
As infections spread worldwide, Vladimir Putin has called on Russian officials to do all they can to prevent the spread of the new Chinese coronavirus in Russia. | The Russian president emphasized the goal must be to minimize human losses. So far, the number of confirmed cases in Russia remains at zero, but given the length of the country's border with China and the extent of bilateral trade, it's considered only a matter of time before the virus appears. | Following a meeting of officials, Putin said "regarding the new coronavirus… the question is how ready we are for this challenge," while emphasizing that…
rt.com/russia/479502-putin-russia-coronavirus-prepared/
A Fire May Have Wiped Out 40 Years of Chinese American History
Madeline Leung Coleman | thenation.com | 2020-01-29
A Fire May Have Wiped Out 40 Years of Chinese American History…
thenation.com/article/culture/moca-fire-chinatown/
Marital-Status Discrimination Reduces Fertility in China
Shawn Fremstad | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
Building on recent posts by Dean Baker (responding to NYT and Washington Post here and Ross Douthat here) that debunk the idea that there is a "demographic crisis" in China, there's also an important family justice aspect to fertility in China. Although Douthat attributes China's fertility rate (1.6 births per woman) to "cruel policy choices,"
counterpunch.org/2020/01/29/marital-status-discrimination-reduces-fertility-in-china/
"Debt Against the People": Analysis and History of the Global Debt Crisis
Eric Toussaint | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-29
Introduction | Over the last ten years Greece has been a prime example of how a country and a people can be deprived of their liberty through clearly illegitimate debt. Since the 19th century, from Latin America to China, Haiti, …
globalresearch.ca/debt-against-people/5702229
Kazakhstan suspends all passenger transportation links with China over virus outbreak
rt.com | 2020-01-29
Kazakhstan is suspending all forms of passenger travel to and from neighboring China, the Central Asian nation's government said on Wednesday. The statement came as an outbreak of a new coronavirus continued to widen. | The government has also suspended the issuance of visas to Chinese citizens, Reuters reported. | Bus routes to and from China have already been halted, while passenger train movement will stop on February 1 and all flights will be suspended from February 3, according to the government. | Kazakhstan has registered no cases of the new virus. However, authorities have isolated dozens of people wit…
rt.com/newsline/479474-kazakhstan-transport-china-virus/
UAE's Health Ministry confirms 1st cases of new Chinese virus in Mideast
rt.com | 2020-01-29
The Health and Prevention Ministry of the United Arab Emirates on Wednesday confirmed the first cases in the Mideast of the new Chinese virus that causes flu-like symptoms. | The state-run WAM news agency said doctors were now treating a family that had just come from Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicenter of the outbreak. It wasn't immediately clear how the family left Wuhan and made it all the way to the UAE, AP said. | China shut down Wuhan's airport and other transportation in the city last Thursday to stop the spread of the virus. The lockdown has since expanded to include 17 cities, encompassing more t…
rt.com/newsline/479451-uae-china-virus-mideast/
Putin tells Russia's government to 'be prepared' as new coronavirus goes global
rt.com | 2020-01-29
As infections spread worldwide, Vladimir Putin has called on Russian officials to do all they can to prevent the spread of the new Chinese coronavirus in Russia. | The Russian president emphasized the goal must be to minimize human losses. So far, the number of confirmed cases in Russia remains at zero, but given the length of the country's border with China and the extent of bilateral trade, it's considered only a matter of time before the virus appears. | Following a meeting of officials, Putin said "regarding the new coronavirus… the question is how ready we are for this challenge," while emphasizing that…
rt.com/russia/479502-putin-russia-coronavirus-prepared/
Marital-Status Discrimination Reduces Fertility in China
Shawn Fremstad | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-29
Building on recent posts by Dean Baker (responding to NYT and Washington Post here and Ross Douthat here) that debunk the idea that there is a "demographic crisis" in China, there's also an important family justice aspect to fertility in China. Although Douthat attributes China's fertility rate (1.6 births per woman) to "cruel policy choices,"
counterpunch.org/2020/01/29/marital-status-discrimination-reduces-fertility-in-china/