UK government carries out deportation of around 20 Jamaican nationals
wsws.org | 2020-02-11
The men on board were among 700 immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers being held at two immigration detention removal centres near Heathrow Airport–Colnbrook and Harmondsworth.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/11/depo-f11.html

"Our Very Existence Is the Resistance"
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar | zcomm.org | 2020-02-11
Interview with the Squad, the group of four freshmen Democratic congresswomen who have taken Capitol Hill by storm…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/our-very-existence-is-the-resistance/

Dr. Lissa Johnson calls for workers and young people to rally in defence of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
wsws.org | 2020-02-11
"Everyone who recognises that now is the time to take a stand against gross injustice and for fundamental democratic rights should attend the rallies."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/11/john-f11.html

Keep War, Environmental Degradation and Profit Out of Space
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-11
The 21st Century nuclear arms and developing outer space arms races, which began under Obama and are increasing under Trump, are going to be something the world has never seen before. They are a bonanza for weapons makers, the Pentagon …
globalresearch.ca/keep-war-environmental-degradation-profit-out-space/5703332

Keep War, Environmental Degradation And Profit Out Of Space
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-02-11
The 21st Century nuclear arms and developing outer space arms races, which began under Obama and are increasing under Trump, are going to be something the world has never seen before. They are a bonanza for weapons makers, the Pentagon budget and capitalists in space. They will create a less secure world, a greater wealth divide, …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/02/keep-war-environmental-degradation-and-profit-out-of-space/

Bloomberg Is a Billionaire Republican Who Terrorized Black and Brown Youth
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-11
Polls open Tuesday in New Hampshire for the first primary of the 2020 presidential cycle. The Democratic candidates have been criss-crossing the state in the days leading up to the vote, which has even more significance this year following the muddled results of the Iowa caucuses. We continue our conversation with Arnie Arnesen, a longtime radio and TV host in New Hampshire and a former New Hampshire legislator; Norman Solomon, co-founder and national coordinator of RootsAction.org, which is suppo…
truthout.org/video/bloomberg-is-a-billionaire-republican-who-terrorized-black-and-brown-youth/

Molly Crabapple: Bloomberg Is a Billionaire Republican Who Terrorized Black & Brown Youth
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-11
Polls open Tuesday in New Hampshire for the first primary of the 2020 presidential cycle. The Democratic candidates have been criss-crossing the state in the days leading up to the vote, which has even more significance this year following the muddled results of the Iowa caucuses. We continue our conversation with Arnie Arnesen, a longtime radio and TV host in New Hampshire and a former New Hampshire legislator; Norman Solomon, co-founder and national coordinator of RootsAction.org, which is supporting Bernie Sanders; and we are joined in New York by Molly Crabapple, an artist, writer and activist who recently pu…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/11/mike_bloomberg_leaked_audio_aspen

Despite Corporate Media's "War on Bernie," Sanders Rides Wave of Support into New Hampshire Primary
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-11
Polls have opened in New Hampshire for the first primary of the election season. The vote comes eight days after the still-disputed Iowa caucuses, where both Senator Bernie Sanders and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg claimed victory. Both candidates have asked for a partial recanvass of the results. We speak with Arnie Arnesen, a longtime radio and TV host in New Hampshire and a former New Hampshire legislator, and Norman Solomon, co-founder and national coordinator of RootsAction.org, which is supporting Bernie Sanders.
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/11/new_hampshire_primary_2020

Despite Sanders Leading in Polls, Corporate Media Say He Has "Flatlined"
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-11
Polls have opened in New Hampshire for the first primary of the election season. The vote comes eight days after the still-disputed Iowa caucuses, where both Senator Bernie Sanders and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg claimed victory. Both candidates have asked for a partial recanvass of the results. We speak with Arnie Arnesen, a longtime radio and TV host in New Hampshire and a former New Hampshire legislator, and Norman Solomon, co-founder and national coordinator of RootsAction.org,…
truthout.org/video/despite-sanders-leading-in-polls-corporate-media-say-he-has-flatlined/

Why the Buttigieg Campaign Tried to Have Me Arrested for Handing Out Information About Medicare for All
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2020-02-11
Trying to block information on a New Hampshire campus…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/10/18830596.php

Why the Buttigieg Campaign Tried to Have Me Arrested for Handing Out Information About Medicare for All
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-11
You'd think that a presidential campaign backed by 40 billionaires and untold numbers of bundled rich people wouldn't worry about just one leaflet on Medicare for All. But minutes after Pete Buttigieg finished speaking in an auditorium at Keene State College in New Hampshire on Saturday, a Pete for America official confronted me outside the…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/11/why-the-buttigieg-campaign-tried-to-have-me-arrested-for-handing-out-information-about-medicare-for-all/

Exclusive: New leaks shatter OPCW's attacks on Douma whistleblowers
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-02-11
Facing accusations that it issued a doctored report alleging a chemical attack in Syria, the OPCW has released an inquiry…
thegrayzone.com/2020/02/11/new-leaks-shatter-opcws-attacks-douma-whistleblowers/

Buttigieg Campaign Aggressively Targeting Progressive Activists, Media
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-11
Between efforts to censor information critical of Buttigieg on social media and harass independent media outlets and their reporters at his rallies, it appears that a concerted effort is underway to control the narrative around the DNC primaries…
mintpressnews.com/buttigieg-campaign-aggressively-targeting-progressive-activists-media/264834/

'Like Swiss cheese': Abbas rubbishes Trump's map for Palestine, urges UNSC to reject 'deal of the century' peace plan
rt.com | 2020-02-11
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has appeared before the UNSC, criticizing the Trump administration's peace plan for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and urging the Security Council to firmly reject it. | The UNSC gathered in New York on Tuesday to discuss the decades-long conflict between Palestinians and Israelis, and the much-hyped 'deal of the century' plan unveiled by the US President Donald Trump and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu late in January. | Speaking before the Council, Abbas once again rejected Trump's peace plan, blasting the project as a gift to Israel. "This plan should not be considered an…
rt.com/news/480578-abbas-trump-palestine-plan-unsc/

On V-Day: Vigil for Love Not War
Friday Peace Vigil, SJPJC, and others | indybay.org | 2020-02-11
In front of Martin Luther King, Jr Library | 4th and San Fernando | San Jose, CA…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/09/18830561.php

Video: The Battle for Idlib is Ongoing. Turkish Forces to the Rescue of "Peaceful Al Qaeda Militants"
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-11
During the last few days, Turkey deployed approximately 1,000 units of military equipment, including self-propelled howitzers, M06T and Leopard 2A4 battle tanks, in the Syrian province of Idlib. According to local sources, the number of Turkish troops and special forces …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrians-give-warm-welcome-erdogan-troops-attacking-saraqib/5703336

Fateh Standing behind Abbas following Threats by Israeli UN Delegate
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-11
The Fateh movement said, today, that it stands behind PA President Mahmoud Abbas and fully supports the positions expressed in his speech before the United Nations Security Council, warning of the implications rendered by the Israeli delegate's portrayal of Abbas as an obstacle to peace, in calling for him to …
imemc.org/article/fateh-standing-behind-abbas-following-threats-by-israeli-un-delegate/

How Trump's "Peace" Plan Will Redraw Israel's Borders to Exclude to Non-Jews
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-11
Trump's new Middle East "Peace" Plan will redraw Israeli borders to exclude towns with large populations of Arab citizens, an attempt, writes Miko Peled, to force them down the totem pole to a place where their rights will be even more limited.
mintpressnews.com/trump-peace-plan-redraw-borders-exclude-arab-citizens-of-israel/264812/

The Mideast's Place in Russia's Greater Eurasian Partnership
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-11
Russia's Greater Eurasian Partnership envisages the supercontinent peacefully coming together in the shared interests of peace, stability, and development, brought about by Moscow's "balancing" strategy in recent years which was first practiced in the Mideast region, one of the most …
globalresearch.ca/mideast-place-russia-greater-eurasian-partnership/5703367

We're All in This Together: A Case for Not Giving Up on the American Dream
John Whitehead | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-11
America has been a warring nation–a military empire intent on occupation and conquest–for so long that perhaps we, the citizens of this warring nation, have forgotten what it means to live in peace, with the world and one another.
mintpressnews.com/a-case-for-not-giving-up-on-the-american-dream/264844/

Democrats vs Bernie in 2020, Repeat of 2016
Register Peace & Freedom or Green | indybay.org | 2020-02-11
In Iowa, Bernie won the popular vote but a corporate candidate most of us never heard of, Peter Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind (mayors of small towns do not usually run for president) supposedly won the delegate vote. Now in California, Los Angeles County voters are receiving incorrect ballots.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/09/18830564.php

Hollywood and Syria: The Uses of Enchantment in Crimes Against Peace
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-11
Hollywood 's Oscars awards ceremony is nigh. Two anti-Syria propaganda-documentaries are short-listed in this year's competition. We use the occasion to offer a photo tutorial on Hollywood enchantment techniques

Greenpeace Responds to Introduction of Groundbreaking Break Free From Plastic Legislation
commondreams.org | 2020-02-11
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commondreams.org/newswire/2020/02/11/greenpeace-responds-introduction-groundbreaking-break-free-plastic-legislation?cd-origin=rss

Developing Belonging in a Time of Othering
WILPF San Jose | indybay.org | 2020-02-11
San Jose Peace and Justice Center | 48 S 7th Street | San Jose, CA 95112…
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/02/09/18830560.php

Sudan to hand over former president to International Criminal Court
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-11
Sudan's transitional authorities and rebel groups have agreed to hand over former president Omar al-Bashir to the International Criminal Court for alleged war crimes, including mass killings in Darfur, a top official said.Al-Bashir, who was overthrown by the military last year amid a public uprising, is wanted by the ICC on charges of crimes against humanity and genocide related to the Darfur conflict.Since his ousting in April, he has been in jail in Sudan's capital Khartoum on charges of corruption and killing protesters.Mohammed Hassan al-Taishi, a member of the Sovereign Council and a government negotiator, s…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2020/02/11/sudan-to-hand-over-former-president-to-international-criminal-court/

After Thousands Protest in Ramallah, Israeli Forces Fire Tear-Gas and Rubber-Coated Steel Rounds
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-11
"Palestine is not for sale," and "No to the deal of the century," were only a few of the signs raised, on Tuesday, by the tens of thousands of Palestinians who came from all over the West Bank to demonstrate in the central West Bank city of Ramallah, WAFA reported. …
imemc.org/article/after-thousands-protest-in-ramallah-israeli-forces-fire-tear-gas-and-rubber-coated-steel-rounds/

Brazil: 20,000 Oil Workers on Strike to Halt Privatization Plan
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-11
Over 20,000 workers of the Brazilian state-controlled company Petrobras are carrying out a national strike in protest against the dismissal of workers and the privatization of public assets. | RELATED: | Brazil: Workers' Party Not to Partner With Bolsonaro's Allies | In mid-January, the far-right President Jair Bolsonaro announced the closure of the Pa…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-20000-Oil-Workers-on-Strike-to-Halt-Privatization-Plan-20200211-0009.html

Facing Skyrocketing Rents, Santa Cruz Grad Students Go on Strike
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-11
Protesting low wages in one of the most unaffordable cities in the country, graduate students at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) went on a wildcat grading strike in December and are now organizing for a full strike, beginning February 10. | Graduate student workers at the 10 UC campuses across the state receive the same wages

Sanders Polls as the Favorite in New Hampshire Primary
teleSUR-age | telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-11
Hundreds of thousands of Democratic voters will go to the polls on Tuesday during the New Hampshire primary, where, according to party strategists, Democratic Socialist Bernie Sanders has a good chance of winning. | RELATED: | US Election Cycle Kicks Off in Iowa With No Official Results | Just a week after the Iowa Democratic caucuses, in which no winner was officially declared, the strategists see Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders as the overwhelming favorite to win New Hampshire and…
telesurenglish.net/news/polls-points-sanders-as-the-favorite-in-new-hampshire-primary-20200211-0010.html

People are More Frightened of Coronavirus Than They Need to be, But the Culprit is not Who You Think
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-11
People are frightened because there is a good reason for their fear, though not as much as they think. The Wuhan variant of coronavirus has a death rate of about two per cent compared to 9.6 per cent for SARS and 34.4 per cent for MERS. But it is naàØve to think that potential victims

Analysis: Crisis and Opportunity: The 'Deal of the Century' Challenge for Palestinians
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2020-02-11
By Ramzy Baroud for the Palestine Chronicle After several postponements, US President, Donald Trump, has finally revealed the details of his Middle East plan, dubbed 'Deal of the Century', in a press conference in Washington, on January 28. Standing triumphantly beside Trump, Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, must have surely …
imemc.org/article/analysis-crisis-and-opportunity-the-deal-of-the-century-challenge-for-palestinians/

Democrats Ignore Trump's Real Violations
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-11
This week the latest Democratic Party attempt to remove President Trump from office

'A TOTAL RACIST': Trump helps 'cancel' Bloomberg on Twitter after leaked audio blaming minorities for '95% of murders'
rt.com | 2020-02-11
Leaked audio of Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg calling for targeted police harassment of minorities, because 'that's where the real crime is,' has gone viral with a boost from Trump. | "95 percent of your murderers

How to Yellow-Cake a Tragedy: the NY Times Spreads the Virus of Hatred, Again
K.J. Noh | counterpunch.org | 2020-02-11
"In the end, the plague touched us all…it was not confined….breeding in a compost of greed and uselessness and murder…promising life and delivering death…[serving] as furnished rooms for ideology." –Pete Hamill, liner notes to Blood on the Tracks The 2019 Novel Coronavirus, first detected late last year in the hub city of Wuhan, China is…
counterpunch.org/2020/02/11/how-to-yellow-cake-a-tragedy-the-ny-times-spreads-the-virus-of-hatred-again/

Venezuela Announces International Lawsuit Against US
teleSUR, gqc | telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-11
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced on Monday the beginning of an international lawsuit against the U.S. government because of the perjuries caused to national companies. | RELATED: | Venezuela Condemns US Sanctions Against Assembly's New Leadership | During his intervention, in the context of the Great Anti-imperialist March in Caracas, as a support to the Venezuelan Consortium of Aeronautic Industries and Air Services and as a response to the arbitrary san…
telesurenglish.net/news/venezuela-announces-international-lawsuit-against-us-20200211-0012.html

After His Acquittal, Trump Has Unleashed New Heights of Vindictiveness
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2020-02-11
After His Acquittal, Trump Has Unleashed New Heights of Vindictiveness…
thenation.com/article/politics/trump-impeachment-vindman-sondland/

Reaper of Death: Scientists unveil T-Rex's long-lost older cousin
rt.com | 2020-02-11
Scientists in Canada have unveiled a new species of dinosaur closely related to, but far older than, the Tyrannosaurus rex. This now-oldest member of the T-Rex family tree goes by the cuddly name 'Reaper of Death.' | The Thanatotheristes degrootorum (Greek for 'Reaper of Death') or just Thanatos for short, measured eight metres (26 feet) in length and roamed the plains of North America some 80 million years ago, terrorizing herbivores everywhere. | | © Julius Csotonyi/Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology | "We chose a name that embodies what this tyrannosaur was as the only known large apex predator of…
rt.com/news/480586-reaper-of-death-dinosaur/

Russian-Belarusian energy talks fail as Minsk moves closer to the US, NATO
wsws.org | 2020-02-11
The recent flaring up of tensions is taking place as the US is aggressively escalating its push toward drawing Minsk into its orbit.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/11/bela-f11.html

Trump Wants US To Be World's Most Powerful Nuclear Force
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-11
U.S. President Donald Trump stated at a White House Business Session with governors on Monday that he is seeking to make the U.S. the world's most powerful nuclear force. Trump's comments come just a few months after he abandoned the arms control treaties with Russia and China, something that was widely criticized across the world. | RELATED: | 109 US Troops Suffer Traumatic Brain Injury After Iran Attack | "Now, at the same time, Russia and China both want to negotiate with…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Wants-US-To-Be-Worlds-Most-Powerful-Nuclear-Force-20200211-0007.html

Cat-astrophe! Over 100 in-bred cats found inside Moscow apartment, all spawned from a single pregnant stray
rt.com | 2020-02-11
It's not quite the plot of the movie "Gremlins," where poor Gizmo spawned loads of destructive little monsters, but when one well-meaning Moscow woman took in a pregnant stray cat, things got out of hand. | In just four years, she had a whole apartment full of them, for that one moggie brought forth over 100 more. | –ö–æ–à–∞–á–å–µ –ø–æ–≥–æ–ª–æ–≤–å–µ –Ä–æ–Å–ª–æ –&p…
rt.com/russia/480579-100-cats-inside-moscow-apartment/

Russian journalists' union backs Kamchatka TV host who burst into laughter after disability payment fail
rt.com | 2020-02-11
Her reaction went viral, outraging many viewers, but the Russian Union of Journalists says people are being too hard on a local TV anchor in Kamchatka who lost her composure in the studio. | Aleksandra Novikova burst into laughter when she misread news about increases in social welfare payments

A Turquia ameaàßa retaliaàßà£o contra a Rússia e contra a Síria se atacarem a Al Qaeda na província de Idlib, na Síria
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-11
O Presidente turco, Tayyip Erdogan, disse num discurso, em 5 de Fevereiro, ao Partido Islâmico do AKP que, se as tropas sírias ou os aviàµes russos atacarem a Al Qaeda, na província de Idlib, na Síria, a Turquia estará em …
globalresearch.ca/a-turquia-ameaca-retaliacao-contra-a-russia-e-contra-a-siria-se-atacarem-a-al-qaeda-na-provincia-de-idlib-na-siria/5703315

A New World War Could Break Out in the Arctic
Michael T. Klare | thenation.com | 2020-02-11
A New World War Could Break Out in the Arctic…
thenation.com/article/world/nato-russia-norway/

China, Russia to Defy US Sanctions Over Support to Venezuela
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-11
The Russian government rejected on Monday the U.S. threats to impose new sanctions against several Russian companies for their cooperation with Venezuela in the oil sector. | Last week, the United States special representative for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, warned Russia …
globalresearch.ca/china-russia-defy-us-sanctions-support-venezuela/5703352

Surkov & Bogdan out: Russia & Ukraine announce new negotiators as relations slowly thaw
rt.com | 2020-02-11
For two decades he has been a big beast on the Moscow political stage, but the Kremlin has finally confirmed that Vladislav Surkov is no longer Russia's point man in Ukraine. | The news came over two weeks after it was first speculated in Russian media. He will be replaced by President Vladimir Putin's new Deputy Chief of Staff, Dmitry Kozak. Meanwhile, Kiev made a change of its own today, with Andriy Yermak coming in for Andrei Bogdan as President Volodymyr Zelensky's own Chief of Staff. | Some, including Echo of Moscow editor-in-chief Alexei Venediktov, believe the two moves are related, and a signal both go…
rt.com/russia/480594-russia-ukraine-bogdan-fire/

Syrian Military in Full Control of Northwestern Syria Highway
telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-11
The Syrian government forces established full control over a highway in northwest Syria for the first time since 2012 on Tuesday, as talks ended between Turkey and Russia on stopping clashes that killed 13 Turkish soldiers in a week. | RELATED: | Turkey Retaliates After Deadly Syrian Shelling | The Syrian military established full control over the main highway linking Damascus and Aleppo, also known as the M-5, after launching a large-scale offensive in the provinces of Aleppo and Idlib at th…
telesurenglish.net/news/Syrian-Military-in-Full-Control-of-Northwestern-Syria-Highway-20200211-0002.html

Out to the sea: Russia's cutting-edge stealthy next-gen frigate SPECTACULARLY tested in cold waters (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-02-11
Russia's military has released footage of the frigate Admiral Kasatonov during trials in the Barents Sea. The stealthy ship, packed with new radar and hydro acoustic systems, is expected to join the Northern Fleet soon. | Footage of the trials shows the vessel firing its secondary weapons, as well as testing other crucial systems. For instance, Admiral Kasatonov is seen firing its decoy launchers which create sparks in the air. Such passive decoys and heat traps are designed to protect the vessel from anti-ship missiles and other high-precision weaponry. | The new frigate, belonging to the cutting-edge Proj…
rt.com/russia/480573-frigate-admiral-kasatonov-trials/

Official: Sudan to Hand Over Omar al-Bashir for Genocide Trial
Staff | truthdig.com | 2020-02-11
For his role in the Darfur conflict, the county's former president also stands accused of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
truthdig.com/articles/official-sudan-to-hand-over-omar-al-bashir-for-genocide-trial/

What's Driving Democrats' 'Bernie-or-Bust' Freakout
Jacob Bacharach | truthdig.com | 2020-02-11
Even before the debacle of the Iowa caucuses, in which the Democratic Party managed, despite its ineptitude, to deny Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., a clear public victory by spiking the results entirely, there was a palpable sense of panic among the party's conservatives. (For some reason, we have all agreed to call them "centrists" or "moderates.") While his poll numbers remained fairly strong nationally and throughout the more heavily African-American South, Joe Biden seemed to be fading

Buttigieg Advocates Boldness But His Policies Are Timid
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-02-11
In the leadup to Tuesday's primary election in New Hampshire, South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg has sought to claim that he gained momentum by narrowly winning the most delegates in the Iowa caucus, even though Sen. Bernie Sanders won the popular vote and the whole process has been overshadowed by ongoing reports of errors. (Meanwhile, Sen. Elizabeth Warren came in third, ahead of former Vice President Joe Biden.) | At the New…
truthout.org/articles/buttigieg-advocates-boldness-but-his-policies-are-timid/