(2020-01-28). 'Stop calling me Greta of India': 8yo climate activist says comparisons to Thunberg 'delete' her own campaign. rt.com 
Young Indian environmental activist Licypriya Kangujam slammed journalists for comparing her to Greta Thunberg, despite the fact that she began campaigning before the world knew who her Swedish colleague even was. | "Dear Media, Stop calling me 'Greta of India'. I am not doing my activism to [look] like Greta Thunberg," Kangujam, 8, While praising the Swedish climate activist as inspirational and "a great influencer," Kangujam said "we have common goal but I have my own identity, story." | If you ca…
(2020-01-28). How Government and Media Are Prepping America for a Failed 2020 Election. mintpressnews.com 
Russia, China and Iran are already being blamed for using tech to undermine the 2020 election. Yet, the very technologies they are allegedly using were created by a web of companies with deep ties to Israeli intelligence.
(2020-01-28). Motion to withdraw from Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons treaty filed in Iran's parliament. rt.com 
The Iranian threat to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT, moved forward on Tuesday after a motion to do so was filed in the Iranian parliament. | The motion reported by the parliament's official website brings Iran closer to breaking away from the 1968 treaty which laid the foundation for the nuclear deterrence architecture of the Cold War. The NPT allows only five nations — the US, Russia, China, Britain, and France — to have nuclear weapons. Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, as well as Israel, which has maintained ambiguity, neither confirming nor denying possession of a nuc…
(2020-01-28). 'Wuhan, you can do it!': Quarantined residents sing from their balconies in stirring VIDEOS. rt.com 
As China fights the worsening coronavirus outbreak, residents under quarantine in Wuhan have shared videos online of their battle against cabin fever, showing how they are lifting each other's — and the nation's — spirits. | The city, home to roughly 11 million people, was the epicenter for the coronavirus outbreak which has now spread across the globe. Residents have been told to remain in their homes as authorities fight to bring the outbreak under control, but many have grown understandably restless waiting for the crisis to end. | The best medicine? Song, apparently, with rousing eyewitness vid…
(2020-01-28). China's PM calls for 'resolute fight' against coronavirus outbreak as death toll climbs to 106 with over 1,700 new cases. rt.com 
The death toll from China's coronavirus outbreak has risen to 106, with the authorities in Hubei province, at the heart of the crisis, saying on Tuesday it killed 24 more people. Over 4,500 cases have been confirmed nationwide. | The death toll from the respiratory disease, caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), climbed to double digits on Tuesday. The health commission in the Hubei province, where it originated, confirmed that 100 people have died from the deadly virus, which brings the total number of deaths within China to at least 106. The majority of the new lethal cases, 24, were reported in Hubei…
(2020-01-28). Authorities in southern Germany confirm 1st case of new virus from China. rt.com 
The Health Ministry in the southern state of Bavaria has confirmed Germany's first case of the new coronavirus which emerged in central China. Officials said late Monday that the man from Starnberg, south of Munich, is "in a clinically good condition." | They said the man is being medically monitored and isolated, AP reports. Persons who were in close contact with the man are being informed about possible symptoms and hygiene measures. The ministry added that it considers the risk to the general population in Bavaria to be "low." | Germany is the second European country to report a confirmed case of the virus.
(2020-01-28). Coronavirus is a DEMON, and we cannot let this demon hide — Chinese president to World Health Organization chief. rt.com 
China's President Xi Jinping has called the deadly epidemic a 'devil', but says he is confident Beijing will stop it. Meanwhile, both Japan and Germany have detected their first domestic transmission cases of the coronavirus. | The epidemic "is a devil and we cannot allow the devil to hide," Xi told WHO head Tedros Ghebreyesus during their meeting in Beijing. Ghebreyesus praised China for its swift response in identifying the genome sequence and putting measures in place to curb the epidemic. The Chinese people are engaged in a "serious struggle," Xi Jinping stressed, while alarming reports about the outbreak…
(2020-01-28). City turned ghost town: Take a look inside sealed-off Wuhan amid coronavirus outbreak in China (VIDEO). rt.com Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, was the first in the country to be quarantined amid China's growing efforts to curb the spread of the contagious illness, turning it into a ghost town. | Eerie timelapse footage recorded along the city's roads shows once-packed highways sitting empty and appearing completely devoid of any signs of life. Not a single other vehicle can be seen in the clip, shared online by Dutch journalist Leen Vervaeke. | Since the outbreak began last month, the death toll has risen above 100. While the virus has spread to some 16 other countries and infected…
(2020-01-28). India mulls sending special flight to bring back Indians stranded in China's Wuhan as coronavirus death toll soars — report. rt.com 
An Air India plane has been on stand-by, waiting for the green light from Beijing and New Delhi to evacuate dozens of Indians from Wuhan, the city hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak, as the death toll climbs to over 100.
(2020-01-28). 'Without any sympathy and empathy': China furious at Danish newspaper over image of flag with coronavirus. rt.com 
The Chinese Embassy in Copenhagen has demanded an apology from Danish newspaper Jyllands-posten for publishing a Chinese flag with the coronavirus on it. | The image by Niels Bo Bojesen featured the Chinese flag with the yellow stars replaced with pictures of the novel coronavirus. The newspaper published the cartoon in their 'Today's Cartoon' section with a disclaimer saying that the cartoon represented the artist's personal interpretation, which may differ from the position of the paper. | Dagens tegning: Coronavirus The Chinese people demand im…
(2020-01-28). Libya's Tripoli-based government says it downed Haftar's drone, 'must be your own' his forces respond (PHOTOS). rt.com 
The UN-recognized Libyan government said it downed a drone operated by the UAE on behalf of Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar. But his forces said Tripoli must have shot down its own aircraft. | Photos of the drone wreckage, as well as the presumed moment of its downing near the northwestern city of Misrata, have been circulating online, but its ownership remains disputed. The Tripoli-based Government of National Accord (GNA) said the drone was operated by the United Arab Emirates, the allies of Haftar. But his Libyan National Army (LNA) said the aircraft was not theirs and presumably belonged to Turkey…
(2020-01-28). Russia delivers 1st billion cubic meters of gas to Turkey through TurkStream pipeline. rt.com 
The first billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas has been supplied by Gazprom via the newly completed TurkStream pipeline to Turkey. | "About 54 percent of this volume was delivered to the Turkish gas market and around 46 percent — to the Turkish-Bulgarian border," Gazprom said. | The 930km pipeline across the bottom of the Black Sea became operational on January 1. The Russian and Turkish presidents officially opened the pipeline a week later. | | Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said the launch of one of the "largest construction projects in modern history" marks a "historic day" for the…
(2020-01-28). Boeing a garbage company that is just a walking zombie — RT's Keiser Report. rt.com 
US aerospace giant Boeing has secured commitments on over $12 billion in financing from more than a dozen banks, the media reported citing people familiar with the matter. | The company buys back their own stock with cheap money from the Federal Reserve, Max Keiser said on RT's Keiser Report. The money which was supposed to help the struggling firm is in fact disenfranchising it. "On the other side are executives, who are getting that money from the Fed directly into their pocket..," Keiser notes. | He says "Boeing now is no longer a viable company," explaining: "So bad in fact that even money at zero percent…
(2020-01-28). Shaky Joe Biden, Billionaire Bloomberg, and the global race to the bottom. mronline.org 
Bloomberg has put himself and his fortune into the contest to rally his (ruling) classmates to the task of shoring up corporate control of the Party if Sanders seizes the top spot. |
(2020-01-28). Russian economy attracts $1 BILLION in foreign investments in 2020. rt.com 
Since the beginning of the year, Russian bond sales have raised more than $1 billion from foreign investors, Kommersant daily reported, citing reports by Bank of America and BCS Global Markets. | According to the reports based on Emerging Portfolio Fund Research (EPFR) data, four Russian issuers have already placed $1.6 billion worth of Eurobonds in 2020. The Finance Ministry has placed 145 billion rubles ($2.3 billion) worth of ruble-denominated OFZ federal bonds. | Last week, an unknown buyer purchased 58 billion rubles (US$932 million) worth of ruble-denominated sovereign debt, which, according to the minis…
(2020-01-28). Trump proposes a two-state solution for Israel-Palestine in 'win-win opportunity' for both sides. rt.com 
Donald Trump has proposed a two-state solution for Israel-Palestine which would see the Palestinian capital located in east Jerusalem, in a move the US president called a "big step towards peace." | Trump said that Israel had agreed to negotiate on the basis of a conceptual and detailed proposed map for the first time. If Israel agrees to the proposed map, the US will recognize it, he said. | The
(2020-01-28). UK mobile operators assessing 'potential impact' of Huawei 5G outcome. thecanary.co 
The UK's mobile operators have said they will look into the potential impact of the government's decision on the future of Huawei in the country's 5G network."High-risk vendors" should be allowed to play a peripheral role in the network, the National Security Council concluded on Tuesday, but said such vendors should be barred from all safety-related and critical networks.The move comes despite pressure from the US to block the Chinese telecommunications giant, over fears of spying — a claim Huawei has repeatedly denied. | BT-owned EE — which previously warned it could take seven years to completely rem…
(2020-01-28). EU commissioner tells Poland 'door for dialogue' on judicial reform is open. rt.com 
The door to a dialogue between Poland and the European Union on judicial reform is open, EU Values and Transparency Commissioner Vera Jourova said on Tuesday. The EU hopes to find a long-term solution to tensions between Warsaw and Brussels, the politician added. | Since coming to power in 2015, Poland's ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party introduced a series of judicial reforms which critics and EU officials say may breach the rule of law. | Jourova was in Warsaw to meet officials, including Poland's Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro, to discuss reforms to the judicial system, including a new law that critics s…
(2020-01-28). To rig primary against Bernie, DNC chair Tom Perez nominates regime-change agents, Israel lobbyists, and Wall Street consultants. mronline.org 
With Senator Bernie Sanders surging in the polls, DNC chair Tom Perez has put forward a cartoonishly neoliberal cast of foreign policy hacks and corporate lobbyists to sabotage his nomination. |
(2020-01-28). US warplanes dropped more bombs on Afghanistan in 2019 than any other time in last decade — Air Forces Central Command. rt.com 
American warplanes dropped more bombs on Afghanistan in 2019 than at any other time in at least a decade, according to the US Air Force. In 2019 alone, the US dropped 7,423 separate munitions on targets in Afghanistan, where the US has been fighting several militant groups since it invaded the country following the September 11, 2001 attacks. | The figure was published by US Air Forces Central Command and represents a dramatic surge in bombings in Afghanistan compared to the peak of President Barack Obama's 'surge' in 2009, when 4,147 bombs were dropped. | Since President Donald Trump was elected in 2016 the U…
(2020-01-28). 'Insulting our grandparents': Putin's spokesman blasts Zelensky for insinuating USSR started World War II. rt.com 
Not content with simply watching Russia and Poland's war-of-words over the history of World War II, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared to join the fray on Monday, accusing the USSR of jointly starting the conflict. | While his observation may have pleased his Polish hosts at the event near Auschwitz, Vladimir Putin's press representative described Zelensky's comments as "incorrect" and "offensive." | Also on rt.com | | In a sharp rebuke…
(2020-01-28). French defense minister warns Pentagon against cutting US military assistance in W. Africa. rt.com 
French Defense Minister Florence Parly has warned her US counterpart during a visit to the Pentagon that counter-terrorism efforts in West Africa would be negatively affected by a reduction in US military assistance. | "The US support is critical to our operations and its reduction would severely limit our effectiveness against terrorists," Parly said a joint news conference, standing alongside US Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Monday. | Esper said no decisions had been made. However, he did not suggest any reconsideration of potential cuts to US forces in the region as he looks to focus more on challenges fr…
(2020-01-28). US didn't discuss 'deal of century' with Moscow, Russia's UN envoy says. rt.com 
The US did not hold consultations with Moscow on a plan to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Russia's permanent representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia has said. | "We were not consulted, we don't know what this plan consists of," he said in response to a question from a reporter. | Israeli envoy to the UN Danny Danon, meanwhile, said that his country was looking forward to the unveiling of the plan, TASS reported on Tuesday. | US President Donald Trump previously announced that the White House would unveil a plan for peace in the Middle East on Tuesday.
(2020-01-28). Magnitude 6.1 aftershock hits near Cayman Islands – USGS. rt.com 
A shallow 6.1-magnitude quake struck some 53 km off the coast of the Cayman islands at the depth of just 10 km. It came shortly after a powerful 7.7- quake off Jamaica triggered a tsunami warning across the Caribbean. | The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) said that it's unlikely the aftershock, which was reported at 21: 55 GMT on Tuesday, would trigger any tsunami waves, but did not rule out the possibility outright in its initial statement. | "Based on all available data…there is no significant tsunami threat from this earthquake. However… there is very a small possibility of tsunami waves along coas…
(2020-01-28). Fears mount that two old satellites will SMASH into each other above US this week. rt.com 
Space debris tracking service LeoLabs has sounded the alarm after discovering that two defunct and decommissioned satellites are hurtling towards each other and may collide over the continental US this week. | The pair of satellites are expected to cross paths on January 29 at 23: 39: 35 UTC, at an altitude of around 560 miles (901 kilometers) above Pittsburgh, PA. At a relative velocity of 9.1 miles per second (14.7 kilometers per second), the machines are expected to come within 50 to 100 feet (15 to 30 meters) of each other. However, there is a one in a hundred chance they'll hit each other and create a huge…
(2020-01-28). 'Mix of tragedy & farce': Trump's 'deal of the century' is set to cause outrage, but won't change anything — George Galloway. rt.com 
While Donald Trump's 'peace plan' from Israel and Palestine violates international law in every possible way, its only result will be a widespread outrage among the Muslims since it's impossible to implement, George Galloway says. | The pompous unveiling of the peace plan by US President Donald Trump and Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu looked like a true "mixture of tragedy and farce," former Labour MP told RT on Tuesday. | The two embattled politicians — one facing impeachment and the other entangled in a bribery case — did not miss the opportunity to have a joint PR stunt, but only managed to stomp o…
(2020-01-28). Trump team conducts Theatre of the Absurd in the Capitol. peoplesworld.org 
Donald Trump's legal team is shifting its defense of the president to an argument that even if he is guilty of everything charged in the articles of impeachment he, and no president for that matter, can be removed for either abuse of power or obstruction of Congress. TV defense lawyer, Alan Dershowitz, got up before …
(2020-01-28). Trump's Expansive Claims of Executive Privilege Pose "Very Serious Constitutional Crisis" democracynow.org 
During eight hours of oral arguments at the president's impeachment trial on Monday, President Trump's legal team repeatedly said that he has done nothing wrong, and largely ignored the explosive revelations made by Trump's former national security adviser. The president's case was made on Monday by a team of lawyers including Harvard University law professor Alan Dershowitz and former independent counsel Kenneth Starr, whose probe led to the impeachment of Bill Clinton. In an upcoming book, former national security adviser John Bolton says Trump told him the withholding of $391 million in military aid to Ukraine…
(2020-01-28). What Exactly Is John Bolton's End Game? truthdig.com 
This piece originally appeared on Former national security adviser John Bolton may have singlehandedly stopped Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell from simply acquitting Trump in the Senate impeachment trial and adjourning without witnesses or documents. Bolton publicly announced his willingness to testify before the Senate, after having stiffed the House proceedings. And then a manuscript of his forthcoming memoir of his time in the White House mysteriously showed up in the hands of New York Times reporters on the…
(2020-01-28). Europe keeps Trump's Israel-Palestine 'peace plan' at arms' length, but other US allies rush to embrace – except Turkey & Jordan. rt.com 
Reactions to US President Donald Trump's 'deal of the century' Israel-Palestine peace plan fell mostly along the lines of existing alliances, with close US allies backing the plan and rivals denouncing it – barring some surprises. | Europe hedged its bets on supporting the deal, weighing the importance of upholding international law against the need to appear loyal to Washington. Germany "welcomed" anything "aiming to inject new momentum" into the "stalled" peace process, but only went so far as to promise to "carefully examine the proposal" and discuss the resulting questions with other EU members. Foreign Mi…
(2020-01-28). Netanyahu says Israel is offering Palestinians 'conditional' & 'limited' sovereignty, new capital will be at Abu Dis. rt.com 
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he is willing to offer the Palestinian people the chance of "conditional, limited sovereignty" under the peace plan proposed by US President Donald Trump. | Trump announced earlier Tuesday that the deal would see a Palestinian capital formed in East Jerusalem, while simultaneously calling the holy city Israel's "undivided" capital. | Speaking to reporters after Trump's comments, Netanyahu said the US recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, "by which I mean, within its fences." | Netanyahu clarified that the proposed Palestinian capital under the peace plan w…
(2020-01-28). US will 'proudly' open a new embassy in proposed 'Palestinian capital' in east Jerusalem — Trump. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump has said that Washington will open a new embassy in East Jerusalem, where a proposed new Palestinian capital will exist, under his freshly unveiled Middle East peace plan. | Speaking alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on Wednesday, Trump said that he will "proudly open an embassy" in the capital if the plan is accepted. | At the same time, however, Trump said that his plan envisions Jerusalem as an "undivided capital" of Israel. | "Under this vision, Jerusalem will remain Israel's undivided capital," Trump said, scoring a lengthy applause from the…
(2020-01-28). Chinese Artist & Filmmaker Ai Weiwei on State Violence from Mexico to Hong Kong to Xinjiang. democracynow.org 
In 2014, 43 students from Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College disappeared after they were abducted in Iguala, Mexico. More than five years after their disappearance, the families of the students are still fighting for justice. The story is the subject of a stunning new documentary by the world-renowned Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. The film, "Vivos," follows the families of the disappeared students in their daily lives as they grapple with the absence of their loved ones and attempt to hold the Mexican government accountable for their disappearance. We sat down with Ai Weiwei earlier this week at the Sund…
(2020-01-28). UK govt ignores US pressure, allows Huawei limited role in 5G networks following telecom supply review. rt.com 
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei will be allowed to continue participating in building Britain's future 5G networks but with restrictions, the government announced on Tuesday in a move that could impact UK-US relations. | In a statement on Tuesday, the government said that Britain's National Cyber Security Centre has advised that "high risk vendors" be excluded from security critical and sensitive parts of the new fifth-generation mobile networks, including "sensitive geographic locations, such as nuclear sites and military bases." The agency also recommends limiting such vendors to a "minority presence of no mor…
(2020-01-28). Murder of Mexican Artist Isabel Cabanillas Highlights Endemic Issue of Femicide in Ciudad Juárez. democracynow.org 
Isabel Cabanillas, a 26-year-old beloved feminist activist and artist, was recently assassinated in Ciudad Juárez, resurfacing the border city's painful legacy of femicides and violence against women. Cabanillas was reported missing on social media by her friends on Saturday, January 18, after she never returned home. On that same day, she was found shot to death on a sidewalk next to her bicycle in downtown Juárez. We speak with Nana Rebell, a feminist activist in Ciudad Juárez and a member of the Juárez feminist collective Hijas de su Maquilera Madre, about Cabanillas's life and the endemic issue of femicide in…
(2020-01-28). New Zealand's Hidden Role at the Biggest US Bombing Base in the Middle East. mintpressnews.com 
A recent issue of Air Force News revealed that a senior NZDF officer served a six-month posting at the Qatar base, placing New Zealanders at the heart of the main targeting and bombing center in that region, writes Darius Shahtahmasebi…
(2020-01-28). Interim Bolivian president Añez calls Indigenous citizens "savages" peoplesworld.org 
The outlaw Bolivian president Jeanine Añez has announced that new elections in the country will be held on May 3, 2020. And just prior to that, it was disclosed that Añez called on Bolivians to prevent the return of "savages" to power, referring to Evo Morales, the country's first Indigenous president. According to a Jan. 6 …
(2020-01-28). Head of Chuvashia expelled from Russia's ruling party after humiliating local firefighter & threatening journalists. rt.com 
Russia's largest political party has expelled the long-time leader of the Chuvash Republic following a series of gaffes which caused national outrage. | Mikhail Ignatiev had run Chuvashia, in the Volga region, for almost a decade before a video of him taunting a local firefighter went viral across the country. | It followed earlier comments in which he suggested that journalists who criticize the authorities be "wiped out." | The party's General Council secretary, Andrey Turchak, announced the decision after a meeting of its Presidium. | On January 23, Ignatiev conducted a ceremonial review of firefighting equ…
(2020-01-28). 'Nobody ever gets points for saying anything good about Russia': Stephen Cohen says, as Rep. Schiff spreads ignorance about Putin. rt.com 
US Congress heavyweights like Adam Schiff deeply misunderstand Russia but keep on bashing Moscow because it has become "politically advantageous" in Washington, Russia researcher Stephen Cohen said. | "Being highly-critical of Russia is good politics in the United States," Cohen, professor emeritus of Russian studies at New York University and Princeton University, told the Grayzone's Aaron Mate in an interview, uploaded online on Monday. | Nobody ever gets any points for saying anything good about Russia — and only rarely for advocating any kind of partnership with Russia. | Cohen said that "politically…
(2020-01-28). Conservative Justices Sanction Stephen Miller's Anti-Immigration Agenda. truthout.org Not even an impeachment trial can slow down the White House's anti-immigrant agenda. | Even as Chief Justice John Roberts presided over the Senate's trial of President Trump on Monday, the Supreme Court gifted senior White House adviser and documented white nationalist Stephen Miller by lifting a lower court's nationwide injunction against discriminatory new rules that represent the strongest effort to restrict legal immigration into the U.S. in more than a century. | On Holocaust Memorial Day, all…
(2020-01-28). 192 Migrants Rescued in the Mediterranean and Canary Islands. telesurenglish.net Over the last 24 hours, the RELATED: | The Open Arms vessel is currently the only humanitarian ship present in international waters in fr…
(2020-01-28). Headlines for January 28, 2020. democracynow.org Trump Lawyers Says He Did No Wrong as Calls Mount for Bolton and Other Witnesses to Testify | , Trump to Unveil Middle East "Peace Plan" as Netanyahu Indicted over Corruption, SCOTUS Allows Trump's "Public Charge" Rule Targeting Low-Income Immigrants to Take Effect, State Dept. Bars NPR Reporter from Upcoming Pompeo Trip, Washington Post Suspends Reporter for Tweet About Kobe Bryant Rape Allegation, Mixed Accounts After U.S. Military Plane Crashes in Afghanistan, Torrential Rains and Landslides Kill At Least 46 People in Brazil, Nigerian Journalist Maxwell Nashan Killed, 2nd Accuser Testifies in Weinstein Trial a…
(2020-01-28). Split Hearings: the Assange Extradition Case Drags On. counterpunch.org It is being increasingly larded with heavy twists and turns, a form of state oppression in slow motion, but the Julian Assange extradition case now looks like it may well move into the middle of the year, dragged out, ironically enough, by the prosecution. Curiously, this is a point that both the prosecutors, fronted by
(2020-01-28). Basta Thanks Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange for Revealing Bush's War Crimes. indybay.org MacArthur&Fruitvale…
(2020-01-28). Rallies in Australia and NZ to demand freedom for Assange and Manning. No to US extradition! wsws.org The SEP rallies in February will demand that the Australian government end its collaboration with Washington and immediately use its legal and diplomatic powers to secure Assange's freedom.
(2020-01-28). Socialist Equality Party Public Meeting in London: Free Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning! No US extradition! wsws.org The SEP (UK) urges all readers of the World Socialist Web Site to attend our public meeting in London on Sunday, February 23, in defence of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and whistleblower Chelsea Manning.
(2020-01-28). Adam Schiff's Russia-bashing is unhinged and dangerous. thegrayzone.com Scholar and author Stephen F. Cohen says that Adam Schiff's Russia-bashing during the Trump impeachment trial is "ignorant and debased."…
(2020-01-28). Murder of Mexican Artist Highlights Endemic Issue of Femicide in Ciudad Juárez. truthout.org Isabel Cabanillas, a 26-year-old beloved feminist activist and artist, was recently assassinated in Ciudad Juárez, resurfacing the border city's painful legacy of femicides and violence against women. Cabanillas was reported missing on social media by her friends on Saturday, January 18, after she never returned home. On that same day, she was found shot to death on a sidewalk next to her bicycle in downtown Juárez. We speak with Nana Rebell, a feminist activist in Ciudad Juárez and a membe…
(2020-01-28). Colombia: 16 Congress Seats for Victims of the Armed Conflict. telesurenglish.net Colombia's President of the Senate Lidio García announced that the victims of the armed conflict will have 16 seats in Congress, as had been established after the signing of the Peace Agreement between the Colombian state and former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). | RELATED: | On Dec. 12019, Attorney Fernando Carrillo and the "Defend Peace" movement asked Garcia to review the administrative act through whi…
(2020-01-28). Palestinian Rejection: End of Oslo Peace Process and the Trump-Netanyahu Apartheid "Steal of the Century" globalresearch.ca The