Raging Grannies Remember Kent State at J25 No War With Iran Rally
San Mateo Protests | indybay.org | 2020-01-28
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
Noam Chomsky Is the Antidote to Trump's Facism
Ilana Novick | truthdig.com | 2020-01-28
In addition to the obvious terrors
How Government and Media Are Prepping America for a Failed 2020 Election
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-28
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.
mintpressnews.com/media-israel-intelligence-2020-elections-cyber-security/264361/
"No to War on Iran" Demonstration in Downtown SF
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-01-28
March from Market Street to Union Square against War, Trump, and Assassination.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/25/18830077.php
Iran to Vote on Quitting Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-28
The Iranian parliament received a motion on Tuesday to quit nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), the assembly's news site ICANA reported, in a move that appears to raise the stakes in Tehran's confrontation with the West. | RELATED: | US Confirms 34 Troops With Traumatic Brain Injury After Iran Strike | According to the report, the Iranian parliament will discuss leaving the nuclear treaty, but did not specify when they would vote on the motion. Furthermore, Iran's Supr…
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Call for "No War but Class War" in San José on International Day of Action Pt I
R. Robertson | indybay.org | 2020-01-28
San José demonstrators broadcast their demands on an international day of action against war with Iran on January 25. Several hundred people with signs and banners met at City Hall for a brief program then marched through the historic downtown to the intersection of Story and King Roads where they rallied.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/28/18830119.php
Motion to withdraw from Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons treaty filed in Iran's parliament
rt.com | 2020-01-28
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
Call for "No War but Class War" in San José on International Day of Action Pt I
R. Robertson | indybay.org | 2020-01-28
San José residents called for many things on an international day of action against war with Iran on January 25. Several hundred people with signs and banners met at City Hall for a brief program then marched through the historic downtown to the intersection of Story and King Roads where they rallied.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/28/18830119.php
Iraq to Neocons: Get the Hell Out of Our Country
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
The Trump coterie of neocons is spinning the Iraq embassy attack to fit their agenda, namely that Iran is responsible for the rocket attack when it is obvious the people of Iraq are fed-up with the US occupation, designed to …
globalresearch.ca/iraq-neocons-get-out-our-country/5702020
UK govt ignores US pressure, allows Huawei limited role in 5G networks following telecom supply review
rt.com | 2020-01-28
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…
rt.com/uk/479377-huawei-britain-5g-networks-security/
Give Lebanon's cabinet a chance, say Christian religious leaders
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-28
Lebanon's Christian religious authorities on Tuesday urged anti-government protesters to give a new government breathing room to tackle a dire financial crisis, condemning what they described as mob assaults on security forces in recent marches.Many demonstrators have rejected the government formed last week by the Iran-backed Shi'ite group Hezbollah and its allies without participation of major political parties including the second-largest Christian party, Lebanese Forces (LF).Demonstrations that began last October against a political elite blamed for steering Lebanon into its worst crisis in decades have turne…
yenisafak.com/en/world/give-lebanons-cabinet-a-chance-say-christian-religious-leaders-3510683
IRGC Chief Warns No US Commander Will Be Safe If Iranian Officers Threatened, Targeted
sputniknews.com | 2020-01-28
Last week, US special representative for Iran Brian Hook threatened to assassinate the successor of slain Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani if he targeted Americans.
sputniknews.com/world/202001281078161882-irgc-chief-warns-no-us-commander-will-be-safe-if-iranian-officers-threatened-targeted/
Selected Articles: How Far Can Imperialism Go?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
A future without independent media leaves us with an upside down reality where according to the corporate media "NATO deserves a Nobel Peace Prize", and where "nuclear weapons and wars make us safer" | | | If, like us, this is a …
globalresearch.ca/selected-articles-how-far-can-an-imperialist-go/5702109
La politica 100 secondi a Mezzanotte
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
Mentre l'attenzione politico-mediatica era concentrata in Italia sulla campagna elettorale, la lancetta dell' ´Orologio dell'apocalisse ª
A política '100 segundos para a meia-noite'
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-28
Enquanto a atenàßà£o político-mediática estava concentrada na campanha eleitoral, em Itália, o ponteiro do "Relógio do Apocalipse"
The World Demands US Out Of The Middle East
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-27
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/the-world-demands-us-out-of-the-middle-east/
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
South Florida protest demands: No war on Iran
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-27
Fort Lauderdale, FL
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
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'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
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
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
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
No, Iran Won't Have a Nuclear Bomb 'in a Matter of Months'
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
As Iran puts the final nail in its nuclear agreement with the West, hyperbolic headlines have warned that the Islamic Republic could have a nuclear weapon "within months." Politicians have said it, pundits have repeated it, and hawkish national security …
globalresearch.ca/iran-wont-have-nuclear-bomb-in-matter-months/5701952
The World Is Burning, But It's Not Front-Page News
Staff | truthout.org | 2020-01-27
Let me betray my age for a moment. Some of you, I know, will be shocked, but I still read an actual newspaper. Words on real paper every day. I'm talking about the New York Times, and something stuck with me from the January 9th edition of that "paper" paper. Of course, in the world of the Internet, that's already ancient history
'Blow Up the Phones': Demands That #BoltonMustTestify Surge After New Revelations About Ukrainian Aid Freeze
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-27
A day after Democratic lawmakers demanded that former National Security Adviser John Bolton testify in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, grassroots political action groups urged the American public to call their representatives and add their voices to the call for a fair trial. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/john_bolton_iran_0.jpg …
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Debating Trump's 'maximum pressure' on Iran w/ Michael Doran
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-26
A former Bush administration official defends Trump's "maximum pressure" on Iran. Michael Doran, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/26/debating-trumps-maximum-pressure-on-iran-w-michael-doran/
Debating Trump's 'maximum pressure' on Iran w/ Michael Doran
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-26
A former Bush administration official defends Trump's "maximum pressure" on Iran. Michael Doran, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/26/debating-trumps-maximum-pressure-on-iran-w-michael-doran/
Iraqi Security Forces and Protesters Clash in Several Cities
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-26
The Iraqi security forces fired tear gas and live gunfire towards the protesters across Iraq on Sunday, reuslting in dozens of injuries in major cities like Baghdad and Nassiriyah. According to Reuters, many of the protesters resisted the security forces with strones and petrol bombs. | RELATED: | US Confirms 34 Troops With Traumatic Brain Injury After Iran Strike | The majority of those hospitalized on Sunday were said to be residents of the southern city of Nassiriyah Mo…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iraqi-Security-Forces-and-Protesters-Clash-in-Several-Cities-20200126-0004.html
20,000 US Troops Have Surged Into Middle East Since Last Spring to 'Counter Iran'
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-26
Over the past eight months, the United States has poured more than 20,000 additional troops into the Middle East to counter Iran.
20,000 US Troops Have Surged Into Middle East Since Last Spring to 'Counter Iran'
Closer than ever: It is 100 seconds to midnight
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-25
Humanity continues to face two simultaneous existential dangers–nuclear war and climate change–that are compounded by a threat multiplier, cyber-enabled information warfare, that undercuts society's ability to respond. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/25/closer-than-ever-it-is-100-seconds-to-midnight/
Closer than ever: It is 100 seconds to midnight
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-25
Humanity continues to face two simultaneous existential dangers–nuclear war and climate change–that are compounded by a threat multiplier, cyber-enabled information warfare, that undercuts society's ability to respond. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/25/closer-than-ever-it-is-100-seconds-to-midnight/
Protesters say no war on Iran
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-25
anti-war Kerry SmithIssue 1251 Australia No war on IranJanuary 25, 2020Activists joined in a global day of action against war in Iran, initiated in the United States by United National Antiwar Coalition. One hundred people took part in Sydney on January 25. | The protest took…
greenleft.org.au/content/protesters-say-no-war-iran
When Will the Winter Come to an End?
Vijay Prashad | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-24
Hangameh Golestan, Witness 1979, 1979 On 17 January, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, led the Friday prayers for the first time in eight years. He mocked the 'American clowns' who threatened Iran and said that Iran's response to the US assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani was a 'slap in the face' of US …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/when-will-the-winter-come-to-an-end/
When will the Winter come to an end?
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2020-01-24
On 17 January, Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, led the Friday prayers for the first time in eight years. He mocked the 'American clowns' who threatened Iran and said that Iran's response to the U.S. assassination of Major General Qassem Soleimani was a 'slap in the face' of U.S. power. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/24/when-will-the-winter-come-to-an-end/
Canada's Justin Trudeau Toes the Imperial Line on Iran
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-24
While the current Liberal government claims to be progressive and in favour of a rules-based international order, promotion of democracy and world peace, its actions regarding Iran demonstrate that the primary drivers of Canadian foreign policy remain US geo-political interests and the interests of the rich and powerful. (This previous article argues this has long been the …
dissidentvoice.org/2020/01/canadas-justin-trudeau-toes-the-imperial-line-on-iran/
Pentagon Now Says 34 US Soldiers Suffered Traumatic Brain Injuries in Iran Attack
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-24
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Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva: Obama, Hillary Ordered Me Not to Negotiate with Iran
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-24
"I remember that Hilary Clinton worked hard against my idea to go to Iran. She even called the Emir of Qatar and asked him to convince me not to go. When I arrived in Moscow and met with [Dmitry] Medvedev, I found out Obama had called and asked him to help convince me not to go."
mintpressnews.com/brazil-president-lula-da-silva-obama-hillary-ordered-not-negotiate-iran/264315/
Houthis Anticipate US Assassination Attempts, Warn US Troops Will Be Targeted in Retaliation
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-24
The U.S. recently admitted that it tried and failed to kill an Iranian commander in Yemen, sparking both fear and mobilization among Yemen's Houthis.
mintpressnews.com/houthi-anticipate-us-assassination-attempts-warn-us-troops-will-be-targeted/264304/
Houthis Anticipate US Assassination Attempts, Warn US Troops Will Be Targeted in Retaliation
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-24
The U.S. recently admitted that it tried and failed to kill an Iranian commander in Yemen, sparking both fear and mobilization among Yemen's Houthis.
mintpressnews.com/houthi-anticipate-us-assassination-attempts-warn-us-troops-will-be-targeted/264304/
US war threat against Iran remains
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2020-01-24
anti-war Barry SheppardIssue 1250 United States US aggression against Iran San FranciscoJanuary 24, 2020The decision by United States President Donald Trump not to bomb Iran in retal…
greenleft.org.au/content/us-war-threat-against-iran-remains
"The New Colossus": In New Play, Tim Robbins Tackles Immigration & Xenophobia
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-01-23
President Trump said Wednesday that he would expand his highly controversial travel ban, which already bars citizens from seven countries, most of which have Muslim-majority populations
'This Is Already a Hot War the US Is Prosecuting Against Iran' – CounterSpin interview with Gregory Shupak about
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2020-01-23
Janine Jackson interviewed media scholar Gregory Shupak about the Soleimani assassination for the January 10, 2020, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
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Opening plenary kicks off World Anti-Imperialist Congress
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-01-22
Caracas, Venezuela – On January 22, hundreds of international delegates from 52 countries heard from leaders from Syria, Venezuela, Cuba and Brazil to kick off the World Anti-Imperialist Congress. | Starting with a professor from Syria who remarked that U.S. imperialism assassinated Iranian General Qassem Soleimani because the U.S. fears it is losing its grip on the Middle East, the crowd shouted "Viva Soleimani!" He added that, with the help requested by Syria from Russia, Iran and others, the Syrians have bravely declared "No pasarán!" | After the Syrian professor, an official from the Cuban Communist Party sha…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/1/22/opening-plenary-kicks-world-anti-imperialist-congress
CBP Deported an Iranian Student With Valid Visa, Defying Court Order
Carol Rose | aclu.org | 2020-01-21
Last night, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) deported an Iranian student with a valid visa, despite a federal court order prohibiting his removal. | Shahab Dehghani arrived at Boston Logan Airport on Sunday, January 19 to study at Northeastern University, where he was enrolled. Customs officials detained him and questioned him for hours, abruptly revoking his student visa, which the State Department granted after a year of intense vetting. | As CBP tried to put Shahab on the next available flight, supporters and friends gathered at night in the arrivals hall at Logan to demand that CBP stop deporting…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/cbp-deported-an-iranian-student-with-valid-visa-defying-court-order
Iran: The EU-three Trigger Dispute Mechanism in Iran Nuclear Deal
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2020-01-21
Why, after so many assurances to the contrary, have the three European Iran's Nuclear Deal Partner's
Netflix, Iran and the Documentary as Geopolitical Weapon
Brian Mier | fair.org | 2020-01-21
Netflix's Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy | Like The Mechanism before it, Netflix's new series Nisman: The Prosecutor, the President and the Spy is an entertainment product that advances US interests through character assassination of a popular left-wing Latin American leader. | "Try saying this," the director said: "'In the '80s, Rio de Janeiro was a land of the haves and the have nots. I was a have not.'" In 2016, I was working as a fixer on an episode of a Netflix documentary crime series, and the main character was not cooperating with the script. | He was Afro-Brazilian, but he was not the…
fair.org/home/netflix-iran-and-the-documentary-as-geopolitical-weapon/
Gregory Shupak on Iran Assassination, Brett Hartl on Biodiversity Loss
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-01-10
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Gregory Shupak on Iran Assassination, Brett Hartl on Biodiversity Loss
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2020-01-10
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