2020-01-27: Social Media Postees

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

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

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

Trump's disdain for wounds suffered by troops in Iraq sparks protest
wsws.org | 2020-01-27
The downplaying of the injuries 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

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

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

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

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

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

Americans Need to Hear More From Iranians, Here's Where to Start
Negin Owliaei | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-27
Following President Trump's announcement that the U.S. would seek new sanctions, but not immediate military escalation, against Iran, most people in the United States likely breathed a sigh of relief. For Iranians and Iranian Americans like myself, that relief was accompanied by a reminder of just how painful existing conditions can be. Sanctions starve our…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/27/americans-need-to-hear-more-from-iranians-heres-where-to-start/

'Greatest danger for democracy': Iranian president seeks greater inclusivity in election process after 10,000 candidates banned
rt.com | 2020-01-27
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani has taken aim at how the Islamic Republic handles elections. After the Guardian Council barred almost two-thirds of candidates from running, Rouhani called for "competition and participation." | With the parliamentary elections on the horizon, President Rouhani spoke to provincial governors about the electoral process. Rouhani criticized the way the Islamic Republic deals with elections in general, and the actions of Iran's Guardian Council of the Constitution specifically. | The council, which decides who can run for office, has so far barred almost 10,000 candidates, including…
rt.com/news/479307-elections-iran-democracy-danger-rouhani/

Oman's top diplomat visits Iran for 2nd time in week to discuss Gulf security
rt.com | 2020-01-27
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hosted his Omani counterpart Yusuf bin Alawi on Sunday, the second such visit in one week, for talks on security in the Gulf. | Alawi made his visit to Tehran after his trip to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, which Zarif skipped after scheduling changes to the annual event. | Zarif and Alawi discussed "bilateral cooperation regarding the Strait of Hormuz and emphasized their governments' will… to guarantee maritime and energy security for all," according to Iran's foreign ministry. | It was their second meeting in the Iranian capital since la…
rt.com/newsline/479265-oman-fm-iran-gulf/

US Envoy Threatens to Assassinate New Quds Force Commander
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-01-27
"If Ghaani follows the same path of killing Americans then he will meet the same fate," U.S. envoy Brian Hook told the Arabic-language daily Asharq al-Awsat. | *** | The U.S. envoy to Iran Brian Hook has threatened Iran's Quds Force commander…
globalresearch.ca/us-envoy-threatens-assassinate-new-quds-force-commander/5701846

"No to War on Iran" Demonstration in Downtown SF
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2020-01-27
March from Market Street to Union Square against War, Trump, and Assassination.
indybay.org/newsitems/2020/01/25/18830077.php

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

Passenger plane with 130 on board slides off runway, stops in the middle of a road in western Iran (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2020-01-27
A packed Iranian passenger plane skidded of the runway and ended up in the middle of a city street, local media report. | Caspian Airlines Flight 6936 took off from Tehran at around 6: 44am local time and was trying to land in the city of Bandar-e Mahshahr in southwestern Khuzestan Province when it skidded off the runway on Monday, Tasnim News said. | Videos from the scene, which are circulating on social media, show the Boeing aircraft lying on its belly in the middle of the road. Passengers were calmly evacuated from the plane, while some wreckage from the fuselage could be seen on the ground. | Dramatic f…
rt.com/news/479260-iranian-passenger-plane-slides-off-runway/

Could the climate crisis be "The Good News of Damnation"?
Lawrence Wittner | zcomm.org | 2020-01-27
The climate crisis, like the prospect of nuclear annihilation, really is "the good news of damnation." And we can only overcome it by working together…
zcomm.org/znetarticle/could-the-climate-crisis-be-the-good-news-of-damnation/

21,000 Syrian civilians flee attacks in Idlib in a day
yenisafak.com | 2020-01-27
The intense attacks of Assad regime and its allies forced some 21,000 civilians to flee their homes in Idilb, a de-escalation zone in northwestern Syria, over the last 24 hours, according to sources on the ground.Mohammad Hallaj, director of Syria's Response Coordination Group, said the forced migration gained momentum in Eriha and Jabal Zawiya regions of Idlib due to intensified attacks.The attacks by the Assad army, composed of regime forces and Iranian-backed terror groups, and Russian strikes stand as the main reasons behind the forced migration.The majority of the displaced people arrived at the camps near…
yenisafak.com/en/world/21000-syrian-civilians-flee-attacks-in-idlib-in-a-day-3510570

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'

US Confirms 34 Troops With Brain Injury After Iran Strike
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-25
The United States Department of Defense confirmed Friday that 34 soldiers had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury following Iran's Jan. 8 missile attack which targeted Ain al-Assad and Erbil airbases where U.S. forces were stationed. | RELATED: | Trump Downplays US Casualties from Iranian Attack | Despite initially saying no service members were hurt, last week the U.S. military said 11 U.S. troops had been treated and transferred out of Iraq for concussion symptoms. However, the ne…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Confirms-34-Troops-With-Traumatic-Brain-Injury-After-Iran-Strike-20200125-0008.html

Doomsday Clock Closer Than Ever to All-Out Global Annihilation
telesurenglish.net | 2020-01-25
The Doomsday Clock was reset Thursday to just 100 seconds before midnight, marking the closest humankind has ever been to total nuclear annihilation and extinction of life due to climate change, according to the researchers who set the metaphorical time. | RELATED: | UK, France Reiterate Commitment to Maintain Iran Nuclear Deal | "It is 100 seconds to midnight. We are now expressing how close the world is to catastrophe in seconds

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/

Doomsday clock moves to 100 seconds before midnight due to threats of nuclear war and climate change
Olivia Rosane | nationofchange.org | 2020-01-25
"We ask world leaders to join us in 2020 as we work to pull humanity back from the brink."
nationofchange.org/2020/01/25/doomsday-clock-moves-to-100-seconds-before-midnight-due-to-threats-of-nuclear-war-and-climate-change/

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/

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/

Aftermath: The Iran War After the Soleimani Assassination
Jim Kavanagh | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-24
The thing that is so sad and so infuriating and so centrally symptomatic of everything wrong with American political culture, is that, with painfully few exceptions, Americans have no idea of what their government has done. They have no idea who Qassem Soleimani was, what he has accomplished, the web of relationships, action, and respect he has built, what his assassination means and will bring. The last person who has any clue about this, of course, is Donald Trump, who called Soleimani "a total monster." His act of killing Soleimani is the apotheosis of the abysmal, arrogant ignorance of U.S. political culture.
counterpunch.org/2020/01/24/aftermath-the-iran-war-after-the-soleimani-assassination/

Pentagon Now Says 34 US Soldiers Suffered Traumatic Brain Injuries in Iran Attack
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-24
(ZH)

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/

The Long History of Elite Rule: What Will It Take To End It?
Chuck Churchill | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-24
Elites have ruled over people and commanded the surplus produced by their labor for many millennia. It is this long history we have to contend with in today's crisis of capitalism that has produced endless wars and environmental catastrophes as corporate billionaire rulers continue to promote business as usual while preparing to fight each other with armed forces and nuclear weapons. This has all been "normalized."
counterpunch.org/2020/01/24/the-long-history-of-elite-rule-what-will-it-take-to-end-it/

'We Apologize' for Trump's Reckless Aggression, US Peace Advocates Say in Open Letter to Iranian People
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-01-24
The letter, from activist group CodePink, comes ahead of peace demonstrations scheduled Saturday in 200 cities around the world. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/cp_senate.jpg_1718483346_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2020/01/24/we-apologize-trumps-reckless-aggression-us-peace-advocates-say-open-letter-iranian?cd-origin=rss

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…
fair.org/home/this-is-already-a-hot-war-the-us-is-prosecuting-against-iran/

U.S. clearing anti-war voices off social media in vast censorship operation
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-23
Instagram and its parent company Facebook are removing posts that appear to be in support of the late Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani in order to comply with U.S. sanctions, a company spokesperson recently told CNN. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/23/u-s-clearing-anti-war-voices-off-social-media-in-vast-censorship-operation/

Muddle-Eastern diplomacy: White House confuses Iran and Iraq in YouTube blunder
rt.com | 2020-01-22
As President Donald Trump sat down with the world's movers and shakers at Davos, White House staff clearly weren't paying much attention, mistaking Iraqi President Barham Salih for his Iranian counterpart. | "President Trump Participates in a Bilateral Meeting with the President of the Republic of Iran," the title of a YouTube video published by the White House on Wednesday proclaimed. | Hell had not frozen over, however, and Trump had not secretly met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani unbeknownst to the world's media. Instead, the video clearly showed Trump meeting with Iraqi President Barham Salih. | Ira…
rt.com/usa/478894-white-house-iran-iraq/

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 Confirms Two Missiles Were Fired at Downed Ukrainian Airliner
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2020-01-21
(MEE)

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/

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