U.S. war on Iran, Iraq
Thousands Take to Streets in More Than 70 Cities Across US to Protest Trump’s “Reckless Acts of War” Against Iran CommonDreams
‘If You Are Wondering Who Benefits’: Weapons Makers See Stocks Surge as Trump Moves Closer to War With Iran CommonDreams
Trump threatens to hit 52 Iranian targets if Tehran retaliates over top general’s death CNBC
Tens of thousands march in Baghdad to mourn Soleimani, others killed in U.S. air strike Reuters
Thousands in Iraq mourn top Iranian general killed by U.S.; rockets fired in Baghdad Reuters
‘And He Shot Lincoln, Yeah?’ Twitterstorm as US VP Mike Pence Links Soleimani to 9/11 Hijackers
Lies, the Bethlehem Doctrine, and the Illegal Murder of Soleimani Craig Murray, formerly British ambassador to Uzbekistan and Rector of the University of Dundee
US Foreign Policy by Assassination Graham E. Fuller, adjunct professor of history at Simon Fraser University, formerly vice chairman of the National Intelligence Council at the CIA, and a former senior political scientist at RAND
The Revenge For The Assassination Of Qassem Soleimani Moon of Alabama
The anti-war movement gears up to oppose war with Iran Countercurrents (Britain)
Iraqi militia warns [Iraqi] security forces to stay away from [protecting] U.S. bases: Al Mayadeen Reuters
Trump said ‘Iranian culture’ sites could become military targets, but that could [does] constitute a war crime Business Insider
Indigenous Peoples
Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs Evict Coastal GasLink from Territory
Chelsea Manning Responds to United Nations Rapporteur’s Call For Her Release Sparrow Media
Violence at Parchman, other Mississippi prisons: What we know Clarion-Ledger
Capitalist swamp
US manufacturing contracts to lowest level since 2009 The Hill
New York offered to pay part of Amazon workers’ salaries in early HQ2 bid Engadget
‘Trump Money’ Is Buying Silence as Unprecedented Payments Go to Farmers Rolling Stone
Lands’ End sued by Delta Air Lines employees who claim uniforms cause health problems Wisconsin State Journal
Indonesia floods
Jakarta flood: At least 21 killed in Indonesia and tens of thousands evacuated Evening Standard
Australia burning
I spent New Year’s trapped by Australian bushfires that looked like a scene from a warzone Business Insider
On Fires in Australia Ecological Rants
Australia’s bushfires are a wake-up call: we must build a more humane economy before it’s too late openDemocracy
Hero of the Republic of Cuba, Harry Villegas, Passes Away
Alongside Ernesto Che Guevera, the Cuban General ‘Pombo’ fought in Cuba, Congo, and Bolivia
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