Puerto Rico earthquake: VIDEOS show destruction after 5.8-magnitude tremor hits US territory
A powerful earthquake has unleashed havoc in Puerto Rico, leaving many in the US territory without power. The quake is reportedly one of the largest to date to hit the island.
U.S. war drive
Colin Kaepernick attacks US ‘imperialism’ in wake of Suleimani strike Guardian
Trump’s threats draw Iran’s cultural sites into tensions AP
Targeting cultural sites is a war crime under the 1954 Hague Convention for the protection of cultural sites. The United Nations Security Council also passed unanimously a resolution in 2017 condemning the destruction of heritage sites.
Iraqi Parliament Expels Foreign Militaries From Iraq Moon of Alabama
Trump officials tried to stop Iraqi expulsion vote Axios
Trump threatens Iraq with sanctions “like they’ve never seen before” if it asks U.S. to leave Axios
AOC, Ilhan Omar Accuse Trump of Tweeting ‘War Crimes’ Threats Against Tehran Sputnik
US detains more than 60 Iranian Americans at Canadian border Middle East Eye
The USA is now at war, de-facto and de-jure, with BOTH Iraq and Iran The Saker
Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdl Mahdi has now officially revealed that the US had asked him to mediate between the US and Iran and that General Qassem Soleimani to come and talk to him and give him the answer to his mediation efforts. Thus, Soleimani was on an OFFICIAL DIPLOMATIC MISSION as part of a diplomatic initiative INITIATED BY THE USA.
America Escalates its “Democratic” Oil War in the Near East Michael Hudson
Trump Threatens Afghan Armageddon Countercurrents
The So-Called War on Terror Has Killed Over 801,000 People and Cost $6.4 Trillion: New Analysis Common Dreams
Flashback: Trump Warned That a ‘Weak’ and ‘Ineffective’ President Would Start a War With Iran to ‘Get Re-elected’ Rolling Stone
Indigenous Peoples
All Eyes on Wet’suwet’en: International Call for Week of Solidarity! UNIST’OT’EN
Labor
Union vote set this month at Durham School Services
Spectrum’s Electricians Caught in the Switches
Inflatable Rat At Joliet’s New Panera Bread
Harvard Graduate Student Union Returns to Work Following 27-Day Strike
The Doomsday Machine Returns: Citibank Has Sold Protection on $858 Billion of Credit Default Swaps Rigged Game
Fed focuses on repo market exit strategy after avoiding year-end crunch Reuters
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