Iraqi government cracks down on anti-US protests
wsws.org | 2020-01-28
Protests were sparked by unemployment, particularly among young people, the lack of electricity and water, poor services and rampant corruption.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/01/28/iraq-j28.html

A brilliant new Labour MP is shredding the Tories
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2020-01-28
Zarah Sultana, one of the newest Labour MPs, is absolutely shredding the Tories. Less than a month into 2020, she keeps stepping up to speak truth to power. | "Shameful record": | In a parliamentary debate about in-work poverty on 27 January, Sultana asked work and pensions…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/01/28/a-brilliant-new-labour-mp-is-shredding-the-tories/

The Challenge for Chile and the World
Ariel Dorfman | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-27
SANTIAGO, Chile. In October, a rise in Santiago's metro fares set off the biggest protests in Chile since the end of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. Protesters were calling out elite corruption, inequality, high prices and low wages, and specifically the pain caused by a privatized retirement system, which left many old people in grinding poverty. The essential question…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/27/the-challenge-for-chile-and-the-world/

The Challenge for Chile and the World
Ariel Dorfman | counterpunch.org | 2020-01-27
SANTIAGO, Chile. In October, a rise in Santiago's metro fares set off the biggest protests in Chile since the end of Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship. Protesters were calling out elite corruption, inequality, high prices and low wages, and specifically the pain caused by a privatized retirement system, which left many old people in grinding poverty. The essential question…
counterpunch.org/2020/01/27/the-challenge-for-chile-and-the-world/

World's super rich meet in Davos to discuss the climate change problem they created
Alan MacLeod | mronline.org | 2020-01-25
Research has shown that the people most responsible for a warming planet were disproportionately the same people attending the summit and an increasing number of observers see climate change, inequality and capitalism as bound together. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/25/worlds-super-rich-meet-in-davos-to-discuss-the-climate-change-problem-they-created/

Disabled people under attack
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-01-25
In December, Ontario's Auditor-General, Bonnie Lysyk, issued a report that offers the province's right wing Tory government an opportunity to attack disabled people living in poverty. | Source…
mronline.org/2020/01/25/disabled-people-under-attack/

World's Super Rich Meet in Davos to Discuss the Climate Change Problem they Created
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2020-01-22
Research has shown that the people most responsible for a warming planet were disproportionately the same people attending the summit and an increasing number of observers see climate change, inequality and capitalism as bound together.
mintpressnews.com/worlds-super-wealthy-davos-discuss-climate-change-problem/264269/

23 Headlines Obscure Biden's Lies About Cutting Social Security
Joshua Cho | fair.org | 2020-01-22
Here's something many Americans would be very interested to know: Is a leading candidate in the Democratic primary a liar? And since a strong majority of Americans have consistently opposed cuts to Social Security, the country's most successful anti-poverty program, Democratic vot…
fair.org/home/23-headlines-obscure-bidens-lies-about-cutting-social-security/

SPLC Statement on the Detainment of Iranians and Iranian Americans
splcenter.org | 2020-01-06
The following statement is by Southern Poverty Law Center Interim President and CEO Karen Baynes-Dunning following reports that Iranians and Iranian Americans are being detained and questioned at U.S. ports of entry:…
splcenter.org/news/2020/01/06/splc-statement-detainment-iranians-and-iranian-americans