UK government carries out deportation of around 20 Jamaican nationals
wsws.org | 2020-02-11
The men on board were among 700 immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers being held at two immigration detention removal centres near Heathrow Airport–Colnbrook and Harmondsworth.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/11/depo-f11.html

How Trump's "Peace" Plan Will Redraw Israel's Borders to Exclude to Non-Jews
Miko Peled | mintpressnews.com | 2020-02-11
Trump's new Middle East "Peace" Plan will redraw Israeli borders to exclude towns with large populations of Arab citizens, an attempt, writes Miko Peled, to force them down the totem pole to a place where their rights will be even more limited.
mintpressnews.com/trump-peace-plan-redraw-borders-exclude-arab-citizens-of-israel/264812/

Here are the companies complicit in deporting people to Jamaica
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2020-02-11
On 11 February, the government deported 17 people to Jamaica. This came despite widespread outrage and a successful legal challenge. Originally the government wanted to send away around 50 people. Yet in a sickening twist, the government has since defended its actions. Meanwhile, calls are growing to boycott and discredit the companies who profit from deportations. One of the linked companies posted record profits last year and has direct government connections. | Jamaica 50: | The s…
thecanary.co/trending/2020/02/11/here-are-the-companies-complicit-in-deporting-people-to-jamaica/

Egypt's population officially hits 100mn
rt.com | 2020-02-11
Egypt's fast-growing population hit 100 million people on Tuesday, the official statistics agency said. The figure is an increase of 7 million since the publication of the latest census results in 2017. | The population in Egypt has tripled since 1960, with the annual growth rate peaking in 1987 at nearly 2.8 percent. | The country is trying to cope with resurgent birth rates and what the World Bank calls a looming "youth bulge," AP said. Those between ages 18-29 comprise over one-fifth of the population, according to the statistics agency. | Most of the population live in urban areas near the Nile. The capita…
rt.com/newsline/480598-egypt-population-increase-cairo/

$683 million appeal to deliver reproductive health services, where they're most needed
news.un.org | 2020-02-11
With more than half of all maternal deaths occurring in countries affected by humanitarian crises and fragility, the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is calling for greater international support to provide life-saving reproductive health and protection services in these locations.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2020/02/1057191

Evo Morales Travels to Cuba for Medical Treatment
teleSUR- age | telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-11
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales arrived Monday in Havana, Cuba, from Buenos Aires, Argentina, as part of an unscheduled trip for health reasons. | RELATED: | Evo Morales Calls for National Reconciliation in Bolivia | The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla confirmed on his Twitter account the arrival of the former president to the Caribbean island, where he has traveled on other occasions to attend to his health issues with Cuban doctor…
telesurenglish.net/news/evo-morales-travels-to-cuba-for-medical-reasons-20200211-0011.html

A Victory for Vulture Funds: Puerto Rico's Unelected Financial Control Board Strikes Debt Deal
Staff | democracynow.org | 2020-02-11
Puerto Rico's financial control board has struck a deal with bondholders to shed about $24 billion from its general obligation debt. The deal announced Sunday will cut the island's outstanding general obligation debt from $35 billion to about $11 billion; however, the island would have to pay about $3.8 billion upfront. The agreement will still need to be approved by Puerto Rico's Legislature. Puerto Rico's financial control board filed for bankruptcy in 2017 to attempt to restructure $129 billion in debt. The board, which is often referred to as "La Junta," is an unelected board that runs much of Puerto Rico's e…
www.democracynow.org/2020/2/11/puerto_rico_debt

China, Russia to Defy US Sanctions Over Support to Venezuela
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-11
The Russian government rejected on Monday the U.S. threats to impose new sanctions against several Russian companies for their cooperation with Venezuela in the oil sector. | Last week, the United States special representative for Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, warned Russia …
globalresearch.ca/china-russia-defy-us-sanctions-support-venezuela/5703352

Video: The Truth About Venezuela's Blackout
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2020-02-11
This was originally published in March 2019. | Venezuela's blackout is the latest in the US siege on the country. | . | . | …
globalresearch.ca/truth-about-venezuela-blackout/5703355

Venezuela Announces International Lawsuit Against US
teleSUR, gqc | telesurenglish.net | 2020-02-11
The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, announced on Monday the beginning of an international lawsuit against the U.S. government because of the perjuries caused to national companies. | RELATED: | Venezuela Condemns US Sanctions Against Assembly's New Leadership | During his intervention, in the context of the Great Anti-imperialist March in Caracas, as a support to the Venezuelan Consortium of Aeronautic Industries and Air Services and as a response to the arbitrary san…
telesurenglish.net/news/venezuela-announces-international-lawsuit-against-us-20200211-0012.html

Venezuelan Communards meet to organize national movement
Ricardo Vaz | mronline.org | 2020-02-11
Dozens of communes from across the country are uniting to form a "large national political movement." | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/11/venezuelan-communards-meet-to-organize-national-movement/

'Total Farce': Trial of Venezuelan Embassy Protection Collective Activists Begins
sputniknews.com | 2020-02-11
The trial began Tuesday of four Embassy Protection Collective activists arrested last May for defending Venezuela's Washington, DC, embassy from opposition seizure. A Sputnik journalist reported the opposition, which continues to harass activists, has let the facility fall into disrepair as Juan Guaido's coup movement continues to stall.
sputniknews.com/analysis/202002111078291016-total-farce-trial-of-venezuelan-embassy-protection-collective-activists-begins/

Just as Trump Slashes Global Health Funds, Experts Warn Coronavirus Could Infect 60% of World Population
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2020-02-11
The coronavirus which originated late last year in Wuhan, China and has infected tens of thousands of people so far could eventually spread to 60% of the world population, a prominent health expert in Hong Kong warned Tuesday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1198654045.png …
commondreams.org/news/2020/02/11/just-trump-slashes-global-health-funds-experts-warn-coronavirus-could-infect-60?cd-origin=rss

How women shake up the political world
Eds. | mronline.org | 2020-02-10
The originality of the Haitian feminist movement lies in the fact that it can be thought of neither in terms of a wave (first, second or third) nor in terms of a defined current (liberal, black, decolonial, etc.). | Source…
mronline.org/2020/02/10/how-women-shake-up-the-political-world/

Minister insists forced deportation flight is reasonable despite criticism
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2020-02-10
A senior minister has defended a plan to push on with a flight deporting 50 people to Jamaica despite widespread calls for the jet to be grounded. | Chief secretary to the Treasury Rishi Sunak insisted on Monday that those being forcibly removed had committed "very serious offences" and their deportations were "reasonable". | But more than 150 cross-party MPs have called on the government to halt Tuesday's flight, which is expected to include a young man who moved to the UK aged five. | And a leaked report commissioned by ministers and seen by the PA news agency warned the government that the policy should be rec…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2020/02/10/minister-insists-forced-deportation-flight-is-reasonable-despite-criticism/

Chinese authorities try to contain discontent over handling of coronavirus outbreak
wsws.org | 2020-02-10
Wuhan doctor Li Wenliang's tragic death has become a symbol of the regime's repressive incompetence and indifference to the lives of the population.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/02/10/viru-f10.html

'Unhinged': MSNBC host Chris Matthews goes on bizarre rant about mass executions & 'the Reds' while discussing Bernie Sanders
rt.com | 2020-02-08
MSNBC host Chris Matthews is facing backlash on social media after he launched into a heated rant about socialism and appeared to suggest a Bernie Sanders presidency could somehow lead to mass executions in the streets. | During a post-debate special Friday evening, Matthews said his personal views on socialism go back "to the early 1950s" before drawing comparisons between Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and former leader of Cuba Fidel Castro. | "I believe if Castro and the Reds had won the Cold War there would have been executions in Central Park and I might have been one of the ones getting…
rt.com/usa/480412-chris-matthews-rant-sanders-socialism/

Milwaukee area law enforcement kill two people in one week
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2020-02-07
Milwaukee, WI – The Milwaukee Police Department, the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) and other law enforcement departments in the surrounding suburbs are notorious for their treatment of Milwaukee's African-American residents, who make up nearly 40% of the population. This fact has been confirmed by this last week, where two people lost their lives due to negligence and criminal misuse of deadly force. | During the morning of January 25, Ceasar Stinson, 47, was killed in a car crash precipitated by an unmarked MCSO squad car. Stinson was a long-time community advocate and a lobbyist for Milwaukee Public…
www.fightbacknews.org/2020/2/7/milwaukee-area-law-enforcement-kill-two-people-one-week

Blaming overpopulation lets climate criminals off the hook
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2020-02-07
Climate refugee rights Chloe DSIssue 1252 AustraliaFebruary 7, 2020The burden of responsibility for the climate crisis is often placed on poorer nations. But the reality is that the main culprits continue to be the rich and powerful 1%. | Within the climate movement, some sec…
greenleft.org.au/content/blaming-overpopulation-lets-climate-criminals-hook

Embassy Protection Collective: "We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law"
Venezuela Analysis | theantimedia.com | 2020-02-06
In this exclusive interview, VA talks to the activists who defended the Venezuelan Embassy in Washington DC ahead of their trial.

Embassy Protection Collective: "We Are Not the Ones Who Violated the Law"

US government censorship? Social media giants disappear accounts of Iranian and Venezuelan academics, journalists
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2020-01-30
Red Lines host Anya Parampil talks with Professor Mohammad Marandi of the University of Tehran. Professor Marandi's Facebook and Instagram…
thegrayzone.com/2020/01/30/social-media-giants-disappear-popular-iranian-venezuelan-accounts/