2020-01-31: News Headlines

RT (2020-01-31). Special Indian flight en route to Wuhan to deliver medical supplies & evacuate citizens stranded in coronavirus epicenter. rt.com An Air India flight has been given the green light to travel to the Chinese city of Wuhan — ground zero for a new rapidly spreading coronavirus — in order to evacuate citizens and drop off sorely needed medical supplies. | Taking off from Mumbai early on Friday, local time, the Boeing 747 will first stop off at India's capital, Delhi to load up on supplies before heading into China for the rescue mission, where a number of nations have issued travel restrictions due to the new virus, recently declared a global health crisis by the World Health Organization. | An Air India 747 is currently en route…

Codepink SF (2020-01-31). Col. (ret.) Ann Wright Fundraising/Speaking on GAZA/The 2020 Freedom Flotilla. indybay.org ANSWER Meeting Room, 2969 Mission Street, San Francisco 94110 (Mission at 26th Street)…

Col. Lawrence Wilkerson (2020-01-31). Endless War Is a Disastrous (but Profitable) Enterprise. globalresearch.ca "The collapse of the Libyan state has had region-wide repercussions, with flows of people and weapons destabilizing other countries throughout North Africa." This statement came from the Soufan Group's recent Intelbrief, entitled "Fighting Over Access to Libya's Energy Supplies" (24 …

yenisafak (2020-01-31). Israeli air strikes target southern Gaza Strip. yenisafak.com Israel carried out a series of air strikes in the south of the Gaza Strip early on Friday morning.An Anadolu Agency correspondent reported that Israeli jets conducted 10 consecutive air raids in Rafah city.No casualties were reported by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza but damage was caused to homes and a water well in the city.The Israeli army claimed it hit Hamas targets including "underground infrastructure [tunnels] used to manufacture weapons."The air strikes, the army said, were in response to rockets and incendiary balloons allegedly launched from the Gaza Strip on Thursday.

Zero Hedge (2020-01-30). Boeing Reports Epic $4 Billion Revenue Miss, Announces $18.6BN in 737 MAX Costs, Cuts 787 Production; Stock Surges. globalresearch.ca If there ever was a "kitchen sink" quarter, Boeing just had it. | Moments ago, the ailing US aerospace giant reported Q4 earnings which prompted traders to do a double take after revenues cratered by 37% Y/Y, down from $28.3BN a …

Slava Zilber (2020-01-29). Peter Hitchens stresses the 'vital importance' of whistleblowing about chemical weapons in Syria. thecanary.co Journalist

Fight Back (2020-01-28). Milwaukee: Rally against war on Iraq, Iran. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – On January 25, around 40 people gathered at the intersection of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and North Avenue to protest the ongoing U.S. war in Iraq and the threat of war with Iran. The protesters occupied each of the four street corners and took to chanting before running through a short lineup of speakers. | "Organization and numbers are the two greatest weapons at the disposal of the working class. We must use them if we're gonna win," said Ryan Hamann, a speaker from Freedom Road Socialist Organization. "Here's to building a strong, united, firmly anti-imperialist anti-war movement in Mi…

Lawrence Wittner (2019-12-22). Americans Are Ready for a Different Approach to Nuclear Weapons. zcomm.org Although today's public protests against nuclear weapons can't compare to the major antinuclear upheavals of past decades, there are clear indications that most Americans reject the Trump administration's nuclear weapons policies. Since entering office in 2017, the Trump administration has withdrawn the United States from the nuclear agreement with Iran, scrapped the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces

Jon Rainwater (2019-11-07). Take Action — Some actual, SANE legislation. peaceaction.org Trump has plans to spend nearly $2 TRILLION over the next 30 years on unneeded and unnecessary nuclear weapons and delivery systems. This makes no sense. This is insane. That's nearly $100 million wasted every day for thirty years on weapons we are supposed to be getting rid of. To put that amount in perspective, …