Trump Attacked the Women of Color Who Led the Push for Impeachment. Then CNN Erased Them
Natasha Lennard | theintercept.com | 2019-10-01
From left, Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib, conduct a news conference in Washington, D.C. responding to negative comments by President Trump that were directed the freshmen House Democrats on July 15, 2019. | Photo: Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP | There is a growing double narrative about who deserves credit for the effort to impeach President Donald Trump. One side of the narrative, coming primarily from the media, lauds late-coming figures to impeachment as saviors, and the other, coming from Trump, tears down impeachment\'s early adopters as malicious traito…
theintercept.com/2019/10/01/cnn-impeachment-badasses-squad/

\"Ukrainegate\" Teaches Us More about Ourselves Than Trump or Biden
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-01
Anti-Imperialism protest in the Phillippines. Photo: Carlo Manalansan by Bulatlat \'Ukrainegate\' has opened the floodgates of impeachment in Washington, DC. President Trump\'s phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky provided such an opportunity that Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who resisted pressure for impeachment, is now on board along with a majority of the party. Democrats are …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/ukrainegate-teaches-us-more-about-ourselves-than-trump-or-biden/

Undocumented Poets and Writers Are Vital to the Struggle for Migrant Justice
Christopher Soto | thenation.com | 2019-10-01
Undocumented Poets and Writers Are Vital to the Struggle for Migrant Justice…
thenation.com/article/undocumented-writers-immigration/

MoveOn\'s Phony New Campaign for \'Protecting Whistleblowers\'
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-01
All of a sudden, MoveOn wants to help \"national security\" whistleblowers. Well, some of them, anyway. After many years of carefully refusing to launch a single campaign in support of brave whistleblowers who faced vicious prosecution during the Obama administration — including Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, NSA whistleblowers Thomas Drake and Edward Snowden, and CIA whistleblowers John…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/01/moveons-phony-new-campaign-for-protecting-whistleblowers/

Capitalism and the climate disaster: The issues posed by the worldwide protests
wsws.org | 2019-10-01
Efforts to save the natural environment while preserving the capitalist system have proven to be a blind alley for half a century.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/01/clim-o01.html

Beyond Impeachment: Remove This Regime from Below
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-01
The impeachment of Donald J. Trump is coming. What to make of it? It\'s hard not to enjoy watching the Malignant One (Trump) squirm and lash out like a wounded animal. There is no public humiliation too great for this sorry excuse for a human being, this racist, sexist, eco-cidal and fascist bastard who endangers the world with his presence in its most powerful office. Trump\'s noxiously racist, sexist, Nativist, plutocratic, corrupt, and environmentally disastrous regime has done great damage to basic democratic and human norms, civilizational decency, social justice, and prospects for a decent future. All of that…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/01/beyond-impeachment-remove-this-regime-from-below-2/

How the Saudi Oil Field Attack Overturned America\'s Apple Cart
Conn Hallinan | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-01
In many ways it doesn\'t really matter who — Houthis in Yemen? Iranians? Shiites in Iraq? — launched those missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia. Whoever did it changed the rules of the game, and not just in the Middle East. \"It\'s a moment when offense laps defense, when the strong have reason to fear the weak,\" observes military historian Jack Radey.
counterpunch.org/2019/10/01/how-the-saudi-oil-field-attack-overturned-americas-apple-cart/

Austrian far-right FPàñ loses massively in parliamentary elections
wsws.org | 2019-10-01
Yesterday\'s parliamentary elections in Austria resulted in considerable losses for the right-wing extremist Freedom Party (FPàñ) and the social-democratic SPàñ.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/01/aust-o01.html

Playing the Trump Card in Ukraine
Victor Grossman | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-01
Yes, we all detest Trump and would be gladdened and relieved to see the last of those orange-yellow tresses now defiling the pure White House! Therefore: impeachment — olé! But does all such current enthusiasm have the same motivation? The reasons stressed by most of the media are Trump\'s attempts to buy Ukrainian assistance for…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/01/playing-the-trump-card-in-ukraine/

Who\'s Afraid of Impeachment? On Presidential Investigation and a 2020 Backlash
Anthony DiMaggio | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-01
There has been quite a bit of prophesizing among pundits in the news media, on the right and elsewhere, and even among some on the left with which I\'ve spoken, in which critics confidently maintain that impeachment is a \"gift\" to Trump, dividing the nation, but mobilizing and energizing Trump\'s base, thereby handing the election to Trump. These claims are almost entirely based on fear and conjecture, not on actual evidence. If we look back to the limited history of this country\'s use of impeachment against presidents in modern times, there is little evidence to draw from one way or another, and certainly no cases…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/01/whos-afraid-of-impeachment-on-presidential-investigation-and-a-2020-backlash/

Trump threatens \"civil war\" as Democrats escalate impeachment campaign
wsws.org | 2019-10-01
President Donald Trump, in an implicit threat of violence against his political opponents, suggested late Sunday that the Democrats\' efforts to remove him from office could precipitate a \"civil war.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/01/trum-o01.html

That Impeachment Inquiry? Now is the time to take to the streets
Curt Wechsler | indybay.org | 2019-10-01
1590 Bryant (at 15th Street), San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/28/18826888.php

Young and Old Rise Up for Climate Action in Palo Alto
Climate Strike Now | indybay.org | 2019-10-01
Grassroots action with a local face–young and old rose for Climate Action in Palo Alto on September 20. | [photos: Teri Vershel, Pro Bono Photo, please credit the photographer]…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/29/18826916.php

Climate Strike Santa Cruz 9-27-2019
AutumnSun | indybay.org | 2019-10-01
This last week has been Climate Strike Week with the youth demonstrating and striking around our country and all around the world!
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/28/18826838.php

One Warm Day in September: the Climate Strike and Its Meaning for Activism
Kenn Orphan | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-01
Last Friday was a beautiful fall day. The air was crisp and the sun was hot as I marched with friends and around 10,000 Nova Scotians who understand that we, as a species, are in deep trouble. Catastrophic climate change, which I have been writing about for years, stands to threaten our species, as well…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/01/one-warm-day-in-september-the-climate-strike-and-its-meaning-for-activism/

Sanders rips \'casual cruelty that motivates Trump and his billionaire friends\' as White House moves to strip free school lunches from 500,000 kids
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-10-01
Trump is depriving 500,000 kids of their school lunches for no damn reason–even after 139 members of Congress warned him not to. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/30/sanders-rips-casual-cruelty-that-motivates-trump-and-his-billionaire-friends-as-white-house-moves-to-strip-free-school-lunches-from-500000-kids/

Why are Key House Democrats Giving Betsy DeVos a Free Ride?
Max Moran | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-01
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos testified before the House Education and Labor Committee five months ago. She sat down, cleared her throat, and proceded to dodge basic yes-or-no questions about everything from transgender rights to literacy programs to arming teachers for several hours. Through her evasiveness, and the many issues Democrats wanted to bring up, there…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/01/why-are-key-house-democrats-giving-betsy-devos-a-free-ride/

Jacques Chirac and the Art of Being Vague
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-01
The tributes have been dripping in heavy praise: former French president Jacques Chirac and mayor of Paris, the great statesman; the man who said no to the US-led war juggernaut into Iraq; the man loved for being loved. Many of these should have raised the odd eyebrow here and there.
counterpunch.org/2019/10/01/jacques-chirac-and-the-art-of-being-vague/

The Root Problem is the Capitalist System
Evo Morales | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-01
Text of Bolivian President Evo Morales\' speech to the United Nations General Assembly, September 24, 2019. Brother President of the United Nations General Assembly, Tijjani Muhammad Bande. Brother Secretary General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres. Sisters and brothers Presidents, Chancellors and Delegates Sisters and brothers of the International Organizations and all the peoples of the…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/01/the-root-problem-is-the-capitalist-system/

Ten Recent Democratic Primary Polls Good for Bernie Sanders Ignored by the Conventional Wisdom
Doug Johnson Hatlem | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-01
The conventional wisdom for the Democratic Primary right now is that Senator Bernie Sanders is fading while Senator Elizabeth Warren is rising into a two-way race with former Vice-President Joe Biden. Nate Silver made the case after Debate 3 (September 12) in article form and has continued, via Twitter, to cherry-pick polls to fit this beatified narrative. | I am a bit loathe to engage in the exercise that follows — that is to highlight the evidence that runs counter to this narrative. While it feels a bit like cherry-picking in the opposite direction, it also just is a necessary counter-weight to a herding…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/01/ten-recent-democratic-primary-polls-good-for-bernie-sanders-ignored-by-the-conventional-wisdom/

Pop Social Darwinism in Contemporary American Capitalist Society: the Marketization of Che as Individualist Symbol
Nelson Valdes | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-01
I. INTRODUCTION In what way is the selling of Che Guevara a negation of Che and an assertion of the Hobbesian ideology of rugged individualism and Social Darwinism in US society? This is the central question that this essay will discuss. II. NEO CONSERVATISM AT HOME, GLOBALIZATION ABROAD AND THE NECESSITY OF POP SOCIAL DARWINIST IDEOLOGY…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/01/pop-social-darwinism-in-contemporary-american-capitalist-society-the-marketization-of-che-as-individualist-symbol/

Richard Holbrooke: Present at the Demise of U.S. Foreign Policy
Daniel Warner | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-01
President Barack Obama and the Guardian described him as \"a true giant of American foreign policy.\" Others, including the Economist, described him as the most influential and effective American diplomat of his generation. Richard Holbrooke was certainly present at most of the hot spots of his era: a young diplomat serving in Vietnam during the…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/01/richard-holbrooke-present-at-the-demise-of-u-s-foreign-policy/

Time for Personal Responsibility in Bear Country
Mike Bader | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-01
Hunters are afield in the quest for winter meat and it\'s time for self-reflection and responsibility. The connection between hunting and grizzly bear-human conflicts is well documented. Many occur when hunters retrieve a carcass, only to find it has been appropriated by a grizzly bear. An alarming number of human injury incidents have occurred to…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/01/time-for-personal-responsibility-in-bear-country/

Sublation of Banks
Elliot Sperber | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-01
Sublation of Banks If I were the mayor I\'d be the best mayor My moon bridges over the wild East River Dear reader, do you understand Just how lovely those would be And fun to traverse, and healthy And my plans for the bridges existing already Salutary gardens hanging No cars ranging and banging But…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/01/sublation-of-banks/

NothingGate? Australian PM undercuts MSM narrative on Trump \'pressure\' in phone call
rt.com | 2019-10-01
US President Donald Trump has again come under a media barrage after reports that he \"pressed\" Australia\'s prime minister to assist in an investigation into the origins of Russiagate, which Canberra disputes. | In a report on Monday, the New York Times said the president \"pushed\" Austrialian Prime Minister Scott Morrison into cooperating with a Department of Justice (DOJ) probe tasked with looking into the origins of the \'Russiagate\' investigation. While the Times itself acknowledges there was nothing \"illegal [or] untoward\" about the president\'s request, the story posits similarities to Trump\'s July call with…
rt.com/usa/469954-australian-pm-trump-call/

\"World at a Crossroads and a System of International Relations for the Future\" by Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov for \"Russia in Global Affairs\" magazine, September 20, 2019
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-10-01
These days, the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly opens up. So does a new international \"political season\". | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/30/world-at-a-crossroads-and-a-system-of-international-relations-for-the-future-by-foreign-minister-sergey-lavrov-for-russia-in-global-affairs-magazine-september-20/

Israel\'s Benny Gantz Faces Dutch War Crimes Case
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-01
Ismail Ziada, a Dutch Palestinian who lost six family members when Israel bombarded his home in Gaza, is taking Benny Gantz, the leader of Israel\'s Blue and White Party, to court for killing his family. Prof. Hilla Dayan, who observed the proceedings, discusses the case and its impact on Israeli politics.
therealnews.com/stories/israel-benny-gantz-faces-dutch-war-crimes-case

Germany: Bus drivers strike in Hesse and Saarland
wsws.org | 2019-10-01
1,500 bus drivers in Frankfurt, Giessen, Darmstadt, Kassel, Offenbach, Hanau and Fulda took part in a 24-hour warning strike Friday for significant wage increases and better holiday arrangements.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/01/busd-o01.html

Peterloo and Shelley
wsws.org | 2019-10-01
Shelley\'s commitment to revolutionary change was \"more than the vague striving after freedom in the abstract,\" as Eleanor Marx and Edward Aveling wrote in 1888.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/01/shel-o01.html

New research warns severe climate-related droughts could threaten 60% of Global wheat crop by 2100
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-10-01
Even with ambitious global efforts to limit emissions, the study warns, \"the increase in the frequency and extent of adverse weather extremes and related shocks on the production side would be unprecedented.\" | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/30/new-research-warns-severe-climate-related-droughts-could-threaten-60-of-global-wheat-crop-by-2100/

It\'s Not Free Speech Radio Anymore
reposted by Virginia B | indybay.org | 2019-10-01
Hypocritical attempt to dislodge vigilant Pacifica board member. I do hope you can get through this, and especially the last 3 or 4 paragraphs – then go back and read about the sausage-making if that\'s easier. Please forward to any you think care about Pacifica. I don\'t agree with this newsletter always, but I think this is important. I hope others will write to the board as article suggests – if nothing else, for the record. They may not be able to ignore thousands of emails.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/28/18826887.php

\"How Dare You!\" The Climate Crisis and the Public Demand for Real Action
Media Lens | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-01
Reality clashed with the BBC version of false consensus in a remarkable edition of HardTalk last month. Roger Hallam, co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, was starkly honest about humanity\'s extreme predicament in the face of climate breakdown and refused to buckle under host Stephen Sackur\'s incredulous questioning. Sackur\'s inability to grasp that we are already in …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/09/how-dare-you-the-climate-crisis-and-the-public-demand-for-real-action/

The Strange, Uncertain Fate of One of the World\'s Most Valuable Salmon Habitats
Julia O\'Malley | thenation.com | 2019-10-01
The Strange, Uncertain Fate of One of the World\'s Most Valuable Salmon Habitats…
thenation.com/article/salmon-pollution-climate/

Socialist Analysis & Discussion \"Climate Solutions Beyond Capitalism\"
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-10-01
2969 Mission St., near 26th St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/30/18826935.php

San Jose Students Demonstrate, Ready to Act for Climate Justice
On the Move | indybay.org | 2019-10-01
An estimated 1,000 students expressed their commitment to a clean climate and a more just world…not only that, they have plans to make that happen. | [Photos: Chris Cassell, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer]…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/09/28/18826866.php

U.S. Military Shows Appalling Disregard For Civilians Killed in Somalia Air Strike
commondreams.org | 2019-10-01
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/09/30/us-military-shows-appalling-disregard-civilians-killed-somalia-air-strike?cd-origin=rss

Cultural production in Revolutionary Venezuela: A conversation with Kael Abello
Cira Pascual Marquina | mronline.org | 2019-10-01
A key member of the \'Comando Creativo\' artists\' collective reflects on how to make relevant art during a revolution. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/30/cultural-production-in-revolutionary-venezuela-a-conversation-with-kael-abello/

\"It\'s a Criminal Enterprise\": Calls to Impeach Barr Intensify After Reports AG Pressured Foreign Officials to Help Discredit Mueller Probe
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-01
\"Barr decided a long time ago that he was going to be a fixer for Donald Trump. Donald Trump\'s personal lawyer.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/william_barr.png …
commondreams.org/news/2019/10/01/its-criminal-enterprise-calls-impeach-barr-intensify-after-reports-ag-pressured?cd-origin=rss

In El Paso, a Loving Community Living in Fear
Edith Tapia, Ariana Sawyer | thenation.com | 2019-09-30
In El Paso, a Loving Community Living in Fear…
thenation.com/article/el-paso-immigration/

How the Trump Admin Used a Secret Livestream to Spy on Julian Assange
Jimmysllama | mintpressnews.com | 2019-09-30
Working directly with Ecuador\'s corrupt government, the U.S. government abandoned all sense of legality and moral decency by spying on Assange twenty-four hours a day via an illegal livestream surveillance operation set up by a private security firm and approved by Ecuador\'s president.
mintpressnews.com/us-complicit-julian-assange-surveillance-operation-ecuadorian-embassy/262131/

London: Hundreds rally for Assange outside Belmarsh Prison
wsws.org | 2019-09-30
SEP National Secretary Chris Marsden emphasised that Assange\'s persecution was a product of the drive to war and dictatorial rule by the US, British and world imperialism.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/30/belm-s30.html

Funcionario del golpe en Venezuela Ricardo Hausmann se ve obligado a renunciar tras revelaciones publicadas por The Grayzone
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-30
Luego de que Anya Parampil de The Grayzone publicara unas revelaciones sobre las prácticas opacas e hipócritas de Ricardo Hausmann,…
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/30/golpe-venezuela-ricardo-hausmann-renunciar-grayzone/

Behind the US-backed Venezuelan opposition\'s massive corruption scandal
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-09-30
On Pushback with Aaron Maté, The Grayzone\'s Anya Parampil explains how the Trump-backed right-wing opposition has essentially liquidated Venezuela\'s most…
thegrayzone.com/2019/09/29/venezuelan-opposition-corruption-citgo-crystallex/

The Truth About Vanessa Beeley and Eva Bartlett\'s Attack on Max Blumenthal
Darius Shahtahmasebi | theantimedia.com | 2019-09-30
Those of you who follow alternative media have likely come across independent journalists Vanessa Beeley, Eva Bartlett and Max Blumenthal.
theantimedia.com/vanessa-beeley-eva-bartlett-max-blumenthal/

Afghanistan: Both Frontrunners Claim Victory in Election
telesurenglish.net | 2019-09-30
Top rivals in Afghanistan\'s presidential election, Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah and President Ashraf Ghani, have both claimed victory Monday despite official counting still underway. | RELATED: | Afghanistan Elections: Low Voter Turnout Amid Taliban\'s Threat | After the first round of voting that took place on Saturday, both camps issued statement…
telesurenglish.net/news/Afghanistan-Both-Frontrunners-Claim-Victory-in-Presidential-Election-20190930-0010.html

Syrians Continue Protests Against US-Owned SDF Terrorists
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
Syrians under the occupation of US illegals and their terrorist SDF are continuing public protests against the illicit militia that burns agricultural fields, appropriates or bombs homes, kidnaps Syrian children for criminal training in military camps. In a recent …
globalresearch.ca/syrians-continue-protests-against-us-owned-sdf-terrorists/5690546

iPhone workers today are 25 times more exploited than textile workers in 19th Century England
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-09-30
A recent report by the International Labour Organisation shows that the total global labour force is now measured at 3.5 billion workers. This is the largest size of the global labour force in recorded history. Talk of the demise of workers is utterly premature when confronted with the weight of this data. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/09/29/iphone-workers-today-are-25-times-more-exploited-than-textile-workers-in-19th-century-england/

Greta Thunberg Isn\'t Alone. Meet Some Other Young Activists Who Are Leading the Environmentalist Fight
Leah Asmelash | commondreams.org | 2019-09-30
Young climate strikers march through Melbourne, Australia on May 3, 2019.(Photo: julian meehan/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/may-3-climate-strikes.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/09/30/greta-thunberg-isnt-alone-meet-some-other-young-activists-who-are-leading?cd-origin=rss

Palestinian Rights: Israeli Army Forcibly Evicts Nonviolent Demonstrators at the Dead Sea
Popular Struggle Coordination Committee | globalresearch.ca | 2019-09-30
Today, over 100 activists came together at the northern banks of the Dead Sea to reclaim Palestinian rights to land and its natural resources amidst the deepening Israeli occupation of the West Bank. After decades of apartheid and colonialization, and …
globalresearch.ca/israeli-army-forcibly-evicts-nonviolent-demonstrators-dead-sea/5690549

Democrats say they will ban fracking nationwide. An empty campaign promise or are they serious?
rt.com | 2019-09-30
Several contenders for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination have promised a nationwide ban on fracking. How viable is that proposal and do they really want to do it — or is it just a campaign promise they can never fulfil? | Banning \'fracking\' — the process of extracting oil and natural gas via hydraulic fracturing — is popular among environmentalists and activists who are increasingly concerned about climate change. Among the candidates who have backed a ban are the current frontrunner Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts), as well as her colleagues Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) and K…
rt.com/usa/469917-democrats-fracking-ban-2020/