Patrick Cockburn (2019-10-16). How Turkey\'s Invasion of Syria Backfired on Erdogan. counterpunch.org Turkey\'s Syrian venture is rapidly turning sour from President Erdogan\'s point of view. The Turkish advance into northeast Syria is moving slowly, but Turkey\'s military options are becoming increasingly limited as the Syrian Army, backed by Russia, moves into Kurdish-held cities and towns that might have been targeted by Turkish forces. More

Makasi Motema (2019-10-16). What would a people\'s impeachment look like? workers.org Our news cycle is dominated by one overwhelming, all-encompassing story. While millions of people in the U.S. suffer without medical coverage, while police in Texas make a habit of entering Black people\'s homes and murdering them, and while our climate catastrophe looms, it is the palace intrigue of Trump\'s White . . . | Continue reading What would a people\'s impeachment look like? at Workers.org

Eva Bartlett (2019-10-16). Under Fire from Ukraine and Misperceived by the West, The People of the DPR Share Their Stories. mintpressnews.com Eva Bartlett traveled to the besieged Donetsk People\'s Republic to see firsthand how residents are faring amidst a western-backed Ukranian incursion.

Michael Welton (2019-10-16). Communist Dictatorship in Our Midst. counterpunch.org the Industrial Revolution upset the great dream of the English Levellers, Thomas Paine and Abraham Lincoln by denying working people opportunities for economic independence. There was little room for egalitarian forms of self-employment. Now, work demanded that those selling their labour power had to subordinate their work-time to authoritarian bosses. More

Jack Rasmus (2019-10-16). US-China Mini-Trade Deal: Trump Takes the Money and Runs. counterpunch.org Why did Trump \'stand down\' and agree to a deal now, after escalating his threats and actions over the summer? The reasons clearly have to do with the US economy softening in the 3rd quarter combined with a growing discontent in the farm sector over Trump\'s handling of a trade dispute that was beginning to bite hard on US farm sector sales that were heavily dependent on exports to China. | More

Robert Hunziker (2019-10-16). Extinction Rebellion Sweeps the World. counterpunch.org Extinction Rebellion, XR est. October 31, 2019, has become a powerful force across the globe, almost overnight!!! It is the fastest-growing environmental movement ever. As such, it is only too obvious that \"people get it\" when it comes to climate change/global warming because they\'re jumping aboard like swarms of locusts. In fact, XR\'s truthful exposure More

Peter A. Coclanis (2019-10-16). Donald Trump as Artist. counterpunch.org To political junkies, Donald Trump\'s various (mis)representations of his July 25th phone conversation with President Volodymyr Zalensky are same old, same old stuff. Why? Because for years now assiduous journalists have been busy filing stories about Donald J. Trump\'s deceptive ways. To be sure, such a focus is hardly surprising, given the amount of material More

Chitrangada Choudhury — Aniket Aga (2019-10-16). How Cotton Became a Headache in the Age of Climate Chaos. counterpunch.org \"The more we buy, the more we are in debt.\" That\'s Kunari Sabari, a farmer in her 40s, speaking to us in Khaira, a village mainly of her own Saora Adivasi community. \"The gobarakhatachaasa, halaachasaa [farming with cow dung and ploughs], which was ours, nobody is doing that anymore,\" she said. \"Now we run to the market for everything. Seeds, pesticides, fertiliser. Unlike before, even what we eat, we have to buy.\" More

RT (2019-10-16). A warning to Trump? Twitter reminds \'world leaders\' aren\'t immune to deplatforming. rt.com Twitter has put US President Donald Trump — and other world leaders — on notice with a clarification of its rules, letting one of the platform\'s most popular users know that it can cut off his ability to go viral at any time.

Dianne Mathiowetz (2019-10-16). Atlanta Pride says \'Free Chelsea Manning!\'. workers.org For over three hours on Oct. 12, tens of thousands of Atlanta Pride marchers passed by stationary teams on both sides of Peachtree Street with banners and leaflets calling for freedom for Chelsea Manning, the anti-war whistleblower. Upon spotting the banners reading, \"Free Chelsea Manning! Jail War Criminals,\"countless participants reached . . . | Continue reading Atlanta Pride says \'Free Chelsea Manning!\' at Workers.org

The Canary (2019-10-16). Judge wins landmark \'whistleblower\' appeal at UK\'s highest court. thecanary.co A judge who says she was bullied and suffered a breakdown after raising concerns about Government cuts has won a landmark appeal at the UK\'s highest court.District Judge Claire Gilham has been involved in a lengthy legal wrangle to have a \"whistleblowing\" claim aired at an employment tribunal.A unanimous ruling by five Supreme Court justices on Wednesday means that her case can now proceed at a tribunal.The judge, who sat at Warrington County Court in Cheshire, says she was \"treated detrimentally as a result of raising concerns about systemic failings in the court administration\". | But to date she had suffered d…

Andre Vltchek (2019-10-16). Saudi Arabia is Opening its Doors. dissidentvoice.org The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is opening up to the world. It used to be absolutely impossible to get a visa to enter, unless you were a religious pilgrim (therefore officially a Muslim), NATO military personnel, or a businessman or woman, invited by a local company or by the Saudi government. Even if you secured …

Staff (2019-10-16). What Happens When the FBI Chooses Sides. therealnews.com We ask FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley to compare the Russiagate investigation with the treatment of Hillary Clinton\'s emails, and ask whether the current polarized political landscape makes it more likely for the agency to make partisan choices.

Eds. (2019-10-16). The false balance between fascists and antifascists. mronline.org Right-wing terror is a feature of daily life in present-day America. Ostensibly spontaneous violence incubates in the same ideological ecosystem as organized reactionary political associations. | Source

Staff (2019-10-16). Bernie Sanders to Receive the Most Coveted Democratic Endorsement. truthdig.com Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will endorse the Vermont senator for president, a political coup for Sanders as he looks to increase his standing.

Laura Tiernan (2019-10-16). Singer and Rap Artist M.I.A. Visits Julian Assange in Prison: \"It\'s About Truth—and that\'s Something People Have to Uphold and Fight for\" globalresearch.ca Singer and rap artist M.I.A. visited Julian Assange at Belmarsh Prison on Saturday, calling for his freedom. The WikiLeaks publisher and journalist faces extradition to the United States under the Espionage Act, with charges that carry a 175-year prison term….

Photos and Text (2019-10-16). Kurds in San Francisco Protest Betrayal by the US. indybay.org Trump forces our former ally into arms of our enemy, Syria\'s Assad. Russia, Iran and ISIS to benefit.

WSWS (2019-10-16). Mass strikes and protests force Ecuador\'s president to cancel austerity decree. wsws.org The demonstrations, which only grew and radicalized as the repression and authoritarian measures escalated, demonstrated the enormous social power of the class struggle.

Stephen Lendman (2019-10-16). China Vows Strong Countermeasures in Response to Hostile US Legislation. globalresearch.ca The so-called US Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 was unanimously adopted by House and Senate committees. | On Tuesday, House members unanimously passed the measure, Senate adoption virtually certain, perhaps by unanimous voice vote. | The measure ignored …

Stephen Lendman (2019-10-16). Millions Hungry and Food Insecure in the US. globalresearch.ca Poverty, unemployment, underemployment, hunger, food insecurity, and overall deprivation affect million of households in the world\'s richest country USA. | Why? It\'s because both right wings of its war party devote most of the nation\'s discretionary income for militarism, maintaining the …

Eva Bartlett (2019-10-16). Donetsk Village Resident Question to the West: \"Why Do You Support (Ukrainian) Nazis?\" globalresearch.ca In Krutaya Balka, a village north of Donetsk which is routinely attacked by Ukrainian forces with shelling and heavy machine gun fire, I meet a man standing outside his home, where he lives with his wife, roughly 600 metres from …

Photos and Text (2019-10-16). SF Embarcadero Rally As Nationwide Drive To Impeach Trump Begins. indybay.org Nationwide movement to deflate Trump…

Peter Kuper (2019-10-16). Impeachment Escape Plan? thenation.com Impeachment Escape Plan?

WSWS (2019-10-16). Testimony highlights key role of Bolton in impeachment inquiry against Trump. wsws.org The forces with which the Democrats are aligned include Bolton, who speaks for the most rabidly militaristic factions of the neo-conservative right wing.

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2019-10-16). Forum – Eyewitness Iran: Uncovering the Media Lies. indybay.org 2969 Mission St., near 26th St.

Labor Video Project (2019-10-16). Art In Struggle For Women & Prisoners In Iran: The Mural, The Artists & Women. indybay.org An opening for an art mural about women and the prisoners of Iran was held on October 6, 2019 at Clarion Alley. The mural portrays the women who are fighting for human rights and worker rights in Iran…

John W. Whitehead (2019-10-16). Terrorized, Traumatized and Killed: The Police State\'s Deadly Toll on America\'s Children. globalresearch.ca \" Mommy, am I gonna die?\"— 4-year-old Ava Ellis after being inadvertently shot in the leg by a police officer who was aiming for the girl\'s boxer-terrier dog, Patches | \"\' Am I going to get shot again.\'\"—2-year-old survivor …

Chris Floyd (2019-10-16). Byzantium Now: Time-Warping From Justinian to Trump. counterpunch.org Sometime in the middle of the sixth century, the Byzantine historian Procopius wrote his \"Secret History,\" an account of the reign of the Emperor Justinian, whom Procopius had come to regard as a murderous, half-mad, utterly corrupt tyrant. Hidden for a thousand years, and often severely censored during subsequent publications, the full text did not More

Kim C. Domenico (2019-10-16). It Serves Us Right To Suffer: Breaking Down Neoliberal Complacency. counterpunch.org To be an intellectual really means to speak a truth that allows suffering to speak.. That is, it creates a vision of the world that puts into the limelight the social misery that is usually hidden or concealed by the dominant viewpoints of a society. Cornel West, Chekhov, Coltrane and Democracy Neoliberalism, like the \'spectacle\' More

Kiley Blackman (2019-10-16). Wildlife Killing Contests are Unethical. counterpunch.org This summer USAToday ran a feature on the trophy hunting of a giraffe and the intense backlash against the hunter responsible for it. As people become more educated and anti-sport hunting sentiment grows, there is similar support for bills against wildlife killing \"contests,\" as have been enacted in New Mexico, California and Vermont. We are calling on More

Steve Klinger (2019-10-16). In For a Dime, in For a Dollar. counterpunch.org Many years ago, when we played what we called \'penny-ante poker,\' there was always an unhappy participant who, as the evening wore on, slid more and more of his chips (or coins) to the middle of the table and recovered very few of them. This guy didn\'t want to give up, but neither did he More

Andrés Castro (2019-10-16). Looking Normal in Kew Gardens. counterpunch.org Looking Normal in Kew Gardens It\'s normal not to think about the mentally ill homeless, until one picks up a six-year-old in your neighborhood, just playing in his driveway, and smashes his head against the pavement. I heard this homeless guy screaming, down the block from my building, as he was being arrested. Didn\'t look More

Gary Leupp (2019-10-16). The Maria Ramirez Story. counterpunch.org Maria…I\'ve just met a girl named Maria and suddenly I\'ve found how beautiful a sound can be… You\'ve maybe seen the 30-second McDonald\'s commercial. (Find \"Maria\'s Graduation\" on youtube.) It begins with this young woman—Maria Ramirez is her name, as it happens—sitting in a McDonald\'s getting interviewed for the job, shows her clocking in, winning More

Colin Todhunter (2019-10-16). Bayer Shareholders: Put Health and Nature First and Stop Funding This Company! counterpunch.org Campaigner and environmentalist Dr Rosemary Mason has just written an open letter to Bayer Crop Science shareholders and Chairman of the Board Werner Wenning. She has also sent them a 13,000-word report. Mason is appealing to shareholders to put human health and nature ahead of profit and to stop funding Bayer. In her report, she More

Jessica Corbett (2019-10-16). \'Without encryption, we will lose all privacy\': Snowden condemns US, UK, and Australian push for \'backdoor\' into Facebook messaging apps. nationofchange.org In an op-ed published Tuesday by The Guardian, American whistleblower Edward Snowden expressed alarm over global governments\' efforts to undermine encryption, highlighting a recent attempt by the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia to pressure Facebook to create a \"backdoor\" into its encrypted messaging applications. \"For more than half a decade, the vulnerability of our computers and computer networks has …

Christian Elliott (2019-10-16). Both conservatives and liberals can agree on action on climate change. nationofchange.org We tend to assume that democracies, over the long arc of history, work towards progress and justice. But with an issue like climate change, we\'re running out of time. It may come as a surprise, but at the moment, democracy may be an obstacle to the rapid action we need on climate change. Democratic governments …

Kurt Nimmo (2019-10-16). Stable Ignoramus Trump: Kurds Didn\'t Help US Win World War II. globalresearch.ca It is a strange experience witnessing The Donald fumble his way through foreign policy, which he knows almost nothing about. | In the awkward press conference below, Trump stumbles his way through history. His explanation for abandoning the Kurds? They didn\'t …

Jeet Heer (2019-10-16). On a Crowded Stage, Democrats Divide Into 2 Tribes. thenation.com On a Crowded Stage, Democrats Divide Into 2 Tribes…

Staff (2019-10-16). Capitalism Is Dooming Kids With Curable Cancers. truthout.org | | Buried deep (Page A-21) within the dead tree edition of the New York Times today is a scandal far more deserving of outrage than the latest Ukraine-gate drama: | A critical drug that serves as the backbone of treatment for most childhood cancers, including leukemias, lymphomas and brain tumors, has become increasingly scarce, and doctors are warning that they may soon be forced to consider rationing doses. | Persistent shortages of certain drugs and medical supplies have plagued the United States for years, but ph…

WSWS (2019-10-16). Opinion polls indicate Canada\'s elections to end in hung parliament. wsws.org Excluded from the official campaign has been any substantive discussion of the critical issues confronting working people—mounting economic insecurity and social inequality, the assault on democratic rights, rearmament and the threat of war.

Staff (2019-10-16). Debate Rivals Assail Warren as She Joins Democrats\' Top Rank. truthdig.com A historic dozen candidates spar on stage, with several challenging the Massachusetts senator on her Medicare for All and wealth tax plans.

Joan Walsh (2019-10-16). Elizabeth Warren Learns That Being a Frontrunner Isn\'t All Fun and Games. thenation.com Elizabeth Warren Learns That Being a Frontrunner Isn\'t All Fun and Games…

Ryan Grim (2019-10-16). Joe Biden, in Stumbling Debate Performance, Claims Credit for Elizabeth Warren\'s Signature Achievement. theintercept.com \"You did a hell of a job at your job,\" Biden told Elizabeth Warren, in a remark that couldn\'t have been more patronizing if he tried.

WSWS (2019-10-16). The Democrats support the \"Forever War\" wsws.org The Democratic Party\'s saber-rattling response to the Syrian fiasco helps Trump fraudulently posture as an opponent of war.

Fight Back (2019-10-16). Schools not war: Mendez High School 10th year anniversary celebration. fightbacknews.org Los Angeles, CA – A joyous parade, block party and festival were held October 12 in Boyle Heights to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of the opening of Mendez High School. The parade down First Street with beautiful vintage lowriders, featured Chicano writer Luis Rodriguez, author of Always Running; the daughter of Felicitas Mendez; Eloisa Galindo of Eastside Padres Contra la Privatización; Carlos Montes of Centro CSO; Jose Huizar of Council District 14 and Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) board member Monica Garcia. | In March 2003, Centro CSO, with local parents, launched their \"Schools Not Wars\" c…

teleSUR (2019-10-16). Turkish Op Ends When Kurdish Forces Leave Border Area: Erdogan. telesurenglish.net Turkey\'s offensive into northeast Syria will end if Kurdish fighters in the region drop their weapons and withdraw from a planned \"safe zone\", President Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, but warned that no power could stop it until then. | RELATED: | US: White House Confirms Pence to Visit Turkey | Erdogan said the quickest solution was for militants to drop their weapons and pull back from the area by Wednesday evening. The operation will end when the \"safe zone\" is established, he sa…

The Canary (2019-10-16). Twitter: Accounts of world leaders \'not entirely\' above the rules. thecanary.co Twitter has said that accounts belonging to world leaders are not entirely above its rules, warning that it will do more to limit their reach. | While everyday users face restrictions and bans for breaking the social network\'s policies, tweets from accounts of those in power may stay on the service if Twitter believes it is in the public interest. | In June the company announced that in some rare cases it may leave up a tweet from an elected or government official that would otherwise be taken down, instead hiding it behind a notice that people have to click through to see fully. | Twitter said tweets it issues a…

WSWS (2019-10-16). California Governor vetoes $2 billion affordable housing bill. wsws.org Gavin Newsom\'s veto exposes the Democrat as a fiscal austerity conservative in the mold of Republican governors.

Paul Antonopoulos (2019-10-16). U.S. Sanctions Could Push Turkey to Leave NATO. globalresearch.ca The administration of the Kurdish-controlled regions in north-eastern Syria announced on Sunday that they had reached an agreement with the central Syrian government in Damascus to deploy Syrian troops along areas of the border region with Turkey to help repel …

WSWS (2019-10-16). Poland: Law and Justice Party wins second term in office, loses majority in the Senate. wsws.org The far-right party has been able to exploit the liberal opposition\'s de facto collaboration in stifling workers\' opposition.