How an Occupy ICE Activist and DACA Recipient Was Deported for Tweeting
Ryan Devereaux | theintercept.com | 2019-11-02
Sergio Salazar awoke around 8 a.m. on a strip of grass outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in San Antonio. It had been a heady summer for the 18-year-old. President Donald Trump, as part of his ongoing border crackdown, had separated thousands of migrant children from their parents. Viewing the policy as the latest in a string of assaults on immigrant communities, Salazar and his friends organized an occupation outside the ICE office in the midsummer heat. | In the weeks that followed, Occupy ICE SATX was visited by both TV crews and a raiding party of masked neo-Nazis, who stormed through the t…
theintercept.com/2019/11/02/deportation-occupy-ice-daca/

Trump impeachment inquiry, migrant vs migrant
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2019-11-02
Earlier today in Oakland after the House of Representatives voted for the Trump impeachment inquiry resolution, I was curious in regards to how the migrants felt about this. Oakland is a land of migrants, and there are around 135 different languages spoken in this city.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/31/18827761.php

Al-Mezan: \"Israeli Soldier Sentenced for Failure to Follow Orders, instead of Killing of Child Al Mezan: Leniency Attests to Entrenched Impunity\"
ADMIN | imemc.org | 2019-11-02
Al-Mezan Center For Human Rights: In one of the dozens of cases pursued by Al Mezan Center for Human Rights for the killing of unarmed Palestinians in Gaza\'s \'Great March of Return\' protests, an Israeli military court has sentenced a soldier who killed on July 13 2018, 14-year-old child, Othman …
imemc.org/article/al-mezan-israeli-soldier-sentenced-for-failure-to-follow-orders-instead-of-killing-of-child-al-mezan-leniency-attests-to-entrenched-impunity/

Hamburg senate deploys police against student anti-Nazi protest
wsws.org | 2019-11-02
Hundreds of Hamburg students have protested against the return of Bernd Lucke, founder of the far-right Alternative for Germany, to their university in the past two weeks.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/02/luck-n02.html

As CA expands oil drilling, Trump plans to frack on 1.2 million acres of federal lands
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-11-02
Opponents of the Trump fracking expansion plan disagreed that promoting fracking and oil drilling on federal lands was \"responsible energy development.\" In response to release of the EIS, Food & Water Action Senior Central Coast Organizer Ana Rosa Rizo-Centino called expanding fracking and drilling \"the epitome of irresponsibility.\" | \"At a time when the climate crisis demands that California move away from fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy, it is the epitome of irresponsibility to expand fracking and drilling in our state. The climate-charged wildfires raging throughout California and the loss of life and…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/01/18827781.php

Banks and hedge funds \'financing climate change\' to be targetted by Labour
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-02
The Labour Party is developing plans to \"go after\" banks and hedge funds \"financing climate change\".While the Conservatives have a legally binding target to achieve a zero carbon economy by 2050, shadow chancellor John McDonnell wants the goal reached by the 2030s using financial levers.Mr McDonnell revealed his approach ahead of the publication of the Finance and Climate Change report, authored by a group including academics and experts as well as former head of the civil service, Bob Kerslake.The report recommends banks and hedge funds \"should be forced to publish the climate-related risks associated with their…
thecanary.co/breaking-news/2019/11/02/banks-and-hedge-funds-financing-climate-change-to-be-targetted-by-labour/

Venezuela Captures Paramilitary Photographed With Guaido
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-02
Venezuela\'s Minister of Communication and Information, Jorge Rodríguez, announced on Friday the capture of Argenis Vaca, alias \'Vaquita\', who was in charge of the finances of the Colombian paramilitary group \'Los Rastrojos\'. | RELATED: | 1st International Indigenous Congress Kicks Off in Venezuela | Vaca, who appears in one of the photos taken with co…
telesurenglish.net/news/venezuela-captures-paramilitary-who-was-photographed-with-guaido-20191101-0015.html

Israeli Air Strikes Kill One Palestinian, Injure Three, In Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-02
The Health Ministry in the besieged Gaza Strip has confirmed that one Palestinian was killed, on Saturday at dawn, and three others were injured, in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal region. The army also fired many missiles into several areas in the Gaza Strip, after alleging …
imemc.org/article/israeli-air-strikes-kill-one-palestinian-injure-three-in-gaza/

The US Tramples on International Law
Alfred de Zayas, Urs Gasche and F Zollmann | indybay.org | 2019-11-02
The US surprise attack on Iraq in March 2003 was a primal catastrophe. International law was eliminated and replaced by the imperial dictatorship of the US. Those who destroyed a whole people and have over a million casualties on their conscience are not punished in any way.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/01/18827768.php

Germany\'s grand coalition extends military operations in Syria and Iraq
wsws.org | 2019-11-02
Eighty years after the end of the Second World War, leading politicians from all parties openly advocate policies of war and military violence.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/02/coal-n02.html

Comparing two impeachments
wsws.org | 2019-11-02
In light of Thursday\'s vote in the House of Representatives to formalize the impeachment inquiry against Trump, it is worth contrasting the events now unfolding in Washington to those that led to the resignation of Richard Nixon 45 years ago.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/02/pers-n02.html

Democrats Can\'t Ignore Their Biden Problem Forever
Jacob Sugarman | truthdig.com | 2019-11-02
Earlier this week, in a vote that saw only two Democratic defections, the House of Representatives approved a package of ground rules for the impeachment of President Donald Trump. According to The Associated Press, the vote will allow Congress to \"transition from weeks of closed-door interviews with witnesses to public hearings and ultimately to possible votes on whether to recommend Trump\'s removal from office.\" (Republicans, for their part, voted unanimously against, with White House Press Secretary Stephani…
truthdig.com/articles/democrats-cant-ignore-their-biden-problem-forever/

Forum: Politics Behind Impeachment + Latin American Elections, Uprisings
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-11-02
2969 Mission St., near 26th St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/31/18827755.php

Trump targets Corbyn in UK election intervention
wsws.org | 2019-11-02
Trump\'s intervention comes less than four months after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo warned the US government would not allow a Corbyn government to take office and would \"push back\" to prevent this.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/02/trum-n02.html

Turkey, Russia Hold First Joint Patrol In Northeast Syria
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-02
Turkish and Russian troops carried out their first joint ground patrols in northeastern Syria on Friday under an agreement between the two countries that forced a Kurdish militia to leave the territory near the border with Turkey. | RELATED: | Syrian Kurdish Forces Leaving Turkish Border Area, Damascus Welcomes Move | Turkish armored veh…
telesurenglish.net/news/turkey-russia-hold-first-joint-patrol-in-northeast-syria-20191101-0014.html

Turkey, Syria, and the Kurds
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2019-11-02
NPML – Marxist Library | 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/31/18827751.php

US Launches A National Security Investigation Into TikTok
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-02
After two years from the $1 billion transaction of Musical.ly to Beijing ByteDance Technology Co, U.S. lawmakers have been calling in recent weeks for a national security probe into TikTok, concerned the Chinese company may be censoring politically sensitive content, and raising questions about how it stores personal data. | RELATED: | China: 19th CPC Central Committee Concludes Plenary Session | TikTok has been growing more popular among North American teenagers in paralel to the…
telesurenglish.net/news/us-launches-a-national-security-investigation-into-tiktok–20191101-0016.html

New Zealand: Anti-China propagandist Anne-Marie Brady speaks at Victoria University of Wellington
wsws.org | 2019-11-02
Brady is demanding a full-scale witch hunt against Chinese \"interference\" in order to align New Zealand even more closely with US war preparations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/02/brad-n02.html

UAW sanctions plant closing, expansion of temps in deal with Ford
wsws.org | 2019-11-02
The tentative agreement announced with Ford will further advance the restructuring of the auto industry into a low wage sector employing large numbers of contingent workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/02/ford-n02.html

Baghdadi Deception Exposed, Israel Bombs Gaza After Phantom Rocket & US Violates Own Syria Sanctions
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-02
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (11/119). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/baghdadi-deception-exposed-israel-bombs-gaza-after-phantom-rocket-us-violates-own-syria-sanctions/

The \"Deep State\" Has Been Redefined as Career Bureaucrats Doing Their Patriotic Duty
Edward Curtin | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-02
It gets funny, this shallow analysis of the deep state that is currently big news. There\'s something ghoulish about it, perfectly timed for Halloween and masked jokers. What was once ridiculed by the CIA and its attendant lackeys in the media as the paranoia of \"conspiracy theorists\" is now openly admitted in reverent tones of …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/the-deep-state-has-been-redefined-as-career-bureaucrats-doing-their-patriotic-duty/

Qassam Fighter Dies From Serious Wounds Suffered In 2014
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-02
The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, has reported that one of its fighters died, Friday, from serious wounds he suffered during the Israeli war on Gaza in the summer of 2014. In a statement, al-Qassam said the fighter, Bara\' Adel al-\'Amour, 30, was injured in Khan Younis, …
imemc.org/article/qassam-fighter-dies-from-serious-wounds-suffered-in-2014/

Children and women lost, people dead in ICE custody
Betsey Piette | workers.org | 2019-11-01
According to a report by the American Civil Liberties Union released Oct. 24, over 5,400 children have been separated from their families by U.S. immigration authorities at the Mexican border since July 2017. While a federal judge in San Diego on June 26, 2018, ordered that the children be reunited . . . | Continue reading Children and women lost, people dead in ICE custody at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/10/44218/

Border Patrol Is Being Endowed With Frightening Powers
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-01
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica\'s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. | Pushing further toward its goal of \"extreme vetting,\" the Trump administration is creating a new center in suburban Virginia that will allow immigration agents to access, for the first time, the sprawling array of information scooped up by America\'s intelligence agencies, from phone calls intercepted by the National Security Agency to material gathered by the CIA\'s s…
truthdig.com/articles/border-patrol-is-being-endowed-with-frightening-powers/

Adam Schiff is No Friend of Progressives
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-01
A huge national spotlight is now on Adam Schiff, the member of Congress leading the impeachment inquiry. In his tenth term, Schiff is really going places. But where is he coming from? This year, as chair of the House Intelligence Committee, he has relentlessly built a case against a horrendous president. For progressives eager to…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/01/adam-schiff-is-no-friend-of-progressives/

Blumenthal Denounces: \"They Are Trying to Steal My Freedom\"
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-01
Max Blumenthal, the journalist who covered the siege of the Venezuelan Embassy in the U.S. back in May, offered an interview to Russia Today shortly after being arrested and released for the alleged aggression against an opponent of the Bolivarian Government, a charge for which he will be tried. | RELATED: | 1st International Indigenous Congress Kicks Off in Venezuela | \"The right-wi…
telesurenglish.net/news/us-journalist-accused-for-allegedly-attacking-venezuelan-opponent–20191101-0008.html

Arrest of Gov\'t Critic and Journalist Max Blumenthal Signals Escalation in War on Alternative Media
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-01
The SWAT-style raid on the home of government critic and journalist Max Blumenthal signals a new level of escalation in the US government\'s war on dissent.
mintpressnews.com/arrest-journalist-max-blumenthal-alternative-media/262637/

How the Courts are Chipping Away at the Legal Basis for the War on Terror
Harry Blain | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-01
In times of war, the law often does fall silent. The U.S. Supreme Court, in all its independence and courage, has endorsed concentration camps, censorship, sham military tribunals, and guilt by association at various points in its history. Textbooks and television sell us the caricature of heroic judges and inspiring courtroom debates, but in truth,…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/01/how-the-courts-are-chipping-away-at-the-legal-basis-for-the-war-on-terror/

A Lottery of Equality Dispenses Dystopia
John O\'Kane | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-01
A common refrain in the Democratic Party debates has been support for more equality, the inclusion of those yet to access the American Dream. Most candidates even want to include migrants in their target group and make them eligible for free college and medical care. Expanding the base of successful citizens is what has defined…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/01/a-lottery-of-equality-dispenses-dystopia/

Risk assessment: Thoughts on \'a climate security plan for America\'
Derek Royden | nationofchange.org | 2019-11-01
\"A Climate Security Plan for America\", if it had been covered by the press, could actually make a difference in changing the minds of some in the political center more inclined to believe the U.S. military than scientists or activist groups.
nationofchange.org/2019/11/01/risk-assessment-thoughts-on-a-climate-security-plan-for-america/

Venezuelan Leftist Parties and Unions Stage Protest, Demand Gov\'t Answers
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-11-01
Dozens of activists demanded better wages and respect for collective bargaining rights.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14714

Army Injures Many Nonviolent Protesters in Kufur Qaddoum
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-01
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, the weekly procession in Kufur Qaddoum town, east of the northern West bank city of Qalqilia, wounding many Palestinians and international peace activists. Medical sources said many Palestinians and international suffered the effects of teargas inhalation and received the needed treatment. The soldiers invaded the town …
imemc.org/article/army-injures-many-nonviolent-protesters-in-kufur-qaddoum/

Greenpeace Fights \'Ocean Looters\' in Uruguayan Waters
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-01
Greenpeace activists met with fishermen in the Uruguayan port of Montevideo in a campaign against a lack of regulation on the world\'s oceans. | RELATED: | Uruguay\'s General Elections Exit-Polls Confirm Runoff Vote | The activists came ashore on several boats and kayaks from the Esperanza ship, the largest vessel in the international organization\'s fleet displaying a 25 meter-long banner with the message \"Ocean Looters.\" | The port regularly hosts vessels that fish in unregulated waters bey…
telesurenglish.net/news/Greenpeace-Fights-Ocean-Looters-in-Uruguayan-Waters-20191101-0006.html

Argentines Demand Renewal of Food Emergency Bill
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-01
Activists marched in Buenos Aires on Thursday to demand that Argentina\'s outgoing conservative government act on lawmakers\' vote last month to renew a 17-year-old emergency food law. | RELATED: | Argentina: Fernandez Thanks Maduro For Congratulating Him | Enacted in 2002 as Argentines are suffering from Depression-level unemployment and poverty after a financial collapse and a series of neoliberal economic reforms, the food emergency law was reauthorized every few years until last De…
telesurenglish.net/news/Argentines-Demand-Renewal-of-Food-Emergency-Bill-20191101-0010.html

Cuba: Anti-Imperialist Solidarity Meeting Kicks Off in Havana
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-01
Over a thousand delegates from 80 countries began on Friday the \"Anti-Imperialist Solidarity Meeting for Democracy and Against Neoliberalism\" at the Convention Center in Havana. | RELATED: | Cuba and Russia Plan New Joint Socio-Economic Ventures Ahead | During this three-day event, social activists, workers, peasants, women, indigenous peoples leaders, intellectuals and politicians will analyze the current offensive of the U.S. imperialism against the Latin American peoples. | A…
telesurenglish.net/news/Cuba-Anti-Imperialist-Solidarity-Meeting-Kicks-Off-in-Havana-20191101-0001.html

Israeli Forces Injure 96 Palestinians At Gaza Border
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-01
At least 96 Palestinians were injured on Friday as Israeli forces attacked dozens of peaceful protesters taking part in the 81st Friday of the Great March of Return at the border between Gaza and Israel. The Ministry of Health reported that the Israeli occupation forces shot 96 Palestinian non-violent protesters, …
imemc.org/article/israeli-forces-injure-96-palestinians-at-gaza-border/

Rebuilding Syria — Without Syria\'s Oil
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-01
What happened in Geneva this Wednesday, in terms of finally bringing peace to Syria, could not be more significant: the first session of the Syrian Constitutional Committee. | The Syrian Constitutional Committee sprang out of a resolution passed in January 2018 …
globalresearch.ca/rebuilding-syria-without-syria-oil/5693690

Iraq Witnesses Largest Protests Since the Fall of Saddam
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-01
A massive demonstration took place in central Baghdad on Friday as tens of thousands of Iraqis thronged the capital city demanding the root-and-branch downfall of the political elite in the biggest day of mass anti-government demonstrations since the fall of Saddam Hussein. | RELATED: | 100 Killed, 5,500 Injured in New Wave of Protests in Iraq | Five people died from injuries sustained overnight after security forces used tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters camped out in the cap…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iraq-Witnesses-Largest-Protests-Since-the-Fall-of-Saddam-20191101-0004.html

Chile: 1 Million Protest Extreme Inequality in Latin America\'s Richest Country
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-01
counterpunch.org/2019/11/01/chile-1-million-protest-extreme-inequality-in-latin-americas-richest-country/

BlackRock\'s Ghoulish Lack of Action for the Amazon
Moira Birss | commondreams.org | 2019-11-01
Protest outside BlackRock\'s headquarters in New York City. (Photo: Amazon Watch) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/blackrock.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/01/blackrocks-ghoulish-lack-action-amazon?cd-origin=rss

Over 100,000 Algerians Protest on Independence War\'s Anniversary
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-01
More than 100,000 Algerians, double the number attending recent weekly protests, marched on Friday to demand a purge of the ruling hierarchy and an end to military involvement in politics, marking the 37th anniversary of the independence from the French colonial rule. | RELATED: | Algerian Lawyers Take to Streets To Demand Justice Reforms | Protesters…
telesurenglish.net/news/Over-100000-Algerians-Protest-on-Independence-Wars-Anniversary-20191101-0009.html

Chile: \'Interference Accusation is US Dirty Game,\' Russia says
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-01
Russia\'s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Friday rejected U.S. accusations that Russia is trying to destabilize democracy in Chile. | RELATED: | Chile: Protestors March in Concepcion and Towards the Capital | \"The U.S. administration is taking advantage of Chile\'s difficult internal situation to continue its attempts to denigrate our country\'s forei…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chile-Interference-Accusation-is-US-Dirty-Game-Russia-says-20191101-0003.html

Buffeting Boeing CEO\'s Rope-a-Dope in Congress
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-01
This past week, Boeing\'s deadly 737 MAX crashes were the focus of two back-to-back hearings — one in the Senate and one in the House. In the House Transportation Committee hearing, at least 50 Democrats and Republicans criticized Dennis Muilenburg\'s mismanagement and implied criminal negligence. Muilenburg\'s actions allowed Boeing\'s marketeers to overrule Boeing\'s engineers so…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/01/buffeting-boeing-ceos-rope-a-dope-in-congress/

Democrats Make a Huge Mistake If They Just Focus Impeachment on the Ukraine Scandal
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-01
The impeachment theater on display today in the House, bracketed by Speaker Nancy Pelosi\'s maudlin reading of Article I of the Constitution, and by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy\'s ludicrous evocation of the Stalin purge trials to characterize the full House vote to establish impeachment rules and procedures, is increasingly looking like the first act…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/01/democrats-make-a-huge-mistake-if-they-just-focus-impeachment-on-the-ukraine-scandal/

Impeachment Resolution Scam by House Dems
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-01
On Monday, anti-Trump Speaker Pelosi released the text of the undemocratic Dems\' impeachment resolution, aiming to remove Trump from office for the wrong reasons, ignoring legitimate right ones. | For Dems and supportive media, it\'s the second time around against …
globalresearch.ca/impeachment-resolution-scam-house-dems/5693652

House Dems Pass Procedural Impeachment Resolution
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-01
Establishment media support for what\'s going on is all about wanting undemocratic Dems gaining a political advantage ahead of 2020 presidential, congressional, state, and local elections. | The impeachment inquiry scam is unrelated to legitimate wrongdoing by Trump and his regime …
globalresearch.ca/house-dems-pass-procedural-impeachment-resolution/5693749

No Ceasefire/Ceasefire in Northern Syria. The Pentagon Will Use Overwhelming Force to Maintain US Control over Syrian Oil
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-01
From one or more illegally established airbases in Syria, as well as other other regional ones, Pentagon warplanes, attack helicopters, and drones continue terror-bombing Syrian sites at the discretion of its commanders. | US troops still occupy large parts of northern …
globalresearch.ca/no-ceasefire-northern-syria/5693754

The Capitalist War on the Last American Commons
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-01
The land in question in This Land is Christopher Ketcham\'s brilliant first book is the last wild \"American commons\": the federal public lands of the western United States. Comprising many millions of acres of grassland, forest, mountains, valleys, canyons, and steppe, this vast \"public trust\" is under the deeply compromised supervision of the U.S. Department…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/01/the-capitalist-war-on-the-last-american-commons/

Why Killing \"High-Valued Targets\" Like Baghdadi Won\'t Destroy ISIS
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-01
At the height of the al-Qaeda-led insurgency in Iraq in 2006-07, US commanders, whose troops were suffering serious casualties from roadside bombs, developed a strategy. They sought to identify, kill or capture the leaders of the cells planting the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in the belief that this would cripple the bombing campaign. Many such high-value…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/01/why-killing-high-valued-targets-like-baghdadi-wont-destroy-isis/

Baghdadi May be Dead, But Trump has Brought ISIS Back to Life
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-01
Usually, the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. But in the heavenly White House this weekend, it worked the other way round. Lord Trump took the life of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and then gave life back to Isis by telling us all that he\'d promised to send its surviving murderers to the borders of…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/01/baghdadi-may-be-dead-but-trump-has-brought-isis-back-to-life/