Staff (2019-11-07). Bernie Sanders Calls to Break Up ICE. truthdig.com The Vermont senator pledges to address the root causes of mass immigration, with the aim of creating a \"welcoming and safe nation for all.\"

Staff (2019-11-07). Right Wing Nationalist Rulers: An International Movement That Threatens Our Future. therealnews.com Trump is the international right\'s Godfather and, as John Feffer tells us, they are filling the void of fear that has been left in the wake of neoliberal policies. The question is whether progressives and the left have an answer to their advance.

Janine Jackson (2019-11-07). \'This Is a Huge Opportunity to Create an Energy System Rooted in Climate Justice\' – CounterSpin interview with Johanna Bozuwa on public utilities. fair.org Janine Jackson interviewed the Democracy Collaborative\'s Johanna Bozuwa about public utilities for the November 1, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…

Staff (2019-11-07). Trump\'s Worst Impeachable Offense Hurts the Whole World. truthdig.com You can run from the climate crisis, but you can\'t hide. On the front lines of this global environmental calamity, entire communities are being consumed by fire, submerged by typhoons and hurricanes, or baked under the sun amid historic droughts. President Donald Trump, the climate change denier in chief, has formally begun the process of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. Originally signed by President Barack Obama in 2015, the accord established a cooperative, global path to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees F) above preindustrial levels. The United States is now the only nati…

Sam Pizzigati (2019-11-07). Inequality and the Iron Law of Decaying Public Services. counterpunch.org Where wealth concentrates, our commons will always downsize. At some point, in every community becoming more unequal, affluent people will come to feel they\'ll be better off going life alone, on their own nickel — better off installing their own private courts, better off sending their kids to private schools, better off living in a privately guarded gated development. More

Michael Welton (2019-11-07). The Rediscovery of Civil Society: Perils and Potentials. counterpunch.org The concept of \"civil society\" gained epic popularity in the past few decades. The discourse of civil society entered dramatically into the global political and academic scene in the 1970s with the advent of the Polish Solidarity movement. We in the West watched with amazement and tears of joy as the power of the human More

Kenn Orphan (2019-11-07). The Language of Erasure. counterpunch.org Last month UK authorities came across a gruesome scene. Thirty-nine bodies were discovered in a freight truck in Essex. Most of these unfortunate souls originally came from Vietnam and were abandoned to die an agonizing, suffocating death alone; the alleged victims of human trafficking. It is not the first time that this has happened. In 2015 Austrian officials found seventy-one bodies in a truck lorry outside Vienna. And in 2000, the bodies of fifty-eight Chinese people were found in a container in Kent. More

Paul Cochrane (2019-11-07). How Unofficial Capital Controls Stopped a Run on the Banks in Lebanon. counterpunch.org Lebanon\'s banks were closed for two weeks due to the mass protests throughout the country. The banks opened last Friday (1 November). There was the expectation of a run on the banks and massive capital flight as Lebanese, expatriate Lebanese and foreigners withdrew their cash. It didn\'t happen, but it doesn\'t mean that all is More

Dave Lindorff (2019-11-07). Fighting Words for Young Workers From a Radical Elder. counterpunch.org I was explaining to my 26-year-old son recently that while I\'m continuing to work as a writer, because I waited until age 70 to begin collecting my Social Security benefits, I am now collecting almost $29,000 on top of what I earn doing my freelance journalism thing. He said, matter-of-factly, \"Well, I and most of More

Kevin Proescholdt (2019-11-07). Protecting the North Cascades: Looking for an Alternative that is Good for Grizzlies and Good for Wilderness. counterpunch.org Wilderness Watch recently asked the National Park Service (NPS) to develop a new alternative in the planning for grizzly bear recovery in the North Cascades of Washington State. Our suggested proposal would both benefit grizzlies and protect designated Wilderness, something that none of the existing alternatives in the NPS\'s current plan do. Wilderness Watch has More

Mike Garrity (2019-11-07). The Nature Conservancy and BLM Collaborate to DeFacto Privatize and Destroy Our Public Land. counterpunch.org In a recent article the Bureau of Land Management, The Nature Conservancy, and local ranchers claimed that removing conifers, mainly juniper trees, on public lands increases and improves habitat for sage grouse, big game, and other species that rely on juniper/sagebrush habitat. But the best available science and on-the-ground evidence from similar projects show that More

Thomas Knapp (2019-11-07). Mexico: One Failed US War Doesn\'t Justify Another. counterpunch.org Many (probably most) Americans like to get high. Everything else being equal, they\'d probably prefer to buy their marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and so forth from their local pharmacies, at reasonable prices and in known quantity, purity, and potency. But if they can\'t do that, they\'re not going to stop getting high just because the US government tells them they must not. More

The Canary (2019-11-07). Police officer on murder charge over Taser death of footballer Dalian Atkinson. thecanary.co A police constable has been charged with the murder of former Aston Villa footballer Dalian Atkinson, who died after being Tasered near his father\'s home in Telford in 2016.The Crown Prosecution Service said the West Mercia Police officer would be appearing in court in Birmingham on Thursday along with a colleague who has been accused of assault causing actual bodily harm.Jenny Hopkins, from the CPS, said in a statement: \"Following the death of Dalian Atkinson in Telford on 15 August 2016, the Crown Prosecution Service has today authorised a charge of murder against a West Mercia police constable.The order of ser…

Juan Cole (2019-11-07). Why a Russian Politician Just Called Trump \'Hitler\'. truthdig.com …

Norman Solomon (2019-11-07). Billionaires Have Declared All-Out War on Sanders and Warren. truthdig.com The 1 percent throws money at the likes of Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden because it understands that the left poses an existential threat.

RT (2019-11-07). Democrats turn on Bill Gates after billionaire hints he's not a fan of Warren's wealth tax. rt.com Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates was eviscerated on social media after balking at some Democratic candidates\' wealth tax and hinting he\'d vote for whoever is \"more professional,\" which some took as a dog whistle for Trump. | Gates expressed some apprehension about the \"wealth tax\" proposed by Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, admitting he\'d only be willing to fork over so much of his massive fortune. \"I\'ve paid over $10 billion in taxes, I\'ve paid more than anyone in taxes! I\'m glad to have—If I had to pay $20 billion, it\'s fine,\" he told the New York Times DealBook Conference on Wednesday.

RT (2019-11-07). Transcript of US ambassador to Ukraine reveals leaked \'smoking gun\' testimony based on hearsay & \'fake news\' media. rt.com Impeachment testimony from former US ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor reveals the fatal \'quid pro quo\' at the center of the probe rests on mere hearsay, even as Taylor\'s words are held up as a smoking gun by Trump\'s enemies. | In the course of his October 22 deposition, made public on Wednesday, Taylor explains it was his \"clear understanding\" that \"security assistance money would not come\" until Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky \"committed to pursue the investigation\" of natural gas firm Burisma Hol…

Aaron Maté (2019-11-07). Max Blumenthal on Baghdadi\'s death and Trump\'s fake withdrawal in Syria. thegrayzone.com Max Blumenthal explains how the US-backed proxy war in Syria helped create the al-Qaeda safe haven where US forces killed…

Norman Solomon (2019-11-07). The Crass Warfare of Billionaires Against Sanders and Warren. commondreams.org Thousands of people turnout to hear Senator Bernie Sanders and take action against the Republican tax plan that would give huge tax cuts to millionaires, billionaires, and wealthy corporations while raising taxes for many middle-class families and threatening to unravel the Affordable Care Act at John S. Knight Center on December 2, 2017 in Akron, Ohio. (Photo: Duane Prokop/Getty Images for MoveOn.org) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bernie_billionaires.jpg …

Norman Solomon (2019-11-07). Billionaires Have Declared All Out War on Sanders and Warren. truthdig.com The .1 percent is throwing money at the likes of Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden because it understands the left poses an existential threat.

Elizabeth Woodworth (2019-11-07). How to Help Julian Assange by Writing to Him in Prison. globalresearch.ca Not reported by ANY corporate media was the October 2 London protest to protect Julian Assange, led by Pink Floyd\'s world famous co-founder, Roger Waters and award-winning journalist John Pilger, in front of Britain\'s Home Office. About 1,000 …

Medea Benjamin (2019-11-07). Neoliberalism\'s Children Rise Up to Demand Justice in Chile and the World. globalresearch.ca In this Autumn of Discontent, people …

Staff (2019-11-07). Bernie Sanders Calls to Break Up ICE. truthdig.com The Vermont senator pledges to address the root causes of mass immigration with the aim of creating a \"welcoming and safe nation for all.\"

Aída Chávez (2019-11-07). With Bold Immigration Plan, Bernie Sanders Becomes the Only Candidate to Call for Break Up of ICE and CBP. theintercept.com The plan, released Thursday, also calls to improve working conditions and labor protections for industries that rely on an immigrant workforce, including instating a domestic workers\' bill of rights.

GETUP (2019-11-07). Australian prime minister plans to outlaw climate activism. indybay.org The Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, has just told a room full of mining lobbyists that he\'s begun work on legislation to outlaw climate activism — banning climate protests, boycotts and \"disruptive\" strikes.1 | It\'s the most alarming attack we\'ve seen yet — threatening people\'s right to take action against climate-denying politicians, and corporate climate wreckers.

John Stanton (2019-11-07). America\'s Education System: Teaching the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing. counterpunch.org \"Ask students to read for more than a couple of sentences and many will protest that they can\'t do it. The most frequent complaint that teachers hear that it\'s boring. It is not so much the content of the written material that is at issues here; it is the act of reading itself that is More

teleSUR (2019-11-07). Bolivian Opposition Protesters Attack Socialist Mayor. telesurenglish.net A mob led by the right-wing opposition Wednesday set fire to the Vinto Town Hall and dragged socialist mayor Patricia Arce down the street, where they humiliated her physically and verbally. | RELATED: | Retired Bolivian General Dismisses Coup Attempt by ex-Army Men | The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) politician was still inside the town hall wh…

John Stanton (2019-11-07). America\'s Education System: Teaching the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing. dissidentvoice.org Ask students to read for more than a couple of sentences and many will protest that they can\'t do it. The most frequent complaint that teachers hear that it\'s boring. It is not so much the content of the written material that is at issues here; it is the act of reading itself that is …

Cesar Chelala (2019-11-07). Why is Latin America Burning? counterpunch.org In Latin America several countries are under turmoil, as people cannot even meet their most basics needs. The last few months have seen a remarkable spectacle: hundreds of thousands of citizens are taking to the streets to protest to what they perceive is their governments\' attack on their well-being, and the governments\' responses have been More

Stephen Lendman (2019-11-07). Nuclear Outlaw Israel Slams Iran\'s Legitimate Uranium Enrichment. globalresearch.ca On Tuesday, Iranian President Rouhani announced his nation\'s 4th JCPOA pullback — permitted under the deal\'s Articles 26 and 36 when other signatories breach their obligations. | That\'s precisely what happened. The Trump regime illegally abandoned the internationally binding agreement. | Europe …

Stephen Lendman (2019-11-07). Anti-Trump Impeachment Scam Ignores What US Military Aid to Ukraine Goes For. globalresearch.ca Ukraine is a US client state, established by the Obama regime\'s 2014 coup — replacing democratic governance with a government integrated by Nazi elements. . | The US FY 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes $250 million in military aid …

WSWS (2019-11-07). Largest Brazilian media group implicates Bolsonaro in death squad execution of Marielle Franco. wsws.org Every faction of the Brazilian political system, from the Army to the pseudo-left, fears that Bolsonaro\'s austerity measures and fascistic rhetoric may trigger a social explosion.

teleSUR (2019-11-07). UN Overwhelmingly Votes to End US Blockade Against Cuba. telesurenglish.net The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday overwhelming voted in favor of the resolution demanding the ending of the U.S. blockade against Cuba with 187 countries voting in favor, three against while two countries abstained. | RELATED: | Caribbean Nations Reaffirm Support for Cuba Against US Blockade | The nations still promoting the continuation of the financial, economic and trade blockade are the United States, Israel and Brazil. | For the first time in its dip…

Tchenna Maso (2019-11-07). In Bolsanaro\'s Brazil, Dams Are Ticking Time Bombs. globalresearch.ca Today is the fourth anniversary of the Fundà£o tailings (mine waste) dam disaster in Mariana, a town in the South-eastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The Fundà£o dam and the associated iron ore mine, called Samarco, is operated by a …

Ali Nayyef (2019-11-07). I Was 10 When the Battle of Fallujah Taught Me the Meaning of War. thenation.com I Was 10 When the Battle of Fallujah Taught Me the Meaning of War…

MBNJSD (2019-11-07). Neoliberalism\'s Children Rise Up to Demand Justice in Chile and the World. dissidentvoice.org Uprisings against the corrupt, generation-long dominance of neoliberal \"center-right\" and \"center-left\" governments that benefit the wealthy and multinational corporations at the expense of working people are sweeping country after country all over the world. In this Autumn of Discontent, people from Chile, Haiti and Honduras to Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon are rising up against neoliberalism, …

teleSUR (2019-11-07). Yemen\'s Houthis Launches Attack on Port City. telesurenglish.net The Houthi militia backed by Iran … (used) ballistic missiles and exploding drones. Most of them were intercepted and some fell on residential areas, a displaced persons camp and a health center run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF),\" the pro-coalition joint military command of the western coast said in a statement, without mentioning whether military targets had been hit.

teleSUR (2019-11-07). UK Lowers Security Level for Its Ships in Strait of Hormuz. telesurenglish.net Britain lowered its security risk level for U.K.-flagged ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, more than a month after one of its tankers was finally released from detention by Iran. | RELATED: | UK Snubs Trump, Orders Release of Iranian Oil Tanker | The Stena Impero was seized in July by Iran\'s Revolutionary Guards in the Strait, a major oil shipping route, for alleged marine violations two weeks after Britain detained an Iranian tanker off Gibraltar. The Iranian ship…

James K. Boyce, Manuel Pastor (2019-11-07). Can Carbon Pricing Address Climate Justice? thenation.com Can Carbon Pricing Address Climate Justice?

Staff (2019-11-07). Trump\'s Worst Impeachable Offense Hurts the Whole World. truthdig.com You can run from the climate crisis, but you can\'t hide. On the front lines of this global environmental calamity, entire communities are being consumed by fire, submerged by typhoons and hurricanes, or baked under the sun amid historic droughts. President Donald Trump, the climate change denier in chief, has formally begun the process of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. Originally signed by President Barack Obama in 2015, the accord established a cooperative, global path to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees F) above preindustrial levels. The United States is now the only nati…

Roger D. Harris (2019-11-07). Sierra Club Takes a Commendable Turn on Population, Climate Change, and Inequality. dissidentvoice.org The Sierra Club — long a retrograde proponent of saving the planet by driving a Tessler, eating wild caught salmon, and voting blue — took positive environmental leadership with their end of the year issue of the Sierra magazine. Stating it is \"time to fix the population fixation,\" they examine the interactions of population, climate …

HEAT (2019-11-07). San Francisco City College Rallies Against Cuts. indybay.org San Francisco City College | Ocean Campus | Chinatown Campus…

Shane Quinn (2019-11-07). The New World Order. Trade and Power: The Economies of China, India and the US. globalresearch.ca China and India have made a name for themselves in the world of trade and power and speculations are that both the countries will surpass the US in a short time but experts neglect some basic things while making the …

Zero Hedge (2019-11-07). US Constructing Two New Bases In Syria\'s Oil-Rich Region: Report. globalresearch.ca Turkey\'s state-run media is reporting the United States is planning two new military bases in Syria\'s oil-rich Deir ez-Zor province,which are currently under construction, after US special forces convoys were seen patrolling the area in the past days. | Anadolu …

teleSUR (2019-11-07). Erdogan Says US is Not Fulfilling Agreement to Withdraw Kurds. telesurenglish.net Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan stated on Thursday that the U.S. Coalition was not fulfilling its part of the agreement to withdraw the Kurdish forces from the Turkish-Syrian border region. | RELATED: | Turkey\'s Erdogan Announces Capture of Al-Baghdadi\'s Wife | During a news conference on Thursday, Erdogan criticized the U.S. forces in northern Syria, vowing to bring up the topic to U.S. President Donald Trump when they meet next week. | Erdogan is set to discuss implementation of th…

Arabi Souri (2019-11-07). Protecting the Oil Fields: Syria Army Deployments on the Northeastern Borders with Turkey. globalresearch.ca The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continues its deployment north and east to secure as many Syrian people and as much Syrian land it can in a race with NATO and their terrorists. | The importance of the SAA and Syrian Border …

Dr. Jaspal Kaur Sadhu Singh (2019-11-07). Is There a Place for Ethics in Smart Cities? globalresearch.ca It is difficult to win a debate on ethics when you are pitted against a crowd of tech-acolytes. I was taking the position that a more vital consideration in developing cities are ethical ones rather than the smartness of the …

Drago Bosnic (2019-11-07). The Cold War Never Stopped: US Pressures UN Members to Vote Against Cuba Anti-Blockade Resolution. globalresearch.ca Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez accused the United States of exerting pressure on Latin American countries to oppose the United Nations draft resolution against the US-imposed economic blockade on Cuba. | \"The US authorities have been carrying out different actions of …

Eric Zuesse (2019-11-07). How the Deep State \'Justifies\' Itself in America. globalresearch.ca On October 30th, there was a panel discussion broadcast live on C-Span from the National Press Club and the Michael V. Hayden Center. The discussants were John Brennan, Michael McCabe, John McGlaughlin, and Michael Morrell. They all …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-11-07). Addiction to Online Video Games? globalresearch.ca It seems a tall, ambitious and very authoritarian order: imposing bans on persons under the age of 18 from playing online games between 22: 00 and 08: 00; rationing gaming on weekdays to 90 minutes and three hours on holidays and weekends. …