Bernie Sanders unveils immigration plan
wsws.org | 2019-11-08
The Democratic presidential candidate rhetorically attacks theworst of Trump\'s immigration policies but would keep the border regimeintact.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/08/sand-n08.html
Bernie\'s Immigration Plan Is Good
John Washington | thenation.com | 2019-11-08
Bernie\'s Immigration Plan Is Good…
thenation.com/article/bernie-sanders-immigration-2020/
Neoliberalism\'s Children Rise Up to Demand Justice in Chile and the World
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
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,…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/neoliberalisms-children-rise-up-to-demand-justice-in-chile-and-the-world/
Payback? The arrest of Max Blumenthal
Derek Royden | nationofchange.org | 2019-11-08
The way Blumenthal\'s arrest was handled should send a chill down our collective spines because it shows a widening war on left-wing journalists and whistle-blowers that is remarkably resilient to changes in government.
nationofchange.org/2019/11/08/payback-the-arrest-of-max-blumenthal/
The Crass Warfare of Billionaires Against Sanders and Warren
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
For many decades, any politician daring to fight for economic justice was liable to be denounced for engaging in \"class warfare.\" It was always a grimly laughable accusation, coming from wealthy elites as well as their functionaries in corporate media and elective office. In the real world, class warfare — or whatever you want to…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/the-crass-warfare-of-billionaires-against-sanders-and-warren/
The crass warfare of billionaires against Sanders and Warren
Norman Solomon | nationofchange.org | 2019-11-08
The fight happening now for the Democratic presidential nomination largely amounts to class warfare.
nationofchange.org/2019/11/08/the-crass-warfare-of-billionaires-against-sanders-and-warren/
The Crass Warfare of Billionaires Against Sanders and Warren
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2019-11-08
An existential crisis for ruling circles…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/07/18827924.php
A New Kind of Tyranny: The Global State\'s War on Those Who Speak Truth to Power
John W. Whitehead | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-08
What happens to Julian Assange and to Chelsea Manning is meant to intimidate us, to frighten us into silence. By defending Julian Assange, we defend our most sacred rights. Speak up now or wake up one morning to the silence of a new kind of tyranny. The choice is ours. — John Pilger, investigative journalist …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/a-new-kind-of-tyranny-the-global-states-war-on-those-who-speak-truth-to-power/
The Globalization of Poverty: What Is Neoliberalism?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
In these unprecedented economic times, the world is experiencing as a whole what most of the so-called \"developing\" countries have experienced over the past several decades. For a nuanced examination of the intricacies of the global political-economic landscape and the …
globalresearch.ca/the-globalization-of-poverty-inside-the-new-world-order/5313987
US and Israel were lone votes against UN resolutions opposing space arms race, nuclear Middle East, Cuba embargo
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-08
The United States and Israel were the only countries that voted against UN General Assembly draft resolutions calling for a…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/08/us-israel-un-resolutions-space-arms-race-nuclear/
Syria: Where Have All the \"Professional\" Journalists Gone?
Janice Kortkamp | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
I\'m in Homs on my sixth visit to this vibrant city since May 2016 as an independent, self-funded activist and social media amateur journalist. | Since peace and stability have been restored and life is returning, the \"professional news media\" is …
globalresearch.ca/where-professional-journalists-gone/5694319
Microsoft Should Not Fund Israeli Spying on Palestinians
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
The act of Palestinian activists covering their faces during anti-Israeli occupation rallies is an old practice that spans decades. The masking of the face, often by Kufyias — traditional Palestinian scarves that grew to symbolize Palestinian resistance — is far from being a fashion statement. Instead, it is a survival technique, without it, activists are…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/microsoft-should-not-fund-israeli-spying-on-palestinians/
Private Equity Firms are Modern Day Vampires Sucking the Lifeblood Out of Our Society
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-11-08
Deadspin is the latest victim of private equity. Labor writer and activist Kim Kelly warns us that these 21st century \"private equity vampires\" have to be controlled.
therealnews.com/stories/private-equity-firms-are-modern-day-vampires-sucking-the-lifeblood-out-of-our-society
Syria: \"U.S. Get Out!\"
UNACpeace | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) stands in solidarity with the long-suffering people of Syria. We oppose all foreign occupation of Syrian territory. Syria belongs to the Syrians. | The current Turkish incursion into northern Syria is in violation of Syrian …
globalresearch.ca/unac-statement-situation-syria-u-s-out/5694345
UN-Sponsored Syrian Peace Talks to Reconvene on November 25
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-08
A U.N. envoy concluded an opening round of talks on the political future of Syria on Friday meant to bring political reconciliation after 8-1/2 years of war, saying they went better than expected and would reconvene later this month. | RELATED: | Erdogan Says US is Not Fulfilling Agreement to Withdraw Kurds | Acknowledging that discussions were sometimes \"very painful\" Geir Pedersen said the delegates to the Constitutional Committee from the government, opposition and civil soci…
telesurenglish.net/news/UN-Sponsored-Syrian-Peace-Talks-to-Reconvene-on-November-25-20191108-0004.html
\'Massacre\' of Indigenous Leaders in Colombia Is Result of Broken Peace Agreement
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-11-08
Yet another massacre of indigenous leaders in Colombia has sparked outrage across the country, as the right-wing government of President Ivan Duque faces increasing challenges to his already weakened leadership.
therealnews.com/stories/massacre-indigenous-leaders-colombia-result-broken-peace-agreement
China\'s Vision for the Future: \"Give Peace a Chance\"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
China\'s vision for the future is \"Give Peace a Chance\". It is also the title of one of John Lennon\'s most prominent songs. It became the anthem for the anti-war movement, at the time of the US-waged war against Vietnam. …
globalresearch.ca/china-vision-future/5694334
Oakland teachers and parents condemn police brutality
Judy Greenspan | workers.org | 2019-11-08
Oct. 28 — At a vigil called by the Oakland Education Association, parents, teachers and community members denounced police brutality against demonstrators protesting school closures and consolidations. During a loud but peaceful protest Oct. 23 at an Oakland School Board meeting, Oakland city police and some of the school district\'s . . . | Continue reading Oakland teachers and parents condemn police brutality at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/11/44312/
Beijing looks to end Hong Kong protest movement
wsws.org | 2019-11-08
Youth and students fighting to defend democratic rights in Hong Kong must turn to the international working class as their only allies in this struggle.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/08/hong-n08.html
America\'s Streets and Squares Are Waiting: Massive Rallies Work!
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
Around the world people are marching, rallying, and demonstrating in huge numbers. Some of these countries are ruled by dictators or plutocratic regimes, others are considered democracies. Despite the peril of protest, people are seeking justice, freedom, and decent livelihoods. Many boast about the United States being the oldest democracy in the world. While there…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/americas-streets-and-squares-are-waiting-massive-rallies-work/
Deadly Clashes Reignite in Iraq Despite Cleric\'s Call for Calm
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-08
Fresh clashes between Iraqi security forces and anti-government protesters broke out on Friday killing at least three people, despite a call for calm by the country\'s top Shi\'ite cleric, as authorities grapple with the nation\'s biggest crisis in years. | RELATED: | Over 100,000 Algerians Protest on Independence War\'s Anniversary | Security forces fired tear gas and threw stun grenades into crowds of demonstrators wearing helmets and makeshift body armor on a main road in central Baghdad,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Deadly-Clashes-Reignite-in-Iraq-Despite-Clerics-Call-for-Calm-20191108-0012.html
Israel\'s Supreme Court — Upholding \"Targeted Assassinations\" and Torture
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
Time and again, Israel\'s high court upholds human and civil rights abuses committed by the state. | In 2006, the court upheld its targeted assassinations policy, claiming they\'re OK when no other choices exist to protect against dangers to national security …
globalresearch.ca/israel-supreme-court-upholding-abuses-human-civil-rights/5694365
China and US Agree on Phased Tariffs Rollback?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
According to US and Chinese media, negotiators of both countries agreed to partially roll back tariffs. | Spokesman for China\'s Commerce Ministry Gao Feng said the following: | \"If the phase-one deal is signed, China and the US should remove the same | …
globalresearch.ca/china-us-agree-phased-tariffs-rollback/5694369
The Real Constitutional Crisis: The Constitution
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
It has been amusing to hear liberal commentators say over and over that the malignant racist rogue president Donald \"I am the World\'s Greatest Person\" Trump is precisely the sort of terrible tyrant the United States Founding Fathers had in mind when they devised their \"genius\" Constitutional system of \"checks and balances.\" The Tiny-fingered, Tangerine-Tinted,…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/the-real-constitutional-crisis-the-constitution/
Corporate Mammon: Amazon and the Seattle Council Elections
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-08
An enduring US political tradition was in evidence in Seattle recently. Amazon had decided that the city council elections would be too important to leave alone. Seattle was their city after all. The aim of the company was much in keeping with the manor lord who prosecutes keen poachers: fund pro-business candidates sympathetic to its …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/corporate-mammon-amazon-and-the-seattle-council-elections/
Eating the Amazon
Steven Krichbaum | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
Catastrophic fires have been burning all over the world, not just in Amazonia, but also in Siberia, Indonesia, and the Congo basin. These fires are ecological weapons of mass destruction and displacement resulting in habitat destruction and extermination of other species, violent land grabs from Indigenous peoples, murder of forest protectors, and climate refugees. Most of…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/eating-the-amazon/
Illegal Loggers Murder Indigenous Forest Guardian in Brazilian Amazon
Dan Bacher | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
Maranhà£o state, Brazil On the morning of November 1, a group of illegal loggers in the Araribóia indigenous territory ambushed members of the Guajajara people\'s Forest Guardians, a volunteer land and environmental monitoring force, leaving one Guardian dead and another gravely wounded. The loggers killed forest defender Paulo Paulino Guajajara in a shot to the face, while they…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/illegal-loggers-murder-indigenous-forest-guardian-in-brazilian-amazon/
My Friend Was Murdered for Trying to Save the Amazon
Sarah Shenker | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
One result of Jair Bolsonaro\'s presidency is that there are more eyes on the forest: of those wanting to steal it, but also of those wanting to protect it. It\'s buzzing with all the attention, and the fatal fires now ravaging vast areas are now drawing many more. All these eyes on the Amazon are provoking fights, grabbing headlines and building resistance. All of us can be allies in this resistance, but we will never truly know what people like the Guardians of the Amazon face on a daily basis.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/my-friend-was-murdered-for-trying-to-save-the-amazon/
US seizure of oil fields escalates tensions in Syria
wsws.org | 2019-11-08
Russia has issued a warning that it will not cooperate with US forces in the region, raising the threat of a military clash.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/08/syi-n08.html
Middle East: a Complex Re-alignment
Conn Hallinan | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
The fallout from the September attack on Saudi Arabia\'s Aramco oil facilities is continuing to reverberate throughout the Middle East, sidelining old enmities–sometimes for new ones–and re-drawing traditional alliances. While Turkey\'s recent invasion of northern Syria is grabbing the headlines, the bigger story may be that major regional players are contemplating some historic re-alignments. After…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/middle-east-a-complex-re-alignment/
Mike Pence\'s Office Meddled in Foreign Aid to Reroute Money to Christian Groups
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-08
Last November, a top Trump appointee at the U.S. Agency for International Development wrote a candid email to colleagues about pressure from the White House to reroute Middle East aid to religious minorities, particularly Christian groups. | \"Sometimes this decision will be made for us by the White House (see… Iraq! And, increasingly, Syria),\" said Hallam Ferguson, a senior official in USAID\'s Middle East bureau, in an email seen by ProPublica. \"We need to stay ahead of this curve everywh…
truthout.org/articles/mike-pences-office-meddled-in-foreign-aid-to-reroute-money-to-christian-groups/
Hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk in Syria amid ongoing violence in northeast and northwest
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-08
Almost daily violence targeting built-up areas and health facilities in Syria continues to threaten the lives of civilians there, UN rights experts and humanitarians said on Friday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1050961
Top UN court will consider Ukraine allegations against Russia of treaty violations
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-08
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has agreed to hear claims by Ukraine related to the conflict in the east of the country, where Government forces have been fighting mostly pro-Russian separatists, for more than five years.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051001
30 Years Ago Eastern Europeans Tore Down Walls. Now They Write Pop Songs to Putin
Lev Golinkin | thenation.com | 2019-11-08
30 Years Ago Eastern Europeans Tore Down Walls. Now They Write Pop Songs to Putin.
thenation.com/article/germany-berlin-wall-russia/
New Chapter in Greek-Russian Relations?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
The Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on November 6 amidst a string of events that have complicated relations between the two countries. Following official visits to Cyprus, Israel and the United …
globalresearch.ca/new-chapter-greek-russian-relations/5694380
Rebellion, reformism, and reaction in Latin America: An interview with Jeffery R. Webber
Jeffery R. Webber | mronline.org | 2019-11-08
From Chile to Ecuador, a wave of revolts against neoliberal austerity has swept through Latin America. Elections have brought the Peronists back to office in Argentina, and political crisis to Bolivia under Evo Morales. Brazil remains under the shadow of Jair Bolsonaro, but how enduring is his far-right politics, and what lessons does it signal […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/08/rebellion-reformism-and-reaction-in-latin-america-an-interview-with-jeffery-r-webber/
Looks Like GOP Might Run With the \"Moron Defense\" for Trump
Heather Digby Parton | commondreams.org | 2019-11-08
Lindsey Graham says Trump\'s Ukraine policy was incoherent. It wasn\'t. He knew what he wanted. But the strategy to defend the president in this impeachment proceeding is certainly incoherent at this point. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/graham-mcconnell-gettyimages-849665944.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/08/looks-gop-might-run-moron-defense-trump?cd-origin=rss
White House appears increasingly isolated in impeachment crisis
wsws.org | 2019-11-08
The CIA-instigated impeachment inquiry will begin public hearings next week with a parade of State Department witnesses.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/08/impe-n08.html
A Message to PBS: Televise the Trump Impeachment Hearings for All to See
Michael Winship and Bill Moyers | commondreams.org | 2019-11-08
Richard Nixon announces his resignation from the White House, 9th August 1974. (Photo: Dirck Halstead/Liaison/via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/nixon_impeachment_pbs_bill_moyers_trump.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/08/message-pbs-televise-trump-impeachment-hearings-all-see?cd-origin=rss
Hijacking the impeachment debate–for climate\'s sake
Patrick Walker | nationofchange.org | 2019-11-08
Donald Trump has done many wrong things, both illegal and legal but grievously harmful, that could have been used long ago to impeach him–and by far the most dangerous of these is his aggressive worsening of the climate emergency.
nationofchange.org/2019/11/08/hijacking-the-impeachment-debate-for-climates-sake/
And the Armies That Remained Suffer\'d: Veterans, Moral Injury and Suicide
Matthew Hoh | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
The mental, emotional and spiritual injuries that come with surviving war are not unique to the United States or the modern age. Disparate historical sources, such as Roman and Native American accounts, tell of the psychological and psychiatric wounds of war, and what was done for returning soldiers, while in both Homer and Shakespeare we find clear references to the lasting invisible wounds of war.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/and-the-armies-that-remained-sufferd-veterans-moral-injury-and-suicide/
2020: The Incipient Bet
Kirkpatrick Sale | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
In the fall of 1992, after I finished my second round of speeches for the Quincentennial of America\'s \"discovery,\" drawing on my book about Columbus that had been published in 1990, I started on a book on a subject that had long fascinated me and I knew was just as timely as the Columbus book…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/2020-the-incipient-bet/
Growing Ecological Civilization in China
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences invited me to an international ecological conference in Jinan, Shandong Province. The Academy gave the conference a provocative and insightful title: a Paradigm Shift: Towards Ecological Civilization: China and the World. I listened to several Chinese and non-Chinese experts talk about a variety of issues (political, economic and ecological)…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/growing-ecological-civilization-in-china/
From Canada\'s Election to Public Action: Beyond the Moral Tumor of Alberta Tar-Sands
John McMurtry | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
For months during and after Canada\'s 2019 federal election campaign, corporate media provided daily frontline news space for non-stop Alberta demands for more tar-sands export infrastructure through British Columbia, as well as discrediting stories on the Trudeau government for questionable legal protection of a Quebec big business to his playing blackface in a youthful costume.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/from-canadas-election-to-public-action-beyond-the-moral-tumor-of-alberta-tar-sands/
A New Disease Big Meat Doesn\'t Want You to Know About
Martha Rosenberg | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
Have you ever heard of African swine fever (ASF) caused by the African swine fever virus (ASFV)? A fourth of the world\'s pigs have died from it just this year —- half of all of China\'s pigs —- but like previous food animal pandemics, Big Meat has managed to keep it out of the news.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/a-new-disease-big-meat-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about/
A Socialist Party in Our Time?
Louis Proyect | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
Nearly two years ago, Eric Blanc wrote an article for Jacobin that justified socialists running on the Democratic Party primary ballot as a \"dirty break\" from the two-party system. Eugene V. Debs\'s Socialist Party, to which Jacobin pays lip-service, instead supported a \"clean break\", as did the Communist Party until Stalin ordered it to back…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/a-socialist-party-in-our-time/
Left is the New Right, or Why Marx Matters
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
The American obsession with electoral politics is odd in that \'the people\' have so little say in electoral outcomes and that the outcomes only dance around the edges of most people\'s lives. It isn\'t so much that the actions of elected leaders are inconsequential as that other factors— economic, historical, structural and institutional, do more to determine \'politics.\' To use an agrarian metaphor, it\'s as if the miller was put forward as determining the harvest.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/left-is-the-new-right-or-why-marx-matters/
What Rises to the Level of Impeachability?
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
What is impeachable is whatever the House and Senate say is impeachable. According to any remotely plausible reading of a Constitution that all sides claim to regard as the supreme authority on the matter, there is no principled way to gainsay their judgment; they are, for all practical purposes, more infallible than the Pope.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/what-rises-to-the-level-of-impeachability/
Repatriate the Children of the Jihad
Patrick Howlett-Martin | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/repatriate-the-children-of-the-jihad/
Ignoring Climate Catastrophes
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
The planet is coming apart at the seams right before the eyes of scientists at work in remote fringe areas of the North where permafrost crumbles and collapses. It\'s abrupt climate change at work in real time, but the governing leaders of the world either don\'t care or don\'t know. If they did, there would…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/ignoring-climate-catastrophes/