The Crass Warfare of Billionaires Against Sanders and Warren
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2019-11-10
An existential crisis for ruling circles…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/07/18827924.php
Immigration: \"Loving Justice\"
Regina Schwartz | commondreams.org | 2019-11-10
As seen through fencing, migrants—including a young child—stand while being detained by Department of Homeland Security police after crossing to the U.S. side of the U.S.-Mexico border barrier, on June 27, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/child_migrant_cd_0_0.jpg …
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Trump Wants to Charge Asylum Fees for Refugees Fleeing Hardship
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-10
The Trump administration this coming week will formalize a proposal that could make it one of just four countries in the world that charge asylum-seekers for entry. | As the New York Times reported late Friday, the administration plans to publish in the Federal Register a proposal to require a $50 application fee for asylum-seekers as well as a $490 charge for work permits. | \"It\'s an unprecedented weaponization of government fees,\" Doug Rand of the immigrant assistance company Boundless Immigration told the Times. | Currently, the only countries in the world that charge asylum-seekers–who are often fleeing…
truthdig.com/articles/trump-wants-to-charge-asylum-fee-for-refugees-fleeing-violence-and-poverty/
teleSUR\'s Exclusive: Evo Morales Urges Respect for New Election
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-10
Bolivian President Evo Morales rejected calls for resignation and condemned the opposition for failing to respect his new decision to reform the electoral authority and call for new elections, the Bolivian president told teleSUR Sunday in an exclusive interview from La Paz. | In the interview with teleSUR\'s correspondent in Bolivia Freddy Morales, the president said the decision to call new elections was to preserve the peace in Bolivia \"so that we do not confront the Bolivian family,\" while calling on the opposition protesters to end the strikes and remove roadblocks in order to not harm the economy of the co…
telesurenglish.net/news/teleSURs-Exclusive-Evo-Morales-Urges-Respect-for-New-Election-Rejects-Resignation-Demands-20191110-0004.html
Corbyn gives UK veterans the perfect gift on Remembrance Sunday
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-11-10
Every year, Jeremy Corbyn\'s opponents try to use Remembrance Sunday to attack him. But this year was a tough one for his critics. Because the peace-prize winner had the perfect gift for veterans. He pledged to honour th…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/10/corbyn-gives-uk-veterans-the-perfect-gift-on-remembrance-sunday/
Fresh Protests Grip Iraq Despite Mounting Casualties
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-10
Protesters were back on the streets of Iraqi cities on Sunday despite security forces killing at least five people the day before in central Baghdad. | Live ammunition was used on demonstrators as well as tear gas and sound bombs, police and medics say. | The clashes in Baghdad wounded scores more people and put security forces back in control of all except one major bridge linking the Iraqi capital\'s eastern residential and business districts to government headquarters across the Tigris river. | The government promised reforms aimed at ending the crisis. Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi said on Saturday (Nov…
telesurenglish.net/news/Fresh-Protests-Grip-Iraq-Despite-Mounting-Casualties-20191110-0005.html
The Middle East and the Rest of the World Are United in Struggle
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-10
From Iraq to Chile and beyond, protesters are raising their voices in search of employment, democracy and dignity.
theantimedia.com/middle-east-world-united-struggle/
Baghdadi Died, but the U.S. War on Terror Will Go on Forever
Murtaza Hussain | theintercept.com | 2019-11-10
On Oct. 28, 2019, Syrians sift through the rubble at the site of a suspected US-led operation against Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi the previous day, on the edge of the small Syrian village of Barisha in the country\'s opposition-held northwestern Idlib province. | Photo: Omar Haj Kadour/AFP via Getty Images | As a matter of principle, I try to restrain myself from celebrating the misfortunes of others. But nearly a decade ago, when I heard the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed in a nighttime U.S. military raid in Pakistan, I briefly allowed myself a moment of naive optimism. My hope was tha…
theintercept.com/2019/11/10/baghdadi-death-war-on-terror/
Leaked US Memo Confirms NATO Ally Turkey Pursuing \"Ethnic Cleansing\" in Syria
Tyler Durden | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-10
Everyone in Washington knows NATO\'s second largest military is now engaged in ongoing ethnic cleansing.
theantimedia.com/turkey-pursuing-ethnic-cleansing-syria/
\'Arrogance of billionaires\': Bernie Sanders slams Michael Bloomberg\'s potential run without campaigning in key states
rt.com | 2019-11-10
Bernie Sanders says the \"arrogance of billionaires\" is driving Michael Bloomberg to join the crowded field of Democratic presidential hopefuls who often target the ultra-rich, but yet have no clear leader to take on Donald Trump. | The Vermont senator certainly did not mince his words as he lambasted his rival for jumping into the race and skipping key states for campaigning. | \"You see, when you\'re worth $50 billion, I guess you don\'t have to have town meetings, you don\'t have to talk to ordinary people. What you do is you take out, I guess a couple of billion dollars, and you buy the state of California,\" Sa…
rt.com/usa/473099-bernie–sanders-bloomberg-billionaires-arrogance/
Identity Fraud? Removed Pacifica National Board Chair Jacabs Still Chair?
repost | indybay.org | 2019-11-10
Sabrina Jacobs who was part of a coup to shutdown WBAI continued to say she was chair of Pacifica after the Pacifica National Board remove her.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/07/18827932.php
Regional Leaders, Movements Express Solidarity with Evo Morales
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-10
Regional leaders and organizations expressed Saturday their support and solidarity with Bolivian President Evo Morales after his government denounced that an attempted coup is underway by right-wing forces seeking to oust his leftist government after he was declared the winner of the Oct. 20 elections. | RELATED: | Bolivian President Evo Morales Calls New Presidential Elections | \"My full support to the president @evoespueblo in the face of this attempt to interrupt the consti…
telesurenglish.net/news/Regional-Leaders-Movements-Express-Solidarity-with-Evo-Morales-Amid-Coup-Attempt-20191110-0003.html
Bolivian President Evo Morales Calls New Presidential Elections
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-10
Bolivian President Evo Morales said Sunday that he was calling new presidential elections after a night of major unrest and violence across the country led by right-wing opposition in what the Bolivian government has denounced as an attempted coup. | RELATED: | Bolivian Armed Forces Support Dialogue to Resolve Conflict | Morales, speaking at a press conference in La Paz, also said he would replace the country\'s electoral body. | \"I have decided to renew all the members of the Supr…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivian-President-Evo-Morales-Calls-New-Presidential-Elections-20191110-0001.html
If Money Is Tight, Climate Change Is Your Issue
Theo Wuest | commondreams.org | 2019-11-10
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Towards a working-class environmentalism for South Africa
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-11-10
It\'s going take a fully democratic anti-capitalist movement to fight climate change. The case of South Africa shows how long we have to go. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/10/towards-a-working-class-environmentalism-for-south-africa/
Amazon Cash Fails to Oust Seattle Socialist Kshama Sawant
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-11-10
Amazon Cash Fails to Oust Seattle Socialist Kshama Sawant…
thenation.com/article/kshama-sawant-election-amazon/
All of America\'s 607 Billionaires Must Run for President
Jon Schwarz | theintercept.com | 2019-11-10
After all, for all intents and purposes, the United States is already run by its billionaires. They should care about us enough to make things official. If you like America, you should put a ring on it!
theintercept.com/2019/11/10/all-of-americas-607-billionaires-must-run-for-president/
Vote-weary Spain Holds Election, Hoping to Break Stalemate
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-10
Spain held its second parliamentary election in just over six months on Sunday, with voters likely to deliver an even more fragmented parliament with no clear winner and a sizeable showing by the far-right. | Opinion polls show the Socialists in the lead but likely to win slightly fewer seats than in April\'s vote, while the conservative People\'s Party (PP) could gain strength and the far-right Vox could become the country\'s third-largest party, just months after winning its first parliamentary seats. | Spain has been struggling to put stable governments together since 2015, when new parties emerged from the f…
telesurenglish.net/news/Vote-weary-Spain-Holds-Election-Hoping-to-Break-Stalemate-20191110-0002.html
Far-Right Extremism Divides Germany\'s Most Notorious Soccer Derby
Dave Braneck | thenation.com | 2019-11-10
Far-Right Extremism Divides Germany\'s Most Notorious Soccer Derby…
thenation.com/article/berlin-wall-germany-soccer/
\"If It\'s Gonna Come Out, It\'s Gonna Come Out the Right Way\": Heroes of Torture Report Movie Are Lauded for Dodging Reporters
Nausicaa Renner | theintercept.com | 2019-11-10
A choice moment in \"The Report\" comes when Dianne Feinstein asks Daniel J. Jones what he thinks of Edward Snowden. \"I think he\'s a traitor,\" she says.
theintercept.com/2019/11/10/the-report-movie-torture-journalists/
Groups slam Trump administration\'s sweetheart water deal with Westlands Water District
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-11-10
Interior\'s plan to \"award one of the first contracts for federal water in perpetuity\" to Westlands has been proposed at a critical time for Delta smelt, Sacramento River winter Chinook salmon, steelhead and other fish populations that depend on a healthy Bay-Delta Estuary to survive and thrive.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/08/18827943.php
\'Close But No Cigar\': PBS Plan to Run Impeachment Hearings Online Not Enough to Show Whole Story of Trump\'s Misdeeds, Says Moyers
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-10
Veteran journalist Bill Moyers appeared on CNN\'s \"Reliable Sources\" Sunday to reiterate his earlier call on PBS to air the impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump as part of its primetime schedule. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/bill_moyers_farewell_0.jpg …
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Climate \'Is the Election Priority\' for the UK
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-10
The real issue facing the United Kingdom in next month\'s general election is not whether to choose Brexit, to stay in the European Union or leave it, a prominent lawyer says, because the climate \"is the election priority\" for the UK. | With Britain due to host the November 2020 United Nations climate talks, she told a London conference, it is vital that the new government elected on 12 December takes the lead by enacting policies to tackle the climate emergency. | Farhana Yamin, an international climate change lawyer, said that currently the world w…
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Build a mass movement to free class-war prisoners Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
wsws.org | 2019-11-09
Assange and Manning are being persecuted because the US and its imperialist allies are preparing for war and want to silence all honest journalists and fighter for the truth.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/09/asst-n09.html
Not creepy at all: GIANT Greta Thunberg mural to grace downtown San Francisco (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2019-11-09
A four-story mural of climate activist Greta Thunberg is set to be unveiled next week in San Francisco. Many, however, have already found the work unsettling, describing it as something straight out of a dystopian Sci-Fi movie. | The mural depicts the face of the 16-year-old media darling, gazing down at passersby on Union Square in San Francisco, with her signature tense expression. | Argentine artist Andreas Iglesias, who is putting the finishing touches on the massive work, said his ultimate goal is to raise awareness about climate issues. | \"What I want from people is to realize [they] have to do something…
rt.com/usa/472997-greta-thunberg-mural-sf/
The Wall and General Pyrrhus
Victor Grossman | mronline.org | 2019-11-09
A stern, history-based evaluation awakens doubts that, despite the paeans in the world media, the fall of the Berlin Wall was not purely a peaceful revolution, a choice of freedom by the masses, another successful victory for freedom and justice as in past centuries. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/09/the-wall-and-general-pyrrhus/
Democratic Socialists of America \"International Committee\" denounces \"reckless\" withdrawal of US troops from Syria
wsws.org | 2019-11-09
The response of the DSA to Trump\'s announced troop withdrawals from Syria is indistinguishable from that of the Democratic Party and Trump\'s critics within the military and intelligence apparatus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/09/dsas-n09.html
Matt Hancock accused of \'whitesplaining\' by Baroness Warsi
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-09
Health secretary Matt Hancock has been accused of \"whitesplaining\" by Baroness Warsi after he said others in the party \"take a more balanced approach\" on Islamophobia than her. | Warsi, the former Tory party chairman who has led criticism of the Conservative hierarchy\'s response to Islamophobia within its ranks, said she was \"glad\" to have colleagues like Hancock to educate her on the issue. | Hancock said the Tories needed to hold an inquiry on Islamophobia within the party, but claimed others \"take a more balanced approach\" on the issue than Warsi. | It comes after Boris Johnson said the Conservatives would be…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/11/09/matt-hancock-accused-of-whitesplaining-by-baroness-warsi/
Brazil: Thousands Await Lula Da Silva\'s Speech Outside Union
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-09
After having spent 580 days as a political prisoner in Curitiba, Brazil\'s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday arrived at the ABC Union of Workers of Metallurgical Industry, which is located at Sao Bernardo do Campo, the city where he began his political life as a worker leader. | RELATED: | Lula is Free | Although the Workers\' Party (PT) politician must defend himself against accusati…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Thousands-Await-Lula-Da-Silvas-Speech-Outside-Union-20191109-0003.html
Beyond November, Indigenous Communities Honor Culture and Heritage Year-Round
Debra Utacia Krol | commondreams.org | 2019-11-09
We\'re rolling through November, recognized as Native American Heritage Month, when many of us celebrate the nation\'s rich and diverse Indigenous history. Tribal communities, as well as cities and states, host parades, powwows, art shows, award ceremonies and other events to spotlight Native cultures.
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Possible False Flag In Iraq, US Votes Against Anti-Nazi Res. & Pompeo\'s Iran Nuclear Lies Debunked
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-09
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 (11/6/19). 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/possible-false-flag-in-iraq-us-votes-against-anti-nazi-res-pompeos-iran-nuclear-lies-debunked/
Live Updates: Evo Morales Calls New Elections Amid Coup Attempt
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-09
The Bolivian government has denounced that an attempted coup by right-wing forces is underway in an effort to oust President Evo Morales after he won reelection in the Oct. 20 presidential elections. | teleSUR brings you live updates of the unfolding right-wing attempted coup against the Bolivian government of President Evo Morales. | Updates are in local time in Bolivia | Live Updates: | Update 2: 15 p.m. | The Bolivian attorney general\'s office issued a statement Sunday afternoon instructing \"the immediate start of all the corresponding legal actions for the prosecution of all members the electoral…
telesurenglish.net/news/Live-Updates-Evo-Morales-Calls-New-Elections-Amid-Coup-Attempt-20191109-0008.html
Trump has Not Agreed to Roll Back Tariffs on Chinese Goods
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-09
President Donald Trump on Friday said he has not agreed to rollbacks of U.S. tariffs sought by China, sparking fresh doubts about when the world\'s two largest economies may end a 16-month trade war that has slowed global growth. | RELATED: | Trump\'s Lawyer Waged Campaign Against Envoy to Ukraine: Impeachment Probe | Officials from both countries on Thursday had said China and the United States have agreed to roll back tariffs on each others\' goods in a \"phase one\" trade deal. But the idea…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-has-Not-Agreed-to-Roll-Back-Tariffs-on-Chinese-Goods-20191108-0007.html
Impeachment Must Be More Than Impeachment
Jeffrey C. Isaac | commondreams.org | 2019-11-09
House Democrats, apparently buoyed by last Tuesday\'s election results, are prepared to begin the public hearing phase of their Trump impeachment inquiry.
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/09/impeachment-must-be-more-impeachment?cd-origin=rss
GOP wants Hunter Biden, whistleblower to testify in impeachment probe, Schiff seeks to shield them
rt.com | 2019-11-09
House Republicans are on the offensive demanding Hunter Biden and the Ukrainian phone call whistleblower to testify for the impeachment inquiry. The idea did not sit well with Rep. Adam Schiff, the Democrat who leads the process. | Representative David Nunes (R-Ca) has revealed a list of witnesses the Republicans would like to see giving their testimonies at the upcoming public hearing on the impeachment inquiry against Trump. It includes includes among others Hunter Biden, the son of the former vice president and one of the Democratic frontrunners at the upcoming presidential elections, Joe Biden, as well as…
rt.com/usa/473057-gop-biden-whistleblower-testify-impeachment/
Our Point Remains: PBS Should Broadcast Impeachment Hearings in Primetime
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | commondreams.org | 2019-11-09
In this photo illustration the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) logo is displayed on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration: Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/pbs_impeachment_hearings_bill_moyers.jpg …
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A message to PBS: Televise the Trump impeachment hearings for all to see
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | nationofchange.org | 2019-11-09
Why we took out that ad in The New York Times.
nationofchange.org/2019/11/09/a-message-to-pbs-televise-the-trump-impeachment-hearings-for-all-to-see/
Corporate Climate Commitments: Who Should Lead Climate Action?
Ryan Gunderson, Diana Stuart | commondreams.org | 2019-11-09
Some argue that, given the lack of political leadership to enact climate policy, action by companies is a welcome path forward. However, the belief that corporations can respond effectively to climate change is questionable.
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/09/corporate-climate-commitments-who-should-lead-climate-action?cd-origin=rss
Twitter Boss Met Mohammed Bin Salman Six Months After Saudi Spy Discovered
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-09
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey met with Mohammed bin Salman months after learning that a spy, directed by Saudi Arabia, had infiltrated the company.
theantimedia.com/twitter-boss-met-mohammed-bin-salman/
Can Bloomberg Buy the Election for $12 Billion? If So, He Can Write the Check Today
Richard Eskow | commondreams.org | 2019-11-09
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire who bought himself a mayoralty, now has his sights set on higher office. He became mayor of New York City in 2001, after outspending his opponent five to one from his personal bank account. Could the same arithmetic apply to the presidential race?
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/09/can-bloomberg-buy-election-12-billion-if-so-he-can-write-check-today?cd-origin=rss
Billionaire ex-NYC Mayor Bloomberg takes steps to run for Democratic nomination
wsws.org | 2019-11-09
Whether or not he decides to run, Bloomberg\'s move is clearly calculated to shift the Democratic campaign further to the right.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/09/bloo-n09.html
Billionaires keep benefiting from a tax break to help the poor. Now, Congress wants to investigate
Jeff Ernsthausen and Justin Elliott | nationofchange.org | 2019-11-09
\"The Opportunity Zone program has been troubled from the start.\"
nationofchange.org/2019/11/09/billionaires-keep-benefiting-from-a-tax-break-to-help-the-poor-now-congress-wants-to-investigate/
German Christian Democrats call for collaboration with the far-right AfD
wsws.org | 2019-11-09
A leader of the CDU said in an interview that, in his opinion, the AfD was \"a conservative party\" and were \"not all Nazis.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/09/germ-n09.html
Soldiers Force A Palestinian Out Of His Orchard, South Of Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-09
Israeli soldiers invaded, Saturday, a Palestinian olive orchard near Huwwara military roadblock, south of the northern West Bank city of Nablus, and forced a farmer out of his land. Local sources said many soldiers invaded an olive orchard, before attacking the owner while he was picking his trees, and forced …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-force-a-palestinian-out-of-his-orchard-south-of-nablus/
\'Reverse Pol Pot\': Berkeley philosophy lecturer slammed after saying rural Americans made \'bad life decisions\' & should be SHAMED
rt.com | 2019-11-09
A Harvard-educated UC Berkeley philosophy lecturer is catching flak for bashing rural Americans as parasites on more \"efficient\" city-dwellers. He has since apologized for the tone of the original tweets, but not their substance. | Disdain for \"flyover country\" by the coastal elites is a trope of American politics and culture wars at this point, but Jackson Kernion apparently sought to embody it with a series of tweets this week, declaring that Americans living in the countryside should not be \"subsidized by those who choose a more efficient way of life.\" | Pretty sure I did a bad tweet here. Gonna delete it.
rt.com/usa/472995-rural-americans-shamed-berkeley/
The \"Irrepressible Conflict:\" Slavery, the Civil War and America\'s Second Revolution
wsws.org | 2019-11-09
The following is the second in a series of three lectures delivered in response to the New York Times\' \"1619 Project,\" which presents a falsified, racialist interpretation of American history.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/09/lect-n09.html
The Neoliberal Assault on Warren\'s Plan to Pay for Medicare for All
John Atcheson | commondreams.org | 2019-11-09
Both Sanders and Warren have come up with viable plans for funding Medicare for all. The neoliberal establishment and the conservatives have been going after Sanders\' approach by raising the specter of-middle class tax increases.
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/09/neoliberal-assault-warrens-plan-pay-medicare-all?cd-origin=rss
Measles epidemic spreads from New Zealand to Pacific Islands
wsws.org | 2019-11-09
Scientists had been warning of the danger of an outbreak, but requests for a campaign to plug immunisation gaps were ignored.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/09/meas-n09.html
US Jewish Groups Warn Israel Against West Bank Annexation
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-09
A coalition of U.S. Jewish organizations sent a letter to the leaders of Israel\'s political parties, warning them against full or partial annexation of occupied West Bank, Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported Thursday.
imemc.org/article/us-jewish-groups-warn-israel-against-west-bank-annexation/
Thirty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall
wsws.org | 2019-11-09
Thirty years ago, the fall of the Berlin Wall marked the end of the GDR. We are republishing here an article by Peter Schwarz that first appeared on the WSWS five years ago, on November 8, 2014, under the headline, \"25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/09/berl-n09.html