Helping Students Keep Their Humanity by Not Signing Up for War
Stephanie Rugoff | commondreams.org | 2019-11-11
As awareness and activism grows among young people around the climate crisis, immigration, racism, gun violence and the Trump administration, we show the connections between these issues and U.S. wars. (Photo: via EuroYankee) |…
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\'Terrible mistake\'? Polish PM slams Netflix over documentary implying Poland shared responsibility for Nazi crimes
rt.com | 2019-11-11
Netflix is \"urgently\" looking into complaints from Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki that a new Holocaust documentary is \"rewriting history\" by implying that Poland shared responsibility for death camp murders on its soil. | Morawiecki is pressuring the US streaming giant to modify the documentary, which shows the World War II-era Nazi death camps on a map of Poland, but drawn inside the country\'s modern borders. | In a letter to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, the Polish PM said that the map shown in the documentary series \'The Devil Next Door\' implies that Poland existed as an independent nation and thu…
rt.com/news/473169-netflix-poland-nazi-camps/
Biden and Bloomberg Want Uncle Sam to Defer to Uncle Scrooge
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2019-11-11
For billionaires, sometimes good flunky candidates are hard to find…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/10/18828002.php
Overthrown Honduran President Zelaya interviewed
the gray zone | indybay.org | 2019-11-11
He discusses the extreme violence, drug trafficking, economic depression, migration crisis, Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), WikiLeaks, Venezuela, and more. | Video by Ben Norton…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/11/18828010.php
A Doubtful Proposition
Brian Terrell | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-11
Voices activists Brian Terrell, Kathy Kelly and Sarah Ball outside the Brunswick Courthouse (Photo by Kings Bay Plowshares 7) \"Whether nuclear weapons are actually illegal under international or domestic law (a doubtful proposition) is not relevant or an appropriate issue to litigate in this case,\" so ruled Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the US District …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/a-doubtful-proposition/
Bolivian President Evo Morales\' Removal Denounced as Coup
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-11
Bolivia\'s socialist President Evo Morales was forced to resign Sunday under threat from the nation\'s military, police forces, and violent right-wing protestors who have burned and ransacked the homes of members of Morales\' party, assaulted supporters of the president, and kidnapped a Bolivian mayor. | Political leaders and activists aroun…
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Veterans for Peace UK solemnly commemorate tragedy of war and its victims
Mohamed Elmaazi | thecanary.co | 2019-11-11
Veterans for Peace UK (VfP UK) commemorated the lives lost through war on Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph war memorial in London on 10 November 2019.The Canary was in attendance as approximately two dozen VfP UK members marched down Whitehall towards the Cenotaph, on a crisp cold day with a bright blue sky. Behind the VfP UK members were supporters and family members slowly following them while keeping a respectful distance.The Canary understands that the BBC does not typically broadcast the VfP UK march to the Cenotaph, although it immediately follows that of the Salvation Army.\"Never Again\": Upon arri…
thecanary.co/feature/2019/11/11/veterans-for-peace-uk-solemnly-commemorate-tragedy-of-war-and-its-victims/
Jordan \'committed\' to Israel peace treaty as land deal ends — FM
rt.com | 2019-11-11
Jordan said on Monday it was committed to its peace treaty with Israel despite ending a 25-year deal that allows its neighbor to use two parcels of land along its border under its sovereignty. | Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said the country acted in accordance with the treaty in not renewing the deal over the two enclaves straddling the border that allowed Israel special rights over its citizens working and present in the two areas, Reuters reports. | The deal was part of the 1994 Jordan-Israel peace treaty. Jordan\'s King Abdullah arrived on Monday in the enclave that straddles its northern border with Israel…
rt.com/newsline/473168-jordan-israel-treaty-land/
Bolivian President Evo Morales calls new presidential elections
teleSUR Desk | mronline.org | 2019-11-11
Morales also called for calm and peace amid opposition protests and mobilizations, which have turned violent, against his victory in the Oct. 20 elections. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/11/bolivian-president-evo-morales-calls-new-presidential-elections/
Reclaiming Armistice Day
Garett Reppenhagen | commondreams.org | 2019-11-11
The reality is that almost EVERY SINGLE domestic platform on a progressive agenda can be funded by the overinflated military budget. (Photo: Cliff Wells / Veterans for Peace) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/veterns_despair_0.jpeg …
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Questioning war within the military; resistance from Vietnam to Iraq
Peace Action of San Mateo County | indybay.org | 2019-11-11
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo | 300 E. Santa Inez Avenue | San Mateo, CA 94401…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/11/18828011.php
Multilateralism must weather \'challenges of today and tomorrow\' Guterres tells Paris Peace Forum
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-11
In a speech to the Paris Peace Forum in Paris on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that to thrive, multilateralism had to adapt, mindful that \"conflicts persist, creating suffering and displacement: our world is unsettled\". He was speaking as commemorations took place in countries across the world, marking the official end of the First World War, in 1918.
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Jane Fonda leads climate protests at US Capitol for fifth week in a row
Ruth Milka | nationofchange.org | 2019-11-11
\"We cannot leave it to young people to fight this fight for their future by themselves.\"
nationofchange.org/2019/11/11/jane-fonda-leads-climate-protests-at-us-capitol-for-fifth-week-in-a-row/
Mexico Grants Evo Morales Political Asylum
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-11
Mexico which has offered Bolivian President Evo Morales political asylum on Monday after his forced resignation in the wake of a coup, while thousands of pro-Morales protesters were marching towards the nation\'s legislative assembly. | RELATED: | Major Police Repression Against Evo Morales\' Supports, 1 Dead | \"It\'s a coup because the army requested the resignation of the president, and that violates the constitutional order of that cou…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexico-Grants-Evo-Morales-Political-Asylum-20191111-0006.html
Veterans Protest Trump and America\'s Endless War Machine (Live Blog)
Michael Nigro | truthdig.com | 2019-11-11
Truthdig is embedded in the anti-war veterans\' demonstrations as President Trump kicks off the 100th New York City Veterans Day Parade.
truthdig.com/articles/veterans-protest-trump-and-americas-endless-war-machine-live-blog/
Commentary: Coup in Bolivia
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-11
Chicago, IL – Today, a military coup took place in Bolivia. The first act began on October 20 – the day that Evo Morales was re-elected president by a ten-point margin against his nearest opponent, starting with violent protests in the country\'s urban middle-class neighborhoods. The final act was carried out by the head of the Bolivian Armed Forces, Gen. Williams Kaliman, who went on national television today and demanded that Morales resign. This followed a day of police mutinies in key cities, and in totality it was clear that the elected government had lost the support of the armed apparatus of the state.
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/10/commentary-coup-bolivia
Media \'whitewashing coup\' in Bolivia, & CIA surely celebrating Morales\' departure — pundits
rt.com | 2019-11-11
The way Bolivian President Evo Morales departed from power bears clear signs of a coup, but the media is unlikely to present it that way, pundits and politicians said, with some suggesting the event is pure joy for the CIA. | Morales stepped down as president of Bolivia on Sunday, after winning a fourth term in office on October 20. The results of this election were disputed, however, and the opposition launched massive protests. Following Morales\' own calls for an audit, a report by the Organizati…
rt.com/news/473154-morales-bolivia-cia-coup/
Major Police Attacks Against Evo Morales\' Supporters, 1 Dead
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-11
Residents of the city of El Alto, in the department of La Paz, took to the streets Monday to protest against the coup d\'etat that forced the resignation of Evo Morales, however, they were met with violent police repression, in which officers are reportedly using live ammunition and rubber bullets. | \"After the first day of the civic-political-police coup, rebellious police use bullets to cause deaths and injuries in El Alto. My solidarity with those innocent victims, among them a girl, and the heroic alter people, defender of democracy,\" Morales said from his Twitter account Monday. | Bolivia | Security force…
telesurenglish.net/news/Major-Police-Attacks-Against-Evo-Morales-Supporters-1-Dead-20191111-0005.html
Mexico grants Bolivia\'s Evo Morales political asylum, demands safe conduct to \'protect his life & security\'
rt.com | 2019-11-11
Mexico has approved asylum for former Bolivian President Evo Morales after the socialist leader was forced to resign from his post under pressure from military brass, amid opposition protests over a disputed election result which Morales has slammed as a coup. | The Mexican Foreign Ministry confirmed that asylum was granted to Morales on Monday, and insisted that the former leader is allowed safe passage out of Bolivia in the event he decides to leave the country. | \"Latin America has witnessed unfortunate and violent events in which the constitutional order is broken and democratically elected authorities are…
rt.com/newsline/473185-morales-granted-asylum-mexico/
Protesters, Iraqi Police Continue Battle on Baghdad Streets
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-11
Protests in Iraq\'s capital Baghdad continued on Monday as both Iraqi forces and protesters tried to dislodge each other from an area leading to the Green Zone. | The protests that began on Oct. 1 were initially focused on a lack of jobs and services but quickly morphed into a denunciation of the sectarian power-sharing system of government introduced in 2003 and the political elites they say benefit from it. | Security forces have used live ammunition, tear gas and stun grenades against mostly young and unarmed protesters, killing more than 280 people. | Iraqi leaders agreed on Sunday that electoral reforms…
telesurenglish.net/news/Protesters-Iraqi-Police-Continue-Battle-on-Baghdad-Streets-20191111-0003.html
How the Syrian Democratic Forces Were Suddenly Transformed into \"Kurdish Forces\"
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-11
That wars end very differently to our own expectations — or our plans — was established long ago. That \"we\" won the Second World War did not mean the Americans would win the Vietnam war, or that France would vanquish its enemies in Algeria. Yet the moment we decide who the good guys are, and who the evil…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/11/how-the-syrian-democratic-forces-were-suddenly-transformed-into-kurdish-forces/
Tulsi Gabbard lawyer demanding retraction from Hillary Clinton over \'defamatory\' Russian asset smear
rt.com | 2019-11-11
A lawyer for presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard is demanding that Hillary Clinton retract her \"defamatory\" comments alleging that the anti-war Democrat is a Russian asset and Moscow\'s \"favorite\" for the 2020 election. | In a letter to Clinton seen by the Hill, Gabbard\'s legal counsel said Clinton \"knew it was false\" when she accused the Hawaii congresswoman of being a Russian asset. \"Your statement is defamatory, and we demand that you retract it immediately,\" Gabbard\'s lawyer wrote in the letter, demanding a verbal response from Clinton. | This fabricated story is so facially improbable that it is actionabl…
rt.com/usa/473173-gabbard-clinton-lawyer-defamation/
The Houthis Are Preparing for a Planned Israeli Attack on Yemen
Ahmed Abdulkareem | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-11
There are strong indications that Israel is planning to launch airstrikes against Yemen under the pretext of preventing an Iranian military presence from taking hold, much as it did in Syria and Iraq.
mintpressnews.com/houthis-preparing-planned-israel-attack-yemen/262730/
US-backed Colombian military kills eight children in bombing, attempts cover-up
wsws.org | 2019-11-11
The brazenness of military repression to defend the highest levels of inequality in the world is the result of over a century of imperialist oppression.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/11/colo-n11.html
The Secret of Cuba\'s Success: International Solidarity
Nino Pagliccia | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-11
Once again the international community represented at the United Nations General Assembly on November 7 has spoken and voted to reject overwhelmingly the financial and economic blockade (embargo) imposed by the United States against Cuba through unilateral sanctions. The US blockade has been imposed in an escalating progression over the last 57 years with the…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/11/the-secret-of-cubas-success-international-solidarity/
Ex-Ecuador leader Correa says Bolivia\'s Morales was forced out in \'coup\' and OAS is \'an instrument of US domination\'
rt.com | 2019-11-11
Former leader of Ecuador Rafael Correa said the resignation of Bolivian President Evo Morales was the result of a coup d\'etat and that events could have ended in worse violence, if the socialist leader had not resigned. | \"Of course there was a coup d\'etat,\" Correa told RT Spanish in an exclusive interview on Monday, explaining that such an insubordination of the country\'s armed forces \"cannot exist in a constitutional state of law\" or democracy. \"If Evo Morales did not resign, there would have been a bloodbath because there was no public order,\" he said. | Morales resigned on Sunday at the demands of Bolivia\'…
rt.com/news/473156-correa-morales-coup-oas/
Former Ecuadorean President Condemns Coup In Bolivia, OAS
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-11
Former Ecuadorean leader Rafael Correa said the resignation of Bolivian President Evo Morales was the result of a coup and that events could have ended in worse violence if the socialist leader had not resigned. | RELATED: | Mexico Grants Evo Morales Political Asylum | In an exclusive interview with RT, Correa condemned the coup in Bolivia a…
telesurenglish.net/news/ex-ecuadorian-president-condemns-coup-in-bolivia-is-us-tool–20191111-0007.html
Trans Community Leader Found Murdered in El Salvador
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-11
A social nonprofit in El Salvador condemned on Saturday the murder of transgender woman Jade Diaz, a well-known community leader in the east of the country. | RELATED: | Trans Asylum-Seeker Dies After Being Denied Healthcare by ICE | Comunicando y Capacitando Trans ( Comcavis Trans) said that Diaz had disappeared on the night of Nov. 6 and her body was discovered on Saturday morning. | \"We demand that the government carry out…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trans-Community-Leader-Found-Murdered-in-El-Salvador-20191111-0008.html
And the Armies That Remained Suffer\'d: Veterans, Moral Injury and Suicide
Matthew Hoh | commondreams.org | 2019-11-11
Think now of young men or women home from Iraq or Afghanistan, Somalia or Panama, Vietnam or Korea, the woods of Europe or the islands of the Pacific, what they have done cannot be undone, all the words of assurance that their actions were not murder cannot be justified, and nothing can clean the haunting blood from their hands. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Robert Reeves) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/forever_war_0.jpeg …
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California police arrest woman for delivering stillborn baby with drugs in its system
wsws.org | 2019-11-11
California police arrested 25-year-old Chelsea Cheyenne Becker on a charge of 1st degree murder last week after she delivered a stillborn baby with methamphetamine in its system.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/11/drug-n11.html
Oakland 2030 Equitable Climate Action Town Hall (2 of 2)
City of Oakland, Oak.Climate Action Coalition | indybay.org | 2019-11-11
Lincoln Square Recreation Center, 250 10th St, Oakland, CA 94607…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/10/18827986.php
The Greatest Scam in History: How the Energy Companies Took Us All
Naomi Oreskes | commondreams.org | 2019-11-11
In 2006, for instance, the Royal Society of the United Kingdom documented ExxonMobil\'s funding of 39 organizations that promoted \"inaccurate and misleading\" views of climate science. (Photo: Johnny Silvercloud/cc/flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/exxonknew_0_0.jpeg …
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New UN forestry project bids to help countries meet climate change commitments
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-11
More than two dozen countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America are set to benefit from a UN project to help tackle climate change through better forestry management.
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Wildfire to Wildflowers: Restoring California Lands for Climate Justice
Friends of Sausal Creek | indybay.org | 2019-11-11
Oakland Public Library: Dimond Branch, 3565 Fruitvale Avenue, Oakland 94602…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/11/18828005.php
SoMa Piano Trio presents a Concert for the Climate
Napa Climate NOW | indybay.org | 2019-11-11
Napa Methodist Church, 625 Randolph St, Napa 94559…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/11/18828006.php
The Greatest Scam in History: How the Energy Companies Took Us All
Naomi Oreskes | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-11
It\'s a tale for all time. What might be the greatest scam in history or, at least, the one that threatens to take history down with it. Think of it as the climate-change scam that beat science, big time. Scientists have been seriously investigating the subject of human-made climate change since the late 1950s and…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/11/the-greatest-scam-in-history-how-the-energy-companies-took-us-all/
Eleven thousand scientists warn of climate emergency
wsws.org | 2019-11-11
Forty years of climate negotiations among capitalist governments have done nothing to alter the trajectory towards environmental and humanitarian catastrophe.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/11/clim-n11.html
US Policy: Global Climate Crisis Not Our Problem. Really?
William Boardman | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-11
By withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, the US is effectively saying the global climate crisis is not our problem. This is American exceptionalism run amok. The US acts as if it can opt-out of the only planet we have because, well, because we\'re special. This is not logical, this is not practical, this is …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/us-policy-global-climate-crisis-not-our-problem-really/
The Greatest Scam in History Is Taking Us All Down
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-11
It\'s a tale for all time. What might be the greatest scam in history or, at least, the one that threatens to take history down with it. Think of it as the climate-change scam that beat science, big time. | Scientists have been seriously investigating the subject of human-made climate change since the late 1950s and political leaders have been discussing it for nearly as long. In 1961, Alvin Weinberg, the director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, called carbon dioxide one of the \"big problems\" of the world \"on whose solution the entire future of the human race depends.\" Fast-forward nearly 30 years and, in 19…
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Four Russia-linked tycoons donated around £2.7m to Tories. Putin must be delighted
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2019-11-11
While the Intelligence and Security Committee ( ISC) report on alleged Russian interference in UK elections continues to languish, The Canary has conducted a search of the UK Electoral Commission database. The search was on political donations by four Russia-linked oligarchs. | From this source, the total donations came to a whopping £2,578,909.38 (or £2,768.909.38 if including what appear to be additional payments by Lubov Chernukhin). Nearly all the donations went to the Conservative Party or in…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/11/11/four-russia-linked-tycoons-donated-around-2-7m-to-tories-putin-must-be-delighted/
False start: Stefanos Tsitsipas downs Russia\'s Daniil Medvedev in ATP Finals opener
rt.com | 2019-11-11
Greek tennis ace Stefanos Tsitsipas opened his ATP Finals campaign by beating US Open finalist Daniil Medvedev of Russia 7-6, 6-4 in London. | Both debutants of the season-ending finale held their serve in first set, before Tsitispas gained the upper hand in the tie-break. | READ MORE: Solid and confident: Novak Djokovic destroys debutant Matteo Berrettini in Nitto ATP Finals curtain-raiser | Fourth seed Medvedev, 23, had several chances to break his Greek opponent in the second set, however it was Tsitsipas who…
rt.com/sport/473162-daniil-medvedev-stefanos-tsitsipas-atp-finals/
In Berlin Wall speech, Pompeo advances crusade against Russia and China
wsws.org | 2019-11-11
In a hypocritical address invoking a worldwide crusade for \"freedom,\" Pompeo escalated US threats of global war.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/11/pers-n11.html
Impeaching a President and Impeachment and Corruption
Matthias Rossbach and Mark Tushnet | indybay.org | 2019-11-11
Resisting \"corruption\" has occupied the American republic since its origin – along with the search for \"virtuous leaders.\" The impeachment process was understood as a remedy for corruption. The violation of the people\'s trust through abuse of office – the misuse of power for one\'s enrichment, the missing orientation in the common good – is the reason for removal.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/11/18828008.php
Impeachment crisis: Democrats, Trump maneuver ahead of televised hearings
wsws.org | 2019-11-11
The line-up of witnesses for the first week of televised hearings is remarkable since it consists entirely of State Department officials who still work for the Trump administration testifying publicly against their own boss.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/11/impe-n11.html
Facebook and YouTube remove posts naming CIA impeachment whistleblower
wsws.org | 2019-11-11
Facebook and YouTube have taken the extraordinary step of censoring social media content on their platforms that mention the name of the CIA whistleblower behind the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/11/face-n11.html
Trump Is Controlling the Narrative On Impeachment
John Atcheson | commondreams.org | 2019-11-11
It\'s not that Trump understands rhetoric. He doesn\'t. But he\'s like an idiot savant, in that he has an innate capacity to use rhetoric effectively. (Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/dj.png …
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Turkey\'s Other Weapon Against the Kurds: Water
Alexandra Marvar | thenation.com | 2019-11-11
Turkey\'s Other Weapon Against the Kurds: Water…
thenation.com/article/turkey-syria-iraq-kurds/
Iran begins enriching 12 times as much uranium, in further departure from nuclear deal that US ditched
rt.com | 2019-11-11
Tehran has radically ratcheted up its production of low-enriched uranium after rebooting production at two facilities. The uptick comes as Iran moves further away from the 2015 nuclear deal that was ditched by the US last year. | Iran is now producing at least 5.5 kilograms (12 pounds) of low-enriched uranium per day, Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, told journalists on Monday, as cited by AP. Previously Tehran had been producing a mere 450 grams (1 pound) each day. | The increase is the result of Iran restarting production at two of its facilities, Natanz and Fordo. The mo…
rt.com/news/473145-iran-nuclear-enrichment-increase/
Election in Spain Only Deepens Political Uncertainty
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-11
No clear mandate in Sunday vote raises the prospect of a fifth vote in as many years. Far-right party\'s surge in support is an added worry.
truthdig.com/articles/election-in-spain-only-deepens-long-term-political-uncertainty/
Turkey\'s Syria \'Ethnic Cleansing\' In US Memo, US Can Shoot \'Any Syrian\' Over Oil & A Bolivia Coup
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-11
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 …
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