Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez Unveil Another Life-Changing Policy
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-14
Framing the climate crisis as both an existential threat and a \"tremendous opportunity\" to fundamentally transform American society, Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Thursday unveiled a Green New Deal for Public Housing that would eliminate carbon emissions from federal housing, invest $180 billion over ten years in retrofitting and repairs, and create nearly 250,000 decent-paying union jobs per year. | \"Faced with the global crisis of climate change, the United States must lead the world in transforming our energy system away from fossil fuel to sustainable energy,\" Sanders, a 2020 Democr…
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Golpe en Bolivia fue liderizado por dirigente cristiano paramilitar, fascista y millonario — con apoyo extranjero
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-14
Luis Fernando Camacho, el líder del golpe en Bolivia es un multimillonario de extrema derecha que emergió de los movimientos…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/14/golpe-bolivia-cristiano-fascista-millonario-extranjero/

New Zealand cabinet minister echoes fascist gunman\'s manifesto
wsws.org | 2019-11-14
The NZ First MP\'s calculated rant, with its fixation on \"birth rates\" and scare-mongering over \"legions\" of immigrants, mirror the Christchurch terrorist\'s fascist screed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/14/jone-n14.html

Why Aren\'t People in the US Rising Up Like Those Elsewhere in the World?
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies | commondreams.org | 2019-11-14
Demonstrators wave flags as they take part during the day of cultural activities \'El Derecho a Vivir en Paz\' called by \'Movimiento Unidad Social\' at Plaza O\'Higgins on October 27, 2019 in Santiago, Chile. Unidad Social, an organization conformed by various social groups, has called society to be part of cultural activities in defence of human rights and against abuses, under the slogan #NoMasAbusos (No more abuses) people demand Sebastian Pi√±era\'s Government attention to issues such as health care, pension system, privatization of water, public transport, education, social mobili…
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Dreamers Tell Trump and SCOTUS They Are Here to Stay
Sonali Kolhatkar | commondreams.org | 2019-11-14
Immigration rights activists take part in a rally in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on November 12, 2019. (Photo: Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-11818855831.jpg …
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John Roberts Holds Dreamers\' Lives in His Hands
Marjorie Cohn | truthdig.com | 2019-11-14
The chief justice, who cast conflicting votes in two recent immigration cases, is the wild card in the Supreme Court case about DACA.
truthdig.com/articles/john-roberts-holds-the-lives-of-millions-of-dreamers-in-his-hands/

Bolivia Does Not Exist
Vijay Prashad | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-14
On November 10, Bolivia\'s President Evo Morales Ayma was removed from office. Technically Morales resigned, but the conditions for his resignation had been set by the Bolivian oligarchy (egged on for thirteen years by the United States government, as Noam Chomsky and I indicated in this statement the day before the coup). Having won re-election …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/bolivia-does-not-exist/

China\'s vision for the future is \"Give Peace a Chance\"
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-14
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. John Lennon was a peace activist. No wonder he was ostracized, considered enemy number one by …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/chinas-vision-for-the-future-is-give-peace-a-chance/

North Korea Not Interested in December Peace Talks with US
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-14
North Korea said on Thursday it has been offered a fresh meeting with the United States, but is uninterested in more talks aimed at \"appeasing us\" ahead of a year-end deadline Pyongyang has set for Washington to show more flexibility in their negotiations. | RELATED: | North Korea Breaks off Nuclear Talks With US in Sweden | Kim Myong Gil, the North\'s nuclear negotiator, said in a report carried by state media that Stephen Biegun, his U.S. counterpart who jointly led last month\'s faile…
telesurenglish.net/news/North-Korea-Not-Interested-in-December-Peace-Talks-with-US-20191114-0002.html

Bolivia crisis: UN chief sends envoy to support peace, amidst renewed clashes
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-14
UN chief António Guterres announced on Thursday that he had appointed a Personal Envoy who would be travelling to Bolivia later in the day, to offer support to national leaders, following the departure of former president, Evo Morales.
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Celebrating Peace: A Work in Progress
Robert C. Koehler | commondreams.org | 2019-11-14
In 1954, Armistice Day was replaced with Veterans Day, and so our public celebration of peace and an end to war became a rally to \"support the troops,\" a state and federal day off, and a platform for military recruitment. (Photo: Archive/File) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/worldwar1_0.jpeg …
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Letter-Writing Session for Leonard Peltier; Demand an End to the Elder Unit Lockdown!
Jon Britton | indybay.org | 2019-11-14
San Jose Peace & Justice Center | 48 S Seventh St., San Jose, CA 95112…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/13/18828089.php

\"We Don\'t Want Any Dictators\": Bolivians Flood Streets to Protest Military Coup
Eoin Higgins | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-14
Unrest continued in Bolivia Thursday as protests against the right-wing coup that unseated democratically-elected President Evo Morales on Sunday.
theantimedia.com/bolivians-flood-streets-protest-military-coup/

Catapulting Hong Kong into democracy? Media glorifies ANARCHY & \'novel, defensive\' anti-police weapons of protesters
rt.com | 2019-11-14
As anti-China protesters transform Hong Kong universities into \"weapons factories\" and arm themselves with petrol bombs, mainstream media is increasingly impressed by their ingenious and \"novel\" methods of taking on riot police. | Universities across Hong Kong are shuttering their doors and foreign students fleeing the chaos, as protesters hurl bricks, fire javelins, construct \"watchtowers\" and start fires on campuses, insisting that they have \"no choice\" but to resort to the most violent methods. | pic.twitter.com/WKPPXvO0Wl
rt.com/news/473491-hong-kong-weapons-arsenal-catapult/

If I Had A Hammer
David Rovics | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-14
Ôªø Can a hundred thousand people with sledgehammers change the world? The past few weeks have seen so many developments in the world. Such as absolutely massive, ongoing and very militant protests happening in a multitude of countries. Not just in capital cities, but throughout countries like Ecuador, Chile, Lebanon, Iraq, Algeria, Sudan, in places …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/if-i-had-a-hammer/

Death Toll in Iraq Exceeds 300 Since Start of Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-14
At least four protesters were killed and more than 65 wounded on Thursday in clashes with Iraqi security forces who were trying to push them back to their main camp in central Baghdad, police and medical sources said. | RELATED: | Protesters, Iraqi Police Continue Battle on Baghdad Streets | The protests erupted in early October over economic hardship and endemic graft. The government responded with some measures such as handouts for the poor but the protesters are now demanding an…
telesurenglish.net/news/Death-Toll-in-Iraq-Exceeds-300-Since-Start-of-Protests-20191114-0004.html

Mexico\'s LeBaron Massacre and the War That Will Not Cease
Laura Carlsen | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-14
Murder by organized crime, the presumed culprit, is the stuff of daily news here since the drug war was launched in late 2006. But the massacre of women and children, members of a powerful and well-known agribusiness family, in a remote area on the border of Chihuahua and Sonora where they have lived for a century, on the surface makes no sense. A crime this notorious, involving US citizens, brings down major binational heat on a drug cartel, something they normally try to avoid.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/14/mexicos-lebaron-massacre-and-the-war-that-will-not-cease/

Foreign Correspondent: A New Arab Spring in Lebanon and Iraq
Reese Erlich | progressive.org | 2019-11-14
Once again, people in the Middle East want democratic reforms and an end to corruption and foreign domination.
progressive.org/dispatches/new-arab-spring-lebanon-iraq-erlich-191114/

Venezuelan Embassy Attacked in Brazil
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-11-14
Bolsonaro denied any prior knowledge of the attack.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14723

UN agency sounds alarm: Dwindling agrobiodiversity \'severe threat\' to food security
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-14
To help ensure the most-consumed foods don\'t disappear in the face of the climate crisis, farmers must cultivate crops able to resist environmental shocks and other stresses, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) highlighted in a new set of conservation guidelines published on Thursday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051411

Green Strategy: To beat climate change, humanity needs socialism
W. T. Whitney Jr. | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-14
Marc Brodine, author of Green Strategy, will appear at a book talk on Nov. 14, 2019 at 6 p.m. at the People\'s Forum in New York, located at 320 West 37th Street. Copies of the book will be available. Humans may not survive. Reports from the UN\'s Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change provoke images of …
peoplesworld.org/article/green-strategy-to-beat-climate-change-humanity-needs-socialism/

Joining Youth and Age on the Climate Crisis
Michael Lyon | indybay.org | 2019-11-14
Street Level Community Room, Park Branch Library | 1833 Page St. San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/12/18828081.php

Extinction Rebellion: Rebellion against whom?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-11-14
Through the global climate strike and mass demonstrations for the planet launched by Greta Thunberg, an entire generation has gotten a taste of political action, understanding the need for dramatic change to deal with environmental degradation. It is in this context that the group Extinction Rebellion (XR) has struck a chord. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/14/extinction-rebellion-rebellion-against-whom/

Italian mayor blames Venice flooding on climate change
Ashley Curtin | nationofchange.org | 2019-11-14
Venice saw the highest tide in 50 years on Tuesday night threatening many monuments throughout the historic city putting it in a state of emergency. With 45 percent of the city flooded, Venice is asking for the government\'s help, the Tide Forecasting and Reporting Center of Civil Protection reported. The high tide reached 6 feet, …
nationofchange.org/2019/11/14/italian-mayor-blames-venice-flooding-on-climate-change/

Incinerating Logic: Bush Fires and Climate Change
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-14
Despite the Internet, connectivity, and linking technologies, distance has not shrunk the Australian sense of self, an often provincial appraisal of the world seen in slow motion and stills. Whether it\'s the \"flower revolution\" or Michel Foucault, trends and ideas are often delayed, and seem almost cutely anachronistic by the time they make landfall down…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/14/incinerating-logic-bush-fires-and-climate-change/

In Our Future Climate Dystopia, This Is What the Pentagon Will Do
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-14
The Situation Room, October 2039: the president and vice president, senior generals and admirals, key cabinet members, and other top national security officers huddle around computer screens as aides speak to key officials across the country. Some screens are focused on Hurricane Monica, continuing its catastrophic path through the Carolinas and Virginia; others are following Hurricane Nicholas, now pummeling Florida and Georgia, while Hurricane Ophelia lurks behind it in the eastern Caribbean. | On another bank of screens, officials are watching horrifying scenes from Los Angeles and San Diego, where millions of…
truthdig.com/articles/in-our-future-climate-dystopia-this-is-what-the-pentagon-will-do/

Incinerating Logic: Bush Fires and Climate Change
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-14
Despite the Internet, connectivity, and linking technologies, distance has not shrunk the Australian sense of self, an often provincial appraisal of the world seen in slow motion and stills. Whether it\'s the \"flower revolution\" or Michel Foucault, trends and ideas are often delayed, and seem almost cutely anachronistic by the time they make landfall down …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/incinerating-logic-bush-fires-and-climate-change/

To Confront Climate Change Humanity Needs Socialism
W. T. Whitney | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-14
Humans may not survive. Reports from the UN\'s Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change provoke images of land masses drowning, fleeing populations, starvation, terrible droughts, terrible storms, migrating diseases, new deserts, and intolerable heat. It\'s an \"ecological Armageddon,\" says one expert. We hear about \"the sixth extinction,\" the geologic epoch that is our own. It\'s called…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/14/to-confront-climate-change-humanity-needs-socialism/

Climate Confusion, Angst, and Sleeplessness
Robert Hunziker | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-14
Climate change is a nagging issue for many people because it is so big, diverse, and overwhelming, as big as the planet itself. So, how to explain climate change? Sociologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and even anthropologists and economists have tackled the phenomenon of Climate Weltschmerz, meaning people experience angst as the enormity of climate change overrides…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/14/climate-confusion-angst-and-sleeplessness/

US oil prepares for \'Plan B\' if Democrats take the White House
rt.com | 2019-11-14
US oil producers are preparing for an abrupt change in federal government policies in case a Democrat wins the 2020 vote, with almost 3 million barrels in daily production at stake if this happens. | This is the average amount of oil produced on federal land, according to Rapidan Energy Group, which also said, as quoted by S&P Global Platts, any curb on oil production would also hamper the development of the Permian, the Bakken shale, and the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska. | Such a curb would be all but certain. Climate change seems to be the top priority for Democratic voters, so candidates are deliver…
rt.com/business/473457-us-oil-democrats-2020/

Democrats begin impeachment hearings with denunciations of Russia
wsws.org | 2019-11-14
The first day of public, televised hearings demonstrates that in the impeachment conflict two right-wing factions of the ruling class are fighting out differences over foreign policy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/14/impe-n14.html

Stop Comparing the Trump Impeachment Probe to Watergate
Joan Walsh | thenation.com | 2019-11-14
Stop Comparing the Trump Impeachment Probe to Watergate…
thenation.com/article/trump-impeachment-watergate/

Trump\'s Drug Deal Goes to Congress: Impeachment, Day One
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-14
Trump\'s primary defense as argued by his tools in Congress and through his own tweets seems to be \"I know I am but what are you?\" He isn\'t denying his misdeeds and abuses of power, just arguing that he can do whatever he wants because he\'s president and that every other politician does the same thing so what\'s the problem? It\'s not really much of a defense, but in the puerile world that is US politics and especially Trumpist politics, he could get away with it. Any explanation that Trump demanded what he did from Zelensky is because he is a businessman only serves to verify my understanding of Trump\'s businesses[…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/14/trumps-drug-deal-goes-to-congress-impeachment-day-one/

Public impeachment hearing reveals new phone call confirming Trump conspiracy
John Wojcik, Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-14
WASHINGTON–The nation watched the opening of public hearings yesterday in which, for only the fourth time in U.S. history, an imperiled president faced the prospect of impeachment and removal from office. William B. Taylor, Jr., the top American diplomat in Ukraine, and George P. Kent, the State Department employee officially in charge of Ukraine policy, …
peoplesworld.org/article/public-impeachment-hearing-reveals-new-phone-call-confirming-trump-conspiracy/

How Will Americans Remember Donald Trump?
Aaron Ross Coleman | thenation.com | 2019-11-14
How Will Americans Remember Donald Trump?
thenation.com/article/trump-impeachment-legacy/

Social Media Censorship Reaches New Heights as Twitter Permanently Bans Dissent
Mnar Muhawesh | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-14
| | It\'s an open secret. The deep state is wo…
mintpressnews.com/social-media-censorship-twitter-permanently-bans-dissent/262807/

Imperialist imprint in Bolivia coup
Farooque Chowdhury | mronline.org | 2019-11-14
Imperialist imprint in the just carried out Bolivia coup is visible. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/14/imperialist-imprint-in-bolivia-coup/

Top Bolivian coup plotters trained by U.S. military\'s School of the Americas, served as attachés in FBI police programs
Jeb Sprague | mronline.org | 2019-11-14
Commanders of Bolivia\'s military and police helped plot the coup and guaranteed its success. Before they were educated for insurrection through the US military\'s notorious School of the Americas and FBI training programs. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/14/top-bolivian-coup-plotters-trained-by-us-militarys-school-of-the-americas-served-as-attaches-in-fbi-police-programs/

Argentina: Congress Rejects the Coup d\'Etat in Bolivia
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-14
Both chambers of the Argentine parliament on Wednesday passed resolutions to condemn the coup d\'etat against Bolivia\'s President Evo Morales. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Over 4000 Twitter Accounts Created to Legitimize Coup | In the Senate, both the Left and the Right presented draft resolutions to condemn the ongoing political events in the neighboring Andean cou…
telesurenglish.net/news/Argentina-Congress-Rejects-the-Coup-dEtat-in-Bolivia-20191114-0001.html

5 fast facts about the military coup in Bolivia and what you can do
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-11-14
Despite what the mainstream media headlines would have you believe, a coup is underway in Bolivia. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/14/5-fast-facts-about-the-military-coup-in-bolivia-and-what-you-can-do/

Three Common Privacy Misconceptions That Companies Love
Jay Stanley | aclu.org | 2019-11-14
A significant number of Americans hold significant misconceptions about their privacy, according to opinion research — misconceptions that privacy-invading companies love. That\'s according to research on American understandings of privacy carried out over the past couple decades by the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, lead by Prof. Joseph Turow, whom I recently heard give a talk summarizing these studies. | Misconceptio…
aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/three-common-privacy-misconceptions-that-companies-love

At Least 12 Dead Following Coup in Bolivia
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-14
At least 12 Bolivians have been killed and more than 530 injured by the violence that escalated in Bolivia following the coup against constitutional president Evo Morales, denounced the Ombudsman\'s Office. | RELATED: | Argentina: Congress Rejects the Coup d\'Etat in Bolivia | The human rights agency explained on its official website that among the injured are women, children, adolescents and journalists. | In turn, the institution – created in 1994 by constitutional mandate – posted on it…
telesurenglish.net/news/At-Least-12-Dead-Following-Coup-in-Bolivia-20191114-0008.html

Syria begins deploying troops in northeast along Turkish border — Damascus
rt.com | 2019-11-14
Syrian state media is reporting that government forces have started deploying in areas close to the Turkish border in the northeast. Troops are deploying between the towns of Jawadiyeh and Malkiyeh, also known as Derik, according to SANA. | The deployment began on Thursday, and Syrian border guards will be positioned at six points near to the border, state TV reported. | The deployment is part of a deal reached between Russia and Turkey last month along much of the northeastern boundary that seeks to ensure Kurdish fighters leave the area, AP said. Russia and Turkey began joint patrols along a narrower strip d…
rt.com/newsline/473470-syria-troops-turkey-border/

Renewal of cross-border aid operation critical to northern Syria: UN relief chief
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-14
The top UN humanitarian official was in the Security Council on Wednesday to appeal for the renewal of an operation that delivers life-saving food and other aid relief to some four million civilians in northern Syria.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051421

Turkey Wont Give Up Russian Missile System: Erdogan
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-14
Turkey\'s president Tayyip Erdogan said Washington was not right to propose that Ankara get rid of the Russian S-400 missile defenses it purchased, calling it an infringement of sovereign rights, according to Turkish media. | RELATED: | Turkey\'s Erdogan Announces Capture of Al-Baghdadi\'s Wife | In a meeting at the White House on Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump urged Erdogan to abandon the S-400 systems that began arriving in Turkey in July despite threats of sanctions from Washin…
telesurenglish.net/news/Turkey-Wont-Give-Up-Russian-Missile-System-Erdogan-20191114-0007.html

Getting shirty: Russia refuse to wear new Adidas kit because manufacturer \'got flag the wrong way round\'
rt.com | 2019-11-14
Getting the flag colors the right way round might seem a fundamental requirement in manufacturing a kit for a national team, but that is reportedly the sticking point between the Russian football team and sportswear giant Adidas. | The Russian national side and German kit-maker unveiled team\'s new red home strip for next year\'s European Championships at a glitzy ceremony last week. | Stanislav Cherchesov\'s men, who have already qualified for the European showpiece, were due to wear the kit for their final two group games, against Belgium on Saturday and San Marino on Tuesday. | –ú–ã […
rt.com/sport/473467-russia-refuse-new-adidas-kit-flag/

Trump\'s V-Day visit to Moscow would be \'the right thing to do\' even during election season — Putin
rt.com | 2019-11-14
As Russia prepares to celebrate the May 2020 anniversary of the defeat of the Nazis in World War II, President Vladimir Putin said that a visit from Donald Trump would be \"the right thing to do,\" even during an election campaign. | …
rt.com/news/473496-putin-trump-moscow-visit/

\'I\'d say he won, no doubt\': Artem Lobov delivers verdict on Jason Knight\'s bathroom brawl ahead of bare-knuckle rematch
rt.com | 2019-11-14
Artem Lobov has declared rival Jason Knight the winner of a bathroom brawl that caused a sensation on social media ahead of their much-anticipated rematch in the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship on Saturday. | Fans are hoping for a classic to mirror their first encounter when American Knight aims for revenge against Russian-born Lobov, who enters as strong favorite having won their initial, bloody contest on the thinnest of judging margins earlier this year. | The second contest between the pair is being hyped as the most exciting fight since the championship launched in 2018, not least because its organizer…
rt.com/sport/473477-artem-lobov-jason-knight-bareknuckle/

Russia-bashers eat their own? Ukrainian ex-minister accuses Bellingcat of being infiltrated by…Kremlin agents?
rt.com | 2019-11-14
A website obsessed with blaming Russia for everything — using Google Earth to support its airtight theories — has been infiltrated by Russian agents, according to a Ukrainian MP and former minister. But does it even make sense? | Our strange saga begins with a very level-headed Facebook post penned by Ukraine\'s former minister of veterans affairs and current member of parliament, Iryna Friz, who expressed deep displeasure with a recent Bellingcat \'investigation\' revealing that Ukraine\'s Ministry of Veterans Affairs had ties to far-right figures (oh no, who could have guessed?). | In her post, Friz…
rt.com/news/473450-bellingcat-ukraine-fsb-infiltrated/

Zunzi (尊子) Political Cartoon Expo
Northern California Hong Kong Club | indybay.org | 2019-11-14
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall | 836 Stockton St, San Francisco, California…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/12/18828085.php