Dreamforce Rally – No Salesforce Tech for Concentration Camps
DSA San Francisco | indybay.org | 2019-11-18
Howard St between 3rd & 4th St – Just outside Dreamforce Entrance…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/17/18828191.php

Immigrants Feel Broaden Risk During Fires
Ryan Gopar | indybay.org | 2019-11-18
This is an opinion piece on the anxiety endured by the immigrant population. While referencing events in northern California, the climate of fear is throughout all of the United States. This piece is meant to raise awareness of and for immigrants, in relation to the Public Charge Rules.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/15/18828131.php

Jesus would not get a UK visa under proposed immigration system, says Archbishop of Canterbury
rt.com | 2019-11-18
If a point-based immigration system touted by PM Boris Johnson is introduced, the likes of Jesus would be turned down at the UK border, said Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, taking a thinly-veiled jab at the idea. | \"Our founder Jesus Christ was of course not white, middle class and British – he certainly wouldn\'t have got a visa – unless we\'re particularly short of carpenters,\" said the highest ranking bishop in the country speaking at the CBI business conference in London on Monday. His tongue-in-cheek criticism of the proposed immigration system elicited laughter and a round of applause from the audie…
rt.com/uk/473749-jesus-visa-immigration-system/

How to Save the Planet and Ourselves
Chris Hedges | commondreams.org | 2019-11-18
A banner is hung across a roadway while people participate in direct action with Extinction Rebellion on April 17, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/climate-emergency-nyc-955px.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/18/how-save-planet-and-ourselves?cd-origin=rss

Another Death Penalty Horror: Stark Disparities in Media and Activist Attention
Stephen Cooper | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-18
On November 12, intrepid abolitionist Sister Helen Prejean tweeted to her legions of followers: \"What do Sen. Ted Cruz, Gigi Hadid, Kim Kardashian, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, and me all have in common? We\'re among a growing local and national movement asking Texas @GovAbbott to stop the scheduled Nov. 20 execution of #RodneyReed[.]\" But for Twitter\'s…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/18/another-death-penalty-horror-stark-disparities-in-media-and-activist-attention/

Syrian War Refugee Mother & Daughter in Canada Want to Bring Family to Ottawa
John Malkin | indybay.org | 2019-11-18
Interview with Syrian war refugee Walaa Ibrahim, who emigrated to Ottawa, Canada with her young daughter in November, 2018. Activists are now raising funds to bring Walaa\'s parents and brother to Canada. Includes interviews with activists who helped bring Walaa and Kadar to Canada.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/15/18828154.php

Celebrating Peace: A Work in Progress
Robert Koehler | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-18
Veterans For Peace, an organization that speaks truth to war like nobody else, is attempting to reclaim Armistice Day, the Nov. 11 holiday that was flipped on its head 65 years ago when it was renamed Veterans Day — and became a celebration not of the end of war but of its perpetuity. The name…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/18/celebrating-peace-a-work-in-progress/

Missed Opportunity to Recall a Day to \'Perpetuate Peace\'
Janine Jackson | commondreams.org | 2019-11-18
A close-up of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Jonathan Cutrer/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/media-fail-veterans-day.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/18/missed-opportunity-recall-day-perpetuate-peace?cd-origin=rss

U.S. Angers Palestinians With Reversal on Israeli Settlements
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-18
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Monday softened the U.S. position on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, reversing four decades of American policy and further undermining the effort to gain Palestinian statehood. | Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that the U.S. is repudiating the 1978 State Department legal opinion that held that civilian settlements in the occupied territories are \"inconsistent with international law.\" Israeli leaders welcomed the decision while Palestinians and other nations warned that it undercut any chance of a broader peace deal. | Pompeo told reporters at…
truthdig.com/articles/u-s-angers-palestinians-with-reversal-on-israeli-settlements/

Ending Endless War From the Right
Maj. Danny Sjursen | truthdig.com | 2019-11-18
They sure didn\'t look the part. These weren\'t a bunch of stereotypical hippie peaceniks. As I surveyed the room in the beautiful DC brownstone which hosted the BringOurTroopsHome.us opening night reception, I saw well-built, well-dressed men and women, many still sporting military-style haircuts (though often with a well-groomed beard). Instead of tie-dye shirts, I spied some flag-lapel pins, a few Trump 2020 ball caps, and even a big old cowboy hat. Yet all these relatively young combat veterans were gathered in the nation\'s capital last week with a common cause: endi…
truthdig.com/articles/ending-endless-war-from-the-right/

US Says Israel Settlements Not Illegal Under International Law
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-18
The United States abandoned Monday its 40-year-long position announcing Israel\'s settlements in the occupied West Bank are not \"inconsistent with international law.\" In doing so the North-American country effectively endorsed Israel\'s right to build settlements, further hindering an already stuck peace process. | RELATED: | Trump \'Frustrated\' With Netanyahu Amid Israel\'s Political Impasse | \"The establishment of Israeli civilian settlements is not, per se, inconsistent with in…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Says-Israeli-Settlements-Are-Not-Illegal-Under-International-Law–20191118-0009.html

Fight Bolivia\'s Coup, The Resistance: Indigenous Workers Build Self Defense Committees
Tatiana Cozzarelli | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
After weeks of increasing right-wing protests, the Bolivian military demanded on Sunday that President Evo Morales resign. The protests had reached a fever pitch, with the police joining the side of the right-wing in the streets demanding the president\'s ouster….
globalresearch.ca/indigenous-workers-build-self-defense-committees-fight-bolivia-coup/5695207

Bolivia\'s U.S.-backed Coup Government Has Given the Military a License to Kill Protestors
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
The de facto and unelected president of Bolivia, Jeanine àÅñez, signed a decree that exempts all military personnel from being criminally responsible, even in the cases of murder, in the midst of demonstrations against the coup d\'etat that ousted …
globalresearch.ca/bolivia-us-backed-coup-government-given-military-license-kill-protestors/5695284

Bolivia Faces Ethnic Cleansing, Racism and South African-Style Apartheid?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
Post-coup Bolivia is at risk of Croatian-style ethnic cleansing and South African-like apartheid unless the protesters succeed in putting substantial international pressure on the new \"authorities\" and ensuring that genuinely free and fair elections are held as soon as possible …
globalresearch.ca/bolivia-faces-ethnic-cleansing-racism-and-south-african-style-apartheid/5695262

Campus Under Siege as Hong Kong Police Battle Protesters
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-18
HONG KONG — As night fell on Hong Kong, police tightened their siege of a university campus where hundreds of protesters were trapped in the latest dramatic episode in months of protests against growing Chinese control over the semi-autonomous city. | The Asian financial center\'s workweek began Monday with multiple protests that disrupted traffic, while schools remained closed because of safety concerns stemming from the demonstrations, which began in June but have become increasingly violent in recent weeks. | The pitched battle for control of the campus of Hong Kong Polytechnic University has been the cen…
truthdig.com/articles/campus-under-siege-as-hong-kong-police-battle-protesters/

Arrow-wielding Rioters Barricade in Hong Kong Polytechnic University
CGTN | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-18
All eyes are on Hong Kong as police and rioters remain locked in a standoff. Anti-government protesters have barricaded a university campus, attacking police forces who have closed in on them, with various weapons including bow and arrow.
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/arrow-wielding-rioters-barricade-in-hong-kong-polytechnic-university/

Student protesters are walking a tightrope in Hong Kong
Dave Lindorff | nationofchange.org | 2019-11-18
The whole world is watching Hong Kong.
nationofchange.org/2019/11/18/student-protesters-are-walking-a-tightrope-in-hong-kong/

Chinese soldiers appear on Hong Kong streets for first time since protests began
wsws.org | 2019-11-18
The use of PLA troops to clear roadblocks in Hong Kong is a thinly veiled threat that the Chinese military could be used to violently suppress the protest movement.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/18/hong-n18.html

Another Failed US-Backed Coup Attempt in Venezuela Goes Unnoticed
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-18
Despite heavy backing from US officials, the coup attempt fell completely flat as Venezuela\'s armed forces failed to defect to Juan Guaidó\'s side and few opposition protesters trickled into the streets.
mintpressnews.com/juan-guidos-latest-coup-attempt-venezuela-ends-was-a-massive-flop/262870/

Protestors Massacred in Post-Coup Bolivia
Olivia Arigho-Stiles | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-18
Eight are dead and hundreds injured in a week of bloodshed after Bolivia\'s former President Evo Morales was forced to resign from power last Sunday. | In this slim window of time, an interim unelected president has been installed, anti-coup protesters have been shot dead by the police and hundreds of foreign citizens have been expelled from the country, including over 700 Cuban doctors and Venezuelan diplomats. In total, 24 have died in a month of protest and turmoil.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/18/protestors-massacred-in-post-coup-bolivia/

Venezuelans Protest Bolivia Coup After Diplomatic Break
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-11-18
The de facto government in La Paz has broken relations with Caracas and recognised Guaido.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14725

Fuel price hikes lead to mass protests and state repression in Iran
Tom Anderson | thecanary.co | 2019-11-18
Protests are ongoing across Iran against a recent hike in fuel prices. They began on 15 November, after the Iranian government announced an end…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/11/18/fuel-price-hikes-lead-to-mass-protests-and-state-repression-in-iran/

Leaked Iranian Intelligence Reports Expose Tehran\'s Vast Web of Influence in Iraq
James Risen | theintercept.com | 2019-11-18
In mid-October, with unrest swirling in Baghdad, a familiar visitor slipped quietly into the Iraqi capital. The city had been under siege for weeks, as protesters marched in the streets, demanding an end to corruption and calling for the ouster of the prime minister, Adil Abdul-Mahdi. In particular, they denounced the outsize influence of their neighbor Iran in Iraqi politics, burning Iranian flags and attacking an Iranian consulate. | The visitor was there to restore order, but his presence highlighted the protesters\' biggest grievance: He was Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani, head of Iran\'s powerful Quds Force, and h…
theintercept.com/2019/11/18/iran-iraq-spy-cables/

Iran: Economic Blockade and Crowd Protests Were Also How the US Made the 1953 Coup
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2019-11-18
The situation in Iran eerily resembles that in summer, 1953. (Photo: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/imperialism.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/18/iran-economic-blockade-and-crowd-protests-were-also-how-us-made-1953-coup?cd-origin=rss

Hundreds pack hearing to protest Trump administration proposal to dredge San Francisco Bay
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-11-18
\"Deepening the Bay to accommodate bigger vessels carrying dirty tar sands crude oil puts communities along the water and near the refineries at risk,\" said Isabella Zizi, Climate Campaigner at Stand.earth and member of Protect the Bay.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/15/18828132.php

Major Victory as EIB Ends Fossil Fuel Financing by 2021
Andy Rowell | commondreams.org | 2019-11-18
An Extinction Rebellion protester holds up a placard saying \"Divest from climate change\" on October 14, 2019 in London, England. (Photo by John Keeble/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-11809997791.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/18/major-victory-eib-ends-fossil-fuel-financing-2021?cd-origin=rss

Protesters rally outside Japan\'s 1st arms show amid fears of a return to WWII-era militarism (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2019-11-18
Some 200 protesters gathered outside a convention center near Tokyo to demonstrate against the government-backed DSEI Japan exhibition, the country\'s first-ever arms show. | The Japanese government is hoping to garner interest from weapons manufacturers in a bid to boost its own arsenal to help counter looming regional threats from China and North Korea. | Ê≠ª\"ÅÆÂï܉∫∫\"Åä\"Åì\"Å®\"Çè\"Çä Ê≠¶Âô®Ë¶ãÊú¨&…
rt.com/news/473706-protesters-japan-arms-fair/

Brutal repression as Bolivian coup regime tries to defeat mass protests
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-11-18
For almost 14 years, Bolivia\'s government has been an example of how democratic socialism can be successful. For that reason, the US and its local allies have conspired to…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/18/brutal-repression-as-bolivian-coup-regime-tries-to-defeat-mass-protests/

Support the resistance to the coup in Bolivia
Sam Ordóñez | workers.org | 2019-11-18
Nov. 15 — On Nov. 10, Evo Morales, president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, resigned, along with the vice president and the majority of his cabinet. This happened after the national police abandoned their defense of the elected government and joined right-wing protests, and the Armed Forces announced on . . . | Continue reading Support the resistance to the coup in Bolivia at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/11/44451/

Dictatorship is Preparing for a State of Siege: Evo Morales
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-18
The Bolivian President in exile, Evo Morales, said on Monday that the de facto government established in his nation is preparing for a state of siege to contain the protests against the coup. | RELATED: | Cuban Doctors Arrested, Harassed In Bolivia Return Home Safely | \"After massacreing 24 indigenous people, they now preparing for a State of Siege. It would be the confirmation that instead of respecting democracy, they installed a dictatorship,\" the Bolivian leader said via his Tw…
telesurenglish.net/news/Dictatorship-is-Preparing-for-a-State-of-Siege-Evo-Morales-20191118-0002.html

Anti-Indigenous Violence Escalates as Mass Protests Denounce Coup in Bolivia
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-18
In Bolivia, at least 23 people have died amid escalating violence since President Evo Morales, the country\'s first indigenous president, resigned at the demand of the military last week. Growing unrest quickly turned to violent chaos on Friday outside Cochabamba when military forces opened fire on indigenous pro-Morales demonstrators, killing at least nine people and injuring more than 100. The violence began soon after thousands of protesters — many indigenous coca leaf growers — ga…
truthout.org/video/anti-indigenous-violence-escalates-as-mass-protests-denounce-coup-in-bolivia/

Media Silent as Bolivia\'s New Right-Wing Gov\'t Massacres Indigenous Protesters
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-18
Both the corporate media and human rights groups have been silent as journalists and indigenous protesters have been targeted as Bolivia\'s self-declared right-wing government uses violence to secure its tenuous hold on power.
mintpressnews.com/media-silent-bolivia-massacre-indigenous-protesters/262858/

The Most Impeachable President vs. The Most Hesitant Congress. What Are The Democrats Waiting For?
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-18
Amid the worst Republican President and Republican Party in modern times, the Democrats are playing the politics of low expectations. This is not the time for Democrats to be in disarray. On Capitol Hill, the prevailing view of most Democrats is that they will cling to their House majority and they shouldn\'t expect to regain…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/18/the-most-impeachable-president-vs-the-most-hesitant-congress-what-are-the-democrats-waiting-for/

Western Media Whitewash Bolivia\'s Far-Right Coup
Lucas Koerner | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
Bolivia has a new US-backed puppet leader, and the Western media can hardly conceal their adulation. | Jeanine àÅñez declared herself \"interim president\" in a near-empty Senate chamber on November 12, proceeding to don the presidential sash with the assistance of …
globalresearch.ca/western-media-whitewash-bolivia-far-right-coup/5695244

US Dirty Hands Escalate Hong Kong Violence
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
Months of violence and chaos in Hong Kong have US dirty hands all over them. | Orchestrated by the CIA in cahoots with other anti-democratic US agencies and anti-government Chinese hooligans, there\'s nothing spontaneous about what\'s going on endlessly. | Days earlier, …
globalresearch.ca/us-dirty-hands-escalate-hong-kong-violence/5695259

Hardline US Senators Call for Combatting China
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
On November 12, a joint press release by US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hardliners Chris Coons, Jeff Merkley, Marco Rubio, and Todd Young called for combatting China. | The so-called Global Economic Security Strategy Act of 2019 (GESS) is all about …
globalresearch.ca/hardline-us-senators-call-combatting-china/5695247

Michael Lynk\'s UN Report on Israeli Settlements Speaks the Truth, But the World Refuses to Listen
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-18
He\'s a very tall man with bright eyes and a broad smile, and he holds out a great paw when he greets you. But Michael Lynk is no gentle giant. He may teach human rights law at the Western University in London, Ontario, but as the UN\'s special rapporteur on human rights in the occupied…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/18/michael-lynks-un-report-on-israeli-settlements-speaks-the-truth-but-the-world-refuses-to-listen/

From the Rubble of the U.S. War in Iraq, Iran Built a New Order
Jeremy Scahill | theintercept.com | 2019-11-18
The chaos unleashed by the U.S. invasion allowed Iran to gain a level of influence in Iraq that was unfathomable during the reign of Saddam.
theintercept.com/2019/11/18/us-iraq-invasion-iran/

Russia-Africa Relations: Writing off Soviet Era Debts. Miltary-Technical Cooperation
Kester Kenn Klomegah | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
Long seen as a strategic partner, Russia has opened a new chapter and started building better relations with Africa, and most significantly made its move by writing off Africa\'s debts accumulated from the Soviet era. After the Soviet collapse, Russia …
globalresearch.ca/russia-africa-relations-writing-off-soviet-era-debts-miltary-technical-cooperation/5695218

After Al-Baghdadi, Islamic State Is Being Headed by Shura Council
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
In July 2015, the security officials of Afghanistan and Pakistan were holding an important meeting in Islamabad to initiate a dialogue process with the Taliban when the Afghan National Directorate of Intelligence publicly announced that Taliban chief Mullah Mohammed Omar…
globalresearch.ca/after-al-baghdadi-islamic-state-headed-shura-council/5695251

China, USA and the Geopolitics of Lithium
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
For several years since the global push to develop mass-scale Electric Vehicles, the element Lithium has come into focus as a strategic metal. Demand is enormous in China, in the EU and in the USA at present, and securing control …
globalresearch.ca/china-usa-and-the-geopolitics-of-lithium/5695346

The US-Sponsored Coup that Ousted Evo Morales. Bolivia\'s Partnership with China in Lithium Production
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
Any human being who values justice and freedom would condemn the coup that ousted the Bolivian president Evo Morales on the 10th of November 2019. | Morales obtained 47.08 % of the vote to secure a fourth term as president …
globalresearch.ca/coup-ousted-morales/5695281

Brazil\'s Amazon Guardians Respond to Killing of Paulo Paulino
Native News Online | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
We\'ve lost a great warrior in our fight. They murdered our friend, our brother, our tireless companion in the defence of the forest, Paulo Paulino \"Lobo\" Guajajara. | We\'re mourning and our hearts are hurting. | Lobo was killed because he …
globalresearch.ca/amazon-guardians-respond-killing-paulo-paulino/5695293

US Politicians Ruthless in Pushing Hong Kong Bill in US Senate, Condone Mob Violence
Global Times | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
A 70-year-old cleaner died Thursday night after being struck with a brick thrown by rioters during a Wednesday street clash. He was the first Hong Kong resident directly killed from street clashes since the unrest was sparked by the since-withdrawn …
globalresearch.ca/us-politicians-pushing-hong-kong-bill/5695225

Self-proclaimed Guaido Congratulates the New Self-proclaimed in Bolivia: Believe It or Not
Orinoco Tribune | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
Today Wednesday, the deputy president of the National Assembly in contempt and \"self-proclaimed\" Juan Guaidó congratulated the president in charge — and also \" self-proclaimed \" — of Bolivia, Jeanine àÅñez, after the coup d\'etat was consummated in that …
globalresearch.ca/guaido-congratulates-new-self-proclaimed-bolivia/5695231

US Threatens Sanctions on Serbia, Scrambles to Thwart Possible Russian S-400 Missile Defense Purchase
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
In a largely unreported but hugely important story that played out this week in the Balkans, Washington is putting immense pressure on Serbia to shelve future plans for acquiring Russia\'s advanced S-400 air defense missile systems. | The controversy began …
globalresearch.ca/us-threatens-sanctions-on-serbia-scrambles-to-thwart-possible-russian-s-400-missile-defense-purchase/5695201

Cuba\'s Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM): 20 Years True to Fidel\'s Humanist Thought
Granma | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
Cuba\'s President, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, presided the 20th anniversary celebration of the Latin American School of Medicine (ELAM), which he described as \"a visionary project founded to improve the quality of life of those who were born and died …
globalresearch.ca/elam-20-years-true-fidel-humanist-thought/5695223

A History of U.S. Economic Warfare, from WWII to the Present
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
On the Global Research News Hour we do our best to cover a wide spectrum of topics from the environmental crisis to economic and geopolitical analysis to debunking war pre-text narratives. | We welcome listener support to maintain and improve the …
globalresearch.ca/a-history-of-u-s-economic-warfare-from-wwii-to-the-present/5695139

\"Unearthing Justice\": Canada\'s Mining Industry, Environmental and Social Impacts
Richard Fidler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
The mining industry continues to be at the forefront of colonial dispossession around the world. It controls information about its intrinsic costs and benefits, propagates myths about its contribution to the economy, shapes government policy and regulation, and deals ruthlessly …
globalresearch.ca/unearthing-justice-canadas-mining-industry-environmental-and-social-impacts/5695278

Shut Down the School of the Americas/ WHINSEC
Dévora González | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-18
On November 16, 1989, the US-trained and funded Salvadoran Atlacatl Battalion entered the grounds of El Salvador\'s Central American University (UCA) and brutally murdered six Jesuit priests, sixteen-year-old Celina Ramos, and her mother, Elba Ramos. Nineteen of the twenty-five …
globalresearch.ca/shut-down-school-americas-whinsec/5695234