Trump backs Hong Kong protesters, signs \'human rights\' bill… \'out of respect for President Xi\'?
rt.com | 2019-11-28
President Donald Trump has approved legislation backing Hong Kong\'s \'pro-democracy\' protest movement, disregarding Beijing\'s repeated warnings for Washington to mind its own business and stop meddling in China\'s internal affairs. | Dubbed the \'Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act,\' the bill blazed through both houses of Congress earlier this month with virtually unanimous consent from lawmakers. In addition to threatening sanctions over human rights violations, the law requires the State Department to \"certify\" once a year whether Hong Kong enjoys sufficient \"autonomy,\" though exactly how officials will qu…
rt.com/usa/474514-trump-signs-hong-kong-bills/

Trump\'s impeachment and the US \'national interest\'
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-28
democracy Barry SheppardIssue 1247 United States Donald Trump impeachmentNovember 28, 2019The Democratic impeachment inquiry began when a \"whistleblower\" revealed that US President Donald Trump had pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to open a…
greenleft.org.au/content/trump%E2%80%99s-impeachment-and-us-%E2%80%98national-interest%E2%80%99

How to commit war crimes–and get away with it
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-11-27
U.S. President Donald Trump sacked his Navy secretary on Twitter because he did not follow Trump\'s advice and retain Navy Special Warfare Operator Edward Gallagher, despite Gallagher being accused of stabbing to death a wounded fighter, of murdering a schoolgirl and an elderly man, and then of obstructing justice. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/27/how-to-commit-war-crimes-and-get-away-with-it/

AOC Raised More Money Than Any Other House Democrat in Third Quarter
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-27
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised more money for reelection than any other House Democrat in the third quarter of 2019, an achievement the New York Democrat touted as a testament to the power of grassroots fundraising over schmoozing with corporate lobbyists and wealthy executives. | The New York Post reported late Tuesday t…
truthout.org/articles/aoc-raised-more-money-than-any-other-house-democrat-in-third-quarter/

With the right-wing coup in Bolivia nearly complete, the junta is hunting down the last remaining dissidents
Wyatt Reed | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-27
On the day of my scheduled interview with a leftist Bolivian journalist, I learned that he had been disappeared. Every…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/27/right-wing-coup-bolivia-complete-junta-hunting-dissidents/

270 million people are migrants, who send home a staggering $689 billion
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-27
The number of international migrants in 2019 is now estimated at 270 million and the top destination remains the United States, at nearly 51 million, the UN migration agency said on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1052331

The Lies about Julian Assange Must Stop Now
John Pilger | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-27
Newspapers and other media in the United States and Britain have recently declared a passion for freedom of speech, especially the right to publish freely. They are worried by the \"Assange effect\". It is as if the struggle of truth-tellers like Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning is now a warning to them: that the thugs who dragged …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/the-lies-about-julian-assange-must-stop-now/

Doctors\' open letter defending Julian Assange wins global support
wsws.org | 2019-11-27
An open letter by doctors urging action to save the life of imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has received international media coverage, winning growing support among doctors.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/27/assa-n27.html

Australian PM rejects Pamela Anderson\'s appeal that his government defend Assange
wsws.org | 2019-11-27
The refusal of the Coalition and Labor to uphold Assange\'s rights as an Australian citizen is inextricably tied to their support for the US alliance and their own turn to police state measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/27/morr-n27.html

When Progressives in Congress Let Us Down, We Should Push Back
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-27
Last week, the Democratic leadership put an extension of the Patriot Act into a \"continuing resolution\" that averted a government shutdown. More than 95 percent of the Democrats in the House went along with it by voting for the resolution. Both co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Pramila Jayapal and Mark Pocan, voted yes. So…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/27/when-progressives-in-congress-let-us-down-we-should-push-back/

Asylum Seekers Are Being Misclassified Under Migrant Protection Protocols
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-27
A lawsuit was filed in a federal court in Brownsville, Texas, last Wednesday on the behalf of a 23-year-old woman who fled Honduras and was returned to the streets of Matamoros, Mexico, by U.S. immigration authorities in late July. | The petition filed on the behalf of the woman (identified as X.E.G.M. under conditions of anonymity requested by two San Antonio-based attorneys with San Antonio Region Justice For Our Neighbors) was one of a series of writ of habeas corpus petitions filed on the be…
truthout.org/articles/asylum-seekers-are-being-misclassified-under-migrant-protection-protocols/

Global Warming and the Ozone Layer: What\'s More Dangerous, CO2 or Nuclear War?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Prof. Max Gluckman (1911-1975) showed how ritualized forms of rebellion against those in power \"through a controlled expression of hostility\" ultimately leads to the reinforcement of the established structures of authority. Is that not what is happening today? The movement against capitalism is funded and supported by capitalism.
globalresearch.ca/global-warming-and-the-ozone-layer-whats-more-dangerous-co2-or-nuclear-war/5690216

We\'re Still Waiting for \'Early and Often\' Climate Debate Questions
Julie Hollar | fair.org | 2019-11-27
As the Democratic Party prepared for its first presidential primary debates in June, climate activists pushed the DNC to schedule a single-issue debate on the climate crisis, given the urgency of the problem and the lack of attention given to it in previous debates. DNC chair Tom Perez refused, saying he had \"the utmost confidence\" that climate disruption would be discussed in the debates \"early and often\" (FAIR.org, 6/18/19). | Now that seven nights of debates have passed, and multiple…
fair.org/home/were-still-waiting-for-early-and-often-climate-debate-questions/

20 Years After Battle of Seattle, Activists Reflect on Historic WTO Protests
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-27
Twenty years ago this week, tens of thousands of activists gathered in Seattle to shut down a ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization. Grassroots organizers successfully blocked world leaders, government trade ministers and corporate executives from meeting to sign a global trade deal that many called deeply undemocratic, harmful to workers\' rights, the environment and Indigenous people globally. On November 30, 1999, activists formed a human chain around the Seattle convention center…
truthout.org/video/20-years-after-battle-of-seattle-activists-reflect-on-historic-wto-protests/

Afghanistan Peace Talks More Likely Than Before: US Top General
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-27
The chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff Army General Mark Milley said Wednesday that the chances of a successful outcome from peace talks on ending the 18-year war in Afghanistan were higher than before and could happen in the \"near term.\" | RELATED: | Pentagon Chief in Afghanistan as US Aims to Restart Taliban Talks | \"With a bit of luck, we\'ll have successful negotiations in the near term, not too distant future,\" Milley added as he arrived in Afghanistan o…
telesurenglish.net/news/Afghanistan-Peace-Talks-More-Likely-Than-Before-US-Top-General-20191127-0009.html

How Empowering Women and Girls Can Help Solve the Climate Crisis
Jimmy Carter, Karin D. Ryan | commondreams.org | 2019-11-27
Making sure girls receive equal access to education and professional opportunities will unleash the untapped creativity that could produce needed breakthroughs. (Photo: Greenpeace) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/greenpeace_0.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/27/how-empowering-women-and-girls-can-help-solve-climate-crisis?cd-origin=rss

NATO Is as Good as Dead
Scott Ritter | truthdig.com | 2019-11-27
When the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded some 70 years ago, its first secretary-general, Lord Ismay, famously noted that the purpose of the treaty alliance was \"to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.\" NATO\'s mission was to secure peace in Europe, promote cooperation among its members and guard their freedom by countering the threat posed by the Soviet Union at the time. This latter point was critical–by signing onto…
truthdig.com/articles/nato-is-as-good-as-dead/

Bolivian Police Gas Funeral March in Latest Crack-Down
Olivia Arigho-Stiles | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-27
Last Thursday thousands of people descended into La Paz from El Alto carrying the caskets of eight people shot dead by police earlier that week. Emotions were running high and protestors had tears streaming down their faces. They had assembled peacefully to demand justice.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/27/bolivian-police-gas-funeral-march-in-latest-crack-down/

Video: The Revolution Business: Does the USA Sponsor \"Color Revolutions\" and \"Regime Change\"?
Journeyman Pictures | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
First published in 2011, this carefully researched documentary, how the US manipulate protest movements and carry out \"color revolutions\". | The Revolution Business, 2011 — Consultants are helping people countries like Ukraine and Egypt build a foundation of knowledge in order …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-revolution-business-does-the-usa-sponsor-color-revolutions-and-regime-change/5518741

US Stands by Colombia Govt during Protests, Pompeo tells Duque
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-27
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed \"steadfast support\" to Colombia\'s far-right government as it faces public protests and marches against economic austerity plans, corruption and police violence, President Ivan Duque in a phone call on Wednesday, according to a State Department spokeswoman. | RELATED: | Colombia: Protests Intensify After a Young Man Was Shot Dead | \"Secretary Pompeo reaffirmed the United States\' steadfast support for the government of Colombia in its ef…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Stands-by-Colombia-Govt-during-Protests-Pompeo-tells-Duque-20191127-0011.html

With American Help, Lebanon Once Again Nears the Abyss
Charles Glass | thenation.com | 2019-11-27
With American Help, Lebanon Once Again Nears the Abyss…
thenation.com/article/lebanon-protest-syrian-war/

The High Crimes of Selling Churros and Loosies in NYC
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-27
Within about a half hour of going into an apartment complex in Harlem in New York City, I came out to hundreds of demonstrators chanting at the entrance to the ramp that leads to the Madison Avenue Bridge. That ramp connects the boroughs of the Bronx and Manhattan. Some protesters held signs reading Black Lives…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/27/the-high-crimes-of-selling-churros-and-loosies-in-nyc/

Will Impeachment Affect Trump\'s Reelection Chances?
John Feffer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-27
A protestor at Trump\'s inauguration (Photo: Mark Dixon via Wikimedia Commons) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/impeachment_0.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/27/will-impeachment-affect-trumps-reelection-chances?cd-origin=rss

Colombia: Protests Intensify After a Young Man Was Shot Dead
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-27
Colombian citizens took to the streets on Wednesday to participate in a national strike where expressions of outrage over the death of 18-year-old young Dilan Cruz abound. | RELATED: | Colombia: Strike Committee Rejects Expanded Dialogue With Gov\'t | Through social networks, Colombians were able to watch the precise moment in which an officer of the Mobile Anti-Disturbances Squadron (ESMAD) shot Dilan, who was running to avoid repression. | The scenes show that the police do not fo…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Protests-Intensify-After-a-Young-Man-Was-Shot-Dead-20191127-0005.html

The War on Syria: Vanessa Beeley\'s Lecture Tour in Canada
Ken Stone | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
We are pleased to announce a lecture tour of Canada by the internationally-acclaimed British journalist, Vanessa Beeley. | Ms. Beeley is one of only a handful of journalists in the world qualified to answer questions about the war in Syria …
globalresearch.ca/vanessa-beeley-lecture-tour-syria-canada/5696104

Media Lies About Syria, Trump Flip-Flops, Blunders?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Recently The New York Times featured two op-eds by resident hacks Bret Stephens and Tom Friedman as well as a featured editorial, all on the subject of Syria and how the Trump administration has betrayed the American people. The pieces …
globalresearch.ca/media-lies-about-syria-trump-flip-flops-blunders/5696064

Why the Trump Regime Toppled Bolivia\'s Evo Morales. \"He Wasn\'t Our Guy\"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
In a word, he wasn\'t \"our guy\" in La Paz, Bolivia\'s political capital. | He didn\'t surrender the sovereign rights of the nation and people to US interests. | He was democratically elected and reelected four times, serving from January 22, 2006 …
globalresearch.ca/why-trump-regime-toppled-bolivia-evo-morales/5696096

Turkey Rejects US Demand to Return Russian S-400s
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
The capabilities of Russia\'s S-400 air defense system is unmatched by anything in the West. | China was Russia\'s first foreign buyer, its military saying it \"saw that the S-400 system by its capabilities today is unparalleled in the world in …
globalresearch.ca/turkey-rejects-us-demand-return-russian-s-400s/5696099

How Belfast Prepared Me for the Middle East
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-27
Compared to the Middle East, Northern Ireland was a safe assignment. Tragic, sectarian, brutal, hypocritical; the little civil war — for that is what it was — was what the British army\'s intelligence people called a \"low-intensity\" conflict. We journos did our stories. Then we went home to our rented accommodation in Belfast. And we…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/27/how-belfast-prepared-me-for-the-middle-east/

Israel\'s Next Move: The Real Danger in US Decision to Normalize Illegal Jewish Settlements
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-27
It is hardly shocking that the United States government has finally decreed that illegal Jewish settlements which have been built in defiance of international law, are, somehow, \"consistent\" with international law. US foreign policy has been edging closer towards this conclusion for some time. Since his advent to the White House in January 2017, President …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/israels-next-move-the-real-danger-in-us-decision-to-normalize-illegal-jewish-settlements/

Israel\'s Next Move: The Real Danger in US Decision to Normalize Illegal Jewish Settlements
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-27
U.S. foreign policy regarding the Israeli occupation has become a mere rubber stamp, that allows Israel\'s extreme right-wing government to single-handedly determine the fate of the Palestinian people.
mintpressnews.com/israel-us-decision-normalize-illegal-jewish-settlements/263043/

Evo the \'Terrorist\' and the Weaponization of Fear-Mongering Labels
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
The coup-imposed \"Interior Minister\" of Bolivia demanded that (\"former\") President Morales be jailed for life because of his supposedly \"terrorist\" activities, which amounts to the weaponization of fear-mongering labels for purely political reasons intended to intimidate his majority-indigenous supporters into …
globalresearch.ca/evo-terrorist-weaponization-fear-mongering-labels/5696058

Establishing Fossil-fuel Free (FFF) Communities
Emanuel Pastreich | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
The response to the increasing awareness of the threat of continuing a fossil-fuel driven growth and consumption economic model is a ruthless effort to block out serious reporting on climate change in the media and to downplay is seriousness …
globalresearch.ca/establishing-fossil-fuel-free-fff-communities/5695767

Video: \"Les cendres de la guerre\" with Dr. Ayssar Midani
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Reporting from Joubar, a suburb of Damascus, Dr. Ayssar Midani shines a light on realities of the NATO war against Syria, and against civilization itself. | She takes us to places from which terrorists fired their missiles onto children, men, and …
globalresearch.ca/video-les-cendres-de-la-guerre-with-dr-ayssar-midani/5696071

Iran\'s Barter Trade Deals with China, By-Passing the US-Dollar, \"Dedollarizing\" Her Economy
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
According to a PressTV Report of 24 November, 2019, Iran and China are working on a trade or barter deal that would circumvent US sanctions. It would bypass US-dollar denominated transactions, exchanging Iranian oil for Chinese goods and services and …
globalresearch.ca/iran-barter-deals-china-dedollarizing-economy/5696047

Syria: 70% of Internally Displaced (IDP) Families Have Returned to Their Liberated Villages in Idlib Province
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Idlib liberated villages in the province\'s eastern countryside are being rehabilitated by state\'s workshops which helped the return of the majority of the IDPs to their homes. | Over the past 1.5 years since cleaning these villages form NATO terrorists, and …
globalresearch.ca/70-idp-families-returned-liberated-villages-idlib-province/5696049

Fossil Fuel Divestment Will Increase Carbon Emissions, Not Lower Them — Here\'s Why
Stefan Andreasson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
A global campaign encouraging individuals, organisations and institutional investors to sell off investments in fossil fuel companies is gathering pace. According to 350.org, US$11 trillion has already been divested worldwide. | But, while it may seem a logical strategy, divestment …
globalresearch.ca/fossil-fuel-divestment-increase-carbon-emissions-not-lower-them-heres-why/5696065

The Dangers of Cell Phone Radiation. The Right to Know. Don\'t Put in Your Shirt Pocket
Environmental Health Trust | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Of relevance to the ongoing debate on the health impacts of cell phones. First published on July 10, 2019 | A landmark Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the City of Berkeley\'s cell phone right to know ordinance rejecting industries argument …
globalresearch.ca/the-dangers-of-cell-phone-radiation-the-right-to-know-dont-put-in-your-shirt-pocket/5683223

Boris Johnson\'s Tory Party Manifesto Vows to Ban Boycott Campaigns (BDS) against Israel
Areeb Ullah | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Britain\'s ruling Conservative party has vowed to ban UK public bodies from participating in boycott and divestment campaigns of any foreign country in its manifesto. | The Conservative Party\'s proposals could mean new legislation will bar local government bodies and universities …
globalresearch.ca/boris-johnson-tory-party-manifesto-vows-ban-boycott-campaigns/5696080

BBC Under Increasing Criticism for Biased Reporting
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
It\'s almost as British as fish and chips and a pint, but what used to be embraced by the masses as a reliable source of information, the BBC, is now under increasing scrutiny for its overt political bias. With the …
globalresearch.ca/bbc-under-increasing-criticism-biased-reporting/5696087

A New Pipeline Could Undo America\'s Influence in Asia
Simon Watkins | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
From the moment that the U.S. re-imposed sanctions in earnest on Iran late last year, Pakistan has been looking at ways to resuscitate a deal that had been agreed in principle before the U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive …
globalresearch.ca/new-pipeline-undo-america-influence-asia/5696074

Glyphosate Worse than We Could Imagine. \"It\'s Everywhere\"
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Glyphosate residues have been found in tap water, orange juice, children\'s urine, breast milk, chips, snacks, beer, wine, cereals, eggs, oatmeal, wheat products, and most conventional foods tested. It\'s everywhere.
globalresearch.ca/glyphosate-worse/5674472

The Role of British Universities in Supporting Israel\'s Demolitions of Palestinian Homes
Tom Anderson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Palestinians are calling for people internationally to take action against the companies complicit in Israel\'s systematic demolition of Palestinian homes. This article focuses on British university partnerships with JCB, Caterpillar,…
globalresearch.ca/role-british-universities-supporting-israel-demolitions-palestinian-homes/5696078

The Next American Revolution? Anticipated Civil Unrest
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Preparing For Civil War? | US authorities have for decades become increasingly prepared for mass civil disturbances resulting from government and corporate attacks on American society. We can recall that in the early 1980s the Hidden State launched its open war …
globalresearch.ca/next-american-revolution/5694309

The Problem of Wikipedia
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Over the course of my life I have watched integrity shrivel up and die everywhere in the Western world. It is not like it was ever really abundant, but there was a goodly amount of it, and it had authority. …
globalresearch.ca/problem-wikipedia/5696102

Trump and Netanyahu: A Tale of Two Criminals
Robert Fantina | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
It has been interesting to watch the slow-moving arc of justice, or some semblance of it, at play in Israel and the United States. The trajectories of both nations has been somewhat astounding. | In the United States, the past several …
globalresearch.ca/trump-netanyahu-tale-two-criminals/5696044

The Real Reason America Used Nuclear Weapons Against Japan. It Was Not To End the War Or Save Lives
Washington\'s Blog | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Like all Americans, I was taught that the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in order to end WWII and save both American and Japanese lives. But most of the top American military officials at the time said otherwise.
globalresearch.ca/the-real-reason-america-used-nuclear-weapons-against-japan-it-was-not-to-end-the-war-or-save-lives/5308192

We Can\'t Afford to Banish Politics From the Thanksgiving Table
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-27
I\'ve got no more patience for pundits and their annual calls to not discuss politics at the Thanksgiving table. Take USA Today\'s self-described \"civility expert\" Steve Petrow, who just gave the nation a comical list of nine ways to avoid \"political food fights.\" Rule number 7 reads: \"No baseball caps at the table…. Especially if they say \'Make America Great Again\' or…
truthout.org/articles/we-cant-afford-to-banish-politics-from-the-thanksgiving-table/

Michael Bloomberg\'s Presidential Run Raises Serious Questions About Democracy
Alan Macleod | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-27
Bloomberg has a long history of support for conservative positions, including endorsing George W. Bush\'s War on Terror.
theantimedia.com/michael-bloomberg-presidential-run-raises-questions-about-democracy-free-press/

Trump Says He Will Designate Mexican Drug Cartels as Terrorists
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-27
Unsurprisingly, Mexico is less than thrilled about the prospect of American cross-border attacks on cartel infrastructure and personnel.
theantimedia.com/trump-says-he-will-designate-mexican-drug-cartels-as-terrorists/