Staff (2019-12-14). Fighting Rages Near Libya\'s Capital Amid Push by Rebel Army. truthdig.com The country may be plunged into a bout of violence rivaling the scale of the 2011 conflict that ousted and killed Moammar Gadhafi.

Andre Vltchek (2019-12-14). Indigenous Bolivia Ready to go to War Against Fascism. dissidentvoice.org Bolivia, December 2019, three weeks after the fascist coup. It is devilishly cold. My comrade\'s car is carefully navigating through the deep mud tracks. Enormous snow-covered mountain peaks are clearly visible in the distance. The Bolivian Altiplano; beloved, yet always somehow hostile, silent, impenetrable. So many times in the past I came close to death …

The Canary (2019-12-14). Nicola Sturgeon warns Johnson he cannot \'bludgeon Scotland into accepting his view\'. thecanary.co Boris Johnson cannot \"bludgeon\" Scotland into seeing the world in the same way that he does, Nicola Sturgeon has said.She spoke with Johnson in a phone call on Friday following the election in which the SNP won 48 of the 59 Scottish seats.Downing Street said that in the call, Johnson \"made clear how he remained opposed to a second independence referendum\".However, speaking at the V&A Museum in Dundee on Saturday as she joined her party\'s newly-elected MPs, Sturgeon insisted it is unsustainable for the Tories to keep saying no to a fresh vote. | Of her phone call with the PM, she added: I wasn\'t sure how much he\'d…

Staff (2019-12-14). U.N. Climate Talks in Limbo as Chair Chile Bids for Compromise. truthdig.com Rules for carbon markets and a system to help poor countries cope with the economic impact of climate change are key unresolved issues.

Ben Norton (2019-12-14). Gobierno de EEUU retira los cargos falsos contra periodista Max Blumenthal. thegrayzone.com El gobierno estadounidense desistió la causa basada en falsas acusaciones de agresión contra el editor de The Grayzone Max Blumenthal…

WSWS (2019-12-14). Southern Poverty Law Center report highlights abusive conditions in US immigration detention centers. wsws.org The report was based on a comprehensive study of four adult immigrant detention facilities in southern Florida.

WSWS (2019-12-14). Julian Assange denied access to lawyers and vital evidence in US extradition case. wsws.org It is clear that the fundamental legal rights of the WikiLeaks founder and world-famous investigative journalist are being trampled in what amounts to an extraordinary rendition.

WSWS (2019-12-14). SEP/IYSSE public meeting in Colombo: Free Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning! wsws.org We urge all workers, youth and all those who cherish democratic rights to come forward and defeat the attack on Assange and Manning.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-12-14). The US-NATO-Israel Sponsored Al Qaeda Insurgency in Syria. Who Was Behind the 2011 \"Protest Movement\"? globalresearch.ca It was not a protest movement, it was an armed insurgency integrated by US-Israeli & allied supported \"jihadist\" death squads. From Day One, the Islamist \"freedom fighters\" were supported, trained & equipped by NATO & Turkey\'s High Command.

William T. Hathaway (2019-12-14). The Mother of Us All: Ancient India\'s Vedic Civilization. dissidentvoice.org Researchers have determined that the Vedic culture of India was the first global civilization. They have uncovered archeological and historical evidence indicating that the society which began millennia ago in the Indus Valley grew to encompass all of South Asia, then spread peacefully to many parts of the world. Science and technology in ancient India …

IMEMC News (2019-12-14). Over 2000 Palestinians Participate in Peaceful Protest at Gaza Border. imemc.org Over 2,000 Palestinians gathered in various parts of the Gaza Strip on Friday to take part in the weekly \'March of Return\' protests. The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that five Palestinians were shot with live rounds fired by the army across the perimeter fence. One of the wounded Palestinians …

Fight Back (2019-12-14). Hong Kong local election results: Remarkably unremarkable and counter-revolutionary to boot. fightbacknews.org On November 24, Hong Kong held local elections for all 18 district councils in the city, with 452 of the 479 council seats up for grabs. Amid the polarized political atmosphere created by the protests and riots that gripped the city this year, turnout was much higher than past local elections. In total, 2,931,745 people cast ballots for their local district councils; about 71% of the 4,132,977 registered voters. | The U.S. and its allies in the corporate news media were quick to trumpet the results as a smashing success for the pro-Western protest movement, which elected 388 candidates to district councils. In co…

IMEMC News (2019-12-14). Soldiers Attack Palestinian Protesters Near Ramallah. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of Palestinian protesters near Beit El military roadblock, north of Ramallah in central West Bank. Eyewitnesses said dozens of Palestinians marched in the area of Beit El illegal colony, and were chanting against the ongoing Israeli occupation, its escalating violations against the people, their homes …

Staff (2019-12-14). ALEC Behind Ohio Bill Criminalizing Protests Against Fossil Fuel Infrastructure. truthout.org When anti-protest legislation pushed by oil, gas and utility interests was introduced in the Ohio state Senate this year, it met a receptive audience and passed easily on a mostly party-line vote. It has since moved to the state House, where almost one-third of legislators are ALEC members, and will likely pass at the beginning of 2020. | The legislation, SB 33, is modeled…

South Front (2019-12-14). Video: Latin America, Geopolitical Battlefield. U.S. Threatens Military Intervention. globalresearch.ca Latin America has long been regarded as the exclusive stomping ground of US economic interests, US military, and US intelligence services for much of the 19th and 20th centuries, to the point that the US public has grown to view …

Stephen Lendman (2019-12-14). NAFTA 2.0: Revising the 1994 Agreement. globalresearch.ca According to the Wall Street Journal, it\'s a \"template for deals to come,\" adding: | \"The new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (has) implications for agreements beyond North America, including new bilateral deals being contemplated for China, Japan, the European Union, and the UK.\" …

Stephen Lendman (2019-12-14). China-US \"Phase One\" Trade Deal: The Devil in the Unannounced Details and Implementation. globalresearch.ca According to China\'s official People\'s Daily broadsheet, Beijing and Washington \"agreed on the text of a phase one economic and trade agreement based on the principle of equality and mutual respect,\" adding: | \"The text includes nine chapters: the preface, intellectual …

WSWS (2019-12-14). US tests INF-banned missile after Democrats rubber-stamp Trump\'s nuclear build-up. wsws.org The test comes just days after congressional Democrats voted for a massive military spending bill that stripped out language limiting the development of dangerous new nuclear weapons.

teleSUR (2019-12-14). Venezuela: Maduro Attends Anti-Neoliberal ALBA Summit in Cuba. telesurenglish.net Venezuela\'s President Nicolas Maduro attends the 17th summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of America (ALBA-TCP), which is taking place in Havana, Cuba, on Saturday. | RELATED: | Venezuelan Oil Production Sets Historical Record in November | \"At such a complex time for Latin America and the Caribbean, this ALBA summit brings a message of ho…

Caitlin Johnstone (2019-12-14). Someone Interfered in the UK Election, and It Wasn\'t Russia. globalresearch.ca Ladies and gentlemen I have here at my fingertips indisputable proof that egregious election meddling took place in the United Kingdom on Thursday. | Before you get all excited, no, it wasn\'t the Russians. It wasn\'t the Chinese, the Iranians, Cobra …

Eurasia Diary (2019-12-14). Arms Control. UN General Assembly Adopts Five Russian Resolutions. globalresearch.ca The United Nations General Assembly voted in favour of five draft resolutions addressing arms control, disarmament and international security earlier submitted by Russia at the UN\'s First Committee, Eurasia Diary reports citing Sputnik. | Three of the documents adopted late Thursday …

Staff (2019-12-14). Climate Policy Should Reflect the Resilience of Northern Indigenous Communities. truthout.org This year, Canada experienced record-breaking temperatures across the nation, with a larger increase above normal temperatures in the north than in the south. Canada\'s annual average temperature has warmed 1.7C since 1948, but in northern Canada it has increased by 2.3C. | The Canadian North is feeling t…

Dan Bacher (2019-12-14). Central Valley Water Board Approves Grasslands Water District Permit. indybay.org \"Toxins in water impact fish, divide indigenous families from traditional foods, and can cause permanent learning disabilities in children,\" stated Sherri Norris, executive director of the California Indian Environmental Alliance. \"Many of these toxins cannot be removed from water once it enters into the system. It\'s imperative that we protect all of California\'s water from these toxins.\"

Nauman Sadiq (2019-12-14). \"The Good Terrorists\": How U.S. Airstrikes Helped Prop Al-Qaeda in Syria\'s Idlib? globalresearch.ca Al-Qaeda in Syria has two noteworthy apologists. One is the jihadist propagandist Bilal Abdul Kareem, a former correspondent for CNN, often seen in videos sporting a long beard and reporting from the ground in the al-Nusra Front strongholds in …

Danica Jorden (2019-12-14). Bolsonaro\'s Revisionist History of Brazil. commondreams.org Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro\'s administration is embarking on a project of cultural and historical revision.

Andre Vltchek (2019-12-14). Nunca vi o Mundo tà£o fragmentado! globalresearch.ca É impressionante a facilidade com que o império ocidental está a conseguir destruir os países \"rebeldes\" que està£o no seu caminho, sem que haja resistência. | Trabalho em todos os cantos do planeta, onde os \"conflitos\" kafkianos forem desencadeados por Washington, …

Andrew Korybko (2019-12-14). Prime Minister Modi Triggers Political Instability in India\'s Northeastern States. globalresearch.ca Indian Prime Minister Modi has a huge crisis on his hands entirely of his own making after some of the ethno-religiously diverse Northeastern States of the so-called \'Seven Sisters\' are erupting in rage after the passage of the \'Citizenship (Amendment) …

Joseph Thomas (2019-12-14). US Seeks Thai Opposition for Anti-China Alliance at ASEAN Summit. globalresearch.ca Why is the US talking \"democracy, human rights and justice\" with an opposition who lost recent elections, abuses human rights and works daily to undermine and evade justice? | Time was precious at the 35th ASEAN Summit. Leaders from across Southeast …

John LaForge (2019-12-14). O Juiz que criticou o \"culto da Bomba\" globalresearch.ca Numa dada circunstância, o Juiz do Distrito Federal, Miles Lord, que faleceu em 10 de Dezembro de 2016, aos 97 anos de idade, poderia ter-me aplicado uma sentenàßa de dez anos. Longe disso, o famoso Juiz sem rodeios, que era …

WSWS (2019-12-14). NDP props up Trudeau, joins Conservatives in demanding tougher anti-China stance. wsws.org The true character of the NDP\'s \"opposition\" to the Liberals and the Conservatives—the Canadian ruling class\' traditional parties of national government—was laid bare in two recent parliamentary votes.

Anthony Ravlich (2019-12-14). Becoming backward or taking society forward. indybay.org The human rights omissions of the United Nations has determined western civilization and global freedom for decline. There is a desperate need for intelligent males from a western culture to take society forward. The UN agenda aims to eliminate freedom of thought which led to major human accomplishments and the dominance of western culture.

Binoy Kampmark (2019-12-14). A Mined History: The Bougainville Referendum. dissidentvoice.org It would be an understatement to claim that Bougainville, that blighted piece of autonomous territory in Papua New Guinea, had been through a lot. Companies have preyed upon its environment with extractive hunger. Wars and civil strife have beset its infrastructure and economy. Some 900 kilometres from the PNG mainland, it has been what might …

Staff (2019-12-14). Following Warren and Sanders, Candidates Vow Not to Cross Picket Line for Debate. truthout.org As the hospitality workers\' union Unite Here Local 11 said that next week\'s Democratic presidential debate could be threatened by stalled contract negotiations for workers at Loyola Marymount University, which is hosting the debate, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders led the Democratic field in announcing they would be on the side of the workers if a deal is not reached in the coming days. | Warren tweeted early Friday afternoon that she would \"not cross the union\'s picket line even…

IMEMC News & Agencies (2019-12-14). 200 International Organizations Support Call to ICC on Palestine. imemc.org An impressive international coalition of 185 civil society organizations has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open a formal investigation, into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, without further delay. The ICC has been engaged in a preliminary investigation for almost …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-12-14). No Visits to Holy Sites for Christians in Gaza. imemc.org Christians from the Gaza Strip will not be allowed to visit holy sites in Bethlehem and Jerusalem to celebrate Christmas this year, the so-called Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced Thursday. Only Christians over the age of 45 will be eligible for a permit to travel …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2019-12-14). Samidoun Releases Statement in Support of SAIA York and Palestinian Students\' Right to Organize. imemc.org Photo credit: Students Against Israeli Apartheid at York University Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network expresses our strongest solidarity with Students Against Israeli Apartheid at York University (SAIA York) and denounces the decision of York University president Rhonda Lenton to suspend SAIA as an organization after its members were the victim …

Saed Bannoura (2019-12-14). Israeli Soldiers Attack Several Palestinians In Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday evening, several Palestinians at the entrance of the Shuhada Street, in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers, stationed on the permanent military roadblock at the entrance of Shuhada Street, assaulted with clubs …

IMEMC News (2019-12-14). Illegal Colonists Hurl Stones At Palestinian Cars Near Bethlehem. imemc.org A group of fanatic Israeli colonialist settlers, squatting on illegally confiscated Palestinian lands, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, hurled stones at Palestinian cars, causing damage. Thiab Masha\'la, the head of the al-Jab\'a Village Council, southwest of Bethlehem, said the Israeli assailants came from the illegal Beit Ayin …

IMEMC News & Agencies (2019-12-14). Canada\'s Latest UN Stance Fails To Affirm Commitment To Palestinians\' Political Rights. imemc.org by Ramona Wadi, Days of Palestine UN resolutions on Palestine are given more prominence than the Palestinian people themselves. What happens within the UN premises sets an agenda that is difficult to challenge, mainly because international consensus rarely makes it beyond resolution texts to implementation. As a result, an unexpected …

IMEMC News (2019-12-14). Soldiers Abduct The Head Of Shu\'fat Town Council. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, the head of Shu\'fat Town Council, and a member of the council, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem. Media sources said the soldiers abducted the head of the Town Council, Ishaq Abu Khdeir, and a member of the council, Nasser Abu Khdeir. The two were apparently taken …

Michael T. Hertz (2019-12-14). Water waste must stop. nationofchange.org The whole wastewater system is contributing to climate change.

Staff (2019-12-14). NAFTA 2.0 Does Little to Reverse the Damage of Its Predecessor. truthout.org On Tuesday morning, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that Democrats had reached a deal with the Trump administration to advance the United States—Mexico—Canada Agreement (USMCA), also referred to as \"NAFTA 2.0.\" In explaining the deal, she said: \"There is no question of course that this trade agreement is much better than NAFTA.\" | Progressives have criticized Pelosi for potentially handing President Trump a political victory during both an impeachment process and an approachin…

Staff (2019-12-14). Ukrainian Foreign Influence Operation Bankrolled by Secret Donors. truthout.org Foreign agents peddling influence for a controversial Ukraine politician were part of a coordinated effort bankrolled through a secretive network of shell companies and offshore entities, according to new foreign lobbying records. | The foreign influence operation centered around Ukraine\'s former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, who ran against now-President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine\'s 2019 pre…

Staff (2019-12-14). House Judiciary Committee Recommends Impeachment of Donald Trump. truthout.org On Friday the 13th of December, the House Judiciary Committee approved two articles of impeachment against Donald Trump. After a 14-hour hearing, the committee voted 23-17, along party lines, to recommend to the House of Representatives that Trump be impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. | Article I: Abuse of Power: | Article I charges: \"Usin…

WSWS (2019-12-14). Queen & Slim: An African-American couple on the run. wsws.org In Queen & Slim, a racist white policeman is killed in the act of assaulting two young black people. Relying on certain aspects of reality, the film creates a largely mythological picture to justify a strand of rabid identity politics.

Moveon (2019-12-14). Impeach & Remove Events in East Bay Area Cities. indybay.org Events in East Bay cities: El Cerrtio, Walnut Creek, Emeryville, San Ramon, Castro Valley…

Indivisible SF Peninsula and CA-14 (2019-12-14). Impeach and Remove Rally. indybay.org In front of Ana Furniture Across the street from the Hillsdale Mall | 3011 S El Camino Real | San Mateo, CA 94403…

Patty Hoyt (2019-12-14). Impeach and Remove Rally, San Rafael. indybay.org San Rafael\'s City Plaza (1000 4th St. between \"A\" St. & Lootens near Arizmendi Bakery)…

SF Indivisible, Progressive Democrats, others (2019-12-14). Impeach & Remove: Rally and March in San Francisco. indybay.org San Francisco Federal Building @ 90 7th Street, on the corner of Mission and 7th streets, San Francisco, CA 94103…

Moveon (2019-12-14). Impeach and Remove Events in Wine Country (Sonoma & Napa Counties). indybay.org Events in Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Sonoma, Napa, Healdsburg…