Why Elliott Abrams is Smurf villain Gargamel
Anya Parampil | thegrayzone.com | 2019-12-16
Trump Administration Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abram is not only the spitting image of Gargamel; the Smurfs are a…
thegrayzone.com/2019/12/16/elliott-abrams-smurf-villain-gargamel/
Plea for the Liberation of Julian Assange. Response from the Archbishop of Canterbury
Diana Johnstone | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-16
Dear Friends, | The plea which you kindly signed calling on the Archbishop of Canterbury to use his moral influence to bring about liberation of Julian Assange from Belmarsh prison was delivered to Lambeth Palace in London last November 29. On | …
globalresearch.ca/plea-liberation-julian-assange/5697818
Medical Doctors Issue Urgent Australian Appeal to Save Julian Assange
Doctors for Assange | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-16
More than 100 medical doctors have issued an urgent appeal to the Australian government to protect the life of its citizen, imprisoned WikiLeaks journalist and publisher Julian Assange. | The doctors\' action follows warnings from medical and human rights experts that …
globalresearch.ca/medical-doctors-issue-urgent-australian-appeal-save-julian-assange/5697853
Trump Regime Breaching Mandated Judicial Procedures Against Assange
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-16
According to the London Daily Mail, the Trump regime intends to use secret evidence against Assange — undisclosed to him and his legal team, wanting them prevented from preparing a proper defense. | He faces 18 spurious charges under the …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-breaching-mandated-judicial-procedures-against-assange/5697880
After UK government silence, over 100 medical doctors urge Australia to defend Assange
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2019-12-16
On 22 November, over 60 medical doctors signed an open letter to the UK government concerning WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The letter, addressed to the UK home secretary Priti Patel and shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, expressed concerns that Assange \"could die in prison\". Despite wide media coverag…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/12/16/after-uk-government-silence-over-100-medical-doctors-urge-australia-to-defend-assange/
Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Assange\'s threatened extradition, but declares he is \"not a journalist\"
wsws.org | 2019-12-16
The blog post justifying the decision to exclude Julian Assange from a list of imprisoned journalists is shot through with contradictions and double-speak.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/16/cpjj-d16.html
The Danish Orania (a Reply to M.G. Piety)
Andres D. Medellin | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-16
I would have never thought that I would be using the pages of Counterpunch to defend an article that appeared (of all places) in The New York Times. Yet, the contents of M.G. Piety\'s \"A Lesson From the Danes on Immigration\" required some sort of reply. Piety describes the troubles she saw with Brooke Harrington\'s NYT piece…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/16/the-danish-orania-a-reply-to-m-g-piety/
Progressives Need a United Front for Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2019-12-16
Clear differences and a nonaggression pact…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/15/18828927.php
Progressives Need a United Front for Sanders and Warren
Norman Solomon | commondreams.org | 2019-12-16
Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders and Sen. Elizabeth Warren greet each other at the start of the Democratic presidential debate at the Fox Theatre on July 30, 2019, in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/warrensanders_0_0.png …
commondreams.org/views/2019/12/16/progressives-need-united-front-sanders-and-warren?cd-origin=rss
Democrats combine impeachment and collaboration with Trump
wsws.org | 2019-12-16
In the midst of the impeachment inquiry, congressional Democrats are collaborating with Trump on trade war, attacks on immigrants, and massive military build-up.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/16/pers-d16.html
IG report exposes FBI, Congressional, and media deceit in Russia probe
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-12-16
A new report from DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz confirms that the FBI relied on the Steele dossier — a…
thegrayzone.com/2019/12/16/ig-report-exposes-fbi-congressional-and-media-deceit-in-russia-probe/
COP25 Was a Failure, But Activists\' Collective Organizing Was Unprecedented
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-16
The COP25 United Nations climate summit ended in failure Sunday, after negotiators failed to agree to a deal that would limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels — a key goal of the Paris Agreement. Scores of civil society groups condemned governments in the European Union, Australia, Canada and the U.S. for a deal that requires far less action than needed to avert catastrophic climate change. Indigenous leaders and environmentalists blasted the United Nations fo…
truthout.org/video/cop25-was-a-failure-but-activists-collective-organizing-was-unprecedented/
US Gov Claims \"Thousands\" Killed In Iran Based On Unvetted, Unconfirmed Video Sent By [REDACTED]
Activist Post | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-16
It must be coincidence that all of the regimes mentioned in a memo given to General Wesley Clark have been toppled … except Iran, the final mention. US Shocks With Inflated Claim Of 1,000 Iranian Protesters \"Murdered\" By Regime is the headline that highlights the latest narrative to drum up support for an invasion — and …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/conspiracy/us-gov-claims-thousands-killed-in-iran-based-on-unvetted-unconfirmed-video-sent-by-redacted/
Army Injures Several Palestinians Near Nablus
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-12-16
Israeli soldiers injured, on Monday evening, several Palestinians in Sebastia town, north of Nablus, in northern West Bank. Mohammad Azem, the mayor of Sebastia, said several army jeeps invaded the center of the town, before stopping and harassing many Palestinians. Azem added that many Palestinians protested the invasion, and hurled …
imemc.org/article/army-injures-several-palestinians-near-nablus-3/
Impeachment Needs to Move to the Streets
Jeet Heer | thenation.com | 2019-12-16
Impeachment Needs to Move to the Streets…
thenation.com/article/impeachment-protest-streets-trump/
India: The Self-Professed \'World\'s Largest Democracy\' Is Experiencing a Real Social Uprising
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-16
Increasingly violent protests are sweeping the self-professed \"world\'s largest democracy\" as its people fight to protect the secular nature of their state following Prime Minister Modi\'s decision to push forward with a religiously discriminatory citizenship amendment, with this national uprising …
globalresearch.ca/self-professed-world-largest-democracy-experiencing-real-uprising/5697904
\'Afghanistan Papers\' release stirs protest from U.S. war veterans
Michael Kramer | workers.org | 2019-12-16
On Dec. 9, 2019, the Washington Post released an investigative report entitled \"The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War.\" The report was based on a review of hundreds of written and audio interviews conducted by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). Those interviewed included military officers, . . . | Continue reading \'Afghanistan Papers\' release stirs protest from U.S. war veterans at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/12/44905/
Chilean President\'s Disapproval Rating Jumps to 79 Percent
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-16
A recent survey revealed that the disapproval of the management of President Sebastián Piñera increased to 79 percent, two points more than the previous week. | RELATED: | \'Concert for Dignity\' Marks 8 Weeks of Social Unrest in Chile | While support for the Chilean President did not manage to lower or rise, it remained at 13 percent, despite the fact that Piñera focused on a constitutional accusation for human rights violations in the social protests that have occurred in the Sout…
telesurenglish.net/news/Chilean-Presidents-Disapproval-Rating-Jumps-to-79-Percent-20191216-0002.html
Mass Protests Spread in India After Citizenship Law Passes
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-16
Protests over a new Indian citizenship law based on religion spread to student campuses on Monday as critics said the Hindu nationalist government was pushing a partisan agenda in conflict with the country\'s founding as a secular republic. | RELATED: | Indian Police Clashes with Anti-Citizenship Law Protesters | Students pelted stones at police who locked up the gates of a college in the northern city of Lucknow to prevent them from taking to the streets. About two dozen s…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mass-Protests-Spread-in-India-After-Citizenship-Law-Passes-20191216-0001.html
\'Your batons can only break our bones, not our spirit of resistance\'
Peoples Dispatch | peoplesdispatch.org | 2019-12-16
On Sunday, December 15, police in the Indian state of Delhi baton charged and tear gassed students of Jamia Millia Islamia University and laid a siege on nearby Muslim dominated colony. According to reports, police entered university hostels and library, thrashing students and firing tear gas inside the library reading room. Numerous students were injured, with three said to be in critical condition. | The Jamia students and residents were protesting against the discriminatory citizenship law and all India National Register of Citizens being implemented by far-right Indian government.
peoplesdispatch.org/2019/12/16/your-batons-can-only-break-our-bones-not-our-spirit-of-resistance/
Unrest Grows in India Over New Citizenship Law
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-12-16
NEW DELHI–Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India\'s capital, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators held a silent protest in the northeast on Monday to protest a new law giving citizenship to non-Muslims who entered India illegally to flee religious persecution in several neighboring countries. | The protests in New Delhi followed a night of violent clashes between police and demonstrators at Jamia Millia Islamia University. People who student organizers said were not students set three buses on fire and police stormed the university library, firing tear gas at…
truthdig.com/articles/unrest-grows-in-india-over-new-citizenship-law/
Head of UK Israel Lobby Group Announces Gov\'t Plan To Ban Boycotting Israel
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2019-12-16
After an election dogged by the weaponization of anti-Semitism, the victorious UK conservative party has announced a new legislative push that would prevent the public sector from working with any individual or organization that supports a boycott of Israel\'s government.
mintpressnews.com/uk-conservative-ban-boycott-israel-bds/263510/
Afghanistan Papers Proves U.S. Invasion Was Built on Lies, Deceit and Confusion
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-16
The war in Afghanistan, the longest war in American history, is based on lies made by top U.S. officials and was \"idiotic\" as there was no clear plan, according to the documents published by the Washington Post, dubbed the …
globalresearch.ca/afghanistan-papers-proves-u-s-invasion-built-lies-deceit-confusion/5697909
2019: A Year in the Life of Our Escalating Climate Crisis
Dahr Jamail | thenation.com | 2019-12-16
2019: A Year in the Life of Our Escalating Climate Crisis…
thenation.com/article/climate-change-2019/
New WikiLeaks documents expose phony claims of 2018 Syria chemical weapons attack
wsws.org | 2019-12-16
The latest round of revelations makes clear that the US-led regime change operation in Syria has been based on a pack of lies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/16/chem-d16.html
Ltamenah Village: Syrian Military Finds Massive Weapons Left Behind by NATO Terrorists
Miri Wood | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-16
Ltamenah is a village in Hama countryside which the Syrian Arab Army recently cleansed of foreign-owned and armed terrorist savages. Last week, authorities discovered a mass grave. This week, they have found a massive quantity of weapons left behind: …
globalresearch.ca/ltamenah-military-finds-massive-weapons-left-behind-nato-terrorists/5697831
B\'Tselem: To Understand the Violence of Israel\'s Occupation, Know These 30 Stories
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-16
By Hagai El-Ad for +972 Magazine Aishah Abu Laban is 70 years old. It has been 30 years since the fateful day in 1989 when an Israeli soldier shot and killed her daughter Rufaydah, 13, but she will never forget it. Rufaydah, who lived in Dheisheh Refugee Camp, was killed …
imemc.org/article/btselem-to-understand-the-violence-of-israels-occupation-know-these-30-stories/
Israel\'s Haaretz: 256 Cases of Israeli Settlers\' Violence Towards Palestinians
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-16
An increase in Israeli settlers\' aggression against Palestinians and their properties in the West Bank compared to recent years, Alray reported. The Israeli paper Haaretz published data from Israeli security institutions that documented 256 cases of Israeli settlers\' aggression against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Israeli security services expressed …
imemc.org/article/israels-haaretz-256-cases-of-israeli-settlers-violence-towards-palestinians/
Analysis: Jerusalem is at the Heart of the Palestinian Cause
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-16
By: Burak Bir for Anadolu Agency The heart of the Palestinian cause is Jerusalem, and what is happening today in Gaza is for Jerusalem, a Palestinian expert said last week. \"If the heart of the Palestinian cause is Jerusalem, Palestine\'s striking force is Gaza.
imemc.org/article/analysis-jerusalem-is-at-the-heart-of-the-palestinian-cause/
Dozens of Palestinian Workers Suffocate on Tear Gas
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-16
Dozens of Palestinian laborers suffered from tear gas inhalation, on Sunday, as near al-Ziraeia gate, along the Apartheid Wall, west of the town of Qaffin, northeast of the city of Tulkarem, northern occupied West Bank. Alray reported that Israeli forces pursued a group of laborers on their way to their …
imemc.org/article/dozens-of-palestinian-workers-suffocate-on-tear-gas/
B\'Tselem: When You Work for Thirty Years You Learn a Few Things. Here\'s What We\'ve Learned Since 1989
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-16
The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported that during a speech at Khan al-Ahmar, marking 30 years since the establishment of B\'Tselem, Executive Director of the Israeli human rights center, Hagai El-Ad delivered the following speech: \"When you work for thirty years you learn a few things. Here\'s what …
imemc.org/article/btselem-when-you-work-for-thirty-years-you-learn-a-few-things-heres-what-weve-learned-since-1989/
Settlers Damage Road Equipment in Jordan Valley
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-16
Illegal Israeli settlers, on Saturday night, vandalized a number of bulldozers that were parked at the site of a road working project in the Jordan Valley region, the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. Salah Zayed, the project contractor, said that he and staff of …
imemc.org/article/settlers-damage-road-equipment-in-jordan-valley/
Israeli Soldiers Abduct 23 Palestinians In West Bank
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-12-16
Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, at least 23 Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank; 22 of the abducted were taken prisoner after the soldiers stormed and ransacked their homes, and one after being stopped at a military roadblock. The Palestinian Prisoners\' Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted Majd …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-abduct-23-palestinians-in-west-bank/
The Pentagon budget still rising, 40 years later
William D. Hartung | nationofchange.org | 2019-12-16
The rationale for spending more than $700 billion a year on the Pentagon–and well over $1.2 trillion for national security writ large–simply does not exist.
nationofchange.org/2019/12/16/the-pentagon-budget-still-rising-40-years-later/
Impeach & Remove Demonstration in Cupertino
MoveOn | indybay.org | 2019-12-16
Cupertino City Center (out front of building), south east intersection of Stevens Creek and De Anza Blvd., Cupertino 95014…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/14/18828898.php
Impeach & Remove Events in East Bay Area Cities
Moveon | indybay.org | 2019-12-16
Events in East Bay cities: El Cerrtio, Walnut Creek, Emeryville, San Ramon, Castro Valley…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/14/18828896.php
Impeach & Remove: Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Monterey
MoveOn.org, Indivisible Santa Cruz, others | indybay.org | 2019-12-16
Impeach & Remove events in Santa Cruz, Watsonville, and Monterey…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/15/18828907.php
National Impeach & Remove Rallies, Marches, Vigils in Bay Area and beyond
Moveon.org, and others | indybay.org | 2019-12-16
National marches, rallies, vigils in the San Francisco Bay Area, State of California, and throughout nation…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/14/18828892.php
After Impeachment and Acquittal, Expect a Vicious Republican Counterattack
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-16
In the past, despite their differences, our political leaders were in agreement that to at least preserve the ideals behind our democratic system it was important to pay lip service to the spirit of the law. For instance, during the Iraq war, the Bush administration committed war crimes. But officials didn\'t come right out and say, \"Yes, we torture people. What are you going to do about it?\" There were consequences to openly defying the law, which they knew could get quite serious down the road.
truthout.org/articles/after-impeachment-and-acquittal-expect-a-vicious-republican-counterattack/
Impeach and Remove Rally in Sacramento
MoveOn Sacramento | indybay.org | 2019-12-16
California State Capitol, 1315 10th St, Sacramento, California 95814…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/14/18828893.php
Impeach & Remove Trump Rally in Palo Alto
Moveon | indybay.org | 2019-12-16
Lytton Plaza, University Ave. & Emerson Street, Palo Alto 94301…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/14/18828897.php
Democrats Should Go After Trump\'s Full Corruption, Not Just Ukraine
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-16
Donald Trump is set to become the third president to be impeached when the Democrat-controlled House votes Wednesday on two charges related to his attempts to pressure Ukraine to investigate his political rival Joe Biden. The vote will send the charges to the Republican-controlled Senate, which will then hold a trial on whether to remove Trump from office. Witnesses who could be called to testify include former national security adviser John Bolton and acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney. Ea…
truthout.org/video/democrats-should-go-after-trumps-full-corruption-not-just-ukraine/
Impeach & Remove Demonstration in Pacifica
MoveOn | indybay.org | 2019-12-16
Intersection of Hwy 1 & Reina Del Mar, Pacifica, CA 94044…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/16/18828949.php
Impeach and Remove Rally, San Rafael
Patty Hoyt | indybay.org | 2019-12-16
San Rafael\'s City Plaza (1000 4th St. between \"A\" St. & Lootens near Arizmendi Bakery)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/14/18828888.php
Nationwide Mobilization for Impeachment in More Than 500 Communities in All 50 States and D.C
commondreams.org | 2019-12-16
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/12/16/nationwide-mobilization-impeachment-more-500-communities-all-50-states-and-dc?cd-origin=rss
Impeach & Remove Rally in Livermore (Tri Valley)
MoveOn | indybay.org | 2019-12-16
Flagpole Plaza, intersection of First St and S. Livermore Ave., Livermore, CA 94550…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/14/18828900.php
Impeach & Remove Demonstration in Oakland
Moveon | indybay.org | 2019-12-16
Grand Lake Theater Intersection, 3200 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/14/18828895.php
Impeach & Remove Demonstration in Silicon Valley
Indivisible Orchard City | indybay.org | 2019-12-16
Intersection of Stevens Creek Blvd & Winchester Blvd, at the border of Santa Clara 95050 and San Jose 95128.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/15/18828908.php
\'To protect our democracy,\' Tuesday night rallies planned in all 50 states to demand Congress votes to impeach Trump
Julia Conley | nationofchange.org | 2019-12-16
\"It\'s on us, the people, to protect our democracy. Congress will only act if we the people demand it.\"
nationofchange.org/2019/12/16/to-protect-our-democracy-tuesday-night-rallies-planned-in-all-50-states-to-demand-congress-votes-to-impeach-trump/
Impeach & Remove Demonstration in Redwood City
MoveOn | indybay.org | 2019-12-16
Sequoia Station (outside the shopping center), intersection of Jefferson Ave and El Camino Real, Redwood City, CA 94063…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/14/18828901.php