Andre Vltchek (2019-10-11). Some in Hong Kong feel frustrated as their city is losing to Mainland China. dissidentvoice.org Hong Kong is losing to Mainland China. Its poverty rates are high, it suffers from corruption and savage capitalism. It is now the most expensive city on earth. People are frustrated, but paradoxically, they are blaming socialist Beijing for their problems, instead of the legacy of British colonialism. \'Across the line\', Shenzhen, Shanghai, Beijing, Xiang …

Staff (2019-10-11). Ethiopia\'s Reformist PM Abiy Ahmed Wins Nobel Peace Prize. truthdig.com ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to a dynamic young African leader whose sweeping reforms and surprising embrace of a bitter rival have been praised as an inspiration to the continent and a hopeful counterpoint to strongman movements far beyond it. | Now the task for Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is reining in the ethnic violence that followed the loosening of repressive controls, and resisting any urge to crack down. \"He deserves it and the new challenge is keeping it,\" one outspoken African activist, Nigerian Shehu Sani, said of the award. | Abiy, a favorite to win de…

Patrick Cockburn (2019-10-11). Kurdish Fighters Always Feared Trump Would be a Treacherous Ally. counterpunch.org In a field beside a disused railway station on the plain just south of the Syrian-Turkish frontier, a brigade of Syrian Kurdish soldiers were retraining in order to resist an invasion by the Turkish army. \"We acted like a regular army when we were fighting Daesh [Isis],\" Rojvan, a veteran Kurdish commander of the YPG More

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2019-10-11). U.S. and Turkey out of Syria — No to the NATO invasion! liberationnews.org Down with the Turkish invasion! U.S. and Turkey out of Syria and the Middle East!

Steve Sweeney (2019-10-11). Turkish army and militia forces surround Kurdish towns as invasion advances. peoplesworld.org Scores of Kurdish civilians, including children, were killed and injured as Turkish forces and their jihadist allies closed in on the towns of Tel Abyad and Serekaniye in northern Syria yesterday. NATO\'s second largest army began its invasion after launching air strikes across the Syrian border. Troops flooded into the largely Kurdish region east of …

Ed Sykes (2019-10-11). Corbyn says sanctions on Turkey could be needed if \'appalling\' attacks on Kurdish areas of Syria continue. thecanary.co The British government has faced criticism for failing to act over Turkey\'s invasion of northern Syria. The UK\'s NATO ally is attacking largely-Kurdis…

Staff (2019-10-11). A Know-Nothing President Steps Into a Turkish/Kurdish Minefield. therealnews.com The U.S. is deeply involved in the region surrounding Syria. Its actions helped lay the groundwork for the current struggle faced by the Kurds.

Vijay Prashad (2019-10-11). If you take away freedom, all four seasons and I will die. mronline.org Turkey has invaded Syria. In particular, Turkey has crossed the border to destroy the largely Syrian Kurdish province of Rojava, south of the Turkey-Syria border and east of the Euphrates River. The green light for this invasion came from Washington, DC, when U.S. President Donald Trump told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the U.S. […] | Source

Ahmed Abdulkareem (2019-10-11). Houthis Vow Retaliation As Saudi Naval Blockade Sparks Fresh Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen. mintpressnews.com Saudi Arabia has stepped up its seizure and detention of ships carrying food and fuel into Yemen, sparking shortages that experts warn will push the country\'s civilians into even more dire straits.

WWSFBAB (2019-10-11). Stop the U.S.-backed massacres in Haiti! workers.org A week of solidarity actions for the people\'s struggle in Haiti reached hundreds of people from Oakland to San Jose beginning Sept. 30. The public meetings and demonstrations were organized by the Haiti Action Committee to protest police terror and massacre of the Haitian people who are resisting with their . . . | Continue reading Stop the U.S.-backed massacres in Haiti! at Workers.org

The Canary (2019-10-11). Far-right terrorist in German synagogue attack admits to shootings on Judaism\'s holiest day. thecanary.co The suspect in an attack on a German synagogue that left two people dead has reportedly admitted carrying out the shooting.Two people outside the synagogue were shot dead by the attacker after he failed to gain entry to the building.News agency dpa reported that the man admitted to the crime and a right-wing extremist motive, and federal prosecutors say he testified for several hours.The German, identified by prosecutors as Stephan B, was ordered to be held in custody pending formal charges at a closed-door hearing before a judge on Thursday night.He is suspected of two counts of murder and seven of attempted mur…

William Hartung — Mandy Smithburger (2019-10-11). The Pentagon is Pledging to Reform Itself, Again. It Won\'t. counterpunch.org For the Pentagon, happy days are here again (if they ever left). With a budget totaling more than $1.4 trillion for the next two years, the department is riding high, even as it attempts to set the stage for yet more spending increases in the years to come. With such enormous sums now locked in, More

The Canary (2019-10-11). Japan braces for typhoon ahead of weekend. thecanary.co A powerful typhoon is forecast to bring two feet of rain and damaging winds to the Tokyo area this weekend, and Japan\'s government has warned people to stockpile supplies and evacuate before it becomes too dangerous.The Rugby World Cup and other events were cancelled for Saturday, and flights and train services halted.\"In order to protect your own life and your loved ones, please try to start evacuating early before it gets dark and the storm becomes powerful,\" Meteorological Agency forecast department chief Yasushi Kajihara told a news conference.A man watches a public TV of weather forecast in Tokyo (Eugene Hos…

Staff (2019-10-11). Will Impeachment Change Anything for the Masses? therealnews.com Eddie Conway talks to patrons at Conscious Heads barbershop about impeachment, the rift between the Democratic and Republican Parties, whether it all just boils down to corporate interests, and if it will change things for anyone who is not a member of the 1 percent.

Rob Urie (2019-10-11). Democrats Impeach Joe Biden, Fiddle as the Planet Burns. counterpunch.org Establishment efforts to isolate \'corruption\' narrowly in the persons of Donald Trump and Joe Biden\'s son, Hunter, rely on a conception of it that makes sense only within political economy that ceased to function for the rest of us some decades ago. Understood outside of Washington and New York is that the exchange of campaign More

Anthony DiMaggio (2019-10-11). Fake News in Trump\'s America. counterpunch.org \"Fake news\" has become a household term in contemporary discourse. A review of the Nexis Uni database shows that, in any given week, it appears in dozens of news stories in elite newspapers like the New York Times and Washington Post, and in hundreds of segments across American television media. In the first 10 days following Nancy Pelosi\'s announced impeachment inquiry of Donald Trump, \"fake news\" was referenced in relation to \"Trump\" and \"impeachment\" in nearly 1,200 newsprint articles in English-language media. More

Staff (2019-10-11). U.S. Suspends Plans to Hike Tariffs on Chinese Imports. truthdig.com WASHINGTON — The United States is suspending a tariff hike on $250 billion in Chinese imports that was set to take effect Tuesday, and China agreed to buy $40 billion to $50 billion in U.S. farm products as the world\'s two biggest economies reached a cease-fire in their 15-month trade war. | The White House said the two sides made some progress on the thornier issues, including China\'s lax protection of foreign intellectual property. But more progress will have to be made on key differences in later negotiations, including U.S. allegations that China forces foreign countries to hand over trade secrets in re…

RT (2019-10-11). Pentagon sending 2,000+ more troops to \'assure and enhance defense\' of Saudi Arabia amid tensions with Iran. rt.com The US is beefing up military might in the Middle East, saying it will send more troops, fighter jets and missile defense systems to Saudi Arabia amid escalating tensions with Iran. | US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has authorized the deployment of two fighter squadrons, one Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), two batteries of Patriot missile defense systems and one Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD), Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman said Friday. | This is in addition to the 200 or so troops, Patriots and radar systems whose deployment was announced two weeks ago, and amounts to 3,000 troops \"e…

Gabriel Leà£o (2019-10-11). Killing the Messengers: Rising Violence Against Journalists and Indigenous Leaders Defending the Amazon. counterpunch.org In February 2005, the body of 73-year-old Sister Dorothy Stang was found on the side of a remote dirt road 33 miles from Anapu, Pará, in Brazil\'s AmazonBasin. Seven bullets pierced her body. The first hit her in the abdomen, then after she fell face down, the killers fired bullets to the back and four More

The Canary (2019-10-11). John McDonnell speaks out as it emerges Facebook only paid £28.5m in UK tax despite £1.65bn revenue. thecanary.co Facebook only paid £28.5 million in UK taxes last year despite reporting growing revenue of £1.65 billion from advertising sales.The tech giant\'s latest UK accounts reveal that pre-tax profits jumped by more than 50% from the year before to £96.6 million.Its total tax bill for 2018 came in at £30.4 million, but this was reduced by £1.9 million due to deferred tax and effects of changes in tax rates — up from the £15.8 million it paid in tax for 2017.Labour\'s shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, said: How many more examples of large-scale tax avoidance does this Government nee…

RT (2019-10-11). Trump nominates John Sullivan as US ambassador to Russia. rt.com US President Donald Trump has nominated Deputy Secretary of State John Joseph Sullivan as the new ambassador to Russia. If confirmed by the Senate, he will fill the spot vacated by the departure of Jon Huntsman. | Sullivan, 59, has served as deputy secretary since May 2017. He was acting secretary of state in March and April 2018, following the resignation of Rex Tillerson and the confirmation of current Secretary Mike Pompeo. | Most of his previous government experience has been in law, rather than diplomacy. Early on in his career, Sullivan clerked for a Fifth Circuit appeals judge and Supreme Court Justice…

Lawrence Davidson (2019-10-11). Donald Trump, the Christian Warrior. counterpunch.org It turns out that President Donald Trump has a \"top religion advisor.\" This is surprising because there is no evidence that President Trump has a \"top religion,\" or any religion at all. The only regular activities to occupy this president\'s church-going Sundays are rounds of golf and the composing of malicious Twitter messages. To understand just More

Richard Moser (2019-10-11). The Empire Is Running Out of War Stories. Or is it? Will American Exceptionalism Rise Again? counterpunch.org American Exceptionalism remains one of the innermost ideas shaping our national identity and still lies behind all of the war stories used to justify US foreign policy. Exceptionalism has been a part of American culture since the very first European settlers landed. At its core, exceptionalism places America outside of normal history into a category More

The Canary (2019-10-11). Climate breakdown activists \'wallpaper\' government department with science reports. thecanary.co Environmental activists have \'wallpapered\' the front of a government department with pages of science detailing the climate impact of fracked gas.A group of protesters, many dressed in boiler suits, pasted printouts of a study by climate scientist Professor Robert Howarth of Cornell University in the US, showing the effects of fracked gas on fossil fuels.The group pasted the pages on the revolving doors, walls and windows of the department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment in Dublin.The move is the flagship action of Extinction Rebellion week in the city.Extinction Rebellion (XR) protestors wallpa…

Louis Proyect (2019-10-11). Building Soldier Resistance Under the Shadows of Fascism. counterpunch.org In the summer of 1967, I was edging closer to joining the Trotskyist movement. In June, Israel had claimed victory in the Six-Day War. This left it with the occupied territories that have continued to galvanize Palestinian resistance for more than a half-century. By this time, I had given up on the myth of \"socialist More

Mitchell Zimmerman (2019-10-11). IMPOTUS: Droit de seigneur at Mar-a-Lago. counterpunch.org \"Trump Crashes Wedding and Kisses Bride\" — 850 WFTL News Talk \"Will he really come?\" she worried. Nearly 4: 00 a.m., and Kaitlyn had suddenly awakened beside her husband of less than a day. Jason had drifted into a deep sleep following a tear-the-sheets night, consummating their marriage vows in the grand bed in the Seigneur More

Andrew Levine (2019-10-11). Trump\'s End Days. counterpunch.org Consciousness of time passing seldom accords with what clocks and calendars tell us. The discord is especially acute in these days of Trump-induced, ever changing \"breaking news.\" Thus, it seems to me and I suspect to every other sentient being paying attention, that it was centuries ago that Donald Trump was still making an effort More

Sam Pizzigati (2019-10-11). Inequality is Literally Killing Us. counterpunch.org What do the folks at the U.S. Census Bureau do between the census they run every 10 years? All sorts of annual surveys, on everything from housing costs to retail sales. The most depressing of these — at least this century — may be the sampling that looks at the incomes average Americans are earning. More

Jill Richardson (2019-10-11). What Life on the Margins Feels Like. counterpunch.org My campus, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is in an uproar over a video to promote the school\'s homecoming that features no students of color. We are one of the whitest schools in the country, but we are not unique in having a race problem. In that regard, we\'re as American as apple pie. Or, rather, More

Mark Ashwill (2019-10-11). Reflections on General Giap and the End of an Era in Vietnam. counterpunch.org Six years have passed but the memory of the great general\'s death and funeral are still fresh in my mind. While thousands upon thousands of Vietnamese waited patiently under the still potent autumn sun to bid a final farewell to their national hero, General Vo Nguyen Giap, who lay in state at the National Funeral More

Paul Street (2019-10-11). On the TrumpenLeft and False Equivalence. counterpunch.org No political \"Left\" can or should exist that: + cannot or will not walk and chew gum at the same time. + fails to forthrightly and unambiguously oppose the United States\' current fascist, racist, eco-cidal, and sexist presidency and its noxious white Amerikaner base. + reflexively and constantly responds to every liberal and Left criticism More

Becky Grant (2019-10-11). CounterPunch in Peril? counterpunch.org I started working for Alexander Cockburn 22 years ago. I was hired to convert his hunt-and-pecked type-written articles into digital format. It was a complicated exchange involving a range of technologies, his archaic fountain pen corrections (inkblots included), lots of whiteout and typing paper and my old \"vintage\" Mac – a suit-cased sized beast and an old, low-resolution monitor. More

Eds. (2019-10-11). Struggle for climate change is a struggle against capitalism. mronline.org The struggle against inequality and for destruction of capital is innately linked with struggle for man-nature dialectics of the higher order where earth does not remain a commodity to be exploited. | Source

Eds. (2019-10-11). Climate Justice in India: A critical overview. mronline.org Global climate strike led by Greta Thunberg and youth around the world has trigged climate justice debates in the mainstream. In India, from the past few weeks, we have witnessed climate protests in major metropolitan cities demanding governments to act on the current climate crisis to ensure a livable future for the coming generations. | Source

Staff (2019-10-11). Peru\'s Constitutional Crisis Cuts Deep Due to Endemic Corruption. therealnews.com The standoff between Peru\'s president and its legislature has found a temporary resolution, but the corruption crisis continues and the left might be able to take advantage of the situation.

Michael Otto and Zoila Ramirez (2019-10-11). A massive people\'s strike explodes in Ecuador. workers.org Oct. 10 — The great people\'s strike has exploded in Ecuador. Today is the eighth day that road traffic in Ibarra, a city with a population of 250,000, has been completely shut down, with no buses or taxis running. It is the sixth day of suspended classes for all students. . . . | Continue reading A massive people\'s strike explodes in Ecuador at Workers.org

Eds. (2019-10-11). Defying repression, tens of thousands of Ecuadorians take part in national strike. mronline.org The heavy-handed response of the Ecuadorian police and military to the massive mobilizations in the country has already cost eight lives with hundreds suffering grave injuries | Source

Eds. (2019-10-11). Under capitalism, even water is a tool of oppression. mronline.org All life depends on water. It covers 71 percent of the Earth\'s surface, makes up 60 percent of our bodies and literally falls from the sky. It\'s abundant and indispensable. But under capitalism, even water is a tool of social domination. | Source

Staff (2019-10-11). Trump Attacks Rep. Ilhan Omar and Somali Refugees at Minnesota Rally. truthout.org | | After President Donald Trump launched unhinged and racist attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar and Minnesota\'s Somali refugee community during a campaign rally in Minneapolis Thursday night, Omar quickly responded that Trump\'s hate-filled rhetoric and policies can and must be defeated by a grassroots progressive movement. | \"At his rally just now, Trump called me an \'America-hating socialist\' and a \'disgrace.\' He shouted xenophobic conspiracy theories about me. He scolded my district for voting for me,\"

Aaron Maté (2019-10-11). Real life and resistance in Venezuela — Ben Norton reports on effects of US blockade. thegrayzone.com Ben Norton speaks about his reporting in Venezuela, where he investigated how bipartisan US sanctions and Trump\'s embargo are making…

Medea Benjamin (2019-10-11). Crises in Iraq and Haiti Expose the Failure of Militarized Neoliberalism. globalresearch.ca This season could be called the Autumn of Discontent, as people from the Middle East to Latin America and the Caribbean have been rising up against corrupt neoliberal governments. Two of the countries in crisis, Haiti and Iraq, are on …

WSWS (2019-10-11). CIA spied on Assange\'s lawyers, visitors in Ecuadorian embassy. wsws.org The El País report indicates that the US pursuit of Assange has included the illegal surveillance of American lawyers and journalists, in violation of the US Constitution.

Teresa Albano (2019-10-11). Resisting Anti-Immigrant Hate in the City of Big Shoulders. progressive.org A gaggle of far-right MAGA men showed up at a Chicago church to protest its immigrant rights work. Bad decision.

commondreams (2019-10-11). Judge Blocks \"Public Charge\" Immigration Rule From Going Into Effect. commondreams.org ______________________________…

Aída Chávez (2019-10-11). Twitter Tips the Scale Toward Incumbents by Refusing to Verify Primary Challengers. theintercept.com Twitter is refusing to verify the accounts of primary challengers running for Congress in 2020, a policy that many candidates say is hurting their campaigns and helping keep the same handful of politicians in power. | Cori Bush, a community activist who challenged 10-term incumbent William Lacy Clay in the St. Louis-based district last cycle, still hasn\'t been verified on Twitter. She\'s running in Missouri\'s 1st Congressional District again in 2020, and even starred in a documentary about her first attempt. \"Knock Down the House,\" the Rachel Lears film Netflix bought for a record $10 million, followed the insurge…

Andrew Korybko (2019-10-11). Is \"Operation Peace Spring\" a Trap Sprung by Trump on Turkey? globalresearch.ca It\'s worthwhile to wonder whether \"Operation Peace Spring\" is a trap sprung by Trump on Turkey after the US created the conditions for Ankara\'s invasion but then proceeded to threaten punitive measures against the country after its nominal NATO \"ally\" …

South Front (2019-10-11). Video: Turkey\'s \"Operation Peace Spring\". US Withdraws. Turkey Invades Northeastern Syria. Bombs US Supported YPG Forces. globalresearch.ca Turkey officially announced that it had launched a military operation in northeastern Syria. Over the past years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other representatives of the country\'s leadership have repeatedly announced this idea. However, this time promises were turned …

Sarah Abed (2019-10-11). World Leaders Condemn Turkey\'s \"Operation Peace Spring\" and Demand Exercising Restraint. globalresearch.ca \"Operation Peace Spring\" Turkey\'s third cross border military operation in northern Syria, in as many years, was initiated east of the Euphrates River, on Wednesday. Turkish armed forces began heavy air and artillery strikes targeting about 180-200 Kurdish positions. Turkey\'s …

United Nations (2019-10-11). Ethiopian Prime Minister awarded Nobel Peace Prize: Guterres hails his \'people first\' agenda. un.org The winner of this year\'s Nobel Peace Prize has been praised by the UN Secretary-General for creating a pathway to stability in the Horn of Africa region.

teleSUR (2019-10-11). Iranian Oil Tanker Targeted by Two Missiles Off the Saudi Coast. telesurenglish.net An Iranian oil tanker that was traveling through the Red Sea waters on Friday was reportedly targeted by two missiles from an unidentified source, the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) announced in an official statement. | RELATED: | Iran Reiterates Hormuz Plan Will Guarantee Peace in the Region | Iran identified the ship as the \'Sabiti\', which, at the time, was traveling off the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah when the explosions were first reported at 9: 00 A.M. (Riyadh Time).