The More Joe Biden Stumbles, the More Corporate Democrats Freak Out
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-15
The Democratic Party\'s most powerful donors are running out of options in the presidential race. Their warhorse Joe Biden is stumbling, while the other corporate-minded candidates lag far behind. For party elites, with less than four months to go before voting starts in caucuses and primaries, 2020 looks like Biden or bust. A key problem…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/15/the-more-joe-biden-stumbles-the-more-corporate-democrats-freak-out/

California Lawmakers Passed a Bill Banning Private Prisons
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-15
Activist Amani Sawari talks about what the impact on people in private prisons and immigration detention centers will be if Governor Gavin Newsom signs AB32, which would phase out private prisons by 2028.
therealnews.com/stories/california-bans-private-prisons

Why Ilhan Omar Is the Optimist in the Room
David M. Perry | thenation.com | 2019-10-15
Why Ilhan Omar Is the Optimist in the Room…
thenation.com/article/ilhan-omar-minneapolis/

The Legal Biden Family Corruption Democrats Refuse to Acknowledge
Max Blumenthal | truthdig.com | 2019-10-15
This piece originally appeared on The Grayzone. | With its relentless focus on corruption in Russia and Ukraine, the Atlantic Council has distinguished itself from other top-flight think tanks in Washington. Over the past several years, it has held innumerable conferences and panel discussions, issued a string of reports, and published literally hundreds of essays on Russia\'s \"kleptocracy\" and the scourge of Kremlin disinformation. | At the same time,…
truthdig.com/articles/the-legal-biden-family-corruption-democrats-refuse-to-acknowledge/

Pushback: Aaron Maté and Ben Norton discuss Syria war, US withdrawal, Turkish invasion
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-10-15
The Grayzone hosted its first YouTube livestream of Pushback with Aaron Maté, featuring Ben Norton. We discussed the Syria war,…
thegrayzone.com/2019/10/14/aaron-mate-ben-norton-syria-war-us-withdrawal-turkish-invasion/

\"Pink Tide\" Against US Domination Rising Again in Latin America and the Caribbean
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-15
Once again, the left is rising in Latin America as people revolt against authoritarian regimes, many of whom were put in place by US-supported coups. These regimes have taken International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans and are under the thumb of …
globalresearch.ca/pink-tide-against-us-domination-latin-america/5692051

Pink tide against US domination rising again in Latin America
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-15
Once again, the left is rising in Latin America as people revolt against authoritarian regimes, many of whom were put in place by US-supported coups. These regimes have taken the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans and are under the thumb of international finance, which is against the interests of people. After the embattled President of …
nationofchange.org/2019/10/15/pink-tide-against-us-domination-rising-again-in-latin-america/

Pink Tide Against US Domination Rising Again In Latin America
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-15
(Photo from Dissent Magazine) Once again, the left is rising in Latin America as people revolt against authoritarian regimes, many of whom were put in place by US-supported coups. These regimes have taken International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans and are under the thumb of international finance, which is against the interests of people.After the embattled …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/pink-tide-against-us-domination-rising-again-in-latin-america/

The IMF Convenes in Washington, Deaf to the Suffering It Causes Across the Planet
Vijay Prashad | commondreams.org | 2019-10-15
A man holds a sign against the International Monetary Fund during a demonstration in solidarity with Ecuadorian people at the Embassy of Ecuador on October 14, 2019 in San Salvador, El Salvador. (Photo: Camilo Freedman/Aphotografia/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/ecuador_imf.png …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/15/imf-convenes-washington-deaf-suffering-it-causes-across-planet?cd-origin=rss

A Coalition of Support: Parliamentarians for Julian Assange
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-15
Australian politicians, and the consular staff of the country, are rarely that engaged on the subject of protecting their citizens. In a couple of notorious cases, Australian authorities demonstrated, not only an indifference, but a consciously venal approach to its …
globalresearch.ca/support-parliamentarians-julian-assange/5691880

Just 100 Companies Will Sign Humanity\'s Death Warrant
Lee Camp | truthdig.com | 2019-10-15
Only 100 companies will sign humanity\'s death sentence. That\'s it. One hundred corporate boards filled with sociopaths. But I\'ll get back to that in a moment. | In recent weeks, climate activists in New York City jammed up foot traffic on Wall Street with a die-in, covering themselves in fake blood and lying on the ground. Other activists in Washington, D.C., blocked intersections using a variety of tactics, gridlocking traffic and pissing off a lot of people. It seems clear that when it comes to our impending extinction, practically no one cares, unl…
truthdig.com/articles/just-100-companies-will-sign-humanitys-death-sentence/

It\'s Time for Effective Oversight of Police Violence
Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | commondreams.org | 2019-10-15
Community organizers and activists demand police accountability at a rally in New York City on August 9, 2019, to commemorate the 5-year anniversary of Mike Brown\'s death by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. (Photo: Erik McGregor/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/stoplillingus.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/15/its-time-effective-oversight-police-violence?cd-origin=rss

Why I stand by 70 years old Communist China
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-15
Happy Birthday, People\'s Republic of China! Heartfelt Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday, and thank you for being here, for standing, for not bending down and never surrendering. The capitalist world is in decay. The West is rotting. Anger and nihilism are pouring from the imperialist empire whose citizens are frustrated; not at peace with themselves. Imperialist …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/why-i-stand-by-70-years-old-communist-china/

Video: Turkish Offensive in Northern Syria Pushed Kurds into Hands of Assad and Moscow. War Report
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-15
The defense of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is steadily collapsing under pressure from the Turkish Armed Forces and Turkish-backed militant groups, branded as the National Syrian Army. | Since the start of Operation Peace Spring, Turkey-led forces have captured …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkish-offensive-northern-syria-pushed-kurds-hands-assad-moscow/5691977

Erdogan Holding 50 US Tactical Nukes \'Hostage\' as Trump Authorizes Sanctions
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-15
Amid all the media and pundit outrage since Turkey\'s President Erdogan launched his so-called \'Operation Peace Spring\' into northeast Syria last week, vowing to wipe out Syrian Kurdish forces who\'ve long held the border areas, what\'s been largely missing is …
globalresearch.ca/erdogan-holding-50-us-tactical-nukes-hostage-trump-authorizes-sanctions/5692052

Germany\'s IG Metall union calls for alliance with government and corporations against workers
wsws.org | 2019-10-15
IG Metall is offering the services of its apparatus to ensure labour peace in the factories and impose the cuts demanded by Germany\'s ruling elite.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/15/meta-o15.html

Ethiopia\'s Abiy Ahmed Wins Nobel Peace Prize, But It Takes Two to Make Peace
Thomas Mountain | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-15
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for Peace which begs the question, if it takes two sides to fight a war doesn\'t it take two sides to make peace? Just as it takes two hands to clap it takes two to make peace and P.M. Abiy has taken pains…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/15/ethiopias-abiy-ahmed-wins-nobel-peace-prize-but-it-takes-two-to-make-peace/

Security Council marks transition from 15 years of UN peacekeeping in Haiti
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-15
Although 15 years of UN peacekeeping in Haiti has drawn to a close, the Organization\'s commitment to strengthening and stabilizing the country, will continue, the Security Council heard on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1049271

Ecuador prez retreats, then arrests political leaders
Michael Otto and Zoila Ramirez | workers.org | 2019-10-15
Part of an unprecedented demonstration of 6,000 people in the small city of Ibarra, Ecuador, on Oct. 13. Oct. 14 — Eleven days of massive protest, especially by Indigenous communities marching all over Ecuador, forced President Lenín Moreno to repeal his Oct. 1 Decree #883 ending fuel subsidies. Increased fuel . . . | Continue reading Ecuador prez retreats, then arrests political leaders at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/10/44040/

Indigenous-led protests force Ecuador to restore fuel subsidy cuts ordered by IMF
Matthew Trinder | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-15
Ecuador\'s government agreed Monday to restore fuel subsidies it had forced on the public in order to obtain an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan. The announcement to back away from the subsidy cuts is part of a deal to stop mass protests that had forced the government to flee the capital. The deal was struck …
peoplesworld.org/article/indigenous-led-protests-force-ecuador-to-restore-fuel-subsidy-cuts-ordered-by-imf/

Ecuadorian Government Withdraws IMF Decree After 11 Days of Protests and State Repression
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-15
President Lenin Moreno\'s government withdrew the neoliberal program which had sparked the massive protests. Indigenous groups remain wary, though, in case the government implements new austerity measures.
therealnews.com/stories/ecuadorian-government-withdraws-imf-decree-11-days-protests-state-repression

Kurds in San Francisco Protest Betrayal by the US
Photos and Text | indybay.org | 2019-10-15
Trump forces our former ally into arms of our enemy, Syria\'s Assad. Russia, Iran and ISIS to benefit.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/14/18827275.php

London police face criticism and resistance over \'heavy-handed\' ban on protests
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-10-15
Police are facing growing criticism and resistance over a \"heavy-handed\" London-wide ban on climate crisis protests. | \'Police protecting the banks\': | The Metropolitan Police imposed conditions under Section 14 of the Public Order Act 1986, requiring any protest assembly in the capital to cease by 9pm on Monday. It claimed this was to \"prevent serious disruption to the life of the community\". As of 5pm on Monday, police said there had been 1,445 arrests in connection with the eight days of Extinction Rebellion (XR) climate protests in London. Officers also made more than 90 arrests on Monday as protester…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/10/15/london-police-face-criticism-and-resistance-over-heavy-handed-ban-on-protests/

Australian governments trial police-state measures against climate protesters
wsws.org | 2019-10-15
The authorities are using the demonstrations as a test case for future repression of the emerging social and political struggles of the working class.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/15/xrtt-o15.html

Citizens Must Remove Trump From Office
Wim Laven | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-15
Familiarize yourself with the hashtag #OutNow, it is refusefacism.org\'s message: \"In the name of humanity we refuse to accept a fascist America!\" Their goal is seeing the Trump/Pence regime gone–now. The protests in Los Angeles and New York to be held on October 19th will showcase this necessary cause–there is no higher form of patriotism…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/15/citizens-must-remove-trump-from-office/

Spanish police attack mass protests against prison terms for Catalan nationalists
wsws.org | 2019-10-15
The ruling against defendants involved in the 2017 Catalan independence referendum is the outcome of a show trial and part of the Spanish ruling class\'s drive toward dictatorship.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/15/cata-o15.html

Why Bother Protesting When the President Doesn\'t Care?
Mark Engler | thenation.com | 2019-10-15
Why Bother Protesting When the President Doesn\'t Care?
thenation.com/article/moratorium-end-war-vietnam-anniversary/

The Congress Has to Draw the Line
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-15
\"I have an Article II, where I have the right to do whatever I want as President.\" Really! It is time for the House of Representatives to announce comprehensive articles of impeachment against the chronic outlaw and violator of the public trust — President Donald J. Trump who won the Electoral College, but lost the popular vote. Six…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/15/the-congress-has-to-draw-the-line/

Trump Wants to End the \"Stupid Wars\"?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-15
The discussion, if one might even call it that, regarding the apparent President Donald Trump decision to withdraw at least some American soldiers from Syria has predictably developed along partisan, ideologically fueled lines. Trump has inevitably muddied the waters by …
globalresearch.ca/trump-wants-end-stupid-wars/5692062

Death, Bloodshed, and Misery in Yemen
Kathy Kelly | progressive.org | 2019-10-15
\"Strike with creativity!\" proclaims Raytheon.
progressive.org/dispatches/death-bloodshed-and-misery-in-yemen-191015/

Lessons from Ukraine: Shift Foreign Aid to U.S. Desperate Domestic Aid Programs
Dr. Barbara G. Ellis | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-15
If anything, the Trump-Ukraine impeachment issue reveals to the American public that ever since 1961 when the Foreign Assistance Act was passed, perhaps nearly trillions of our tax dollars have been used by decades of administrations as a primary tool …
globalresearch.ca/lessons-ukraine-shift-foreign-aid-u-s-desperate-domestic-aid-programs/5691862

Kurds Face Stark Options after US Pullback from Northern Syria
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-15
In the annals of bombastic Trump tweets, this one is simply astonishing: here we have a President of the United States, on the record, unmasking the whole $8-trillion intervention in the Middle East as an endless war based on a …
globalresearch.ca/kurds-face-stark-options-us-pullback/5691988

Ecuador: Lenin Moreno\'s Government Sacrifices the Poor to Satisfy the IMF
Wilma Salgado | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-15
Ecuador\'s President Lenin Moreno has been cutting government spending since signing an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in February of this year. This policy has benefited multinational corporations, the banks, and in general, powerful economic groups at the expense of the middle and working classes, who are being pushed…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/15/ecuador-lenin-morenos-government-sacrifices-the-poor-to-satisfy-the-imf/

#SOSEcuador: Exigimos el cese de la violencia por parte del gobierno ecuatoriano
Medios libres de América | indybay.org | 2019-10-15
Colectivos y organizaciones firmantes denunciamos la inconstitucionalidad del toque de queda impuesto en Ecuador desde hoy sábado 12 de octubre a las 3 pm. Exigimos que se levante esta medida excesiva por ser un mecanismo que pone en riesgo la seguridad y la vida de los y las manifestantes.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/12/18827237.php

Media Smears, Political Persecution Set the Stage for Austerity and the Backlash Against It in Ecuador
Joe Emersberger | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-15
An interview with Fausto Jarrin On October 6, I interviewed Ecuadorian lawyer Fausto Jarrin, who has represented former Ecuadorian President Rafael and other former members of his government. Correa was in office from 2007-2017. In 2017, Lenin Moreno, who had been part of Correa\'s government for ten years, won the presidency on a platform of…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/15/media-smears-political-persecution-set-the-stage-for-austerity-and-the-backlash-against-it-in-ecuador/

Art In Struggle For Women & Prisoners In Iran: The Mural, The Artists & Women
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-10-15
An opening for an art mural about women and the prisoners of Iran was held on October 6, 2019 at Clarion Alley. The mural portrays the women who are fighting for human rights and worker rights in Iran…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/15/18827319.php

The United States Is Unlikely to Desire Conflict with a Formidable Iran
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-15
The failure of the American-led occupation of Iraq has surely not been forgotten in Washington. Against by all accounts a much depleted enemy in Baghdad, America\'s military and civilian branches were unable to maintain authority in an Iraqi state already …
globalresearch.ca/united-states-unlikely-desire-conflict-formidable-iran/5691976

Forum – Eyewitness Iran: Uncovering the Media Lies
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-10-15
2969 Mission St., near 26th St.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/14/18827269.php

UN General Assembly 2019: Venezuela, Russia, China Denounce Violations of International Treaties and Distortions of UN Charter
Carla Stea | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-15
As Venezuelan Chairman of the Non Aligned Movement, comprising 120 nations and observer states, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza denounced devious and Machiavellian ploys attempted by the US to force regime change on his country, with efforts to isolate the country, …
globalresearch.ca/united-nations-general-assembly-2019-venezuela-russia-china-denounce-violations-international-treaties-distortions-un-charter/5691992

Outrage in Texas as Police Kill Atatiana Jefferson at Home
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-15
| A white police officer in Fort Worth, Texas, has been arrested and charged with murder, after he shot and killed an African-American woman who was inside her own home. Officer Aaron Dean was responding to a non-emergency call for a wellness check after a neighbor had called the Fort Worth police to report that 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson\'s front door was open at around 2: 30 in the morning on Saturday. Soon after the officers arrived, Dean, who never identified himself to be a police officer, shouted thr…
truthout.org/video/outrage-in-texas-as-police-kill-atatiana-jefferson-at-home/

Dominic Raab \'was cold, unpleasant and rude\' to parents of teenage crash victim
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-15
The Foreign Secretary was \"cold\" and \"rude\" to the family of Harry Dunn during a meeting about the teenager\'s death, their spokesman has said.Dominic Raab met the 19-year-old\'s parents, Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn, last week.The teenager was killed when his motorbike was involved in a head-on collision outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire in August.Harry Dunn (Family handout/Northamptonshire Police/PA)His parents met Raab after Anne Sacoolas, the motorist allegedly responsible for the crash, was given diplomatic immunity and allowed to flee to the US after the crash.Family spokesman Radd Seiger told the P…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/10/15/dominic-raab-was-cold-unpleasant-and-rude-to-parents-of-teenage-crash-victim/

U.S., NATO, Turkey out of Syria!
Editor | workers.org | 2019-10-15
The conflict within the U.S. ruling class about the Turkish invasion of northern Syria has created some confusion about events there. The latest new development — an alliance of Kurdish-based forces with the Syrian national army to defend the border from the Turkish army — may increase that confusion. To . . . | Continue reading U.S., NATO, Turkey out of Syria! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/10/44032/

NBA and China: The \'right to free speech\' vs. the right to sovereignty
Monica Moorehead | workers.org | 2019-10-15
The great Yao Ming. The Houston Rockets are the most popular National Basketball Association team in China for one main reason: Yao Ming, the current president of the Chinese Basketball Association and an NBA Hall of Famer, played eight seasons for the Rockets. Basketball is very popular in China, thanks . . . | Continue reading NBA and China: The \'right to free speech\' vs. the right to sovereignty at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/10/44027/

LeBron James\'s Politics Stop at the Water\'s Edge
Dave Zirin | thenation.com | 2019-10-15
LeBron James\'s Politics Stop at the Water\'s Edge…
thenation.com/article/lebron-james-china/

On Trump Asking China to Investigate the Bidens
Calvin Trillin | thenation.com | 2019-10-15
On Trump Asking China to Investigate the Bidens…
thenation.com/article/jim-jordan-biden-china/

Not just a trade war
Editor | workers.org | 2019-10-15
What\'s really behind the difficult trade negotiations between the U.S. and People\'s China? Is it — as the administration has claimed — that China wasn\'t buying enough U.S. agricultural products? China has become a huge market for Midwestern farmers, who are heavily mortgaged and rely on Beijing buying large quantities . . . | Continue reading Not just a trade war at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/10/44030/

The Dangers of Transgenic Mosquitos: Scientific Study Under Attack
GMWatch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-15
A recent journal article about GM mosquitoes has caused quite a stir. It showed that some of the male mosquitoes that Oxitec Ltd released experimentally in Brazil had successfully interbred with the local mosquito population, and that their hybrid …
globalresearch.ca/scientific-study-drawing-attention-risks-gm-mosquitoes-comes-under-attack/5692045

Russia and Africa Still Behind the Curtains
Kester Kenn Klomegah | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-15
The …
globalresearch.ca/russia-africa-behind-curtains/5691849

One Rocket Provoked the US Withdrawal: Details of the Kurdish-Russian-Syrian Deal
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-15
Last Friday a 155 mm artillery shell landed 300 metres from a US command post near the Syrian bordering city of Ayn al-Arab (known by the Syrian Kurds as \"Kobane\") during an ongoing operation carried out by Turkey — a …
globalresearch.ca/one-rocket-provoked-us-withdrawal-details-kurdish-russian-syrian-deal/5692031

In the Jungle or in the Zoo? The Zoos of the Ultra-Rich
Christian Savestre | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-15
As he was preparing to return from his exile in the United States, the Czech filmmaker Milos Forman declared, \"I live in the jungle and I am preparing to return to the zoo.\" This metaphor allowed him to contrast the …
globalresearch.ca/in-the-jungle-or-in-the-zoo-the-zoos-of-the-ultra-rich/5691854