2019-10-19: Social Media Postees

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Hillary Clinton slanders Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, Green Party candidate Jill Stein as Russian spies
wsws.org | 2019-10-19
Clinton\'s claims, made without the slightest factual substantiation, are an attempt to criminalize the anti-war statements of the two candidates as treasonous.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/19/clin-o19.html

Hillary Clinton slanders Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, Green Party candidate Jill Stein as Russian spies
wsws.org | 2019-10-19
Clinton\'s claims, made without the slightest factual substantiation, are an attempt to criminalize the anti-war statements of the two candidates as treasonous.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/19/clin-o19.html

Interference by Unnamed \"Foreign Powers\" in Canada\'s Elections? The Invasion of \"America\'s Backyard\"
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-19
This article addresses the alleged interference of unnamed \"foreign powers\" as well as the historical process of US interference, including an outright secret US Military Invasion of Canada formulated in the 1930s. | \"In 1934, War Plan Red was amended | …
globalresearch.ca/interference-by-unnamed-foreign-powers-in-canadas-elections-the-invasion-of-americas-backyard/5683264

Turkish Troops are Ready to Resume Northern Syria Operation: DM
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-19
The Turkish military and their allied rebel forces are ready to resume their offensive dubbed Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria, Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Saturday. | RELATED: | Turkey Agrees with US To Pause Syria Attack, Kurds To Speak Soon | Akar vowed to resume the Turkish military operation if the Kurdish fighters along the Syrian border do not withdraw from the area that was supposed to be a safe zone. | Turkey and Washington agreed on Thursday…
telesurenglish.net/news/Turkish-Troops-are-Ready-to-Resume-Northern-Syria-Operation-DM-20191019-0002.html

Sharon Tennison\'s Closer Look at Russia
Peace Action of San Mateo County | indybay.org | 2019-10-19
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo | 300 E. Santa Inez Avenue | San Mateo, CA 94401…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/17/18827374.php

Protest Pacifica Coup: 1999 Redoux? Stop The Coup!
Ad Hoc Committee | indybay.org | 2019-10-19
KPFA LSB Meeting, South Berkeley Senior Citizens Center, 2939 Ellis St, Berkeley, CA 94703…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/19/18827450.php

Honduras: Protests Intensify Against President Hernandez
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-19
Hondurans on Friday took to the streets to demand the resignation of President Juan Orlando Hernandez (JOH) after the New York Federal Court found his brother, Tony Hernandez, guilty on charges of drug trafficking, use of weapons and lying to authorities. | RELATED: | Honduran President\'s Brother Found Guilty of Drug Trafficking | \"We call on all our…
telesurenglish.net/news/Honduras-Protests-Intensify-Against-President-Hernandez–20191019-0001.html

Algerian junta to slash energy subsidies amid mass protests
wsws.org | 2019-10-19
Ahmed Gaid Salah\'s military regime has approved a bill to pay off global oil and gas firms by slashing billions of dollars in subsidies for Algerian workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/19/alge-o19.html

Algerian junta to slash energy subsidies amid mass protests
wsws.org | 2019-10-19
Ahmed Gaid Salah\'s military regime has approved a bill to pay off global oil and gas firms by slashing billions of dollars in subsidies for Algerian workers.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/19/alge-o19.html

Hong Kong! Discussion on the mass protests & 70th anniversary of the Chinese Revolution
Revolution Books | indybay.org | 2019-10-19
REVOLUTION BOOKS | 2444 Durant Ave. | Berkeley, CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/17/18827367.php

Here\'s why the establishment media is openly smearing anti-war Democrat Tulsi Gabbard
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-10-19
Establishment media outlets are openly smearing Democratic presidential hopeful Tulsi Gabbard. Why? Because the army veteran firmly opposes devastating US regime-change wars abroad, and sh…
thecanary.co/us/us-analysis/2019/10/19/heres-why-the-establishment-media-is-openly-smearing-anti-war-democrat-tulsi-gabbard/

#IamTulsi trending after Gabbard hands Hillary Clinton brutal smackdown
rt.com | 2019-10-19
2020 candidate Tulsi Gabbard is trending on Twitter, after the Hawaiian lawmaker scorched Hillary Clinton with a devastating put-down. Nevertheless, Hillary fans still maintain Tulsi\'s popularity is the work of \'Russian bots\'. | Gabbard unloaded on Clinton on Friday, after the failed 2016 presidential contender suggested that \"the Russians\" were \"grooming\" her to run as a third-party candidate next year to split the Democratic vote. | \"Great! Thank you Hillary Clinton,\" Gabbard tweeted in response. \"You, the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification of the rot that has sickened the Dem…
rt.com/usa/471314-tulsi-gabbard-trending-twitter/

Aggression Only OK for US If Led by the Pentagon and Partners
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-19
When US forces rape and destroy nonbelligerent nations threatening no one, it\'s called humanitarian intervention, responsibility to protect, and democracy building — notions Washington\'s power elites abhor. | When victimized nations defend themselves lawfully against Pentagon terror-bombing and atrocities by ISIS …
globalresearch.ca/aggression-ok-us-pentagon-partners/5692326

Sri Lankan SEP and IYSSE hold successful meeting on India\'s Kashmir lockdown
wsws.org | 2019-10-19
\"The Modi government\'s anti-democratic moves are not just directed against the Kashmiri people, although they are the immediate target, but against the working class as a whole.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/19/slmt-o19.html

Marxism and the National Question – the Case of Kashmir
IFCSS | indybay.org | 2019-10-19
Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library | 6501 Telegraph Ave. Oakland, CA 94609…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/17/18827368.php

Sri Lankan SEP and IYSSE hold successful meeting on India\'s Kashmir lockdown
wsws.org | 2019-10-19
\"The Modi government\'s anti-democratic moves are not just directed against the Kashmiri people, although they are the immediate target, but against the working class as a whole.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/19/slmt-o19.html

Depleted Uranium and Radioactive Contamination in Iraq: An Overview
Prof Souad N. Al-Azzawi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-19
The amount of devastation caused by the Depleted Uranium (DU) weaponry used against Iraq during the consecutive US led wars is historically unprecedented in modern warfare. Information revealed about the \'Gulf War Syndrome\' enabled Iraqi researchers to understand the nature of these weapons.
globalresearch.ca/depleted-uranium-and-radioactive-contamination-in-iraq-an-overview/5605215

\"Greater Israel\": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East
Israel Shahak | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-19
When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…
globalresearch.ca/greater-israel-the-zionist-plan-for-the-middle-east/5324815

Democrats link Trump impeachment drive to dissent in military over Syria pullback
wsws.org | 2019-10-19
Retired Special Operations Commander William McRaven published an op-ed piece in the New York Times Thursday calling for Trump\'s removal \"the sooner, the better.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/19/trum-o19.html

Democrats link Trump impeachment drive to dissent in military over Syria pullback
wsws.org | 2019-10-19
Retired Special Operations Commander William McRaven published an op-ed piece in the New York Times Thursday calling for Trump\'s removal \"the sooner, the better.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/19/trum-o19.html

How & Why Rouge Pacifica \"Diaboligcal SOB\'s\" Stole Programming From Native American Show
repost | indybay.org | 2019-10-19
The \"Coup\" Take-over At Pacifica Led By KPFA manager Quincy McCoy and Pacific IED John. Vernile stole a Native American program to pretend that WBAI was back on the air instead of having piped in programming.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/18/18827447.php

Filmmaker Jeff Cohen on His Latest Doc, \'The Corporate Coup\'
Ed Rampell | progressive.org | 2019-10-19
progressive.org/dispatches/jeff-cohen-on-the-corporate-coup-rampell-191019/

An inside account of the Indigenous uprising in Ecuador
Michael Otto and Zoila Ramirez | workers.org | 2019-10-19
Oct. 16 — On Oct. 7, 4000 Indigenous people from towns in and around the same canton marched for four hours to Ibarra to present a manifesto to the governor of Imbabura. The governor refused to meet with them and later rejected their primary demands: Cease the military aggression against . . . | Continue reading An inside account of the Indigenous uprising in Ecuador at Workers.org
workers.org/2019/10/44086/

Ecuador: The fight against Moreno and the IMF is far from over
Peter Koenig | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-19
In Ecuador, the fight against IMF austerity measures is far from over. Just a few hours after my article was published on Sunday, 13 October, Ecuador and the IMF\'s Killing Spree, President Lenin Moreno declared the infamous Decree 883 was canceled; i.e., the astronomical price increases for fuel were reversed, the (police) state of emergency …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/ecuador-the-fight-against-moreno-and-the-imf-is-far-from-over/

Mexico Gunbattle Underscores How Government Has Ceded to Cartels
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-19
EL AGUAJE, Mexico–The Mexican city of Culiacan lived under drug cartel terror for 12 hours as gang members forced the government to free a drug lord\'s son, but in many parts of Mexico, the government ceded the battle to the gangs long ago. | The massive, rolling gunbattle in Culiacan, capital of Sinaloa state, was shocking for the openness of the government\'s capitulation and the brazenness of gunmen who drove machine-gun mounted armored trucks through the streets. | But in state after state, the Mexican government long ago relinquished effective control of whole towns, cities and regions to the drug cartel…
truthdig.com/articles/mexico-gunbattle-underscores-how-government-has-ceded-to-cartels/

Bill McKibben on How Climate Crises and New Technologies Will Change What It Means to Be Human
Murtaza Hussain | theintercept.com | 2019-10-19
\"Just as we had long taken for granted the stability of the planet, we have likewise taken for granted the stability of the human species.\"
theintercept.com/2019/10/19/bill-mckibben-falter-book-human-game/

Data-Driven Insights for Meaningful Climate Solutions
Churchill Club | indybay.org | 2019-10-19
Computer History Museum | 1401 North Shoreline Boulevard | Mountain View, CA 94043…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/17/18827378.php

Why Extinction Rebellion Might Succeed — and in Many Ways, Already Has
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-19
Extinction Rebellion, also known as XR, is a U.K. social movement founded in 2018 focused on addressing the climate and biodiversity crises. XR has three demands of governments: 1) Tell the truth about these crises; 2) reduce carbon emissions to net zero by 2025; and 3) create a democratic citizens\' assembly of randomly selected and demographically representative citizens to hear expert testimonies and dir…
truthout.org/articles/why-extinction-rebellion-might-succeed-and-in-many-ways-already-has/

The War on Weed: Monsanto, Bayer, and the Push for \"Corporate Cannabis\"
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-19
Monsanto now appears to be developing genetically modified (GMO) forms of cannabis, with the intent of cornering the market with patented GMO seeds just as it did with GMO corn and GMO soybeans.
globalresearch.ca/the-war-on-weed-monsanto-bayer-and-the-push-for-corporate-cannabis/5534771

Canada\'s unions spending millions to re-elect Trudeau\'s pro-war, pro-austerity Liberals
wsws.org | 2019-10-19
The unions are presenting the Conservatives as a singular threat to working people, so as to drum up votes for the big business Liberals.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/19/unio-o19.html

I\'m a Hollywood Actor. I Support BDS. Will I Be Blacklisted?
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-19
As actors age in Hollywood, they find fewer and fewer opportunities to earn a living, even those in the most privileged category: white males like me. | So a reader\'s comment I came across below a recent article about me in the Jewish Journal of Los Angeles captured my full, survival-mode attention. The comment was from a veteran Hollywood producer, Howard Rosenman, whose most recent credit is Call Me by Your Name, a film that earned four Academy Award nominations and won the 2018 Oscar for Best Adapted Screenpl…
truthout.org/articles/im-a-hollywood-actor-i-support-bds-will-i-be-blacklisted/

Trump Agencies Fail to Report on Environmental Risks for Low-Income Communities
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-19
Just as this administration\'s commitment to caring for the environment is poor, its commitment to working toward environmental justice may be lax at best. | The Trump administration inherited an interagency working group on environmental justice — 16 agencies that are supposed to work to address \"the disproportionately high distribution of health and environmental risks among low-income and minority communities b…
truthout.org/articles/trump-agencies-fail-to-report-on-environmental-risks-for-low-income-communities/

Only One View at The View: Biden Not So Bad
Douglas Grant | fair.org | 2019-10-19
by Douglas Grant When the then–Democratic frontrunner stopped by the table of The View on April 26 for his first interview since announcing his presidential run, he was afforded an honorific rarely applied to US vice presidents: \"The legendary Joe Biden!\" | It was a warm homecoming. They called him Joe; he called them friends. Meghan McCain asked him, \"What took so long to get into the race? We\'re so happy you finally announced.\" | When the subject turned to Biden\'s handling of the 1991 Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas hearings, Joy Behar joked, \"Wel…
fair.org/home/only-one-view-at-the-view-biden-not-so-bad/

How to Resolve the Chicago Teachers Strike? Tax the Rich
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-19
The past year of bold worker action in Chicago–which included the nation\'s first charter school strikes–has headed towards a crescendo as teachers and support staff walked off the job on Thursday. | Despite the city\'s attempt to box negotiations into being just about salary, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is bringing a holistic approach to bargaining to benefit both their member…
truthout.org/articles/how-to-resolve-the-chicago-teachers-strike-tax-the-rich/

Vatican: Amazon Synod Debates Allowing Married Men to be Priests
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-19
During the Amazon Synod at the Vatican on Saturday, bishops discussed controversial issues that could transform the Catholic Church. Among them is the possibility of allowing married men to become priests. | RELATED: | Brazil: Amazonian Indigenous Leaders Visit Pope Francis | According to Pan-Amazon Synod documents, some within the sect want to allow married men to be ordained so that there are more priests within remote areas of the Amazon basin. | However, according to the Synod off…
telesurenglish.net/news/Vatican-Amazon-Synod-Debates-Allowing-Married-Men-to-be-Priests-20191019-0006.html

Fighting continues in wake of US-Turkish agreement on northern Syria
wsws.org | 2019-10-19
The \"ceasefire\" deal has only intensified opposition within US ruling circles, where the withdrawal of US troops from Syria is seen as strengthening Russia\'s hand in the Middle East.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/19/turk-o19.html

Gabbard Fires Back at Clinton Suggestion That She\'s Russia\'s Pawn
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-19
The former secretary of state says she believes Russians are grooming someone in the Democratic primary \"to be the third-party candidate.\"
truthdig.com/articles/gabbard-fires-back-at-clinton-suggestion-that-shes-russias-pawn/

Cuba\'s Diaz-Canel Heads to Europe, Russia for NAM Summit
teleSUR-EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-19
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel will begin an official tour on Sunday that will take him to Ireland, Belarus, Russia and Azerbaijan, where he will attend the XVIII summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) from Oct. 25 until Oct. 26. | RELATED: | Alicia Alonso, Cuba\'s Ballet Legend, Dies at Age 98 | During his 10-day tour, Díaz-Canel will talk with with the leaders of each of these nations and \"carry out other activities,\" reports a brief statement from the Cuban Foreign Ministry, which do…
telesurenglish.net/news/Cubas-Diaz-Canel-Heads-to-Europe-Russia-for-NAM-Summit-20191019-0008.html

\'We don\'t own Syria\': Lee Camp shreds media\'s \'manipulative\' coverage of US troop withdrawal (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-10-19
President Trump\'s decision to pull troops out of northern Syria sent the mainstream media into a full-blown meltdown, Redacted Tonight\'s Lee Camp said, slamming their hawkish coverage as mindless and deceitful. | The withdrawal of US forces stationed in the region prompted the New York Times to run a front-page headline decrying how Syrian forces would soon take control of the \"US void\"… in their own country. | None of this makes sense, Camp argued. | There are certain things you will never hear from the mainstream media. For one thing, we don\'t own Syria. This is an illegal invasion of ours… The way they…
rt.com/usa/471298-we-dont-own-syria-lee-camp/

Canada\'s Elections Campaign 2019: The Issues Nobody is Talking About
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-19
The Global Research News Hour radio program is hosting a fund-raiser. These funds are necessary in order to improve and expand on the reporting and analysis we produce on a weekly basis to explore in-depth those issues missed by mainstream …
globalresearch.ca/canadas-elections-campaign-2019-the-issues-nobody-is-talking-about/5692448

Radiofrequency Radiation: The Invisible Hazards of \"Smart\" Meters
Dr. Ilya Sandra Perlingieri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-19
This incisive article by the late Dr. Ilya Perlingueri was first published in August 2011 | \"The Seletun Scientific Statement recommends that lower limits be established for electromagnetic fields and wireless exposures, based on scientific studies reporting health impacts at much …
globalresearch.ca/radiofrequency-radiation-the-invisible-hazards-of-smart-meters/26082

Are We Witnessing the End of the United Kingdom as an Independent Nation State?
Julian Rose | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-19
First published on May 9, 2019 | Ever since \'the wrong result\' occurred at the referendum launched by then Prime Minister David Cameron, a fiasco of unprecedented proportions has been taking place in British politics. It is a depressing and, …
globalresearch.ca/uk-hard-wired-fourth-reich/5676684

Autoworkers denounce UAW-GM tentative agreement
wsws.org | 2019-10-19
The contract maintains the hated multi-tier wage and benefit system; creates the conditions for expanding the use of temporary workers; and sanctions the closure of four facilities.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/19/inte-o19.html

Protesters take to the streets in Westminster on \'Super Saturday\'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-19
Thousands of people have called for a second Brexit referendum as MPs vote on Boris Johnson\'s withdrawal deal.Effigies of the Prime Minister and his senior adviser Dominic Cummings were on show during the demonstration, attended by famous faces including Star Trek actor Sir Patrick Stewart.Meanwhile, pro-Brexit supporters staged a counter-demonstration during a tense day in Parliament.Prime Minister Boris Johnson as comic book character The Joker on a sign during the Let Us Be Heard march (Andrew Matthews/PA)Actors protesting against Brexit? Sir Patrick Stewart makes it so, alongside Stephen McGann (Andrew Matthe…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/10/19/protesters-take-to-the-streets-in-westminster-on-super-saturday/

Trump\'s Fake Withdrawal From Endless War
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies | commondreams.org | 2019-10-18
Kurdish Syrian civilians flee the town of Kobane on the Turkish border on October 16, 2019 as Turkey and its allies continue their assault on Kurdish-held border towns in northeastern Syria. – Turkey rebuffed international pressure to curb its military offensive against Kurdish militants in Syria today as US President Donald Trump dispatched his deputy Mike Pence to Ankara to demand a ceasefire. (Photo: Bakr Alkasem/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_endless_war_syria_kurds.jpg
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/18/trumps-fake-withdrawal-endless-war?cd-origin=rss

The Eurozone In Crisis? New President of the European Central Bank (ECB) has a Criminal Record. Christine Lagarde
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-18
Lagarde was found \"guilty\" without the enforcement of a one year prison sentence. She was accused of \"negligence\" rather than \"complicity\" in a multimillion euro fraud. She was rewarded rather than penalized.
globalresearch.ca/new-president-of-the-european-central-bank-ecb-has-a-criminal-record-christine-lagarde/5691850

Why is the Trump Administration Trying to Tear This 26-Year-Old DACA Recipient Away From Her Child?
Naureen Shah | aclu.org | 2019-10-18
Anahi Jaquez –Estrada is scared. As soon as Monday, she may be deported to a country she hardly knows: away from her 8-year-old daughter and her husband, both of whom are United States citizens. She has lived in the U.S. almost her entire life and is in the process of becoming a lawful permanent resident. Her story is at once exceptionally tragic and a paradigmatic example of how our immigration legal system is failing — and tearing families apart. | I met Anahi in late July at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention site in Aurora, Colorado, where she has spent the last year and a…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/why-is-the-trump-administration-trying-to-tear-this-26-year-old-daca-recipient-away-from-her-child

Stop the Normalization of Concentration Camps
Ashley Smith | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-18
After dragging its feet for months, the Democratic Party has finally launched an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump. While this is welcome news, there is a danger that we will become transfixed by the proceedings in Washington and stop organizing the resistance against Trump, especially against his racist war on immigrants and refugees. That would…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/18/stop-the-normalization-of-concentration-camps/

Syracuse, N.Y. says: \'Close the Camps\' with people\'s power
Minnie Bruce Pratt | workers.org | 2019-10-18
\"Up, up with liberation! Down, down with deportation!\" rang out Oct. 11 as more than 75 people marched through the streets of downtown Syracuse, N.Y. They were responding to a national call for Close the Camps actions that day to \"Stop the war on immigrants, Indigenous peoples and refugees!\" At . . . | Continue reading Syracuse, N.Y. says: \'Close the Camps\' with people\'s power at Workers.org
workers.org/2019/10/44077/

Trump Administration\'s Denials of H-1B Visas Are Being Overturned at Record Rate
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-18
This story is part of a collaboration with Mother Jones. | Since 2017, as part of its efforts to \"hire American,\" the Trump administration has been aggressively denying applications for H-1B visas. Yet a record number of those denials have been overturned on appeal, suggesting that the administration has been wrongfully rejecting qualified applicants for these coveted visas for high-skilled immigrants. | While President Donald Trump\'s crackdown on undocumented immigrants has grabbed public…
truthout.org/articles/trump-administrations-denials-of-h-1b-visas-are-being-overturned-at-record-rate/