Beware, Pete Buttigieg Is a Sharp Corporate Tool
Norman Solomon | commondreams.org | 2019-10-21
Pete Buttigieg, aka Mayor Pete, is the mayor of South Bend, Indiana. Buttigieg is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States in 2020. (Photo illustration: DonkeyHotey/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/mayor_pete_mayor_elite.jpg …
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U.S. Takes Step to Require DNA Samples From Asylum-Seekers
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-21
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is planning to collect DNA samples from asylum-seekers and other migrants detained by immigration officials and will add the information to a massive FBI database used by law enforcement hunting for criminals, a Justice Department official said. | The Justice Department on Monday issued amended regulations that would mandate DNA collection for almost all migrants who cross between official entry points and are held even temporarily. | The official said the rules would not apply to legal permanent residents or anyone entering the U.S. legally, and children under 14 are e…
truthdig.com/articles/u-s-takes-step-to-require-dna-samples-from-asylum-seekers/
Turkey Breaks Ceasefire, US \"Secures Syria\'s Oil\" & Assange\'s Torture & Violation Of Rights Exposed
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-10-21
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (10/19/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/turkey-breaks-ceasefire-us-secures-syrias-oil-assanges-torture-violation-of-rights-exposed/
Pity the Kurds
Chris Hedges | commondreams.org | 2019-10-21
President Donald Trump\'s abandonment of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in northern Syria is another chapter in a sad and heartless game, repeatedly replayed, in which Kurdish forces are armed and used to achieve the strategic aims of rival nation-states and then discarded. (Drawing: Mr. Fish) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/pity-the-kurd.jpg …
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The US Has Backed 21 of the 28 \'Crazy\' Militias Leading Turkey\'s Brutal Invasion of Northern Syria
Max Blumenthal | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-21
Former and current US officials have slammed the Turkish mercenary force of \"Arab militias\" for executing and beheading Kurds in northern Syria. New data from Turkey reveals that almost all of these militias were armed and trained in the past …
globalresearch.ca/us-backed-21-crazy-militias-leading-turkey-brutal-invasion-northern-syria/5692578
Stop the Turkish Invasion of Syria. US Out of Syria and the Middle East
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-21
The crisis in Syria has taken a new direction with the Turkish invasion into Syria ostensibly to push back the Kurdish peoples. The US has added to this crisis by its indifference toward the Kurds after using them as a …
globalresearch.ca/stop-turkish-invasion-syria-us-out-syria-middle-east/5692645
US Out Of Syria And The Middle East
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-21
US Out of the Middle East, Los Angeles protest against bombing in Syria from ABC7.com. Stop The Turkish Invasion Of Syria The crisis in Syria has taken a new direction with the Turkish invasion into the Northeast ostensibly to push the Kurdish peoples out. The US has added to this crisis by its green light …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/us-out-of-syria-and-the-middle-east/
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Why She Backed Bernie Sanders Over Elizabeth Warren
Ryan Grim | theintercept.com | 2019-10-21
On stage at a rally in Queens on Saturday, and in interviews beforehand with The Intercept, NBC News, and CBS News, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez expounded on her decision to endorse Sen. Bernie Sanders in the presidential primary. Perhaps as important as her endorsement was the motivation behind it: If Ocasio-Cortez portrayed Sanders as the only trustworthy candidate in a field of sellouts and shills, it could make uniting the party after the nomination — either behind Sanders or one of his opponents — that much more difficult. But Ocasio-Cor…
theintercept.com/2019/10/21/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-aoc-bernie-sanders-endorsement/
The Far Right\'s War on the World
John Feffer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-21
U.S. Border Patrol agents process immigrants from Central America while taking them into custody on August 17, 2016 near Roma, Texas. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/ice_children_850_567_0.jpeg …
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How the Tax System Rewards Polluters
Charlie Simmons | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-21
Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist who sparked student protests across the globe, had this to tell the UN General Assembly in New York:…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/21/how-the-tax-system-rewards-polluters/
Catholic Activists Stand Trial for Protesting Nuclear Weapons
Sam Husseini | thenation.com | 2019-10-21
Catholic Activists Stand Trial for Protesting Nuclear Weapons…
thenation.com/article/antinuclear-activists-trial-georgia/
Is War on the Menu for 2020 Elections?
Thom Hartmann | commondreams.org | 2019-10-21
Kurdish activists wears a mask of the American president Donald Trump during demonstration against the ongoing Turkish military operation in the northeastern Syria on October 19,2019 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Photo: Paulo Amorim/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_war_2020.jpg …
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Ceasefire Ends, Talks on Syria Between Erdogan and Putin Begin
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-21
Monday marks the thirteenth day since Turkey began its third cross border military operation in Syria ironically named \"Operation Peace Spring\". In the past two weeks civilian and militant lives on both sides have been lost, a large exodus has …
globalresearch.ca/ceasefire-ends-talks-syria-erdogan-putin/5692617
Peace Restored in Ecuador. But Is Trust Restored?
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-21
After ten people were reported killed on the streets of Ecuador, together with about 2,000 people injured and a large number imprisoned, an agreement was reached between the Lenin Moreno government and protesters against a controversial Decree 883 that had …
globalresearch.ca/peace-restored-ecuador/5692594
UN Security Council calls for South Sudan leaders to speed up action on peace deal
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-21
In a visit to South Sudan this past weekend, members of the UN Security Council urged leaders to expedite implementation of a 2018 peace agreement aimed at ending six years of ongoing conflict.
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Bachelet Urges Government Dialogue and Peaceful Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-21
The High Commissioner of the United Nations Organization for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet asked Chilean President Sebastian Piñera to use dialogue as well as asking protesters to demonstrate peacefully. | RELATED: | Chile Unrest Rages on as 11 Dead Amid Curfew, Militarization | \"I urge the Government to work with all sectors of society towards solutions that help calm the situation,\" Bachelet said in a statement. | The former Chilean president admitted feeling \"very sad…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bachelet-Urges-Government-Dialogue-and-Peaceful-Protests-20191021-0007.html
Ecuador: From The Middle of the World to the End of the World
Boaventura de Sousa Santos | commondreams.org | 2019-10-21
Demonstrators shouted slogans outside the national assembly in Quito, Ecuador on Oct. 8, 2019 following days of protests against the sharp rise in fuel prices sparked by the government\'s decision to scrap subsidies. (Photo: by Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-11746351991.jpg …
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Protests in Haiti show signs of eventually producing change
W. T. Whitney Jr. | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-21
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Food availability is uncertain for 60 percent of the people. Conditions are bleak, and bleaker still from shortages, rampant political corruption, and not much to show after two years of regular street protests. In the year prior to September, security forces killed 77 people. That month …
peoplesworld.org/article/protests-in-haiti-show-signs-of-eventually-producing-change/
Protest Pacifica Coup: 1999 Redoux? Stop The Coup!
Ad Hoc Committee | indybay.org | 2019-10-21
KPFA LSB Meeting, South Berkeley Senior Citizens Center, 2939 Ellis St, Berkeley, CA 94703…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/19/18827450.php
Fifty Years Ago Today, US Soldiers Joined the Vietnam Moratorium Protests in Mass Numbers
Derek Seidman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-21
Today marks the fiftieth anniversary of the October 15, 1969 Moratorium, perhaps the most important US protest during the war against Vietnam. | Millions turned out across the United States in a historic day of action. Nothing else so conveyed …
globalresearch.ca/fifty-years-ago-today-us-soldiers-joined-vietnam-moratorium-protests/5692565
General Strike Called in Chile in Support of Protests
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-21
Miners and dockers unions in Chile called for a general strike in support of the protests against the government of President Sebastián Piñera, while the head of the National Defense Javier Iturriaga said Monday that he is not at war with anyone. | RELATED: | Chilean GOT Actor Pedro Pascal Shows Support for Protests | \"The truth is that I am not at war with anyone,\" General Iturriaga said when asked about the latest statements by the president, who said Sunday he was \"at war against…
telesurenglish.net/news/General-Strike-Called-in-Chile-in-Support-of-Protests-20191021-0002.html
Patriotic Korean students enter U.S. ambassador\'s Seoul compound, demand U.S. troops out now
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-10-21
On October 18 a group of Korean students entered the U.S. ambassador\'s residential compound in Seoul, Korea to protest the continuing presence of U.S. troops in their country. 20 people, who belong to a coalition of progressive students, scaled the wall of the diplomatic compound and began a demonstration against the U.S. occupation of their county. The students chanted \"We don\'t need U.S. troops,\" and \"Get out!\" before being escorted out by police. 19 of the students were detained and questioned by south Korean police. | There are an estimated 28,000 U.S. troops in southern Korea who are essentially engaged in m…
fightbacknews.org/2019/10/20/patriotic-korean-students-enter-us-ambassador-s-seoul-compound-demand-us-troops-out-now
Where are the Influentials Who Find Trump Despicable?
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-21
The British political philosopher, John Stuart Mill, was a man of many pithy phrases. Possibly his most widely quoted assertion is that \"Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.\" This quote fits the Trump age perfectly. Where are you, Barack Obama? Obama is still polling higher than any other politician, active or retired.
counterpunch.org/2019/10/21/where-are-the-influentials-who-find-trump-despicable/
Tulsi Gabbard Is Right, and Nancy Pelosi Wrong. It Was US Democrats Who Helped Cultivate the Barbarism of ISIS
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-21
There is something profoundly deceitful in the way the Democratic Party and the corporate media are framing Donald Trump\'s decision to pull troops out of Syria. | One does not need to defend Trump\'s actions or ignore the dangers posed …
globalresearch.ca/tulsi-gabbard-nancy-pelosi-it-was-us-democrats-helped-cultivate-barbarism-isis/5692619
Taking Next Steps Toward Nuclear Abolition
Kathy Kelly | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-21
My friend Marianne Goldscheider, who is 87, suffered a broken hip in July, 2018 and then, in June 2019, it happened again. When she broke her hip the first time, she was running, with her son, on a football field. After the second break, when she fell in her kitchen, she recalls her only desire…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/21/taking-next-steps-toward-nuclear-abolition-2/
US Syria Pullout? A Saigon Moment?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-21
The 1972 Church/Case amendment ended congressional funding for US military operations in Southeast Asia — except for withdrawal of Pentagon forces, subject to release of prisoners of war. | In June 1973, congressional legislation ended all funding after August 15. After …
globalresearch.ca/us-syria-pullout/5692607
Excuses, Excuses: Now Hillary Clinton\'s Attacking Her Own Party\'s Candidates
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-21
\"I\'m not making any predictions, but I think [the Russians] have got their eye on somebody who is currently in the Democratic primary and are grooming her to be the third-party candidate,\" said Hillary Clinton on her former campaign manager\'s podcast. \"They know they can\'t win without a third party candidate.\" Was Clinton referring to…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/21/excuses-excuses-now-hillary-clintons-attacking-her-own-partys-candidates/
India Is Confused; Where Does It Go from Here?
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-21
At J. Nehru University, most students know about China and Russia only from the BBC, Reuters and other Western media outlets. Even those individuals who claim they belong to the left are not immune; influenced mainly by the British propaganda….
globalresearch.ca/india-confused-where-does-it-go-from-here/5692580
Pentagon Chief Says US Forces Leaving Syria Are Shifting to Iraq
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-21
President Donald Trump tweeted Sunday that he is \"bringing soldiers home\" from Syria as Turkey continues its deadly military operation there, but Pentagon chief Mark Esper undermined the president\'s declaration by confirming that U.S. forces are simply moving to another site of endless war — Iraq. | American troops \"aren\'t coming home and the United States i…
truthout.org/articles/pentagon-chief-says-us-forces-leaving-syria-are-shifting-to-iraq/
The United States Air Force at Incirlik, Our National \"Black Eye\"
Brian Terrell | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-21
Current events concerning Turkey and the Kurds in Syria remind me of a conversation I had with a US Air Force colonel almost 17 years ago in a courtroom in Des Moines. To refresh my memory, I dug deep into my closet and dusted off the transcript of the case,…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/21/the-united-states-air-force-at-incirlik-our-national-black-eye/
As Trump Aids and Abets Turkey\'s War Crimes, the UN Must Act
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-21
Nearly two weeks have passed since Turkey launched its ground and air attack on Rojava, the autonomous region of northeast Syria, following Trump\'s sudden removal of 1,000 U.S. troops from the area. | While the United States and Turkey reached a \"ceasefire\" agreement on October 17, there are ongoing reports of viol…
truthout.org/articles/as-trump-aids-and-abets-turkeys-war-crimes-the-un-must-act/
Trump\'s Disgraceful Letter to Erdogan
Prof. Alon Ben-Meir | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-21
There is no wonder that every person and news outlet that saw Trump\'s letter to Turkey\'s president Erdogan thought it was a joke. When it was confirmed that the letter was indeed authentic, bewilderment and disbelief struck everyone who read …
globalresearch.ca/trump-letter-erdogan/5692556
Governments remain silent as evidence mounts that Turkey is using white phosphorus
Eliza Egret | thecanary.co | 2019-10-21
Warning: this article contains images that some readers may find distressing | Social media has been swamped with photos and videos of people with burns so horrific that it\'s a miracle they\'ve survived. Turkey has been accused of using white phosphorus on…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/10/21/governments-remain-silent-as-evidence-mounts-that-turkey-is-using-white-phosphorus/
Indigenous Rising in Ecuador and International Solidarity
Kasim Tirmizey | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-21
While many Canadians were celebrating Thanksgiving weekend, events in Ecuador generally did not catch media attention. After 11 days of an indigenous-led national general strike and state repression, an agreement was achieved by both parties on the night of October …
globalresearch.ca/indigenous-ecuador-international-solidarity/5692553
Bot race! Mitt Romney admits he\'s \'Pierre Delecto,\' anon Twitter handle who \'liked\' impeachment, never-Trumpers & Romney posts
rt.com | 2019-10-21
Utah Senator Mitt Romney has come clean about running a secret anonymous Twitter handle — \"Pierre Delecto\" — which passive-aggressively dumped on Trump and other Republican rivals while puffing up Romney and his allies. | Mitt Romney is Pierre Delecto. Pierre Delecto is Mitt Romney. The ultra-wealthy Mormon senator, recently rumored to be testing the waters for yet another presidential run, admitted he was behind the nom de tweet on Sunday after telling an Atlantic reporter he had a secret account — \"What do they call me, a lurker?\" — created to monitor political conversation. | Mitt Romn…
rt.com/usa/471440-romney-secret-twitter-pierre-delecto/
Thoughts on impeachment
Victor Grossman | mronline.org | 2019-10-21
The main impeachment thrust aims at minor events in the Ukraine. The whole approach ignores, indeed covers over the fact, that the whole U.S. policy of violently turning the Ukraine into a U.S.-dominated satrapy and advanced base was achieved by a Democratic administration. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/21/thoughts-on-impeachment/
The death of Elijah Cummings: Democrats, media glorify a mediocrity
wsws.org | 2019-10-21
The real purpose of the flowery tributes was to give a \"progressive\" gloss to the House Democrats\' impeachment campaign, in which Cummings played a significant role.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/21/cumm-o21.html
\"No Angels\": Kurdish Militias, \"Betrayal\" and the Campaign to Destroy Syria
Adeyinka Makinde | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-21
It is presently fashionable, but totally erroneous to aver that the Kurds have been \"betrayed\". The truth is that the Kurds and the Americans have used each other for their mutual ends in the Syrian War, a catastrophe orchestrated by …
globalresearch.ca/kurdish-militias-betrayal-campaign-destroy-syria/5692557
Ditch the Kurds, grab the oil? Trump says US \'never committed\' to Syrian allies, but SecDef says Washington still committed to oil
rt.com | 2019-10-21
President Donald Trump has said that the US never committed to the security of Kurds in northern Syria, ahead of the end of the Turkish ceasefire. His defense secretary meanwhile says the US troops had a job to \"secure the oil.\" | …
rt.com/usa/471462-trump-troops-kurds-syria-oil/
Warren Wants to End Vouchers and Tax Credits for Private Schools and Rein in Charters
Rachel M. Cohen | theintercept.com | 2019-10-21
Sen. Elizabeth Warren released a wide-ranging education plan Monday, pledging to invest hundreds of billions of dollars into public schools if she wins the presidency, paid in part through her proposed two-cent tax on wealth over $50 million. Warren\'s plan is infused with her broader campaign themes of reducing corruption and fraud; she backs measures like new taxes on education lobbying, limiting the profiteering of tech companies that sell digital products to schools, and curbing self-dealing within chart…
theintercept.com/2019/10/21/charter-movement-continues-taking-losses-with-elizabeth-warrens-new-education-plan/
Trump\'s border wall is a multi-billion dollar corporate handout
Nick Buxton | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-21
The militarisation of the US border has led to an increase in migrant deaths and a windfall for the security industry.
nationofchange.org/2019/10/21/trumps-border-wall-is-a-multi-billion-dollar-corporate-handout/
This week in history: October 21-27
wsws.org | 2019-10-21
25 years ago: Assassination of Gamini DissanayakeOn October 24, 1994, Gamini Dissanayake, United National Party (UNP) candidate for president of Sri Lanka, was assassinated at an election rally. An explosion detonated by a suicide bomber from the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) killed 50 others and injured 200…
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/21/twih-o21.html
The Four A\'s of American Policy Failure in Syria
Scott Ritter | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-21
The ceasefire agreement brokered by Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday accomplishes very little outside of putting window dressing on a foregone conclusion. Simply put, the Turks will be able to achieve their objectives …
globalresearch.ca/american-policy-failure-syria/5692623
The Collusion of Church and State
Robert Koehler | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-21
Intrigued by the controversy that erupted over Secretary of State Mike Pompeo\'s speech before the American Association of Christian Counselors last week in Nashville — it was titled \"Being a Christian Leader\" and was eventually removed from the State Department website — I wound up reading the whole speech. And I actually found one paragraph…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/21/the-collusion-of-church-and-state/
Venezuela Government Hosts International Commune Congress
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-10-21
Maduro affirmed that popular power is \"the soul\" of the Bolivarian project.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14700
Right-wing enemy of Venezuela opens Sarasota lecture season
Bryan Ellis | liberationnews.org | 2019-10-21
On Wednesday, regime change advocate and former diplomat Diego Arria will be speaking in Sarasota. The talk, titled \"Venezuela: A Real Threat in Our Backyard\", is being held at Mildred Sainer Pavilion at New College of Florida. It will be the first lecture in this year\'s high-profile foreign affairs lecture series, which Sarasota World Affairs Council (SWAC) has hosted annually since 2014.
liberationnews.org/right-wing-enemy-of-venezuela-opens-sarasota-lecture-season/
USAID funds salaries of Venezuelan politicians as it doubles down on the coup
Leonardo Flores | mronline.org | 2019-10-21
The payment of Mr. Guaidó\'s representatives is a serious conflict of interest. Does the Guaidó team represent the Venezuelan people or the interests of the government that is paying their salaries? It is a point worth reiterating: a foreign politician is being paid by the United States to influence policy in the United States. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/21/usaid-funds-salaries-of-venezuelan-politicians-as-it-doubles-down-on-the-coup/
\'Corruption\' and \'disgrace\': White House confirms that G7 summit will exclude any mention of climate crisis
Alexandra Jacobo | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-21
\"Not only is Trump using the powers of the presidency to enrich himself, which is blatantly unconstitutional. He is ignoring a massive international crisis that threatens humanity. What a disgrace.\"
nationofchange.org/2019/10/21/corruption-and-disgrace-white-house-confirms-that-g7-summit-will-exclude-any-mention-of-climate-crisis/
International Tax Emergency. A Critical Time for Developing Nations to Speak Up!
José Antonio Ocampo | commondreams.org | 2019-10-21
It is time for developing countries to mobilize to fight back against tax avoidance. Increasing their fiscal resources is the only way to improve access to health, education, gender equality, or the fight against climate change. (Image: Offshore Shell Games) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/money_0.png …
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Taking Next Steps Toward Nuclear Abolition
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-21
My friend Marianne Goldscheider, who is 87, suffered a broken hip in July, 2018 and then, in June 2019, it happened again. When she broke her hip the first time, she was running, with her son, on a football field. After the second break, when she fell in her kitchen, she was in so much pain that she recalls her only desire as she was placed on a stretcher: \"I just wanted \'the right pill.\'\" Marianne says her Catholic friends, who live nearby in the New York Catholic Worker community, persuaded her not to give up. They\'ve long…
truthout.org/articles/taking-next-steps-toward-nuclear-abolition/