UK authorities may have just provided the perfect reason why Assange\'s extradition should end
Tom Coburg | thecanary.co | 2019-10-23
A UK authority may have just provided the perfect reason for dismissing the US extradition request for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. | Court hearing: | At a 21 October court hearing, Assange\'s lawyers made it clear to district judge Vanessa Baraitser that the US extradition request should be denied because of surveillance in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Significantly, that surveillance included the monitoring of privileged client-lawy…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/10/23/uk-authorities-may-have-just-provided-the-perfect-reason-why-assanges-extradition-should-end/

That We Live Under a Dictatorship Is Now Unquestionable: The Assange Case
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
What else can we call it when a publisher does what the New York Times did when it published the Pentagon Papers and was ruled by the Supreme Court in 1971 (New York Times Co. v. United States) to have …
globalresearch.ca/we-live-under-dictatorship-assange-case/5692847

Assange in Court
Craig Murray | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
I was deeply shaken while witnessing yesterday\'s events in Westminster Magistrates Court. Every decision was railroaded through over the scarcely heard arguments and objections of Assange\'s legal team, by a magistrate who barely pretended to be listening. | Before I get …
globalresearch.ca/assange-court/5692834

Jill Stein: Hillary Clinton is still sabotaging progressives
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-10-23
Former Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein responds to Hillary Clinton calling her a \"Russian asset\" and Rep. Tulsi Gabbard…
thegrayzone.com/2019/10/23/jill-stein-hillary-clinton-is-still-sabotaging-progressives/

Sanctions Are Part of a Failed Foreign Policy Playbook. Stop Relying on Them
Ilhan Omar | commondreams.org | 2019-10-23
Economic and sector sanctions are too often designed to inflict maximum pain on civilians, not empower them. (Photo: Syrian Refugees/Josh Zakary/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/refugeesvienna-a.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/23/sanctions-are-part-failed-foreign-policy-playbook-stop-relying-them?cd-origin=rss

US troops are staying in Syria to \'keep the oil\' — and have already killed hundreds over it
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-10-23
Hundreds of American soldiers are remaining in Syria to occupy its oil reserves and block the Syrian government from revenue…
thegrayzone.com/2019/10/23/us-troops-staying-syria-oil/

Tulsi Gabbard Isn\'t a Russian Asset. It\'s More Complicated Than That
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-23
The Nation\'s Jeet Heer discusses Hillary Clinton\'s recent remarks toward Rep. Tulsi Gabbard. Why do anti-war activists and the right wing seem to love her?
therealnews.com/stories/tulsi-gabbard-russian-asset-hillary-clinton

ExxonMobil Is Still Bankrolling Climate Science Deniers
Elliott Negin | commondreams.org | 2019-10-23
Climate activists demonstrate in Washington, D.C. in 2015. One displays a sign admonishing ExxonMobil for its complicity in furthering the climate apocalypse. (Photo: Johnny Silvercloud) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/22286952533_bee67ae3e5_o.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/23/exxonmobil-still-bankrolling-climate-science-deniers?cd-origin=rss

Elizabeth Warren and Activists Say Big Tech Companies Should Be Broken Up
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-23
Facebook continues to face growing criticism and demands that it be broken up. Massachusetts senator and Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has repeatedly called for Facebook and other big tech companies to be broken up on antitrust grounds. Roger McNamee, a Silicon Valley investor who went from being an early supporter of Facebook to a vocal critic, speaks with us about 2020 candidates\' platforms on big tech. Antitrust regulation is \"the one issue that seems to cut across the entir…
truthout.org/video/elizabeth-warren-and-activists-say-big-tech-companies-should-be-broken-up/

Activist claims CITES exemption for finished musical instruments may set a bad precedent
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2019-10-23
The handmade guitar made by the author of this story around 34 years ago is partially made of East Indian rosewood and Brazilian rosewood. It would be confiscated by government officials if it was taken across an international border.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/23/18827550.php

America\'s Mission to Remake Afghanistan Has Failed
Saad Hafiz | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-23
The United States is ready to leave Afghanistan despite the latest gambit by President Trump to call off peace negotiations with the Taliban. The US intervention in the country in 2001 has turned into a trillion-dollar disaster. It was ostensibly intended to punish the Taliban for sheltering Al-Qaeda before 9/11 and to prevent the use of…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/23/americas-mission-to-remake-afghanistan-has-failed/

Somalia advancing towards \'inclusive and peaceful future\' for women, deputy UN chief
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-23
Somalia has made \"enormous strides on its path to peace and stability\", and Somali women\'s participation in peace and security efforts has \"helped advance society towards an inclusive and peaceful future\", UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1049851

Better Relations Between the US and Russia Are Not in the Cards
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
By now Russians must wonder if the better relations they desire with the US are ever to be. US Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, Democrat from Hawaii is the latest peacemaker to be declared \"a Russian asset\" by Hillary, the DNC, …
globalresearch.ca/better-relations-us-russia/5692882

Video: Erdogan, Putin Reach \'Historical Deal\' on Northern Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
On October 22, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin reached an agreement to settle the situation in northeastern Syria. | According to the agreement, Turkey\'s Operation \'Peace Spring\' will continue in a limited area between Tell Abyad …
globalresearch.ca/video-erdogan-putin-reach-historical-deal-northern-syria/5692853

Ecuador\'s Austerity Measures, Repression Based on Lies AP Happily Spread
Joe Emersberger | fair.org | 2019-10-23
AP piece in the LA Times ( 10/14/19) | Bernie Sanders tweeted an Associated Press article in the LA Times ( 10/14/19) about Ecuador\'s recent protests, in which eight protesters were killed in 11 days. \"Economic elites ke…
fair.org/home/ecuadors-austerity-measures-repression-based-on-lies-ap-happily-spread/

Lebanese Join Growing Protest Wave Against Austerity and Corruption
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-23
Anti-austerity protests have swept Sudan, Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, and now Lebanon. As\'ad Abukhalil discusses how Lebanon is joining what seems like a second Arab Spring focused on a demand for social justice.
therealnews.com/stories/lebanon-protest-austerity-corruption-arab-spring

Stirrings of Basic Change Accompany Protests in Haiti
W. T. Whitney | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-23
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 protests accentuated and by October 7 they had killed at least 17 more.
counterpunch.org/2019/10/23/stirrings-of-basic-change-accompany-protests-in-haiti/

Celebrity Protesters and Extinction Rebellion
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-23
Benedict Cumberbatch. Olivia Colman. Fine actors. They believe in Extinction Rebellion, or perhaps, rebelling against the prospect of extinction. The environment thing, humanity as a damnably scandalous, ecologically damaging species. But they also believe in taking sponsorship from the very same entities who are doing their best (or worst) to engage in matters of existential…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/23/celebrity-protesters-and-extinction-rebellion/

Abusive North American Companies Pay Off Latin American Police to Harass Critics
Jen Moore | commondreams.org | 2019-10-23
Indigenous Peruvians protest mining pollution, 2015. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/peru.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/23/abusive-north-american-companies-pay-latin-american-police-harass-critics?cd-origin=rss

Mass protests continue in defiance of military crackdown in Chile
wsws.org | 2019-10-23
The military-police crackdown on protests in Chile is only one of the most shocking expressions of the global turn toward dictatorship by governments throughout the world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/23/pers-o23.html

US Renews Chevron License as European Refiner Cuts Venezuela Ties over Sanctions
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-10-23
Finnish-Venezuelan refiner Nynas is one of PDVSA\'s few remaining cash buyers.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14702

Military Spending\'s Out of Control While Slashing It Could Easily Fund Medicare for All
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-23
Something very unusual happened on Thursday, Oct. 17. The New York Times suddenly ran an article on its opinion page explaining how to cut $300 billion from the $1-trillion military budget — enough, the article explained, to fund Bernie Sanders\' proposed program for an expanded Medicare program to cover all Americans without raising a dime…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/23/military-spendings-out-of-control-while-slashing-it-could-easily-fund-medicare-for-all/

Where Are the Influentials Who Find Trump Despicable?
Ralph Nader | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
The British political philosopher, John Stuart Mill, was a man of many pithy phrases. Possibly his most widely quoted assertion is that…
globalresearch.ca/influentials-find-trump-despicable/5692836

Hillary, \"Russian Assets\" and Realignment. The Dems Morph into Neocons
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
As you may have figured out by now, Hillary Clinton, warped by her own self aggrandizement of entitlement, did Tulsi Gabbard and her Presidential campaign against interventionist wars a huge incidental favor. | While the Democrats continue to splinter and …
globalresearch.ca/hillary-russian-assets-and-realignment-the-dems-morph-into-neocons/5692873

Even CNN thinks Hillary Clinton has gone too far with her latest conspiracy theory
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-10-23
US Army veteran Tulsi Gabbard hopes to become the Democratic Party\'s presidential candidate in 2020. But because she firmly opposes devastating US regime-change wars abroad and tells the t…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/10/23/even-cnn-thinks-hillary-clinton-has-gone-too-far-with-her-latest-conspiracy-theory/

As Trump Aids and Abets Turkey\'s War Crimes, the UN Must Act
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
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 …
globalresearch.ca/trump-aids-abets-turkey-war-crimes-un-must-act/5692841

Russian/Turkish Agreement on Northern Syria
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
When deals are struck, the devil is in the details, along with implementation of what was agreed on by all parties involved. | The historical record is clear. The US, West and Israel can never be trusted. The Russian Federation operates …
globalresearch.ca/russian-turkish-agreement-northern-syria/5692858

Betty McCollum Is Pushing Congress to Stop Subsidizing the Torture of Palestinian Children
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-10-23
\"The legislation I am introducing is expressly intended to end U.S. support and funding for Israel\'s systematic military detention, interrogation, abuse, torture, and prosecution of Palestinian children.\" – Betty McCollum…
mintpressnews.com/betty-mccollum-bill-military-aid-to-israel-human-rights/262462/

The Kill Team Kills Again
Ed Rampell | progressive.org | 2019-10-23
The new film illustrates how Washington\'s endless imperialist wars of aggression tragically pit Americans against not only overseas \"enemies,\" but one another.
progressive.org/dispatches/kill-team-kills-again-afghanistan-rampell-191023/

Germany, US threaten war amid Russia-Turkey summit on Syria
wsws.org | 2019-10-23
German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer called for a massive European Union (EU) force to occupy northern Syria, involving up to 40,000 troops.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/23/syri-o23.html

The EU Is Rewriting World War II History to Demonize Russia
Max Parry | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
Last month, on the 80th anniversary of the start of World War II, the European Parliament voted on a resolution entitled \"On the Importance of European Remembrance for the Future of Europe.\" The adopted document: | \"…Stresses that the Second World | …
globalresearch.ca/eu-rewriting-wwii-history-demonize-russia/5692802

Turkey Signals It\'s Holding Back on Resuming Syria Push
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-23
Ankara indicates it will not resume its offensive against Kurds in northeast Syria, following separate agreements reached with the U.S. and Russia.
truthdig.com/articles/turkey-signals-its-holding-back-on-resuming-syria-push/

The Russian-Turkish Deal on Syria: Who Won and Who Lost?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
Presidents Putin and Erdogan reached a deal on Syria that represents a decisive victory for Turkey while being a drastic climbdown for Damascus after President Assad vowed earlier that day that the Syrian Arab Army was \"prepared to support any …
globalresearch.ca/russian-turkish-deal-syria/5692838

Russia and Clinton\'s Election Plan B
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
America is an insular nation, exceptional only in its willful ignorance of the rest of the world. Many Americans, undoubtedly a majority, know very little about what is really going on in the world. | Millions of Americans are unable to …
globalresearch.ca/russia-clinton-election-plan-b/5692801

Former Zuckerberg Mentor: I Raised Alarm on Russian Interference But Was Ignored
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-23
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies on Capitol Hill Wednesday, where he is expected to face questioning about the company\'s cryptocurrency Libra, among other issues. Zuckerberg has faced scrutiny before, including for Facebook\'s role in the 2016 U.S. presidential election. A former mentor of Zuckerberg and longtime Silicon Valley investor Roger McNamee speaks out about the company\'s dismissal of Russian interference in the election. \"They treated it like a PR problem, not a business issue,…
truthout.org/video/former-zuckerberg-mentor-i-raised-alarm-on-russian-interference-but-was-ignored/

India is Confused: where does it go from here?
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-23
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. ***** It has been like this for years: usual confusion, all around India: tough nationalistic, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/india-is-confused-where-does-it-go-from-here/

UN and partners call for solidarity, as Venezuelans on the move reach 4.5 million
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-23
Since 2015, approximately 4.5 million Venezuelans have fled their country as the Latin American nation\'s political, humanitarian and economic crisis drags on, creating one of the \"direst\" displacement crises in the world, the UN and European Union said on Wednesday, ahead of a solidarity conference next week.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1049871

Media Failed to Connect Climate Crisis and Utility Blackouts
Joshua Cho | commondreams.org | 2019-10-23
While California\'s wildfires are a part of the area\'s natural state, the size and intensity of the seasonal blazes have increased for decades under worsening climate change. (Photo: LA Times/Screenshot) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-10-23_at_5.01.19_pm.png …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/23/media-failed-connect-climate-crisis-and-utility-blackouts?cd-origin=rss

Congress Holds Hearing on Big Oil\'s War on Climate Science
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-23
The House Oversight Committee heard testimony about the fossil fuel industry\'s multimillion dollar campaign to suppress knowledge of their contributions to the climate crisis.
therealnews.com/columns/congress-hearing-big-oil-war-on-climate-science

Trump\'s Fracking Boosterism is a Climate Calamity
commondreams.org | 2019-10-23
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/10/23/trumps-fracking-boosterism-climate-calamity?cd-origin=rss

350.org on Congressional Hearing on Exxon\'s Climate Deception: \"It\'s Time Fossil Fuel Billionaires Pay for Care and Repair\"
commondreams.org | 2019-10-23
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/10/23/350org-congressional-hearing-exxons-climate-deception-its-time-fossil-fuel?cd-origin=rss

A Glimpse of the Climate Apocalypse to Come
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-23
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica\'s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. | This article was co-published with The New York Times Magazine. | At the beginning of October, my kids\' preschool informed me that it might be closed the next day because of rolling blackouts — a radical new effort by our local power utility in Northern California to avoid sparking wildfires. The water company, faced with the shutdown of its pumps, asked us to fill our bathtubs before the cutoff. On the advice of e…
truthdig.com/articles/a-glimpse-of-the-climate-apocalypse-to-come/

Oil giant BP tries to lecture ordinary people on the climate crisis. It backfires spectacularly
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-10-23
Oil giant BP seems to be on a PR offensive at the moment. And in an apparent attempt to distract from its own massive role in global climate breakdown, it\'s essentially lecturing ordinary people on how they can do more to reduce their impact. | BP searching for sympathy: | Speaking at the One Young World conference in London, BP chief executive Bob Dudley said: It isn\'t the producers of energy only, it\'s the users of energy. We\'ve had generations of using energy… so we\'re all part of the problem. … | We [BP] want to be part of…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/10/23/oil-giant-bp-tries-to-lecture-ordinary-people-on-climate-crisis-it-backfires-spectacularly/

Trump Says US War With Iran May Be Soon, Putin/Erdogan Syria Deal & Iraq Says No US Troops Allowed
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-10-23
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 (10/22/19). 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/trump-says-us-war-with-iran-may-be-soon-putin-erdogan-syria-deal-iraq-says-no-us-troops-allowed/

Turkey is cynically using Syrian refugees in its plans to ethnically cleanse northern Syria
Tom Anderson | thecanary.co | 2019-10-23
Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan plans to move at least one million refugees from all over Syria into the areas invaded by the Turkish military and its proxies in northern Syria (aka Rojava). But Erdoƒüan\'s plans have nothing to do with th…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/10/23/turkey-is-cynically-using-syrian-refugees-in-its-plans-to-ethnically-cleanse-northern-syria/

Study Group \"A New Phase in the Syrian War\"
Party for Socialism and Liberation | indybay.org | 2019-10-23
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indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/23/18827549.php

Video: US Troops Remain in Syria to Protect Oil Fields from \'Terrorists\'?
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
The US is planning to keep control of oil fields on the eastern bank of the Euphrates despite the ongoing troops withdrawal. On October 21, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper told reporters that Washington wants to be sure that ensure …
globalresearch.ca/video-us-troops-remain-syria-protect-oil-fields-terrorists/5692795

The Democrats Helped Cultivate the Barbarism of ISIS
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-23
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 to the Kurds, at least in the short term, by the departure of US forces from…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/23/the-democrats-helped-cultivate-the-barbarism-of-isis/

\"Erdogan Stole Syrian Factories, Oil and Wheat and Today He Is Stealing Syrian Land\". President Al-Assad
Hamda Mustafa | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-23
President Bashar Al-Assad has stressed that the President of the Turkish regime Recep Tayyib Erdogan is a thief who stole the Syrian factories, wheat and oil and today he is stealing Syrian land. | President Al-Assad made the remarks during his …
globalresearch.ca/president-al-assad-erdogan-stole-syrian-factories-oil-wheat-syrian-land/5692850

Trump slammed for \'rewarding murder\' in Syria as he lifts sanctions on Turkey
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-10-23
Donald Trump has said he will lift sanctions on Turkey after it reportedly agreed to \'permanently\' cease hostilities against the largely-Kurdish areas of northern Syria (aka Rojava). But he has faced criticism across the board for being soft in the face of his NATO ally\'s crimes. | A new stage of the invasion: | Turkey has faced accusations of ethnic cleansing and…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/10/23/trump-slammed-for-rewarding-murder-in-syria-as-he-lifts-sanctions-on-turkey/