(2020-11-20). Scheer Intelligence: Don't Believe Anything You Were Told About Populism. popularresistance.org The word "populism" gets a bad rap these days as corporate media warns of its alleged dangers and President Barack Obama goes so far as to blame Sarah Palin for its recent rise. But, according to Thomas Frank, the founding editor of The Baffler and author of What's the Matter with Kansas and his new book, The People, No, a detailed account about the history of populism in the United States, true populism is a force for good, not evil. On this week's installment of Scheer Intelligence, the journalist and historian joins Robert Scheer to discuss in-depth how the Democratic Party chose to quash populism, while the R…
(2020-11-20). War Crimes Report Means Get The Fuck Out Of Afghanistan. popularresistance.org The much-anticipated report on potential war crimes by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in Afghanistan has been released, recommending 19 current or former soldiers be investigated for up to 39 murders. | Not combat kills. Not accidental kills. Not non-combatants killed by disputable decisions made in the heat of battle. Not civilians killed due to recklessness or carelessness on the part of Australian forces. Murders. Of non-combatants who died for no other reason than happening to live in a region the US power alliance has seen geostrategic value in keeping militarily occupied for 19 years.
(2020-11-20). Don't [Mourn] Celebrate, Organize! strategic-culture.org The danger is that Joe will put us all to sleep. To show that we will continue to resist, let's start with a demand that Trump as incumbent, or Biden as President-elect, agree to sign the new START treaty , which Putin has repeatedly agreed to sign if the US does, and which expires in February? Imagine having an anti-war movement again. Don't celebrate, organize.
(2020-11-20). 'Transition' and Constancy of Washington's Warmongering. strategic-culture.org There is much talk about "transition" to a new US administration now that Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden is due to be inaugurated on January 20. There is the usual media speculation about whom the president-elect is going to appoint in his cabinet. | A potential Biden team is touting hawkish policymakers who held senior positions in the previous Obama administrations when Biden also served as the then vice president. These names include Susan Rice, who was national security advisor, Michelle Flournoy who was a top official at the Pentagon, and former State Department policymaker Anthony Blinken. All of…
(2020-11-20). Transgender Liberation: A movement whose time is now! workers.org 
By Devin C This article elaborates remarks made by the writer on a Nov. 19 Workers World Party webinar, "Leslie Feinberg: 'Remember Me as a Revolutionary.'" View the webinar on Facebook @WorkersWorldParty — Political Organization. Nov. 20 — Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. As of today, 2020 is the . . . |
(2020-11-20). New Court, New President: What's Next for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. aclu.org As of now, we know the status of two of the three branches of the federal government. We have President-elect Joe Biden in the executive, and an even more conservative majority in the Supreme Court with the appointment of Justice Amy Coney Barrett. The future of Congress is still unknown as we await the results of two runoffs in Georgia that could hand control of the Senate to either party. , , Even before the results of those Senate races are in, we know that the fate of civil rights and civil liberties hangs in the balance. Civil rights protections previously defended by a narrow majority in the Supreme Cour…
(2020-11-20). Biden vowed to protect free speech, but will he reverse Pompeo's anti-BDS moves? middleeasteye.net 
Biden vowed to protect free speech, but will he reverse Pompeo's anti-BDS moves? | US president-elect opposes BDS but has repeatedly pledged to respect right to boycott. Now, advocates are calling on him to uphold his promise | Fri, 11/20/2020 – 22: 06 | Palestinians demonstrate near Israeli settlement of Psagot against visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on 18 November (AFP) | In almost all of his campaig…
(2020-11-20). Want to Know Who Influences US Foreign Policy? Follow the Money. thenation.com Want to Know Who Influences US Foreign Policy? Follow the Money.
(2020-11-20). Ravi Gupta on Vaccine Infrastructure, Murtaza Hussain on Trump's War on Yemen. fair.org 
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(2020-11-20). The US Has Been Moving Toward Fascism Since Goldwater. counterpunch.org …
(2020-11-20). After Trump: Can the GOP sell itself as the party of the working class? nationofchange.org "The future of the [Republican] party is based on a multiethnic, multiracial working class coalition." and that, "…the free market exists to serve our people. Our people don't exist to serve the free market."
(2020-11-20). Births of a Nation, Redux: Surveying Trumpland with Cedric Robinson. mronline.org 
What Robinson identified as "the rewhitening of America" a century ago is what we're seeing play out today.
(2020-11-20). The commons as the fulcrum for social regeneration. mronline.org 
Karl Marx's 1875 critique of the German Social Democratic Party provides a withering examination of capitalism's 'wicked ways' and a guide to what the commons is and how to bring it about.
(2020-11-20). Pandemic and Presidential Recriminations. counterpunch.org 
The election is over, and we're back to reality. Namely a lame-duck president until January20, who also happens to be a dangerous reactionary with a short fuse and a long list of fictitious grievances about how his throne was stolen. In the days immediately following Biden's win, GOP senators displayed a singular lack of grace
(2020-11-20). Tampa students rally against political repression and Gov. DeSantis' anti-protest bill. fightbacknews.org Tampa, FL – On November 17, Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) held a "Students Against Political Repression" protest in front of the Sam M. Gibbons Federal Courthouse in downtown Tampa. They rallied students and members of the community against political repression at the university, state and national level. | A topic covered in many speeches was Governor Ron DeSantis' proposed bill titled "Combatting Violence, Disorder and Looting and Law Enforcement Protection Act." With the provisions in this bill, any protest can be labeled 'disorderly' and felony charges can be leveled against the participan…
(2020-11-20). Declassify America's Dirty Secrets in Syria to Stop a Biden War. globalresearch.ca How many Syrians did you vote to kill on Election Day? Thanks to our perverse political system, the answer will be revealed over the next four years if the Biden administration drags the U.S. back into the Syrian Civil War. …
(2020-11-20). The Perils of Not Prosecuting Trump. thenation.com The Perils of Not Prosecuting Trump…
(2020-11-20). Roaming Charges: The Gang That Couldn't Sue Straight. counterpunch.org 
Trump's right, the electoral system is rigged, but not for the reasons he alleges. The system isn't rigged to pick winners, but losers. The system is geared to preserve a certain class of political actors and keep out any rebellious interlopers. This doesn't happen through the programing of voting machines or the stuffing of mail-in bailouts, through ballot harvesting or graveyard voters. The real rigging of the system is entirely (or almost entirely) legal: through PACs, dark money, gerrymandering, voter disenfranchisement, onerous ballot status requirements, the electoral college, extreme constraints on third a…
(2020-11-20). How to Help the Democrats Win Georgia. thenation.com How to Help the Democrats Win Georgia…
(2020-11-20). Wisconsin's Recount Will Only Serve to Confirm Donald Trump's Humiliating Defeat. thenation.com Wisconsin's Recount Will Only Serve to Confirm Donald Trump's Humiliating Defeat…
(2020-11-20). With 250,000 Dead, why is the US Virus Response so Particularly Bad? zcomm.org Is it the Trump-Monster or capitalist Plutocracy?
(2020-11-20). Bay Area protest demands 'Close the camps, abolish ICE!'. workers.org 
San Francisco Nov. 14 — If today's demonstration is any indication, the Bay Area immigrant rights movement holds both Republican and Democratic Parties responsible for inhumane U.S. detention camps and deportations and won't stop until all camps are closed and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) is abolished. Chanting "Joe Biden . . . |
(2020-11-20). AOC Is Standing Up for the Left. zcomm.org Since the election, Democratic centrists have harshly criticized Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Left for their own poor electoral showing. But AOC has bravely hit back — standing up for left-wing politics and refusing to be cowed by the centrist attacks…
(2020-11-20). New stage of 'process' opens in Bolivia. workers.org 
La Paz, Bolivia Published in pagina12.com.ar on Nov. 19 following the Nov. 8 inauguration of the Movement toward Socialism (MAS) president Luis Arce and vice president and the Nov. 9 return to Bolivia of former President Evo Morales. Translation by John Catalinotto. Little by little the daily conversations stop reviewing . . . |
(2020-11-20). The Lost Art of the Steal. counterpunch.org 
What's the matter with Donald Trump and the Republican Party that they are making such a hash of stealing an election? Why are they making such a mockery of our finest political tradition? Have they no sense of history?
(2020-11-20). Ten Foreign Policy Fiascos Biden Can Fix on Day One. zcomm.org Donald Trump loves executive orders as a tool of dictatorial power, avoiding the need to work through Congress. But that works both ways, making it relatively easy for President Biden to reverse many of Trump's most disastrous decisions…
(2020-11-20). Aid workers say US plans to blacklist Yemen's Houthis may cost innocent lives. middleeasteye.net 
Aid workers say US plans to blacklist Yemen's Houthis may cost innocent lives | Dozen humanitarian workers left Yemen this week amid plans by Trump administration to designate rebels foreign terrorist organisation | Fri, 11/20/2020 – 17: 00 | Aid organisations fear designation may criminalise their work, as Houthis are de facto authority in northern Yemen (AFP/File photo) | Humanitarian agencies say the possib…
(2020-11-20). Tomorrow My Family and Neighbors May Be Forced From Our Homes by Israeli Settlers. thenation.com Tomorrow My Family and Neighbors May Be Forced From Our Homes by Israeli Settlers…
(2020-11-20). Tomorrow My Family Will Be Forced From Our Home by Israeli Settlers. thenation.com Tomorrow My Family Will Be Forced From Our Home by Israeli Settlers…
(2020-11-20). Inside Parler, the social media platform by and for Trump supporters. salon.com As Facebook and Twitter crack down on misinformation, Trump supporters flock to the echo chamber of Parler…
(2020-11-20). Syrian human rights activist feared in danger of execution by HTS. middleeasteye.net 
Syrian human rights activist feared in danger of execution by HTS | Nour al-Shalo, who has been detained for two months, is known for her work supporting women and the disadvantaged in Syria's Idlib | Fri, 11/20/2020 – 15: 18 | Activists have flocked to social media to express their solidarity with Nour al-Shalo (screengrab/Twitter) | Fears grew on Friday for Syrian journalist and human rights activist Nour…
(2020-11-20). The Real v. the Liberal Fantasy Obama Presidency: Two Excerpts from Hollow Resistance: Obama, Trump, and the Politics of Appeasement. counterpunch.org 
What matters is not so much the color of your skin as the power you serve and the millions you betray. — Franz Fanon Introduction: A Dark Irony Amidst Pandemo-Fascist Horror "The horror," reads the flattering and (if I might say so) perfectly crafted (in September) back-cover description of my new short volume Hollow Resistance: Obama, Trump, and the Politics
(2020-11-20). The danger of a Trump coup is rapidly escalating. peoplesworld.org 
The votes have been counted. The election is over. Joe Biden won. Right? According to the law, the states will all certify their results and apportion their Electoral College electors between now and Dec. 8. According to the law, the Electoral College will meet on Dec. 14 and cast votes for their states—306 for Biden …
(2020-11-20). Czech communists demand affordable housing for Prague dwellers. peoplesdispatch.org A campaign was organized on the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution on November 17 to protest the severe housing crisis in Prague and to highlight the plight of the country 31 years after the transition from communist rule…
(2020-11-20). Why Did So Many White People Vote for "Burn It Down" Trumpism? zcomm.org "The true path to defeating Trumpism forever lies within the blue-collar, working-class poor of this country."
(2020-11-20). Representative Ilhan Omar: 'I Hope President Biden Seizes This Opportunity.'. thenation.com Representative Ilhan Omar: 'I Hope President Biden Seizes This Opportunity.'
(2020-11-20). 'I'm over living in a dictatorship': Wife of Detroit Lions quarterback forced to apologize after blasting Michigan's new lockdown. rt.com 
The wife of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford triggered a wave of condemnation after deeming Michigan a "dictatorship" over its latest coronavirus lockdown. Taking heat, she quickly reversed course and offered an apology. | Kelly Stafford took to Instagram on Thursday with a video railing against the new lockdown order — imposed last week amid an uptick in the state's Covid-19 outbreak — arguing that small businesses "will not make it" through another round of harsh restrictions. | "I'm going to be very blunt: I'm so over it. I'm over living in a dictatorship that we call Michigan," she said…
(2020-11-20). 'Pay people to stay home': AOC's Covid-19 proposal spawns Twitter spat with Nikki Haley. rt.com 
A proposal by an outspoken congressional Democrat to pay Americans to stay home in order to get the coronavirus under control got Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez into Twitter fights with two prominent female Republicans. | "To get the virus under control, we need to pay people to stay home," tweeted Ocasio-Cortez, also known by her initials AOC, on Thursday. | To get the virus under control, we need to pay people to stay home.— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) "Are you suggesting you want to pay people to sta…
(2020-11-20). No Thanksgiving crackdown? 2 California sheriffs say deputies will NOT enforce Gov. Newsom's new coronavirus restrictions. rt.com 
Two California sheriff's departments have signaled that they will not enforce a new stay-at-home order issued by Governor Gavin Newsom, saying police resources are needed for emergencies and criminal matters. | The Orange County and Sacramento sheriff's offices issued separate statements on Thursday night saying they would not respond to calls related to compliance with the new health mandate imposed by Newsom earlier in the day. | "The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office will not be determining — including entering any home or business — compliance with, or enforcing compliance of, any health or emer…
(2020-11-20). 'Difficult to imagine a more undemocratic action': Romney accuses Trump of placing 'overt pressure' on election officials. rt.com 
Mitt Romney, who was the first Republican senator to call Joe Biden "president-elect," pounced on President Donald Trump, accusing him of pressuring electoral officials into "subverting the will" of the American people. | The Utah Republican came out swinging at Trump on Thursday, arguing that the president, "having failed to make even a plausible case of widespread fraud or conspiracy before any court…
(2020-11-20). No Kraken on Tuck's: Team Trump's Powell tells Fox host to do 'own investigation' when asked for evidence of tabulation tampering. rt.com 
Fox host Tuck Carlson lashed out at attorney Sidney Powell, after having failed to get her on air to back her claims about vote tabulating software manipulation. | Among the many theories supported by those who think the presidential election was "stolen" from Donald Trump, there is one involving Dominion voting machines and Smartmatic voting software. | Powell, best known for representing former Trump National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, on several occasions claimed that the firms were linked to each other as well as Trump adversaries, including Venezuela, China and billionaire donor George Soros. The alg…
(2020-11-20). 'Numbers don't lie': Georgia secretary of state delivers bad news to Trump after recount, as state called for Biden. rt.com 
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger has confirmed that President Donald Trump failed to win the state's 16 electoral votes, despite a manual recount. | "Like other Republicans. I'm disappointed, our candidate didn't win Georgia's electoral votes," Raffensperger said on Friday. | He added that he trusts that the vote count in Georgia is "correct." | "I live by the motto that numbers don't lie. As secretary of state, I believe that the numbers that we have presented today are correct," he said. | pic.twitter.com/eoakDegn1L— The Recount (@therecount) (2020-11-20). 'Zero self-awareness': Hillary Clinton walloped by critics after saying 'one man's ego' has imperiled integrity of US 'democracy'. rt.com 
Failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton triggered an avalanche of mockery by declaring Donald Trump's ego a threat to the legitimacy of US democracy, proving her efforts to delegitimize the 2016 vote haven't been forgotten. | Clinton took to Twitter to grandstand on Friday, declaring "Protecting one man's ego is not worth damaging the legitimacy of our democracy." | Protecting one man's ego is not worth damaging the legitimacy of our democracy.— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) The c…
(2020-11-20). 'I don't call on activists': Sparks fly at first White House press conference in over a month. rt.com 
Returning to the Brady press room after a lengthy absence, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany faced heckling and questions about the election, while trying to focus on the pandemic. | Friday's briefing was the first since October 1, two days before President Donald Trump tested positive for the virus. McEnany herself had a positive test on October 5, and wasn't cleared for live appearances until October 16. Then came the hotly contested election that mainstream media called for Democrat Joe Biden, though Trump has refused to concede, claiming irregularities. | While the press conference lasted about…
(2020-11-20). 'Absurd pandering': Biden slammed over promise to 'listen' to and 'fight' for 'transgender and gender-nonconforming' people. rt.com 
Joe Biden has been accused painting a false picture about hate crimes against transgender people, as well as using politically incorrect language, in a tweet vowing to "fight" for the "dignity and justice" they have been "denied." | "At least 37 transgender and gender-nonconforming people have been killed this year, most of them Black and Brown transgender women," Biden tweeted on Friday, recognized as Transgender Day of Remembrance. | The presumed president-elect said the deaths are "intolerable" and promised to "fight" to end the "epidemic of violence." | "From the moment I am sworn in as president, know tha…
(2020-11-20). Trump announces change of rules to lower Medicare drug prices, facing Big Pharma backlash. rt.com 
US President Donald Trump announced new rules that would allow Medicare to pay far less for drugs than previously and pass discounts on to patients rather than middlemen. Pharmaceutical lobbyists are vowing to fight them in court. | The first rule would end the arrangement under which middlemen — pharmacy benefit managers — reap the lion's share of the discount to drug prices and pass those savings on to patients directly. It would also end the practice of doctors getting paid a percentage of the price of the drugs they prescribe, Trump announced on Friday at the White House. | Also on rt.com…
(2020-11-20). Kenosha teen shooter Kyle Rittenhouse released from jail on $2mn bond. rt.com 
The 17-year-old accused of killing two people amid unrest in Kenosha, Wisconsin last summer — Kyle Rittenhouse — has been released from custody after paying a $2 million cash bond. He faces charges of first-degree murder. | Rittenhouse, an Illinois native, posted bond through his attorney on Friday afternoon, a spokesperson for the Kenosha County Sheriff's Department pic.twitter.com/FDzt7…
(2020-11-20). Georgia governor calls for 'sample audit' of ballot signatures after secretary of state certifies election for Biden. rt.com 
Georgia vote recount found 'unacceptable' errors, Governor Brian Kemp said, urging his secretary of state to conduct an audit of at least some mail-in ballots to ensure confidence in the upcoming US Senate runoff elections. | Kemp spoke on Friday evening, after Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger certified Democrat Joe Biden as winner of the state's 16 electoral votes in the November 3 election, following a recount of the ballots. Both Kemp and Raffensperger are Republicans. | Acknowledging the "record number of absentee ballots" which he said was due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Kemp said the audit revealed "s…
(2020-11-20). Astra Taylor: As Trump Tries to Steal Election, We Need to Reform Our "Deeply Undemocratic" System. democracynow.org 
President Trump has called Republican leaders of Michigan's state legislature to the White House today in his latest attempt to overturn the election. The Trump campaign is pushing Republican state lawmakers to ignore the will of the voters and appoint pro-Trump electors to the Electoral College. We speak to Astra Taylor, who has looked closely at the state of our democracy in the film "What is Democracy?" and her book, "Democracy May Not Exist, but We'll Miss It When It's Gone."
(2020-11-20). Biden Be Bold: AOC & Cori Bush Join Climate Protest Outside DNC Urging Activists to "Bring the Heat" democracynow.org 
Indigenous, racial justice and climate activists staged an occupation outside the Democratic National Convention in Washington Thursday, calling on President-elect Joe Biden to take immediate climate action and to approve the Green New Deal. Advocates are also calling for a Cabinet free of lobbyists and others with close industry ties. A number of lawmakers spoke at the protest, including Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush from Missouri and Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. We air excerpts of their remarks.
(2020-11-20). Headlines for November 20, 2020. democracynow.org CDC Warns Against Thanksgiving Travel as U.S. Coronavirus Cases Hit Another Record High, Trump Absent as Coronavirus Task Force Holds First News Briefing Since August, Mexico Becomes Fourth Nation to Record 100,000 Coronavirus Deaths, Georgia Secretary of State to Certify Biden's Win Despite Trump Allies' Pressure, Trump Summons Michigan GOP Leaders to White House, Plotting to Overturn Election , Trump Campaign Lawyers Allege Massive Plot to Subvert Election, Offering No Proof, Food Pantries Report Long Lines as Unemployment Claims Rise to 743,000 in One Week, Protesters at Democratic Party Headquarters Demand Bi…
(2020-11-20). Astra Taylor: Biden Can Cancel Student Debt on Day One. Movements Must Make Him Do It. democracynow.org 
The incoming Biden administration is facing increasing pressure to cancel federal student loan debt, something Joe Biden is reportedly considering through executive action, which would not require Congress to pass legislation. Astra Taylor, a member of the Debt Collective, says canceling student debt would be a boon to debtors and the wider economy, and could be part of a larger wave of progressive action from the Biden administration. "There was a sense right after the election … that because Democrats didn't take the Senate that it would be impossible for a Biden administration to govern," says Taylor. "There…
(2020-11-20). Tear gas for BLM, red carpet for MAGA marchers. therealnews.com 
We ask why police suddenly left all their tear gas and rubber bullets at the office while Trump supporters took to the streets for the Million MAGA March in Washington, DC.
(2020-11-20). Trump-appointed CEO of US global media agency targets journalists' independence. therealnews.com 
Former US global media agency CEO John Lansing worked hard to consolidate his power. His Republican successor, Michael Pack, is putting those powers to use, and compromising the journalistic independence of the US taxpayer-funded news networks he oversees.
(2020-11-20). As Stimulus Runs Out, 56% of US Household Are Worried About Affording Food. truthout.org More than half of households in the United States are not "very confident" that they can afford to put food on the table as the holidays approach, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has so far refused to take up a $2.2 trillion econ…
(2020-11-20). Georgia Senator Privately Pushed for Lucrative Tax Break for Sports Teamowners. truthout.org After the 2017 tax bill championed by President Donald Trump passed, Mnuchin and the Treasury had to write rules on how the legislation would work in practice. | "I hope you will reconsider," Perdue w…
(2020-11-20). In Rebuke to Trump, Georgia Recount Affirms Biden Win. truthout.org A hand recount of ballots in Georgia has confirmed that Joe Biden is the winner of the state in this year's presidential race, defeating President Donald Trump. | While Trump was able to close the gap in votes between him and Biden through the recount, the former vice president (and now president-elect) still leads the current commander-in-chief
(2020-11-20). Joe Biden Should Cancel Student Debt on Day One. truthout.org On November 15, Jason Furman, the former chair of Obama's Council of Economic Advisers,
(2020-11-20). Senate GOP Shatters 123-Year Tradition to Approve Even More Trump Judges. truthout.org Senate Republicans have bucked a century-old tradition to continue to confirm President Donald Trump's judges in spite of his election loss. | The Senate has confirmed six district court nominees since the election, including a 33-year-old attorney with little trial experience who was rated "not qualified" by the American Bar Association (ABA). The move broke a "123-year tradition against voting on judicial nominees of an outgoing president of the defeated party during a lame duck session," accor…
(2020-11-20). Will Trump's Attempt to Subvert the Election Results Succeed? truthout.org Joe Biden has won states worth Trump started attacking the election months before it happened. He leveled unsupported charges of massive voter fraud from mail-in ballots to create doubt about the i…
(2020-11-20). AOC and Cori Bush Join Protest Outside DNC to Push Biden on Climate Action. truthout.org Indigenous, racial justice and climate activists staged an occupation outside the Democratic National Convention in Washington Thursday, calling on President-elect Joe Biden to take immediate climate action and to approve the Green New Deal. Advocates are also calling for a Cabinet free of lobbyists and others with close industry ties. A number of lawmakers spoke at the protest, including Congresswoman-elect Cori Bush from Missouri and Congressmember Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York. We air ex…
(2020-11-20). The Great US Election 2020: Political "Grand Theft" Exposed. Evidence of Fraud Abounds. globalresearch.ca Stephen Lendman is not a supporter of either Trump nor Biden. He is committed to fair and honest elections. | *** | US Election 2020 for president may one day be remembered as the most brazen political grand theft in the country's …
(2020-11-20). New START Dead or Revivable Under a Biden/Harris Administration? globalresearch.ca New START is the last remaining Russia/US agreement to prevent unconstrained expansion of nukes that can kill us all if detonated in enough numbers. | Under Trump, it's dead. Efforts by hardliners surrounding him to kill the deal succeeded by making …
(2020-11-20). Australian-made component found in downed Azerbaijani military drone. greenleft.org.au An Australian-made component has been found in an Azerbaijani-made Azad military drone used to attack the autonomous Armenian territory of Artsakh/Nagorno-Karabakh, writes Peter Boyle.
(2020-11-20). Australian solidarity with Western Sahara. greenleft.org.au The Australia Western Sahara Association has expressed solidarity with the people of Western Sahara and condemned Morocco's flagrant violation of the terms of the ceasefire in Western Sahara.
(2020-11-20). The contested notion of green aviation. greenleft.org.au The global airline industry is doing its utmost to redeem itself and win back customers it lost due to the COVID-19 pandemic by promoting notions of sustainable or green aviation, writes Hans Baer.
(2020-11-20). Vets and VA Workers Are MIA From Biden Transition. zcomm.org Although ten of its 14 members have been past VA administrators or advisors, the resumes of some raise questions about their commitment to undoing the main Trump-era damage to the agency, which took the form of costly and unnecessary out-sourcing of patient care to the private sector…
(2020-11-20). Why The Democrats Keep Losing. counterpunch.org Why, Democrats have been asking, do so many poor white people vote for a Republican Party that doesn't care about or do anything for them? The most common reply is: Democrats are snobby coastal elites who talk down to them. Classic example, courtesy of Obama: "They [voters in the Rust Belt] get bitter, they cling to
(2020-11-20). "Biden's America" Will Continue Pressure on Iran. globalresearch.ca US President Donald Trump famously took a hardline approach against Iran — withdrawing the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — or the "Nuclear Deal" — and opting instead for a policy of "maximum pressure" against …
(2020-11-20). Trump Is Sowing Chaos in His Wild Bid to Cling to an Unsalvageable Presidency. zcomm.org The remarkable, horrifying, astonishing silence of the Republican party in the face of this massive broad-daylight mega-scandal leaves me almost breathless with rage…
(2020-11-20). Biden, Pence both reject lockdowns to save lives as coronavirus pandemic explodes. wsws.org There is bipartisan agreement that workers must be forced to work and produce profits for big business, regardless of the danger from COVID-19.
(2020-11-20). Turkey can now pull more investors: Indonesian experts. yenisafak.com Indonesian economists said on Friday that Turkey's move to raise its one-week repo rate can be an opportunity for the country to attract foreign investors, particularly in portfolio investment.Ibrahim Assuaibi, director of the forex brokerage TRFX Garuda Berjangka, viewed the move as Turkey's strategy to attract fresh funds from the stimulus provided by central banks around the world amid the current global economic crunch.Assuaibi pointed out that the US Federal Reserve poured out trillions of dollars in stimulus funds, as did the European and British central banks."Turkey is looking to take advantage of those m…
(2020-11-20). Turkey's Erdogan receives top Afghan peace negotiator. yenisafak.com Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday received the head of Afghanistan's High Council National Reconciliation in Istanbul.The reception that took place in Vahdettin Pavilion was closed to the press.Abdullah Abdullah arrived in Turkey on Thursday for a two-day official visit to garner Turkey's support for peace negotiations with Taliban, and discuss bilateral relations.On Thursday, he met Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Parliamentary Speaker Mustafa Sentop in the capital Ankara.
(2020-11-20). Turkish football club reports multiple COVID-19 cases. yenisafak.com Seven players of Turkish Super Lig team Kasimpasa have tested positive for COVID-19, the club said on Friday.Five players tested positive in routine tests, the team said on Twitter.Two more were found to have contracted the virus when they returned from national duty.All the players are now in quarantine and their treatment has started, the club said.The Istanbul-based Kasimpasa will travel to Ittifak Holding Konyaspor for Sunday's Super Lig match.
(2020-11-20). ANALYSIS: What will Biden presidency mean for US-China relations? yenisafak.com Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States, albeit unofficially, following the intensely controversial Nov. 3 US Presidential Elections. In spite of Donald Trump's oft-repeated claim that "If Biden wins, China wins", Biden is preparing for a comprehensive China policy that will also involve US allies. While how he will strike a balance between domestic concerns and the US foreign policy with all the economic woes raging on at home remains a matter of much curiosity on the one hand, how the declining and eroding US hegemony could be restored, given the fiercely competitive current global circumstance…
(2020-11-20). EU follows human rights in Saudi Arabia 'very closely'. yenisafak.com The EU follows "very closely" the situation of human rights in Saudi Arabia, European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said ahead of an upcoming virtual G20 summit to be hosted by Saudi Arabia.Responding to a question at a news conference whether the EU leaders will raise Saudi Arabia's human rights record, von der Leyen said: "We also follow the people defending fundamental rights, including women's rights and individual rights. So this is an ongoing topic and a very serious topic.However, von der Leyen — along with EU Council President Charles Michel at the same conference — underlined that the…
(2020-11-20). In first review, EU comes clean on military failings. yenisafak.com Seeking to address major shortfalls, the EU's first annual defence review, presented to the bloc's defence ministers on Friday, found that only 60% of the national troops and weapons nominally available to NATO are in a fit state to be deployed.EU governments are also reluctant to deploy those troops, the report found. Formal EU military missions receive just 7% of all EU states' military personnel committed worldwide, with problems generating troop levels, it said.While such EU weaknesses were largely known, because the bloc has never had the military strength to match its economic might, major EU governments in…
(2020-11-20). Israel bars Palestinians from Al-Aqsa for Friday prayer. yenisafak.com Israeli police on Friday prevented hundreds of Palestinian residents of the occupied West Bank from reaching Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform Friday prayer.According to an Anadolu Agency correspondent, Israeli police stopped worshipers from the West Bank at checkpoints at the entrances to the Old City in Jerusalem and allowed only a very small number of them to reach Al-Aqsa Mosque after identity checks.The Palestinians, who were prevented from reaching the Al-Aqsa Mosque, performed Friday prayers on the streets near the Old City.The Israeli police erected checkpoints at the entrances to the Old City in the morning.Imam…
(2020-11-20). Pakistan slams 'extra-judicial killings' of Kashmiris. yenisafak.com Pakistan on Friday strongly condemned the killing of four Kashmiris by Indian security forces."Pakistan strongly condemns the extra-judicial killing of four more innocent Kashmiris in a fake encounter outside the city of Jammu by the Indian occupation forces in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK)," the Foreign Ministry said.Indian forces said that they killed militants in a shootout on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway.Over the past year, more than 300 Kashmiris including women and children were killed by Indian forces, the ministry said calling for an independent inquiry into the "extrajudicial…
(2020-11-20). Rising virus cases among jailed Palestinians spark fear. yenisafak.com A Palestinian official on Friday warned of an escalation in the number of coronavirus infections among Palestinians inmates in Israeli prisons."About 100 detainees are currently infected with coronavirus," Qadri Abu Bakr, head of the Palestinian Detainees and ex-Detainees Affairs Commission, told Anadolu Agency.He added: "Fears are increasing about the escalation of the number of the infected, as a result of the deliberate negligence of the Israeli prison administration."He went on to say that the measures taken by all Israeli prisons are limited to providing lemon and painkillers to the infected and isolating th…
(2020-11-20). Turkish ruling party blasts Pompeo's W.Bank settlement visit. yenisafak.com Turkey's ruling party on Friday criticized a recent visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to an Israeli settlement in the occupied West Bank."Pompeo's visit to illegally established settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories is a blatant violation of international law and decisions," party spokesman Omer Celik said on Twitter, describing the visit as "irresponsible and unlawful."Accusing Pompeo of taking steps to undermine plans for a two-state solution in Palestine with the Golan and Jerusalem decisions, Celik said: "This approach irresponsibly endangers peace and stability in the Middle East and d…