Right a Bell for Peace
Veteran For Peace, Chapter 101 | indybay.org | 2019-10-27
corner of Fourth and Santa Clara Streets | San Jose, California…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/25/18827604.php

Protests in Chile Against Neoliberal \"Economic Medicine\"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-27
Neoliberalism is all about serving privileged interests at the expense of ordinary people, exploiting them so the wealthy and powerful can benefit. | It\'s about dominance over democracy, profits over populism, and private interests over the public welfare — a zero-sum …
globalresearch.ca/protests-chile-against-neoliberal-harshness/5693147

Kashmiris Protest in UK Against India\'s Repression at Home
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-27
United Kashmiri Forum, a United Kingdom-based solidarity group for Kashmiris living in U.K., organized a protest Sunday to demonstrate against the Indian occupation of Kashmir and to demand their right to self-determination. | Around 2,000 Kashmiris living in the U.K. attended the protest. Their main demands are for the international community to stand up against Indian brutality in Kashmir and to protest the abrogation of Article 370. | | On Aug 5.,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Kashmiris-Protest-in-UK-Against-Indias-Repression-at-Home-20191027-0005.html

SF Protesters Demand Piñera Out! Stop Military Terror In Chile
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-10-27
Dozens of Chileans and Chilean Americans protested the president and military repression in Chile…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/24/18827584.php

Did US Officials Manipulate Trump Into Sending Back Troops From Iraq to Syria \"For the Oil\"?
Juan Cole | commondreams.org | 2019-10-27
U.S. soldiers in South Korea train in their Abrams tanks. (Photo: Spc. Christen Best/U.S. Army) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/war.syria_.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/27/did-us-officials-manipulate-trump-sending-back-troops-iraq-syria-oil?cd-origin=rss

The United Nations as an \"Instrument of War\": The Russia-China Veto Has Protected Syria from Obliteration. What Comes Next?
Carla Stea | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-27
In December, 1990, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 678, which \"authorized\" the devastating saturation bombing of Iraq (at one point the UK dropped one bomb per minute on Baghdad, according to the NY Times), which \"destroyed the infrastructure necessary …
globalresearch.ca/russian-chinese-veto-protected-syria-obliteration-un-security-council/5693133

World leaders praise al-Baghdadi\'s death, warn fight not over, #resistance rages at Trump for talking to Russia
rt.com | 2019-10-27
President Donald Trump cheered the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, but not everyone was in a celebratory mood. World leaders were cautiously optimistic, while the anti-Trump #resistance raged as usual. | On Sunday morning Trump revealed that the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) mastermind had met his demise the night before, detonating a suicide vest as American special forces entered his compound in northwestern Syria. The self-proclaimed caliph of a genocidal terrorist organization that once reigned over much of Iraq and Syria, Baghdadi\'s death was greeted with triumph by Trump, and caut…
rt.com/usa/471989-trump-baghdadi-killed-reaction-democrats/

US Tries to Reverse Syrian Fortunes with \"Baghdadi Raid\"
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-27
The Western media is reporting that US military forces have killed the supposed leader of the so-called \"Islamic State in Iraq and Syria\" (ISIS) in Syria\'s northern governorate of Idlib. | Newsweek in its article, \" Trump Approves Special Ops Raid …
globalresearch.ca/us-tries-reverse-syrian-fortunes-baghdadi-raid/5693145

Trump Pours More Misery On Iranians He\'s Claiming To Support
Tyler Cullis | commondreams.org | 2019-10-27
President Donald Trump is flanked by Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo while making a statement in the Diplomatic Room of the White House on October 23, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_syria_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/27/trump-pours-more-misery-iranians-hes-claiming-support?cd-origin=rss

Cuban President Diaz-Canel Arrives in Russia Amid Europe Tour
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-27
Cuba\'s President Miguel Diaz-Canel arrived in this northern Russian city Sunday as part of a European tour that already included Ireland, Belarus and Azerbaijan. | Upon his arrival at Pulkovo airport, Diaz-Canel was received by the president of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the St. Petersburg government, Evgueni Grogoriev, the Vice President of the Council of Ministers of Cuba Ricardo Cabrisas and Cuba\'s ambassador to Russia Gerardo Peñalver. | The stay in the so-called northern Russian capital includes a tour through the Hermitage gallery and other places of historical interest, while tomorrow he will go…
telesurenglish.net/news/Cuban-President-Diaz-Canel-Arrives-in-Russia-Amid-Europe-Tour-20191027-0006.html

Video: Russia Deploys Large Number of Troops, Equipment in Northern Syria
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-27
276 more Russian Military Police officers and 33 additional equipment pieces will be deployed in Syria, Russia\'s state media reported. These forces will likely participate in security operations along the Syrian-Turkish border to the east of the Euphrates River. | Additionally …
globalresearch.ca/video-russia-deploys-large-number-troops-equipment-northern-syria/5693126

Minneapolis: FRSO celebrates 70th anniversary of China\'s revolution
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-10-27
Minneapolis, MN — About 70 people gathered in south Minneapolis, October 26, to mark the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese revolution. Each year Freedom Road Socialist Organization in the Twin Cities organizes an event to celebrate the \"Two Octobers,\" the victories of the Chinese and Russian revolutions. | Mick Kelly, a national leader of Freedom Road Socialist Organization (FRSO) and editor of the newspaper Fight Back!, told the crowd, \"It is a real honor to be with you this evening to mark the 70th anniversary of the Chinese revolution. In October of 1949, the outstanding Marxist-Leninist, th…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/10/27/minneapolis-frso-celebrates-70th-anniversary-china-s-revolution

Lula Turns 74 in Prison over Unjust Convictions
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-27
The former president and leader of the Workers\' Party (PT) of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva turned 74 on Sunday, October 27, as he serves multiple prison sentences over corruption charges that were based on shaky evidence in an unfair trial. | Lula was born in 1945, in the city of Garanhung, in the state of Pernambuco, in northeastern Brazil and at the age of seven, he migrated, with his family, to the state of Sao Paulo, city of Guarujá, in search of work opportunities. He started working at 12 years of age in different activities, such as shoeshiner and a mail person. At age 14 he entered a metallurgical…
telesurenglish.net/news/Lula-Turns-74-in-Prison-over-Unjust-Convictions-20191027-0007.html

Chile\'s Right-wing President on the Ropes. Sebastian Piñera
Emile Schepers | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-27
This article was originally published in 2011. | At the beginning of 2010, right-wing billionaire Sebastian Piñera Echenique defeated Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, candidate of the \"Concertacion\" coalition of social democrats and centrists, which has ruled Chile since the end of …
globalresearch.ca/chile-right-wing-president/5693139

Impeachment Now? Or Never?
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2019-10-27
NPML | 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/26/18827620.php

Kindle Unlimited Should Stop Giving Subscribers Free White Nationalist Content
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-27
As much as major tech companies have started to stake their reputation on their ability to weed out white nationalists, they have continued to rely on algorithmic solutions rather than experts and human eyes. Recently, Amazon began taking down white nationalist literature off of its website, singling out Counter-Currents Publishing, among others, for removal. While this was a major t…
truthout.org/articles/kindle-unlimited-should-stop-giving-subscribers-free-white-nationalist-content/

The Saudi Oil Attack: Geo-Political Theatrics
Hassanal Noor Rashid | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-27
The Opening Scene | The 14th September 2019 attack which had caused significant damage to Saudi based Aramco Oil plants in Abqaiq and Khurais, was the trigger for much of the recent rise in regional tension at least when it …
globalresearch.ca/saudi-oil-attack-geo-political-theatrics/5693150

Disagreeing Reasonably in a Complex World
Robert Jensen | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-27
In my last couple years of university teaching before retiring, I repeated two catch phrases as often as possible–\"reasonable people can disagree\" and \"if two things are both true, then both are relevant.\" The first assertion–which I used so often that at the end of one semester a student gave me a coffee mug with …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/disagreeing-reasonably-in-a-complex-world/

Kashmir: Self-determination Is the Solution
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-27
It is a pity that some groups and individuals are urging palm oil importers in India to refrain from buying the commodity from Malaysia. The Solvent Extractors Association of India, India\'s top vegetable oil trade body is one such outfit. …
globalresearch.ca/kashmir-self-determination-solution/5693144

Al Baghdadi: The US Couldn\'t Wish for a Greater Ally
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-27
This article was first published on May 11, 2019 | With US-backed militants having already reached the full extent of their gains on the battlefield and now facing incremental but inevitable defeat — the US appeared to be out of time …
globalresearch.ca/al-baghdadi-us-greater-ally/5677156

Japan Leads the Way in Child Health: No Compulsory Vaccines. Banned Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) Vaccine
Kristina Kristen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-27
Important article first published by Children\'s Health Defense, posted on Global Research on April 28, 2019 | In the United States, many legislators and public health officials are busy trying to make vaccines de facto compulsory–either by removing parental/personal choice …
globalresearch.ca/japan-no-vaccine-mandates-no-mmr-vaccine-healthier-children/5675901

Scrutiny of Delegated Legislation in the EU \"Withdrawal Agreement Bill\"(WAB)
Prof. Adam Tucker | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-27
In this post, I make a preliminary attempt at assessing the provision made in the EU (Withdrawal Agreement) Bill — or WAB — for the scrutiny of the legislative powers which it delegates to the executive. My conclusions are not …
globalresearch.ca/scrutiny-delegated-legislation-withdrawal-agreement-bill/5693157

Did John McCain Meet with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the Alleged Head of the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL, Daesh)?
Global Research News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-27
Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the alleged leader of ISIS is dead. | President Trump confirmed that he was under surveillance and that he had ordered his execution. | \"He died like a dog, he …
globalresearch.ca/did-john-mccain-meet-with-abu-bakral-baghdadi-the-alleged-head-of-the-islamic-state-isis-isil-daesh/5498177

Controlling the Narrative on Syria: Turkish Aggression, Kurdish Independence, and Honouring the White Helmets
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-27
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/controlling-the-narrative-on-syria-turkish-aggression-kurdish-independence-and-honouring-the-white-helmets/5693118

We Must Raise Labor Standards for Care Workers to Win a Low-Carbon Economy
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-27
Reinvigorated movements are charting new terrain to build worker power and reverse the dramatic climate crisis facing society. Uncompromising mass mobilizations are on the rise, as more workers participated in strikes in the U.S. in 2018 than any of the previous 31 years, and historic demonstrations, like climate strikes, have taken off to demand action around climate change. Migrant workers, many of whom a…
truthout.org/articles/we-must-raise-labor-standards-for-care-workers-to-win-a-low-carbon-economy/

Climate Crisis: What Can You Do – Learn more on 11/13 at 6pm
League of Women Voters | indybay.org | 2019-10-27
League of Women Voters Oakland in collaboration with other community partners is hosting a \"Community Round-table on: Climate Crisis in Oakland: What We Can Do\".
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/26/18827622.php

Trump Says Islamic State Leader Baghdadi Dead in US Forces Raid
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-27
Fugitive Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died \"whimpering and crying\" in a raid by U.S. special forces in northwest Syria, President Donald Trump announced Sunday, in a major blow to the extremist group. | Baghdadi killed himself during the raid by detonating a suicide vest after fleeing into a dead-end tunnel, Trump said in a televised address from the White House. | He was positively identified by DNA tests 15 minutes after he died, the president said. \"He was a sick and depraved man and now he\'s gone.\" | Trump said \"many\" of Baghdadi\'s people were killed and added that in blowing himself up, Bag…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-Says-Islamic-State-Leader-Baghdadi-Dead-in-US-Forces-Raid-20191027-0004.html

ISIS leader al-Baghdadi killed in US raid in Syria, Trump confirms
rt.com | 2019-10-27
US President Donald Trump has announced that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed during a US military raid in northwest Syria, confirming an avalanche of rumors on the terrorist\'s death. | \"Al-Baghdadi has been killed… in a daring nighttime raid,\" Trump said in a live address from the White House. | \"The United States brought the world\'s No.1 terrorist leader to justice.\" | The troops involved in the elimination of the terrorist \"accomplished the mission in grand style,\" while the IS leader met his end \"crying and screaming\" due to being terrified by Americans might, Trump boasted. | He died…
rt.com/usa/471962-trump-baghdadi-killed-syria/

Now and Then
Christopher Brauchli | commondreams.org | 2019-10-27
\"All Americans should condemn this depiction of violence directed toward journalists and the president\'s political opponents,\" said Jonathan Karl, president of the White House Correspondents Association. (Photo: Screengrab) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_video.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/27/now-and-then?cd-origin=rss

How Plastic Pollution Is Making Central American Communities Uninhabitable
Amelia Urry | theintercept.com | 2019-10-27
The fishermen stand thigh-deep in the muddy water as our boat pulls up to the shore, grass shushing against the hull. It is a still, cool morning and mist wicks off the river as the sun begins to rise above the trees. Down the beach, a white egret standing in the shallows takes flight in a burst of sound as the fishermen lift their net to reveal its glinting catch. Beside them, half-submerged, a plastic soda bottle noses purposefully past, toward the sea. | As I step onto shore, I notice more bits of plastic lying among the reeds, half-buried in the mud, as well as stained scraps of cloth, bits of packing foam, a…
theintercept.com/2019/10/27/plastic-pollution-guatemala/

Twenty-six Things About the Islamic State (ISIS-ISIL-Daesh) that Obama (and Trump) Do Not Want You to Know About
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-27
The US led war against the Islamic State is a big lie. Going after \"Islamic terrorists\" is used to justify a military agenda. The Islamic State is a creation of US intelligence. Washington\'s \"Counter-terrorism Agenda\" in Iraq & Syria consists in Supporting the Terrorists.
globalresearch.ca/twenty-six-things-about-the-islamic-state-isil-that-obama-does-not-want-you-to-know-about/5414735

Archbishop of Canterbury challenges Johnson\'s \'inflammatory\' language
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-27
The Archbishop of Canterbury has taken Boris Johnson to task for his use of \"inflammatory\" language through the Brexit debate. | Justin Welby told the Sunday Times there was a risk of pouring \"petrol\" on the country\'s divisions on the issue of Britain\'s departure from the European Union. | The archbishop said Johnson had come to symbolise a climate in which Britain had become consumed by \"an abusive and binary approach to political decisions\", and where those with opposing views treated each other as \"total\" enemies. | In an era in which social media had made it \"extraordinarily dangerous to use careless comments…
thecanary.co/uk/2019/10/27/archbishop-of-canterbury-challenges-johnsons-inflammatory-language/

Brexit Stalemate: The EU Considers a Further Extension
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-27
A popular anecdote is currently doing the rounds on Twitter: | \"The year is 2192. The British Prime Minister visits Brussels to ask for an extension of the Brexit deadline. No one remembers where this tradition originated, but every year it | …
globalresearch.ca/brexit-stalemate-eu-considers-further-extension/5693155

Jeremy Corbyn says Labour will \'stop Boris Johnson\' and is ready to win a general election
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-27
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has reiterated that he would be \"very happy\" to fight a general election once the threat of a no-deal Brexit is removed from the equation.He said leaving the EU without a deal would do \"enormous damage\" and that Boris Johnson plans to set up the UK on the shores of Europe as a \"low tax environment\".The Labour leader said that what Johnson really wants to do is a trade deal with Donald Trump and the US but warned that such a trade deal would be a \"one-way agreement\".Corbyn said that Labour would also give people a final say on Brexit.Speaking at the Unite conference in Ayr, Corbyn said:…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/10/27/jeremy-corbyn-says-labour-will-stop-boris-johnson-and-is-ready-to-win-a-general-election/

On First Anniversary of Tree of Life Synagogue Massacre, Calls to Confront White Nationalist Ideology That Led to Slaughter
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-27
\"They were killed by white nationalism. We must commit to defeating it.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/tree_life.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/10/27/first-anniversary-tree-life-synagogue-massacre-calls-confront-white-nationalist?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 | 2019-10-26
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

Bolivians Abroad Helped Evo Secure Presidency
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-26
The reelection of Evo Morales for his fourth term as President of Bolivia was possible thanks to the votes of Bolivians residing abroad, according to an investigation carried out by Fato\'s Brazil. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Morales Officially Wins Presidency | \"Bolivian immigrants, who live in neighboring countries that have neoliberal governments, gave the winning candidate a wide margin of difference over his opponent Carlos Mesa: 61 percentage points of advantage in Brazil and 74 percentage points…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivians-Abroad-Helped-Evo-Secure-Presidency-20191026-0002.html

Italy: Government Addresses Migration Issues With Rescue NGOs
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-26
Italy\'s Interior Minister Luciana Lamorgese on Friday held a meeting in Rome with representatives of humanitarian organizations that save lives in the Mediterranean to address issues related to migration to this European country. | RELATED: | Italian Govt. Allows Ocean Viking to Bring 176 Migrants Ashore | \"It is a first step towards a direct dialogue…
telesurenglish.net/news/Italy-Government-Addresses-Migration-Issues-With-Rescue-NGOs-20191026-0003.html

Butina\'s case is \'prosecutorial overreach\': She did nothing illegal, but got \'harsh sentence\' — freed gun activist\'s lawyer
rt.com | 2019-10-26
Russian gun activist Maria Butina, who has spent over a year behind bars in the US on charges of being an unregistered Russian lobbyist, was essentially innocent but was caught up in anti-Russian witch hunts, her lawyer told RT. | Butina came to the US on a student visa in 2016 and was actively involved in pro-gun circles, namely the National Rifle Association (NRA) with a stated goal of expanding gun laws in Russia, which are quite restrictive. Yet, she was detained by the FBI in July 2018 on suspicion of conspiring to infiltrate the lobby group to promote Russian interests in the US. | The American media…
rt.com/usa/471881-butina-lawyer-anti-russian-hysteria/

At Least 10 Iraqis Killed on Second Protest Day in a Row
teleSUR, jg-EF | telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-26
At least 10 more Iraqis were killed and dozens injured on Saturday as a result of ongoing clashes between protesters and security forces during protests against the government of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi. | RELATED: | Iraq Takes International Legal Action to Kick Unauthorized US Forces Out | According to police and hospital sources the violence beg…
telesurenglish.net/news/at-least-ten-iraqis-killed-on-second-protest-day-in-a-row-20191026-0011.html

Jane Fonda: Put Oil and Gas Executives on Trial
The Real News Network | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-26
Before she got arrested at her weekly #FireDrillFriday demonstration, Jane Fonda told TRNN\'s Dharna Noor that she tried to get Netflix to give her a yearlong hiatus from Grace and Frankie to continue protesting climate inaction.
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/jane-fonda-put-oil-and-gas-executives-on-trial/

Trident Is the Crime
Kathy Kelly | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-26
On October 24, following a three-day trial in Brunswick, GA, seven Catholic Workers who acted to disarm a nuclear submarine base were convicted on three felony counts and one misdemeanor. The defendants face 20 years in prison, yet they emerged from their trial seeming quite ready for next steps in their ongoing witness. Steve Kelly, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/trident-is-the-crime/

Hillary Clinton Spoils the Party
Jacob Bacharach | truthdig.com | 2019-10-26
In the middle of October, Hillary Clinton managed to perform a minor political miracle. By baselessly speculating that Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, D-Hawaii, was a \"favorite of the Russians\" and preparing to run as an independent, she revived one of the more quixotic, eccentric and moribund campaigns of this election cycle while spoiling a primary that has proved shockingly substantive for a major party in the United States. | Gabbard \"clapped back,\" tweeting that Hillary was \"the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party.\" The congresswoman then p…
truthdig.com/articles/hillary-clinton-spoils-the-party/

US Earns More Than US$30m Smuggling Syrian Oil: Russia
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-26
Russia\'s defense ministry says that the recent Pentagon decision to now boost U.S. troop presence in eastern Syria, near oil fields there to allegedly \"deny access to the Islamic State,\" is actually \"international state banditry\" motivated by a desire to protect oil smugglers and not by real security concerns. | RELATED: | Trump Lifts US Sanctions on Turkey, Says Ceasefire Permanent | Under U.S. military protection, loaded tanker trucks leave Syria to other nations and the profits…
telesurenglish.net/news/us-earns-more-than-30-million-dollars-smuggling-Syrian-oil-20191026-0008.html

Justice Department probe of Russia-Trump inquiry has become a \"criminal investigation\"
wsws.org | 2019-10-26
The Trump administration is using the Justice Department investigation as a counterweight to the House impeachment inquiry.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/26/dunh-o26.html

The Pentagon\'s Map of Afghanistan: An Eldorado of Mineral Wealth and Natural Resources
Nikolai Malishevski | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-26
Of relevance to an understanding of America\'s ongoing military and economic agenda in Afghanistan as well as its confrontation with Russia and China. First published in August 2012 (translated from Russian) | Curious information surfaced in the media [2012] — based …
globalresearch.ca/the-pentagon-s-map-of-afghanistan-an-eldorado-of-mineral-wealth-and-natural-resources/32265

Russia Has \'Proof\' US Is Smuggling Oil In Syria & Did Israel/US Create A Civil War In Lebanon?
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-10-26
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 (10/26/19). 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/russia-has-proof-us-smuggling-oil-syria-did-israel-us-create-civil-war-lebanon/

Microsoft bags $10bn Pentagon contract for JEDI \'war cloud\' project, edging out presumed frontrunner Amazon
rt.com | 2019-10-26
After months of wrangling over the bidding process, tech giant Microsoft has landed the job to develop the Pentagon\'s multi-billion dollar \"war cloud\" storage system, a contract many assumed would go to Amazon. | Dubbed JEDI for short, the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure project has been in the works since November 2017, and sets out to revamp the Pentagon\'s computer storage system, upgrading to a remote \"cloud\" setup. It\'s not hard to see why tech firms have jumped at the opportunity to land the decade-long contract, however, worth a hefty $10 billion. | \"This contract will address critical and urgent…
rt.com/usa/471890-microsoft-awarded-war-cloud/

Government loophole sacrificed $18 billion to Big Oil
Jordan Davidson | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-26
The loophole dates back to a 1995 law that urged companies to drill in the Gulf of Mexico by offering oil companies a break from paying royalties on the oil produced.
nationofchange.org/2019/10/26/government-loophole-sacrificed-18-billion-to-big-oil/

Everyone Is Denouncing the Syrian Rebels Now Slaughtering Kurds. But Didn\'t the U.S. Once Support Some of Them?
Mehdi Hasan | theintercept.com | 2019-10-26
It\'s a lazy, cynical rewriting of history to pretend these groups have nothing to do with the U.S., or were never backed by the U.S., in their current form.
theintercept.com/2019/10/26/syrian-rebels-turkey-kurds-accountability/