Julian Assange\'s Life May be at Risk. UN Expert on Torture Sounds Alarm
Nils Melzer | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-04
The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Nils Melzer, has expressed alarm at the continued deterioration of Julian Assange\'s health since his arrest and detention earlier this year, saying his life was now at risk. | Mr. Assange was sent …
globalresearch.ca/un-expert-torture-julian-assange/5693870

UN rapporteur Nils Melzer warns: Julian Assange may die in a British prison
wsws.org | 2019-11-04
Melzer\'s statements confirm that the British government, acting on behalf of the US administration of President Donald Trump, is seeking nothing less than Assange\'s psychological and physical destruction.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/04/pers-n04.html

Now Is the Time to Win National Improved Medicare for All
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-04
National improved Medicare for all is making tremendous progress during the 2020 election cycle. Democratic presidential candidates, Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, who advocate for it, are achieving record numbers of contributions and performing strongly in the polls. …
globalresearch.ca/time-win-national-improved-medicare-all/5693898

Now Is The Time To Win National Improved Medicare For All
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-04
National improved Medicare for all is making tremendous progress during the 2020 election cycle. Democratic presidential candidates, Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, who advocate for it, are achieving record numbers of contributions and performing strongly in the polls. Candidates like former Vice President Joe Biden, who opposes Medicare for all, and Senator Kamala Harris, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/now-is-the-time-to-win-national-improved-medicare-for-all/

Border Agents Can Now Get Classified Intelligence Information
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-04
Pushing further toward its goal of \"extreme vetting,\" the Trump administration is creating a new center in suburban Virginia that will allow immigration agents to access, for the first time, the sprawling array of information scooped up by America\'s intelligence agencies, from phone calls intercepted by the National Security Agency to material gathered by the CIA\'s spies overseas to tips from informants in Central America. | This classified, potentially derogatory, information will eventually be used to scr…
truthout.org/articles/border-agents-can-now-get-classified-intelligence-information/

Trump impeachment inquiry, migrant vs migrant
Lynda Carson | indybay.org | 2019-11-04
Earlier today in Oakland after the House of Representatives voted for the Trump impeachment inquiry resolution, I was curious in regards to how the migrants felt about this. Oakland is a land of migrants, and there are around 135 different languages spoken in this city.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/31/18827761.php

Should You be Afraid of the Fascists in Your Community?
Wim Laven | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-04
I get accused of \"being over-the-top\" and using hyperbole by conservative friends and acquaintances with increasing frequency. This is caused, in large part, by me being a vocal and active contributor to the public discourse about issues of peace and justice. I am called a \"snowflake\" for responding to those who support–or even promote–rape culture.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/04/should-you-be-afraid-of-the-fascists-in-your-community/

Harvest Peace and Social Justice Craft and Info Fair
First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto | indybay.org | 2019-11-04
First Presbyterian Church of Palo Alto | Fellowship Hall | 1140 Cowper Street | Palo Alto, CA 94301…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/03/18827836.php

Media Backs Billionaire President as Chileans Protest Privatization
Mnar Muhawesh | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-04
Chile\'s right-wing President Sebastian Piñera recently declared war. He wasn\'t referring to a foreign government, but to his own people. He even ordered tanks and the military to the streets. | An estimated 20 protesters have been killed and over 500 injured. | Since October 14th, millions of Chileans have taken to the streets, rocking what is normally one of Latin America\'s most stable countries. | Chileans are in an uproar over rising taxes on public transportation, growing income inequality, and a broken pension system. | Many are demanding Piñera\'s resignation, even after he has tried to appease the protes…
mintpressnews.com/chile-protests-battling-privatization-corporate-media/262647/

Iraqi Communists condemn repression, say \"moment of real change\" has arrived
Steve Sweeney | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-04
Iraq\'s Communist Party called for a new type of government and for the momentum of the current uprising to continue until its demands are realized as roads were blocked in Baghdad on Sunday. A party statement branded the current system a \"terrible failure at all levels\" as mass anti-government protests over unemployment, corruption, and poor …
peoplesworld.org/article/iraqi-communists-condemn-repression-say-moment-of-real-change-has-arrived/

Wildcat strike by sanitation workers against CHP administration in Maltepe, Turkey
wsws.org | 2019-11-04
Simultaneous with the Maltepe municipal workers\' strike, workers in other municipalities, including àúskàºdar, Ata≈üehir, ƒ∞stanbul, Aliaƒüa, ƒ∞zmir, Aydƒ±n, and elsewhere are protesting against austerity and layoffs.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/04/turk-n04.html

Protests erupt after Peruvian government approves controversial Tía María mining project
wsws.org | 2019-11-04
Peasant farmers have blocked roads and confronted police after Peru\'s government approved construction of the mine, which will harm the fragile ecosystem of the Tambo Valley in the southern Andes.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/04/peru-n04.html

Congressional bill on Hong Kong lays bare U.S.\' colonial ambitions
Ian Goodrum | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-04
Well, here we are again. The United States continues to run its mouth about the Hong Kong protests, this time in the form of legislation. Last month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3289, deemed the \"Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act.\" It was approved by voice vote so an exact tally can\'t …
peoplesworld.org/article/congressional-bill-on-hong-kong-lays-bare-u-s-colonial-ambitions/

Trump Has Stolen the Anti-War Mantle. Here\'s How to Get It Back
Phyllis Bennis | thenation.com | 2019-11-04
Trump Has Stolen the Anti-War Mantle. Here\'s How to Get It Back.
thenation.com/article/trump-war-kurds-turkey/

US Blames Palestinians for Israeli State Terror Against Them
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-04
Israel is a police state, masquerading as democratic, State terror is the favored strategy against millions of Palestinians. They endure mass arrests, abductions, imprisonments for political reasons, torture, and other forms of persecution. | In its latest quarterly report through September, …
globalresearch.ca/us-blames-palestinians-israeli-state-terror-against-them/5693917

Axe the Max: Buffeting Boeing CEO\'s Rope-a-Dope in Congress
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-04
This past week, Boeing\'s deadly 737 MAX crashes were the focus of two back-to-back hearings — one in the Senate and one in the House. In the House Transportation Committee hearing, at least 50 Democrats and Republicans criticized Dennis Muilenburg\'s mismanagement and implied criminal negligence. Muilenburg\'s actions allowed Boeing\'s marketeers to overrule Boeing\'s engineers so that Boeing could circumvent…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/04/axe-the-max-buffeting-boeing-ceos-rope-a-dope-in-congress/

Erdogan Terrorists on Terror Frenzy in Tal Abiad and Aleppo City
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-04
At least 19 civilians were killed and others injured in a car explosion in the center of the occupied city of Tal Abiad, northern Raqqa countryside, and two others injured by mortars in the Nile Street Market in the city …
globalresearch.ca/erdogan-terrorists-terror-frenzy-tal-abiad-aleppo-city/5693883

Five Years On, Saudi Attacks on Yemen\'s Farmers Are Pushing the Whole Country into Famine
Ahmed AbdulKareem | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-04
The country of Yemen, known in the medieval period as \"Green Yemen,\" is one of the most extensively terraced areas of the world. There, Yemeni farmers transformed rugged mountain slopes into terraces and built dams like the Great Marib, a …
globalresearch.ca/five-years-saudi-attacks-yemen-farmers-pushing-whole-country-famine/5693922

UNICEF urges governments to repatriate thousands of foreign children stranded in northeast Syria
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-04
The head of the UN Children\'s Fund (UNICEF) is appealing for countries to repatriate scores of foreign children who are stranded in northeast Syria in the wake of the Turkish-launched offensive which began last month.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1050561

Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh) Exacts Revenge on Turkey for Selling Al-Baghdadi Out
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-04
A carbomb exploded [1] in northern Syria killing 13 and wounding 20. The blast on Saturday ripped through a crowded market in Tal Abyad, a town recently occupied by Turkish-backed militant proxies. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the …
globalresearch.ca/islamic-state-exacts-revenge-turkey-selling-al-baghdadi-out/5693891

Syria Talks: Is Jaw Jaw Better Than War War?
Daniel Warner | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-04
The opening of Geneva talks of a Syrian constitutional committee organized by the latest UN representative for Syria, Geir Pedersen, brings to mind the famous adage attributed to Winston Churchill; \"It is better to jaw jaw than to war war.\" One hundred fifty Syrians from the government, opposition and civil society are meeting in the…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/04/syria-talks-is-jaw-jaw-better-than-war-war/

How Does Controlling Syria\'s Oil Serve Washington\'s Strategic Objectives?
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-04
Before the evacuation of 1,000 American troops from northern Syria to western Iraq, the Pentagon had 2,000 US forces in Syria. After the drawdown of US troops at Erdogan\'s insistence in order for Ankara to mount a ground offensive in …
globalresearch.ca/how-controlling-syria-oil-serve-washington-strategic-objectives/5693879

The Killing of Baghdadi: Syrians Recall Terrifying Night of US Raid
Mustafa Dahnon | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-04
Although it is situated in a war zone, the Syrian village of Barisha is a largely sleepy and picturesque place. | Some 6,000 people live in the village that lies 5km from the Turkish border, and there are also about 1,000 …
globalresearch.ca/killing-baghdadi-syrians-recall-night-us-raid/5693938

\'Like a giant ISIS recruiting poster\': Trump\'s Syrian oilfield occupation slammed by \'moderate\' rebel recruiter Biden
rt.com | 2019-11-04
Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden — who, back in the good old Obama administration days, lobbied for the arming of \'moderate\' rebels in Syria — slammed Trump for downgrading the US military to an oilfield occupation force. | \"Leaving troops behind like [Trump\'s] doing now — he says that what he wants to do is we\'re going to occupy the oil fields and we\'re going to take \'em,\" Biden told the Wall Street Journal. He expressed deep regret that the vacuum left by the withdrawal of US troops has disastrously been filled by the (legitimate) Syrian government, Russia, and (probably worst of al…
rt.com/news/472547-syria-oil-trump-biden/

Remembering the Greensboro Massacre of 1979, When KKK & Nazis Killed 5 People in Broad Daylight
CP Editor | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-04
counterpunch.org/2019/11/04/remembering-the-greensboro-massacre-of-1979-when-kkk-nazis-killed-5-people-in-broad-daylight/

The Price of \"Progress\"
Nick Licata | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-04
In Civilized to Death: The Price of Progress, author Christopher Ryan proposes the most controversial explanation offered today for what is wrong with our world. The problem began with advent of agriculture which gave rise to civilization: the movement of human activity from a life of cooperative community foraging together to one of individual competition for…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/04/the-price-of-progress/

Latin America: Is Canada Trying to Create Another \"Illegitimate\" Government?
Nino Pagliccia | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-04
Bolivia has recently had a presidential election that without foreign interference would have passed without notice outside Latin America. President Evo Morales was re-elected democratically to a forth term without the need of a run-off election with incumbent Carlos Mesa, which shows his strength as the chosen candidate. However, nine days after the elections the…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/04/latin-america-is-canada-trying-to-create-another-illegitimate-government/

The Boos at the Ballgame Were Just the Beginning, Mr. Trump
Ron Jacobs | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-04
The cry of the mighty who are falling is growing louder. In the case of the USA it\'s a combination of angry accusations based on a confused bluster of humanity in the White House whose phalanx of fools exists so deep within its own perception of itself its members cannot conceive of their leader being…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/04/the-boos-at-the-ballgame-were-just-the-beginning-mr-trump/

Dateline Hoa Lo Prison, Hanoi: The Moratorium Days Against the War, 1969
Jerry Lembcke, Tom Wilber | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-04
On November 26, 1969, Mrs. Trinh Thi Ngo, known to Americans as \"Hanoi Hannah\", read over Radio Hanoi an introduction to a tape provided from Hoa Lo prison, just a city block away: \"Now listen to a US pilot captured over North Vietnam on the occasion of the [American] Thanksgiving Day.\"
counterpunch.org/2019/11/04/dateline-hoa-lo-prison-hanoi-the-moratorium-days-against-the-war-1969/

Horses and Humans: On and Off the Track
Alexandra Isfahani-Hammond | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-04
Images of thoroughbreds stumbling, becoming maimed and collapsing ignited outrage in the wake of record numbers of horse racing deaths in 2018 and 2019. One thousand racehorses were injured on the track and subsequently euthanized in 2018 in the United States alone. Alarm about the high death toll has centered on the hazardous weather conditions in which horses are made to run as well as the sport\'s ubiquitous use of \"performance enhancing\" drugs. Amphetamines, caffeine and anabolic steroids hype them up while anti-inflammatory and anti-bleeding medications deaden maimed horses\' pain so that they can be raced in…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/04/horses-and-humans-on-and-off-the-track/

To Overthrow Radical Evil, the Revolution Must Go Deep
Kim C. Domenico | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-04
\"Red tape and foolish effort, William, are what this outrageous, moribund and postliterate society demands from its elders, while what we should be giving is our wisdom.\" — Hayden Carruth, Doctor Jazz…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/04/to-overthrow-radical-evil-the-revolution-must-go-deep-2/

PG&E\'s Outlandish Lobbying in California
Dan Bacher | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-04
The Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), again in the spotlight of the national and international news media because of its shutoffs of electricity to millions of Californians as fires now rage throughout the state, spent $876,445 on lobbying from January 1 to June 30 of his year. This latest spending comes after the utility spent nearly $10…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/04/pges-outlandish-lobbying-in-california/

They Live, We Sleep
John W. Whitehead | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-04
\"You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they\'re people just like you. You\'re wrong. Dead wrong.\" — They Live We\'re living in two worlds, you and I. There\'s the world we see (or are made to see) and then there\'s the…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/04/they-live-we-sleep/

The Islamic State and Trump\'s Delusion
John Feffer | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-04
Even before the recent raid that resulted in the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the erstwhile head of the Islamic State, Donald Trump had spoken of how he had single-handedly defeated the caliphate. \"Now, when I came, the caliphate was all over the place,\" the president said apropos of nothing during a news conference with…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/04/the-islamic-state-and-trumps-delusion/

US Treasury sanctions Khamenei\'s son & Iran\'s General Staff on 40th anniversary of American embassy takeover in Tehran
rt.com | 2019-11-04
Nine people, including the son of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the General Staff of Iran\'s Armed Forces, were blacklisted by the US on the 40th anniversary of the seizure of the US embassy in Tehran in 1979. | The new round of sanctions against Tehran were announced on the US Treasury Department\'s website. | Khamenei\'s son, Mojtaba Khamenei, is an influential religious and political figure in the country, with European sources previously mentioning his name among the possible successors of his father as Iranian supreme leader. | Iran\'s head of judiciary and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei\'s chief o…
rt.com/usa/472595-us-sanctions-iran-military/

Trump to Quit Paris Accord, End U.S. Obstruction of Global Climate Progress
commondreams.org | 2019-11-04
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/11/04/trump-quit-paris-accord-end-us-obstruction-global-climate-progress?cd-origin=rss

As CA expands oil drilling, Trump plans to frack on 1.2 million acres of federal lands
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-11-04
Opponents of the Trump fracking expansion plan disagreed that promoting fracking and oil drilling on federal lands was \"responsible energy development.\" In response to release of the EIS, Food & Water Action Senior Central Coast Organizer Ana Rosa Rizo-Centino called expanding fracking and drilling \"the epitome of irresponsibility.\" | \"At a time when the climate crisis demands that California move away from fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy, it is the epitome of irresponsibility to expand fracking and drilling in our state. The climate-charged wildfires raging throughout California and the loss of life and…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/01/18827781.php

350.org on US Withdrawal From the Paris Climate Agreement
commondreams.org | 2019-11-04
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/11/04/350org-us-withdrawal-paris-climate-agreement?cd-origin=rss

350 Action on Trump\'s Paris Climate Accord Withdrawal
commondreams.org | 2019-11-04
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/11/04/350-action-trumps-paris-climate-accord-withdrawal?cd-origin=rss

Rex Tillerson Testifies in Climate Denial Case
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-11-04
Longtime ExxonMobil CEO and former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson testified in a case pitting the company against the state of New York. ExxonMobil faces civil charges of defrauding investors by funding climate denial, even as its own scientists studied the climate impacts of fossil fuel extraction.
therealnews.com/stories/rex-tillerson-testifies-climate-denial-case

Former neo-fascist candidate attacks mosque in French city of Bayonne
wsws.org | 2019-11-04
The entire political and media establishment bears heavy political responsibility for these attacks, creating the filthy political climate that encourages right-wing elements to carry them out.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/04/bayo-n04.html

Trump\'s Obsession With Ukraine Has Deep Roots
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-04
During the 2016 campaign candidate Donald Trump was always a bit odd about Russia. He claimed he knew Russian President Vladimir Putin, then denied he knew him a dozen different times. He insisted that the Ru…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-obsession-with-ukraine-has-deep-roots/

Russia Is \"Skeptical\" of the US Sponsored\' \"Indo-Pacific\" Concept
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-04
The interview that Russian Prime Minister Medevedev gave to the Bangkok Post during his recent visit to Thailand to attend the ASEAN Summit there served to remind everyone of Russia\'s skepticism towards the US\' \"Indo-Pacific\" concept, which he believes reduces …
globalresearch.ca/medvedev-told-asean-russia-skeptical-us-indo-pacific-concept/5693925

The Missing Pieces of the Al-Baghdadi Execution Puzzle
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-04
Casting aspersions over the death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Russia\'s seasoned Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed [1] while speaking to Rossiya 24 broadcaster that the Islamic State and its slain \"caliph\" were the spawns of the United States. Being …
globalresearch.ca/missing-pieces-al-baghdadi-execution-puzzle/5693850

Nord Stream 2: There\'s No Stopping the World\'s Most Politically Charged Pipeline
Irina Slav | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-04
This week, Denmark granted Gazprom approval for its Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, a project that is set to bring 55 billion cubic meters of Russian gas into Europe annually. It is one of the most controversial pipeline projects …
globalresearch.ca/no-stopping-world-most-politically-charged-pipeline/5693915

Global Research vs. Media Manipulation: We Need Your Support!
The Global Research Team | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-04
Dear Readers, | In an increasingly polarized world, political spin and media manipulation on complex issues are commonly used tools, creating dividing lines in the sand. Global Research provides a perspective free from the vested interests of major corporation-backed media. | If …
globalresearch.ca/global-research-vs-media-manipulation-we-need-your-support/5693974

Glyphosate: US Pressures Thailand Over Monsanto Poison Ban
Joseph Thomas | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-04
Under Thailand\'s new government, efforts to ban toxic pesticides and herbicides including those made by US agricultural giant Monsanto were first accelerated, and have now finally succeeded. | Thailand\'s Deputy Prime Minister and Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul bluntly stated that \"the …
globalresearch.ca/us-embassy-pressures-thailand-monsanto-poison-ban/5693861

\"Japanization\" and Abenomics: The Saga of Japan\'s Falling Economy
Prof. Joseph H. Chung | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-04
For last thirty years, the world has been watching the saga of downfall of the Japanese economy. | In particular, the world has been watching with curiosity and even worry about the amazing adventure of Abenomics. | The disappointing performance of the …
globalresearch.ca/japanization-abenomics-saga-falling-japanese-economy/5693854

Walking Through Aleppo: \"Why Did Your Government Do This\". I Don\'t Want to Hear You Say, \"I\'m Sorry.\"
Greta Berlin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-04
We had spent most of the day in the destroyed Armenian quarter of Aleppo. Nothing remained to be salvaged, the foreign mercenaries, supported by the US and its lapdogs had made sure of it. The most beautifulplace in Aleppo was …
globalresearch.ca/walking-through-aleppo-why-did-your-government-do-this-i-dont-want-to-hear-you-say-im-sorry/5693941

Video: President Assad: \"Trump is the Best American President … Because He is the Most Transparent\"
DR Bachar al-Assad | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-04
President Bashar al-Assad: \"As for Trump, you might ask me a question and I give you an answer that might sound strange. I say that he is the best American President, not because his policies are good, but because he …
globalresearch.ca/video-president-assad-interview-al-sourya-al-ikhbarya/5693888