The Crass Warfare of Billionaires Against Sanders and Warren
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2019-11-09
An existential crisis for ruling circles…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/07/18827924.php
Build a mass movement to free class-war prisoners Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
wsws.org | 2019-11-09
Assange and Manning are being persecuted because the US and its imperialist allies are preparing for war and want to silence all honest journalists and fighter for the truth.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/09/asst-n09.html
Not creepy at all: GIANT Greta Thunberg mural to grace downtown San Francisco (PHOTOS)
rt.com | 2019-11-09
A four-story mural of climate activist Greta Thunberg is set to be unveiled next week in San Francisco. Many, however, have already found the work unsettling, describing it as something straight out of a dystopian Sci-Fi movie. | The mural depicts the face of the 16-year-old media darling, gazing down at passersby on Union Square in San Francisco, with her signature tense expression. | Argentine artist Andreas Iglesias, who is putting the finishing touches on the massive work, said his ultimate goal is to raise awareness about climate issues. | \"What I want from people is to realize [they] have to do something…
rt.com/usa/472997-greta-thunberg-mural-sf/
Defeating the US / EU / NATO Axis of Domination: A Global De-Colonial Imperative
Canadian Peace Congress | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-09
The Canadian Peace Congress, in cooperation with a number of local peace and anti-imperialist organizations, is pleased to announce the upcoming tour of Ajamu Baraka from November 11-16, 2019. During his visit, Mr. Baraka will visit five urban centres across …
globalresearch.ca/defeating-the-us-eu-nato-axis-of-domination-a-global-de-colonial-imperative/5694418
The Wall and General Pyrrhus
Victor Grossman | mronline.org | 2019-11-09
A stern, history-based evaluation awakens doubts that, despite the paeans in the world media, the fall of the Berlin Wall was not purely a peaceful revolution, a choice of freedom by the masses, another successful victory for freedom and justice as in past centuries. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/09/the-wall-and-general-pyrrhus/
Massive people\'s protests continue in Algeria
G. Dunkel | workers.org | 2019-11-09
Ever since Feb. 22, Hirak — the protest coalition in Algeria — has held a nationwide protest on Fridays, the day the weekend starts there. Students and youth generally hold their nationwide demonstrations on Tuesdays. This Nov. 1, Algeria marked the 65th anniversary of the start of its War of . . . | Continue reading Massive people\'s protests continue in Algeria at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/11/44331/
Democrats Should Abandon the Third-Party \"Spoiler\" Argument
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-09
With the 2020 presidential primaries in full swing, a common narrative in U.S. politics has resurfaced. Recently, former Secretary of State and former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton suggested on the podcast \" Campaign HQ\" that current Democratic candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) is part of Russian…
truthout.org/articles/democrats-should-abandon-the-third-party-spoiler-argument/
Democratic Socialists of America \"International Committee\" denounces \"reckless\" withdrawal of US troops from Syria
wsws.org | 2019-11-09
The response of the DSA to Trump\'s announced troop withdrawals from Syria is indistinguishable from that of the Democratic Party and Trump\'s critics within the military and intelligence apparatus.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/09/dsas-n09.html
The Most Active White Supremacist Group in the US Is Hiding in Plain Sight
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-09
While much of the country reacted with a weary sense of sorrow and outrage, word of the mass killing was processed differently by members of Patriot Front, one of the more prominent white supremacist groups in the U.S. | In secret chat forums, some Patriot Front members embraced the spirit of the anti-immigrant manifesto left behind by the accused gunman. Others floated false conspiracy theories: the CIA was behind the murders; the accused killer was actually Jewish. Still other members caution…
truthout.org/articles/the-most-active-white-supremacist-group-in-the-us-is-hiding-in-plain-sight/
Possible False Flag In Iraq, US Votes Against Anti-Nazi Res. & Pompeo\'s Iran Nuclear Lies Debunked
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-09
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 (11/6/19). 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/possible-false-flag-in-iraq-us-votes-against-anti-nazi-res-pompeos-iran-nuclear-lies-debunked/
Can Bloomberg Buy the Election for $12 Billion? If So, He Can Write the Check Today
Richard Eskow | commondreams.org | 2019-11-09
Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire who bought himself a mayoralty, now has his sights set on higher office. He became mayor of New York City in 2001, after outspending his opponent five to one from his personal bank account. Could the same arithmetic apply to the presidential race?
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/09/can-bloomberg-buy-election-12-billion-if-so-he-can-write-check-today?cd-origin=rss
Billionaire ex-NYC Mayor Bloomberg takes steps to run for Democratic nomination
wsws.org | 2019-11-09
Whether or not he decides to run, Bloomberg\'s move is clearly calculated to shift the Democratic campaign further to the right.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/09/bloo-n09.html
Billionaires keep benefiting from a tax break to help the poor. Now, Congress wants to investigate
Jeff Ernsthausen and Justin Elliott | nationofchange.org | 2019-11-09
\"The Opportunity Zone program has been troubled from the start.\"
nationofchange.org/2019/11/09/billionaires-keep-benefiting-from-a-tax-break-to-help-the-poor-now-congress-wants-to-investigate/
A message to PBS: Televise the Trump impeachment hearings for all to see
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | nationofchange.org | 2019-11-09
Why we took out that ad in The New York Times.
nationofchange.org/2019/11/09/a-message-to-pbs-televise-the-trump-impeachment-hearings-for-all-to-see/
Impeachment Must Be More Than Impeachment
Jeffrey C. Isaac | commondreams.org | 2019-11-09
House Democrats, apparently buoyed by last Tuesday\'s election results, are prepared to begin the public hearing phase of their Trump impeachment inquiry.
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/09/impeachment-must-be-more-impeachment?cd-origin=rss
Trump has Not Agreed to Roll Back Tariffs on Chinese Goods
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-09
President Donald Trump on Friday said he has not agreed to rollbacks of U.S. tariffs sought by China, sparking fresh doubts about when the world\'s two largest economies may end a 16-month trade war that has slowed global growth. | RELATED: | Trump\'s Lawyer Waged Campaign Against Envoy to Ukraine: Impeachment Probe | Officials from both countries on Thursday had said China and the United States have agreed to roll back tariffs on each others\' goods in a \"phase one\" trade deal. But the idea…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trump-has-Not-Agreed-to-Roll-Back-Tariffs-on-Chinese-Goods-20191108-0007.html
Our Point Remains: PBS Should Broadcast Impeachment Hearings in Primetime
Bill Moyers and Michael Winship | commondreams.org | 2019-11-09
In this photo illustration the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) logo is displayed on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration: Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/pbs_impeachment_hearings_bill_moyers.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/09/our-point-remains-pbs-should-broadcast-impeachment-hearings-primetime?cd-origin=rss
GOP wants Hunter Biden, whistleblower to testify in impeachment probe, Schiff seeks to shield them
rt.com | 2019-11-09
House Republicans are on the offensive demanding Hunter Biden and the Ukrainian phone call whistleblower to testify for the impeachment inquiry. The idea did not sit well with Rep. Adam Schiff, the Democrat who leads the process. | Representative David Nunes (R-Ca) has revealed a list of witnesses the Republicans would like to see giving their testimonies at the upcoming public hearing on the impeachment inquiry against Trump. It includes includes among others Hunter Biden, the son of the former vice president and one of the Democratic frontrunners at the upcoming presidential elections, Joe Biden, as well as…
rt.com/usa/473057-gop-biden-whistleblower-testify-impeachment/
A Message to PBS: Televise the Trump Impeachment Hearings for All to See
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-09
The House of Representatives has announced that public hearings in the impeachment inquiry will begin on Wednesday, November 13. We believe that for the sake of the nation, public television should not only broadcast them live as they happen but repeat them in primetime so that Americans who work during the day have a chance to watch and judge for themselves Donald Trump\'s guilt or innocence. | We believe this so strongly we took out an ad in Friday\'s edition of The New York Times. | We did it bec…
truthout.org/articles/a-message-to-pbs-televise-the-trump-impeachment-hearings-for-all-to-see/
German Christian Democrats call for collaboration with the far-right AfD
wsws.org | 2019-11-09
A leader of the CDU said in an interview that, in his opinion, the AfD was \"a conservative party\" and were \"not all Nazis.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/09/germ-n09.html
Matt Hancock accused of \'whitesplaining\' by Baroness Warsi
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-09
Health secretary Matt Hancock has been accused of \"whitesplaining\" by Baroness Warsi after he said others in the party \"take a more balanced approach\" on Islamophobia than her. | Warsi, the former Tory party chairman who has led criticism of the Conservative hierarchy\'s response to Islamophobia within its ranks, said she was \"glad\" to have colleagues like Hancock to educate her on the issue. | Hancock said the Tories needed to hold an inquiry on Islamophobia within the party, but claimed others \"take a more balanced approach\" on the issue than Warsi. | It comes after Boris Johnson said the Conservatives would be…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/11/09/matt-hancock-accused-of-whitesplaining-by-baroness-warsi/
Saving An Eco-Sensitive Sacred Site: Meeting to Protect Juristac
South Bay Indigenous Solidarity | indybay.org | 2019-11-09
First Unitarian Church of San Jose | 160 North 3rd Street | San Jose, CA 95112…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/06/18827907.php
Bolivian Vice President àÅlvaro García Linera on Marx and Indigenous Politics
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-09
àÅlvaro García Linera has been vice president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia since 2006. He is one of the most original voices in the Latin American Left, whose works include Value Form and Community Form (1995) and Plebeian Power (2008). Born in Cochabamba, Bolivia, in 1962, Linera was very young when he first drew close to Marxism and the struggles of the Aymara people, an Indigenous nation in the Andes. In the early 1980s, he moved to Mexico to study mathematics, and he was in…
truthout.org/articles/bolivian-vice-president-alvaro-garcia-linera-on-marx-and-indigenous-politics/
Beyond November, Indigenous Communities Honor Culture and Heritage Year-Round
Debra Utacia Krol | commondreams.org | 2019-11-09
We\'re rolling through November, recognized as Native American Heritage Month, when many of us celebrate the nation\'s rich and diverse Indigenous history. Tribal communities, as well as cities and states, host parades, powwows, art shows, award ceremonies and other events to spotlight Native cultures.
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/09/beyond-november-indigenous-communities-honor-culture-and-heritage-year-round?cd-origin=rss
Corporate Climate Commitments: Who Should Lead Climate Action?
Ryan Gunderson, Diana Stuart | commondreams.org | 2019-11-09
Some argue that, given the lack of political leadership to enact climate policy, action by companies is a welcome path forward. However, the belief that corporations can respond effectively to climate change is questionable.
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/09/corporate-climate-commitments-who-should-lead-climate-action?cd-origin=rss
Geneva Is Key to Syria\'s Recovery
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-09
The political solution to the Syrian conflict is the task at hand for the constitutional committee that has been meeting in Geneva since October 30. The co-chairs are Ahmad Kuzbari from the Syrian government and Hadi Albahra from the opposition. …
globalresearch.ca/geneva-key-syria-recovery/5694298
Video: Russia Setting Up Military Bases Across Northeastern Syria. To Undermine US Mission to Appropriate Syria\'s Oil?
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-09
Syrian and Russian warplanes carried out more than 40 airstrikes on militants\' positions in southern Idlib, northern Lattakia and southwestern Aleppo. According to pro-government sources, the resumed airstrikes were a response to the recent offensive actions by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham …
globalresearch.ca/video-russia-setting-up-military-bases-across-northeastern-syria-to-undermine-us-mission-to-appropriate-syrias-oil/5694300
The War on Syria was Pre-Planned. ISIS Was Financed by the US and its Allies
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-09
How do we know that the War on Syria was pre-planned by imperial powers? Consider the following: | . | . | . | Still not convinced? Check out this admission from the former Minister of Foreign Affairs for President Mitterand. | General Flynn admitted …
globalresearch.ca/teaching-voices-syria-unit-one/5694311
Iran Offers Clue to Fate of Ex-FBI Agent Robert Levinson, Missing for 12 Years
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-09
Levinson disappeared while on an unauthorized CIA mission in 2007. Iran has told the UN the case is \"on going\" but did offer details.
truthdig.com/articles/iran-offers-clue-to-fate-of-ex-fbi-agent-robert-levinson-missing-for-12-years/
Twitter Boss Met Mohammed Bin Salman Six Months After Saudi Spy Discovered
Middle East Eye | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-09
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey met with Mohammed bin Salman months after learning that a spy, directed by Saudi Arabia, had infiltrated the company.
theantimedia.com/twitter-boss-met-mohammed-bin-salman/
A \"Blue Dot\" Barely Visible from China\'s \"New Silk Roads\"
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-09
Chinese President Xi Jinping six years ago launched New Silk Roads, now better known as the Belt and Road Initiative, the largest, most ambitious, pan-Eurasian infrastructure project of the 21st century. | Under the Trump administration, Belt and Road has …
globalresearch.ca/blue-dot-barely-visible-new-silk-roads/5694303
San Francisco City College Rallies Against Cuts
HEAT | indybay.org | 2019-11-09
San Francisco City College | Ocean Campus | Chinatown Campus…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/06/18827915.php
Brazil: Thousands Await Lula Da Silva\'s Speech Outside Union
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-09
After having spent 580 days as a political prisoner in Curitiba, Brazil\'s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Saturday arrived at the ABC Union of Workers of Metallurgical Industry, which is located at Sao Bernardo do Campo, the city where he began his political life as a worker leader. | RELATED: | Lula is Free | Although the Workers\' Party (PT) politician must defend himself against accusati…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Thousands-Await-Lula-Da-Silvas-Speech-Outside-Union-20191109-0003.html
Thirty years since the fall of the Berlin Wall
wsws.org | 2019-11-09
Thirty years ago, the fall of the Berlin Wall marked the end of the GDR. We are republishing here an article by Peter Schwarz that first appeared on the WSWS five years ago, on November 8, 2014, under the headline, \"25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/09/berl-n09.html
Macron warns Economist magazine of world war, collapse of NATO alliance
wsws.org | 2019-11-09
Outlining escalating conflicts inside NATO, Macron admitted that for decades it has attacked countries and toppled their regimes without any popular support.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/09/macr-n09.html
Never Again? Can We Stop the War When Big Business Profits from it?
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-09
On the Global Research News we do our best to cover a wide spectrum of topics from the environmental crisis to economic and geopolitical analysis to debunking war pre-text narratives. | We welcome listener support to maintain and improve the quality …
globalresearch.ca/never-again-can-we-stop-the-war-when-big-business-profits-from-it/5694422
Measles epidemic spreads from New Zealand to Pacific Islands
wsws.org | 2019-11-09
Scientists had been warning of the danger of an outbreak, but requests for a campaign to plug immunisation gaps were ignored.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/09/meas-n09.html
Groups slam Trump administration\'s sweetheart water deal with Westlands Water District
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-11-09
Interior\'s plan to \"award one of the first contracts for federal water in perpetuity\" to Westlands has been proposed at a critical time for Delta smelt, Sacramento River winter Chinook salmon, steelhead and other fish populations that depend on a healthy Bay-Delta Estuary to survive and thrive.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/08/18827943.php
\'Reverse Pol Pot\': Berkeley philosophy lecturer slammed after saying rural Americans made \'bad life decisions\' & should be SHAMED
rt.com | 2019-11-09
A Harvard-educated UC Berkeley philosophy lecturer is catching flak for bashing rural Americans as parasites on more \"efficient\" city-dwellers. He has since apologized for the tone of the original tweets, but not their substance. | Disdain for \"flyover country\" by the coastal elites is a trope of American politics and culture wars at this point, but Jackson Kernion apparently sought to embody it with a series of tweets this week, declaring that Americans living in the countryside should not be \"subsidized by those who choose a more efficient way of life.\" | Pretty sure I did a bad tweet here. Gonna delete it.
rt.com/usa/472995-rural-americans-shamed-berkeley/
The \"Irrepressible Conflict:\" Slavery, the Civil War and America\'s Second Revolution
wsws.org | 2019-11-09
The following is the second in a series of three lectures delivered in response to the New York Times\' \"1619 Project,\" which presents a falsified, racialist interpretation of American history.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/09/lect-n09.html
The Neoliberal Assault on Warren\'s Plan to Pay for Medicare for All
John Atcheson | commondreams.org | 2019-11-09
Both Sanders and Warren have come up with viable plans for funding Medicare for all. The neoliberal establishment and the conservatives have been going after Sanders\' approach by raising the specter of-middle class tax increases.
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/09/neoliberal-assault-warrens-plan-pay-medicare-all?cd-origin=rss
Is the Run on the Dollar Due to Panic or Greed?
Ellen Brown | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-09
What\'s going on in the repo market? Rates on repurchase agreements (\"repo\") should be around 2%, in line with the fed funds rate. But they shot up to over 5% on September 16 and got as high as 10% on …
globalresearch.ca/run-dollar-due-panic-greed/5694296
102 Years Ago, The October Revolution: \"Ten Days that Shook the World\"
Sergei M. Eisenstein | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-09
Next week, November 7, 2017 is the 100 years anniversary of the October Revolution, November 7, 1917. | We bring to the attention of our readers Sergei Eisenstein\'s masterpiece: \"Ten Days that Shook the World\" (1928) | In documentary style, events …
globalresearch.ca/the-october-revolution-ten-days-that-shook-the-world/5613450
The School of the Americas
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-09
| An integral part of America\'s brutal colonisation of undeveloped nations is the little-known US Army \"School of the Americas\" located in Fort Benning, Georgia, which trains Latin American military officers and soldiers to subvert their governments and kill hope in | …
globalresearch.ca/school-americas/5693503
Identity Fraud? Removed Pacifica National Board Chair Jacabs Still Chair?
repost | indybay.org | 2019-11-09
Sabrina Jacobs who was part of a coup to shutdown WBAI continued to say she was chair of Pacifica after the Pacifica National Board remove her.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/07/18827932.php
WATCH: Sanders Joined by Naomi Klein and Sunrise Movement at Climate Crisis Summit in Iowa
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-09
\"The world is on fire and our most credible hope of beating the arsonists is Bernie Sanders.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/screen20shot202019-11-0920at2012.53.1020pm.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/09/watch-sanders-joined-naomi-klein-and-sunrise-movement-climate-crisis-summit-iowa?cd-origin=rss
Erdogan quiere armas nucleares
Manlio Dinucci | workers.org | 2019-11-09
Publicado el 21 de octubre en el periódico italiano Il Manifesto. \"Algunos países tienen misiles nucleares, pero el Occidente insiste en que no podemos tenerlos. Esto es inaceptable\". Esta declaración del presidente Erdogan revela que la crisis actual va más allá de lo que comenzó con la ofensiva turca en . . . | Continue reading Erdogan quiere armas nucleares at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/11/44328/
US and Israel were lone votes against UN resolutions opposing space arms race, nuclear Middle East, Cuba embargo
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-08
The United States and Israel were the only countries that voted against UN General Assembly draft resolutions calling for a…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/08/us-israel-un-resolutions-space-arms-race-nuclear/
The Globalization of Poverty: What Is Neoliberalism?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
In these unprecedented economic times, the world is experiencing as a whole what most of the so-called \"developing\" countries have experienced over the past several decades. For a nuanced examination of the intricacies of the global political-economic landscape and the …
globalresearch.ca/the-globalization-of-poverty-inside-the-new-world-order/5313987
The Crass Warfare of Billionaires Against Sanders and Warren
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
For many decades, any politician daring to fight for economic justice was liable to be denounced for engaging in \"class warfare.\" It was always a grimly laughable accusation, coming from wealthy elites as well as their functionaries in corporate media and elective office. In the real world, class warfare — or whatever you want to…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/the-crass-warfare-of-billionaires-against-sanders-and-warren/