Ahmed Abdulkareem (2019-11-11). The Houthis Are Preparing for a Planned Israeli Attack on Yemen. mintpressnews.com There are strong indications that Israel is planning to launch airstrikes against Yemen under the pretext of preventing an Iranian military presence from taking hold, much as it did in Syria and Iraq.

RT (2019-11-11). Ex-Ecuador leader Correa says Bolivia\'s Morales was forced out in \'coup\' and OAS is \'an instrument of US domination\'. rt.com Former leader of Ecuador Rafael Correa said the resignation of Bolivian President Evo Morales was the result of a coup d\'etat and that events could have ended in worse violence, if the socialist leader had not resigned. | \"Of course there was a coup d\'etat,\" Correa told RT Spanish in an exclusive interview on Monday, explaining that such an insubordination of the country\'s armed forces \"cannot exist in a constitutional state of law\" or democracy. \"If Evo Morales did not resign, there would have been a bloodbath because there was no public order,\" he said. | Morales resigned on Sunday at the demands of Bolivia\'

RT (2019-11-11). Jordan \'committed\' to Israel peace treaty as land deal ends — FM. rt.com Jordan said on Monday it was committed to its peace treaty with Israel despite ending a 25-year deal that allows its neighbor to use two parcels of land along its border under its sovereignty. | Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said the country acted in accordance with the treaty in not renewing the deal over the two enclaves straddling the border that allowed Israel special rights over its citizens working and present in the two areas, Reuters reports. | The deal was part of the 1994 Jordan-Israel peace treaty. Jordan\'s King Abdullah arrived on Monday in the enclave that straddles its northern border with Israel…

Mohamed Elmaazi (2019-11-11). Veterans for Peace UK solemnly commemorate tragedy of war and its victims. thecanary.co Veterans for Peace UK (VfP UK) commemorated the lives lost through war on Remembrance Sunday at the Cenotaph war memorial in London on 10 November 2019.The Canary was in attendance as approximately two dozen VfP UK members marched down Whitehall towards the Cenotaph, on a crisp cold day with a bright blue sky. Behind the VfP UK members were supporters and family members slowly following them while keeping a respectful distance.The Canary understands that the BBC does not typically broadcast the VfP UK march to the Cenotaph, although it immediately follows that of the Salvation Army.\"Never Again\": Upon arri…

teleSUR Desk (2019-11-11). Bolivian President Evo Morales calls new presidential elections. mronline.org Morales also called for calm and peace amid opposition protests and mobilizations, which have turned violent, against his victory in the Oct. 20 elections. | Source

RT (2019-11-11). \'Terrible mistake\'? Polish PM slams Netflix over documentary implying Poland shared responsibility for Nazi crimes. rt.com Netflix is \"urgently\" looking into complaints from Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki that a new Holocaust documentary is \"rewriting history\" by implying that Poland shared responsibility for death camp murders on its soil. | Morawiecki is pressuring the US streaming giant to modify the documentary, which shows the World War II-era Nazi death camps on a map of Poland, but drawn inside the country\'s modern borders. | In a letter to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, the Polish PM said that the map shown in the documentary series \'The Devil Next Door\' implies that Poland existed as an independent nation and thu…

William Boardman (2019-11-11). US Policy: Global Climate Crisis Not Our Problem. Really? dissidentvoice.org By withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, the US is effectively saying the global climate crisis is not our problem. This is American exceptionalism run amok. The US acts as if it can opt-out of the only planet we have because, well, because we\'re special. This is not logical, this is not practical, this is …

Naomi Oreskes (2019-11-11). The Greatest Scam in History: How the Energy Companies Took Us All. counterpunch.org It\'s a tale for all time. What might be the greatest scam in history or, at least, the one that threatens to take history down with it. Think of it as the climate-change scam that beat science, big time. Scientists have been seriously investigating the subject of human-made climate change since the late 1950s and More

Staff (2019-11-11). The Greatest Scam in History Is Taking Us All Down. truthdig.com It\'s a tale for all time. What might be the greatest scam in history or, at least, the one that threatens to take history down with it. Think of it as the climate-change scam that beat science, big time. | Scientists have been seriously investigating the subject of human-made climate change since the late 1950s and political leaders have been discussing it for nearly as long. In 1961, Alvin Weinberg, the director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, called carbon dioxide one of the \"big problems\" of the world \"on whose solution the entire future of the human race depends.\" Fast-forward nearly 30 years and, in 19…

Eds. (2019-11-11). The coup in Bolivia: five lessons. mronline.org The Bolivian tragedy eloquently teaches several lessons that our peoples and popular social and political forces must learn and record in their consciences forever. Here, a brief enumeration, on the fly, and as a prelude to a more detailed treatment in the future. | Source

RT (2019-11-11). False start: Stefanos Tsitsipas downs Russia\'s Daniil Medvedev in ATP Finals opener. rt.com Greek tennis ace Stefanos Tsitsipas opened his ATP Finals campaign by beating US Open finalist Daniil Medvedev of Russia 7-6, 6-4 in London. | Both debutants of the season-ending finale held their serve in first set, before Tsitispas gained the upper hand in the tie-break. | READ MORE: Solid and confident: Novak Djokovic destroys debutant Matteo Berrettini in Nitto ATP Finals curtain-raiser | Fourth seed Medvedev, 23, had several chances to break his Greek opponent in the second set, however it was Tsitsipas who…

RT (2019-11-11). Tulsi Gabbard lawyer demanding retraction from Hillary Clinton over \'defamatory\' Russian asset smear. rt.com A lawyer for presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard is demanding that Hillary Clinton retract her \"defamatory\" comments alleging that the anti-war Democrat is a Russian asset and Moscow\'s \"favorite\" for the 2020 election. | In a letter to Clinton seen by the Hill, Gabbard\'s legal counsel said Clinton \"knew it was false\" when she accused the Hawaii congresswoman of being a Russian asset. \"Your statement is defamatory, and we demand that you retract it immediately,\" Gabbard\'s lawyer wrote in the letter, demanding a verbal response from Clinton. | This fabricated story is so facially improbable that it is actionabl…

Brian Terrell (2019-11-11). A Doubtful Proposition. dissidentvoice.org Voices activists Brian Terrell, Kathy Kelly and Sarah Ball outside the Brunswick Courthouse (Photo by Kings Bay Plowshares 7) \"Whether nuclear weapons are actually illegal under international or domestic law (a doubtful proposition) is not relevant or an appropriate issue to litigate in this case,\" so ruled Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the US District …

RT (2019-11-11). Iran begins enriching 12 times as much uranium, in further departure from nuclear deal that US ditched. rt.com Tehran has radically ratcheted up its production of low-enriched uranium after rebooting production at two facilities. The uptick comes as Iran moves further away from the 2015 nuclear deal that was ditched by the US last year. | Iran is now producing at least 5.5 kilograms (12 pounds) of low-enriched uranium per day, Ali Akbar Salehi, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, told journalists on Monday, as cited by AP. Previously Tehran had been producing a mere 450 grams (1 pound) each day. | The increase is the result of Iran restarting production at two of its facilities, Natanz and Fordo. The mo…

Joseph Natoli (2019-11-11). In the Looming Shadow of Civil War. counterpunch.org \"If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office (which they will never be), it will cause a Civil War like fracture in this Nation from which our Country will never heal,\" — Donald J. Trump, tweet \"The mood of the country has been more poisonous that this; at the time of Nixon\'s More

Robert Fisk (2019-11-11). How the Syrian Democratic Forces Were Suddenly Transformed into \"Kurdish Forces\" counterpunch.org That wars end very differently to our own expectations — or our plans — was established long ago. That \"we\" won the Second World War did not mean the Americans would win the Vietnam war, or that France would vanquish its enemies in Algeria. Yet the moment we decide who the good guys are, and who the evil More

Aaron Goings, Brian Barnes, and Roger Snider (2019-11-11). Class War Violence: Centralia 1919. counterpunch.org November 11, 2019, will mark the 100-year anniversary of the Armistice Day Tragedy in Centralia, Washington, a horrible event in Pacific Northwest history. On Armistice Day, 1919, a mob of American Legionaires raided the Centralia Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) hall and later lynched Wesley Everest, an IWW logger. More

C.J. Atkins (2019-11-11). Bolivia coup against Morales opens opportunity for multinational mining companies. peoplesworld.org Lithium is the key ingredient for the batteries fueling the world\'s electric car and smartphone revolution. Market analysts speculate that by the mid-2020s, lithium supply will be straining to keep up with demand from auto and mobile device manufacturers. It\'s being called the \"gold of the 21st century.\" Bolivia\'s largely untapped Salar de Uyuni salt …

RT (2019-11-11). Mexico grants Bolivia\'s Evo Morales political asylum, demands safe conduct to \'protect his life & security\'. rt.com Mexico has approved asylum for former Bolivian President Evo Morales after the socialist leader was forced to resign from his post under pressure from military brass, amid opposition protests over a disputed election result which Morales has slammed as a coup. | The Mexican Foreign Ministry confirmed that asylum was granted to Morales on Monday, and insisted that the former leader is allowed safe passage out of Bolivia in the event he decides to leave the country. | \"Latin America has witnessed unfortunate and violent events in which the constitutional order is broken and democratically elected authorities are…

Farooque Chowdhury (2019-11-11). We Will Come Back, Says Bolivia\'s Evo Morales after Rightist Coup Forces Him to Resign. dissidentvoice.org Amidst a right-wing coup, Bolivian President Evo Morales was forced to resign Sunday. Evo\'s forced exit from the Bolivian presidency was a right wing coup by army and police chieftains with imperialist backing. Prior to the putsch, imperialism-backed rightists organized unrest, violence and arson including setting fire to residences of two governors\' and of Evo\'s …

RT (2019-11-11). Media \'whitewashing coup\' in Bolivia, & CIA surely celebrating Morales\' departure — pundits. rt.com The way Bolivian President Evo Morales departed from power bears clear signs of a coup, but the media is unlikely to present it that way, pundits and politicians said, with some suggesting the event is pure joy for the CIA. | Morales stepped down as president of Bolivia on Sunday, after winning a fourth term in office on October 20. The results of this election were disputed, however, and the opposition launched massive protests. Following Morales\' own calls for an audit, a report by the Organizati…

teleSUR Desk (2019-11-11). Evo Morales slams coup plotters for keeping up violence. mronline.org \"Mesa and Camacho, discriminators and conspirators, will go down in history as racists and coup plotters,\" Morales said in a tweet early Monday morning. | Source

Peter Linebaugh (2019-11-11). The Worm in the Apple. counterpunch.org The Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution reads \"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States or any place subject to their jurisdiction.\" Slavery remains a punishment for crime; imprisonment is a continuation of slavery. That is the More

RT (2019-11-11). Pakistan\'s spy agency chief visits Kabul amid increased tensions — official. rt.com A Pakistani delegation was in Kabul on Monday to meet Afghan authorities amid increased tensions, an Afghan official said. | The meeting is the first since the Pakistani embassy closed its consular section in Kabul earlier this month, citing unspecified security concerns. | Kaber Haqmal, a spokesman for Afghanistan\'s national security adviser, said the two sides discussed efforts to normalize relations. He said that Afghan national security adviser Hamdullah Mohib met with Gen. Faiz Hameed, the head of Pakistan\'s intelligence agency, and Suhail Mahmood, Pakistan\'s foreign secretary, AP reported. | Kabul is bla…

RT (2019-11-11). Footballer in tears as he is SENT OFF after responding to racist abuse in Ukraine (VIDEO). rt.com Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Taison left the pitch in tears after he was sent off for responding to racist abuse from Dynamo Kiev fans during the team\'s encounter on Sunday. | The Brazilian, 31, picked up the ball and kicked it into the stands at Dynamo fans after an incident in the second half in response to apparent racist chants. | He also gave supporters the middle finger, while referee Mykola Balakinwas temporarily ordered players off the pitch. Taison was seen in tears as he was consoled by teammates and Dynamo Kiev players while Dentinho, a fellow Brazilian, was also seen crying. | However, when the play…

Stephanie Rugoff (2019-11-11). Helping Students Keep Their Humanity by Not Signing Up for War. commondreams.org As awareness and activism grows among young people around the climate crisis, immigration, racism, gun violence and the Trump administration, we show the connections between these issues and U.S. wars. (Photo: via EuroYankee) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/nomorewars.jpeg …

Norman Solomon (2019-11-11). Biden and Bloomberg Want Uncle Sam to Defer to Uncle Scrooge. indybay.org For billionaires, sometimes good flunky candidates are hard to find…

the gray zone (2019-11-11). Overthrown Honduran President Zelaya interviewed. indybay.org He discusses the extreme violence, drug trafficking, economic depression, migration crisis, Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), WikiLeaks, Venezuela, and more. | Video by Ben Norton…

Staff (2019-11-11). Bolivian President Evo Morales\' Removal Denounced as Coup. truthdig.com Bolivia\'s socialist President Evo Morales was forced to resign Sunday under threat from the nation\'s military, police forces, and violent right-wing protestors who have burned and ransacked the homes of members of Morales\' party, assaulted supporters of the president, and kidnapped a Bolivian mayor. | Political leaders and activists aroun…

United Nations (2019-11-11). Multilateralism must weather \'challenges of today and tomorrow\' Guterres tells Paris Peace Forum. un.org In a speech to the Paris Peace Forum in Paris on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said that to thrive, multilateralism had to adapt, mindful that \"conflicts persist, creating suffering and displacement: our world is unsettled\". He was speaking as commemorations took place in countries across the world, marking the official end of the First World War, in 1918.

Garett Reppenhagen (2019-11-11). Reclaiming Armistice Day. commondreams.org The reality is that almost EVERY SINGLE domestic platform on a progressive agenda can be funded by the overinflated military budget. (Photo: Cliff Wells / Veterans for Peace) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/veterns_despair_0.jpeg …

Peace Action of San Mateo County (2019-11-11). Questioning war within the military; resistance from Vietnam to Iraq. indybay.org Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo | 300 E. Santa Inez Avenue | San Mateo, CA 94401…

Ruth Milka (2019-11-11). Jane Fonda leads climate protests at US Capitol for fifth week in a row. nationofchange.org \"We cannot leave it to young people to fight this fight for their future by themselves.\"

teleSUR (2019-11-11). Mexico Grants Evo Morales Political Asylum. telesurenglish.net Mexico which has offered Bolivian President Evo Morales political asylum on Monday after his forced resignation in the wake of a coup, while thousands of pro-Morales protesters were marching towards the nation\'s legislative assembly. | RELATED: | Major Police Repression Against Evo Morales\' Supports, 1 Dead | \"It\'s a coup because the army requested the resignation of the president, and that violates the constitutional order of that cou…

Michael Nigro (2019-11-11). Veterans Protest Trump and America\'s Endless War Machine (Live Blog). truthdig.com Truthdig is embedded in the anti-war veterans\' demonstrations as President Trump kicks off the 100th New York City Veterans Day Parade.

Fight Back (2019-11-11). Commentary: Coup in Bolivia. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL – Today, a military coup took place in Bolivia. The first act began on October 20 – the day that Evo Morales was re-elected president by a ten-point margin against his nearest opponent, starting with violent protests in the country's urban middle-class neighborhoods. The final act was carried out by the head of the Bolivian Armed Forces, Gen. Williams Kaliman, who went on national television today and demanded that Morales resign. This followed a day of police mutinies in key cities, and in totality it was clear that the elected government had lost the support of the armed apparatus of the state.

teleSUR (2019-11-11). Major Police Attacks Against Evo Morales\' Supporters, 1 Dead. telesurenglish.net Residents of the city of El Alto, in the department of La Paz, took to the streets Monday to protest against the coup d\'etat that forced the resignation of Evo Morales, however, they were met with violent police repression, in which officers are reportedly using live ammunition and rubber bullets. | \"After the first day of the civic-political-police coup, rebellious police use bullets to cause deaths and injuries in El Alto. My solidarity with those innocent victims, among them a girl, and the heroic alter people, defender of democracy,\" Morales said from his Twitter account Monday. | Bolivia | Security force…

teleSUR (2019-11-11). Protesters, Iraqi Police Continue Battle on Baghdad Streets. telesurenglish.net Protests in Iraq\'s capital Baghdad continued on Monday as both Iraqi forces and protesters tried to dislodge each other from an area leading to the Green Zone. | The protests that began on Oct. 1 were initially focused on a lack of jobs and services but quickly morphed into a denunciation of the sectarian power-sharing system of government introduced in 2003 and the political elites they say benefit from it. | Security forces have used live ammunition, tear gas and stun grenades against mostly young and unarmed protesters, killing more than 280 people. | Iraqi leaders agreed on Sunday that electoral reforms…

WSWS (2019-11-11). US-backed Colombian military kills eight children in bombing, attempts cover-up. wsws.org The brazenness of military repression to defend the highest levels of inequality in the world is the result of over a century of imperialist oppression.

Nino Pagliccia (2019-11-11). The Secret of Cuba\'s Success: International Solidarity. counterpunch.org Once again the international community represented at the United Nations General Assembly on November 7 has spoken and voted to reject overwhelmingly the financial and economic blockade (embargo) imposed by the United States against Cuba through unilateral sanctions. The US blockade has been imposed in an escalating progression over the last 57 years with the More

teleSUR (2019-11-11). Former Ecuadorean President Condemns Coup In Bolivia, OAS. telesurenglish.net Former Ecuadorean leader Rafael Correa said the resignation of Bolivian President Evo Morales was the result of a coup and that events could have ended in worse violence if the socialist leader had not resigned. | RELATED: | Mexico Grants Evo Morales Political Asylum | In an exclusive interview with RT, Correa condemned the coup in Bolivia a…

Matthew Hoh (2019-11-11). And the Armies That Remained Suffer\'d: Veterans, Moral Injury and Suicide. commondreams.org Think now of young men or women home from Iraq or Afghanistan, Somalia or Panama, Vietnam or Korea, the woods of Europe or the islands of the Pacific, what they have done cannot be undone, all the words of assurance that their actions were not murder cannot be justified, and nothing can clean the haunting blood from their hands. (Photo: U.S. Marine Corps/Lance Cpl. Robert Reeves) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/forever_war_0.jpeg …

WSWS (2019-11-11). California police arrest woman for delivering stillborn baby with drugs in its system. wsws.org California police arrested 25-year-old Chelsea Cheyenne Becker on a charge of 1st degree murder last week after she delivered a stillborn baby with methamphetamine in its system.

teleSUR (2019-11-11). Trans Community Leader Found Murdered in El Salvador. telesurenglish.net A social nonprofit in El Salvador condemned on Saturday the murder of transgender woman Jade Diaz, a well-known community leader in the east of the country. | RELATED: | Trans Asylum-Seeker Dies After Being Denied Healthcare by ICE | Comunicando y Capacitando Trans ( Comcavis Trans) said that Diaz had disappeared on the night of Nov. 6 and her body was discovered on Saturday morning. | \"We demand that the government carry out…

Friends of Sausal Creek (2019-11-11). Wildfire to Wildflowers: Restoring California Lands for Climate Justice. indybay.org Oakland Public Library: Dimond Branch, 3565 Fruitvale Avenue, Oakland 94602…

City of Oakland, Oak.Climate Action Coalition (2019-11-11). Oakland 2030 Equitable Climate Action Town Hall (2 of 2). indybay.org Lincoln Square Recreation Center, 250 10th St, Oakland, CA 94607…

Napa Climate NOW (2019-11-11). SoMa Piano Trio presents a Concert for the Climate. indybay.org Napa Methodist Church, 625 Randolph St, Napa 94559…

United Nations (2019-11-11). New UN forestry project bids to help countries meet climate change commitments. un.org More than two dozen countries across Asia, Africa and Latin America are set to benefit from a UN project to help tackle climate change through better forestry management.

Naomi Oreskes (2019-11-11). The Greatest Scam in History: How the Energy Companies Took Us All. commondreams.org In 2006, for instance, the Royal Society of the United Kingdom documented ExxonMobil\'s funding of 39 organizations that promoted \"inaccurate and misleading\" views of climate science. (Photo: Johnny Silvercloud/cc/flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/exxonknew_0_0.jpeg …

WSWS (2019-11-11). Eleven thousand scientists warn of climate emergency. wsws.org Forty years of climate negotiations among capitalist governments have done nothing to alter the trajectory towards environmental and humanitarian catastrophe.