WSWS (2019-11-16). Parasite: An unusual director with his antenna attuned to social class. wsws.org Parasite is a dark comedy from South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho that concerns itself with income inequality and its implications. The Lighthouse is a pointless horror film set in the late 1800s in New England.

Jon Queally, staff writer (2019-11-16). \'Grand American Tradition of Immunizing Its War Criminals\' Continues as Trump Pardons US Soldiers. commondreams.org \"A shameful use of presidential powers,\" said the ACLU. \"It sends a clear message of disrespect for the law, morality, the military justice system, and those in the military who abide by the laws of war.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/trump_war_criminals1.jpg …

True Publica (2019-11-16). Where the Vulture Funds Nest in Brexit Britain. globalresearch.ca The UK economy has seen a spike in corporate insolvencies, particularly in the retail, manufacturing and travel sectors since the EU referendum, and the heavy debt burden imposed by private equity has often been a factor. Vulture funds are …

Susan Price (2019-11-16). Bolivia: Security forces open fire on protesters in Cochabamba. greenleft.org.au Bolivian elections Reposted from People's DispatchIssue 1246 Bolivia 2019 coup in Bolivia Movement Towards Socialism (MAS)November 16, 2019Bolivian security f…

Fred_F (2019-11-16). The climate canary in the coal mine. greenleft.org.au Climate Zane AlcornIssue 1245 AustraliaNovember 16, 2019If you thought extreme weather and climate events would eventually force politicians to wake up — that notion should now be definitely put to bed. | Not only did the Coalition fail to acknowledge climate change makes it more likely that extreme weather events will be more frequent…

Janine Jackson (2019-11-15). Missed Opportunity to Recall a Day to \'Perpetuate Peace\'. fair.org CNN ( 11/11/19) offered vets a guide to \"deals and freebies.\" | Media consumers were greeted on November 11 with stories like, \"Veterans Served to Protect Our Country. Here\'s Where They Can Get Served With Deals and Freebies Today,\" on CNN ( 11/11/19). Newsweek ( 11/11/19) counseled readers thatunlike on Memorial Day, when i…

RT (2019-11-15). \'Meant to intimidate\': Code Pink\'s Medea Benjamin slams bogus police raid as crackdown on peace activism. rt.com Peace activist Medea Benjamin slammed a recent police raid on her home after she was accused of \"assaulting\" a Democratic congresswoman, calling it an act of \"intimidation\" against those opposing US interventionist policies. | Over a dozen officers from the US Capitol Police surrounded Benjamin\'s home on Wednesday, alleging the activist assaulted Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Florida) at a press conference earlier that day, but Benjamin says the charge is phoney. | \"This is selective prosecution and it\'s bogus,\" she told RT, adding \"I\'m a peace activist, I don\'t assault anyone.\" | They make up thin…

RT (2019-11-15). Here\'s what happens to a car in a nuclear-force blast (VIDEO). rt.com A nuclear strike is the ultimate attack, annihilating all in its path. Yet modern military hardware must be able to survive this force and it turns out Russia has the perfect place to test if its latest gear meets this challenge.

RT (2019-11-15). High anxiety: American Airlines staff \'begging\' not to fly on 737 MAX. rt.com Some flight attendants with American Airlines remain fearful of flying the Boeing 737 MAX, despite the plane-maker nearing regulatory approval for a software update. The jet has been grounded after two fatal crashes left 346 dead. | According to the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), they want to be fully versed on what has happened and why the plane is safe to fly now. The union said it will consider information from Boeing, US regulators, American Airlines, the carrier\'s pilots and others before making a final decision. | \"I hear from some flight attendants every day and they are begging m…

Eric A. Gordon (2019-11-15). Two new Black-themed plays in L.A.: A history and a comedy. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES—What are the odds, at any given moment of theatre history in this city, of having two plays running simultaneously, both set during World War II with young Black men trying to enlist in the armed forces? That\'s what\'s on the boards right now, in two world premieres: Carole Eglash-Kosoff\'s The Double V, directed …

Elise Swain (2019-11-15). The Coup That Ousted Bolivia\'s Evo Morales Is Another Setback for Latin American Socialism. theintercept.com A socialist president from Bolivia is sent into exile as another member of the Latin American left is freed from prison in Brazil.

Lyn Neeley (2019-11-15). Interview with a Chavista: Temir Porras. workers.org Hands Off Venezuela PDX sponsored an Oct. 9 skype event with Temir Porras, a revolutionary Chavista who served as a former chief of staff to both President Hugo Chavez and President Nicolás Maduro. He is a knowledgeable economist, who also served as Venezuelan deputy minister for higher education and in . . . | Continue reading Interview with a Chavista: Temir Porras at Workers.org

Staff (2019-11-15). Yovanovitch Testifies for 5 Hours in House Probe. truthdig.com WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump and House impeachment hearings (all times local): | 3: 22 p.m. | The second open House impeachment hearing is over. | Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testified for about five hours on Friday, telling investigators about her ouster in May at President Donald Trump\'s direction and how she felt as she found out that he had criticized her in a July phone call with Ukraine\'s president. | She also said it was \"intimidating\" as Trump went after her again on Twitter as she testified…

C.J. Atkins (2019-11-15). You can\'t fight corruption without pissing off corrupt people. peoplesworld.org You can\'t fight corruption \"without pissing off corrupt people.\" That\'s what State Department official George Kent said during his testimony at Wednesday\'s public impeachment hearing. On Friday morning, his point was proved. While former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was testifying, President Donald Trump was certainly pissed off. At the very moment Yovanovitch was …

Melvin Goodman (2019-11-15). Meet Ukraine: America\'s Newest \"Strategic Ally\" counterpunch.org When the dust settles in a month or two, the House of Representatives will have impeached President Donald Trump with a one-sided partisan vote and then the Senate will have exonerated Donald Trump with a similarly one-sided partisan vote. But at the end of the day, the United States will have acquired a new strategic ally in Central Europe: Ukraine. The very first day of the impeachment hearings in November has been responsible for an important national security decision that had no input from Trump\'s national security team or from the congressional foreign policy committees. The implications of this decision ar…

RT (2019-11-15). Ex-Ukraine envoy\'s feelings that Trump \'threatened\' her & his \'real-time attacks\' on Twitter are IMPEACHABLE, Democrats say. rt.com Ex-ambassador Marie Yovanovitch feeling \"threatened\" by President Donald Trump and his tweet criticizing her \"in real-time\" during her testimony amount to new grounds for impeachment, Democrats and their media proxies claimed. | During Friday\'s impeachment hearing, Yovanovitch complained that she\'s been the victim of a \"smear campaign\" by the Trump administration, carried out particularly by the president\'s personal counsel Rudy Giuliani — and Trump himself. | The former ambassador recalled her reaction to the transcript of the phone call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in a testi…

Staff (2019-11-15). Twitter Details Political Ads Ban, Issue Ads Allowed. truthdig.com Twitter says its new ban on political ads will cover appeals for votes, solicitations for campaign contributions and any political content. | Twitter is defining political content to include any ad that references a candidate, political party, government official, ballot measure, or legislative or judicial outcome. The ban also applies to all ads — even nonpolitical ones — from candidates, political parties and elected or appointed government officials. | However, Twitter is allowing ads related to social causes such as climate change, gun control and abortion. People and groups running such ads won\'t…

Mark Gruenberg (2019-11-15). AFL-CIO President Trumka and other union leaders condemn Bolivian coup. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has come out against the military coup that ousted Bolivian President Evo Morales earlier this week. Trumka tweeted that the nation\'s largest labor federation is joining national and international labor organizations \"in condemning the military interference in Bolivia\'s election process. Morales reduced widespread poverty and fought for the inclusion of the …

Vijay Prashad (2019-11-15). \"Bolivia does not exist\": Neocolonial rule reasserted by racist \'General\'s Coup\'. peoplesworld.org On Nov. 10, Bolivia\'s President Evo Morales Ayma was removed from office. Technically, Morales resigned, but the conditions for his resignation had been set by the Bolivian oligarchy, egged on for 13 years by the United States government. Having won re-election for the fourth time, Morales faced an open insurrection from his opponent—former President Carlos …

Lucas Koerner (2019-11-15). Western Media Whitewash Bolivia\'s Far-Right Coup. fair.org The phrase AP (Chattanooga Times Free Press, 11/13/19) is looking for is \"self-declared.\" | Bolivia has a new US-backed puppet leader, and the Western media can hardly conceal their adulation. | Jeanine àÅñez declared herself \"interim president\" in a near-empty Senate chamber on November 12, proceeding to don the presidential sash with the assistance of uniformed soldiers. Despite a lack of quorum rendering the move nakedly unconstitutional, àÅñez was immediate…

RT (2019-11-15). Wrong Abu? IDF \'investigating\' after wiping out Gaza family of EIGHT, incl. 5 kids, in raid on presumed Islamic Jihad commander. rt.com The Israeli Defense Force is investigating whether it killed eight innocent Palestinian family members, including five children, while targeting a militant leader in Gaza. It insists the building they lived in was thought empty. | Israel bombed a family home in Deir al-Balah in the early hours of Thursday morning, killing Rasmi Abu Malhous, his wife, his brother\'s wife, and five of their children. While the IDF claimed Abu Malhous was an Islamic Jihad rocket squadron commander and acknowledged he was the target of the strike, the family\'s neighbors say the photo the IDF published of Abu Malhous is a different…

Staff (2019-11-15). Israel Says It Has Completed Gaza Strikes After Rocket Fire. truthdig.com GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel said early Friday it has completed a series of airstrikes on targets linked to the Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza after overnight rocket fire that rattled a day-old truce. | The Palestinian territory\'s Hamas rulers, who kept to the sidelines of this week\'s fighting, cancelled the weekly protests they organize along the perimeter fence without explanation — apparently in an effort to preserve the calm. | Israel reiterated that it was willing to abide by the cease-fire if there are no additional rocket attacks. The army said in a statement that it struck a military c…

RT (2019-11-15). Roger Stone conviction: Trump attacks double-standards on LYING while media repurposes a disproved \'WikiLeaks insider\' connection. rt.com Former Donald Trump campaign strategist Roger Stone has been found guilty of all felony charges over his false claim of having an inside contact at WikiLeaks (he didn\'t). Trump said those who lied under oath against him walk free. | Stone was convicted of lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstruction, all charges centered around misrepresenting the nature of his contacts with WikiLeaks during intelligence committee hearings related to the special counsel\'s \'Russian collusion\' inquiry. Not only did Stone falsely claim comedian and former friend Randy Credico was the \"intermediary\" discussed in emails wi…

Andrew Levine (2019-11-15). Get Trump First, But Then… counterpunch.org Were Donald Trump and the Republicans who support him slightly less relentless in giving reasons to despair for the human race, it would be a lot harder than it now is to maintain a proper perspective. Trump and those hideous GOP House members defending him on TV are so execrable and pose such a clear More

Ipek S. Burnett (2019-11-15). The United States Needs Citizens Like You, Dreamer. counterpunch.org Dear Dreamer, You may not even remember the journey across the border. Maybe you tracked through a desert. Maybe you hid in a trunk. Maybe you arrived in an airport, your passport stamped with a visa. Maybe you came here all by yourself to reunite with your mom or dad. Maybe you were excited, maybe More