GOP-Requested Witness Rejects Trump \'Conspiracy Theories\'
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-20
WASHINGTON — Sought by Republicans to testify, the former U.S. special envoy to Ukraine spoke up instead for Democrat Joe Biden in Tuesday\'s impeachment hearings, rejecting \"conspiracy theories\" embraced by President Donald Trump and some of his allies. | Kurt Volker said he has known Biden as an honorable man for more than two decades, rebuffing debunked corruption allegations that Trump is said to have wanted the Ukrainians to investigate in exchange for military aid to hold off Russian aggression. | \"The allegations against Vice President Biden are self-serving and non-credible,\" Volker declared. | R…
truthdig.com/articles/gop-requested-witness-rejects-trump-conspiracy-theories/
Police storm universities in Hong Kong
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-20
protest Wlam*Issue 1246 Hong Kong 2019 Hong Kong pro-democracy movementNovember 20, 2019Hong Kong riot police stormed the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), one of the prestigious universities in Hong Kong, on November 12, despite making several promises…
greenleft.org.au/content/police-storm-universities-hong-kong
350 Action Endorses Ed Markey, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) and Ilhan Omar (MN-05) for Congress
commondreams.org | 2019-11-19
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/11/19/350-action-endorses-ed-markey-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-ny-14-and-ilhan-omar-mn?cd-origin=rss
Texas students say, \"Defend DACA\"
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-19
Arlington, TX — The University of Texas at Arlington\'s Progressive Student Union (PSU) held a rally for DACA recipients, November 14. The group, led by PSU President Mark Napieralski, delivered a list of ten demands to the administration, marching across the campus chanting, \"No protection, no peace,\" \"Stand up, fight back,\" \"Black and brown immigrants matter,\" and \"Defend DACA.\" | PSU delivered their demands to President Karbhari\'s office, though he was available to receive them personally. Regardless, the office received the demands and promised to deliver them to Karbhari. | PSU\'s demands included more r…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/11/18/texas-students-say-defend-daca
94 Refugees, Migrants Rescued Off Libya\'s Coast
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-19
The Ocean Viking charity vessel, operated jointly by SOS Mediterranee and Doctors Without Borders, carried out a mission Tuesday rescuing 94 refugees and migrants off the coast of Libya. | RELATED: | Migrants Released Amid Fighting in Libya Seek Refuge With UN | \"We were copied on an email sent to the Libyan coastguard by AlarmPhone this morning. As a result, we altered our course towards the potential boat in distress and arrived in the area 90 minutes later,\" Search and Rescue…
telesurenglish.net/news/94-Refugees-Migrants-Rescued-Off-Libyas-Coast-20191119-0009.html
Conflict of Interest: Julian Assange\'s Judge and Her Husband\'s Links to the British Military Establishment Exposed by WikiLeaks
Mark Curtis | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-19
It can also be revealed that Lady Arbuthnot has received gifts and hospitality in relation to her husband, including from a military and cybersecurity company exposed by WikiLeaks. These activities indicate that the chief magistrate\'s activities cannot be considered as …
globalresearch.ca/julian-assange-judge-her-husband-links-british-military-establishment-exposed-wikileaks/5695199
Sweden Drops Decade-Long Case Against Julian Assange
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-19
A Swedish prosecutor dropped an investigation into an allegation of rape against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, ending the near decade-old case that had sent the anti-secrecy campaigner into hiding in London\'s Ecuadorian embassy to avoid extradition. | RELATED: | UK Judge Denies Request to Delay Assange\'s Extradition Trial | Although the prosecutor\'s…
telesurenglish.net/news/Sweden-Drops-Decade-Long-Case-Against-Julian-Assange–20191119-0004.html
UN torture envoy demands \'full accountability & compensation\' after Sweden drops rape probe against Assange
rt.com | 2019-11-19
The UN\'s Special Rapporteur on torture has called for a \"full investigation\" into the role Sweden played in driving WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange into asylum and eventual custody, after the rape case against him was dropped. | Swedish prosecutors announced on Tuesday that they would drop a dubious rape inquiry against Assange, as oral testimony against the publisher had \"weakened,\" and corroborating evidence was not strong enough to pursue a case. A Swedish arrest warrant was issued against assange in 2010, and a British court upheld a decision to extradite him in 2012. Threatened with what many saw as a po…
rt.com/news/473832-assange-torture-investigation-sweden/
Julian Assange appears in court via video link: Legal rights denied by judge
wsws.org | 2019-11-19
The British ruling class has no intention of providing even the appearance of a fair trial of Assange, after which they intend to railroad him to his persecutors in the United States.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/19/assa-n19.html
Sweden drops investigation into bogus sexual misconduct allegations against Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2019-11-19
The action confirms that the incessant media claims of \"rape\" and \"sexual assault\" by the WikiLeaks founder are a politically motivated fraud.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/19/assa-n19-2.html
Saving Julian Assange is Saving Ourselves
Kim Petersen | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-19
The United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner issued a statement based on special-rapporteur-on-torture Nils Melzer\'s fact-finding mission into the incarceration of WikiLeaks founder and publisher Julian Assange. The facts were a scathing indictment of those nations behind the targeting of Assange. \'The evidence is overwhelming and clear,\' the expert said. \'Mr. Assange …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/saving-julian-assange-is-saving-ourselves/
Bolivia coup led by Christian fascist paramilitary leader and millionaire–with foreign support
Max Blumenthal | mronline.org | 2019-11-19
Bolivian coup leader Luis Fernando Camacho is a far-right multi-millionaire who arose from fascist movements in the Santa Cruz region, where the US has encouraged separatism. He has courted support from Colombia, Brazil, and the Venezuelan opposition. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/19/bolivia-coup-led-by-christian-fascist-paramilitary-leader-and-millionaire-with-foreign-support/
United States has the highest child detention rate in the world
wsws.org | 2019-11-19
A UN report released Monday finds that the United States leads the world in depriving children of liberty, particularly through immigration detention.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/19/dete-n19.html
Occupied Palestine: From BDS to ODS. The Project of a One Democratic State (ODS)
Kevin Zeese | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-19
We spent the last week in Occupied Palestinian Territory, commonly referred to as Israel, where we traveled around the country to visit communities in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Bethlehem, the West Bank, the Nagab, and more. | We call Israel Occupied Palestine because …
globalresearch.ca/occupied-palestine-bds-ods/5695360
Occupied Palestine: From BDS To ODS
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-19
We spent the last week in Occupied Palestinian Territory, commonly referred to as Israel, where we traveled around the country to visit communities in Jerusalem, Jaffa, Bethlehem, the West Bank, the Nagab, and more. We call Israel Occupied Palestine because it is not just the West Bank and Gaza that are occupied, but all of …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/occupied-palestine-from-bds-to-ods/
Rep. Ilhan Omar Asks Judge to \'Show Compassion\' for Hateful Man Who Threatened to Put Bullet in Her Head
Common Dreams staff | commondreams.org | 2019-11-19
In response to a man accused of threatening her life pleading guilty to the crime in a U.S. District Court a day prior, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Tuesday released publicly a letter she wrote to the federal judge presiding over the case asking that he \"show compassion\" in his sentencing. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/omar_apology_1.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/19/rep-ilhan-omar-asks-judge-show-compassion-hateful-man-who-threatened-put-bullet-her?cd-origin=rss
Dreamforce Rally – No Salesforce Tech for Concentration Camps
DSA San Francisco | indybay.org | 2019-11-19
Howard St between 3rd & 4th St – Just outside Dreamforce Entrance…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/17/18828191.php
Top Bolivian coup plotters trained by US military\'s SOA
The Grayzone | indybay.org | 2019-11-19
Commanders of Bolivia\'s military and police helped plot the coup and guaranteed its success. They were previously educated for insurrection in the US government\'s notorious School of the Americas and FBI training programs.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/17/18828196.php
Activists Occupy Pelosi\'s Office, Launch Global Hunger Strike for Climate Action
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-19
The global grassroots movement Extinction Rebellion is targeting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with a hunger strike and demanding that the Democratic leader embrace bold climate action as have progressive lawmakers around the country. | The group told Pelosi a week ago that members would begin a hunger strike Monday unless the California Democrat agreed to a one-hour, on-camera meeting to discuss Extinction Rebellion\'s demands for concrete climate action. | On Twitter, the group announced that…
truthout.org/articles/activists-occupy-pelosis-office-launch-global-hunger-strike-for-climate-action/
Reconciliation helps \'repair fractures\', enable lasting peace, Security Council hears
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-19
The UN Security Council this Tuesday has been debating what one activist labeled \"the toughest and arguably most important part of the peace-building cycle\": reconciliation.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051691
There Are Riots In Iran And The Usual Suspect Are On It
Moon Of Alabama | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-19
There are a few riots in Iran and Amnesty International is on it: Amnesty International @amnesty — 15: 50 UTC ∑ Nov 19, 2019At least 106 protesters in 21 cities have been killed in #Iran, according to reports we have received. Verified video footage, eyewitness testimony & information gathered from activists outside Iran reveal a harrowing pattern …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/conspiracy/there-are-riots-iran-usual-suspect/
Release of Western Hostages and Prospects of Peace in Afghanistan
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-19
Three Taliban commanders have been released today, on Tuesday, by the Afghan government as part of a prisoner swap involving two Western hostages. Reportedly, the militant leaders, including senior Taliban leader Anas Haqqani, had landed in Qatar, which hosts the …
globalresearch.ca/release-western-hostages-prospects-peace-afghanistan/5695396
Peace Now: \"US Announcement on Softening Settlements Stance Marks a New Broadside on the Two-State Solution\"
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-19
On the announcement by U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo about dropping the US stance on settlements as inconsistent with international law, Peace Now has issued the following statement:…
imemc.org/article/peace-now-us-announcement-on-softening-settlements-stance-marks-a-new-broadside-on-the-two-state-solution/
UN updates guidelines to ensure successful return to civilian life for former combatants
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-19
Increasing hurdles which prevent former combatants from returning to a peaceful civilian life have prompted the UN to update its standard practices, in an effort to ensure they remain \"fit-for-purpose for years to come\".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051701
France to host \"peace summit\" with Germany, Ukraine and Russia
wsws.org | 2019-11-19
The summit is part of the effort of French and German imperialism to play a bigger role in Eastern Europe as tensions with the US are rising.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/19/ukra-n19.html
Iran\'s Protests Are Grassroots, Not Foreign-Driven, and that\'s the Real Problem
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-19
Iran\'s problem isn\'t that foreign forces are politically encouraging the latest unrest and possibly even directly supporting some of the most violent provocateurs to an uncertain extent, but that the vast majority of the participants in these nationwide protests are …
globalresearch.ca/iran-protests-grassroots-not-foreign-driven/5695392
Iranian regime shuts down internet following protests over gas price hikes
wsws.org | 2019-11-19
The Islamic Republic has been shaken by mass protests against a steep hike in gasoline prices precipitated by the US sanctions war on Iran.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/19/iran-n19.html
Intensified US Sanctions Bolster Iran\'s Hardliners and Fuel Angry Protests
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-19
On November 14, 1979, 10 days after Iranian students overran the U.S. embassy in Tehran to demand the return of Iran\'s deposed Shah, the U.S. first imposed sanctions on Iran. In the four decades since, Iran has been almost continuously under U.S. sanctions. | Almost 40 years to the day after the U.S. first sanctioned Iran, the Iranian government\'s announcement of a 50 percent spike in gasoline price…
truthout.org/articles/intensified-us-sanctions-bolster-irans-hardliners-and-fuel-angry-protests/
\'Shameful\' US withholds food & medicine from Iranians while claiming to support them, FM Zarif says
rt.com | 2019-11-19
Washington\'s self-professed solidarity with Iranians protesting against rising fuel costs cannot be taken seriously since US sanctions have caused so much suffering in the Islamic Republic, Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said. | \"The regime that imposes coercive economic actions and bars delivery of food and drugs to the elderly and patients, can never claim that it\'s supporting the Iranian nation,\" Zarif noted on Tuesday, according to Iran\'s semi-official IRNA news agency. | He added that European nations that fail to challenge Washington\'s regime change posturing against Tehran will be \"responsible for their d…
rt.com/news/473794-iran-zarif-us-protests-sanctions/
Brazil Issued Arrest Warrant for Paraguay\'s Ex-President
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-19
Rio de Janeiro\'s Seventh Federal Court on Tuesday issued a prison order for Paraguay\' s former President Horacio Cartes for his involvement in a case related to the Car Wash Operation in Brazil. | RELATED: | Thousands of Paraguayans Protest for Impeaching President over Corruption | The decision was taken by Brazilian Judge Marcelo Bretas who is in charge of…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazil-Issued-Arrest-Warrant-for-Paraguays-Ex-President-20191119-0002.html
Amnesty Says at Least 106 Killed in Iran Protests
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-19
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Days of protests in Iran over rising fuel prices and a subsequent government crackdown have killed at least 106 people across the Islamic Republic, Amnesty International said Tuesday, citing \"credible reports.\" | Iran\'s government, which has not made nationwide numbers available for the toll of the unrest that began Friday, did not immediately respond to the report. A request for comment to its mission at the United Nations was not immediately acknowledged. | The Amnesty report comes after a U.N. agency earlier said it feared the unrest may have killed \"a significant number of…
truthdig.com/articles/amnesty-says-at-least-106-killed-in-iran-protests/
Bolivian UN Ambassador: Racist Elite Engineered Coup to Restore Neoliberalism
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-19
Thousands marched across Bolivia Monday to demand the resignation of Jeanine àÅñez, the right-wing senator who declared herself president of Bolivia last week after longtime socialist President Evo Morales resigned under pressure from the military. The coup d\'état has thrown Bolivia into crisis, with violence across the country leaving at least 23 dead. On Friday, the military gunned down nine pro-Morales protesters outside Cochabamba, where indigenous people took to the streets again on M…
truthout.org/video/bolivian-un-ambassador-racist-elite-engineered-coup-to-restore-neoliberalism/
Resistance against Turkish-Russian patrols grows in northeast Syria as more protesters are injured
Tom Anderson | thecanary.co | 2019-11-19
The people of northeast Syria [aka Rojava] are fiercely resisting against the patrols by Turkish and Russian occupation forces.They\'re facing the guns and armoured vehicles of two of the world\'s strongest militaries. Here in the UK we can stand in solidarity by demanding the UK stops its arms exports to Turkey.Fierce resistance: This video from Monday 18 November shows women and men throwing molotov cocktails at…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/11/19/resistance-against-turkish-russian-patrols-grows-in-northeast-syria-as-more-protesters-are-injured/
French Yellow Vests Celebrate First Birthday, Converge With Planned Labor Strikes
Richard Greeman | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-19
This weekend the Yellow Vests celebrated their first birthday, with convivial barbeques on traffic circles (roundabouts) all over France followed by direct actions like liberating tollbooths. Although number of protestors has declined to about 10% of the estimated 400,000 who rose up a year ago on Nov. 17, 2018 — thanks to a year of…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/19/french-yellow-vests-celebrate-first-birthday-converge-with-planned-labor-strikes/
Student Protesters are Walking a Tightrope in Hong Kong
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-19
It\'s hard to know what to think about the student protests in Hong Kong. | On the one hand, they are incredibly inspiring. The courage, determination, brilliant organizing in the face of corporate blocking of the social media platforms that have been so critical early on to coordinating actions and rallying support, and the links that these masses of students have been able to build with the broader Hong Kong community, have been amazing to witness. So too is the massive support that the city\'s residents — even its staid usually conservative business-minded bankers and shop owners — have given and con…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/19/student-protesters-are-walking-a-tightrope-in-hong-kong/
Electoral Reform Not the Reason for Dominica Protests: Skerrit
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-19
Dominica\'s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit addressed his nation this week to condemn the \"intrusion of violence into the election campaign,\" pointing out that the protesters are not demonstrating because of electoral reform, as previously reported by the western media. | RELATED: | Dominica to Assist Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian | The situation in Dominica has been tense these last few days, as police and protesters continue to clash in the streets of this small Caribbean islan…
telesurenglish.net/news/Electoral-Reform-Not-the-Reason-for-Dominica-Protests-Skerrit-20191119-0007.html
Bolivia: Coup-Born Government\'s Witch Hunt Intensifies
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-19
Bolivia\'s coup-born government on Monday intensified its attack campaign against the Movement to Socialism (MAS) supporters, who keep protesting in the streets. | RELATED: | Bolivia: More Than 68,000 Fake Twitter Accounts Supported Coup | Interior Minister Arturo Murillo announced the creation of a \"special apparatus at the Prosecutor…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivia-Coup-Born-Governments-Witch-Hunt-Intensifies-20191119-0003.html
Bernie Sanders Reiterates That There Was a Coup in Bolivia
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-19
Independent U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders again described what happened in Bolivia as coup and condemned security forces\' repression against indigenous protesters. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Coup-Born Government\'s Witch Hunt Intensifies | \"I oppose the intervention of Bolivia\'s security forces in the democratic process and their repression of Indigenous protesters,\" the legislator for Vermont posted on Twitter on Monday. | \"It was the military who i…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bernie-Sanders-Reiterates-That-There-Was-a-Coup-in-Bolivia-20191119-0013.html
Bolivian Military Cracks Down on Blockade of Key Gas Plant
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-19
Bolivian police and military forces used armored vehicles, helicopters and tear gas to crack down on protesters blocking access to a major gas plant in the city of El Alto on Tuesday. | RELATED: | Bolivia\'s De Facto Gov\'t Grants Impunity to Police, Armed Forces | Helicopters flew above roads around the Senkata gas plant, operated by state-run YPFB, and a heavily-equipped police unit dispersed the crowd with tear gas and bullets, according to protesters, who added that two people…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivian-Military-Cracks-Down-on-Blockade-of-Key-Gas-Plant-20191119-0010.html
UN decries \'extreme violence\' by Hong Kong protesters amid fears of further escalation
rt.com | 2019-11-19
The UN Human Rights Office said it was gravely concerned by increased violence on the part of some \'very angry\' protesters in Hong Kong, urging accountability for both the wrongdoers and police using excessive force in response. | \"The resort to extreme violence, including against the police force, by some engaged in the protests… cannot be condoned,\" spokesman Rupert Colville told a journalist in Geneva. | The statement came after the anti-government protesters, holed up in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, used Molotov cocktails, arrows and bricks to repel the attempts by police to remove them from the…
rt.com/news/473830-hong-kong-protest-violence-un/
Hong Kong police lay siege to university occupied by demonstrators
wsws.org | 2019-11-19
The ramping up of police violence is a precursor to even more violent methods of suppressing the months-long protest movement.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/19/hong-n19.html
Protest at SF Chinese Consulate for Hong Kong Rights
Xten Tentachion | indybay.org | 2019-11-19
Chinese Consulate San Francisco | 1450 Laguna St, San Francisco, California 94115…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/19/18828254.php
Police Surround Last Holdouts at Hong Kong Campus Protest
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-19
Even as the latest violence winds down, a fundamental divide suggests the protests in the former British colony are far from over.
truthdig.com/articles/police-surround-last-holdouts-at-hong-kong-campus-protest/
The Other Americans: Indigenous Guatemalans Mobilize to Denounce Coup in Bolivia
Jeff Abbott | progressive.org | 2019-11-19
Repression against indigenous Bolivians has spurred protests across the Americas.
progressive.org/dispatches/the-other-americans-indigenous-guatemalans-mobilize-abbott-191119/
Iran erupts in protest; over 100 killed in security crackdown
Jane Green | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-19
The recent order by Iranian \"Supreme Leader\" Ali Khamenei directing the security forces \"to implement their tasks\" sent out a stark and ominous signal to the people of Iran. Protests erupted in cities across Iran on Friday following the government\'s announcement of a hike in the cost of gasoline by at least 50%, signaling further …
peoplesworld.org/article/iran-erupts-in-protest-over-100-killed-in-security-crackdown/
Iran protests: Live ammunition reportedly used, says UN human rights office
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-19
Reports indicating that dozens of people have been killed in continuing protests across Iran — some by live ammunition – are of deep concern, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), said on Tuesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051661
A Deadly Game of Chicken in Iraq and Lebanon
Thanassis Cambanis | thenation.com | 2019-11-19
Popular revolts in the Middle East are pitting people against regimes.
thenation.com/article/iraq-lebanon-protest/
Trump Regime Calls Illegal Israel Settlements Legal
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-19
There\'s no ambiguity about the illegality of Israeli settlements. International law on the issue is clear and unequivocal. | It\'s automatically US constitutional law under its Supremacy Clause (Article VI, Clause 2). | Fourth Geneva\'s Article 49 states: | \"Individual or mass forcible | …
globalresearch.ca/trump-regime-calls-illegal-israel-settlements-legal/5695404
Erdogan\'s Ethnic Cleansing of the Kurds is Still Happening
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-19
Mass expulsion or the physical extermination of an entire ethnic or religious community — ethnic cleansing — is usually treated by the media in one of two different ways: either it receives maximum publicity as a horror story about which the world should care and do something about, or it is ignored and never reaches…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/19/erdogans-ethnic-cleansing-of-the-kurds-is-still-happening/
The Green Party manifesto at a glance
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-19
The Green Party has revealed the details of its general election manifesto. | Titled If Not Now, When?, the manifesto announces 10 new laws that would be ready to be implemented if co-leaders Sian Berry and Jonathan Bartley won an against-the-odds majority on 12 December. | I very much hope that our manifesto gives Labour some pause for thought, before their manifesto is published, especially on: the climate crisisfreedom of movementdrug reform | Have…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/11/19/the-green-party-manifesto-at-a-glance/