Common Dreams staff (2019-11-26). Noting That \'Presidents Are Not Kings,\' Federal Judge Rules Don McGahn Must Submit to Congressional Subpoena. commondreams.org \"This ruling means not only that McGahn must provide testimony, but so must a raft of administration officials who have been stonewalling Congress in attempts to protect this president.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/mcgahn_subpoena_0.jpg …

Lamiat Sabin (2019-11-25). The Corbyn Manifesto: British Labour leader offers radical alternative. peoplesworld.org BIRMINGHAM, U.K.—British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn declared war on bankers, billionaires, bad bosses, dodgy landlords, media moguls, and tax-dodging corporations as he launched the party\'s transformative election manifesto last week. The Labour leader said the manifesto—the \"most radical in decades\"—offers Britain \"hope and real change\" with policies that the \"political establishment\" and the \"most …

John Pilger (2019-11-25). John Pilger: The Lies About Julian Assange Must Stop Now. mintpressnews.com Newspapers and other media in the United States, Britain and Australia have recently declared a passion for freedom of speech, especially their right to publish freely. They are worried by the \"Assange effect\". | It is as if the struggle of truth-tellers like Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning is now a warning to them: that the thugs who dragged Assange out of the Ecuadorean embassy in April may one day come for them. | A common refrain was echoed by the Guardian last week. The extradition of Assange, said the paper, \"is not a question of how wise Mr. Assange is, still less how likable. It\'s not about his charact…

Staff (2019-11-25). Amazon\'s Labor Abuses Are More Appalling Than You Think. truthdig.com This story was produced by Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit news organization. Get their investigations emailed to you directly by signing up at revealnews.org/newsletter. | When Candice Dixon showed up for her first day of work at an Amazon warehouse in Eastvale, California, she stepped into a wonder of automation, efficiency and speed. Inside the sprawling four-story building in Southern California\'s Inland Empire, hundreds of squat orange robots whizzed acros…

Sílvia Lisboa (2019-11-25). Emboldened by Bolsonaro, Land-Hungry Ranchers Are Destroying a Pioneering Project to Help the Poor and Save the Amazon. theintercept.com The American Catholic nun Dorothy Stang died defending a sustainable development model for the Amazon. Can her legacy survive in Bolsonaro\'s Brazil?

Staff (2019-11-25). Julian Assange Could Die in Prison, Doctors Warn. truthdig.com More than 60 doctors have written an open letter saying they fear Julian Assange\'s health is so bad that the WikiLeaks founder could die inside a top-security British jail. | The 48-year-old Australian is still fighting a US bid to extradite him from Britain on charges filed under the Espionage Act that could see him given a sentence of up to 17…

Mark Gruenberg (2019-11-25). Why many unions haven\'t come out for impeachment. peoplesworld.org WASHINGTON—Following explosive testimony which definitely exposes GOP President Donald Trump\'s plan to literally bribe the Ukrainian government — using $391 million in taxpayer dollars — for his own political advantage in next year\'s campaign, the Democratic-run House is on the verge of drafting and voting on impeachment articles against him. A string of credible witnesses, …

Al Neal (2019-11-25). Taking down \"The Boss\": RICO and the crimes of a corrupt president. peoplesworld.org Rep. Kevin Buck, R-Colo.: \"Could you charge him (Trump) after he left office?\" Robert Mueller: \"Yes.\" Buck: \"For obstruction of justice? Mueller: \"Yes.\" Last week saw quite a whirlwind of testimony in the Trump impeachment hearings before the House Intelligence Committee. Former National Security Council staffer Fiona Hill and foreign service officer David Holmes closed out the final …

The Canary (2019-11-25). Greenhouse gas levels in atmosphere \'reach new record highs\'. thecanary.co Levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere have reached another record high, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has warned.Concentrations of carbon dioxide, the main gas driving global warming, reached new highs of 407.8 parts per million in 2018, up from 405.5 parts per million (ppm) in 2017, a report by the UN body shows.That is well above the level of around 280 ppm seen before the industrial revolution and the start of large scale burning of fossil fuels for energy and transport, which have driven up carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. | The rise is close to the increase seen between 2016 and 2017 an…

Ilana Novick (2019-11-25). Noam Chomsky: Centrism Will Only Get Us Four More Years of Trump. truthdig.com Noam Chomsky is not here to reassure you. As Arctic ice melts, centrists in the Democratic Party actively hinder progress on \"Medicare for All\" and Republicans work equally hard on voter suppression, the activist, linguist and professor is sounding the alarm. | In an interview after last week\'s Democrat…

John Wojcik (2019-11-25). Trump\'s firing of Navy Secretary yet another threat to democracy. peoplesworld.org President Trump has been recognized as a leader of the authoritarian mindset that has been operating in this country to win Senate and House seats, to control state legislatures, and to take over the federal courts. His recent pardoning of war criminals in the military, capped by his firing of Secretary of the Navy Richard …

Murtaza Hussain (2019-11-25). Iraqi Children Born Near U.S. Military Base Show Elevated Rates of \"Serious Congenital Deformities,\" Study Finds. theintercept.com \"The war has spread so much radiation here that, unless it is cleaned up, generations of Iraqis will continue to be affected.\"

The Canary (2019-11-25). Landslide win for opposition in Hong Kong local elections \'a revolution\'. thecanary.co Hong Kong\'s pro-democracy opposition won a stunning landslide victory in weekend local elections in a clear rebuke to city leader Carrie Lam over her handling of violent protests that have divided the semi-autonomous Chinese territory.Wu Chi-wai, leader of the city\'s biggest pro-democracy party, said that the bloc swept nearly 90% of 452 district council seats, which will help it take unprecedented control of 17 out of 18 district councils.The results were based on official tallies announced by election officials. | Almost 3 million people voted. The opposition is winning 388 seats vs. 59 for the gov\'t (w/ a few…

Staff (2019-11-25). Are Democrats Impeaching Trump For the Wrong Crimes? truthdig.com What follows is a conversation between author and activist David Samson and Marc Steiner of The Real News Network. Read a transcript of their conversation below or watch the video at the bottom of…

Chris Hedges (2019-11-25). The End of the Rule of Law. truthdig.com Bruce Fein, a former senior official in the Department of Justice and a constitutional scholar, has identified 12 impeachable offenses committed by Donald Trump. But, as he notes, many of these constitutional violations are not unique to the Trump administration. They have been normalized by Democratic and Republican administrations. These long-standing violations are, for this reason, ignored by Democratic Party leaders seeking to impeach the president. They have chosen to focus exclusively on Trump\'s attempt to get the Ukrainian president to o…

Staff (2019-11-25). Who Is Overseeing $1 Billion in U.S. Aid to Iraq? truthdig.com A new watchdog report finds cuts by the Trump administration have had \"significant adverse affects\" on the management of government grants.

Delilah Boxstein (2019-11-25). Blinded Palestinian Journalist Exposes Israel\'s Increasing Violence Against Media. mintpressnews.com 2018 saw a 52 percent increase in the number of violations against Palestinian press, the majority of them comprised physical abuse, arrests or detentions, questioning, preventing coverage and shutting down websites and social media accounts.

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-11-25). The Whole Damn System Is Guilty As Hell: Taking Control Of Police. dissidentvoice.org Stop killings by police protest (Credit: William Widmer of the NY Times) The entire system of policing in the United States is in crisis. Police murdering civilians has become a too common nightmare across the United States. The police murders of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, Eric Garner in New York City, Walter Scott in …

Aaron Maté (2019-11-25). How a grassroots Seattle movement delivered Amazon a major loss. thegrayzone.com In Seattle\'s recent election, Amazon spent $1.5 million to defeat a slate of progressive candidates — and lost. One of…

Jeb Sprague (2019-11-25). Conspirateurs derrière le coup d\'état en Bolivie, formés à l\'École militaire des Amériques, ont servi d\'attachés dans des programmes du FBI. thegrayzone.com Les commandants de l\'armée et de la police boliviennes ont contribué à la préparation du coup d\'état et en ont…

Kevin Zeese (2019-11-25). Militarizing America\'s Police: The Whole Damn System Is \"Guilty as Hell\": Taking Control of Police. globalresearch.ca The entire system of policing in the United States is in crisis. Police murdering civilians has become a too common nightmare across the United States. The police murders of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, Eric Garner in New York City, …

John Pilger (2019-11-25). The Lies About Assange Must Stop Now. counterpunch.org Newspapers and other media in the United States and Britain have recently declared a passion for freedom of speech, especially theirright to publish freely. They are worried by the \"Assange effect\". It is as if the struggle of truth-tellers like Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning is now a warning to them: that the thugs who dragged Assange out of the Ecuadorean embassy in April may one day come for them. More

Stephen Lendman (2019-11-25). Torturing and Killing Julian Assange Slowly. globalresearch.ca In cahoots with the Trump regime, Britain is killing Assange slowly for the \"crime\" of truth-telling journalism the way it\'s supposed to be. | Isolated in maximum security solitary confinement, denied vitally needed medical and dental treatment, and reportedly given 3-quinuclidinyl …

WSWS (2019-11-25). Assange\'s lawyer Jennifer Robinson addresses public meetings in Australia. wsws.org Robinson warned that the US attempt to prosecute Assange for publishing the truth was setting a \"terrifying precedent\" for all journalists and media organisations.

WSWS (2019-11-25). An open letter from doctors: Julian Assange \"could die in prison\" wsws.org \"Were such urgent assessment and treatment not to take place, we have real concerns, on the evidence currently available, that Mr Assange could die in prison.\"

WSWS (2019-11-25). Doctors demand \"urgent\" medical intervention to save Julian Assange\'s life. wsws.org More than 65 eminent medical doctors from the UK and around the world have issued an open letter calling for urgent action to protect the life of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder and journalist Julian Assange.

WSWS (2019-11-25). Clinical Psychologist Lissa Johnson on Julian Assange: \"A maximum security prison is no place to treat a torture victim\" wsws.org Australian clinical psychologist Lissa Johnson is a lead signatory to the open letter by medical doctors in defence of Julian Assange.

Naomi Klein, Sivan Kartha (2019-11-25). The Realism of Bernie Sanders\' Climate Policy. commondreams.org Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate, and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) introduce public housing legislation as part of the Green New Deal outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, November 14, 2019. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc. via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bernie_sanders_33.jpg …

Staff (2019-11-25). Pope Francis Calls Nuclear Weapons Immoral as Catholic Activists Face Jail. truthout.org Over the weekend, Pope Francis visited Hiroshima and Nagasaki, where the United States dropped the first atomic bombs in 1945, killing more than 200,000 people. Pope Francis said, \"A world without nuclear weapons is possible and necessary.\" The leader of the Catholic Church met with survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings and declared the possession of nuclear weapons to be immoral. The Pope\'s visit comes as a group of seven Catholic peace activists are awaiting sentencing for breaking in…

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-11-25). Israeli Forces Shoot, Injure Palestinian in Hebron. imemc.org A Palestinian was shot and injured, on Sunday evening, in the town of Beit Ummar, in the southern occupied West Bank district of Hebron, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. Mohammed Awad, a media activist, said Israeli forces stationed near the illegal Israeli settlement of Karmi Tzur, fired …

Rupert Read, Frank Scavelli (2019-11-25). Sanders\' Green New Deal: A Realistic Response to the Emergency That Will Define Our Lifetimes. commondreams.org Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) attends a news conference to introduce legislation to transform public housing as part of the Green New Deal outside the U.S. Capitol November 14, 2019 in Washington, DC. The liberal legislators invited affordable housing advocates and climate change activists to join them for the announcement. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bernie_sanders_green_new_deal.jpg …

United Nations (2019-11-25). Violence against women a barrier to peaceful future for all. news.un.org Senior officials from across the United Nations on Wednesday stood in solidarity with survivors of violence against women and activists working to end the all-too common human rights violation.

teleSUR (2019-11-25). Colombia: Workers\' Union Calls to Carry On Strike Into 5th Day. telesurenglish.net The Central Workers\' Union of Colombia (CUT) called to continue this Monday, with massive protests against right-wing President Ivan Duque and his neoliberal policies, as well as in defense of peace in the South American nation. | RELATED: | Colombia: Curfew in Bogota On Nationwide Strike\'s Second Day | \"Many sectors of the population continue to demonstrate through the extraordinary cacerolazos [banging of pots], vigils, sit-ins and other creative and peaceful ways of protesting,…

Kerry-anne Mendoza (2019-11-25). Tories call police on \'peaceful\' inflatable badger. thecanary.co The Somerset Conservatives are in hot water after appearing to overreact to a potential meeting with an inflatable badger.A local campaign group and their mascot Percy Q\'Ted spent the day with several candidates for local MP in efforts to convince them to oppose plans for a badger cull. While Labour and other parties held cordial meetings with the group, however, the Somerset Conservatives called the police.Percy Q\'Ted: The West Somerset seat is currently held by Conservative MP Ian Liddell-Grainger.

United Nations (2019-11-25). UN mission in DR Congo appeals for calm as violent protests continue. news.un.org The head of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has met with national authorities in the wake of an attack against its headquarters in Beni on Monday, which left the building badly damaged.

Nick Licata (2019-11-25). The Battle for Seattle: A City Council Member Recalls the Protest That Rocked the World. counterpunch.org The freedom to dissent was tested as the US closed out the twentieth century with a demonstration that grabbed the world\'s attention. Forty thousand citizens marched through Seattle\'s downtown on November 30, 1999, to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization Ministerial (WTO.) Having decided to hold its third biannual meeting in the US, More

Dave Lindorff (2019-11-25). Sanctimonious US Senators Condemn Hong Kong Police Ignoring Far More Brutal US Cops. counterpunch.org The Senate, by a voice vote with no opposition yesterday passed a bill condemning the Hong Kong government and Hong Kong police for their brutal treatment of students in the supposedly autonomous Chinese city protesting threats to Hong Kong\'s freedoms and it\'s promise from China of self rule until 2047. The bill, if signed into More

Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich (2019-11-25). Iran Social Unrest: Protests and Carefully Planned Provocations. globalresearch.ca When protests in Hong Kong, Iraq, and Lebanon erupted, I was fully anticipating protests in Iran to follow. In 2018 alone, the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) had spent millions of dollars in these countries (and elsewhere) to promote America\'s …

Alan Macleod (2019-11-25). Amnesty International Toes US Gov\'t Line in Urging Unrest in Iran. mintpressnews.com The US gov\'t has long attempted to foment popular uprisings and hijack or manipulate protests in Iran, now rights groups like Amnesty International, seem to be parroting the tactic.

WSWS (2019-11-25). German student organisation bombarded with far-right hate mail. wsws.org The University of Hamburg student organization has been bombarded with hate mail and threats of violence after students protested against a founding member of the far-right Alternative for Germany, Bernd Lucke, returning to his teaching post.

Ralph Nader (2019-11-25). Beware of the Medicare Disadvantage Corporate Trap — Wake Up AARP. counterpunch.org While the Democratic presidential candidates are debating full Medicare for All, giant insurance companies like UnitedHealthcare are advertising to the elderly in an attempt to lure them from Traditional Medicare (TM) to the so-called Medicare Advantage (MA) — a corporate plan that UnitedHealthcare promotes to turn a profit at the expense of enrollees. Almost one More

Stephen Lendman (2019-11-25). History of US-Israel Relations, The State Department\'s \"Fact Sheet\". A War of \"Terror Alliance\" globalresearch.ca The State Department\'s (SD below) so-called \"fact sheet\" on Israel mixes facts with fiction. | SD: \"The United States was the first country to recognize Israel as a state in 1948, and the first to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of …

Cat Brooks (2019-11-25). Oakland Raids Housing Justice Village: Being Houseless Is Not a Crime. indybay.org Last night, dozens of unhoused community members with The Village and East Oakland Collective placed their tents on the lawn of City Hall; demanding to be seen, heard and helped by city officials. Instead they were terrorized, brutalized, arrested and taken to Santa Rita Jail.

Abdallah Samir (2019-11-25). The White Helmets: How the U.S. Has Sponsored Terrorists in Syria. globalresearch.ca James Le Mesurier, the co-founder of the White Helmets, was found dead on November 11, 2019, in Istanbul. It is noteworthy that his body was discovered near one of the headquarters of the organization. This incident brought us once …

Junaid S. Ahmad (2019-11-25). Turmoil or State Terror in Kashmir? India\'s \"Hindutiva Project\" globalresearch.ca \"They weren\'t like us and for that reason deserved to be ruled\" — Edward Said | The parallels with the Zionist state are impossible not to notice. This should be no surprise considering the close collaboration between Israel and India in …

Paul Dobson (2019-11-25). Venezuela Unveils First Gold Processing Complex in Mining Arc. venezuelanalysis.com While already operational, the complex will reportedly be the 5th largest in the continent upon completion.

Matthew Hoh (2019-11-25). Repeal the Nearly Two-Decade-Old War Authorizations. counterpunch.org In 2001 and in 2002 Congress passed authorizations for war. While not declarations of war, these mandates, each titled an Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) provided the legal framework for attacks against al-Qaeda in 2001 and in 2002 for the Iraq War. Both AUMFs are still in effect today. As Congress considers its More

Dan Bacher (2019-11-25). California to Sue Over Trump Water Plan. counterpunch.org The Gavin Newsom Administration today announced two separate but related actions that will have a big impact on protections for Delta smelt, Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon and other endangered fish species. First, the California Department of Water Resources (DWR) issued a controversial draft Environmental Impact Report on the long term operations of the State Water Project (SWP). Second, the Newsom Administration More

Rivera Sun (2019-11-25). It\'s Time. End the Draft, Once and For All. counterpunch.org We may be months away from ending the US military draft, once and for all. After a court ruled that the male-only draft was unconstitutional, a Congress-appointed Commission has been studying whether or not to draft women into the US military. They make their report in March, and will likely either advocate for expanding draft More

Mark Harris (2019-11-25). No Billionaires, No Fascists, No Warmongers To the Socialist Future. counterpunch.org There\'s probably no bigger sin in American politics than to imagine a world without war, inequality, and capitalism. Actually, imagining just a kinder, more equitable version of capitalism, one in which the existence of elite wealth is tempered by the peoples\' right to health care, a college education, affordable housing, strong workplace unions, full reproductive More