Lisa Mascaro, Jonathan Lemire (2019-12-16). Democrats push the GOP for a fair Senate impeachment trial. peoplesworld.org

Michael Kramer (2019-12-16). \'Afghanistan Papers\' release stirs protest from U.S. war veterans. workers.org On Dec. 9, 2019, the Washington Post released an investigative report entitled \"The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War.\" The report was based on a review of hundreds of written and audio interviews conducted by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR). Those interviewed included military officers, . . . | Continue reading \'Afghanistan Papers\' release stirs protest from U.S. war veterans at Workers.org

Matthew Stevenson (2019-12-16). Across the Balkans: Sarajevo. counterpunch.org An account of a journey from Croatia to Kosovo, by way of Bosnia-Hercegovina and Serbia, and with a detour into Montenegro. This is part IV of a series. To cover the siege lines that once encircled Sarajevo took most of the afternoon. My driver had been a teenager during the war years, and he well More

Eds. (2019-12-16). Geoengineering is no climate fix. But calling it a moral hazard could be counterproductive. mronline.org Desperate times call for desperate measures. In recent years and in the face of unprecedented changes in the climate system, some previously unknown and risky solutions have been proposed to put a halt to the chain of climate disasters, or at least to slow down the speed of their onslaught. | Source

Roger D. Harris (2019-12-16). 2019 Latin America in Review: Year of the Revolt of the Dispossessed. mintpressnews.com 2019 has not been an entirely bullish year for US imperialism, notwithstanding the hard turns to the right in Brazil, Bolivia, and Ecuador. Powerful winds against neoliberalism are gusting in Brazil, Ecuador, Chile, Peru, Argentina, Haiti, Honduras, Guatemala, and even in the US \"Commonwealth\" of Puerto Rico.

Staff (2019-12-16). Unrest Grows in India Over New Citizenship Law. truthdig.com NEW DELHI—Thousands of university students flooded the streets of India\'s capital, while a southern state government led a march and demonstrators held a silent protest in the northeast on Monday to protest a new law giving citizenship to non-Muslims who entered India illegally to flee religious persecution in several neighboring countries. | The protests in New Delhi followed a night of violent clashes between police and demonstrators at Jamia Millia Islamia University. People who student organizers said were not students set three buses on fire and police stormed the university library, firing tear gas at…

Staff (2019-12-16). Trump\'s Executive Order on Anti-Semitism Attacks Free Speech, Palestinians, and Jews. therealnews.com Dima Khalidi discusses the legal and civil society ramifications of President Trump\'s executive order adopting the controversial IHRA working definition on antisemitism, defining Judaism as a race or nationality, which would threaten free speech on US campuses and sow divisions among US Jews, and criminalize the BDS movement.

Charles McKelvey (2019-12-16). Human Rights, Myopic Perspectives, and Ideological Manipulations. counterpunch.org Since the 1990s, the U.S. government has launched manipulative ideological campaigns with respect to human rights in order to justify interventions in the affairs of nations that resist subordination to U.S. imperialist intentions. The U.S. ideologically manipulated human rights campaign has ignored the evolution of the meaning of democratic rights during the last two and More

Aboulfotouh Kandil (2019-12-16). Egyptian dictatorship causing spike in youth suicide. peoplesworld.org The increasing suicide among youth is one of the fatal consequences of the 2013 military coup in Egypt. This has become a nightmare to the regime fearing that it could cause revolution that topples it. Neither the regime nor Egyptians have forgotten that in order to show his opposition to injustice, oppression and poverty, the …

Anya Parampil (2019-12-16). Why Elliott Abrams is Smurf villain Gargamel. thegrayzone.com Trump Administration Special Representative for Venezuela Elliott Abram is not only the spitting image of Gargamel; the Smurfs are a…

Doctors for Assange (2019-12-16). Medical Doctors Issue Urgent Australian Appeal to Save Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca More than 100 medical doctors have issued an urgent appeal to the Australian government to protect the life of its citizen, imprisoned WikiLeaks journalist and publisher Julian Assange. | The doctors\' action follows warnings from medical and human rights experts that …

Diana Johnstone (2019-12-16). Plea for the Liberation of Julian Assange. Response from the Archbishop of Canterbury. globalresearch.ca Dear Friends, | The plea which you kindly signed calling on the Archbishop of Canterbury to use his moral influence to bring about liberation of Julian Assange from Belmarsh prison was delivered to Lambeth Palace in London last November 29. On …

WSWS (2019-12-16). Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Assange\'s threatened extradition, but declares he is \"not a journalist\" wsws.org The blog post justifying the decision to exclude Julian Assange from a list of imprisoned journalists is shot through with contradictions and double-speak.

John McEvoy (2019-12-16). After UK government silence, over 100 medical doctors urge Australia to defend Assange. thecanary.co On 22 November, over 60 medical doctors signed an open letter to the UK government concerning WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The letter, addressed to the UK home secretary Priti Patel and shadow home secretary Diane Abbott, expressed concerns that Assange \"could die in prison\". Despite wide media coverag…

Stephen Lendman (2019-12-16). Trump Regime Breaching Mandated Judicial Procedures Against Assange. globalresearch.ca According to the London Daily Mail, the Trump regime intends to use secret evidence against Assange — undisclosed to him and his legal team, wanting them prevented from preparing a proper defense. | He faces 18 spurious charges under the …

Andres D. Medellin (2019-12-16). The Danish Orania (a Reply to M.G. Piety). counterpunch.org I would have never thought that I would be using the pages of Counterpunch to defend an article that appeared (of all places) in The New York Times. Yet, the contents of M.G. Piety\'s \"A Lesson From the Danes on Immigration\" required some sort of reply. Piety describes the troubles she saw with Brooke Harrington\'s NYT piece \"I Almost More

Norman Solomon (2019-12-16). Progressives Need a United Front for Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. indybay.org Clear differences and a nonaggression pact…

WSWS (2019-12-16). Democrats combine impeachment and collaboration with Trump. wsws.org In the midst of the impeachment inquiry, congressional Democrats are collaborating with Trump on trade war, attacks on immigrants, and massive military build-up.

Aaron Maté (2019-12-16). IG report exposes FBI, Congressional, and media deceit in Russia probe. thegrayzone.com A new report from DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz confirms that the FBI relied on the Steele dossier — a…

Staff (2019-12-16). COP25 Was a Failure, But Activists\' Collective Organizing Was Unprecedented. truthout.org The COP25 United Nations climate summit ended in failure Sunday, after negotiators failed to agree to a deal that would limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels — a key goal of the Paris Agreement. Scores of civil society groups condemned governments in the European Union, Australia, Canada and the U.S. for a deal that requires far less action than needed to avert catastrophic climate change. Indigenous leaders and environmentalists blasted the United Nations fo…

Activist Post (2019-12-16). US Gov Claims \"Thousands\" Killed In Iran Based On Unvetted, Unconfirmed Video Sent By [REDACTED]. thelastamericanvagabond.com It must be coincidence that all of the regimes mentioned in a memo given to General Wesley Clark have been toppled … except Iran, the final mention. US Shocks With Inflated Claim Of 1,000 Iranian Protesters \"Murdered\" By Regime is the headline that highlights the latest narrative to drum up support for an invasion — and …

IMEMC News (2019-12-16). Army Injures Several Palestinians Near Nablus. imemc.org Israeli soldiers injured, on Monday evening, several Palestinians in Sebastia town, north of Nablus, in northern West Bank. Mohammad Azem, the mayor of Sebastia, said several army jeeps invaded the center of the town, before stopping and harassing many Palestinians. Azem added that many Palestinians protested the invasion, and hurled …

Jeet Heer (2019-12-16). Impeachment Needs to Move to the Streets. thenation.com Impeachment Needs to Move to the Streets…

Andrew Korybko (2019-12-16). India: The Self-Professed \'World\'s Largest Democracy\' Is Experiencing a Real Social Uprising. globalresearch.ca Increasingly violent protests are sweeping the self-professed \"world\'s largest democracy\" as its people fight to protect the secular nature of their state following Prime Minister Modi\'s decision to push forward with a religiously discriminatory citizenship amendment, with this national uprising …

teleSUR (2019-12-16). Chilean President\'s Disapproval Rating Jumps to 79 Percent. telesurenglish.net A recent survey revealed that the disapproval of the management of President Sebastián Piñera increased to 79 percent, two points more than the previous week. | RELATED: | \'Concert for Dignity\' Marks 8 Weeks of Social Unrest in Chile | While support for the Chilean President did not manage to lower or rise, it remained at 13 percent, despite the fact that Piñera focused on a constitutional accusation for human rights violations in the social protests that have occurred in the Sout…

teleSUR (2019-12-16). Mass Protests Spread in India After Citizenship Law Passes. telesurenglish.net Protests over a new Indian citizenship law based on religion spread to student campuses on Monday as critics said the Hindu nationalist government was pushing a partisan agenda in conflict with the country\'s founding as a secular republic. | RELATED: | Indian Police Clashes with Anti-Citizenship Law Protesters | Students pelted stones at police who locked up the gates of a college in the northern city of Lucknow to prevent them from taking to the streets. About two dozen s…

Peoples Dispatch (2019-12-16). \'Your batons can only break our bones, not our spirit of resistance\'. peoplesdispatch.org On Sunday, December 15, police in the Indian state of Delhi baton charged and tear gassed students of Jamia Millia Islamia University and laid a siege on nearby Muslim dominated colony. According to reports, police entered university hostels and library, thrashing students and firing tear gas inside the library reading room. Numerous students were injured, with three said to be in critical condition. | The Jamia students and residents were protesting against the discriminatory citizenship law and all India National Register of Citizens being implemented by far-right Indian government.

Whitney Webb (2019-12-16). Head of UK Israel Lobby Group Announces Gov\'t Plan To Ban Boycotting Israel. mintpressnews.com After an election dogged by the weaponization of anti-Semitism, the victorious UK conservative party has announced a new legislative push that would prevent the public sector from working with any individual or organization that supports a boycott of Israel\'s government.

Paul Antonopoulos (2019-12-16). Afghanistan Papers Proves U.S. Invasion Was Built on Lies, Deceit and Confusion. globalresearch.ca The war in Afghanistan, the longest war in American history, is based on lies made by top U.S. officials and was \"idiotic\" as there was no clear plan, according to the documents published by the Washington Post, dubbed the …

Dahr Jamail (2019-12-16). 2019: A Year in the Life of Our Escalating Climate Crisis. thenation.com 2019: A Year in the Life of Our Escalating Climate Crisis…

WSWS (2019-12-16). New WikiLeaks documents expose phony claims of 2018 Syria chemical weapons attack. wsws.org The latest round of revelations makes clear that the US-led regime change operation in Syria has been based on a pack of lies.

Miri Wood (2019-12-16). Ltamenah Village: Syrian Military Finds Massive Weapons Left Behind by NATO Terrorists. globalresearch.ca Ltamenah is a village in Hama countryside which the Syrian Arab Army recently cleansed of foreign-owned and armed terrorist savages. Last week, authorities discovered a mass grave. This week, they have found a massive quantity of weapons left behind: …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-12-16). Dozens of Palestinian Workers Suffocate on Tear Gas. imemc.org Dozens of Palestinian laborers suffered from tear gas inhalation, on Sunday, as near al-Ziraeia gate, along the Apartheid Wall, west of the town of Qaffin, northeast of the city of Tulkarem, northern occupied West Bank. Alray reported that Israeli forces pursued a group of laborers on their way to their …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-12-16). B\'Tselem: When You Work for Thirty Years You Learn a Few Things. Here\'s What We\'ve Learned Since 1989. imemc.org The Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported that during a speech at Khan al-Ahmar, marking 30 years since the establishment of B\'Tselem, Executive Director of the Israeli human rights center, Hagai El-Ad delivered the following speech: \"When you work for thirty years you learn a few things. Here\'s what …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-12-16). B\'Tselem: To Understand the Violence of Israel\'s Occupation, Know These 30 Stories. imemc.org By Hagai El-Ad for +972 Magazine Aishah Abu Laban is 70 years old. It has been 30 years since the fateful day in 1989 when an Israeli soldier shot and killed her daughter Rufaydah, 13, but she will never forget it. Rufaydah, who lived in Dheisheh Refugee Camp, was killed …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-12-16). Israel\'s Haaretz: 256 Cases of Israeli Settlers\' Violence Towards Palestinians. imemc.org An increase in Israeli settlers\' aggression against Palestinians and their properties in the West Bank compared to recent years, Alray reported. The Israeli paper Haaretz published data from Israeli security institutions that documented 256 cases of Israeli settlers\' aggression against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Israeli security services expressed …

IMEMC News (2019-12-16). Israeli Soldiers Abduct 23 Palestinians In West Bank. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Monday, at least 23 Palestinians from several parts of the occupied West Bank; 22 of the abducted were taken prisoner after the soldiers stormed and ransacked their homes, and one after being stopped at a military roadblock. The Palestinian Prisoners\' Society (PPS) said the soldiers abducted Majd …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-12-16). Settlers Damage Road Equipment in Jordan Valley. imemc.org Illegal Israeli settlers, on Saturday night, vandalized a number of bulldozers that were parked at the site of a road working project in the Jordan Valley region, the occupied West Bank, the Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. Salah Zayed, the project contractor, said that he and staff of …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-12-16). Analysis: Jerusalem is at the Heart of the Palestinian Cause. imemc.org By: Burak Bir for Anadolu Agency The heart of the Palestinian cause is Jerusalem, and what is happening today in Gaza is for Jerusalem, a Palestinian expert said last week. \"If the heart of the Palestinian cause is Jerusalem, Palestine\'s striking force is Gaza.

William D. Hartung (2019-12-16). The Pentagon budget still rising, 40 years later. nationofchange.org The rationale for spending more than $700 billion a year on the Pentagon—and well over $1.2 trillion for national security writ large—simply does not exist.

Moveon (2019-12-16). Impeach & Remove Trump Rally in Palo Alto. indybay.org Lytton Plaza, University Ave. & Emerson Street, Palo Alto 94301…

Moveon (2019-12-16). Impeach & Remove Events in East Bay Area Cities. indybay.org Events in East Bay cities: El Cerrtio, Walnut Creek, Emeryville, San Ramon, Castro Valley…

Moveon (2019-12-16). Impeach and Remove Events in Wine Country (Sonoma & Napa Counties). indybay.org Events in Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Sonoma, Napa, Healdsburg…

Staff (2019-12-16). After Impeachment and Acquittal, Expect a Vicious Republican Counterattack. truthout.org In the past, despite their differences, our political leaders were in agreement that to at least preserve the ideals behind our democratic system it was important to pay lip service to the spirit of the law. For instance, during the Iraq war, the Bush administration committed war crimes. But officials didn\'t come right out and say, \"Yes, we torture people. What are you going to do about it?\" There were consequences to openly defying the law, which they knew could get quite serious down the road.

Julia Conley (2019-12-16). \'To protect our democracy,\' Tuesday night rallies planned in all 50 states to demand Congress votes to impeach Trump. nationofchange.org \"It\'s on us, the people, to protect our democracy. Congress will only act if we the people demand it.\"

SF Indivisible, Progressive Democrats, others (2019-12-16). Impeach & Remove: Rally and March in San Francisco. indybay.org San Francisco Federal Building @ 90 7th Street, on the corner of Mission and 7th streets, San Francisco, CA 94103…

MoveOn.org, Indivisible Santa Cruz, others (2019-12-16). Impeach & Remove: Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Monterey. indybay.org Impeach & Remove events in Santa Cruz, Watsonville, and Monterey…

Moveon (2019-12-16). Impeach & Remove Demonstration in Oakland. indybay.org Grand Lake Theater Intersection, 3200 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610…

MoveOn (2019-12-16). Impeach & Remove Demonstration in Redwood City. indybay.org Sequoia Station (outside the shopping center), intersection of Jefferson Ave and El Camino Real, Redwood City, CA 94063…

commondreams (2019-12-16). Nationwide Mobilization for Impeachment in More Than 500 Communities in All 50 States and D.C. commondreams.org ______________________________…

RT (2019-12-16). \'Effective discipline\'!?! 8yo boy needs surgery on maimed knees after sadistic stepfather makes him kneel on buckwheat for HOURS. rt.com An 8-year-old boy had to undergo a surgery to remove the sharp grains, virtually ingrown into his knees, after his mother\'s boyfriend routinely forced him to stand on raw buckwheat as punishment for the tiniest \'misbehavior.\' | The photos of the child\'s knees, looking as if they were mutilated by a mystery disease, sent shockwaves across Russia. Doctors had to use general anesthesia to remove the ingrown seeds, cutting cut off large fragments of skin. | The surgery and weeks of painful rehabilitation, however, were nothing compared to what the starved kid had to endure at home in the Siberian city of Omsk, whe…

Staff (2019-12-15). We Are All Female and We All Hate It. truthdig.com A new book redefines \"female\" as the universal experience of \"let[ting] someone else do your desiring for you, at your own expense.\"

Unicorn Riot (2019-12-15). ICE Case Management Handbook Based on Federal Law Enforcement \"System of Systems\" commondreams.org Unicorn Riot obtained confidential Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy manuals in 2017.

Wyatt Reed (2019-12-15). While Evo\'s MAS party regroups, Bolivia\'s coup leaders are eating each other alive. thegrayzone.com Humiliating scandals are destroying right-wing leader Luis Fernando Camacho and the right is fracturing as a more militant MAS party…

Staff (2019-12-15). Sanders and Omar Lead Largest Rally in New Hampshire for 2020 Vote. truthdig.com Sen. Bernie Sanders held his largest rally yet in the key state of New Hampshire on Friday night, joined by Rep. Ilhan Omar, who has faced racist attacks since taking office earlier this year but who received a warm welcome from the crowd of more than 1,300 people. | The rally was reportedly the largest of any Democratic primary candidate in the state so far, according to the campaign; last month, South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg reported that he drew \"about 1,300\" to a rally in Lebanon, New Hampshire. | \"The political revolution is strong in New Hampshire,\" said Sanders campaign New Hampshire state direc…

John Pilger (2019-12-15). Parem já com as mentiras sobre Assange. globalresearch.ca

IMEMC News (2019-12-15). Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians In Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, three Palestinians, including the secretary of Fateh Movement, in occupied East Jerusalem, after invading and violently searching their homes. Nonviolent activist Nasser Ajaj told the Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) that the soldiers abducted Arin Za\'anin, from his home in Wadi al-Jouz …

teleSUR (2019-12-15). ALBA-TCP Ratified Integration of Latin American and Caribbean Peoples. telesurenglish.net With cultural expressions and interventions by heads of State and delegates from Latin American and Caribbean nations, the XVII Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America — Peoples\' Trade Treaty (ALBA-TCP) ends with a political-cultural ceremony. | RELATED: , ALBA-TCP to Speed Formation of a \'Peace Zone\' in Latin America | Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro highlighted the integrationist work of the organization (ALBA-TCP) in the region, \"the idea of co…

teleSUR,la (2019-12-15). FARC Demands Colombia\'s Duque Provide Security for Ex-Fighters. telesurenglish.net The Common Revolutionary Alternative Force ( FARC ) party sent a letter to the President of Colombia, Iván Duque, in which they demanded the implementation of the Peace Agreement and specifically his third point on security for communities and ex-combatants in the process of reinstatement. | RELATED: | Colombians Protest Against Tax Reform in Front of Congress | The letter was sent after the murder of ex-combatant Manuel González (aka Jair Cartagena), who was shot near the Román Ru…

Brett Redmayne-Titley (2019-12-15). The Humane Obligation of Conscience. Capitalist Orchestrated Horror. Desperate Protests Across the Globe. globalresearch.ca The world war of Democracy against its people is now official. | On Oct 20, 2019, Chilean president Sebastian Pinera publicly admitted the singular capitalist threat implicitly and silently embraced by virtually all politicians across our embattled Earth: Pinera formally declared …

F. William Engdahl (2019-12-15). O capital financeiro mascara-se de verde. globalresearch.ca à Clima. Quem haveria de dizer. As próprias mega-corporaàßàµes e mega-bilionários por trás da globalizaàßà£o da economia mundial nas últimas décadas, cuja busca de valor para o accionista e reduàßà£o de custos infligiu tantos danos ao meio ambiente — tanto no …

F. William Engdahl (2019-12-15). The Bogus Legend of Paul Volcker. The Break with Gold. globalresearch.ca Paul Volcker, former chairman of the Federal Reserve during the 1980\'s, has died at age 92. Major media are writing words of praise for the banker who \"killed inflation\" in the wake of the 1970\'s oil crises and food price …

General Wesley Clark (2019-12-15). Global Warfare: \"We\'re Going to Take out 7 Countries in 5 Years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan & Iran..\" globalresearch.ca Originally published in March 2007. | Global Research Editor\'s Note: | This interview serves as a reminder regarding the diabolical timeline of America\'s hegemonic project. Is Iran the next target \"to be taken out\"? | All these countries are on the Pentagon\'s drawing …

teleSUR (2019-12-15). Venezuela to Relaunch PetroCaribe Program in 2020. telesurenglish.net Venezuela\'s President Nicolas Maduro announced the relaunch of the PetroCaribe program in the first half of 2020 during the 17th summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of America (ALBA-TCP) in Cuba Saturday. | RELATED: , ALBA-TCP Ratified Integration of Latin American and Caribbean Peoples | \"We have decided to relaunch with great force for the first half of the year 2020, the PetroCaribe project, the Miracle Mission and ALBA Cultural (…) ALBA has demonstrated…

teleSUR (2019-12-15). US-China Trade Deal\'s Phase One \'Totally Done\': Trump Admin. telesurenglish.net The \"phase one\" of the long-sought United States-China trade deal is \"totally done\" despite the need for translation and revisions to its text, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Sunday. | RELATED: , US, Canada, and Mexico Sign Trade Deal Again to Replace NAFTA | \"Ultimately, whether this agreement works is going to be determined by who\'s making the decisions in China…if the hard-liners are making the decisions we\'re going to get one outcome, if the reformers are mak…

teleSUR (2019-12-15). De-Facto Bolivian President to Issue Arrest Warrant for Morales. telesurenglish.net The self-proclaimed president of Bolivia, Jeanine àÅñez, said on Saturday that an arrest warrant could be issued for the democratically elected President, Evo Morales, in the coming days. | RELATED: | Evo Expresses Gratitude to Mexico and Argentina Governments | \"If he has to come to Bolivia, he knows that he has pending accounts with the courts and that will have to be kept. Surely, in the next few days that arrest warrant will be issued because we have already made the per…

teleSUR (2019-12-15). Brazil\'s Amazon Deforestation Rises Over 100% Year-Over-Year. telesurenglish.net Deforestation in Brazil\'s Amazon jumped to the highest level for the month of November since record-keeping began in 2015, according to preliminary government data published on Friday. | RELATED: | Bolsonaro: Torture Methods of Dictatorship to Fight Corruption | Destruction of the world\'s largest tropical rainforest totaled 563 square km (217.38 square miles) in November, 103% more than in the same month last year, according to the country\'s space research agency INPE. | That wo…

teleSUR (2019-12-15). Mexican Indigenous Communities Consent to Mayan Train Project. telesurenglish.net The Mexican Ministry of Interior informed Saturday that the Indigenous communities in the Yucatan Peninsula and the state of Chiapas both located in the southeastern part of the country accepted \"by consensus and without opinion against\" for the construction of the Mayan Train. | RELATED: | Brazil: Attack on Guajajara Indigenous People Leaves 1 Dead | After holding talks with the government, the Indigenous communities\' proposals and needs will be incorporated and addressed within…

teleSUR (2019-12-15). Powerful Earthquake Hits Philippine City, One Killed. telesurenglish.net A strong earthquake struck near the Philippine city of Davao on Sunday, killing a child, damaging buildings and causing several injuries, officials said, the latest in a series of tremors to strike the southern part of the country in recent months. | RELATED: | Duterte to Lift Martial Law in Southern Philippines: Spokesman | The magnitude 6.8 quake was centered 61 km (38 miles) southwest of Davao on the island of Mindanao, at a depth of 28.2 km, the U.S. Geological Survey said,…

teleSUR (2019-12-15). China Expected to Have Lifted Over 10m out of Poverty in 2019. telesurenglish.net China is expected to have lifted over 10 million people out of poverty in 2019, a senior official said Sunday, as part of a three-year plan to eradicate poverty completely by 2020. | RELATED: | China To Meet Sustainable Development Goals 10yrs Ahead of Schedule | \"More than 95 percent of China\'s poor population is expected to shake off poverty and over 90 percent of poor counties are expected to be removed from the poverty list by the end of this year,\" the Director of the State Council…

IMEMC News (2019-12-15). Army Abducts Four Palestinians In Hebron. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday at dawn, four Palestinians from Hebron governorate, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources in Hebron said the soldiers invaded the al-\'Arroub refugee camp, north of the city, before storming and searching many homes. They added that the soldiers abducted a …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-12-15). Report: 745 Palestinian Children Arrested Since Beginning of 2019. imemc.org Israeli occupation forces arrested 745 Palestinian children since the start of 2019, many of whom were subject to numerous rights violations, Days of Palestine reported.. According to a report published, on Thursday, by the NGO Palestinian Prisoners\' Club (PPC), nearly 200 children were being held in various detention centres across …

IMEMC News (2019-12-15). Israeli Planning To Confiscate Lands For A Segregated Road. imemc.org Mohammad Abu Sheikh, a Palestinian official responsible for monitoring Israel\'s illegal colonialist activities, said that the Israeli occupation authority is planning to confiscate dozens of Dunams of Palestinian lands, near Qalqilia, in northern West Bank. Abu Sheikh stated that the large area of lands Israel intends to illegally annex are …

IMEMC & Agencies (2019-12-15). After 83 Days, Hunger Striker Loses 30 Kilograms, Stops Drinking Water. imemc.org Palestinian administrative detainee in Israel, Ahmad Zahran, who has been on hunger strike for 83 consecutive days today, has lost 30 kilograms of his weight and his health has seriously deteriorated, the Palestinian News and Info Agency reported. According to a statement by the Palestinian Prisoners\' Commission, following a visit …

Larry Romanoff (2019-12-15). China\'s YiWu: Business Models You\'ve Never Even Heard of. globalresearch.ca The YiWu Commodities Market | A brief bit of background for context. YiWu is the world\'s largest supermarket. YiWu is a small town (it\'s actually a city with more than one million people, but in China that\'s a small town) in …

Dr. Bischara A. Egal (2019-12-15). Threat to Somalia\'s National Security and Existence as a Nation State. The Right to Self-Defense. globalresearch.ca On November 15, 2019 the UN security Council extended the illegal, immoral and racist 27 years of arms sanctions on Somalia which was in effect since 1992. | Through a recorded vote, the Security Council today renewed the mandate of the …

Larry Beinhart (2019-12-15). Drugs, Guns, and Despair: How America Is Killing Americans. commondreams.org American life expectancy has declined. There's no foreign invasion. No war within its borders. No one to blame but ourselves. How then, is America killing Americans?

Steven Sahiounie (2019-12-15). Europe Was the Main Player in Destroying Syria and Creating the Refugee Crisis. globalresearch.ca Monica Maggioni is an Italian journalist and is CEO of Rai.com, which broadcasts \'Rai News 24 TV\', among others. She interviewed Syrian President, Bashar al Assad, on November 26, and the interview was to be broadcast on December 2; …

Staff (2019-12-15). Impeachment Inquiry Offers Chance to Derail Trump\'s Political Heirs. truthout.org Republicans have made it clear throughout the impeachment investigation that they\'ve decided to circle the wagons around Trump. This united opposition combined with the defensive posturing of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell shows it\'s almost certain the Senate will not vote to remove Trump. But despite warnings by Republicans to the contrary, impeachment has already hurt Trump. And impeachment will continue to hurt Republicans, from pausing McConnell\'s stuffing of the courts, to providing yet mo…

Staff (2019-12-15). Marathon Climate Talks in Madrid Fizzle to End With Slim Deal. truthdig.com MADRID — Marathon U.N. climate talks ended Sunday with a slim compromise that sparked widespread disappointment, after major polluters resisted calls for ramping up efforts to keep global warming at bay and negotiators postponed debate about rules for international carbon markets for another year. | Organizers kept delegates from almost 200 nations in Madrid far beyond Friday\'s scheduled close of the two-week talks. In the end, negotiators endorsed a general call for greater efforts to tackle climate change and several measures to help poor countries respond and adapt to its impacts. | U.N. Secretary-Genera…

Nikolai Malishevski (2019-12-15). The Pentagon\'s Map of Afghanistan: An Eldorado of Mineral Wealth and Natural Resources. globalresearch.ca According to the media, The Afghanistan Papers released in early December 2019 by the Pentagon point to \" US dysfunction\" \'We did not know what we were doing\'? | Nonsensical. They knew what they were doing. The object of US wars …

Larry Romanoff (2019-12-15). Humanity at the Crossroads. globalresearch.ca Humankind is at a cusp, a point of transition between two different states of governance and existence. The world today is like a sack being slowly filled while the string around the opening is pulled increasingly tighter to prevent the …

Danica Jorden (2019-12-15). O revisionismo do Bolsonaro no Brasil. globalresearch.ca O governo do Presidente Jair Bolsonaro está embarcando em um projeto de revisà£o histórica e cultural. Em setembro, a Cinemateca Brasileira ficou \" ocupada\" por militares e politicos da extrema-direita que criticaram o \"marxismo cultural\" da instituiàßà£o e prometeram …

Kristina Kristen (2019-12-15). Japan Leads the Way in Child Health: No Compulsory Vaccines. Banned Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) Vaccine. globalresearch.ca Important article first published by Children\'s Health Defense, posted on Global Research on April 28, 2019 | In the United States, many legislators and public health officials are busy trying to make vaccines de facto compulsory—either by removing parental/personal choice …

James Grundvig (2019-12-15). The Threat 5G Poses to Human Health. globalresearch.ca The crime scene was straight out of an Alfred Hitchcock movie. One hundred and fifty dead birds lay sprawled on the ground, fallen out of trees in a park in The Hague, Netherlands. | The second such occurrence last autumn made …

William Blum (2019-12-15). United States Bombings of Other Countries. America\'s \"Bombing List\" globalresearch.ca The important legacy of the late William Blum will live. This article was first posted on GR in June 2016. | *** | It is a scandal in contemporary international law, don\'t forget, that while \"wanton destruction of towns, cities and villages\" …

Michael Welch (2019-12-15). White Helmets, James Lemesurier, and the Humanitarian Regime Change Network. globalresearch.ca THE conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of …

Vicky Peláez (2019-12-15). The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery? globalresearch.ca This incisive and carefully researched article was first published by Global Research eleven years ago in March 2008. | In recent developments, California has adopted legislation which bans the private prison industry from operating in the state. | \"The move will probably …

Staff (2019-12-15). Comey: \'Real Sloppiness\' in Russia Probe but No Misconduct. truthdig.com WASHINGTON — Former FBI Director James Comey acknowledged Sunday that a Justice Department inspector general report identified \"real sloppiness\" in the surveillance of a former Trump campaign aide and said he was wrong to have been \"overconfident\" about how the Russia investigation was handled. | But Comey also insisted he was right to feel some measure of vindication because the report did not find evidence for the most sensational of President Donald Trump\'s claims, including that he had been wiretapped and il…

Staff (2019-12-15). Energy Loss on Electric Grid Is Overlooked Source of Greenhouse Gas Emissions. truthout.org When it comes to strategies for slowing the effects of climate change, the idea of reducing wasted energy rarely gets a mention. But our recent Nature Climate Change article makes the case that reducing wastage in the power sector, focusing specifically on the grid, can be a critical lever in lowering national emissions. | Inefficient global power transmission and distribution infrastructure requires additional electricity generation to…

news.un (2019-12-15). Progress made at COP25, despite lack of agreement to increase climate ambition. news.un.org Negotiations at the COP25 UN climate conference in Madrid finally ended on Sunday, wrapping up an event which saw much progress made by the private sector, and by national, regional and local governments. However, there was widespread disappointment that no overall consensus was reached on increased climate ambition.

Staff (2019-12-15). Intentionally or Not, Progressives Are Coaxing Us Back Into a Corporate Party. truthout.org There\'s a fundamental problem with the Democratic presidential debates. It\'s not the number of candidates, the little talk of climate change or the debates\' \"divisiveness.\" It goes deeper than that. These debates operate on a flawed premise that runs right through the whole primary process: that what…

SF Indivisible, Progressive Democrats, others (2019-12-15). Impeach & Remove: Rally and March in San Francisco. indybay.org San Francisco Federal Building @ 90 7th Street, on the corner of Mission and 7th streets, San Francisco, CA 94103…

Indivisible SF Peninsula and CA-14 (2019-12-15). Impeach and Remove Rally. indybay.org In front of Ana Furniture Across the street from the Hillsdale Mall | 3011 S El Camino Real | San Mateo, CA 94403…

MoveOn (2019-12-15). Impeach & Remove Rally in Livermore (Tri Valley). indybay.org Flagpole Plaza, intersection of First St and S. Livermore Ave., Livermore, CA 94550…

Moveon (2019-12-15). Impeach & Remove Events in East Bay Area Cities. indybay.org Events in East Bay cities: El Cerrtio, Walnut Creek, Emeryville, San Ramon, Castro Valley…

Moveon (2019-12-15). Impeach & Remove Demonstration in Oakland. indybay.org Grand Lake Theater Intersection, 3200 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610…

Moveon.org, and others (2019-12-15). National Impeach & Remove Rallies, Marches, Vigils in Bay Area and beyond. indybay.org National marches, rallies, vigils in the San Francisco Bay Area, State of California, and throughout nation…

MoveOn.org, Indivisible Santa Cruz, others (2019-12-15). Impeach & Remove: Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Monterey. indybay.org Impeach & Remove events in Santa Cruz, Watsonville, and Monterey…

Moveon (2019-12-15). Impeach and Remove Events in Wine Country (Sonoma & Napa Counties). indybay.org Events in Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Sonoma, Napa, Healdsburg…