\'Effective discipline\'!?! 8yo boy needs surgery on maimed knees after sadistic stepfather makes him kneel on buckwheat for HOURS
rt.com | 2019-12-16
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…
rt.com/russia/475964-buckwheat-child-torture-omsk/

ICE Case Management Handbook Based on Federal Law Enforcement \"System of Systems\"
Unicorn Riot | commondreams.org | 2019-12-15
Unicorn Riot obtained confidential Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) policy manuals in 2017.
commondreams.org/views/2019/12/15/ice-case-management-handbook-based-federal-law-enforcement-system-systems?cd-origin=rss

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

Sanders and Omar Lead Largest Rally in New Hampshire for 2020 Vote
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-12-15
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…
truthdig.com/articles/bernie-sanders-and-ilhan-omar-lead-largest-new-hampshire-rally-of-2020-primary/

Israeli Soldiers Abduct Three Palestinians In Jerusalem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-12-15
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 …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-abduct-three-palestinians-in-jerusalem-7/

ALBA-TCP Ratified Integration of Latin American and Caribbean Peoples
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-15
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/ALBA-TCP-Ratified-Integration-of-Latin-American-and-Caribbean-Peoples-20191215-0002.html

FARC Demands Colombia\'s Duque Provide Security for Ex-Fighters
teleSUR,la | telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-15
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/FARC-Demands-Colombias-Duque-Provide-Security-for-Ex-Fighters-20191215-0006.html

The Humane Obligation of Conscience. Capitalist Orchestrated Horror. Desperate Protests Across the Globe
Brett Redmayne-Titley | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/humane-obligation-conscience-extinction-rebellion-world-rebellion/5697732

The Humane Obligation of Conscience. Capitalist Orchestrated Horror. Desperate Protests Across the Globe
Brett Redmayne-Titley | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/humane-obligation-conscience-extinction-rebellion-world-rebellion/5697732

O capital financeiro mascara-se de verde
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/o-capital-financeiro-mascara-se-de-verde/5697771

The Bogus Legend of Paul Volcker. The Break with Gold
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/bogus-legend-paul-volcker/5697728

The Bogus Legend of Paul Volcker. The Break with Gold
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/bogus-legend-paul-volcker/5697728

Global Warfare: \"We\'re Going to Take out 7 Countries in 5 Years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan & Iran..\"
General Wesley Clark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/we-re-going-to-take-out-7-countries-in-5-years-iraq-syria-lebanon-libya-somalia-sudan-iran/5166

Global Warfare: \"We\'re Going to Take out 7 Countries in 5 Years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan & Iran..\"
General Wesley Clark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/we-re-going-to-take-out-7-countries-in-5-years-iraq-syria-lebanon-libya-somalia-sudan-iran/5166

Venezuela to Relaunch PetroCaribe Program in 2020
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-15
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-to-Relaunch-PetroCaribe-Program-in-2020-20191215-0010.html

De-Facto Bolivian President to Issue Arrest Warrant for Morales
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-15
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/De-Facto-Bolivian-President-to-Issue-Arrest-Warrant-for-Morales-20191215-0004.html

Mexican Indigenous Communities Consent to Mayan Train Project
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-15
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Mexican-Indigenous-Communities-Consent-to-Mayan-Train-Construction-20191215-0011.html

Brazil\'s Amazon Deforestation Rises Over 100% Year-Over-Year
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-15
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/Brazils-Amazon-Deforestation-Rises-Over-100-Year-Over-Year-20191215-0005.html

Powerful Earthquake Hits Philippine City, One Killed
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-15
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,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Powerful-Earthquake-Hits-Philippine-City-One-Killed-20191215-0003.html

US-China Trade Deal\'s Phase One \'Totally Done\': Trump Admin
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-15
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-China-Trade-Deals-Phase-One-Totally-Done-Trump-Admin-20191215-0007.html

China Expected to Have Lifted Over 10m out of Poverty in 2019
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-15
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…
telesurenglish.net/news/China-Expected-to-Have-Lifted-Over-10m-out-of-Poverty-in-2019-20191215-0008.html

Report: 745 Palestinian Children Arrested Since Beginning of 2019
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-15
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.org/article/report-745-palestinian-children-arrested-since-beginning-of-2019/

Army Abducts Four Palestinians In Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-12-15
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.org/article/army-abducts-four-palestinians-in-hebron-2/

After 83 Days, Hunger Striker Loses 30 Kilograms, Stops Drinking Water
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-15
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 …
imemc.org/article/after-83-days-hunger-striker-loses-30-kilograms-stops-drinking-water/

Israeli Planning To Confiscate Lands For A Segregated Road
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-12-15
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.org/article/israeli-planning-to-confiscate-lands-for-a-segregated-road/

China\'s YiWu: Business Models You\'ve Never Even Heard of
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/chinese-innovation-business-models-never-heard/5697741

China\'s YiWu: Business Models You\'ve Never Even Heard of
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/chinese-innovation-business-models-never-heard/5697741

Threat to Somalia\'s National Security and Existence as a Nation State. The Right to Self-Defense
Dr. Bischara A. Egal | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/unsc-resolution-2498-2019-extension-arms-sanctions-somalia-threat-somali-security/5697744

Drugs, Guns, and Despair: How America Is Killing Americans
Larry Beinhart | commondreams.org | 2019-12-15
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?
commondreams.org/views/2019/12/15/drugs-guns-and-despair-how-america-killing-americans?cd-origin=rss

Europe Was the Main Player in Destroying Syria and Creating the Refugee Crisis
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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; …
globalresearch.ca/europe-main-layer-destroying-syria-creating-refugee-crisis/5697753

Europe Was the Main Player in Destroying Syria and Creating the Refugee Crisis
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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; …
globalresearch.ca/europe-main-layer-destroying-syria-creating-refugee-crisis/5697753

Impeachment Inquiry Offers Chance to Derail Trump\'s Political Heirs
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-15
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…
truthout.org/articles/impeachment-inquiry-offers-chance-to-derail-trumps-political-heirs/

The Pentagon\'s Map of Afghanistan: An Eldorado of Mineral Wealth and Natural Resources
Nikolai Malishevski | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/the-pentagon-s-map-of-afghanistan-an-eldorado-of-mineral-wealth-and-natural-resources/32265

Marathon Climate Talks in Madrid Fizzle to End With Slim Deal
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-12-15
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…
truthdig.com/articles/marathon-climate-talks-in-madrid-fizzle-to-end-with-slim-deal/

The Pentagon\'s Map of Afghanistan: An Eldorado of Mineral Wealth and Natural Resources
Nikolai Malishevski | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/the-pentagon-s-map-of-afghanistan-an-eldorado-of-mineral-wealth-and-natural-resources/32265

The Threat 5G Poses to Human Health
James Grundvig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 | …
globalresearch.ca/threat-5g-poses-human-health/5697735

The Prison Industry in the United States: Big Business or a New Form of Slavery?
Vicky Peláez | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 | …
globalresearch.ca/the-prison-industry-in-the-united-states-big-business-or-a-new-form-of-slavery/8289

United States Bombings of Other Countries. America\'s \"Bombing List\"
William Blum | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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\" …
globalresearch.ca/united-states-bombings-of-other-countries-americas-bombing-list/5533371

Japan Leads the Way in Child Health: No Compulsory Vaccines. Banned Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) Vaccine
Kristina Kristen | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/japan-no-vaccine-mandates-no-mmr-vaccine-healthier-children/5675901

White Helmets, James Lemesurier, and the Humanitarian Regime Change Network
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 | …
globalresearch.ca/white-helmets-james-lemesurier-and-the-humanitarian-regime-change-network/5697721

Humanity at the Crossroads
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/connecting-dots-brave-new-world/5697572

The Threat 5G Poses to Human Health
James Grundvig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 | …
globalresearch.ca/threat-5g-poses-human-health/5697735

O revisionismo do Bolsonaro no Brasil
Danica Jorden | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-15
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 …
globalresearch.ca/o-revisionismo-do-bolsonaro-no-brasil/5697779

Comey: \'Real Sloppiness\' in Russia Probe but No Misconduct
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-12-15
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…
truthdig.com/articles/comey-real-sloppiness-in-russia-probe-but-no-misconduct/

Energy Loss on Electric Grid Is Overlooked Source of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-15
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…
truthout.org/articles/energy-loss-on-electric-grid-is-overlooked-source-of-greenhouse-gas-emissions/

Progress made at COP25, despite lack of agreement to increase climate ambition
news.un.org | 2019-12-15
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.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/12/1053561

Intentionally or Not, Progressives Are Coaxing Us Back Into a Corporate Party
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-15
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…
truthout.org/articles/intentionally-or-not-progressives-are-coaxing-us-back-into-a-corporate-party/

Impeach & Remove Demonstration in Silicon Valley
Indivisible Orchard City | indybay.org | 2019-12-15
Intersection of Stevens Creek Blvd & Winchester Blvd, at the border of Santa Clara 95050 and San Jose 95128.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/15/18828908.php

Impeach and Remove Rally, San Rafael
Patty Hoyt | indybay.org | 2019-12-15
San Rafael\'s City Plaza (1000 4th St. between \"A\" St. & Lootens near Arizmendi Bakery)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/14/18828888.php

Impeach & Remove Events in East Bay Area Cities
Moveon | indybay.org | 2019-12-15
Events in East Bay cities: El Cerrtio, Walnut Creek, Emeryville, San Ramon, Castro Valley…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/14/18828896.php

Gobierno de EEUU retira los cargos falsos contra periodista Max Blumenthal
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-12-14
El gobierno estadounidense desistió la causa basada en falsas acusaciones de agresión contra el editor de The Grayzone Max Blumenthal…
thegrayzone.com/2019/12/14/gobierno-eeuu-retira-cargos-max-blumenthal-venezuela/

Southern Poverty Law Center report highlights abusive conditions in US immigration detention centers
wsws.org | 2019-12-14
The report was based on a comprehensive study of four adult immigrant detention facilities in southern Florida.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/14/immi-d14.html

Julian Assange denied access to lawyers and vital evidence in US extradition case
wsws.org | 2019-12-14
It is clear that the fundamental legal rights of the WikiLeaks founder and world-famous investigative journalist are being trampled in what amounts to an extraordinary rendition.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/14/assa-d14.html

SEP/IYSSE public meeting in Colombo: Free Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning!
wsws.org | 2019-12-14
We urge all workers, youth and all those who cherish democratic rights to come forward and defeat the attack on Assange and Manning.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/14/asmt-d14.html

The US-NATO-Israel Sponsored Al Qaeda Insurgency in Syria. Who Was Behind the 2011 \"Protest Movement\"?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-14
It was not a protest movement, it was an armed insurgency integrated by US-Israeli & allied supported \"jihadist\" death squads. From Day One, the Islamist \"freedom fighters\" were supported, trained & equipped by NATO & Turkey\'s High Command.
globalresearch.ca/syria-who-is-behind-the-protest-movement-fabricating-a-pretext-for-a-us-nato-humanitarian-intervention/24591

The Mother of Us All: Ancient India\'s Vedic Civilization
William T. Hathaway | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-12-14
Researchers have determined that the Vedic culture of India was the first global civilization. They have uncovered archeological and historical evidence indicating that the society which began millennia ago in the Indus Valley grew to encompass all of South Asia, then spread peacefully to many parts of the world. Science and technology in ancient India …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/12/the-mother-of-us-all-ancient-indias-vedic-civilization/

Over 2000 Palestinians Participate in Peaceful Protest at Gaza Border
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-12-14
Over 2,000 Palestinians gathered in various parts of the Gaza Strip on Friday to take part in the weekly \'March of Return\' protests. The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported that five Palestinians were shot with live rounds fired by the army across the perimeter fence. One of the wounded Palestinians …
imemc.org/article/over-2000-palestinians-participate-in-peaceful-protest-at-gaza-border/

Hong Kong local election results: Remarkably unremarkable and counter-revolutionary to boot
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-12-14
On November 24, Hong Kong held local elections for all 18 district councils in the city, with 452 of the 479 council seats up for grabs. Amid the polarized political atmosphere created by the protests and riots that gripped the city this year, turnout was much higher than past local elections. In total, 2,931,745 people cast ballots for their local district councils; about 71% of the 4,132,977 registered voters. | The U.S. and its allies in the corporate news media were quick to trumpet the results as a smashing success for the pro-Western protest movement, which elected 388 candidates to district councils. In co…
www.fightbacknews.org/2019/12/14/hong-kong-local-election-results-remarkably-unremarkable-and-counter-revolutionary-boot

Soldiers Attack Palestinian Protesters Near Ramallah
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-12-14
Israeli soldiers attacked, Friday, dozens of Palestinian protesters near Beit El military roadblock, north of Ramallah in central West Bank. Eyewitnesses said dozens of Palestinians marched in the area of Beit El illegal colony, and were chanting against the ongoing Israeli occupation, its escalating violations against the people, their homes …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-attack-palestinian-protesters-near-ramallah/

ALEC Behind Ohio Bill Criminalizing Protests Against Fossil Fuel Infrastructure
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-14
When anti-protest legislation pushed by oil, gas and utility interests was introduced in the Ohio state Senate this year, it met a receptive audience and passed easily on a mostly party-line vote. It has since moved to the state House, where almost one-third of legislators are ALEC members, and will likely pass at the beginning of 2020. | The legislation, SB 33, is modeled…
truthout.org/articles/alec-behind-ohio-bill-criminalizing-protests-against-fossil-fuel-infrastructure/

Video: Latin America, Geopolitical Battlefield. U.S. Threatens Military Intervention
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-14
Latin America has long been regarded as the exclusive stomping ground of US economic interests, US military, and US intelligence services for much of the 19th and 20th centuries, to the point that the US public has grown to view …
globalresearch.ca/video-latin-america-new-old-hot-point-geopolitical-battlefield/5697687

China-US \"Phase One\" Trade Deal: The Devil in the Unannounced Details and Implementation
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-14
According to China\'s official People\'s Daily broadsheet, Beijing and Washington \"agreed on the text of a phase one economic and trade agreement based on the principle of equality and mutual respect,\" adding: | \"The text includes nine chapters: the preface, intellectual | …
globalresearch.ca/sino-us-phase-one-trade-deal/5697679

NAFTA 2.0: Revising the 1994 Agreement
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-14
According to the Wall Street Journal, it\'s a \"template for deals to come,\" adding: | \"The new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (has) implications for agreements beyond North America, including new bilateral deals being contemplated for China, Japan, the European Union, and the UK.\" | …
globalresearch.ca/nafta-2-0-revising-1994-agreement/5697683

US tests INF-banned missile after Democrats rubber-stamp Trump\'s nuclear build-up
wsws.org | 2019-12-14
The test comes just days after congressional Democrats voted for a massive military spending bill that stripped out language limiting the development of dangerous new nuclear weapons.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/14/nucl-d14.html

Arms Control. UN General Assembly Adopts Five Russian Resolutions
Eurasia Diary | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-14
The United Nations General Assembly voted in favour of five draft resolutions addressing arms control, disarmament and international security earlier submitted by Russia at the UN\'s First Committee, Eurasia Diary reports citing Sputnik. | Three of the documents adopted late Thursday | …
globalresearch.ca/arms-control-un-general-assembly-adopts-five-russian-resolutionsarms-control-un-general-assembly-adopts-five-russian-resolutions/5697657

Someone Interfered in the UK Election, and It Wasn\'t Russia
Caitlin Johnstone | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-14
Ladies and gentlemen I have here at my fingertips indisputable proof that egregious election meddling took place in the United Kingdom on Thursday. | Before you get all excited, no, it wasn\'t the Russians. It wasn\'t the Chinese, the Iranians, Cobra …
globalresearch.ca/someone-interfered-uk-election-it-wasnt-russia/5697667

Indigenous Bolivia Ready to go to War Against Fascism
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-12-14
Bolivia, December 2019, three weeks after the fascist coup. It is devilishly cold. My comrade\'s car is carefully navigating through the deep mud tracks. Enormous snow-covered mountain peaks are clearly visible in the distance. The Bolivian Altiplano; beloved, yet always somehow hostile, silent, impenetrable. So many times in the past I came close to death …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/12/indigenous-bolivia-ready-to-go-to-war-against-fascism/

Climate Policy Should Reflect the Resilience of Northern Indigenous Communities
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-14
This year, Canada experienced record-breaking temperatures across the nation, with a larger increase above normal temperatures in the north than in the south. Canada\'s annual average temperature has warmed 1.7C since 1948, but in northern Canada it has increased by 2.3C. | The Canadian North is feeling t…
truthout.org/articles/climate-policy-should-reflect-the-resilience-of-northern-indigenous-communities/

Central Valley Water Board Approves Grasslands Water District Permit
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-12-14
\"Toxins in water impact fish, divide indigenous families from traditional foods, and can cause permanent learning disabilities in children,\" stated Sherri Norris, executive director of the California Indian Environmental Alliance. \"Many of these toxins cannot be removed from water once it enters into the system. It\'s imperative that we protect all of California\'s water from these toxins.\"
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/13/18828881.php

\"The Good Terrorists\": How U.S. Airstrikes Helped Prop Al-Qaeda in Syria\'s Idlib?
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-14
Al-Qaeda in Syria has two noteworthy apologists. One is the jihadist propagandist Bilal Abdul Kareem, a former correspondent for CNN, often seen in videos sporting a long beard and reporting from the ground in the al-Nusra Front strongholds in …
globalresearch.ca/how-american-airstrikes-helped-prop-al-qaeda-syria-idlib/5697665

Bolsonaro\'s Revisionist History of Brazil
Danica Jorden | commondreams.org | 2019-12-14
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro\'s administration is embarking on a project of cultural and historical revision.
commondreams.org/views/2019/12/14/bolsonaros-revisionist-history-brazil?cd-origin=rss

O Juiz que criticou o \"culto da Bomba\"
John LaForge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-14
Numa dada circunstância, o Juiz do Distrito Federal, Miles Lord, que faleceu em 10 de Dezembro de 2016, aos 97 anos de idade, poderia ter-me aplicado uma sentenàßa de dez anos. Longe disso, o famoso Juiz sem rodeios, que era …
globalresearch.ca/o-juiz-que-criticou-o-culto-da-bomba/5697703

Nunca vi o Mundo tà£o fragmentado!
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-14
É impressionante a facilidade com que o império ocidental está a conseguir destruir os países \"rebeldes\" que està£o no seu caminho, sem que haja resistência. | Trabalho em todos os cantos do planeta, onde os \"conflitos\" kafkianos forem desencadeados por Washington, …
globalresearch.ca/nunca-vi-o-mundo-tao-fragmentado/5697707

Prime Minister Modi Triggers Political Instability in India\'s Northeastern States
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-14
Indian Prime Minister Modi has a huge crisis on his hands entirely of his own making after some of the ethno-religiously diverse Northeastern States of the so-called \'Seven Sisters\' are erupting in rage after the passage of the \'Citizenship (Amendment) …
globalresearch.ca/prime-minister-modi-triggers-political-instability-in-indias-northeastern-states/5697619

US Seeks Thai Opposition for Anti-China Alliance at ASEAN Summit
Joseph Thomas | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-14
Why is the US talking \"democracy, human rights and justice\" with an opposition who lost recent elections, abuses human rights and works daily to undermine and evade justice? | Time was precious at the 35th ASEAN Summit. Leaders from across Southeast …
globalresearch.ca/us-seeks-thai-opposition-anti-china-alliance-asean-summit/5697671

NDP props up Trudeau, joins Conservatives in demanding tougher anti-China stance
wsws.org | 2019-12-14
The true character of the NDP\'s \"opposition\" to the Liberals and the Conservatives–the Canadian ruling class\' traditional parties of national government–was laid bare in two recent parliamentary votes.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/14/ndpp-d14.html

Following Warren and Sanders, Candidates Vow Not to Cross Picket Line for Debate
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-14
As the hospitality workers\' union Unite Here Local 11 said that next week\'s Democratic presidential debate could be threatened by stalled contract negotiations for workers at Loyola Marymount University, which is hosting the debate, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders led the Democratic field in announcing they would be on the side of the workers if a deal is not reached in the coming days. | Warren tweeted early Friday afternoon that she would \"not cross the union\'s picket line even…
truthout.org/articles/following-warren-and-sanders-candidates-vow-not-to-cross-picket-line-for-debate/

Nicola Sturgeon warns Johnson he cannot \'bludgeon Scotland into accepting his view\'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-12-14
Boris Johnson cannot \"bludgeon\" Scotland into seeing the world in the same way that he does, Nicola Sturgeon has said.She spoke with Johnson in a phone call on Friday following the election in which the SNP won 48 of the 59 Scottish seats.Downing Street said that in the call, Johnson \"made clear how he remained opposed to a second independence referendum\".However, speaking at the V&A Museum in Dundee on Saturday as she joined her party\'s newly-elected MPs, Sturgeon insisted it is unsustainable for the Tories to keep saying no to a fresh vote. | Of her phone call with the PM, she added: I wasn\'t sure how much he\'d…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/12/14/nicola-sturgeon-warns-johnson-he-cannot-bludgeon-scotland-into-accepting-his-view/

200 International Organizations Support Call to ICC on Palestine
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-14
An impressive international coalition of 185 civil society organizations has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open a formal investigation, into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, without further delay. The ICC has been engaged in a preliminary investigation for almost …
imemc.org/article/200-international-organizations-support-call-to-icc-on-palestine/

Becoming backward or taking society forward
Anthony Ravlich | indybay.org | 2019-12-14
The human rights omissions of the United Nations has determined western civilization and global freedom for decline. There is a desperate need for intelligent males from a western culture to take society forward. The UN agenda aims to eliminate freedom of thought which led to major human accomplishments and the dominance of western culture.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/14/18828890.php

A Mined History: The Bougainville Referendum
Binoy Kampmark | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-12-14
It would be an understatement to claim that Bougainville, that blighted piece of autonomous territory in Papua New Guinea, had been through a lot. Companies have preyed upon its environment with extractive hunger. Wars and civil strife have beset its infrastructure and economy. Some 900 kilometres from the PNG mainland, it has been what might …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/12/a-mined-history-the-bougainville-referendum/

Soldiers Abduct The Head Of Shu\'fat Town Council
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-12-14
Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, the head of Shu\'fat Town Council, and a member of the council, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem. Media sources said the soldiers abducted the head of the Town Council, Ishaq Abu Khdeir, and a member of the council, Nasser Abu Khdeir. The two were apparently taken …
imemc.org/article/soldiers-abduct-the-head-of-shufat-village-council/

Samidoun Releases Statement in Support of SAIA York and Palestinian Students\' Right to Organize
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-14
Photo credit: Students Against Israeli Apartheid at York University Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network expresses our strongest solidarity with Students Against Israeli Apartheid at York University (SAIA York) and denounces the decision of York University president Rhonda Lenton to suspend SAIA as an organization after its members were the victim …
imemc.org/article/samidoun-releases-statement-in-support-of-saia-york-and-palestinian-students-right-to-organize/

Israeli Soldiers Attack Several Palestinians In Hebron
Saed Bannoura | imemc.org | 2019-12-14
Israeli soldiers attacked, on Friday evening, several Palestinians at the entrance of the Shuhada Street, in the center of Hebron city, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media sources said the soldiers, stationed on the permanent military roadblock at the entrance of Shuhada Street, assaulted with clubs …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-attack-several-palestinians-in-hebron/

Illegal Colonists Hurl Stones At Palestinian Cars Near Bethlehem
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-12-14
A group of fanatic Israeli colonialist settlers, squatting on illegally confiscated Palestinian lands, south of the West Bank city of Bethlehem, hurled stones at Palestinian cars, causing damage. Thiab Masha\'la, the head of the al-Jab\'a Village Council, southwest of Bethlehem, said the Israeli assailants came from the illegal Beit Ayin …
imemc.org/article/illegal-colonists-hurl-stones-at-palestinian-cars-near-bethlehem/

Canada\'s Latest UN Stance Fails To Affirm Commitment To Palestinians\' Political Rights
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-14
by Ramona Wadi, Days of Palestine UN resolutions on Palestine are given more prominence than the Palestinian people themselves. What happens within the UN premises sets an agenda that is difficult to challenge, mainly because international consensus rarely makes it beyond resolution texts to implementation. As a result, an unexpected …
imemc.org/article/canadas-latest-un-stance-fails-to-affirm-commitment-to-palestinians-political-rights/

No Visits to Holy Sites for Christians in Gaza
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-14
Christians from the Gaza Strip will not be allowed to visit holy sites in Bethlehem and Jerusalem to celebrate Christmas this year, the so-called Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced Thursday. Only Christians over the age of 45 will be eligible for a permit to travel …
imemc.org/article/no-visits-to-holy-sites-for-christians-in-gaza/

Water waste must stop
Michael T. Hertz | nationofchange.org | 2019-12-14
The whole wastewater system is contributing to climate change.
nationofchange.org/2019/12/14/water-waste-must-stop/

U.N. Climate Talks in Limbo as Chair Chile Bids for Compromise
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-12-14
Rules for carbon markets and a system to help poor countries cope with the economic impact of climate change are key unresolved issues.
truthdig.com/articles/u-n-climate-talks-in-limbo-as-chair-chile-bids-for-compromise/

Venezuela: Maduro Attends Anti-Neoliberal ALBA Summit in Cuba
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-14
Venezuela\'s President Nicolas Maduro attends the 17th summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of America (ALBA-TCP), which is taking place in Havana, Cuba, on Saturday. | RELATED: | Venezuelan Oil Production Sets Historical Record in November | \"At such a complex time for Latin America and the Caribbean, this ALBA summit brings a message of ho…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Maduro-Attends-Anti-Neoliberal-ALBA-Summit-in-Cuba-20191214-0002.html

Fighting Rages Near Libya\'s Capital Amid Push by Rebel Army
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-12-14
The country may be plunged into a bout of violence rivaling the scale of the 2011 conflict that ousted and killed Moammar Gadhafi.
truthdig.com/articles/fighting-rages-near-libyas-capital-amid-push-by-rebel-army/

Ukrainian Foreign Influence Operation Bankrolled by Secret Donors
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-14
Foreign agents peddling influence for a controversial Ukraine politician were part of a coordinated effort bankrolled through a secretive network of shell companies and offshore entities, according to new foreign lobbying records. | The foreign influence operation centered around Ukraine\'s former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, who ran against now-President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine\'s 2019 pre…
truthout.org/articles/ukrainian-foreign-influence-operation-bankrolled-by-secret-donors/

NAFTA 2.0 Does Little to Reverse the Damage of Its Predecessor
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-14
On Tuesday morning, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that Democrats had reached a deal with the Trump administration to advance the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), also referred to as \"NAFTA 2.0.\" In explaining the deal, she said: \"There is no question of course that this trade agreement is much better than NAFTA.\" | Progressives have criticized Pelosi for potentially handing President Trump a political victory during both an impeachment process and an approachin…
truthout.org/articles/nafta-2-0-does-little-to-reverse-the-damage-of-the-previous-trade-agreement/

House Judiciary Committee Recommends Impeachment of Donald Trump
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-14
On Friday the 13th of December, the House Judiciary Committee approved two articles of impeachment against Donald Trump. After a 14-hour hearing, the committee voted 23-17, along party lines, to recommend to the House of Representatives that Trump be impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. | Article I: Abuse of Power: | Article I charges: \"Usin…
truthout.org/articles/house-judiciary-committee-recommends-impeachment-of-donald-trump/

Queen & Slim: An African-American couple on the run
wsws.org | 2019-12-14
In Queen & Slim, a racist white policeman is killed in the act of assaulting two young black people. Relying on certain aspects of reality, the film creates a largely mythological picture to justify a strand of rabid identity politics.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/14/quee-d14.html

Impeach & Remove Demonstration in Oakland
Moveon | indybay.org | 2019-12-14
Grand Lake Theater Intersection, 3200 Grand Ave, Oakland, CA 94610…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/14/18828895.php

Impeach and Remove Rally in Sacramento
MoveOn Sacramento | indybay.org | 2019-12-14
California State Capitol, 1315 10th St, Sacramento, California 95814…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/14/18828893.php

Impeach and Remove Rally, San Rafael
Patty Hoyt | indybay.org | 2019-12-14
San Rafael\'s City Plaza (1000 4th St. between \"A\" St. & Lootens near Arizmendi Bakery)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/14/18828888.php

Impeach and Remove Events in Wine Country (Sonoma & Napa Counties)
Moveon | indybay.org | 2019-12-14
Events in Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Sonoma, Napa, Healdsburg…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/14/18828894.php

Impeach & Remove Rally in Livermore (Tri Valley)
MoveOn | indybay.org | 2019-12-14
Flagpole Plaza, intersection of First St and S. Livermore Ave., Livermore, CA 94550…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/14/18828900.php