US and UK Military-Intelligence Apparatus Campaigns to Destroy Jeremy Corbyn
Ben Norton | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-09
Days before Britain\'s historic election, the UK\'s military-intelligence apparatus is turning to the corporate media and US government-funded NATO cut-outs to smear Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn with evidence-free Russiagate allegations. | *** | The popular socialist leader of Britain\'s Labour Party, Jeremy …
globalresearch.ca/us-uk-military-intelligence-apparatus-campaigns-destroy-jeremy-corbyn/5697123

Immigrants have been denied due process for years. In New England, that\'s about to change
Matthew Segal | aclu.org | 2019-12-09
One of the bedrock principles of our judicial | system is that the government can\'t just lock people up without showing why | it\'s necessary. | For noncitizens caught up in Trump\'s deportation | machine, though, that principle doesn\'t always apply. But now because of our | litigation in New England that\'s about to change. | Gilberto Pereira Brito was detained in March by ICE | — snatched from his wife and three children, all of whom are U.S. citizens — and | brought before an immigration judge for a bond hearing. To keep him in | detention, the government had to prove nothing, whereas Gilberto had…
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/immigrants-have-been-denied-due-process-for-years-in-new-england-thats-about-to-change

PHOTOS: A Year After the Caravans, Has Trump Won?
Jack Herrera | thenation.com | 2019-12-09
PHOTOS: A Year After the Caravans, Has Trump Won?
thenation.com/article/immigration-caravan-trump/

Under Attack by Trump, Immigrant Justice is Advancing in the States
Naureen Shah | aclu.org | 2019-12-09
This year was another of devastating attacks on immigrants\' rights | by the Trump administration. However, in both red and blue states, we fought | and won new measures that stymie Trump\'s deportation machine. These local wins, | though often overshadowed by the president\'s xenophobia, are powerful. Here are | some of the most surprising and significant of our 2019 immigrant justice victories | in the states. | In | Michigan, a former marine\'s arrest prompts police reform | Grand Rapids, Michigan police kept veteran and U.S. citizen Jilmar | Ramos-Gomez in immigration detention for 3 days — even though
aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/under-attack-by-trump-immigrant-justice-is-advancing-in-the-states

Kerry\'s Endorsement of Biden Fits: Two Deceptive Supporters of the Iraq War
Norman Solomon | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-09
The spectacle of Kerry praising Biden as a seasoned leader amounts to one supporter of the Iraq catastrophe attesting to the character and experience of another supporter of the same catastrophe. | *** | On Thursday afternoon, the Washington Post sent out …
globalresearch.ca/kerry-endorsement-biden-fits-two-deceptive-supporters-iraq-war/5697069

Kerry\'s Endorsement of Biden Fits: Two Deceptive Supporters of the Iraq War
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2019-12-09
Character and Experience… in Mass Slaughter…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/07/18828714.php

\'Sexy tricks\': How journalists demonize Venezuela\'s socialist government, in their own words
Alan MacLeod | thegrayzone.com | 2019-12-09
Journalists revealed to me the tactics they use to sell stories painting Venezuela as a socialist dystopia. One described himself…
thegrayzone.com/2019/12/09/sexy-tricks-journalists-demonize-venezuela-anatoly-kurmanaev/

Question for Kirbymoorside UK Hustings Meeting: Would you stand up for Julian Assange?
Heather Stroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-12-09
To those candidates who are putting themselves forward as MPs to become a voice within the UK Parliament — would you stand up for Julian Assange and for those who. in speaking truth, have the audacity to challenge the dialogue of power? I am disappointed that my question relating to the arbitrary detention of Julian …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/12/question-for-kirbymoorside-uk-hustings-meeting-would-you-stand-up-for-julian-assange99425/

Exiled NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden condemns persecution of Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
wsws.org | 2019-12-09
Edward Snowden gave an interview via live video link to The Right Livelihood Awards in Stockholm, in which he categorically defended WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange and imprisoned whistleblower Chelsea Manning.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/09/snow-d09.html

UN Rapporteur on Torture Nils Melzer: \"With censorship inevitably comes tyranny\"
wsws.org | 2019-12-09
The World Socialist Web Site interviewed Nils Melzer, who denounced the role of governments and the mainstream media in the persecution of Julian Assange and warned of the dangerous consequences of the erosion of democratic rights.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/09/melz-d09.html

Hundreds of journalists around the world sign open letter demanding freedom for Assange
wsws.org | 2019-12-09
The signatories declare: \"As journalists and journalists\' organizations that believe in human rights, freedom of information and of the public\'s right to know, we demand the immediate release of Julian Assange.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/09/jour-d09.html

Police Halt Activist-Led \"Toxic Tour\" of Corporate Polluters Sponsoring COP25
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-09
In Spain, the country\'s biggest fossil fuel polluters are also some of the most generous sponsors for this year\'s U.N. climate talks. On Saturday, we joined activists on a \"toxic tour\" of Madrid from the Madrid stock exchange to Santander Bank. Activists explained that when Spanish President Pedro Sánchez announced that Spain would host COP25, he went to IBEX 35 — the 35 biggest listed companies in the Spanish stock exchange — offering them a 90% tax break on a $2 million sponsorship.
truthout.org/video/police-halt-activist-led-toxic-tour-of-corporate-polluters-sponsoring-cop25/

Indigenous and Youth Activists Slam Global Leaders for Climate Inaction
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-09
We broadcast from Madrid, Spain, where the 25th United Nations climate conference is in its second week and representatives from almost 200 countries have gathered for the final days of negotiations. The summit — known as COP25, or conference of parties — has so far focused on meeting the 2015 Paris Agreement to limit global temperature rise to \"well below 2 degrees Celsius,\" or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. But climate scientists say the talks are failing to produce the drastic measures nec…
truthout.org/video/indigenous-and-youth-activists-slam-global-leaders-for-climate-inaction/

Palo Alto Youth Lead Local Protest during U.N. Climate Conference
Text: RR Photos: Leo Leung, Pro Bono Photo | indybay.org | 2019-12-09
This year is the 25th meeting of the conference under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP25. The conference is being held December 2 through the 13th in Madrid. In Palo Alto, California on December 6th, youth activists led a Climate Strike, part of a coordinated international action timed to coincide with the U.N. Conference.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/08/18828732.php

Arizona educators, progressives confront ALEC summit and Betsy DeVos
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-12-09
Tucson, AZ – On December 4, a coalition of union educators, immigrant rights, police crimes, and climate change activists confronted the agenda of corporations like UPS and energy industry giants and billionaires like Charles Koch and Sheldon Achelson. At its height the crowd numbered around 200 with signs reading: \"ALEC: Oligarchy in progress\" and \"Privatization, criminalization, incarceration, climate change, imperialism: #ALECisBehindIt.\" | The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a notorious organization of hardcore conservatives, was holding its States and Nation Policy Summit in Arizona. ALEC hoste…
fightbacknews.org/2019/12/8/arizona-educators-progressives-confront-alec-summit-and-betsy-devos

Israeli Soldiers Demolish Shed, Uproot Lands, Near Hebron
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-12-09
Israeli soldiers demolished, Monday, a shed and uprooted six Dunams (1.48 Acres) of Palestinian farmlands in Beit Ummar town, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Media activist, Mohammad Awad, said the soldiers demolished a shed, owned by a Palestinian, identified as Ahmad Bader Abu …
imemc.org/article/israeli-soldiers-demolish-shed-uproot-lands-near-hebron/

Israel\'s War Minister Naftali Bennett Threatens Iran
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-09
Israeli ruling authorities are the most extremist in Jewish state history. Arab MKs aside, the vast majority of Knesset members are militantly hardline racists, threatening regional peace and stability. | New Right party head Naftali Bennett earlier held various ministries, including …
globalresearch.ca/israel-war-minister-naftali-bennett-threatens-iran/5697136

SF Climate Strike at BlackRock and March to Senator Feinstein\'s Office
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2019-12-09
Photos: Leon Kunstenaar, Pro Bono Photo | Message of climate urgency delivered where most needed in day of world wide protests…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/07/18828694.php

Political Collapse: The Center Cannot Hold
Kirkpatrick Sale | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-09
Have you noticed? From Hong Kong to Baghdad, Paris to Tehran, 2019 is shaping up to be, as the New York Times dubbed it, \"the year of the protest.\" Violent–and often deadly–anti-government protests are breaking out throughout the world in an unprecedented fashion, in rich countries as well as poor, as people everywhere are expressing their anger at corrupt, inefficient, brutal, and unresponsive regimes.
counterpunch.org/2019/12/09/political-collapse-the-center-cannot-hold/

Youth demonstrating in Australia speak out against climate change and war
wsws.org | 2019-12-09
Students attended climate change protests in major cities in solidarity with rallies organised globally on November 29.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/12/09/clim-d09.html

What Have the US and Protesters in Lebanon Achieved over Iran and Its Allies?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-09
For several weeks now, much of the Lebanese population has turned on the country\'s traditional political leaders and wrought havoc on the corrupt domestic political system. Those who have ruled the country for decades have offered little in the way …
globalresearch.ca/what-have-us-protesters-lebanon-achieved-over-iran-and-its-allies/5697160

What Really Happened in Iran? Wave of Protests in 100 Cities
Pepe Escobar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-09
On November 15, a wave of protests engulfed over 100 Iranian cities as the government resorted to an extremely unpopular measure: a fuel tax hike of as much as 300%, without a semblance of a PR campaign to explain the …
globalresearch.ca/what-happened-iran/5697127

Hunger-striker in Serious Condition
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-09
Ahmad Zahran, a Palestinian administrative detainee held in Israeli jails who has been on hunger strike for 78 consecutive days, in protest against his incarceration without charge or trial, is in serious health condition and has been admitted to an Israeli hospital, today, said the Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS). Zahran, …
imemc.org/article/hunger-striker-in-serious-condition/

Banning Russian Athletes? Politicized International Sports Competition Rears Its Ugly Head Again
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-09
Olympism and other major international sports events are all about profiteering, exploiting athletes, scandalous wheeling, dealing, collusion, and bribery, marginalizing the poor, other disenfranchised groups, and affected communities, sticking taxpayers with the bill, and providing nothing in return but hype …
globalresearch.ca/banning-russian-athletes-politicized-international-sports-competition-rears-its-ugly-head-again/5697139

NATO Doesn\'t Care that Montenegro Is a Haven for Crime and Corruption
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-09
There was international jubilation when Montenegro seceded from its union with Serbia in 2006 after a controversial referendum. The Referendum Law prevented Montenegrins living and registered in Serbia from voting in the referendum, ensuring that tens of thousands of Montenegrins, …
globalresearch.ca/nato-doesnt-care-montenegro-haven-crime-corruption/5697156

Meet the Controversial Actor and Businessman Standing Up Against Egypt\'s el-Sisi
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-09
Mohamed Ali infuriates Field Marshal President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt. His waspish, cruel, outrageously funny, solemnly pedantic videos and social media messages transmitted from his self-exile in Spain, mocking the man who overthrew Egypt\'s first elected president, even brought demonstrators back on to the streets of Cairo in September. But the 45-year-old actor and…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/09/meet-the-controversial-actor-and-businessman-standing-up-against-egypts-el-sisi/

Premature Democratic Socialists: Reasons for Hope and Change
Scott Tucker | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-09
In the United States there was a time in the previous century when a political campaign was waged against \"premature antifascists,\" namely against members of the socialist left who warned and fought against fascism well before World War II. In the wake of that war, the leading career politicians also worked within a corporate consensus…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/09/premature-democratic-socialists-reasons-for-hope-and-change/

Why Not Also Go With \"The Kitchen Table\" Impeachable Offenses for Removal?
Ralph Nader | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-09
Will the Democrats move to impeach Trump for a narrow brace of violations and accept that the Senate Republicans will keep this outlaw in the White House? Or will they present the Senate with the President\'s many proven impeachable offenses, thereby requiring the Senate Republicans, before live national television, in a public trial to defend…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/09/why-not-also-go-with-the-kitchen-table-impeachable-offenses-for-removal/

Savoring What Remains: Dealing With Climate PTSD
Dahr Jamail | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-09
Recently, I was in Homer, Alaska, to talk about my book The End of Ice. Seconds after I had thanked those who brought me to the small University of Alaska campus there, overwhelmed with some mix of sadness, love, and grief about my adopted state — and the planet generally — I wept. I tried…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/09/savoring-what-remains-dealing-with-climate-ptsd/

Dealing with climate PTSD
Dahr Jamail | nationofchange.org | 2019-12-09
Alaska, in other words, is suffering climate death by a thousand cuts, while I struggle daily to accept the new reality: that the state is already irreparably changed.
nationofchange.org/2019/12/09/dealing-with-climate-ptsd/

Savoring What Remains in an Age of Climate PTSD
Dahr Jamail | commondreams.org | 2019-12-09
Symphony Lake, near Anchorage, Alaska. (Photo: mcav0y/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/alaskalake.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/12/09/savoring-what-remains-age-climate-ptsd?cd-origin=rss

Money, Power and Turf: Winning the Middle East Media War at Any Cost
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-12-09
It is hardly surprising to see Middle Eastern countries at the bottom of the World Press Freedom Index, as the worst violators of freedom of the press. But equally alarming is the complete polarization of public opinion as a result of self-serving media and, bankrolled by rich Arab countries, whose only goal is to serve …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/12/money-power-and-turf-winning-the-middle-east-media-war-at-any-cost/

Money, Power and Turf: Winning the Middle East Media War at Any Cost
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-12-09
Honest, objective and trust-worthy journalism in the Middle East is suffering a long, agonizing death, thanks not only to crackdowns on the media but also to well-financed propaganda empires.
mintpressnews.com/money-power-turf-winning-middle-east-media-war-cost/263274/

Money, Power and Turf: Winning the Middle East Media War at Any Cost
Ramzy Baroud | commondreams.org | 2019-12-09
All state-run media throughout the Arab world were stuffed with loyalists. (Photo: Carl Court/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/world_press_freedom_day_0.png …
commondreams.org/views/2019/12/09/money-power-and-turf-winning-middle-east-media-war-any-cost?cd-origin=rss

Hitting at Cuban Doctors and at Human Solidarity
W. T. Whitney | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-09
News item: Three rightwing Latin American governments have forced out Cuban doctors working in their countries. Over 8000 of them departed from Brazil in late 2018 and 382 doctors left Ecuador in mid-November, 2019. Some 700 Cuban doctors exited Bolivia after the coup there on November 10. Brazilian President Bolsonaro alleged that Cuban doctors were…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/09/hitting-at-cuban-doctors-and-at-human-solidarity/

Alaska Is Already Irreparably Changed by Climate Disruption
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-09
Recently, I was in Homer, Alaska, to talk about my book The End of Ice. Seconds after I had thanked those who brought me to the small University of Alaska campus there, overwhelmed with some mix of sadness, love and grief about my adopted state — and the planet generally — I wept. | I tried to speak but could only apologize and take a few moments to collect myself. It\'s challenging for me, ev…
truthout.org/articles/alaska-is-already-irreparably-changed-by-climate-disruption/

From Health Insurance Spin Doctor to Truth Teller
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-09
\"I was getting people to make decisions based on misleading information that could have life or death consequences.\" | That\'s Wendell Potter, the former head of public relations for CIGNA. As the executive spin doctor for one of the biggest health insurance companies in the country, he was responsible for concocting tales that enabled CIGNA to deny coverage, discredit critics, and otherwise cast the corporate health insurance machine in a positive light. That was until the numbers in his spreadsheets became actual people…
truthout.org/audio/from-health-insurance-spin-doctor-to-truth-teller/

Trump Is Raising Taxes on Middle-Class Consumers With His Trade War
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-09
Just when many policy types thought that Donald Trump was about to wind down his trade war with China and work out a deal, he announced that he was in no rush to reach an agreement. He said that he might wait until after the election next year, boasting about the \"massive\" amount of money he was pulling in from his tariffs. | In addition to his China attack, Trump also
truthout.org/articles/trump-is-raising-taxes-on-middle-class-consumers-with-his-trade-war/

WATCH LIVE: House Democrats Lay Out Case for Impeaching Trump
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-09
Members and legal staff of the Democratic-controlled House Judiciary Committees on Monday will lay out their case for the impeachment of President Donald Trump in a hearing scheduled to begin at 9: 00am EST. | According to the New York Times: | After hearing from constitutional scholars last week, the House Judiciary Committee turns f…
truthout.org/articles/watch-live-house-democrats-lay-out-case-for-impeaching-trump/

Chemical Companies Are Building Their Plants Overseas and Shipping Them Back In
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-09
This article was produced in partnership with The Times-Picayune and The Advocate, which is a member of the ProPublica Local Reporting Network. | Twice during the last decade, chemical giant Methanex has disassembled a massive methanol plant located at the southern tip of Chile and moved it to Louisiana. | The ship traveled through the Strait of Magellan, along the east coast of South America, into the Gulf of Mexico and up…
truthout.org/articles/chemical-companies-are-building-their-plants-overseas-and-shipping-them-back-in/

Big Energy Front Group Launches Push for Troubled Atlantic Coast Pipeline
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-09
A lobbying group formed by oil and gas industry insiders to push for increased fossil fuel production has turned its focus from promoting offshore drilling in the Atlantic to championing Dominion Energy\'s and Duke Energy\'s controversial Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). It\'s doing so under the guise of being a pro-consumer group concerned about energy justice, even while its members include major gas production companies as well as Dominion Energy. | Last week, the Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) ha…
truthout.org/articles/big-energy-front-group-launches-push-for-troubled-atlantic-coast-pipeline/

Meet Virgil Griffith: America\'s Newest Political Prisoner
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-12-09
On November 29, FBI agents arrested hacker and cryptocurrency developer Virgil Griffith. His alleged crime: Talking. Yes, really. The FBI alleges that Griffith \"participated in discussions regarding using cryptocurrency technologies to evade sanctions and launder money.\" Griffith, a US citizen who lives in Singapore, gave a talk at conference on blockchain technology in April. Because…
counterpunch.org/2019/12/09/meet-virgil-griffith-americas-newest-political-prisoner/

Settlers Storm Al-Aqsa Courtyards
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-12-09
39 Israeli settlers, on Monday morning, stormed the Islamic court yards of Al-Aqsa Mosque, guarded by Israeli occupation police. Local media sources reported that police opened the Moroccan Gate in front of 36 settlers, who broke into the mosque in four groups. Police escorted the settlers while they toured the …
imemc.org/article/settlers-storm-al-aqsa-courtyards/

Stage-Managing the Pensacola Naval Base Shooting: Mollycoddling the Face of Evil
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-09
As should be expected, the government is attempting to stage-manage the shooting at the Pensacola Naval Base. The Pentagon said sailors killed by a Saudi student reportedly angry over the serial murder of Muslims by the US government \"showed exceptional …
globalresearch.ca/pensacola-shooting-mollycoddling-face-evil/5697083

UPS Joins Media Chorus In Thanking Police For Murder of Frank Ordonez
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-12-09
In a clear example of a US establishment shielding police from brutality, UPS released a bizarre statement thanking police for killing their driver, while CNN and NBC obscured officers from any wrongdoing.
mintpressnews.com/ups-media-thank-police-murder-frank-ordonez/263301/

Syria Will Not Cooperate with the OPCW New Investigation Team
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-09
OPCW was used before to justify the invasion of Iraq, providing a temporary cover before exposed, to the pariah states in the world is at it again, this time willingly and without death threats to its teams, and this time …
globalresearch.ca/syria-will-not-cooperate-opcw-new-investigation-team/5697080

Scottish Greens outline importance of \'climate election\'
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-12-09
Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie has said the UK \"can\'t afford\" for the general election not to be climate focused.Harvie, speaking to the PA news agency ahead of polling day on 12 December, said the world had been given about a decade to take radical action.And he outlined the importance of having strong Green voices in the room at Westminster, to push the other parties beyond their \"comfort zone\" on taking climate action.Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie speaking at a climate strike in Glasgow\'s George Square (Lewis McKenzie/PA)\"People on pretty much every doorstep that I\'ve knocked on have been…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/12/09/scottish-greens-outline-importance-of-climate-election/

In a Vacuum of Trust, Conspiracies Take Root in Hong Kong
Benjamin Haas | thenation.com | 2019-12-09
In a Vacuum of Trust, Conspiracies Take Root in Hong Kong…
thenation.com/article/hong-kong-conspiracies/

50 Years of Resistance
Mike Rhodes | indybay.org | 2019-12-09
This is a radio show I produced about the 50 Years of Resistance event held in Fresno in June 2019. The show features several speakers, including David Harris, Vince Lavery, Sandra Iyall and Don Teeter talking about the anti-war/Draft Resistance movement in Fresno in the late 1960\'s and early 70\'s.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/07/18828715.php

Monday\'s Daily Brief: increasing inequality, human rights and climate, civil war crimes, Ethiopia reforms
news.un.org | 2019-12-09
New UN development report warns global inequality breeding a \"new generation of inequalities\"; human rights linked to climate change by senior UN official; intentional starvation in civil wars classified as a war crime, UN rights expert calls for Ethiopia reform support.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/12/1053091

Kerry\'s Endorsement of Biden Fits: Two Deceptive Supporters of the Iraq War
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2019-12-08
Character and Experience… in Mass Slaughter…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/07/18828714.php

Fascists, with Help from the US, Are Trying to Take Control of Latin America
William Camacaro | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
Clearing the FOG hosts Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese interviewed William Camacaro, a Venezuelan activist living in New York City who is active with the Solidarity Committee with Venezuela NYC and organizes food sovereignty tours to Venezuela, on the eve …
globalresearch.ca/fascists-help-us-trying-take-control-latin-america/5696989

\'No Spiritual Surrender: A Dedication to the Standing Rock Movement\' Photos of Resilience
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2019-12-08
Photojournalist Ryan Vizzions photos of Standing Rock Water Protectors in the camps and on the frontlines have appeared around the world. Vizzions\' new book chronicles the resilience and resistance of Water Protectors and the militarized police they faced, with forwards by Joye Braun, Cheyenne River Lakota, and Pte San Wastewin, Hunkpapa Lakota.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/06/18828677.php

US and UK military-intelligence apparatus campaigns to destroy Jeremy Corbyn
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-12-08
Days before Britain\'s historic election, the UK\'s military-intelligence apparatus is turning to the corporate media and US government-funded NATO cut-outs…
thegrayzone.com/2019/12/08/us-uk-military-intelligence-apparatus-destroy-jeremy-corbyn/

Palo Alto Youth Lead Local Protest during U.N. Climate Conference
Text: RR Photos: Leo Leung, Pro Bono Photo | indybay.org | 2019-12-08
This year is the 25th meeting of the conference under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP25. The conference is being held December 2 through the 13th in Madrid. In Palo Alto, California on December 6th, youth activists led a Climate Strike, part of a coordinated international action timed to coincide with the U.N. Conference.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/08/18828732.php

Anglo-Zionist Plot Against Britain\'s Jeremy Corbyn
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
Anglo-Zionists and UK religious leaders in cahoots with Israeli hardliners are going all-out to prevent Jeremy Corbyn from becoming UK prime minister in December 12 elections — because of his anti-war, progressive agenda. | He advocates a peace and stability foreign …
globalresearch.ca/anglo-zionist-plot-against-britain-jeremy-corbyn/5696981

SF Climate Strike at BlackRock and March to Senator Feinstein\'s Office
Leon Kunstenaar | indybay.org | 2019-12-08
Photos: Leon Kunstenaar, Pro Bono Photo | Message of climate urgency delivered where most needed in day of world wide protests…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/07/18828694.php

Video: Israeli Air Force Bombed \'Iranian Targets\' Near Syria-Iraq Border
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
The Israeli Air Force has carried out a new round of strikes on Iranian-linked targets near the Syrian-Iraqi border. The airstrikes reportedly hit at the al-Hamadan airport north of the town of al-Bukamal. | Pro-Israeli sources claimed that the strike destroyed …
globalresearch.ca/video-israeli-air-force-bombed-iranian-targets-near-syria-iraq-border/5696975

Nuclear Armed and Dangerous Israel. Is Israel Preparing to Attack Iran?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
Israel is nuclear-armed and dangerous, developing these weapons since the mid-1950s, its well-known open secret the official narrative conceals. | Its ruling authorities refused to sign the NPT or abide by its provisions. Nor do they permit IAEA inspections of …
globalresearch.ca/nuclear-armed-and-dangerous-israel-is-israel-preparing-to-attack-iran/5696985

Power of Siberia: Putin and the \'Biden Memorial Pipeline\' to China
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
In early 2014 Washington staged a blatant coup d\'etat in Ukraine breaking the historic relationship with Russia and setting the stage for the subsequent NATO demonization of Russia. The one in charge for the Obama Administration of the Ukraine coup …
globalresearch.ca/putin-biden-memorial-pipeline-china/5697008

North Korea Conducts \'Very Important\' Test at Satellite Site
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-08
\"If it is indeed a static engine test for a new solid or liquid fuel missile, it is yet another loud signal that the door for diplomacy is quickly slamming, if it isn\'t already,\" said Vipin Narang, a nuclear affairs expert at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States.
telesurenglish.net/news/North-Korea-Conducts-Very-Important-Test-at-Satellite-Site-20191208-0002.html

Pressure Mounts for Deeper Investigation of Devin Nunes in Ukraine Scandal
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-08
Problems continue to mount for one of Trump\'s fiercest defenders in the House, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-California). On December 3, the House Intelligence Committee revealed in its impeachment report that Trump\'s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and Giuliani\'s indicted associate Lev Parnas made calls to Nunes on April 10 and April 12. The report only states the existence of the calls, not their content, but highlights that they occurred four days after an opinion piece containing disinformation about…
truthout.org/articles/pressure-mounts-for-deeper-investigation-of-devin-nunes-in-ukraine-scandal/

Grace Blakeley: The World Must be Saved from Financialization
Bryan Bowman | indybay.org | 2019-12-08
Even when times are good, the many have been largely excluded from the success enjoyed by the few. Where many see a strong economy today, Grace Blakeley sees not only the early indicators of an inevitable recession, but the \"death throes\" of an entire economic model that is crumbling before our eyes. She warns of a bleak future but also offers a hopeful alternative vision.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/06/18828676.php

Beating Trump Is Not Enough: The Real Change Democrats Must Pursue
Phillip Steck | commondreams.org | 2019-12-08
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) (L) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) embrace after the Democratic Presidential Debate at the Fox Theatre July 30, 2019 in Detroit, Michigan. (Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/new-deal-change-steck.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/12/08/beating-trump-not-enough-real-change-democrats-must-pursue?cd-origin=rss

Deconstructing Bolivia: Voices Inside and Outside Challenge Mainstream and Alternative Narratives
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
On the Global Research News Hour we do our best to cover a wide spectrum of topics from the environmental crisis to economic and geopolitical analysis to debunking war pre-text narratives. | We welcome listener support to maintain and improve the …
globalresearch.ca/deconstructing-bolivia-voices-inside-and-outside-challenge-mainstream-and-alternative-narratives/5696971

The Trump Administration\'s Latest: A Plan to Foul the Alaska Arctic
Derrick Z. Jackson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
Just as the world\'s scientists warn us in the strongest language yet that nations must ratchet up commitments under the Paris Climate Agreement to reduce fossil fuel emissions, the climate-denying Trump administration rolls out yet more plans to make things …
globalresearch.ca/trump-administration-plan-foul-alaska-arctic/5697017

New Report on Ocean Oxygen Loss Gives \"Ultimate Wake-Up Call\" to Act on Climate
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-08
A new report on ocean oxygen loss released Saturday should serve as the \"ultimate wake-up call\" to take bold action to rein in planet-warming emissions and save the world\'s \"suffocating seas,\" researchers said. | The publication from the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) shows how the problem known as ocean deoxygenation, driven by global warming and human-caused nutrient pollution, is expanding, with impacts on hu…
truthout.org/articles/new-report-on-ocean-oxygen-loss-gives-ultimate-wake-up-call-to-act-on-climate/

50 Years of Resistance
Mike Rhodes | indybay.org | 2019-12-08
This is a radio show I produced about the 50 Years of Resistance event held in Fresno in June 2019. The show features several speakers, including David Harris, Vince Lavery, Sandra Iyall and Don Teeter talking about the anti-war/Draft Resistance movement in Fresno in the late 1960\'s and early 70\'s.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/07/18828715.php

The Missing Stories: Three Big Issues the Media Is Missing
John Atcheson | commondreams.org | 2019-12-08
Democratic presidential hopefuls Mayor of South Bend Pete Buttigieg, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders participate in the fifth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by MSNBC and The Washington Post at Tyler Perry Studios in Atlanta, Georgia on November 20, 2019. (Photo: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/press-three-issues.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/12/08/missing-stories-three-big-issues-media-missing?cd-origin=rss

Sun Never Sets on Canadian Military
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
Most Canadians would be surprised to learn that the sun never sets on the military their taxes pay for. | This country is not formally at war yet more than 2,100 Canadian troops are sprinkled across the globe. According to the …
globalresearch.ca/sun-never-set-canadian-military/5697001

2019 Sacramento Kwanzaa: A Special Karamu Celebration
Khubaka, Michael Harris | indybay.org | 2019-12-08
The notion of \"potluck\" Kwanzaa in the 21st Century is a challenging local tradition that should not be a salient notion or limiting factor toward embracing Umoja year round and throughout the Kwanzaa season, Matunda ya Kwanza.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/05/18828650.php

How Media Turn Support for Public Schools Into Opposition to Children of Color
Julie Hollar | commondreams.org | 2019-12-08
\"Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and other Democratic presidential candidates are rejecting the Obama administration\'s embrace of charter schools, and media observers aren\'t taking kindly to it,\" the author writes. (Photo: Fibonacci Blue/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/media-election-charters_0.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/12/08/how-media-turn-support-public-schools-opposition-children-color?cd-origin=rss

Corruption thwarts attempts to build a better world and \'must be fought by all, for all\'
news.un.org | 2019-12-08
As we enter a decade of ambitious action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), stepping up efforts to eradicate corruption and promote good governance is \"essential…to deliver on our global pledge to leave no one behind\", the UN anti-crime chief said on Sunday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/12/1052981

Pesticides in the Food You Eat and the Water You Drink. \"U.S. Kids Continue to be Exposed\"
EWG | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
The European Union today confirmed it will ban the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on food crops early next year, citing the risk of brain damage to children — evidence the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ignored in scuttling a proposed …
globalresearch.ca/trump-epa-kowtows-chemical-ag-industry/5697014

A Troubled Family: NATO Turns 70
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
Summit anniversaries are not usually this abysmally interesting. While those paying visits to Watford, England on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation are supposedly signatories to the same agreement, a casual glance would have …
globalresearch.ca/nato-turns-70/5696987

The US Is Forcing Macedonia to Change Its Name for NATO Membership — To Spite Russia
Bill Nicholov | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
I figured out why Republicans have become Democrats and are allowing the State Department to still be run by the Obama administration. To spite the Russians. For all the hate that each party has for each other, they hate the …
globalresearch.ca/us-forcing-macedonia-change-name-nato-membership-spite-russia/5696993

The Planned 1933 Fascist Coup in America
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
The secret US government and the European bankers have cherished this plan of an American fascist dictatorship for many decades, a plan that almost succeeded when a group of American financiers (including George H. W. Bush\'s father Prescott Bush) …
globalresearch.ca/fascist-coup-america/5693708

As mentiras que o Ocidente cria e depois consome
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
Depois de terminar o meu trabalho no Médio Oriente, pelos menos por agora, estava à espera do meu voo para Santiago do Chile. Em Paris. Podia contar com alguns dias \"livres\", a processar o que ouvi e testemunhei em Beirute. …
globalresearch.ca/as-mentiras-que-o-ocidente-cria-e-depois-consome/5697028

Why the UK Establishment Hates Jeremy Corbyn
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
He\'s been termed a \'national security risk\' and an \'enemy of the state\' by the mainstream media. On Sky News recently former Conservative and Times columnist Matthew Parris referred to his \'mad\' conspiracy theories as he discussed with other journalists …
globalresearch.ca/why-uk-establishment-hates-jeremy-corbyn/5697011

Football is standing up to right-wing racism at the best possible time
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-12-08
As the billionaire media\'s longstanding anti-Labour propaganda continues, football institutions are standing up to racism from the Conservative Party and its supporters. And with the 2019 election just days away, this could hardly come at a more important time. | Boris Johnson and co are \'fuelling racism\':…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/12/08/football-is-standing-up-to-right-wing-racism-at-the-best-possible-time/

Hurricanes Are More Destructive Than Ever
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-12-08
Danish researchers have settled a problem of US disaster accounting, confirming that in the last century North America\'s worst hurricanes have become three times more frequent — and significantly more destructive. | Such calculations sound as though they ought to be simple. They are not. In 1900, the entire population of the planet was about 1.6 billion people, most of whom lived in rural areas. By 2018, global population had reached 7.5 billion, and more than half of the world was concentrated in cities. In effect, any hurrican…
truthdig.com/articles/hurricanes-are-more-destructive-than-ever/

Evo Morales Vows to Return to Bolivia After Right-Wing Coup
telesurenglish.net | 2019-12-08
The democratically elected President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, congratulated the Movement for Socialism (MAS) Party after having successfully completed its assembly, in which he endorsed its democratic vocation and presented its plan of political struggle to recover the government from the new far-right regime. | RELATED: | Bolivia: MAS Appoints Morales as Director of its 2020 Campaign | Through his Twitter account on Sunday, Morales said: \"We are not alone in Bolivia or in the w…
telesurenglish.net/news/Evo-Morales-Vows-to-Return-to-Bolivia-After-Right-Wing-Coup–20191208-0003.html

Migrant Women and Girls Are Leading the Battle Against Climate Change
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-08
Into the late afternoon hours, the blistering light gave way to soft, horizontal rays that crisscrossed over Lebanon\'s Beqaa valley. The rays played with the children, casting long silhouettes of their forms, while they chased each other. As the temperature subsided, the elders of the community descended to the lowest level of the mosque-turned-refugee shelter. | Amid the cacophony, Abu Hassan paced back and forth along the dried-up marble fountain, the centre-piece of the makeshift living room, eve…
truthout.org/articles/migrant-women-and-girls-are-leading-the-battle-against-climate-change/

Changing Climate: Aligning Tech, Policy, Activism, & Equity
Sunrise Movement Bay Area | indybay.org | 2019-12-08
DXLabs, 690 18th St, Oakland, CA 94612-1339…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/07/18828718.php

Israel Bombs Gaza, Israeli Bot Group Caught Spreading Hate & US Admits Houthis Not \"Iran Proxy\"
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-12-08
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/7/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/israel-bombs-gaza-israeli-bot-group-caught-spreading-hate-us-admits-houthis-not-iran-proxy/

\"The Oppressive State is a Macho Rapist\" Chilean flashmob dance comes to San Francisco
Impeach Piñera | indybay.org | 2019-12-08
The viral anti-state, anti-femicide dance flashmob from Chile has come to San Francisco.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/12/07/18828719.php

Let\'s Push Democratic Presidential Hopefuls to Address U.S. Bases on Okinawa
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-12-08
As Democratic presidential contenders gear up for the next debate on December 19, they are addressing many issues around foreign policy. However, it seems that all of them are neglecting to even discuss one major issue. | Roughly one in eight overseas U.S. troops are in Okinawa, Japan. The U.S. maintains 31 military facilities there, all without securing Okinawa\'s consent. A new base — supposedly…
truthout.org/articles/lets-push-democratic-presidential-hopefuls-to-address-u-s-bases-on-okinawa/

FBI presumes Pensacola shooting an act of terrorism as probe continues
rt.com | 2019-12-08
The FBI has confirmed that it is presuming Friday\'s fatal shooting at a naval base in Florida was an \"act of terrorism.\" However, the agency has not yet confirmed the killer\'s motivations, or whether he was a member of a network. | …
rt.com/usa/475343-fbi-pensacola-base-shooter/

Boris Johnson accused of lying over pledge to cut immigration after Brexit
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-12-08
Boris Johnson has been accused of lying to the public over his promises to reduce immigration.The Conservative Party has set out its plans for an Australian-style points-based immigration system, which would put no limits on highly educated and award-winning workers, investors or entrepreneurs coming to Britain after Brexit.It would also fast-track and offer reduced fees to doctors, nurses or social care workers who want to come to work in the NHS. | In an interview with Sky News\' Sophy Ridge On Sunday programme, Johnson said he could guarantee \"numbers will come down\" as part of the \"controlled\" measures.But sha…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/12/08/boris-johnson-accused-of-lying-over-pledge-to-cut-immigration-after-brexit/

Summit Nato, si rafforza il partito della guerra
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-12-08
Macron ha parlato di ´morte cerebrale ª della Nato, altri la definiscono ´moribonda ª. Siamo dunque di fronte a una Alleanza che, senza più una testa pensante, si sta sgretolando per effetto delle fratture interne? I litigi al Summit di Londra sembrano …
globalresearch.ca/summit-nato-si-rafforza-il-partito-della-guerra/5697037

\'I plan to seek justice\': Max Blumenthal vows legal action after US govt drops \'bogus\' assault charges against him
rt.com | 2019-12-08
The US government has dropped all charges against Max Blumenthal, after arresting the journalist over a dubious 5-month-old warrant. But the Grayzone editor says the case is far from closed. | Blumenthal was detained for nearly two days after police raided his Washington, DC office in October. The month-old warrant for his arrest listed the journalist as \"armed and dangerous,\" and police carrying out the warrant reportedly threatened to kick down his door.The government\'s case was based solely on an unsubstantiated claim made by a right-wing Venezuelan opposition activist, Naylet Pacheco, who alleged that Blum…
rt.com/usa/475328-blumenthal-charges-dropped-arrest-venezuela/

Missiles aside: Kim Jong-un smiles big as he inaugurates N. Korea\'s luxury ski resort (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-12-08
Situated deep in North Korea\'s highlands, an ultra-modern mountain resort opened its doors to local (and maybe foreign) visitors. If you consider spending your holidays there, be advised — Kim Jong-un massively approves of it. | The North Korean leader has abandoned affairs of the state for at least a day, visiting the hot springs and spa complex in Yangdok County east of Pyongyang. State media have filmed him cutting the ribbon and then peacefully watching people swim in several modern-looking pools. | Smiling big and wide, he cheerfully greeted the chilling swimmers (although it remains unclear if the…
rt.com/news/475333-kim-ski-resort-opening/

Nadler says vote \'possible\' on Trump articles of impeachment this week, Republicans protest
rt.com | 2019-12-08
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler has said that his panel may vote on articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump this week. However, Republicans say he is trying to railroad impeachment through Congress. | \"It\'s possible\" that the committee may vote on the articles this week, Nadler (D-New York) told CNN\'s State of the Union on Sunday. He added that there is \"a lot to consider\" in deciding which charges to bring against Trump. | Before determining what impeachable offenses to charge the president with, Nadler\'s committee will hold a hearing on Monday. Republicans on the committee clai…
rt.com/usa/475339-nadler-impeachment-vote-possible/

Ukraine\'s Zelensky to be TOPPLED by protests if he crosses \'red lines\' in Paris, TV host warns, as crowds cheer
rt.com | 2019-12-08
Pressure is mounting on Ukraine\'s President Volodymyr Zelensky, with the opposition threatening him with civil unrest should he show weakness during the Normandy Four talks with Russian, French and German leaders on Monday. | Thousands attended a rally at the iconic Maidan square in the center of the Ukrainian capital, organized in the run-up to the high-profile meeting by the parties of Petro Poroshenko, whom Zelensky defeated in the spring election, as well as former PM Yulia Tymoshenko and rock star Vyacheslav Vakarchuk. And the speakers on stage didn\'t mince words. | | © Reuters / Valentyn Ogirenko…
rt.com/news/475336-zelensky-normandy-protest-ukraine/

Hong Kong police retrieve PISTOL & 100+ live rounds for 1st time aimed at \'creating chaos\'
rt.com | 2019-12-08
In what appears to be the first firearm seizure linked to massive rallies, police in the former British colony have found a semi-automatic pistol and live ammunition — along with knives and even a Japanese sword. | Hong Kong police have carried out raids early on Sunday, as the city braces for another wave of protests against the local and Beijing government. In wake of the searches, officers found an Austrian-made Glock pistol and four magazines, three of which were loaded with a total of 105 live rounds. | Glock is particularly valued by police and security forces worldwide for its simplicity, versatil…
rt.com/news/475321-hong-kong-protesters-firearms/

Kim Jong-un has \'everything to lose\' & doesn\'t want to break our \'special relationship\' — Trump
rt.com | 2019-12-08
President Donald Trump has insisted that the US will stick to its goal of denuclearizing the Korean peninsula, saying that Kim Jong-un is \"too smart and has far too much to lose\" to do otherwise. | \"Kim Jong Un is too smart and has far too much to lose, everything actually, if he acts in a hostile way,\" Trump tweeted on Sunday. \"He signed a strong Denuclearization Agreement with me in Singapore. He does not want to void his special relationship with the President of the United States.\" | Kim Jong Un is too smart and has far too much to lose, everything actually, if he acts in a hostile way. He signed a strong…
rt.com/news/475340-trump-kim-special-relationship/

\'The best goal of my career\': Watch the brilliant backheel Luis Suarez says is his BEST EVER strike (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-12-08
The recipient of the next Puskas Award for the year\'s best goal might just be a foregone conclusion after Luis Suarez\'s stunning backheel goal during Barcelona\'s 5-2 demolition of Mallorca on Saturday. | The Uruguayan marksman finished off a typically fluid Barcelona attack just before halftime as he executed a sublime lobbed backheel finish into the far corner of the net. | Also on rt.com | | Golden balls on display! Lionel Messi to parade record SIXTH Ballon d\'Or before Barcelona\'s game with Mallorca | \"It\'s the best goal of my career,\" Suarez s…
rt.com/sport/475330-luis-suarez-barcelona-mallorca/

Mars will wait! Neil deGrasse Tyson trolls Musk, advising him to drop Tesla & focus on developing WARP DRIVE
rt.com | 2019-12-08
Celebrity astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has jokingly called on Elon Musk to pour all his resources into creating \'warp drive\' technology. His suggestion resulted in dozens of memes being launched into internet orbit. | In a tweet that received more than 120,000 likes, Tyson said that Musk should \"stop dallying around\" with Space X, Tesla and his other entrepreneurial ventures, and instead focus on creating the fictional propulsion system beloved by Star Trek fans. | Dear @ElonMusk, | When are you going to stop dallying with Mars Rockets & Hype…
rt.com/news/475311-musk-tyson-warp-drive-mars/

Newsweek reporter resigns after accusing outlet of SUPPRESSING story about OPCW leak that undermines Syria \'gas attack\' narrative
rt.com | 2019-12-08
A reporter for Newsweek says he has quit his job after his editor allegedly refused to publish an article about an internal email that raises serious questions about the OPCW\'s findings on an alleged gas attack in Douma, Syria. | \"Yesterday I resigned from Newsweek after my attempts to publish newsworthy revelations about the leaked OPCW letter were refused for no valid reason,\" Tareq Haddad tweeted out on Saturday. | I have collected evidence of how they suppressed the story in addition to evidence from another case where info inconvenient to US govt was removed, though it was factually correct.– Tareq…
rt.com/news/475331-opcw-syria-newsweek-resigns/

Russia-Ukraine fallout won\'t threaten security of EU gas supply
rt.com | 2019-12-08
Even if Russia and Ukraine were to fail to reach an agreement on the natural gas transit through Ukraine onto Europe, the security of gas supply in the European Union (EU) will not be materially threatened. | The current ten-year gas transit agreement between Russia and Ukraine expires on December 31, 2019. The parties need to reach a new agreement by that date to set the terms of deliveries of Russian gas to Europe via Ukraine\'s territory. | Russia has been building pipelines to Europe and Turkey that bypass Ukraine–TurkStream and Nord Stream 2. Ukraine, for its part, is a key transit country for Russia…
rt.com/business/475105-russia-ukraine-eu-gas-supply/