Groundswell of support for WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2019-11-30
The surge of support for Assange is a welcome blow to the conspiracy of silence surrounding his persecution, enforced by governments, establishment parties and the corporate media around the world.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/30/pers-n30.html

John Pilger visits Julian Assange in Belmarsh Prison: \"Look how you frighten them!\"
wsws.org | 2019-11-30
The following speech was delivered by veteran investigative journalist John Pilger to a public meeting in London on November 28 at St Pancras New Church.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/30/pilg-n30.html

Hundreds attend London meeting to demand freedom for Julian Assange
wsws.org | 2019-11-30
The largest meeting held in London to date reflects growing opposition to plans by the US government to extradite and imprison Assange for exposing war crimes, illegal mass surveillance and state corruption.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/30/lond-n30.html

Animal activists banned via Whole Foods\' restraining order hold 24-hour fast & protest in Oakland
DXE | indybay.org | 2019-11-30
Activists say Whole Foods\' parent-company Amazon continually seeks to silence animal cruelty and transparency concerns with heavy-handed legal actions…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828452.php

Iraqis Revolt Against 16 Years of \"Made in the USA\" Corruption
Common Dreams | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-30
Iraq\'s prime minister announced that he will resign, the day after more than 40 protesters were killed.
theantimedia.com/iraqis-revolt-against-16-years-of-made-in-the-usa-corruption/

Imperialist powers intensify pressure on Iranian regime in wake of protests
wsws.org | 2019-11-30
US imperialism is chiefly responsible for the tense standoff in the Persian Gulf. But the claims of the Iranian regime that \"collective security\" can be achieved by establishing a closer military alliance with Beijing and Moscow are reactionary.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/30/iran-n30.html

50,000 Rally & March In Berlin To Defend Planet From Global Warming
Labor Video Project | indybay.org | 2019-11-30
50,000 rallied and marched through Berlin, Germany to protest the growing dangers of global warming and continued use of oil and gas around the world.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/29/18828479.php

Iraqi prime minister offers resignation after army unleashes bloodbath
wsws.org | 2019-11-30
Adel Abdul Mahdi\'s announcement followed the massacre of protesters in two southern Iraqi cities and the capital Baghdad, in which at least 62 were killed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/30/iraq-n30.html

Mexico Won\'t Allow US Military Operations Against Cartels
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-30
Mexico\'s foreign ministry warned that U.S. drone strikes would be a \"violation of national sovereignty.\"
theantimedia.com/mexico-us-military-operations-cartels/

Billionaires just took even greater control of the UK\'s media. Corbyn had the perfect response
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-11-30
The billionaire media\'s opposition to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn so far in this election has been full on. But now, the Daily Mail\'s owner has bought yet another newspaper, concentrating the country\'s media into even fewer hands. And Corbyn wasn\'t ab…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/11/30/billionaires-just-took-even-greater-control-of-the-uks-media-corbyn-had-the-perfect-response/

Native leader says Trump\'s empty promises won\'t halt crisis of murdered Indigenous women
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2019-11-30
Ohlone Chair Dee Dee Ybarra said Trump\'s empty promises to halt the ongoing genocide of missing and murdered Indigenous women is no more than political rhetoric aimed at getting votes.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/28/18828454.php

Canada\'s Human Rights Tribunal condemns government\'s treatment of indigenous children
wsws.org | 2019-11-30
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has rebuked the Liberal government for its refusal to compensate poor indigenous children and their families for discriminatory and neglectful treatment.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/30/hrtc-n30.html

The Occupation of Alcatraz: LaNada War Jack \'From Self-Determination Back to Termination\'
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2019-11-30
Dr. LaNada War Jack, Shoshone Bannock, said the Occupation of Alcatraz meant a new era of self-determination which is now threatened by the Trump administration\'s era of termination. Speaking at the annual AIM West UnThanksgiving Feast, during the 50 Year Anniversary of the Occupation of Alcatraz, War Jack shared memories of \'Taking the Rock\' in 1969.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/28/18828466.php

Bay Area Youth Evade Unjust BART Fare
Fare strike | indybay.org | 2019-11-30
San Francisco, California. Today, Friday November 29th, Bay Area (born and raised) youth evaded unjust fares and hopped the turnstiles en masse, stating their concern for their communities and a desire to hold BART accountable for attacks towards them. They say that many people from the Bay regularly hop as a basic point of survival and likewise, they have no intention of stopping these evasions.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/29/18828476.php

Black Friday Climate Strike at State Capitol Sacramento
Fridays For Future Sacramento | indybay.org | 2019-11-30
California State Capitol, North Steps, 1100 L Street, Sacramento , CA 95814…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828433.php

National Climate Strikes in Mill Valley
two events | indybay.org | 2019-11-30
11 AM @ Depot Plaza Mill Valley, 87 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 | 3 PM @ The Redwoods Corner, Miller Ave & Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA 94941…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828432.php

National Climate Strike in Sonoma
Sonoma High School Earth Club | indybay.org | 2019-11-30
Sonoma Plaza, 453 1st St E, Sonoma, CA 95476…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828437.php

National Climate Strike in San Ramon
Sunrise Movement San Ramon | indybay.org | 2019-11-30
Tri Valley area: San Ramon City Hall, 7000 Bollinger Canyon Rd, San Ramon 94582…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828430.php

National Climate Strike in San Rafael
350Marin, Sierra Club, and others | indybay.org | 2019-11-30
San Rafael City Plaza, 1000 4th Street, San Rafael, CA 94960…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828431.php

Beyond Climate Denial: Exposing the Fossil Fuel Industry\'s Latest Tactics
CFBDH | indybay.org | 2019-11-30
Children\'s Creativity Museum Theater, 221 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94103…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/29/18828477.php

National Climate Strike at UC Davis
Sunrise Movement Davis | indybay.org | 2019-11-30
UC Davis Quad, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828438.php

National Climate Strike: Die-ins, March, Vigil in Santa Rosa
Sonoma County Sunrise Hub | indybay.org | 2019-11-30
Old Courthouse Square, 3rd & Santa Rosa Ave and 4th & Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95404…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828435.php

Explosions at Texas petrochemical plant force over 40,000 to evacuate their homes
wsws.org | 2019-11-30
The Port Neches plant, owned by the Houston-based Texas Petroleum Chemical Group, has been out of compliance for years and fined multiple times by the Environmental Protection Agency.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/30/pnex-n30.html

The U.S. Government Has Been Run as a Criminal Enterprise: Financial Fraud, Criminal Cash Flows
Catherine Austin Fitts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-30
First published in December 2017 | Financial expert and investment advisor Catherine Austin Fitts says the U.S. Government runs on massive criminal activity. Fitts explains, | \"The U.S. economy is deeply dependent on criminal cash flows. We\'re the global leader in money …
globalresearch.ca/the-u-s-government-has-been-run-as-a-criminal-enterprise-financial-fraud-criminal-cash-flows/5623955

Video: How the U.S. Caused the Breakup of the Soviet Union
Sean Gervasi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-30
We bring to the attention of Global Research readers the text of an unpublished Lecture delivered in 1992 by the late Sean Gervasi on the history of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the US Strategy formulated during World …
globalresearch.ca/video-how-the-u-s-caused-the-breakup-of-the-soviet-union/5619579

China arrests Belizean citizen accused of meddling in Hong Kong protests
rt.com | 2019-11-30
China has arrested a citizen of Belize in its southern city of Guangzhou for allegedly interfering in the internal affairs of Hong Kong. | Lee Henley Hu Xiang, a Belizean businessman who lives in China, had funded \"hostile forces\" in the United States and participated in activities that have led to unrest in Hong Kong, according to the official Guangdong Communist Party newspaper, citing Chinese security officials. He has been charged with violating national security laws. | Beijing has repeatedly accused foreign nations, particularly the United States, of providing direct and indirect support to Hong Kong pro…
rt.com/newsline/474724-china-arrest-belize-citizen-hong-kong/

US envoy spews vitriol as 6 more EU nations defy sanctions bypass device INSTEX & urge saving Iran nuclear deal
rt.com | 2019-11-30
Six European countries, among them US NATO allies, have joined an EU scheme to bypass Donald Trump\'s sweeping sanctions, which ban all trade activities with Iran, raising the ire of a notorious American ambassador in Berlin. | Belgium, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, and Sweden released a joint statement relating their intent to connect to INSTEX, short for the Instrument in Support of Trade Exchanges, a European special-purpose vehicle. The move is to \"facilitate legitimate trade between Europe a…
rt.com/news/474723-us-norway-iran-sanctions/

US cryptocurrency expert arrested for \'aiding adversary & sanctions violation\' over North Korea trip
rt.com | 2019-11-30
The FBI has arrested an American citizen accused of illicitly traveling to Pyongyang to give a talk on cryptocurrencies, claiming that the tech expert knowingly undermined Washington\'s efforts to isolate North Korea economically. | Virgil Griffith was taken into custody in Los Angeles over the trip to Pyongyang, where the Department of Justice says he gave \"a presentation and technical advice on using cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.\" | \"Mr Griffith allegedly traveled to North Korea without permission from the federal government, and with knowledge [that] what he was doing was against the law,\" the De…
rt.com/usa/474710-crypto-expert-arrested-sanctions/

London Bridge hero grabbed 5ft NARWHAL TUSK off wall to confront terrorist (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
rt.com | 2019-11-30
As London reels from another terror attack the British public is paying tribute to the brave citizens who risked their lives to confront the crazed jihadi. Amazingly, one of the heroes used a narwhal tusk to tackle the extremist. | The man, who is believed to be a Polish chef named Luckasz, was attending a conference in Fishmongers Hall, just off London Bridge, when the attack broke out. According to eyewitnesses, when Usban Khan began his cowardly assault on unarmed civilians the quick-thinking individual pulled the whale tusk from a wall and used it to confront the attacker. | WARNING: DISTURBING FOOTAGE…
rt.com/uk/474726-london-bridge-attack-narwhal-tusk/

Suicide or serial crime? SECOND woman found BURNT ALIVE in Indian town where harrowing rape & murder of Priyanka Reddy occurred
rt.com | 2019-11-30
The burnt body of an Indian woman has been found on the outskirts of Hyderabad, not far from the place where veterinarian Priyanka Reddy was kidnapped, brutally raped and murdered by a gang of locals earlier this week. | As India recovers from the shock caused by the blood-chilling murder of the 27-year-old vet in Shamshabad, more grueling news has come from the very same town. | Read more | | #RIPPriyankaReddy: Indians share grief & outrage, exchange safety tips after horrific murder of young woman | On Saturday morning, locals walking past the Ayya…
rt.com/news/474717-woman-burnt-alive-hyderabad/

Thanks, but we\'ll keep \'mother\' & \'father\': Putin rejects politically correct \'parent #1 & #2\' titles
rt.com | 2019-11-30
During a discussion on Russian national identity, President Vladimir Putin made sure to politely but firmly reject any notion of replacing traditional family structures with more \"progressive\" examples implemented in the West. | \"You said the word \'mother\' cannot be replaced. Turns out maybe it can: they\'ve replaced it in some countries with \'parent number one\' and \'parent number two.\' I hope that never happens here,\" Putin said on Friday at the meeting of the Council for Interethnic Relations, a Kremlin advisory body. | His remarks came in response to lawmaker Viktor Vodolatsky, who talked about efforts to cu…
rt.com/russia/474708-putin-mother-father-parent/

McGregor tells Cerrone to \'enjoy Christmas dinner\' – before firing first warning ahead of January showdown
rt.com | 2019-11-30
As Conor McGregor mind games go it was on the tame side but the Irishman has already fired his first warning to Donald Cerrone ahead of their showdown at UFC 246 in Las Vegas. | McGregor\'s long-awaited Octagon return was finally confirmed this week with the news he would throw down with Cerrone in a welterweight bout T-Mobile Arena on January 18. | Return of the Mac: Conor McGregor to face Donald \'Cowboy\' Cerrone in January UFC comeback | Taking to social media, Cerrone issued a reminder of why he…
rt.com/sport/474731-conor-mcgregor-cowboy-cerrone-message-christmas-dinner/

\'Don\'t let Roma happen again\': Footage reveals Messi\'s ill-fated warning to Barca teammates before they collapsed at Liverpool
rt.com | 2019-11-30
Lionel Messi warned his Barcelona teammates to avoid a repeat of their collapse against Roma at half-time during last season\'s UEFA Champions League semifinal defeat to Liverpool, new footage has revealed. | Messi and Barcelona crashed out of the tournament after suffering a 4-0 second leg defeat at Anfield, having won the first game 3-0 at the Nou Camp. | With the team 1-0 down at half-time at Anfield, captain Messi attempted to rouse the team, warning them they must avoid the same fate as befell them a year previously when they were dumped out of the Champions League quarterfinals after a famous comeback by…
rt.com/sport/474729-messi-roma-warning-barcelona-liverpool/

People want sex dolls like in HBO\'s Westworld, but the technology is not there yet, manufacturer claims
rt.com | 2019-11-30
A new generation of hyper-realistic sex dolls is currently under development, a leading manufacturer of the silicone figurines has said, noting that the robots still lack the tech to make them convincingly human-like. | People are already replacing human companionship with sex dolls, Silicone Lovers co-founder Louie Love told the Daily Star, and \"there\'s no turning back.\" | According to Love, a new sex robot model will be made in a factor in China that resembles \"something out of Westworld,\" the hit HBO show that depicted robots that are indistinguishable from real humans. | Although every physical aspect of t…
rt.com/news/474715-sex-dolls-realistic-westworld-robots/

Gli F-35 decollano con ali bipartisan
Manlio Dinucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-30
Lorenzo Guerini (Pd), ministro della Difesa del governo Conte II, ha comunicato alle commissioni parlamentari il passaggio alla fase 2 del programma di acquisto degli F-35 della statunitense Lockheed Martin. Passaggio preparato dal governo Conte I: il vicepremier Salvini (Lega) …
globalresearch.ca/gli-f-35-decollano-con-ali-bipartisan/5696338

Video: Why Are We Still in Afghanistan?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-29
The 9/11 attacks were categorized as act of war by a foreign nation (Afghanistan) against a member of the Atlantic Alliance (the USA). Afghanistan had attacked America. Under NATO\'s doctrine of collective security the terror attack on the WTC was an act of war by a foreign country against all NATO member states.
globalresearch.ca/video-why-are-we-still-afghanistan/5689009

Over 250 students arrested in Michigan by ICE in fake university scam
wsws.org | 2019-11-29
After arresting 161 students in January and February earlier this year, US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement revealed that they had detained an additional 91 students in an ongoing sting operation conducted by the federal agency.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/29/icfh-n29.html

Australian Labor Party shuts down parliamentary discussion on Assange
wsws.org | 2019-11-29
It is a glaring exposure of the thoroughly rotten character of the Labor Party that, on the issue of Assange, it is well to the right of Joyce, a conservative nationalist and populist.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/29/alpa-n29.html

Journalism is Not a Crime
Peter Biesterfeld | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-29
Every time we witness an injustice and do not act, we train ourselves to be passive in its presence. — Julian Assange In what Canadian news room is what\'s happening to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and to press freedom not worthy of the public\'s right to know? This week Swedish prosecutors dropped their sexual misconduct investigation …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/journalism-is-not-a-crime/

Visiting Britain\'s Political Prisoner. Julian Assange
John Pilger | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-29
I set out at dawn. Her Majesty\'s Prison Belmarsh is in the flat hinterland of south east London, a ribbon of walls and wire with no horizon. At what is called the visitors centre, I surrendered my passport, wallet, credit …
globalresearch.ca/visiting-britain-political-prisoner/5696279

Australia: Queensland parliament forum reflects growing support for Assange
wsws.org | 2019-11-29
While largely focussed on lobbying parliamentarians, the meeting gave expression to the deep-felt concern of working class and professional people over the persecution of the WikiLeaks founder.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/29/assa-n29.html

Activism For Palestine Must Create Spaces For Palestinian Narratives
IMEMC News & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-29
by Ramona Wadi, for Days of Palestine When, in December 2017, US President Donald Trump unilaterally recognised Jerusalem as Israel\'s capital, the protests in Palestine swiftly ignited a ripple of international solidarity. Activists in many countries protested against the decision, while world leaders repeated their carefully-crafted statements and considered their …
imemc.org/article/107742/

Trump Thanks Troops in Afghanistan, Says Taliban Want a Deal
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-29
The president in a surprise holiday visit says peace talks have restarted; Taliban spokesman says their stance on cease-fire is unchanged.
truthdig.com/articles/trump-thanks-troops-in-afghanistan-says-taliban-want-a-deal/

Trump Imperils the Peace Process
William Bell | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-29
The Trump administration\'s declaration that it does not consider Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory a violation of international law has torn up four decades of American policy, and risks making life even worse for the most marginalised groups …
globalresearch.ca/trump-imperils-the-peace-process/5696296

Colombia\'s Indigenous Peoples Join National Strike in Bogota
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-29
Indigenous organizations like the Cric from the Cauca province, arrived at the capital Thursday in order to support the workers, students, and campesinos that have so far been the core of the national protests against the conservative government. | RELATED: | US Stands by Colombia Govt during Protests, Pompeo tells Duque | Indigenous leaders will be participating in a meeting on Friday at 8 a.m., local time, in order to coordin…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombias-Indigenous-Peoples-Join-National-Strike-in-Bogota-20191129-0006.html

Seattle +20: What the Global Justice Movement Got Right
Sameer Dossani | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
Twenty years ago, protesters forced the cancellation of parts of the third ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle. A combination of internal advocacy within the ministerial and protests outside (The Battle of Seattle) stopped the WTO from carrying out an agenda designed to enrich corporate elites and impoverish everyone else. At the…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/seattle-20-what-the-global-justice-movement-got-right/

The Seattle WTO Uprising & the Indymedia Movement, Twenty Years Later
Kollibri terre Sonnenblume | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
This week marks the 20th anniversary of the WTO protests in Seattle. The event was a spark set to dry kindling, and the flames that raced across the nation afterwards danced for a few years before they were smothered. As a moment, it was transformative for many people, myself included; my own life trajectory took…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/the-seattle-wto-uprising-the-indymedia-movement-twenty-years-later/

Iraqis Rise Up Against 16 Years of \'Made in the USA\' Corruption
Nicolas J S Davies | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
As Americans sat down to Thanksgiving dinner, Iraqis were mourning 40 protesters killed by police and soldiers on Thursday in Baghdad, Najaf and Nasiriyah. Nearly 400 protesters have been killed since hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets at the beginning of October. Human rights groups have described the crisis in Iraq as a \"bloodbath,\" Prime Minister Abdul-Mahdi has announced he will…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/iraqis-rise-up-against-16-years-of-made-in-the-usa-corruption/

UN: Unnecessary and Disproportionate Repression in Ecuador
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-29
Repression by the security forces in Ecuador against protesters between October 3rd and 13th was unnecessary and disproportionate, according to the United Nations Office for Human Rights found. | RELATED: | Pierina Correa: Brother Would Return With Judicial Guarantees | The world organization issued a statement confirming the violation of the human rights of Ecuadoreans who went out to protest against the package of economic measures imposed by President Lenin Moreno. | The document, released this Friday, states that during the days of popular mobilizations there were new deaths, 1,507 injured, including 43…
telesurenglish.net/news/un-unnecessary-and-disproportionate-repression-in-ecuador-20191129-0010.html

Global Strikes to Pressure U.N. Climate Summit COP25
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-29
Thousands of protesters have marched all around the world demanding from governments more solid and energetic actions to stop global warming, just a few days before the conference held in Madrid, next December 2nd, as a part of the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP25). | RELATED: | UNEP Warns 3.2 C Temperature Rise Despite Paris Agreement | The strikes began in Australia, where people affected by hundreds of forest fires that devastate…
telesurenglish.net/news/global-strikes-to-pressure-un-climate-summit–20191129-0005.html

Australia: Queensland parliament forum reflects growing support for Assange
wsws.org | 2019-11-29
While largely focussed on lobbying parliamentarians, the meeting gave expression to the deep-felt concern of working class and professional people over the persecution of the WikiLeaks founder.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/29/assa-n29.html

Australian Labor Party shuts down parliamentary discussion on Assange
wsws.org | 2019-11-29
It is a glaring exposure of the thoroughly rotten character of the Labor Party that, on the issue of Assange, it is well to the right of Joyce, a conservative nationalist and populist.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/29/alpa-n29.html

Over 250 students arrested in Michigan by ICE in fake university scam
wsws.org | 2019-11-29
After arresting 161 students in January and February earlier this year, US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement revealed that they had detained an additional 91 students in an ongoing sting operation conducted by the federal agency.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/29/icfh-n29.html

Animal activists banned via Whole Foods\' restraining order hold 24-hour fast & protest in Oakland
DXE | indybay.org | 2019-11-29
Activists say Whole Foods\' parent-company Amazon continually seeks to silence animal cruelty and transparency concerns with heavy-handed legal actions…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828452.php

Trump Claims that Nicaragua Is a \"National Security Threat\" to Legitimize U.S. Economic Aggression
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-29
Nicaragua has been experiencing a political crisis since mid-April 2018 when a reform of the Social Security system was used as a pretext to unleash pro-U.S. violent protests against the government of President Daniel Ortega. | The ruling party detected and …
globalresearch.ca/trump-claims-nicaragua-national-security-threat-legitimize-u-s-economic-aggression/5696261

Seattle +20: What the Global Justice Movement Got Right
Sameer Dossani | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
Twenty years ago, protesters forced the cancellation of parts of the third ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle. A combination of internal advocacy within the ministerial and protests outside (The Battle of Seattle) stopped the WTO from carrying out an agenda designed to enrich corporate elites and impoverish everyone else. At the…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/seattle-20-what-the-global-justice-movement-got-right/

The Seattle WTO Uprising & the Indymedia Movement, Twenty Years Later
Kollibri terre Sonnenblume | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
This week marks the 20th anniversary of the WTO protests in Seattle. The event was a spark set to dry kindling, and the flames that raced across the nation afterwards danced for a few years before they were smothered. As a moment, it was transformative for many people, myself included; my own life trajectory took…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/the-seattle-wto-uprising-the-indymedia-movement-twenty-years-later/

Why the UkraineGate Hearings Didn\'t Move the Dial
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
CNN and MSDNC\'s talking heads seemed surprised and disappointed that the recent televised impeachment hearings do not appear to have moved any but a small number of Republicans into supporting the impeachment and removal of the demented fascist oligarch Donald Trump. Liberals roll their eyes while discussing surveys showing that Republican voters are unmoved by…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/why-the-ukrainegate-hearings-didnt-move-the-dial/

Iran May be the Only Winner in Iraq
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-29
Intelligence documents reveal how Tehran took advantage of US blundering | The American invasion of Iraq and the overthrow of that nation\'s government in 2003 has rightly been described as the greatest foreign policy disaster in the history of the United …
globalresearch.ca/iran-only-winner-iraq/5696211

Israel\'s Next Move: The Real Danger in US Decision to Normalize Illegal Jewish Settlements
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
It is hardly shocking that the United States government has finally decreed that illegal Jewish settlements which have been built in defiance of international law, are, somehow, \"consistent\" with international law. US foreign policy has been edging closer towards this conclusion for some time. Since his advent to the White House in January 2017, President…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/israels-next-move-the-real-danger-in-us-decision-to-normalize-illegal-jewish-settlements/

Britain\'s Chief Rabbi Is Helping to Stoke Antisemitism against Corbyn
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-29
Chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has not only misrepresented the known facts about Labour and its supposed antisemitism crisis. He has not only interfered in an overtly, politically partisan manner in the December 12 election campaign by suggesting that Jeremy Corbyn | …
globalresearch.ca/britain-chief-rabbi-helping-stoke-antisemitism/5696189

The Hong Kong Local Elections Were a Monumental Defeat for Fake News, Not China
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-29
Marsha Blackburn, a Republican Senator from Tennessee, burnished her anti-China hawk credentials by ridiculously tweeting that the Hong Kong local elections were a \"monumental defeat\" for \"pro-China lawmakers\". The politician has been on a hostile anti-Chinese spree all this …
globalresearch.ca/hong-kong-local-elections-monumental-defeat-fake-news-not-china/5696183

India\'s \'Military Diplomacy\' Has Been a Mixed Bag of Success
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-29
India\'s practice of \"military diplomacy\" in holding joint drills with a variety of Great Powers and regional states has been a mixed bag of success since the former has resulted in sending positive signals about \"multi-alignment\" while the latter risks …
globalresearch.ca/india-military-diplomacy-success/5696197

Part of the Same Hypocrisy
Philip A Farruggio | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-29
In Godfather 2 there is a riveting (in its bluntness) scene involving Michael Corleone and Nevada Senator Pat Geary. At his son\'s confirmation party, in a private meeting room, the senator wants a hefty bribe to help with a new …
globalresearch.ca/same-hypocrisy/5696263

Turkey Holds NATO Hostage Until Syria-related Demands Are Met
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-29
NATO is in a state of division and instability with the US, Turkey, and France at odds, providing President Trump with the perfect opportunity to pull out of both NATO and the UN. | Next week NATO will be holding its …
globalresearch.ca/turkey-holds-nato-hostage-syria-related-demands-met/5696218

Bolivia — The Danger of \"Neoliberalism with Fascist Characteristics\"
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-29
A relevant article by Thierry Meyssan has been published that reveals the deep historical fascist/catholic links leading up to the coup in Bolivia and the danger that may lie ahead as a result. It is important to be aware of …
globalresearch.ca/bolivia-danger-neoliberalism-fascist-characteristics/5696246

Modern-day Artistic Reaction: The New York Times Considers \"Canceling\" French Painter Paul Gauguin
David Walsh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-29
According to Victoria Charles, a biographer of French Post-Impressionist painter Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), the artist died in Atuona, in the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia, \"having lost a futile and fatally exhausting battle with colonial officials, threatened with a …
globalresearch.ca/modern-day-philistinism-reaction-new-york-times-considers-canceling-french-painter-paul-gauguin/5696171

Video: Is Northeastern Syria Turning into A Death Trap for Russia?
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-29
The northeastern part of Syria remains one of the main hot points of the conflict despite the ceasefire regime formally declared in the region. | Clashes between Turkish-backed armed groups, on the one side, and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) …
globalresearch.ca/video-northeastern-syria-turning-death-trap-russia/5696250

Native leader says Trump\'s empty promises won\'t halt crisis of murdered Indigenous women
Brenda Norrell | indybay.org | 2019-11-29
Ohlone Chair Dee Dee Ybarra said Trump\'s empty promises to halt the ongoing genocide of missing and murdered Indigenous women is no more than political rhetoric aimed at getting votes.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/28/18828454.php

National Climate Strike: Die-ins, March, Vigil in Santa Rosa
Sonoma County Sunrise Hub | indybay.org | 2019-11-29
Old Courthouse Square, 3rd & Santa Rosa Ave and 4th & Mendocino Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 95404…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828435.php

National Climate Strike in Palo Alto
350 Silicon Valley | indybay.org | 2019-11-29
Lytton Plaza, intersection of University Ave & Emerson Street, Palo Alto 94301…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/25/18828414.php

National Climate Strike in Oakland
Youth vs. Apocalypse and others | indybay.org | 2019-11-29
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA, 94612…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/25/18828415.php

Black Friday Climate Strike at State Capitol Sacramento
Fridays For Future Sacramento | indybay.org | 2019-11-29
California State Capitol, North Steps, 1100 L Street, Sacramento , CA 95814…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828433.php

National Climate Strike at UC Davis
Sunrise Movement Davis | indybay.org | 2019-11-29
UC Davis Quad, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828438.php

National Climate Strike in Sonoma
Sonoma High School Earth Club | indybay.org | 2019-11-29
Sonoma Plaza, 453 1st St E, Sonoma, CA 95476…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828437.php

National Climate Strike in San Ramon
Sunrise Movement San Ramon | indybay.org | 2019-11-29
Tri Valley area: San Ramon City Hall, 7000 Bollinger Canyon Rd, San Ramon 94582…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828430.php

National Climate Strikes in Mill Valley
two events | indybay.org | 2019-11-29
11 AM @ Depot Plaza Mill Valley, 87 Throckmorton Ave, Mill Valley, CA 94941 | 3 PM @ The Redwoods Corner, Miller Ave & Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA 94941…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828432.php

National Climate Strike in San Rafael
350Marin, Sierra Club, and others | indybay.org | 2019-11-29
San Rafael City Plaza, 1000 4th Street, San Rafael, CA 94960…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828431.php

The Impunity Doctrine: The Meek Shall be Buried Beneath the Earth
Jennifer Matsui | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
The ruling class are feeling the heat. By feeling the heat, I mean they are disproportionately perturbed by toothless condemnation of their tax-avoiding wealth accumulation by presidential hopefuls looking to shore up \"progressive\" support during the primaries. Never mind that this highly scripted spectacle is underwritten by Wall Street, and its executive producers are the…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/the-impunity-doctrine-the-meek-shall-be-buried-beneath-the-earth/

Gas Mask in a Shopping Bag: Looking Back at WTO Seattle
Peter Knutson | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
WTO one-year anniversary rally, 2000, Seattle Central Community College I\'ve never been much of a shopper, particularly at places like Nordstrom\'s or the Gap, (I like Value Village) but today since we\'re marching downtown to celebrate N30 I brought a couple of shopping bags with me. It\'s a good idea to bring your own bags…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/gas-mask-in-a-shopping-bag-looking-back-at-wto-seattle/

Bolivia: Anatomy of a Coup
Jeff Mackler and Lazaro Monteverde | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
On Sunday, October 20 Evo Morales was re-elected president of Bolivia with 46.85 per cent of the vote against his nearest competitor, Carlos Mesa, who received 36.74 percent. In anticipation of a Morales victory the U.S. corporate media launched a fake news disinformation barrage nine days earlier aimed at discrediting the result and setting the…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/bolivia-anatomy-of-a-coup/

The Grand Illusion
Carl Boggs | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
As the ecological crisis deepens, nearing the infamous Tipping Point — taking us closer to planetary catastrophe — we are being led to believe that an imminent \"greening\" of the world economy will deliver us from a very dark future. Somehow, against all logic, we have adopted a collective faith in the willingness of ruling governments and corporations to do the right thing. Carbon footprints will be drastically reduced thanks to a combination of market stratagems and technological magic. While greenhouse mitigation seamlessly advances, the ruling forces can return to what they do best — indulge…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/the-grand-illusion-2/

Gleaning the Dumps of Deonar: \"I Was Born in Garbage, I Will Die in Garbage\"
Shraddha Agarwal | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
Kitabun Nisa Shaikh is standing on the edge of a hillock of rubble and garbage, picking out plastic from a nallah slowly flowing by her house in Rafiq Nagar. Some of the waste has slithered there from the adjoining Deonar landfill, some of it is garbage thrown right into the open drain. Using a long…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/gleaning-the-dumps-of-deonar-i-was-born-in-garbage-i-will-die-in-garbage/

Across the Balkans: Banja Luka
Matthew Stevenson | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
An account of a journey from Croatia to Kosovo, by way of Bosnia-Hercegovina and Serbia, and with a detour into Montenegro. This is part II of a series. The bus to Banja Luka, presumably filled with Bosnian Serbs (perhaps the most unloved people in the Balkans), departed on-time around 3: 00 p.m. On the way to…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/across-the-balkans-banja-luka/

Why Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis is Wrong About Labor Anti-Semitism
Michael Barker | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
The Tories strategy for \'hiding\' their deep-rooted racism involves them perpetuating gratuitous acts of racism so regularly that they are effectively normalised. Nothing to report here apparently. Yet the corporate-owned, Tory-supporting media can\'t stop discussing Labour\'s alleged racism, which has them furiously salivating over Jeremy Corbyn\'s covert anti-Semitism. The main reason for this focus revolves…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/why-chief-rabbi-ephraim-mirvis-is-wrong-about-labor-anti-semitism/

Trump Sentences Future War Criminals to Death
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
On November 15, US president Donald Trump pardoned two US Army officers accused of war crimes (one convicted, the other awaiting trial). Trump also re-promoted US Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher from Petty Officer First Class to Chief Petty Officer. Gallagher was convicted of a minor war crime (posing for a photo with a corpse) after…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/trump-sentences-future-war-criminals-to-death/

When Trump Became Messiah to the American Right
Natalie Dowzicky | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
The Divine Right of Rulers isn\'t a new concept–it\'s one of the oldest and worst political tricks in the book. So when Energy Secretary Rick Perry appeared on Fox News and referred to President Trump as the \"chosen one\" and \"sent by God to do great things,\" no one should have been shocked. Of course,…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/when-trump-became-messiah-to-the-american-right/

Scorsese\'s Irishman, Dobbs\' Hoffa
Louis Proyect | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
This fall, I\'ve suffered through some of the worst Hollywood films I\'ve seen in eighteen years of film reviewing. Each year I get a bunch of DVDs or Vimeo links from Hollywood studios to influence the ballot I cast for the NY Film Critics Online (NYFCO) awards meeting in early December. This year I began…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/scorseses-irishman-dobbs-hoffa/

Privacy and Big Tech\'s Surveillance of Our Lives and Bodies
Julian Vigo | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
Data privacy is the biggest tech human rights concern today. While this contention might seem exaggerated to some, to most people working in tech today experts are aware of how new technology poses serious threats to our privacy as the recent case of Google\'s recent purchase of Fitbit which ensures the tech giant\'s reach into…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/privacy-and-big-techs-surveillance-of-our-lives-and-bodies/

Street Fighting Man: The Night New York City Cops Beat Me Bloody
Jonah Raskin | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
I know your eyes are glued to the circus in D.C. and the slaughter that\'s taking place in Afghanistan and half-a-dozen other places in a world that\'s on fire. I\'m paying close attention, too. I\'m also paying attention to my strangely electrifying memories of the night I was arrested and beaten by a dozen or so…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/street-fighting-man-the-night-new-york-city-cops-beat-me-bloody/

Britain\'s Chief Rabbi is Helping to Stoke antisemitism
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
Chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has not only misrepresented the known facts about Labour and its supposed antisemitism crisis. He has not only interfered in an overtly, politically partisan manner in the December 12 election campaign by suggesting that Jeremy Corbyn — against all evidence — is an antisemite. By speaking out as the voice of British Jews…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/britains-chief-rabbi-is-helping-to-stoke-antisemitism/

As Global Inequality Rises, So Are the Movements Fighting It
Jenny Ricks | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
This week we as Fight Inequality Alliance have released our first report, The State of the Growing Movement Fighting Inequality. We aimed to begin balancing the plethora of research on inequality — its causes and symptoms, as well as the data crunching and killer stats that others have been doing so well since inequality has…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/as-global-inequality-rises-so-are-the-movements-fighting-it/

Evo Morales and the Rights of Mother Earth
Ellen Taylor | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
I lived in Bolivia for about 9 months in 1991, in a small town near Vinto. Vinto is the place where, a couple of week ago, a mob of thugs dragged the mayor, Patricia Arce, out of her office, cut all her hair off, drenched her in red paint and shoved her barefoot through the…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/evo-morales-and-the-rights-of-mother-earth/

What is Happening in Spain?
Vicente Navarro | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
The transition from dictatorship to democracy in Spain (1978) was carried out under conditions very favorable to the profoundly conservative forces that controlled the Spanish state and the majority of the media. The democratic forces (lead by the clandestine left wing parties) were institutionally weak. It is true that popular resistance against the dictatorship had been strong primarily among the working class, the base of these parties. Spain had the largest number of political strikes in Europe during the transition period (1975-1979), which played an important role in forcing the end of the extremely repress…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/what-is-happening-in-spain/

What Should You Do About Climate Change?
Manuel García, Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
Earth\'s climate is changing before our eyes, and at a faster rate than given by all previous scientific predictions. The melting of glaciers and permafrost, and the methane burping from tundras and the Arctic Sea; the enhanced power of hurricanes, rain and snow storms, and floods; the swelling of the oceans and the creeping inundation…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/what-should-you-do-about-climate-change/

Thanksgiving 2019: Where Are We Now?
Andrew Levine | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-29
Thanksgiving is a fine time to take stock. As it happens, this year, with Congress in recess and the president spending more time than usual mentally decomposing and sending out tweets too absurd to warrant a passing comment, it is an especially fine time to take stock of how matters stand with Democrats and Republicans,…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/29/thanksgiving-2019-where-are-we-now/

Trump signs Hong Kong \"democracy\" bill
wsws.org | 2019-11-29
Entitled the \"Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act\"–and passed by the US Congress with only one dissenting voice in the House of Representatives so it was veto-proof–the legislation has nothing to do with either.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/29/hong-n29.html

Oakland Raids Housing Justice Village: Being Houseless Is Not a Crime
Cat Brooks | indybay.org | 2019-11-29
Last night, dozens of unhoused community members with The Village and East Oakland Collective placed their tents on the lawn of City Hall; demanding to be seen, heard and helped by city officials. Instead they were terrorized, brutalized, arrested and taken to Santa Rita Jail.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/25/18828416.php

Delay in publication of UK security report used to feed anti-Russian campaign
wsws.org | 2019-11-29
Allegations of Russian attempts to influence the UK\'s 2016 EU referendum and 2017 general election reveal sharp factional disputes within the British bourgeoisie.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/29/russ-n29.html

Fire Brigades Union study exposes decades of deregulation and cost cutting that led to Grenfell Tower inferno–Part 1
wsws.org | 2019-11-29
The FBU\'s study is all the more important in the context of a concerted smear campaign by the media and the official Grenfell Tower Inquiry, which have set out to cover up the principal causes of the fire and shift the blame towards the London Fire Brigade and firefighters.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/29/fir1-n29.html