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

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

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

Alternative Media promotes Canadian Foreign Policy
Yves Engler | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-29
Why would an alternative media website that questions government and corporate policies about climate change and the environment have so much trouble understanding that the same sort of skepticism is necessary regarding Canadian foreign policy? Imagine a self-declared progressive media outlet saying they don\'t cover racism, patriarchy or the dispossession of First Nations because they …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/alternative-media-promotes-canadian-foreign-policy/

COP25: UN climate change conference, 5 things you need to know
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-29
Climate change is happening–the world is already 1.1 ∞C warmer than it was at the onset of the industrial revolution, and it is already having a significant impact on the world, and on people\'s lives. And if current trends persist, then global temperatures can be expected to rise by 3.4 to 3.9 ∞C this century, which would bring wide-ranging and destructive climate impacts. | That\'s the stark warning from the international community ahead of the 2019 UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP25, which gets underway in the Spanish capital, Madrid, on 2 December. So, just two months after the Secre…
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1052251

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

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

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

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

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

Explosive Leaked US-UK Trade Papers: Lowering Food and Health Standards under Brexit, Britain\'s NHS, \"Chlorinated Chicken\" Already on Table in US Trade Talks
Global Justice Now | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-29
Trade campaigners have welcomed the release of leaked papers detailing trade talks between the Trump administration and British government officials, which show the US government pushing Britain into as hard a Brexit as possible because they see this as the …
globalresearch.ca/explosive-leaked-trade-papers-show-nhs-chlorinated-chicken-table-us-trade-talks/5696228

The answer to the climate crisis is obvious: ban climate protests
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-29
environment Carlo SandsIssue 1247 Australia Carlo\'s CornerNovember 29, 2019As Australia burns amid record-breaking temperatures and ongoing drought, and report a…
greenleft.org.au/content/answer-climate-crisis-obvious-ban-climate-protests

The October uprising in Iraq
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-29
anti-government protest Susan Price Abeer Hasan AbdulazeezIssue 1247 Iraq 2019 Iraq protestsNovember 28, 2019Since early October, there has been a spontaneous wave of demonstr…
greenleft.org.au/content/october-uprising-iraq

The media\'s Palestine problem
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-29
international solidarity Sue BoltonIssue 1247 Australia fighting fund PalestineNovember 29, 2019ABC\'s November 25 Q&A program discussed the push by the United States to recognise illegal Israeli…
greenleft.org.au/content/media-palestine-problem

Operation Condor 2.0: After Bolivia coup, Trump dubs Nicaragua \'national security threat\' and targets Mexico
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-28
After presiding over a far-right coup in Bolivia, the US dubbed Nicaragua a \"national security threat\" and announced new sanctions,…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/27/operation-condor-2-coup-trump-nicaragua-mexico/

How a Would-be Thanksgiving Argument Can Spawn a Revolution
Sam Husseini | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-28
It\'s become something of a cliché: Many people dread Thanksgiving in part because they have to break bread with friends — and especially relatives — who they adamantly disagree with politically. One is pro-immigration, the other wants to build a bigger wall, etc. But what if this apparently annoying encounter was actually a blessing? I…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/28/how-a-would-be-thanksgiving-argument-can-spawn-a-revolution/

Biden Claimed He Wanted to Earn Every Vote
Carlos E. Rojas Rodriguez | thenation.com | 2019-11-28
Biden Claimed He Wanted to Earn Every Vote…
thenation.com/article/biden-south-carolina-immigration/

Five dead in Minneapolis, Minnesota high-rise fire
wsws.org | 2019-11-28
Most of the victims were Somali immigrants in a neighborhood near the city\'s downtown area.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/28/minn-n28.html

Occupied Palestine: The Most Enduring Media Cover-up
Alison Weir | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-28
Clearing the FOG hosts Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese interviewed Alison Weir, journalist and founder of If Americans Knew, a website that provides factual information about the Israeli State and Palestine. Weir describes how she learned firsthand that US …
globalresearch.ca/most-enduring-media-cover-up/5696152

The Sword, the Pen and the Law — On Julian Assange
Prof. Barbara Harriss-White | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-28
\"The more I pursued the question of why Assange has so little public support, the more disturbing the story became.\" | I follow the blog written by Craig Murray, a former British Ambassador with long experience of the UK\'s deep …
globalresearch.ca/sword-pen-law-julian-assange/5696222

On State Contravention of the Genocide Convention
J.B. Gerald | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-28
I\'d like to note two articles by Professor Michel Chossudovsky published this November in Global Research: they help explain the current denigration of the Convention on Genocide. When we grow accustomed to our system\'s atrocities we lessen our humanity. In an article of November 13th, 20191 Chossudovsky outlines the history of George H.W. Bush\'s father, …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/on-state-contravention-of-the-genocide-convention/

How to Commit War Crimes and Get Away With It
Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-28
U.S. President Donald Trump sacked his Navy secretary on Twitter. The main reason is that the Navy secretary did not follow Trump\'s advice regarding Navy Special Warfare Operator Edward Gallagher. Trump wanted Gallagher to retain his position as a Navy Seal. Gallagher was accused of stabbing to death a wounded fighter of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) in 2017; he was also accused of other incidents of murder (of a schoolgirl and an elderly man), and then of obstruction of justice. In July 2019, a military court acquitted Gallagher of most of the charges but found him guilty of posing with the bod…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/28/how-to-commit-war-crimes-and-get-away-with-it/

Labour offers \'by far the most ambitious\' pledges on tree planting ahead of climate debate
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-11-28
On 28 November, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn unveiled a commitment to create 10 new national parks to tackle the climate crisis. He also promised to set an example for his plans to sow two billion trees by 2040 by planting one given to him by Extinction Rebellion (XR) activists in Downing Street. | Speaking to supporters in Southampton FC\'s stadium, Corbyn revealed that he would plant a hornbeam tree he\'d received from climate protesters in a \"really nice place\" in Number 10. This comes as seven XR hunger strikers remain ou…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/11/28/labour-offers-by-far-the-most-ambitious-pledges-on-tree-planting-ahead-of-climate-debate/

The DNC Refuses to Take Climate Change Seriously
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-28
The committee\'s chair told activists the issue would be discussed in the primary debates \"early and often,\" but that has not been the case.
truthdig.com/articles/the-dnc-refuses-to-take-climate-change-seriously/

Trump\'s Climate Recklessness Is Grounds for Impeachment
Ralph Nader | commondreams.org | 2019-11-28
Members of the activist group Remove Trump unfurled a 600 sq ft banner with the impeachment clause from the U.S. Constitution as they marched on Fifth Avenue in front of Trump Tower reciting Article II Section IV of the U.S. Constitution: \"High Crimes and Misdemeanors\". (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/impeach_trump_climate_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/28/trumps-climate-recklessness-grounds-impeachment?cd-origin=rss

Animal activists banned via Whole Foods\' restraining order hold 24-hour fast & protest in Oakland
DXE | indybay.org | 2019-11-28
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

Labour\'s New Internationalism: Chagos and Western Sahara
Elliot Murphy | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-28
There are a number of issues pertaining to UK foreign policy which campaigners and activists have long believed will forever reside at the margins. Never to be taught in schools or discussed on panel shows, these sidelined issues affecting the \'unpeople\' wordlessly trampled by consecutive British governments were assumed to remain hidden in little-reported legal…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/28/labours-new-internationalism-chagos-and-western-sahara/

Prompted by Local Activists, Congressman McGovern Condemns the Coup in Bolivia
Celina Stien-della Croce | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-28
Thirteen of us squeezed into Congressman Jim McGovern\'s small office in Northampton, Massachusetts, far outnumbering the number of chairs available. At the head of the table sat Koby Gardner-Levine, the congressman\'s Northampton district representative. Outside, a couple dozen more stood in the near-freezing temperature chanting, \"Evo, amigo, el pueblo está contigo\" (Evo, brother, the people are…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/28/prompted-by-local-activists-congressman-mcgovern-condemns-the-coup-in-bolivia/

Remember the Oath of the Elbe
Jeremy Kuzmarov | progressive.org | 2019-11-28
On April 25, 1945, American and Russian soldiers linked up at the Elbe River and made a pledge for peace that we should heed today.
progressive.org/dispatches/remember-the-oath-of-the-elbe-kuzmarov-191128/

Iran Says at Least 8 CIA Assets Arrested, Blames US for Torching Hundreds of Banks
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-28
Hundreds of banks were attacked during recent major protests, and Iranian authorities say 7,000 demonstrators were arrested.
theantimedia.com/iran-says-at-least-8-cia-assets-arrested-blames-us-for-torching-hundreds-of-banks/

Media wonder: Why can\'t Venezuela be more like Bolivia?
Joshua Cho | mronline.org | 2019-11-28
Western corporate media outlets have often cried foul when foreign elections don\'t go the way the U.S. empire wants them to, and find roundabout ways to label the violent attempts by vocal right-wing minorities to use military forces to overthrow leftist governments as \"protests\" rather than coups (FAIR.org, 5/16/18, 5/1/19). | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/28/media-wonder-why-cant-venezuela-be-more-like-bolivia/

In defiance of repression, Colombian workers mount second national strike in the past week
wsws.org | 2019-11-28
In the face of intense police repression that has already killed four protesters, workers and youth took to the streets to voice their hostility to the right-wing Duque administration.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/28/colo-n28.html

Are We on the Path to War? — Middle East Heats Up While Viewers Watch the Impeachment
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-28
Americans and also much of the rest of the world have been watching or otherwise following the impeachment proceedings in Washington and not paying much attention to developments in the Middle East that could be setting the stage for a …
globalresearch.ca/path-war-middle-east-heats-up-while-viewers-watch-impeachment/5696163

US Is Again Complicit in an Illegal Coup, this Time in Bolivia
Prof. Marjorie Cohn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-28
Once again, the United States is complicit in an illegal coup d\'état in Latin America, this time in Bolivia. On November 10, a right-wing, anti-Indigenous group seized power after the Bolivian military\'s removal of President Evo Morales, who had …
globalresearch.ca/us-complicit-illegal-coup-bolivia/5696194

US Vows to \'Reinforce\' Sanctions, Accuses Venezuela and Cuba of Stirring Regional \'Strife\'
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-11-28
Elliott Abrams reiterated support for Guaido and denied that sanctions are damaging the Venezuelan economy.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14734

Tory PM Johnson Wants Britain\'s National Health Service Privatized
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-28
On Wednesday, Britain\'s Labor Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn released secret Tory/Trump regime trade documents, showing Britain\'s National Health Service (NHS) is on the table for privatization. | Does Tory leader Boris Johnson want healthcare in Britain transformed into a US …
globalresearch.ca/tory-pm-johnson-wants-britains-national-health-service-privatized/5696230

Beijing Slams US Anti-China Legislation
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-28
Time and again, the US unacceptably meddles in the internal affairs of other countries — what the UN Charter\'s principle of non-intervention prohibits. | House and Senate members unanimously passed the so-called Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act (HKHRDA) of …
globalresearch.ca/beijing-slams-us-anti-china-legislation/5696233

Labour reveals major plan to restore Britain\'s \'vital\' wildlife and tackle climate crisis
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-28
Labour is pledging to plant two billion trees by 2040 and create 10 new national parks as part of its plans to tackle the climate crisis. | Jeremy Corbyn is committing to spending £3.7bn in capital investment for the planting programme and habitat restoration if he wins the election. | Friends of the Earth welcomed the planting plan as \"by far the most ambitious\" of all the parties\' tree pledges, which are aimed at capturing atmospheric carbon to offset emissions. | Labour wants the 10 new protected parks to be added to the 15 existing ones during its first term if Corbyn triumphs in the 12 December general…
thecanary.co/discovery/news-discovery/2019/11/28/labour-reveals-major-plan-to-restore-britains-vital-wildlife-and-tackle-climate-crisis/

Renewed surge in US mergers
wsws.org | 2019-11-28
Last Monday alone, takeover deals amounting to more than $70 billion were announced as multinational firms sought to tighten their grip on the markets in which they operate.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/28/merg-n28.html

A Nation Run by Billionaires and Lobbyists
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-28
In 1961, I left Greece for the United States. The reason for that life-changing decision was education. The University of Illinois and the University of Wisconsin welcomed me and gave me a free education. I earned my Bachelor\'s and Master\'s degrees from Illinois and my doctorate from Wisconsin. In college My education was a mixture…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/28/a-nation-run-by-billionaires-and-lobbyists/

Johnson\'s climate debate snub is no surprise when you look at what went down in the leaked trade talks
Glen Black | thecanary.co | 2019-11-28
New analysis of the leaked trade talk papers shows that climate change was off the table in discussions with the US. And the reasons behind it hint at why Boris Johnson has refused to appear on Channel 4\'s climate debate. | Avoiding the climate crisis: | Social justice group Global Justice Now (GJN) published its analysis of the secret trade talks between the Tories and the US government. And while much popular focus has been o…
thecanary.co/uk/analysis/2019/11/28/johnsons-climate-debate-snub-is-no-surprise-when-you-look-at-what-went-down-in-the-leaked-trade-talks/

National Climate Strike at UC Davis
Sunrise Movement Davis | indybay.org | 2019-11-28
UC Davis Quad, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828438.php

Dear DNC, What Happened to All Those \'Early and Often\' Climate Debate Questions?
Julie Hollar | commondreams.org | 2019-11-28
DNC chairman Tom Perez speaks to a crowd at a Democratic National Committee event at Flourish in Atlanta on June 6, 2019 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo: Dustin Chambers/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/tom_perez_dnc_climate_debate.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/28/dear-dnc-what-happened-all-those-early-and-often-climate-debate-questions?cd-origin=rss

National Climate Strike: Die-ins, March, Vigil in Santa Rosa
Sonoma County Sunrise Hub | indybay.org | 2019-11-28
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 San Rafael
350Marin, Sierra Club, and others | indybay.org | 2019-11-28
San Rafael City Plaza, 1000 4th Street, San Rafael, CA 94960…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828431.php

National Climate Strike in San Ramon
Sunrise Movement San Ramon | indybay.org | 2019-11-28
Tri Valley area: San Ramon City Hall, 7000 Bollinger Canyon Rd, San Ramon 94582…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/27/18828430.php

Trump backs Hong Kong protesters, signs \'human rights\' bill… \'out of respect for President Xi\'?
rt.com | 2019-11-28
President Donald Trump has approved legislation backing Hong Kong\'s \'pro-democracy\' protest movement, disregarding Beijing\'s repeated warnings for Washington to mind its own business and stop meddling in China\'s internal affairs. | Dubbed the \'Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act,\' the bill blazed through both houses of Congress earlier this month with virtually unanimous consent from lawmakers. In addition to threatening sanctions over human rights violations, the law requires the State Department to \"certify\" once a year whether Hong Kong enjoys sufficient \"autonomy,\" though exactly how officials will qu…
rt.com/usa/474514-trump-signs-hong-kong-bills/

Trump\'s impeachment and the US \'national interest\'
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-28
democracy Barry SheppardIssue 1247 United States Donald Trump impeachmentNovember 28, 2019The Democratic impeachment inquiry began when a \"whistleblower\" revealed that US President Donald Trump had pressured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to open a…
greenleft.org.au/content/trump%E2%80%99s-impeachment-and-us-%E2%80%98national-interest%E2%80%99

How to commit war crimes–and get away with it
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-11-27
U.S. President Donald Trump sacked his Navy secretary on Twitter because he did not follow Trump\'s advice and retain Navy Special Warfare Operator Edward Gallagher, despite Gallagher being accused of stabbing to death a wounded fighter, of murdering a schoolgirl and an elderly man, and then of obstructing justice. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/27/how-to-commit-war-crimes-and-get-away-with-it/

AOC Raised More Money Than Any Other House Democrat in Third Quarter
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-27
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez raised more money for reelection than any other House Democrat in the third quarter of 2019, an achievement the New York Democrat touted as a testament to the power of grassroots fundraising over schmoozing with corporate lobbyists and wealthy executives. | The New York Post reported late Tuesday t…
truthout.org/articles/aoc-raised-more-money-than-any-other-house-democrat-in-third-quarter/

With the right-wing coup in Bolivia nearly complete, the junta is hunting down the last remaining dissidents
Wyatt Reed | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-27
On the day of my scheduled interview with a leftist Bolivian journalist, I learned that he had been disappeared. Every…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/27/right-wing-coup-bolivia-complete-junta-hunting-dissidents/

270 million people are migrants, who send home a staggering $689 billion
United Nations | news.un.org | 2019-11-27
The number of international migrants in 2019 is now estimated at 270 million and the top destination remains the United States, at nearly 51 million, the UN migration agency said on Wednesday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1052331

The Lies about Julian Assange Must Stop Now
John Pilger | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-27
Newspapers and other media in the United States and Britain have recently declared a passion for freedom of speech, especially the right to publish freely. They are worried by the \"Assange effect\". It is as if the struggle of truth-tellers like Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning is now a warning to them: that the thugs who dragged …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/the-lies-about-julian-assange-must-stop-now/

Doctors\' open letter defending Julian Assange wins global support
wsws.org | 2019-11-27
An open letter by doctors urging action to save the life of imprisoned WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange has received international media coverage, winning growing support among doctors.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/27/assa-n27.html

Australian PM rejects Pamela Anderson\'s appeal that his government defend Assange
wsws.org | 2019-11-27
The refusal of the Coalition and Labor to uphold Assange\'s rights as an Australian citizen is inextricably tied to their support for the US alliance and their own turn to police state measures.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/27/morr-n27.html

When Progressives in Congress Let Us Down, We Should Push Back
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-27
Last week, the Democratic leadership put an extension of the Patriot Act into a \"continuing resolution\" that averted a government shutdown. More than 95 percent of the Democrats in the House went along with it by voting for the resolution. Both co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Pramila Jayapal and Mark Pocan, voted yes. So…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/27/when-progressives-in-congress-let-us-down-we-should-push-back/

Asylum Seekers Are Being Misclassified Under Migrant Protection Protocols
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-27
A lawsuit was filed in a federal court in Brownsville, Texas, last Wednesday on the behalf of a 23-year-old woman who fled Honduras and was returned to the streets of Matamoros, Mexico, by U.S. immigration authorities in late July. | The petition filed on the behalf of the woman (identified as X.E.G.M. under conditions of anonymity requested by two San Antonio-based attorneys with San Antonio Region Justice For Our Neighbors) was one of a series of writ of habeas corpus petitions filed on the be…
truthout.org/articles/asylum-seekers-are-being-misclassified-under-migrant-protection-protocols/

Global Warming and the Ozone Layer: What\'s More Dangerous, CO2 or Nuclear War?
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Prof. Max Gluckman (1911-1975) showed how ritualized forms of rebellion against those in power \"through a controlled expression of hostility\" ultimately leads to the reinforcement of the established structures of authority. Is that not what is happening today? The movement against capitalism is funded and supported by capitalism.
globalresearch.ca/global-warming-and-the-ozone-layer-whats-more-dangerous-co2-or-nuclear-war/5690216

We\'re Still Waiting for \'Early and Often\' Climate Debate Questions
Julie Hollar | fair.org | 2019-11-27
As the Democratic Party prepared for its first presidential primary debates in June, climate activists pushed the DNC to schedule a single-issue debate on the climate crisis, given the urgency of the problem and the lack of attention given to it in previous debates. DNC chair Tom Perez refused, saying he had \"the utmost confidence\" that climate disruption would be discussed in the debates \"early and often\" (FAIR.org, 6/18/19). | Now that seven nights of debates have passed, and multiple…
fair.org/home/were-still-waiting-for-early-and-often-climate-debate-questions/

20 Years After Battle of Seattle, Activists Reflect on Historic WTO Protests
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-27
Twenty years ago this week, tens of thousands of activists gathered in Seattle to shut down a ministerial meeting of the World Trade Organization. Grassroots organizers successfully blocked world leaders, government trade ministers and corporate executives from meeting to sign a global trade deal that many called deeply undemocratic, harmful to workers\' rights, the environment and Indigenous people globally. On November 30, 1999, activists formed a human chain around the Seattle convention center…
truthout.org/video/20-years-after-battle-of-seattle-activists-reflect-on-historic-wto-protests/

Afghanistan Peace Talks More Likely Than Before: US Top General
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-27
The chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff Army General Mark Milley said Wednesday that the chances of a successful outcome from peace talks on ending the 18-year war in Afghanistan were higher than before and could happen in the \"near term.\" | RELATED: | Pentagon Chief in Afghanistan as US Aims to Restart Taliban Talks | \"With a bit of luck, we\'ll have successful negotiations in the near term, not too distant future,\" Milley added as he arrived in Afghanistan o…
telesurenglish.net/news/Afghanistan-Peace-Talks-More-Likely-Than-Before-US-Top-General-20191127-0009.html

How Empowering Women and Girls Can Help Solve the Climate Crisis
Jimmy Carter, Karin D. Ryan | commondreams.org | 2019-11-27
Making sure girls receive equal access to education and professional opportunities will unleash the untapped creativity that could produce needed breakthroughs. (Photo: Greenpeace) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/greenpeace_0.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/27/how-empowering-women-and-girls-can-help-solve-climate-crisis?cd-origin=rss

NATO Is as Good as Dead
Scott Ritter | truthdig.com | 2019-11-27
When the North Atlantic Treaty Organization was founded some 70 years ago, its first secretary-general, Lord Ismay, famously noted that the purpose of the treaty alliance was \"to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down.\" NATO\'s mission was to secure peace in Europe, promote cooperation among its members and guard their freedom by countering the threat posed by the Soviet Union at the time. This latter point was critical–by signing onto…
truthdig.com/articles/nato-is-as-good-as-dead/

Bolivian Police Gas Funeral March in Latest Crack-Down
Olivia Arigho-Stiles | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-27
Last Thursday thousands of people descended into La Paz from El Alto carrying the caskets of eight people shot dead by police earlier that week. Emotions were running high and protestors had tears streaming down their faces. They had assembled peacefully to demand justice.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/27/bolivian-police-gas-funeral-march-in-latest-crack-down/

Video: The Revolution Business: Does the USA Sponsor \"Color Revolutions\" and \"Regime Change\"?
Journeyman Pictures | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
First published in 2011, this carefully researched documentary, how the US manipulate protest movements and carry out \"color revolutions\". | The Revolution Business, 2011 — Consultants are helping people countries like Ukraine and Egypt build a foundation of knowledge in order …
globalresearch.ca/video-the-revolution-business-does-the-usa-sponsor-color-revolutions-and-regime-change/5518741

US Stands by Colombia Govt during Protests, Pompeo tells Duque
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-27
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed \"steadfast support\" to Colombia\'s far-right government as it faces public protests and marches against economic austerity plans, corruption and police violence, President Ivan Duque in a phone call on Wednesday, according to a State Department spokeswoman. | RELATED: | Colombia: Protests Intensify After a Young Man Was Shot Dead | \"Secretary Pompeo reaffirmed the United States\' steadfast support for the government of Colombia in its ef…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Stands-by-Colombia-Govt-during-Protests-Pompeo-tells-Duque-20191127-0011.html

With American Help, Lebanon Once Again Nears the Abyss
Charles Glass | thenation.com | 2019-11-27
With American Help, Lebanon Once Again Nears the Abyss…
thenation.com/article/lebanon-protest-syrian-war/

The High Crimes of Selling Churros and Loosies in NYC
Howard Lisnoff | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-27
Within about a half hour of going into an apartment complex in Harlem in New York City, I came out to hundreds of demonstrators chanting at the entrance to the ramp that leads to the Madison Avenue Bridge. That ramp connects the boroughs of the Bronx and Manhattan. Some protesters held signs reading Black Lives…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/27/the-high-crimes-of-selling-churros-and-loosies-in-nyc/

Will Impeachment Affect Trump\'s Reelection Chances?
John Feffer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-27
A protestor at Trump\'s inauguration (Photo: Mark Dixon via Wikimedia Commons) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/impeachment_0.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/27/will-impeachment-affect-trumps-reelection-chances?cd-origin=rss

Colombia: Protests Intensify After a Young Man Was Shot Dead
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-27
Colombian citizens took to the streets on Wednesday to participate in a national strike where expressions of outrage over the death of 18-year-old young Dilan Cruz abound. | RELATED: | Colombia: Strike Committee Rejects Expanded Dialogue With Gov\'t | Through social networks, Colombians were able to watch the precise moment in which an officer of the Mobile Anti-Disturbances Squadron (ESMAD) shot Dilan, who was running to avoid repression. | The scenes show that the police do not fo…
telesurenglish.net/news/Colombia-Protests-Intensify-After-a-Young-Man-Was-Shot-Dead-20191127-0005.html

The War on Syria: Vanessa Beeley\'s Lecture Tour in Canada
Ken Stone | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
We are pleased to announce a lecture tour of Canada by the internationally-acclaimed British journalist, Vanessa Beeley. | Ms. Beeley is one of only a handful of journalists in the world qualified to answer questions about the war in Syria …
globalresearch.ca/vanessa-beeley-lecture-tour-syria-canada/5696104

Media Lies About Syria, Trump Flip-Flops, Blunders?
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Recently The New York Times featured two op-eds by resident hacks Bret Stephens and Tom Friedman as well as a featured editorial, all on the subject of Syria and how the Trump administration has betrayed the American people. The pieces …
globalresearch.ca/media-lies-about-syria-trump-flip-flops-blunders/5696064

Why the Trump Regime Toppled Bolivia\'s Evo Morales. \"He Wasn\'t Our Guy\"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
In a word, he wasn\'t \"our guy\" in La Paz, Bolivia\'s political capital. | He didn\'t surrender the sovereign rights of the nation and people to US interests. | He was democratically elected and reelected four times, serving from January 22, 2006 …
globalresearch.ca/why-trump-regime-toppled-bolivia-evo-morales/5696096

Turkey Rejects US Demand to Return Russian S-400s
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
The capabilities of Russia\'s S-400 air defense system is unmatched by anything in the West. | China was Russia\'s first foreign buyer, its military saying it \"saw that the S-400 system by its capabilities today is unparalleled in the world in …
globalresearch.ca/turkey-rejects-us-demand-return-russian-s-400s/5696099

How Belfast Prepared Me for the Middle East
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-27
Compared to the Middle East, Northern Ireland was a safe assignment. Tragic, sectarian, brutal, hypocritical; the little civil war — for that is what it was — was what the British army\'s intelligence people called a \"low-intensity\" conflict. We journos did our stories. Then we went home to our rented accommodation in Belfast. And we…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/27/how-belfast-prepared-me-for-the-middle-east/

Israel\'s Next Move: The Real Danger in US Decision to Normalize Illegal Jewish Settlements
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-27
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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/israels-next-move-the-real-danger-in-us-decision-to-normalize-illegal-jewish-settlements/

Israel\'s Next Move: The Real Danger in US Decision to Normalize Illegal Jewish Settlements
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-27
U.S. foreign policy regarding the Israeli occupation has become a mere rubber stamp, that allows Israel\'s extreme right-wing government to single-handedly determine the fate of the Palestinian people.
mintpressnews.com/israel-us-decision-normalize-illegal-jewish-settlements/263043/

Evo the \'Terrorist\' and the Weaponization of Fear-Mongering Labels
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
The coup-imposed \"Interior Minister\" of Bolivia demanded that (\"former\") President Morales be jailed for life because of his supposedly \"terrorist\" activities, which amounts to the weaponization of fear-mongering labels for purely political reasons intended to intimidate his majority-indigenous supporters into …
globalresearch.ca/evo-terrorist-weaponization-fear-mongering-labels/5696058

Establishing Fossil-fuel Free (FFF) Communities
Emanuel Pastreich | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
The response to the increasing awareness of the threat of continuing a fossil-fuel driven growth and consumption economic model is a ruthless effort to block out serious reporting on climate change in the media and to downplay is seriousness …
globalresearch.ca/establishing-fossil-fuel-free-fff-communities/5695767

Video: \"Les cendres de la guerre\" with Dr. Ayssar Midani
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Reporting from Joubar, a suburb of Damascus, Dr. Ayssar Midani shines a light on realities of the NATO war against Syria, and against civilization itself. | She takes us to places from which terrorists fired their missiles onto children, men, and …
globalresearch.ca/video-les-cendres-de-la-guerre-with-dr-ayssar-midani/5696071

Iran\'s Barter Trade Deals with China, By-Passing the US-Dollar, \"Dedollarizing\" Her Economy
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
According to a PressTV Report of 24 November, 2019, Iran and China are working on a trade or barter deal that would circumvent US sanctions. It would bypass US-dollar denominated transactions, exchanging Iranian oil for Chinese goods and services and …
globalresearch.ca/iran-barter-deals-china-dedollarizing-economy/5696047

Syria: 70% of Internally Displaced (IDP) Families Have Returned to Their Liberated Villages in Idlib Province
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Idlib liberated villages in the province\'s eastern countryside are being rehabilitated by state\'s workshops which helped the return of the majority of the IDPs to their homes. | Over the past 1.5 years since cleaning these villages form NATO terrorists, and …
globalresearch.ca/70-idp-families-returned-liberated-villages-idlib-province/5696049

Fossil Fuel Divestment Will Increase Carbon Emissions, Not Lower Them — Here\'s Why
Stefan Andreasson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
A global campaign encouraging individuals, organisations and institutional investors to sell off investments in fossil fuel companies is gathering pace. According to 350.org, US$11 trillion has already been divested worldwide. | But, while it may seem a logical strategy, divestment …
globalresearch.ca/fossil-fuel-divestment-increase-carbon-emissions-not-lower-them-heres-why/5696065

The Dangers of Cell Phone Radiation. The Right to Know. Don\'t Put in Your Shirt Pocket
Environmental Health Trust | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Of relevance to the ongoing debate on the health impacts of cell phones. First published on July 10, 2019 | A landmark Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the City of Berkeley\'s cell phone right to know ordinance rejecting industries argument …
globalresearch.ca/the-dangers-of-cell-phone-radiation-the-right-to-know-dont-put-in-your-shirt-pocket/5683223

Boris Johnson\'s Tory Party Manifesto Vows to Ban Boycott Campaigns (BDS) against Israel
Areeb Ullah | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Britain\'s ruling Conservative party has vowed to ban UK public bodies from participating in boycott and divestment campaigns of any foreign country in its manifesto. | The Conservative Party\'s proposals could mean new legislation will bar local government bodies and universities …
globalresearch.ca/boris-johnson-tory-party-manifesto-vows-ban-boycott-campaigns/5696080

BBC Under Increasing Criticism for Biased Reporting
Johanna Ross | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
It\'s almost as British as fish and chips and a pint, but what used to be embraced by the masses as a reliable source of information, the BBC, is now under increasing scrutiny for its overt political bias. With the …
globalresearch.ca/bbc-under-increasing-criticism-biased-reporting/5696087

A New Pipeline Could Undo America\'s Influence in Asia
Simon Watkins | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
From the moment that the U.S. re-imposed sanctions in earnest on Iran late last year, Pakistan has been looking at ways to resuscitate a deal that had been agreed in principle before the U.S. unilaterally withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive …
globalresearch.ca/new-pipeline-undo-america-influence-asia/5696074

Glyphosate Worse than We Could Imagine. \"It\'s Everywhere\"
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Glyphosate residues have been found in tap water, orange juice, children\'s urine, breast milk, chips, snacks, beer, wine, cereals, eggs, oatmeal, wheat products, and most conventional foods tested. It\'s everywhere.
globalresearch.ca/glyphosate-worse/5674472

The Role of British Universities in Supporting Israel\'s Demolitions of Palestinian Homes
Tom Anderson | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Palestinians are calling for people internationally to take action against the companies complicit in Israel\'s systematic demolition of Palestinian homes. This article focuses on British university partnerships with JCB, Caterpillar,…
globalresearch.ca/role-british-universities-supporting-israel-demolitions-palestinian-homes/5696078

The Next American Revolution? Anticipated Civil Unrest
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Preparing For Civil War? | US authorities have for decades become increasingly prepared for mass civil disturbances resulting from government and corporate attacks on American society. We can recall that in the early 1980s the Hidden State launched its open war …
globalresearch.ca/next-american-revolution/5694309

The Problem of Wikipedia
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Over the course of my life I have watched integrity shrivel up and die everywhere in the Western world. It is not like it was ever really abundant, but there was a goodly amount of it, and it had authority. …
globalresearch.ca/problem-wikipedia/5696102

Trump and Netanyahu: A Tale of Two Criminals
Robert Fantina | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
It has been interesting to watch the slow-moving arc of justice, or some semblance of it, at play in Israel and the United States. The trajectories of both nations has been somewhat astounding. | In the United States, the past several …
globalresearch.ca/trump-netanyahu-tale-two-criminals/5696044

The Real Reason America Used Nuclear Weapons Against Japan. It Was Not To End the War Or Save Lives
Washington\'s Blog | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-27
Like all Americans, I was taught that the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in order to end WWII and save both American and Japanese lives. But most of the top American military officials at the time said otherwise.
globalresearch.ca/the-real-reason-america-used-nuclear-weapons-against-japan-it-was-not-to-end-the-war-or-save-lives/5308192

We Can\'t Afford to Banish Politics From the Thanksgiving Table
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-27
I\'ve got no more patience for pundits and their annual calls to not discuss politics at the Thanksgiving table. Take USA Today\'s self-described \"civility expert\" Steve Petrow, who just gave the nation a comical list of nine ways to avoid \"political food fights.\" Rule number 7 reads: \"No baseball caps at the table…. Especially if they say \'Make America Great Again\' or…
truthout.org/articles/we-cant-afford-to-banish-politics-from-the-thanksgiving-table/

Michael Bloomberg\'s Presidential Run Raises Serious Questions About Democracy
Alan Macleod | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-27
Bloomberg has a long history of support for conservative positions, including endorsing George W. Bush\'s War on Terror.
theantimedia.com/michael-bloomberg-presidential-run-raises-questions-about-democracy-free-press/

Trump Says He Will Designate Mexican Drug Cartels as Terrorists
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-27
Unsurprisingly, Mexico is less than thrilled about the prospect of American cross-border attacks on cartel infrastructure and personnel.
theantimedia.com/trump-says-he-will-designate-mexican-drug-cartels-as-terrorists/