\'DISLIKE\': Russia\'s Facebook rival VK to roll out this ONE button FB users always wanted but never got
rt.com | 2019-11-14
Russian social network VKontakte has unveiled the upcoming \'dislike\' button, a simple feature that has been cruelly denied to Facebook users despite years of begging. Now Mark Zuckerberg can claim it was a Russian plot all along! | The feature was announced on Wednesday at VK\'s Content Day conference in Moscow, and the company thinks it will help \"invigorate\" the comment section. | VK has answered its users\' prayers with the button, which will appear as an option next to the \'like\' button on comments, giving users the ability to regi…
rt.com/news/473369-vk-dislike-button-facebook-emojis/

Arizona: Second trial begins of pro-immigrant \"No More Deaths\" volunteer
wsws.org | 2019-11-13
The main accusation against Warren is that he provided two undocumented migrants with food, water and a place to sleep over three days.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/13/nmdv-d11.html

Assange, Zuckerberg and Free Speech
Nick Pemberton | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-13
counterpunch.org/2019/11/13/assange-zuckerberg-and-free-speech/

Biden and Bloomberg Want Uncle Sam to Defer to Uncle Scrooge
Norman Solomon | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-13
The extremely rich Americans who are now frantically trying to figure out how to intervene in the Democratic presidential campaign make me wonder how different they are from the animated character who loved frolicking in money and kissing dollar bills while counting them. If Uncle Scrooge existed as a billionaire in human form today, it\'s easy to picture…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/13/biden-and-bloomberg-want-uncle-sam-to-defer-to-uncle-scrooge/

Overthrown Honduran President Zelaya interviewed
the gray zone | indybay.org | 2019-11-13
He discusses the extreme violence, drug trafficking, economic depression, migration crisis, Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), WikiLeaks, Venezuela, and more. | Video by Ben Norton…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/11/18828010.php

Code Pink founder raided by DC police on dubious Venezuelan embassy \'assault\' charges (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-11-13
Police have tried to detain Code Pink founder Medea Benjamin without a warrant on belated and mysterious charges of \'assaulting\' a Democratic congresswoman during this summer\'s siege of the Venezuelan embassy in Washington. | Benjamin was accused of assaulting Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Florida) — months after the alleged incident — when over a dozen officers surrounded her home on Wednesday in Washington, DC. | In footage she posted to Facebook, Benjamin strenuously denies the accusations, explaining that she was the one assaulted — pushed and pulled by right-wing Venezuelans (\"b…
rt.com/usa/473371-medea-benjamin-detained-venezuela-assault/

While Greta Thunberg hitches another top-dollar yacht ride to Europe, plebs will live with \'flight shame\'
rt.com | 2019-11-13
Swedish eco-activist Greta Thunberg has managed to find a ride across the Atlantic with a pair of sailing YouTubers. Once again, the activist will make her journey on a yacht far beyond the means of the ordinary working Joe. | After hitching a ride from Europe to New York aboard a €4 million racing yacht in August, Thunberg embarked on a whirlwind tour of climate change summits and street-level protests. However, when the UN\'s COP25 climate summit in Chile was moved to Spain due to political unrest, the Swedish activist was left marooned in the US. | Avoiding combustion-powered planes and boats, Thunberg\'…
rt.com/news/473347-greta-thunberg-yacht-flight-shame/

\'No justification\' for attacks against civilians, UN envoy says on mounting cross-border violence in Gaza
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-13
Following Israel\'s targeted killing of a Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader inside Gaza on Tuesday, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process has expressed his growing concern over increasing rocket fire across the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051251

Questioning war within the military; resistance from Vietnam to Iraq
Peace Action of San Mateo County | indybay.org | 2019-11-13
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo | 300 E. Santa Inez Avenue | San Mateo, CA 94401…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/11/18828011.php

Iraqis paying an \'unthinkable price\' to be heard, UN envoy tells politicians in Baghdad
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-13
Noting that the people of Iraq were at \"a critical juncture\", the top UN Envoy in the country told parliamentarians there on Thursday that over the past six weeks, hundreds of thousands have been peacefully voicing their \"genuine, legitimate, demands, loud and clear\".
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051311

Letter-Writing Session for Leonard Peltier; Demand an End to the Elder Unit Lockdown!
Jon Britton | indybay.org | 2019-11-13
San Jose Peace & Justice Center | 48 S Seventh St., San Jose, CA 95112…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/13/18828089.php

Hong Kong protests defy police violence and mass arrests
wsws.org | 2019-11-13
Escalated police attacks appear to have reinforced the popular support for the protests, setting the stage for an even-more bloody confrontation.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/13/hkon-n13.html

Anti-government rallies swell in Baghdad & south Iraq
rt.com | 2019-11-13
Anti-government rallies swelled in Iraq\'s capital and south on Wednesday as Baghdad faced new pressure from both the street and the UN to respond seriously to weeks of demonstrations. | Protests demanding a new leadership have rocked the capital and Shiite-majority south for weeks. | Demonstrators appear to have been revived after the country\'s top Shiite religious authority Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani said they \"cannot go home without sufficient reforms.\" | The head of the UN\'s mission in Iraq (UNAMI), Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert, planned to address the main political blocs and brief lawmakers on her meeting w…
rt.com/newsline/473318-rallies-iraq-baghdad-un/

How the OAS and US Just Helped Overthrow Another Government
Leonardo Flores | commondreams.org | 2019-11-13
A supporter of former President Evo Morales hands over an indigenous flags \"wiphala\" to an anti-riot police officer during a protest in La Paz, Bolivia, on November 12, 2019. Protesters have been in the streets calling for Morales\' resignation. He stepped down after the army requested he leave his post and requested political asylum from Mexico. (Photo: Marcelo Perez Del Carpio/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bolivia_coup_backed_by_us_oas.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/13/how-oas-and-us-just-helped-overthrow-another-government?cd-origin=rss

Ukraine, the Land of Quid Pro Quos
Frederic Mousseau, Elena Teare | commondreams.org | 2019-11-13
A couple walks along a line of tractors blocking the parliament in Kiev on November 12, 2019, during a rally to protest against government plans to lift the moratorium on agricultural land sales, a step long awaited by investors but opposed by the Ukrainians fearing a foreign land grab. The former Soviet country, whose stalling economy has been propped up by Western aid in recent years, is home to some of the largest swathes of cultivated land in Europe. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP) (Photo by SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage…
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/13/ukraine-land-quid-pro-quos?cd-origin=rss

ISIS Captives Offer a Convenient Pawn in Turkey\'s Syria Chess Game
Vanessa Beeley | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-13
ISIS is the latest bogeyman in a global terror portfolio that serves a neoconservative agenda in the Middle East, and Turkey has been its midwife and curator.
mintpressnews.com/isis-captives-pawn-turkey-syria-chess-game/262814/

The Real Reasons Behind Israel\'s Arrest of Two Jordanian Nationals
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-13
The release on November 6 of two Jordanian nationals, Heba al-Labadi and Abdul Rahman Mi\'ri from Israeli prisons was a bittersweet moment. The pair were finally reunited with their families after harrowing experiences in Israel. Sadly, thousands of Palestinian prisoners are still denied their freedom, still subjected to all sorts of hardships at the hands of their Israeli jailers. | Despite the jubilant return of the two prisoners, celebrated in Jordan, Palestine and throughout the Arab world, several compelling questions remain unanswered: why were they held in the first place? Why were they released and what ca…
mintpressnews.com/real-reasons-israel-arrest-two-jordanian-nationals/262833/

When an elected government falls in South America, as in Bolivia today, look for a US role
Dave Lindorff | nationofchange.org | 2019-11-13
History shows us that U.S. antipathy towards independent progressive leaders generally results in U.S.-sponsored subversion and military coups.
nationofchange.org/2019/11/13/when-an-elected-government-falls-in-south-america-as-in-bolivia-today-look-for-a-us-role/

Governments Abroad Are Shaping Our Foreign Policy in Broad Daylight
Ben Freeman, Ryan Summers | thenation.com | 2019-11-13
Governments Abroad Are Shaping Our Foreign Policy in Broad Daylight…
thenation.com/article/trump-saudi-arabia-lobbying/

Takeover of Venezuela\'s embassy in Brazil timed to coincide with launch of BRICS summit — Russia
rt.com | 2019-11-13
The seizure of Venezuela\'s embassy in Brasilia was not only an attack on the legitimate government of Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, but also an attempt to sow discord between the BRICS member states, Russia\'s Deputy FM told RT. | The Wednesday storming on the diplomatic mission by the supporters of US-backed Venezuelan opposition figure Juan Guaido was \"planned before and timed that it coincided with the first day of BRICS summit,\" Sergey Ryabkov said. | It took place on the same day as the leaders of Russia, China, India and South Africa arrived to the Brazilian capital for the high-profile BRICS summit. Members…
rt.com/news/473365-venezuela-embassy-brazil-brics-russia/

Trespassers Forcibly Enter Venezuelan Embassy in Brasilia
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-13
A group of trespassers forced their way into the Venezuelan Embassy in Brasilia on Wednesday, resulting in the brief disruption of diplomatic affairs. | RELATED: | Trump Threatens Venezuela And Nicaragua After Coup in Bolivia | The Deputy Minister for Europe of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Venezuela , Yván Gil, took to Twitter shortly after the incident to denounce the forcibly entry into the headquarters of the Venezuelan Embassy in Brazil by militants from the far-right…
telesurenglish.net/news/Trespassers-Forcibly-Enter-Venezuelan-Embassy-in-Brasilia–20191113-0002.html

From Where Rock Oil on Brazilian Beaches (Also Far to the USA?)
Terranium 117 | indybay.org | 2019-11-13
Places of beach oil pollutions in Brazil suggest that oil have come with the South-Equatorial Ocean Stream, even from region of the African Oil Shore. And it come from the lithospherical expansional rock cracks or widened mining drill slots. Big quantity of this sea oil may be here later the critical evidence of new phenomenon.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/12/18828051.php

Bolsonaro Threatens Lula With Activating National Security Law
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-13
Brazil\'s far-right President Jair Bolsonaro decided to continue his campaign of aggression against the recently released Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and threatened Tuesday to use the National Security Law to repress possible demonstrations in favor of the former president. | RELATED: | Brazil: Lula Stands As Opposition To Bolsonaro, Right Wants Him Back In Jail | The law is designed to suppress \"insurrections,\" therefore, for Bolsonaro, any demonstration in favor of the ex-pr…
telesurenglish.net/news/bolsonaro-threatens-lula-with-activating-national-security-law-20191112-0023.html

Montana\'s Radioactive Waste Legacy
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-13
One label Montana\'s Democratic Gov. Steve Bullock won\'t have to worry about being stuck with is \"environmentalist.\" His outdated support for coal in the face of a global warming crisis and his \"leadership\" on the massive and ongoing deforestation of public lands under the phony rubric of the Bush-era \"Healthy Forests Initiative\" are bad enough.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/13/montanas-radioactive-waste-legacy/

The Logic of Medical Co-Payments
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-13
Aaron Carroll had a very useful NYT Upshot piece highlighting research showing that even modest co-payments discourage people from getting necessary medical care. The article is about co-payments for prescription drugs where it highlights research showing that people will often skip taking prescribed drugs to avoid co-payments. There are a couple of points worth making…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/13/the-logic-of-medical-co-payments/

The ISC Report: Russian Connections in Albion?
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-13
The UK election campaign has kicked off, and merrily confused are the major candidates. The chaotic scene was made a touch more interesting with the refusal on the part of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to clear the release of a report by the intelligence and security committee on claimed Russian interference in British politics.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/13/the-isc-report-russian-connections-in-albion/

A Doubtful Proposition: a Reflection on the Trial of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7
Brian Terrell | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-13
\"Whether nuclear weapons are actually illegal under international or domestic law (a doubtful proposition) is not relevant or an appropriate issue to litigate in this case,\" so ruled Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the US District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, late on Friday October 18. This last-minute order, restricting the defense of…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/13/a-doubtful-proposition-a-reflection-on-the-trial-of-the-kings-bay-plowshares-7/

Chicago Teachers Divided Over Strike Settlement
Jeff Mackler | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-13
Twenty five thousand Chicago teachers, affiliated with the American Federation of Teachers, Local 1, AFL-CIO, returned to work on October 31 following a divided vote of the Chicago Teacher Union\'s (CTU) 700-member Delegate Assembly (DA) to end the union\'s 11-day strike. The vote to accept the five-year tentative contract was 60 percent in favor and…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/13/chicago-teachers-divided-over-strike-settlement/

How Not to End a Forever War
Charles Pierson | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-13
counterpunch.org/2019/11/13/how-not-to-end-a-forever-war/

Murder Like It\'s 1495: U.S.-Backed Counterinsurgency in the Philippines
Nick Alexandrov | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-13
Two men, soldiers probably, noticed Bai Leah Tumbalang. This was last August. She was in Valencia City, in the Philippine province of Bukidnon. The men drew near on their motorcycle, followed her, then pulled up to shoot her in the forehead. She died immediately. But her death was not random, not senseless. With it her…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/13/murder-like-its-1495-u-s-backed-counterinsurgency-in-the-philippines/

The \"Officer Friendly\" Police Fantasy
James Bovard | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-13
Police in Tempe, Arizona, announced plans in July for a \"positive ticketing\" campaign to pull over drivers who had violated no traffic laws. A Phoenix TV station reported that the police would give the people they targeted free soft-drink coupons for Circle K as a reward for their \"good driving behavior.\" Police in other areas…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/13/the-officer-friendly-police-fantasy/

\"We\'ll See You on the Barricades\": Bojo Johnson\'s Poundshop Churchill Imitation
Kenneth Surin | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-13
Poundshop: British chain similar to the US\'s Dollar General I\'m in London for a week to inhale the UK election vapours. Some scents reeked of the cheap knock-off perfumes– labelled \"Chanel\", \"Dior\", etc.– you can buy in shonky street markets in many cities. Others though had more in common with a leaking sewer pipe. BoJo…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/13/well-see-you-on-the-barricades-bojo-johnsons-poundshop-churchill-imitation/

Risking Lives in Endless Wars is Morally Wrong and a Strategic Failure
Jesse Jackson | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-13
We just celebrated Veterans Day, paying tribute to the young men and women who have served our country. Across the country, families gathered at the gravesites of those who gave their lives. Veterans drank toasts to their fellow soldiers. In football and basketball stadiums, crowds offered a moment of silence for the fallen. The rituals…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/13/risking-lives-in-endless-wars-is-morally-wrong-and-a-strategic-failure/

The EU\'s Shame Is Locked Away in Libya
Jérà¥me Tubiana | thenation.com | 2019-11-13
The EU\'s Shame Is Locked Away in Libya…
thenation.com/article/libya-refugees-detention/

US: No Work Permits to Asylum Seekers Who Enter \'Illegally\'
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-13
The United States government proposed a new regulation Wednesday that would ban asylum seekers from applying for a work permit if they entered the U.S. without authorization. | RELATED: | Honduras Signs Safe Third Country-Type Deal with US | \"Asylum law explicitly permits applications regardless of the manner of entry,\" an asylum officer told BuzzFeed, adding that \"to single out those asylum seekers who couldn\'t afford a visa and prohibit them from obtaining lawful employment is cruel and…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Proposes-Denying-Work-Permits-to-Asylum-Seekers-Who-Enter-Without-Authorization-20191113-0007.html

Joining Youth and Age on the Climate Crisis
Michael Lyon | indybay.org | 2019-11-13
Street Level Community Room, Park Branch Library | 1833 Page St. San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/12/18828081.php

Cuba\'s Ingenious Lesson for Cities Facing Hunger
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-13
When countries run short of food, they need to find solutions fast, and one answer can be urban farming. | That was the remedy Cuba seized with both hands 30 years ago when it was confronted with the dilemma of an end to its vital food imports. And what worked then for Cuba could have lessons today for the wider world, as it faces growing hunger in the face of the climate crisis. | When the Soviet Union collapsed in the 1990s, most of Cuba\'s food supplies went with it. To stave off severe malnutrition the people of the capital, Havana, found an imaginative answer: urban gardening. That\'s now seen as a possible bl…
truthdig.com/articles/cubas-ingenious-lesson-for-global-cities/

Over $39 million earmarked by UN-backed fund to combat effects of climate change in Nepal
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-13
More than $39 million in funding was approved on Wednesday for a project that will build resilience and mitigate the effects of climate change, benefitting nearly one million Nepalis, according to the Board of the UN-backed Green Climate Fund (GCF).
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051281

Climate Confusion, Angst, and Sleeplessness
Robert Hunziker | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-13
Climate change is a nagging issue for many people because it is so big, diverse, and overwhelming, as big as the planet itself. So, how to explain climate change? Sociologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and even anthropologists and economists have tackled the phenomenon of Climate Weltschmerz, meaning people experience angst as the enormity of climate change overrides …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/climate-confusion-angst-and-sleeplessness/

As Trump and Erdogan Meet, the U.S. Hopes to Resume F?35 Arms Sales to Turkey
Alex Emmons | theintercept.com | 2019-11-13
Despite Turkey\'s recent human rights abuses in Syria, the Trump administration would like Turkey to rejoin the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program.
theintercept.com/2019/11/13/trump-erdogan-turkey-f-35/

US & Turkey working on \'resolving S-400 issue,\' but Trump & Erdogan tight-lipped on details
rt.com | 2019-11-13
US President Donald Trump and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan said their countries were working to \"resolve\" the issue of Ankara purchasing Russian S-400 air defense systems, without going into any specifics. | Erdogan, who arrived in Washington on Wednesday for an official state visit, spent much of the day in meetings with Trump and several US senators critical of Turkey\'s recent actions in northern Syria. Appearing at a joint press conference in the late afternoon, he showed no sign of backing down from Ankara\'s current posture, saying that political concerns ought to be separate from matters o…
rt.com/usa/473363-trump-erdogan-press-conference/

US wants Turkey \'back in the fold\' as tensions mount between between NATO allies
rt.com | 2019-11-13
The US wants to bring Turkey \"back into the fold,\" Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday as he warned again about Ankara drifting away from its NATO partners. | Washington is concerned that recent arms deals with Russia and its recent incursion into northern Syria mean Turkey is slipping away from the military bloc. Esper\'s comments came ahead of US President Donald Trump\'s meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the White House on Wednesday. | \"We need Turkey back in the fold. They\'ve been good allies for many years, all the way back to fighting alongside the United States in the Korean war, up t…
rt.com/newsline/473364-esper-turkey-nato-fold/

Coming to Terms With the U.S. Role in Central America
César Chelala | commondreams.org | 2019-11-13
GUATEMALA COUP, 1954. Colonel Miguel Mendoza, Colonel Carlos Castillo Armas, and Major Julio Gaitan (foreground, left-to-right), three leaders of the rebel invasion force which overthrew the government of President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman of Guatemala in 1954. Photographed 24 June 1954. (Photo: ullstein bild via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-11-13_at_3.51.32_pm.png …
commondreams.org/views/2019/11/13/coming-terms-us-role-central-america?cd-origin=rss

Zunzi (尊子) Political Cartoon Expo
Northern California Hong Kong Club | indybay.org | 2019-11-13
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall | 836 Stockton St, San Francisco, California…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/12/18828085.php

Violent riots force Chinese and foreign students to flee Hong Kong
Associated Press | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-13
HONG KONG (AP)–University students from mainland China and Taiwan are fleeing Hong Kong, while those from three Scandinavian countries have been moved or urged to leave as college campuses become the latest battleground in the city\'s 5-month-long anti-government unrest. Marine police used a boat Wednesday to help a group of mainland students leave the Chinese …
peoplesworld.org/article/violent-riots-force-chinese-and-foreign-students-to-flee-hong-kong/

Impeaching a President and Impeachment and Corruption
Matthias Rossbach and Mark Tushnet | indybay.org | 2019-11-13
Resisting \"corruption\" has occupied the American republic since its origin – along with the search for \"virtuous leaders.\" The impeachment process was understood as a remedy for corruption. The violation of the people\'s trust through abuse of office – the misuse of power for one\'s enrichment, the missing orientation in the common good – is the reason for removal.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/11/18828008.php

Public impeachment hearings to escalate political warfare in Washington
wsws.org | 2019-11-13
The bitter conflict within the state is between two right-wing factions of the ruling class that have been battling one another over foreign policy questions since Trump\'s nomination as the Republican candidate for president.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/13/impe-n13.html

Ukrainegate impeachment saga worsens US-Russia Cold War
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-13
As the House opens impeachment hearings for President Trump, Professor Stephen F. Cohen warns that the US military assistance at…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/13/ukrainegate-impeachment-saga-worsens-us-russia-cold-war/

Impeachment Is Ready for Prime Time
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-11-13
Impeachment Is Ready for Prime Time…
thenation.com/article/impeachment-hearings-bill-moyers/

Impeachment Hearing Republicans Confirm There Is No Defense for Donald Trump
John Nichols | thenation.com | 2019-11-13
Impeachment Hearing Republicans Confirm There Is No Defense for Donald Trump…
thenation.com/article/impeachment-intelligence-committee-first-day/

Bolivia coup led by Christian fascist paramilitary leader and millionaire — with foreign support
Max Blumenthal | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-12
Bolivian coup leader Luis Fernando Camacho is a far-right multi-millionaire who arose from fascist movements in the Santa Cruz region,…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/11/bolivia-coup-fascist-foreign-support-fernando-camacho/

On Armistice Day, Work For And Celebrate Peace
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-12
Today is Armistice Day — the day that World War I, a brutal and devastating war, ended. After World War I, people hoped nothing like that would ever happen again and a large peace movement developed in the United States. Sadly, just over two decades later, World War II began. The US arose in the …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/on-armistice-day-work-for-and-celebrate-peace/

The Antisemitism Allegations Against Ilhan Omar Mask An Ugly Agenda
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-12
Many have claimed that the fixation on anti-Semitism isn\'t about anti-Semitism at all, it is an attempt to derail any form of progressive or anti-war politics.
mintpressnews.com/bigoted-anti-semitism-accusations-ilhan-omar/262795/

Biden and Bloomberg Want Uncle Sam to Defer to Uncle Scrooge
Norman Solomon | indybay.org | 2019-11-12
For billionaires, sometimes good flunky candidates are hard to find…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/10/18828002.php

Overthrown Honduran President Zelaya interviewed
the gray zone | indybay.org | 2019-11-12
He discusses the extreme violence, drug trafficking, economic depression, migration crisis, Juan Orlando Hernández (JOH), WikiLeaks, Venezuela, and more. | Video by Ben Norton…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/11/18828010.php

Unions fight for DACA recipients as Supreme Court tackles their fate
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-12
AUSTIN, Texas–\"P.V.,\" an assistant county attorney in Austin, Texas, knows many facets of the immigration issue, and particularly about the \"Dreamers.\" P.V., you see, is an AFSCME member, and a beneficiary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In other words, he too is a Dreamer. Now his fate, and that of the …
peoplesworld.org/article/unions-fight-for-daca-recipients-as-supreme-court-tackles-their-fate/

Wait, what? Campus newspaper apologizes for DOING JOURNALISM, calls protest coverage \'retraumatizing and invasive\'
rt.com | 2019-11-12
A US college newspaper has apologized for photographing and talking to protesters who picketed a speech by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions. The paper claims that standard journalistic practice hurt their feelings. | Sessions was invited to Northwestern University last week by the College Republicans. Northwestern being an American campus, protesters turned out to heckle Sessions, in particular for his role in implementing President Donald Trump\'s administration\'s \"zero tolerance\" immigration policies last year. | The social justice crowd booing a Republican is nothing new, but the college newspaper, the…
rt.com/usa/473258-college-newspaper-apologizes-journalism/

Nashville immigrant and refugee community celebrates \"huge victory\" over ICE
Albert Bender | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-12
NASHVILLE–On Friday, Nov. 1, the immigrant and refugee community here celebrated a decision by the Davidson County Sheriff\'s Department to terminate its contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Sheriff\'s Department will no longer house ICE detainees at its detention center in Nashville. The termination of the policy with ICE was hailed by community advocates as a \"huge …
peoplesworld.org/article/nashville-immigrant-and-refugee-community-celebrates-huge-victory-over-ice/

Horrifying Emails Reveal Stephen Miller\'s White Nationalism
Ilana Novick | truthdig.com | 2019-11-12
Trump White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, as The Washington Post reported in August, \" rarely puts anything in writing, eschewing email in favor of phone calls.\" Despite making extensive anti-immigration comments in high school, and being, as the Guardian pointed out in 2017, \" the architect of the first travel ban,\" there ha…
truthdig.com/articles/horrifying-emails-reveal-stephen-millers-white-nationalism/

Lula is Free: Can Socialism Be Restored?
Ana Paula Vargas — Vijay Prashad | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-12
Just before 5 p.m. on Friday the 8th of November, Brazil\'s former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva walked out of his prison in Curitiba, Brazil. Lula went to prison in April last year on a 12-year sentence. Five-hundred and eighty days of prison are now over, as the Federal Supreme Court ruled that inmates who have not yet exhausted their appeals…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/12/lula-is-free-can-socialism-be-restored/

After Morales Ousted in Coup, the Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia
Vijay Prashad | commondreams.org | 2019-11-12
Supporters of Bolivian ex-President Evo Morales, take part in a march in downtown La Paz on November 12, 2019, after he left in exile to Mexico. – Bolivia\'s Evo Morales was en route to exile in Mexico on Tuesday, leaving behind a country in turmoil after his abrupt resignation as president. The senator set to succeed Morales as interim president, Jeanine Anez, pledged to call fresh elections to end the political crisis. (Photo: Aizar Raldes/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/bolivia_lithium_coup.jpg …
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Canada\'s identity crisis: Wokeness clashes with WWI remembrance in Don Cherry scandal
rt.com | 2019-11-12
Calling out immigrants who do not wear a poppy in memory of WWI veterans got legendary Canadian sportscaster Don Cherry fired and further polarized the nation struggling to reconcile \"woke\" values with its history and tradition. | Red poppy badges are a must-have accessory around Remembrance Day — November 11 — across the British Commonwealth, symbolizing the armistice that ended the First World War. When Cherry — the octogenarian sports commentator and former hockey coach — called out immigrants who refused to wear the badge, however, he was fired from Sportsnet and accused of being xenoph…
rt.com/news/473273-cherry-canada-poppy-racism/

Leaders address global challenges at Paris Peace Forum in absence of US
rt.com | 2019-11-12
French President Emmanuel Macron and other leaders have called for greater international cooperation to ease the world\'s tensions at a forum in Paris that was notable for the absence of the US, AP reports. | Some 30 heads of state or government, high-level officials from other countries and the leaders of 10 international organizations on Tuesday joined hundreds of activists, entrepreneurs and others at the Paris Peace Forum. The US did not send a government official to the event. | In his opening speech, Macron advocated for multilateralism and a \"balanced cooperation\" between the nations. In an apparent refe…
rt.com/newsline/473256-paris-peace-forum-us/

Pompeo\'s Iran Nuclear Lies Exposed Using Clear Evidence & The JCPOA Document Itself
Activist Post | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-11-12
Mike Pompeo continues to lead the propaganda push to get the public panicking about an Iran \"nuclear breakout\" even when all evidence shows that Iran is nowhere near capable of being a nuclear threat. Of course many other countries have far more robust nuclear programs, but because it\'s Iran we have to come together as …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/top-news/pompeos-iran-nuclear-lies-exposed-using-clear-evidence-jcpoa-document-itself/

Serve With Honor, Honor Those Who Serve; or Support Trump?
Wim Laven | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-12
Starting as Armistice Day, celebrated for the first time November 11, 1919–the first anniversary of the end of World War I in 1918–what we now call Veterans Day is the observance of thanks to those who have served military duty. It acknowledges the living and the dead for honorably representing the country during peacetime and…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/12/serve-with-honor-honor-those-who-serve-or-support-trump/

Questioning war within the military; resistance from Vietnam to Iraq
Peace Action of San Mateo County | indybay.org | 2019-11-12
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo | 300 E. Santa Inez Avenue | San Mateo, CA 94401…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/11/18828011.php

How Iran-Backed Forces Are Taking Over Iraq
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-12
The protests — and the merciless government attempt to stamp them out — are the biggest threat to the power of the Iraqi political establishment since Isis was advancing on Baghdad in 2014. In many respects, the danger to the status quo is greater now because Isis was an existential threat to the Shia majority who had no choice but to support their ruling elite, however predatory and incompetent they had proved in office.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/12/how-iran-backed-forces-are-taking-over-iraq/

Battleground Hong Kong: Rioters armed with catapults & javelins destroy university campuses & metro stations, clashing with police
rt.com | 2019-11-12
Protests in Hong Kong have reached new heights of violence, with bomb-throwing rioters seizing control of university campuses and pushing out police while authorities admit that the riot-ravaged city hangs by a thread. | Demonstrators armed to the teeth with molotov cocktails, javelins, and (in one case, at least) a chainsaw have seized control of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), pushing riot police off the campus on Tuesday night and leaving a shocking amount of destruction in their wake. | Rioters armed with catapults & javelins destroy university campuses & metro stations, clashing with police in…
rt.com/news/473262-hongkong-riots-universities-police-violence/

Bolivia\'s Evo Morales forced out by coup
wsws.org | 2019-11-12
After three weeks of protests following the October 20 presidential elections, the imperialist powers and their Bolivian client elite have overthrown the three-time elected government of Morales.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/12/mora-n12.html

Bolivia\'s Evo Morales Lands In Mexico As A Political Refugee
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-12
A Mexican Air Force G550 aircraft landed on Tuesday in Mexico City with Bolivia\'s Evo Morales, who was granted political asylum by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) on Monday. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Police Shoot Anti-Coup Protesters in El Alto | During his morning press conference, the Mexican president revealed that the Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) leader\'s air travel was a real odyssey. | \"A journey through different spaces and political decisions\", AMLO commented while…
telesurenglish.net/news/Bolivias-Evo-Morales-Lands-In-Mexico-As-A-Political-Refugee-20191112-0005.html

Marco Rubio blames \'Putin\'s disinformation\' for coverage of Bolivia coup that he doesn\'t like
rt.com | 2019-11-12
Eager to find some way to implicate Russia in Bolivia\'s political crisis and control of the US narrative, Republican senator Marco Rubio branded any skeptical coverage of events as an example of how \"Putin uses disinformation.\" | Rubio, an early and avid supporter of protests that ousted former Bolivian President Evo Morales this week, tweeted that those wishing to understand Russian disinformation should \"study current coverage\" of Bolivia. | In Rubio\'s world, Russia has created \"fake news\" on Bolivia and is spreading it via a \"vast network of outlets\" and \"social media actors\" before it is \"echoed in mainstr…
rt.com/usa/473270-marco-rubio-bolivia-russia/

Trump\'s Syrian See-Saw: From Pullout to Pillage
Jim Kavanagh | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-12
To withdraw, or not to withdraw? That is the question Donald Trump, in his own inimitable way, has answered both ways. | First came the withdrawal. It was real, and had a significant effect. Trump ordered the removal of US troops from Kurdish areas, putting an end to the prospect of an independent Kurdish statelet, split off from Syria. Such a partition was always implausible, given the general balance of forces in the region and the specific refusal of NATO-member Turkey to accept any such thing. (Turkey had already invaded Syria in 2016, and the Obama-Biden administration ordered the Kurds to accept it.) It was…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/12/trumps-syrian-see-saw-from-pullout-to-pillage/

Sanctions Against North Korea Hurt Women
Marie O\'Reilly | progressive.org | 2019-11-12
\"Maximum pressure\" sanctions have failed to change policies in Pyongyang, and have had grave human costs.
progressive.org/op-eds/north-korea-sanctions-hurt-women-oreilly-191112/

Tens of thousands in Russia face medicine shortages as a result of Western sanctions
wsws.org | 2019-11-12
Between April and August 2019, two women from Moscow and one from Yekaterinburg were temporarily arrested and charged for illegally obtaining unregistered medicine.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/12/sanc-n12.html

Europeans failed to fulfill their commitments to Iran nuclear deal — FM Zarif
rt.com | 2019-11-12
Europeans have failed to fulfill their own commitments to Iran\'s 2015 nuclear deal, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif tweeted on Tuesday. The statement came in response to a warning by the EU that urged Tehran to stick to the pact or face consequences, Reuters said. | European states have been trying to persuade Tehran to stick to the deal, under which it agreed to curb its nuclear program in return for the lifting of sanctions, despite a decision last year by US President Donald Trump to abandon it. | Iran has long blamed the Europeans for failing to provide the economic benefits it was meant to receive u…
rt.com/newsline/473253-europeans-iran-nuclear-zarif/

Bolivia and Venezuela: Two Countries, But Same Hybrid War
Nino Pagliccia | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-12
A coup took place in Bolivia on November 10. The fact that the president of the country, Evo Morales, resigned it does not contradict the fact that a coup has taken place. Morales resigned forced by the military. The perpetrators of the Hybrid War were envisioning this same scenario for Venezuela but failed while they succeed in Bolivia. What made the difference?
counterpunch.org/2019/11/12/bolivia-and-venezuela-two-countries-but-same-hybrid-war/

Impeaching a President and Impeachment and Corruption
Matthias Rossbach and Mark Tushnet | indybay.org | 2019-11-12
Resisting \"corruption\" has occupied the American republic since its origin – along with the search for \"virtuous leaders.\" The impeachment process was understood as a remedy for corruption. The violation of the people\'s trust through abuse of office – the misuse of power for one\'s enrichment, the missing orientation in the common good – is the reason for removal.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/11/18828008.php

Sanford Suspends GOP Presidential Primary Challenge to Trump
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-12
CONCORD, N.H. — Mark Sanford dropped his challenge to President Donald Trump for the Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, saying the focus on impeachment has made it difficult for his campaign to gain traction. | \"You\'ve got to be a realist,\" Sanford said outside the New Hampshire statehouse. \"What I did not anticipate is an impeachment.\" | The former South Carolina governor and congressman announced his decision to suspend his campaign on the eve of televised impeachment hearings in the U.S. House. He centered his campaign on warnings about the national debt but emphasized that the impeachment ef…
truthdig.com/articles/sanford-suspends-gop-presidential-primary-challenge-to-trump/

The Perfectly Legal Ways Foreign Powers Subvert American Democracy
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-12
Foreign influence in America is the topic du jour. From the impeachment inquiry into President Trump\'s request that a foreign power investigate a political opponent to the indictment of associates of his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, for illegally funneling foreign money into U.S. elections, the nation has been transfixed by news of illegal foreign influence in the political process. While such efforts to subvert American elections garner…
truthdig.com/articles/the-perfectly-legal-ways-foreign-powers-subvert-american-democracy/

Trump\'s Crime Against Humanity
ADRIAN KUZMINSKI | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-12
There is a different and better case to be made for the impeachment of President Trump than what we have seen so far. The current charges against Trump raised by the Democrats–collusion with foreign governments to subvert American elections, obstruction of justice, emoluments, tax evasion, etc.–are serious enough, if proven. But there\'s a far worse…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/12/trumps-crime-against-humanity/

Mulvaney Won\'t Sue Over Impeachment, Declines to Cooperate
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-12
WASHINGTON — White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Tuesday that he no longer plans to sue over the House impeachment proceedings and will instead follow President Donald Trump\'s directions and decline to cooperate. | It\'s the latest reversal in position by Mulvaney, who last week asked to join the lawsuit of another Trump adviser before changing his mind Monday and saying that he intended to bring his own case. It appears to resolve once and for all a four-day legal dispute that exposed divisions among current and former Trump administr…
truthdig.com/articles/mulvaney-wont-sue-over-impeachment-declines-to-cooperate/

Fear, confusion, and resistance after far-right coup in Bolivia
John McEvoy | thecanary.co | 2019-11-12
On the evening of 10 November, sections of the Bolivian military and police launched a successful coup against left-wing president Evo Morales. Though Morales had agreed to hold new elections, the military demanded he step aside. Sources close to Morales claim that he did so in an attempt to prevent more violence, and opposition lawmaker Jeanine An…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/11/12/fear-confusion-and-resistance-after-far-right-coup-in-bolivia/

Far-right Vox declares itself main opposition party as Spanish government talks begin
wsws.org | 2019-11-12
Sunday\'s elections resulted once again in a hung parliament, the fourth in as many elections in Spain since 2015.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/12/spai-n12.html

Top Trump Aide Stephen Miller\'s Affinity for White Nationalism Revealed in Leaked Emails
Michael Edison Hayden, SPLC | commondreams.org | 2019-11-12
\"What Stephen Miller sent [in these] emails has become policy at the Trump administration,\" says former editor for the far-right Breitbart news outlet. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/stephen-miller-breitbart.png …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/12/top-trump-aide-stephen-millers-affinity-white-nationalism-revealed-leaked-emails?cd-origin=rss

Spain\'s Socialists, Podemos Reach Deal to Form Coalition Gov\'t
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-12
Spain\'s Socialist Worker\'s Party (PSOE) and the left-wing Unidas Podemos party agreed on the basis of a coalition government Tuesday, just two days after a parliamentary election delivered a highly fragmented parliament and a surge in right-wing MPs. | RELATED: | Spain: Socialists Win But Miss Majority, Far-Right Becomes 3rd Political Force | \"It\'s a deal…
telesurenglish.net/news/Spains-Socialists-Podemos-Reach-Deal-to-Form-Coalition-Govt-20191112-0007.html

Israel Targets Islamic Jihad Leader, Sending Message to Iran
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-12
A senior commander from the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad is killed in the Gaza Strip; Israel is hit with retaliatory rocket fire.
truthdig.com/articles/israel-targets-islamic-jihad-leader-sending-message-to-iran/

China & Russia\'s \'worst nightmare\'? National Interest piece fantasizing sale of US nuke subs to allies is an \'exaggeration\'
rt.com | 2019-11-12
The National Interest magazine claimed that a potential sale of US nuclear subs to allies may become a \"nightmare\" for Russia and China. Military analysts told RT there could be a fallout but a grim prospect is an exaggeration. | The executive editor of the Washington-based outlet, Harry J. Kazianis, recently published an article revealing what would become \"China and Russia\'s worst nightmare.\" In the piece, he floated the idea of selling or leasing 10 or 12 Virginia-Class attack subs to Australia and other allies into the minds of the decision makers in the Pentagon. | Kazianis wrote that such a move will all…
rt.com/news/473264-us-submarines-china-russia-australia/

South Carolina nuclear power plant operator insists \'no danger to public\' after \'small leak\' forces reactor SHUTDOWN
rt.com | 2019-11-12
A nuclear power plant in South Carolina was forced to halt operations indefinitely to repair a \"small\" coolant leak in its reactor. The plant operator insists the incident is so minor there was no need to inform the public. | The coolant leak at the VC Summer nuclear plant in Jenkinsville, South Carolina had been discovered several weeks ago and last week engineers were forced to shut its sole reactor down. The company in charge of the plant, Dominion Energy, says no nuclear material has escaped the facility | Plant operators \"have been monitoring a very small leak in the reactor coolant system,\" Dominion Ener…
rt.com/usa/473193-south-carolina-nuclear-reactor-leak/

Bolivia Is the Latest Successful US-Backed Coup in Latin America
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-12
There is a perfect word in the English language for when army generals appear on television demanding the resignation of an elected head of state while their allies detain and torture government officials.
mintpressnews.com/bolivia-latest-successful-us-backed-coup-latin-america/262773/

Mystery as \'thousands\' of birds found DEAD on shores of Indian lake
rt.com | 2019-11-12
The shocking discovery of more than 1,000 dead birds of various species along the shores of India\'s biggest inland salt lake has left authorities scratching their heads. | The corpses of more than a dozen species of migratory birds were found littered around Sambhar Lake, in the northern state of Rajasthan, in recent days. | The lake is a favored winter spot of migratory birds from Europe and China and is a recognized wetland of international importance, so the unexplained mass death has sparked serious concern among officials. | \"We have never seen anything like this,\" Abhinav Vaishnav, a local bird-watche…
rt.com/news/473233-thousand-birds-dead-india-lake/

Lithium Question Looms Large in Bolivia After Morales Ousted in Coup
Common Dreams | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-12
The coup against Morales in Bolivia cannot be understood without a glance at the new Cold War between the West and China.
theantimedia.com/lithium-question-looms-large-in-bolivia-after-morales-ousted-in-coup/

Lula Free, Bolsonaro in Rage
Danica Jorden | commondreams.org | 2019-11-12
Former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva passing through the crowd of his supporters after his speech in front of ABC Metallurgists Unionin San Bernardo do Campo, Brazil November 9, 2019. (Photo: Felipe Beltrame/NurPhoto/PA Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/lula_0.jpeg …
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Once more, UN General Assembly rejects U.S. blockade of Cuba
W. T. Whitney Jr. | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-12
It happened again. For the 28th consecutive year, a Cuban resolution calling for an end to the U.S. economic blockade of that island was approved overwhelmingly in the United Nations General Assembly. The vote on Nov. 7 was 187 votes in favor, three votes against–the United States, Israel, and Brazil–and two nations abstaining, Colombia and …
peoplesworld.org/article/once-more-un-general-assembly-rejects-u-s-blockade-of-cuba/

From Where Rock Oil on Brazilian Beaches (Also Far to the USA?)
Terranium 117 | indybay.org | 2019-11-12
Places of beach oil pollutions in Brazil suggest that oil have come with the South-Equatorial Ocean Stream, even from region of the African Oil Shore. And it come from the lithospherical expansional rock cracks or widened mining drill slots. Big quantity of this sea oil may be here later the critical evidence of new phenomenon.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/12/18828051.php

Lula\'s Free, and He\'s Promising to Fight
Michael Fox | thenation.com | 2019-11-12
Lula\'s Free, and He\'s Promising to Fight…
thenation.com/article/brazil-lula-curitiba/

Canada Backs Coup Against Bolivia\'s President
Yves Engler | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-12
In yet another example of the Liberals saying one thing and doing another, Justin Trudeau\'s government has supported the ouster of Evo Morales. The Liberals\' position on Bolivia\'s first-ever indigenous president stands in stark contrast with their backing of embattled pro-corporate presidents in the region. Hours after the military command forced Morales to resign as…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/12/canada-backs-coup-against-bolivias-president/

Bigotry and Ideology in India and Kashmir: the Legacy of the Babri Masjid Mosque
Nyla Ali Khan | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-12
With the imposition of Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code of 1973, (which authorizes an executive magistrate to prohibit an assembly of more than four people in any area), in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, mainland India gets a small smattering of what Kashmir has been facing since August 5. A disused sixteenth-century mosque in Ayodhya,…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/12/bigotry-and-ideology-in-india-and-kashmir-the-legacy-of-the-babri-masjid-mosque/

Israeli Army Assassinates Senior Islamic Jihad Leader, And His Wife, In Gaza
IMEMC News | imemc.org | 2019-11-12
The Israeli army killed, on Tuesday at dawn, a senior leader of the Islamic Jihad Movement, and his wife, after firing several missiles into a building in the Sheja\'eyya area, east of Gaza city, also wounding many members of their family, in addition to a female neighbor. The Al-Quds Brigades, …
imemc.org/article/israeli-army-assassinates-senior-islamic-jihad-leader-and-his-wife-in-gaza/

UN chief welcomes decision to delay formation of South Sudan unity government
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-12
The UN Secretary-General has welcomed the decision to push back the deadline for the formation of a unity Government in South Sudan.
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Categorizing Feminism, Atheism, Homosexuality as Crimes Exposes Saudi Arabia\'s Dangerous Intolerance
commondreams.org | 2019-11-12
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