Bruce Shillingsworth: \'Why are we selling water to make profit?\'
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-30
corporate greed Bruce ShillingsworthIssue 1243 Australia Water for the Rivers climate emergency SydneyOctober 30, 2019Mur…
greenleft.org.au/content/bruce-shillingsworth-why-are-we-selling-water-make-profit

Desieire Quintero Killed – Help her Son
Keith McHenry | indybay.org | 2019-10-29
Desieire Quintero was fatally crushed by a falling tree at her campsite in the Pogonip Park in Santa Cruz. She was the lead plaintiff in a historic civil rights lawsuit filed against the city of Santa Cruz.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/29/18827710.php

After Fighting to Keep Ross Camp Open, Homeless Woman Killed When Tree Strikes Campsite
Santa Cruz News | indybay.org | 2019-10-29
Deseire Quintero, whose name became synonymous with the legal effort to keep the Ross Camp in Santa Cruz open to its homeless residents, died Sunday morning when a tree fell and struck her at a survival campsite located in a wooded area in Pogonip, a City park. Quintero was 55 years old.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/28/18827673.php

Judge Tells ICE Not to Use Faulty Databases to Order Detentions. Will It Comply?
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-29
In 2012, deportations reached 409,849 — their highest level yet. That same year, a senior official with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported a major problem with the program that earned President Obama his \"Deporter in Chief\" moniker. | David Marin, head of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations in Los Angeles, emailed headquarters to alert them that agents had asked loc…
truthout.org/articles/judge-tells-ice-not-to-use-faulty-databases-to-order-detentions-will-it-comply/

Periodista Max Blumenthal es arrestado meses después de reportar sobre la violencia de la oposición venezolana
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-10-29
El editor de The Grayzone, Max Blumenthal, fue arrestado bajo falsas acusaciones luego de reportar sobre la violencia de la…
thegrayzone.com/2019/10/29/periodista-max-blumenthal-arrestado-violencia-oposicion-venezolana/

Golden Gate Bridge Walk: Bridges, Not Walls!
CodePink | indybay.org | 2019-10-29
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/28/18827669.php

Salt Lake City: Demand charges be dropped against Inland Port protesters, end to police brutality
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-10-29
Salt Lake City, UT – Sixty people rallied at Library Square in Salt Lake City, October 26, for the National Day of Action Against Police Brutality and Repression. The event, hosted by Utah Against Police Brutality (UAPB), focused on the devastating year of police violence locally, with eight people killed by police in 2019 so far. Organizers also denounced the recent charges of 14 anti-Inland Port activists, including ten felony riot charges. | \"Not only do we have killings nationwide, we have them here, police killings continue everywhere,\" said UAPB organizer Deb Blake, who emceed the event. \"We know that polic…
fightbacknews.org/2019/10/28/salt-lake-city-demand-charges-be-dropped-against-inland-port-protesters-end-police-brutal

Scores of Activists Targeted with NSO Spyware on WhatsApp
commondreams.org | 2019-10-29
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/10/29/scores-activists-targeted-nso-spyware-whatsapp?cd-origin=rss

27 youth climate activists arrested for Canadian parliament sit-in demanding Green New Deal
Jessica Corbett | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-29
\"Climate change is impacting us now, so we\'re acting now and we expect our politicians to do the same.\"
nationofchange.org/2019/10/29/27-youth-climate-activists-arrested-for-canadian-parliament-sit-in-demanding-green-new-deal/

Colombia: Amid Increasing Violence, Former FARC Rebels Contest Local Elections
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-29
Despite signing a historic peace deal that should have ended a 50-year insurgency, Colombia is still very much a country at war.
therealnews.com/stories/colombia-increasing-violence-farc-rebels-contest-elections

Trump Is Not Alone Among Americans In Failing to Understand What A Real Lynching Is
Jesse Jackson | commondreams.org | 2019-10-29
The National Memorial for Peace and Justice, informally known as the National Lynching Memorial, is a national memorial to commemorate the victims of lynching in the U. S. (Photo: Ron Cogswell/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/screen_shot_2019-10-29_at_10.43.35_am.png …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/29/trump-not-alone-among-americans-failing-understand-what-real-lynching?cd-origin=rss

\'Real change\' involving women in peace and security, still too slow, Guterres tells Security Council
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-29
The Women Peace and Security agenda must continue to be \"one of the top priorities of the United Nations\", Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Tuesday, in an open debate on how best to accelerate change.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1050151

NYC solidarity with Chilean uprising
Bryan Carrillo | liberationnews.org | 2019-10-29
The crowd sang \"El derecho de vivir en paz,\" a famous Victor Jara song that translates to \"the right to live in peace.\"
liberationnews.org/nyc-solidarity-with-chilean-uprising/

Protests in Chile Sparked by a Subway Fare Hike Come After 30 Years of Crisis
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-29
In Chile, a new set of mass protests took place Monday as President Sebastián Piñera fulfilled the promise to appoint new members to his cabinet. As Piñera addressed the nation Monday, hundreds of protesters had already gathered outside the presidential palace in Santiago, waving flags, honking horns and demanding for Piñera\'s resignation. The reshuffling of his cabinet came after more than a million people flooded the streets last Friday in massive peaceful demonstrations over inequality, high…
truthout.org/video/protests-in-chile-sparked-by-a-subway-fare-hike-come-after-30-years-of-crisis/

As protests continue, Hong Kong\'s economy lurches into recession
wsws.org | 2019-10-29
The deteriorating economy is not only being compounded by the protests, but is itself one of the driving forces behind the mass demonstrations.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/29/hong-o29.html

As Death Toll Tops 220, Iraqi Protesters Call for End to Corrupt Government
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-29
In Iraq, masked gunmen shot dead 18 protesters overnight and injured more than 800 people in the Shiite holy city of Karbala on Monday. Nearly 225 Iraqis have been killed since a wave of anti-government protests swept the country last month. The protesters in Karbala were attacked while they camped out in the city\'s Education Square to protest corruption, lack of jobs and poor public services. Meanwhile in Baghdad, hospital officials said four people died during protests on Monday, while another 1…
truthout.org/video/as-death-toll-tops-220-iraqi-protesters-call-for-end-to-corrupt-government/

Iraqi Protests Intensify After PM Refuses Early Elections
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-29
The Iraqi people began their fifth day of protests on Tuesday as tens of thousands of demonstrators packed Baghdad\'s Tahrir Square to call for early elections and the removal of the government. | RELATED: | Iraq Declares Curfew in Baghdad As Protests Persist | The demonstrations on Tuesday were heavily motivated by the security forces shooting dead protesters in Kerbala overnight and the prime minister\'s refusal to call early elections. | It was the largest gathering in the capital since a…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iraqi-Protests-Intensify-After-PM-Refuses-Early-Elections-20191029-0006.html

Latin America: Risks Worth Taking
Nino Pagliccia | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-29
It was just a matter of time before the Bolivian government would be the target of a reactionary opposition. Indeed it happened at its most vulnerable time during an election process that had not officially ended. Following popular protests against neoliberal structural changes imposed by the governments of Ecuador and Chile, it was the conservative…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/29/latin-america-risks-worth-taking/

Fear on the Streets: Hezbollah and the Protests in Lebanon
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-29
Those tens of thousands of largely young protesters demanding a non-sectarian Lebanon were joyful, filled with happiness, determined that this time they would change the wretched confessional nature of their state forever. Then the Hezbollah turned up, a truckload of them, dressed in black and shouting through loudspeakers and holding up posters of their all-Shia…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/29/fear-on-the-streets-hezbollah-and-the-protests-in-lebanon/

The Sectarian Civil Wars in the Middle East are Ending, Replaced by Uprisings Against Corruption
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-29
The sectarian and ethnic civil wars that have ravaged a large part of the Middle East over the past 40 years are coming to an end. Replacing them is a new type of conflict in which protests akin to popular uprisings rock kleptocratic elites that justify their power by claiming to be the defenders of…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/29/the-sectarian-civil-wars-in-the-middle-east-are-ending-replaced-by-uprisings-against-corruption/

Chilean Protests: A Revolt against Neoliberalism the Media Refuses to Acknowledge
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-10-29
\"Neoliberalism was born in Chile and will die in Chile\" has become a rallying cry for the movement. Yet few in the West are aware of the country\'s tumultuous history as an experimental laboratory for free market economics imposed on Chile by the United States.
mintpressnews.com/chile-protests-revolt-against-neoliberalism-media-refuses-acknowledge/262565/

Open Letter Calling on the Canadian Government to Stop Backing a Corrupt, Repressive and Illegitimate Haitian President
Yves Engler | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-29
In recent months, Haitians have demonstrated their overwhelming opposition to President Jovenel MoàØse. There have been massive protests and multiple general strikes demanding MoàØse leave. We consider their demands legitimate. | A recent corruption investigation by Haiti\'s Superior Court of Auditors …
globalresearch.ca/open-letter-calling-on-the-canadian-government-to-stop-backing-a-corrupt-repressive-and-illegitimate-haitian-president/5693389

Camp Bucca, Abu Ghraib and the Rise of Extremism in Iraq
Kathy Kelly | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-29
Yesterday morning, President Trump announced the death of Abu Bakr Al- Baghdadi and three of his children. President Trump said Al-Baghdadi, the founder of ISIS, was fleeing U.S. military forces, in a tunnel, and then killed himself by detonating a suicide vest he wore. In 2004, Al-Baghdadi had been captured by U.S. forces and, for …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/camp-bucca-abu-ghraib-and-the-rise-of-extremism-in-iraq/

Camp Bucca, Abu Ghraib and the Rise of Extremism in Iraq
Kathy Kelly | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-29
Yesterday morning, President Trump announced the death of Abu Bakr Al- Baghdadi and three of his children. | President Trump said Al-Baghdadi, the founder of ISIS, was fleeing U.S. military forces, in a tunnel, and then killed himself by detonating a …
globalresearch.ca/camp-bucca-abu-ghraib-and-the-rise-of-extremism-in-iraq/5693363

By protecting Syria\'s Idlib, the US created a safe haven for Baghdadi and ISIS
Dan Cohen | thegrayzone.com | 2019-10-29
With the killing of self-proclaimed ISIS \"caliph\" Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shoddy narrative pushed by US government officials and regime…
thegrayzone.com/2019/10/29/by-protecting-idlib-the-us-created-a-safe-haven-for-baghdadi-and-isis/

Neoliberal Macri Regime Trounced in Argentinian Elections
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-29
Last August, opposition candidate Alberto Fernandez and running mate/former President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner defeated President Mauricio Macri by a 47.22% to 32.36% margin. | It was short of a majority triumph, requiring a electoral runoff. Center-right Roberto Lavagna came in …
globalresearch.ca/neoliberal-macri-regime-trounced-in-argentinian-elections/5693397

Baghdadi\'s Death Will Not Kill The Islamic State
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-29
The U.S. war in Iraq created ISIS. It thrives on destabilized states, so killing the Osamas and Baghdadis of the world will not end the terror, says The Independent\'s Patrick Cockburn.
therealnews.com/stories/baghdadi-death-will-not-kill-islamic-state

The Palestinian Christian Population Is Dwindling at an Alarming Rate
Ramzy Baroud | mintpressnews.com | 2019-10-29
The world\'s most ancient Christian community is moving elsewhere, and the reason for this is Israel. Christian leaders from Palestine and South Africa sounded the alarm at a conference in Johannesburg on October 15. Their gathering was titled: \"The Holy Land: A Palestinian Christian Perspective.\" | One major issue that highlighted itself at the meetings is the rapidly declining number of Palestinian Christians in Palestine. | There are varied estimates on how many Palestinian Christians are still living in Palestine today, compared with the period before 1948 when th…
mintpressnews.com/the-palestinian-christian-population-is-dwindling-at-an-alarming-rate/262587/

U.S. Universities Bow to Pressure of Israel Lobby
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-29
The Israel lobby in the United States and its counterparts in Europe have been paying particular attention to curtailing the activities of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS). This is because BDS, which is non-violent and based on established …
globalresearch.ca/u-s-universities-bow-to-pressure-of-israel-lobby/5693305

Genetically Engineered Golden Rice: A Silver Bullet that Misses the Target
Colin Todhunter | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-29
Promoters of genetic modification (GM) in agriculture have long argued that genetically engineered Golden Rice is a practical way to provide poor farmers in remote areas with a subsistence crop capable of adding much-needed vitamin A to local diets. Vitamin A deficiency is a problem in many poor countries in the Global South and leaves…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/29/genetically-engineered-golden-rice-a-silver-bullet-that-misses-the-target/

Pentagon\'s plans to stay in Syria and Iraq are in disarray
Sara Flounders | workers.org | 2019-10-29
The U.S. Department of \"Defense\" plans to keep its troops in Syria. This may come as a surprise to those who assumed that dumping support for the Kurdish militias meant the Pentagon finally intended to withdraw. The sudden convenient execution of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by U.S. forces on Oct. 27 . . . | Continue reading Pentagon\'s plans to stay in Syria and Iraq are in disarray at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/10/44181/

Trump Flip-Flops on Syria Withdrawal. Again
Rep. Ron Paul | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-29
President Trump is reversing his foreign policy decisions so quickly these days that it almost seems like he overturns himself before making the decision in the first place. Last week he was very clear that the US was pulling its …
globalresearch.ca/trump-flip-flops-on-syria-withdrawal-again/5693366

From RussiaGate to UkraineGate: The Impeachment Inquiry
Renee Parsons | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-29
As the Quantum field oversees the disintegration of institutions no longer in service to the public, the Democratic party continues to lose their marbles, perpetuating their own simulated bubble as if they alone are the nation\'s most trusted purveyors of …
globalresearch.ca/from-russiagate-to-ukrainegate-the-impeachment-inquiry/5693330

\'Why are so many people listening in on me?\' Trump slams Ukrainegate witness as \'Never Trumper,\' questions call procedure
rt.com | 2019-10-29
US President Donald Trump has questioned the reliability of a White House official set to testify to Congress about his infamous call with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky, calling the witness a \"Never Trumper.\" | The tweet is part of the Ukrainegate impeachment saga, which the Democrats have been focusing on ever since Russiagate fizzled out. The allegation is that Trump pressured Zelensky into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden over his role in ending a corruption probe into a Ukrainian energy company where his son sat on the board — and that Trump made US aid to Kiev dependent on such an…
rt.com/usa/472147-trump-impeachment-witness-hearing/

Putin always on his mind? Trump refers to Ukraine\'s Zelensky as \'new Russian president\'
rt.com | 2019-10-29
Donald Trump has galvanized Russiagate diehards lurking on social media, after mistakenly referring to Volodymyr Zelensky as the new leader of… Russia. | The US president made the slip-up while defending his relationship with Kiev, which is currently being scrutinized by Democratic lawmakers. The impeachment inquiry is trying to determine if Trump tried to pressure Zelensky to open an investigation into the son of Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden. | Trump told reporters on Monday that the accusations were based on a \"false narrative\" of a phone conversation he had with the Ukrainian president &#1…
rt.com/usa/472095-trump-zelensky-putin-russia-ukraine/

Growing Nostalgia for the USSR and China\'s Drift Towards Capitalism in the Post-Mao Era
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-29
Recently, polls have outlined that up to 66% of Russians \"want to go back to the USSR\", almost 30 years after its disintegration. Those outside of Russia may find such realities surprising — especially considering that Vladimir Putin\'s approval ratings …
globalresearch.ca/growing-nostalgia-for-the-ussr-and-chinas-drift-towards-capitalism-in-the-post-mao-era/5693335

White House Official to Offer \'Damning\' Impeachment Testimony
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-29
A White House National Security Council official who listened to President Donald Trump\'s phone call with Ukraine\'s leader plans to tell House impeachment investigators in a sworn deposition Tuesday that he was so alarmed by the conversation that he reported it to his superiors and the NSC\'s top lawyer. | Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an active-duty Army officer and the NSC\'s top Ukraine expert, will be the first White House official to testify as part of House Democrats\' impeachment inquiry into Trump. Vindman will also be the first official who heard Trump\'s call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to tes…
truthdig.com/articles/white-house-official-to-offer-damning-impeachment-testimony/

House Democrats release resolution to take Trump impeachment proceedings public — and legal
rt.com | 2019-10-29
House Democrats have released a resolution outlining the sequence of impeachment procedures, and hope to silence Republicans\' complaints that the process is unfair, secretive, or straight-up illegal, by subjecting it to a vote. | The resolution, released on Tuesday, authorizes members of both parties to subpoena and question witnesses, requisition evidence, and release transcripts (with appropriate redactions). Released by Rules Committee chair Jim McGovern (D-Massachusetts), it is expected to be put to a vote on Thursday. | t.co/KoYAHyU4iv pic.twitter.com/0wm3ncau…
rt.com/usa/472159-trump-impeachment-resolution-released/

READ: House Democrats Release Text of 8-Page Resolution Detailing Public Phase of Trump Impeachment Inquiry
Common Dreams staff | commondreams.org | 2019-10-29
\"We are taking this step,\" explained Nancy Pelosi ahead of its release, \"to eliminate any doubt as to whether the Trump Administration may withhold documents, prevent witness testimony, disregard duly authorized subpoenas, or continue obstructing the House of Representatives.\" | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/191028-pelosi-gty-773.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/10/29/read-house-democrats-release-text-8-page-resolution-detailing-public-phase-trump?cd-origin=rss

Why Trump Released a Transcript That Revealed Him Committing a Crime
Calvin Trillin | thenation.com | 2019-10-29
Why Trump Released a Transcript That Revealed Him Committing a Crime…
thenation.com/article/transcript-trump-zelensky-impeachment/

White House Staffer Raised Concerns Twice After Listening to Trump Ukraine Call
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-29
UPDATE: Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman testified today in the House impeachment inquiry. Top Democrats reported that it was an impactful testimony. Acting House Oversight Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney said she found his statements to be \"extremely, extremely, extremely disturbing.\" | The top Ukraine expert on the National Security Council will testify Tuesday in the House impeachment inquiry that he was so troubled by President Donald Trump\'s July 25 phone call with his European counterpart that…
truthout.org/articles/white-house-staffer-raised-concerns-twice-after-listening-to-trump-ukraine-call/

Venezuela Boosts Ties of Brotherhood With US Indigenous People
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-29
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza spoke Tuesday with indigenous representatives from the United States to strengthen ties of brotherhood in the context of the First International Meeting of Native Peoples. | RELATED: | Argentina: Fernandez Thanks Maduro For Congratulating Him | Arreaza met with Professor Nick Estes and the team of The Red Nation, an American organization dedicated to promoting the liberation of the natives from capi…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-Boosts-Ties-of-Brotherhood-With-US-Indigenous-People-20191029-0008.html

Urgent: Stand up for Rojava in the Face of Turkish Aggression
Hang Erdo | indybay.org | 2019-10-29
Fighting and airstrikes continue during the ceasefire. Brutal Turkish artillery, jihadis employed by Ankara, and airstrikes have created 200,000 internally displaced persons and threaten the very existence of the emancipatory self-government in Rojava and the Kurds themselves. Today they are using tanks to push toward one of the last major cities, Tel Tamir, to push the people into the desert. Please stand up in solidarity!
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/29/18827701.php

Trump\'s \"Mission Accomplished\": US Forces Kill \"Terror Mastermind\" Al-Baghdadi? PR Success For POTUS
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-29
U.S. Special Operations forces eliminated ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a nighttime raid into northwestern Syria on October 26, President Donald Trump officially announced. According to the President, Baghdadi died with his 3 young children after activating his suicide …
globalresearch.ca/trumps-mission-accomplished-us-forces-kill-terror-mastermind-al-baghdadi-pr-success-for-potus/5693308

Distracting With Baghdadi Psyop, US Sends \"Withdrawn\" Troops Back Into Syria, Along With MANY More
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-10-29
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (10/28/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/distracting-with-baghdadi-psyop-us-sends-withdrawn-troops-back-into-syria-along-with-many-more/

Media Silent as Nobel Prize Winning OPCW Found \"Fixing\" its Own Findings on Syria
Alan Macleod | mintpressnews.com | 2019-10-29
Judging by the minimal impact of the news, there will likely be few consequences for those who suppressed information and misled the world, nor for those who called for war on the basis of it, their assertions proving, once again, disastrously wrong.
mintpressnews.com/media-silent-opcw-found-fixing-douma-syria-findings/262576/

Trump\'s Syria \"Withdrawal\": Where Less is Probably More
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-29
When US president Donald Trump announced his plan to relocate a few dozen US soldiers in Syria — getting them out of the way of a pending Turkish invasion — the Washington establishment exploded in rage at what it mis-characterized as a US \"withdrawal\" from Syria. Instead of fighting that mis-characterization, Trump embraced it, pretending…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/29/trumps-syria-withdrawal-where-less-is-probably-more/

Media Silent as Nobel Prize Winning OPCW Found \"Fixing\" Its Own Findings on Syria
Alan Macleod | theantimedia.com | 2019-10-29
New evidence leaked from whistleblowers suggests the OCPW suppressed evidence and testimony that contradicted the U.S. narrative in Syria.
theantimedia.com/opcw-syria/

Drone Strikes and Tears: Why I Weep While I Work
Allegra Harpootlian | commondreams.org | 2019-10-29
A report from the U.N. found that, for the first time since it started tracking the conflict in Afghanistan 10 years ago, U.S. and Afghan government forces had killed more civilians than the Taliban and other militant groups. (Photo: Debra Sweet/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/6997925813_591d9b8191_z.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/29/drone-strikes-and-tears-why-i-weep-while-i-work?cd-origin=rss

Camp Bucca, Abu Ghraib and the Rise of Extremism in Iraq
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-29
Sunday morning, President Trump announced the death of Abu Bakr Al- Baghdadi and three of his children. | President Trump said Al-Baghdadi, the founder of ISIS, was fleeing U.S. military forces, in a tunnel, and then killed himself by detonating a suicide vest he wore. | In 2004, Al-Baghdadi had been captured by U.S. forces and, for ten months, imprisoned in both Abu Ghraib and Camp Bucca. | I visited Camp Bucca in January, 2004 when, still under co…
truthout.org/articles/camp-bucca-abu-ghraib-and-the-rise-of-extremism-in-iraq/

\"I Was Fired for Helping Julian Assange, and I Have No Regrets\"
Fidel Narvaez | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-28
We talk to Fidel Narvaez, the ousted Ecuadorian diplomat who handled Julian Assange\'s case about why Lenín Moreno caved to international pressure, broke his promises, and gave Assange up to British authorities. | *** | Assange had been granted asylum in 2012, …
globalresearch.ca/fired-helping-julian-assange-have-no-regrets/5693261

The End of Accountable Government Is Close at Hand. Julian Assange and the CIA
Dr. Paul Craig Roberts | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-28
For about 70 years the CIA has been undermining a free press. It began with Operation Mockingbird, a Cold War operation against communism. The CIA recruited journalists into a propaganda network. The CIA paid journalists to write fake stories or …
globalresearch.ca/end-accountable-government-close/5693220

Case Mismanagement in London: Julian Assange, Political Offences and Surveillance
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-28
While Australian journalists bonded and broke bread in condemning national security legislation that some of them had previously supported, one figure was barely mentioned. Julian Assange was making his first public appearance since April for a case management hearing at the Westminster Magistrates Court. Those in attendance were disturbed. Craig Murray professed to being shaken.
counterpunch.org/2019/10/28/case-mismanagement-in-london-julian-assange-political-offences-and-surveillance/

Did this Happen in the Home of the Magna Carta? Julian Assange\'s Case
John Pilger | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-28
In a special comment written for Consortium News, John Pilger, legendary filmmaker, journalist and friend of Assange, describes the troubling scene inside a London courtroom this week where the WikiLeaks publisher appeared in his U.S. extradition case. | *** | The worst …
globalresearch.ca/did-happen-home-magna-carta/5693217

\'This charge is 100% false\': Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal arrested months after reporting on Venezuelan opposition violence
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-10-28
The Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal has been arrested on false charges after reporting on Venezuelan opposition violence outside the DC…
thegrayzone.com/2019/10/28/this-charge-is-one-hundred-percent-false-grayzone-editor-max-blumenthal-arrested-months-after-reporting-on-venezuelan-opposition-violence/

The Amount of Money Being Made Ripping Migrant Families Apart Is Staggering
John Washington | thenation.com | 2019-10-28
The Amount of Money Being Made Ripping Migrant Families Apart Is Staggering…
thenation.com/article/immigration-ice-family-separation/

In Chicago, Trump Calls the City an Embarrassment to the U.S
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-28
CHICAGO — Visiting Chicago for the first time as president, Donald Trump disparaged the city Monday as a haven for criminals that is \"embarrassing to us as a nation.\" The city\'s top cop sat out Trump\'s speech to protest the president\'s immigration policies and frequently divisive rhetoric. | \"There is one person who is not here today,\" Trump told a friendly audience at a conference of police chiefs.
truthdig.com/articles/in-chicago-trump-calls-the-city-an-embarrassment-to-the-u-s/

Trump gives $4.5 million to Syria\'s White Helmets, which partnered with jihadists and joined Turkey\'s ethnic cleansing
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-10-28
While touting his efforts to end US involvement in Syria, Trump approved $4.5 million more for the White Helmets. This…
thegrayzone.com/2019/10/28/trump-million-syria-jihadist-white-helmets/

US Troops Are Staying in Syria to \'Keep the Oil\' — and Have Already Killed Hundreds Over It
Ben Norton | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-28
Hundreds of American soldiers are remaining in Syria to occupy its oil reserves and block the Syrian government from revenue needed for reconstruction. Trump said openly, \"We want to keep the oil.\" | *** | US President Donald Trump has reassured supporters …
globalresearch.ca/us-troops-staying-syria-keep-oil-have-already-killed-hundreds/5693196

Convicted Anti-Nuclear Activists Speak Out: \"Pentagon Has Brainwashed People\"
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-28
The seven Catholic peace activists who were convicted on October 24 for their symbolic protest against nuclear weapons at the Kings Bay Naval Base are now facing a two-to-three-month wait to hear their prison sentences. They could face more than 20 years in prison. | \"Our own lives are uncertain regarding the possible length of prison sentences,\" defendant Martha Hennessy told Truthout in an exclusive interview.
truthout.org/articles/convicted-anti-nuclear-activists-speak-out-pentagon-has-brainwashed-people/

German media gripped by war fever
wsws.org | 2019-10-28
It is remarkable how little effort is made by the journalists to conceal their battle cries behind the usual phrases about \"peace,\" \"human rights,\" and \"democracy.\"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/28/medi-o26.html

After 1 Million Flood Streets, Chile\'s Government Announces Serious Changes
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-28
Chilean President Sebastián Piñera has announced a major cabinet shuffle after more than one million people flooded the streets Friday in massive peaceful demonstrations over inequality, high cost of living and privatization. The protest drew more than 5% of Chile\'s population and followed days of widespread civil unrest that sparked a violent police and military crackdown across the country. At least 18 people have been killed and hundreds more have been shot and wounded since protests erupted Oct…
truthout.org/video/after-1-million-flood-streets-chiles-government-announces-serious-changes/

What Does the U.S. Public Think of Its Government Arming and Bombing the World?
David Swanson | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-28
Data for Progress for quite a while appeared to be yet another U.S. PEP group (Progressive Except for Peace). They were producing useful polling reports on all sorts of topics as if 96% of humanity didn\'t exist. Foreign policy just couldn\'t be found. They told me they were just getting around to it. You still…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/28/what-does-the-u-s-public-think-of-its-government-arming-and-bombing-the-world/

Right a Bell for Peace
Veteran For Peace, Chapter 101 | indybay.org | 2019-10-28
corner of Fourth and Santa Clara Streets | San Jose, California…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/25/18827604.php

Millions march in Chile, force major concessions from right-wing president
Morning Star | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-28
Chilean President Sebastian Piñera has claimed to have \"heard the message\" of a march of 1.2 million people against his government on Friday, offering protesters the resignations of all his ministers but not his own. \"The march we saw yesterday was a massive and peaceful march. We have all heard the message. We have all …
peoplesworld.org/article/millions-march-in-chile-force-major-concessions-from-right-wing-president/

\'Multi-generational tragedy\' in Israel and Palestine demands political will for two-State solution
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-28
Pervasive deteriorating facts on the ground in Israeli-Palestinian conflict, \"are pushing us every further\" from achieving a viable two-State solution, the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process told the Security Council on Monday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1050091

Western progressives and the imperialist Inquisition
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-10-28
Military curfews or states of siege have been imposed recently in Guatemala, Ecuador and Chile, with the army deployed to control protests. Western powers give these countries\' right wing governments the benefit of the doubt despite them being guilty as charged. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/27/western-progressives-and-the-imperialist-inquisition/

Over 100,000 Chileans March Towards Congress
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-28
Thousands of Chileans marched Sunday towards the country\'s congress in the latest mobilization in rejection of the policies of the current government led by President Sebastian Piñera. | RELATED: | Support for Chile\'s Pinera Lowest for President Since Dictator Pinochet Era: poll | The protest included people from the cities of Viña del Mar and Valparaíso, marching towards headquarters of the congress located on Avenida Pedro Montt, in the so-called garden city.
telesurenglish.net/news/valparaiso-thousands-of-chileans-march-towards-congress-20191027-0020.html

Chileans Call for New Protests Even as Pinera Changes Ministers
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-28
Despite President Sebastian Pinera cabinet reshuffle Monday morning, Chileans angry at inequality called for more demonstrations this week in the biggest political crisis since the country\'s return to democracy in 1990. | RELATED: | Over 100,000 Chileans March Towards Congress | President Pinera replaced eight cabinet members Monday including his interior and finance ministers, a house-cleaning aimed at taming the biggest political crisis since Chile\'s return to democracy in 1990.
telesurenglish.net/news/Chileans-Call-for-New-Protests-Even-as-Pinera-Changes-Ministers-20191028-0004.html

Duke Students Protest Speech by Tzipi Livni, Former Israeli Foreign Minister Accused of War Crimes
Brett Wilkins | commondreams.org | 2019-10-28
Tzipi Livni (pictured) is the former Israeli foreign minister who has been the subject of arrest warrants and a lawsuit in three countries for her alleged role in war crimes committed during the 2008-09 Cast Lead invasion of Gaza. (Photo: Stefano Montesi/Corbis via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-624340638.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/28/duke-students-protest-speech-tzipi-livni-former-israeli-foreign-minister-accused?cd-origin=rss

16 years on from Western invasion, Iraqi authorities continue to kill dozens of protesters
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-28
At least 72 protesters have been killed in Iraq since nationwide anti-government protests resumed on Friday, after 149 were killed during an earlier wave of protests this month. | The latest violence comes as thousands of students took to the streets in defiance of a government order and tear gas from security forces. The students missed classes at several universities and secondary schools in Baghdad and across Iraq\'s majority-Shiite south to take part in the protests, despite the government ordering schools and universities to operate normally. Authorities later announced a curfew from midnight to 6am in the ca…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/10/28/16-years-on-from-western-invasion-iraqi-authorities-continue-to-kill-dozens-of-protesters/

Chile over 1 Million people march in Chile\'s largest protest
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-10-28
Protests that started over a hike in public transport fares boiled into massive marches. The government responded with heavy repression. At least 18 people have been killed, hundreds have been injured, and over 7,000 arrested. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/28/chile-over-1-million-people-march-in-chiles-largest-protest/

Iraq Declares Curfew in Baghdad As Protests Persist
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-28
Iraq\'s government declared a curfew in Baghdad Monday after four people were killed and 277 injured in the fourth day of anti-government protests, and the coalition government\'s most powerful erstwhile supporter called for early elections.protests. | RELATED: | Defying Crackdown, Thousands of Iraqis Keep Protesting | According to state television, the curfew, declared by Baghdad\'s main military commander, will be imposed from midnight until six o\'clock in the morning, every day for an i…
telesurenglish.net/news/iraq-declares-baghdad-curfew-as-protests-persist-20191028-0006.html

Over 1 Million People March in Chile\'s Largest Protest
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-28
Protests that started over a hike in public transport fares boiled into massive marches. The government responded with heavy repression. At least 18 people have been killed, hundreds have been injured, and over 7,000 arrested. | *** | Over one million people …
globalresearch.ca/over-1-million-people-march-chile-largest-protest/5693228

The Lebanese Uprising Won\'t Prevail While Sectarian Elites Remain in Control
Robert Fisk | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-28
The most amazing thing about the latest Lebanese uprising is not the protest at WhatsApp taxes, unemployment and government theft, but that the Lebanese, in their small and wounded country, after all the bloodshed and failures and continued dictatorship of the 2011 revolutions in the Middle East, still believe they can fight and make a difference. There is courage for you.
counterpunch.org/2019/10/28/the-lebanese-uprising-wont-prevail-while-sectarian-elites-remain-in-control/

Addressing inequality is key if we want to tackle climate chaos
Rasika Sittamparam | thecanary.co | 2019-10-28
Recent Extinction Rebellion climate protests included a rally of trade unionists in Trafalgar Square. And this inclusion reflected its message that \"the labour and environmental struggles are inextricably related\". Martin Empson — who helped gather participants from branches of the NEU, the PCS, and Unite — says \"many trade unionists are concerned about the environment\". And he stresses that the meeting was set up to destroy the \"crude stereotype\"
thecanary.co/discovery/analysis-discovery/2019/10/28/addressing-inequality-is-key-if-we-want-to-tackle-climate-chaos/

Latin America. Support the Revolutionary Movement against Neoliberalism
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-28
It was just a matter of time before the Bolivian government would be the target of a reactionary opposition. Indeed it happened at its most vulnerable time during an election process that had not officially ended. Following popular protests against …
globalresearch.ca/latin-america-risks-worth-taking-help-revolutionary-movement/5693200

Reporter accuses Hong Kong police of violence against media
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-28
A reporter has disrupted a police news conference in Hong Kong to protest against what she called escalating violence by officers against journalists covering the city\'s pro-democracy protests.The reporter interrupted the briefing on Monday by reading a statement alleging police mistreatment.Hong Kong police officers push back journalists during a rally in Hong Kong (AP/Kin Cheung)To emphasise her point, she used a high-powered strobing light similar to the ones police have used on photographers and video journalists.Five officers taking part in the news conference left the stage, leaving the reporter, identified…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/10/28/reporter-accuses-hong-kong-police-of-violence-against-media/

Accused of Treason and Imprisoned Without Trial: Journalist Kirill Vyshinsky Recounts His Harrowing Time in a Ukrainian Prison
Eva Bartlett | mintpressnews.com | 2019-10-28
Eva Bartlett sat down with recently released Ukrainian journalist Kirill Vyshinsky. Vyshinsky endured 15 months of appalling conditions in a Ukrainian prison after being falsely accused of treason.
mintpressnews.com/interview-journalist-kirill-vyshinsky-ukrainian-prison/262498/

ISIS Leader Al-Baghdadi Killed? Trump\'s Dubious Announcement. \"Fake Politics\"?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-28
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi allegedly headed ISIS, the jihadist group created and supported by the US and its imperial allies. | Years earlier, he was held in Camp Bucca, a US military prison in Iraq, later released, after which the ISIS terrorist …
globalresearch.ca/isis-leader-killed-trump-dubious-announcement/5693244

Forget Russia, The Real Threat to Democracy Are Corporate Assets Like Clinton and Trump
Peter Bloom | commondreams.org | 2019-10-28
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) appearing on MSNBC earlier this year. (Photo: MSNBC) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/tulsi_gabbard_corporate_media1_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/28/forget-russia-real-threat-democracy-are-corporate-assets-clinton-and-trump?cd-origin=rss

Camp Bucca, Abu Ghraib and the Rise of Extremism in Iraq
Kathy Kelly | commondreams.org | 2019-10-28
Along with the abuses of prisoners in places like Camp Bucca, FOB Mercury, Abu Ghraib, and Guantanamo, U.S. warfare predictably led to the buildup of ISIS and Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi\'s commitment to \"an eye for an eye.\" (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/prisons_0.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/28/camp-bucca-abu-ghraib-and-rise-extremism-iraq?cd-origin=rss

Venezuela Applauds Regional Leftist Victories
Paul Dobson | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-10-28
Caracas rejoiced at the \"defeat of the IMF\" in elections in Argentina, Uruguay, and swathes of Colombia this Sunday.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/14709

White House Official Defies Impeachment Subpoena, Deepening Standoff
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-28
WASHINGTON — A former national security official defied a House subpoena Monday, escalating a standoff between Congress and the White House over who will testify in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. | Charles Kupperman, who was a deputy to former national security adviser John Bolton, failed to show up for a scheduled closed-door deposition after asking a federal court in Washington to rule on whether he was legally required to appear. In a statement, Kupperman sa…
truthdig.com/articles/white-house-official-defies-impeachment-subpoena-deepening-standoff/

Non Aligned Movement Summit: \'Venezuela Is Resisting and Overcoming\', Maduro Says
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-28
At the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) Summit held in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Friday, Venezuela\'s President Nicolas Maduro lashed out at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and announced that the U.S. economic and financial aggressions are as lethal as its armies. | The …
globalresearch.ca/nam-summit-venezuela-resisting-overcoming-maduro-says/5693233

ISIS Chief Al-Baghdadi Killed on Turkish Border while Fleeing Idlib
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-28
This article was completed on October 26, 2019. | Islamic State\'s self-styled Caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in a United States Special Ops overnight raid Saturday involving helicopters, warplanes and a ground clash on the Turkey-Syria border while fleeing …
globalresearch.ca/isis-chief-al-baghdadi-killed-turkish-border-fleeing-idlib/5693207

Indigenous organizations propose a People\'s Parliament
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-10-28
They seek to develop an economic model to prevent the application of IMF policies against the Ecuadoreans. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/28/indigenous-organizations-propose-a-peoples-parliament/

Al-Baghadi and the U.S. Special Ops Raid. Hurras al-Din Regrouping of Islamic State in Syria\'s Idlib?
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-28
According to a New York Times report [1], the surprising information about the Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi\'s whereabouts came following the arrest and interrogation of one of al-Baghdadi\'s wives and a courier in Iraq this past summer….
globalresearch.ca/al-baghadi-and-the-u-s-special-ops-raid-hurras-al-din-regrouping-of-islamic-state-in-syrias-idlib/5693225

The murder of Baghdadi and Washington\'s crisis in the Middle East
wsws.org | 2019-10-28
The targeted assassination of the ISIS leader was politically timed to deflect criticism within the US ruling establishment and its military and intelligence apparatus of Trump\'s Syria policy.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/28/pers-o28.html

ISIS Grew Out of US Invasion of Iraq. What Will Happen Next?
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-28
President Trump announced Sunday that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed in a U.S. special forces raid on his compound in northwestern Syria. According to Trump, al-Baghdadi detonated an explosive vest he was wearing, killing himself and three of his children. The raid began early Sunday when eight U.S. military helicopters flew from a base near Erbil, Iraq, to northwestern Syria over airspace controlled by Syria and Russia. Baghdadi had led ISIS since 2010. In 2014, he proclaimed the creation of an Isla…
truthout.org/video/isis-grew-out-of-us-invasion-of-iraq-what-will-happen-next/

Bolivia on alert: Coup plot underway!
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-10-28
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denounces destabilization campaign and violence. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/28/bolivia-on-alert-coup-plot-underway/

Investors Return to Saudi Arabia as Lucrative Oil IPO Looms
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-28
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Lured by a long-looming stock offering of Saudi Arabia\'s massive state-run oil company, investors and business leaders have returned to the kingdom\'s capital for an investment forum that was overshadowed last year by the assassination of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. | Yet drawing big names to the Future Investment Initiative alone does not mean Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman\'s dream of having Saudi Aramco offer a sliver of itself at a $2 trillion valuation will become a reality. | King Salman\'s son needs to raise $100 billion required to fund his ambitious development…
truthdig.com/articles/investors-return-to-saudi-arabia-as-lucrative-oil-ipo-looms/

Pelosi announces \'unnecessary\' formal vote on impeachment as proceedings go public
rt.com | 2019-10-28
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced the House will finally hold a vote on impeachment proceedings, an effort to silence Republican complaints about secrecy — and force witnesses to respond to subpoenas. | A resolution \"that affirms the ongoing, existing investigation that is currently being conducted by our committees\" will be introduced in the House later this week to \"eliminate any doubt as to whether the Trump administration may withhold documents, prevent witness testimony, disregard duly authorized subpoenas, or continue obstructing the House of Representatives,\" Pelosi said in a statement rele…
rt.com/usa/472070-trump-impeachment-pelosi-legal/

Robert Reich: Trump\'s Theft Is Impeachable on Its Own
Robert Reich | truthdig.com | 2019-10-28
The president has been in violation of the emoluments clause since the day he assumed office. It\'s on all of us to hold him accountable.
truthdig.com/articles/robert-reich-trumps-theft-is-impeachable-on-its-own/

Democrat-led House to Vote on Next Steps for Trump Impeachment
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-28
Democrats in the United States House of Representatives set a Thursday vote to lay out the next steps for their impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, even as officials and Republican lawmakers refuse to cooperate. | RELATED: | US Senate Republicans Push Resolution Against Trump Impeachment Process | If the measure is approved on Thrusday it will set the stage for House investigating committees to forward evidence they have collected to the House Judiciary Committee, w…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-House-Democrats-to-Vote-on-Next-Steps-for-Impeachment-Probe-20191028-0009.html

Impeachment Now? Or Never?
Eugene E Ruyle | indybay.org | 2019-10-28
NPML | 6501 Telegraph Ave, Oakland (just North of Alcatraz Ave.)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/26/18827620.php

Court ruling declares House impeachment inquiry to be legal
wsws.org | 2019-10-28
The ruling by Judge Beryl A. Howell constitutes a rebuttal of the arguments made by the White House and congressional Republicans against the constitutionality of the impeachment inquiry.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/28/impe-o28.html

Trump Will Live to Regret Sending Troops to Saudi Arabia
Maj. Danny Sjursen | truthdig.com | 2019-10-28
A war with Iran isn\'t the only risk linked to basing majority-Christian, American troops in the land of Islam\'s two holiest cities.
truthdig.com/articles/trump-will-live-to-regret-sending-troops-to-saudi-arabia/

How Saudi Arabia\'s Propaganda War on Iran Has Reached a New Level of the Absurd
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-28
Saudi Arabia\'s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al-Jubeir has recently called out Iran for its alleged \"support of terrorist groups, its ballistic missile program and its destabilizing effect\" in the Middle East even though Iran has not attacked …
globalresearch.ca/saudi-arabia-propaganda-war-iran/5693245

Bernie Sanders would legalize marijuana within his first 100 days in office
Ruth Milka | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-28
\"It is time to admit the criminalization of marijuana was a disaster, especially for communities of color, and allow those most impacted to move forward with their lives.\"
nationofchange.org/2019/10/28/bernie-sanders-would-legalize-marijuana-within-his-first-100-days-in-office/