Staff (2019-10-15). Ecuadorian Government Withdraws IMF Decree After 11 Days of Protests and State Repression. therealnews.com President Lenin Moreno\'s government withdrew the neoliberal program which had sparked the massive protests. Indigenous groups remain wary, though, in case the government implements new austerity measures.

Matthew Trinder (2019-10-15). Indigenous-led protests force Ecuador to restore fuel subsidy cuts ordered by IMF. peoplesworld.org Ecuador\'s government agreed Monday to restore fuel subsidies it had forced on the public in order to obtain an International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan. The announcement to back away from the subsidy cuts is part of a deal to stop mass protests that had forced the government to flee the capital. The deal was struck …

Wilma Salgado (2019-10-15). Ecuador: Lenin Moreno\'s Government Sacrifices the Poor to Satisfy the IMF. counterpunch.org Ecuador\'s President Lenin Moreno has been cutting government spending since signing an Extended Fund Facility (EFF) agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in February of this year. This policy has benefited multinational corporations, the banks, and in general, powerful economic groups at the expense of the middle and working classes, who are being pushed More

Staff (2019-10-15). California Lawmakers Passed a Bill Banning Private Prisons. therealnews.com Activist Amani Sawari talks about what the impact on people in private prisons and immigration detention centers will be if Governor Gavin Newsom signs AB32, which would phase out private prisons by 2028.

The Canary (2019-10-15). Dominic Raab \'was cold, unpleasant and rude\' to parents of teenage crash victim. thecanary.co The Foreign Secretary was \"cold\" and \"rude\" to the family of Harry Dunn during a meeting about the teenager\'s death, their spokesman has said.Dominic Raab met the 19-year-old\'s parents, Charlotte Charles and Tim Dunn, last week.The teenager was killed when his motorbike was involved in a head-on collision outside RAF Croughton in Northamptonshire in August.Harry Dunn (Family handout/Northamptonshire Police/PA)His parents met Raab after Anne Sacoolas, the motorist allegedly responsible for the crash, was given diplomatic immunity and allowed to flee to the US after the crash.Family spokesman Radd Seiger told the P…

Ralph Nader (2019-10-15). The Congress Has to Draw the Line. counterpunch.org \"I have an Article II, where I have the right to do whatever I want as President.\" Really! It is time for the House of Representatives to announce comprehensive articles of impeachment against the chronic outlaw and violator of the public trust — President Donald J. Trump who won the Electoral College, but lost the popular vote. Six More

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-10-15). Pink Tide Against US Domination Rising Again In Latin America. dissidentvoice.org (Photo from Dissent Magazine) Once again, the left is rising in Latin America as people revolt against authoritarian regimes, many of whom were put in place by US-supported coups. These regimes have taken International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans and are under the thumb of international finance, which is against the interests of people.After the embattled …

Monica Moorehead (2019-10-15). NBA and China: The \'right to free speech\' vs. the right to sovereignty. workers.org The great Yao Ming. The Houston Rockets are the most popular National Basketball Association team in China for one main reason: Yao Ming, the current president of the Chinese Basketball Association and an NBA Hall of Famer, played eight seasons for the Rockets. Basketball is very popular in China, thanks . . . | Continue reading NBA and China: The \'right to free speech\' vs. the right to sovereignty at Workers.org

Andre Vltchek (2019-10-15). Why I stand by 70 years old Communist China. dissidentvoice.org Happy Birthday, People\'s Republic of China! Heartfelt Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday, and thank you for being here, for standing, for not bending down and never surrendering. The capitalist world is in decay. The West is rotting. Anger and nihilism are pouring from the imperialist empire whose citizens are frustrated; not at peace with themselves. Imperialist …

Lee Camp (2019-10-15). Just 100 Companies Will Sign Humanity\'s Death Warrant. truthdig.com Only 100 companies will sign humanity\'s death sentence. That\'s it. One hundred corporate boards filled with sociopaths. But I\'ll get back to that in a moment. | In recent weeks, climate activists in New York City jammed up foot traffic on Wall Street with a die-in, covering themselves in fake blood and lying on the ground. Other activists in Washington, D.C., blocked intersections using a variety of tactics, gridlocking traffic and pissing off a lot of people. It seems clear that when it comes to our impending extinction, practically no one cares, unl…

Raouf Halaby (2019-10-15). Kurdish Massacres: One of Britain\'s Many Original Sins. counterpunch.org For those who believe in the fairy tale of original sin, Adam and Eve, so goes the narrative, partook of the forbidden fruit, fell from grace, and were forever banished from the garden. The same narrative informs us that the second major sin, an infinitely more hideous one, was the result of a jealous and More

Ron Jacobs (2019-10-15). Betrayal in the Levant. counterpunch.org Confusion reigns in certain left-leaning and anarchist circles. Pat Robertson tells Trump he will lose his mandate of heaven if he really does pull the US troops occupying northern Syria from their positions. Democrats, Republicans, neocons and neoliberals join the Pentagon and the mainstream US media to decry this possible troop redeployment. Turkey assembles its military More

William A. Cohn (2019-10-15). The Don Fought the Law… counterpunch.org Photo by Nathaniel St. Clair Indictments now point to a vast criminal conspiracy involving the personal lawyer of the sitting U.S. President and *45 to rig the 2020 election. I refer to Mr. Donald J. Trump as *45 to deny the legitimacy of his holding his office. Now, judicial fact-finding strengthens the existing public record More

Victor Grossman (2019-10-15). The Berlin Wall, Thirty Years Later. counterpunch.org Remembrance Days are rewarding for journalists, especially since Google made research digging so easy. And how the German media love such days! Their favorite dates recall four events: June 17, 1953, the \"Uprising\" (or whatever it\'s labeled) by East German workers in the birthing period of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), the building of the Berlin Wall More

Liberation Staff (2019-10-15). Leonard Peltier subjected to unjust lockdown in prison: Write to the warden now! liberationnews.org The Party for Socialism and Liberation urges its supporters to write the warden to demand an end to this brutal lockdown.

Staff (2019-10-15). #MeToo Writings Are About a Lot More Than Stories. truthdig.com \"Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings From the Me Too Movement\" | A book edited by Shelly Oria \"Indelible: Writings From the Me Too Movement\" is not just a collection of nonfiction essays, short stories, and poems about the Great Reckoning edited by award-winning novelist Shelly Oria. \"Indelible\"\'s writings also strive to create a forum for litigating sexual violence claims outside of the failed state. In a society where only one out of four rapes are reported — often because victims understand that police are unlikely to believe the…

Max Blumenthal (2019-10-15). The Legal Biden Family Corruption Democrats Refuse to Acknowledge. truthdig.com This piece originally appeared on The Grayzone. | With its relentless focus on corruption in Russia and Ukraine, the Atlantic Council has distinguished itself from other top-flight think tanks in Washington. Over the past several years, it has held innumerable conferences and panel discussions, issued a string of reports, and published literally hundreds of essays on Russia\'s \"kleptocracy\" and the scourge of Kremlin disinformation. | At the same time,…

Victor Grossman (2019-10-15). Thirty years later the Berlin Wall is again being \"remembered\" peoplesworld.org BERLIN — Remembrance Days are rewarding for journalists, especially since Google made research digging so easy. And how the German media love such days! Their favorite dates recall four events: June 17, 1953, the \"Uprising\" (or whatever it\'s labeled) by East German workers in the birthing period of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), the building …

Maxximilian Seijo (2019-10-15). No Depression in Heaven with Alison Collis Greene. mronline.org In this episode of Money on the Left, we speak with historian Alison Collis Greene about her book No Depression in Heaven with an eye toward contemporary debates around the Green New Deal. Subtitled The Great Depression, the New Deal, and the Transformation of Religion in the Delta, Alison\'s book critiques what she calls the […] | Source

Eric A. Gordon (2019-10-15). \'The Abuelas\' unpacks repercussions of child kidnapping in Argentina\'s Dirty War. peoplesworld.org GLENDALE, Calif.— \"If you have doubts about your identity, contact Las Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo.\" So read billboards across today\'s Argentina, where thousands of people were \"disappeared\" between 1976 and 1983 during the brutal military dictatorship\'s Dirty War. Antaeus Theatre Company presents the West Coast premiere of Stephanie Alison Walker\'s striking new play, The …

Norman Solomon (2019-10-15). The More Joe Biden Stumbles, the More Corporate Democrats Freak Out. counterpunch.org The Democratic Party\'s most powerful donors are running out of options in the presidential race. Their warhorse Joe Biden is stumbling, while the other corporate-minded candidates lag far behind. For party elites, with less than four months to go before voting starts in caucuses and primaries, 2020 looks like Biden or bust. A key problem More

David M. Perry (2019-10-15). Why Ilhan Omar Is the Optimist in the Room. thenation.com Why Ilhan Omar Is the Optimist in the Room…

Aaron Maté (2019-10-15). Pushback: Aaron Maté and Ben Norton discuss Syria war, US withdrawal, Turkish invasion. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone hosted its first YouTube livestream of Pushback with Aaron Maté, featuring Ben Norton. We discussed the Syria war,…

Kevin Zeese (2019-10-15). \"Pink Tide\" Against US Domination Rising Again in Latin America and the Caribbean. globalresearch.ca Once again, the left is rising in Latin America as people revolt against authoritarian regimes, many of whom were put in place by US-supported coups. These regimes have taken International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans and are under the thumb of …

Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers (2019-10-15). Pink tide against US domination rising again in Latin America. nationofchange.org Once again, the left is rising in Latin America as people revolt against authoritarian regimes, many of whom were put in place by US-supported coups. These regimes have taken the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loans and are under the thumb of international finance, which is against the interests of people. After the embattled President of …

Dr. Binoy Kampmark (2019-10-15). A Coalition of Support: Parliamentarians for Julian Assange. globalresearch.ca Australian politicians, and the consular staff of the country, are rarely that engaged on the subject of protecting their citizens. In a couple of notorious cases, Australian authorities demonstrated, not only an indifference, but a consciously venal approach to its …

Zenobia Jeffries Warfield (2019-10-15). It\'s Time for Effective Oversight of Police Violence. commondreams.org Community organizers and activists demand police accountability at a rally in New York City on August 9, 2019, to commemorate the 5-year anniversary of Mike Brown\'s death by Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson. (Photo: Erik McGregor/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/stoplillingus.jpeg …

Zero Hedge (2019-10-15). Erdogan Holding 50 US Tactical Nukes \'Hostage\' as Trump Authorizes Sanctions. globalresearch.ca Amid all the media and pundit outrage since Turkey\'s President Erdogan launched his so-called \'Operation Peace Spring\' into northeast Syria last week, vowing to wipe out Syrian Kurdish forces who\'ve long held the border areas, what\'s been largely missing is …

South Front (2019-10-15). Video: Turkish Offensive in Northern Syria Pushed Kurds into Hands of Assad and Moscow. War Report. globalresearch.ca The defense of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) is steadily collapsing under pressure from the Turkish Armed Forces and Turkish-backed militant groups, branded as the National Syrian Army. | Since the start of Operation Peace Spring, Turkey-led forces have captured …

Thomas Mountain (2019-10-15). Ethiopia\'s Abiy Ahmed Wins Nobel Peace Prize, But It Takes Two to Make Peace. counterpunch.org Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize for Peace which begs the question, if it takes two sides to fight a war doesn\'t it take two sides to make peace? Just as it takes two hands to clap it takes two to make peace and P.M. Abiy has taken pains More

WSWS (2019-10-15). Germany\'s IG Metall union calls for alliance with government and corporations against workers. wsws.org IG Metall is offering the services of its apparatus to ensure labour peace in the factories and impose the cuts demanded by Germany\'s ruling elite.

United Nations (2019-10-15). Security Council marks transition from 15 years of UN peacekeeping in Haiti. un.org Although 15 years of UN peacekeeping in Haiti has drawn to a close, the Organization\'s commitment to strengthening and stabilizing the country, will continue, the Security Council heard on Tuesday.

Photos and Text (2019-10-15). Kurds in San Francisco Protest Betrayal by the US. indybay.org Trump forces our former ally into arms of our enemy, Syria\'s Assad. Russia, Iran and ISIS to benefit.

WSWS (2019-10-15). Australian governments trial police-state measures against climate protesters. wsws.org The authorities are using the demonstrations as a test case for future repression of the emerging social and political struggles of the working class.

Wim Laven (2019-10-15). Citizens Must Remove Trump From Office. counterpunch.org Familiarize yourself with the hashtag #OutNow, it is refusefacism.org\'s message: \"In the name of humanity we refuse to accept a fascist America!\" Their goal is seeing the Trump/Pence regime gone—now. The protests in Los Angeles and New York to be held on October 19th will showcase this necessary cause—there is no higher form of patriotism More

WSWS (2019-10-15). Spanish police attack mass protests against prison terms for Catalan nationalists. wsws.org The ruling against defendants involved in the 2017 Catalan independence referendum is the outcome of a show trial and part of the Spanish ruling class\'s drive toward dictatorship.

Mark Engler (2019-10-15). Why Bother Protesting When the President Doesn\'t Care? thenation.com Why Bother Protesting When the President Doesn\'t Care?

Philip Giraldi (2019-10-15). Trump Wants to End the \"Stupid Wars\"? globalresearch.ca The discussion, if one might even call it that, regarding the apparent President Donald Trump decision to withdraw at least some American soldiers from Syria has predictably developed along partisan, ideologically fueled lines. Trump has inevitably muddied the waters by …

Kathy Kelly (2019-10-15). Death, Bloodshed, and Misery in Yemen. progressive.org \"Strike with creativity!\" proclaims Raytheon.

Dr. Barbara G. Ellis (2019-10-15). Lessons from Ukraine: Shift Foreign Aid to U.S. Desperate Domestic Aid Programs. globalresearch.ca If anything, the Trump-Ukraine impeachment issue reveals to the American public that ever since 1961 when the Foreign Assistance Act was passed, perhaps nearly trillions of our tax dollars have been used by decades of administrations as a primary tool …

Pepe Escobar (2019-10-15). Kurds Face Stark Options after US Pullback from Northern Syria. globalresearch.ca In the annals of bombastic Trump tweets, this one is simply astonishing: here we have a President of the United States, on the record, unmasking the whole $8-trillion intervention in the Middle East as an endless war based on a …

Medios libres de América (2019-10-15). #SOSEcuador: Exigimos el cese de la violencia por parte del gobierno ecuatoriano. indybay.org Colectivos y organizaciones firmantes denunciamos la inconstitucionalidad del toque de queda impuesto en Ecuador desde hoy sábado 12 de octubre a las 3 pm. Exigimos que se levante esta medida excesiva por ser un mecanismo que pone en riesgo la seguridad y la vida de los y las manifestantes.

Joe Emersberger (2019-10-15). Media Smears, Political Persecution Set the Stage for Austerity and the Backlash Against It in Ecuador. counterpunch.org An interview with Fausto Jarrin On October 6, I interviewed Ecuadorian lawyer Fausto Jarrin, who has represented former Ecuadorian President Rafael and other former members of his government. Correa was in office from 2007-2017. In 2017, Lenin Moreno, who had been part of Correa\'s government for ten years, won the presidency on a platform of More

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2019-10-15). Forum – Eyewitness Iran: Uncovering the Media Lies. indybay.org 2969 Mission St., near 26th St.

Labor Video Project (2019-10-15). Art In Struggle For Women & Prisoners In Iran: The Mural, The Artists & Women. indybay.org An opening for an art mural about women and the prisoners of Iran was held on October 6, 2019 at Clarion Alley. The mural portrays the women who are fighting for human rights and worker rights in Iran…

Shane Quinn (2019-10-15). The United States Is Unlikely to Desire Conflict with a Formidable Iran. globalresearch.ca The failure of the American-led occupation of Iraq has surely not been forgotten in Washington. Against by all accounts a much depleted enemy in Baghdad, America\'s military and civilian branches were unable to maintain authority in an Iraqi state already …

Carla Stea (2019-10-15). UN General Assembly 2019: Venezuela, Russia, China Denounce Violations of International Treaties and Distortions of UN Charter. globalresearch.ca As Venezuelan Chairman of the Non Aligned Movement, comprising 120 nations and observer states, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza denounced devious and Machiavellian ploys attempted by the US to force regime change on his country, with efforts to isolate the country, …

Staff (2019-10-15). Outrage in Texas as Police Kill Atatiana Jefferson at Home. truthout.org | | A white police officer in Fort Worth, Texas, has been arrested and charged with murder, after he shot and killed an African-American woman who was inside her own home. Officer Aaron Dean was responding to a non-emergency call for a wellness check after a neighbor had called the Fort Worth police to report that 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson\'s front door was open at around 2: 30 in the morning on Saturday. Soon after the officers arrived, Dean, who never identified himself to be a police officer, shouted thr…

Calvin Trillin (2019-10-15). On Trump Asking China to Investigate the Bidens. thenation.com On Trump Asking China to Investigate the Bidens…

Dave Zirin (2019-10-15). LeBron James\'s Politics Stop at the Water\'s Edge. thenation.com LeBron James\'s Politics Stop at the Water\'s Edge…

Michael Otto and Zoila Ramirez (2019-10-14). Indigenous peoples take lead in Ecuador\'s general strike. workers.org Oct. 11 ‚àí Today, after nine days of the people\'s uprising here, Ibarra was again without buses or taxis, and many people were lugging heavy bundles of food through the streets. Classes at the schools have been suspended for seven days, and a view out the window showed only a . . . | Continue reading Indigenous peoples take lead in Ecuador\'s general strike at Workers.org

RT (2019-10-14). Project Veritas starts dropping massive CNN exposé claiming to uncover \'anti-Trump CRUSADE\'. rt.com Project Veritas has dropped what it claims is a bombshell expose on CNN, including secret recordings of staff at editorial meetings which reveal an \"anti-Trump crusade\" and \"bias\" at the highest levels. | In the first clip uploaded by PV, a person who is allegedly CNN President Jeff Zucker tells a staff meeting that he wants them to \"stay very focused\" on President Donald Trump\'s possible impeachment. | The video also shows Nick Neville, a media coordinator at CNN saying that Zucker has a \"personal vendetta\" against Trump. | PART 1: CNN Insider Blows Whistle, Secretly Records Staff, Execs and Network President…

Maj. Danny Sjursen (2019-10-14). The Sudden Martyrdom of the Government Whistleblower. truthdig.com This piece originally appeared on The American Conservative. | Few see the irony in the corporate mainstream media\'s love affair with the anonymous whistleblower in President Trump\'s alleged Ukraine-gate affair. Yet everyone should. | The whole impeachment charade, and that\'s what it is, rests on the paradoxical and ahistorical assertions that 1) the president\'s phone call with Ukraine\'s leader is Trump\'s worst crime, and 2) the \"liberal\" press has always supported government whistleblowers. Both…

Thomas Knapp (2019-10-14). \"The Grid\" is the Problem, Not the Solution. counterpunch.org On October 9, Pacific Gas & Electric began shutting down power to about 750,000 customers (affecting as many as 2 million people) in California. The company claims the shutdowns are necessary to reduce the risk that its power lines and other infrastructure will cause wildfires like last year\'s Camp Fire, which killed 85 people and More

Staff (2019-10-14). The Murder of Joshua Brown: Tragic Coincidence, or Something Bigger? therealnews.com Joshua Brown was killed after testifying as a witness in Amber Guyger\'s trial. People asking questions about his death aren\'t conspiracy theorists—there\'s a long history shaping their suspicions.

Juan Cole (2019-10-14). The U.S. Could Be Forcing the Kurds Into Assad\'s Arms. truthdig.com American refusal to aid Kurdish allies as Turkey invades Northeastern Syria may end up inadvertently helping the government of Bashar Assad.

John Feffer (2019-10-14). Trump\'s Undeclared State of Emergency. counterpunch.org Trump\'s public appeal to China last week to help with uncovering dirt on the Biden family was both a brazen flouting of the law and (it pains me to say) an astute political tactic. \"China should start an investigation into the Bidens, because what happened in China is just about as bad as what happened More

Alan Macleod (2019-10-14). Media Yells \"Cut!\" When Trump Forgets His Lines and Says Something Anti-War. mintpressnews.com When it comes to substantive issues that the elite all agree on (such as foreign policy), there is little to no pushback against the president, excepting when he utters statements that are read as critical of war and militarism.

Jonah Raskin (2019-10-14). What Evil Empire? counterpunch.org When did the Cold War begin? In 1917! When, if ever, did it end? Never! What is its most dramatic moment? The dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki! Who if anyone won? No one! These and other questions (and the answers that follow) are prompted by the publication of a big new book More

Staff (2019-10-14). Sanders Distinguishes Himself From Warren in No Uncertain Terms. truthdig.com In an interview with ABC, the Vermont senator says, \"Elizabeth … has said that she is a capitalist through her bones. I\'m not.\"

Mike Miller (2019-10-14). Global Climate Strike: From Protest To Power? counterpunch.org Climate justice advocates enthusiastically report that the recent Global Climate Strike involved 7.6 million people in 6,500 events that took place in 185 countries, supported by 8,500 websites, 3,000 companies, and 73 trade unions. Behind the headlines is this fact: with the exception of Morocco, no country in the world is complying with its Paris More

Patrick Cockburn (2019-10-14). As Turkey Prepares to Slice Through Syria, the US has Cleared a New Breeding Ground for Isis. counterpunch.org \"Never get into a well with an American rope\" goes the saying spreading across the Middle East, as the US abandons its Kurdish allies in Syria to a Turkish invasion force. People in the region are traditionally cynical about the loyalty of great powers to their local friends, but even they are shocked by the speed and ruthlessness with which Donald Trump greenlit the Turkish attack. More

Dean Baker (2019-10-14). The Economics and Politics of Financial Transactions Taxes and Wealth Taxes. counterpunch.org Last month, the Washington Post reported that Joe Biden is considering including a financial transactions tax (FTT) as part of his campaign for the Democratic nomination. For those of us who have long advocated such a tax, this is very good news. On this issue, Bernie Sanders has taken the lead among presidential candidates, including More

RT (2019-10-14). Fake news fail! ABC claims footage from Kentucky gun range shows Turkish attack on Kurdish civilians. rt.com In a scarcely believable display of extreme incompetence or bald-faced lying, ABC News has broadcast footage from a Kentucky gun show, claiming it shows a Turkish assault on Kurdish civilians in northern Syria. | The news organization made the humiliating fumble on its World News Tonight show on Sunday and then again on Good Morning America on Monday. It featured in a package that was heavily critical of US President Donald Trump\'s decision to withdraw troops from northern Syria. | \"Slaughter in Syria,\" the on-screen graphic screamed as anchor Tom Llamas introduced the footage. \"This video, right here, appeari…

The Canary (2019-10-14). Catalan leaders convicted by Spain\'s Supreme Court for secession attempt. thecanary.co Spain\'s supreme court has convicted 12 former Catalan politicians and activists for their roles in the secession movement of 2017.The court sentenced former regional vice president Oriol Junqueras to 13 years for sedition and misuse of public funds.Journalists waiting outside the court (AP/Paul White)The 12 were tried for their actions in a 2017 attempt by Catalonia to break away from Spain following an independence referendum that Spain declared illegal.Grassroots pro-secession groups have previously said that if any of the defendants were found guilty they would organise protests and \"peaceful civil disobedienc…

Binoy Kampmark (2019-10-14). A Coalition of Support: Parliamentarians for Julian Assange. dissidentvoice.org Australian politicians, and the consular staff of the country, are rarely that engaged on the subject of protecting their citizens. In a couple of notorious cases, Australian authorities demonstrated not only an indifference, but a consciously venal approach to its citizens in overseas theatres. Mamdouh Ahmed Habib, a dual Australian-Egyptian national, was detained in Pakistan …

John Kendall Hawkins (2019-10-14). Assange: Enema of the State. counterpunch.org Crikey, he gives them the shits. Hillary once said — even before the 2016 election — \"Can\'t we just drone him?\" Maybe you\'re thinking she was just joking, like Obama that time at the White House Correspondents Dinner in 2010, when he cracked that he\'d take out the Jonas Brothers with a Predator drone strike, More

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2019-10-14). New President of the European Central Bank (ECB) has a Criminal Record. Christine Lagarde. globalresearch.ca Ms. Christine Lagarde, outgoing Managing Director of the IMF has been appointed to the position of president of the European Central Bank (ECB) effective November 1, 2019 | France\'s president Emmanuel Macron acting on behalf of powerful banking interests was …

The Canary (2019-10-14). Johnson\'s first Queen\'s Speech dominated by crime Bills. thecanary.co A \'crime crackdown\' dominated the first Queen\'s Speech of Boris Johnson\'s premiership. | With the prime minister pushing for a snap general election the legislative programme presented at the State Opening of Parliament is being seen as a bid by Johnson to set out his campaign agenda. | As well as law and order issues, immigration and the environment were also major elements of the programme, which had already been extensively trailed. | The package of 26 Bills includes seven relating to crime and justice. | These include legislation to keep serious criminals in prison for longer, impose tougher sentences on fore…

Max Blumenthal (2019-10-14). DC\'s Atlantic Council raked in funding from Hunter Biden\'s corruption-stained employer while courting his VP father. thegrayzone.com The shady arrangement between the Atlantic Council and Burisma — the gas company at the center of the \'Ukrainegate\' scandal…

teleSUR (2019-10-14). Trump Prepares to Drop Sanctions Hammer on Turkey. telesurenglish.net Early this week, the White House is set to impose economic sanctions on Ankara for its incursion into northern Syria, one of the few levers the United States still has over NATO-ally Turkey. | RELATED: | In Southern Mexico, Migrants Gather in Caravan to Reach US | Using the U.S. military to stop the Turkish offensive on Kurdish fighters was never an option, defense officials have said, and Trump asked the Pentagon on Sunday to begin a \"deliberate\" withdrawal of all American troops f…

Basav Sen (2019-10-14). The Oil Despots. counterpunch.org The world\'s burgeoning far-right movements are far-flung and diverse, but in government they share a few core tendencies: They attack minority populations. They criminalize dissent. And they\'re horrible for the planet. The slide into extractivist authoritarianism in the U.S. is part of a worldwide trend, exemplified by the parallels between the U.S. and Brazil, where More

Fight Back (2019-10-14). Tucson demands \"U.S.-NATO hands off Syria\" fightbacknews.org Tucson, AZ – Nearly a dozen anti-war activists answered the call for an emergency rally Friday afternoon, October 11, to make the demand that the U.S. and NATO member Turkey leave Syria. Amid rush hour traffic moving through downtown, there were several honks of solidarity with the message on posters saying: \"U.S.-NATO out of Syria\" and \"U.S. hands off Syria.\" | Earlier in the week, President Trump announced that U.S. troops would be leaving northern Syria. This created an uproar in the corporate mainstream media that the U.S. would be \"abandoning an ally\" in regional Kurdish forces. A few days later, Turkey, a U…

WSWS (2019-10-14). This week in history: October 14- 20. wsws.org 25 years ago: Hamas terrorist attack kills 22 On October 19, 1994, 22 civilians were killed and 50 more were injured in a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv by the Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas. The attack came on the eve of the signing of the Israel-Jordan Treaty of Peace and was coupled with two other terrorist acts the same week.

Fight Back (2019-10-14). MN backs Rage Against the War Machine protest in DC. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – 40 protesters braved the first snow of the season at the busy intersection of Lake Street and Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis on October 12 to say no to U.S. endless wars. The protest was called by the MN Peace Action Coalition in conjunction with the Rage Against the War Machine organized by the Women's March on the Pentagon the same weekend in Washington DC. | Autumn Lake, an organizer with the MN Anti-War Committee, started off the program, \"Our protest today comes a day after the Pentagon announced that nearly 2000 additional U.S. troops are being sent to Saudi Arabia in preparation for…

Telesur (2019-10-14). Lula Receives Human Rights Prize from Prison. globalresearch.ca The AFL-CIO Lula\'s decades of struggle for the advancement of workers\' rights, the strengthening of Brazilian democracy and their struggle for greater equality and justice in the world. | Just a few hours before this year\'s Nobel Peace Prize winner was …

Fréa Lockley (2019-10-14). Turkish invaders in Syria have killed at least 39 civilians so far — including children. thecanary.co On 9 October, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoƒüan launched an illegal invasion of largely-Kurdish areas in northern Syria (aka Rojava). And the latest reports indicate that Turkey has killed at least 39 civilians and injured over 100. | \"Martyred\": | A r…

WSWS (2019-10-14). Trump backs China\'s handling of Hong Kong protests. wsws.org Trump\'s comments demonstrate that US imperialism, far from defending democratic rights, cynically and selectively exploits \"human rights\" as the means for prosecuting its own interests.

George Stacey (2019-10-14). Norvergence — From Syrian children holding Pokemon Go placard to save their lives to climate change protest: Why the children give us hope for the better future. nationofchange.org Environmentalists at Norvergence believe that the different ways in which today\'s generation especially children are raising their voice against injustice or climate change, it seems the future of this planet is in safe hands. September 20, 2019, millions of people have come out in large numbers to protest against climate change demanding urgent action. The …

Ed Sykes (2019-10-14). Military deal sees Syrian army support Kurdish-led resistance to Turkish invasion. thecanary.co The Syrian army has now deployed near the Turkish border. This came hours after Kurdish-led defence forces in northern Syria (aka Rojava) said they had reached a deal with Damascus to help them resist Turkey\'s illegal invasion. | A \"military\" deal to defeat Turkish-led invaders: | On Monday morning, Syria\'s state news agency said that the army had moved into…

Andre Vltchek (2019-10-14). The Last Moments of Indonesia as We Know It. Forest Fires, Collapsing Economy. globalresearch.ca Student protests, West Papua independence struggle, monstrous forest fires, an earthquake and a collapsing economy — the increasingly religiously fundamentalist Indonesia is suddenly facing too many disasters. It cannot cope with any of them. | Nothing seems to be going well …

Renee Parsons (2019-10-14). Will the Democratic Party Exist after 2020 Election? globalresearch.ca Even before Rep. Tulsi Gabbard threatened to boycott the upcoming Dem debate as the DNC usurps the role of voters in the Democratic primacy 2020 election and with an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on the table, the Swamp …

Stephen Lendman (2019-10-14). Kurds Ally with Damascus Against Turkish Aggression. globalresearch.ca Kurds in northern Syria comprise around 10% of the nation\'s population, its largest ethnic minority. | Their relationship with Damascus has been uneasy at best, stormy at worst. They seek local autonomy. | Syrian authorities want the country\'s sovereignty and territorial integrity …

United Nations (2019-10-14). Military operation in northeast Syria could see unintentional release of ISIL affiliates: UN chief. un.org The ongoing Turkish military incursion in northeast Syria could unintentionally lead to the release of scores of people associated with the terrorist group ISIL, the UN Secretary-General fears.

WSWS (2019-10-14). Syrian army, Iran threaten counterattack against Turkish invasion of Syria. wsws.org A large-scale Middle East war could strangle the world\'s oil supply and escalate into a war between nuclear-armed powers. The working class is coming face to face with the real possibility of a Third World War.

Party for Socialism and Liberation (2019-10-14). Forum – Eyewitness Iran: Uncovering the Media Lies. indybay.org 2969 Mission St., near 26th St.

Peter Koenig (2019-10-14). Ecuador — and the IMF\'s Killing Spree. globalresearch.ca The IMF has weaponized its handle through the dollar-based western monetary system, and brutally destroyed nation after nation, thereby killed hundreds of thousands of people. Indirectly, of course, as the IMF would not use traditional guns and bombs, but financial instruments that kill — they kill by famine, by economic strangulation.

Medios libres de América (2019-10-14). #SOSEcuador: Exigimos el cese de la violencia por parte del gobierno ecuatoriano. indybay.org Colectivos y organizaciones firmantes denunciamos la inconstitucionalidad del toque de queda impuesto en Ecuador desde hoy sábado 12 de octubre a las 3 pm. Exigimos que se levante esta medida excesiva por ser un mecanismo que pone en riesgo la seguridad y la vida de los y las manifestantes.

Staff (2019-10-14). Trump Has Been Giving Up Ground in His Much-Vaunted \"Trade War\" truthout.org | | With all the attention on the impeachment investigation against Donald Trump, his trade war is getting ignored by the media. Since the trade war is not going very well, that is probably a good thing for Trump. | Just to remind people, Trump made the trade deficit a major issue in his campaign. He claimed that our trading partners were ripping the U.S. off because of lousy trade deals crafted by stupid negotiators. He assured the public that he would use his negotiating skills to bring the trade defic…

WSWS (2019-10-14). US impeachment inquiry: State Department official testifies in defiance of Trump ban. wsws.org Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch is the first Trump administration official to testify before the House Intelligence Committee since the White House declared its policy of noncooperation with the impeachment inquiry.

Rob Kall (2019-10-14). Republicans Are Going to Remove Trump Soon. counterpunch.org It will not be long before Trump is out of the White House and off the 2020 presidential ballot. In spite of what virtually all the mainstream media have been saying about impeachment going nowhere in the Senate, I am very confident that Trump will not be president and will not be on the ballot More

WSWS (2019-10-14). NDP advocates spending tens of billions on Canada\'s military. wsws.org Canada\'s social democrats are full-throated supporters of the Trudeau Liberal government\'s plans to buy new fleets of warships and fighter jets.

Amy Goodman (2019-10-14). \"We\'re still here\": Indigenous Peoples\' Day celebration reflects ongoing resistance to colonization. nationofchange.org Christopher Columbus arrived in the Bahamas 527 years ago this week, unleashing a brutal genocide that killed tens of millions of Native people across the hemisphere. Cities and states across the country are acknowledging this devastating history by rejecting the federal holiday of Columbus Day and celebrating Indigenous Peoples\' Day instead to honor centuries of …

Matt Korda (2019-10-14). When Talking About the Climate Crisis, We Can\'t Forget About Nuclear Weapons. thenation.com When Talking About the Climate Crisis, We Can\'t Forget About Nuclear Weapons…

Kim Petersen (2019-10-14). Lessons Not Learned from History Can Kill You. dissidentvoice.org The Kurds in Northern Syria have been abandoned by the United States military and left to the mercy/mercilessness of the invading Turks. This is what\'s happening in N. Syria now. Most stable part of the country is being ruined. These armed groups are executing people on M4 Highway earlier today pic.twitter.com/kw7s29NvlW — Mutlu Civiroglu (@mutludc) …

Khury Petersen-Smith (2019-10-14). Trump\'s Betrayal of the Kurds Is Terrible, But the Answer Is Not Endless War. commondreams.org Turkish soldiers prepare to cross the border into Syria on October 09, 2019 in Akcakale, Turkey. The military action is part of a campaign to extend Turkish control of more of northern Syria. (Photo: Burak Kara/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/getty_2.jpeg …

teleSUR (2019-10-14). Turkey Claims Kurds Allowed IS Group Prisoners to Escape. telesurenglish.net Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar Monday accused Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters of emptying a jail holding Islamic State group prisoners in a part of Syria where Ankara is mounting an offensive, and that the prisoners there had been abducted. | RELATED: | Syrian Kurds Announce Deal with Damascus to Challenge Turkey | Turkey launched a cross-border operation against the YPG militia in northeastern Syria last week, after U.S. President Donald Trump decided to withdraw forces from tw…

Staff (2019-10-14). Kurds Turn to Bashar al-Assad for Protection as US Abandons Former Allies. truthout.org | | Syrian troops are massing near the Turkish border, one day after Bashar al-Assad\'s government reached a deal to help protect the Kurds from Turkey\'s deadly air and ground assault. On Sunday, the Kurds agreed, in a deal brokered by Russia, to hand over two border towns to the Syrian government in exchange for protection. The Kurds had been allied with the United States up until last week, when President Trump abruptly pulled U.S. troops from northern Syria, paving the way for Turkey\'s assault…

Brett Wilkins (2019-10-14). \'No Friend But the Mountains\': A History of US Betrayal of the Kurds. counterpunch.org To be clear, what follows is not an endorsement of a continued US military presence in Syria. There is, however, a difference between President Donald Trump attempting to fulfill a campaign promise to end American involvement in wars that have cost so much in blood and treasure and giving the green light to what many More

Dr. Jack Rasmus (2019-10-14). China-US Mini Trade Deal: Trump Takes the Money and Runs. globalresearch.ca After months of escalating tit-for-tat tariff increases, and bringing the global economy to the precipice of a global currency war, the US and China agreed to a partial deal on their trade dispute this past week. | Trump heralds the deal …