Trump Attacks Rep. Ilhan Omar and Somali Refugees at Minnesota Rally
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-11
| After President Donald Trump launched unhinged and racist attacks on Rep. Ilhan Omar and Minnesota\'s Somali refugee community during a campaign rally in Minneapolis Thursday night, Omar quickly responded that Trump\'s hate-filled rhetoric and policies can and must be defeated by a grassroots progressive movement. | \"At his rally just now, Trump called me an \'America-hating socialist\' and a \'disgrace.\' He shouted xenophobic conspiracy theories about me. He scolded my district for voting for me,\"
truthout.org/articles/trump-attacks-rep-ilhan-omar-and-somali-refugees-at-minnesota-rally/

Real life and resistance in Venezuela — Ben Norton reports on effects of US blockade
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-10-11
Ben Norton speaks about his reporting in Venezuela, where he investigated how bipartisan US sanctions and Trump\'s embargo are making…
thegrayzone.com/2019/10/11/life-resistance-venezuela-ben-norton-us-blockade/

Crises in Iraq and Haiti Expose the Failure of Militarized Neoliberalism
Medea Benjamin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
This season could be called the Autumn of Discontent, as people from the Middle East to Latin America and the Caribbean have been rising up against corrupt neoliberal governments. Two of the countries in crisis, Haiti and Iraq, are on …
globalresearch.ca/crises-iraq-haiti-expose-failure-militarized-neoliberalism/5691685

If you take away freedom, all four seasons and I will die
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-10-11
Turkey has invaded Syria. In particular, Turkey has crossed the border to destroy the largely Syrian Kurdish province of Rojava, south of the Turkey-Syria border and east of the Euphrates River. The green light for this invasion came from Washington, DC, when U.S. President Donald Trump told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that the U.S. […] | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/11/if-you-take-away-freedom-all-four-seasons-and-i-will-die/

CIA spied on Assange\'s lawyers, visitors in Ecuadorian embassy
wsws.org | 2019-10-11
The El País report indicates that the US pursuit of Assange has included the illegal surveillance of American lawyers and journalists, in violation of the US Constitution.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/11/ciaa-o11.html

Resisting Anti-Immigrant Hate in the City of Big Shoulders
Teresa Albano | progressive.org | 2019-10-11
A gaggle of far-right MAGA men showed up at a Chicago church to protest its immigrant rights work. Bad decision.
progressive.org/dispatches/chicago-anti-immigration-sentiments-albano-191011/

Judge Blocks \"Public Charge\" Immigration Rule From Going Into Effect
commondreams.org | 2019-10-11
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Ethiopia\'s Reformist PM Abiy Ahmed Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-11
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to a dynamic young African leader whose sweeping reforms and surprising embrace of a bitter rival have been praised as an inspiration to the continent and a hopeful counterpoint to strongman movements far beyond it. | Now the task for Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is reining in the ethnic violence that followed the loosening of repressive controls, and resisting any urge to crack down. \"He deserves it and the new challenge is keeping it,\" one outspoken African activist, Nigerian Shehu Sani, said of the award. | Abiy, a favorite to win de…
truthdig.com/articles/ethiopias-reformist-pm-abiy-ahmed-wins-nobel-peace-prize/

Twitter Tips the Scale Toward Incumbents by Refusing to Verify Primary Challengers
Aída Chávez | theintercept.com | 2019-10-11
Twitter is refusing to verify the accounts of primary challengers running for Congress in 2020, a policy that many candidates say is hurting their campaigns and helping keep the same handful of politicians in power. | Cori Bush, a community activist who challenged 10-term incumbent William Lacy Clay in the St. Louis-based district last cycle, still hasn\'t been verified on Twitter. She\'s running in Missouri\'s 1st Congressional District again in 2020, and even starred in a documentary about her first attempt. \"Knock Down the House,\" the Rachel Lears film Netflix bought for a record $10 million, followed the insurge…
theintercept.com/2019/10/11/twitter-verification-2020-candidates-incumbents/

Climate breakdown activists \'wallpaper\' government department with science reports
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-10-11
Environmental activists have \'wallpapered\' the front of a government department with pages of science detailing the climate impact of fracked gas.A group of protesters, many dressed in boiler suits, pasted printouts of a study by climate scientist Professor Robert Howarth of Cornell University in the US, showing the effects of fracked gas on fossil fuels.The group pasted the pages on the revolving doors, walls and windows of the department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment in Dublin.The move is the flagship action of Extinction Rebellion week in the city.Extinction Rebellion (XR) protestors wallpa…
thecanary.co/uk/news/2019/10/11/climate-change-activists-wallpaper-government-department-with-science-reports/

World Leaders Condemn Turkey\'s \"Operation Peace Spring\" and Demand Exercising Restraint
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
\"Operation Peace Spring\" Turkey\'s third cross border military operation in northern Syria, in as many years, was initiated east of the Euphrates River, on Wednesday. Turkish armed forces began heavy air and artillery strikes targeting about 180-200 Kurdish positions. Turkey\'s …
globalresearch.ca/world-leaders-condemn-turkey-operation-peace-spring-demand-exercising-restraint/5691701

Is \"Operation Peace Spring\" a Trap Sprung by Trump on Turkey?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
It\'s worthwhile to wonder whether \"Operation Peace Spring\" is a trap sprung by Trump on Turkey after the US created the conditions for Ankara\'s invasion but then proceeded to threaten punitive measures against the country after its nominal NATO \"ally\" …
globalresearch.ca/operation-peace-spring-trap-sprung-trump-turkey/5691672

Video: Turkey\'s \"Operation Peace Spring\". US Withdraws. Turkey Invades Northeastern Syria. Bombs US Supported YPG Forces
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Turkey officially announced that it had launched a military operation in northeastern Syria. Over the past years, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and other representatives of the country\'s leadership have repeatedly announced this idea. However, this time promises were turned …
globalresearch.ca/video-turkeys-operation-peace-spring-us-withdraws-turkey-invades-northeastern-syria-bombs-us-supported-ypg-forces/5691642

Iranian Oil Tanker Targeted by Two Missiles Off the Saudi Coast
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-11
An Iranian oil tanker that was traveling through the Red Sea waters on Friday was reportedly targeted by two missiles from an unidentified source, the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) announced in an official statement. | RELATED: | Iran Reiterates Hormuz Plan Will Guarantee Peace in the Region | Iran identified the ship as the \'Sabiti\', which, at the time, was traveling off the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah when the explosions were first reported at 9: 00 A.M. (Riyadh Time).
telesurenglish.net/news/Iranian-Oil-Tanker-Targeted-by-Two-Missiles-Off-the-Saudi-Coast-20191011-0001.html

Speaker Pennie Opal Plant on \"Let Us Save the World Together\"
East Bay Peace Action | indybay.org | 2019-10-11
Fred Weaver Resident Center, St. Paul\'s Tower, second floor, 100 Bay Pl, Oakland, CA 94610 (near 27th and Harrison)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/09/18827165.php

Ethiopian Prime Minister awarded Nobel Peace Prize: Guterres hails his \'people first\' agenda
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-11
The winner of this year\'s Nobel Peace Prize has been praised by the UN Secretary-General for creating a pathway to stability in the Horn of Africa region.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1049071

Stop the U.S.-backed massacres in Haiti!
WWSFBAB | workers.org | 2019-10-11
A week of solidarity actions for the people\'s struggle in Haiti reached hundreds of people from Oakland to San Jose beginning Sept. 30. The public meetings and demonstrations were organized by the Haiti Action Committee to protest police terror and massacre of the Haitian people who are resisting with their . . . | Continue reading Stop the U.S.-backed massacres in Haiti! at Workers.org…
workers.org/2019/10/43998/

Trump makes fascistic appeal to police and military at Minneapolis rally
wsws.org | 2019-10-11
The president spoke at his first rally since the start of the impeachment inquiry with dozens of red-shirted police as a backdrop, and any protesters physically removed.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/11/trmp-o11.html

Israeli police \"turning a blind eye to killing spree\"
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-11
Palestinian citizens of Israel escalated their protests against the police and government on Thursday by bringing sections of the country\'s busiest highway to a crawl as they drove in a slow convoy towards Jerusalem for a major demonstration. It was the latest in a series of high-stakes confrontations by Israel\'s large Palestinian minority with the …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/israeli-police-turning-a-blind-eye-to-killing-spree/

Climate Change: All Talk No Action
Graham Peebles | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-11
Awareness of climate change and the interconnected environmental crisis is growing throughout the world. Protest movements led by Extinction Rebellion and School Strike for Climate increase in number and scope, demands for action are repeated, louder and louder, anger and anxiety mounts. And yet politicians and corporations, complacent, trapped by outdated ideology and motivated by…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/11/climate-change-all-talk-no-action/

Administrative Torture: Free Heba al-Labadi, a Jordanian Citizen in Israeli Prison
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-11
On August 20, Heba Ahmed al-Labadi fell into the dark hole of the Israeli legal system, joining 413 Palestinian prisoners who are currently held in so-called administrative detention. On September 26, Heba and seven other prisoners declared a hunger strike to protest their unlawful detention and horrific conditions in Israeli prisons. Among the prisoners is…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/11/administrative-torture-free-heba-al-labadi-a-jordanian-citizen-in-israeli-prison/

Climate Justice in India: A critical overview
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-10-11
Global climate strike led by Greta Thunberg and youth around the world has trigged climate justice debates in the mainstream. In India, from the past few weeks, we have witnessed climate protests in major metropolitan cities demanding governments to act on the current climate crisis to ensure a livable future for the coming generations. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/10/11/climate-justice-in-india-a-critical-overview/

National strike paralyzes Ecuador on Seventh Day of Protests
Harvey Goldberg | indybay.org | 2019-10-11
The strike dramatically impacted Cuenca on Wednesday. Streets were largely deserted of vehicle traffic. There was no taxi or bus service. Police and army officers blocked off the central square in downtown Cuenca. A huge march of workers, students, and indigenous people gathered before noon. Things calmed down during mid-day, but in the evening there were running battles between protesters and security forces, which responded by lobbing teargas canisters.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/10/18827189.php

Ecuador: UN \'stands ready\' to support talks, in bid to end political turmoil
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-11
Amid violent street protests that have rocked Ecuador\'s Government, fomenting a political crisis, the UN Secretary-General has voiced his concern, saying the Organization is standing by to help mediate if politicians can agree to sit down for talks.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1049121

Live Updates: Ecuadoreans Protest Against Lenin Moreno Regime
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-11
For the ninth consecutive day, Ecuador\'s social movements, indigenous organizations, workers unions, and student organizations, together with thousands of citizens who have taken to the streets, are performing a nationwide strike against President Lenin Moreno and the economic policies package recommended by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) | RELATED: | \'Most Protesters Were Coming for Me\': Moreno on Leaving Capital | In Quito, the country\'s capital, Thursday night ended wit…
telesurenglish.net/news/Live-Updates-Ecuadoreans-Protest-Against-Lenin-Moreno-Regime-20191011-0004.html

Scenes from protests against government in Cuenca, Ecuador
Harvey Goldberg | indybay.org | 2019-10-11
(Video 1: 51) | Anti-austerity protests in Cuenca, Ecuador | October 9, 2019…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/10/18827186.php

US and Russia Fail to Condemn Turkish Aggression in Syria. Moscow and Washington Exercise Their UNSC Veto in Favor of Turkey\'s Invasion of Northern Syria
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
On Thursday, the US and Russia vetoed the same Security Council Resolution, the first time this happened since the body initially met on January 17, 1946. | On Thursday in closed-door session, an EU Security Resolution called on Turkey \"to cease …
globalresearch.ca/us-and-russia-fail-to-condemn-turkish-aggression-in-syria-moscow-and-washington-exercise-their-unsc-veto-in-favor-of-turkeys-invasion-of-northern-syria/5691698

Kurdish Fighters Always Feared Trump Would be a Treacherous Ally
Patrick Cockburn | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-11
In a field beside a disused railway station on the plain just south of the Syrian-Turkish frontier, a brigade of Syrian Kurdish soldiers were retraining in order to resist an invasion by the Turkish army. \"We acted like a regular army when we were fighting Daesh [Isis],\" Rojvan, a veteran Kurdish commander of the YPG…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/11/kurdish-fighters-always-feared-trump-would-be-a-treacherous-ally/

On the TrumpenLeft and False Equivalence
Paul Street | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-11
No political \"Left\" can or should exist that: + cannot or will not walk and chew gum at the same time. + fails to forthrightly and unambiguously oppose the United States\' current fascist, racist, eco-cidal, and sexist presidency and its noxious white Amerikaner base. + reflexively and constantly responds to every liberal and Left criticism…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/11/on-the-trumpenleft-and-false-equivalence/

Tulsi Gabbard and Rigged Elections
Kurt Nimmo | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Tulsi Gabbard, who has at best minimal support by Democrats (around one percent), and zero from the corporate DNC, posted the following video earlier today. | . | . | There are so many of you who I\'ve met in Iowa and | …
globalresearch.ca/tulsi-rigged-elections/5691636

Tulsi Gabbard: \"The DNC and Corporate Media Are Rigging the Election Again\"
Rep Tulsi Gabbard | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Introductory note | Tulsi Gabbard has identified the nature of the electoral fraud committed by the Democratic National Committee in the 2016 primaries. | The 2016 Democratic Primary election was rigged by the DNC and their partners in the corporate media against | …
globalresearch.ca/tulsi-gabbard-giving-serious-consideration-boycotting-next-debate/5691660

Sure Trump is \'Betraying the Kurds!\' But What\'s New about That?
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-11
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is attacking President Trump for pulling US troops out of Syria, where they\'ve been engaging in an illegal and bloody war against the Syrian government and its military for at least five years, not counting the three prior years when the US was providing arms and training to Syrian rebels,…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/11/sure-trump-is-betraying-the-kurds-but-whats-new-about-that-2/

The Psychotic Logic of the New US-Russia Arms Race: One Step Closer to Nuclear Confrontation
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
On October 7th, Russian ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said that Russia and the US needed to come to grips with the issue of short-range and intermediate-range missile deployment. | \"In case the United States deploy these types of | …
globalresearch.ca/the-psychotic-logic-of-the-new-us-russia-arms-race-one-step-closer-to-nuclear-confrontation/5691542

Video: Syrian Forces Deployed against Turkish Invasion, US backed SDF Forces Seek Cooperation with Damascus Against Turkey
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
The withdrawal of US troops from the Turkish border has caused a kind of panic among the leadership of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, which mostly consist of Kurdish militias. | On October 7, the group already speculated that the Syrian …
globalresearch.ca/video-syrian-forces-deployed-against-turkish-invasion-us-backed-sdf-forces-seek-cooperation-with-damascus-against-turkey/5691545

Norway Drops US-NATO Missile Defense Program. Normalization of Relations with Russia?
newsinenglish.no | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Just weeks before meeting Russian officials in the northern city of Kirkenes, to celebrate how the former Soviet Union liberated Finnmark from Nazi German occupation n 1944, Norwegian government officials have made a concession to their neighbours. They won\'t be …
globalresearch.ca/norway-drops-us-nato-missile-defense-program-normalization-of-relations-with-russia/5691695

China Will Shake the Whole World: About Farmers and Artificial Intelligence
Marc Vandepitte | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
For the first time in recent history, a poor, underdeveloped country has in no time developed into an economic superpower, with a major impact on world affairs. How has this been made possible? What does this mean for the rest …
globalresearch.ca/china-farmers-artificial-intelligence/5691635

Cynical Enterprises: The Kurds Await Their Fate, Betrayed by the US
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Big powers, as with the greatest of gangsters, have always had a certain, indulgent luxury; their prerogative is to make promises they can choose to abide by or ignore. A vision is assured, guarantees made. Then comes the betrayal. The …
globalresearch.ca/kurds-await-fate/5691462

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) and the Weaponization of The Olympic Games, against Russia
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Most of the world remembers the controversy in recent years about Russian athletes allegedly failing to comply with the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) policies, but that scandal still continues to this day after the international organization recently threatened that country\'s …
globalresearch.ca/wada-weaponized-destroy-russians/5691674

STAR WARS Revisited: Trump\'s Plans to Make Space the Ultimate Battleground
Michael Welch | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
\"President Trump stated clearly forcefully that space is in his words \"a war-fighting domain, just like land, and air and sea.\" | And just as we\'ve done in ages past, the United States of America under his leadership will meet the …
globalresearch.ca/star-wars-revisited-trumps-plans-to-make-space-the-ultimate-battleground/5691652

Trump Admits US Killed Millions in War Based on Lies . \"We went to war under a false & now disproven premise, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION\"
Bill Van Auken | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Amid the storm of denunciations–extending from right-wing Republicans to the Democratic Party, the New York Times and the pseudo-left Jacobinmagazine–of his decision to pull US troops out of Syria, President Donald Trump issued an extraordinary tweet on Wednesday in defense …
globalresearch.ca/trump-admits-us-killed-millions-war-based-lies/5691688

\"This House Was My Life, but I Saw It Smashed into Rubble Because I Am Palestinian\"
Medical Aid for Palestinians | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Ghaleb Abu Hadwan, 63, and his family are staying with extended family back in Shufat refugee camp after Israeli forces last week destroyed the new home they had constructed in Wadi al-Hummus, after saving up for it for years….
globalresearch.ca/house-my-life-saw-smashed-rubble-because-palestinian/5691691

The Privatization of US Led Wars. The Pentagon\'s Private Contractors
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
The economic logic has driven the increasing dependency on mercenaries and private contractors ever since the beginning of the \"war on terror\" in 2001. | First, a few statistical indicators: | 75% of all western military personnel in Afghanistan are now private | …
globalresearch.ca/privatization-wars-us/5691670

Some in Hong Kong Feel Frustrated, as Their City Is Losing to Mainland China
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
Hong Kong is losing to Mainland China. Its poverty rates are high, it suffers from corruption and savage capitalism. It is now the most expensive city on earth. People are frustrated, but paradoxically, they are blaming socialist Beijing for their …
globalresearch.ca/some-hong-kong-feel-frustrated-city-losing-mainland-china/5691662

\'Where Can I Go?\' The Threat of Annexation of Palestinian Lands in the Jordan Valley
EA Cassie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
As the sheep ventured out in search of food, the sun rose over the hills behind them. Their climb was made significantly easier than previous weeks, as the sweltering heat of the day didn\'t arrive until after 8.30am. The sheep …
globalresearch.ca/where-can-i-go-the-threat-of-annexation-of-palestinian-lands-in-the-jordan-valley/5691682

The Politics of Funding: Cash Crisis at the United Nations
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-11
It remains one of the more unusual arrangements in terms of funding. Like a club filled with members of erratic disposition, the United Nations can never count on all dues to come in on time. Some members drag their feet. …
globalresearch.ca/cash-crisis-united-nations/5691555

Friday\'s Daily Brief: Day of the Girl Child, mayors lead on climate emergency, Turkey Syria offensive, new statelessness pledges, extremism in social media
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-11
Our top stories for Friday: Day of the Girl Child celebrated around the world; city mayors lead on climate fight; humanitarian alarm rising over Turkey\'s Syria offensive; history\'s made as countries step forward to tackle global statelessness; Burkina Faso violence forces 500,000 from their homes; \'white extremist\' use of social media in attacks must be curbed.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1049101

Turkish Military Offensive Risks a Humanitarian Catastrophe in Syria
commondreams.org | 2019-10-11
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commondreams.org/newswire/2019/10/11/turkish-military-offensive-risks-humanitarian-catastrophe-syria?cd-origin=rss

U.S. and Turkey out of Syria — No to the NATO invasion!
Party for Socialism and Liberation | liberationnews.org | 2019-10-11
Down with the Turkish invasion! U.S. and Turkey out of Syria and the Middle East!
liberationnews.org/u-s-and-turkey-out-of-syria-no-to-the-nato-invasion/

Turkey, the Kurds, and Lots and Lots of US Weapons
Tom Gallagher | commondreams.org | 2019-10-11
Absent all the hardware bearing Made in America stickers sitting in Turkish military bases, we would probably not be fretting about what Turkey\'s government was doing to the Syrian Democratic Forces. (Photo: Delil Souleiman/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/kurds.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/11/turkey-kurds-and-lots-and-lots-us-weapons?cd-origin=rss

Trump\'s Bankrupt Syria Policy: Civilians Will Pay the Price
Vassilis K. Fouskas, Bulent Gokay | commondreams.org | 2019-10-11
The civil war in Syria, exacerbated by military intervention by countries including the U.S., has left 5.5 million Syrians seeking asylum. (Photo: World Bank Photo Collection/Flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/syria_4.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/11/trumps-bankrupt-syria-policy-civilians-will-pay-price?cd-origin=rss

CIA spied on Julian Assange 24/7 in Ecuadorian embassy
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-10-10
The CIA was given 24/7 video and audio surveillance of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange while he lived under asylum at…
thegrayzone.com/2019/10/10/cia-spied-on-julian-assange-in-ecuadorian-embassy/

Crises in Iraq and Haiti Expose the Failure of Militarized Neoliberalism
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies | commondreams.org | 2019-10-10
Not only are they reeling from protests against government corruption and austerity programs, like Ecuador and Algeria, but in both Haiti and Iraq, their corrupt neoliberal governments were imposed on them by the use of U.S. military force. (Photo: Iraqi Protesters/ AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/gettyimages-83382703.jpg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/10/crises-iraq-and-haiti-expose-failure-militarized-neoliberalism?cd-origin=rss

Microsoft Has Made $14.6 Million From Contracts With ICE Since 2010
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-10
| This article was produced by Sludge, an independent, ad-free investigative news site covering money in politics. Click here to support Sludge.Github, a Microsoft subsidiary that hosts version control systems for software developers, recently completed a $200,000 sale of its Enterprise Server product to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the fed…
truthout.org/articles/microsoft-has-made-14-6-million-from-contracts-with-ice-since-2010/

As Dems Focus on Impeachment, Trump Heads to \"Imperial Governance\"
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-10
The Trump administration is undermining our nation from immigration to the environment, while his tweets and impeachment distract us. Add it all up, says our guest, we can see how he threatens what remains of U.S. democracy.
therealnews.com/stories/trump-alters-us-impeachment

Trump\'s Public Charge Rule Endangers People Facing Domestic Violence
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-10
| Nina Rabin was caught by surprise when a client whose immigration case had been closed for about four years called her in August. Rabin, now the director of the Immigrant Family Legal Clinic at UCLA School of Law, hadn\'t been in touch with the client ever since working on the woman\'s application for a special visa for trafficking survivors, which later led to a green card. | But when the client recently reached out to Rabin, she was once again concerned about her status. After hearing that acce…
truthout.org/articles/trumps-public-charge-rule-endangers-people-facing-domestic-violence/

A Major Conventional War Against Iran Is an Impossibility. Crisis within the US Command Structure
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-10
What both the media and military analysts fail to acknowledge is that US CENTCOM\'s forward Middle East headquarters at the al-Udeid military base close to Doha de facto \"lies in enemy territory\". Since the May 2017 split of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Qatar has become a staunch ally of Iran…
globalresearch.ca/a-major-conventional-war-against-iran-is-an-impossibility-crisis-within-the-us-command-structure/5682514

Rojava Defends Feminist Revolution Against Turkish Invaders
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-10
| Up to 60,000 civilians are fleeing the border area between Turkey and the autonomous region of Rojava in northeast Syria, where clashes between Kurdish militias and Turkish forces continued for a second day on Thursday. The Turkish invasion threatens the radically decentralized and democratic social revolution in Rojava, including women-led political movements and projects that have inspired activists across the globe, and stand in sharp contrast to the patriarchy and authoritarianism that defines much…
truthout.org/articles/rojava-defends-feminist-revolution-against-turkish-invaders/

Progressives Condemn Murder of Peasant Leader in Honduras
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-10
Activists denounced a recent murder of a peasant leader. The dead leader was identified as Marcos Tulio Cruz Cruz, who was a farmer linked to land recovery processes and a victim of violent eviction. | RELATED: | Honduran Environmentalist Killed, UN Demands Investigation | According to the report of the Center for the Study of Democracy (Cespad), the victim\'s body was found in a dump, with signs of torture and wounds from machete and bullets. | Cruz Cruz was kidnapped Tuesday from…
telesurenglish.net/news/Progressives-Condemn-Murder-of-Peasant-Leader-in-Honduras-20191010-0012.html

62 arrested after Extinction Rebellion protest brings Times Square to a standstill
rt.com | 2019-10-10
Dozens of Extinction Rebellion protesters were arrested after supergluing themselves to a bright green boat they towed into a busy Times Square intersection in New York City, blocking traffic. | Some 62 protesters were taken into custody after parking a lime green sailboat in the middle of Times Square, one of the city\'s busiest intersections, snarling up traffic for two hours on Thursday morning. | The stunt, engineered by the controversial environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion (XR), was designed to force action on climate change — the boat, and many of the protesters\' signs, demanded the gov…
rt.com/usa/470651-protesters-arrested-extinction-rebellion-nyc/

Iraqi Blood Is on All of Our Hands
Maj. Danny Sjursen | truthdig.com | 2019-10-10
In a rather macabre instance of déjà vu, Iraq is again coming apart at the seams. Iraqi security forces have killed more than 100 mostly peaceful protestors over the last few weeks, wounding thousands more. And that\'s just what the military acknowledges. In daily demonstrations across Baghdad and southern Iraq, protesters have railed against unemployment, poor social services, and government graft and corruption–specifically the theft of hundreds of millions in tax dollars and national oil wealth. At the…
truthdig.com/articles/iraqi-blood-is-on-all-of-our-hands/

The War in Afghanistan Turns 18, and No One Notices
Sonali Kolhatkar | commondreams.org | 2019-10-10
All that Trump has done since he took office is increase the number of U.S. troops that had been serving, at least initially, and most recently walk away without warning from the years-long effort to sign a peace deal with the Taliban. (Photo: Scott Nelson/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/afghanistan_peace.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/10/war-afghanistan-turns-18-and-no-one-notices?cd-origin=rss

Speaker Pennie Opal Plant on \"Let Us Save the World Together\"
East Bay Peace Action | indybay.org | 2019-10-10
Fred Weaver Resident Center, St. Paul\'s Tower, second floor, 100 Bay Pl, Oakland, CA 94610 (near 27th and Harrison)…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/09/18827165.php

Turkey Invades? Erdogan Seeks Annexation of Northern Syria Territories
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-10
Turkish aggression launched East of the Euphrates River Wednesday is proceeding over a far more widespread area than its earlier illegal cross-border operations in Syria — so-called Euphrates Shield and Olive Branch. | So-called \"Operation Peace Spring\" has nothing to do …
globalresearch.ca/erdogan-launches-cross-border-aggression-syria/5691587

The Trump Administration Is Moving to Restart Aerial Fumigation in Colombia
Edward Hunt | progressive.org | 2019-10-10
The move further endangers the country\'s already-fragile peace accord.
progressive.org/dispatches/trump-administration-moving-to-restart-aerial-fumigation-colombia-hunt-191010/

FARC to Change Name and Logo Next Year
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-10
A Senator for the FARC gave an interview on Thursday morning where he lamented those former party members who walked away from the peace accords. He also revealed that next year the party will change its name and logo. | REALTED: | FARC-Party Expels Dissident Commanders Who Took Up Arms | Senator Carlos Antonio Lozada told Caracol radio that in January next year, the official FARC party w…
telesurenglish.net/news/FARC-to-Change-Name-and-Logo-Next-Year-20191010-0007.html

Colombia\'s peace process developments a \'precious opportunity\' to end violence for good, says UN Mission head
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-10
Thousands of former fighters from Colombia\'s largest rebel group remain committed to the historic 2016 peace deal which ended more than five decades of civil conflict, but attacks against the ex-combatants have been a continuous cause for concern, the Security Council heard on Thursday.‚Ä&Oslash…
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1048981

In the Midst of Chaos, an Invincible Arab Spring
Tesbih Habbal, Muzna Hasnawi | thenation.com | 2019-10-10
In the Midst of Chaos, an Invincible Arab Spring…
thenation.com/article/protests-iraq-syria-egypt/

Protest Wave Engulfs Iraq, Over 100 Dead, Government Helpless?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-10
For over a week now protests have been shaking Iraq, with massive police repression, leading to over 100 dead. The protests are an outgrowth of discontent over corruption, poverty, and an ethnic quota system, says Sabah Alnasseri.
therealnews.com/stories/protest-iraq-100-dead-government-helpless

Massive protests sweep Iraq; Communist Party calls for emergency government
Combined Sources | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-10
Massive protests have swept Iraq since Oct. 1 in response to widespread anger over high unemployment, especially among youth, enormous corruption, and the inability of the government to deliver essential services like health care, water, and electricity. Protesters are directing their anger at the government of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mehdi and the political parties …
peoplesworld.org/article/massive-protests-sweep-iraq-communist-party-calls-for-emergency-government/

The Hong Kong Standoff Is Dragging in Unexpected Players
Donald Kaufman | truthdig.com | 2019-10-10
First it was the NBA. Now it is esports that has found itself in the middle of the standoff between Chinese leaders and the Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters. | The mega-U.S. gaming company Activision Blizzard is under fire after its one-year suspension of a top professional esports player after he spoke out in favor of the Hong Kong protesters during a postgame interview. | Ng Wai Chung, known as Blitzchung, lives in Hong Kong and is one of the top players in the Asia-Pacific region of the online card deck game Heart…
truthdig.com/articles/the-hong-kong-standoff-is-dragging-in-unexpected-players/

Protest against Implementation of 5G Wireless Technology in Switzerland: Immediate Health Impacts
Health Impact News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-10
If you want to get an idea of what will happen in the U.S. when the telecom companies start rolling out 5G networks with new towers in your local neighborhood, take a look at what is happening in Switzerland today, …
globalresearch.ca/swiss-citizens-protest-5g-implementation-new-illnesses-start/5691553

Egyptian Protests: A US-Fuelled \"Arab Spring\" Reboot?
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-10
When the West\'s leading media organizations attempt to convince audiences they know nothing about where Mohammed Aly — a Spanish-based Egyptian protest leader — came from, the first thing one can be sure of is they are being lied to….
globalresearch.ca/egyptian-protests-us-fuelled-arab-spring-reboot/5691575

Sixth straight day of mass protests throughout Ecuador against austerity measures
Harvey Goldberg | indybay.org | 2019-10-10
Protesters in Cuenca, Ecuador approach police line. | October 7, 2019 | Monday saw another day of protests, with highway blockades, being the main tactic. Protests continued in major cities, especially Monday night. A national strike has been called for Wednesday.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/08/18827136.php

Scenes from protests against government in Cuenca, Ecuador
Harvey Goldberg | indybay.org | 2019-10-10
(Video 1: 51) | Anti-austerity protests in Cuenca, Ecuador | October 9, 2019…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/10/18827186.php

Ecuador\'s Strike is a Class Struggle, Not an Endorsement of Previous Government
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-10
On the second week of massive protests in Ecuador, thousands of indigenous protesters paralyzed the country and thousands more arrived in the capital of Quito, where they marched and eventually faced martial law. They reject President Moreno\'s Neo-liberal reforms, but also emphasize their opposition to former President Rafael Correa, whom Moreno is blaming for the…
therealnews.com/stories/ecuador-strike-class-struggle

National strike paralyzes Ecuador on Seventh Day of Protests
Harvey Goldberg | indybay.org | 2019-10-10
The strike dramatically impacted Cuenca on Wednesday. Streets were largely deserted of vehicle traffic. There was no taxi or bus service. Police and army officers blocked off the central square in downtown Cuenca. A huge march of workers, students, and indigenous people gathered before noon. Things calmed down during mid-day, but in the evening there were running battles between protesters and security forces, which responded by lobbing teargas canisters.
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/10/18827189.php

Anti-austerity protesters force Ecuador\'s president to flee the capital
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-10-10
Thousands of anti-austerity protesters have converged on Ecuador\'s capital Quito, forcing the country\'s controversial president to flee the city.The protests have persisted since last week, when President Lenín Moreno\'s decision to end subsidies led to a sharp increase in fuel prices. They have spread from transport workers to students and then to indigenous demonstrators. And the governme…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/10/10/anti-austerity-protesters-force-ecuadors-president-to-flee-the-capital/

Extinction Rebellion Protesters Try to Occupy London Airport
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-10
Climate-change protesters descended on London City Airport Thursday, gluing themselves to the terminal building and dancing on a roof but ultimately failing to cancel flights. | RELATED: | Mass Arrests of Climate Change Protestors In World Capitals | Protest organizers Extinction Rebellion had vowed to occupy the airport\'s terminal and shut down ope…
telesurenglish.net/news/Extinction-Rebellion-Protesters-Try-to-Occupy-London-Airport–20191010-0003.html

After a \'heartbreaking arrest\' at the climate protests, a lawyer asks \'is this what it\'s come to\'
Fréa Lockley | thecanary.co | 2019-10-10
People around the world are taking part in protests to hold governments to account over the current climate breakdown. According to the BBC, police have arrested at least 600 people at climate protests in the UK since 7 October.But the video of one man\'s arrest raises important…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/10/10/after-a-heartbreaking-arrest-at-the-climate-protests-a-lawyer-asks-is-this-what-its-come-to/

Sanctioning Away Free Speech: Americans Meet with Iranians at Their Peril
Philip Giraldi | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-10
The issue of the United States waging what seems to be a global war by way of sanctions rarely surfaces in the western media. The argument being made by the White House is that sanctions are capable of putting maximum …
globalresearch.ca/sanctioning-free-speech-american-meet-iranians/5691579

Sure Trump is \'Betraying the Kurds!\' but What\'s New about That?
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-10
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is attacking President Trump for pulling US troops out of Syria, where they\'ve been engaging in an illegal and bloody war against the Syrian government and its military for at least five years (not counting the three prior years when the US was providing arms and training to Syrian rebels,…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/10/sure-trump-is-betraying-the-kurds-but-whats-new-about-that/

Donald Trump Impeaches You!
Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2019-10-10
\"It\'s all there on really old paper and everything!\"
progressive.org/dispatches/donald-trump-impeaches-you-fiore-191010/

Trump\'s Pay or Die Healthcare Agenda. Impoverishes American Households, Extends to \"Unwanted Aliens\"
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-10
Trump is an imperial/corporate tool — hostile to ordinary people everywhere, notably malicious toward aliens of the wrong color from the wrong countries. | When it comes to healthcare, a fundamental human right, he\'s for Americans having the best treatment money …
globalresearch.ca/trump-pay-die-healthcare-agenda-extends-unwanted-aliens/5691481

Mark Ruffalo called out for selective outrage over tweet shaming Ellen Degeneres and George Bush\'s war crimes
rt.com | 2019-10-10
Actor Mark Ruffalo was shredded for double standards after he posted a \"callout\" tweet assailing George Bush for the sins of the Iraq War, with many netizens noting his aversion to slamming Barack Obama\'s military adventures. | Weighing into a controversy kicked off by TV personality Ellen Degeneres, who came under fire for schmoozing it up with former President George W. Bush at a football game last weekend, Ruffalo insisted no quarter or kindness should be offered to perpetrators of heinous war crimes until they face consequences, including Bush. | \"Sorry, until George W. Bush is brought to justice for the c…
rt.com/usa/470572-mark-ruffalo-bush-tweet/

Trump admits US killed millions in war based on lies
wsws.org | 2019-10-10
Whatever his immediate intentions, Trump has admitted that successive US governments have engaged in war crimes resulting in mass murder.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/10/iraq-o10.html

The War in Afghanistan Turns 18, and No One Notices
Sonali Kolhatkar | truthdig.com | 2019-10-10
Silence among our leaders and a sense of futility among the general public have helped enable the longest official war in U.S. history.
truthdig.com/articles/the-war-in-afghanistan-turns-18-and-no-one-notices/

The Latest in the Diplomatic War Against Venezuela
Leonardo Flores | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-10
According to conventional wisdom, the Trump administration, as well as its regional allies in the Lima Group and the Venezuelan opposition, were set to intensify the diplomatic war on the Venezuelan government at the UN General Assembly. However, they only managed to demonstrate how far removed their coalition against President Maduro is from convincing the international community that deadly sanctions and a coup are the way forward for Venezuela.
counterpunch.org/2019/10/10/the-latest-in-the-diplomatic-war-against-venezuela/

Dig Beneath the World\'s Far-Right Governments—You\'ll Find Fossil Fuels
Basav Sen | commondreams.org | 2019-10-10
Donald Trump with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: White House / Flickr) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_32.jpeg …
commondreams.org/views/2019/10/10/dig-beneath-worlds-far-right-governments-youll-find-fossil-fuels?cd-origin=rss

Turkish invasion forces hit civilians in northern Syria
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-10-10
Turkey has invaded north-eastern Syria (aka Rojava), attacking largely-Kurdish fighters who were key in defeating Daesh (Isis/Isil). And now, Turkish troops have reportedly bombarded a convoy of civilian vehicles taking residents of the northern Syrian city of Raqqa to a border town, inflicting casualties among them. | Civilian murders: | The Kurdish Hawar n…
thecanary.co/global/world-news/2019/10/10/turkish-invasion-forces-hit-civilians-in-northern-syria/

Entangling Alliances Make For Forever Wars
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-10
In March of 2018, US president Donald Trump promised \"we\'ll be coming out of Syria, like, very soon.\" That December, he issued an order to begin withdrawing US troops. Apparently the order never got executed. Most of a year later, US forces remain. Now Trump and his opponents are arguing over his decision to move a few dozen of those troops around within Syria, to get them out of the way of a Turkish invasion force massing on the border.
counterpunch.org/2019/10/10/entangling-alliances-make-for-forever-wars/

Turkish Invasion Raises Fear of Kurdish Genocide and ISIS Resurgence
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-10
| Turkey has launched an aerial and ground assault on northern Syria targeting Kurdish-controlled areas. The offensive began Wednesday, just days after President Trump ordered U.S. troops to fall back from their positions on the Turkish-Syrian border. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports at least 16 Kurds have been killed so far. Turkey is claiming the death toll is far higher. The Trump administration has faced widespread criticism from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers for aband…
truthout.org/video/turkish-invasion-raises-fear-of-kurdish-genocide-and-isis-resurgence/

Venezuela: PDVSA Rejects Accusations of Oil Spill in Brazil
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-10
The state-owned company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) rejected on Thursday the accusations that Brazil\'s Environmental Minister Ricardo Salles, who said that the oil stains on Brazilian beaches come from a foreign ship loaded \"most likely\" with Venezuelan oil. | RELATED: | Venezuela Denounces Airspace Violation by US | \"We categorically reject the unfounded accusations of B…
telesurenglish.net/news/Venezuela-PDVSA-Rejects-Accusations-of-Oil-Spill-in-Brazil-20191010-0011.html

Seoul On Ice: \'Parasite\'
Ed Rampell | progressive.org | 2019-10-10
The Cannes hit morphs from a Patricia Highsmith milieu of Mr. Ripley-like talented con artists to a Stephen King house of horrors tale.
progressive.org/dispatches/seoul-on-ice-korean-class-conflict-rampell-191010/

US-North Korean nuclear talks stall again
wsws.org | 2019-10-10
Negotiations in Sweden on Saturday broke up with North Korea declaring that it would not take part in another session of \"sickening negotiations\" unless the US offered a substantial concession.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/10/nkor-o10.html

Iran and the UN General Assembly: Mediation Efforts, Militant Threats, and Multilateral Cooperation
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-10
Iran was a hot topic at this year\'s UN General Assembly meeting, with Pakistani Prime Minister Khan attempting to mediate between it and its rivals while the latter continued spewing militant threats against the Islamic Republic, though the possibility remains …
globalresearch.ca/unga-2019-iran-mediation-effort-militant-threats-multilateral-co-op/5691568

2020 Budget Proposal Would Underfund Health, Job Training, Education Programs
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-10
| The Senate Appropriations Committee proposes to cut 2020 funding for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education by $2.7 billion below the 2019 level in inflation-adjusted terms, even though the Presi…
truthout.org/articles/2020-budget-proposal-would-underfund-health-job-training-education-programs/

Global community pledges $14 billion to step up fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-10
Donors have pledged just over $14 billion for the next three years to save 16 million lives and help end AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by 2030.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/10/1048991

20 fossil fuel companies are responsible for a third of carbon emissions
Jordan Davidson | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-10
\"The great tragedy of the climate crisis is that seven and a half billion people must pay the price — in the form of a degraded planet — so that a couple of dozen polluting interests can continue to make record profits.\"
nationofchange.org/2019/10/10/20-fossil-fuel-companies-are-responsible-for-a-third-of-carbon-emissions/

Israel Prepares to Deport BDS Co-founder Omar Barghouti
Jonathan Ofir | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-10
Israel\'s Minister of the Interior says he is taking action to force Omar Barghouti, co-founder of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement, out of the country. | I intend to act quickly to deprive Omar Barghouti of residency status in | …
globalresearch.ca/israel-deport-bds-co-founder-omar-barghouti/5691584

New Clashes Erupt in Libya; Fighting Reported in South Tripoli
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-10-10
Launched in April, Khalifa Hafter\'s bid to take over Libya, and the capital of Tripoli, looks to be breaking out again.
theantimedia.com/new-clashes-erupt-in-libya-fighting-reported-in-south-tripoli/