Steve Sweeney (2019-10-09). Turkey invades Syria to wipe out Kurds after Trump gives green light. peoplesworld.org Kurds are fearing ethnic cleansing today as Turkish forces launch a ground invasion following yesterday\'s bombing of Kurdish areas in northern Syria. Turkey\'s aggression comes after U.S. troops withdrew from the region earlier this week. President Donald Trump announced the pullback of U.S. forces suddenly and without warning late on Sunday night. Late Tuesday, Commander …

Vijay Prashad (2019-10-09). What to expect from Turkey\'s coming invasion of Syria. mronline.org Erdogan\'s government is preparing to enter Syria for a major military operation against the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), which is made up largely of Kurdish factions who set up this armed force to defend the mainly Kurdish enclave in northern Syria. | Source

Staff (2019-10-09). Trump\'s Withdrawal From Syria: Betrayal of Kurds or End to Endless War? therealnews.com President Trump\'s intention to withdraw from Syria was met with outrage on many sides, with people calling it a betrayal of a key ally in the Syrian conflict. Kurdish expert Edmund Ghareeb says there is probably a deal between Trump and Erdogan.

Dean Baker (2019-10-09). Trump\'s Trade War: a Report From the Front. counterpunch.org Donald Trump is bravely carrying on a trade war, not just with the bad guys with China, but with longtime allies like Canada and the European Union. Incredibly, the media just don\'t seem that interested in reporting on the ongoing progress. Last week the Commerce Department released trade data for August, and it got almost More

Patrick Cockburn (2019-10-09). Iraq Protests: Death Toll Soars as Militias Target Protesters. counterpunch.org Iraqi paramilitary groups close to Iran are suspected of joining attacks on protesters in Baghdad and other cities, leading to heavy loss of life among demonstrators. Some 107 people have been killed and over 6,000 wounded in the last six days, though hospital doctors say the government is understating the true number of fatalities. More

Staff (2019-10-09). Extinction Rebellion: Hundreds Arrested in Protest of Climate Crisis. therealnews.com Thousands are taking part in two weeks of civil disobedience aimed at forcing governments to address climate change…

Zoya Teirstein (2019-10-09). Science is in crisis under Trump, new reports show. peoplesworld.org Acceptance of the root cause of climate change — human beings — is growing among the American public. But among policymakers, acceptance is on the decline. That\'s the dismal conclusion of a new peer-reviewed study in Environmental Research Communications published on Thursday. Between 2010 and 2017, Washington policymakers became less supportive of the science behind climate change. What\'s …

Minnie Bruce Pratt (2019-10-09). Huelgas climáticas mundiales: la crisis de la Tierra despierta millones. workers.org En Montreal, provincia de Quebec, Canadá, más de 500.000 personas marcharon el 27 de septiembre en un esfuerzo por detener la crisis climática, en la huelga más grande en la historia de la ciudad, según los organizadores. Este y otros eventos de Global Climate Strike terminaron una semana después, cuando . . . | Continue reading Huelgas climáticas mundiales: la crisis de la Tierra despierta millones at Workers.org

Eva Bartlett (2019-10-09). Return to Russia: Crimeans Tell the Real Story of the 2014 Referendum and Their Lives Since. mintpressnews.com Eva Bartlett traveled to Crimea to see firsthand out how Crimeans have fared since 2014 when their country reunited with Russia, and what the referendum was really like.

John Wojcik (2019-10-09). White House makes it official: Trump is above the law. peoplesworld.org The White House essentially claimed yesterday that the executive branch is the only part of government that matters and that it will not cooperate in any way with what it said is an \"illegitimate\" impeachment process. That includes its refusal to provide any documents, material or witnesses that Congress is seeking. In open defiance of …

RT (2019-10-09). \'Unconstitutional, illegitimate & secretive\': White House pens lengthy letter on why it won\'t cooperate with \'impeachment inquiry\'. rt.com A showdown between the White House and Democrats is in full swing with the former penning a letter declaring it would not cooperate with an \"illegitimate\" and \"unconstitutional\" impeachment inquiry conducted in secret. | The letter, published on Tuesday evening, condemned the impeachment initiative in the harshest terms yet, arguing it deprived President Trump of \"constitutionally mandated due process,\" and that the inquiry lacked legal legitimacy, as it was never a…

Howard Lisnoff (2019-10-09). Public School Uniforms: Symbol of the Times. counterpunch.org The uniformity of the shades of dark and light blue clothing on the children fans out from the New York City street corner next to a charter school and seems to cover an entire city block. The uniformity is everywhere. Even the student backpacks are blue. Growing up in the late 1950s and early to More

Dr. Hakim Young (2019-10-09). From Kabul: Youth on the Road to Peace. counterpunch.org In September 2019, facing everyday dangers of the war and under constant pressure to view those from other tribes as enemies, young people from each of Afghanistan\'s 34 provinces gathered for a three day \"On the Road to Peace\" conference in Kabul. 30th September 2019 / 8th Mezan 1398. Despite the violent crises which we More

Evaggelos Vallianatos (2019-10-09). Of Horses and Civilization. counterpunch.org I love all animals. I grew up in a Greek village where domesticated animals were part of my family. We had chickens, dogs, cats, sheep, goats, donkeys and mules. I rarely saw a horse because horses then, now, and in antiquity were and are possessions of rich people. However, while a teenager, I did have More

George Ochenski (2019-10-09). Time to Leave the Political Ghosts of 2016 Behind and Face the Future. counterpunch.org The citizenry has been pummeled with the panoply of controversy and corruption that marked the 2016 elections for four very long years now. But as the years passed, the very serious problems facing the nation and planet have only gotten worse. It\'s time to leave the mud wallow of the 2016 elections behind and address More

Gary Leupp (2019-10-09). Zelensky\'s Capitulation and Trump\'s Open Appeals for Foreign Help on Biden Dirt. counterpunch.org \"It looks like Zelensky has capitulated\" reports MSNBC\' Matt Bradley in Kiev, to President Trump\'s demand that he \"play ball\" and investigate Joe and Hunter Biden. The investigation of Burisma Holdings has been reopened at U.S. mafiosa-like prodding. In other words, Trump\'s threat to withhold aid pending an agreement to investigate a political foe worked. More

Michael Otto and Zoila Ramirez (2019-10-09). General strike rocks Ecuador. workers.org Oct. 7 — Support for a call for a general strike in Ecuador has grown quickly in the past few days, bringing the country to the brink of a change in government. Credit: Telesur The latest upsurge in mass struggle began after the unpopular President Lenín Moreno issued a decree . . . | Continue reading General strike rocks Ecuador at Workers.org

Staff (2019-10-09). Ecuadorian Protests Intensify as President Flees Capital, Blames Venezuela. therealnews.com Shortly after the government of President Lenin Moreno announced new IMF-imposed austerity measures and price increases, protests against the government, uniting workers, students, and indigenous movement escalated in the capital of Quito this week.

Michael Otto and Zoila Ramirez (2019-10-09). General strike rocks Ecuador. workers.org Oct. 7 — Support for a call for a general strike in Ecuador has grown quickly in the past few days, bringing the country to the brink of a change in government. Credit: Telesur The latest upsurge in mass struggle began after the unpopular President Lenín Moreno issued a decree . . . | Continue reading General strike rocks Ecuador at Workers.org

Eds. (2019-10-09). A green Earth with peace and room for us all. mronline.org Draft Globalization programme submitted by the National Board of the Red-Green Alliance/Enhedslisten, Denmark, to the party\'s next Annual Congress on 5 — 6 October. It is a programmatic text about global development. | Source

Mehdi Hasan (2019-10-09). Dear Ellen: The Problem With George W. Bush Is Not His Beliefs — It\'s His War Crimes. theintercept.com George W. Bush is not a \"kind, sweet man.\" There is nothing \"beautiful\" about him. He was a monster as governor of Texas and a monster as president.

RT (2019-10-09). \'Completely unacceptable\': Anger as power company shuts off supply to 800,000 over California wildfire fears. rt.com Around 800,000 PG&E customers in California are facing power cuts this week after the company announced it would take the drastic measure in order to limit the risk of their power lines sparking serious fires. | Some 20,000 customers are already affected, as the roll-out began in some places at midnight local time and will continue to be widened out to 34 counties across California. | Law enforcement in the affected areas are warning motorists to take extra care on the streets and to bear in mind that traffic lights will not be functioning over the shut-down period. | #MarinPSPS

RT (2019-10-09). \'Completely unacceptable\': Anger as power company shuts off supply to 800,000 over California wildfire fears. rt.com Around 800,000 PG&E customers in California are facing power cuts this week after the company announced it would take the drastic measure in order to limit the risk of their power lines sparking serious fires. | Some 20,000 customers are already affected, as the roll-out began in some places at midnight local time and will continue to be widened out to 34 counties across California. | Law enforcement in the affected areas are warning motorists to take extra care on the streets and to bear in mind that traffic lights will not be functioning over the shut-down period. | Public Safety Power Shutoff in Marin is un…

Monica Moorehead (2019-10-09). New York City gala celebrates women laundry workers. workers.org Juana (left) presents award to Ricarda, Oct. 4. The Laundry Workers Center held a fundraising gala at St. Peter\'s Church in Manhattan on Oct. 4. The center\'s political philosophy \"is rooted in organizing workers and building their leadership skills and political power through a variety of worker-led tools and tactics, . . . | Continue reading New York City gala celebrates women laundry workers at Workers.org

Monica Moorehead (2019-10-09). New York City gala celebrates women laundry workers. workers.org Juana (left) presents award to Ricarda, Oct. 4. The Laundry Workers Center held a fundraising gala at St. Peter\'s Church in Manhattan on Oct. 4. The center\'s political philosophy \"is rooted in organizing workers and building their leadership skills and political power through a variety of worker-led tools and tactics, . . . | Continue reading New York City gala celebrates women laundry workers at Workers.org

Eds. (2019-10-09). Speech on \'Environmental Protections\' by Karl Liebknecht. mronline.org This speech was delivered in 1912 to the Prussian House of Deputies in response to a proposal by the Free People\'s Party. Environmental destruction was not as far-reaching then as it is now, yet Liebknecht was keenly aware of the disappearance of butterflies and insects, of the small changes that bode ill. | Source

RT (2019-10-09). \'Time to deliver\' Elon Musk? NASA nervous as spaceship delays threaten to cut off astronauts from ISS. rt.com With NASA\'s contract with Russia about to run out without a replacement spaceship ready, the US space agency is leaning on SpaceX to hurry up and deliver. CEO Elon Musk says everything is on schedule — but is it? | Since the Space Shuttle program was scrapped in 2011, NASA has had no crewed spaceship capability, having to pay Roscosmos $80 million a seat to ferry astronauts to the International Space Station. SpaceX and Boeing were both contracted to develop a domestic alternative, but both the Crew Dragon and the Starliner have yet to get beyond the testing stage. | This is a problem for the US space ag…

Ian Goodrum (2019-10-09). On Hong Kong and more, NBA must adapt to global opinion—or perish. peoplesworld.org Correspondent Ian Goodrum is based in Beijing. When meeting someone from another country, it\'s sometimes hard to answer that age-old question: \"Where are you from?\" There are quite a few options. The simplest is just to say \"the United States\"—with a mixture of shame and regret over the images the person I\'m speaking to might …

Nina Cross (2019-10-09). Britain\'s Unconvicted Prisoner: Keeping Assange on Lockdown in Belmarsh Prison on Behalf of Washington. globalresearch.ca This article is a second piece focusing on Belmarsh prison, where the founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, continues to be arbitrarily detained by the British government. The first part showed how Belmarsh prison has been systematically denying Assange access …

Staff (2019-10-09). The U.S. Arming of Ukraine Is a Scandal on Its Own. truthdig.com What follows is a conversation between journalist Aaron Maté and Max Blumenthal of The Grayzone. Read a transcript of their conversation below and watch part one of their interview below. | There is growing evidence that President Donald Trump briefly froze U.S. military assistance to Ukraine for political goals. Max Blumenthal explores how the Ukrainegate scandal overlooks the dangers of those weapons sales to Ukraine and the corrupt interests behind it. | Under Trump, U.S. military assistance has prolonged a bloody proxy war with Russia, killing thousands in Ukraine and enabling far-right Ukrainian forces [mdas…

Sarah Lahm (2019-10-09). Midwest Dispatch: What Happens When Trump Comes to Town. progressive.org The President\'s upcoming visit to Minneapolis is being framed as something of a grudge match with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. But that\'s just one element of the racial dynamics surrounding this tour stop.

teleSUR (2019-10-09). U.S: Eyes on Cuba and Russia for Supporting Venezuela. telesurenglish.net U.S. special envoy on Venezuela, Elliott Abrams, told Reuters exclusively Washington ¥s new sanctions on Cuba for its support for Nicolas Maduro as well as the \"closer look\" at Russia\'s role in helping him remain in power. | RELATED: | Almost One Million Migrants Arrested at US Border | President Donald Trump\'s frustration over the failure of his \"maximum pressure\" campaign to overthrow Maduro has spurred foreign policy aides to ready further U.S. actions and press for tougher sanct…

Juan Cole (2019-10-09). Trump\'s Syria Policy Could Be a Gift to ISIS. truthdig.com As a result of the turmoil the U.S. and Turkey are causing in the region, 12,000 Islamic State fighters in containment camps could escape.

teleSUR (2019-10-09). Turkey Begins Operation Against Kurdish Forces in Syria. telesurenglish.net Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced on Wednesday that the Turkish Army and its Syrian rebel allies have launched their military operation into northeastern Syria. | RELATED: | Turkey Pledge to Pursue Military Plans in Syria Despite US Threats | Erdogan said the offensive, dubbed \"Operation Peace Spring\", would aim to eliminate threats from the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and the Islamic State militants, and enable the return of Syrian refugees in Turkey after th…

Andrei Ilyashenko (2019-10-09). Russia and China Reach New Level of Military Cooperation. China\'s Missile Early Warning System. globalresearch.ca The government of Japan intends to intensify negotiations with Russia to resolve the territorial issue and conclude a peace treaty. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe once again reminded about this in his keynote speech at the parliament opening session. | \"By solving …

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

teleSUR (2019-10-09). India\'s Modi to Host China\'s Xi Amid Strained Ties Due to Kashmir. telesurenglish.net India\'s far-right Prime Minister Narendra Modi will welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping at an informal summit on Oct. 11-12, the Indian foreign ministry informed Wednesday, their talks come at a tense time over the situation in occupied Kashmir. | RELATED: | \'20 Protests Per Day\' in Kashmir Despite India\'s Crackdown | \"The forthcoming Chennai Informa…

teleSUR (2019-10-09). Ecuador Protests Enter 7th Day Against Pro-IMF Economic Reforms. telesurenglish.net After resting for a few hours during the early hours of Wednesday, Ecuador\'s workers, students, farmers, Indigenous peoples, senior citizens, mothers and even their children resumed demonstrations to protest against President Lenin Moreno. | On Tuesday night, the protests did not subside despite the curfew and the \"state of exception\" whereby the authorities want to contain social unrest. | RELATED: | \'Lenin Moreno is Out of Reality\', President Maduro Warns | In Quito, the capital city,…

Staff (2019-10-09). Indigenous-Led Anti-Austerity Protests Force Ecuador to Move Capital. truthout.org | | Tens of thousands of people, led by indigenous leaders, are expected to again bring Ecuador to a standstill today in massive ongoing anti-government protests. Demonstrators flooded the streets of Quito Tuesday to decry government-imposed austerity measures and a steep hike in fuel prices, despite a severe police crackdown. Civil unrest has been growing since President Lenín Moreno ended a decades-old fuel subsidy program last week as part of a so-called reform plan imposed by the Internati…

Jessica Corbett (2019-10-09). Ecuador\'s President Moves Government Operations From Capital to Escape Protests. theantimedia.com Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno has moved government operations out of the capital of Quito following days of nationwide protests.

teleSUR (2019-10-09). Progressive Gov\'ts, Movements Back Ecuador Protests. telesurenglish.net Social organizations in Latin America, as well as several governments in the region including Bolivia and Venezuela, have expressed public support to the protests that have shaken Ecuador for almost week Tuesday, rejecting the austerity measures imposed by the government of President Lenin Moreno. | RELATED: | Ecuador: Public Radio Pulled Off Air For Reporting on Anti-Gov\'t Protests | \"Sadly, the economic policies imposed by the International Monetary Fund only result with the ban…

WSWS (2019-10-09). Ecuador\'s president retreats from capital in face of growing mass protests. wsws.org In the face of a continuing strike and mass indigenous mobilization, Moreno took the unprecedented step of moving his government from Quito to Guayaquil.

Harvey Goldberg (2019-10-09). Sixth straight day of mass protests throughout Ecuador against austerity measures. indybay.org 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.

Stephen Lendman (2019-10-09). Popular Outrage Against Ecuador\'s President Moreno. Deadly Wave of IMF Economic Reforms. globalresearch.ca This important article by Stephen Lendman brings the forefront the insidious role of IMF Economic Medicine. | The policies implemented by Moreno were imposed by the IMF in a March 2019 Report. The Executive Summary of this report is included …

South Front (2019-10-09). Video: US Troop Withdrawals? Washington Green-light to Turkish Incursion into Northeastern Syria. globalresearch.ca On October 7, US forces started withdrawing from their positons along the border with Turkey, in northern Syria. The US military had permanent garrisons in Tel Abyad, Tel Musa, Tel Hinzir and Tel Arqam. They were abandoned. | On October …

Jeet Heer (2019-10-09). Trump\'s Erratic Syria Policy Deserves No Anti-Imperialist\'s Cheers. thenation.com Trump\'s Erratic Syria Policy Deserves No Anti-Imperialist\'s Cheers…

Tyler Durden (2019-10-09). Erdogan Says Military Invasion of Syria Has Begun as Turkish Jets Bomb the Kurds. theantimedia.com Video shows Turkish troops crossing the border, as journalists warn that \"a new phase of this bloody regional war could be about to begin.\"

Staff (2019-10-09). Julián Castro Backs Impeachment Effort, Condemns Trump\'s \"Betrayal\" of Kurds. truthout.org | | Turkey\'s government says its troops are prepared for an imminent assault on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, after President Trump ordered U.S. troops to fall back from their positions on the Turkish-Syrian border. Kurdish fighters said they\'re bracing for a \"humanitarian catastrophe.\" This follows warnings that former Kurdish allies of the U.S. who feel betrayed by President Trump will abandon thousands of prisoners captured during the U.S.-backed war against ISIS over the past two years.

Pepe Escobar (2019-10-09). Tracking Foreign Interference in Hong Kong. globalresearch.ca Lawrence YK Ma is the executive council chairman of the Hong Kong Legal Exchange Foundation and director of the China Law Society, the Chinese Judicial Studies Association and the Hong Kong Legal Exchange Foundation. He also finds time to teach …

teleSUR -EF (2019-10-09). Caribbean Corals Suffer From Ocean Warming, Climate Change. telesurenglish.net The main threat to coral reefs in the Caribbean is heat stress from ocean warming, said a research unit in Merida, Mexico on Wednesday. | RELATED: | Purdue Begins Bankruptcy in Push To Settle Opioid Lawsuits | An investigation by the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (Cinvestav) Merida Unit conducted with the National Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the Smithsonian Institute, suggested that the temperature increase in the regional waters has been…

RT (2019-10-08). Get your popcorn? Trump & Comey to face off…in TV drama series. rt.com Russiagate may have fizzled out, but efforts to cash in on the ensuing hysteria have only just begun. CBS Studios will make a TV show based on the debunked conspiracy theory, with some already joking it will surely not be biased.

Cathy Deppe (2019-10-08). \'Shusenjo\': The WWII \'comfort women\' issue receives a startling documentary film treatment. peoplesworld.org Should there be a reckoning from the Japanese government and its Imperial Japanese Army for authorizing the holding of women from Korea and elsewhere in sexual slavery from as early as 1932 through the end of World War II? Or should history be revised to permanently deny these events as \"fake news?\" A young American …

Robert Fisk (2019-10-08). \"Your Transaction Has Been Canceled\": Lessons in Lebanon\'s Economy. counterpunch.org I sniffed something was wrong in Lebanon when the central bank governor Riad Salame announced to us all that there were plenty of dollars in the system. No shortages. No tightening of the purse strings. I still have the papers with his announcement on page one. Both before, during and after the 1975-1990 civil war, More

John W. Whitehead (2019-10-08). Guns For Hire: the US Shouldn\'t Be Using the Military to Police the Globe. counterpunch.org The American Empire—with its endless wars waged by U.S. military servicepeople who have been reduced to little more than guns for hire: outsourced, stretched too thin, and deployed to far-flung places to police the globe—is approaching a breaking point. War has become a huge money-making venture, and America, with its vast military empire and its incestuous relationship with a host of international defense contractors, is one of its best buyers and sellers. In fact, as Reuters reports, \"[President] Trump has gone further than any of his predecessors to act as a salesman for the U.S. defense industry.\"

John Wojcik (2019-10-08). As Trump spins out of control, support for impeachment swells. peoplesworld.org The latest Washington Post poll shows 58% of Americans supporting the impeachment inquiry against the president versus 38% opposed and, for the first time, even Republicans are joining those voices with 18% of them agreeing with the probe. The poll follows a scathing ruling from a federal judge yesterday that brushed aside claims by Trump …

Eric A. Gordon (2019-10-08). \'Through Positive Eyes\' lifts up the work of HIV/AIDS \'artivists\'. peoplesworld.org LOS ANGELES—A broadly conceived, eye-opening exhibition on the human condition awaits the visitor at UCLA\'s Fowler Museum on the expansive West L.A. campus. The range of images included recalls the famous book The Family of Man, based on a 1955 exhibition at New York\'s Museum of Modern Art organized by photographer Edward Steichen. The distinguishing …

Drew Garvie (2019-10-08). Canada\'s \"Minister of War\" Chrystia Freeland pursues \"America First\" foreign policy. peoplesworld.org In Canada\'s 2015 parliamentary elections, Justin Trudeau\'s Liberal Party ran on a vague anti-war platform that emphasized peacekeeping. However, the last four years have seen an escalation in militarism and Canada\'s involvement in U.S.-led regime change attempts around the world. These efforts have been led by one of Trudeau\'s cabinet stars, Chrystia Freeland, who has …

The Canary (2019-10-08). Nobel prize winner missed call informing him of prestigious honour. thecanary.co A newly-crowned Nobel Laureate who was the first to discover an exoplanet missed the initial phone call telling him he had won the prestigious award.University of Cambridge professor Didier Queloz is one of three scientists to win the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics for their contribution to the understanding of the evolution of the universe and \"Earth\'s place in the cosmos\".One half of the award was given to James Peebles, from Princeton University, US, \"for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology\".The other half went jointly to Swiss pair Michel Mayor and Queloz \"for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a s…

Jenny Farrell (2019-10-08). \'Walk with Gandhi\' on the 150th anniversary of his birth. peoplesworld.org Bóthar na Saoirse (Road to Freedom) Walk with Gandhi is a beautiful book to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi\'s birth on October 2, 1869. The book is a collection of haiga, a style of Japanese painting often accompanied by a haiku poem. The artists are the watercolorist Masood Hussain, from Kashmir, and the …

Eds. (2019-10-08). State of exception in Ecuador amid strong protests. mronline.org President Lenin Moreno declared a national state of exception due to protests against the elimination of fuel subsidies and expressed he ¥s not taking a step-back on reestablishing it because it ¥s \"a distortion that caused deterioration to the national economy.\" | Source

Anna-Catherine Brigida (2019-10-08). Despite U.S. Asylum Ban, Honduran Women Fleeing Violence Remain Undeterred. theintercept.com Heydi Lizbeth García Girón is haunted by the memory of the day her partner tried to kill her. | \"I can\'t sleep at night because when I close my eyes, I see the image of him over me with a machete,\" said García Girón, in an interview at the office of a women\'s rights organization in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in June. | In October of last year, García Girón returned to her home in Tegucigalpa with her partner of nine years, their 6-year-old daughter, and García Girón\'s 12-year-old son. Her partner was in a nasty temper, accusing her of lying about being with a friend earlier in the day. He sent her son to the store, a…

Chika Unigwe (2019-10-08). It\'s Not Just Greta: Why are the Developing World\'s Inspiring Activists Being Ignored? counterpunch.org Ridhima Pandey was just nine years old in 2017 when she filed a lawsuit against the Indian government for failing to take action against climate change. Pandey\'s fierce, astounding passion for the environment is not accidental. Her mother is a forestry guard and her father an environmental activist; and the whole family was displaced by More

Chitrangada Choudhury — Aniket Aga (2019-10-08). Sowing the Seeds of the Climate Crisis in Odisha. counterpunch.org \"Everybody is doing it. So we are too,\" said Rupa Pirikaka, somewhat uncertainly. \'It\' is genetically modified (GM) Bt cotton seeds, now easily bought at the local market, or even in one\'s own village. \'Everybody\' is countless other farmers like her in the village of and across the rest of south-western Odisha\'s Rayagada district. \"They are getting money in their hands,\" she says. More

Manuel García, Jr. (2019-10-08). The Political Realities of Science Work. counterpunch.org In his recent piece \"Geo-engineering is a Scam\", Josue De Luna Navarro points out a fact that has always been true of the engineering profession (and also most other highly refined professions) that its students, first seeking education, and then as graduates seeking employment and lengthy careers, are destined to serve monied patrons, the Golden More

Katie Fite (2019-10-08). Owyhee Ecocide: Anatomy of BLM\'s Ancient Juniper Forest Destruction. counterpunch.org For many years, BLM had plotted a massive deforestation project aimed at destroying ancient juniper trees living on Juniper Mountain in the Owyhee Canyonlands. The mountain is a long high ridge cut by headwater drainages of the Middle and North Fork Owyhee Rivers and Red Canyon Creek. Its right by the Oregon border, and has More

Nino Pagliccia (2019-10-08). The Real Venezuela: Dignified, Indivisible and Truthful. counterpunch.org All those wondering who is in charge in Venezuela, should stop reading the biased and confusing corporate media and should look at who represents the country at the United Nations. The UN is not a perfect institution but it is one that is clear on the issue of membership despite powerful attempts at obfuscating that More

Staff (2019-10-08). Support for Trump\'s Impeachment Is Only Growing. truthdig.com A new poll finds 58 percent of the public, including 30 percent of Republicans, now say the House was right to launch a formal inquiry.

Staff (2019-10-08). The Real Impeachment Scandal Isn\'t About Trump. truthdig.com As impeachment mania reaches fever pitch, will the catastrophes that paved the way for Trump\'s election be brushed aside? You can bet on it.

RT (2019-10-08). Impeachment saga: Trump won\'t send EU envoy to stand before \'totally compromised KANGAROO COURT\' but Dems say they will subpoena. rt.com The Trump administration wouldn\'t allow Gordon Sondland, a key figure in the Democrats\' impeachment effort, to testify before the House\'s \"kangaroo court\" — but the chairmen of the committees leading the efforts plan to subpoena. | Democrat-led committees in the US House, which are in the process of collecting evidence to argue the impeachment case against Donald Trump, wanted to hear the testimony of Gordon Sondland, Washington\'s ambassador to the EU. His scheduled appearance, however, was blocked by the White House. | I would love to send Ambassador Sondland, a really good man and great American, to te…

Associated Press (2019-10-08). Swedish teen climate activist rallies crowd in South Dakota. peoplesworld.org RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A 16-year-old environmental activist from Sweden urged politicians Monday at a South Dakota appearance to listen to indigenous people on climate change. Greta Thunberg spoke at a rally in Rapid City that attracted hundreds of people. She spoke out against the proposed path of the Keystone XL pipeline through South …

Staff (2019-10-08). Youth Indigenous Activist Speaks on Deforestation in Indonesia. therealnews.com 14-year-old Kynan Degar explains how the palm oil industry harms indigenous Indonesian communities through deforestation—an interview at the United Nations Climate Action Summit.

Stephanie Hedgecoke (2019-10-08). Cuba, reforestation and the climate crisis. workers.org On the Rio San Juan in the Sierra del Rosario biosphere in Cuba. The following is a slightly edited talk given at a Workers World Party forum on Oct. 3 in New York City. Hedgecoke participated in the 50th Venceremos Brigade this summer. We meet on stolen land. This is . . . | Continue reading Cuba, reforestation and the climate crisis at Workers.org

Staff (2019-10-08). Laura Flanders Show: How Can Municipal Government Promote Economic Democracy? therealnews.com New York, NY…its a city with close to 100 billion dollar budget every year and 1 deputy mayor with some pretty creative plans for how to spend it. What can one city do? And what\'s it gonna take to create a non-racist democracy? J Phillip Thompson, NYC Deputy Mayor for Strategic Policy Initiatives is my…

Staff (2019-10-08). Demonstrations Continue in Hong Kong in Defiance of Face Mask Ban. therealnews.com Hong Kong police have arrested and charged two protesters for defying the ban on wearing face masks during demonstrations.

Norman Solomon (2019-10-08). Bernie\'s Heart. And Ours. counterpunch.org Along with being where all blood goes, the heart is an enduring metaphor. As Bernie Sanders recovers from a heart attack, now might be a good time to consider some literal and symbolic meanings. Bernie immediately used his heart trouble to advance a central mission. From the hospital, he tweeted: \"I\'m fortunate to have good More

Aaron Maté (2019-10-08). US arming of Ukraine is a scandal on its own. thegrayzone.com There is growing evidence that President Donald Trump briefly froze U.S. military assistance to Ukraine for political goals. Max Blumenthal…

Ilana Novick (2019-10-08). Twitter Rakes in Cash From Anti-Immigrant Bigots. truthdig.com The group\'s name is bland enough: Federation for Immigration Reform (FAIR). It doesn\'t explain its specific position on immigration—it could want to expand or limit it, but the word reform doesn\'t tell us anything either way. That meaningless name is helpful for evading scrutiny, which is perhaps why, as Alex Kotch reports in Sludge, the \"prominent anti-immigrant organization has spent $934,000 on Twitter ads, and Twitter sees no problem with this.\" | A little under $1 million in promoted tweets over a few years might not seem like a lot of…

WSWS (2019-10-08). Trump issues proclamation to deny immigration visas to workers lacking health insurance. wsws.org Last Friday, the White House released a presidential proclamation suspending immigration visas for applicants \"who will financially burden the United States health care system.\"

Sasha Abramsky (2019-10-08). As We Focus on Impeachment, Trump Is Restructuring the Country. thenation.com As We Focus on Impeachment, Trump Is Restructuring the Country…

Laura Carlsen (2019-10-08). Hondurans Are Fighting for a Future Against the US-Supported Dictatorship. thenation.com Hondurans Are Fighting for a Future Against the US-Supported Dictatorship…

WSWS (2019-10-08). Australia\'s prisoner swap with Iran contrasts with persecution of Julian Assange. wsws.org The deal exposes the denial of basic legal and democratic rights by the Australian, British and US governments in the continued detention and psychological torture of the WikiLeaks founder.

Thomas Knapp (2019-10-08). Instead of Explaining Greta Thunberg, Debate Her Claims. counterpunch.org What is Greta Thunberg\'s superpower? She obviously has one, if not more. Your average sixteen-year-old doesn\'t start successful global activist movements, address UN Climate Action Summits, and have those addresses go viral as death metal videos. Critics slam Thunberg as everything from \"mentally ill\" (a claim which got one Fox News guest blacklisted), to naive More

Stephen Lendman (2019-10-08). Trump Escalated Wars He Inherited. globalresearch.ca Trump is no peacenik, far from it. He\'s the latest in a long line of US warrior presidents — waging endless wars of aggression, and by other means, against nonbelligerent states threatening no one. | He\'s the US liar-in chief, time …

United Nations (2019-10-08). Some progress made towards security in Mali, but still a long way to go, Security Council hears. un.org Some progress has been made towards restoring peace and stability in Mali as outlined in a fragile 2015 peace deal, yet sustainable peace developments are not happening fast enough, the Security Council heard on Tuesday.

Andrew Korybko (2019-10-08). The US-Brokered Taliban-India Prisoner Swap Is a Pretty Big Deal. globalresearch.ca The US-brokered Taliban-Indian prisoner swap might lead to the resumption of the Afghan peace process but the deal also carries with it somewhat uncomfortable optics for Pakistan since it was likely agreed to during US peace envoy Khalilzad\'s \"ice-breaking\" meeting …

United Nations (2019-10-08). Tuesday\'s Daily Brief: Eye health, UN\'s financial crisis, progress in Mali and South Sudan, human rights in Australia. un.org Tuesday\'s top stories: Global need for eye care is set to increase \'dramatically\'; work and reforms of the UN \'at risk\'; progress on Mali security; South Sudan peace accord anniversary; Rights chief Bachelet urges rollback on Australia migration policies; and an interview with Maha Mamo, living proof of why statelessness needs to end worldwide.

teleSUR (2019-10-08). Iraqi PM Issues 2nd Reform Package Amid Renewed Protests. telesurenglish.net Iraq\'s government issued a second package of proposed social reforms Tuesday in an attempt to appease the demands of anti-government protesters who for eight days have demonstrated nationwide, with the loss of 110 lives and 6,000 wounded. | RELATED: | Death Toll Rises in Iraq, Unrest Hits Baghdad\'s Sadr City | Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi issued a 13-point p…

Staff (2019-10-08). Over 700 Arrested During Extinction Rebellion Climate Actions. truthout.org | | More than 700 people have been arrested in civil disobedience actions as the group Extinction Rebellion kicked off two weeks of protests in 60 cities worldwide, demanding urgent government action on the climate crisis. Its members have superglued themselves to government buildings, occupied public landmarks, shut down roads and taken to the streets to sound the alarm about the impending catastrophe of global warming. Extinction Rebellion, a nonpolitical movement, launched last year in the U.K. and rose…

Jerome Irwin (2019-10-08). 7.5 Million Humans Say No to Climate Crisis and Yes to Life. counterpunch.org As one of the 7.5 million who recently put their bodies where their mouth are to visibly say \"NO\" to an out-of-control global climate crisis, this writer continues to reflect upon what lies behind the futility of so many climate crises, anti-war, pro-human protests of the past, and the even more aggressive protests that will More

teleSUR (2019-10-08). Bangladeshis Protest Murder of Student by Ruling Party Workers. telesurenglish.net Thousands of Bangladeshi university students protested Monday after an undergraduate student was allegedly murdered in the capital city Dhaka by the ruling party workers. | RELATED: | Bangladesh Charges 16 for Burning Alive Sexual Abuse Survivor | Abrar Fahad, 21 – a student at the prestigious Bangladesh University of Engineering Technology (BUET) was allegedly killed over a Facebook post which criticized the government\'s water-sharing agreement with India. | During the visit…

teleSUR (2019-10-08). Ecuador: Public Radio Pulled Off Air Amid Anti-Gov\'t Protests. telesurenglish.net Ecuadorean public radio Pichincha Universal denounced its signal has been pulled off the air and equipment was confiscated, as police raided the radio station Tuesday afternoon amid extensive coverage of the anti-government protests. | RELATED: | \'Ecuadoreans Can\'t Take It Anymore\': Protesters, Indigenous People March on as Gov\'t Flees Capital | \"We reject this intervention. We\'ve just been informing the public. I strongly reject this attitude,\" Wa…

Harvey Goldberg (2019-10-08). Sixth straight day of mass protests throughout Ecuador against austerity measures. indybay.org 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.

Philip Weiss (2019-10-08). Israelis Were \'Saddened\' to Have to Kill Gaza Protesters, to Avert \'Bloodbath\'. globalresearch.ca Have you watched reports of the Chinese government\'s attacks on protesters in Hong Kong? American media are outraged, and the shooting of a young man two days ago was national news here. The fact that the protesters hurl bricks is …

Chit Wai John Mok (2019-10-08). Hong Kongers Need to Prepare for a Long Fight. A Very Long One. progressive.org Protesters have been expressing a strong yearning for victory: \"I want to win.\"

Richard Becker (2019-10-08). For the People\'s Movement, Trump Impeachment Offers Road Map to Nowhere. globalresearch.ca The deepening conflict over the impeachment of President Donald Trump is a struggle between factions of the capitalist ruling class and its governmental apparatus. The fight is fundamentally over which side will exercise control over the state and government with …

Stephen Lendman (2019-10-08). Trump Regime Escalates Economic War on China. globalresearch.ca The US is a declining empire, the more aggressive and widespread its malign activities, the sooner its fall from grace will arrive. Vaunted Pentagon forces failed to defeat Taliban fighters in Afghanistan after 18 years of trying, nor Syrian resistance …

Stephen Lendman (2019-10-08). US Plans Permanent Occupation of Syrian Territory? globalresearch.ca International law is clear and unequivocal. No nation may interfere in the internal affairs of others. | No foreign military of proxy force may occupy another country\'s territory. No nation may attack another state without Security Council authorization — permitted only …

Juan Cole (2019-10-08). Winners and Losers From Trump Throwing Syrian Kurds Under the Bus. commondreams.org It is difficult to see in what way Russia is benefited by Turkey\'s incursion into northeast Syria. (Photo: @LevHavryliv/Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/assad.jpeg …

South Front (2019-10-08). Video: Idlib Militants Retreating to Turkish Border. globalresearch.ca On October 5, the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out airstrikes on positions of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham near the town of Ballisa and Agr Hilltop in southern Idlib. The strikes eliminated at least 9 militants and became a logical continuation of …

Middle East Eye (2019-10-08). As Turkey Readies for Invasion of Northern Syria, Russia and Iran Object. theantimedia.com Turkey has readied its forces for an offensive against Kurdish forces in northern Syria, prompting negative reactions from Iran and Russia.