Neoliberalism’s Children Rise Up to Demand Justice in Chile and the World
Medea Benjamin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
In this Autumn of Discontent, people | …
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Neoliberalism’s Children Rise Up to Demand Justice in Chile and the World
MBNJSD | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-07
Uprisings against the corrupt, generation-long dominance of neoliberal “center-right” and “center-left” governments that benefit the wealthy and multinational corporations at the expense of working people are sweeping country after country all over the world. In this Autumn of Discontent, people from Chile, Haiti and Honduras to Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon are rising up against neoliberalism, …
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Ex-Twitter Workers Charged for Aiding Saudi Arabia’s Crackdown on Dissent
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-07
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two former Twitter employees with helping Saudi Arabia spy on thousands of the kingdom’s critics. Ali Alzabarah and Ahmad Abouammo are accused of giving the Saudi government detailed information about users, including telephone numbers and email addresses linked to the accounts, as well as internet protocol addresses that could be used to identify a user’s location. The charges are being filed just over a year after the brutal murder of Saudi journalist and…
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Protecting the Oil Fields: Syria Army Deployments on the Northeastern Borders with Turkey
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continues its deployment north and east to secure as many Syrian people and as much Syrian land it can in a race with NATO and their terrorists. | The importance of the SAA and Syrian Border …
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Erdogan Says US is Not Fulfilling Agreement to Withdraw Kurds
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-07
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan stated on Thursday that the U.S. Coalition was not fulfilling its part of the agreement to withdraw the Kurdish forces from the Turkish-Syrian border region. | RELATED: | Turkey’s Erdogan Announces Capture of Al-Baghdadi’s Wife | During a news conference on Thursday, Erdogan criticized the U.S. forces in northern Syria, vowing to bring up the topic to U.S. President Donald Trump when they meet next week. | Erdogan is set to discuss implementation of th…
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US Constructing Two New Bases In Syria’s Oil-Rich Region: Report
Zero Hedge | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
Turkey’s state-run media is reporting the United States is planning two new military bases in Syria’s oil-rich Deir ez-Zor province,which are currently under construction, after US special forces convoys were seen patrolling the area in the past days. | Anadolu …
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Erdogan Says US is Not Fulfilling Agreement to Withdraw Kurds
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-07
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan stated on Thursday that the U.S. Coalition was not fulfilling its part of the agreement to withdraw the Kurdish forces from the Turkish-Syrian border region. | RELATED: | Turkey’s Erdogan Announces Capture of Al-Baghdadi’s Wife | During a news conference on Thursday, Erdogan criticized the U.S. forces in northern Syria, vowing to bring up the topic to U.S. President Donald Trump when they meet next week. | Erdogan is set to discuss implementation of th…
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Former British Ambassador to Syria: UK complicit in Trump’s Syria Oil Grab
Peter Ford | mintpressnews.com | 2019-11-07
The cat is out of the bag. The UK is potentially complicit in a war crime. With typical insouciance the U.S. military dropped this bombshell by tweet and apparently without realizing the implications for U.S. partners: | We are repositioning @CJTFOIR forces to Deir ez Zor #Syria to continue partnering w/ #SDF to defeat ISIS remnants, protect critical infrastructure, & deny ISIS access to revenue sources…
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Max Blumenthal on Baghdadi’s death and Trump’s fake withdrawal in Syria
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-07
Max Blumenthal explains how the US-backed proxy war in Syria helped create the al-Qaeda safe haven where US forces killed…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/07/max-blumentha…
How to Help Julian Assange by Writing to Him in Prison
Elizabeth Woodworth | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
Not reported by ANY corporate media was the October 2 London protest to protect Julian Assange, led by Pink Floyd’s world famous co-founder, Roger Waters and award-winning journalist John Pilger, in front of Britain’s Home Office. About 1,000 …
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Bolivian Opposition Protesters Attack Socialist Mayor
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-07
A mob led by the right-wing opposition Wednesday set fire to the Vinto Town Hall and dragged socialist mayor Patricia Arce down the street, where they humiliated her physically and verbally. | RELATED: | Retired Bolivian General Dismisses Coup Attempt by ex-Army Men | The Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) politician was still inside the town hall wh…
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America’s Education System: Teaching the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing
John Stanton | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-07
Ask students to read for more than a couple of sentences and many will protest that they can’t do it. The most frequent complaint that teachers hear that it’s boring. It is not so much the content of the written material that is at issues here; it is the act of reading itself that is …
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How Unofficial Capital Controls Stopped a Run on the Banks in Lebanon
Paul Cochrane | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-07
Lebanon’s banks were closed for two weeks due to the mass protests throughout the country. The banks opened last Friday (1 November). There was the expectation of a run on the banks and massive capital flight as Lebanese, expatriate Lebanese and foreigners withdrew their cash. It didn’t happen, but it doesn’t mean that all is…
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Why is Latin America Burning?
Cesar Chelala | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-07
In Latin America several countries are under turmoil, as people cannot even meet their most basics needs. The last few months have seen a remarkable spectacle: hundreds of thousands of citizens are taking to the streets to protest to what they perceive is their governments’ attack on their well-being, and the governments’ responses have been…
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Why is Latin America Burning?
Cesar Chelala | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-07
In Latin America several countries are under turmoil, as people cannot even meet their most basics needs. The last few months have seen a remarkable spectacle: hundreds of thousands of citizens are taking to the streets to protest to what they perceive is their governments’ attack on their well-being, and the governments’ responses have been…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/07/why-is-latin…
India’s S-400 Missile Defense Deal with Russia. Geo-Strategic Implications
Padraig McGrath | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
During a 3-day visit to Russia (November 5th — 7th), Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh discussed his government’s desire for the delivery-schedule for Russia’s sale of the S-400 air defence system to India to be sped up. This desire was …
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Is Russia Right About US Shale Energy? Geopolitics of LNG
F. William Engdahl | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
In recent remarks to a Pennsylvania shale oil producers’ convention, US President Donald Trump, noting the spectacular growth in shale gas as well as shale oil over the past decade, remarked that unconventional shale energy had made “America the …
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Trump’s Worst Impeachable Offense Hurts the Whole World
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-07
You can run from the climate crisis, but you can’t hide. On the front lines of this global environmental calamity, entire communities are being consumed by fire, submerged by typhoons and hurricanes, or baked under the sun amid historic droughts. President Donald Trump, the climate change denier in chief, has formally begun the process of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. Originally signed by President Barack Obama in 2015, the accord established a cooperative, global path to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees F) above preindustrial levels. The United States is now the only nati…
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Yemen’s Houthis Launches Attack on Port City
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-07
The Houthi militia backed by Iran … (used) ballistic missiles and exploding drones. Most of them were intercepted and some fell on residential areas, a displaced persons camp and a health center run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF),” the pro-coalition joint military command of the western coast said in a statement, without mentioning whether military targets had been hit.
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With Bold Immigration Plan, Bernie Sanders Becomes the Only Candidate to Call for Break Up of ICE and CBP
Aída Chávez | theintercept.com | 2019-11-07
The plan, released Thursday, also calls to improve working conditions and labor protections for industries that rely on an immigrant workforce, including instating a domestic workers’ bill of rights.
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Bernie Sanders Calls to Break Up ICE
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-07
The Vermont senator pledges to address the root causes of mass immigration, with the aim of creating a “welcoming and safe nation for all.”
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Bernie Sanders Calls to Break Up ICE
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-07
The Vermont senator pledges to address the root causes of mass immigration with the aim of creating a “welcoming and safe nation for all.”
truthdig.com/articles/bernie-sanders-cal…
Warren’s Excellent Opening Gambit on Medicare-for-All
Dean Baker | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-07
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have set themselves apart from the Democratic presidential field in explicitly advocating Medicare for All proposals. Under their plans, an expanded Medicare system would fully cover everyone in the country. There would be no co-pays, deductibles and premiums — and no private insurance. Warren has repeatedly been asked how…
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The Crass Warfare of Billionaires Against Sanders and Warren
Norman Solomon | commondreams.org | 2019-11-07
Thousands of people turnout to hear Senator Bernie Sanders and take action against the Republican tax plan that would give huge tax cuts to millionaires, billionaires, and wealthy corporations while raising taxes for many middle-class families and threatening to unravel the Affordable Care Act at John S. Knight Center on December 2, 2017 in Akron, Ohio. (Photo: Duane Prokop/Getty Images for MoveOn.org) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Democrats turn on Bill Gates after billionaire hints he’s not a fan of Warren’s wealth tax
rt.com | 2019-11-07
Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates was eviscerated on social media after balking at some Democratic candidates’ wealth tax and hinting he’d vote for whoever is “more professional,” which some took as a dog whistle for Trump. | Gates expressed some apprehension about the “wealth tax” proposed by Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, admitting he’d only be willing to fork over so much of his massive fortune. “I’ve paid over $10 billion in taxes, I’ve paid more than anyone in taxes! I’m glad to have–If I had to pay $20 billion, it’s fine,” he told the New York Times DealBook Conference on Wednesday.
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Anti-Trump Impeachment Scam Ignores What US Military Aid to Ukraine Goes For
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
Ukraine is a US client state, established by the Obama regime’s 2014 coup — replacing democratic governance with a government integrated by Nazi elements. . | The US FY 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) includes $250 million in military aid …
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‘This Is a Huge Opportunity to Create an Energy System Rooted in Climate Justice’ – CounterSpin interview with Johanna Bozuwa on public utilities
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-11-07
Janine Jackson interviewed the Democracy Collaborative’s Johanna Bozuwa about public utilities for the November 1, 2019, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. | Media…
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Sierra Club Takes a Commendable Turn on Population, Climate Change, and Inequality
Roger D. Harris | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-07
The Sierra Club — long a retrograde proponent of saving the planet by driving a Tessler, eating wild caught salmon, and voting blue — took positive environmental leadership with their end of the year issue of the Sierra magazine. Stating it is “time to fix the population fixation,” they examine the interactions of population, climate …
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Nuclear Outlaw Israel Slams Iran’s Legitimate Uranium Enrichment
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
On Tuesday, Iranian President Rouhani announced his nation’s 4th JCPOA pullback — permitted under the deal’s Articles 26 and 36 when other signatories breach their obligations. | That’s precisely what happened. The Trump regime illegally abandoned the internationally binding agreement. | Europe …
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UK Lowers Security Level for Its Ships in Strait of Hormuz
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-07
Britain lowered its security risk level for U.K.-flagged ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, more than a month after one of its tankers was finally released from detention by Iran. | RELATED: | UK Snubs Trump, Orders Release of Iranian Oil Tanker | The Stena Impero was seized in July by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in the Strait, a major oil shipping route, for alleged marine violations two weeks after Britain detained an Iranian tanker off Gibraltar. The Iranian ship…
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UK Lowers Security Level for Its Ships in Strait of Hormuz
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-07
Britain lowered its security risk level for U.K.-flagged ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, more than a month after one of its tankers was finally released from detention by Iran. | RELATED: | UK Snubs Trump, Orders Release of Iranian Oil Tanker | The Stena Impero was seized in July by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in the Strait, a major oil shipping route, for alleged marine violations two weeks after Britain detained an Iranian tanker off Gibraltar. The Iranian ship…
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Argentina: Fernandez Affirms Non-Interventionist Stance on Venezuela
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-07
Argentina’s President-elect Alberto Fernandez on Wednesday reiterated his position in favor of the non-intervention of the United States in Venezuela during a conversation with Mauricio Claver-Carone, Advisor to the U.S. President Donald Trump for Hemispheric Affairs. | RELATED: | Mexico Wants To Bolster Economic Ties with Argentina: President | This meeting to…
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Billionaires Have Declared All Out War on Sanders and Warren
Norman Solomon | truthdig.com | 2019-11-07
The .1 percent is throwing money at the likes of Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden because it understands the left poses an existential threat.
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Billionaires Have Declared All-Out War on Sanders and Warren
Norman Solomon | truthdig.com | 2019-11-07
The 1 percent throws money at the likes of Pete Buttigieg and Joe Biden because it understands that the left poses an existential threat.
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Fighting Words for Young Workers From a Radical Elder
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-07
I was explaining to my 26-year-old son recently that while I’m continuing to work as a writer, because I waited until age 70 to begin collecting my Social Security benefits, I am now collecting almost $29,000 on top of what I earn doing my freelance journalism thing. He said, matter-of-factly,…
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Transcript of US ambassador to Ukraine reveals leaked ‘smoking gun’ testimony based on hearsay & ‘fake news’ media
rt.com | 2019-11-07
Impeachment testimony from former US ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor reveals the fatal ‘quid pro quo’ at the center of the probe rests on mere hearsay, even as Taylor’s words are held up as a smoking gun by Trump’s enemies. | In the course of his October 22 deposition, made public on Wednesday, Taylor explains it was his “clear understanding” that “security assistance money would not come” until Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “committed to pursue the investigation” of natural gas firm Burisma Hol…
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The New World Order. Trade and Power: The Economies of China, India and the US
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
China and India have made a name for themselves in the world of trade and power and speculations are that both the countries will surpass the US in a short time but experts neglect some basic things while making the …
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In Bolsanaro’s Brazil, Dams Are Ticking Time Bombs
Tchenna Maso | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
Today is the fourth anniversary of the Fundà£o tailings (mine waste) dam disaster in Mariana, a town in the South-eastern Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The Fundà£o dam and the associated iron ore mine, called Samarco, is operated by a …
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Spreading Democracy the American Way
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
That’s the entire list. You can see that it’s blank. But how can that be? We all know that the US has freed dozens of nations from their evil and repressive governments, and installed loving democracies where people lived happily | …
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India’s RCEP Refusal: Geopolitical Blunder or Pro-American Pivot?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
The popular observation that India’s refusal to join RCEP amounts to a geopolitical blunder overlooks the very distinct possibility that this probably wasn’t a mistake at all, but a preplanned move to justify the country’s ongoing pro-American pivot, albeit at …
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Is There a Place for Ethics in Smart Cities?
Dr. Jaspal Kaur Sadhu Singh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
It is difficult to win a debate on ethics when you are pitted against a crowd of tech-acolytes. I was taking the position that a more vital consideration in developing cities are ethical ones rather than the smartness of the …
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How the Deep State ‘Justifies’ Itself in America
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
On October 30th, there was a panel discussion broadcast live on C-Span from the National Press Club and the Michael V. Hayden Center. The discussants were John Brennan, Michael McCabe, John McGlaughlin, and Michael Morrell. They all …
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Addiction to Online Video Games?
Dr. Binoy Kampmark | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
It seems a tall, ambitious and very authoritarian order: imposing bans on persons under the age of 18 from playing online games between 22: 00 and 08: 00; rationing gaming on weekdays to 90 minutes and three hours on holidays and weekends. …
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Largest Brazilian media group implicates Bolsonaro in death squad execution of Marielle Franco
wsws.org | 2019-11-07
Every faction of the Brazilian political system, from the Army to the pseudo-left, fears that Bolsonaro’s austerity measures and fascistic rhetoric may trigger a social explosion.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/07/braz…
New Zealand Labour-led government extends draconian anti-terror laws
wsws.org | 2019-11-07
The new legislation, which proposes new control orders for people trying to return home after allegedly supporting extremist groups overseas, vastly expands existing anti-terror laws.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/07/nztr…
Mexico: One Failed US War Doesn’t Justify Another
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-07
Many (probably most) Americans like to get high. Everything else being equal, they’d probably prefer to buy their marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and so forth from their local pharmacies, at reasonable prices and in known quantity, purity, and potency. But if they can’t do that, they’re not going to stop getting high just because the US government tells them they must not.
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The Rediscovery of Civil Society: Perils and Potentials
Michael Welton | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-07
The concept of “civil society” gained epic popularity in the past few decades. The discourse of civil society entered dramatically into the global political and academic scene in the 1970s with the advent of the Polish Solidarity movement. We in the West watched with amazement and tears of joy as the power of the human…
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Protecting the North Cascades: Looking for an Alternative that is Good for Grizzlies and Good for Wilderness
Kevin Proescholdt | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-07
Wilderness Watch recently asked the National Park Service (NPS) to develop a new alternative in the planning for grizzly bear recovery in the North Cascades of Washington State. Our suggested proposal would both benefit grizzlies and protect designated Wilderness, something that none of the existing alternatives in the NPS’s current plan do. Wilderness Watch has…
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Mexico: One Failed US War Doesn’t Justify Another
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-07
Many (probably most) Americans like to get high. Everything else being equal, they’d probably prefer to buy their marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and so forth from their local pharmacies, at reasonable prices and in known quantity, purity, and potency. But if they can’t do that, they’re not going to stop getting high just because the US government tells them they must not.
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The Nature Conservancy and BLM Collaborate to DeFacto Privatize and Destroy Our Public Land
Mike Garrity | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-07
In a recent article the Bureau of Land Management, The Nature Conservancy, and local ranchers claimed that removing conifers, mainly juniper trees, on public lands increases and improves habitat for sage grouse, big game, and other species that rely on juniper/sagebrush habitat. But the best available science and on-the-ground evidence from similar projects show that…
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The Language of Erasure
Kenn Orphan | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-07
Last month UK authorities came across a gruesome scene. Thirty-nine bodies were discovered in a freight truck in Essex. Most of these unfortunate souls originally came from Vietnam and were abandoned to die an agonizing, suffocating death alone; the alleged victims of human trafficking. It is not the first time that this has happened. In 2015 Austrian officials found seventy-one bodies in a truck lorry outside Vienna. And in 2000, the bodies of fifty-eight Chinese people were found in a container in Kent.
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Inequality and the Iron Law of Decaying Public Services
Sam Pizzigati | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-07
Where wealth concentrates, our commons will always downsize. At some point, in every community becoming more unequal, affluent people will come to feel they’ll be better off going life alone, on their own nickel — better off installing their own private courts, better off sending their kids to private schools, better off living in a privately guarded gated development.
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The Language of Erasure
Kenn Orphan | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-07
Last month UK authorities came across a gruesome scene. Thirty-nine bodies were discovered in a freight truck in Essex. Most of these unfortunate souls originally came from Vietnam and were abandoned to die an agonizing, suffocating death alone; the alleged victims of human trafficking. It is not the first time that this has happened. In 2015 Austrian officials found seventy-one bodies in a truck lorry outside Vienna. And in 2000, the bodies of fifty-eight Chinese people were found in a container in Kent.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/07/the-language…
America’s Education System: Teaching the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing
John Stanton | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-07
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Ex-Twitter Workers Charged with Spying for Saudis as part of Kingdom’s Growing Crackdown on Dissent
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-07
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two former Twitter employees with helping Saudi Arabia spy on thousands of the kingdom’s critics. Ali Alzabarah and Ahmad Abouammo are accused of giving the Saudi government detailed information about users, including telephone numbers and email addresses linked to the accounts, as well as internet protocol addresses that could be used to identify a user’s location. The charges are being filed just over a year after the brutal murder of Saudi journalist and critic Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Turkey. A new report by Human Rights Watch fin…
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Algerian Protesters Are Still in the Streets, Months After Pushing Out Longtime President Bouteflika
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-07
In Algeria, protests against corruption, the jailing of opposition leaders and the army’s powerful role in national politics have entered their ninth month. Tens of thousands filled the streets of the capital Algiers last Friday to mark the 65th anniversary of the war of independence from France and to demand a “new revolution” rather than an upcoming election they say will be rigged. Over 100 student protesters were arrested last night as the Algerian government intensified its crackdown on demonstrators ahead of the upcoming polls. Interim President Abdelkader Bensalah announced the country will hold a presiden…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/7/algerian_…
“The Pollinators”: New Film Shows How Decline of Bee Colonies Could Mean Collapse of Food Chain
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-11-07
A documentary film “The Pollinators” tells the story of the world’s yellow-black jacketed honey bees, whose existence may determine the future of human survival. The insects pollinate nearly all the fruits, vegetables and nuts we consume, and some experts estimate one out of every three bites of food we eat depends on the work of honey bees. However, the future of the insects is now in peril with widespread reports of bee colony collapses. In the last decade and a half, beekeepers have reported staggering declines in their bee populations due to pesticides, parasites and loss of habitat. Scientists warn climate c…
www.democracynow.org/2019/11/7/the_polli…
I Was 10 When the Battle of Fallujah Taught Me the Meaning of War
Ali Nayyef | thenation.com | 2019-11-07
I Was 10 When the Battle of Fallujah Taught Me the Meaning of War…
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Can Carbon Pricing Address Climate Justice?
James K. Boyce, Manuel Pastor | thenation.com | 2019-11-07
Can Carbon Pricing Address Climate Justice?
thenation.com/article/carbon-economics-c…
Moving the Impeachment Needle
Judy Polstra | thenation.com | 2019-11-07
Moving the Impeachment Needle…
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South Koreans Are Pleading for a Breakthrough in the US–North Korea Talks
Tim Shorrock | thenation.com | 2019-11-07
South Koreans Are Pleading for a Breakthrough in the US–North Korea Talks…
thenation.com/article/north-korea-trump-…
Joe Biden’s Friends and Backers Come Out on Top–at the Expense of the Middle Class
Joseph N. DiStefano | thenation.com | 2019-11-07
Joe Biden’s Friends and Backers Come Out on Top–at the Expense of the Middle Class…
thenation.com/article/biden-delaware-way…
The Cold War Never Stopped: US Pressures UN Members to Vote Against Cuba Anti-Blockade Resolution
Drago Bosnic | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez accused the United States of exerting pressure on Latin American countries to oppose the United Nations draft resolution against the US-imposed economic blockade on Cuba. | “The US authorities have been carrying out different actions of | …
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UN Overwhelmingly Votes to End US Blockade Against Cuba
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-07
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday overwhelming voted in favor of the resolution demanding the ending of the U.S. blockade against Cuba with 187 countries voting in favor, three against while two countries abstained. | RELATED: | Caribbean Nations Reaffirm Support for Cuba Against US Blockade | The nations still promoting the continuation of the financial, economic and trade blockade are the United States, Israel and Brazil. | For the first time in its dip…
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Venezuela Asserts Its Position Against Cuba Blockade at UN
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-07
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said Thursday that his country, as a responsible member of the United Nations, will vote in favor of the resolution that demands an end to the economic and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba. | RELATED: | Cuba: Anti-Imperialist Solidarity Meeting Kicks Off in Havana | The Venezuelan foreign minister stressed that “we are here to accompany Cuba at a time when the U.S. government has hardened the criminal blockade against…
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Police officer on murder charge over Taser death of footballer Dalian Atkinson
The Canary | thecanary.co | 2019-11-07
A police constable has been charged with the murder of former Aston Villa footballer Dalian Atkinson, who died after being Tasered near his father’s home in Telford in 2016.The Crown Prosecution Service said the West Mercia Police officer would be appearing in court in Birmingham on Thursday along with a colleague who has been accused of assault causing actual bodily harm.Jenny Hopkins, from the CPS, said in a statement: “Following the death of Dalian Atkinson in Telford on 15 August 2016, the Crown Prosecution Service has today authorised a charge of murder against a West Mercia police constable.The order of ser…
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Saving An Eco-Sensitive Sacred Site: Meeting to Protect Juristac
South Bay Indigenous Solidarity | indybay.org | 2019-11-07
First Unitarian Church of San Jose | 160 North 3rd Street | San Jose, CA 95112…
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Australian prime minister plans to outlaw climate activism
GETUP | indybay.org | 2019-11-07
The Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, has just told a room full of mining lobbyists that he’s begun work on legislation to outlaw climate activism — banning climate protests, boycotts and “disruptive” strikes.1 | It’s the most alarming attack we’ve seen yet — threatening people’s right to take action against climate-denying politicians, and corporate climate wreckers.
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Screening of “Korean Schools in Japan 100 years of struggle against discrimination”
No Nukes Action | indybay.org | 2019-11-07
Berkeley Central Public Library, 3rd-Floor Meeting Room 2090 Kittridge St., Berkeley, CA 94704…
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San Francisco City College Rallies Against Cuts
HEAT | indybay.org | 2019-11-07
San Francisco City College | Ocean Campus | Chinatown Campus…
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It is Time to Demand Action About Homelessness
Haley Hatch | indybay.org | 2019-11-07
This is a short opinion piece on the increasing threat of homelessness in Sonoma County. While referencing those already experiencing homelessness, this piece is dedicated towards raising awareness how unstable housing is becoming for the middle-class.
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First Public Trump Impeachment Hearings Set for Next Week
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-07
Democrats turn to open sessions to make their case to prove his misconduct with witnesses William Taylor, Marie Yovanovitch and George Kent.
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What’s Joker’s Joke?
Edward Curtin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-07
“Cause how many times can you wake up in this comic book and plant flowers?” — Rodriguez, “Cause” | It’s not funny, that’s for sure. | When I went to see Joker, the new Todd Philips’ film, there were five other people …
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Indigenous communities: ‘They used to shoot us. Now they kill us with their policies’
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-07
Indigenous rights Coral WynterIssue 1244 Australia WilcanniaNovember 7, 2019″We have to rely on bottled water to bathe our babies. There is no fresh water to drink,” explained local Aboriginal elder Brendan Adams. “The bore water is heavy and a dark colour. Our ski…
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The ‘quiet Australians’ that Morrison fears
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-07
Climate Pip HinmanIssue 1244 AustraliaNovember 7, 2019It is worthwhile listening to Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s speech to the Queensland Resources Council on November 1, where he rails against “progressivism” and the…
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Adani’s Carmichael coal mine: a stranded asset?
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-07
Climate Margaret GleesonIssue 1244 Australia AdaniNovember 7, 2019Could Indian mining firm Adani’s Carmichael coal mine, in Central Queensland, become a stranded asset? A number of recent events indicate the answer could be “Yes”. | Adani has always relied more on spin than hard…
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Something in the air
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-07
international solidarity Peter BoyleIssue 1244 AustraliaNovember 7, 2019Looking through a collection of street art shared on social media from the Lebanese rebellion against corruption and inequality, I was reminded of the similar explosion in street art during the Sudanese rebellion, just a few months ago. | A quick online se…
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Why a Russian Politician Just Called Trump ‘Hitler’
Juan Cole | truthdig.com | 2019-11-07
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Brazilians March Against Bolsonaro and his Ties to Murder of Activist
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-11-07
The anti-Bolsonaro marches come amid extremely concerning revelations, which allegedly tie the president to the murder of the councilwoman and LGBT activist Marielle Franco last year.
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Is Texas About to Execute an Innocent Man?
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-06
The state of Texas is facing growing calls to halt the upcoming execution of Rodney Reed, an African-American man who has spent over 20 years on death row for a rape and murder he says he did not commit. A group of 26 Texas lawmakers — including both Democrats and Republicans — have written a letter this week to Governor Greg Abbott to stop the execution planned for November 20. More than 1.4 million people have signed an online petition to save Reed’s life. Supporters include celebrities Kim Kardashian West, Rihanna…
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Neoliberalism’s Children Rise Up to Demand Justice in Chile and the World
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies | commondreams.org | 2019-11-06
If Chenoweth is right and the million Chileans in the street have breached the tipping point for successful non-violent popular democracy, Chile may be leading the way to a global political and economic revolution. (Photo: RODRIGO ARANGUA/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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US congressional panel outlines next phase of dirty war on Syria: Occupy oil fields and block reconstruction
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-06
A DC foreign-policy apparatchik who oversaw Congress’ Syria Study Group proclaimed that the US military “owned” one-third of Syrian territory,…
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In a step towards justice, US Senate passes bill with funds for missing and murdered indigenous women
Ruth Milka | nationofchange.org | 2019-11-06
Lack of sufficient data and jurisdictional issues has been a huge obstacle for finding justice for Indigenous women that are victims of violence.
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Ecuadorians review lessons of mass uprising
Michael Otto and Zoila Ramirez | workers.org | 2019-11-06
Nov. 2 — The 12-day national strike in Ecuador forced the Lenín Moreno government to retreat on the one issue of Decree #883, which raised fuel prices and was a direct attack on the Indigenous community, more than doubling the fuel costs of farming. Despite Moreno’s retreat [on Oct 13], . . . | Continue reading Ecuadorians review lessons of mass uprising at Workers.org…
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Petroleum Is at the Heart of Ecuador’s Anti-Austerity Protests
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-06
An hour before sunrise on October 6, 200 armed soldiers entered the Indigenous Shuar territory on the western edge of the Ecuadorian Amazon rainforest. | “They came in … shooting, with tear gas, without taking into account the presence of women, children, young people and seniors,” said Tom Sharupi, the director of the youth branch of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon (CONFENIAE), that represents 11 Indigenous nationalities with territory throughout the Ecuadorian Amaz…
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Colombia: Defense Minister Accused of Hiding Death of 7 Minors
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-06
Colombia’s Defense Minister Guillermo Botero on Tuesday was accused of concealing the death of seven minors in a bombing against dissidents of the Common Alternative Revolutionary Force (FARC) which was carried out in the Caqueta region on September 2nd. | RELATED: | Colombia: 6th Indigenous Person Killed in Cauca in a Week | “He presented suc…
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Colombia: Defense Minister Accused of Hiding Death of 7 Minors
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-06
Colombia’s Defense Minister Guillermo Botero on Tuesday was accused of concealing the death of seven minors in a bombing against dissidents of the Common Alternative Revolutionary Force (FARC) which was carried out in the Caqueta region on September 2nd. | RELATED: | Colombia: 6th Indigenous Person Killed in Cauca in a Week | “He presented suc…
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Bolivia: Leaked Audios Confirm Involvement of Opposition Leaders, Ex-Military and US in Coup Plans
Telesur | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
The Radio Education Network of Bolivia (Erbol) leaked 16 audios involving opposition leaders who are calling for a coup d’etat against the government of President Evo Morales, a political action which would have been coordinated from the U.S. embassy …
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Colombia’s Minister of Defense Resigns After Killings
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-06
Colombian Defense Minister Guillermo Botero resigned his position on Wednesday, amid controversy over an Army bombing where eight minors were killed. The incident was hidden for months and presented as an operation in which FARC-EP dissidents died, who recently returned to arms. | RELATED: | Colombia: Defense Minister Accused of Hiding Death of 7 Minors | Botero’s resignation occurs before he became the first minister of the country’s history to be removed by Congress for a moti…
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Venezuelan Government Reveals New Evidence Against Guaido
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-06
Venezuelan Minister for Communication, Jorge Rodriguez, on Wednesday, presented new evidence implicating Deputy Juan Guaido in Colombian paramilitarism and actions to destabilize the country. | RELATED: | Venezuela Captures Paramilitary Photographed With Guaido | During a press conference, Rodriguez showed videos and photos proving the relationship of the opposition deputy with the armed group Los Rastrojos, former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, and the current President o…
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Venezuelan Government Reveals New Evidence Against Guaido
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-06
Venezuelan Minister for Communication, Jorge Rodriguez, on Wednesday, presented new evidence implicating Deputy Juan Guaido in Colombian paramilitarism and actions to destabilize the country. | RELATED: | Venezuela Captures Paramilitary Photographed With Guaido | During a press conference, Rodriguez showed videos and photos proving the relationship of the opposition deputy with the armed group Los Rastrojos, former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, and the current President o…
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Turkey’s Erdogan Announces Capture of Al-Baghdadi’s Wife
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-06
The Turkish security forces captured one the wives of the former Islamic State commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, more than a week after the former terrorist leader killed himself during a raid by U.S. special forces. | RELATED: | Turkey, Russia Hold First Joint Patrol In Northeast Syria | “The United States said Baghdadi killed himself in a tunnel. They started a communication campaign about this,” Erdogan said. | “But, I am announcing…
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U.S. domination of Middle East challenged as new alignments emerge
Conn Hallinan | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-06
The fallout from the September attack on Saudi Arabia’s Aramco oil facilities is continuing to reverberate throughout the Middle East, sidelining old enmities–sometimes for new ones–and re-drawing traditional alliances. While Turkey’s recent invasion of northern Syria is grabbing the headlines, the bigger story may be that major regional players are contemplating some historic re-alignments. After …
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Turkey’s Erdogan Announces Capture of Al-Baghdadi’s Wife
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-06
The Turkish security forces captured one the wives of the former Islamic State commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday, more than a week after the former terrorist leader killed himself during a raid by U.S. special forces. | RELATED: | Turkey, Russia Hold First Joint Patrol In Northeast Syria | “The United States said Baghdadi killed himself in a tunnel. They started a communication campaign about this,” Erdogan said. | “But, I am announcing…
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Trump calls for US troops to wage “war” on drug cartels in Mexico
wsws.org | 2019-11-06
Trump tweeted: “This is the time for Mexico, with the help of the United States, to wage WAR on the drug cartels and wipe them off the face of the earth.”
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Castle Black, the Syrian withdrawal, and the Battle of the Bases
Nick Turse | nationofchange.org | 2019-11-06
Given Washington’s penchant for Middle Eastern military missions, the likelihood of yet more U.S. bases across the region and talk of several Game of Thrones prequels still to come.
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Syria: OPCW Whistleblowers Confirm What We Already Knew. The OPCW Suppressed Evidence Regarding alleged Chemical Weapons Attack
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
Whistleblowers have come forward revealing what many had known all along — that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) had deliberately altered various reports and suppressed evidence regarding alleged chemical weapon attacks in Syria to help bolster …
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Turkish Forces Loot Electric Power Transformers in Northeastern Syria
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
Forces loyal to Erdogan in the Turkish Army and accompanying terrorist groups looted electricity power generators and transformers from a number of villages and towns they infested in the Hasakah countryside. A car blew up with the invaders while they …
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Trump Expands War for Syrian Oil, Raising Serious Legal Questions
Jason Ditz | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-06
Following meetings with defense leaders, Trump has signaled intentions to expand his new war in Syria built on military control of oil fields.
Trump Expands War for Syrian Oil, Raising Serious Legal Questions
Over 100 Missiles against Syria: US, UK and France Committed an International War Crime Against Syria on 14 April 2018
Eric Zuesse | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-06
It is now clear that on 14 April 2018, the three Governments of U.S., UK, and France, fired over a hundred missiles against Syria, on no more ‘justification’ than staged videos that had been done by those regimes’ own proxy | …
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