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Video: Syrian Kurds’ Protection Deal with Assad Explained
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have reached a groundbreaking deal with the Assad government. | This happened on October 13 evening after the US-led coalition expectedly abandoned their ‘local partners’ in face of Turkey’s Operation Peace Spring and an ‘accident …
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It’s Curtains for US in Syria: Russia, Iran Owe Big Thanks to Erdogan
M.K. Bhadrakumar | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-17
The scenario agreed on behind the curtains through months of confidential exchanges, often one-on-one, between the Russian and Turkish leaders regarding north-eastern Syria is entering a critical phase of implementation on the ground with the agreement between the Kurds and the Assad regime. We have a complex scenario where on the one hand the Turkish …
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Why Withdrawing US Troops from Northern Syria Is Good
Rick Sterling | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
The foreign policy elite is in an uproar. They claim “we have abandoned our allies”. They question “how can America be trusted?” They say the decision to withdraw from northern Syria was a “gift” to Russia, Iran, and Assad…. even …
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Trump’s Ending of Wars Could Derail the Democrats
Maj. Danny Sjursen | truthdig.com | 2019-10-17
I hate to say I told you so, but well … as predicted, in the wake of Trump’s commanded military withdrawal from northeast Syria, the once U.S.-backed Kurds cut a deal with the Assad regime. (And Vice President Mike Pence has now brokered a five-day cease-fire.) Admittedly, Trump the “dealmaker” ought to have brokered something similar before pulling out and before the Turkish Army–and its Sunni Arab…
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Bashar al-Assad Government Poised to Fulfill the Promise of Regaining all Syrian Territory
Steven Sahiounie | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
“Our proposal is for the terrorists to lay down their arms, leave their equipment, destroy the traps they have created, and leave the safe zone we designated, as of tonight,” Turkish President Erdogan said. “If this is …
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Why Withdrawing US Troops from Northern Syria is GOOD
Rick Sterling | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-17
The foreign policy elite is in an uproar. They claim “we have abandoned our allies”. They question “how can America be trusted?” They say the decision to withdraw from northern Syria was a “gift” to Russia, Iran, and Assad, even ISIS. It is true that the policy of US/NATO interventionism is failing. But that has been …
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Syrian Forces Enter Key Border Town, Blocking Turkish Plans
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-17
Kobani is taken by forces loyal to Bashar Assad, blocking one path for the Turkish military to establish a “safe zone” free of Syrian Kurdish fighters.
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Syria, the Kurds, Turkey and the U.S.: Why Progressives Should Not Support a New Imperial Partition in the Middle East
Jeff Klein | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-17
In the face of Turkey’s renewed invasion of Syria, it seems we are hearing across the entire span of elite opinion in the US, from Liberals to extreme Conservatives, the cry “Don’t abandon our allies the Kurds!” Even on what passes for the Left in our country, many progressives have joined the chorus. Certainly, the…
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Trump Defends Syria Withdrawal as House Votes 354 to 60 to Condemn His Actions
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-17
As the displacement of 300,000 civilians over Turkey’s assault on Kurdish-controlled areas continues in northern Syria, the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to condemn President Trump’s actions. Turkey invaded the region on October 9, shortly after Trump virtually greenlit the Turkey assault by abruptly withdrawing a small number of U.S. troops who were protecting Kurdish areas in northern Syria. Since then, the Kurds have aligned themselves with the Syrian government, and a number of…
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Bret Stephens’ American Fantasy
Charles Pierson | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-17
“Goodbye, America. Goodbye, Freedom Man,” laments Bret Stephens in the October 11 New York Times. The conservative columnist was reacting to President Donald Trump’s abandonment of Syria’s Kurds. On October 5, after a telephone call with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Trump ordered US forces back from the Syrian border with Turkey. Trump’s action put…
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US Drone Program May Have Helped Turkey Kill Kurds for Over a Decade
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-17
UPDATE: The U.S. and Turkey agreed to a cease-fire in northeast Syria on Thursday. | Donald Trump is justifiably condemned for approving Turkey’s assault against the United States’s Kurdish allies in the war against ISIS. What is not widely known is that the U.S., in a largely secret program dubbed Operation Nomad Shadow, appears to have been using drones for over a decade to help Turkey stalk and kill Kurds. | Although the U.S. is now publicly opposing the Turkish push into Syria, is Nomad Shadow co…
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Winners and Losers in the Turkish Attack on Kurds in Syria?
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
Turkish forces invaded north-east Syria (NES) only when it had coordinated with the US to define the red line of the invasion. Moreover, both superpowers, the US and Russia, protected Turkey by blocking an EU-drafted UN resolution to halt the …
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Could Turkish Aggression Boost Peace in Syria?
Firas Samuri | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-17
On October 7, 2019, the U.S. President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of American troops from northeast Syria, where the contingent alongside Kurdish militias controlled the vast territories. Trump clarified that the decision is connected with the intention of Turkey to attack the Kurdish units, posing a threat to Ankara. It’s incredible that the Turkish …
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Could Turkish Aggression Boost Peace in Syria? Has Triggered Exit of US, Britain and France
Firas Samuri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
On October 7, 2019, the U.S. President Donald Trump announced the withdrawal of American troops from northeast Syria, where the contingent alongside Kurdish militias controlled the vast territories. Trump clarified that the decision is connected with the intention of Turkey …
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U.S., Turkey Agree on Turkish Cease-Fire with Syrian Kurds
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-17
ANKARA, Turkey — The U.S. and Turkey agreed Thursday to a cease-fire in the Turks’ deadly attacks on Kurdish fighters in northern Syria, requiring the Kurds to vacate the area in an arrangement that largely solidifies Turkey’s position and aims in the weeklong conflict. The deal includes a conditional halt to American economic sanctions. | After negotiations with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence hailed the five-day cease-fire as the way to end the bloodshed caused by Turkey’s invasion of Syria. He remained silent on whether it amounted to a second abandonment of America…
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Turkey Agrees with US To Pause Syria Attack, Kurds To Speak Soon
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-17
Turkey agreed on Thursday to pause its five-day offensive on Syria to let Kurdish forces withdraw from a “safe zone” that Ankara had sought to capture in a deal hailed by the Trump administration and Turkey as a complete victory. | RELATED: | Erdogan Throws Trump’s Syria Letter in the Trash | The truce was announced by United States Vice President Mike Pence after talks in Ankara with Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan. | If implemented, it would achieve all the main objectives Turkey announc…
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U.S., NATO, Turkey Out of Syria!
Sara Flounders | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
The conflict within the U.S. ruling class about the Turkish invasion of northern Syria has created some confusion about events there. The latest new development — an alliance of Kurdish-based forces with the Syrian national army to defend the border …
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Iran ‘Has Evidence’ US, Israel, Saudis Attacked Tanker & Why The Kurds In Syria Are Just Terrorists
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-10-17
Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (10/16/19). As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth …
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Can the US Protect the Kurds Without Using Military Force?
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-10-17
The House overwhelmingly passed a resolution condemning Trump’s troop withdrawal from Syria, making it look like Democrats are wedded to military intervention. Is there an alternative that protects the Kurds without the use of the U.S. military?
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Erdogan Throws Trump’s Syria Letter in the Trash
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-17
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence visited Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday to urge him to halt his country’s incursion into Syria, the Reuters News Agency reported. | RELATED: | Syrian Kurds Fleeing to Iraq: ‘Life Will Never Be the Same’ | Pence’s visit came shortly after a letter penned by U.S. President Donald Trump to his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan was leaked on Twitter. | In the letter, Trump warns Erdogan to not test the U.S.’ patience with their Sy…
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US Plot to Transfer Thousands of ISIS Terrorists from Syria to Iraq
Drago Bosnic | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
A senior Iraqi security expert disclosed that Washington is attempting to transfer 3,000 members of the ISIS terrorist group from Syria to Iraq. Hafez Al-Basharah told the Arabic-language al-Ma’aloumeh news website on Tuesday that the US which has created and …
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Sorting Facts From Fiction About the US Withdrawal From Syria
Rick Sterling | mintpressnews.com | 2019-10-17
If one believes in the restoration of international law and the tenets of the UN Charter, then the withdrawal of U.S. military forces from northern Syria is a good thing. Here are some facts and history that explain why.
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“Voices from Syria”: Syria’s War for Humanity
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
Global Research Publishers bring you “Voices from Syria”, an important book by Mark Taliano. The book is available for order on our online store. | Click HERE to order. | Mark Taliano is an author and independent investigative reporter who …
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Truth About Syria.”How Could Corporate Journalists Get Away with Their Lies…”
Alison Banville | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
Damascus, December 2018. Two great independent journalists sit down together: | Eva Bartlett and Vanessa Beeley | Eva Bartlett: ‘when I arrived on the 29th (of December 2018) I was told that, aside from yourself (gestures to Vanessa Beeley), I was | …
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Trump defends US pullback in Syria
wsws.org | 2019-10-17
Amid mounting opposition from within Congress and the military, Trump defended his order to withdraw a small contingent of US special forces from northeastern Syria.
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Uneasy Damascus/Kurdish Alliance
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
Throughout most of Obama’s war, now Trump’s, against Syrian sovereign independence and territorial integrity, Kurdish YPG fighters and their politicians allied with US imperial aims for their own self-interest — including support for jihadists used as Pentagon/CIA proxy foot soldiers….
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Will Iran be the Next to Withdraw from Syria?
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
The smoothness with which the US’ “sudden” withdrawal played out and the Pentagon’s decision not to militantly enforce the so-called “deconfliction line” along the Euphrates River after the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) triumphantly crossed it en route to protecting their …
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Democratic debate shows cross-party support for imperialist intervention in Syria
wsws.org | 2019-10-17
All 12 candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination called for a continued US military presence.
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A rare moment of truth on the US support for Al Qaeda
wsws.org | 2019-10-17
Representative Tulsi Gabbard described the terrorist group as the “ground force” for the American “regime-change” operation in Syria.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/17/gabb…

Video: Syrian Army Entering Kobani and Raqqa
South Front | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
On October 16, units of the Syrian Army entered the city of Raqqah for the first time since 2014. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has controlled the city since 2017, when they with help from the United States seized …
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US Finally Bombs French Factory in Syria Infamous for Funding ISIS
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
As spectacular and indicative of America’s sinking fortunes in Syria as its bombing of its own military base in northern Syria was — it is also an indicator of something else much more sinister. | CNN in its article, ” US …
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Syria: Exposing Western Radical Collaboration with Imperialism
Ajamu Baraka | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-17
Despite so many self-defined radicals’ reading and claims to understand Gramsci’s corrective to Marxism-Leninism’s mechanistic understanding of the relationship between the base and the ideological superstructure, the ease by which some radicals are manipulated by the crude ideological machinations of the ruling class is truly astonishing. It is quite understandable that liberals would be manipulated …
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Syria: Exposing Western Radical Collaboration with Imperialism
Ajamu Baraka | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-17
Despite so many self-defined radicals’ reading and claims to understand Gramsci’s corrective to Marxism-Leninism’s mechanistic understanding of the relationship between the base and the ideological superstructure, the ease by which some radicals are manipulated by the crude ideological machinations of the ruling class is truly astonishing. It is quite understandable that liberals would be manipulated…
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More Than 1,000 Palestinians in Gaza Have Bone Infections after Being Shot by Israeli Forces
Jewish Voice for Peace | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
Gaza | Treating drug-resistant infections in Gaza under the blockade | Medicin Sans Frontieres 2 Sept. 2019-More than 7,400 Palestinians have been injured by live ammunition during protests in Gaza. About half of those suffering from open fractures, in which the bone | …
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Reminder: Trump Didn’t Win, Democrats Lost
John Atcheson | commondreams.org | 2019-10-17
Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), former Vice President Joe Biden, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) raise their hands during the Democratic Presidential Debate at Texas Southern University’s Health and PE Center on September 12, 2019 in Houston, Texas. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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The Down Side of Impeachment
Thomas Knapp | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-17
Unless there’s some dramatic change in the political landscape over the next month or so, I believe that the US House of Representatives will impeach President Donald Trump. Unless there’s some dramatic change in the political landscape between now and Trump’s trial in the US Senate, I don’t believe the Senate will vote, by the…
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Key impeachment panel chair Cummings dies at 68; Probe goes on
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-17
BALTIMORE–House Oversight Committee Chair Elijah Cummings, D-Md., a South Carolina sharecroppers’ son who rose to head a key panel probing impeachable offenses by GOP President Donald Trump, died at 2: 30 am on Oct. 17 at a hospice in his home town of Baltimore. The 68-year-old lawmaker suffered complications from a variety of diseases, his office …
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Democrats talk healthcare, foreign policy, impeachment & more at 4th presidential candidate debate
Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-17
Twelve candidates took to the stage for the fourth round of the Democratic presidential debate in Westerville, Ohio, Tuesday to spar over healthcare, foreign policy, impeachment, gun violence, economic inequality and more. Senator Elizabeth Warren — who is now leading some national polls — repeatedly came under attack from her rivals. In the first debate …
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Patriotic Millionaires: Billions Spent on Stock Buybacks Better Spent Raising Wages, Creating New Jobs
commondreams.org | 2019-10-17
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What the New Deal can teach us about winning a Green New Deal: Part V–summing up the New Deal experience
Martin Hart-Landsberg | mronline.org | 2019-10-17
Growing awareness of our ever-worsening climate crisis has boosted the popularity of movements calling for a Green New Deal. At present, the Green New Deal is a big tent idea, grounded to some extent by its identification with the original New Deal and emphasis on the need for strong state action to initiate social-system change […] | Source…
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Extinction Rebellion Sweeps the World
Robert Hunziker | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-17
Extinction Rebellion, XR est. October 31, 2018, has become a powerful force across the globe, almost overnight!!! It is the fastest-growing environmental movement ever. As such, it is only too obvious that “people get it” when it comes to climate change/global warming because they’re jumping aboard like swarms of locusts. In fact, XR’s truthful exposure …
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‘An absolute joke’: Debate moderators condemned for asking about Ellen and George Bush after completely ignoring climate crisis
Jake Johnson | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-17
As America’s pundits and newspapers rushed to pronounce the winners and losers of Tuesday night’s 2020 Democratic presidential debate, progressives argued the event’s moderators deserve to be placed in the latter category for framing healthcare questions around insurance industry talking points, hand-wringing about “demonizing” rich people, and failing to ask a single question about the greatest existential threat facing …
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Denmark’s Red-Greens: what answers when the climate crisis shakes up politics?
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-10-17
In 2007, Sà∏ndergaard was elected as a Member of the European Parliament for the People’s Movement against the European Union (EU). After resigning this position in 2014, he won election to the Danish parliament in 2015 as an RGA MP for Gladsaxe: he was re-elected in the June 5 general election this year. Sà∏ndergaard spoke with Green […] | Source…
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Venezuela, Brazil Become New Members in UN Human Rights Council
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-17
Venezuela and Brazil scored seats on U.N. Human Rights Council Thursday as the General Assembly chooses 14 new members of the panel. | The 193-member General Assembly is electing 14 members to the 47-member Human Rights Council for three-year terms starting 1 January 2020. | “We should thank the countries that voted in favor of Venezuela and congratulate the other members of the #HumanRights Commission,” Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said. “Venezuela has proposals so that there are no armed interventions or economic blockades.” | The Geneva-based council can spotlight abuses and has special monitors watchin…
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Venezuela’s Opposition Declares PDVSA 2020 Bond Void, Nixes Payment
Lucas Koerner | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-10-17
Venezuela’s CITGO could be seized by creditors.
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Colombian Presidential Guard Member Arrested For Massacre
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-17
A member of Colombia’s presidential guard was arrested on Wednesday for involvement in a massacre in which ten were killed in the municipality of El Tarra in North Santander. | RELATED: | US, Colombia Expand Cooperation To Crack Down on Coca Producers | Diego Hernando Galván Ruedas, of the 37th Infantry Battalion of the Presidential Gu…
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Palestinian BDS National Committee’s responses to UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief
patrick | bdsmovement.net | 2019-10-17
Palestinian BDS National Committee’s responses to UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief: In the NewsThe BDS movement does not tolerate any act or discourse which adopts or promotes, among others, anti-Black racism, anti-Arab racism, Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, sexism, xenophobia, or homophobia. | Right To BoycottJuly 15, 20…
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Russia-Africa Summit: The Roadmap to Africa, Shift in Geopolitical Relations
Kester Kenn Klomegah | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent warm greetings to African leaders, business people and participants early October, signaling that everything is set for the first Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, southern coastal city of Russia. | The message reads, in part: | “Today, | …
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UAW sanctions plant closings, expansion of temps in new GM deal
wsws.org | 2019-10-17
As details of the UAW-GM tentative contract begin to leak out, it becomes increasingly clear that the UAW has betrayed everything for which workers have fought in the month-long strike.
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Venezuela Elected to UN Human Rights Council
Ricardo Vaz | venezuelanalysis.com | 2019-10-17
The Maduro government was elected to a three-year term with backing of 105 out of 195 UN member-states.
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United States and Venezuela: A Historical Background
Prof. James Petras | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
First published on Global Research on May 18, 2019. | “Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world and they own it and we want it” — (Anonymous Trump official) | Introduction | US hostility and efforts to overthrow the Venezuelan government …
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UN special rapporteur on torture warns: “Assange will not get a fair trial in Virginia”
wsws.org | 2019-10-17
A panel discussion at Columbia University on Tuesday laid bare the fraudulent character of the charges brought against Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning and put the spotlight on those who committed the war crimes that WikiLeaks exposed.
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A Coalition of Support: Parliamentarians for Julian Assange
Binoy Kampmark | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-17
Australian politicians, and the consular staff of the country, are rarely that engaged on the subject of protecting their citizens. In a couple of notorious cases, Australian authorities demonstrated, not only an indifference, but a consciously venal approach to its citizens in overseas theatres. Mamdouh Ahmed Habib, a dual Australian-Egyptian national, was detained in Pakistan…
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‘We’ll Beat The Neoliberals’: Evo Morales Closes Campaign
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-17
Evo Morales’ ‘Movement Towards Socialism’ party marked the official close of their election campaign on Wednesday afternoon. The event was held in the overwhelmingly Indigenous city of El Alto, at which Morales asked for five more years to continue Bolivia’s path to development and to ‘beat the neoliberals’. The presidential elections will be held on Sunday. | RELATED: | Bolivia’s VP Talks Elections and Opposition Failures | “In these elections again, we are going to beat those who sold…
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War is Good for Business and Organized Crime: Afghanistan’s Multibillion Dollar Opium Trade. Rising Heroin Addiction in the US
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
Despite president Trump’s announced US troop withdrawal, the Afghan opium trade continues to flourish. It is protected by US-NATO occupation forces on behalf of a nexus of powerful financial and criminal interests.
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Ukrainian President Zelensky adopts Steinmeier formula amid mass far-right protests
wsws.org | 2019-10-17
Zelensky’s move is part of his maneuvering between European and US imperialism.
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The Great and Unmatched Wisdom War
Mark Fiore | progressive.org | 2019-10-17
“Never fear, the Commander-in-Phone-Calls will get tough!”
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The First Thing We Do, Let’s Fire All the Cops
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-17
In the latest shooting of an innocent civilian by a trigger-happy police officer, a white Fort Worth cop blew away a 28-year-old African-American woman through her bedroom window as she played a video game with her eight-year-old nephew. Atatiana Jefferson’s neighbor had called a nonemergency police number to request that they check on her because her doors…
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The First Thing We Do, Let’s Fire All the Cops
Ted Rall | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-17
In the latest shooting of an innocent civilian by a trigger-happy police officer, a white Fort Worth cop blew away a 28-year-old African-American woman through her bedroom window as she played a video game with her eight-year-old nephew. Atatiana Jefferson’s neighbor had called a nonemergency police number to request that they check on her because her doors…
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Trump Sent Attorney General Barr to Rome In Search of a Deep State Plot. Italian Intelligence Says There’s Nothing There
Matthew Cole | theintercept.com | 2019-10-17
Italian spies have told their government that they didn’t have a relationship with Joseph Mifsud, a mysterious professor at the heart of the Mueller probe.
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IMF cuts growth forecast and points to rising financial risks
wsws.org | 2019-10-17
Significantly, the World Economic Outlook report predicted that growth in four key areas of the global economy–the US, the eurozone, Japan and China–would remain subdued for the next five years.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/17/imfr…

Australia: “Four Corners” program promotes anti-China witch-hunt
wsws.org | 2019-10-17
The program underscores the role of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as a mouthpiece for the political establishment and the intelligence agencies.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/17/corn…

Canada’s involvement in US-led war drive against China: An election non-issue
wsws.org | 2019-10-17
A tacit all-party agreement to black out discussion of Canada’s rearmament and involvement in US strategic offensives around the world has been in effect throughout the campaign for the October 21 federal election.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/17/cach…

The US Bids to Extradite DPRK Businessman from Malaysia ‘Solely Based on Politics’
Dr. Derek Ford | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
The legal battle over the extradition of Mun Chol-Myong to the United States continues, as Malaysian courts postpone judgment until the end of October. Mun is a 54-year-old citizen of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea who has lived in …
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Don’t Forget: Nuclear Weapons Are an Existential Threat
Olivia Alperstein | commondreams.org | 2019-10-17
No nation on earth can afford the catastrophic regional and global consequences of any use of nuclear weapons. (Photo: A B53 nuclear bomb at the Pantex facility in Texas/NNSA/flickr/cc) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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The Governor, the Mining Company and the Future of a Montana Wilderness
George Ochenski | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-17
One might credibly think that someone running in the Democratic primary to be the party’s presidential nominee might, just might, want to be on the right side of the pressing environmental issues of the day. But last week Governor Steve Bullock and his Department of Environmental Quality sided with a disreputable “bad actor” mining company…
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What Really Happened to American Socialism?
Harvey Wasserman | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-17
Despite the corporate hype, Democratic Socialism and Social Democracy are deeply rooted in the mainstream of our nation’s history. The lie that they’re “foreign ideologies” starts with the fascist assault Woodrow Wilson waged against them during and after World War 1. Their marginalization today by corporate Democrats and Trump Republicans is itself profoundly unAmerican. Here’s…
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Healing the Rift Between Political Reality and Ecological Reality
Stan Cox | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-17
A Q & A with Shaun Chamberlin If U.S. greenhouse emissions are to be driven down to zero within a decade or even two, it will not be accomplished through building more solar and wind energy capacity and relying on market competition to eliminate fossil fuels from the economy. A direct, foolproof mechanism is required…
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Israel Prepares to Turn Bedouin Citizens into Refugees in Their Own Country
Jonathan Cook | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-17
The decades-long struggle by tens of thousands of Israelis against being uprooted from their homes — some for the second or third time — should be proof enough that Israel is not the western-style liberal democracy it claims to be. Last week 36,000 Bedouin — all of them Israeli citizens — discovered that their state is about to make them refugees in their own country, driving them into holding camps. These Israelis, it seems, are the wrong kind.
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How Billionaire Charter School Funders Corrupted the School Leadership Pipeline
Jeff Bryant | commondreams.org | 2019-10-17
Broad’s investments in education reform were about redesigning schools “to function like corporate enterprises.” (Photo: Eli Broad/Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Is a Ukrainian Oligarch Helping Trump Smear Biden to Evade U.S. Corruption Charges?
Robert Mackey | theintercept.com | 2019-10-17
Why did Ukrainian billionaire Dmytro Firtash, who is facing extradition to the U.S. on corruption charges, get involved in Trump’s effort to smear Joe Biden?
theintercept.com/2019/10/17/ukrainian-ol…

British family “emotionally and psychologically destroyed” by detention in US immigration prison
wsws.org | 2019-10-17
The tragic experience faced by the Connors family is a small glimpse into the horrors faced by those who flee their home countries, undertaking a perilous journey only to be detained, separated, and abused in America’s brutal concentration camps.
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German defence minister visits Niger and Mali in preparation for massive combat operation in the Sahel
wsws.org | 2019-10-17
The German government is preparing to expand its Bundeswehr (Armed Forces) mission in Mali and Niger into a massive combat operation and to extend it indefinitely.
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Israel Prepares to Turn Bedouin Citizens into Refugees in Their Own Country
Jonathan Cook | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
The decades-long struggle by tens of thousands of Israelis against being uprooted from their homes — some for the second or third time — should be proof enough that Israel is not the western-style liberal democracy it claims to be….
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Global Economic Volatility. Towards a New Financial Crisis. Socio-Political Reactions
Eric Toussaint | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
Read the first part of this series here. | The elements of a new international financial crisis are in place. Although we do not know when it will break out, it is unavoidable, and its impact on world economy will …
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Mumia Abu-Jamal Just One Step from Freedom
Noelle Hanrahan | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
From the minute Mumia picked up a microphone and a pen at the age of 14, Philadelphia’s notoriously racist police department has been seeking to silence him. Just look at the FBI files- documenting that the Philadelphia PD Civil Disobedience …
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Planet Has Been Heating Up for Almost Two Centuries
Shane Quinn | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
First published by Global Research on September 4, 2018 | Note to readers: please click the share buttons above | The Irish scientist John Tyndall, one of the most distinguished physicists in modern history, provided evidence in 1861 that human-generated gases …
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History of America’s Labor Movement
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
In contrast to most other industrialised nations, the US has never accepted the concept of labor unions, which were always denigrated in the media as a kind of dangerous socialism that would exploit workers. But it was always true that …
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UAW isolates Mack Truck strike as it moves towards sellout at GM
wsws.org | 2019-10-17
As at General Motors, a key goal of Mack Truck management is to maintain labor flexibility.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/17/mack…

Inside TurboTax’s 20-Year War on the American Taxpayer
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-17
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. | In Ontario, employees wore T-shirts with Smith’s quasi-spiritual sayings: “Do whatever makes your heart beat fastest” and “Repetition doesn’t ruin the prayer.” In Bangalore, India, workers put on Smith face masks as they posed for selfies with the man himself. Fittingly, the tour culminated in San Diego, the home of TurboTax, the software that transformed the company…
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Trump Emoluments Clause Violations Compounded as he Awards G-7 to His Own Resort
commondreams.org | 2019-10-17
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Joe Biden’s Disgraceful New Attack on Sanders and Warren
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-10-17
During a campaign event in Ohio, the former vice president accuses his rivals of “playing Trump’s game” with Medicare for All proposals.
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Trump’s Endless Wars
John Feffer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-17
Trump talks a whole lot about endless wars but doesn’t do anything about them. (Photo: Shutterstock) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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“Meltdown”: Trump Defends Syria Withdrawal as House Votes 354 to 60 to Condemn His Actions
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-10-17
As the displacement of 300,000 civilians over Turkey’s assault on Kurdish-controlled areas continues in northern Syria, the House of Representatives voted Wednesday to condemn President Trump’s actions. Turkey invaded the region on October 9, shortly after Trump virtually greenlit the Turkey assault by abruptly withdrawing a small number of U.S. troops who were protecting Kurdish areas in northern Syria. Since then, the Kurds have aligned themselves with the Syrian government, and a number of former ISIS fighters who were being held by the Kurds have escaped. We speak with Ozlem Goner, assistant professor of soci…
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Rep. Ro Khanna: We Need a Responsible Withdrawal from Syria, Not One Oblivious to Human Life
Staff | democracynow.org | 2019-10-17
As hundreds of thousands of civilians face displacement and violence amid Turkey’s assault on Kurdish-controlled areas in northern Syria, the House of Representatives voted to condemn Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. support for the Kurds on Wednesday. The measure passed 354 to 60. We speak with Representative Ro Khanna, who says, “We can’t just get involved in a place and then walk away and not have some moral responsibility. We have a moral responsibility not just to the Kurds who fought with us against ISIS. We have a moral responsibility to accept Syrian refugees. We have a moral responsibility to help rebui…
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Critics Denounce Turkey’s Ceasefire Demand Announced by Pence as ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ of Syrian Kurds
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-17
President Trump, meanwhile, said Kurdish homeland had to be “cleared out” or Turkey would have had to “kill millions of people.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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‘What a Disgrace’: Bernie Sanders Slams Trump Administration for Saying Climate Crisis Excluded From G7 Agenda
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-17
Not only is Trump using the powers of the presidency to enrich himself, which is blatantly unconstitutional. He is ignoring a massive international crisis that threatens humanity. What a disgrace. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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John Yoo, Infamous Bush-Era Author of Torture Memos, Dunked on for Claiming US Founders Would Oppose Trump Impeachment
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-17
John Yoo, the former Justice Department official who became infamous for authoring the “torture memos” during the George W. Bush administration, provoked ridicule on Thursday after he spoke on behalf of the framers of the U.S. Constitution—suggesting they would object to the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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Researchers Detail How Slashing Pentagon Budget Could Pay for Medicare for All While Creating Progressive Foreign Policy Americans Want
Julia Conley, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-17
The Institute for Policy Studies on Thursday shared the result of extensive research into how the $750 billion U.S. military budget could be significantly slashed, freeing up hundreds of billions of dollars per year to cover the cost of Medicare for All—calling into question the notion that the program needs to create any tax burden whatsoever for working families. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files…
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The Brexit Catch 22. The Great Con
Robert Woodward | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-17
A catch-22 is a paradoxical situation from which an individual cannot escape because of contradictory rules or limitations. This is Britain — caught up in its own Brexit Catch 22. It started its own fire, bought no extinguisher and now …
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Senate, unions call on Australia’s government to oppose Turkish invasion of Rojava
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-17
international solidarity Peter BoyleIssue 1241 Australia Rojava TurkeyOctober 17, 2019Several trade unions, the Senate and the local Australian-Kurdish community have called on the federal Coalition gover…
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Science and the student fight against climate change
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-17
Climate Neville SpencerIssue 1241 AustraliaOctober 17, 2019Climate scientist James Hansen has put forward a succinct guide to current climate science in Climate Change in a Nutshell: The Gathering Storm. | It was written as an expert report for Juliana v United Sta…
greenleft.org.au/content/science-and-stu…

Spring Rebellion disrupts Melbourne
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-10-17
Climate Jacob AndrewarthaIssue 1241 Australia Extinction Rebellion MelbourneOctober 17, 2019About 5000 people participated in a week of disruptive actions organised by Extinction Rebellion (XR)…
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Nobody Has a Plan for Thousands of ISIS Fighters Detained by Kurds in Syria
Umar Farooq | theintercept.com | 2019-10-17
The abrupt U.S. withdrawal from Syria means nobody knows who will eventually control the 10,000 ISIS fighters there or where they will wind up.
theintercept.com/2019/10/17/syria-turkey…

Rep. Ro Khanna: We Need a Responsible Withdrawal From Syria
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-17
As hundreds of thousands of civilians face displacement and violence amid Turkey’s assault on Kurdish-controlled areas in northern Syria, the House of Representatives voted to condemn Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. support for the Kurds on Wednesday. The measure passed 354 to 60. We speak with Representative Ro Khanna, who says, “We can’t just get involved in a place and then walk away and not have some moral responsibility. We have a moral responsibility not just to the Kurds who fought with us against ISIS. W…
truthout.org/video/rep-ro-khanna-we-need…

Stuck in a Russiagate-collusion rut: Putin ‘owns Doral’ & other #Resistance pearls after G7 location announced
rt.com | 2019-10-17
Critics of US President Donald Trump went into full-on meltdown mode after the White House announced that the US will host next year’s G7 summit at the Trump-owned Miami resort. | White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney told reporters on Thursday that the gathering of international leaders will be held at the Trump National Doral resort on June 10-12, which he said was “far and away the best place” to host the event. | Even before his press conference was done, Democrats waxed outraged about a potential conflict of interest, even calling for other countries to boycott the G7 if Trump went ahead with his venue…
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Agreement to pause Turkey’s campaign in Syria destroys US credibility, top Democrats say, despite demanding it
rt.com | 2019-10-17
Can Trump do anything right? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer don’t seem to think so, calling his agreement to pause Turkey’s military campaign in northeastern Syria a “sham.” | The US-Turkey agreement to pause Ankara’s operation “seriously undermines the credibility of America’s foreign policy and sends a dangerous message to our allies and adversaries alike that our word cannot be trusted,” Pelosi and Schumer said in a statement on Thursday. | President Erdogan has given up nothing, and President Trump has given him everything. | Just last week, however, the pair were teari…
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Saving the Green New Deal
Jon Rynn | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-17
The Green Economy Reconstruction Program and Budget On November 13, 2018, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the youth group Sunrise Movement staged a protest in soon-to-be Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office, demanding that Congress create a Green New Deal. Soon, the phrase ‘Green New Deal’ became the next bright new policy idea, with dozens of articles explaining that…
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With just one tweet, the youngest ever MSP destroys Trump’s drivel on Turkey’s invasion of Syria
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-10-17
Ross Greer, the youngest ever member of the Scottish parliament (MSP), has brilliantly taken down Donald Trump’s latest drivel on Turkey’s illegal invasion of northern Syria (aka Rojava). | Schooled: | NATO’s second largest army is currently attacking Ku…
thecanary.co/trending/2019/10/17/one-twe…

We need to force the government to end all arms deals with Turkey, not just some
Tom Anderson | thecanary.co | 2019-10-17
On Tuesday 15 October, the British government suspended new arms sales to Turkey over its invasion of northern Syria. | Foreign secretary Dominic Raab announced that no more export licences would be granted “for items that might be used in milita…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/10/17/we-need-…