New Zealand police introduce new armed units
wsws.org | 2019-11-16
The Labour Party-led government is exploiting the Christchurch terrorist attack to further arm the police and increase their anti-democratic powers.
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‘Grand American Tradition of Immunizing Its War Criminals’ Continues as Trump Pardons US Soldiers
Jon Queally, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-16
“A shameful use of presidential powers,” said the ACLU. “It sends a clear message of disrespect for the law, morality, the military justice system, and those in the military who abide by the laws of war.” | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Where the Vulture Funds Nest in Brexit Britain
True Publica | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-16
The UK economy has seen a spike in corporate insolvencies, particularly in the retail, manufacturing and travel sectors since the EU referendum, and the heavy debt burden imposed by private equity has often been a factor. Vulture funds are …
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Syrian War Refugee Mother & Daughter in Canada Want to Bring Family to Ottawa
John Malkin | indybay.org | 2019-11-16
Interview with Syrian war refugee Walaa Ibrahim, who emigrated to Ottawa, Canada with her young daughter in November, 2018. Activists are now raising funds to bring Walaa’s parents and brother to Canada. Includes interviews with activists who helped bring Walaa and Kadar to Canada.
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Hundreds pack hearing to protest Trump administration proposal to dredge San Francisco Bay
Dan Bacher | indybay.org | 2019-11-16
“Deepening the Bay to accommodate bigger vessels carrying dirty tar sands crude oil puts communities along the water and near the refineries at risk,” said Isabella Zizi, Climate Campaigner at Stand.earth and member of Protect the Bay.
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Joining Youth and Age on the Climate Crisis
Michael Lyon | indybay.org | 2019-11-16
Street Level Community Room, Park Branch Library | 1833 Page St. San Francisco…
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Immigrants Feel Broaden Risk During Fires
Ryan Gopar | indybay.org | 2019-11-16
This is an opinion piece on the anxiety endured by the immigrant population. While referencing events in northern California, the climate of fear is throughout all of the United States. This piece is meant to raise awareness of and for immigrants, in relation to the Public Charge Rules.
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Zunzi (尊子) Political Cartoon Expo
Northern California Hong Kong Club | indybay.org | 2019-11-16
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall | 836 Stockton St, San Francisco, California…
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Letter-Writing Session for Leonard Peltier; Demand an End to the Elder Unit Lockdown!
Jon Britton | indybay.org | 2019-11-16
San Jose Peace & Justice Center | 48 S Seventh St., San Jose, CA 95112…
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It’s Official: Dysfunctional Impeachment Resolution against Donald J. Trump. H. RES. 13
Prof Michel Chossudovsky | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-16
According to Rep.Sherman: “Recent disclosures by Donald Trump Jr. indicate that Trump’s campaign was eager to receive assistance from Russia.” The NYT candidly states without a shred of evidence that the Russian lawyer is “connected the Russian government” intimating that she is a stooge of the Kremlin.
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‘He told me to shut my mouth’: Lionel Messi and Brazil coach Tite exchange heated words during Argentina-Brazil clash
rt.com | 2019-11-16
Argentina captain Lionel Messi and Brazil head coach Tite exchanged words on the sideline during Argentina’s 1-0 win over their South American rivals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Friday | Apparently angered by comments that were coming from the Brazil dugout, Messi raised his finger to his own lips in a mime for Tite to be quiet and also making another hand sign to suggest that the Brazilian was very overly-vocal. | Also on rt.com | | Mother of all insults: English comedian mocks Messi over bizarre tattoo likeness to his mom (VIDEO) | Speaking to report…
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UN film festival encourages young people to promote peace, dialogue and empathy
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-16
Demonstrating empathy, humour and intelligence, a group of young film-makers have been recognized for their short videos, which tackle the weighty issues of discrimination, intolerance and misogyny in a creative and entertaining way, at a ceremony held at UN Headquarters.
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Why so serious?! UFC fighter Markus Perez dons Joker-inspired makeup at UFC Sao Paulo weigh-ins (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-11-16
We are a couple of weeks past Halloween but UFC fighter Markus Perez would have scored top marks for this costume as he pulled out all the stops in Sao Paulo by walking to the scales in full Heath Ledger-inspired Joker makeup. | …
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Bolivia: Security forces open fire on protesters in Cochabamba
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-16
Bolivian elections Reposted from People’s DispatchIssue 1246 Bolivia 2019 coup in Bolivia Movement Towards Socialism (MAS)November 16, 2019Bolivian security f…
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The climate canary in the coal mine
Fred_F | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-16
Climate Zane AlcornIssue 1245 AustraliaNovember 16, 2019If you thought extreme weather and climate events would eventually force politicians to wake up — that notion should now be definitely put to bed. | Not only did the Coalition fail to acknowledge climate change makes it more likely that extreme weather events will be more frequent…
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Could Saudi Aramco IPO kill OPEC?
rt.com | 2019-11-16
The global oil market could be entering unchartered waters in the coming weeks. After the US shale revolution, which threatened OPEC’s hold on and the stability of the market, a new danger is lurking around the corner. | The Aramco IPO, the largest IPO in history, will not only impact OPEC but will also have repercussions for the Kingdom, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, and the entire GCC region. | Most analysts have pointed out that there are some major issues with the company’s financials, its valuation and possible returns for the Kingdom. International banks are presenting their own IPO valuations, indic…
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Why Aren’t Americans Rising up Like the People of Chile and Lebanon?
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
The waves of protests breaking out in country after country around the world beg the question: Why aren’t Americans rising up like our neighbors? We live at the very heart of this neoliberal system that is force-feeding the systemic injustice and inequality of 19th-century laissez-faire capitalism to the people of the 21st century. So we…
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‘Meant to intimidate’: Code Pink’s Medea Benjamin slams bogus police raid as crackdown on peace activism
rt.com | 2019-11-15
Peace activist Medea Benjamin slammed a recent police raid on her home after she was accused of “assaulting” a Democratic congresswoman, calling it an act of “intimidation” against those opposing US interventionist policies. | Over a dozen officers from the US Capitol Police surrounded Benjamin’s home on Wednesday, alleging the activist assaulted Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-Florida) at a press conference earlier that day, but Benjamin says the charge is phoney. | “This is selective prosecution and it’s bogus,” she told RT, adding “I’m a peace activist, I don’t assault anyone.” | They make up thin…
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Western Media Whitewash Bolivia’s Far-Right Coup
Lucas Koerner | fair.org | 2019-11-15
The phrase AP (Chattanooga Times Free Press, 11/13/19) is looking for is “self-declared.” | Bolivia has a new US-backed puppet leader, and the Western media can hardly conceal their adulation. | Jeanine àÅñez declared herself “interim president” in a near-empty Senate chamber on November 12, proceeding to don the presidential sash with the assistance of uniformed soldiers. Despite a lack of quorum rendering the move nakedly unconstitutional, àÅñez was immediate…
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Morales: Bolivia Suffers an Assault on the Power of the People
Nino Pagliccia | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
As the military coup continues to entrench itself in Bolivia, the first goal of the perpetrators is to appear to be following the constitutional process. But the faàßade is not enough to hide the real disaster of yet another self-proclaimed president in Latin America. When you thought that the Juan Guaido experiment in Venezuela was…
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Corporate Media Whitewashes Its Role in Lula’s Imprisonment
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-15
The Brazilian Supreme Court reversed a 2018 ruling on November 7, upholding the principle of innocent until proven guilty in the 1988 Constitution and declaring it illegal to jail defendants before their appeals processes have been exhausted. Within 24 hours, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was released to an adoring crowd of hundreds of union members and social movement activists who had maintained a camp outside the police station where he was held, shouting “good morning,” “good afternoon” and “good night” to him for 580 consecutive days. | The Supreme Court had previously ruled, on April 5, 2018[md…
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The Coup That Ousted Bolivia’s Evo Morales Is Another Setback for Latin American Socialism
Elise Swain | theintercept.com | 2019-11-15
A socialist president from Bolivia is sent into exile as another member of the Latin American left is freed from prison in Brazil.
theintercept.com/2019/11/15/bolivia-evo-…

Popular resistance mounts against Bolivian coup
wsws.org | 2019-11-15
Thousands of workers and peasants in Bolivia’s capital of La Paz, the neighboring district of El Alto and in Cochabamba have taken to the streets in defiance of police-military repression.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/15/boli…

The Bolivian coup is not a coup–because U.S. wanted it to happen
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-11-15
Army generals appearing on television to demand the resignation and arrest of an elected civilian head of state seems like a textbook example of a coup. And yet that is certainly not how corporate media are presenting the weekend’s events in Bolivia. | Source…
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Russia Denounces Bolivia Coup, Moscow’s Ambiguous Statement Regarding Illegitimate Self-Proclaimed President
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
Time and again, Russia stressed that it supports the sovereign independence and territorial integrity of other countries. | On Monday, its Foreign Ministry denounced the toppling of Bolivia’s Evo Morales, a statement saying: | “We are alarmed by the dramatic developments | …
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Cuba: Stop Harassment Against Cuban Doctors in Bolivia
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-15
The Cuban Government denounced the arbitrary detention of the chief its the Medical Brigade in Bolivia, Yoandra Muro Valle, as well as of Jacinto Alfonso Pérez, in charge of logistics of the group, said Eugenio Martínez Enriquez, General Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the island. | RELATED: | Bolivia: Coup-Born Government Threatens Independent Journalists | In a press conference, the diplomat called on the authorities of the Plur…
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“Crime Against Democracy”: U.S. Backed Fascist Coup in Bolivia
Timothy Alexander Guzman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
Bolivia’s legitimate President, Evo Morales now in exile in Mexico said that the “The OAS is in the service of the North American empire” and that he “could not understand” how his military leaders betrayed Bolivia.
globalresearch.ca/u-s-backed-fascist-cou…

Canada abets US-sponsored coup in Bolivia
wsws.org | 2019-11-15
Canada’s union-backed, ostensibly “progressive” Liberal government is once again assisting Washington in ousting a Latin American government deemed insufficiently pliant to imperialist interests.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/15/cabo…

AFL-CIO President Trumka and other union leaders condemn Bolivian coup
Mark Gruenberg | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-15
WASHINGTON–AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has come out against the military coup that ousted Bolivian President Evo Morales earlier this week. Trumka tweeted that the nation’s largest labor federation is joining national and international labor organizations “in condemning the military interference in Bolivia’s election process. Morales reduced widespread poverty and fought for the inclusion of the …
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Drones, Guns and Abject Heroes in America
John Grant | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
A couple Saturdays ago I attended the monthly protest near the drone base located on what used to be the Willow Grove Naval Air Station in Horsham, PA, outside Philadelphia. The vigil has been going on monthly for a number of years, peopled by some of the most spiritual, peace-loving people I know. I’d say…
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Bolivia: Coup-Born Government Threatens Independent Journalists
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-15
Independent journalists who are covering protests in Bolivia were accused of carrying out “sedition” by Communications Minister Roxana Lizarraga, who was paradoxically appointed by a US-backed government that emerged from a coup d’etat against the socialist President Evo Morales. | RELATED: | ALBA-TCP Debates Coup in Bolivia | “Law will be fully enforced against th…
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As Brazil’s ex-President Lula is Set Free and BRICS Leaders Summit, What Lessons From the Workers Party for Fighting Global Neoliberalism?
Patrick Bond | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
Just as Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (BRICS) heads of state prepared to meet in Brasilia on November 13-14, hosted by Jair Bolsonaro, a double political earthquake hit: Lula’s freedom from prison on November 8, followed by a coup against Bolivian president Evo Morales on November 11. Lula was central to BRICS’ establishment a decade ago. Details about…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/15/as-brazils-e…

Top Bolivian Coup Plotters Trained by US Military’s School of the Americas, Served as Attachés in FBI Police Programs
Jeb Sprague | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
Commanders of Bolivia’s military and police helped plot the coup and guaranteed its success. They were previously educated for insurrection in the US government’s notorious School of the Americas and FBI training programs. | *** | The United States played a key …
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Behind the racist coup in Bolivia
Eds. | mronline.org | 2019-11-15
Sunday November the 10th, at approximately 4pm (eastern standard time) the democratically elected president and vice president of Bolivia, Evo Morales and àÅlvaro García respectively, were forced to resign from power. | Source…
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Morales: Bolivia Suffers an Assault on the Power of the People. Self Appointed “President Jeanine Añez
Nino Pagliccia | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
As the military coup continues to entrench itself in Bolivia, the first goal of the perpetrators is to appear to be following the constitutional process. But the faàßade is not enough to hide the real disaster of yet another self-proclaimed …
globalresearch.ca/morales-bolivia-suffer…

Alex Main on Bolivia Coup
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2019-11-15
Media…
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MN says: “No to U.S. coup in Bolivia”
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-15
Minneapolis, MN – 50 protesters rallied at the intersection of Lake Street and Bloomington Avenue in Minneapolis on November 14 in response to a call for emergency response protests. On November 8, Bolivia’s military staged a coup and ousted democratically elected President Evo Morales. Even though Morales accepted asylum in Mexico, the people’s movements have refused to back down and have been protesting in the capital. Protests internationally have been organized to show solidarity with the indigenous and workers’ movements opposing U.S. interference in Bolivia. | Thousands of drivers returning home from work…
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Massive Anti-Coup Protests Explode Across Bolivia
Eoin Higgins | theantimedia.com | 2019-11-15
Video and photographs show tens of thousands of people waving the Indigenous flag and calling for Añez to step down.

Massive Anti-Coup Protests Explode Across Bolivia

The Coup in Bolivia: Five Lessons
Atilio A. Boron | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
The Bolivian tragedy teaches us various lessons that our people and the peoples social and political forces must learn from and record in our consciences forever. Here is a brief list, jotted down quickly, and as a prelude to …
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“Bolivia does not exist”: Neocolonial rule reasserted by racist ‘General’s Coup’
Vijay Prashad | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-15
On Nov. 10, Bolivia’s President Evo Morales Ayma was removed from office. Technically, Morales resigned, but the conditions for his resignation had been set by the Bolivian oligarchy, egged on for 13 years by the United States government. Having won re-election for the fourth time, Morales faced an open insurrection from his opponent–former President Carlos …
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Evo’s Bolivia is not over
Fight Back | fightbacknews.org | 2019-11-15
Chicago, IL – Events have not gone well for the coalition of generals and reactionaries that overthrew Evo Morales on November 10. Far from consolidating their control over the government and the country, the right-wing forces now stand on the back foot, facing the full force of an organized and enraged mass movement ready to defend their constitution and their elected government. | The first setback for the coup was their failure to assassinate Evo. On the morning of November 12, Bolivia’s overthrown president, along with his vice president àÅlvaro García Linera, arrived in Mexico where they had been…
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A Gangster for Capitalism: Next Up, Bolivia
Kathleen Wallace | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
“War is a racket. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses.” This sounds like a modern day comment from the US far left, but the source is hardly that. It’s from a man who was the most decorated Marine ever at the time of his death.
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In Bolivia, the American Empire Strikes Back
Danny Haiphong | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
Evo Morales’ fourth term was over before it began. After winning the latest presidential election by over 600,000 votes, a flurry of violence on the part of the U.S.-backed opposition in Bolivia pressured Evo to step down. Evo’s home was …
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Bolivia and the Loud Silence
Clark T. Scott | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
The lack of criticism about the destruction of democracy in Bolivia from the presidential candidates in the so-called democratic party of the faking United States of America is possibly the single most revealing non-event in the charade of the 2020 electoral scheming. It is more telling than all of their words. The only one of…
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When an Elected Government Falls in South America, as in Bolivia, Look For a US Role
Dave Lindorff | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
When it comes to politics in Latin America, what initially seems clear is usually anything but. And when that some complicated political event happens and is reported about in the US, the last place to look for clarity is the US media, which almost universally parrots the Washington line — an imperialist one that takes…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/15/when-an-elec…

The Life and Times of Jimmy Hoffa
Chris Wright | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-15
Jimmy Hoffa used to say he’d be forgotten ten years after his death. This was an uncharacteristically unintelligent judgment. Forty-four years after his murder on July 30, 1975, Hoffa is still famous enough that one of the most celebrated movies of the year is about the man who claims to have killed him, Frank Sheeran. …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/the-life-and-…

Cuban Collaborators Return After Ecuador Cancels Agreement
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-15
The Government of Ecuador ended the six agreements signed with the Ministry of Public Health of Cuba, which allowed hiring the Caribbean doctors in the Latin American country. The decision was announced by Minister of Government, María Paula Romo, last Tuesday, November 12th, at the Carondelet Palace, in Quito. The representative ratified that there will be no renewal or no new agreements in this modality. | RELATED: | Ecuador: ‘Russia Today’ Taken Off The Air by State Company | “In t…
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It’s Still Not Too Late for Rojava
Edward Hunt | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
As Turkey continues its devastating military assault on Rojava, the Kurdish-led region of northeastern Syria, officials in Washington are facing a critical decision: allow Turkey to prevail in its campaign of ethnic cleansing against the Kurds or take action to protect them. The Turkish invasion, which began on October 9, has been devastating for Rojava.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/15/its-still-no…

Karma: British “White Helmets” Co-Founder Dead in Turkey
Tony Cartalucci | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
Former British military officer James Le Mesurier suspected of ties to MI6 and the co-founder of the so-called “White Helmets” front was found dead this month in Turkey from an apparent fall from his residence. | The Western media wasted no …
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The OPCW and Douma: Chemical Weapons Watchdog Accused of Evidence-Tampering by Its Own Inspectors
Jonathan Steele | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
Claims that President Bashar al-Assad’s forces have used chemical weapons are almost as old as the Syrian civil war itself. They have produced strong reactions, and none more so than in the case of the alleged attack in April last year on the opposition-controlled area of Douma near Damascus in which 43 people are said…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/15/the-opcw-and…

Syria’s Opposing Parties
Mark Taliano | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
A Canadian political commentator and author of “Voices from Syria” said if a new constitution is approved by the Syrian Constitutional Committee, the foreign-backed “unelected” opposition cannot guarantee to adhere to it. | “Unelected opposing parties cannot guarantee anything,” Mark Taliano …
globalresearch.ca/syrias-opposing-partie…

Chile Despertó! Chile Has Woken Up! The Rising Battle Against Neoliberalism
Alison Bodine | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
°Chile despertó! | °Piñera, renuncia! | °Piñera ya fue! | °Que se vayan los milicos! | Chile Has Woken Up! | Piñera Resign! | Piñera Has Gone! | Let the “Milicos” leave! (“Milicos” is a derogatory word for police and military personnel) | These are some the powerful …
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Israel Says It Has Completed Gaza Strikes After Rocket Fire
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-15
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel said early Friday it has completed a series of airstrikes on targets linked to the Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza after overnight rocket fire that rattled a day-old truce. | The Palestinian territory’s Hamas rulers, who kept to the sidelines of this week’s fighting, cancelled the weekly protests they organize along the perimeter fence without explanation — apparently in an effort to preserve the calm. | Israel reiterated that it was willing to abide by the cease-fire if there are no additional rocket attacks. The army said in a statement that it struck a military c…
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A Lesson for the Palestinian Leadership: Real Reasons behind Israel’s Arrest and Release of Labadi, Mi’ri
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
The release on November 6 of two Jordanian nationals, Heba al-Labadi and Abdul Rahman Mi’ri from Israeli prisons was a bittersweet moment. The pair were finally reunited with their families after harrowing experiences in Israel. Sadly, thousands of Palestinian prisoners are still denied their freedom, still subjected to all sorts of hardships at the hands…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/15/a-lesson-for…

Here’s what happens to a car in a nuclear-force blast (VIDEO)
rt.com | 2019-11-15
A nuclear strike is the ultimate attack, annihilating all in its path. Yet modern military hardware must be able to survive this force and it turns out Russia has the perfect place to test if its latest gear meets this challenge. | …
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Roger Stone conviction: Trump attacks double-standards on LYING while media repurposes a disproved ‘WikiLeaks insider’ connection
rt.com | 2019-11-15
Former Donald Trump campaign strategist Roger Stone has been found guilty of all felony charges over his false claim of having an inside contact at WikiLeaks (he didn’t). Trump said those who lied under oath against him walk free. | Stone was convicted of lying to Congress, witness tampering, and obstruction, all charges centered around misrepresenting the nature of his contacts with WikiLeaks during intelligence committee hearings related to the special counsel’s ‘Russian collusion’ inquiry. Not only did Stone falsely claim comedian and former friend Randy Credico was the “intermediary” discussed in emails wi…
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The Ukraine Scandal Isn’t Just About Politics — It’s About Money
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-15
This story was co-published with WNYC. | On this week’s episode of “Trump, Inc.,” we follow the money. | First, Let’s Meet Our Cast of Ukraine Players: | Richest among them is Dmitry Firtash, an oligarch who has been battling to avoid an extradition flight to Chicago, where he faces federal charges of bribery. The Department of Justice has described Firtash as an “upper-echelon” associate “of Russian orga…
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DNC Dithers While the World Burns
Tom Weis | commondreams.org | 2019-11-15
The youth-led Sunrise Movement launched a campaign earlier this year to urge the Democratic Party to hold a 2020 presidential primary debate about the climate crisis. (Photo: Sunrise Movement/Twitter) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Who Was the Founder of the White Helmets? Was He Killed by the Islamic State (ISIS-Daesh)?
Nauman Sadiq | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
The founder of the White Helmets, James Le Mesurier, was found dead on November 11 in suspicious circumstances after falling off a two-story apartment building in downtown Istanbul. He was a former British army veteran and a private security | …
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The Costs of an Illegal Military Occupation: Trump Demands Five-Fold Increase in Payments from South Korea
Jason Ditz | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
South Korea has historically paid an unusually large percentage of the cost of keeping US forces there, and under pressure from President Trump, agreed earlier this year to a substantial increase, with South Korea agreeing to pay $924 million …
globalresearch.ca/trump-demands-five-fol…

The Truthiest Reality of Global Warming
Manuel García, Jr. | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
An omniscient individual on my electronic social media splattergram expressed skepticism that the 0.04% of the atmosphere made up of CO2 could possibly have any responsibility for causing global warming, now also known as climate change. It seems clear to me now that with each passing day more people will stumble upon this startling insight,…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/15/the-truthies…

Twitter Details Political Ads Ban, Issue Ads Allowed
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-15
Twitter says its new ban on political ads will cover appeals for votes, solicitations for campaign contributions and any political content. | Twitter is defining political content to include any ad that references a candidate, political party, government official, ballot measure, or legislative or judicial outcome. The ban also applies to all ads — even nonpolitical ones — from candidates, political parties and elected or appointed government officials. | However, Twitter is allowing ads related to social causes such as climate change, gun control and abortion. People and groups running such ads won’t…
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Cap and Trade Can’t Be the Answer to Climate Change
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-15
A new report find that it’s as susceptible to lobbying as any other legislation, with pollution up in California since it took effect.
truthdig.com/articles/cap-and-trade-cant…

The USA “Defends” Its Blockade, and Cuba Responds
Charles McKelvey | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
The annual vote on the Cuban resolution at the UN General Assembly on “the need to end the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States of America against Cuba” is a time of celebration in Cuba, for it is a time in which the governments of the world nearly unanimously support the…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/15/the-usa-defe…

Missed Opportunity to Recall a Day to ‘Perpetuate Peace’
Janine Jackson | fair.org | 2019-11-15
CNN ( 11/11/19) offered vets a guide to “deals and freebies.” | Media consumers were greeted on November 11 with stories like, “Veterans Served to Protect Our Country. Here’s Where They Can Get Served With Deals and Freebies Today,” on CNN ( 11/11/19). Newsweek ( 11/11/19) counseled readers thatunlike on Memorial Day, when i…
fair.org/home/missed-opportunity-to-reca…

Encountering Peace — A Personal Note of an Israeli Peace Activist During the Gaza Rockets
Gershon Baskin | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
What does an Israeli peace activist do when the rockets are flying and the bombs are falling? | I have been going to demonstrations since I was 12 years old — that was 51 years ago. I can easily say that …
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Interview with a Chavista: Temir Porras
Lyn Neeley | workers.org | 2019-11-15
Hands Off Venezuela PDX sponsored an Oct. 9 skype event with Temir Porras, a revolutionary Chavista who served as a former chief of staff to both President Hugo Chavez and President Nicolás Maduro. He is a knowledgeable economist, who also served as Venezuelan deputy minister for higher education and in . . . | Continue reading Interview with a Chavista: Temir Porras at Workers.org…
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Israel and Gaza Exchange Fire Hours After Ceasefire Declared
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-15
Two Palestinians were injured in new Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip, Days of Palestine reported. The names of the injured were not available at the time of reporting. Israel occupation warplanes attacked a resistance site west of Khan Younis, as well as targeting agricultural lands northwest of Rafah …
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PCHR Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (07 — 13 November)
PCHR | imemc.org | 2019-11-15
Summary This week, Israeli occupation Forces (IOF) escalated the situation across the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and committed war crimes. IOF started a two-day large-scale aggression on the Gaza Strip, deployed its naval, air and artillery forces and carried out 73 targeted airstikes against residential buildings, civilian establishments and …
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Wrong Abu? IDF ‘investigating’ after wiping out Gaza family of EIGHT, incl. 5 kids, in raid on presumed Islamic Jihad commander
rt.com | 2019-11-15
The Israeli Defense Force is investigating whether it killed eight innocent Palestinian family members, including five children, while targeting a militant leader in Gaza. It insists the building they lived in was thought empty. | Israel bombed a family home in Deir al-Balah in the early hours of Thursday morning, killing Rasmi Abu Malhous, his wife, his brother’s wife, and five of their children. While the IDF claimed Abu Malhous was an Islamic Jihad rocket squadron commander and acknowledged he was the target of the strike, the family’s neighbors say the photo the IDF published of Abu Malhous is a different…
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Israel Launches New Airstrikes on Gaza
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-15
Israel’s army said early Friday it had launched fresh strikes against Islamic Jihad targets in Gaza, despite a ceasefire in place since Thursday morning. In a WhatsApp message to reporters, Israeli military claimed it was “striking Islamic Jihad terror targets in the Gaza strip,” The New Arab (Al-Araby) reported. Israel …
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As Lula Emerges From Prison, US Media Ignore How Washington Helped Put Him There
Brian Mier | commondreams.org | 2019-11-15
Former President of Brazil Lula da Silva speaking in front of the Metalworkers union on November 9, 2019, after his release from prison. (Photo: Brian Mier) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files… …
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Leaked emails reveal Trump aide Stephen Miller’s fascist politics
wsws.org | 2019-11-15
Emails published by the Southern Poverty Law Center show Stephen Miller, White House senior adviser in charge of immigration policy, espousing racist views and promoting white supremacist and neo-Nazi publications.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/15/mill…

Corbyn and main union backer McCluskey oppose Labour conference free movement pledge on immigration
wsws.org | 2019-11-15
McCluskey intervened to ensure that it is the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s position that is reflected in this year’s election manifesto.
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Two new Black-themed plays in L.A.: A history and a comedy
Eric A. Gordon | peoplesworld.org | 2019-11-15
LOS ANGELES–What are the odds, at any given moment of theatre history in this city, of having two plays running simultaneously, both set during World War II with young Black men trying to enlist in the armed forces? That’s what’s on the boards right now, in two world premieres: Carole Eglash-Kosoff’s The Double V, directed …
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Casualties of War: Military Veterans Have Become America’s Walking Wounded
John W. Whitehead | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
Come you masters of war You that build the big guns You that build the death planes You that build all the bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks…. You fasten all the triggers For the others to fire…
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High anxiety: American Airlines staff ‘begging’ not to fly on 737 MAX
rt.com | 2019-11-15
Some flight attendants with American Airlines remain fearful of flying the Boeing 737 MAX, despite the plane-maker nearing regulatory approval for a software update. The jet has been grounded after two fatal crashes left 346 dead. | According to the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), they want to be fully versed on what has happened and why the plane is safe to fly now. The union said it will consider information from Boeing, US regulators, American Airlines, the carrier’s pilots and others before making a final decision. | “I hear from some flight attendants every day and they are begging m…
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Hungary’s Far-Right Govt Tightens Control on Courts and Schools
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-15
The Hungarian government has proposed legislation that would increase its control over the country’s courts and independent schools, raising concerns from rights groups. | RELATED: | UN Urges Hungary To Move Children From ‘Prison-like’ Camps | One measure submitted to parliament this week would strengthen the Constitutional Court, most of whose judges are already elected by the ruling party. | Earlier this month, the government abandoned plans to set up separate administrative court…
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Greece as the Centrepiece of China’s BRI in the Eastern Mediterranean
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
A 2018 Pew Survey found that 89% of Greeks found their culture to be superior to others, by far the highest amount of people in Europe where it reached as low as 26% in Sweden, 23% in Estonia and Belgium, …
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Growth continues to slow in major economies
wsws.org | 2019-11-15
In its report on the latest figures from China, the world’s second largest economy, Bloomberg said the “engines of China’s economies are spluttering with exports falling, factory output slowing, investment at a record low and consumption coming off the boil.”
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Meet Ukraine: America’s Newest “Strategic Ally”
Melvin Goodman | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
When the dust settles in a month or two, the House of Representatives will have impeached President Donald Trump with a one-sided partisan vote and then the Senate will have exonerated Donald Trump with a similarly one-sided partisan vote. But at the end of the day, the United States will have acquired a new strategic ally in Central Europe: Ukraine. The very first day of the impeachment hearings in November has been responsible for an important national security decision that had no input from Trump’s national security team or from the congressional foreign policy committees. The implications of this decision ar…
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As House Impeaches Trump, Senate Carnage Plods Along
Nausicaa Renner | theintercept.com | 2019-11-15
On Wednesday morning, the House of Representatives began public hearings into just the fourth impeachment inquiry on an American president in the nation’s history. On the Senate side, it was business as usual. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., chair of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, opened a hearing with a wry smile: “I’m not sure why you’re not over on the House side,” he told the audience. The room was not full. “Must have been paid staff.” | When Johnson, back in July, gaveled in a hearing in this series, “Unprecedented Migration at the U.S. Southern Border,” the subject was a nationally gal…
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Video: Key MH17 Witness Vladimir Tsemakh: Abduction, Ukrainian Special Services, and Conflict in Donbass
Vladimir Tsemakh | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-15
On July 17, 2014, a Malaysian Boeing 777-200ER aircraft was conducting a scheduled passenger flight (MH17) from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur. During a transit flight over the territory of Ukraine, the Ukrainian air traffic control charted the plane directly over …
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Wall Street and the Frankenstein Economy
Rob Urie | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-15
The term ‘income inequality’ suggests the inevitability of a natural process, a division of winners from losers along the lines of hair loss or disproportionate body mass that corporate researchers are working to solve for the sake of the self-esteem of the losers. Some people are tall, others short, some people have pleasant dispositions, others not so much. Otherwise, it almost certainly isn’t the ‘winners’ for whom inequality is a problem, is it?
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