Trump's Fake Withdrawal From Endless War
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J S Davies | commondreams.org | 2019-10-18
Kurdish Syrian civilians flee the town of Kobane on the Turkish border on October 16, 2019 as Turkey and its allies continue their assault on Kurdish-held border towns in northeastern Syria. – Turkey rebuffed international pressure to curb its military offensive against Kurdish militants in Syria today as US President Donald Trump dispatched his deputy Mike Pence to Ankara to demand a ceasefire. (Photo: Bakr Alkasem/AFP via Getty Images) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/trump_endless_war_syria_kurds.jpg …
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Ocasio-Cortez nails why Trump's latest pact is so utterly disturbing
Ed Sykes | thecanary.co | 2019-10-18
On 17 October, the US announced a highly controversial deal with Turkey that would supposedly see Turkish-led invaders suspend their attacks on northern Syria (aka Rojava). The condition was essentially that the largely-Kurdish communities of Rojava would have to stop resisting and leave their homes behind. Turkey would then move other people into the area to replace them (as it previousl…
thecanary.co/global/world-analysis/2019/10/18/ocasio-cortez-nails-why-trumps-latest-pact-is-so-utterly-disturbing/

Activists Mount "Sick-In" To Highlight Pollution in Chile
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-18
Greenpeace activists and residents of communities suffering from industrial pollution created a mock hospital ward outside the Chilean presidential palace on Thursday to demand that the government commit to shutting down coal-fired power plants by 2030. | RELATED: | Greenpeace: Indonesian Firms Involved in Fires Have Not Been Punished | About 20 people were lying in hospital beds, hooked up to oxygen tanks and covered by sheets "stained" with pollution. | The aim of the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Activists-Mount-Sick-In-To-Highlight-Pollution-in-Chile-20191018-0007.html

Sharon Tennison's Closer Look at Russia
Peace Action of San Mateo County | indybay.org | 2019-10-18
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo | 300 E. Santa Inez Avenue | San Mateo, CA 94401…
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Tulsi Gabbard, the Only Anti-War Progressive US Presidential Aspirant
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-18
Gabbard deserves praise for being anti-war and on the right side of other major issues. | Her "vision for America" includes world peace over endless US wars, no longer "supporting allies and partners of al-Qaeda, ISIL, Jabhat Fateh al Sham and …
globalresearch.ca/tulsi-gabbard-only-anti-war-progressive-us-presidential-aspirant/5692387

LeBron 'scandal' over Hong Kong comments shows depth of anti-China psychosis
Ian Goodrum | peoplesworld.org | 2019-10-18
A measured answer to a loaded question. We don't get enough of them these days. LeBron James of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers demonstrated tact and thoughtfulness when he broke his silence on Houston Rockets manager Daryl Morey's tweet in support of the Hong Kong protests, lodging no opinion on the protests themselves and calling …
peoplesworld.org/article/lebron-scandal-over-hong-kong-comments-shows-depth-of-anti-china-psychosis/

Hong Kong! Discussion on the mass protests & 70th anniversary of the Chinese Revolution
Revolution Books | indybay.org | 2019-10-18
REVOLUTION BOOKS | 2444 Durant Ave. | Berkeley, CA 94704…
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Pressing Done Here: Syria, Iraq and "Informed Discussion"
Daniel Beaumont | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-18
Yes, Iraq too again. Innocent Iraqis, most of them young, are being shot and killed now by the hundreds as they protest the corruption and incompetence of the current government. The title of Patrick Cockburn's last article about Iraq is "Iraq is in Revolt" (CounterPunch, October 7, 2019). The US "liberation" of Iraq in 2003…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/18/pressing-done-here-syria-iraq-and-informed-discussion/

Lebanese PM Gives Gov't 72 Hours to Find Solution to Crisis
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-18
Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri gave a 72-hour deadline on Friday to his "partners in government" to stop obstructing reforms and threatened to take a different approach otherwise, but stopped short of resigning. | RELATED: | One Dead, 18 Hospitalized in Lebanon's Massive Wildfire | Hariri, addressing massive protests across the country, said Lebanon was going through an "unprecedented, difficult time". | He added that his efforts to enact reforms have been blocked by others i…
telesurenglish.net/news/Lebanese-PM-Gives-Govt-72-Hours-to-Find-Solution-to-Crisis-20191018-0005.html

Contradictory US/Turkey Ceasefire in Northern Syria. Turkey is Playing the US and Russia Cards Simultaneously
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-18
On Thursday in Ankara, Turkish President Erdogan met with Mike Pence and Pompeo, a joint statement by both sides issued following talks. See below. | Trump regime hardliners want their imperial agenda in Syria continued, notably aiming to undermine Russian efforts …
globalresearch.ca/contradictory-usturkey-ceasefire-in-northern-syria-turkey-is-playing-the-us-and-russia-cards-simultaneously/5692391

Death, Bloodshed, and Misery in Yemen
Kathy Kelly | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-18
Writing about his visit to the world's largest weapons bazaar, held in London in October, journalist Arron Merat describes reading the slogan emblazoned above Raytheon's stall: "Strike With Creativity." Raytheon manufactures Paveway laser-guided bombs–produced in factories in the United States …
globalresearch.ca/death-bloodshed-misery-yemen/5692401

Russophobia at Democratic Party Debate
Jeremy Kuzmarov | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-18
Russophobia was on full display during Tuesday night's Democratic Party debate, with ominous repercussions for the future of American foreign policy. When asked what he would do to stand up to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Beto O'Rourke stated that we…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/18/russophobia-at-democratic-party-debate/

The Russian Masterpiece in Syria: Everyone Wins
Federico Pieraccini | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-18
"Moscow and Damascus have always maintained they are against any form of partition or illegal foreign presence in Syria." | Moscow has managed to maintain contacts with all parties in the conflict, even in spite of its stance against partition and …
globalresearch.ca/russian-masterpiece-syria-everyone-wins/5692317

You didn't really think all Russian assets & Kremlin puppets in the US have already been exposed, did you?
rt.com | 2019-10-18
The 2020 presidential election is still more than a year away, but you wouldn't know that to look at all the Russian plots to subvert it breathlessly discussed in US media. Who are these recently exposed Kremlin agents? | READ MORE: Russian assets in America. A field guide | Ever since the election of Donald Trump as president in 2016, the US media has been ferreting out the Russian meddlers within the country, as it's their patriotic duty to do. Not even the disappointment of the Mueller report finding no Russian collusion could stop them &#150…
rt.com/usa/471240-russian-assets-2020-elections-gabbard/

It's Curtains for US in Syria. Russia, Iran Owe Big Thanks to Erdogan
M. K. Bhadrakumar | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-18
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 …
globalresearch.ca/us-syria-russia-iran-owe-big-thanks-erdogan/5692385

Winners and Losers in the Turkish Attack on Syria. Russia is the Most Successful Player
Elijah J. Magnier | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-18
The United States of America emerged victorious from the Second World War, and came out stronger than any other country in the world. The allies- notably the Soviet Union- won the war but emerged much weaker. They needed to reconstruct …
globalresearch.ca/winners-losers-turkish-attack-kurds-syria-3/5692402

US-Greece-US: Lines Being Drawn by the U.S. in the Eastern Mediterranean, against Turkey and Russia?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-18
Greek-U.S. relations have entered "a new era" with U.S. Secretary of State stating earlier this month that he has "come to Greece to expand the partnership that's already at the best level it has ever been." He followed up this …
globalresearch.ca/us-greece-us-lines-being-drawn-by-the-u-s-in-the-eastern-mediterranean-against-turkey-and-russia/5692363

Trump as the "Anti-War" President: on Misinformation in American Political Discourse
Anthony DiMaggio | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-18
It is a great propaganda victory for Donald Trump that he has managed to sell himself as "anti-war." Broadly speaking, Trump has no anti-war bona fides to draw upon. He's torn up the Iran agreement, while threatening war in its place. He's threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea. Trump has presided over consistent increases in spending for the American warfare state. And he's engaged in more drone strikes than Obama up to this point in both presidencies. Trump has put forward no timetable for the final withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan. He's continued for more than two years the U.S. military presenc…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/18/trump-as-the-anti-war-president-on-misinformation-in-american-political-discourse/

US and China "Trade" War?
Andre Vltchek | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-18
It is very popular these days to talk and write about the "trade war" between the United States and China. But is there really one raging? Or is what we are witnessing simply a clash of political and ideological systems: one being extremely successful and optimistic, the other depressing, full of dark cynicism and nihilism? …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/us-and-china-trade-war/

US-China "Trade" War? No Way. Only the Defeat of Turbo-Capitalism!
Andre Vltchek | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-18
It is very popular these days to talk and write about the "trade war" between the United States and China. But is there really one raging? Or is it, what we are witnessing, simply a clash of political and ideological …
globalresearch.ca/us-china-trade-war-defeat-turbo-capitalism/5692354

What is the Difference between Capitalism and Socialism?
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-18
Some aspects of the American style of competition become more clear when placed in a broader context, in this case the underlying socio-economic system, so let's take a quick look at the difference between capitalism and socialism. For at least | …
globalresearch.ca/what-is-the-difference-between-capitalism-and-socialism/5692410

Where is "Line Worker Barbie"?
Sarah Anderson | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-18
Mattel executives say they're worried about girls developing "self-limiting beliefs," resulting in a "dream gap" with boys. So the giant toymaker rolled out an extensive line of "Career Dolls," including Barbie pilots, firefighters, and robotic engineers, to inspire its young patrons. But there's one career you won't find in this line: the typical working woman…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/18/where-is-line-worker-barbie/

US claims "ceasefire" deal in Turkey's invasion of Syria
wsws.org | 2019-10-18
After US Vice President Pence and Turkish President Erdogan met Thursday, Turkish officials bragged that Ankara got everything it wanted.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/10/18/turk-o18.html

Amid ongoing fighting in northeast Syria, hundreds cross Iraqi border in search of safety
United Nations | un.org | 2019-10-18
Shelling and clashes in northern Syria on the border with Turkey continue to cause hundreds of people to flee, the UN said on Friday, despite a cessation of hostilities deal between Turkish forces and Syrian-backed Kurdish military.
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Syrian Army Entered Ayn al-Arab at the Borders with Turkey
Arabi Souri | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-18
The Syrian Arab Army is deploying at Ayn Al-Arab, the tip of the Syrian northern borders with Turkey, its vanguards arriving in Raqqa, the city which US forces obliterated quite deliberately and claimed it had been liberated it from its …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-army-entered-ayn-al-arab-borders-turkey/5692361

Is Trump More Concerned With Erdoğan Relationship Than With Kurdish Lives?
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-10-18
After meeting with Vice President Mike Pence in Ankara on Thursday, Turkish officials agreed to temporarily pause Turkey's invasion of the Rojava autonomous region in northeast Syria in exchange for the lifting of U.S. sanctions. While the agreement may prevent further bloodshed and blunt a growing humanitarian crisis, it represents a victory for Turkey's authoritarian president and a setback for Syrian Kurdish militias that allied with the United States in the fight against ISIS. | The Syrian D…
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"Meltdown": Trump defends Syria withdrawal as house votes 354 to 60 to condemn his actions
Nermeen Shaikh | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-18
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 …
nationofchange.org/2019/10/18/meltdown-trump-defends-syria-withdrawal-as-house-votes-354-to-60-to-condemn-his-actions/

The United States Air Force at Incirlik, Our National "Black Eye"
Brian Terrell | commondreams.org | 2019-10-18
U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle sits after shortly landing Nov. 12, 2015, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. (Photo: U.S. Air Force/Airman 1st Class Cory W. Bush) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/22878048600_c10ab24117_c.jpg …
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Khury Petersen-Smith on Turkey & the Kurds, Alex Vitale on the Purpose of Policing
CounterSpin | fair.org | 2019-10-18
Media…
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Kurds Say Turkey Used Chem Weapons & US Announces Syria Ceasefire That Turkey Says Isn't A Ceasefire
Ryan Cristián | thelastamericanvagabond.com | 2019-10-18
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 (10/17/19). 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 …
thelastamericanvagabond.com/daily-wrap-up/kurds-say-turkey-used-chem-weapons-us-announces-syria-ceasefire-that-turkey-says-isnt-ceasefire/

US Military Unlikely to Withdraw from Eastern Syria and Its Oil Fields
Almasdar News | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-18
The U.S. Armed Forces are not withdrawing from the eastern Euphrates River Valley region of Deir Ezzor or its plethora of oil fields, a military source in Damascus told Al-Masdar News. | According to the source, the U.S. Armed Forces won't …
globalresearch.ca/us-military-unlikely-withdraw-eastern-syria-oil-fields/5692392

The Syrian Debacle Is Actually Well Planned Chaos
Brandon Smith | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-18
For many years now I have focused a considerable amount of analysis on the subject of Syria, with an emphasis on the country's importance to the global elites as a kind of geopolitical detonator; the first domino in a …
globalresearch.ca/syrian-debacle-well-planned-chaos/5692332

US Democrats Cultivated the Barbarism of Isis
Jonathan Cook | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-18
There is something profoundly deceitful in the Democratic Party and corporate media's framing of Donald Trump's decision to pull troops out of Syria. One does not need to like Trump or ignore the dangers posed to the Kurds, at least in the short term, by the sudden departure of US forces from northern Syria to …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/us-democrats-cultivated-the-barbarism-of-isis/

3rd i's San Francisco International South Asian Film Festival 2019
3rdi films | indybay.org | 2019-10-18
New People Cinema, Castro Theater and Palo Alto Art Center…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/10/18/18827436.php

Massive Blast Kills 62 People in Eastern Afghanistan
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-18
Blasts in a mosque in eastern Afghanistan during Friday prayers killed at least 62 men who had gathered for worship, local officials said. | RELATED: | Afghanistan Election-Related Violence Left 85 Dead: UN Report | Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for Nangarhar province's governor, said there were multiple blasts from explosives placed inside the mosque in the Jawdara area of Haska Mena district. | The roof of the mosque had completely fallen in. | Sohrab Qaderi, a member of the…
telesurenglish.net/news/Massive-Blast-Kills-62-People-in-Eastern-Afghanistan-20191018-0002.html

Yearning to Breathe Free
Brian Cloughley | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-18
On October 8 there were two appalling reports about the plight of the Afghan people. One was that in September the US Air Force dropped more bombs and fired more missiles in Afghanistan than in any other month for ten years. The other concerned an investigation by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan which concluded that the massive…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/18/yearning-to-breathe-free/

Contrary to Israeli Military Statement: 9 Year Old Child Abd a-Rahman Was Shot in the Head with Live Ammunition
B'Tselem | globalresearch.ca | 2019-10-18
This article was originally published in July 2019. | B'Tselem investigation published today proves a soldier fired live ammunition, hitting 'Abd a-Rahman a-Shteiwi, 9, in the head. A-Shteiwi was injured last week while playing in the entrance to a …
globalresearch.ca/contrary-military-statement-abd-a-rahman-a-shteiwi-9-shot-head-live-ammunition/5692369

Jill Stein Challenges Hillary Clinton to Debate After 'Russian Asset' Smear
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-18
"It's past time to give the American people the real debate they deserved in 2016." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/hillary_conspiracy_theory.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/10/18/jill-stein-challenges-hillary-clinton-debate-after-russian-asset-smear?cd-origin=rss

As Trump Downplays Attack on Kurds, Amnesty Details Turkish War Crimes and 'Utterly Callous Disregard for Civilian Life'
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-18
"Killing defenseless people in cold blood is utterly reprehensible and a blatant war crime," said Amnesty International secretary general Kumi Naidoo | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/syria_kurds_turkey.jpg …
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Blasts in Afghan Mosque Kill 62 as UN Says Violence Across Country Causing 'Unprecedented' Level of Civilian Casualties
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-10-18
"Civilian casualties are totally unacceptable, especially in the context of the widespread recognition that there can be no military solution to the conflict in Afghanistan." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/mosque-blast-unama-unprecedented-civilian-casualties.jpg …
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While Supreme Court waffles, cities stand up for LGBT workers' rights
Carl S. Charles | nationofchange.org | 2019-10-18
On Tuesday, October 8, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what has been dubbed "the LGBT employment cases," where two gay men, Donald Zarda and Gerald Bostock, and one transgender woman, Aimee Stephens, were fired from their jobs because of their sexual orientation and gender identity, respectively. These cases were before the court to …
nationofchange.org/2019/10/18/while-supreme-court-waffles-cities-stand-up-for-lgbt-workers-rights/

Asia-Pacific Trade Deal: Trading Away Indian Agriculture?
Colin Todhunter | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-10-18
On the back of Brexit, there are fears in the UK that a trade deal will be struck with Washington which will effectively lower food and environmental standards to those of the US. At the same time, it seems that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is being resurrected and could have a similar impact …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/asia-pacific-trade-deal-trading-away-indian-agriculture/

Asia-Pacific Trade Deal: Trading Away Indian Agriculture?
Colin Todhunter | counterpunch.org | 2019-10-18
On the back of Brexit, there are fears in the UK that a trade deal will be struck with Washington which will effectively lower food and environmental standards to those of the US. At the same time, it seems that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is being resurrected and could have a similar impact…
counterpunch.org/2019/10/18/asia-pacific-trade-deal-trading-away-indian-agriculture/

US Carried Out Cyber Strike on Iran in Wake of Saudi Oil Attack
telesurenglish.net | 2019-10-17
The United States carried out a secret cyber operation against Iran in the wake of the Sept. 14 attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities, which Washington and Riyadh blame on Iran, two U.S. officials told Reuters. | RELATED: | Iran Says They Are Ready For Peace Talks With Saudi Arabia | The officials, who spoke on anonymity, said the operation too…
telesurenglish.net/news/US-Carried-Out-Cyber-Strike-on-Iran-in-Wake-of-Saudi-Oil-Attack-20191017-0018.html

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 …
globalresearch.ca/could-turkish-aggression-boost-peace-syria/5692313

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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/could-turkish-aggression-boost-peace-in-syria/

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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/syria-exposing-western-radical-collaboration-with-imperialism/

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 | …
globalresearch.ca/how-could-corporate-journalists-get-away-with-their-lies-truth-about-syria/5692308

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-o17.html

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 …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/10/why-withdrawing-us-troops-from-northern-syria-is-good/