(2019-11-07). The Language of Erasure. counterpunch.org 
Last month UK authorities came across a gruesome scene. Thirty-nine bodies were discovered in a freight truck in Essex. Most of these unfortunate souls originally came from Vietnam and were abandoned to die an agonizing, suffocating death alone; the alleged victims of human trafficking. It is not the first time that this has happened. In 2015 Austrian officials found seventy-one bodies in a truck lorry outside Vienna. And in 2000, the bodies of fifty-eight Chinese people were found in a container in Kent. More
(2019-11-07). Why a Russian Politician Just Called Trump 'Hitler'. truthdig.com 
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(2019-11-07). Facebook Sues Israeli Cyber Security Co. NSO Over WhatsApp Surveillance. therealnews.com 
Shir Hever discusses the strategy of the Israeli offensive cyber company NSO, its roots in the notorious Israeli "8200" military intelligence unit, and how it crossed a line that very few companies dare cross.
(2019-11-07). How Unofficial Capital Controls Stopped a Run on the Banks in Lebanon. counterpunch.org 
Lebanon's banks were closed for two weeks due to the mass protests throughout the country. The banks opened last Friday (1 November). There was the expectation of a run on the banks and massive capital flight as Lebanese, expatriate Lebanese and foreigners withdrew their cash. It didn't happen, but it doesn't mean that all is More
(2019-11-07). Max Blumenthal on Baghdadi's death and Trump's fake withdrawal in Syria. thegrayzone.com Max Blumenthal explains how the US-backed proxy war in Syria helped create the al-Qaeda safe haven where US forces killed…
(2019-11-07). Israeli Army Removes Four Residential Tents in Masafer Yatta. imemc.org The Israeli army removed, Wednesday, four residential tents in Masafer Yatta in the southern occupied West Bank, claiming they were set up without army authorization, according to a local activist. Rateb Jabour, an activist with the anti-wall, anti-settlements committee, told WAFA that soldiers removed three tents for three brothers in …
(2019-11-07). Protests Against Israel's Nation-State Law Proved a More Just State Is Possible. thenation.com Protests Against Israel's Nation-State Law Proved a More Just State Is Possible…
(2019-11-07). Nuclear Outlaw Israel Slams Iran's Legitimate Uranium Enrichment. globalresearch.ca On Tuesday, Iranian President Rouhani announced his nation's 4th JCPOA pullback — permitted under the deal's Articles 26 and 36 when other signatories breach their obligations. | That's precisely what happened. The Trump regime illegally abandoned the internationally binding agreement. | Europe …
(2019-11-07). Yemen's Houthis Launches Attack on Port City. telesurenglish.net The Houthi militia backed by Iran … (used) ballistic missiles and exploding drones. Most of them were intercepted and some fell on residential areas, a displaced persons camp and a health center run by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF)," the pro-coalition joint military command of the western coast said in a statement, without mentioning whether military targets had been hit.
(2019-11-07). Wherever There's a Fight: 10th Anniversary Reading. indybay.org Pacific Renaissance Plaza | Oakland Asian Cultural Center | 388 Ninth St. Suite 290 | Oakland, CA 94607…
(2019-11-07). Spreading Democracy the American Way. globalresearch.ca That's the entire list. You can see that it's blank. But how can that be? We all know that the US has freed dozens of nations from their evil and repressive governments, and installed loving democracies where people lived happily …
(2019-11-07). UK Lowers Security Level for Its Ships in Strait of Hormuz. telesurenglish.net Britain lowered its security risk level for U.K.-flagged ships traveling through the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, more than a month after one of its tankers was finally released from detention by Iran. | RELATED: | UK Snubs Trump, Orders Release of Iranian Oil Tanker | The Stena Impero was seized in July by Iran's Revolutionary Guards in the Strait, a major oil shipping route, for alleged marine violations two weeks after Britain detained an Iranian tanker off Gibraltar. The Iranian ship…
(2019-11-07). South Koreans Are Pleading for a Breakthrough in the US—North Korea Talks. thenation.com South Koreans Are Pleading for a Breakthrough in the US—North Korea Talks…
(2019-11-07). India's S-400 Missile Defense Deal with Russia. Geo-Strategic Implications. globalresearch.ca During a 3-day visit to Russia (November 5th — 7th), Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh discussed his government's desire for the delivery-schedule for Russia's sale of the S-400 air defence system to India to be sped up. This desire was …
(2019-11-07). Is Russia Right About US Shale Energy? Geopolitics of LNG. globalresearch.ca In recent remarks to a Pennsylvania shale oil producers' convention, US President Donald Trump, noting the spectacular growth in shale gas as well as shale oil over the past decade, remarked that unconventional shale energy had made "America the …
(2019-11-07). I Was 10 When the Battle of Fallujah Taught Me the Meaning of War. thenation.com I Was 10 When the Battle of Fallujah Taught Me the Meaning of War…
(2019-11-07). Neoliberalism's Children Rise Up to Demand Justice in Chile and the World. dissidentvoice.org Uprisings against the corrupt, generation-long dominance of neoliberal "center-right" and "center-left" governments that benefit the wealthy and multinational corporations at the expense of working people are sweeping country after country all over the world. In this Autumn of Discontent, people from Chile, Haiti and Honduras to Iraq, Egypt and Lebanon are rising up against neoliberalism, …
(2019-11-07). Ex-Twitter Workers Charged for Aiding Saudi Arabia's Crackdown on Dissent. truthout.org The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two former Twitter employees with helping Saudi Arabia spy on thousands of the kingdom's critics. Ali Alzabarah and Ahmad Abouammo are accused of giving the Saudi government detailed information about users, including telephone numbers and email addresses linked to the accounts, as well as internet protocol addresses that could be used to identify a user's location. The charges are being filed just over a year after the brutal murder of Saudi journalist and…
(2019-11-07). UN Overwhelmingly Votes to End US Blockade Against Cuba. telesurenglish.net The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on Thursday overwhelming voted in favor of the resolution demanding the ending of the U.S. blockade against Cuba with 187 countries voting in favor, three against while two countries abstained. | RELATED: | Caribbean Nations Reaffirm Support for Cuba Against US Blockade | The nations still promoting the continuation of the financial, economic and trade blockade are the United States, Israel and Brazil. | For the first time in its dip…
(2019-11-07). The New World Order. Trade and Power: The Economies of China, India and the US. globalresearch.ca China and India have made a name for themselves in the world of trade and power and speculations are that both the countries will surpass the US in a short time but experts neglect some basic things while making the …
(2019-11-07). San Francisco City College Rallies Against Cuts. indybay.org San Francisco City College | Ocean Campus | Chinatown Campus…
(2019-11-07). SF Speak Out At Japan Consulate To Stop Restarting Japanese NUKE Plants & JPN Olympics. indybay.org SF Japanese Consulate | 275 Battery near California | San Francisco…
(2019-11-07). Screening of "Korean Schools in Japan 100 years of struggle against discrimination" indybay.org Berkeley Central Public Library, 3rd-Floor Meeting Room 2090 Kittridge St., Berkeley, CA 94704…
(2019-11-07). India's RCEP Refusal: Geopolitical Blunder or Pro-American Pivot? globalresearch.ca The popular observation that India's refusal to join RCEP amounts to a geopolitical blunder overlooks the very distinct possibility that this probably wasn't a mistake at all, but a preplanned move to justify the country's ongoing pro-American pivot, albeit at …
(2019-11-07). Progressive Victories You May Have Missed on Election Night. truthout.org There were a number of headline-grabbing victories in the November 5 election — from a Democrat winning the Kentucky governor's race to Virginia voting in a Democratic state government trifecta by flipping both the House of Delegates and the State Senate blue. But there was also a series of smaller progressive victories you might not have heard of Tuesday night, from Maine to Missouri, and Indiana to San Francisco. | Tuesday brought wins for the progressive political party, Working Families Party (WFP).
(2019-11-07). India: 48,000 striking Telangana transport workers defy back to work order. wsws.org Over 48,000 drivers, mechanics, conductors and other workers at the state-owned Telangana State Road Transport Corporation have defied a November 5 back-to-work order.
(2019-11-07). Erdogan Says US is Not Fulfilling Agreement to Withdraw Kurds. telesurenglish.net Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan stated on Thursday that the U.S. Coalition was not fulfilling its part of the agreement to withdraw the Kurdish forces from the Turkish-Syrian border region. | RELATED: | Turkey's Erdogan Announces Capture of Al-Baghdadi's Wife | During a news conference on Thursday, Erdogan criticized the U.S. forces in northern Syria, vowing to bring up the topic to U.S. President Donald Trump when they meet next week. | Erdogan is set to discuss implementation of th…
(2019-11-07). US Constructing Two New Bases In Syria's Oil-Rich Region: Report. globalresearch.ca Turkey's state-run media is reporting the United States is planning two new military bases in Syria's oil-rich Deir ez-Zor province,which are currently under construction, after US special forces convoys were seen patrolling the area in the past days. | Anadolu …
(2019-11-07). Protecting the Oil Fields: Syria Army Deployments on the Northeastern Borders with Turkey. globalresearch.ca The Syrian Arab Army (SAA) continues its deployment north and east to secure as many Syrian people and as much Syrian land it can in a race with NATO and their terrorists. | The importance of the SAA and Syrian Border …
(2019-11-07). Ex-Twitter Workers Charged with Spying for Saudis as part of Kingdom's Growing Crackdown on Dissent. democracynow.org 
The U.S. Department of Justice has charged two former Twitter employees with helping Saudi Arabia spy on thousands of the kingdom's critics. Ali Alzabarah and Ahmad Abouammo are accused of giving the Saudi government detailed information about users, including telephone numbers and email addresses linked to the accounts, as well as internet protocol addresses that could be used to identify a user's location. The charges are being filed just over a year after the brutal murder of Saudi journalist and critic Jamal Khashoggi, who was killed inside the Saudi Consulate in Turkey. A new report by Human Rights Watch fin…
(2019-11-07). Headlines for November 7, 2019. democracynow.org Televised Impeachment Hearings Begin Next Week, Sessions to Run for Old Senate Seat; Pressley Endorses Warren, Trump Expands Military Mission in Syria Aimed at Controlling Oil Fields, Esper to Urge Trump Not to Intervene in Cases of Soldiers Accused of Murder, Judge Voids Trump Rule Allowing Medical Workers to Deny Care on Religious Grounds, ProPublica: Pence's Office Meddled in Foreign Aid Money to Favor Christians, DOJ Charges Ex-Twitter Employees; California Investigates Facebook, New Zealand Approves Landmark Climate Legislation Aimed at Zero Carbon Emissions, U.S.-Manufactured Ammunition Used in Massacre of…
(2019-11-07). Aged care royal commission report a 'wake up call'. greenleft.org.au 
health Jim McIlroyIssue 1244 Australia aged careNovember 7, 2019Anglicare Australia has called the Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety's October 31 interim report a "wake-up call" for the sector and the country. | Anglicare Australia acting executive director Roland…
(2019-11-07). Something in the air. greenleft.org.au 
international solidarity Peter BoyleIssue 1244 AustraliaNovember 7, 2019Looking through a collection of street art shared on social media from the Lebanese rebellion against corruption and inequality, I was reminded of the similar explosion in street art during the Sudanese rebellion, just a few months ago. | A quick online se…
(2019-11-07). Adani's Carmichael coal mine: a stranded asset? greenleft.org.au 
Climate Margaret GleesonIssue 1244 Australia AdaniNovember 7, 2019Could Indian mining firm Adani's Carmichael coal mine, in Central Queensland, become a stranded asset? A number of recent events indicate the answer could be "Yes". | Adani has always relied more on spin than hard…
(2019-11-07). Brazilians March Against Bolsonaro and his Ties to Murder of Activist. therealnews.com 
The anti-Bolsonaro marches come amid extremely concerning revelations, which allegedly tie the president to the murder of the councilwoman and LGBT activist Marielle Franco last year.
(2019-11-07). Former British Ambassador to Syria: UK complicit in Trump's Syria Oil Grab. mintpressnews.com 
The cat is out of the bag. The UK is potentially complicit in a war crime. With typical insouciance the U.S. military dropped this bombshell by tweet and apparently without realizing the implications for U.S. partners: | We are repositioning @CJTFOIR forces to Deir ez Zor #Syria to continue partnering w/ #SDF to defeat ISIS remnants, protect critical infrastructure, & deny ISIS access to revenue sources…
(2019-11-06). 'I served in the war she championed!': Tulsi & The View's Behar face off in tense exchange over Clinton & 'Russian asset' smears. rt.com 
Democratic presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard faced off in a fiery exchange with The View's Joy Behar after taking issue with being branded a "useful idiot" by the co-host on a previous episode of the show. | A clearly fed up Gabbard confronted the hosts who have previously maligned her as a Russian asset and "Assad apologist" over her views on the war in Syria. The anti-Gabbard media hysteria was kicked up a notch after failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton also suggested she was being groomed by Moscow to run as a third party disrupter candidate. | "You are implying that I am too stupid, and too na…
(2019-11-06). U.S. domination of Middle East challenged as new alignments emerge. peoplesworld.org 
The fallout from the September attack on Saudi Arabia's Aramco oil facilities is continuing to reverberate throughout the Middle East, sidelining old enmities—sometimes for new ones—and re-drawing traditional alliances. While Turkey's recent invasion of northern Syria is grabbing the headlines, the bigger story may be that major regional players are contemplating some historic re-alignments. After …
(2019-11-06). From Colombia to Galapagos to California and OSU. dissidentvoice.org 
New information breakthroughs for me are exhilarating. Working with all that whale data is like looking into the dark with a flashlight. It's work that is able to contribute new information to the field. — OSU Whale Researcher, Daniel Palacios Whaling's first commercial iteration with harpoons started in Japan around 1570. With many more nations participating …
(2019-11-06). Microsoft's Reduced Workweek Increased Productivity by 40%. therealnews.com 
Microsoft's Japan office reduced its workweek to four days for a full month, and productivity jumped by 40%. Why isn't it implemented everywhere? Richard Wolff explains why we've worked five days a week since the 1940s.
(2019-11-06). US congressional panel outlines next phase of dirty war on Syria: Occupy oil fields and block reconstruction. thegrayzone.com A DC foreign-policy apparatchik who oversaw Congress' Syria Study Group proclaimed that the US military "owned" one-third of Syrian territory,…
(2019-11-06). Israeli tear gas and concussion grenades are just a part of daily life for Palestinians in occupied Hebron. thecanary.co This week, the Israeli military fired live ammunition, tear gas, and concussion grenades at children in Hebron as they walked to school. This one incident is shocking. And even taken on its own, it should lead us to condemn the UK government's policy of continuing to arm Israel. But as one activist told The Canary, this incident is part of an ongoing pa…
(2019-11-06). Soldiers Abduct Two Teens, Including One Who Was Shot. imemc.org Israeli soldiers shot, Wednesday, one Palestinian teenager, and abducted him along with another teen, in Beit Ummar, north of Hebron, in the southern part of the occupied West Bank. Palestinian activist, Mohammad Ayyad Awad, said the soldiers ambushed several residents walking in the ath-Thaher area in Beit Ummar, and opened …
(2019-11-06). FRSO condemns wave of repression against trade unionists, progressive activists in Philippines. fightbacknews.org Freedom Road Socialist Organization stands in opposition to the wave of political repression that is being unleashed in the Philippines. The U.S.-backed regime of President Duterte has carried out a series of raids on homes and offices, jailing more than 60 participants in the progressive and national democratic movement. | According to reports, among those arrested in the raids were 40 members of the militant labor movement Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU)/May First Movement. Leaders of the KMU have toured the U.S. in the past, speaking of their struggle for justice and a better way of life. They need our solidarity now.
(2019-11-06). Demonstrations Rage Across Iraq as Protesters Clash with Gov't. telesurenglish.net The second week of protests have begun in Iraq as demonstrators continue to demand the removal of the current regime, including the Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi. | RELATED: | 13 People Killed in 24 Hours as Iraqi Protests Intensify | On Wednesday, the Iraqi security forces fired tear gas and live rounds into the air to disperse protesters in central Baghdad as the biggest wave of anti-government demonstrations in decades spread out across the capital. | Chaotic scenes unfolded as…
(2019-11-06). Hundreds of Lebanese Women March To Demand Cabinet Resignation. telesurenglish.net Several hundred women protesters lit candles while marching to the government headquarters in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, Wednesday demanding for the whole government to resign. | RELATED: | US Withholds $105 Million in Security Aid for Lebanon: Sources | "I want to tell (the government) that if you have an ounce of respect or love for the Lebanese people then resign," said one protester called Dana Zahr Al-Dian, adding that to "clean your names and leave, the country doesn't w…
(2019-11-06). The Persistent Influence of Trump's "Shadow Adviser" Erik Prince. theintercept.com The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday that the Trump administration approached Blackwater founder and Trump shadow adviser Erik Prince about potentially buying a Ukrainian aerospace company that the U.S. government wants to prevent the Chinese government from acquiring. "Motor Sich is a leading maker of helicopter and airplane engines and the U.S. wants to scuttle its pending sale to a group of Chinese companies to keep Beijing from acqu…
(2019-11-06). Microsoft Should Stop Funding Israeli Spying on Palestinians. mintpressnews.com Through its venture capital arm M12, Microsoft has reportedly invested $78 million in the Israeli startup company that "uses facial recognition to surveil Palestinians throughout the West Bank…
(2019-11-06). Sri Lankan SEP holds presidential election meeting in Hatton. wsws.org Estate workers, students and youth discussed the necessity for a socialist and internationalist program at a public meeting in the key tea plantation district.
(2019-11-06). India's Refusal on RCEP Causes Far-reaching Geopolitical Implications. globalresearch.ca India officially refused to join the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) following several days of heated negotiations on the issue during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit in Bangkok. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is reported to have said,…