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French Paper: French Woman Claims Rape by Polanski in 1975
Staff | truthdig.com | 2019-11-09
The filmmaker pleaded guilty in the U.S. in 1977 to having sex with a 13-year-old, then fled to Europe the following year.
truthdig.com/articles/french-paper-french-woman-claims-rape-by-polanski-in-1975/

US and Israel were lone votes against UN resolutions opposing space arms race, nuclear Middle East, Cuba embargo
Ben Norton | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-08
The United States and Israel were the only countries that voted against UN General Assembly draft resolutions calling for a…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/08/us-israel-un-resolutions-space-arms-race-nuclear/

Neoliberalism's Children Rise Up to Demand Justice in Chile and the World
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
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,…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/neoliberalisms-children-rise-up-to-demand-justice-in-chile-and-the-world/

Microsoft Should Not Fund Israeli Spying on Palestinians
Ramzy Baroud | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
The act of Palestinian activists covering their faces during anti-Israeli occupation rallies is an old practice that spans decades. The masking of the face, often by Kufyias — traditional Palestinian scarves that grew to symbolize Palestinian resistance — is far from being a fashion statement. Instead, it is a survival technique, without it, activists are…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/microsoft-should-not-fund-israeli-spying-on-palestinians/

Syria: Where Have All the "Professional" Journalists Gone?
Janice Kortkamp | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
I'm in Homs on my sixth visit to this vibrant city since May 2016 as an independent, self-funded activist and social media amateur journalist. | Since peace and stability have been restored and life is returning, the "professional news media" is …
globalresearch.ca/where-professional-journalists-gone/5694319

China's Vision for the Future: "Give Peace a Chance"
Peter Koenig | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
China's vision for the future is "Give Peace a Chance". It is also the title of one of John Lennon's most prominent songs. It became the anthem for the anti-war movement, at the time of the US-waged war against Vietnam. …
globalresearch.ca/china-vision-future/5694334

Syria: "U.S. Get Out!"
UNACpeace | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
The United National Antiwar Coalition (UNAC) stands in solidarity with the long-suffering people of Syria. We oppose all foreign occupation of Syrian territory. Syria belongs to the Syrians. | The current Turkish incursion into northern Syria is in violation of Syrian …
globalresearch.ca/unac-statement-situation-syria-u-s-out/5694345

UN-Sponsored Syrian Peace Talks to Reconvene on November 25
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-08
A U.N. envoy concluded an opening round of talks on the political future of Syria on Friday meant to bring political reconciliation after 8-1/2 years of war, saying they went better than expected and would reconvene later this month. | RELATED: | Erdogan Says US is Not Fulfilling Agreement to Withdraw Kurds | Acknowledging that discussions were sometimes "very painful" Geir Pedersen said the delegates to the Constitutional Committee from the government, opposition and civil soci…
telesurenglish.net/news/UN-Sponsored-Syrian-Peace-Talks-to-Reconvene-on-November-25-20191108-0004.html

Beijing looks to end Hong Kong protest movement
wsws.org | 2019-11-08
Youth and students fighting to defend democratic rights in Hong Kong must turn to the international working class as their only allies in this struggle.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/08/hong-n08.html

Deadly Clashes Reignite in Iraq Despite Cleric's Call for Calm
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-08
Fresh clashes between Iraqi security forces and anti-government protesters broke out on Friday killing at least three people, despite a call for calm by the country's top Shi'ite cleric, as authorities grapple with the nation's biggest crisis in years. | RELATED: | Over 100,000 Algerians Protest on Independence War's Anniversary | Security forces fired tear gas and threw stun grenades into crowds of demonstrators wearing helmets and makeshift body armor on a main road in central Baghdad,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Deadly-Clashes-Reignite-in-Iraq-Despite-Clerics-Call-for-Calm-20191108-0012.html

Israel's Supreme Court — Upholding "Targeted Assassinations" and Torture
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
Time and again, Israel's high court upholds human and civil rights abuses committed by the state. | In 2006, the court upheld its targeted assassinations policy, claiming they're OK when no other choices exist to protect against dangers to national security …
globalresearch.ca/israel-supreme-court-upholding-abuses-human-civil-rights/5694365

China and US Agree on Phased Tariffs Rollback?
Stephen Lendman | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
According to US and Chinese media, negotiators of both countries agreed to partially roll back tariffs. | Spokesman for China's Commerce Ministry Gao Feng said the following: | "If the phase-one deal is signed, China and the US should remove the same | …
globalresearch.ca/china-us-agree-phased-tariffs-rollback/5694369

New Chapter in Greek-Russian Relations?
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
The Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Dendias met with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov in Moscow on November 6 amidst a string of events that have complicated relations between the two countries. Following official visits to Cyprus, Israel and the United …
globalresearch.ca/new-chapter-greek-russian-relations/5694380

Substandard Education in America
Larry Romanoff | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
We know all the criticisms. China's children are taught only to memorise and not to think or question. They are rote-learning robots without capacity for original thought. They know only how to produce high scores but not to apply any …
globalresearch.ca/brief-look-substandard-education/5694267

A Jewish woman tells BBC Question Time once and for all: 'Jeremy Corbyn is not an antisemite'
Kerry-anne Mendoza | thecanary.co | 2019-11-08
A Jewish audience member of BBC Question Time gave a damning verdict on the antisemitism witch hunt against the Labour Party. She tore into the press and the Conservative Party, accusing them of creating this fake news story in an effort to avoid an honest debate on policy. A debate they would lose.This is your moment: The audience member, who goes by Lila Rose on Twitter, said: You said that Jewish people are scared to go out of their house because Corbyn's an antisemite. I'm Jewish, my whole family's Jewish, I can tell you that we're not scared. Corbyn is not an antisemite. The right-wing press takes thin…
thecanary.co/opinion/2019/11/08/a-jewish-woman-tells-bbc-question-time-once-and-for-all-jeremy-corbyn-is-not-an-antisemite/

And the Armies That Remained Suffer'd: Veterans, Moral Injury and Suicide
Matthew Hoh | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
The mental, emotional and spiritual injuries that come with surviving war are not unique to the United States or the modern age. Disparate historical sources, such as Roman and Native American accounts, tell of the psychological and psychiatric wounds of war, and what was done for returning soldiers, while in both Homer and Shakespeare we find clear references to the lasting invisible wounds of war.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/and-the-armies-that-remained-sufferd-veterans-moral-injury-and-suicide/

I'm Watching My Students Become Soldiers in Our Endless Wars
Danny Sjursen | thenation.com | 2019-11-08
I'm Watching My Students Become Soldiers in Our Endless Wars…
thenation.com/article/afghanistan-army-west-point/

Dwindling US Hegemony in South East Asia in Favor of China
Paul Antonopoulos | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
The 2019 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit held in Thailand earlier this week has given a signal of how the regional order is beginning to change. The ASEAN platform serves as a biannual conference between 10 Southeast countries, …
globalresearch.ca/dwindling-us-hegemony-in-south-east-asia-in-favor-of-china/5694329

Mike Pence's Office Meddled in Foreign Aid to Reroute Money to Christian Groups
Staff | truthout.org | 2019-11-08
Last November, a top Trump appointee at the U.S. Agency for International Development wrote a candid email to colleagues about pressure from the White House to reroute Middle East aid to religious minorities, particularly Christian groups. | "Sometimes this decision will be made for us by the White House (see… Iraq! And, increasingly, Syria)," said Hallam Ferguson, a senior official in USAID's Middle East bureau, in an email seen by ProPublica. "We need to stay ahead of this curve everywh…
truthout.org/articles/mike-pences-office-meddled-in-foreign-aid-to-reroute-money-to-christian-groups/

Middle East: a Complex Re-alignment
Conn Hallinan | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
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…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/middle-east-a-complex-re-alignment/

Eating the Amazon
Steven Krichbaum | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
Catastrophic fires have been burning all over the world, not just in Amazonia, but also in Siberia, Indonesia, and the Congo basin. These fires are ecological weapons of mass destruction and displacement resulting in habitat destruction and extermination of other species, violent land grabs from Indigenous peoples, murder of forest protectors, and climate refugees. Most of…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/eating-the-amazon/

Texas Prepares to Execute Rodney Reed Amid a Flood of New Evidence Pointing to His Innocence
Jordan Smith | theintercept.com | 2019-11-08
Deke Pierce was wearing civilian clothes as he took to the lectern in a narrow press room inside the Texas Capitol in Austin last month, but it was still obvious that he was a cop. He stood with his feet wide and his arms slightly away from his body, a stance molded by years in a uniform encumbered by heavy gear. He was there to make an extraordinary announcement: He and 12 other members of law enforcement with more than 250 years of combined experience had filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in favor of a Texas death row prisoner named Rodney Reed, slated for execution on November 20.
theintercept.com/2019/11/08/rodney-reed-death-row-texas/

The Completion of the Kartarpur Corridor Is a Victory for the Sikh Community
Andrew Korybko | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
The global Sikh community is celebrating the opening of the Kartarpur Corridor on 9 November that will create an international pilgrimage route from India to the nearby Gurdwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur in Pakistan where the founder of the world's fifth-largest …
globalresearch.ca/completion-kartarpur-corridor-victory-sikh-community/5694343

30 Years Ago Eastern Europeans Tore Down Walls. Now They Write Pop Songs to Putin
Lev Golinkin | thenation.com | 2019-11-08
30 Years Ago Eastern Europeans Tore Down Walls. Now They Write Pop Songs to Putin.
thenation.com/article/germany-berlin-wall-russia/

Top UN court will consider Ukraine allegations against Russia of treaty violations
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-08
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has agreed to hear claims by Ukraine related to the conflict in the east of the country, where Government forces have been fighting mostly pro-Russian separatists, for more than five years.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1051001

US seizure of oil fields escalates tensions in Syria
wsws.org | 2019-11-08
Russia has issued a warning that it will not cooperate with US forces in the region, raising the threat of a military clash.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/08/syi-n08.html

A Modern-Day Colonial Plantation Seeks Influence Over Trump
Staff | therealnews.com | 2019-11-08
Psagot Winery from the occupied West Bank hired the lobbying firm Covington and Burling to sow conflict between the Trump administration and the EU, in order to gain leverage in its legal struggle to mis-label its wines as being products of Israel.
therealnews.com/stories/a-modern-day-colonial-plantation-seeks-influence-over-trump

A New Disease Big Meat Doesn't Want You to Know About
Martha Rosenberg | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
Have you ever heard of African swine fever (ASF) caused by the African swine fever virus (ASFV)? A fourth of the world's pigs have died from it just this year —- half of all of China's pigs —- but like previous food animal pandemics, Big Meat has managed to keep it out of the news.
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/a-new-disease-big-meat-doesnt-want-you-to-know-about/

San Francisco City College Rallies Against Cuts
HEAT | indybay.org | 2019-11-08
San Francisco City College | Ocean Campus | Chinatown Campus…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/06/18827915.php

Growing Ecological Civilization in China
Evaggelos Vallianatos | counterpunch.org | 2019-11-08
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences invited me to an international ecological conference in Jinan, Shandong Province. The Academy gave the conference a provocative and insightful title: a Paradigm Shift: Towards Ecological Civilization: China and the World. I listened to several Chinese and non-Chinese experts talk about a variety of issues (political, economic and ecological)…
counterpunch.org/2019/11/08/growing-ecological-civilization-in-china/

New Zealand military to expand Pacific presence
wsws.org | 2019-11-08
The new Defence Paper extends the military's engagement in the region in line with Washington's war drive against China.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/08/paci-n08.html

The Chinese Government Cannot Be Allowed to Undermine Academic Freedom
Sophie Richardson | thenation.com | 2019-11-08
The Chinese Government Cannot Be Allowed to Undermine Academic Freedom…
thenation.com/article/china-free-speech-universities/

Iranian Forces Shoot Down 'Foreign' Drone in SW Iran
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-08
Iranian forces shot down a foreign drone over the port city of Mahshahr in its southern Khuzestan province on Friday, state news agency IRNA reported, quoting an Iranian official. | RELATED: | UK Lowers Security Level for Its Ships in Strait of Hormuz | "The downed drone definitely belonged to a foreign country. Its wreckage has been recovered and is being investigated," Khuzestan Governor Gholamreza Shariati, said, according to IRNA. | Iranian media earlier reported that the army…
telesurenglish.net/news/Iranian-Forces-Shoot-Down-Foreign-Drone-in-SW-Iran-20191108-0002.html

Time Is Running Out to Salvage the Iran Nuclear Deal
Sarah Abed | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
This week, Iran's atomic energy authority confirmed it would commence enriching uranium past the 3.67 percent cap to 5 percent at its Fordow plant starting Wednesday. This is Tehran's fourth step in scaling back its commitments under the 2015 Iran …
globalresearch.ca/time-running-salvage-iran-nuclear-deal/5694355

"American Self Preservation Doctrine": US National Security Agreements (MCC, ACSA, SOFA) Incompatible with International Law
Tamara Kunanayakam | globalresearch.ca | 2019-11-08
"[T]here is no friendship when nations are not equal, when one has to obey another and when one only dominates another." Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India Closing Speech at the Asian-African Conference, Bandung, 1955 | Acquisition and Cross …
globalresearch.ca/mcc-acsa-sofa-incompatible-international-law/5694350

Defend the striking transport workers in Telengana, India
wsws.org | 2019-11-08
"Workers in India, Sri Lanka, throughout South Asia and internationally must not allow capitalist governments to unleash these reactionary social attacks on any section of the working class."
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/11/08/pan-n08.html

Screening of "Korean Schools in Japan 100 years of struggle against discrimination"
No Nukes Action | indybay.org | 2019-11-08
Berkeley Central Public Library, 3rd-Floor Meeting Room 2090 Kittridge St., Berkeley, CA 94704…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/06/18827904.php

SF Speak Out At Japan Consulate To Stop Restarting Japanese NUKE Plants & JPN Olympics
No Nukes Action | indybay.org | 2019-11-08
SF Japanese Consulate | 275 Battery near California | San Francisco…
indybay.org/newsitems/2019/11/06/18827901.php

Hundreds of thousands of civilians at risk in Syria amid ongoing violence in northeast and northwest
United Nations | un.org | 2019-11-08
Almost daily violence targeting built-up areas and health facilities in Syria continues to threaten the lives of civilians there, UN rights experts and humanitarians said on Friday.
news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2019/11/1050961

How U.S. sanctions on Iran are killing innocent people
Vijay Prashad | mronline.org | 2019-11-08
It is a measure of the fortitude of Iran that–despite these unilateral U.S. sanctions–it has been able to maintain production of medical equipment and drugs. Nonetheless, the Human Rights Watch report should be seen as an alarm. | Source…
mronline.org/2019/11/08/how-u-s-sanctions-on-iran-are-killing-innocent-people/

Vietnamese Migrants Found Dead in UK Truck Were Fleeing Poverty
telesurenglish.net | 2019-11-08
Vietnam is mourning on Friday, after it was confirmed that the 39 migrants who were recently found dead in a truck in the English county of Essex were Vietnamese, mostly from the Southeast Asian country's poor and rural areas. | RELATED: | Migrants Released Amid Fighting in Libya Seek Refuge With UN | The Vietnamese government confirmed the identity of the victims late on Thursday and expressed its condolences to the families and friends of the migrants, who had paid up to US$40,…
telesurenglish.net/news/Vietnamese-Migrants-Found-Dead-in-UK-Truck-Were-Fleeing-Poverty-20191108-0016.html

'Yeah, Yeah, We Know': Top Trump Defender Jim Jordan Under Renewed Fire for Dismissing Complaints of Sexual Molestation
Eoin Higgins, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-08
Jordan and another coach reportedly responded to credible claims of harassment with, "Yeah, yeah, we know." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/jimmy_j.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/08/yeah-yeah-we-know-top-trump-defender-jim-jordan-under-renewed-fire-dismissing?cd-origin=rss

UN Votes 187-3 to Condemn US Embargo Against Cuba, With Israel and Brazil Joining Trump Administration as Lone Outliers
Jake Johnson, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-08
"The blockade has caused incalculable humanitarian damages. It is a flagrant, massive, and systematic violation of human rights," said Bruno Rodr√≠guez Parrilla, Cuba's foreign minister. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/cuba_embargo_0.jpg …
commondreams.org/news/2019/11/08/un-votes-187-3-condemn-us-embargo-against-cuba-israel-and-brazil-joining-trump?cd-origin=rss

Pentagon Claims US Authority to Shoot Any Syrian Govt Official Who Tries to Take Control of Syrian Oil
Andrea Germanos, staff writer | commondreams.org | 2019-11-08
commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/oil-fields-syria-isis-pentagon.jpg …

People seek to build a new Iraq
pip.hinman | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-08
anti-government protestsIssue 1244 Iraq corruption sectarianism Islamic StateNovember 8, 2019Huge protests have erupted on the streets of Iraq. Green Left Weekly's Sam Wainwright spoke to Khalil Albawy. A…
greenleft.org.au/content/people-seek-build-new-iraq

Malaysian socialists condemn new security laws
Susan Price | greenleft.org.au | 2019-11-08
Peter BoyleIssue 1244 Malaysia SOSMA Pakatan Harapan Internal Security Act (ISA)November 8, 2019Twelve men were detained under Malaysia's Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (SOSMA) on October…
greenleft.org.au/content/malaysian-socialists-condemn-new-security-laws

Max Blumenthal on Baghdadi's death and Trump's fake withdrawal in Syria
Aaron Maté | thegrayzone.com | 2019-11-07
Max Blumenthal explains how the US-backed proxy war in Syria helped create the al-Qaeda safe haven where US forces killed…
thegrayzone.com/2019/11/07/max-blumenthal-on-baghdadis-death-and-trumps-fake-withdrawal-in-syria/

Microsoft Should Not Fund Israeli Spying on Palestinians
Ramzy Baroud | dissidentvoice.org | 2019-11-07
The act of Palestinian activists covering their faces during anti-Israeli occupation rallies is an old practice that spans decades. The masking of the face, often by Kufyias — traditional Palestinian scarves that grew to symbolize Palestinian resistance — is far from being a fashion statement. Instead, it is a survival technique. Without it, activists are …
dissidentvoice.org/2019/11/microsoft-should-not-fund-israeli-spying-on-palestinians/

Israeli Army Removes Four Residential Tents in Masafer Yatta
IMEMC & Agencies | imemc.org | 2019-11-07
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 …
imemc.org/article/israeli-army-removes-four-residential-tents-in-masafer-yatta/

Protests Against Israel's Nation-State Law Proved a More Just State Is Possible
Dov Khenin | thenation.com | 2019-11-07
Protests Against Israel's Nation-State Law Proved a More Just State Is Possible…
thenation.com/article/israel-palestine-knesset-racism/

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2019-11-07: News Headlines

Kenn Orphan (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

Juan Cole (2019-11-07). Why a Russian Politician Just Called Trump 'Hitler'. truthdig.com …

Staff (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.

Paul Cochrane (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

Aaron Maté (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…

IMEMC & Agencies (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 …

Dov Khenin (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…

Stephen Lendman (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 …

teleSUR (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.

Oakland Asian Cultural Center (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…

Larry Romanoff (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 …

teleSUR (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…

Tim Shorrock (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…

Padraig McGrath (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 …

F. William Engdahl (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 …

Ali Nayyef (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…

MBNJSD (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, …

Staff (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…

teleSUR (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…

Shane Quinn (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 …

HEAT (2019-11-07). San Francisco City College Rallies Against Cuts. indybay.org San Francisco City College | Ocean Campus | Chinatown Campus…

No Nukes Action (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…

No Nukes Action (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…

Andrew Korybko (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 …

Staff (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).

WSWS (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.

teleSUR (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…

Zero Hedge (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 …

Arabi Souri (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 …

Staff (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…

Staff (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…

Fred_F (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…

Fred_F (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…

Fred_F (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…

Staff (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.

Peter Ford (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…

RT (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…

Conn Hallinan (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 …

Paul Haeder (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 …

Staff (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.

Ben Norton (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,…

Tom Anderson (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…

IMEMC News (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 …

Fight Back (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.

teleSUR (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…

teleSUR (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…

Jeremy Scahill (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…

Ramzy Baroud (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…

WSWS (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.

Andrew Korybko (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,…

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