Daily Archives: December 12, 2019

2019-12-12: News Headlines

WSWS (2019-12-12). AFL-CIO, Mexican government seek to chain renewed struggles across Matamoros to "independent" trade unions. wsws.org After the historic wildcat strikes earlier this year, the channeling of a resurgence of struggles behind the trade union bureaucracy poses immense dangers to the working class.

Steven Salaita (2019-12-12). Renouncing Israel on Principle. counterpunch.org When anti-Zionists discuss the Middle East, the topic of Israel's existence rarely arises. It's almost exclusively a pro-Israel talking point. We're focused on national liberation, on surviving repression, on strategies of resistance, on recovering subjugated histories, on the complex (and sometimes touchy) relationships among an Indigenous population disaggregated by decades of aggression. That a colonial state—or any state, really—possesses no ontological rights is an unspoken assumption. More

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-12-12). Ocasio-Cortez Makes Connection Between 20% Jump in Healthcare Costs and Industry-Sponsored Spa Days for Congressional Staffers. commondreams.org As end-of-the-year reports showed healthcare costs for Americans rose 20% in 2019, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez highlighted evidence of the cozy relationship between the for-profit health insurance industry and lawmakers. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-06122019-955px_1_0.jpg

Michael Welch (2019-12-12). Award-Winning Journalist Vanessa Beeley Faces "Deplatforming" at Six Canadian Venues. globalresearch.ca Vanessa Beeley, the award-winning journalist who has gained notoriety for her on the ground reporting on the Syrian conflict has faced opposition in her efforts to speak to Canadian audiences at the invitation of local anti war activists. | According …

RT (2019-12-12). Greta Thunberg responds to Trump's advice to 'chill out' with Twitter bio change again. rt.com Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has hit back and sarcastically changed her Twitter bio after US President Donald Trump told her to "chill out" and work on her "anger management problem." | Trump offered the unsolicited advice to Thunberg on Twitter after she was named TIME magazine's Person of the Year — a decision which he slammed as "ridiculous." In the tweet, Trump said the teen activist "must work on her Anger Management problem" and "then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend!" | "Chill Greta, Chill!" he added. | The Swedish teen acknowledged Trump's tweet indirectly by changing her…

The Canary (2019-12-12). Boris Johnson did not vote for himself on polling day. thecanary.co Boris Johnson has not voted for himself on polling day after registering to vote in Westminster rather than his own marginal London constituency.Johnson broke with a tradition set by his recent predecessors and voted at Methodist Central Hall, near Downing Street, at around 8.15am.Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn voted at 9.30am with wife Laura Alvarez in Islington North, where he lives and has represented as an MP since 1983.Incumbents of Number 10 have in the past voted in the constituency they lived in while serving as an MP.He opted to vote in central London despite a heavy tactical voting campaign to oust him fro…

Marlee Kokotovic (2019-12-12). New York becomes third state to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos. nationofchange.org This move could help protect children, agricultural workers, and the environment.

Sawyer Betchart (2019-12-12). Video Game Violence Enhancement Amongst Adolescents. indybay.org This Op-Ed is on the violence enhanced in youth from the use of video games, especially violent ones. Video games can increase negative behaviors such as bullying and having aggressive mindsets to certain situations amongst young children. These games are advertised to teens, yet children of all ages are receiving access to them.

Natasha Lennard (2019-12-12). How the Prosecution of Animal Rights Activists As Terrorists Foretold Today's Criminalization of Dissent. theintercept.com A new documentary "The Animal People" tells the story of the SHAC 7, who were sentenced to prison on terrorism charges over their protest activity.

Andrew Butler (2019-12-12). Poet gives us reasons to vote for hope. thecanary.co Poet and rapper Craft-D lays out the many reasons why this election is "for you, for the many, not the few". | By Andrew Butler

Staff (2019-12-12). Marshall Islands Climate Activist Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner Shares a Poem for Survival as Sea Levels Rise. democracynow.org Located in the central Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and the Philippines, the Marshall Islands are one of the world's lowest-lying island nations and declared a national climate crisis emergency in October. "We're looking at changing the entire physical landscape of our island so we can stay above water," says Marshall Islands poet and climate activist Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner. She joins us to describe the impact on her country and read her newest poem.

Women's March Contra Costa (2019-12-12). Women's March Contra Costa 2020 (Walnut Creek). indybay.org Civic Park, 1375 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, CA 94596…

Bill Blum (2019-12-12). Unequal Justice: Democrats Go Surgical and Small on Impeachment. commondreams.org Donald Trump has clearly met that standard. He is the nightmare the Founders dreaded. (Photo: WorkingFamiliesParty) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/impeach_.jpeg

UIAS (2019-12-12). Carlos Motta: We The Enemy. indybay.org Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery at UC Santa Cruz | 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95062…

George Ochenski (2019-12-12). Pride Goeth Before the Fall. counterpunch.org The hammer of impeachment is finally falling on Donald Trump's occupancy of the White House. For many, it's taken far too long to get to the point where an obviously corrupt individual with a very long record of shady dealings, illicit financial transactions and bankruptcies now faces a process in which he has no control. More

Edward Curtin (2019-12-12). The Art of Doublespeak: Bellingcat and Mind Control. globalresearch.ca In the 1920s, the influential American intellectual Walter Lippman argued that the average person was incapable of seeing or understanding the world clearly and needed to be guided by experts behind the social curtain. In a number of books he …

WSWS (2019-12-12). Mass shooting in Jersey City, New Jersey being investigated as anti-Semitic hate-crime. wsws.org New Jersey police believe that two assailants deliberately targeted a Kosher grocery store in an attack on Tuesday.

Bill Blum (2019-12-12). Unequal Justice: Democrats Go Surgical and Small on Impeachment. progressive.org The Trump articles comprise a narrative of corruption, and on close inspection may not be as constrained as they appear at first glance.

RT (2019-12-12). US tests ground-launched ballistic missile that would've been banned by INF treaty. rt.com The Pentagon has conducted a second test of a missile that would have been banned under the INF treaty with Russia, which the US abandoned earlier this year. A ground-based ballistic missile flew for over 500 kilometers. | The conventionally configured test missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Thursday, the US Department of Defense confirmed in a statement, giving no further details. | "Data collected and lessons learned from this test will inform the Department of Defense's development of future intermediate-range capabilities," the statement said. | Thursday's test follows the…

WSWS (2019-12-12). French prime minister vows to impose pension cuts despite growing strikes. wsws.org In his speech, Edouard Philippe vowed to impose a pension cut opposed by two thirds of the population.

WSWS (2019-12-12). World Bank economist warns of worsening crisis in Sri Lanka. wsws.org International finance capital is demanding the new regime in Colombo fully implement the IMF's austerity measures.

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2019-12-12). After TIME Selects Greta Thunberg as Person of the Year Over Him, Trump Lashes Out in Tantrum Against 16-Year-Old Activist. commondreams.org Thunberg did not reply directly to the President of the United States, but nonetheless made her feelings known on social media. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greta_0_0.png

Catherine Rottenberg — Neve Gordon (2019-12-12). From London to Beirut, From Santiago to New Delhi: Protesters Need to Build Solidarity Networks. counterpunch.org On Friday, December 1, two protest marches met in central London in what felt like a magical moment. A few thousand striking university lecturers had just reached the British Parliament at Westminster after marching from the Bloomsbury neighbourhood, when close to a thousand Extinction Rebellion teenagers came pouring down a parallel street and the two protests united. The More

IMEMC News (2019-12-12). Army Abducts A Woman, Invade Many Homes, Near Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, a Palestinian woman from Beit Doqqo village, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem; her detention comes just a few days after the soldiers abducted her husband. Local sources in Beit Doqqo said the soldiers abducted Zakiyya Ali Hussein, 30, when she headed to an interrogation center after …

RT (2019-12-12). Pink sombrero & aroused horse: Painting of naked national hero of Mexico triggers violent protests (PHOTOS). rt.com What does it take to spark protests, lawsuits, mass meme-making, and even prompt the president to react? In Mexico, a painting re-imagining the country's national hero was enough to do the trick. | The painting of revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata wearing nothing but a pink sombrero and high heels while riding a visibly aroused white stallion was put on display at an art museum in Mexico City for an exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of his assassination. | Zapata was one of the key leaders of the Mexican Revolution. He led the peasantry in the fight for land rights and is especially revered in…

Andrew Korybko (2019-12-12). Ukraine Might Finally See Peace, Unless the US 'Deep State' Sabotages It First. globalresearch.ca The intense diplomatic efforts undertaken by Presidents Putin and Zelensky finally yielded credible hope that peace might eventually return to Ukraine following their first-ever face-to-face meeting during this week's Normandy Summit in Paris, but the greatest obstacle that both leaders …

RT (2019-12-12). Angels make their move by signing Rendon, but finding legitimate pitching is still a must. rt.com The Los Angeles Angels were all in on pitcher Gerrit Cole in the free-agent market, but they fell short of signing him because of the record $324 million contract offer by the New York Yankees. | The Angels rebounded from that disappointment by signing third baseman Anthony Rendon to a seven-year, $245 million deal. The former Washington Nationals World Series hero will give the Angels a chance to turn around a 72-90 season that saw them finish in fourth place in the American League West, 35 games behind the first-place Houston Astros. | Teaming Rendon, who hit .319 with 34 home runs and 125 RBI to go along wi…

Slava Zilber (2019-12-12). Economist calls Corbyn's plans 'an enormous step forward'. thecanary.co The 2019 Labour Party manifesto has the backing of numerous economic experts. 163 economists, for example, signed an open letter on 25 November saying the "UK economy needs reform" and that Labour "deserves to form the next government" because it has "serious proposals for dealing with" Britain's "deep problems". | Now, US economist Richard D Wolf…

Women's March Santa Rosa (2019-12-12). Women's March Santa Rosa 2020. indybay.org Old Courthouse Square, 3rd & Mendocino Ave and 4th & Santa Rosa Ave., Santa Rosa 95404…

WSWS (2019-12-12). The impeachment crisis and its political consequences. wsws.org Regardless of the its final outcome in the House and Senate, the impeachment proceedings will have reactionary and dangerous repercussions.

Teresa Albano (2019-12-12). Chicago Prepares to Implement the Nation's Most Expansive Worker Scheduling Law. progressive.org After two-and-a-half years of community-labor organizing, the City Council adopted the broadest "fair workweek" ordinance in the country.

WSWS (2019-12-12). US renews insults and threats against North Korea. wsws.org The Trump administration has made clear that it has no intention of meeting North Korea's end-of-year deadline for meaningful talks, thus setting the stage for confrontation and conflict.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2019-12-12). Sudanese Transitional Government Faces Profound Challenges. globalresearch.ca Interim Prime Abdallah Hamdok of the Republic of Sudan visited the United States during early December seeking to have sanctions lifted against his newly-created administration. | In meetings with members of Congress and the National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, who …

Staff (2019-12-12). Uganda's First Fridays for Future Climate Striker Joins COP25 Protests in Madrid. truthout.org As we broadcast from the U.N. climate summit in Madrid, Spain, we speak with climate activist Vanessa Nakate, who was Uganda's first Fridays for Future climate striker. "I wanted to do something that would cause change to the lives of the people in my community and my country," she says. "My country heavily depends on agriculture, therefore most of the people depend on agriculture. If our farms are destroyed by floods, if the farms are destroyed by droughts and crop production is less, that m…

Adriaan Alsema (2019-12-12). Duque appoints "Uribista" pundit as new propaganda chief. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Ivan Duque appointed a controversial conservative pundit as his new propaganda chief, RCN Radio announced Wednesday. RCN pundit Hassan Nassar is a staunch supporter of Duque's political patron,…

Madeleine Speed (2019-12-12). The Greek Government's Chaotic Plan for Relocating Migrants. thenation.com The Greek Government's Chaotic Plan for Relocating Migrants…

BPBNSP (2019-12-12). Author Talk: Peter Kalmus on "Being the Change: Live Well & Spark a Climate Revolution" indybay.org Book Passage Bookstore & Cafe in the Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building Ste 42, San Francisco, California 94111…

Daniel Falcone (2019-12-12). How Working Class Atomization and the Mohawk Valley Formula Gave Us Centrist Democrats. counterpunch.org The Mohawk Valley Formula, the propaganda model of "scientific strikebreaking" originated in 1937. Since that time, forms of non-violent worker control have been updated into much more sophisticated measures of strike-breaking. At this stage in American history, strike breaking is a major profession and by destroying unions and atomizing people, the business-run class war continues More

RT (2019-12-12). Canada's Conservative Party leader resigns after election loss & claims of misused party funds. rt.com The head of Canada's Conservative Party, Andrew Scheer, has announced he is resigning from…

SubRosa Community Space (2019-12-12). CrimethInc. presents: From Democracy to Freedom. indybay.org SubRosa Community Space | 703 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz…

WSWS (2019-12-12). Twin Flower, about the refugee crisis, from Italy—and Midnight Family, about poverty and health care, from Mexico. wsws.org Two adolescents—one an African refugee—find themselves in painful straits in Twin Flower. Midnight Family focuses on a family in Mexico eking out a meager existence by driving its own private ambulance.

news.un (2019-12-12). 'Embrace the transformation' to a carbon-neutral world by 2050, UN chief tells COP25. news.un.org With millions of workers increasingly affected by the climate crisis the route to securing livelihoods in the future lies in a wholesale transformation of how we power the planet and manage our resources, the UN chief said on Thursday, at a COP25 climate action event focused on greener jobs.

WSWS (2019-12-12). New York City transit workers denounce union-backed tentative agreement. wsws.org The newly published Memorandum of Agreement between the TWU and the MTA seeks to incorporate the union into management, increase the transit agency's exploitation of workers and financially reward the union bureaucracy.

Chris Kromm (2019-12-12). Southern States Take Up Fight For Bold Democracy Reforms. commondreams.org Activists with New Virginia Majority are among those working in states across the South for wide-reaching pro-democracy reforms. (Photo courtesy of New Virginia Majority.) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/new_virginia_majority.png

teleSUR (2019-12-12). US Senate Committee Approves Sanctions Against Turkey. telesurenglish.net A U.S. Senate committee backed legislation on Wednesday to impose sanctions on Turkey after its offensive in Syria and purchase of a Russian S-400 missile system, the latest move in the chamber to push Republican President Donald Trump to take a harder line against Ankara. | RELATED: | US Military Finishes Pullback From Northeast Syria | The Republican-led Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted by 18-4 to send the "Promoting American National Security and Preventing the Resurgence of ISIS Act of 2019" for a vote in the full Senate. | "Now's the time for the Senate to come together and take this opportunit…

Santa Cruz Faculty Association (2019-12-12). Santa Cruz Faculty Association Solidarity with Graduate Students. indybay.org The SCFA sent the following message to faculty on 12/11/19…

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2019-12-12). Decrying EU Proposal to Address Climate Crisis by 2050 as 'Too Little Too Late,' Greenpeace Activists Stage #HouseOnFire Demonstration. commondreams.org "The world is on fire and our governments are letting it burn." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greenpeace_building_on_fire.jpg

Peter Bolton (2019-12-12). The video of Labour legend Tony Benn that captures the spirit we all need to have right now. thecanary.co There's one hard-hitting speech from left-wing Labour legend Tony Benn that we all need to rewatch right now. Because it captures the spirit that we so badly need, both today and every day from here on out. | The struggle continues: | Benn gave the speech years after leaving parliament. And making an impassioned case for the need to keep up the fight for social protections and access to public services at all times, he stressed that: every single generation has to fight the same battles again…

Dilma Rousseff (2019-12-12). British Elections: The Cause of Labour is the Hope of the World. globalresearch.ca Former presidents, ministers, members of parliament, trade unionists, and political leaders from four continents sign an open letter explaining why the world needs a Labour government. | *** | We, the undersigned, express our solidarity with the Labour Party for today's election …

Dave Lindorff (2019-12-12). 'Afghan Papers' wouldn't be needed if we had a real independent newsmedia. nationofchange.org Embedded journalists and news organizations that hire retired generals for commentary don't give the true picture.

2019-12-12: Social Media Postees

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Steven Salaita (2019-12-12). Renouncing Israel on Principle. counterpunch.org When anti-Zionists discuss the Middle East, the topic of Israel's existence rarely arises. It's almost exclusively a pro-Israel talking point. We're focused on national liberation, on surviving repression, on strategies of resistance, on recovering subjugated histories, on the complex (and sometimes touchy) relationships among an Indigenous population disaggregated by decades of aggression. That a colonial state—or any state, really—possesses no ontological rights is an unspoken assumption. More

Julia Conley, staff writer (2019-12-12). Ocasio-Cortez Makes Connection Between 20% Jump in Healthcare Costs and Industry-Sponsored Spa Days for Congressional Staffers. commondreams.org As end-of-the-year reports showed healthcare costs for Americans rose 20% in 2019, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez highlighted evidence of the cozy relationship between the for-profit health insurance industry and lawmakers. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-06122019-955px_1_0.jpg

WSWS (2019-12-12). AFL-CIO, Mexican government seek to chain renewed struggles across Matamoros to "independent" trade unions. wsws.org After the historic wildcat strikes earlier this year, the channeling of a resurgence of struggles behind the trade union bureaucracy poses immense dangers to the working class.

Michael Welch (2019-12-12). Award-Winning Journalist Vanessa Beeley Faces "Deplatforming" at Six Canadian Venues. globalresearch.ca Vanessa Beeley, the award-winning journalist who has gained notoriety for her on the ground reporting on the Syrian conflict has faced opposition in her efforts to speak to Canadian audiences at the invitation of local anti war activists. | According …

RT (2019-12-12). Greta Thunberg responds to Trump's advice to 'chill out' with Twitter bio change again. rt.com Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg has hit back and sarcastically changed her Twitter bio after US President Donald Trump told her to "chill out" and work on her "anger management problem." | Trump offered the unsolicited advice to Thunberg on Twitter after she was named TIME magazine's Person of the Year — a decision which he slammed as "ridiculous." In the tweet, Trump said the teen activist "must work on her Anger Management problem" and "then go to a good old fashioned movie with a friend!" | "Chill Greta, Chill!" he added. | The Swedish teen acknowledged Trump's tweet indirectly by changing her…

The Canary (2019-12-12). Boris Johnson did not vote for himself on polling day. thecanary.co Boris Johnson has not voted for himself on polling day after registering to vote in Westminster rather than his own marginal London constituency.Johnson broke with a tradition set by his recent predecessors and voted at Methodist Central Hall, near Downing Street, at around 8.15am.Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn voted at 9.30am with wife Laura Alvarez in Islington North, where he lives and has represented as an MP since 1983.Incumbents of Number 10 have in the past voted in the constituency they lived in while serving as an MP.He opted to vote in central London despite a heavy tactical voting campaign to oust him fro…

Marlee Kokotovic (2019-12-12). New York becomes third state to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos. nationofchange.org This move could help protect children, agricultural workers, and the environment.

Sawyer Betchart (2019-12-12). Video Game Violence Enhancement Amongst Adolescents. indybay.org This Op-Ed is on the violence enhanced in youth from the use of video games, especially violent ones. Video games can increase negative behaviors such as bullying and having aggressive mindsets to certain situations amongst young children. These games are advertised to teens, yet children of all ages are receiving access to them.

Natasha Lennard (2019-12-12). How the Prosecution of Animal Rights Activists As Terrorists Foretold Today's Criminalization of Dissent. theintercept.com A new documentary "The Animal People" tells the story of the SHAC 7, who were sentenced to prison on terrorism charges over their protest activity.

Andrew Butler (2019-12-12). Poet gives us reasons to vote for hope. thecanary.co Poet and rapper Craft-D lays out the many reasons why this election is "for you, for the many, not the few". | By Andrew Butler

Staff (2019-12-12). Marshall Islands Climate Activist Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner Shares a Poem for Survival as Sea Levels Rise. democracynow.org Located in the central Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and the Philippines, the Marshall Islands are one of the world's lowest-lying island nations and declared a national climate crisis emergency in October. "We're looking at changing the entire physical landscape of our island so we can stay above water," says Marshall Islands poet and climate activist Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner. She joins us to describe the impact on her country and read her newest poem.

Women's March Contra Costa (2019-12-12). Women's March Contra Costa 2020 (Walnut Creek). indybay.org Civic Park, 1375 Civic Dr, Walnut Creek, Contra Costa County, CA 94596…

Bill Blum (2019-12-12). Unequal Justice: Democrats Go Surgical and Small on Impeachment. commondreams.org Donald Trump has clearly met that standard. He is the nightmare the Founders dreaded. (Photo: WorkingFamiliesParty) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/impeach_.jpeg

UIAS (2019-12-12). Carlos Motta: We The Enemy. indybay.org Mary Porter Sesnon Gallery at UC Santa Cruz | 1156 High St, Santa Cruz, CA 95062…

George Ochenski (2019-12-12). Pride Goeth Before the Fall. counterpunch.org The hammer of impeachment is finally falling on Donald Trump's occupancy of the White House. For many, it's taken far too long to get to the point where an obviously corrupt individual with a very long record of shady dealings, illicit financial transactions and bankruptcies now faces a process in which he has no control. More

Edward Curtin (2019-12-12). The Art of Doublespeak: Bellingcat and Mind Control. globalresearch.ca In the 1920s, the influential American intellectual Walter Lippman argued that the average person was incapable of seeing or understanding the world clearly and needed to be guided by experts behind the social curtain. In a number of books he …

WSWS (2019-12-12). Mass shooting in Jersey City, New Jersey being investigated as anti-Semitic hate-crime. wsws.org New Jersey police believe that two assailants deliberately targeted a Kosher grocery store in an attack on Tuesday.

Bill Blum (2019-12-12). Unequal Justice: Democrats Go Surgical and Small on Impeachment. progressive.org The Trump articles comprise a narrative of corruption, and on close inspection may not be as constrained as they appear at first glance.

RT (2019-12-12). US tests ground-launched ballistic missile that would've been banned by INF treaty. rt.com The Pentagon has conducted a second test of a missile that would have been banned under the INF treaty with Russia, which the US abandoned earlier this year. A ground-based ballistic missile flew for over 500 kilometers. | The conventionally configured test missile was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Thursday, the US Department of Defense confirmed in a statement, giving no further details. | "Data collected and lessons learned from this test will inform the Department of Defense's development of future intermediate-range capabilities," the statement said. | Thursday's test follows the…

WSWS (2019-12-12). French prime minister vows to impose pension cuts despite growing strikes. wsws.org In his speech, Edouard Philippe vowed to impose a pension cut opposed by two thirds of the population.

WSWS (2019-12-12). World Bank economist warns of worsening crisis in Sri Lanka. wsws.org International finance capital is demanding the new regime in Colombo fully implement the IMF's austerity measures.

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2019-12-12). After TIME Selects Greta Thunberg as Person of the Year Over Him, Trump Lashes Out in Tantrum Against 16-Year-Old Activist. commondreams.org Thunberg did not reply directly to the President of the United States, but nonetheless made her feelings known on social media. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greta_0_0.png

Catherine Rottenberg — Neve Gordon (2019-12-12). From London to Beirut, From Santiago to New Delhi: Protesters Need to Build Solidarity Networks. counterpunch.org On Friday, December 1, two protest marches met in central London in what felt like a magical moment. A few thousand striking university lecturers had just reached the British Parliament at Westminster after marching from the Bloomsbury neighbourhood, when close to a thousand Extinction Rebellion teenagers came pouring down a parallel street and the two protests united. The More

IMEMC News (2019-12-12). Army Abducts A Woman, Invade Many Homes, Near Jerusalem. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Wednesday, a Palestinian woman from Beit Doqqo village, northwest of occupied East Jerusalem; her detention comes just a few days after the soldiers abducted her husband. Local sources in Beit Doqqo said the soldiers abducted Zakiyya Ali Hussein, 30, when she headed to an interrogation center after …

RT (2019-12-12). Pink sombrero & aroused horse: Painting of naked national hero of Mexico triggers violent protests (PHOTOS). rt.com What does it take to spark protests, lawsuits, mass meme-making, and even prompt the president to react? In Mexico, a painting re-imagining the country's national hero was enough to do the trick. | The painting of revolutionary hero Emiliano Zapata wearing nothing but a pink sombrero and high heels while riding a visibly aroused white stallion was put on display at an art museum in Mexico City for an exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of his assassination. | Zapata was one of the key leaders of the Mexican Revolution. He led the peasantry in the fight for land rights and is especially revered in…

Andrew Korybko (2019-12-12). Ukraine Might Finally See Peace, Unless the US 'Deep State' Sabotages It First. globalresearch.ca The intense diplomatic efforts undertaken by Presidents Putin and Zelensky finally yielded credible hope that peace might eventually return to Ukraine following their first-ever face-to-face meeting during this week's Normandy Summit in Paris, but the greatest obstacle that both leaders …

RT (2019-12-12). Angels make their move by signing Rendon, but finding legitimate pitching is still a must. rt.com The Los Angeles Angels were all in on pitcher Gerrit Cole in the free-agent market, but they fell short of signing him because of the record $324 million contract offer by the New York Yankees. | The Angels rebounded from that disappointment by signing third baseman Anthony Rendon to a seven-year, $245 million deal. The former Washington Nationals World Series hero will give the Angels a chance to turn around a 72-90 season that saw them finish in fourth place in the American League West, 35 games behind the first-place Houston Astros. | Teaming Rendon, who hit .319 with 34 home runs and 125 RBI to go along wi…

Slava Zilber (2019-12-12). Economist calls Corbyn's plans 'an enormous step forward'. thecanary.co The 2019 Labour Party manifesto has the backing of numerous economic experts. 163 economists, for example, signed an open letter on 25 November saying the "UK economy needs reform" and that Labour "deserves to form the next government" because it has "serious proposals for dealing with" Britain's "deep problems". | Now, US economist Richard D Wolf…

Women's March Santa Rosa (2019-12-12). Women's March Santa Rosa 2020. indybay.org Old Courthouse Square, 3rd & Mendocino Ave and 4th & Santa Rosa Ave., Santa Rosa 95404…

WSWS (2019-12-12). The impeachment crisis and its political consequences. wsws.org Regardless of the its final outcome in the House and Senate, the impeachment proceedings will have reactionary and dangerous repercussions.

Teresa Albano (2019-12-12). Chicago Prepares to Implement the Nation's Most Expansive Worker Scheduling Law. progressive.org After two-and-a-half years of community-labor organizing, the City Council adopted the broadest "fair workweek" ordinance in the country.

WSWS (2019-12-12). US renews insults and threats against North Korea. wsws.org The Trump administration has made clear that it has no intention of meeting North Korea's end-of-year deadline for meaningful talks, thus setting the stage for confrontation and conflict.

Abayomi Azikiwe (2019-12-12). Sudanese Transitional Government Faces Profound Challenges. globalresearch.ca Interim Prime Abdallah Hamdok of the Republic of Sudan visited the United States during early December seeking to have sanctions lifted against his newly-created administration. | In meetings with members of Congress and the National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, who …

Staff (2019-12-12). Uganda's First Fridays for Future Climate Striker Joins COP25 Protests in Madrid. truthout.org As we broadcast from the U.N. climate summit in Madrid, Spain, we speak with climate activist Vanessa Nakate, who was Uganda's first Fridays for Future climate striker. "I wanted to do something that would cause change to the lives of the people in my community and my country," she says. "My country heavily depends on agriculture, therefore most of the people depend on agriculture. If our farms are destroyed by floods, if the farms are destroyed by droughts and crop production is less, that m…

Adriaan Alsema (2019-12-12). Duque appoints "Uribista" pundit as new propaganda chief. colombiareports.com Colombia's President Ivan Duque appointed a controversial conservative pundit as his new propaganda chief, RCN Radio announced Wednesday. RCN pundit Hassan Nassar is a staunch supporter of Duque's political patron,…

Madeleine Speed (2019-12-12). The Greek Government's Chaotic Plan for Relocating Migrants. thenation.com The Greek Government's Chaotic Plan for Relocating Migrants…

BPBNSP (2019-12-12). Author Talk: Peter Kalmus on "Being the Change: Live Well & Spark a Climate Revolution" indybay.org Book Passage Bookstore & Cafe in the Ferry Building, 1 Ferry Building Ste 42, San Francisco, California 94111…

Daniel Falcone (2019-12-12). How Working Class Atomization and the Mohawk Valley Formula Gave Us Centrist Democrats. counterpunch.org The Mohawk Valley Formula, the propaganda model of "scientific strikebreaking" originated in 1937. Since that time, forms of non-violent worker control have been updated into much more sophisticated measures of strike-breaking. At this stage in American history, strike breaking is a major profession and by destroying unions and atomizing people, the business-run class war continues More

RT (2019-12-12). Canada's Conservative Party leader resigns after election loss & claims of misused party funds. rt.com The head of Canada's Conservative Party, Andrew Scheer, has announced he is resigning from…

SubRosa Community Space (2019-12-12). CrimethInc. presents: From Democracy to Freedom. indybay.org SubRosa Community Space | 703 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz…

WSWS (2019-12-12). Twin Flower, about the refugee crisis, from Italy—and Midnight Family, about poverty and health care, from Mexico. wsws.org Two adolescents—one an African refugee—find themselves in painful straits in Twin Flower. Midnight Family focuses on a family in Mexico eking out a meager existence by driving its own private ambulance.

news.un (2019-12-12). 'Embrace the transformation' to a carbon-neutral world by 2050, UN chief tells COP25. news.un.org With millions of workers increasingly affected by the climate crisis the route to securing livelihoods in the future lies in a wholesale transformation of how we power the planet and manage our resources, the UN chief said on Thursday, at a COP25 climate action event focused on greener jobs.

WSWS (2019-12-12). New York City transit workers denounce union-backed tentative agreement. wsws.org The newly published Memorandum of Agreement between the TWU and the MTA seeks to incorporate the union into management, increase the transit agency's exploitation of workers and financially reward the union bureaucracy.

Chris Kromm (2019-12-12). Southern States Take Up Fight For Bold Democracy Reforms. commondreams.org Activists with New Virginia Majority are among those working in states across the South for wide-reaching pro-democracy reforms. (Photo courtesy of New Virginia Majority.) | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/views-article/thumbs/new_virginia_majority.png

teleSUR (2019-12-12). US Senate Committee Approves Sanctions Against Turkey. telesurenglish.net A U.S. Senate committee backed legislation on Wednesday to impose sanctions on Turkey after its offensive in Syria and purchase of a Russian S-400 missile system, the latest move in the chamber to push Republican President Donald Trump to take a harder line against Ankara. | RELATED: | US Military Finishes Pullback From Northeast Syria | The Republican-led Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted by 18-4 to send the "Promoting American National Security and Preventing the Resurgence of ISIS Act of 2019" for a vote in the full Senate. | "Now's the time for the Senate to come together and take this opportunit…

Santa Cruz Faculty Association (2019-12-12). Santa Cruz Faculty Association Solidarity with Graduate Students. indybay.org The SCFA sent the following message to faculty on 12/11/19…

Eoin Higgins, staff writer (2019-12-12). Decrying EU Proposal to Address Climate Crisis by 2050 as 'Too Little Too Late,' Greenpeace Activists Stage #HouseOnFire Demonstration. commondreams.org "The world is on fire and our governments are letting it burn." | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/greenpeace_building_on_fire.jpg

Peter Bolton (2019-12-12). The video of Labour legend Tony Benn that captures the spirit we all need to have right now. thecanary.co There's one hard-hitting speech from left-wing Labour legend Tony Benn that we all need to rewatch right now. Because it captures the spirit that we so badly need, both today and every day from here on out. | The struggle continues: | Benn gave the speech years after leaving parliament. And making an impassioned case for the need to keep up the fight for social protections and access to public services at all times, he stressed that: every single generation has to fight the same battles again…

Dilma Rousseff (2019-12-12). British Elections: The Cause of Labour is the Hope of the World. globalresearch.ca Former presidents, ministers, members of parliament, trade unionists, and political leaders from four continents sign an open letter explaining why the world needs a Labour government. | *** | We, the undersigned, express our solidarity with the Labour Party for today's election …

Dave Lindorff (2019-12-12). 'Afghan Papers' wouldn't be needed if we had a real independent newsmedia. nationofchange.org Embedded journalists and news organizations that hire retired generals for commentary don't give the true picture.