(2019-12-14). In Final Hours, COP 25 Denounced as 'Utter Failure' as Deal Is Stripped of Ambition and US Refuses to Accept Liability for Climate Crisis. commondreams.org After the COP 25 climate talks on the Paris climate agreement went into overtime Friday night amid a stalled agreement on wealthy countries' contributions to greatly reducing their climate-warming carbon emissions, civil society groups and climate scientists were shocked by the weak language that emerged from the late-night talks on Saturday. | www.commondreams.org/sites/default/files/styles/cd_special_coverage/public/headline/thumbs/gettyimages-1188350031_1.jpg …
(2019-12-14). "Socialism In America" An introduction to the global struggle for Socialism. indybay.org Redwood Gardens, 2951 Derby St.,Berkeley 94705…
(2019-12-14). SEP/IYSSE public meeting in Colombo: Free Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning! wsws.org We urge all workers, youth and all those who cherish democratic rights to come forward and defeat the attack on Assange and Manning.
(2019-12-14). From Facebook as govt tool to Israeli lobby in US: Lee Camp dives into 25 MOST CENSORED STORIES of 2019. rt.com 
Did you know that Big Pharma denies Americans access to affordable drugs or that slavery is still a thing, even in the US? Those and other stories were shushed in the media, but Lee Camp is here to fill in the gaps.
(2019-12-14). US tests INF-banned missile after Democrats rubber-stamp Trump's nuclear build-up. wsws.org The test comes just days after congressional Democrats voted for a massive military spending bill that stripped out language limiting the development of dangerous new nuclear weapons.
(2019-12-14). Poor People's Campaign In Night March From City Hall. indybay.org Photos: Leon Kunstenaar, Pro Bono Photo | Call for moral revival: "Poverty in the midst of wealth is a sin."
(2019-12-14). Police sergeant charged with assaulting handcuffed man. nationofchange.org "It is disheartening any time an officer entrusted with enormous power over the public's liberty and lives misuses that power.
(2019-12-14). Ukrainian Foreign Influence Operation Bankrolled by Secret Donors. truthout.org Foreign agents peddling influence for a controversial Ukraine politician were part of a coordinated effort bankrolled through a secretive network of shell companies and offshore entities, according to new foreign lobbying records. | The foreign influence operation centered around Ukraine's former prime minister, Yulia Tymoshenko, who ran against now-President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine's 2019 pre…
(2019-12-14). VIDEO showcases artifacts recovered from Hitler's 'Wolf's Lair' bunker. rt.com 
Dozens of items have been recovered after a weeks-long excavation of Adolf Hitler's Eastern Front headquarters located in Poland. The infamous Nazi compound has remained largely untouched since Hitler left it in 1944. | Ruptly footage shows combs, razors, toothbrushes, plates, signboards and other objects found in the 'Wolf's Lair', an extensive complex tucked away in a remote Polish forest. | The cache of artifacts also includes a still-functioning lighter. Many of the items are stamped with swastikas and other Nazi insignia. Zenon Piotrowicz, managing director of the historic site, said that any new discover…
(2019-12-14). UK Election — Victory for English Nationalism Under the Banner of Brexit. globalresearch.ca Overnight the electoral map of the UK has changed significantly. Scotland is once again bathed in a sea of yellow, as England has been shrouded in blue. With the Scottish National Party obtaining 45% of the vote north of the …
(2019-12-14). Impeach and Remove Rally in Sacramento. indybay.org California State Capitol, 1315 10th St, Sacramento, California 95814…
(2019-12-14). Hong Kong local election results: Remarkably unremarkable and counter-revolutionary to boot. fightbacknews.org On November 24, Hong Kong held local elections for all 18 district councils in the city, with 452 of the 479 council seats up for grabs. Amid the polarized political atmosphere created by the protests and riots that gripped the city this year, turnout was much higher than past local elections. In total, 2,931,745 people cast ballots for their local district councils; about 71% of the 4,132,977 registered voters. | The U.S. and its allies in the corporate news media were quick to trumpet the results as a smashing success for the pro-Western protest movement, which elected 388 candidates to district councils. In co…
(2019-12-14). Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong. truthdig.com …
(2019-12-14). Stop The Cuts! Hundreds of CCSF Students & Faculty Protest 300 Class Cuts AT BOT. indybay.org Hundreds of students and faculty protested at the San Francisco Community College Board of Trustees meeting against the 300 class cuts by CCSF chancellor Mark Rocha. The board had previously voted give to big raises to executives at the community college. The cuts will also close down the senior class program.
(2019-12-14). American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin. truthdig.com …
(2019-12-14). Medicare for All or Profits for a Few. commondreams.org For decades, tobacco companies conspired to sow doubt about the harms of smoking. It was a strategy designed to protect profits by fending off regulation. And it worked; while lawmakers dithered, profits soared and millions more tobacco users died.
(2019-12-14). Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism. truthdig.com …
(2019-12-14). Gobierno de EEUU retira los cargos falsos contra periodista Max Blumenthal. thegrayzone.com El gobierno estadounidense desistió la causa basada en falsas acusaciones de agresión contra el editor de The Grayzone Max Blumenthal…
(2019-12-14). Nunca vi o Mundo tà£o fragmentado! globalresearch.ca É impressionante a facilidade com que o império ocidental está a conseguir destruir os países "rebeldes" que està£o no seu caminho, sem que haja resistência. | Trabalho em todos os cantos do planeta, onde os "conflitos" kafkianos forem desencadeados por Washington, …
(2019-12-14). Jeremy Corbyn's sons pay tribute to their 'honest' father who 'took on an entire establishment'. thecanary.co Jeremy Corbyn's sons have expressed their pride in their father. In a message posted on Twitter by Tommy Corbyn with his brothers, Seb and Benjamin, they said defeat "hurt" and they praised his record of a lifetime of campaigning for the "less fortunate". | They said he had paid the price for being "honest, humble and good-natured" in the "poisonous world" of politics, with years of "the most despicable attacks filled with hatred". | As Labour leader, they said that he had produced "the most wonderful manifesto this country has ever seen" and continued: He took on an entire establishment. This meant the attacks fr…
(2019-12-14). Water waste must stop. nationofchange.org The whole wastewater system is contributing to climate change.
(2019-12-14). Less than 24 hours since the Tories won, the reaction from the BBC is truly sinister. thecanary.co The dust hasn't even begun to settle from the catastrophic Tory victory. Many of us are grieving. Many of us are regrouping and working out how we fight back, and how we defend ourselves, our friends, and our loved ones from a vicious racist government devoid of any morals.But we don't have time to rest. The vultures are gathering. The centrists who lost this election with their morally bankrupt politics as much as anyone else, are crying crocodile tears at the Labour vote while rubbing their h…
(2019-12-14). No Visits to Holy Sites for Christians in Gaza. imemc.org Christians from the Gaza Strip will not be allowed to visit holy sites in Bethlehem and Jerusalem to celebrate Christmas this year, the so-called Israeli Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) announced Thursday. Only Christians over the age of 45 will be eligible for a permit to travel …
(2019-12-14). Impeach & Remove Demonstration in Cupertino. indybay.org Cupertino City Center (out front of building), south east intersection of Stevens Creek and De Anza Blvd., Cupertino 95014…
(2019-12-14). Maybe you should just go metric? Amusement online as US officially turns to international foot. rt.com 
For decades, a foot in one US state could be a different length in another — but now the government is putting an end to the measuring mess. The news prompted jokes that America…gasp… could go metric. | The international foot was introduced in America in 1959, but — for some reason — the land surveyors were allowed to temporarily keep the old US survey foot; and six decades later it's still used in some 40 states. | The survey foot equals 0.3048006 meters, while the international foot is shorter by three digits and therefore simpler — 0.3048 meters. While the difference between the two…
(2019-12-14). The US-NATO-Israel Sponsored Al Qaeda Insurgency in Syria. Who Was Behind the 2011 "Protest Movement"? globalresearch.ca It was not a protest movement, it was an armed insurgency integrated by US-Israeli & allied supported "jihadist" death squads. From Day One, the Islamist "freedom fighters" were supported, trained & equipped by NATO & Turkey's High Command.
(2019-12-14). Report highlights social crisis confronting Australian youth on welfare. wsws.org Hundreds of thousands of working-class youth and students confront soaring housing and utility costs, and a deepening jobs crisis.
(2019-12-14). 'World class!': Sensational Salah double maintains Liverpool's unbeaten start to Premier League season (VIDEO). rt.com 
Liverpool's Egyptian king Mo Salah produced a superb double to hand his team a 2-0 victory against Watford at Anfield and extend the Reds' unbeaten start to the Premier League season to 17 games. | Salah finished a lightning-quick Liverpool break in the 38th minute at Anfield, collecting the ball on the run from Sadio Mane before cutting inside on the edge of the box and whipping it into the top corner with his right foot. | It was a sensational finish to a sublime move which involved each of Liverpool's attacking trident, with Roberto Firmino starting the counterattack in his own half with an acrobatic pass t…
(2019-12-14). Widow of tragic boxer Maxim Dadashev sues Maryland State Athletic Commission seeking compensation. rt.com 
Elizaveta Apushkina, widow of Maxim Dadashev, the Russian boxer who tragically died of injuries following a fight in July, has filed a lawsuit against Maryland State Athletic Commission, which organized the bout. | The woman opened legal proceedings against the commission seeking compensation for alleged violations that might have led to the boxer's death. | READ MORE: Tragic Patrick Day's death demonstrates the deadly lure of boxing cannot be curtailed | Dadashev, known as 'Mad Max', died on July 23 after…
(2019-12-14). Following Warren and Sanders, Candidates Vow Not to Cross Picket Line for Debate. truthout.org As the hospitality workers' union Unite Here Local 11 said that next week's Democratic presidential debate could be threatened by stalled contract negotiations for workers at Loyola Marymount University, which is hosting the debate, Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders led the Democratic field in announcing they would be on the side of the workers if a deal is not reached in the coming days. | Warren tweeted early Friday afternoon that she would "not cross the union's picket line even…
(2019-12-14). Sudan's ex-president receives 2-year detention for corruption. rt.com 
Former Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir has been sentenced to two years in a "rehabilitation facility" for possession of illegal foreign currency, after the ex-leader stood trial on corruption charges. | Bashir was overthrown by the army in April after months of unrest triggered by growing economic instability. He was accused of stashing away millions of dollars' worth of foreign currency, as well as 5.7 million Sudanese pounds ($128,000). The trial, which began in August, did not touch upon the war crime allegations against Bashir brought by the International Criminal Court (ICC). | The ex-president is wante…
(2019-12-14). 'We must show US that the jokes are over': Top German MP says Berlin shouldn't sit idle as Washington hampers its energy projects. rt.com 
As the US braces to slap sanctions on European firms building the last leg of the Russia-Germany Nord Stream 2 pipeline, a senior MP in Berlin argues that formal protests don't work anymore — but a strong response could. | Germany may follow America's lead in foreign policy and defense expenditures, but it is less submissive when it comes to energy security, which is sacrosanct for Europe's economic powerhouse. This week, US lawmakers introduced a bill tightening the chokehold on Germany's flagship energy project it jointly runs with Russia, targeting European companies laying underwater tubes for the mu…
(2019-12-14). A Mined History: The Bougainville Referendum. dissidentvoice.org It would be an understatement to claim that Bougainville, that blighted piece of autonomous territory in Papua New Guinea, had been through a lot. Companies have preyed upon its environment with extractive hunger. Wars and civil strife have beset its infrastructure and economy. Some 900 kilometres from the PNG mainland, it has been what might …
(2019-12-14). Fighting Rages Near Libya's Capital Amid Push by Rebel Army. truthdig.com 
The country may be plunged into a bout of violence rivaling the scale of the 2011 conflict that ousted and killed Moammar Gadhafi.
(2019-12-14). The election of Boris Johnson and the failure of Corbynism. wsws.org The electoral debacle suffered by the Labour Party under Jeremy Corbyn in the UK general election is yet another example of the political bankruptcy of what passes for the left and labour organisations.
(2019-12-14). US Seeks Thai Opposition for Anti-China Alliance at ASEAN Summit. globalresearch.ca Why is the US talking "democracy, human rights and justice" with an opposition who lost recent elections, abuses human rights and works daily to undermine and evade justice? | Time was precious at the 35th ASEAN Summit. Leaders from across Southeast …
(2019-12-14). Hockey is having its #MeToo moment — but should 'bullying' old-school NHL coaches be judged by today's softer standards? rt.com 
Racism towards your charges is never acceptable, but is the NHL really an unreformed old boy's club, and should all suddenly-surfacing accusations be taken at face value? | Babcock — from legend to outcast in a week : | The firing of Mike Babcock by the Toronto Maple Leafs in late November turned out to be far from the run-of-the-mill coaching dismissal in the National Hockey League. Normally, when a long-time coach gets cashiered, several of his peers and some of his former players speak about his talent and ability, and that it won't be long before he gets another job. | | © Getty Images…
(2019-12-14). French strikers protest prime minister's pledge to impose pension cuts. wsws.org Anger is mounting among workers after Edouard Philippe stressed he would push through his regressive program despite widespread strike action and popular opposition.
(2019-12-14). Australian voters' trust in political system falls to historic low. wsws.org People are drawing conclusions from decades of bitter experiences under successive Labor and Liberal-National governments.
(2019-12-14). NAFTA 2.0: Revising the 1994 Agreement. globalresearch.ca According to the Wall Street Journal, it's a "template for deals to come," adding: | "The new US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (has) implications for agreements beyond North America, including new bilateral deals being contemplated for China, Japan, the European Union, and the UK." …
(2019-12-14). Sri Lankan SEP/IYSSE to hold public meeting on how to fight the new Rajapakse regime. wsws.org We urge workers, young people, intellectuals and everyone concerned about these vital issues to attend our meeting and participate in this important political discussion.
(2019-12-14). Millions in France strike against austerity. mronline.org 
France's mass strikes have mobilized millions, persisting into a sixth day, in an attempt to forestall severe cuts to the social gains of the working class. | Source
(2019-12-14). Soldiers Abduct The Head Of Shu'fat Town Council. imemc.org Israeli soldiers abducted, Thursday, the head of Shu'fat Town Council, and a member of the council, northeast of occupied East Jerusalem. Media sources said the soldiers abducted the head of the Town Council, Ishaq Abu Khdeir, and a member of the council, Nasser Abu Khdeir. The two were apparently taken …
(2019-12-14). OFFICIAL: UFC confirms Khabib vs Ferguson date & location. rt.com 
The UFC has officially announced the lightweight title fight between champion Khabib Nurmagomedov and challenger Tony Ferguson will take place on April 18 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. | While the match-up has essentially been a "done deal" since the end of November, the UFC gave its first official confirmation of the date, location and card number — UFC 249 — as it posted the announcement across its social media accounts. | "What time is it?" read the message accompanying…
(2019-12-14). Impeach & Remove Rally in Livermore (Tri Valley). indybay.org Flagpole Plaza, intersection of First St and S. Livermore Ave., Livermore, CA 94550…
(2019-12-14). WATCH Geminid meteor shower send off 2019 in dazzling light show. Here's how not to miss it. rt.com 
The yearly Geminid meteor shower has once again arrived to Earth's skies, offering a remarkable sight for those lucky enough to catch it. This time around, however, stargazers have only a brief window to see the show. | While the highly anticipated shower is set to hit its peak this weekend, a full Moon could drown out the rare display regardless of one's vantage point. Those wishing to catch a glimpse will have the best odds before moonrise, between 6 and 7pm in their locality, where lucky onlookers could in theory see up to 88 meteors per hour streak across the night sky. | The meteor shower occurs annually…
(2019-12-14). The Mother of Us All: Ancient India's Vedic Civilization. dissidentvoice.org Researchers have determined that the Vedic culture of India was the first global civilization. They have uncovered archeological and historical evidence indicating that the society which began millennia ago in the Indus Valley grew to encompass all of South Asia, then spread peacefully to many parts of the world. Science and technology in ancient India …
(2019-12-14). Postal Pay Cuts Provoked a General Strike in Finland. US Postal Workers Deserve the Same Solidarity. commondreams.org Finland now has the youngest prime minister in the world, 34-year-old Sanna Marin. The Social Democrat was catapulted into power when her predecessor, Antti Rinne, was forced to resign after a postal worker dispute escalated into a nationwide general strike.
(2019-12-14). Houses of Worship Attacked With Deadly Frequency in 2019. truthdig.com 
On Dec. 1, a band of assailants opened fire on worshippers at a small-town Protestant church in Burkina Faso, an impoverished West African country where the Christian minority is increasingly a target of attacks. The victims included the pastor and several teenage boys; regional authorities attributed the attack to "unidentified armed men" who, according to witnesses, got away on motorcycles. | The slaughter merited brief reports by international news outlets, then quickly faded from the spotlight — not surprising in a year where attacks on places of worship occurred with relentless frequency. Hundreds of w…
(2019-12-14). John McDonnell says 'Jeremy was the right leader' but was 'demonised' by a media smear campaign as he steps down. thecanary.co 
John McDonnell has confirmed he will not be part of Labour's next shadow cabinet following the party's defeat in Thursday's election.The shadow chancellor, who played a prominent role in Labour's election campaign, said "I've done my bit", and suggested a big reshuffle of Labour's front bench team will now take place.McDonnell added that "Jeremy was the right leader".McDonnell, who retained the Hayes and Harlington seat he has held since 1997 in Thursday's election, added that Corbyn had been "demonised by a smear campaign against him" by the media. He fully backed Corbyn saying: I didn't back the wrong person bec…